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technically, leaving spring training last year, Estaban Loiza was our 5th starter. So we won a ton of games out of that spot.

With all the trade threads and who we should get, anybody think we could fix this issue with offense? We could have Randy Johnson and he's got a losing record with this run support.

shhhhhh

Link Poor kid took the loss.

Mariotti should be a regular poster here.

A little research on our offense when the 5th starter is pitching. Wright 4/11 4-5 loss 4/16 0-3 loss 4/26 1-4 loss 5/1 6-10 loss (game 2 DH) For Danny we scored 4,0,1,6 runs Felix Diaz 5/13 6-5 W 3 runs scored before he was pulled 5/17 2-7 loss Diaz gets 6, 2 runs Jon Rauch 5/30 1-5 loss Rauch gets 1 run (zero when he is in the game) Cotts 5/22 1-9 loss in his only start 1 frickin run

Buy High, Sell Low That's the reality we face. Everyone in baseball knows we need a 5th starter. Evryone in baseball knows Jon's situation. If we tried to solve both of these issues we would be selling Jon at his lowest and paying top dollar for a decent guy who could get us 7 or 8 wins. Keep Jon, try to find him spots to build some stats, and during next off season make a decision, unless someone calls with a deal.

Head case, can only pitch an inning or two Sounds like a recipe for a closer

I think you are very fair and agree with your evaluation of almost every player. However if instead of writing it here, you ghost wrote a Mariotti colum, everyone would complain. What I meant was, if we took everything you wrote, (and not just you but everyone here) labeled it as coming from Mariotti, there would be a big round of boos. Mariotti prints some of the same complaints we have and we scream Cub bias. I read wrong side of town to mean the Cubs were on almost everyone's list to win their division. Certainly more people felt the Cubs would win then the Sox. We had a disaster for off season. IIRC Mariotti thought our lack of a 5th starter would be a problem, our closer would be a problem, thinks JR should spend money then expect attendance, not reverse, didn't like Ballmall Part 1, and a few other things that would get applauds here.

How much pressure is there on a 5th starter? I'm thinking this is the firing line. Bring up fresh meat. Jon has got to feel his big league career slipping away. From the heights of the Olympics, to this start, he has been on a terrible roller coaster ride. I wonder if he looked at this start as do or die for his career. Imagine, instead of multi-million dollar contracts, a career at Foot Locker, wearing the stripes and hearing people say, "Didn't you use to play for the Bulls? No wait, you're the bum who never made it out of AAA."

I noticed some of the 9-5 regulars aren't here this morning.

Marrioti doesn't care who is winning and losing. In fact both teams wining would sell more newspapers and give him more to write about. You guys are f***ing unbelievable. String together your posts for the past couple weeks and tell me there isn't anything negative? Name one poster here that y'all wouldn't lamblast if it was printed in the Sun-Times or Trib? Read the threads. Nuke, how many times have you taken shots at Koch? How many Valentin rants have we read? How many why is Crede playing threads? But you think Marrioti is somehow picking on the Sox. Give me a f***ing break.

Has anyone else noticed that the offense takes the day aff when the winner of our 5th Starter of the Day contest takes the mound? We pound out 10 runs and anyone of these guys suddenly doesn't look all that bad, they get a second start, maybe feel somewhat successful, keep their heads in the game. Now you look up and down the bench and all I saw was deer in the headlights looks. The whole team is expecting to lose.

Baseball fandom is all about sentiment. I would love for him to be given a chance to play regular, probably for another team, preferably in the NL. I've always been a fan.

And everyone in Israel can sleep better tonight and not be worried when boarding a bus tomorrow.

Back to the Dark Side of the Rainbow I have to teach a new generation about synchs/

I have one wish for tomorrow, a 15 run explosion to give JR a chance. We need to score some runs and get a 5th starter out of the gate with some confidence.

This is fun. Who would have thought, to start the season that going into an inning with Uribe, Thomas, Lee, would sound good? And giving a pass to Valentin? Amazing. Pitching is strong 4 out of 5 days, Takatsu with the win, Paulie playing like and all-star. Wow

Who has Paulie as a PTC??

A frickin believable

A walk is as good as a hit

Anything to the outfield

Paulie!! Let's go

deep center, off the wall