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Every morning that I wake up, there's always something surprising on the wire.



Furcal has a nagging sore wrist. Says it hurts every time he tightens his grip on the bat. Mattingly doesn't think it's serious... stay tuned.



Sounds like Thornton has some company closing in Chicago. He seemed like a solid choice just 2 weekends ago in the main... 2 blown saves later and the dreaded committee .... 2 blown saves in St. Louis and Ryan Franklin owners still look okay.

Rich,



That was BS #3 for Franklin last night. That's alot of BS after 8 games played!

If all you do is look at the boxscore (as some claim) then you are not getting the whole picture.



Thornton got ALOT of help from his defense (Hey Lucky Pierre, catch much?) Rasmus dropped a catchable deep flyball that would've been the last out in the game, and thus make Franklin a hero instead of goat.



I think managers realize that team defense is an important component in any pitcher's success/failure.

Franklin looked horrible....

What is in the boxscore is exactly correct....but, it looked 100x worse in real life.



If you watched the game...

then you seen 37 year old Miquel Tejada foul off 36 pitches before he rocked the game winning hit. The ball was 4 feet away from being a homer.

Rasmus had a VERY hard catch to make on the warning track. It was no can of corn.



I don't see any excuse for Frankiln. He looked horrible.

He might turn it around and be fine the rest of the year...Who knows? but....last night, was a fail.

Thornton is about 2 minutes from losing the closing job forever

Wow. 2nd game in a row Pierre had dropped a flyball to blow a save for Thornton

bye bye thornton

Originally posted by Gekko:

bye bye thornton Neither of these were his fault really. Pierre is a disaster.

Originally posted by Hells Satans:

quote:Originally posted by Gekko:

bye bye thornton Neither of these were his fault really. Pierre is a disaster. [/QUOTE]ozzie doesn't care. 0-3 for thornton. ozzie pulled him after 10 pitches when a righty came up. thornton is a back to a situational pitcher. sale owners rejoice!

Originally posted by Gekko:

quote:Originally posted by Hells Satans:

quote:Originally posted by Gekko:

bye bye thornton Neither of these were his fault really. Pierre is a disaster. [/QUOTE]ozzie doesn't care. 0-3 for thornton. ozzie pulled him after 10 pitches when a righty came up. thornton is a back to a situational pitcher. sale owners rejoice! [/QUOTE]Don't sleep on Santos!! Ozzie loves him!!

Originally posted by Hells Satans:

Don't sleep on Santos!! Ozzie loves him!! ya, i picked up santos last week. i have a feeling sale will get about 75% of the opps. 25% goes to santos and thornton

Originally posted by Hells Satans:

quote:Originally posted by Gekko:

bye bye thornton Neither of these were his fault really. Pierre is a disaster. [/QUOTE]Not true. LaRoche hammered a double into the gap, then Crisp hit a rocket line drive at Konerko. Pierre should have caught the ball on the next better, but that ball was a couple feet from going out. Thornton did not look good for those 3 batters at all.

Originally posted by The Mighty Men:

quote:Originally posted by Hells Satans:

quote:Originally posted by Gekko:

bye bye thornton Neither of these were his fault really. Pierre is a disaster. [/QUOTE]Not true. LaRoche hammered a double into the gap, then Crisp hit a rocket line drive at Konerko. Pierre should have caught the ball on the next better, but that ball was a couple feet from going out. Thornton did not look good for those 3 batters at all. [/QUOTE]The first two balls were definitely smoked, but the Pierre ball has to be caught. It wasn't like he was jumping up against the wall; it was barely at the track. If he catches it, there's a man on 2nd with 2 outs and maybe he gets the save and there's no story. Combined with the fact that Pierre did the same thing the game before on an even easier play (and that there also was a Ramirez error in that inning), Thortnon's beeen a bit unlucky, though that's not to say he's been good. He has, however, been outstanding the last three years and there's no reason to think he won't excel if they leave him in there. Despite his reputation, Ozzie is one of the few managers that seems to inherently understand that it's silly to overreact to a such sample size , so we'll see.



That said, I'm thinking Thornton = Chad Qualls II at this point.

fyi - in the 2 innings i saw, britton had a couple "smoked" balls that were caught for outs. if they got by, his pitching line would have been different...

