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Rowand showed exactly how you're supposed to play a deep flyball before. It was almost exactly the opposite of the way Everett played that triple yesterday.

Rowand swings on first pitch, and grounds out weakly. Pineiro is catching a huge break with the Sox right now, they've let him off the hook for some horrid control.

Jeremy Reed just missed one there. Just a lazy fly to RF. 2 outs for Beltre.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Apr 16, 2005 -> 12:52 AM) I'm sorry, but that's a pretty pathetic effort through the first three innings by Sox hitters. Pineiro has been absolutely nowhere near the plate, and these guys are swinging at the second pitch. I don't think I've seen Joel throw three pitches in one AB that were over the plate. I don't mean to b****, but I don't like what I'm seeing. That's a real poor job of hitting there... We don't have a lot of real tough outs in our lineup. I said this a few days ago, but we're a very easy team to pitch to. I'm thrilled with our 6-3 record right now, considering we could easily be like 2-7.

We're showing much better patience tonight, but we're still not making very good contact at all.

2 out walk to Konerko. Pineiro can't throw his fastball for a strike.

QUOTE(robinventura23 @ Apr 16, 2005 -> 12:46 AM) Iguchi hits a check swing nubber back to Pinero. 1 out. Iguchi's going to have some difficult games against tough righties. I wouldn't mind Harris getting some more playing time against RHP until Iguchi gets used to inside fastballs.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Apr 16, 2005 -> 12:38 AM) We got one run. Yet is anyone besides me really dissappointed? There's a case where bunting totally f***ed us over. Normally, I wouldn't b**** like this, but we just totally gave Pineiro a break there. Oh yes, that was terrible f***ing managing. Not only that, but if A.J. got the bunt down, we were giving up an easy out to a pitcher that had walked the first 2 batters. If we had the heart of our order coming up after A.J., that would be one thing. But we had 8 and 9 batters batting after him.

Anyone else annoyed that Hawk said the only thing Timo can't do well is run? How about hit above .250?

Nice play by Boone on the grounder by Timo. Should have got more than 1 run that inning.....but that's what smallball will do for you. You play for one run, that's usually the most you're going to get.

Sac fly by Uribe on a massive hanger.

Loaded, 4 pitch walk to Crede. Uribe needs to show some plate discipline here.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Apr 16, 2005 -> 12:33 AM) I agree. Two straight walks by Pineiro. That's giving him a break. Make him throw strikes. Terrible call by Oz. Especially with Crede up after A.J.

A.J. strikes out looking. Worthless at-bat there, should have been swinging away.

Two failed bunt attempts by A.J. I'm quite confused why he'd be bunting, but Iguchi was not. Especially considering how much better Pineiro is against righties than lefties.

I'd like to see Iguchi bunt with a man on 2nd and no outs because he's going to have a hard time getting the man over to 3rd in those situations. Iguchi struggles with an inside fastball, and that's exactly the pitch that will be called in that situation so he can't just poke the ball to the right side. If you remember, the book on Iguchi during ST was that you can get him out by throwing hard stuff inside.

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Apr 16, 2005 -> 12:09 AM) With all the good LH bats CLE has this is a good test for him. Especially since their on a high after last night's win over the Sox. Thank you Mr Cotts & the great & powerful Oz. All the lefty bats for Cleveland make it easier for Santana. Hafner's not even in the lineup tonight for the Indians.

Doesn't look to be a very good attendance night at this point.

No excuse to lose a Hernandez/Elarton match-up. Elarton was throwing meatballs tonight, and we couldn't give ourselves a big enough lead because of some stupid managerial decisions by Ozzie. Everett should never, ever be in the outfield. Oh well, we're going to have to start hitting better at the Cell, because Jacobs Field was playing like Yellowstone this week, and saved us a lot of Indians homers.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Apr 15, 2005 -> 01:50 AM) I am glad that neal is growing up and settling into the majors into year 3. No he is pretty much the same crap he was last year. The only member left of the craptacular trio from last year(thriller, kock and he) His wildness really cost us in the bad 6th inning. Without the wild pitch and walk, Cora's unlikely to have that smart hit. A good reliever has got to have solid control.

QUOTE(robinventura23 @ Apr 15, 2005 -> 01:45 AM) Damn, Dye is in a major slump. Hernandez could have caught his hit tonight He's not driving the ball at all. He has no balance at the plate, and is swinging all arms.

Another positive today.......Konerko looks as good at the plate as he did bad in the last few days. He's been hitting rockets all over the field. We need to pick up the hitting, because the Cell won't be playing like a pitcher's park, which Cleveland has definitely been this week.

Something that will hurt down the road is that the Indians and Twins have lefty long relievers that are consistent like Mulholland and Sauerbeck, while we have Mr. Inconsistent Cotts. That's a huge advantage for our rivals.

QUOTE(sircaffey @ Apr 15, 2005 -> 01:36 AM) Ha, so you'd rather you have experimenting later in the season when the pressure is more intense. Some of you will find anything you can to blame a loss on Ozzie. I agree, if you're going to experiment, you do it early in the season. However, it seems like Ozzie picks one game to do all the experimenting. I don't blame him for the Cotts thing, it was the right move. I have a much bigger issue with Everett in the outfield, and Gload batting 2nd.

If we can't rely on our long reliever, we're in a lot of trouble. It's not like we have 5 Buehrles on our staff that can go late into each game. Also, Hermanson, Vizcaino, and Marte can't pitch every game. Some day, Ozzie will realize that a reliever would rather start the inning than to have to come in with a guy on base. This is now 2 straight games in which Ozzie waited a batter too long to take out the starter. He did this way too often last season, and I'm hoping to see some better timing by Ozzie.