Harry Chappas

Dotel all over the place. Get him out after Thomas.

QUOTE (almagest @ Aug 15, 2008 -> 10:13 PM) Yeah, with 2 outs and 2 strikes on Swisher, definitely. Looked like someone in Oakland's bullpen touched the ball, though. Doesn't it then become a dead ball? Sox bullpen. I thought Swisher hit that ball. Sorry that was no doubt the right call. Get Dotel out of there and put in Carrasco. ugh. 4-3

Comparing Boone Logan And Carlos Quentin should get DJ fired. No problem with Anderson going there oh wait Ramirez was on deck. Nice play by the A's.

Nice walk and ab by Konerko there.

Carlos ball was murdered. The Thome ab was really bad.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2008 -> 09:56 PM) I'm sure Uribe was playing Thomas extremely deep on the infield. That was a play that either Gavin or AJP has to make. I stated it was any of the three's fault equally but he did get there and should have caught it as should Aj and Floyd. The Ab's by Uribe and AJ just added salt to the wound.

Bet this pitcher doesn't make it through 4 on Tuesday. Blows 88 MPH fastballs by people. Really sad display of offense. It seems any Sox pitcher that rolls along like that somehow gets dinged up eventually (Danks v. Boston) while the Sox most likely will not reach base again tonight.

Looks like the Uribe nice streak has come to an end offensively and defensively.

Nice job Thorton. Think the Sox will face more then 7 pitches this inning.

Do the Sox have advanced scouts?

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2008 -> 09:41 PM) Gavin's been throwing low fastballs to Cust all night that he's fouled off. He has to be careful this AB with him, as Cust has been just barely behind on that pitch. Great call. Cust is another of those s*** players that kills the Sox. This game is on the offense inabilty to do anything that has allowed the A's to stay in this game.

That really is as much Floyd and AJ as Uribe.

I have never seen a f***ing team miss simple pop-ups like this team.

Wow is this game getting shaky. Braden at a whole 70 pitches through 6. Nice job making him almost kind of work.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2008 -> 09:30 PM) His 2 homers in the same game against Matt Cain is one of the more odd stat lines this season. I'll go with at the time the Alexi Ramirez v. Dirty Sanchez game.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2008 -> 09:23 PM) These hitters continue to chase that change-up that's way off the plate. You say that like it is something new?

The mantra of the A's, Red Sox and Yankees is to make a pitcher work and look for a certain pitch and then simply make contact on a 2 strike pitch. The mantra of the White Sox is to jump after he first pitch close.

With a 3 run lead there is no reason to give away outs in the 2nd inning. Oh and the last 3 seconds of that Phelps race are probably going to be shown for the remainder of my lifetime among Olympic highlites. I am 37.

Ok so somebody needs to pitch next Tuesday and it can't be Broadway as he can't return until the 25th. So it is Richard because he is left handed and I suppose the Mariners do not hit lefties all that well and Broadway gets hit pretty good by lefties. I thought Broadway did a nice job and should be given another start. Not sure I agree with this line of thinking but I was not a big Broadway fan coming into yesterday. Who knows.

Stepped out a few minutes and all hell broke lose. That is the way to blow a team out. Broadway with the second lowest starters ERA.

I like Jim Thome for what he has now become, an accessory not a focal point.

Clutch pop outs to second.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 14, 2008 -> 02:46 PM) How does Davies have 7 strike outs today? It seems that the offense has been unable to really put a game away.

Wow at the wasted opportunities today.

This game has turned into one of those games that are stolen away. The offense needs to produce as the bullpen will have to go at least three innings.