Recap: 72 reasons to be happy
by P Brady on Aug 14, 2008 1:42 AM EDT
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I cannot put into words how glad I am we won this game. I figured Sonny Vs. Oakland Sonny would be a loss, and that'd we settle for a Series loss. But C-Pain, Hinske and the suddenly Good hitter Ben Zobrist delivered the big hits when we needed him, and Sonnanstine took advantage of a Pitcher friendly park for a key victory. Balfour pitched well, Wheeler pitched well, and Percy....At least Navi threw that runner out! I think games like this prove that we don't need big offense to hold on to the division, we just need solid pitching and role players to stand up. Guys like Ben Zobrist and Eric Hinske are huge for us at this juncture, and barring any fuirther pitching meltdowns(please kazmir, do better).
Also, some Random Observations:
- Carlos Pena getting hot would be much appreciated,
- Where does Sonny go next year? I'm starting to think we'll trade high on him before putting him in the pen.
- A's Lineup = Worst in the league when Cust/Thomas aren't hitting?
- Balfour 7th, Wheels 8th?
- Hinske has a cannon apparently.
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by Top Gun Numba 1 on Aug 14, 2008 1:55 AM EDT reply actions
Sonny ain't losing the starting job this year.
I think David Price will be a starter for the Rays, I dunno about this year. If it ain’t broken don’t fix it this year. Sonny and Jackson are pitching well enough to stay in the rotation and someone has to really slump or miss a start for Price to even be in the rotation.
Pena/Hinske are great when they aren’t facing lefties, no doubt about that, otherwise they are toast. Defense no errors on the roadtrip, got to love the lack of errors in the 2nd half of the season.
having faith is gfood
I hope everyone is starting to have faith in Zobrist. I mean we didn’t trade Aubrey Huff for garbage. We thought at the time that Ben Zobrist was our future shortstop before Bartlett was traded for and Zobrist wasn’t hitting worth shit at the beginning of last year. The kid finally learned to hit the ball and that Huff trade return is finally paying off.
Don't forget Talbot
Whether he plays here or someone else he brings value.
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.
by Sandy Kazmir on Aug 14, 2008 9:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Balfour/Wheeler 7th or 8th?
Let the match ups dictate it from game to game
I’d be more prone to go with Balfour if tough LH hitter is due up
not much to leverage between those two guys
other than Balfour being the better pitcher, more likely to get a strikeout, and less likely to give up a HR. ok, that’s a reasonable amount to leverage.
I’d throw Bradford in that mix, as he’s a groundball machine. Let’s say Wheeler or Balfour walks a couple guys and gets one out — time for the double-play machine. Except I’d probably still rather have Balfour in there.
Where are you putting Howell? He can get matched up with the better lefties in the lineup, and left in to face the righties in between because he’s so good. Percival still scares me, but with everyone else int he bullpen, there’s a lot of matching up to be done, which is awesome.
my blog // calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy // past results do not guarantee future performance
Big mistake to trade Sonny
a;; he does is compete and win
Wjile i’m sure his H/IP and BAA isn’t the greatest, he pitches with the confidence of his teamates and usually gives a QS
Pena is batting .272/.384/.556 since June 1st
That’s sixth best in baseball during that time period. He’s been hot for a while but his rate stats have been pulled down by early struggles.
he has heated up
and its a good time for it
by HAHAHA OH WOW on Aug 14, 2008 8:26 AM EDT up reply actions
anything a user would notice?
faster? or just smarter coding stuff?
my blog // calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy // past results do not guarantee future performance
I haven't looked at the code, and probably won't.
I don’t know if it’s faster or not; the blockquote boxes look different, there’s a new formatting guide at the bottom of the add comment block that reveals new ways to enter in certain formatting options. It doesn’t appear to be that big of an overhaul.
I've said this many times, but will repeat it whenever relevant...
Sonny is a better pitcher than Edwin Jackson. He deserves to stay in the rotation when David Price hits. Trading Sonny now would NOT be selling high, as Sonny’s ERA is probably actually higher than his true talent. Trading Jackson WOULD be selling high, as he’s pitching more like a 5.00 ERA guy.
Sonny Rulz!
my blog // calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy // past results do not guarantee future performance
Why haven't we traded Hammel this season?
It’s obvious why he’s here. We might have got a good hitting prospect, which we sorely need
Ty Morrison made his debut
for Princeton last night, going 1-3
Now let’s sign Loebstein
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