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I wanted Politte to start this inning....but we all know how scared Ozzie is of Matt Stairs.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ May 5, 2005 -> 02:17 AM) Gawd, this is our 4th f***in reliever used this inning. Shingo will probably come in next inning, meaning we've used everyone but Luis this game, you'd think ozzie would have learned from that Cleveland game. This is completely unneccesary to take Damaso out here, completely unnceccesary. Look up Marrero's numbers against lhp last year and this year......it's the right move.

Good call by Ozzie here. Marrero is great against lefties.

Pall's making some very good points now, it's just his voice isn't great for the gig. DJ is also doing much better in the lead role than I would have imagined though. All of Hawk's s*** breaks are paying off.

Great job by Politte there!

The thing is, eveyone in baseball knows Gotay has problems with offspeed pitches. Thus, instead of bringing in a relatively fastball only pitcher in Cotts, why not bring in the slider specialist Vizcaino (who's better vs lefties than righties). Just a thought.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ May 5, 2005 -> 01:57 AM) And who exactly would our long man be if Wunsch was in our bullpen rather than Cotts? Ozzie isn't even using Cotts as a long man. He just used Cotts in a one batter situation there. Our best long reliever is in the minors right now (Adkins).

Not even close. Poorly played by Ozzie there. Good call Rowand44

Until Cotts can get some control, he can't be used in crucial situations. The shame is that the good looking lefty, K. Wunsch, looks solid for the Dodgers so far.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ May 5, 2005 -> 01:52 AM) I wish he would have let Freddy finish the inning but Neal will get the job done. I agree, I like our chances more of Garcia vs Gotay than Cotts vs Graffy or Marrero (destroys lefties).

QUOTE(qwerty @ May 5, 2005 -> 01:51 AM) Cotts in for garcia to face long. Bad idea. Long's not up. DJ messed up. It's Gotay and then Sweeney.

Interesting call to Cotts here. Graffy will probably ph.

That's the first poor defensive play I've seen from Iguchi yet, and he still got the guy out.

What in the world was Garcia doing there? That ball was going to go foul almost definitely. Big batter here now.

12,712 tonight at the park.

Put me on the bandwagon for DJ's homer call.

Very good swings by Dye tonight. He's all over Hernandez.

I know, I'm not ready to start complaining about Podsednik as much as I have about Konerko's approach. I just would like to see more line drives by Podsednik, even if they're soft ones like the hit in the 8th last night.

Pods is now 3 for his last 26. Konerko is 0 for last 20.....how are we winning so much?

We're letting Sweeney beat us on inside pitches for the most part. If he's going to beat us, let's make him do it to the opposite field.

QUOTE(El Piervizdyeguchansodnik @ May 5, 2005 -> 12:49 AM) AJ needs to step up on his defense. This is getting old. I agree, but that was Uribe's fault on that throw. The runner would have been safe even if A.J. caught that ball.

Good throw would have had him easily out at home. Good defense has saved Garcia this inning though.

STOP LETTING SWEENEY HURT US!

Good play by Rowand there to save a triple. Does it seem to anyone else that Garcia doesn't use his little changeup/splitter much anymore? I remembered him throwing a lot more of that pitch last season when we first got him.

QUOTE(fathom @ May 5, 2005 -> 12:37 AM) Repeat after me Pk and company: Level Swings Very good swing by Dye there. Nice to see him drive the ball to the opposite field.