Oakland A's @ Twins, July 12th-15th (for boblee)

State Champ 97 · Post by **State Champ 97** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:47 pm

Nathan finishes it off. Twins win 6-2.

Neutron 14 · Post by **Neutron 14** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:13 pm

In the post game report interview with Gardy, a reporter remarks that after his 4 for 4 night, Cuddyer looks hot.

Gardys response was "he can play baseball too".

Winning makes comedians out of everybody.

Indians forever · Post by **Indians forever** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:37 pm

Neutron 14 wrote:In the post game report interview with Gardy, a reporter remarks that after his 4 for 4 night, Cuddyer looks hot.

Gardys response was "he can play baseball too".

Winning makes comedians out of everybody.

Thanks Neutron for all of the updates!!!! $\:D/$

boblee · Post by **boblee** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:40 pm

Maybe Mr. Jones will be the guy who rights this ship.

Indians forever · Post by **Indians forever** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:42 pm

boblee wrote:Maybe Mr. Jones will be the guy who rights this ship.

no I think in order for them to do something this year they need to spend some$$$$$$$$$$ on someone outside.

boblee · Post by **boblee** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:48 pm

They proved last year that they can make second half runs by not spending money. So we'll see.

HShockeywatcher · Post by **HShockeywatcher** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:58 am

Tell me one thing that's wrong with the team that they need to spend money on.
1. I would accept the DH line because we really don't have a power hitter, but if you look in the other thread I don't mind how we use our DH.
2. Our defense is great as is. We don't need anyone to be replaced there.
3. We have the 3rd best bullpen in the majors, probably 1st by the end of the year.
4. We only have one ace in Santana, but Baker and Slowey are young and definitely proving themselves. Garza ain't bad either. Bonser and Silva are up and down, but with a little more run support they wouldn't have the whole team on their shoulders.

In my opinion all this team needs to 1 more ace and we'll be amazing. We get Liriano back last year (who was probably Cy Young bound last year), Santana back, Baker, Slowey and Garza are a great line up, but another ace would be good.
Another thing to remember is the injuries. Our batting champ was injured for a long time and hasn't made the best come back. Our MVP has been injured.

We had the Cy Young winner, the MVP, the batting champ, and a golden glove winner, all who's said they want to stay with the twins if they can. In my humble opinion, the most we could use (without spending too much, since they probably won't) is a really good pitcher; and to hit the ball a little more consistently of course.

Neutron 14 · Post by **Neutron 14** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:01 am

Tonights scheduled starter (Kennedy) was used in relief last night, so L. DiNardo 3-5, 2.72 will get the start.

Govs93 · Post by **Govs93** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:04 am

Neutron 14 wrote:Tonights scheduled starter (Kennedy) was used in relief last night, so L. DiNardo 3-5, 2.72 will get the start.

Good luck to Mr. DiNardo going up against Cytana... at home... in the 2nd half.

Sounds like a "W" to me.

HShockeywatcher · Post by **HShockeywatcher** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:09 am

2.72, that's a good ERA. Is he normally a reliever, cuz he's not on the ERA tops list on mlb.com?

packerboy · Post by **packerboy** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:49 am

The Twins are fourth in the league in ERA and the 3 teams ahead of them are not in their division.

They also lead the division in fewest runs allowed.

So tell us ChrisK, why dont they lead the division?

Hmmmmm , this is a tough one. Oh lets just look. What a surprise! The Tigers and Indians are 1 and 2 in runs scored.

HIT THE BOOFIN BALL!!!!!

Govs93 · Post by **Govs93** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:52 am

packerboy wrote:The Twins are fourth in the league in ERA and the 3 teams ahead of them are not in their division.

They also lead the division in fewest runs allowed.

So tell us ChrisK, why dont they lead the division?

Hmmmmm , this is a tough one. Oh lets just look. What a surprise! The Tigers and Indians are 1 and 2 in runs scored.

HIT THE BOOFIN BALL!!!!!

boblee · Post by **boblee** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:47 pm

HShockeywatcher wrote:Tell me one thing that's wrong with the team that they need to spend money on.
1. I would accept the DH line because we really don't have a power hitter, but if you look in the other thread I don't mind how we use our DH.
2. Our defense is great as is. We don't need anyone to be replaced there.
3. We have the 3rd best bullpen in the majors, probably 1st by the end of the year.
4. We only have one ace in Santana, but Baker and Slowey are young and definitely proving themselves. Garza ain't bad either. Bonser and Silva are up and down, but with a little more run support they wouldn't have the whole team on their shoulders.

