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  1. mul21
    i remember reading - i think this was even before the draft - that there didn't seem to be anything mechanically wrong with his swing. not a slow bat or stepping in the bucket. he just swings and misses a lot, but then he also squares up a lot of balls when he does make contact. seems pretty weird. I'm honestly baffled with Brett Jackson. I'm still a fan, but honestly, there's been guys with bigger issues than Brett that struck out less than Brett. It's odd, you'd think for such an ... intriguing prospect ... that someone more knowledgeable would've done some swing analysis on him. There just doesn't seem to be any major issue with Brett, unless he's having problems with breaking balls ... it seems to be a lot of small issues lumping together into a gigantic mass of bad this year. Somebody mentioned Lasik the other day. I'm beginning to wonder if there might be something to the thought of a vision issue.
  2. mul21
    So a guy coming off knee surgery, specifically a catcher, playing the most stressful position on the field, should be expected to start every day straight off the DL? That's some sound logic right there. :roll:
  3. mul21
    Be nice if Wells could hit his spots as well as he did on that first pitch to AJ all the time.
  4. mul21
    BA scouting report indicates he's 86-92 with a 73-78 curve, backdoor slider and changeup. "A junkballer with excellent pitchability." That sounds a lot like Lilly, right down to the velocity. Although I don't really remember Lilly ever throwing a slider.
  5. mul21
    So you don't think the new hitting philosophy being preached throughout the system has any possibility of making an improvement in Vitters' approach? That makes me think you're a low ceiling bore of a fan.
  6. mul21
    So is Rizzo now the MiL HR leader? I saw that Eldred signed with the Hiroshima Carp.
  7. mul21
    I'm just saying that didn't look like what happened with vintage Marmol, and that calling what he did vintage is a bit of a stretch. He was decent Marmol, as opposed to wildly erratic Marmol. But vintage Marmol was on a whole other planet. He's somewhere in between awful and vintage, but the knee buckling slider he threw for the K to the 1st batter was about as close to vintage as I think he's going to get.
  8. mul21
    No, their ASG was yesterday. Only AAA still has theirs around the big league one. The futures game is still around the MLB ASG, correct? Yep, saw Castro play in it a few years ago when the ASG was in St. Louis. I wish he was still wearing high socks like he did in that game.
  9. mul21
    There's that slider that looks like it's going to hit you in the belly button and ends up over the plate.
  10. mul21
    Didn't see what happened. Did Reed make a nice play? Blooper by Konerko that he caught on a dead sprint. No way LaHair comes even close to making the play if he's still in there and the Sox are leading right now.
  11. mul21
    Nice baserunning by DeJesus there.
  12. mul21
    Good lord does listening to this crappola make me so happy we have Len and Bob. I don't think I've ever heard a broadcast use so many cliches as a crutch as Hawk does. And woo! DeJesus!
  13. mul21
    I'm slightly amused by the fact that the Royals handled the Cardinals pretty well this weekend and are now getting pummeled by the Astros tonight. Mostly amused by the cards losing and all the uproar about Matheny and their pen right now.
  14. mul21
    Len said it was only the 6th time in mlb history it happened. One of them was Frank Thomas but I didn't hear if Len gave the other names. Cool thanks for sharing. Sure would be nice to have access to Len Len and Bob right now, but in all fairness to Hawk, he becomes infinitely more bearable when his team is getting obliterated. What list is that?
  15. mul21
    I'd rather pay the extra money to a guy who can, you know, at least walk right, let alone run up and down a basketball court 80 times a year. Didn't Roy retire last year because he was so broken?
  16. mul21
    Agreed. His writing style is very........choppy I guess is the best word.
  17. mul21
    How could it possibly not? Are you saying fair or foul shouldn't be reviewable? I think that's one of the easiest things to fix, especially on that particular call. Now, things change a bit if there was a guy on 1st who may have scored, but that's an easy ground rule double call to break up the no hitter once you see that ball hit the chalk.
  18. mul21
    Can somebody get him to do some sort of wood working project for them?
  19. mul21
    Perhaps working on something in particular like we heard about Concepcion earlier?
  20. mul21
    It's amazing that in spite of his knee his defense has been as improved as it (seemingly) is this year.
  21. mul21
    None, other than the stupid ones anyway. I really thought he should have kept running to 3rd and would have had a decent chance of getting in because of how far the 3B was off the bag.
  22. mul21
    Nerves from Jokisch in the first couple AA starts with all the walks? Doesn't look like he was having any control issues in Daytona.
  23. mul21
    Yep, if he can sustain an .800ish OPS, that trade looks way better than it already did. Colvin didn't have anywhere to play this year and we didn't have any viable options at 3B after Ramirez left. It really is strange trying to readjust your thinking to the "new" offensive environment we're in right now.
  24. mul21
    I would not have guessed in a million years that Brett Gardner would be on a list of top P/PA.
  25. mul21
    Did anybody else get the email from the Cubs saying tickets were available for the Red Sox series? I clicked on it to see what seats they had and the only ones available for Saturday were bleachers for the previously mentioned $140 price tag. Such a joke. Hope the Boston fans have a good time at Wrigley.
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