Milkman delivers

Grand, leadoff walk.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 29, 2006 -> 07:15 PM) Some bad luck on that vicious rocket by Dye. It's ok though, we had two bloopers benefit us that inning. Mackowiak is better in every single possible aspect right now. He really is. Defense, arm, average, OBP, power. He can even swipe a few bases at a decent clip.

Why can't Mackowiak get at least a few starts out in LF this year? Just see how it works out. He can't POSSIBLY do worse than Pods does.

This really is a seesaw type game.

I'm still trying to figure out what Pods does to warrant a spot on this team.

My Lord, Dye is slow.

With the haircut, I think Crede resembles Widger. I thought that was a bad omen. Way to come through.

I think, even with Anderson in CF, it's still just decent to good. Like fathom said, they can't throw runners out, especially at home, to save their lives. Pods is obviously a butcher in every sense out in LF. He does nothing well. I'm also very disappointed in Dye's defense this year. He seems to be running in quicksand, and I often feel that a lot of balls fall in front of him that he used to get to. Not to mention how many times it seems that runners move from 1st to 3rd on him on singles. He just doesn't seem to get to the ball fast enough or get ready for a throw to third.

There is something new wrong with this team in every game. If it's not the hitting, it's the pitching. If it's not the pitching, it's the fundamentals, or the defense, or the managing, or the situational hitting. There's just something in every game, and they never all click at once.

Well, that's acceptable. Cotts has definitely lost most of my confidence he built up last year.

Well, there's that wild pitch. Absolutely perfect.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Hawk just said Ozzie is hoping that Vazquez will give him a whole lot of innings tomorrow. Don't know if he meant it to be funny, but it was.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 29, 2006 -> 06:22 PM) Of course they should. Like you said, Cotts has been really bad recently. He's fallen in love against with his high fastball, and when your velocity is down a few mph, it's a lot more hittable. Cotts lose velocity, too? Has every single one of our pitchers from last year lost a few mph?

Cotts is not nearly the pitcher he was last year.

I know he's out now, so I'm coming a little late, but I have very little faith in McCarthy as a reliever. He just doesn't fit that role well at all.

Please explain.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jul 29, 2006 -> 11:47 AM) I don't know the exact numbers but I'm almost positive that the Marte-Cotts comparison ain't really that close. I think Neal has allowed about 30 percent of inherited runners to score this year, while Damaso allowed a ton more than that last season. EDIT: And by numbers I just mean the inherited runners to score since that is what Damaso did so poorly with last season. I pretty much mean that Thornton is the go-to lefty now. The guy we want out there in a pressure situation, the one I trust more. Didn't mean that Cotts is anywhere near as bad as Marte was last year. I pointed out about a month ago that it seems like Ozzie trusts Thornton more than Cotts, and I stick by that.

I wouldn't mind Konerko sitting out another day or two. He's been garbage recently, completely in his homer-or-bust mode. And Gload deserves a reward for his heroics yesterday.

QUOTE(CWSOX45 @ Jul 29, 2006 -> 10:36 AM) I can't remember where I heard this, but Crede insisted that Boras wouldn't ruin negotiations between him and the White Sox. Isn't Uribe a Boras client as well? We signed him to a contract extension, so it can be done. I believe Uribe dropped Boras in order to sign a deal with the Sox. That is why he's one of my favorite players.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 29, 2006 -> 10:20 AM) Why do people think we'd get more for Fields than just Linebrink? Because Linebrink has struggled recently, and the Padres need a 3B, but there is basically nobody available to fill that spot. Oh, and wishful thinking.

If we get Tejada, it's gonna suck when he's caught using steroids. Honestly, almost all of us know he's on them, whether you admit it or not.

The Red Sox already have a catcher that can catch knuckleballs. Just saying...wishing mostly.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jul 29, 2006 -> 02:47 AM) How would people feel about Fields for Linebrink and Carillo now? I'd do it. We would just have to get something more than Linebring for a couple reasons. Linebrink's value has to have been lowered by his play of late, and the Padres don't have anyone else to target in the MLB basically besides Fields. And if this meant McCarthy goes to the rotation in place of Garcia, and we can possibly get Crisp (?!), then do it now.

I'd say: '05 - '06 Marte - Cotts Cotts - Thornton

Good job, RUSS.