southsider2k5

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jun 16, 2011 -> 03:10 PM) If a teacher can't teach algebra, then that classroom will have problems. I can play your games too. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 16, 2011 -> 03:11 PM) Guys like Alexei Ramirez, Carlos Quentin, Brent Lillibridge, and Brent Morel don't count or something?

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jun 16, 2011 -> 03:11 PM) Keep defending a worthless hitting coach who teams have sucked since mid 2006 in Y2Kville. Keep making up stuff to go on with the mob mentality.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jun 16, 2011 -> 03:09 PM) Or Walker isn't teaching the right fix, or isn't clear enough, or can't find the right message to Becks.... Fact is, this team isn't hitting with players that used to be able to hit, some of that can be attributed to growing older and losing some talent, but the young guys should be improving, or atleast not backpedaling, yes? Isn't that the job of the hitting coach? Guys like Alexei Ramirez, Carlos Quentin, Brent Lillibridge, and Brent Morel don't count or something?

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 16, 2011 -> 03:08 PM) Doesn't it become mysterious though about why there's numerous players on a team that seem to not be able to impliment what Walker is trying to teach them (Rios and Beckham this year, Fields from previous seasons). Did I miss the success that Fields had somewhere else? Did I miss your rants about how awful Rios was before he got here?

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jun 16, 2011 -> 03:07 PM) GB had no hitch before Walker! So obviously in Soxfest-land it was Walker who made him do it.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 16, 2011 -> 03:07 PM) What's the market for a mediocre 2B with no discernible tool? Charlotte. He has options.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jun 16, 2011 -> 03:04 PM) A teacher may know that he needs to teach his students algebra, doesn't mean he can actually teach them it. If a student can't learn algebra, it isn't always the teachers fault either.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 16, 2011 -> 03:05 PM) Well, then why the hell do coaches ever get fired? And did I not say that one of the ways to deal with this is to bench players? If the hitting coach is going to have so little accountability, then why not save the money and just spend more on the draft? If hitting coaches know what they are doing, they aren't the problem. If Gordon Beckham can't listen, he is the problem. Firing Walker because Gordon Beckham has a thick skull is just stupid.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 16, 2011 -> 03:02 PM) Well, it's his responsibility to get the players to adjust. If they're not listening to him, then either a new voice needs to be brought in or player needs to lose playing time in order to send a message. No offense, but that is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. If you don't listen at work, do they fire you, or your boss? If Beckham isn't listening and making adjustments, he is the one who needs to go, because he is the one who isn't doing his job.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 16, 2011 -> 02:51 PM) Wow, so you think Walker does a good job and deserves to stay in his role? I love how the assumption (word used on purpose) is always that Walker is the one who doesn't know what he is doing, even when he is in the right.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 16, 2011 -> 02:47 PM) 2k5 is correct, this was stated today. I'm sure it is wrong. Greg Walker is an idiot who just preaches lift and pull.

QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Jun 16, 2011 -> 02:42 PM) I swear I've lost confidence that Gordon Beckham will ever become a good MLB player. Can't Walker see that he's loading late and fouling off every pitch to the right? He was so much better before having Walk get into his head. We need a new manager and batting coach NOW Jerry. Are you really "ALL IN"? Then FIRE OZZIE and FIRE WALKER. Farmer said during the game today that he had talked to Walker, and Walker said he is trying to break Gordo of exactly that hitch in his swing.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 16, 2011 -> 02:39 PM) Humber Helps, and we haven't lost Danks yet...so it's still plausible that if he is gotten rid of, the return could involve pitching. If we hold a real fire sale, he should be one of the first to go. He has by far the highest value to a team like the Yankees right now.

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QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jun 16, 2011 -> 02:02 PM) http://thebaseballcube.com/ Great website for looking up players/teams/hometowns, etc. They have almost everyone that ever played baseball on that site. I love that site for minor league stats.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 16, 2011 -> 02:12 PM) You mean like members of BA laughing on the ground at the Ricky Brooks picks years ago? They did the same thing with Morel too.

I am kind of surprised Buehrle came out with 98 pitches.

Close, but of course not.

7 innings 94 minutes.

The shame of it is that Buehrle really is pitching a hell of a game.

ugh.

Leadoff walk for Dunn.

6 innings 81 minutes.

And nothing.

Farmio giving the "don't stop now boys" with complete distain.