Princess Dye

this ump is a mild irritant

Swisher has been streaky his whole career.... we cant expect what happened earlier this year to totally vanish That said, for what we pay him, if his career OBP holds...i think he'll be welcome here a long time. in an ideal world, it's not at CF past this year.

Swisher just missed a HR foul. Next pitch he got it.

great to see this from Swish

Danks got hit harder in earlier innings, actually. but he had definitely been bend not break til now.

danks hopefully will make some strides with pitch count today , now's the inning EDIT: guh

He's gotta at least tell himself to take one of those

great to see OC finally coming around nicely. we may have our leadoff hitter, to some extent.

danks is getting hit hard somewhat today, #s aside

is this a half price game b/c it's a monday? or do prices from a makeup date hold up from before?

QUOTE (thedoctor @ Jun 8, 2008 -> 07:19 PM) i think kenny elicits strong reactions from people because he's brash and some people aren't down with that. i defintely agree with this statement, and i think that a big part of it is that white GMs are totally allowed to be brash as brash as they care to be.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Jun 8, 2008 -> 03:12 PM) has uribe even gotten in a game since hes been back? i think super briefly yes

to ozzie's credit, his comments always seemed to sense that Alexei had the tools to absolutely be on the big league club, but that mentally he had to adjust some

We'll get an extended look at Alexei at SS now...Cabrera's out and Pab is at 2b

I think a lot of people wanted to see what Alexei could do after that spring of his. Then a few games in, everyone did the usual thing where you get hasty and give up on a guy. And we were so happy about Quentin supplanting him that we started saying things like "Alexei needs to develop in AAA" no.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Jun 8, 2008 -> 03:05 PM) Juan "Gone" or might as well be let me also add that Uribe was giving high fives in the dugout after that, so he's not in sulk mode which is what i feared. and i only joke about "gone," because we need a power bat PH...besides defensive replacement

Juan "Gone" or might as well be

i was turned away for a sec, what did AJ do that was mischievous or whatever?

My Clam flies out. 1 down.

Sam Smith on CTL advocated releasing Crede when no deal was reachable Then again, he knows less about baseball than his main sport, if that's somehow even possible.

hows the forecast looking?

alexei's the ducksnort king

THis is how scary it was always going to be...the thought of everyone on this offense hitting somewhere near their career stats

also: where did Swisher bat mostly for Oak?

QUOTE (fathom @ May 26, 2008 -> 06:32 PM) Who cares about taking pitches in the 2 hole? We don't have a base stealer at the top of the order, so you're better off having one of your best hitters at the top so they get more plate appearances. i tend to agree with this. on an ideal lineup, i'd see it the other way. this is far from ideal.