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Kendall pops up to pauly, 1 down.

Twins are threatening, 1st and 2nd no out. Anywho, Jose do what you've done all season minus the 2 starts out of year last 3. Go get 'em Contreras.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Jul 1, 2005 -> 08:21 PM) Meh, Harden just aced Dye but great job getting 2. Hell - 34 pitches that's f***ing fantastic. Answered my question before I even finished my post.

Alright, dye goes down. Great inning there, anyone know how many pitches Harden threw that inning??? It was obviously quite a few.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jul 1, 2005 -> 08:18 PM) GREAT JOB CARL!!!! GREAT JOB OZZIE SENDING THE RUNNER!!!! Ozzie didn't do much on that play.. Just raggin on ya.

Awesome, Awesome, Awesome, Awesome.

I said yesterday that I've been very impressed the way Ozzie has handled the whole Carl and Frank situation, I've ragged on ozzie a bit this year for some of his moves but I think he's handled this situation tremendously. Watch aaron take off on this pitch.

Anyone notice pauly has opened his stance a bit the past few games, maybe so he can see the breaking ball from the righties a bit better??

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Jul 1, 2005 -> 08:13 PM) Maybe Dewon can find a role in the pen? I hope so, got a great arm but has just been a complete bust so far.

I'd love to see Aaron take off here as well. Keep putting pressure on Harden and Kendall.

That ball was hit pretty well ends up in an error. Productive first inning so far.

Just an fyi, the twins had 1st and 3rd with 1 out and brazelton rolled up a dp.

Gooch mashes it to swisher, scotty over to 3rd, 1 out. That a boy Tadahito.

Pitch out but no problem, sb 39.

What a f***in fantastic ab by scotty there.

QUOTE(Cerbaho-WG @ Jul 1, 2005 -> 06:56 PM) 3 IP 0 H 0 R 0 ER 1 BB 6 SO That'll work.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Jul 1, 2005 -> 05:09 PM) You adapt, i have. You're a terrible poster, period.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Jul 1, 2005 -> 05:01 PM) Basden was the conference usa player of the year. First league player to earn back-to-back defensive player of the year honors since former cincinnati standout kenyon martin. Led his team in rebounding with 8.4 rebs per game. Yet he goes undrafted beause 17-18 year old europeans are 7 feet plus and they have great ''potential''. Ridiculous. Basden's a player, period.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jul 1, 2005 -> 04:32 PM) Anyone but Jose...I believe John and Mark can work around people getting on base, but Jose walks enough people as it is. Who's John

QUOTE(Soxnbears01 @ Jan 26, 2005 -> 03:54 PM) is it jesus? it's jesus isn't it. QUOTE(Soxnbears01 @ Jul 1, 2005 -> 02:36 PM) crede's crew can kick everyone's ass. they're so high on PCP, they could take on jesus. Somebody loves Jeebus.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Jul 1, 2005 -> 03:37 PM) too close? Halladay has 19 K's more so unless Buehrle has a career K game that wont be close especially if Halladay has another start. Also Halladay has 5 complete games compared to Buehrle's 2. Also while their era is close 2.40 to 2.42 Halladay faces the Yankees, Orioles, and Boston offenses compared to Mark facing the Twins, Indians, and Detroit ones which none are as good offensively as the yanks, orioles, or boston. It's unfair to compare the offenses they face and not throw out the fact that Buehrle pitches at the cell.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jul 1, 2005 -> 02:39 PM) Is Jason Schmidt in his current form going to be an upgrade over Jose Contreras in a playoff series? DBAHO, that's where our scouts come into play. They saw him pitch his last start if they think his stuff is there and they believe he's going to revert back to previous years form then obviously he is an upgrade over Contreras. I personally would love Jason Schmidt I think you give him a few more starts and you'll see him dominating again but that's jmo.

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Jul 1, 2005 -> 03:03 PM) By the way, the 2001 Mariners keep coming up, and I don't really think that's a good comparison. They were playing roughly as well as we were, but their team was built much differently. Their starting staff (at least if I remember it right) was Garcia, Moyer, Piniero, and Halama. Their offense, on the other hand, was fairly potent, with Ichiro at the top and Boone and Martinez hitting well in the middle. This team is not built the same way as ours. I don't see how you could argue that their rotation was in good shape for the playoffs. Our rotation is definitely more potent than theirs, making us better built for success in the playoffs. Ding, ding, ding. Here's the thing with the Mariners that year, they had a great offense and a great bullpen. Most times when teams dominate the regular season because of a dominate offense they're going to be in some trouble come playoff time. This current sox team already has a fantastic chance to win the whole damn thing because of the 3 pitchers at the top of the rotation. This team is made for the playoffs imo and unless you can get a stud to play 3b or a stud starting pitcher there is just no reason to make a trade just for the sake of making a trade.

As of this moment right now Halladay has a slight advantage but Buehrle does have a start before the selection show, I'm not sure if Halladay does or not but those stats are so close one start either way can flip who should start. I think YAS said it in a different thread that it would be better if Mark doesn't start for the reason that the starter will throw more innings then anyone else and I agree with that completely.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Jul 1, 2005 -> 10:21 AM) I expect the D-Backs to pick up some of these suddenly available relievers. Me or you could find a spot in the dbacks bullpen, so yeah I definitely agree with you.