Jake

Robin has mentioned before that he feels like players like consistency in terms of their spot in the lineup, both in terms of the number and the players around them. Slipping Danks into the 1 spot keeps everyone else on the "normal lineup vs righty" routine

That might save us from ourselves

Semien can't stay on MLB club unless we can find 5 starts/week for him. It will really suck if Leury has to go down. He does exactly what we need from a bench guy and has honestly outhit Semien, albeit in many fewer ABs

I'm totally okay not putting a young guy in the closer role without at least a partial season of seasoning. It's worth losing a few games over. I think this paid off with Reed, for instance. Webb has the makings of a very good closer, but he's also a guy who was pretty much off the map 18 months ago. You don't want the pressure to bring back his non-strike-throwing demons or whatever else tends to happen to overwhelmed young guys thrown into that spot. Let's get him comfortable and confident in MLB first.

The problem with replay has been implementation. There are constantly calls that are clear as day to TV viewers, but MLB won't pull the trigger. If they're going to be incredibly conservative, then just let the umpires talk it out on the field and take video out of it. Or just do it right like every other league.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 23, 2014 -> 08:53 AM) I swear sometimes it seems like you cover your eyes when Boozer plays and only see the points he scores. It's just that his usage makes no sense. If he actually sucks, then he shouldn't be starting and playing 70% of the first three quarters. If he is good enough to merit the playing time in the first three quarters, then he should get more than 0 minutes in the final quarter/8 minutes of the game

Always sucks to lose your job right after hitting a game-winning grand slam. He was on the way out regardless, but it still stinks. It's like seeing your sub come to the scorer's table in basketball and proceeding to rain down 3's before the next stoppage

Need some input as I don't really keep up with the car market. Looking for something in the $13k-$17k range. Looking used, but probably 2011 or newer. I'll be moving on from a Pontiac Grand Prix and would like something similar in terms of size/form factor. I could go smaller, but not compact. I would love to go hybrid if feasible. I've looked at some Toyota Corollas, Kia Optima, Chevy Malibu if that works as a starting point. The truth is I just don't know the offerings very well in this (or any) category. Probably won't go VW/Mini/Fiat/brands that aren't easy to get serviced at any old place. Not asking anyone to do the research for me, but I am curious if any models or model years come to mind given my general parameters.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Apr 23, 2014 -> 07:29 AM) What's new about Flowers's approach? He's walking and striking out pretty much exactly the same amount as he was last year. Flowers has mentioned altering his swing path in such a way that he can hit more singles

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 22, 2014 -> 11:42 PM) Ya I'm not going to get mad at Taj, we get blown out with out him today. It's not so much that I'm mad at him that we need to scheme/coach in such a way that it doesn't keep happening. It seems ridiculous that Boozer can get a ton of minutes in quarters 1-3 and cannot play in the fourth quarter, the quarter in which we constantly lose games due to our inability to score.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Apr 22, 2014 -> 11:39 PM) I'd rather keep watching this group than watch Melo bring this team down to the ground. I wouldn't mind taking a spin down Melo lane at this point. Throw Melo on this team, no Rose, I think you have a legit title contender

Lost in the Hinrich hatefest is how Taj torpedoed several key possessions by going into 1-on-1 mode and throwing up crap shots. He doesn't have the skill for that.

Thibs is still a great coach and I would lean towards perhaps the best in the league. But he f***ed this one up.

Everyone talking about Ariza shutting down DJ. This would be no problem if you didn't have f***ing KIRK HINRICH on the floor as well, making it so that there is no mismatch created by the Wizards' 3 guarding our 1

Hinrich = Darin Erstad

That is Thibodeau's fault. Kirk Hinrich had no business getting all those minutes late. Keeping Dunleavy out while leaving Kirk out there is unforgivable. More generally, Boozer can't play 0 minutes in the fourth quarter every game. If nothing else, you have to get a breather for the other bigs.

Also, there is no way we should go 8 minutes scoreless and not ever have Boozer on the floor

Thibs. WTF, leave Kirk in and take out Taj?

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 22, 2014 -> 10:26 PM) I like that pick, and you're right, he's having an absolutely phenomenal year thus far. If nothing else, the Sox middle infield depth is looking really solid right now. The Phegley of 2014

LMAO that they didn't call that for Taj when the previous play was a foul against Jo

So many bad calls late in this game

1. Get Hinrich out. 2. Holy s*** does Taj have a knack for doing 1000 spins and throwing up a crap shot on big offensive possessions

The guy was like the Adam Dunn of LOOGYs, consistency-wise.

People freaking out over who our "zero notice or chance to shuffle rotation" starter is

It's pretty clear that Leesman should be our LOOGY, not a starter. Not sure what happened to his velo though. Averaged 90.5 on his heater in MLB last year