GoArow33 Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 He looked fantastic last night. Did anyone feel comfortable with that lead last night? I actually did for once. My favorite one was when Contreras threw that nasty third strike forkball against Arod and Arod just kinda nodded at Jose like he respected the Ump's call. It was such cool thing. Maybe a big outing where he used to falter can get him on track finally. If he comes on, we have four aces and one very good pitcher as of late in El Duque. I'm kind of glad we didn't make a trade with the way we've pitched in the second half. Any comments on Jose? Is this for real? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAHO Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Once again on Jose I'll say this. He's not as bad as some people make him out to be. He's got an amazing BAA stat, and a good ERA away from home this season. And most importantly, he doesn't seem to be walking many games since that Oakland game about a month ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyho7476 Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 QUOTE(GoArow33 @ Aug 10, 2005 -> 10:15 AM) He looked fantastic last night. Did anyone feel comfortable with that lead last night? I actually did for once. My favorite one was when Contreras threw that nasty third strike forkball against Arod and Arod just kinda nodded at Jose like he respected the Ump's call. It was such cool thing. Maybe a big outing where he used to falter can get him on track finally. If he comes on, we have four aces and one very good pitcher as of late in El Duque. I'm kind of glad we didn't make a trade with the way we've pitched in the second half. Any comments on Jose? Is this for real? I must say, I actually felt comfortable with that lead, and the Count on the mound. It was a weird feeling. I didn't get nervous until Politte started off the ninth against A-Rod...and for good reason. I think the Count can be a great pitcher...his problems are all between his ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 They were saying that his fastball looked like it had more movement on it then when he was with the yankees. I think he is coming around a bit, but will always have those lapses where he falls in love with the forkball and walks in a ton of hitters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAHO Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 A big knock on Contreras was that he doesn't handle pressure situations and big games good. Well he proved that theory wrong last night as well. Props to him, and we needed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 I'm hoping that this can be a huge confidence builder for JC. It's got to feel really good for him to do that against his ex-teammates that wanted nothing to do with him. Here's hoping a switch has been turned on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 I actually felt comfortable with the lead, too. It was probably a mix of Contreras, not being in the game thread, and changing the channel between pitches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 I always feel comfortable when i dont watch the games, im a jinx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GasHeGone Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Contreras was awesome last night and, although some of you out there might want to criticize Ozzie for his use of the bullpen in the ninth, he looked like a genius when he pulled Contreras after 7+. Ozzie made sure his starter could not leave the game with a loss and Politte pitched wonderfully once again to get out of that eighth inning jam. Granted, he gave up the bomb to ARod in the ninth - but he had the two run lead and could afford to make that mistake. Kudos to Ozzie and Contreras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Aug 10, 2005 -> 08:19 AM) A big knock on Contreras was that he doesn't handle pressure situations and big games good. Well he proved that theory wrong last night as well. Props to him, and we needed it. And this is only about 2 weeks after he had a similarly good outing against Boston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgtp Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 JOse ..wow what a well picthed game. Seeing some of his games from when he played on the national team for cuba his stuff was nasty and jut plain unhittable.. I beleive he featured like6-7 pitches.. If he could just command more confidence and realize he is that goood we would have an amazing pitcher in him.. JOSE WAKE UP!!! YOUR STUFF IS THAT GOOD!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sti3 Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 (edited) It'd be interesting to see his Widger/Pierzynski splits--I know one of his shellings recently was with Widger behind the plate. FWIW, since the ASB he's had way more good outings than bad ones, if anyone wanted to notice. Edited August 10, 2005 by sti3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daa84 Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 QUOTE(GoArow33 @ Aug 10, 2005 -> 09:15 AM) He looked fantastic last night. Did anyone feel comfortable with that lead last night? I actually did for once. My favorite one was when Contreras threw that nasty third strike forkball against Arod and Arod just kinda nodded at Jose like he respected the Ump's call. It was such cool thing. Maybe a big outing where he used to falter can get him on track finally. If he comes on, we have four aces and one very good pitcher as of late in El Duque. I'm kind of glad we didn't make a trade with the way we've pitched in the second half. Any comments on Jose? Is this for real? although i hate it when he uses it too much, but my favorite was when he threw 3 straight down right nasty forkballs in a row to Cano and got him swinging Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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