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I think our rotation in 2006 was somewhere around the $50-55 million mark, with Buehrle, Garcia, Contreras, Garland and Vazquez, with McCarthy waiting in the wings. That was a huge chunk of payroll. We'll never see a rotation that eats up that much in terms of resources ever again. You can never have too much pitching, but you can have too much expensive pitching or pitching that is budget exploding, which affects the other areas of the ballclub in significant ways.

Right down the middle with a non-breaking slider. Got very lucky. Walked him. Surprise, surprise....I called the walk and stolen base. Leaving now, wild pitch will be next.

Interesting. Jenks is now throwing 96-97 MPH. What's up with that? YOU KNEW JENKS couldn't get through the inning 1-2-3. That would be too easy for him. Next will be a walk, stolen base, wild pitch, something...

First obvious second-guess situation of the game. Jenks over Sergio Santos, questionable, especially with Bobby's history in either tied games, one run deficits or blowouts.

I'd rather see David Cook, haha. Who was consistently hyping him up for playing time with the Sox last year?

Perfect, Pierre not only doesn't run today, he has Pods-itis. Balk move? Flex in the left knee? Wrong guess there Juancito. Beckham is just totally lost, can't get a break.

Sergio, welcome to the 7th and 8th inning duty in close games. Putz needs to get that FB back...before we stick him into any more "hold" situations.

AJ closing in on .150 BA now. Has any team in baseball ever had 2 hitters after APRIL 20th at the 3/5 spot with an OPS under 400? Because we accomplished that...AJ now at a sizzing 395 OPS.

AJ closing in on .150 BA now. Has any team in baseball ever had 2 hitters after APRIL 20th at the 3/5 spot with an OPS under 400? Because we accomplished that...AJ not at a sizzing 395 OPS.

Or the game late in 2006 that he pitched against the Angels. DJ speculating that Beckham really can't see the ball well because of crossfire delivery of Fister. Maybe that's why he tried the bunt? Kotchmann is the best defensive 1B since Mientkiewicz.

OOOPS. This is the way that Farmer and DJ described it. I am in China...no TV feed here. Just going off their initial annoucing of the play. I do know one thing, we won't see any Hudson threads this week...although Devils' Advocates would argue that the M's offense is absolutely horrid.

Defensive misplay on that one...jumped up on the fence and overplayed it. Wind really held that ball up...should have been way out on a normal June-July-August-September day. Would have gone out if it didn't tick off his glove, but should have been caught OTOH. Not ties it up, it's now 2-1 SOX. Atta boy, Alexei!!!

Yet another reason to steal, Tuiasosopo is not an experienced SS compared to the defensive whiz Wilson. I hate to admit it, but kudos to Teahen. He has really recovered nicely....although I will always hate his defense.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 24, 2010 -> 04:17 PM) Can Donny Lucy play more? Because A.J. is hitting like absolute crap. I wonder if we're going to hear the JD excuse from AJ...that the contract discussion, 10 and 5 rights, etc., has been the distraction that has gotten into his head and affected his performance? Alex Rios continuing to hit the ball the hardest and most consistently this season. One hit and one lineout.

He has a "baby" face like BJ Armstrong, haha? AJ below .160. Unfortunately, we missed the "please sell high before the expiration date" notice on the package. See Crede, Joe.

QUOTE (TitoMB @ Apr 24, 2010 -> 04:10 PM) Haha cool stat. Andruw one of only 4 to hit a homer as a teenager and a homer as a 40-year-old. Unless the rumors are true and Andruw is really 7 years older than his official birthdate. When he came to Macon in 1995, he was so dominating on a physical level over the entire league, everyone assumed that he was really 21-23 at that point and the Braves had been duped. Hopefully he wasn't a Dave Wilder signing, haha. Didn't Wilder used to work with the Braves at one point?

Kotsay has quite a few considering only 25 AB's. AJ is a walking DP machine because he makes so much contact....Quentin, too, because he hits the ball hard and has average speed to 1st. Even Alexei has shown a propensity to do so. And Teahen will certainly hit into his share, saw with Andruw Jones. YAY!!! That's one category we can lead the AL in...GIDP. It's funny right, that we are a small ball team without much speed, with the exception of Pierre, who has visibly lost 2 steps from so much wear and tear on his body.

EPIC predictable fail that inning. Beckham, who'd a thunk it? (Well, some predicted the sophomore slump, but maybe it was 20-30%) Well, we got Pierre to be able to run in those situations, to attack the opponent and create a run. Except he had cement shoes. Now they simply pitch around Jones (amazing, isn't it?) to set up the DP against Paulie. Well, that's one thing we won't miss when he's gone.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Apr 24, 2010 -> 04:02 PM) I like how Pierre is distracting the pitcher, he is really doing a great job only if he can get on the damn base on regular basis. See Pods, first half of 2005. Minus the fact that Pods actually got on base quite consistently...especially early in those games, and Iguchi was the perfect #2. We might have to bring him back if Beckham struggles for another month. Just kidding.

Jones boosting his stratospheric OPS. Why can't Pierre run against a big guy with no stuff?

Beckham blown away by three straight 88-89 MPH fastballs. What the heck is going on with his swing?

This might be one of the few games this season Freddy has better overall stuff than his mound opponent. Oh My Lady Gaga...Pierre got on? 7/9 so far on the season. Let's get runners on 1st and 3rd please.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 24, 2010 -> 03:53 PM) 1-0 Mariners, Guttierez HR. At least this time we gave up a homer to their best hitter. SHAPIRO=FAIL Except for Chin Shoo Choo, that was the best pick-up the Indians made the last 5 years.

You can cancel the post-game show. Let's hope it's not a 1-0 loss. Well, at least it will be a fast game and less suffering than 20-0 or like that Twins game early last season at home against COLON.

Figgins 2/24 lifetime against THE ROCK/SCORPION KING. Freddy has been at his customary 88-90 MPH. Has he got one or two at 91? NOTE TO KW: The only worse move than acquiring Juan Pierre was giving that money and 4 years to Chone Figgins in his 30's. STUPID. PS: Bring up Daniel Hudson!