Flash Tizzle

Right there is the breaking pitch he must throw to lefties.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 9, 2005 -> 08:21 PM) Marte just can't throw his slider for a strike now without hanging it over the plate. That was a ball Hawk, STFU! He throws his slurve over the plate to RH's without a problem. I believe against LH's he's afraid of leaving it in on the player or over the middle of the plate.

Hang another breaking ball Marte and you'll be lucky if it stays in the park.

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Aug 9, 2005 -> 07:54 PM) Remember when I said there was something goofy in the air tonight Mr. Tizzle? Sure did. I was anticipating a blown call or a balk, not some kid falling from the heavens onto a net behind homeplate. Usually those moments lead to our defeat. Cliff bounced back well from the delay. Hermanson, if no one else, should pitch well under these circumstances.

Did anyone see a replay of the fall? Or how far he fell? Judging from my experience at the cell, and the distance to the net, he may have fell a good 20 ft. Thank god that netting is secure.

QUOTE(S720 @ Aug 9, 2005 -> 07:43 PM) Gentlemen, Buckle down and get ready for a nail-biting experience! I'm confident of this. Nothing ever comes easy in close games with our team. Granted, we'll pull out majority of them, but you NEVER should expect a quick end to a threat. 1-2-3 innings are unheard of.

This is becoming ridiculous. No one on this team appears willing to drive in a big run with RISP. If we don't win this game, Sox can only blame themselves (for the second straight game).

QUOTE(GBlum27 @ Aug 9, 2005 -> 07:31 PM) I have a feeling you wouldn't be posting if he got it down. Of course. I'm not critiquing his entire game here. But in this situation, with runners on 1st/2nd 0 outs, the runners need to be advanced. We just can't expect a timely basehit with the nature of this offense recently. That's why the failed bunt attempt hurts.

That's terrible fundementals from Iguchi. Two straight opportunities to lay down a bunt and he BLEW IT. We need to succeed in this situations if we're not hitting--which we're not.

QUOTE(Steff @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 03:53 PM) If they lose it... oye ve... I don't even want to think of what this place will be like. The server will likely blow up. We would have every right to crash this server. Soxtalk's own moderators would probably join in the bashing. Absolutely no one can blame anyone other then our club if a collapse were to occur. It's all in our hands whether or not this team is destined to play in October. I may sound like Hawk here, but with Ozzie managing this club I'm confident he won't allow his team to blow this lead. Looking at the research you've conducted, any possible collapse would be in line with the biggest chokes in MLB history. You have to consider looking at your teams core if that were to happen. Angels suffered through two nine game losing streaks and STILL took it to the last day. We're talking about either a slew of injuries or a monumental drop off in performance I would find it rather telling if something like this were to occur with a team whose longest losing streak is three games. It would tell me this team is full of players who can't hand the pressure of September, much less October, baseball. Since this is basically the same club you'll see on the field next year, they better continue avoiding long losing streaks so these discussions won't have to exist.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 10:11 PM) I'm not a real big proponent of closers getting the CY unless they've been otherworldly. Relievers have their award--Rolaids Relief. Gagne received the award, amongst controversy, and he was absolutely dominant with a 50+ game save streak which extended the entire season. I don't care how 'money' Rivera has been, he doesn't deserve the Cy Young. Buehlre and Garland both deserve more consideration than him. It will be an absolute travesty if Rivera wins. Yankees might not even make the playoffs!

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 07:52 PM) Carl is awful from the left side, but he's better than Timo. Ugh, whatever. I'd rather have Ozuna than Timo. Unless his numbers have drastically changed, Rivera holds LH's to a lower average than RH's. But none of this matters to Guillen anyways.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 07:49 PM) Game over. Dye-Rowand-Timo due up. We'll pull something together against Rivera. Even if we don't win, this team is good for one last tease.

Our players put together some of the worst AB's. For 7 innings of a game, we can be the worst offense in baseball.

Pods is lucky some of those Yankee fans didn't deflect that ball. I would have tried my best to knock it from Scotty if I were in the stands.

It's difficult to determine whether he's out or not on the replay. No one should be shocked. This club won't be getting any breaks or close calls.

Well, I believe we all know what Crede was aiming for in that AB. The uppercut swing is back.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 07:20 PM) It's happened a lot with him this week. I have hope he has another hot stretch in him this season. Not only Dye, but Konerko as well. With Dye in that situation, he should have aniticipated atleast one hanger. Dye appeared defensive the entire AB. Mussina had over 120 pitches, and was facing his last batter in a situation where he could lose the game with a basehit. If a pitcher were to throw one hanger the entire game, good chance it would be in a tight moment.

Absolutely pathetic. Dye missed, what, 4 slow breaking balls over the plate? He can only blame himself in that situation.

Crede advances Rowand to third. 1 out. Uribe, need to elevate this pitch to anyone besides Sheffield in their outfield.

Rowand doubles off the wall in LCF. Surprisingly, Hawk had a good read of the ball off the bat. I was expecting to hear a few "STRETCHES" or "GET UPS"

QUOTE(GBlum27 @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 06:32 PM) HE GAWN HOW ABOUT THE OFFENSE REMOVES THEIR HEADS FROM THEIR ASSES? No. They rather watch Mussina's straight 90 MPH fastball down the middle of the plate and swing at a pitch near their eyes.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 06:26 PM) Well, if you ask Hawk, we're better than the Yankee's in damn near every category. Better players at each position too. This is code for Hawk showing frustration with the media believing the Yankees are a better ballclub. He did something similar to this in the final game of the Boston series. Boston and New York were the only clubs I've ever heard him compare positional players/pitchers from both opposing teams.

I'm not one to be overly concerned about media attention, but anycase anyone is wondering why people continue to dismiss our club, this is why. Many may dismiss this games an meaningless, but to those on the East Coast who write the news it's a 'true test.' And unfortunately, we're not looking like a very good ball club.

This is frustrating watching our hitters miss straight, 90 mph fastballs and watching his floating curveball. Of all the possible 1-2 starters playing on playoff contenders, Mussina should be the ONE you'd expect to string together a few big innings.