6/20 - 6/26 Game Discussion Thread

[IlliniM1ke]

Re: 6/20 - 6/26 Game Discussion Thread

bullpen woes bites us in the *** again...

La Russa didn't do anything wrong..nobody in the pen could throw the ball over the plate, what else can a manager do when nobody wants to pitch

Yeah its sickening how many games this bullpen has blown.

McClellan pitches well enough to give you an opportunity to beat the Halladay led Phils and the bullpen implodes, and implodes is an understatement.

Awful loss but its happened far too often with this bullpen to surprise me, the only surprise I guess is it wasn't a blown save the Phils started that rally an inning too early to continue piling on that stat.

[Chrisksaint]

Re: 6/20 - 6/26 Game Discussion Thread

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=6689029

Let the fun begin again, have no idea why we was late to park and won't comment on that part atleast cause for all i know there could been something with his kids or what not. The good thing is McKeon had no hard feeling about it and put him right back in the lineup the next day with confidence and seemed to be getting along in BP.

[daflyboys]

Re: 6/20 - 6/26 Game Discussion Thread

La Russa didn't do anything wrong..nobody in the pen could throw the ball over the plate, what else can a manager do when nobody wants to pitch

When nobody wants to pitch? I'm not sure what that means. Anywho......

So which one of these guys do you throw against Howard/Polanco/Ibanez?
Sorry, but that's a managerial decision.

[elTodd]

Re: 6/20 - 6/26 Game Discussion Thread

Tallet and Miller, the lefties in the pen, can't get anyone out let alone lefties. And Motte hit both Howard and Polanco. Using 5 pitchers in one inning who give up 9 runs collectively doesn't really sound like the manager's fault, but hey that's just me.

I'm as big of a LaRussa basher as the next guy, but last night (as well as most of the previous blown saves) wasn't his fault. You could tell he didn't want to lose the game, or else he would have put Franklin in at some point.

[ImTellinTim]

Re: 6/20 - 6/26 Game Discussion Thread

Are Twins on a mission or what? my goodness!

Law of averages is swinging in the Twins favor right now. I'm not getting excited quite yet. Nice run though so far. Keep it up.

[Coug00]

Re: 6/20 - 6/26 Game Discussion Thread

tough loss for the Mariners.. WOW

Yeah, how many times do you see a team lose with a 4 run lead in the bottom of the ninth with 2 outs, 0-2 count, and no one on base. Unreal.

[DGuinta1]

Re: 6/20 - 6/26 Game Discussion Thread

Nice hustle by Gardner in the 3rd inning of a double header today against the Reds. Infield single in which he dove to first and was safe.

[Watson]

Re: 6/20 - 6/26 Game Discussion Thread

I thought I saw Dan Uggla hit a home run off of a LHP, but that's impossible. So I check the linescore, and it says the same thing.


Man, I need to lay off the peyote

[daflyboys]

Re: 6/20 - 6/26 Game Discussion Thread

The way Howard fishes against lefties much of the time, that is a no brainer managerial decision. Of course La Russa isn't responsible for throwing the pitches, he's responsible for putting the right people in the right place.

[SPTO]

Re: 6/20 - 6/26 Game Discussion Thread

Can someone give me a brown paper bag?

I swear the Blue Jays offense is just ANEMIC right now.

[Watson]

Re: 6/20 - 6/26 Game Discussion Thread

So the more runs we score, the high our chance of winning games?


I think I understand now.

[IlliniM1ke]

Re: 6/20 - 6/26 Game Discussion Thread

The way Howard fishes against lefties much of the time, that is a no brainer managerial decision. Of course La Russa isn't responsible for throwing the pitches, he's responsible for putting the right people in the right place.

Agreed but ultimately our lefty's have both been really erratic this year, Tallet has been downright awful, so even in that situation hard to fault using a righty when they have been far more effective.

[Dog]

Re: 6/20 - 6/26 Game Discussion Thread

Agreed but ultimately our lefty's have both been really erratic this year, Tallet has been downright awful, so even in that situation hard to fault using a righty when they have been far more effective.

Normally I'd agree, but with the way Howard swings (and misses) at lefties, bringing in the worst lefty in your pen is probably still better than a good righty

[Checmate101]

Re: 6/20 - 6/26 Game Discussion Thread

Well..Cardinals have let Batista go

[Spider Tre]

Re: 6/20 - 6/26 Game Discussion Thread

i think Heisey will start more often