Rowand44

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Apr 7, 2005 -> 09:11 PM) I didn't see the game so I'm just going on the numbers, but Ozzie shouldn't have wasted all of our bullpen pitchers before he got to Luis. I guess there's always going to be the question how he fares at the Cell considering he's a flyball pitcher. Yeah his game by the numbers looks awful but he can pitch. He looked damn good today when he first came in but pitching that much this early in the season had to be tiring on his arm. I think Viz is going to have a huge year for us this year, he was a nice "throw in" to get in the caballo deal.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Apr 7, 2005 -> 08:52 PM) Contreras showed today what he can do when he doesn't have runners on, that'll probably be the key for him. Pods and Iguchi seem to be laying down a good platform at the top of the order, but the lower part in Crede, Uribe and Rowand need to pick it up in order for this team to be much better offensively. Getting Frank back will be a huge plus as well. Shingo and Vizcaino well definitely worrying today, but I was glad to see Politte pitch well and Hermanson as well, you could say those two have some question marks on them a little. I disagree about Vizcaino, I thought he pitched very well. He pitched an inning and a third yesterday then he came back today pitched another inning and a third before he got hit in his next inning, the guy's arm was no doubt tired, it's the third game of the season and he got ran out there a lot the last two days. To tell you the truth right now there isn't a relief pitcher I feel more comfortable with then Viz. As far as Shingo goes, he had a bad day, that's all, his pitches were up and out over the plate and he got hit, next time we need a save he'll shut 'em down.

QUOTE(Punch and Judy Garland @ Apr 7, 2005 -> 05:58 PM) An inning is not an inning in my opinion. There are a lot of guys who have proven they can't pitch the ninth (Hawkins, Politte, Maybe Dotel and Mota-jury is out). That said, Herm was pretty decent in the ninth last year. The book says you go with your closer in the ninth and I bet Shingo bounces back this weekend. Hopefully he doesn't face Mauer or Morneau should he play. I agree. Shingo's our guy and he just blew it, period. He's blown 2 saves in his career and both were against cleveland they seem to have his number a bit. Shingo's going to be fine though, this was just a game where he left his pitches up and down the middle of the plate, he'll be fine though.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2004 @ Apr 6, 2005 -> 11:39 PM) We should know after the first couple innings if Jose has it or not. Agreed. You can always tell with Jose right away. Like I said earlier if he's throwing his fastball consitancy like he did in Milwaukee he's going to be just fine.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Apr 6, 2005 -> 10:56 PM) It's 8-3 now. D-Backs just launched one. Yup, that was Glaus, launched an opposite field shot against latroy.

Contreras really looked good to me last Friday, hopefully he continues to throw that fastball and get ahead of the hitters, if he does he should be fine. On a side note I'm going all out to follow the game tomorrow. From 1 to 1:35 I'll be listening on the radio in class, after that I'll drive home for my lunch period to watch for a little bit, then I have to come back from 2:20 to 2:50 where I'll be following through gamecast and then after that I'll rush back home to catch the last 3-4 innings.

QUOTE(traydragen @ Apr 6, 2005 -> 09:16 PM) thanks Rowand No prob.

QUOTE(traydragen @ Apr 6, 2005 -> 09:02 PM) Any of you guys reading this right now know what spot the Brewers are hitting Carlos in the lineup?? Cleanup.

Jas, just to let you know in the 4th paragraph on wes in the last sentence I think you guys just made a typo, "although he’s still a few years ago." Not trying to be picky or anything, just letting you guys know if you want to fix it. EDIT: Great writeup by the way. I'm really excited to see how Wes progresses this year and hopefully Lumsden comes back and is strong also. Unfortunately I don't consider Honel much of a prospect anymore but hopefully he proves me wrong.

