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QUOTE (mreye @ Apr 17, 2009 -> 08:39 AM) Do the visiting teams pick their own hotels or do the home teams "provide" one? By "provide" I mean the visiting team still pays, but the home team selects. If the Rays pick the hotel, I think this is a brilliant strategy - get Ghost Hunters to come out and declare the place haunted, etc. Before anyone responds with a definite answer, I think you should sit back and think of reasons why a professional sports team would allow the opposing team to pick their hotel when they have a staff of several people whose job it is just to select hotels and rooms in hotels.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 01:47 PM) come on josh...1 pitch? a decent inning and we would be in the tiger pen... where did fields' power go btw? He hit that almost to the wall off of his hands, he has a s***load of power.

Q clearly hates hitting against this guy.

QUOTE (soxfan3530 @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 01:44 PM) dammit! was that ball catchable??? No, it landed 10 feet in front of the wall.

Bad pitch by Jose, but awful pitch calling by AJ. Totally ignored the inside part of the zone against a hitter who was diving out over the plate the entire at bat.

What ever happened to the inside half of the plate AJ?

Up and in AJ

I'll tell you something right now, Aaron Poreda will probably make his major league debut with another club, he is 100% trade bait for us this season for a CF'er/leadoff hitter.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 01:38 PM) I'll tell you this, his swing is better today than it was 4 years ago when he was raking in Bham, etc. His swing was always horrendous but back than he could get away with it. Against major leaguers he has no chance, none. Ah yes, that swing where somehow his back leg stepped through the box in his follow through.

Nice turn there, almost got him. Nice play by Paulie. Lets limit the damage.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 01:36 PM) I wish we could of convinced Beane to take Anderson over Sweeney. I would rather have no power from Sweeney and a constant line drive swing than the group of fail we have that are candidates for CF right now. I cosign on that. Pretty sure we would have had to send 42 virgin hookers with BA to compensate for the talent downgrade.

Back2Back walks.

Im pretty sure AJ purposely let go of that ball so he didnt have to watch another guy beat his throw.

Nice at bat. Can he tutor BA on that technique?

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 01:31 PM) BA is a fastball hitter. In Arizona, breaking pitches don't have the same depth that they do here. He can cheat a bit more, and look fastball. He has never figured out how to address pitches that move. His approach was so much different. That little move that he makes now to bend down while the pitcher is in his windup is something he didnt do back then. That hitch is awful for him.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 01:16 PM) Atlanta tried to convince the speedy small Lillibridge that he wasn't a power hitter and to put the ball on the ground and run like hell. For some reason, he thinks he is a mini-power hitter. If he ever gives that up, and tries to use his tools he might be worth something. Maybe we can have him do pushups everytime he lifts a lazy fly ball. He pops up everything that is away. Thats never going to work at the major league level.

I really hope Nix comes up and Lilli gets the hell out of here.

For about 3 months in Tucson a few years back, BA had a really nice swing IMO. He had gap power, quick hands, and showed patience. Whatever happened since then is beyond me.

Why are you mad Brent? Its pretty easy to figure out that you cant hit anything elevated on the outside half. Your puny little arms reach across the plate and pop it up every time.

WHY ARE YOU SO FAR AWAY FROM THE PLATE????????

Laid walks out, says throw it harder, BA thinks its a fastball and swings like an idiot. There was no chance of that being a strike about halfway to home.

2 tough pitches already on BA

Wow, Cabrera steals one on AJ and Jose. Thats just awful.

How the hell is Jose pitching right now after tearing his achilles? Its still amazing.

Gonna come back to bite you.