No perhaps about it. That's the way he should be used. You put him in against a power righty and he gives up a homer in a critical situation I blame the skipper. He should know this team well enough to know how to use them now.

Hillbilly wrote:No perhaps about it. That's the way he should be used. You put him in against a power righty and he gives up a homer in a critical situation I blame the skipper. He should know this team well enough to know how to use them now.

While i don't disagree tht Sipp has given up more homers than I would like, it was Basista who hit it, not Bill Freaking Selby!

Well, Acta has done it again. Grady and Santana both with the night off. The bottom 2/3 of our lineup tonight looks like a AAA lineup. Only 1 guy in the bottom 6 hitting above 250.

we're only trailing 3-2 after 2 despite the lineup and really bad Mitch Talbot on the mound. I kind of forgot he's in the rotation. We get pissed by Carmona because Fausto underperforms. Talbot really doesn't have major league starter talent so it's not his fault that he doesn't pitch very well. But I really would like to put Gomez in his place.

Forget the bottom of the order: we have Duncan batting cleanup. That looks like AAA more than major league contender!

I said the bottom 6 ... that includes clean up. Yeah, Acta really ticks me off when he does this. Sure, rest your catcher now & then but it doesn't have to be on the same night as other regulars. With Choo out this kind of lineup is pathetic. I know Grady has struggled but at least with him in, there is hope he'll snap out.

Agree about Talbot, I've seen enough of him.

only 74 pitches for Talbot through 5 innings, so we may be stuck with him a little longer. 5 runs in 5 innings is about avg for him since he returned from the DL. 5-2 we trial to Jo Jo whose record losing streak we broke. I see he's two more since. Let's not let him reach 4 wins.

Of course the way these things go, for the first 4 innings, all 5 of our hits are from the bottom 6!

No miracles tonight. And Pestano is in a slump!

It would have been a different game if Acta would have removed Talbot after 5. I thought he would.
But, no, 3 more runs scored in the sixth.

Well, the 8th inning was exciting.



I think we left two runners on in the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th and 8th. Though it certainly seems that Santana or Grady might have increased the chances of some of them scoring, must say Acta did put a lineup together that managed 15 hits and 3 walks.

With the combined 31 hits and 6 walks in the game, it's surprising to note there was only one double play in the field today.

I was surprised by the amount of offense last night, Cali. When you get 15 hits and 7 runs you should win. But that's part of the point. Why give two of your better regular hitters the same night off that your worst pitcher is on the mound. Give Santana a night off when Masterson or Tomlin is pitching, give Grady a night off when the other one is pitching. It's almost as if he is trying to lose every once in a while when he does these lineups.

And in fairness to my whining before the 15 hits and 7 runs, I will point out that neither Duncun nor Marson had an RBI.

I know the bullpen could have used some rest, but its almost as if Talbot was left in to stink up the place to justify a replacement after the All Star break.

5 innings, 5 runs were enough to prove his days are over.