06-19-2013, 08:43 PM | #951 |
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I wouldn't get too giddy about going against this Yankee lineup. It has about 2 regulars in it, Gardner and Cano. The rest might not even make the Dodgers roster.
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06-19-2013, 08:44 PM | #952 | |
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06-20-2013, 07:27 AM | #953 |
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He's been pretty solid for the Reds. 2 years ago, he had a shit season, but other than that I've got no complaints about Arroyo.
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06-20-2013, 07:41 AM | #954 | |
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Agree. And that was the year he had mono most of the year.
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06-20-2013, 08:25 AM | #955 |
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I like Arroyo, too. Another impressive Dave Littlefield/Pirates' move -- letting Arroyo go on waivers.
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06-20-2013, 08:51 AM | #956 |
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The one thing I have noticed more lately with Arroyo is how much trouble he gets into once the opposing team starts getting at him the third time around. The opposing lineups grow to be a lot more patient. I would like to see the Reds just plan on using Simon on days when Arroyo throws and be prepared to bring him in once he gets into the 6th inning.
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06-21-2013, 09:38 AM | #957 |
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All right, basketball season is over. Heat won the title. Now it is time to check out the greatness of the Marlins. What? Their record is what? 23-49?! Well the year plus old stadium must be packed and the folks are having a good time. Let me see where they rank in attendance. Ah... okay...last huh? I see. Oh well I guess that is okay.
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06-21-2013, 10:55 AM | #958 |
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The Rangers take 3 of 4 from the A's, with yesterday's game ending in dramatic fashion on a close play at the plate. Of course, the one game they lost in the series was the one I went to.
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06-21-2013, 11:00 AM | #959 |
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Puig has pretty impressive opposite field power. He took a shoulder high pitch, at Petco, and went deep.
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06-21-2013, 11:10 AM | #960 | |
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This is right before the first pitch. Nobody likes the stadium, obviously, Miami residents should totally pitch in and help Jeffrey Loria build a new one. |
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06-23-2013, 08:33 AM | #961 |
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Reds with a bad loss last night. I don't understand Dusty sometimes. I mean I really don't understand his thoughts. Leake is cruising having thrown 92 pitches but he pinch hits for him in the 9th already up 2-1. If it was Arroyo he would have let him finish. Not to mention Leake is as good as any hitter off the bench. He tries to bunt a runner from second with nobody out already up 2-1. He plays the infield in with the bases loaded and nobody out. Just play for the double play and accept you will have to go to extra innings. Not to mention it was clear Chapman was off warming up in the pen, then throwing his warm up tosses, and then from his first pitch. He really just has one sense of how to manage and can't adjust to any type of game situation which asks him to think some.
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06-23-2013, 09:34 AM | #962 | |
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06-23-2013, 09:36 AM | #963 | |
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Why is the MLB or other owners for that matter yelling and screaming about this? It's a total embarrassment and sets a great precedent for future local municipalities to reject public money to support local sports. Do they not see the damage this ass-clown is causing?
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06-23-2013, 10:54 AM | #964 | |
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They do. I am pretty sure they let Loria know that he won't be getting the All-Star game any time soon if he does not straighten up.
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06-23-2013, 11:43 AM | #965 | |
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Not going to do much for damage control if that's all they've "threatened" him with.
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06-23-2013, 12:01 PM | #966 |
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It's still surprising to me that there's not more people in Miami willing to see baseball for $5 or whatever. Ya, I know the team's not competitive, but I'd imagine most of the baseball fans in Miami are transplants anyway who wouldn't be Marlins fans even if they were good. I used to love going up to Montreal on long weekend trips, and I would always catch an Expos game or two - major league baseball, super cheap seats near the field, cheap beer. And I don't even consider myself a really huge baseball fan - but if I can take part for $5, I'm in. The Marlins are never going to get the jet skiing/nightclub crowd, but jebus, you have to really try in order to get that few people.
