southsider2k5

This must be the day late hex, huh?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 08:09 AM) Shack FTW. That's one Helluva way to look at it. Adam Dunn is untradeable but Vernon Wells was moveable? Yowza. No doubt. As Hawk would say, this ball game is OVA!

QUOTE (hi8is @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 12:10 AM) I can't believe that people on this board are still pointing to negitives after a preformance like that. Give me a break. Eat some crow - or in this case, some Humber-Pie. That is my new fantasy team name... Serving up Humber Pie And yes I know that no one cares about my fantasy team.

It will be interesting to see if Silvero is for real. I wonder how much the Wilder stuff really affected him, and how good he really could be.

What a disaster. That is going to make it impossible to do day to day business for that franchise. $5000 is nothing to a major league franchise. It would be like having to get anything over a dollar expendature approved for us.

QUOTE (3E8 @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 11:25 PM) re: Jose Bautista's extension I had another post where I explained exactly why Bautista's emergence came out of nowhere, but I cannot find it. Currently leading baseball in HR and OPS. I am still not buying what Bautista is shooting up.

They'd be stupid to not be using things like facebook.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 08:35 AM) I think IlliniKrush hit the nail on the head, I hope Q checks the board and reads it too. In the Chicago media, it seems that the Hawks comeback and Canucks collapse are predestined, which is making me nervous about the outcome. It is a game 7, anything can happen. Get it done boys, Niemi & the Sharks are waiting. There is no way this team thinks this series is over.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 10:32 PM) I said this for game 6 too(which obviously turned out to be wrong, thankfully) but the 1st goal in this game will be absolutely huge. More than that, they need to attack Luongo. Hell even run him early. Get in his head ASAP.

QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 01:49 PM) He's arguably the best player in fantasy baseball. I picked 7th in a 12 team league. Hanley went 2nd after Poo-Holes.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 10:09 PM) Yeah Ozzie has done a great job handling this pen, I really want him in charge of what I consider to be a potentially devastating closer. (Note sarcasm) And if he knew so much, why did Ozzie let so many others fail before him? Seems to not make a lot of sense. Kind of like Ozzie has no idea what hes doing and is just randomly hoping for the best... (edit) And were on a message board, I obviously have less personal knowledge than any person who even works with the Sox. That doesnt mean I cant second guess them, thats why we have the internet. 5 of his 7 relievers have been bad this year. That's why Santos was out there for 4 outs.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 10:06 PM) I dont think ozzie has any plan and hes completely flying by the seat of his pants, hoping for anything to work right now. For the first time ever I just really am done with him (and this was before tonights game), if the Sox need a shake up, its not Walker its Ozzie. He has two guys in his pen that have consistently gotten outs for him this year. I'm not sure how exactly he is supposed to count on guys to perform in an important game right now, but OK.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 10:03 PM) Right. Youre not worried that Ozzie ahsnt realized that Santos is the closer? Thats the main thing im really concerned about. I'm more worried about winning a game after we have lost 10 of 11 and had Kenny Williams fly to NYC to give a closed door meeting. I think Ozzie has realized that Serg is the closer, because if he hadn't, he wouldn't have been out there for the 9th.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 10:00 PM) My beef is bringing in Santos in the 8th if he will close in the 9th. How is that hard to understand? How hard is this to understand... If someone comes in and serves it up in the 8th, there is no closing in the 9th. That is the whole focal point here.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 09:55 PM) No but Im not sure how people can just say Santos first save being a 4 out save in Yankee stadium was an amazing decision. If Santos is your closer you bring him in the 9th, and use match ups in the 8th. The 4 out save worked today, but that is not a strategy I want to see the rest of the season. Next thing its 5 outs then its 6, you just arent going to get away with that forever. Use match ups in the 7th and 8th, closer in the 9th. Im really not sure why what im saying is so groundbreaking, most teams always do this. Ozzie did use match ups in the 8th inning. I think that is what you are missing. Our pen has been horrible that year. Sure if someone else had been getting big outs on a regular basis this year, it would have been a different story. But that hasn't been happening. The match up that gave the Sox the best chance to win was Sergio Santos. Sure you don't want to do that all year long. No one WANTS that. But with the pen being horrible this year, there wasn't nearly as much of a choice as you want to present. The only other guy that has done anything this year has been Crain. Here's the thing. If Santos falters in the 9th, you still have Jesse Crain available.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 09:52 PM) What has Sale done this year to show that he is the man for that situation over Santos? And to repeat again... We have NO ONE who has been a closer before. ANYONE who you put into that situation is going to be new at it. Whether that is Matt, Serg, Jesse, or Will Ohman.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 09:48 PM) Argue what you want, youll just never convince me that leaving Sale against Jones or having Chavez against a lefty with Santos pitching the 9th wasnt a better decision. Santos did the job, but if that game was such a major game, Ozzie put it on the back of some one who has never done that before. What has Sale done this year to show that he is the man for that situation over Santos?

Boy it doesn't seem that long ago that Balta kept posting about the inevitable break up of the Republican party...

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 09:43 PM) But it wasnt game 7 of the World Series, it was the first game of a series in NY, with a pitcher who I hope can be with the Sox for a really long time. If Santos is going to blow his first save, its going to be 3 outs. No convincing me otherwise, unless it was a real elimination game, or maybe even a game in September. I call bulls***. the Sox have just lost 10 of 11. They just had the general manager come in and address the team. They are sitting on the highest payroll in team history, with a team the owner has already said they can't afford. If you think winning tonight wasn't important with the chance the Sox had to win the game, you are in denial.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 09:38 PM) Its revisionist history to say how many pitches he had to use in the 8th. If he goes out and has to throw 15 to Chavez, then what? What if he throws 30 to get out of the inning? Now we are up 1-0, is Thornton now our closer again? We have a ton of pitchers on the damn roster, if they cant get me an out against a righty or lefty, than they are not on my team. Period, its 1 out with no one on base. If you cant deliver that, Ill find some one else. Again, if he struggles to get out Chavez, he still has Crain and Thornton. That could very well have changed who came into the 9th. At that point in the 8th inning you have lost 10 of 11, and you want your best reliever in there at that point. You have got to get out of that inning. It is like game 7 where you can't afford to save anyone.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 09:36 PM) Again. That wasn't the questionable decision. Having him come in for the 8th and then the 9th was. Why? What was so hard about the 8th that he couldn't keep going? If he gets into trouble, you still have Thornton and Crain left to throw out for match ups.

QUOTE (Andrew @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 09:33 PM) :shrug: I have yet to see MT get an "out or two". Which is exactly why I go with a guy who has gotten outs this year. He has earned a shot at least.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 09:32 PM) I dont care what happens to Thornton, but putting Santos in to close his first game in Yankee stadium is a pretty big deal no matter what. You then add on top of that he has to get 4 outs, and face Cano, Teix and Arod. He did the job because hes a stud, but Ozzie did him no favors. He bailed Ozzie out and thats what star players do, but I dont agree that Ozzie made the right call. There is a difference. (Edit) Yes pulling Sale for Jones is what lead to my anger and using Santos not Crain, if Santos is the closer. If Sergio isn't a closer, it is much better to find out in April, versus finding out in August.

Something else that is worth mentioning with Dunn, this is his first time as a DH in his career. There is probably some mental adjustments going on, and then you throw in a surgery. That's tough.

QUOTE (Andrew @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 09:29 PM) And this is EXACTLY what I was afraid of too... More than anything in a pen that has sucked this year, it sends the message that ozzie has no confidence in all of you, because you are only capable of getting an out or two.