Originally posted by Hells Satans:



The first two balls were definitely smoked, but the Pierre ball has to be caught. It wasn't like he was jumping up against the wall; it was barely at the track. If he catches it, there's a man on 2nd with 2 outs and maybe he gets the save and there's no story. Combined with the fact that Pierre did the same thing the game before on an even easier play (and that there also was a Ramirez error in that inning), Thortnon's beeen a bit unlucky, though that's not to say he's been good. He has, however, been outstanding the last three years and there's no reason to think he won't excel if they leave him in there. Despite his reputation, Ozzie is one of the few managers that seems to inherently understand that it's silly to overreact to a such sample size , so we'll see.



That said, I'm thinking Thornton = Chad Qualls II at this point. [/QB]The voice of reason. Thank you Bobby.



Also, I believe Ozzie's reputation is for speaking his mind, w/ no apologies. He is extremely loyal to his players and is not going to replace the guy who is being paid closer $ in April.

Originally posted by MichiganFantasyTeam:

Franklin looked horrible....

What is in the boxscore is exactly correct....but, it looked 100x worse in real life.



If you watched the game...

then you seen 37 year old Miquel Tejada foul off 36 pitches before he rocked the game winning hit. The ball was 4 feet away from being a homer.

Rasmus had a VERY hard catch to make on the warning track. It was no can of corn.



I don't see any excuse for Frankiln. He looked horrible.

He might turn it around and be fine the rest of the year...Who knows? but....last night, was a fail. I watched the Tejada AB. 37, 38, 39, I don't care how old he is, the former AL MVP can still provide a clutch hit. (Did you watch Renteria in last yr's Series?) Except this time he shouldn't have.



Rasmus ran a long way to deep left-center to catch that ball, but to call it a "VERY hard catch" is ridiculous. He is a professional. The ball hit his glove. What more do you want?



I'm no fan of Franklin. I'd take him before Rodney/Lyon/TB Closer, etc but he is not on any of my teams. I'm just a believer in calling it like it is and Rasmus dropped the final game winning out.

Chris Sale into close today.....

....and Chris Sale gives up a ripped 2B and two singles, and Chris Sale's closing career is over.



Here comes Jesse Crain

....and only Kurt Suzuki's absolute refusal to be walked prevents Jesse Crain from BBing the next two batters. 8 pitches and not a single one anywhere near the plate

....AND here comes Matt Thornton with the bases loaded, 1 out and 2 run lead.



LOL. Lots of failed auditions today.

OMG, a bloop single to CF ties the game and makes Thornton 0-4, although this one was REALLY not his fault. Unreal.



Meet your new White Sox closer: Sergio Santos

Originally posted by Hells Satans:

OMG, a bloop single to CF ties the game and makes Thornton 0-4, although this one was REALLY not his fault. Unreal.



Meet your new White Sox closer: Sergio Santos 0 - 4 is still 0 - 4. FAIL.

Originally posted by The Mighty Men:

quote:Originally posted by Hells Satans:

OMG, a bloop single to CF ties the game and makes Thornton 0-4, although this one was REALLY not his fault. Unreal.



Meet your new White Sox closer: Sergio Santos 0 - 4 is still 0 - 4. FAIL. [/QUOTE]Reasoning like that (and relying upon a meaningless sample size) led to the dumb decision to start the inning with Sale and Crain. How did that work out? I only have Thornton in one league, so I'm not all that invested in him, but stupidity bothers me in all forms.

I owned Matt Thornton all of last year and waited for him to get an opportunity all year while Jenks sucked.



This year I have Sergio Santos who has looked pretty darn good and am rooting against Thornton.



Come on Ozzie ole Chest needs Santos...

Originally posted by Hells Satans:

quote:Originally posted by The Mighty Men:

quote:Originally posted by Hells Satans:

OMG, a bloop single to CF ties the game and makes Thornton 0-4, although this one was REALLY not his fault. Unreal.



Meet your new White Sox closer: Sergio Santos 0 - 4 is still 0 - 4. FAIL. [/QUOTE]Reasoning like that (and relying upon a meaningless sample size) led to the dumb decision to start the inning with Sale and Crain. How did that work out? I only have Thornton in one league, so I'm not all that invested in him, but stupidity bothers me in all forms. [/QUOTE]I watched Thornton throw meatballs into the heart of the plate the other night. I don't blame Ozzie for trying Sale today, but he was a fail too.



Thornton has been outstanding the last couple years, but he isn't right now. 0-4 is not a meaningless sample size, imo.