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QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ May 20, 2015 -> 09:13 PM) This has been a really poorly managed, performed and umpired game Luckily, Cleveland fans were spared this one...and could just tune in after the Cavs' win to be pleasantly surprised their team was in the process of winning consecutive games for just the 2nd or 3rd time all season long. At least the vendors are happy....Rodon starts have to be averaging 3 1/2 hours each time he goes out there. Maybe not so happy to be stuck at the park so long when there's a low attendance weeknight game.

Hahn's biggest failure, overall, has to be the catching situation since AJ left. Granted, there are no easy answers...and there aren't more than 5-7 decent two-way catchers in MLB right now...but the failure is more in accepting mediocrity (well, below that even) and not trying something/someone else. Investing Melky's money into Russell Martin, for example.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 20, 2015 -> 09:04 PM) According to fangraphs WAR, out of 176 position players: - Melky is 160th - Alexei 168th - Eaton- 173rd No other team is close to having 3 guys that low in the rankings. And that's not including Flowers/Soto and Micah/Sanchez because they don't qualify. The offense is just a black hole right now. It might be tolerable if Abreu was hitting like he did the first 3 months last year.

Barring another miracle comeback from the Sox, it looks like Minn, Detroit, KC and the Indians will all win tonight.

Brantley's a top 5 MVP caliber player when healthy. Not a surprise there. At least, it shouldn't be.

Well, another great opportunity to come back against the Indians' bullpen. Can only go to that well so often, though.

QUOTE (reiks12 @ May 20, 2015 -> 08:39 PM) Jennings did his best Knoblauch impersonation We're going to have to call him Clayton The Sheriff Richard if he continues with that...

So much for the bullpen.

How is there a sacrifice bunt and yet Bourn's still at 1B? What happened?

We can probably tolerate a sub 500 OPS from Sanchez for now...but how long can that last? It's not like they can turn around and go back to Micah. They'd have to use Bonifacio or Beckham.

Is anyone convinced the score would be any different against Chen? You just had to know this type of result was coming a mile away.

A shutout so far with 41 strikes and 31 balls...not easy to pull off.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 20, 2015 -> 05:20 PM) I don't think the rape turns Sansa into a victim, it empowers her to finally fight back against the people who have been attacking her and her family from day one. Are you Bobby Knight, lol? Actually...the Sand Snakes stuff reminds me of my favorite daytime soap opera from the 80's and early 90's, Santa Barbara. Terrible. It's just way off tune with the rest of the show...almost inexplicable with so many experts involved that that's what they'd end up with on screen when all is said and done.

Could Dylan Axelrod do this against us, too?

It's like when Juan Pierre hits one, almost. I think even Pods had one season with the Brewers (maybe his rookie year) where he hit around 10 or so... Or Leury/Lillibridge Bomb.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ May 20, 2015 -> 07:23 PM) Ditch Southpaw...................never got why Ribby and Rhubarb got axed! Because they were terrible, amorphous tubs of goo/human blobs with no worthwhile characteristics and weird colors, lol. The Indians' announcers were going on and on about how the PA announcer at USCF seems very very upset (borderline rage) when he calls out the player names....EMILIO BONIFACIO....like he's declaring war on Panama or something with his speaking style. Too funny.

1) Dan Jennings is already in real trouble after 3 games... 2) Why is it not a surprise we can't hit Marcum? 3) Are the Twins and Royals going to start losing again? 4) What is the tv share for the Indians in CLE tonight? Is anyone not watching LeBron and the Cavs there?

QUOTE (fathom @ May 20, 2015 -> 06:53 PM) Marcum is throwing 84-85 mph Chen-like. That's downright nitrous for Bruce.

Surely 15 BB's in 17.3 IP can't continue for long, can it?

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ May 20, 2015 -> 12:29 PM) Jesse Hahn would be nice to have as a number #5. Plus he's a ground ball pitcher and that profiles well in the cell. The book the Astros had on him was that he had difficult throwing inside fastballs consistently. I'm to the point of always being leery about pitchers who come from the NL or AL West, translating that success in the tougher divisions. Scott Kazmir would probably turn into John Danks/Barry Zito pitching half his games in Chicago. But the main reason is guys like Harrell, Stults and Clayton Richard survived...even did well over there for stretches.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ May 20, 2015 -> 05:31 PM) For what it's worth, I think you, Lillian, are one of the best posters on this forum. Your posts are always well thought out and civil. You come across as intelligent, well informed and courteous. I don't always agree with you but you are never petty, crude or childish. I appreciate your contributions to this forum and I hope you continue to share your opinions despite some of the ridicule you get from some here. Seconded. It's a baseball forum. 90% of the ideas we come up with in our heads are probably going to be unrealistic. Just for fun. Or at least it should be.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 20, 2015 -> 05:52 PM) It could very well be progress and let's hope so. But for God's sake, give the kid a couple months at AA before moving him up again, please? Especially when another of his worries is "fundamental defense at his position" like the guy we just sent down after racing to the big leagues insanely fast. Or Semien. Note pattern. Of course, the guys who actually can play solid to great defense, like Sanchez/Leury/Rondon might not ever hit enough.

The rule of "we don't usually fare well against the Blue Jays or former Jays" will rear its ugly head here, lol. Watch, the next thing we do is pick up Ricky Romero! Actually, this start is probably doomed from the beginning because of Rabbit's attendance AND since it WAS actually going to be Bruce Chen's turn. By the associative theorem, that means whoever starts in his place will pitch like Bruce Chen, no matter how much he hasn't pitched in the last two years. And look out DET, Minnesota's gaining on you...amazing as it is (and it can't last, can it?) That new manager effect.

One wonders who was working with Semien defensively all these years in the Sox system....surely it wasn't former Gold Glover Buddy Bell. And did his defense deteriorate because they kept moving him all over the infield....or did his not ever being allowed to master one position lead to this problem? Classic chicken and the egg. Which came first? BARTOLO COLON WALKED SOMEONE after a streak of nearly 50 innings. Never would have thought he'd last this long after his last time out with the White Sox.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 20, 2015 -> 02:34 PM) By "hard to believe" I meant I find it amazing or impossible to believe Republicans are against affordable health care for people. I mean it's not their fricking money. Do something for people, Mr. Brownback. It's easier for them to scare everyone that there will be government "death panels" deciding whether you live to die...whether to approve or deny some type of service...than to actually come up with a better solution. The irony, of course, is that Romney's Massachusetts plan (which he tried to disavow later) was even more liberal than the one that we eventually ended up with. All alone, the basic premise was to make people believe that millions of poor and homeless people would be descending on their local doctor's office or clinic, making it nearly impossible for them to get an appointment...that medical insurance would double or triple in price, etc. I'll give Ryan some credit there, at least he presented some ideas....albeit bad ones. For most Republicans, their only tome is lower taxes, free markets, supply-side economics, just oppose Obama/Clinton etc. on every single issue. That's an electoral strategy, but it's far from a successful governing one.