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QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 03:57 PM) Wow, that was pathetic by Jones. More BRUTAL managing by Ozzie! Seriously, where the heck is Thornton. How about just let Thornton be the 1 man pen. You can't blame Ozzie when most of your pen sucks. I fear the day when Thornton's arm falls off because the pen sucks. Putz is now the new Linebrink. August, Sept. is the worst time for your pen to fail.

Nice throw by Castro.

QUOTE (bobryansson @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 03:52 PM) Sorry, dozed off between Putz pitches. What's happened? That could be part of his problem.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 03:51 PM) Doesn't mean he should ever be allowed to face LHP Sometimes it's unavoidable.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 03:49 PM) You're making your case based on ESPN the Magazine articles? I think that means I win. Is that a corrollary to Godwin's law...the probability of ESPN commentary being used in a sports argument goes to 1 with increasing time and the first one to use it loses? That should be a sticky. Well done.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 03:49 PM) Generous strike 3! BTW, Kotsay is now 0-21 against LHP. Hit safely in 7 games before that.

I hope Putz isn't the new Linebrink.

Do you think Tiger fans go thru the same thing when they play the Sox as we do when the Sox play the Twins. Like no lead is save enough,

QUOTE (MattZakrowski @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 03:34 PM) Frank Thomas says hello. I'd love to see Frank in his prime again.

This is getting nerve wrecking. Next we will want our starters to go all 9.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 03:19 PM) Thome just hit a 3 run home run off of a LHP, Who cares? PK just hit a game leading 2 run hr.

QUOTE (Sox72 @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 03:20 PM) Do you think he has a shot of actually getting it??? No but who cares? He's been really good at SS and that's good enough for me.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 03:14 PM) The guy struggles to make it through 5 innings these days. He will singlehandedly kill our pen. It gives them a chance to use Linebrink. Who cares about wasting him?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 03:14 PM) No reason to bring Kerry Wood into the discussion. Sale's Mechanics are somewhat iffy, but you can put him up against Strasburg and say that Sale's mechanics are better in some ways. Check out his AAP page for a legit discussion. Basically...it's up in the air. Cooper's usually good at keeping his pitchers healthy compared to everyone else in the league. He might have injury problems, but it's not an absolute. He might need to bulk up some so that frame can take some stress of the arm. This was Kenny's worries when they had McCarthy.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 03:13 PM) I must be dreaming. Is this 1951 before the DH was invented? I would love nothing more than the AL to ditch the DH.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 03:09 PM) It's hard to watch Sale and think starter though. That delivery screams extreme lefty/righty splits. I know he is supposed to have the change to overcome that, but it looks so odd. Are you thinking this is a guy who will have arm problems later down the road ala Kerry Wood?

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 03:02 PM) Isn't that all you need when you have a good offense though? Not for the post season when other teams have both pitching and hitting.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 02:52 PM) The pull baseball approach has been awful the last two weeks. Some pathetic at bats with RISP as well. It's always been this way. Is it Walker's fault? The organization's? or the type of players Kenny acquires?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 02:50 PM) So do the Twins. They might never have him again. Yeah but somehow those losses never seem to hurt them as much. I predicted suckdom for them when they got rid of Santana. Didn't pan out like I thought.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 02:47 PM) What kind of production have we gotten out o the DH spot by committee? We need a real DH IMO- oh wait he plays for Minny Yeah I wish we had Morneau too.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 02:44 PM) Wel Quentin can hit it too, but I know what you are saying. But, this singles stuff is what Ozzie wanted isn't it? Yeah we need to go back getting only 3 runs on 3 homers and still lose games.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 02:42 PM) So, 3 back of the Twins coming into a 3 game series in Minny. Basically, we play like we usually do in Minny and that's the division. Maybe they can miraculously duplicate that 25 out of 30 winning streak.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 02:27 PM) Twins up 1-0 after 4 1/2 innings. A's offense absolutely pathetic in this series. We can relate to that.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 02:14 PM) Get someone up in the pen, Garcia simply doesn't have the stuff to get thru the order a 2nd time lately. Looks like Garcia was the pitcher we needed a replacement for, and not Hudson. Watching The Club, it was obvious there were members of the organization that could see this coming. it's now become too obvious

They should keep him and pay his value. What good is it to trade good players, especially a starter, other than having a good farm system every year?