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QUOTE(RockRaines @ Aug 30, 2005 -> 04:31 PM) SSI, any thoughts? You know my thoughts on this.

QUOTE(robinventura23 @ Aug 30, 2005 -> 04:30 PM) Just remember, this is only Game 1. He still has to face BMac Maybe swinging for the fences will tire out the texas hitters. Like Rocky getting beaten up for 10 rounds, then jumping to life to get the knockout.

Here is a close up of the last pitch Jon threw.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Aug 30, 2005 -> 04:06 PM) here we go fellas, lets keep it up. Nice an easy This is what we did in Baltimore. If we took this approach every game we wouldnt be having this many issues with the big O.

I have to say as much as Garland pitching has pissed me off. This hitting has been spectacular. Not doing too much, hitting singles back up the middle. This is great. I have faith Garland and our pitching will be fine in the long run, our hitting needs more of this.

Our starting pitchers have racked up a ton of innings this year. Leaving the pitchers in have done wonders for their confidence, not so much for their durability.

Our guys need to hit tonight. Keep scoring runs.

I am going to take your Cy Young away and your little dog too.

our 1-2-3 punch has gotten pummeled in the last 3 games. our pitchers not pitching well + our hitting + our defense lately =

We are off to see the wizard

QUOTE(3E8 @ Aug 30, 2005 -> 03:38 PM) Because even that would be a fair comparison. I'm just saying there's a lot of windsocking going on. Well considering that Crede hit at a .100 clip in August. Anything that can barely hit is an upgrade over that production.

QUOTE(robinventura23 @ Aug 30, 2005 -> 03:32 PM) Blum's Bat>>>>>>>Crede's Bat That should say something for Crede and his future with the team after this season.

Blum has been hitting a lot more than Crede. Just saying. Maybe the defense is lacking a bit, but the stick has been better.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Aug 30, 2005 -> 03:28 PM) Heat=long balls. We need to keep the ball down and keep them at singles here guys. There is a reason that they are good at home, they are a slugging team. Garland is a sinkerball pitcher. His whole mission in life is to get sink on the ball and let them hit the ball on the ground.

Well remember Garland in his last start down here, Cruizing right along and then he got destroyed. Keep the ball down.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Aug 30, 2005 -> 02:37 PM) I totally agree. I don't know why Ozzie keeps doing this ...............I think it's definitely time for a lineup shakeup. Let's go back to the one we used earlier in the year, it worked better than this current piece of s*** lineup has......Pods, Iguchi, Rowand, PK, Everett, Dye, AJ, Uribe, Blum.... Arow batting either 2nd or 3rd is a good thing. It would get him more fastballs and allow him to shine. Arow has had no protection this year at all. So they no longer pitch to him and he is not patient enough to lay off pitches. Those two things add up to more strikeouts and lower OBP.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Aug 30, 2005 -> 02:31 PM) why do we keep batting AJ in a power spot. The guy has already surpassed his career high in homers. Please put Dye up there in a position to drive in some runs. Brian-lets call on the power of Christina's taught behind to bring us a vicotry today. ozzie loves to alternate lefties and righties as much as possible for later in the game matchups.

He was saying on Saturday that we were close to a deal again for Griffey, now we wont have any deals at all. They have looked at the options available and will go into the final battle for the division with no upgrades. Hopefully our guys learn how to hit in the next month.

QUOTE(DePloderer @ Aug 30, 2005 -> 01:55 PM) Thanks fellas. It starts at 10:05 BST Dep. Cheers,

Our pitching is not the problem. I know everyone loves the declining buerhle stuff, and how this guy is not as good and that guy. Our pitching staff is fine. Buerhle and Garland are guys who dont strike out a lot of guys. They require good defense behind them to be succesful. There are days where they will catch too much of the plate and get hit hard. Garcia and Conteras have the stuff to completely and utterly shut a team down. Outside of Garcia's mental lapses in the first inning and his lack of poise against bad teams, he can shut teams down. El Duque is more like Buerhle and Garland. What this all means is that our offense needs to pick it up. We have lived and died this month on the pitching kicking ass and taking names and hoping to scratch a few runs across the board. In the playoffs our pitching will face some potent offenses. Our pitching is great, but cannot be expected to completely shut down each and every teami n the playoffs. They will give up some runs. Maybe some of these guys get real hot and do shut the other team down. We still need our guys to hit. We need to score runs. Outside of Oakland and the Angels the other pitching staffs should be hittable. But that has been our problem, medicore pitching has shut this team down. With our pitching staff if we were hitting medicore, we would have no problems and would march through the playoffs. But when you can get shut down by a medicore pitcher and waste a great effort by one of our starters it will continue to cause us issues. It would be nice if one of our vets on offense would stand up and call out their own and take a better approach and start to jump start this offense. We have guys who have hit before in the majors, we have guys who can hit for a while. Its time to stand up and just win this damn thing. Lets not string this along. Win the division, rest your players and get ready for the playoffs.

Bellhorn possibly to the Yanks

The pitching we will be facing is a joke and our hitters should be able to hit today. If the struggle to score runs in both games, then its time to start to worry. Garland has to be a stopper today. And BMAC needs to get ahead of the hitters. GO SOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe Garland wants to also take advantage of the shadows also. I have been to ameriquest field only once and that was at night, so I dont know how shadows play on that field late in a game.

How many times did the mound at the cell get measured this year, after or before a game. How many times have we heard the rumors of the twins turning on the super air conditioning. Rumors are abound in baseball of cheating, however deciding to go public with this in game one of a series is probably not a good thing. Showalter hates Ozzie and will do everything in his power not only to beat us in this series, but to humiliate us also. This has just become bulletin board material.

Tell me that they couldnt change the signs per inning, maybe change the indicator or the sequence. I dont mind that Buerhle spoke his mind, but AJ and our coaching staff should be able to adapt to sign stealing. And who are we to talk about stealing signs. We for many a year employed one of the best sign stealers in baseball as a bench coach. Lets get real.