In my opinion all this team needs to 1 more ace and we'll be amazing. We get Liriano back last year (who was probably Cy Young bound last year), Santana back, Baker, Slowey and Garza are a great line up, but another ace would be good.
Another thing to remember is the injuries. Our batting champ was injured for a long time and hasn't made the best come back. Our MVP has been injured.

We had the Cy Young winner, the MVP, the batting champ, and a golden glove winner, all who's said they want to stay with the twins if they can. In my humble opinion, the most we could use (without spending too much, since they probably won't) is a really good pitcher; and to hit the ball a little more consistently of course.

How about a third basemen with some offensive threat?

HShockeywatcher · Post by **HShockeywatcher** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:48 pm

Quite true, let's try for A Rod.

Well, I see what you're saying, but he's not horrible. Really good at 3rd base and a consistent hitter. Getting someone with a little more power may sacrifice defense. But I guess that would be the other possibility.

theref · Post by **theref** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:02 pm

A-Rod? Can't be serious. They don't want to pay Torii Hunter what he is worth, so they definately won't be paying A-Rod what he's worth. Speaking of starting pitching, how's Liriano doing? He ever recover from that arm problem yet?

ChrisK · Post by **ChrisK** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 3:09 pm

packerboy wrote:The Twins are fourth in the league in ERA and the 3 teams ahead of them are not in their division.

They also lead the division in fewest runs allowed.

So tell us ChrisK, why dont they lead the division?

Hmmmmm , this is a tough one. Oh lets just look. What a surprise! The Tigers and Indians are 1 and 2 in runs scored.

HIT THE BOOFIN BALL!!!!!

Packerboy, my point was that the starters other than Johan need to pick it up. They've got a great defense behind them, a great bullpen to finish the game but if they're giving up 4 or 5 runs a start they're putting the team in a hole that the offense as it currently stands isn't going to get them out of.

If they had a DH, third baseman and/or a left fielder with some offense the starters' numbers would probably be OK but this team doesn't have that margin of error. They're kind of in the spot they were two years ago. Maybe this offense can jump start itself but if it can't they need the starters to keep them in the game like Baker did last night. Unless Ryan pulls the rabbit out of the hat and finds a hitter at Goodwill they'll need maximum performance from the starters.

And you know why they don't lead the division? Because right now the Tigers and Indians are better teams, they both have offenses that can cover any pitching deficiencies.

Neutron 14 · Post by **Neutron 14** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:41 pm

HShockeywatcher wrote: Really good at 3rd base and a consistent hitter.

Consistent alright. A boofin consistent .212

HShockeywatcher · Post by **HShockeywatcher** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:13 pm

"And you know why they don't lead the division? Because right now the Tigers and Indians are better teams, they both have offenses that can cover any pitching deficiencies."

Durrr, you trying to make the point against yourself? They need more run support, we know that.

Neutron 14 · Post by **Neutron 14** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:18 pm

ATTENTION PACKERBOY AND CHRISK!!!

Tastes great; Less filling

Obviously if you hit the ball well, you can get by without sending 5 Cy Youngers to the mound. The flip side works too. Realisticaly, we need improvement in both halves of the inning to reach the playoffs. You two are going on like HS and Knowlzee!

ChrisK · Post by **ChrisK** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:41 pm

Neutron 14 wrote:ATTENTION PACKERBOY AND CHRISK!!!

Tastes great; Less filling

Obviously if you hit the ball well, you can get by without sending 5 Cy Youngers to the mound. The flip side works too. Realisticaly, we need improvement in both halves of the inning to reach the playoffs. You two are going on like HS and Knowlzee!

Ouch! That hurt. I'll try to behave myself...

HShockeywatcher · Post by **HShockeywatcher** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:07 pm

.212 today, but .297 a year ago.

AND

Hunter says that Punto's gonna be big in the 2nd half

Neutron 14 · Post by **Neutron 14** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:12 pm

Game time!

Lemme see if I have what I need...

Check

0 Check

K Check

p.s. What Punto did a year ago isnt relative.

Neutron 14 · Post by **Neutron 14** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:17 pm

Johan Santana K-Count

After 1
KKK

Neutron 14 · Post by **Neutron 14** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:21 pm

WooHoo!!! Left handed starter for Oakland and Ford is on the bench, Kubel starts in left!

HShockeywatcher · Post by **HShockeywatcher** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:23 pm

If what someone did in the past isn't relative we'd have a lot of people who we didn't support, including Johan.

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