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  1. SouthSideRyan
    He's also not somebody with a history of hitting. He's a .229 hitter who hits a lot of ground balls and infield pop ups. And with Reed Johnson on deck, chances aren't great that he'll get a hit either. THEN MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE PINCH HIT THE [expletive] GUY STILL SITTING ON THE BENCH WHO COULD HIT. THE GUY WHO WAS COMING INTO THE GAME ON DEFENSE ANYWAY. (Not aimed at you) Any stat on the success of squeezes is likely only going to take into squeezes in which the ball was bunted in fair territory. (Ignoring all attempts like Fontenot's last night or when the ball is bunted foul) Similar to when people cite stats on runs on sac bunts. Nobody ever counts those bunts where a guy is forced out, or when the guy whiffs on it/puts it foul
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    I bet Mike Fontenot outperforms Cabrera the rest of the season.
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    We don't really know if Towers was asking too much. We do know that Towers did everything in his power to help Hendry put together a package that would get the deal done, including phone calls to Baltimore and Philadelphia. Hendry basically sat on his butt and let Towers do all the work. Then when it appeared as though a deal was imminent, Hendry folded up the tent and ran for cover. Or Hendry realized he had to dump 13M in salary to fit Peavy into the budget.
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    Majestic also glues their letters on so its not as easy as you would think And it wouldn't be centered Then you get SSOSAS and tell people you have a speech impediment.
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    I think I'm sensing sarcasm, and if so I agree. A good friend of mine spent a few years at AAA and had a few cups of coffee with the Royals. He had been a power hitter since he was in Little League, and remained that until he was done playing. I'm not sure he laid down a bunt in his entire life, including LL. Why would someone like that be expected to lay one down at the ML level? Because it's a basic skill of the game that every major league hitter should know how to do. Unless your name is Albert Pujols, I guess. But his friend played the game before.
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    Oh, and the answer among Cub fans is probably Milton Bradley.
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    The likelihood of success was okayish only because Valverde threw an easily buntable pitch. Valverde was walking the world up to that point. It was a stupid risk.
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    The only reason I'd even want a 2nd lefty would be for a playoff series with the Phillies.
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    I'll argue against him being a dbag. I consider him very similar to Milton Bradley. Sensitive guys with a small persecution complex who want nothing more than to win every time they go out there. Off the field, and in the clubhouse, adored by their teammates and are intelligent people.
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    Hoffpauirs the one who should be sent down. I know, hes our lefty power that gets ahold of 1 once in a blue moon between awkword looking strikeouts, but he has options and other than being lefty, he serves the same purpose as Fox, maybe a bit better defensively but a lot worse offensively. The problem is, who is this mythical replacement catcher who can hit? I guess we could bring up Robinson and hope for lightening in a bottle until Soto returns, but his AAA numbers dont look like theyd traslate into big league succes. I guess we could just trade for Greg Zaun or something of the like. dude, i don't mean to be a jerk, but didn't you want Hoffpauir starting over Derrek Lee like six weeks ago?. Yeah, that change of heart is hilarious. If your refering to May when Lee was hitting in the high .100s/low .200s and everyone and there mother was shouting Free Micah Hoffpauir, then yeah, guilty as charged. Bsides, you cant deny that none of us thought that wed ever see this side of D Lee again. I called out people who were saying Lee would OPS in the low 7s this year. Whether I thought he'd be able to touch 900 again, I wasn't sure, but the shoveling of dirt on his career after April was pretty embarrassing.
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    From the team that brought you "We survived Ike, Bud Killed us"
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    Grabow's not even good.
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    Clutch has no predictive value, but when judging how valuable a player was, when the hit(s) happened is very important.
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    Absolutely stupid on the Astros' part. Streaky as he is and as bad as his night was the guy's numbers over the last 2+ weeks are scalding hot. I dont think it was a terrible decision. Load the base for the forse out at home. Sori had already struck out 3 times, and the other time hit a weak grounder to 3rd. Also, no matter how hot Sori is, hes a huge strikeout candidate. I'm not arguing that...I was just surprised by how much they were disrespecting him. If you recall his previous at bat, they pitched to him with one out (and he k'd), then they walked Fox. They were treating him like he was a backup catcher. Soriano batted with a man on 1st. Fox came up with a man on 2nd and the pitcher spot after him.
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    abuck told me that this is all Larry Rothschild's fault and that Hill would be straightened out as soon as he escaped Larry's evil spell. FINALLY
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    As bad as Hill is at the plate he's essential right now based on the position he plays. Letting Fox catch until Soto comes back is a desperation move which the Cubs don't need to do. The problem isn't Hill catching, it's Hendry/Lou not promoting a backup catcher, thus forcing Fox out of most games It's not that they need a new backup catcher, it's that Lou has to be willing to let Fox pinch hit and trust that Koyie Hill won't get run over by a car at some point during the game.
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    Rose did bet on the Reds while he was a player-manager.
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    He did not do just fine for himself. He dropped like 5 pitches. If Cecil Cooper wasn't a blithering idiot, Bourn would've stole 2nd and 3rd in the 13th. All that said, Koyie Hill is making me die a little inside with each game, so I don't even know.
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    No, YOU couldn't. Something tells me after tonight's game that wrigley won't be back to respond for at least a week.
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    He was giving Marshall time to warm up.
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    And on a night a guy hits 2 grand slams in a game, who also hits a grand slam? Fernando Tatis I love baseball Holy [expletive], the Mets starting OF tonight was Corey Sullivan-Angel Pagan-Jeff Francouer And Francouer is still the worst of the 3.
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    On both sides.
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    Oh, and I'd be remiss if I didn't take a shot at Will Carroll here.
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    Never did I say it was easy, but our hitters never seem to make the little plays like that. It's what good teams do. Sure it's not going to work all the time, but it's good baseball to try and drive the ball to the right side with a runner on 2nd on no outs. No it's stupid baseball to give up one of your precious few outs to set up a sac fly situation for a guy who doesn't make contact.
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