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    Hats off to Joe Morgan

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted · Edited by Hideaway Lights

    thanks for the kudos guys :D

     

    I'm really not all that bothered by the (lack of) national attention to be truthful....the more this team flies under the radar the better it seems to do....

    Hats off to Joe Morgan

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted · Edited by Hideaway Lights

    I want to personally take my hat off to Joe Morgan,

    prognosticator of prognosticator, who said kicking off

    the season that he felt that Detroit and Cleveland had

    the talent to make it a tough three-way race with

    Minnesota all season.

     

    Sure enough, Cleveland proved tonight that they

    definitely belong in the picture. They hung right with

    the twins and then beat them in the ninth.

                   W      L    GB
Minnesota    15    11    -
Detroit      12    14    3
Cleveland    11    15    4

    Mr. Morgan didn't go as far to mention what place the

    three teams would be fighting it out for, but because

    he was so prescient I'm going to go ahead and just

    assume he meant second place.

     

    Of course he didn't bother mentioning the White Sox in

    that particular broadcast, despite the fact that very

    team was facing Minnesota that very night....although

    I'm sure that was just a mental slip. Lord knows he

    had too much to think about that night, such as why

    Craig Biggio or any other second baseman doesn't

    belong in the hall of fame, and what the Giants and

    Padres were up to while he was being bothered to be in

    the midwest for a couple of hours.

     

    Anyway, kudos to Joe for the sharp analysis. Look for

    this race to heat up as the season moves along!

    Reasons for Konerko slump

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted

    his first at bat last night embodies everything that's wrong with Konerko. Gets way ahead in the count, hits a double just foul, hits a homer way foul, barely fouls off ball 4, then pops out. He needs to just adjust his timing or his stance slightly and he'll be all over the baseball. It really is a game of inches.

    2005 Game Log

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted · Edited by Hideaway Lights

    I thought it might be cool to document when we go to games all year. I seem to always forget one or two dates if I don't keep track.

     

    4/18/05 - v. Minnesota, 5-4 WIN (Vizcaino), Section 130, Row 18.

    5/30/05 - v. Anaheim, 5-4 WIN (Politte), Section 126, Row 10.

    Bullpen roles

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted

    QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 3, 2005 -> 12:30 PM)
    Who knows what Ozzie knows.  Looking at Vizcainos outings, he is a one inning pitcher.

     

    I agree with you. But I also think he's definitely not a first option pitcher. I would only go to him in the 7th with at least a 2 run lead. I definitely would not hand him the ball with a tie ball game when Politte was available! Tie game or 1 run either way, I'm going Politte, Marte, Hermanson and possibly Takatsu. If I need someone to go 1+ it's Hermanson and frankly, I don't really care if Vizcaino is getting his work in or not.

    Bullpen roles

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 3, 2005 -> 12:25 PM)
    Sure when you take an outing that was obviously not what you were just desribing his usuage as.  He was going into his 4th inning of work, and threw enough pitches to just about qualify as a 5th starters outing.  Keep in mind that Vizcaino is a one inning pitcher, no doubt.  Of course you are going to discount that outing.  As would any manager or general manager who was trying to assess his potential value to a team.  Do you honestly believe they would look at his 8 era and say forget it?  Or would they know that that outing was something you would never ask Vizcaino to do again, and not worry about it.  They would actually look at how he did his job, not someone elses.

     

    interesting assessment considering Vizcaino has worked more than 1 inning in 6 of his 10 outings this season. Are you sure Ozzie knows he's only a "one inning pitcher, no doubt"?

    Bullpen roles

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    yeah, but he doesn't have a 4.00 era. I am discounting his worst outing! Discount every other middle reliever's worst outing and they probably all have ERA's under 3.00. Go ahead, pick any mediocre (not BAD, mind you) reliever and try it....

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