*Official* 6-17 Leave Thornton in LaLa Land; LAD 2 SOX 1 Postgamer

[Frater Perdurabo]

Thornton is worthless.

[BigHurt3515]

Give up 2 hits to 2 guys that were hitless all game..

[Aesero]

Was really hoping to see Quintana have a chance to pitch the ninth. Just needed to have Reed warming up just in case.

[Dan H]

Originally Posted by Aesero

Was really hoping to see Quintana have a chance to pitch the ninth. Just needed to have Reed warming up just in case.

I didn't see most of the game but I saw Quintana had a low pitch count. I don't understand bringing in the closer at that point. Horrible road trip and the Tigers are starting to get their act together.

[Soxman219]

To be fair, Danks was stupid for attempting to dive there.

[ohiosoxfan]

There is absolutely NO reason a .235 hitting 150 pound lefthanded hitter should be able to get a hit off of a lefty throwing 96 MPH.............

[Tragg]

Why in the world doesn't Quintana, with his 77 pitches, finish the game? Reed has hardly been flawless this season, and the Dodgers saw him last night.
Please no cookie-cutter managing.

[veeter]

Originally Posted by Tragg

Why in the world doesn't Quintana, with his 77 pitches, finish the game? Reed has hardly been flawless this season, and the Dodgers saw him last night.
Please no cookie-cutter managing.

I thought Robin was better than that. Guess not. That right there is awful managing. The kid hadn't broken a sweat.

[Hitmen77]

Originally Posted by veeter

I thought Robin was better than that. Guess not. That right there is awful managing. The kid hadn't broken a sweat.

Who would have thought that hiring a manager with zero professional coaching experience would result in him making poor decisions?

[Lip Man 1]

Robin on why he pulled Q. As I heard it he never really answered Gonzo's comment save for (paraphrasing) 'well Reed is the closer...'

OK.............

So you pull a guy pitching a gem and who just had an eight pitch 8th inning 'just because?'

http://www.chicagotribune.com/videog...of-closer-Reed

Makes perfect sense to me...

Lip

[BigKlu59]

What can you say about this one but,....What the ****.... OK call me a confused bitter old crumudgeon, but what the hell is this crap of a Sunday line up when we are already giving up an out with the pitcher batting.. We might as well have spotted em a 2 run lead out of the chute. I'm of the opinion they should have left Q in to finish off in the 9th.. Kid pitched a hell of a game. Sucks when the wheels fall off as they did in 2 of the 3 games with both being winnable. I guess this is why LA has been so charmed in 1 run games all year and why they have crossed the 40 win mark so far.

Thorton needs a night in CPD lock up "reading the phonebook"...
Danks... Son, keep the ball in front of you in EI.. You make the dive if he's already on 3rd for the game winner.. you dont put him there..

Damn, these guys can frusterate the piss out of you, cant they...

Time to come home and blow out the Cubbies for some solace...


BK59

[Frater Perdurabo]

Originally Posted by ohiosoxfan

There is absolutely NO reason a .235 hitting 150 pound lefthanded hitter should be able to get a hit off of a lefty throwing 96 MPH.............

When that lefty throws 96 with no movement, it's only a matter of timing your swing.

[PalehosePlanet]

Originally Posted by ohiosoxfan

There is absolutely NO reason a .235 hitting 150 pound lefthanded hitter should be able to get a hit off of a lefty throwing 96 MPH.............

Except when it's at the knees, instead of higher in the zone, any old ****box hitter can just drop the bat down on it and put it in play.

Typical slump loss. Abreu had no business getting a hit on an 0-2 up and in fastball, then Herrera hits a lucky 106 hop trickler through the right side that's hit so softly that it allows Abreu to get to 3rd even though he had stopped at 2nd and was running at about a 7.5 second 0-40 clip.

Also, Robin, do me a favor and stop playing all of the scrubs on the same day. Can't you mix them into the lineup here and there without them all playing on the same day?

[WhiteSoxOnly]

Woulda, coulda, shoulda been a sweep. Sorry but no, only one win and a lousy way to end a lousy trip.

[shingo10]

Well.

Didn't have to burn the bullpen.

Jose was AWESOME.

And there ends the positives. With Stewart starting tomorrow our offense better get it going and in a hurry.