Can Thome Pitch?

Well, last night was just atrocious. And by that, I mean, horseshit doesn't quite capture it. Gardy said that game "had no pace". I don't know. I thought it did. The type of pace you feel when three ex-cons are raping you in a jail cell that you're in for a crime you didn't commit --- It feels like it's going forever, but it's actually going really fast, which isn't any better because when it's over you're just going to painfully sit there and think about the next raping that's coming your way in about....oh, whenever they open that door.

This pitching staff looks like a minor league squad (double A, maybe). Without Pavano, we would be in fourth place. I hate saying that. I hold out hope that Liriano pitches the way he did the other night, and the Dunce can come in and be a quality starter 75% of the time. Baker, Blackburn and Slowey -- to you, I say "PLEASE!?!!?!?!?" Can't just one of you step up and be somewhat like you sometimes are but then be that way all the time?

My solution is simple -- Thome. He's been aound. I think he can throw, though I am not sure I've ever seen it. Just throw it down the middle and hope Target Field is too big for most people to hit it out. God knows we've shown that to be true. We'd get his bat in there more than once every three games, and well, I like him. I feel good watching him. Then we could DH for Punto.