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Barfield made a lousy play. But Nixon should not be in right field at crunch time. The ball that cleared Nixon’s head was a catchable ball, assuming the outfielder still has legs attached to his body. CC’s glare said it all. Nixon gets back on that one, and we’re into the ninth with a lead. But now that a pennant is possible, the hitting has disappeared. The fielding is dissipating, and I get the feeling that the early weight of a playoff run has crept into these players. None of them has big playoff experience, except the crippled Nixon and the newly acquired Lofton. The spectre of Casey Blake, Peralta, Barfield and Garko pushing us toward the title is a little off putting to say the least.

Lee is in the minors. Westbrook was close to going. Carmona has nowhere to go but down, and the Indians hitters won’t step up to support the good starts they’re getting. Meanwhile, the Yankees win again. Hearing footsteps, Eric?

Pure genius. Did Wedge look at Borowski’s record in non closing situations? Nope. Could Perez have pitched one more inning? Yup. If you wanted to pinch hit Lofton, would you yank your best defensive infielder and replace him with Mike Rouse?

Wedge wins it in the ninth for the Twins with a walk off coaching decision that leaves me puzzled.

Mike Rouse has no arm. He can’t hit. He heaved the ball from second like he had trouble getting it there. What was at stake? First place, of course. Another example of why Wedge’s favorites make people question his mental acuity.

Why not let the speedy Barfield hit, and retain your middle infield. Then let Lofton pinch hit if either Barfield or Sizemore get on? Let Kenny pinch hit for Blake if a fast guy gets on first with a chance to steal or move into scoring position. At least Lofton would put the bat on the ball. Blake can’t hit in those situations. You still get Rouse at third, but you don’t give up Blake until someone’s in scoring position. Plus you save Barfield for defense.

Wedge is a poor manager…this is example #72.

We’ve been experimenting with video applications to improve our Ustream presentation. Ustream recommended a piece of shit software called Webcammax. I know it sounds mean spirited (referring to it as a piece of shit), but nothing beats a video program that crashes your desktop like the Webcammax 4.0 Beta.

I know…try the more stable 3.5 version. I’m with ya! So I write to Webcammax for help. My e-mail:

We do a high powered sports talk show on the internet, and are getting into the “video” aspect of our show. We have 2 hosts 2000 miles apart. Our audio is conducted through a great piece of hardware called a Comrex Access.

Marc Steenbarger
Moohead Radio

Their response:

Dear Marc Steenbar ger,

Annie Lee
www.webcammax.com

Well, it didn’t really fully answer my question, so I sent a more specific question to their support and received THIS:

Dear Marc Steenbarger,

Annie Lee
www.webcammax.com

Now I feel a whole lot better. The fucking auto response from support. The make believe Annie Lee. The one who keeps mis-spelling “brand”. Warmest regards, assholes. You are no longer on my computer.

Sincerely,

Annie Lee.

They’re big, conspicuous and ubiquitous. They’re FATHEAD!!!!

Nothing was better than Lofton’s second AB. Men on first and second, no outs. Kenny BUNTS!!! For a fucking hit!!! I thought Wedge might pull him right there. After the gane, Wedge said to Lofton: “We don’t pull that Boolah Boolah College baseball, Charlie Hustle bunt shit around here, kid”. Wedge was then reminded that he and Lofton were the same age. “Alright then…man to man..I want you to take a long look at yourself, and write down 100 reasons why bunting was a good idea. When you can’t, I want you to write “I will NOT bunt men into scoring position” 500 times in the locker room in front of a naked Casey Blake”.

My sources tell me that Lofton was long gone while Wedge stammered out his orders, listening to rap music on his personal Bose sound system.

At first, Kenny appeared non plussed at getting pied in his post game interview. Oddly enough, Trot Nixon hit EVERYTHING last night, including the pie, which virtually killed Lofton’s microphone.

Meanwhile, Casey Blake was in awe of Lofton’s performance:”What was that he did in the third inning? He just stuck his bat out and chopped at it. We ain’t seen THAT before, except when the other team does it. I hear it has Swedish origins…I think it’s called boonting. Rouse told me he tried to boont once, but got hit in the hands. It takes real coordination to boont, I guess. Plus our third base coach doesn’t speak Swedish, so we never really hear about it.”

The Twins 3rd baseman reminded me of Carlos Baerga playing third, except this guy doesn’t even have the “I got drunk partying last night” excuse. If he’s at third again today, I think we may see more boonting.

I wonder what his favorite brand is? (Something to think about over the weekend)

Here they are Our top 3 draftees.

Wedge keeps bringing them up. And they keep giving up runs. As the trade deadline nears, fuck Kenny Lofton. The Cleveland Indians need ONE dependable middle relief pitcher. The current batch look like Jason Davis with arm trouble. Who throws Manny Ramirez 5 consecutive fastballs? Some AAA asshole who’s been told to, I guess. They’re still looking for that ball.

We score 4, then another bullpen ace gives up 3. What a list we have. Tom Mastny (I can’t get it over, Coach). Jensen “no mechanics” Lewis. These guys are like lighter fluid.

As for Cliff Lee? Ship him out. Not because he sucks. Because he’s an asshole. He’s the AJ Pierczinki of the Tribe. Waving his hat to the fans as they bood him. WTF??? No wonder Victor was ready to impale this guy. Lee is moody and petulant. He is blown away mentally. He’s a shitty team mate. He’s also got his multi million dollar deal. He needs to stay in a Buffalo Motel 6 for awhile. With a few hairy truckers.

Another loss. Thank God Tigers, Yankees and Mariners all lost. Wedge is now 5-6 since his “deal”

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