ThunderBolt

Mark is looking awesome today. That's something.

QUOTE (TitoMB @ May 14, 2010 -> 09:04 PM) But at the same time, didn't Quentin just get engaged/married? And he's doing awful. He needs to put a baby in it. It's the Rios way.

QUOTE (TitoMB @ May 14, 2010 -> 09:02 PM) This is a good thing right? Beginning of marriages are good, divorces are bad. I expect him to hit .300 in the month of June. IF Alex Rios has proven anything it's that Mark Teahen needs to have multiple children.

According to the Royals broadcasters Mark Teahen just got engaged.

Bulls*** call on a curve that didn't break.

So, it’s Ladies Night at the K for the Royals. Needless, to say the turnout is about as attractive as you’d have expected .

Murderer's row for the Sox comes up short. Ozzie Ball did not come to the rescue.

I just remembered he was DH'ing and i threw up in my mouth a little.

That was an awesome job at Aviles to avoid that ball.

Mark Kotsay. One hit in his last twenty At-bats. Gets walked. FEAR TMK.

Bring it on, Paulie. Raise that trade value.

Pierre channeling his inner Pods.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 14, 2010 -> 05:27 PM) See now that is bulls***. I won't even bring up last season, but Ozzie said the same crap about Pierre getting time off and then hitting him 9th when he comes back (Pierre was in the line-up the next day... though he did put Pierre 9th for a couple of games then put him back in the lead-off spot) and said Beckham would get a few days off to clear his head, only to have him back in the line-up with only one off day. (though I can at least agree with that decision, young hitters can't figure it out on the bench) He said some serious crap that he'll half-way do, then go back to what he originally did the following day. This is the same man who had Alex Rios play LF for a game.. our best defender in LF... where he never played in his life prior to this season. I was thinking about the Pierre thing when i phrased the post. That's why i added usually to it. I didn't want to make it so absolute.

The reason that Nix isn't in the lineup (over Vizquel) is because Ozzie hates his approach at the plate. He'd honestly prefer Nix to put the ball on the ground then to take pitches and look to drive the ball.

Anyone remember how the people who took Ozzie at his word this spring that Vizquel would DH, got chewed out? The lesson is that Ozzie is usually a man of his words, and the ideas behind those words are tragically stupid.

Why is this even an argument? When it comes down to it, the minute i mention MVP Baseball 2005, any argument about best baseball video game is over.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 12, 2010 -> 03:34 PM) Hmm, I figured they would have gotten along well. Oney was right. It's a shame Thome made these guys too soft.

For those of you who were wondering if the Closer's role is overated, it is.

So, damn close!

QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 12, 2010 -> 03:24 PM) Boy that .257/.388 from Thome would look awful in our lineup right Ozzie? You need a designated hitter that can play the field, SoxAce. Geez.

Great play by Alexei, good choice to hold onto it.

Hawk is wearing a badass jacket.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 12, 2010 -> 03:11 PM) Jordan Danks? lol. I guess it would be kinda cool to see somebody make Chris Davis look like Ichiro. I was just throwing him into a list of names that could probably benefit this team in the long-term more then Kotsay. I'm inclined to agree with you that K-rate suggests certain doom, and that he'll be lucky to have a cup of tea in September if he doesn't get that baby below 30%.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 12, 2010 -> 03:07 PM) WHO????? Jayson Nix, Jordan Danks, Tyler Flowers, C.J. Retherford, Josh Kroeger, and anyone else you want to throw in there. Freeing up Kotsay's roster spot will allow us to give at-bats to one of the younger kids. Bat's that should me made easier to come by, especially when we're no longer in contention.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 12, 2010 -> 03:00 PM) Great...then we'll just play Jones mooooo...oh, yeah, right. No offense, but are you being intentionally hard-headed here, Balta? No one’s arguing that Kotsay’s AB’s need to go to guy like Lillibridge; they just need to go to other people then Mark Kotsay. Preferably, to guys younger than him.