Transmogrified Tiger

Here's my issue with that. A hitter's mentality has gone from "try to get a hit/get on base", to "hit it to this side of the field/hit it with this elevation, so if I make an out something good will happen". The hitter is no longer focused on success, he's trying to make sure his failure isn't as bad. Does that make sense? This is the best post here. And yes, it makes sense. I don't want players changing their approaches at the plate just because a runner is on 2nd with none out. Everyone used to bag on Sammy for striking out and not cutting down his swing to go to the right side on these situations. But to me, that's much more of a waste than a strikeout. If you try to hit the ball to the right side, that's exactly what you are gonna do. Best case scenario, runner moves up 1 base....1 more out is on the board. If the hitter keeps his same approach, best case scenario is a HR. Worst case scenario is a strikeout or doubleplay. In it's simplest form, more good can come out of a normal approach than a limiting approach. More bad can come also. But the difference between having a run or 2 on the board already (after runner on 2B, with none out) and having a runner at 3B with 1 out, is MUCH GREATER than the difference of having that runner on 3B with 1 out and having him at 2nd with 1 out. Oh, I agree with CPatterson completely. I'm not saying a player should go up there with the "well, I should hit it to the left/right side" mentality, they should just go up there and forget about trying to pull it or whatever. They should look for a pitch they can make good, solid contact on and go for that. But, if they do make an out, a productive one is better than nothing. Other than a sac bunt, you shouldn't be aiming to make an out. Simply try to take a pitch to drive somewhere. I just don't get CPatt's argument at all. Is a batter actually trying to make an out? Who says that? He's just NOT striking out while he does it. He's putting the ball in play, making the defense work, and trying to get hits. A K accomplishes nothing. A contact hitter isn't necessariy trying to hit a sac fly, but he's a hell of a lot more likely to hit one if he puts it in play rather than K's. He's still trying to get a hit when he hits it. And I don't think it's rare that the situation comes up where a ball in play is much better than a K. I can't believe that people actually think the number is negligible. I'm saying that in the effort to avoid a K, a hitter lowers the likelihood of hitting well(i.e. extra base hits). I'll take some K's with some doubles and HR's over fewer K's with some sacrifice flies, sacrifice groundouts, and some singles.

Pujols = Hedo Throw a floater...

haha, terrible call by Froemming. Thank you.

LOL! Sorry about not knowing, but why would he?.. Nomar pinch hit the other day, and Tavarez came in to face him, hit him, then left the game.

LOL!

It's David DeJesus of Kansas City, but I don't know of any relation. Sorry.

Cause Ray King can't see the ground around him when the bunt comes to him.

Does the NL have a DH? Macias is an average defensive OF, no runs above or below average. Dubois is 2 runs below average. Does that make up for 100+ points in OPS?

That's true. The .306 OBP with an average of .293 tells me the guy never takes a walk, which limits his effectiveness. I'm beating my head against the wall cause Macias didn't take a walk. 4-3 is better than 5-3. The guys a bench player who can play a bunch of positions. You want to bring back DuBois, who has a lower obp and can't play any positions? Yeah, Dubois will be a career sub-.300 OBP guy. He's a better offensive player than Macias by a fair margin even with his struggles, if that's what you're asking. How's he doing w/ Cleveland? Better than Macias.

details plz. Edmonds can't catch the HEAT.

That's true. The .306 OBP with an average of .293 tells me the guy never takes a walk, which limits his effectiveness. I'm beating my head against the wall cause Macias didn't take a walk. 4-3 is better than 5-3. The guys a bench player who can play a bunch of positions. You want to bring back DuBois, who has a lower obp and can't play any positions? Yeah, Dubois will be a career sub-.300 OBP guy. He's a better offensive player than Macias by a fair margin even with his struggles, if that's what you're asking.

3 walks. THREE. Zero power. I'm pumped he came through, but he's terrible. Only 4 bench players that aren't catchers have been worse than him this year.

I'm not. He started with the "Cubs need to change their approach" and then proceeded to neither say what was wrong or what needs to be done.

Anyone else hoping for Welly to start Monday?

He has the stuff to be a good starter (better than Jerome Williams). Just because he hasn't started in the big leagues doesn't mean he can't in the future, in fact I (and others like raw and UK) would like to see him start in the big leagues. Even if his role in the big leagues will be as a reliever, as a minor league starter, he'll get more innings under his belt and more practice. He's been starting all year at AAA and been doing a good job too: 3.02 ERA, .235 BAA, 48 K but 25 BB in 53.2 IP. i'm also a fan of welly as a starter. the i-cubs website has hill as the starter tomorrow. So they do. Oddly enough, earlier today, they had Welly as tomorrow's scheduled starter. That's cause Welly just got recalled to replace Koronka.

Please continue talking about Pujols for 3 batters after him every time he makes a play in the game.

Nomar doubled, CPatt homered.

They have Crawford, Gathright, Baldelli, Gomes, and soon Delmon Young to play in the OF, not to mention Huff at DH. No place to play him, since management doesn't seem to value him over some of their other options.

Morgan calls one pitch a great pitch, the other a missed spot, and K-Zone says their exactly the same. Woohoo DP!

Check swing on a 2-0 slider? What are you doing Burny?

Bruce, Derrek Lee is tall.

Might want to tread lightly. Discussion of the game is welcome, but openly cheering for the Cardinals and trying to spark discussion best suited in rivalries won't be welcome here. Everytime I have been here I have caused no problems, and I don't see what I did to deserve a warning. He wasn't trying to reprimand you. Just friendly advice, no one wants to see anyone get in trouble.

25 pitches in the inning. :x

C'mon Wallace.

Blanco's last start was Prior's last start.... last Tuesday vs. Cincinnati. Ahh, okay. I missed it because I was on vacation, so maybe that's why I thought it had been awhile. How 'bout some love for Hank White and the month he's had..... 07/14 - 08/13 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Blanco 28 4 13 3 0 2 22 7 3 4 0.464 0.516 0.786 1.302 Viva la veinte y cuatro !! I knew he was on a hot streak, but wow!