Richie

Last time this happened was the 8th last night... and that didn't exactly go well. lol

Hey Timmy, get us back in the game. Eh?

Yeah, I agree with this. Just ride it out and see if anything gives. We're 20 games under .500 and I don't really give a damn. I mean, today sucked on the surface. However, he only walked two - the two walks were just in front of Castellanos who burned him. One guy did this on two pitches. This wasn't his typical marathon start, where he's walking a batter an inning and falling behind in every count. Don't get me wrong - still discouraging. So long as he's not blowing up in the 1st or 2nd inning of every start like Fulmer, though. I think you ride out the storm.

Well, I don't think he did that on purpose. lol. If that's any defense.

Oh, Lucas...

Yeah, I actually began to notice this initially from back when I played as well. My high school and college managers were like that. Those levels are LITTERED with f'n Tony LaRussa wanna be's who think "teaching young players baseball" = "Every time a runner gets on, we bunt and manufacture runs!"... Stuff like that. Bleck! I had coaches who said all the typical stock lines from old school baseball. "I don't care if your my 4th hitter or 9th hitter. You're gonna bunt this season." I actually had one coach say he "doesn't like home runs -- because it clears the bases and takes the pressure off of the defense"... Uh... excuse me? The pressure of what? Allowing those runs to score? Like you would accomplish if you hit one out of the damn ball park right now? lol My favorite line was "play for one run an inning. If we can score one per inning - we win!". Yeah, the thing is... that won't happen, dingus. Then you'll simply get one run out of the few times you threaten every ball game. You'll average about 3 runs per game - which my college team did one year and we stunk. haha It's obviously different when you get up to the professional level. These guys are much more qualified, but it's the same principle.

I don't disagree. When you breakdown our situation, as a whole. We have a ton of pitchers and we don't need them all to pan out. Nor do we have to clutch onto all of them. However, I'd like to see a bit of a clearer picture of what they all are first.

Yeah, this is even worse to me than the Baltimore/Yolmer Sanchez "squeeze bunt" game. That was one bad call. This was a series of pre-meditated blunders. One after the other. Mismanaging BOTH the pitching staff AND the lineup. Just brutal. It seems to me that a quality which all bad managers possess -- is that they don't know when to just leave the f'n game alone. Maybe it's a need to justify their presence/job? I don't know, but it's something I've noticed.

Yeah, I've never thought of Palka as slow. He's moved it down the line to beat out a few ground balls this year for hits. This game included.

I feel for the guy, but even he has to know that his days in Major League Baseball are extremely numbered and that he can't hang. He sees his numbers on the scoreboard every night.

Think about that. He just managed himself into a 9th inning, down by one run situation -- where he had his slowest runner on first representing the tying run. With his absolute worst hitter at the plate, with the game on the line. With all options exhausted. And it was BEYOND avoidable...

Really glad we can't run for Abreu now Oh, and that we have to hit Thompson Bravo, Ricky. Bravo. Take a bow!

Okay, top of the order. One run game. Still in position to extend or win the game. Anyway you can get on here, Yoan.

Yeah, was gonna say. It was nearly an identical situation to the current White Sox. They just wanted a manager that the young guys would take to and would be easy to have around while they stunk the joint up.

Very typical of this team in that situation late in games this year. Which is why handing them that first out makes no fucking sense. To set the table for our 7th, 8th and 9th spots. lol

Engel... just bloop one out there. Come on.

That is such dog sh*t Tilson. So predictable. Such complete dog sh*t Sorry, but jeez

Very unnecessary. Just put a gaping hole in the middle of our lineup by removing Palka/Davidson if we play a 10th/11th... etc...

Ugh... Tilson in this spot is not ideal.

He's damn good defensively. Has fantastic hands.

Okay Something brewin No DP balls

Yeah, he didn't have his best stuff, at all. Velo on his fastball down consistently, but he hung in there.

I don't understand such a commitment to sticking with Minaya there... but a good little poke by Palka there. lol

That was clearly out of the zone

This would be a really nice time for Yoan to snap out of the BS and run into one.