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Much better approach to Rogers this inning as well...laying off his low pitches..making him get it up.

There you go Joe...a missle.

There is one of those duck snorts.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 20, 2006 -> 01:13 PM) He also can't call a game or block balls in the dirt. This much is true.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 20, 2006 -> 01:11 PM) And he's the worst defensive catcher in baseball behind Mike Piazza, some say that a contributing factor to that could be his lack of rest seeing how he's played nearly every game since comming into the bigs. There's a reason why he might be playing 1B next year. He can't throw out anybody.

Ozuna has seen 2 pitches and has made 3 outs. Ouch.

That was a generous strike call.

QUOTE(CYGarland @ Jul 20, 2006 -> 12:59 PM) I'd like to see some hit n run here Juan can do the run part but I don't think Widger can do the hit part of that equation.

There you go Juanny.

So Rogers had 11 pitches last inning...lets make it 25 this inning.

QUOTE(AbeFroman @ Jul 20, 2006 -> 12:55 PM) there was another classic exchange a few days ago too... About two days after the trade, Farmer asked Singleton what he thought about the reds-nationals trade: Singleton knew nothing about it. I don't know what Singleton was doing for those two days... it was all over the sports knews. I was listening at that time as well...very classic. Farmer didn't know that much about it either...he thought Dunn may have been involved in the trade.

That ball was crushed.

You can cancel the postgame show.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Jul 20, 2006 -> 12:43 PM) Wow. Santana gives up an early run to the D-Rays. What are the chances of that holding up? -.5%

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jul 20, 2006 -> 12:42 PM) Over/Under for the number of pitches we see this inning. 12

That is a good sign...Jose has the groundball working today.

Wow..Iguichi saved a 1st and 3rd situation. Thanks Pudge.

I hope that we see second half Rogers today instead of first half Rogers.

QUOTE(Drew @ Jul 19, 2006 -> 01:18 AM) Farmer is way too homer-happy. His favorite insight to add is what the score would be if who happens to be at bat hit a home run. This much is true.

QUOTE(RME JICO @ Jul 19, 2006 -> 01:57 AM) This is your chance to show us what you got Javy. Jon gave you the blueprint for success (location, location, location). That is the key there...location. When Javy struggles, he gets 2 strikes then gets too much of the zone. If Javy can find his location it will be lights out for the Tiggers.

This trade is a good thought...getting a stud starter, but it is not possible nor very likely.

Should be a great series and hopefully the power of the Rally Crede will propel the Sox to a series SWEEP!! Or at least 2 out of 3.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Jul 17, 2006 -> 03:27 AM) Anderson is not gonna hit .315 for the next two and a half months. Willing to bet he never does hits for that high of average in that long of time span for his entire career... he is just not that type of hitter. Nothing close to it. This is probably true...but I have always felt average is an overrated stat anyways, not that his other stats are that great either but Anderson has definitely improved since the start of the season. His swing is much more level and hits some of the most wicked line drives on the team. He will probably mostly be a gap hitter that will hit more homeruns later in his career.

QUOTE(loltrain @ Jul 16, 2006 -> 10:43 PM) Vasquez sounds alot like Jeremy Bonderman (always has had good stats, but would often struggle with men on base leading to outings that would look something liek: 5 ip 4 hits 4 ers 7 ks or of course the occasional 1 ip 7 hits 7 er 2 ks) It seems Bonderman has figured things out this year, and isn't cracking under the pressure, if Vasquez can do the same thing he should be really good, maybe he needs to look back on his dominant season in Montreal and figure out what he was doing/thinking differently then. Interesting comparison. I personally think Javy will figure it out and be pretty dominate..maybe a la Jose Contreras last season. If I recall correctly he was the guy everyone wanted traded last season. It isn't always the trade you make..sometimes it is the deals you do not make that turn out to be the difference.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Jul 16, 2006 -> 11:54 PM) I was under the impression that I was placing a bet Shoota, not you. I'll drop you a line, Bonderman. He was just offering a suggestion...but whateva.