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QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Oct 5, 2008 -> 03:58 PM) My god is Uribe a bad hitter. WOW. dumbest hitter in our lineup, swings at pitches that, by percentage (based on the count) won't even be a strike example, an 0-2 or 1-2 breaking ball is, by percentage, not going to be a strike he'll swing and miss on it because he thought it "looks" like a strike out of the pitchers hand you just need to be smarter, especially being Uribe who needs to understand that his lack of patience plays INTO the hands of the pitcher I can't imagine Uribe has seen many strikes over the plate lately, he just swings and fouls off balls or strikes out on them QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 5, 2008 -> 03:58 PM) Please, please don't bring him back. his value is great for the defense alone, but not for the money he's making he'll get a pretty decent contract (4-6m) from one of the smaller market teams

let's go john

Dewayne motherf***ing Wise

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 5, 2008 -> 03:54 PM) No triple plays here. lmao

haha, as i say that, thome leads off with a double like i said earlier, our hitters are going to get the timing down on his fastball

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Oct 5, 2008 -> 03:45 PM) For someone that didn't want to talk about anything but getting a shot in the post season once more, Jim Thome = monumental disappointment in this ALDS. our shot with thome was in 2006

Nice inning John, I'm glad you're on the team I root for

Garza might be finding himself in a predicament here soon, he can continue to throw fastballs but that might give our offense the ability to get their timing down, or he can throw more sliders but our guys seem to be able to handle that pitch (AJ's RBI single was on a slider)

QUOTE (kwolf68 @ Oct 5, 2008 -> 03:34 PM) AJ with a big hit. How did we score that run? Getting on base and speed. WE NEED MORE of that. the homerun approach NEVER EVER works in the playoffs we need more balance in our lineup for sure yes i'm aware the phillies won against the brewers with homeruns today, but they do all of the other things right when facing a pitcher that they can't square up

AJ comes through clutch

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 5, 2008 -> 03:32 PM) Even if he was, he wouldn't be able to steal off Navarro. Garza seems quick to the plate as well. You're so right.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Oct 5, 2008 -> 03:31 PM) Harold: Wise is not a speedster. Ozzie: BULL****

2 down after the leadoff walk, we have no chance with this stupidass lineup

1 down

uribe needs to bunt here, though 96mph fastball bunting might be hard

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 5, 2008 -> 03:20 PM) Greg Walker is a bad hitting coach...not more needs to be said. everything I've heard walker say, leads me to believe he's afraid to offer criticism to our veteran hitters

Wise/Uribe/Cabrera my prediction: wise K, uribe K, OC grounds out on the third pitch

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 5, 2008 -> 03:16 PM) Two things that stand out so far about our hitting this series: - way too many hitters are out in front of good pitches, and are hitting meatballs foul - too many strikes taken while swinging at balls and what that means is: Tampa Bay advanced scouting trumps ours which seems to be non-existant

another quick inning

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 5, 2008 -> 03:11 PM) We'll probably get no-hit to end our season. thank god that can't happen now

i can't wait until jim thome isn't on our team anymore

Garza painting the corners with 96-97mph, i just don't think our hitters are going to have a very good game and danks never gets any f***ing run support anyways

wild pitch/deflection, runners advance does anyone here seriously think we have a chance to win this game?

1-0 TB, just like clockwork