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QUOTE(Capn12 @ May 8, 2007 -> 09:33 PM) Every. f***ing. Time. Our "vaunted" bullpen just isn't that good...7 blown saves, 10 for 17 so far this season. That's not good enough. The Twins lost 3 games ALL last season they were leading going into the 7th, we've already lost 3 this season in that category (CLE, at Oak, at Detroit)

QUOTE(fathom @ May 8, 2007 -> 09:31 PM) Clutch Crede strikes again Gold Glovers make that play...watch it come back to bite us.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ May 8, 2007 -> 09:29 PM) Give me a f***ing break. One ball was hit hard that inning. Buckling my ass... I love when people here become psychiatrists... Find a single Royals' fan who is upset Mac is gone...I dare you. I've lived in KC and watched his entire career, he's not good against the best teams.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ May 8, 2007 -> 09:23 PM) shocking. mcdoogal gets pounded. And there's the essence of the trade...against really good teams, in difficult circumstances, Mac buckles. It's why the Royals parted with him so easily, he's not reliable when you really need him to get an out, his control just isn't good because he has no idea where his FB is going. This Rabe kid has some pop...better be careful.

QUOTE(RME JICO @ May 8, 2007 -> 09:19 PM) Mark freakin Redmond beats out an infield hit. Great play Gooch. It has been all downhill since his acrobatic play last year. The Twins ALWAYS seem to take advantage of any mistakes they're presented with...unfortunately, Ozuna/Cintron/Mack aren't any better at 2B. We're closing in on 7 blown saves...great!

QUOTE(RME JICO @ May 8, 2007 -> 09:19 PM) Mark freakin Redmond beats out an infield hit. Great play Gooch. It has been all downhill since his acrobatic play last year. Twins' announcers complaing Royals traded MacDougal and Sisco within the division. Royals also had Burgos and Affeldt, should have been a great pen.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ May 8, 2007 -> 09:17 PM) PODS at this point isnt better at much. Ryan has been walking at a decent clip (at least seen some pitches), has shown about the same speed as PODS and is head and shoulders better in the field. If Ryan continues to hit 250-275, he is a more valuable player. Another reason I think we'll see a new 2B next year...Iguchi's defense just isn't there this year, compared to the level he set in 2005 and 2006.

QUOTE(fathom @ May 8, 2007 -> 09:11 PM) Doesn't Guerrier always dominate us? Our Matt Guerrier=Broadway, Haeger, McCullough, Phillips A Junior Pirahnas shirt to Nicky Punto for that catch, sure to be a Web Gem

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ May 8, 2007 -> 09:07 PM) While all of that is true, Brian Anderson isn't in any danger (at this point in time) of taking Sweeney's job. Podsednik, OTOH, is. It's a question that needs to start to be asked -- is Sweeney a better baseball player right now than Podsednik? Considering Pods pretty much won't be 100% for the rest of the season -- Ozzie pretty much admitted as much -- is there any facet of the game that he's better than Sweeney at? We'll have to wait and see where Ryan's OBP settles in... Power Speed--slight edge to Pods Fielding---dare I even comment Throwing---" " Hitting for average--maybe Pods? Plate patience/walks---we'll see Bunting---not enough evidence Hitting to opposite field/contact---Pods strikes out quite a bit for a leadoff guy with no power I'll have to admit, never thought Guerrier would have this type of career as a middle reliever in our division...but the Marte deal was still a steal at the time, Guerrier was a bust with the Pirates, who viewed him "as the next Greg Maddux" (direct McClendon quote)

QUOTE(fathom @ May 8, 2007 -> 09:04 PM) Crap, I didn't want anyone on base with Morneau up. Ozzie better get Aardsma or MacDougal up in the pen. I wonder what it would take for Rivera to lose his job? Farnsworth is not really an option as closer. I don't think they'll go for the Dave Aardsma for Cano deal...although you would have an interesting discussion, how many Sox fans would trade Aardsma for Melky Cabrera.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ May 8, 2007 -> 09:01 PM) Why is the comparison vs Anderson? I'll fix that for you. Is there any doubt, whatsoever, that Ryan Sweeney is a flat out better ballplayer than Brian AndersonScott Podsednik? Darn, those Tigers.... Well, maybe the Angels can slow down the Indians a little out on the Left Coast.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ May 8, 2007 -> 09:00 PM) Is there any doubt, whatsoever, that Ryan Sweeney is a flat out better ballplayer than Brian Anderson? Only if drunk German brewgirls (or is she Czech?) met both Anderson and Sweeney at a surfer's convention would Anderson be the pick right now...

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ May 8, 2007 -> 08:55 PM) my money says torii hunter is playing in st. louis next year Oh, no, that means we will have Edmonds in LF, Erstad in CF and Rowand in RF.

QUOTE(TheOcho @ May 8, 2007 -> 08:44 PM) Thank f***ing god Aj, THANK YOU. Maybe we won't be last in the AL in BA with RISP after this game?

QUOTE(TheOcho @ May 8, 2007 -> 08:02 PM) That's the third pic I've seen as your avatar in the past 30 mins. Keep it. I went from my wife (separated, she's Russian) to Keeley Hazell and have now settled with the "white" connection with Jessica Alba until we score 6. It might be up for awhile, unfortunately...

