Dick Allen

AJ should have let it drop. They had an easy force at 3rd and 2nd.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 27, 2005 -> 10:23 PM) Cotts has had a longer break than most summer vacations. George Bush is jealous of the length Cotts' vacation.

QUOTE(brijames @ Aug 27, 2005 -> 10:24 PM) when did Cotts last pitch? seems like a long time. It will probably effect his control.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Aug 27, 2005 -> 10:21 PM) 93 pitches I'm sorry but 90% of managers don't pull their starter after 93 pitches in the 8th after giving up 2 runs. Contreras is different. His tiring has nothing to do with pitch count. I really think with him it has to do with innings. Anytime he gets into the seventh, he should be yanked the first sign of trouble.

QUOTE(That funky motion @ Aug 27, 2005 -> 10:20 PM) Do I need glasses? No, but a shot glass and a bottle of Jack might help.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 27, 2005 -> 10:18 PM) Way to give the Mariners all the momentum in this game. We try to get way too cute sometimes. Exactly. Double steal with Blum and Dye is questionable at best. You are far better off putting on a safety squeeze in that situation.

It would be huge to score here. As the Sox handle the double steal like a little league team.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 27, 2005 -> 10:14 PM) Nelson in to face Uribe. Be aware....these swings by Uribe might cause you to spit your drink out. Uribe is going to drive home the run.

f*** Pods, Dye's like Rickey Henderson.

Dye gets a good jump when he wants to steal.

QUOTE(brijames @ Aug 27, 2005 -> 10:12 PM) Yea and maybe I have a 12" ****. Isn't that about average?

Maybe Blum can go deep here.

Now a single ties it.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 27, 2005 -> 10:00 PM) Pull him. I don't understand why you have to give up runs and get into a lot of trouble for Ozzie to yank you. He's exactly the opposite with relief pitchers.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 27, 2005 -> 09:59 PM) Man, why would you throw the inside fastball on an 0-2 pitch? All of his pitches have been tailing inside this inning? Now, we face a guy who's swinging out of his ass every AB. I'd go to Cotts here.

4-0 and Sexson hitting 3-0 against a guy with a history of hanging himself? I don't know

A Neal Cotts sighting.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Aug 27, 2005 -> 09:49 PM) Well, as much as I don't like Carl's approach, I gotta love when that happens. But he hits balls to the upper deck in BP

4-0

That was the fastest and hardest I've seen Iguchi run to first this season.

The Count is not afraid to throw a strike tonight.

Wasn't Hawk talking how Ozzie was more concerned about "the big picture" rather than that particular game, yesterday? Because now he's saying they only worry about today.

QUOTE(3E8 @ Aug 27, 2005 -> 09:27 PM) I notice something very different about Jose's approach on the mound tonight. His confidence is growing. If he ever gets to the point where he really believes he should win every start, you are looking at an All Star, and Cy Young candidate. One problem is, if they string a couple hits, his approach may change.

QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Aug 27, 2005 -> 09:20 PM) Where was it said that the Sox and Griffey talked? Just b/c he 'said thanks, but no thanks', that can just mean that he said it to Reds ownership. And Griffey's agent is an agent, why does he have any reason to disclose info? I have no idea if it's true, but the story seems plausible. If it got to the point where Griffey was asked to accept a trade, his agent certainly would know about it. He also said Griffey told the Sox he was flattered, that would require communication, someone other than Bruce Levine certainly would know and would have reported this development. No one has. I'm sorry, but Levine himself staked his reputation to the Sox signing Omar Vizquel. You can think its plausible and it may be, but I'm not buying it. I think he jumped the gun and realized it, so he tried to squirm his way back.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 27, 2005 -> 09:16 PM) I agree. The thing with him is that you can never get comfortable that he has it in cruise control. He just needs to keep getting the first batter of the inning out, and avoid the stretch. The deer in headlights look can return at any time. And I agree, he seems so much better out of a wind up rather than the stretch, but next time it happens watch, if there's a man on 3rd with 2 out he's pitching from the stretch. I'm sure its to keep him closer on a WP, but I don't think its worth giving up the effectiveness of his wind-up.