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cknox0723 · 09-02-2006, 06:37 PM

The odds are stacked against us in the second game of this series, in part because Seattle's ace left-hander Odalis Perez (16-10, 3.74) is on the mound. Maybe it is an uphill climb also because Esteban "The Art of Suck" Loaiza is our pitcher; never mind his 3.33 ERA this season, or the 13-9 record - this is still the guy that went 8-16 for a pale Pale Hose team once upon a time. Mostly I am not too enthusiastic because I remember that really bad 99-loss Pale Hose team, since it wasn't so long ago, and I'm not at all convinced that this Pale Hose team is really any different, 85 wins or not, wild card berth or no wild card berth, 2-0 win in game one of the ALDS or nothing.

Facing any left-hander throws our lineup into a flux; "Buddha" Ordonez and "Hitman" Wells are mainstays in the lineup, and for whatever reason Podsednik is still in there, but the infield is all shuffled around:

LF Podsednik/2B Kennedy/RF Ordonez/CF Wells/3B Cordero/1B Thomas/C Olivo/SS J. Wilson/P Loaiza

The opposing lineup is the same as game one, except 24 year old Dan Gottlieb (.293/.370/.431 in 123 at-bats) is in left field, batting eighth, rather than Nic Jackson, who lacks the letter K in his first name but makes up for it by popping up a lot (twice in the first game).

Seeing as we are facing a southpaw and an ace southpaw at that, I am content to win whatever battles we can. So when leadoff man Podsednik fouls off an 0-2 pitch and then takes a ball out of the zone before striking out like the miserable, wretched batsman he is, it's cause for celebration. Adam Kennedy pops out to right-center on a 1-1 pitch; it's a moral victory for a second baseman invariably described as light-hitting, .280 batting average notwithstanding.

09-02-2006, 06:37 PM	#868
cknox0723 All Star Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 1,957	c'mon The odds are stacked against us in the second game of this series, in part because Seattle's ace left-hander Odalis Perez (16-10, 3.74) is on the mound. Maybe it is an uphill climb also because Esteban "The Art of Suck" Loaiza is our pitcher; never mind his 3.33 ERA this season, or the 13-9 record - this is still the guy that went 8-16 for a pale Pale Hose team once upon a time. Mostly I am not too enthusiastic because I remember that really bad 99-loss Pale Hose team, since it wasn't so long ago, and I'm not at all convinced that this Pale Hose team is really any different, 85 wins or not, wild card berth or no wild card berth, 2-0 win in game one of the ALDS or nothing. Facing any left-hander throws our lineup into a flux; "Buddha" Ordonez and "Hitman" Wells are mainstays in the lineup, and for whatever reason Podsednik is still in there, but the infield is all shuffled around: LF Podsednik/2B Kennedy/RF Ordonez/CF Wells/3B Cordero/1B Thomas/C Olivo/SS J. Wilson/P Loaiza The opposing lineup is the same as game one, except 24 year old Dan Gottlieb (.293/.370/.431 in 123 at-bats) is in left field, batting eighth, rather than Nic Jackson, who lacks the letter K in his first name but makes up for it by popping up a lot (twice in the first game). Seeing as we are facing a southpaw and an ace southpaw at that, I am content to win whatever battles we can. So when leadoff man Podsednik fouls off an 0-2 pitch and then takes a ball out of the zone before striking out like the miserable, wretched batsman he is, it's cause for celebration. Adam Kennedy pops out to right-center on a 1-1 pitch; it's a moral victory for a second baseman invariably described as light-hitting, .280 batting average notwithstanding.