Gregory Pratt

Ozzie's channeling Charlie Manuel. I've no problem with this. That's how Ozzie is, and Mike North blows.

What happened?

The fact that Crede won the Silver Slugger award over Rodriguez last year is ridiculous

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/al...er-ichiro_N.htm Very good

The Sunday lineup is facing the Sunday pitcher

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 17, 2007 -> 10:17 AM) Just don't forget I MAKE THE f***ING LINE UP!!! You're on the hotseat if we lose

Flash, we talked about it before...but you need to find a way to get your ass down there. I want to talk about the organization with you FACE TO FACE!

Something has seriously gone wrong. Slumps shouldn't last this long

Dear Sweeney, Great catch.

Erstad probably couldn't have got to that one. He got a good job getting it in at least, and I admire the effort. Man, I can't believe how bad our offense is.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 16, 2007 -> 10:06 PM) You can find that on the island of misfit toys. Ask the Jim in the Box that guards the magical dragon. He will show you the way to the invisible swordsman that holds the secret to bunting and all things bunting. I see we're using nursery rhymes. Ugh. Way to go, Mackowiak./

Atta boys, Erstad and Ozuna. Let's get them in.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 16, 2007 -> 10:02 PM) Goofy poems and silly songs are a pet peeve of mine. Well at least you're not asking me rhetorical questions without the question mark.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 16, 2007 -> 09:58 PM) Well the Coach with your name also associates hitting with obscure non-baseball bulls*** also. PPS: I'm on your side with regard to approach and instruction, but I guess I'm an advocate of all-or-nothing HR-swings-around-the-posie.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 16, 2007 -> 09:58 PM) Well the Coach with your name also associates hitting with obscure non-baseball bulls*** also. You're really getting pissed off over a small joke? Lighten up. PS: slumps don't last two months.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 16, 2007 -> 09:55 PM) A poem/song, you have to be f***ing kidding me. It's about the approach, man. Line drives = Kung Foo

QUOTE(fathom @ May 16, 2007 -> 09:53 PM) Listen to Grandma Erstad make excuses. It's f***ing sickening. Haha, I was telling Heads just now that Erstad "slipped." QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 16, 2007 -> 09:54 PM) I am waiting to hear about the many arm angles of Cy Wang. Haha. There are some funny things being said in this thread. I love it.

Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh Everybody was kung fu fighting Those kids were fast as lighting In fact a little bit frightning But fought with expert timing There were funky china men From funky china town They were choping them up They were choping them down It's an ancient chinese art And everybody knew their part From a faintin' to a snif And a kicking from the hip Everybody was kung fu fightin Those kids were fast as lightin In fact it was a little bit frightnin But they fought with expert timing There was funky Militin And little Sammy Chow He said: Here comes the big boss Let's get it on He took a vaul and made a stand Started swaying with the hand But emotion made me skip Now into a brand new trip Everybody was kung fu fighting Those kids were fast as lighting In fact it was a little bit frightning But they did it with expert timing Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh Everybody was kung fu fighting Those kids were fast as lighting In fact it was a little bit frightning Make sure you have expert timing Oh-Oh-Oh Kung Fu Fightin Has fast as lighting Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh Give Give Give on Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh SOX NEED MOTIVATION

LOL

QUOTE(fathom @ May 16, 2007 -> 09:43 PM) I thought the swings were actually fine. There's something to be said about the team's baseball IQ when your players are taking huge HR cuts with no outs and two men on against a tough sinkerballer

PS: I hated those homerun swings with runners on. Pathetic.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ May 16, 2007 -> 09:25 PM) ...and he got a ton of overhyped praise like that one catch makes up for an entire season of his bat being s***ty. GP and cali tossed the bait, and now they'll hear it. By all means, I can't defend his error-that-wasn't there. I just disagree that his bat has been "s***ty" all season.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ May 16, 2007 -> 09:11 PM) Oh I f***ing love having a .258/.303/.348 hitter in the #1 spot, guaranteed to get 4-5 at-bats every game, the whole time being fellated by the announcers, home and away, for being such a gritty ballplayer, which we all know is code for "white" and "no longer talented." At least he made a great play on that one... Well it makes it easier for you to crucify him. Sometimes, we could all use an editor and right now, you could use an editor, my friend.

If you're talking about Hawk, I've no problem blaming him. But I hope you aren't really suggesting that Erstad's been bad for this team. Bah.

Erstad's defense is overrated, mmhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm His jumps are bad, mmhmmmmmmmmmmmm His reads aren't good enough, mmhmmmmmmmmmmm I love Erstad. How anybody could ever bash his D is beyond me.