Balta1701

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 19, 2006 -> 04:44 PM) Crede really seems to dominate the Tigers. Gotta keep adding on hits against Bonderman, and he's a hot-head on the mound, and he can lose his composure. We put a little more pressure on and this whole Tigers team could lose its composure. We've won 6 of 7 against them, we're already in their heads. Bonderman's pitched great, and now they're already behind again. Get another run home this inning, and watch them go into "Here we go again" mode.

Well, you can cancel the postgame show.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Jul 19, 2006 -> 04:35 PM) but they've been helping him out fouling off pitches out of the zone - just looks like he's missing a lot Based on that metric, Greg Maddux has thrown a lot of balls his entire career.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Jul 19, 2006 -> 04:33 PM) javy's throwing a lot of balls 21 pitches, 14 strikes for JV?

QUOTE(Melissa1334 @ Jul 19, 2006 -> 04:29 PM) whats he done so far? racking up k's? 4 in 6 batters.

7 pitches for Bonderman, 7 strikes, 2 strikeouts.

Pods strikes out on 3 pitches to start.

QUOTE(knightni @ Jul 19, 2006 -> 01:38 PM) http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?i...916&srvc=sz Not done yet: Sosa says he'd return for right offer :headshake The right offer of course involves immunity from baseballs' drug testing agreement.

Podsednik, LF Cintron, 2b Thome, DH Konerko, 1B Dye, RF Pierzynski, C Crede, 3B Mackowiak, CF Uribe, SS Granderson, CF Polonco, 2b Rodriguez, C Ordonez, RF Guillen, SS Thames, LF Monroe, DH Shelton, 1B Inge, 3B

QUOTE(WCSox @ Jul 19, 2006 -> 01:30 PM) Sounds like he's trying to get a feel for how much GOP support he'd get if he chose to go down that path. Given his voting record, character, and name recognition, I think that he'd get quite a bit. Which of course, is what this is all about anyway. Update: Joe Rules out running as a GOP candidate

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Jul 19, 2006 -> 07:27 AM) I'd like to see the entire clip, not just six seconds of it. What happened right after? What'd she say? This is bizarre. The video clip itself is pretty darn poor quality, aside from the pacing you can see the actual move a lot better in the still images. The Daily Show showed it last night, the massage thing lasted only like a second, she really pushed her arms back with some authority when he tried it. Comedy Central or Youtube will probably have the clip by the end of the day. I'd check, but I'm at home and on a modem, not at school on high speed.

Ahem...um...*Clears throat, clears throat again, downs 3 shots of tequila*...ahem, um...Here we go... .

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 18, 2006 -> 11:03 PM) Yeah, people rightfully criticise players when they're sucking then when they finally turn it around (hopefully) they let up and start to rightfully praise them. It's not like people call for his head then when he stops sucking act like they didn't. Yeah, I ripped Garland at the beginning as did a bunch of other people, now he's pitching well and I'm glad, he deserves praise for that which his getting from me. I'm not just going to hate on the guy for when he's going good because I hated on him when he was sucking. I think the specific people who might have some concern are the people who were saying Garland would never return to form, that the first part of 05 was a total fluke, and that he was never going to be worth the contract we signed him to. There were plenty of those people.

QUOTE(Dam8610 @ Jul 18, 2006 -> 10:50 PM) He's found that wall several times before. Last year it was in July, in 04, he seemed to hit it thrice, in 03, he hit it in May. When he gets the ball up, he gets hit, and there's at least one period every year in which that happens. "Hitting a wall" because you're tired IMO isn't something you just get through by pitching more, it's something you get through by pitching less and resting. If he's "hitting a wall" or "The innings are catching up with him", then the logical solution would be for him to pitch less innings, i.e. taking 2 weeks off on the DL. He's gotten through each of those previous rough spots without needing time off or missing starts, and he'll do the same here, I hope.

Javier...SHOW UP! PITCH! PLEASE! You're up against Bonderman. It's a challenge. Be a big game pitcher this time. You do your job well, and suddenly the Tigers are staring at Contreras coming down the pipe.

QUOTE(chitownsportsfan @ Jul 18, 2006 -> 09:43 PM) Jon Garland is the new Bill Clinton. Dude, Garland just got married. Either you're insulting his wife, or the person he's cheating on his wife with, but either way, ick!

I just have trouble believing the dead arm theories that crop up with Mark, based entirely on the evidence you cite as the reason he might be worn out. 2001 - 22 years old - 221.1 IP 2002 - 23 - 239 2003 - 24 - 230.1 2004 - 25 - 245.1 2005 - 26 - 236.2 reg season and 23.1 in playoffs + WS In other words, Mark has been doing this for several years. Even pitching the extra 20 innings last year, he didn't go THAT far beyond his career highs in innings. So here would be my question; why would the innings catch up to him after 5 years when it didn't after 4 years? If he was having some sort of genuine health problem, or we heard rumors of his arm being sore (i.e. like we heard during the W.S. last year), maybe it would be a concern. But I just can't buy that a 27 year old with a 5 year history of pitching 230+ innings is suddenly going to hit an innings wall in the middle of a season that he's never found before.

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Jul 18, 2006 -> 10:03 PM) It's one of the things where I've been shocked - and pleasantly - at the reaction of most nations in the region regarding the situation. Abject horror at both sides' actions and reactions. That, in and of itself, is progress in the Middle East. Be it the cause of reaction to an ascending Iran, or an Israel pulling out of Gaza, progress is still progress Well, it's also worth noting I think that one of the things that has sparked so much abject horror is that in the 6 years since Israel left Lebanon, Hezbollah has become MUCH stronger. Gone from rockets that can barely cross the border to rockets that can hit Haifa, developed and planned a coordinated assault designed to trap Israeli soldiers, and so forth. In fact, this is one of the reasons Israel really can't consider pulling back; Hezbollah has gotten too strong, and there's some measure of horror in that. It's probably one of the things that has made the governments of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and a few other countries speak out against Hezbollah.

QUOTE(chitownsportsfan @ Jul 18, 2006 -> 07:14 PM) That taste isn't there. Technically, it's..."I don't think that taste is there."

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Jul 18, 2006 -> 03:55 PM) this isn't an issue the Republicans would want to use as a "wedge". far too many moderates and republican voters support stem cell research. I sort of meant it was a wedge issue for our side for once. The Republicans have plenty of them...the hating of the gays, all the other religious stuff, etc.

THANK YOU JON!!! Finally someone acted like a pitcher. JG just gave us the key game to this series. We can't get swept, and we still have 1 of our "aces" coming up to pitch on Thursday. We get a good game out of Jittery Javy tomorrow, and then Detroit starts seeing Jose's forkball. And maybe just as importantly, the guys from Detroit have to hear another night of "Why can't you beat these guys, even when they're losing".

Keep it going Brian!

Sonofab****...

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Jul 18, 2006 -> 04:54 PM) Only? Its quite a bit more than a lot of people. But it's fewer than the 14 that was said before.

Come on Taz, time to improve on that .179 in June.