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  1. USAFChief
    Sure you can. I don't know if you can OVERstate it though, Canuck. edit: ninja'd by DW.
  2. USAFChief
    He has 223 PAs vs RHP this year (.822 OPS) and 119 PAs vs LHP this year (.842 OPS)
  3. USAFChief
    Atta boy, Rosario!
  4. USAFChief
    It surely was, but you "can't assume a double play." Or some other silly scorekeeping rule.
  5. USAFChief
    I approve, except I gotta believe there's something wrong with Colon.
  6. USAFChief
    Starting Colon not a good way to start the series.
  7. USAFChief
    Yeesh, Mauer.
  8. USAFChief
    http://mlb.mlb.com/assets/images/4/7/4/255970474/cuts/640x0/cut.jpg Of COURSE they'll celebrate, why wouldn't they? Every team would. Here are the DBacks this past weekend after securing a WC spot.
  9. USAFChief
    He was removed for injury after the half inning.
  10. USAFChief
    Perhaps because Molitor pulled his starter before serious damage...
  11. USAFChief
    I don't think determining who should be pitching is a small thing, I don't think Molitor is very good at it, and I'm certainly not forming my opinion solely on last night.
  12. USAFChief
    We'll have to agree to disagree. The status of the bullpen (*mostly) has nothing to do with when/if Molitor pulls his starter. And it shouldn't. He's got bullpen arms, he needs to use them to best effect, even if they're not good options, or his best options. *In the 2 or 3 instances per year when the bullpen truly IS taxed, I can see asking a starter for an extra out or two past when he should be removed. And it truly ISN'T more than a couple times a year that situation arises.
  13. USAFChief
    I wish just the opposite...who cares if the starter gets a W? It's the team W that goes on the record. I want Molitor gone, but not because he's too quick to pull starters. In fact it's just the opposite...far too often he waits until a fading starter has damaged the game before pulling him. Hopefully last night was a sign of progress for Molitor, and he is more likely to pull a starter a hitter or 2 too early, than a hitter or 2 too late. He did exactly the right thing last night. I hope it wasn't just pitch count driven. I hope he looked at the next couple hitters and said, "if we get beat, it won't be these two hitters off my LH starter."
  14. USAFChief
    there's an intimidation factor that, IMO, traces back to Ron Gardenhire and his quotes before every Yankee series about how perfect his team was going to need to be. Molitor, same way. When your pitching staff treats Greg Bird like Babe Ruth, you are playing scared.
  15. USAFChief
    mod note: let's keep away from personal attacks, and focus our smoldering fury on the real culprit...the damn Yankees.
  16. USAFChief
    the goldy helmets were the best ever.
  17. USAFChief
    Castro has a .230 BA (and a 87 OPS+, the same as Jorge Polanco).
  18. USAFChief
    link?
  19. USAFChief
    Not to mention our manager felt the need to play offense one inning with only two outs instead of three. Yet again.
  20. USAFChief
    The bullpen difference is rather pronounced.
  21. USAFChief
    The Yankees pen might be the best in the postseason.
  22. USAFChief
    Verlander now 3-0 for Houston with a .86 ERA. Glad we didn't pursue that "decline phase" loser.
  23. USAFChief
    Just a bit intimidated, perhaps?
  24. USAFChief
    great trade, Falvine.
  25. USAFChief
    Same distance when the Twins are up to bat.
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