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Nice pitch. That was a hell of a hangar right there by Mr. Johnny Danks. It's okay, he doesn't suck. He'll get it going. Last year wasn't a fluke.

ERA over 5? Get owned. Unknown pitcher/rookie? Get Owned. Good pitcher who we shouldn't hit? We own him. Weird.

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ Jun 5, 2009 -> 08:29 PM) Nice start for Gordon. 0-6, with a strikeout All kidding aside, he's being too anxious up there, let the game come to you This team will be at best a 4th place team once the season ends, that's my prediction I have a hard time believing CQ will come back and just dominate, he'll probably end up being average Might as well shut him down for the year and let him be absolutely, positively 100% next year.

59 pitches through 5. And this game is OVA!!!! 4 losses in a row. Cy Pavano absolutely murdered us. If Greg Walker isn't gone by the ASB, I'll be shocked.

Beckham needs to stop taking advice from his best buddy AJP. 2 pitches, 2 outs. *yawn*

Wise K's (shocking!). He looks to be about in hitting shape (lol).

Anyone know when the last game was that we had back-to-back doubles?

QUOTE (Reddy @ Jun 5, 2009 -> 08:24 PM) here's the kicker - go through ANY lineup in the game, and they've all got a weak spot or two. Not having a CF is NOT what's keeping us from being competitive. What it is, is a complete lack of fundamentals at the plate. THAT'S IT. I don't believe it. We have such a good hitting coach. No way.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 5, 2009 -> 08:21 PM) Nate McLouth? Don't know anything about him.

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Jun 5, 2009 -> 08:20 PM) Man if KW doesn't actually try to upgrade over BA and Wise then his ass needs to be shown the door. This CF black hole has been there long enough. Come on, Jerry Owens was supposed to be the answer! Kenny didn't need anyone until Owens started sucking; we were set!

Yay, a strike! Aaaaaand, it's gone.

Alright, we really need a CFer. f*** Brian.

f*** this team. No one even cares anymore.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 5, 2009 -> 08:12 PM) Hell of a job by Danks to keep us in this game. That could be a momentum starter. Could be, but Cy Pavano is still owning us right now.

Getz deserves to be benched after that. Nix better get warm.

Cy Pavano just made Alexei look silly stupid.

Danks flat out sucks right now.

... that didn't take long. Danks needs to speed his game up. It looks like hes taking too much time between pitches and overthinking it. I don't ever remember his rhythm being this slow.

Still nothing pretty out of Gordon. Let's hope he figures it out and goes 3-4 tonight.

Fail... sigh.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 5, 2009 -> 05:59 PM) What has been even more remarkable has been the lack of "Fire ________" threads going in the direction of Guillen and KW, specifically Kenny. Must have missed the huge one just a few days ago. It got pretty ugly.

So, if this hasn't already been discussed, what do you guys think the relationship between Beckham's success and Kenny's job is, if any?

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Jun 4, 2009 -> 10:54 PM) Hopefully Robbie Alomar is available somewhere. Or I'm sure we could get Uribe back. At least he got a hit every once and a while.

Absolute waste of a draft pick. He sucks at baseball, and he isn't even as good looking as everyone makes him out to be! Way to go Kenny...

So the fact of the matter is something in our scouting/hitting isn't working, and our management is apparently not going to do anything to fix it. Our hitters are continuously unprepared whenever they face an unknown, and that just isn't acceptable. Something, ANYTHING, has to be changed, and to me, the easiest one to replace is Greg Walker. Like someone said before, if this same pattern emerges with a new coach, then what did we really lose (assuming KW hires someone at least serviceable, which I assume he would)? And, maybe there's a chance it is just our hitters. Maybe we've just got a bunch of guys who don't know how to learn from watching video or reading scouting reports. Maybe all that data is available, and they just don't make anything of it. Maybe they only learn by doing, over and over (could be why we own Verlander; same division, see him many times a year). But its a hell of a lot easier to replace one coach than an entire roster. But I'm just a fan. I want this team to win (yes, it's true, I really do bleed Black and White), and I'm tired of seeing this same thing happen over and over. To me, it's obvious something isn't working, and something needs to be done to fix it. Because sitting here hoping something will just fix itself is not going to be good for this team in the long run.