Someone tell Williams that Milicki STINKS !!!

...meanwhile Chuck Finley has a perfect game going for the Cardinals.... thankfully the Cards lost game 1

Mlicki stinks, but hey better that Joe Lime.

 

Hmm... I just took a quick bath, which may have lasted 15 minutes at the most. (hehe...I take quick baths.) It was 5-4 before. Now its 11-4. Hmm...ok. AHHHHHHHH!

 

And like that, its 11-6, with homers from Biggio and Berkman. Wait, 11-6. Nevermind, that's still pretty bad.

 

Well, I don't like Mlicki, but I can't bring myself to get upset at Jimy for pitching him tonight. I mean, Carlos couldn't even last 3 innings...and Mlicki is our long relief. Outside of Gordon, Wagner and Dotel, we have Ricky Stone, Borbon, Cruz, Mlicki and I think Jim Mann. That doesn't leave Jimy many options to try to get late into the game with a lead. It just sucks that we don't have any reliable long relief.

 

i didn't see the game so i don't know how carlos actually looked but 4 runs isn't that much. i'd rather him pitch than mlicki, who should never pitch out of the bullpen and preferably not the rest of the year.

 

Jimy's got too much faith in pitchers that suck it up and not enough faith in his young studs like Oswalt and Hernandez. With Gordon, Dotel, and Wagner all rested, theres no excuse for pitching Mlicki (who has absolutely stunk since coming off his injury) in a tie ballgame in the 7th. That's fine if he wants his pitchers to stay fresh, but let them do it in non-crucial situations. We can't keep giving games away while we get all our crappy relievers work so everybody can be fresh in the playoffs that we are seeing slip out of our reach. Dammit, why can't Oswalt and Miller pitch everyday?

 

Isn't Carlos just coming off of an injury himself (i.e. isn't this just his 2nd start since returning from the DL)? If so, and he's getting rocked out there early, it's not prudent to leave him out there at the risk of him reinjuring himself or simply getting destroyed and losing all confidence. Were he not injured, then it probably would've been best to leave him in the game...however, you have to work with what you have.

Right now, the Astros bullpen has been pretty much overused, especially the big 3, so you almost have to rely on the starters to pitch themselves out of jams and deep into games. But, with a talented young pitcher like Carlos just coming off of an injury, you simply can't take that risk.

Mlicki did well earlier in the season, at least as a starter. He may still be coming back from injury himself and may not have been the best choice to trot out there. But, what can you do? You can't rest all of your relievers when Roy and Wade pitch at the risk of running up Oswalt and Miller's pitch counts. All you can do is hope the relievers come out of their jams...and remember that it's just one game.

 

you guys are getting really upset over nothing.
in three days all of this wont matter and everyone will be sitting at home starting to think about football.
this season will end with nothing.
i would yell along with you, if they werent going to strike.
but it all seems so futile.

 

U know. . . i think it took ZRB about 6 months for folx to stop
calling him Tweak . . . . ..

You trying to earn the title?

Rocket River

 

Like Gordon did on Saturday?

 

Astros should Sent Milicki to AAA, and bring back Puffer

 

Gordon has a sore arm & was unavailable last night. My only problems were Borbon being left in to face Matos (Borbon should never face a righty) & Cruz being used in that situation. Game was still close (6-4), no outs & bases loaded. You need groundballs or strikeouts in that situation, and since Stone went earlier, Dotel was the best chance to get out of that inning with minimal damage.

Carlos pitched like utter & complete caca, can't fault Jimy for pulling him; 67 pitches in 2 1/3 innings (4 BB 4 H) pretty much tells the story. He had good stuff, but had no control whatsoever.