a700hitter

Bunting is part of the game. A pitcher has to field his position. Runners steal on catchers that can't throw. They steal at will on Wakefield too. Why is bunting on a lame pitcher bush league, but running on him at will is not? Please explain.

I know some Yankee fans that are still upset that he didn't bunt on Schilling. Hey, I'm glad he didn't.

This is professional sports. You exploit your opponents weaknesses. If you don't, you'll finfd yourself out of a job sooner than later. Cy Young retired, not because he could no longer pitch, but because he could no longer field bunts. They bunted on Cy Young. Why not bunt on Wakefield?

Kotsay sucks. Kotchman has helped us much more than he could have.

More useless information from Ken Rosenthal. He adds nothing.

I'm a little disappointed in Ozzie Guillen. He plays the part of the Maverick who defies convention, but who is fiercely competitive. I think he is a pussy. If Bill Martin was sitting in the White Sox dugout, he would have had the first 3, 4 or 5 batters bunt and make Wakefield make plays until they had to carry him off the field in a stretcher. Floyd is pitching a great game, but he could still get the L, because his manager didn't want to go for the throat.

Why does it seem like we are always getting a great game pitched against us on the Fox Game of the Week?

I didn't call you any name, but now you have called me a name. Making fun of the old is okay in your world? Will that be your rationalization? Liberals always start the name-calling while proclaiming their virtue.

Texas 4 Balt 3 in the bottom of the 3rd inning.

You shouldn't be encouraging me.

Is Dice K a Seattle native? No, he is not. Is he considered to be a Seattle hometown kid, because he is Japanese? You are digging a bigger hole. Stop shoveling. Try another rationalization.

So, why are you so defensive. I expected more from you. I would have thought that you would have realized that what you were promoting could be viewed as offensive, but rather you have gone to great lengths to rationalize your statements. Tsk Tsk

It's pathetic that this team is in a position where they need a 43 year old one-legged knuckleballer to be a savior.

I knew it would get him twisted. Boy, was I ever right.:lol: Also, the constant drum beat for Felix Hernandez, when we are in waiver wire time of the year, was boring.

Boy, are your shorts twisted in a knot. I love to catch avowed self-righteous liberals being bigoted. They step all over themselves trying to justify their behavior. You have provided me with some great entertainment. Don't take it so hard. Everyone is bigoted in some shape or form. It's not limited to race or ethnicity. To me it is only offensive or illegal if it is institutionalized or if it denies someone access to society or opportunity. Giving someone a job because of race or national origin is illegal. You mentioned hiring a salesman that could make sales. In the insurance industry, they call it targeted marketing. It has never been held to be illegal. However, for example, if an Islamic customer requested not to do business with a woman or a Jew, it would be illegal for the business to engage in that practice. That's the law. I have found your defensive rants to be very entertaining. I like the one about equating Ortiz with Desmond Tutu, Barrack Obama and Juan Pierre. That was pretty funny. How the hell do you equate Juan Pierre with the other two. What ridiculousness. Did he ever just get elevated. Why don't you throw in some Rosa Parks so we can all be assured that you don't have a racist or bigoted bone in your body.

I never took the fans to task for rooting for a Japanese player. It is based in racism, but as you have pointed out it is not harmful or evil racism. However, to give a player employment using race as a motivation is immoral and often illegal. No, you entered it into the discussion by inappropriately suggesting that Mariner ownership would desire having Dice K on the team because he is Japanese. You can argue that your statement was not rooted in racism and that you were referring to nationality, but your statement is no less offensive. Discrimination in employment based on race, ethnicity or "national origin" is illegal. You can tap dance around this as often as you like, but in your fervor to land King Felix you were promoting an illegal employment practice. Some would call it a racist practice. I don't think you are a racist in the least, but even if your intent was benign, you were inadvertently promoting an illegal employment practice. I really would hope that the management of a team that I root for would make personnel decisions based solely on performance with the intent of improving the team and not because a player is Japanese or Mexican or whatever.

With his 3-4 night plus a walk, Kotsay has raised his average 26 points from .246 to.262. In one game, we elevated him from suck to respectable.

This game has been a train wreck since the 3rd inning.

. . . Or Tito was Ale-ing before he filled in the lineup card.

I'll ship you two cases of El Presidente if Dice K is part of a package for Felix, and the Red Sox don't eat some or all of Dice K's contract. Give it a rest already. The notion that Seattle would take a broken down pitcher in a package for one of the young stud pitchers in the game is a pipe dream. Also, the notion that a significant motivation for Seattle to do this would be because Dice K is Japanese is offensively racist. It's no different than discussing a trade of David Ortiz in a package to get an Irish ballplayer in return, because of the ethnic makeup of Boston.

Example spent a lot of time on his 13 year record, which is not relevant post-surgery, except as part of his resume for Cooperstown. As you pointed out, it is relevant is how he is throwing today. He has gotten excellent results thus far, but his velocity (which would be great for most pitchers) is down and his breaking stuff is not as sharp as it used to be. His past record cannot be relied on as an indicator of continued or consistent success.

... and as a post surgical 39 year old, none of his prior statistics are useful in projecting his future performance.