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If Politte is warming up, why not just bring him in to start this inning?

You can't be doing that f***ing shift in a double play situation!!! That's a huge play in this game.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Jul 30, 2005 -> 08:07 PM) OZZIE GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOU ASSHOLE Marte can't get lefties out you crack head I'd rather have Marte face Raffy than Jenks, who might throw a get-me-over with this ump squeezing him.

Jenks was getting squeezed by this umpire. At least he retired Mora though.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Jul 30, 2005 -> 08:02 PM) Only in your mind. GMAFB

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Jul 30, 2005 -> 07:56 PM) Paul has been "going" for the past two months. I am not surprised that you did not notice that. He still was struggling a lot, especially in clutch situations. I'm pretty sure I heard he's had his worst homer total this month.

Holy cow! This pitcher has nothing. Dye just crushed that pitch. I guess we found the Orioles version of Chris Spurling.

AJP! He's just smoking the ball now.

QUOTE(Greg Hibbard @ Jul 30, 2005 -> 07:54 PM) YES way to prove my ass wrong paulie christ, could these announcers be LESS into this game? I was thinking the same thing. PK misses a double by 6 inches, and they almost mention it's foul as a sidenote. That could have been a big play in this game.

PK looks like he's on the verge of getting it going again. He's staying on the pitch much better.

Besides that homer last night, Everett is struggling. Doesn't sound like we're going to add anything to help in that 3 hole.

QUOTE(Tadahito15 @ Jul 30, 2005 -> 07:49 PM) Lead off man aboard... Another observation: If I was pitching against the Sox, I'd throw a ton of offspeed pitches on 3-2. Seems like you can fool them a lot doing that.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Jul 30, 2005 -> 07:45 PM) Cotts is stellar. Yes he is. Ozzie needs to trust him to start innings (in tight spots). He isn't a situational lefty. He has the stuff to be able to pitch over a leadoff walk, etc.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 30, 2005 -> 07:41 PM) Contreras has now given up 6 or more runs in 4 of his last 9 starts. That's awful. That was after not allowing 6 runs in a start during his first 12 starts this season. Not exactly a promising trend for the rest of the season.

Contreras has now given up 6 or more runs in 4 of his last 9 starts. That's awful.

Terrible inning. Where's Bruce Chen when we need him? Pods looks like he's lost his focus at the plate the last few games. He'll get a day off on Monday I'm sure.

QUOTE(SoxFanForever @ Jul 30, 2005 -> 07:37 PM) Great, now he is grabbing his knee. Thats great. Isn't this Milkman's dream?

QUOTE(JimH @ Jul 30, 2005 -> 07:37 PM) Contreras apparantly has a leg or knee problem. Kerry Wood loser's limp? Looks like just a cramp.

QUOTE(DukeNukeEm @ Jul 30, 2005 -> 07:36 PM) Im sorry Ozzie cannot analyze every bleepin scenario pitch by pitch. Last time I checked, that's a manager's job. I'll say this though....leaving Contreras in was not as obvious a mistake as some of the recent pitching decisions he's made (Garcia vs Detroit the most glaring example).

QUOTE(GreatScott82 @ Jul 30, 2005 -> 07:34 PM) hopefully we can get julio out of there. if we do- i think we can get this thing to extras. I'd rather have Julio in there than B.J. Ryan.

QUOTE(Yoda @ Jul 30, 2005 -> 07:34 PM) Cooper just went out there and the next pitch Contreras offers ends up as a HR!? Wow... That’s 20 HR’s given up by Jose this year. :headshake Shades of Anaheim and D. McPherson.

QUOTE(DukeNukeEm @ Jul 30, 2005 -> 07:31 PM) as a manager you cannot just pull some guy out of the bullpen if they just started warming up if youre pitcher appears to be losing velocity. Exactly, that's the problem. Cotts should have been warming up to come into the game before the inning started. With the good likelihood that Tejada would get on base, why let a lefty with almost 600 career homers face Contreras for a 4th time?

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Jul 30, 2005 -> 07:32 PM) Burnett has NOTHING to do with today. Stop. He's NOT getting traded. No kidding. It's like some people think Burnett is this superstar. He's not, and HE DOESN'T WANT TO PLAY FOR THE SOX!

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Jul 30, 2005 -> 07:30 PM) Contreras why do you have to pitch like a b**** The more times the hitters see Contreras, the better they'll be against him.

QUOTE(Tadahito15 @ Jul 30, 2005 -> 07:28 PM) Take jose out right now ozzie. I dont care if he wont get the win. Leaving him in now is just stupid Welcome to my world. Be prepared to get bashed by the Ozzie lovers.