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To be fair, that homer was a total wind job. The walks, however, piss me off. -
Yes.
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That kind of explains the "last calendar year" bit. When he's healthy he hits. He's 36 and was slumping pretty hard for a month plus prior to the injury last year. Again, he's not a .700 OPS guy yet, but incredulity at the idea that he isn't considered an offensive machine isn't really well founded. Yeah, he is aging and before long he's going to stop hitting, regardless of his health. But the point that I was trying to make was that sliding him down and a guy like Diaz up until he started hitting would have been more prudent, imo. Even if a struggling player has a proven record, that doesn't mean you have to let them figure it out in a vital spot in the order. A player's spot on the lineup card doesn't have to be fixed, regardless of their history.
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In Matheny's years as manager he's benefited tremendously from the groundwork laid before him, but he is an awful on field manager. His apparent obstinance in the face of common sense is Dusty-esque. I thoroughly enjoyed him repeatedly going to lefties to face Rizzo in the playoffs last year in the face of every statistical indicator that it was a stupid idea. From what I have seen, he certainly seems to be one of those who are almost OCD about doing things a certain way regardless any other factors. Like the Diaz thing; he's decided he belongs at the bottom of the lineup, and he's sticking to it (and probably costing the Cards wins). Or batting Holliday in the middle of the lineup even though he has been bad all season to this point. It's like Dusty, seemingly unaware that you can move players around the lineup based on their performance, and that winning is more important than "disrespecting" players
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i have no idea what you're referencing Kristin Cavallari?
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In Matheny's years as manager he's benefited tremendously from the groundwork laid before him, but he is an awful on field manager. His apparent obstinance in the face of common sense is Dusty-esque.
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Or even Wilson Ramos (who has been hitting well), since Dusty is apparently locked in to not bunching up LH hitters.
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The sound it made was quite satisfying, too.
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100% And he's awful at it. Most of those guys had him pegged immediately. He's just hamming it up at this point.
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A couple observations: How crappy must Zimmerman feel? I think he had 14 LOB today, and the Cubs were essentially daring him to do anything with the bat. I don't drink, but if I were him I would have gotten wasted on the flight back to DC. Batting two sub .300 OBP guys (revere has only played in a few games, given) in front of Harper when you have Daniel Murphy sitting at .448 is totally Dusty. If you're not going to put him in front of Harper, at least put him behind him (lol Zimmerman). Baker is a damned prodigy at botching lineup construction. Before Revere, he had Micheal Taylor (he of the .222 OBP) batting leadoff. That really takes me back to the days of CPatt/Macias/Neifi batting ahead of Derrek Lee, which still fills me with a terrible rage.
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The Mets can horsefeathers off, but that was fun.
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Reds pitching turned 2016 Aaron Hill into 2009 Aaron Hill tonight. That bullpen is historically bad.
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Yeah, that was pretty amazing. McCarver is one of those guys who people treat with reverence even though they're horsefeathering awful. Maybe it's because he carried around Bob Gibson's jock, I don't know. What I do know is that you'll routinely hear him say some of the dumbest horsefeathers you've ever heard.
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Hope for his sake it's not Garrett Richards' form of fatigue. I think it's fatigue like Schwarber had a sprained ankle. It's the preliminary "here's what we hope it is, now we're going to find out what it really is" diagnosis. I would be surprised if it doesn't end up being a strain of some sort (nothing too serious, though).
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Kang's second homer was a bomb, too.
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Regardless of what configuration it takes, the Cardinals' booth is always a symposium of stupidity.
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Now the Cards are saying the preliminary diagnosis is fatigue. Apparently he has been dealing with "flu-like symptoms". That may happen when you're patient zero for god knows what.
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The clap, maybe? Crab bite. Infected, probably.
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Carlos Martinez just came out of the game. I thought Yadi was just calling for the medical staff to administer Carlos his antibiotics, but it seems he's actually hurt.
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i'm really pretty damn annoyed. two should be blowouts turned into human looking wins. This is what it has come to. "We dominated for most of the game, but not quite all of it. Now I feel like horsefeathers."
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Spectacular AB for Rendon with Harper on deck.
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I'm pretty sure the Reds lead the league in every measure of bullpen ineptitude.
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I'd like to see the exit velocity on that
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Maybe I spoke too soon. Are we giving the fountain of youth to Werth right now Murphy's hit doesn't bother me, the walk to Harper kinda did. With no one on and a six run lead, you let him hit the ball to the moon if he can.
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I love how over the past five days the Cubs have manhandled the two teams that swept the Cards.
