Balta1701

WHOOO 15

QUOTE (Elgin Slim @ Apr 3, 2011 -> 02:27 PM) Because he's a lefthanded pitcher and will get Sabathia/Lee money in 2012 if he has two seasons where he strikes out 200 because of his age. And maybe the White Sox wind up with 2 division titles on his left arm.

Come on 50, one more quick out.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Apr 3, 2011 -> 02:16 PM) It was bad, because it was in the air, but I didn't think it was terrible. A lot of times that bunt would get down, even with the 1 second of hangtime it had. THat was a terrible bunting technique even if it had worked. It was the classic "Chopping downwards on the ball" bunt, which is going to lead to popup after popup. It was the same thing Lexi did on the first attempt too. If you have a guy with that technique bunt, half of his bunt attempts will wind up with 0-2 counts, another 30% will be popups for outs, and maybe 20% will fall in for sacrifices.

Juan Pierre bunting...I have limited to no problem with.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 3, 2011 -> 02:09 PM) Any projection on when the rain's going to hit? It's not moving all that quick right now, good shot to make this official and even get D1 the win if we get through this inning.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Apr 3, 2011 -> 02:04 PM) I'm still wondering what the baserunners were watching. Why break for the next base when you see the first baseman diving for the ball? Even if the Indians player traps it or drops it, he wasnt going to be able to jump up and throw AJ or Carlos out and second or third. The runners were AJ and Carlos. If they'd stopped and the ball had been dropped, they'd have been thrown out. You can't stop on the bunt even if it looks like it could be caught. Especially not with those 2 runners. Maybe that guy Trout could stop and restart, but not Carlos and AJ.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Apr 3, 2011 -> 02:02 PM) Cabrera was just standing around at 1B for a good 3 seconds before he realized he had Quentin at second. I assume Quentin just gave up on the play? Well, also AJ was standing on 2b, so even if Carlos had been running back, he'd have had to push AJ off of the base.

We're finally going to have someone declaring that they're an official candidate for 2012.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Apr 3, 2011 -> 02:00 PM) Yeah, the base running in that play was almost as bad as the bunt itself. Quentin isn't exactly known for being fleet of foot. He's got to be going hard on contact otherwise he'll get thrown out.

Every time someone tells us how the bunt is the sure thing to move the runners over, we need to remind them of that triple play we just bunted into.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Apr 3, 2011 -> 01:39 PM) That looked like he swung. Dunn has such a long swing that even if he checks it up, the bat covers a ton of ground.

1-0 good guys , thanks captain.

Seems like we're really making Masterson work this inning. Problem is that brings the rain sooner.

Happy 2800th hit for Vizquel.

7 batters, 6 outs, 5 k's.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 3, 2011 -> 01:27 PM) Masterson has that super sinker going. If he keeps his command like this, he's extremely tough. They're going to have the same problem we have. Facing a starter who seems to have everything working, but with a rain delay approaching, and probably a battle of the bullpens afterwards.

D1 strikes out the side. Not half bad.

I hope D1 has the changeup working today. It's so much more fun to watch him when he's on.

Carlos for the roll.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 2, 2011 -> 10:26 PM) What 3? The one that i guess someone else made but I thought it was Deng because of the Whiskey.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 2, 2011 -> 10:21 PM) What's up with the Bulls sucking defensively against Toronto? Also, where's Luol Deng? Did you miss that 3?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 2, 2011 -> 09:48 PM) If you didn't see Rose's block on JJ because you were watching the Final Four or something... Do yourself a favor and go watch it. Then remember, Rose is 6'3". Yeah. I have nothing to add about that other than to stress it with additional posts.