This is a lovely post. Too horribly true to contemplate, but a lovely post. Dusty has pitched many guys into surgery. I hope they relieve him of his duties before we see another one. Tonight I feel very, very bad for Chad Fox. And very, very angry at Dusty. Robb Nen comes to mind.
I'd be willing to part with the minor leaguers I think are needed for the trade, as long as it's not Dope, Harvey, Pie and a few of the pitchers (I'd trade Guzman). I still don't think Dotel is going anywhere till at least June/July.
Wellemeyer? :( Welly is already on the 40-man, though he is a good bet to take Fox's 25-man spot. I meant he will probably get the call up to replace Fox. Time for Hendry to go get Dotel from the A's. The A's are terrible and going no where this year. Two games below .500 20 games into the season isn't terrible. Given the way Blanton and Harden have pitched and the fact the Angels haven't run away, I don't think they're that bad (yet).
40-man? How about someone like Van Buren? There are already 6 guys in the pen (Bartosh, Hawkins, Leicester, Remlinger, Rusch, Wuertz), so I don't know if they necessarily need to add another pitcher to the 25-man. Hopefully Borowski is back soon.
Yeah, I had a major problem with the way the bullpen was used today. Dusty should have kept Wuertz in for the 8th, especially with a 4-run lead. And with a 7-run lead, I'd have preferred Leicester, with Fox or Hawkins just in case.
Great fourth quarter. Great games from Noc, Hinrich, Duhon and Gordon. Chandler stepped up in the 4th too. Bulls made up some crap officiating and Chandler, Davis and Harrington's foul trouble. Great win. :D