Balta1701

Kick some ass JC. Oh, and I think an ideal place to play Mack tomorrow would be at 3rd base.

I've said it a couple of times in the game thread, and i'll repeat it again here. The rest of the league doesn't know it yet. But right now, the Yankees, Carmines, Kitties, and Twinkies should be scared. Damn scared. A little bit of pitching and no one touches this team. And if JV finds some confidence, and keeps his focus, like he did today...then that's more than the little bit of pitching we need.

Thank you David. Do it quicker next time. JAVY JAVY JAVY JAVY JAVY JAVY JAVY JAVY

Flappin' Base on Balls...

This is a springboard type win. The Yankees, Kitties, Twinkies, and Carmines don't know it yet, but now is the time they should be scared. You give this team a little itty bit of pitching, and no one is going to slow them down. By the way, thanks Baltimore!

QUOTE(Jake @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 03:45 PM) Only take Javy out once a baserunner reaches. He's already thrown 109 pitches. He's done all we needed him to do. Maybe Cotts can have a good inning and everyone on our staff will suddenly be out of their slump.

YAY! Smiling manager and pitcher!

109 pitches, 13 strikeouts, 2 walks, 2 hits, 1 run. Heck of a game Javy. hit the showers.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 03:36 PM) Pods looked like a decent defender there.....cause Brian wasn't gonna get it. It's tempting to let Javy start the ninth at this rate. 105 pitches, not a shutout, big lead, at least one struggling reliever...no good reason to give Javy the ninth. Cotts really ought to get it.

"Stiffness in his lower back" for Crede. Now that's nice outfield play.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 03:30 PM) Just once, I want to see Tad argue with an ump. I bet he really curses umps in japanese when he's walking back to the dugout.

QUOTE(Felix @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 03:29 PM) Pods never dropped the bat.. lol Someone posted earlier in the thread it was day-to-day, he'll probably sit out tomorrow. I wouldn't be terribly surprised if he sat out the make-up game on Monday also.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 03:25 PM) OK, for argument's sake, let's just say that Javy has turned a corner. Why did it take so long, do you think? Maybe Vazquez finally decided to let Coop change whatever he thought necessary, whereas before he wanted to pitch his own way? Ever have a bad habit someone was trying to break you of? Every time Vazquez got nervous, or got runners on in his last few starts, he'd get nervous, and his technique would start breaking down. And he'd go back to trying to nibble, and he'd start throwing a lot of balls, and then he'd get hurt. He didn't have the confidence in what he was doing to really focus. I bet that Cooper coming out in the 5th after that walk was really important today.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 03:23 PM) So....we can get Javy into the 8th. Maybe the 9th from Cotts or Riske and that's game. Maybe even Javy in the 9th if he has a quick 8th. 95 pitches through the end of the 7th. Give him the 8th, or at least let him start it, since it's the bottom of the Jays' order. Let Cotts have the 9th, just to try to give him some more chances to get it right again when the game isn't on the line.

QUOTE(South Side Fireworks Man @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 03:21 PM) One game does not a season (or career) make. No, it does not, but when you're struggling, if you make a small change and suddenly it works, the most important thing it does? Confidence. Javy may walk out of this inning feeling like he's found his marbles. And Vazquez + Marbles should scare the daylights out of the AL.

Season high, 10 k's for JV.

QUOTE(GoRowand33 @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 03:18 PM) is it possible that coop might have fixed javvy You may know by the end of this inning.

So, they don't know it yet, but today is a day that should get the rest of the AL scared.

Happy pitching dance time!

QUOTE(Wanne @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 03:07 PM) What's Ozuna's status? Pablowned.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 02:57 PM) Well, if we let him give up 2 runners, then it's going to be a 6-4 game when Cotts gives up a homer to the first guy he sees Not if Thome has anything to say about that... Anyway, I can live with 6-4 after Cotts gives up the dong.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 02:54 PM) That's why I said we should pull him with the first runner he allows. And I don't care about his fragile little ego. With a 5 run lead, I say give him 2 baserunners.

Welcome back to the good BA.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 5, 2006 -> 02:50 PM) At the most, let him give up one hit in the 6th, then pull him. Ozzie will not send a new pitcher out there to start the 6th. And, interestingly, despite the last few 6th innings, I don't think he should. Especially with a 5 run lead. If he gives up a baserunner or two, pull him. But if nothing else, every out we get out of him saves the bullpen a little more.

APPLAUSE