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QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jun 15, 2006 -> 12:44 AM) A wisdom tooth is coming through. One less that will need to be cut out.

We needed "Angry Politte" to make an emergency appearance, magically off the DL, to hit Blaylock!! Seriously though, you don't put a wild-control rook in to do your dirty work. Sorry, Ozzie is wrong here. Then scar him further by taking your frustration out on him in the dugout in front of his teammates, THEN send him to Charlotte right after....I'd expect that type behavior from Phil Garner or someone.

If thats true, thats a very Bushleague thing to do Ozzie..my god.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Jun 15, 2006 -> 12:57 AM) i didn't see the game so Tracey was supposed to throw at someone and didn't? f*** him if thats the case... thats total bulls*** on his b**** ass part. Um, is that necessary at all?

and 28-6 OUTSIDE of the shoebox in Charlotte..thats mui impressive.

And Tracey, a kid with a lack of control to put it nicely, attempted to do that job...he threw at Blaylock not once, but TWICE. If he goes out there, and makes no efforts to do what Guillen wanted, then yeah, I certainly agree with DirtySox, but thats not the case.

I understand what Oz was trying to do...but c'mon man...I think Guillen's agitation with Tracey was a bit overboard.

QUOTE(WCSox @ Jun 14, 2006 -> 02:34 PM) And replace him with who? Ozuna, who doesn't play LF well and whose OBP will be lower? Fields, who hasn't played LF at all and hasn't seen major-league pitching yet? If Pods fails to put up a .350 OBP and steals less than 30 bases this year (or has significat groin poblems again), I'm all for looking for an alternative. But he currently has a .344 OBP, has already swiped 21 bags, and his healthy, so I don't think that's going to happen. There's no point in replacing him with an inferior player. How long are we gonna cling to that OBP as an argument for how good Pods is doing? Check those June numbers...check that OBP so far. Look at who we've played in June. This month, Pittsburgh is really the only bad team we play. We are playing all quality teams, and Pods has all but disappeared. Now a .247 BA with a .343 OBP for our glorious leadoff hitter. Check his OBP against other leadoff hitters in the league...actually, I'll tell you how he ranks..Pods ranks 9th out of 14 regular leadoff hitters in OBP. That would almost be acceptable if he had any skills at all in the outfield. But lets not forget his horrid throwing arm, and terrible reads he gets going to his right. Pods is not that good of a player, period.

2...2....2 quotes and responses in 1!! I'm pretty sure Montero didn't help the pen out too much today...

The gamethreads would be so much better if people didn't automatically start heated s***-slinging with other posters as soon as the team does something less than stellar. Seriously, no need for it. Can't we all just bag on Pods and his awesome leadoff hitter capabilities instead?

Montero rocks.

You're kidding yourself if you don't think Ozzie only brought in Tracey to hit Blaylock. It was painfully obvious. Ozzie was riding the kid way too hard IMO after he pulled him though. The kid tried to hit Blaylock twice, Hank moved....its part of the game.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Jun 14, 2006 -> 09:52 PM) Tell tat to every other pitcher in the AL. I would like to have him in our CF right now. I meant the HR part, not the giving up a hit part..totally different concerning a leadoff hitter.

Pods....setting the standard of excellence at the top of the order.

Simply awesome Javy...its Gary Mathews Jr..

Crede 1 for 13, 4 K's now since coming back... He and Pods been sharing hitting approach information?

Haha.. Tampa Bay rocks so much..

SLing it at the players and team, but not each other fellas..c'mon now, you know better.

Keep watching those 3rd strikes guys, that'll start the rally!

Pods, you worthless f***. .248 average now Mr. Leadoff hitter

Awesome....the team still at the hotel??

Interesting 'ole! there by Gload.

Lets see how many we can strand on base guys, with Javy throwing BP! Awesome.

Crede 1 for 12, 3 K's since returning...not so hot.

Since when did Freedy Garcia put on Javys jersey to pitch? Least we have this stellar lineup in to help us catch up tonight, I know Pods will be the catalyst!