QUOTE(TheOcho @ May 8, 2007 -> 07:59 PM) I hold my breath for double play balls. Oh Pablo.. I've brought out Jessica Alba and the "white bikini" to rally our offense...it will stay as my avatar until we score at least 6 runs in a game.

QUOTE(Mr. Showtime @ May 8, 2007 -> 07:40 PM) Is this where I'm supposed to say where's our Morneau? Joe Borchard?

QUOTE(TheOcho @ May 8, 2007 -> 07:34 PM) Boobs. Gio looks like a cross between Ralph Macchio (Karate Kid) and Wilson Alvarez.

QUOTE(fathom @ May 8, 2007 -> 07:33 PM) Ha, nice uppercut swing by AJP. And you can't cancel the post-game show.

QUOTE(shawnhillegas @ May 8, 2007 -> 07:28 PM) the last two fastballs to Cuddyer had better placement. Okay Joe, go out and put up better numbers that Chavez and maybe you can get your first GG

QUOTE(elrockinMT @ May 8, 2007 -> 07:20 PM) I missed where Uribe has been. I assume it was not an injury but personal? Taking care of sick mother. We already lost one DP due to teamwork around the bag. And Tyner will steal, and AJ will be 2/15 on throwing out runners.

QUOTE(TheOcho @ May 8, 2007 -> 07:15 PM) That.. was... rather quick? 11 pitches, 11 strikes

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ May 8, 2007 -> 01:09 PM) The reason the A's have never won was that their best teams, by far, lost years ago. Their best chance to win were their early 2000's teams that had Tejada, Chavez, Giambi, Hudson, Mulder, Zito, etc.....but they ran into the 2000 and 2001 Yankees back when those Yankee teams were still awesome, and in 2002 they suffered that shocking upset loss to Minnesota (although Giambi was gone by that year). You don't luck your way into the playoffs, but you luck your way to winning a World Series. Even our great championship team, which went 11-1 in the postseason, very well could have headed to Anaheim down 2-0 if not for the horrendous umpiring of Doug Edings. Your telling me the 83 win Cardinals winning it all and getting 6 errors in 5 games from Tiger pitching wasn't luck? Your telling me coming down from 0-3 against the Yankees, with the last 2 games in New York, isn't luck? Your telling me the Bartman incident wasn't luck? Your telling me Dusty Baker's bad pitching staff decisions (SEE: Ortiz, Russ) leading to an Anaheim rally wasn't luck? Your telling me Mariano Rivera BLOWING GAME 7 OF THE WORLD SERIES wasn't luck? Let's face it, to win it all you have to be great but you also have to be lucky at some point in time. That's how it works, period. Those World Champions were great teams which is why they took advantage of those lucky breaks, but the lucky breaks had to present themself in the first place. Exactly. The Marlins have won ZERO division titles in their history and have 2 World Titles, the Braves won 14 in a row and have 1 to show for that timespan. If that isn't luck I don't know what is. Our playoffs, EVERYTHING went our way... 1) Two calls against Escobar with AJ at bat 2) Easy ball through Graffanino, followed by Iguchi homer when we were down 3) Pods taking Lidge deep 4) Rallying against Oswalt 5) Geoff Blum? Who? 6) Rallying against Lidge to win game 2 after Vizcaino's hit off Jenks 7) Buehrle getting a save...when we close to using Ozuna as a pitcher 8) El Duque getting 3 outs against Boston 9) Cotts getting out of 2nd and 3rd, no outs, with Jenks' help against Bagwell 10) The fact that they had to lead off with Clement in a short series

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ May 8, 2007 -> 09:52 AM) I don't care what anyone says, for the most part that's bulls***. There are exceptions to the rule but to say you just have to luck your way to winning a world series is nonsense. Although it's really hard to make an argument that the Cardinals were the fifth best team in the NL last year or that the Marlins were the best team in 2003... The Cardinals had a better record in the post-season than the regular season. The Marlins got really hot at the right time and rode their pitching staff, just like 1997. You can't win the WS without talent, obviously...and it's not luck, being able to assemble a team without talent...but the Braves would have won more than one World Series if there wasn't a certain element of chance involved. They've had 14 chances and we've had 3 in that same time period, yet both teams have one title.

QUOTE(fathom @ May 8, 2007 -> 07:20 AM) The fact Garcia is healthy right now and not giving up 10 runs every start justifies the whining on that awful trade. The 6 IP, 2 ER outing last night was his best so far. He has been throwing 89-92 pretty consistently this year, when I've watched him. He's picked it up a little more than I thought he would, but his stats should be better with his stuff in the NL. That we have Gonzalez and Floyd is better than waiting 2-3 more years for compensation picks to develop. Also, does anyone think the Freddy would be a disaster these last 2-3 weeks with our offense? He'd be pointing fingers...saying he did enough to get the win....that he's only motivated by big games. At any rate, I wouldn't want to pair Garcia's attitude problems with our anemic offense. It's a bad recipe. The way he has pitched, he would have the same record as Danks but 10X more clubhouse issues. And the Angels would have recorded 5-6 steals against him in one game.