I don't think I have ever seen a bunt as good as Willies, that was truly remarkable.

Willie won us the game.

 

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA WILLIE

 

 

 

 

This thread is huge in a hurry.

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The announced attendance was 10,520 and the crowd looked even smaller. The teams drew 38,141 for Monday's opener.

 

Ouch.

This thread is huge in a hurry.

ONLY BECAUSE WILLIE IS THE GREATEST BUNTER IN ML HISTORY

Otherwise we aren't talking White Sox winner.

Jose Contreras' numbers versus the Indians last season:

 

14.2 IP, 1.23 ERA, .89 WHIP, 15 K's.

 

MWAHAHAHAHAHA! SWEEP!!!

Wickman charged in, and I assume that Boone was playing in a bit, too -- but the camera angle really only showed Wickman and Martinez.  When the ball was layed down, (someone here said) Martinez pointed to first almost right away. 

 

Harris would have been out at first, leaving runners on second and third, with one out, but like it's been said, Wick couldn't pick up the ball, so there was no play.

Okay. What I don't get is why they didn't have Boone (say) about 10 feet from WH when the bunt went down. There's no more obvious bunt situation. Willie still could have bunted it hard enough to get past him, but then Wickman should have had a fairly easy play at 3b (w/o the bobble) -- unless, the runners were off on the pitch.

 

Just trying to understand, that's all.

hey beastly why are u never satisfied.....we could go undefeated and you would be like well the hitters should of hit more...blah blah blah

Until I see Pods and Iguchi live up to expectations...

 

and the hitters start hitting consistently.

From what I hear Pods hit the ball hard 3 times today.

Iguchi had a double, walk, and stolen base.

Beastly I respect your opinion but come on man, you were complaining on Monday that this team wasn't exciting enough, I mean how can you ask for more excitement then this game?? Now you've moved onto to other things, just enjoy it, the sox are 2 and 0 and that's the only thing that matters.

exactly

From what I hear Pods hit the ball hard 3 times today.

Iguchi had a double, walk, and stolen base.

 

 

Yeah, he did swing the bat well.

Beastly I respect your opinion but come on man, you were complaining on Monday that this team wasn't exciting enough, I mean how can you ask for more excitement then this game??  Now you've moved onto to other things, just enjoy it, the sox are 2 and 0 and that's the only thing that matters.

 

 

Yo Rowand, is it me or does Beastly remind you of someone?

step back...

 

 

breathe....

 

 

 

its 2 games guys....give the offense time to gel...i have no worries right now. If you want to worry about anything, worry about the arms of Contreras and El Duque...

Boone can not stand that close, because Rowand can just steal 3rd.

 

SB

Two games into the season and already sole possesion of first place

Boone can not stand that close, because Rowand can just steal 3rd.

 

SB

No, I mean you commit to the bunt, so you have the ss cheat towards 3b.

step back...

breathe....

its 2 games guys....give the offense time to gel...i have no worries right now. If you want to worry about anything, worry about the arms of Contreras and El Duque...

 

 

 

Yeah,  he did swing the bat well.

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His last at bat was horrible though. He was over-anxious and he swung at two extremely high pitches to K.

Edited April 6, 200520 yr by Jabroni

SS can not cover 3b very well on a steal.

 

It would be a foot race between Rowand and SS to 3rd base, also it would leave a huge whole in the middle of the infield. Rowand starts to go towards 3rd, SS moves towards 3rd, now you have the SS and 3b in almost the same defensive position. All Harris has to do is hit the ball hard to the left side and game over.

 

A bunt down the 3b line it is almost impossible to get the runner at 3rd. The 3rd basemens job is to get the runner at 1st, then you can walk the next guy to get force outs, and DP chance.

 

SB

His last at bat was horrible though.  He was over-anxious and he swung at too extremely high pitches to K.

Just clarifying for others that your talking about gooch, not pods.

Edited April 6, 200520 yr by Rowand44

Just clarifying for others that your talking about gooch, not pods.

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Yep, sorry.

Holy crap.  I just looked at the box score... and saw they came back with 4 in the 9th?  I was in a meeting all afternoon.

 

WOW!

 

I'll have to go read the game thread in a bit here, I bet that was a roller coaster...

 

Haha...I left at page 16, and they added 41 more while I was gone. Such an incredible game. I'm loving this team!

SS can not cover 3b very well on a steal.

 

It would be a foot race between Rowand and SS to 3rd base, also it would leave a huge whole in the middle of the infield. Rowand starts to go towards 3rd, SS moves towards 3rd, now you have the SS and 3b in almost the same defensive position. All Harris has to do is hit the ball hard to the left side and game over.

 

A bunt down the 3b line it is almost impossible to get the runner at 3rd. The 3rd basemens job is to get the runner at 1st, then you can walk the next guy to get force outs, and DP chance.

 

SB

But if I'm the Cleveland manager, I'm willing to bet that Willie's not hitting it to the left side or anywhere else. He's definitely bunting. Ozzie's had Willie bunting throughout the spring, has had everyone bunting throughout the spring, and has promised to do it through the regular season. And it's no secret that they don't have much confidence in his bat. He comes up in that situation, I take the small risk that he's swinging. The ss cheats towards 3b and breaks there on the pitch, the 3b starts very shallow and charges full steam. To be honest, I'd probably charge the 1b too, leaving the 2b to cover first, the ss to cover third. The strategy just seemed that obvious. Plus, I throw high and tight, but I assume he tried to do that and just missed.

Ozzie ball my flopping ass.

Holy cripes, just finished watching this game on the DVR and jesus was I going nuts in the 9th. Awesome, awesome win