Comments on: Quote: Billy, Willie and Brian on Maine

By: Agbayanitodeepleftcenter

Agbayanitodeepleftcenter — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:29:02 +0000

You are right that sometimes players don’t have it. However, Perez was given a 4-run lead after that inning. As the old saying goes “the most important inning is the one after you score.”
Trust me I’m the biggest Ollie fan but he can drive you up the wall sometimes. One inning he looks better than Johan and the next he looks like Jeff Damico. I also thought Willie was a little to harsh on him but Ollie needs to learn that it is almost required now to get into the 6th or 7th inning. He has too good of stuff to not be able to.
Hopefully he bounces back with a dominating performance in Philly and then all is forgiven.

By: harrychiti

harrychiti — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:52:41 +0000

I’m not a professional baseball player (obviously), but the way I see it, the game is about making adjustments. True, against a better, or hotter, hitting team, Maine might have been knocked out the box last night, but he wasn’t, and he adjusted, doing what he needed to do to get things done.

I think its the same thing with hitters–they adjust and pick up a hit the 2nd or 3rd time facing a pitcher. The really great ones–I’m thinking Albert Puljos here–someone seem to adjust within an at-bat.

That seems to be Ollie’s big problem. When he doesn’t “have” it, he doesn’t seem to be able to compensate; when something happens that’s not in his game plan–an error to prolong an inning, a solo shot when he’s been cruising–it doesn’t seem to know how to approach it from a new angle, and panics.

I think he’s figuring it out though.

By: kingrw

kingrw — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:25:01 +0000

good point about randolph being miffed with perez. your team hands you a 4 run lead, an old schooler like randolph wants to see you put it in the bag and finish it. perez did the exact opposite.

some of the pundits suggest it’s unfair to judge perez so harshly, but that’s BS IMO.

time to step up oliver. it’s time to become a main cog, not just a side show.

maine is doing that.

By: krumbledkookie

krumbledkookie — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:09:53 +0000

I don’t understand why everyone, including Willie, is so down on Ollie. We know he’s inconsistent… he’s been that way through his career. Willie was so quick to jump all over him in his second start, where even though he was wild, he gave up NO runs. He was effectively wild, and Willie didn’t like that.

He couldn’t hit his spots in his last start, and instead of Willie taking the blame for just not realizing that Ollie didn’t have it that day, he left him in and the team paid the price.

Ollie is not always gonna be effective… neither is Santana or anyone else. Get used to it. I have. Willie has to, unless it’s Ollie, apparently.

By: gameball

gameball — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:42:00 +0000

Remember that Ollie Perez got roughed up by a hot-hitting Brewer team, whereas John Maine managed to hold down the anemic Nats.

By: theperfectgame

theperfectgame — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:38:24 +0000

You have to remember, Billy is fluent in hickspeak… how else to you sign with an agent named Bean Stringfellow?

By: jcervone7

jcervone7 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:25:47 +0000

I’d assume he’s referring to Schoenweiss

By: Dennis A

Dennis A — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:01:02 +0000

Who is Shoney?