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They went 7-12 against us this year. That helped.
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Dick: "Castro did exactly what Jay Bruce did in the bottom half of the last inning, high fly ball to right, he tagged and went to third." Me: ....uh, Jay Bruce and 4,000,000 other players over the past 150 years, Dick.
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Kepler...there's a runner tagging. A little more chalant, please.
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Thanks for the help, Encarnacion.
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I'm guessing Molitor didn't want to remove Duffey, just visit the mound.
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50 points assessed. See you in a couple years.
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Sure you can. I don't know if you can OVERstate it though, Canuck. edit: ninja'd by DW.
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He has 223 PAs vs RHP this year (.822 OPS) and 119 PAs vs LHP this year (.842 OPS)
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Atta boy, Rosario!
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It surely was, but you "can't assume a double play." Or some other silly scorekeeping rule.
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I approve, except I gotta believe there's something wrong with Colon.
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Starting Colon not a good way to start the series.
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Yeesh, Mauer.
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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.
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He was removed for injury after the half inning.
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Perhaps because Molitor pulled his starter before serious damage...
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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mod note: let's keep away from personal attacks, and focus our smoldering fury on the real culprit...the damn Yankees.
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the goldy helmets were the best ever.
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Castro has a .230 BA (and a 87 OPS+, the same as Jorge Polanco).
