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QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Aug 11, 2006 -> 02:55 AM) We have to lead the league in taken third strikes. What happened to the old adage of protecting the plate, especially with RISP and 2 outs. And people wonder why we don't get a lot of bloops.

SWING THE FREAKING BAT! We let Mussina get away with some awful pitches that inning. I'll be happy if we have the lead after this inning.

Lots of hangers by Mussina tonight. Lets get a run back here.

To show I'm an equal opportunity criticizer, Francona should be ashamed of himself for leaving in Schilling as long as he did tonight.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Aug 11, 2006 -> 02:44 AM) I wish our pitchers knew what a changeup was. Well, I guess Freddy does, but no one else ever throws it. The problem is that 4 of our guys throw them a lot, and if you throw a bad changeup, it's going to get hit a lot harder than any other bad pitch you can throw. This is amazing....the Royals have 10 hits tonight, and every one has been for extra bases.

Can I request that we get some more runs? I don't know how pitchers are supposed to do it. I get fatigued just seeing the Yankees bring up tough out after tough out.

QUOTE(Friend of Nordhagen @ Aug 11, 2006 -> 02:40 AM) Good location to Giambi. Vazquez is an ace. You walk the leadoff hitter in a 4-0 game, and you're asking for this.

I'll tell you what....that Javier Vazquez sure knows how to keep the momentum going. Someone needs to tell him that his fastball over the plate isn't a good pitch.

Vazquez looks like crap this inning. He keeps throwing his fastball down in the zone, and it has no life. We're lucky it's not 4-3.

Interesting that Vazquez would go with the slide-step. He's better off focusing on Giambi in this situation. QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 11, 2006 -> 02:37 AM) Interesting that Vazquez would go with the slide-step. He's better off focusing on Giambi in this situation. And that's ok. Once again, I'd like to give a big F U to the Phillies.

Holy cow...I thought that was way out.

If you have a 2-2 count on Abreu after throwing fastball, you should try for the K with the good changeup.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Aug 11, 2006 -> 02:33 AM) If we keep this lead I'd like to see Gload get in the game later. I don't think Jim's completely healthy or he's a little hurt again, because the last couple of days he hasn't looked right to me. He's pulling off the ball a little bit. Of course, he should have never been playing against RJ yesterday. And here we go. You can't walk the leadoff guy.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Aug 11, 2006 -> 02:29 AM) Thome could afford to sit out a day. He was so hot though last wknd. He's going to play every game this wknd against the Tigers, I can guarantee you that.

Vazquez can't let the Yankees get back into the game here.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Aug 11, 2006 -> 02:27 AM) Chances he gets thrown out stealing second? Chances you'll still find something negative to say after a positive play?

Pods! A much simpler swing for him there, and he kept his hands back. They said he was working at 2 PM with Walker today on that.

Swing the freaking bat! Man, I hate out LF/CF combo.

QUOTE(Felix @ Aug 11, 2006 -> 02:23 AM) Pods > Melky Um, no. Cabrera has a damn good arm out there. Why give up the first out of the inning here? Go for the juggular!

Great swing by Cintron, and another break. Lets keep it going!

QUOTE(YASNY @ Aug 11, 2006 -> 02:22 AM) Wet ball? It looked like he completely aimed that ball. From the highlights I've seen of his errors this year, a lot of his throws are tailing like that away from the 2nd baseman/1st baseman.

Cintron's swing is getting very long right now.

Wow...a huge break finally.

Oh boy....that's how you fracture a wrist.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Aug 11, 2006 -> 02:13 AM) This is bad, Javy usually sucks the third time around, not the first and second... This isn't bad! Vazquez has pitched out of 2 jams so far. This is a great lineup he's facing, and one of the things they're best at is raising a pitcher's pitch count.