Balta1701

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 8, 2006 -> 07:32 PM) 95 low and away and the knees with sinking action for strike one. 94 running in fouled off for strike 2. Then a dumb 0-2 pitch. Jesus f***ing christ. Is this team filled with people who dont know what do to with and 0-2 count. Now here comes the apendage obsessed manager who brings in Neal Cotts who has a hard time with lefties to face a lefty. Here we go kids. Lets see how far Giambi hits it. Giambi is hitting .212 against lefties. That's the good news. QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 8, 2006 -> 07:34 PM) This has all the makings of a walk. Nope.

It'd be so nice if Neal could find his Marbles. But based on recent events...I think this ball flies 420 feet.

Mackowiak in Center...Jeter scores.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Aug 8, 2006 -> 07:28 PM) I think we're actually going to escape this jam, I really do. In 2005, I'd have been shocked if we didn't. In 2006, I'll be shocked if we do. Then again...we do have the right guy at the plate.

QUOTE(3E8 @ Aug 8, 2006 -> 05:25 PM) McCarthy has averaged 180 innings pitched per season over the last two years with no issues. Liriano has had prior arm troubles and throws a slider with a velocity over 90 mph. Throwing the slider while moving your arm at that speed puts an enormous amount of stress on the elbow, and he uses this pitch a lot. Up front this doesn't look to be an issue of being overworked, moreso a issue with mechanics and Liriano's frame. There is no way I would look at this incident and limit McCarthy's work had he been a starter or choose to use him in a bullpen role because of it. I understand your points, but I'll counter with this: BMac also has a very slender frame which has not yet had a lot of time to develop. He's thrown 180 innings over the last 2 years, but he's done so at ages what, 20 and 21? And his mechanics, well, we don't know fully y et, but his delivery is quite violent to my eyes. So if nothing else...I can't complain about keeping his innings low for another year. And I think that it makes sense with a lot of young pitchers...Verlander, McCarthy, Prior, Wood...etc.

Argh. Our starter actually gives us decent innings...and bam, bullpen manages to find a way to fall apart right away.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Aug 8, 2006 -> 07:21 PM) I really want to see a walkoff homer in the 9th. Give us some life.. seriously, let's keep it tied until the 9th. Lefty in to face Podsednik, Iguchi, and Thome? It's already written, my son.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Aug 8, 2006 -> 06:42 PM) Tex, we're talking about a country that has let its current administration convince them that the pursuit of "tactical nukes" and both ethical and necessary. That technology is not being pursued for the results to remain unused. And they may not pack the megatons they bigger siblings do, but they are still bombs, are they not? Actually, use the correct term. Congress keeps calling them "Usable" nuclear weapons. Usable.

Dang, closer than I'd hoped. Might be enough to convince Joe to stay in as an Indep. Unless his campaign gets charged with filing a false police report over today.

Remember that thread I made about how opponents are able to bring in a Loogy to pitch to Podsednik, Iguchi, and Thome, and they can use that same pitcher for all 3 of them and get 3 good outs?

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Aug 8, 2006 -> 07:07 PM) Brian Anderson Oh, this makes the entire night so much better! Great, I'm doing dishes, and the guy I've been begging for all game comes in and makes a dynamite play that I don't see.

Has anyoen else realized that if Brian Anderson was in this game, Freddy Garcia could come out of the game right now and still have the chance to win it with a quality start?

Nice 2 innings by Freddy Garcia. Shame the first few were so bad. Bullpen better be ready in the 6th.

Cynthia McKinney Runoff tonight also... 20% reporting: Cynthia McKinney 892 26% Hank Johnson 2,505 74%

U.S. Senate - - Dem Primary 332 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 44.39% Name Party Votes Pct Lamont, Ned Dem 64,383 53.09 Lieberman, Joe (i) Dem 56,891 46.91

BRIAN ANDERSON CAN'T HIT RIGHTIES! MACKOWIAK OFFENSE SPECTACULAR!!!

Thank you Joe. Joe Crede is better than Jesus.

Nuts.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 8, 2006 -> 06:07 PM) You know it's bad when Balta is so upset and pessimistic. You were always arguing against me last year, now you're sounding like me. It's the pitching staff. That and our CF Platoon. It's just driving me crazy right now. Man, I really like what our hitters are coming to the plate thinking today. Even if Konerko has a bad AB here, they're keeping Wang really off balance, working him hard, making him get it up. Walker did a dynamite job preparing these guys for this kid.

QUOTE(SoxHawk1980 @ Aug 8, 2006 -> 06:02 PM) Scott Podsednik has the makings of a pretty mediocre 4th OFer. Stop sayign that...Ozzie will start him in CF as a platoon for Anderson, because Anderson can't hit righties.

It would be REALLY nice to get someone on for Thome here just to keep Wang from getting comfortable.

Jesus Christ, 26 home runs hit off of Eric Milton, I mean Freddy Garcia this year.

Ball fly far...

By the way, it's time for me to say something positive. The job Greg Walker did in preparing our hitters for Wang today? Looks dynamite thus far. Konerko, Crede, Cintron have gone up there with excellent plans.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Aug 8, 2006 -> 05:50 PM) Maybe not this inning but I'm guessing this series for sure. Garland tomorrow, Vazquez 2 from now? If Javy's on again, today's about his only shot.