OT: MLB Thread

[Tiger's Wood]

Re: OT: MLB Thread 2012

Actually, most of baseball analysts agree with the Hamels pitch. I agree too. Its an unwritten rule in baseball, when you are a cocky youngster, you get hit by a throw.

You can be on either side of that -- it's just that Hamels handled the whole thing poorly. Plus, Hamels doesn't have that kind of reputation. He's no Randy Johnson. Which is why he has become a laughing stock since.

 

[hairnova]

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It's gonna suck not having Mo but I think Robertson is going to be more than capable of stepping in. He's arguably the best relief pitcher in the game right now.

Gonna need someone else to step up with Soriano in the 7th-8th innings. The injuries to Joba hurt too.

Okay, I take it back... Robertson isn't close to being the same pitcher in the 9th inning as he has been in the 8th.

 

[XPOFAN]

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:lol Give him a chance.

 

[hairnova]

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I expect Soriano will get the next save opportunity.

 

[Tiger's Wood]

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I expect Soriano will get the next save opportunity.

He's more likely to land on the DL first.

 

[hairnova]

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Why do you keep saying everyone's going to end up on the DL?

 

[Tiger's Wood]

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Depends who they are. Soriano had a TJS and suffered the same or similar injury again after his TJS, which is a red flag.

 

[Le_Slacker]

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Actually, most of baseball analysts agree with the Hamels pitch. I agree too. Its an unwritten rule in baseball, when you are a cocky youngster, you get hit by a throw.

I think it's also an unwritten rule that you don't go to the media and tell them it was intentional

 

[hairnova]

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Haha, yeah, that was dumb of Hamels... although it was a bogus suspension seeing as he won't miss any starts.

 

[Le_Slacker]

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I just love how very recently, Josh Hamilton had to sit out the entire Toronto series with a bad back (mostly didn't want to be on that turf) and then he's seen doing the slip and slide on the tarp in Baltimore during a rainout...

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

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I think it's also an unwritten rule that you don't go to the media and tell them it was intentional

yeah, he should have said it slipped

problem with suspending a starter five games is that in reality it is only a one game suspension

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

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Giants are inconsistent as hell, pissing me off. As long as they win May 19 though I will be happy.

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

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I can't get the scene out of my head. He was a good man on top of that. To die at a ball game over that, what a load of crap.

how do you know he was a good man?

 

[Tiger's Wood]

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how do you know he was a good man?

I don't. Just regurgitating media-obtained BS.

 

[worm]

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Vladdy (the mute) signs with the Blue Jays ... minor league deal.

 

[rouah]

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Yeah, just saw that. He'd be a better option at DH than Encarnacion.

 

[worm]

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Yeah, just saw that. He'd be a better option at DH than Encarnacion.

EE is ripping it up
he is a better option than Lind vs lefties though

 

[worm]

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.911 OPS vs .730 for vlad last year

 

[wiseguy1]

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EE is ripping it up
he is a better option than Lind vs lefties though

Just think of the double -triple switches you need to get this guy to pinch hit for Lind. First, if Vlad gets on base, you need a pinch runner, then you need someone to replace Lind at first. Yikes..is it worth it?

 

[worm]

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my guess is he will hit lefties at DH with EE at first and Lind on the bench

if he sucks....no harm done