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  • Majingir
    Moderator
    • Apr 2005
    • 47600

    #916
    Re: 3/29 - 4/8 Game Discussion Thread

    Lol, Marlins really lost 20-1! At what point does mlb even step in? This will be the worst team in mlb history, and done on purpose.

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    • Jr.
      Playgirl Coverboy
      • Feb 2003
      • 19171

      #917
      Re: 3/29 - 4/8 Game Discussion Thread

      Just saw the last play of the Padres/Astros game. It drives me absolutely crazy that pitchers are so passive on pop ups. How about walking the 40 feet from the mound and save your first baseman from having to run 100+ feet while liking straight up.

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      • franch1se
        All Star
        • Apr 2004
        • 9060

        #918
        Re: 3/29 - 4/8 Game Discussion Thread

        Originally posted by Jr.
        Just saw the last play of the Padres/Astros game. It drives me absolutely crazy that pitchers are so passive on pop ups. How about walking the 40 feet from the mound and save your first baseman from having to run 100+ feet while liking straight up.

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        How about AJ Ellis walks 4 feet?

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        • Jr.
          Playgirl Coverboy
          • Feb 2003
          • 19171

          #919
          Re: 3/29 - 4/8 Game Discussion Thread

          Originally posted by franch1se
          How about AJ Ellis walks 4 feet?
          Or that, too. That is a tough play for the catcher, just with how the ball will continue to move toward the infield with the spin. I just get frustrated with pitchers that stand on the mound as if they're blind to the ball in the air and expect everyone else on the field to make every play that is in their vicinity.
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          • 19
            Chaos Theory
            • Aug 2008
            • 8859

            #920
            Re: 3/29 - 4/8 Game Discussion Thread

            Twins/Mariners snowed out. Potentially.

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            • CMH
              Making you famous
              • Oct 2002
              • 26203

              #921
              Re: 3/29 - 4/8 Game Discussion Thread

              Originally posted by Jr.
              Just saw the last play of the Padres/Astros game. It drives me absolutely crazy that pitchers are so passive on pop ups. How about walking the 40 feet from the mound and save your first baseman from having to run 100+ feet while liking straight up.

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              I thought the same thing but then I think back to being in high school, pitching, and calling off the third baseman on a pop-up that drifted all the way to third.

              I made the play but after the inning my coaches told me I should let the infielders handle pop-ups and just get out of the way.

              So I wonder how much of this sort of thing is told to pitchers to avoid mistakes or potential injury.
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              • jb12780
                Hall of Fame
                • Oct 2008
                • 10665

                #922
                Re: 3/29 - 4/8 Game Discussion Thread

                Originally posted by 19
                Twins/Mariners snowed out. Potentially.


                I have zero idea what the financial situation was in regards to Target Field, but you have to wonder why they never contemplated a retractable roof.


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                • Jr.
                  Playgirl Coverboy
                  • Feb 2003
                  • 19171

                  #923
                  Re: 3/29 - 4/8 Game Discussion Thread

                  Originally posted by CMH
                  I thought the same thing but then I think back to being in high school, pitching, and calling off the third baseman on a pop-up that drifted all the way to third.

                  I made the play but after the inning my coaches told me I should let the infielders handle pop-ups and just get out of the way.

                  So I wonder how much of this sort of thing is told to pitchers to avoid mistakes or potential injury.
                  It definitely is taught as you grow up. I just never understood it. It's like pitchers can only do one thing, throw. Anything beyond that, they're considered inept.

                  My pitchers are usually my best players, so I tell them to get every ball they can.

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                  • Blzer
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                    • Mar 2004
                    • 42520

                    #924
                    Re: 3/29 - 4/8 Game Discussion Thread

                    Originally posted by Jr.
                    It definitely is taught as you grow up. I just never understood it. It's like pitchers can only do one thing, throw. Anything beyond that, they're considered inept.

                    My pitchers are usually my best players, so I tell them to get every ball they can.
                    This does always prompt me to ask the question then as to why so many pitchers are poor hitters?

                    I know they probably bow from hitting come college time (and pitching is astronomically harder to hit against at the MLB level than the NCAA, much less any level before it), but you'd think there would be more that look like they at least have a clue at the plate.
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                    • Jr.
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                      • Feb 2003
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                      #925
                      Re: 3/29 - 4/8 Game Discussion Thread

                      Originally posted by Blzer
                      This does always prompt me to ask the question then as to why so many pitchers are poor hitters?

                      I know they probably bow from hitting come college time (and pitching is astronomically harder to hit against at the MLB level than the NCAA, much less any level before it), but you'd think there would be more that look like they at least have a clue at the plate.
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                      • DamnYanks2
                        Hall Of Fame
                        • Jun 2007
                        • 20794

                        #926
                        Re: 3/29 - 4/8 Game Discussion Thread

                        Mike Wright is not very good. Yankees basically have the backup squad in and its 5-0.

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                        • PhilliesFan13
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                          • May 2009
                          • 15651

                          #927
                          Re: 3/29 - 4/8 Game Discussion Thread

                          Well, Jake Arrieta is not sharp here in the 1st inning.

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                          • PhilliesFan13
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                            • May 2009
                            • 15651

                            #928
                            Re: 3/29 - 4/8 Game Discussion Thread

                            Arrieta gives up 3 runs and it took 31 pitches to get out of the first. Hopefully first start jitters or something.

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                            • WaitTilNextYear
                              Go Cubs Go
                              • Mar 2013
                              • 16830

                              #929
                              Re: 3/29 - 4/8 Game Discussion Thread

                              Well if Jason Heyward's defense is gonna be like this now, I really don't see much use for him at all. Two Brewers XBH's in the past 2 days that really should have been outs.
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                              • Chip Douglass
                                Hall Of Fame
                                • Dec 2005
                                • 12256

                                #930
                                Re: 3/29 - 4/8 Game Discussion Thread

                                Originally posted by Sportsforever
                                Dodgers are 2-6...craziness.
                                2-6, but they still have a positive run differential. Bullpen is a liability right now.
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