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Get him home Carlos, come on.

Joshua Fields Forever!

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Apr 16, 2009 -> 06:02 PM) win or lose with the long ball If we get enough pitching to win games like this...then we're in good shape for the season, because there's going to be a lot of games where we're going to torch people. It may not be as pretty as 2005 but it can work.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 16, 2009 -> 05:59 PM) What are they staying? Hawk's definitely pessimistic about our chances tonight. "If you have 9 hits and a walk, you should have 4 or 5 runs." "We've got 8 hits and a home run. That's 8 hits and zero runs"

QUOTE (tommy @ Apr 16, 2009 -> 05:59 PM) Is this it for Danks? 101 pitches. yes.

Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

Spectacular.

Anderson grounded to 3rd, in case anyone doesn't get it. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Anderson goes 2-0, grounds off that next pitch foul...then goes 3-1.... Balta cups hands over mouth, breathes in...

QUOTE (tommy @ Apr 16, 2009 -> 05:48 PM) What did Alexei do? Ground to pitcher, force at home, 2 outs for BA.

Damnit Brian get a *^#&$^*^*#^% hit

QUOTE (Cochise @ Apr 16, 2009 -> 05:47 PM) Sorry, but how did Paulie get on? Singled to CF.

Alexei's up with them loaded. I've seen this before...

In another example of change we can believe in, the Obama administration today followed a court order requiring that several of the memos the Bush Administration used to justify their torture regime be released. The only things they redacted were the names of the people in the CIA who had done the torture, as far as we can guess. They did say that the people who actually did the torturing will be granted immunity, but notably, they did not say that same thing about the people who ordered it done. A lot of them go through specifically the techniques, like keeping a guy conscious for 11 days, etc., that we were declaring legal. It's somewhat sterile but equally mind-boggling that people actually defended this work. I think an excellent example of how repugnant these memos are can be found in this memo by Stephen Bradbury...where he says, among other things "yes, if people do this to our guys we'd call it torture, but it's fine in this case. And oh, we can't guarantee that a court will agree with this reasoning if anyone ever asks. But don't worry, no one ever will" That's fairly sick. Yes, you're breaking the law, but don't worry, just keep it secret and you're set.

Damnit Q.

Getz with a double. Thank god!

Come on Brian, get a ** &*$^&$ ^^ hit.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Apr 16, 2009 -> 05:11 PM) Danks pitches around two walks Is this the year we finally have a no-doubt ace level guy? Danks needs to cut down on the pitches thrown just a little bit if you want it to be him. It's the difference between going 6, like he'll probably do this game, and going 7+ every time out.

Nicely handled Danksy.

Did AJ Just steal a base?

I found this an interesting read.

It would be really nice if Getz could get a couple hits today to stop the panicking. Anderson, ditto. Singles are fine.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 16, 2009 -> 02:45 PM) It's the next and only logical move if Getz doesn't work out at leadoff. Unless you want to see Owens or Pods playing CF... Let's at least give the season a month before we start doing panic deals. If everyone winds up failing, hell, just stick Fields and Pierzynski at the top, and assuming AJ ever picks it up at least you have solid hitters going 1-7.

Ah, this was what I was referring to earlier. Youd think I'd remember where I find these.