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06-23-2013, 03:12 PM | #967 |
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Pedro goes yard, 4th consecutive game
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06-24-2013, 10:27 AM | #968 | |
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I wonder if part of it is that the stadium was obviously built with a bit of fraud (hence the SEC looking into it), so the folks of Miami are deciding to say screw the Marlins for that as well as the team sucking.
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06-24-2013, 01:24 PM | #969 |
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Hey Rangers.. get the fck out of St. Louis!!!
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06-24-2013, 05:11 PM | #970 |
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That was a nice sweep for the Rangers. Although I would trade all three wins for just one more strike in Game 6 a couple of years back.
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06-25-2013, 03:33 PM | #972 |
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I see where the Cubs have DFA'ed Carlos Marmol ... and it made me curious.
There are 50 pitchers in the majors this season that have a worse WAR than Marmol. More than 20 of those are relievers. I'd have to figure that means somebody will be willing to take a flier on him for the major league minimum.
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06-25-2013, 04:48 PM | #974 | |
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06-25-2013, 09:57 PM | #975 |
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I was just driving back from dinner with my aunt, and we were listening to the Rangers-Yankees game. Two outs, bottom of the 9th, and Ichiro is up. With the count 1-2, my aunt says "Ichiro doesn't hit home runs, right?". I told her nope, he's a slap hitter.
Of course not more than 5 seconds later he hits a walk-off home run.
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06-25-2013, 10:12 PM | #976 |
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Ichiro hitting the walk-off HR just capped off a very strange game. The weak Yankees lineup hit 4 solo HRs, 3 off Darvish. Ichiro, Gardner, Jayson Nix and Hafner all homered. On the other side, Kuroda gave up 2 HRs to Leonys Martin. I guess that's baseball.
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06-25-2013, 11:29 PM | #977 |
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Now I do like Houston.
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06-28-2013, 01:27 PM | #979 |
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Seems the NL Central division race is tightening up, the Cubs have moved into 4th place, 14 1/2 back.
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06-28-2013, 07:45 PM | #980 |
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Close the book on Cueto this year and get his motion changed. This is getting old.
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06-28-2013, 08:35 PM | #981 |
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Book is closed on Matt Harvey for the night: 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R (solo HR), 0 BBs, 11 Ks. He should be starting the ASG at Citi Field right?
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06-28-2013, 11:33 PM | #983 |
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06-29-2013, 02:59 AM | #984 |
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Harvey must really hate his bullpen.
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06-29-2013, 06:22 PM | #986 |
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And how about the Red Sox generally this year, geez. I don't think they'll keep a .600 pace but I just love how they've been rewarded for that Dodgers trade.
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I know this isn't the same and all (split over two seasons, not quite the same rate) but ... Former Tigers & Braves outfielder Josh Anderson 2007 ... 24/67 for Houston 2008 ... 18/55 for Atlanta thru early May ... to get to 42 for 122 (.344 avg) From that point forward, he was 90 for 364 (.247) ... retired from the minors just two years later. Point being, I've pretty much given up trying to project a career based on the first couple hundred AB's in the majors.
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Wade Davis of the Royals set a MLB record today of throwing 69 pitches and only recording 3 outs.
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06-30-2013, 02:26 PM | #992 |
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I knew the Reds struggled in June, but their .235/.300/.381 line for the month is really awful.
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06-30-2013, 05:31 PM | #995 |
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Brook Jacoby should be fired before noon tomorrow. The Reds offense is totally inept at this point.
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06-30-2013, 06:23 PM | #996 |
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Cubs win!!!!
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06-30-2013, 06:53 PM | #997 |
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Witnessed the first American Leaguer to ever hit the ball into the Sting Ray fish tank today. Miguel Cabrera joins Luis Gonzalez (Dodgers - 2007) as the only players to successfully scare the ever living crap out of our 30 or so rays. Congratulations!
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So how long before Davis is linked to some story around PED's?
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Puig in the All-Star game? Yay or nay?
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