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What the heck was Moustakas doing there? Dunn really was fortunate not to get strike calls with a couple of those pitches. Thankfully, Davies only has one more inning (97 pitches) unless we go out in 5-6-7 pitches, which is possible with AJ and Rios hitting.

I'm not understanding exactly why Morel is still on this roster when they can bring up another bat in either Milledge or DeAza. Viciedo has to stay unless he gets to play everyday. I'm really to the point where I just want to move Pierre to CF and stick Viciedo in the line-up. That's a scary bad defense, but having 2 huge holes in our line-up, well 3 if you include the 3B position, it's just not going to work. And that's counting on Pierre and Beckham as "good" hitters.

Can't Teahen AT LEAST hit well against his former team? UGH. Does anyone else think 2-5 against the Royals over a two week span is enough to get SOMEONE fired? Probably not. Only 0-4, and the Royals just aren't capable of pulling THAT off. Buehrle already has 57 pitches to get 9 outs. Definitely a bullpen night...at least going that way.

Seems very very weird to be cheering FOR the Twins, one of the first few times I can remember that in a regular season game against a division opponent. Did Rios really line out hard or was it just the "soft" liner variety? Then again, it's off Davies so you would hope he would accidentally make hard contact against someone. Cheapest single of Beckham's life, should have been a DP ball!! 9 game hitting streak, 14 hits in those games.

Here's another video testimony to why fans want Greg Walker gone. We get it that Dunn's lost at the plate, but 7 K's? Yeah, we're leading 2-0 and the team overall doesn't strike out as much as some simply due to the presence of AJ and Pierre (who also don't hit the ball with much pop), but REALLY?? We would have been a lot better off had we picked up Melky Cabrera on the cheap in the last couple of offseasons. Hindsight, 20/20...ofc.

Twins get pushed back to 5 1/2. So frustrating, we should have gone into today 3 games behind the Indians and just 2 behind the Tigers. 4/4 looks and feels a helluva lot different, and now 4 1/2. I guess, if nothing else, it's going to force a reaction from KW sooner rather than later if we don't play well at KC/CLE and then come out flat for yet another huge homestand against some top-drawing teams.

But wouldn't you agree that playing in Chicago, Philly, Boston or NY is just a totally different animal? In terms of pressure, the media especially, expectations...the West Coast/AZ has always been perceived as more laid-back. A lot of the Eastern media doesn't even pay attention to what's going on out there after their bedtime. Soriano certainly thought that it was tougher to play in Chicago than even for the Yankees. Remember Conteras, how Cashman gave up on him simply because he was failing in head-to-head match-ups against the Red Sox? There's just nothing close to that anywhere else.

Selig will surely make the fine for his buddy JR be surrendering either Hanley, LoMo or Josh Johnson for compensatory damages.

BTW, how could the DBacks do such a poor job evaluating Haren and Saunders? That's a lot worse than Jackson for Hudson/Holmberg.

But can't you also argue the Mets, Twins, Royals and A's have bad coaching staffs because they didn't see anything in Humber? Or somehow we had a vision for Santos' future as a reliever/pitcher that they didn't conceive of?

FWIW, Jeff Conine is the most popular choice with most south Floridians. The question that ownership group has to answer (partially) is who is the name that best sells season tickets and is the face of the franchise with Hanley and Josh....is it Guillen, Bobby Valentine or Conine? That area is one of the high intensity demographic regions for Hispanics in the US, and that's another feather in Ozzie's cap. However, many wouldn't be surprised to see Dave Martinez also get at least an interview.

And Hanley Ramirez has had quite a few attitude issues that need readjusting. His overall offensive stats this season still aren't better than Ramirez....and Alexei is on a completely different plane as a fielding SS.

Probably our Women's World Cup coach after today.

You almost feel it was one of those "team of destiny" things with Japan after the earthquake. They dug back into the game from being down twice with less than 15 minutes to play both times. Lots of second-guessing will occur over the order of the penalty kick takers for the US. Abby Wambach is the only one who didn't melt down under the pressure. Japan deserves it, just for beating the 2 time defending World Cup Champions Germany on their home turf.

Maybe if we "mean Tweet" Guillen enough about pitching to Victor Martinez and Miguel Cabrera, he'll just quit. Not likely, but never hurts to try. This machisimo thing against Venezuelan opponents needs to end.

The South Beach media must be really looking forward to the first annual LoMo/Oney Twitter War. Perhaps Joe Cowley will go south with the Guillens to cover and shill for them.

http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/...t-florida-fired Tampering charges? Good riddance! Please leave...now. The time for honoring yourself will soon be at an end. Maximus

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 17, 2011 -> 01:52 PM) That doesn't apply in this situation. There really hasn't been chronically underperforming hitters. Except for Rios and possibly Beckham. The jury's still out on what we actually have with Gordon. It's certainly not unusual for 24-25 year olds to have some struggles in the majors when they've had so little time developing in the minors.

Trade Jackson if we're not within 5 games back on July 31st. In all likelihood, we'll have 3 teams ahead of us at that point...the odds will be against any type of comeback.

Why even bother caring about this team when they're just so erratic and inconsistent? It feels like we're trapped in the 2009 season again, except that year we at least tied for first place at one point.

One out away from 25/25 in save conversions. This game SUCKS.

Missed a hanging offspeed pitch after the steady diet of fastballs. Somehow Gordon got Lillibridge over the 2B, but he should have been there with the steal with how slow Valverde is to the plate.

We might have the worst hitting bench in the history of the AL. WHY WHY WHY force Beckham to do somthing he's not comfortable with when he's been hitting so well the last 15 days?

Lillibridge please. Be careful if you're going to steal....Beckham's not automatic with contact, and Valverde's control is non-existent. NO BUNTING!!!!

Maybe Valverde's more comfortable with RISP against him? AJ swinging at a crazy pitching out of the strike zone. At least we're elevating his pitch count over the last couple of games.