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QUOTE(shawnhillegas @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 07:21 PM) steve stone thinks freddys toast He also thinks Jim Hendry is a fine GM.

Hawk and DJ ripping Mack's defense in CF....good to see they weren't late for that ship.

I think that ball Young hit earlier was the hardest hit baseball I've seen all year by an opponent. And that is REALLY saying something this year.

QUOTE(SinkingShip06 @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 07:07 PM) sweet. i read this site's ToS and the mods already start with the personal attacks. AWESOME SITE! and a nice way to welcome someone This site welcomes intelligent fans, and the comment you made earlier that cause Tony's response sends a strong message that you aren't much a baseball fan.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 07:11 PM) he never swung at a strike, they were all balls. At least he was consistent.

Random, but I hope our NW Indiana posters are alright. All kinds of tornadoes and stuff over there.

Last year's team was one that could obviously win it all if it made the playoffs, but they looked so much like a team that was pulling an epic choke job (15 games to 1.5 isn't very good). I honestly thought that team was going to screw us all and miss the playoffs, but the day they clinched not pulling that off I thought we'd win it all. If this team clinches a playoff spot, I'll expect a 1st round exit unless the starting pitchers remember how to do their job.

Zach Miner absolutely sucks. How the hell this guy was 7-2 is beyond me.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 07:01 PM) We really could use another reliever. We shouldn't be having to use MacDougal for more than one inning when we're down 4 runs, etc. We don't have to, Ozzie just decides that Cy Young isn't good enough to pitch long relief.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 07:01 PM) Just walked in, but had the radio on. How did the Thome injury look? Serious? Didn't look like something serious enough to end the season, but I think he might get a 15 day vacation.

Never easy is it Pods? Nice inning for Freddy at least.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 06:58 PM) Yep....we're not going to call up Fields to be a DH. We have NO USE for another pitcher. And nice pot shot by Hawk..."flyball into center field, SHOULD be a can of corn". Why is Mack out there ever??

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 06:58 PM) Have you seen his numbers down at Charlotte? He deserves another shot. I've seen them, and they confirm that I think he'll be a damn good lefty out of our pen. But not this year, and rushing him up again and putting him in a tough spot won't help.

Freddy really battles and after 9 pitches, puts away a quality hitter in Neifi Perez.

Freddy's fastball couldn't break a China Set if he hit it from 10 feet away.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 06:56 PM) Neal Cotts says hello. Logan still isn't ready though.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 05:25 PM) Confidence is seeing a White Sox not named Jon Garland listed as the opposing starter Fixed.

I'm not sure why we need to call up another pitcher. Our bullpen has been fine lately and they aren't being overworked, even with as bad as our rotation has been.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 06:52 PM) Singleton says the game is far from being over. Nice confidence in Freddy. Do you blame him? At least Chris is honest.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Aug 23, 2006 -> 06:52 PM) Cora holds him! ....and Thome at least walked off the field unlike Rowand. They'll probably say he's day to day. ....To 15 day.

Cora is learning?? Amazing, well done PK.

Ha, even when we start to hit, we're screwed. This pile of crap pitching staff can't win without one of our best hitters. UGH.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 10:44 PM) I'm kinda torn on Ozzie at the moment. To me, the guy is a great manager overall. His record since he's been here speaks for itself. No matter who we're talking about, a manager is only as good as his players. I think Ozzie could do a little better job in some aspects. But make no mistake about it -- just about any manager wouldn't look as good when your entire rotation and key bullpen guys all have average to below average seasons all at the same time. That is EXACTLY right, I mean there is a reason Joe Torre was an idiot in St. Louis and is an all time great in New York. Managers don't turn 65 win teams into 95 win teams, and vise versa. However, managers can (for better or worse) affect 5 to 8 games in each column when all is said and done at the end of a season, and I think it's painfully obvious that Ozzie costs us several more games than he wins us per year, looking at all the examples I presented in the first post.

QUOTE(greg775 @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 10:38 PM) I don't see how you can call Ozzie a poor manager. You'll get your wish soon enough. He'll be gone and like I said, be like LaRussa and manage 25 years somewhere else. And guess what ... you'll be on our new manager's ass also. Because managers are hired to get fired. Well you compared Ozzie to Ditka, thus proving my point he's not a good coach/manager/whatever. Ditka sucked too, those 80's Bears teams should have won 3 or 4 Super Bowls. Hell, the 1986 defense was better than the 1985 one and that team went 14-2 and had home field as well. And don't get me started on Tony LaRussa....he's had some of the most talented rosters in the history of baseball and has ONE RING as a manager. He's worse than Ditka and Ozzie combined.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 09:40 PM) I'd never give up on this team but they aren't winning the world series. ^^^^^