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Yes, but those 4 walks in 4 IP didn't show that Gallardo really had good control yet. So? I'll take the guy with less than stellar control but who actually has the ability to get major league hitters out over a guy whose stuff consisted of junk and a prayer. But the bullpen had already thrown 4 IP in Game 1, 4.1 IP in Game 2, and 3.2 IP in Game 3. I don't see how games 1 and 2 matter all that much since there was an off day after game 2. I would be hesitant to know that I would need to get at least 6 IP out my bullpen in Game 4 And they ended up needing 6 innings because Suppan sucks. So once again, Gallardo starts and goes as long as he can, then you still have Parra, Mota, McClung, Stetter, Shouse, possibly Villanueva and Suppan if you need to cover innings. If they win game 4 they go back to Philly with an off day so there's rest for the bullpen and Sabathia starting on normal rest. And, Gallardo's last start didn't really give any indication that he would be so good as to believe that you would be guaranteed 3 scoreless innings. What in Suppan's 2008 season gave us any indication that he would be decent? That's an elimination game, you go with your best option and Suppan clearly wasn't the best option. Other than the walks, which are admittedly important, what was so bad about Gallardo's game 1 outing? Weeks dropped a ball which led to three runs and even with Weeks' error he still should've gotten out of the inning. Cameron had the ball in his glove on the "double". Suppan was awful in September. Even his "decent" start against the Cubs he was getting shelled. The ball was just finding outfielder's gloves.

I think talent matters much more than the manager and we're lacking it right now.

I must be the only person who doesn't have a problem with this. Gallardo threw 75 pitches on October 1 walked 5 batters (one of which was IBB) and gave up 3 runs in 4 IP. And all three of those runs were unearned. Gallardo pitched 3 IP in relief in that elimination game, I don't know that he was going to pitch much more than that if he had started. Even if he could only go three innings, I would much rather have him pitch those innings when the score is 0-0 than have him come in when we were already down 5-0 thanks to Suppan.

I do have bragging rights for best name in my league, so I'm happy with that.

No way am I trading six years of Lawrie for one year of Prince.

It's not like he dropped Weeks/Durham to 7th or 8th in the order. They were batting 2nd. I'm not exactly sure what you wanted him to do? Bat Kendall or Counsell 2nd? Move Hardy up to 2nd? Then that means the lineup ends after Fielder pretty much with Cameron struggling, Hart flailing at every pitch, Counsell and Kendall uses spaghetti as bats and the pitcher's spot.

Pretty much the whole offense slumped in September.

Yes, this is my first time. My goaltending is horrible. Here I thought Dan Ellis would get maybe 60% of the starts and I have Ty Conklin and Johan Hedberg as backups. All of my Capitals (Semin and Backstrom) as well as Sharks (Marleau and Vlasic) and Kings players (Simmonds, Smyth and Ponikarovsky) have been terrible. The only good games I've gotten were from my Coyotes players, Yandle and Vrbata. Not surprisingly, I'm down 11-4 in my matchup.

LOL at that being the play of the series over Bruce losing the fly ball in the lights.

Bottom of the first, another safe/out call botched. This one by Ed Rapuano.

Great scouting report on Brian Wilson. "More guts than stuff." His 96-98 mph fastball and upper 80s slider would like a word with whoever wrote that.

They won the last time they hosted in 2004 against Penn State. They lost the year before to Purdue and they lost to Michigan in 1999. I believe those are the only times they've hosted. They lost to Michigan in Ann Arbor back in 2000 and they beat Purdue back in 2004 in West Lafayette on "The Fumble."

Pretty sure they use the practice field north of Camp Randall.

D- to a backup catcher with a .700 OPS. C+ to the starting catcher with a .635 OPS. Trevor Hoffman just one grade behind Capuano, Fielder and Braddock and two grades ahead of Coffey. What?!?!

I wonder why that bothers him so much. I could think of a ton of other things that a teammate could do that would bother me much more than that.

DFA Eaves!

Thought I'd start one for this season and I thought I'd lead off with former Badger Derek Stepan getting a hat trick in his first career NHL game.

Incredibly awful strike zone in this game as well.

The ridiculous amount of missed calls has been embarrassing. And that one could've been corrected faster than the argument from Garza and Maddon took. Just fire all these clowns already. They're a complete embarrassment to the game.

Just like Daisuke Matsuzaka.

I would be fine with a new thread.

Lincecum is incredible. That was awesome.

We could get one of the kids in high school to go ballistic by clicking our tongues.

And Andy Pettitte gets a worse pitch called strike 3. Fire all of these clowns. I am so tired of seeing this idiots ruin baseball every year.

I hate umpires. Miss a called third strike, next pitch is sent to the gap and gives the Stankees the lead. Hunter Wendelstedt, you truly are a piece of crap. Now eject the manager because you can't see. Real nice.