Aaron_Kennelly

You are the worst. Do you feel more fulfilled now? c: Does constantly whining on here fulfill you?

Hit more fly balls!

You are the worst.

Holy horsefeathers, a lefty reliever just got out a left-handed hitter.

horsefeathers it, we'll just score 10.

Nice play, kid.

Come on, Hammel.

Get these idiots off the damn broadcasts, ABC 7.

That works.

Now we dong.

Good start. Do something positive here, J-Hey.

You have to think this is just delaying the inevitable. It allows us to keep Richard on the back burner while we investigate Concepcion and Matusz to see if they can replace him. I would be a little surprised if Richard ever pitches for us again.

Yeah. I really like the Warren move, mostly because he's sucked up here. But maybe he can figure things out with some more innings down there. And I wasn't aware he had options left, either. Let's get him right, without him being a detriment to the big league club.

Richard DL =

What's going on right now?

Screw the Mets?

Nice work , Tim!

Probably Patton, since he's been the best and is on the 40-man. I like that. He's had some major league experience and has been good this year He's older, not really a prospect. So let's see if we have something there before moving on to those other guys. You have to assume Richard is gone. In which case, I don't have much to bitch about with the roster anymore.

From my biased initial view of him, he looks like he is a natural behind the plate that just needs some polish. He's so athletic and moves around well. That tag being a good example. He also made a nice lunging snag of one Lackey threw way outside. His receiving looks fine to me, too. He's smooth with his glove. Soft landing. He can do that little deke with his glove and then hold it in place to sell it. It's the finer points that he needs to work on. Like when he got out of his crouch for some unknown reason -- something that was mentioned in the Fangraphs scouting report of him the other day. That piece also mentioned him sometimes being slow to react to balls missing up above the zone. I saw that happen when I saw him play in Iowa the other weekend. He also dropped a ball in that game, the other negative mentioned in that piece. He should be able to improve that stuff with more experience and training, I would imagine. Some of that stuff just needs to be drilled into his mind. The instincts and mechanics look fine, though. But, really, if he is going to hit .300 and take walks and hit for some pop... I'm not too worried about him occasionally getting out of his crouch. I love that he's athletic and quick for a catcher, too. That fits in well with the rest of the guys -- beating out infield hits, beating out potential double plays, going first to third, etc. He just looks like the real deal. And he has a good makeup and work ethic from everything I've read. Combine that with his passion and his hit tool... yeah, just be passable at framing and you're fine with me.

Yeah, he is fiery and full of self-confidence and plays with a lot of emotion. Man, I love him. That quote just made me hard. That's after his first career major league start. That's awesome.

This happened that last series in St. Louis, too, right? We had a stupid loss in the first game that the bullpen fucked up. And then we came back and handed them a couple losses. Time to do that again. Except really make them pay this time. Two RD Games.

I haven't been this pissed off all season. God, I hate the horsefeathering Cardinals. 11.5 up. 11.5 up. 11.5 up. I need to keep reminding myself right now.

horsefeathers me. What an infuriating loss.

ARRGHH

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