Its nice to see another strikeout with men in scoring position. Our guys have the hitting acumen of a little league team. Except they choke up on 2 strikes and dont take full f***ing swings going for the fence every AB.

what'd Willie do this time

 

Struck out like a little girl.

What good team doesn't do that us?

Detroit?? KC???

McCarthy better be taking Hernandez' spot in the rotation.

 

Knowing the usual process used throughout sports when dealing with a rookie replacing a veteran player, we still have to go through the motions.

 

Including the following Guillen quotes:

 

" I still have faith in El-Duque"

"He's my big game pitcher"

"You people believe McCarthy is Cy-Young lately"

"Duque will make his next start"

 

Not unless an injury occurs or several poor outtings will Guillen finally realize McCarthy is more worthy of a position in this rotation.

Thank god football started today and i'm missing this game.

If this run scores.......GAME OVA!!

Lead-off double by Erstad. :headshake

B-mac needs a k badly.

5-0. Bmac's streak of 17 2/3 shut-out innings is over.

Struck out like a little girl.

 

But Iguchi needed a day off. Apparently Japanese players tire easily and don't care if there team is loosing.

Edited September 11, 200520 yr by Greg The Bull Luzinski

But Iguchi needed a day off.  Apparently Japanese players tire easily and don't care if there team if loosing.

 

Were basically a .500 team in the 2nd half. I would say resting the players didn't help too much.

 

Any way you look at it, Ozzie steered this group into 1st overall, as of a week ago. I have a harder time understanding that, than understanding why they are slumping at the moment. Pods got hurt and still can't steal. Some of the starters have not performed like they did in the first half - they were absolutely lights out. Does Ozzie get any credit for having the confidence in Garland that nobody else showed. And a couple of our other key hitters have gone in the dumpster at an inoportune time (i.e Everett). I don't see arbitrarily hanging these misfortunes on Ozzie. Absolutely every team had their poor stretches. Let's fire every manager because of it.

Edited September 11, 200520 yr by ottawa_sox

Is this really happening? I'm sitting here pinching myself hoping and praying that this is one big nightmare. 15 1/2 game lead on August 1st. I'm num right now.

But Iguchi needed a day off.  Apparently Japanese players tire easily and don't care if there team is loosing.

 

Don't forget that Iguchi struggles for a few days after he gets a day off.

Lead-off single by Arow.

Don't forget that Iguchi struggles for a few days after he gets a day off.

 

That's because he doesn't care that his team is losing, right?

Is this really happening?  I'm sitting here pinching myself hoping and praying that this is one big nightmare.  15 1/2 game lead on August 1st.  I'm num right now.

 

Why pinch yourself when somebody needs to slap some sense into Ozzie?

That's because he doesn't care that his team is losing, right?

 

I never said that at all. I just left that comment alone, because we all knew it was silly. Iguchi is on the record saying he hates sitting games because it throws his swing off. Yet, Ozzie continues to rest him about once every 4 games now.

How many 3-2 counts can we just make lazy outs on because Lackey throws meatballs down the plate?

I forgot. Paul only hits hr's when nobody is on base.

It is not as if even if Iguchi was tired, he would not suck it up and play. Screw rest, the players want to win, not rest. November, December, and January are for rest.

One good week in September against bad pitching teams. Then we get shut down in two games by the Royals the owners of the worst staff in baseball. Then we have people trying to park every pitch into the stands. So much for the electric Scotty Pods changing the offense around.

We suck

This team absolutely sucks right now.

1st and 2nd with one out.