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There is no logic whatsoever in keeping BA on the team, never letting him play, instead of starting him in AAA and keeping Perez when it was painfully obvious our hitting vs. LHP was absolute s***.

Like I said pregame, I'm so happy Thome gets to start against Santana to try his lift and pull approach on a guy he can't touch.

And now Santana settles in, which is great news for us.

One of the 2 teams in the ballpark makes adjustments the 2nd time around against a pitcher, one doesn't(I'm looking at you, hook em long Thome).

Second time through the lineup always catches us against the Twins.

3 walks for Johan in 2 IP, and we are letting him off the hook...the walks won't continue, make him pay!

Santana has pretty crap control so far here, the tight strike zone isn't helping(well not helping him!!) Lets use it to our advantage guys!

20-25 pitches an inning is gonna kill Danks, lets hope he gets a few 12-15 pitch innings coming up

Danks may be our new 'The Count of 3 and 2'

The combination of Danks getting behind 2-0 on each hitter, plus Santana throwing first pitch strike on us is going to catch up in a hurry.

Anderson isn't playing today(or ever apparently). Low and away, why doesn't every pitcher in baseball know that is all you have to do to get our guys out.

I never like to concede games, but this is one I won't be yelling at my PC if we lose. I just want to see Danks show that he was the right choice for the 5th spot, keep us in the game, and see if we can get a few breaks.

I think its just not worth skipping ahead in the rotation to Jose knowing that he threw about as bad a game as I've seen him throw, results-wise. Lets see what Danks can do here against a guy that has notoriously owned us.

Or at least gave AJ the game off, he won't hit Johan at all...seemed like a good time to get him a day off.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Apr 8, 2007 -> 12:31 PM) Maybe give Thome a day off, slide Paulie to DH and let Darin play 1st, Pablo in LF and Brian in center? Or, let Pablo DH? God, that feels weird to type. Sounds logical to me, so don't count on it happening.

That mean Ellis Burks isn't related to Jamie Burke?

And no one misspelled 'our' as 'are' yet either!?! How are we supposed to win if people don't know their roles!?! Predicted lineup got me confused as well.

Maggs absolutely raked against Johan: 13 for 33, 3 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 12 RBI, .394 BA and .405 OBP

Somehow I totally missed Ozunas numbers against Johan. 10 for 31, 3 doubles, .323 BA and .364 OBP

The Indians are IMO the most talented team in the division, they'll get their wins regardless of makeup games. There is a helluva lot of talent in Cleveland, bad news for us.

Frank is what made me follow this franchise to start with, so I will always be backer #1 of the Big Hurt getting that 500th HR, no chemicals needed, and going into the Hall with that Sox hat on proudly.

Some numbers for our lefties against Johan... Player AB H R 2B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP Thome 21 4 -- 0 3 4 1 7 .190 .261 Erstad 29 8 -- 1 0 3 0 1 .276 .276 Pods 9 1 -- 0 0 0 1 5 .111 .200 AJ 11 1 -- 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 Just say no to Pods today, hell Thome too if we were smart, but that won't happen. Hell, Dye has had about the most success against Johan besides Erstad, with a .227 BA in 44 ABs. Sad when .227 is considered good for us against a pitcher.

I love me some Mr. Perfect. Thats back when I used to watch the WWF bigtime. Perfectplex!!

I don't understand all this talk of a new leadoff hitter, we have the second coming in Pods already.

Gamethread changed to 4/7 for now, I'll fix the starting pitchers once they are announced.