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QUOTE(iWiN4PreP @ May 30, 2005 -> 03:40 PM) ye? well the game shuda been over with a double-play. not ozzies fault some1 made an error. after the error mayb he shuda had hermy come in, but still he had a tuff decision and it coulda worked out with no error. No, it's not ozzie's fault that Tad mad an error. But it never should have come to that point. You don't let your starting pitcher have a chance to put the winning run on base int he bottom of the 9th. When you have a closer, and you're in the 9th inning, if your starter lets a guy get on base, you bring in that damn closer. You do not let it get to 1st and 2nd. You simply do not. And then you certainly don't dick around with a lefty-righty matchup instead of going with your closer who has been on fire. Both of those are terrible moves.

I'm going to give us 5 to 1 odds against us having a single baserunner in the bottom of the 9th. Any takers?

Hell, let's have Marte walk Finley too...might as well make it 5-3.

I think a bases-loaded walk is a perfect way for us to lose this game. Would basically sum up the whole day.

Well, it sure didn't take long for our manager to cost us this game.

Oh no...

QUOTE(peanut33tillman @ May 30, 2005 -> 03:31 PM) Y THE f*** IS HERMANSON NOT IN???? Because both Marte and McPherson are lefties. I would have put my closer in too.

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ May 30, 2005 -> 03:29 PM) I don't know about great, but he's about as close to perfection as it gets this season. Awful decision leaving Mark out there for the ninth. I can understand leaving him out for the 9th. I cannot understand leaving him out there after the first guy got on base.

2 men on...BRING IN THE DAMN CLOSER.

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ May 30, 2005 -> 03:26 PM) Just tuned in: true or false, Frank has a hip something or other? Other than that, we've pissed away a ton of opportunities in this game as it has been a pretty ugly game to watch. They ought to feel awfully lucky with a win like this if they nail it down. True...Hip Flexor.

QUOTE(KevHead0881 @ May 30, 2005 -> 03:24 PM) Why? Buehrle's pitched well and his pitch count is still good. It's also still fairly early in the season. Our starters have carried us this whole year...there's no reason to keep piling pitches on Buehrle yet. We'll need this guy's arm more in September than we will in May. THis is why you employ a closer.

Leadoff hit...time for Hermanson to come in. Come on Ozzie, this is why you employ closers. What are we, the Cubs?

QUOTE(fathom @ May 30, 2005 -> 03:20 PM) Ozzie never likes to ph for his catchers. It's like he doesn't know how to manage with having 3 catchers on his team. Who's our 3rd catcher? I thought we only had A.J. and Widge.

QUOTE(winninguglyin83 @ May 30, 2005 -> 03:19 PM) Why not AJ for Widger? Because then A.J. will somehow end up getting hurt, and Timo Perez will somehow wind up playing catcher.

QUOTE(Jabroni @ May 30, 2005 -> 03:19 PM) Nice K, Dead. Is there a pitcher in this league who won't look like an all-star when facing our lineup?

I think that it was a hit & run...terrible pitch swung at by Dye. Glad we got the SB out of it. COme on dead, 1 base hit.

2-1 count, hitters count, good time to put something on? I'd say yes.

QUOTE(winninguglyin83 @ May 30, 2005 -> 03:14 PM) There's the walk. might as well try to steal or hit and run because the bottom of the order ain't coming up with TWO hits. Hit & Run just might open up a big enough hole for Dye to hit something through. I think that would be a very smart idea. Dye needs all the help getting a ground ball through the infield that he can get.

QUOTE(winninguglyin83 @ May 30, 2005 -> 03:13 PM) take a walk and steal a base A Row Hey, for once Dye is having a good game, maybe he'll make use of the baserunner.

QUOTE(winninguglyin83 @ May 30, 2005 -> 03:09 PM) Molina, rivera, molina. who gets the ninth? Buehrle or Hermie? Make your call. I say Hermie. After getting through the heart of that order in the 8th...I give it to Buehrle unless someoen gets on.

Any chance taking him out is just precautionary?

QUOTE(Texsox @ May 30, 2005 -> 03:06 PM) ESPN reporting Frank out with a hip flexor strain. Damnit!

QUOTE(fathom @ May 30, 2005 -> 03:05 PM) Don't get your hopes up. I've heard nothing to suggest he'll be gone. Hell, he's Ozzie's first choice off the bench. A fact which is totally beyond me when Carl Everett is sitting there. Your number 2 guy in RBI's or a guy hitting below .200. Who would you pick?

Man, we were 5 feet from being behind in this game.

QUOTE(fathom @ May 30, 2005 -> 03:03 PM) A.J.? Hell, Willie has a much better chance at getting a hit now than Timo. Timo is 0-10 ph this season, I'm pretty sure. Eh, I still dont' like the idea of PHing with your backup catcher when you're only carrying 2, even if that catcher could still sit at the DH spot.