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[clyde]

!!!!!!!






AMERICA'S TEAM has returned!

[horseofcourse]

ahhh....giant CC and little CC tonight. A super matchup...will be fun. I fear the reversal however. Tomlin got crushed by the Yankees then dominated them last night whereas Carrasco shut them out last time, and have to think the evil ones will adjust tonight. Does anyone know if Derek Jeter is playing?? The sports web sites aren't covering the man enough.

[horseofcourse]

It appears perhaps another deadline trade steal for the Tribe will be called up to replace Carmona. Gonna go with Zach McCalister who we took from the Yankees for Urns last year. 8-3 ERA under 3 at Columbus. don't know much about him other than he is huge. We're good at those deals. With us contending there will be none of that this year but most of our good players come via that method...even for bad players like Da Rosa, Broussard, Ed Perez, Urns etc.

[horseofcourse]

Upon further review team is considering starting Talbots on short rest Thursday since he stunk so bad and threw not many pitches Sunday, and going with old standby 6th starter Jean Gomez on Friday. I've seen old stand by enough the last two years, I'd rather see the new guy.

[clyde]

Talbots!!?


Phooey!



That really makes sense;he got killed so wonderfully last time he only threw a few pitches.

So we want him to throw more pitches!!?..sooner!?




And Jeter is back and playing lacklusterly. I am so happy to say.I do think CC,Jr. beats CC,Sr. tonight...really I do.

[clyde]

Originally Posted by horseofcourse

Upon further review team is considering starting Talbots on short rest Thursday since he stunk so bad and threw not many pitches Sunday, and going with old standby 6th starter Jean Gomez on Friday. I've seen old stand by enough the last two years, I'd rather see the new guy.

Me too....nice name.

[horseofcourse]

For all I rip on Talbots, upon closer inspection he hasn't really been too much of a problem. In 10 starts this year, he's given up 3 runs or less in 7 of them and a total of 13 runs in those 7 starts. In his other 3 starts he's given up 20 runs, so it's just when he's bad, he doesn't mess around, it's seriously bad. It's NASCAR crossing home plate. But in this day of diluted talent, even the best teams don't have good 5th starters. And when the talent wasn't as diluted, teams only used 4 starters. But, when your 5th starter gives you a good chance to win and keeps you in the game 70 percent of the time, that's fine. He's been much less of an issue for the team than that other starter you call Exhausto.

[clyde]

We need a McDowell and a Siebert to replace them.