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By the power of Odin, Lind will not be denied.

Leave it up to Kawasaki to jumpstart these deadbeats.

Plus she was German. Great figure skater though with one hell of a rack.

Jays gotta kickstart this snoozefest these next AB's.

Then high fives are in order, nice bonding moment.

Exactly!!

Here's my favorite pic of Katarina Witt.. http://p2.la-img.com/712/28853/11107919_1_l.jpg

Brett "Auto-Out" Lawrie doing what he does best up at the plate.

Snoop-a-Loup!

Here comes the DP now, what else...

EE needs to wake up here.

Lol

Hopefully Morrow will get more than a 3 minute break now before coming back out to pitch another 20 minute inning..

Morrow is good but you gotta keep a close eye on him if he makes it past the 4th inning unscathed, the 5th to the 7th is when he fatigues very easily and always falls apart at some point. It's unfortunate but you have to really keep him under the microscope when he pitches. Maybe it's his ailment or maybe it's mental but I don't think it will ever change with him..

Phew! That was too early for Morrow to have his patented meltdown inning just yet.

Sierra is hot garbage in the field.

This^^^^

Hindsight is always 20/20 and it's a little too soon to fairly assess if Jesse Chavez has turned the corner. I mean it's 3 games people, I liked him and was rooting for him when he was here but he continually disappointed and buckled under the pressure. With the exception of Rogers our current pen is great so the impact of letting him go if he turns out to be decent is minimal (and that's a very big IF). If you want to start a complaint thread you should start discussing the trade of super utility man Yan Gomes for that gas can Esmil Rogers who I'm betting will keep going through spells of implosion without ever converting on his potential..

Sorry I totally missed that one. It was actually pretty funny on the re-read.

Really? The bullpen's the least of my concerns, I'm not a fan of Rogers or Jeffres at all but I at least see the significance in keeping Rogers just in case. My area's of concern are with Goins and Navarro not being up to snuff, and then of course our starting rotation which is the obvious one..

I hope so but I'm skeptical. I know it feels good having a clean slate when going into a new season but when the old problems arise it's going to take us right back to the frustration of last year. I heard AA was approved to spend an additional 17mil this year so let's hope he's ready to spend it immediately if things go south..

I know AA thinks a lot of last years problems were injuries and the team not having enough time to develop chemistry, but imo he's taking a big gamble this season by solely hoping for better health and chemistry. Standing pat on the free agency/trade front was a big mistake, our SP is one or two injuries away from triggering another epic team collapse. Injuries happen in baseball and especially on turf, Reyes has traditionally been a China doll so everybody's holding thier breath there and if he goes down the tandom of Kawasaki-Goins isn't exactly inspiring. Btw- Please don't get me started on if something happens to Lawrie and we have to see Izturis, heaven forbid. Our biggest needs this offseason was a SP, 2B, and a C. We addressed the catching situation with Navarro who I'll reserve judgment for until I get a bigger sample but was he really the best answer out there? Also I get giving Goins a shot because of his D but what happens if he's still atrocious at the plate and it backfires? Our starting rotation is essentially a patchwork group with Hutch & McG coming off significant injuries and Morrow always has problems. AA loves to gamble but he's rolling the dice and all I know is this could get real ugly real fast! I hope he'll have his phone on speed dial to the other GM's ready because this really can blow up in his face at any second...