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QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jul 8, 2011 -> 06:11 PM) If Danks wants 4/56, yes. I don't agree with JR on alot of things, but I do agree that I'm not a fan of giving pitchers 5+ year contracts. You've got Beckham, Sale, Viciedo, Santos, Alexei (I would keep him cause of his contract) all under control for cheap plus the prospects you'd acquire (even if only TWO pan out).. I would think even this org. can work a budget around that. Like I've said for the 1,000th time though.. I view Danks very highly on this staff (more than others here, the same way Jason views Gavin Floyd) VIEWED Gavin Floyd.

Yep, that's the book on our hitters, with the possible exception of Konerko. They get themselves out. Meanwhile, Minnesota just keeps exerting pressure every inning until the opponent crumbles.

This might be headed for the longest 9 inning game in baseball history (outside of Yankees/Red Sox). I think Floyd had 93 pitches in 3+ innings. I guess it's good for concession/beer sales. Not so good for the defense playing behind Floyd or Jackson.

Travis Buck with a double after Hafner struck out. 9-6 Indians still down, 2nd and 3rd with only one out.

QUOTE (Chisoxrd5 @ Jul 8, 2011 -> 07:54 PM) Is there a coherent thought in this post? Did you just contradict yourself half way through? Ozzie should have either made the move one batter earlier or just left Gavin in. Right handed hitters bat .298 on Ohman on the season. He would've been better off sticking with Floyd or a batting tee. No, there's not. It was supposed to be Chris Rongey's future predicted response in the post-game to complaints Ozzie made the wrong moves with Floyd and the bullpen. Guess I did a good job. By the way, it would be nice if our leadoff hitter could actually steal a base when we need to get a runner into scoring position and pick up a run at a time to get back into this game.

CLE was trailing 9-3. Now it's 9-4 with the bases loaded and NO OUTS in the bottom of the 8th.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 8, 2011 -> 07:45 PM) So he let Gavin face a lefty and brought in his LOOGY to face a righty. Try defending that Rongey Blah blah blah it will be. We can't use Jesse Crain at that point in the game and Hector Santiago was overextended the previous game. It's a 162 game season, you can't use Crain/Sale/Thornton/Santos in every game. You have to be able to trust your relievers, so on, so forth. It's kind of ironic that Ozzie valued Brian Bruney "too much" to waste him in the early innings when that will probably end up being the turning point of the game. Forgot about Bruney.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 8, 2011 -> 07:43 PM) See ya Ozzie. That should be it for him He's too busy on Monday and Tuesday with "Ozzie Camp" at Bulls/Sox Academy. $225 bucks a pop for attendees. He can teach them how to retain a managerial job even when you're an abysmal 7-30 against your main rival.

Well, this has to be the low point of the season. I know we were 11 games under .500 earlier, but this game was ours for the taking and the pitchers completely wet the bed.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 8, 2011 -> 07:40 PM) Ohmsn brought in to face a righty?? Is Ozzie trying to get fired? Who can you go to there with Santiago out of action?

QUOTE (Wanne @ Jul 8, 2011 -> 07:39 PM) Yeah...but they turn that on 98% of the rest of the leagues players. That dude is lightening fast. Did seem like Gordo got it caught in his glove a bit though...but they turned it pretty quick. Still gotta make the pitches tho.. Farmer and DJ were both blaming that one on Ramirez for letting the baserunner get too far in on him on the takeout slide and not forcing him to hit the deck.

Well, there's just no excuse for a guy hitting .164 to beat you. I can't imagine what will happen when we have to face "real" Twins hitters again like Kubel, Span, Delmon Young and a possibly healthy Morneau.

Goodbye, Gavin. You're not too far from Javy Vazquez territory now.

Have to get Tosoni here. Luke Hughes is a pretty decent hitter.

Can we please have all facets of our team work together once this season? I guess it happened Opening Day. That's about it.

Same number of hits in one inning there as we had all yesterday against the Twins.

Who are these guys? Fathom's 25+ game streak of not scoring more than 3 runs against a starter is now officially broken.

Quentin and Alexei absolutely own Blackburn. He's a high fastball pitcher...without the dominating velocity to pitch up there. You need to lay off those pitches and force him to come into the strike zone. Nice to see Alexei back in the 2 hole again (finally). Rios' whole left side is flying open and he's flinching on most pitches. UGH!

Atta boy, Adam. Fought off some tough pitches...Blackburn and all MLB pitchers are trying to bust him inside and then get him to fish outside the zone.

Konerko with the nice gesture of buying a catered dessert tray for all the administrative/PR/sales staff to share in gratitude for the PaulStar campaign. We're not going to take it, no we ain't gonna take it, we're not going to take it ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dee Snider, Twisted Sister.

If you decide to pitch to Cuddyer, you simply don't come right at him with a first-pitch fastball right over the heart of the plate. He actually didn't take a great pass at it, but still wonder what AJ and Gavin were thinking there.

Why was Ramirez assuming that was a HR? He didn't even bother to cover 2B. Sheez. You've got to be kidding, Gavin. Fastball right down the middle with no movement to Cuddyer. You have to be more careful, he has been their best hitter the last month.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jul 8, 2011 -> 07:03 PM) Well thats why this thread is "what trades you would make" which obviously most of the moves won't happen (hell I agreed with nite about a firesale, and that is NOT my M.O.) And Christian just doesn't have a spot to play yet (which couldn't be said with Cook when there was like 3 spots open with players not hitting) Like i said though, I view Danks very, very highly. Thought he was a stud prospect back in the DVD days in Texas. Unless he wants 80+ million, you move him, but if he makes Buehrle money, I'd keep him. And s***, totally forgot about Sale. Yea.. you keep him too. So you would give Danks $75-80 million and 5 years without blinking? That's just a notch above Mark's current salary.

No short-season games???? SLACKER!!! Viciedo 1 for 2 so far. Keenyn Walker's debut...either tonight or probably tomorrow's game. He was supposed to fly from Salt Lake City to Big Sky Country Friday morning.

ARLINGTON - Josh Hamilton could hear six-year-old Cooper Stone screaming for his dad after the man tumbled over an outfield railing and fell 20 feet onto the concrete below. Firefighter Shannon Stone had called out to Hamilton for a foul ball in the second inning of Thursday night's game. Hamilton tossed it to him, but Stone fell as he reached for it and died an hour later of blunt force trauma. Hamilton says he remembers the man's fall "like it happened in slow motion." He also remembers the screams of the little boy who came to the game with his dad in hopes of catching a ball. Hamilton says he can't stop praying enough for Stone's family. The reining AL MVP is playing in Texas' game against Oakland tonight.