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i know the results havent been horrid...only 2 runs...but i would have alot of respect for ozzie if he pulled javy right here...its clear he has nothing and has thrown a ton of pitches already

javy is all over the place

QUOTE (Capn12 @ May 26, 2008 -> 07:13 PM) Again, I must reiterate, just how disappointing has Nick Swisher been this year? Now at .202 hes been by far the most disappointing guy on the team...where is the power???? at least guys like konerko and thome had down years last year and can be attributed to aging...swisher should be entering his prime, hes been so bad i almost cant believe it...and with him i dont buy that its entirely PED related...mainly because, as i said, he was still pretty good last year

QUOTE (fathom @ May 26, 2008 -> 07:11 PM) Funny you mentioned McGwire, because at what point do you wonder if the reason for the massive fade so many of our guys have had since the ASB of 2006 is due to coming off of PEDs? i think its a great possibility

great AB joe

QUOTE (fathom @ May 26, 2008 -> 07:08 PM) Hopefully he can turn it around. If not, maybe he'll have too much pride to continue and retire after 2008. I can't take another year of "bad" Thome. we are getting to the point where its a big sample size...hopefully something clicks..but each day that he continues to stink im starting to believe more and more that he is goin through a mark mcgwire esque ending to his career

thats about as well as those two have hit the ball all year

QUOTE (fathom @ May 26, 2008 -> 08:00 PM) Something obviously isn't 100 pct with Vazquez. You can tell by his loopy curve and the fact he's getting no extension or arm action on the change-up. HOPEFULLY, it's just a dead arm. im not too worried about injury...hes always had that loopy curve but rarely uses it ...i think hes just searching for something he has command of...i think he just doesnt have it tonight, thats all

QUOTE (G&T @ May 26, 2008 -> 07:59 PM) Well...nice defense there. yeah that certainly helps...need a ground ball here javy

f***ing rollers through the IF....every strike javy has thrown has been on the heart of the plate...its been a long time since ive seen him look this bad

get masset up...its clear javy has nothing

delluci leaned into that WTF

18 pitches in the first inning for byrd.....and then 18 over the next two ...UGH

QUOTE (fathom @ May 26, 2008 -> 07:51 PM) Why oh why is Ozzie so scared to put on a hit-and-run with a slow hitter at the plate? what i dont get is...ozzie is always b****ing about getting the right guys to run or hit and run with....yet when we get the ideal situation, with our fastest runner, and probably our best contact hitter up...ozzie doesnt do anything...i know martinez has been better throwing guys out lately but still he used to be brutal, he cant all of a sudden be irod back there

though that shoulda been an out...at least cabrera looks like he may be starting to figure things out at the plate...he should be able to abuse victor on the bases

thankfully the pen is pretty rested ...43 pitches through 2

QUOTE (fathom @ May 26, 2008 -> 07:46 PM) He just missed a meatball. the 0-1 pitch was on a platter....he musta been looking fastball or something, because it was a belt high slider right down the middle that didnt move a whole lot

i dont want to jinx anything, but it seems like its been a while since someone has hit a big crushing HR early in the games against us

he has no command....either throwing balls or right down the middle

did aj really just throw someone out

nice play joe...this is on pace to be an early exit for vazquez

24 pitches for javy in the first...thats gotta get better pretty quick

QUOTE (G&T @ May 26, 2008 -> 07:29 PM) Gotta be some wind out there. I thought that was a routine fly and Swisher was sprinting. ball is flying .....unless michael aubrey is frank thomas-strong there has to be wind...he just flicked at that it carried to the track in dead center

back on the juice that was prolly a HR for victor

wow that got out? must be alot of wind...i thought that was a routine fly out off the bat...maybe i just misjudged it though