Game 54: Reds vs. Pirates

Either way I understand it. At least you dont have a picture of him hanging above your bed. I would assume that space is reserved for another man.

got it. i like it.

It’s Dumatrait. Even if Belisle was pitching, I’d expect us to beat him. If we can’t, then we are unworthy of a ten game home winning streak.

And it’s at 3B. o_O

what’s up with EdE? is he still not feeling great or is this punishment for his slump? because if they are sitting him for the slump i would imagine this is the one game and the one pitcher that could do everything imaginable to pull him out of it.

He started at SS and was moved down the defensive spectrum until he landed at 1B. Where his bat was a problem. He’s a good hitter, but not a Big Papi or Jason Giambi type hitter.

However, when he was sent down to Scranton last year, he played a lot of 2B. And the Bats have been using him at 3B and 2B a lot.

I’m wondering if he just needed some coaching. One thing you notice about the Yankees system…they only teach players how to hit. The kids come up very raw. Forget baserunning, bunting, defense, etc. Maybe no one bothered to teach Andy. (I have sometimes wondered if Bubba’s nice glove was because he came up mostly in the Dodgers’ system.)

To us Yankees fans, Andy looked terrific on defense at 1B. But I wonder if that was just because we’re so used to bloody awful defense. My favorite defensive stat, BP’s rate, actually shows him as being below average at 1B. There was some debate over why that was. Some thought he had a deceptively small range, and thus made easy plays look harder than they were. Others thought he was very solid, except he sometimes got crossed up on his footwork, and said it was something that could be fixed by coaching.

Kepp would play 2B and BP would move to SS. Hairston would be a decent bench player, which is everything he was ever meant to be.

I love his bat, but he’s not very good at SS. But then, Hairston isn’t any better. If Kepp comes back before A-Gon, it will be have to be Kepp at SS. Unless Janish breaks out.

when is he due back?

too late?

tied for third from last!

Hey, I started out mopping the floor just like you guys. But now… now I’m washing lettuce. Soon I’ll be on fries; then the grill. And pretty soon, I’ll make assistant manager, and that’s when the big bucks start rolling in.

Actually ive heard good things about lost just never watched it. Cloverfield was alright, and i think it will be interesting to see what he does with Star Trek.

That Aaron Harang led off the next inning?

one of these words is not needed

dont you think theyve had it hard enough?

and let him leave with a lead like Cueto did the other night

Or it could be that he threw four innings of relief on Sunday.

you see, if you start off with one out, then your second hitter cant ground into a double play. its simple logic really.

and can Tim Conway be far behind?

that lends his pitches to being doubles tonite? Like is it moving twice as slow?

gets a $25 gift certificate to the Maisonette.

Turns out it was better than this abomination.

a Bruce 5-run HR ties it up next inning.

Year Ag Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG *OPS+ TB

1959 20 CIN NL 154 648 131 205 47 9 20 84 21 6 55 98 .316 .371 .509 128 330

was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

I never remember him playing all 9 in one game though

Dickerson played CF and led off again.

a little too thursday losing reds game thread

I feel much better now

Cy would make it to the 7th inning

he couldn’t pitch the 8th too

and he took second. Personally I think it should be a steal

He’s probably been traded. Need a transaction to announce for tomorrow.

and the bad ones have a lot more now and thens.

And I just realized this loss puts the Reds back in last place. Turds.

Nike has Burton swooshes on their shoes.

How long till Brantley makes an excuse that closers have a hard time pitching when the game is not on the line?

i’d have to get on you a little about grande

nice stroke. cant help it was caught, it was a quality AB

and he was watching the play unfold

...to say Dumatrait always dominates Triple-A teams. But he’s actually pitched very well for the Pirates this season. Including against teams that are playing well, like the Cubs.

and tried to ship him back to Louisville. But he didn’t clear waivers. Pittsburgh claimed him.

Here’s what I said about it, last October:

Dumatrait looked so good at the beginning of the season in Louisville. But he got a fairly good shot in the big leagues later in the season, and was pretty awful. Though watch him turn into Cy Dumatrait with the Bucs. If only while pitching against the Reds.

Well, maybe Dusty’s not a complete idiot.

i got tickets!

And in the choice between burning one pitcher and saving the other, you gotta save Fogg every time.