Laley23
Posts: 29,506
Jul 10, 2011 12:45pm
Id use the other 4 in the pen before Perez. But I wouldnt make him last. Sipp, Perez, Smith, and Pestano...then Rage
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Footwedge
Posts: 9,265
Jul 10, 2011 12:56pm
From the Hills;826068 wrote:Was poor decisions by Acta. Why not let Masterson pitch another inning?
This!!! Acta was smart in bringing in Masterson. This game could have gone several more innings. Keep Masterson on the game for at least 3 innings. Maybe Batista goes yard anyway. Who knows.
Acta has misued this bullpen many times this season...and it is mind boggling. The strength of this team is the pen....yet....people like Smith have been really under used. Same with R. Perez and even Pastano. Someone needs to explain to me why Durbin has logged more innings than any other reliever.
Play to win the game...even if you're down 3 or 4 runs. Comebacks of that size happen every day in baseball.
Good relief pitchers log 80 to 100 innings a season. We don't have even one guy on a pace to log 70 innings.
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Footwedge
Posts: 9,265
Jul 10, 2011 12:58pm
Reporters asked Acta this question in the postgame conference and he said that he wanted Perez to go after Bautista.TBone14;826090 wrote:How do you know Acta didn't tell him to pitch around him and Perez just ****ed up?
No Asdrubal in the lineup today.
TBone14
Posts: 6,383
Jul 10, 2011 1:15pm
Tribe sending the goon squad against Brett Cecil. He has to be drooling at the rare opportunity for him to make a quality start.
TBone14
Posts: 6,383
Jul 10, 2011 1:21pm
We gotta make this guy pay for 2 walks and a hit. Bases loaded. 1 out. DP opportunity in Sizemore at the dish.
like_that
Posts: 26,625
Jul 10, 2011 1:23pm
Leave it to Strikemore to ruin a bases loaded opportunity.
like_that
Posts: 26,625
Jul 10, 2011 1:24pm
Also, not sure if someone has mentioned this, but what is the word on Chizz?
TBone14
Posts: 6,383
Jul 10, 2011 1:24pm
We can't. We suck. Anytime Austin Kearns is batting 6th in your lineup...you arn't very good. That guy couldn't buy a strike that inning and we let him off.
iclfan2
Posts: 6,360
Jul 10, 2011 1:26pm
This team can't buy a hit with RISP.
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
Jul 10, 2011 1:26pm
When will Sizemore be moved down in the line-up. To, like, 9th.
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vball10set
Posts: 24,795
Jul 10, 2011 1:33pm
IMO, Valbuena's a joke--he's an offensive liability and inconsistent defensively---why the hell is he even up here???
TBone14
Posts: 6,383
Jul 10, 2011 1:52pm
Gamer. Carrasco needed a shutout today. We won't score many today.
iclfan2
Posts: 6,360
Jul 10, 2011 2:35pm
Yea, well 5-0 isn't much of a shutout by CC. The Tribe is falling apart.
BRF
Posts: 8,748
Jul 10, 2011 3:57pm
Pretty sucky effort today.
We got one more AB to close out the suckiness.
We got one more AB to close out the suckiness.
wes_mantooth
Posts: 17,977
Jul 10, 2011 4:36pm
Whelp, that ass whooping pretty much wiped out all the good they did against ny. Pitiful...
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BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
Jul 10, 2011 5:24pm
Glad the All-Star break is here. These scrubs need the time off...
iclfan2
Posts: 6,360
Jul 10, 2011 7:01pm
Kipnis hit a homer to leadoff the bottom of the 1st. So odds are, we will call him up and he will either suck or get injured.
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vball10set
Posts: 24,795
Jul 10, 2011 7:33pm
iclfan2;826581 wrote:Kipnis hit a homer to leadoff the bottom of the 1st. So odds are, we will call him up and he will either suck or get injured.
he's got to be better than fucking Valbuena
iclfan2
Posts: 6,360
Jul 10, 2011 7:38pm
Ha, btw I meant bottom of first of the futures game that was on today. He IS better than Valbueno, but Acta said he doesn't want to bring him up and have him sit the bench.
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Footwedge
Posts: 9,265
Jul 10, 2011 8:02pm
Time to pull the plug on Sizemore. Give Head a chance. At the very least play Head against lefties.