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Post by iowafan on Jun 15, 2008 14:08:16 GMT -5
by making a bunch of walks and then an infield hit. This is really getting miserable. Our team can't manage any offense on the Yankee pitchers and our pitchers are terrible. I guess on the positive side we can still sink lower.
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Post by iowafan on Jun 15, 2008 14:45:05 GMT -5
We need to play Quintero. Ausmus hitting is enough to make you puke. Anything is better than double play ball Ausmus. And Pence sucks so bad at leadoff we are in desperate need of doing something else. I am somewhat surprised that they rested both Berkman and Matsui today. I felt Berkman needed to be off but Matsui? This seems to be the day that Cooper decided to play all of the reserves. I don't know what to make of it.
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Post by iowafan on Jun 15, 2008 15:14:44 GMT -5
Behind 11-0 against the Yankees is about all I can stomach. Time to find a new manager. Cooper should be on a short leash since he has the job on questionable credentials. Time to find a real manager. I am not sure there is anyone that could get our starting pitching to function. We could use someone to get the offense going. What a humiliation!!!
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Post by jbarron on Jun 16, 2008 11:03:03 GMT -5
Oswalt is turning into crap. Cooper is an idiot who has no clue as to how to write out a batting order. Pence was killing the ball and driving in runs batting 7th so this field hand moves to leadoff and it ruins the offense. Put Bourn back in the leadoff spot. This team flat out sucks and Drayton can blame himself and Ed Wade for trying to build a team around offense and ignoring the pitching. This bunch of uninspired do-nothings will finish in last place.
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Post by iowafan on Jun 16, 2008 12:53:51 GMT -5
I thought Cooper's response to this was comical. He says now that people that don't play hard are not going to play. I don't know how you can go into any sport without a play hard attitude let alone a professional sport. As far as Oswalt he only had 4 days off from his last start, our last win in which he went 7 innings and struck out ten. I think it was a good guess that he would go to crap this game. He obviously wasn't ready to play. Maybe we should watch out for pitching him too often. I hate to say it but I believe Homer Sampson would have been a better choice to start this game. I just don't have much confidence in Oswalt these days. It would be better to give Oswalt longer to think about the game.
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Post by vega51 on Jun 16, 2008 14:06:47 GMT -5
Asswalt has become a good number 4 starter nowdays
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Post by iowafan on Jun 16, 2008 16:50:01 GMT -5
I wouldn't call him a good number 4. Not with his ERA in the mid 5's. I think he is still capable of doing much better. I believe that he has become somewhat of a head case. His problem is probably more his head than his pitching arm. I think that good performance kindof proved it. That is why I am not sure he is washed up. He needs a shrink or a pastor or something. I hope he isn't married to someone like Bagwell's first wife. It is good that the team has a day off. They could use a month.
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Post by vega51 on Jun 16, 2008 22:15:54 GMT -5
problem is, he is PAID as a number 1 and right now he is a triple a pitcher.
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Post by infotech on Jun 17, 2008 11:48:29 GMT -5
problem is, he is PAID as a number 1 and right now he is a triple a pitcher. His problem is that some genius told him to change his pitching style. He's gone from a power pitcher to a contact pitcher and I don't think it suits him. Add Cooper into the equation, who doesn't seem to know how to handle players and you end up |
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