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Split with baseball's best. And if it wasn't for the horrible defense last night, we might have taken this series. I'm more than satisfied with a split though.

We have so many options that could close. Why stick to Jenks?

QUOTE (T R U @ May 30, 2010 -> 03:37 PM) Pierre is gonna win a Gold Glove Like it matters...

Juan Pierre has made some great catches today.

For a second, I thought Omar hit a home run since I'm watching this on Gameday.

Nice, we are pretty much out of closing options. Sigh... This has been a poorly managed game.

QUOTE (T R U @ May 30, 2010 -> 03:21 PM) so not only did Pierre catch that ball, he caught it after it hit off the fans glove.. Does that count? I don't know...

So if Thornton is pitching the 7th, who has the 8th and 9th?

That definitely wasn't necessary. And Peavy didn't need to the two extra earned runs charged to him.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 30, 2010 -> 02:58 PM) Cmon. His pitch count was fine. A good pitcher would have smoked through the sixth with that new cushion. But he's not a good pitcher right now.

So yeah, our 4 run lead is now a 2 run lead. Anybody still think it was a good idea to let Peavy continue to suck?

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 30, 2010 -> 02:56 PM) He should be one. He's paid like one. The pitch count was still OK. They'd just been given a four-run lead. He's jake peavy. He stays in until exactly the point Ozzie yanked his mediocre, highly-paid ass. For a guy who said he has arm issues, 96 pitches is pushing it.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 30, 2010 -> 02:53 PM) Ozzie made the right call. You don't pull an ace who was just given a four run lead. No matter how horses*** the highly paid ace is. You don't go and put reputation in the way of winning the game.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 30, 2010 -> 02:51 PM) Ozzie played that perfectly. Peavy deserved to come out for that inning and his s***tiness at this point and number of pitches means it is the time to take him out. He should have done that to begin with.

Remember what I said about Ozzie putting his players in a position to fail? Well, after struggling to get through 5 with 90+ pitches, you don't send him out there to have the Rays chip away at a 4 run lead... We got an off-day tomorrow. Use the damn bullpen.

Freaking Ozzie...

With all this stuff about a tired arm, they sure aren't worried about his pitch count...

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 30, 2010 -> 02:44 PM) If he hasn't thrown a s***load of pitches he should go back out there. He's Jake Peavy. Of course, he's back out there with 90+ pitches. Hopefully, he gets over this inning somehow with no damage done.

The hell, how come I didn't notice Alexei got caught stealing? Ugh.

On a bad count, you just know Ozzie will put Jake out there. Ugh.

Nix, my boy!

Please take Peavy out.

QUOTE (chisoxfan09 @ May 30, 2010 -> 02:14 PM) Only positive note is that Rios continues to rake. Is he on the All Star ballot, does anyone know? He sure is. Go vote for him.

Wasn't going to keep the Rays down forever...

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ May 30, 2010 -> 11:38 AM) I think Sanchez would've had a perfect game had Juan Uribe not committed an error if I remember right. Rowand saved a homer though, shortly after that.