3/31 - 4/10 Game Discussion Thread

[N51_rob]

No idea why Jim Johnson threw Kensler a belt high fastball 3-1 with 2 outs, runner on 3ed and 1st base open. 3-0 Rangers top of the 7th.

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[Whitesox]

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Bad call! He's out. And the umps get together and talk it out, and change the call. Very nice.

[19]

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Joe Maddon going Carlos Zambrano on every Umpire. Awesome...

[Whitesox]

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Joe Maddon going Carlos Zambrano on every Umpire. Awesome...

"You're out of here!"

"No, YOU'RE out of here!"

[N51_rob]

3 run lead bottom 8. Runners 1st and 2nd. Washington is going to Feliz for the 4 out save.

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[WyxHarmon]

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Contreras with the save.


Great performance by Hamels today. 2out of 3 ain't bad!

[bergie56]

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Twins ****ting the bed again against a mediocre pitcher. Never gets old!

[daflyboys]

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Oh swell.... something to compare MLB umps to NHL refs this year. Uh, blue.... how about allowing yer crew to give you a hand. It's gonna be a long year if all those check swings get called strikes. Oh wait, the games will be shorter, though.

[Acid]

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Jorge Cantu looks like the dude from V For Vendetta.

[Checmate101]

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Yeah, I can't wait to see how Tony spins this in his presser, I will bet you anything he pins the blame on Colby (and a share of it is absolutely his) but he will defend Franklin even though Franklin got himself into that jam in the first place.



Yeah I can't blame you I'd be enjoying it to if I were in your shoes, this is painful to watch, at least last season when we weren't a great team we were good with pitching and defense, our offense would struggle but we didn't lose games due to poor defense.

This year an offseason where Mozeliak "improved" our offense with Theriot and Berkman we are still hitting like garbage and our defense sucks now, granted Berkman is hitting better than Ludwick and Theriot is hitting better than Ryan, the fact of the matter is they aren't hitting at a good enough level to offset the defensive losses.

Theriot lost us one game when he booted a cut off throw, hes failed to make other routine plays, Berkman has no range in the outfield and cost us a run tonight due to that.

This team is just painfully bad, thankfully Holliday will be back soon but no way of knowing how long or quickly he'll find his stroke again after surgery.

I have lost faith in Mozeliak, the Holliday trade looks like a good one since he'll likely be the face of the offense after Pujols leaves this offseason (I can't see him staying unless DeWitt decides to boost payroll significantly), but other than that I'm not impressed with him at all.

Trading Chris Perez for Mark DeRosa, stupid, that would be our closer right there, instead we got part of a season (a small part) of an oft injured 3B who even if healthy wouldn't have been worth parting with Perez.

Ludwick for Westbrook I hate just because Westbrook seems to get pounded far too often, if he got run support he might be fine but as it stands he isn't a front half of the rotation starter, and he got thrust into the #2 spot due to the Wainwright injury, but even if Waino was healthy Westbrook isn't a passable #3 starter, he is a #4 at best and he gets paid too much on top of all that.

Theriot signing and trading Ryan for nothing don't even get me started, Ryan couldn't hit but he played great defense and that is far more valuable for this team than the minor offensive upgrade Theriot offers which is no power but some slap hit singles.

Mozeliak sucks and this team isn't going to be contending for a while again, if this keeps up we'll likely see Carpenter dealt at the deadline and once Pujols leaves in FA we'll be rebuilding with our offense centered around Holliday and Rasmus and rotation around Garcia and a hopefully recovered Wainwright.

Barring injuries the Reds should have control of this division for a while.

Agree with all of this...nice post

[Kobalt]

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3 of 4 from Pitt

[bcruise]

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Leadoff walk for MIL in the 8th. Please don't blow this Kerry....

[bcruise]

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Leadoff walk for MIL in the 8th. Please don't blow this Kerry....

He didn't listen. PH HR for Casey Mcgehee gives the Crew the lead.

[Bellsprout]

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Look at you, Casey! Off the bench for the lead!

You guys never should've let him get to us, Cubbies.

[Cubfan]

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And Kerry hits Weeks after giving up the homerun.