One of the main reasons I wanted the sox to sign Iguchi was to have the ability to move aaron down in the order. I personally love the depth and balance of that order right now, I mean aaron in the 6 hole, aj in the 7 spot and juan in the 9 spot, I mean this team has the ability to score runs from any point of the lineup. Almost everyone looked good at the plate today I think this slump might have really been for a game and 8 innings and you'll see the offense come out with a much stronger day tomorrow.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Apr 6, 2005 -> 07:39 PM) How old is Garcia? I want to say 29, but...? Correct. I was extremely impressed by Freddy today, I say that because he really was struggling threw the first 3 innings yet he worked and worked and only let up 2 runs threw those first 3. He then started to look better and better and dominated his last 3 innings. That's an indicator of a very good pitcher when he can struggle yet hold a great offense to 2 runs. Great job Freddy

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Apr 6, 2005 -> 05:00 PM) IIRC (things may have changed over the past 5 years,) you only need to know up to trig for the math section. The science part is actually "Science Reasoning" which means you don't have to know dick about science, you just need to draw reasonable conclusions from the data they give you. I had trouble with the reading part (I'm Math/science oriented) because there were 25 questions that you had to answer in 20 minutes. I suggest looking at the questions first, then going through the article knowing what you are looking for. Correct. I will say the reading section was definitely the hardest part imo, not because the questions were hard but just because you get very little time to do that section, other then that like santo said the science is just science reasoning, the english section is pretty simple and the math section goes up to trig.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Apr 6, 2005 -> 04:56 PM) Now we know why no one wants to tackle him... Ouch.

My advice would be not to worry or think about it to much, honestly. As far as the practice ones go, I did better on the real one compared to the practice one. I took it last year, I bought one of those act study books and looked over some things like a week before the test and scored right where I wanted to and I'm not a very good test taker. As far as getting into a good school a 25 should be absolutely fine for you

No, Freddy was actually damn impressive. He struggled in the first 3 innings but worked hit butt off to only allow 2 runs in those first 3 and then dominated his next 3 innings.

I personally hate these 1 o'clock games, I can't get out to the park, I have to wire my headphones through my sweatshirt to listen to the first half of the game and then rush home to catch the last half. It's very hard for most people to get out to the stadium during these type of games because of work and/or school.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Apr 6, 2005 -> 04:02 PM) Ozzie ball my flopping ass. We saw the balance of the offense in that inning, it was fun to watch. The two homeruns, then Rowand double, willie gets him over and juan gets him in, absolutely awesome.

QUOTE(Jabroni @ Apr 6, 2005 -> 03:48 PM) His last at bat was horrible though. He was over-anxious and he swung at too extremely high pitches to K. Just clarifying for others that your talking about gooch, not pods.

Two games into the season and already sole possesion of first place

Beastly I respect your opinion but come on man, you were complaining on Monday that this team wasn't exciting enough, I mean how can you ask for more excitement then this game?? Now you've moved onto to other things, just enjoy it, the sox are 2 and 0 and that's the only thing that matters.

I thought damaso looked fantastic today. Hafner hit a slicer that stayed fair that really wasn't hit that hard. Damaso's stuff is back, his fastball looked great and his slider looked good too, the ump didn't give him the call for any of his sliders but I thought Marte looked great today. Actually I thought the whole bullpen looked great. Another thing to remember is Viz came in for his 2nd inning of work where Hermanson probably would have came in if he wasn't suspended, regardless I'm estatic with this whole bullpen, this is going to be a shutdown pen this year. I absolutely love it.

QUOTE(Steff @ Apr 6, 2005 -> 03:09 PM) Huge props to Wickman for dropping the ball. That bobble meant absolutely nothing. It was a perfect sac bunt and both runners would have advanced regardless.

Unf***inbelievable, I'm so f***in happy right now. Props to Pauly, Dye and Rowand no doubt but how about the bunt by willie, I thought ozzie made the wrong choice to go with willie to lay it down but it was absolutely beautiful, awesome job willie--thanks for proving me wrong. Then juan with a beautiful piece of hitting going the opposite way for the sac fly and the win, AWESOME. Freddy impressed the hell out of me, it seemed like he was going to get wrecked in the first 3 innings but he battled and battled and only let up 2 runs and then absolutely dominated his last 3 innings of work. The bullpen looked great too, Neal, Viz and Damaso all looked very good to me. Awesome game, unbelievable effot.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Apr 5, 2005 -> 05:36 PM) Link to BA Thoughts? Sox at 12, which is pretty good considering we still have some good prospects down in the A-levels that, with a solid year, could make our overall farm system really good (talking about guys like Gio and Franky Hernandez). Then again, we were ranked first in 2000, correct? But, I think 12 is a pretty fair ranking... Sounds about right to me. That's a pretty solid ranking considering some of the sox more talented players are in the lower minors. I'm excited to see guys such as gio, wes, hernandez and lumsden(assuming he comes back healthy) grow and develop this year.

Poor Jose. Booted a ball that allowed 2 runs for sf to score and win the game.