Balta1701

Man, DJ was channeling me there. If there's anything positive about this series, it's that we don't see Oakland again.

man, I'm this close to just changing the channel and calling it a day.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 10, 2005 -> 12:50 PM) Ozuna has been exposed. He's playing too often, and you can see him wearing down. If there's any chance Crede's back injury will linger into the 2nd half, we need to acquire a back-up 3b immediately. Have we ever seen Gload at 3rd?

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Jul 10, 2005 -> 12:24 PM) Wow 110 MPH sinker from Haren. According to the Comcast gun. Good God...no wonder Beane traded Mulder for him.

Oh thank you Jesus/Allah/Buddha/Freddy/whoever gave us that pitch.

Someone needs to have a talk with Freddy about how he warms up for games. Add in a few extra tosses or somethin.

Well...let's go Freddy, we need ya today. Sitting back, relaxing, unable to figure out whether I should strap it up or strap it down.

Well, Dye gets an extra day to rest around the break. Hopefully that'll help him next week.

Man Juggernaut...I don't think I agree with you on anything. THE BIGGEST GAME OF THE 1ST HALF??? I don't really buy that one at all. Not after we've played big games against the Twins, the Angels, the Orioles...I can point to a bundle of them. The game against the Tigers after the Oakland trip where we were all beat up and El Duque came in and shut down the Tigers starting a big winning streak, the road trip to Minnesota, the destroying of Wickman in the 2nd game of the year, the comeback against the Dodgers, the comeback against the Padres, you name it. A 3 game losing streak into the break is not the end of the world. It's something I don't want to see, but it's not the end of the world.

Hey...Frisco...THANKS FOR TAKING THE WORD OF TOMKO OVER AJ. I knew the moment he handed that $100 to Borchard in the Spring that i was gonna like this guy.

Not to mention how badly Baker overworked Prior...

Well...this game's over, i'm gonna go watch the Simpsons.

"I'm a 55 year old heterosexual, and I don't know which way to strap it" - Emailer "Whatever you do, just don't strap it on" - DJ

That ball didn't hit the plate? I could have swore I heard the usual "thud" of the ball hitting the plate and bouncing back.

I love how when Kendall came out...Zito was covering his mouth with his glove so that the guy at 2nd...who doesn't speak English...couldn't read his lips. Come on Paulie, get something on the board! You're quite overdue for a 2 out RBI.

TAD! WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU YESTERDAY!! MAN WE MISSED YOU!!!

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jul 9, 2005 -> 04:10 PM) Anyone else fear Crosby the most in this lineup?? Even moreso then Chavez. If I had to pick 1 guy I didn't want to beat us right now in this lineup it'd be Crosby. Chavez is still a better hitter, but he's also a lefty, Crosby's hotter, etc. If we can't retire Crosby I'd almost say walk him. He's the guy I'd rather not let beat us. 2 nice grounders to Pablo...Great work MARK!

Good to hear...Sellout crowd tonight...standing room only.

Great...Scottie can't see the ball...and Kendall gets a leadoff double. Not how we wanted to start the game.

All right boys, this is OUR HOUSE. It's time to teach Oakland what that means. Sitting back, relaxing...but unable to find anything to strap down.

On top of that, I'd say that A.J. is probably the unluckiest player on the team in terms of having his balls fall just foul or having his lined shots go right to someone.

Usually I enjoy the derby, but I think being in Comerica will really cut into the numbers. The giant shots will still leave, but no one will be busting any records. I'm still leaning towards Teixeira.

So just out of curiosity...do people from this page do the same sort of junk at Twins and Cubs web pages...go and post random things to try to piss people off? I hope we don't.

QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Jul 9, 2005 -> 01:55 PM) So it's guaranteed that he would have moved Pods over safely twice? Despite his recent appetite for strikeouts? He had a man on 2nd with less than 2 outs 3 times, and a man on 2nd with 2 outs 1 time. Each time there was less than 2 outs...Everett hit a fly ball or a base hit that would have knocked in the run if the guy was at 3rd. 2 productive outs generates 2 runs. 2 hits generates 2 runs. 1 hit and 1 productive out generates 2 runs. Any combination of that would have done so. I can't give you a guarantee that he'd have moved them over any more than I can guarantee you a world series win. But after yesterday's debacle, I know beyond a shadow of a doubt who I trust more to do that job.

QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Jul 9, 2005 -> 01:52 PM) But you're not going to learn anything about them from 70 abs. We don't know any more about these 2 than we did at the beginning of the season. All this 'looky looky at the ops now!' is silly. And good Lord, how much bitterness can you have b/c someone had one bad day. The most electrons are spilled here over the least important issue. If your goal is to learn about a player, then they should be in the minors where they can play every day. If your goal is to win a world series, then you shouldn't have people up on your roster to "Learn about" them. You should have people up on your roster because they can perform in the job they need to do. If we need a left handed bat off the bench and Harris can't handle it, it's time for someone else to get Harris's job. We can learn about them and give them a lot more at bats in AAA. The goal is not to learn about anyone. The goal is to win.