It's going to be funny when Philly and Milwaukee finish ahead of Pittsburgh.
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MLB - Official 2012 Season Thread: Bringing in Bobby V to Change Our Culture |OT2|
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It's going to be funny when Philly and Milwaukee finish ahead of Pittsburgh.
yankeehater
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Yeah they have been playing much better since they got their team back. To bad the bullpen still has the occasional meltdown though.
Little Green Yoda
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Beltran has sucked ass for the longest time (hopefully the break he got the past few games helps) and Berkman has been on the DL all year.
Mr. Enigma
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With everyone in the WC hunt being frauds right now, I wouldn't be shocked in the least to see Philly and Milwaukee blow past everybody.
This is not good news for Jered Weaver. Having your shoulder examined is never a good thing.
lol, Brewers are shutting down their picthers. They aren't blowing past anyone.
The Frankman
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Really Dickey? 0-2 to the pitcher and he hits one out?
Dmncnby2k9
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Cmon. Gotta be kidding me.
Little Green Yoda
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That was one heckuva meatball.
TheNatural
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I don't want the Phillies on the Reds schedule ever, EVARRRRR A-GAIN.
PS - Welcome back Joey, picking up where he left off.
PS - Welcome back Joey, picking up where he left off.
The Frankman
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Ike Davis is good baseball person.
Mr. Enigma
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Bobby Valentine just snapped on WEEI Boston radio. Valentine said his experience managing the Red Sox this season has been "miserable." When he was asked if he had already checked out on this season, Valentine responded, "If I was there I'd punch you right in the mouth."
yankeehater
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Holy shit. I cant believe one year broke him so bad.
darkside31337
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Bobby doing his best to get himself fired.
Don't blame him.
Don't blame him.
Mr. Enigma
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From a Nats fan viewpoint, how do you think the 2012 team would have done this year if Jim Riggleman was still the manager?
IMO, probably close to the same. We might not be doing as good as we are now, but I think we'd be on pace to a winning season, if not a .500 at least. It seemed like both managers had the same style aside from a few situations like situational matchups and platooning players. However, Davey seems to be a much better clubhouse guy so I think it has helped set the mood for a lot of these players.
I used to respect Riggleman but I lost all of it when he just got up and left during a long winning streak. It seemed he was more interested in his contract rather than the team. One thing I liked about Riggleman, though, was that he wasn't afraid to shake things up. Davey Johnson seems to continue with the same thing even if its time for a change.
Ex:
Riggleman switched the lineup last year during the summer a few times within a week. We started winning games when he placed the pitcher in the 8th spot and had people switch in the batting order. I think he was following the optimized lineup and actually put it out there.
Davey likes to keep it the same, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. He used Henry Rodriguez a bunch of times earlier this year even though he blew every game. He also guaranteed players a starting role, even if they were the coldest player in the MLB. It also took Davey about 2 weeks to play Lombardozzi as well as Moore. Luckily, I haven't seen much of that from Davey in the past couple of months.
Mr. Enigma
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Uggla and McCann back in the lineup tonight for ATL. Janish benched. Prado at SS.
1. Michael Bourn - CF
2. Martin Prado - SS
3. Jason Heyward - RF
4. Chipper Jones - 3B
5. Freddie Freeman - 1B
6. Brian McCann - C
7. Dan Uggla - 2B
8. Jose Constanza - LF
9. Mike Minor - P
1. Michael Bourn - CF
2. Martin Prado - SS
3. Jason Heyward - RF
4. Chipper Jones - 3B
5. Freddie Freeman - 1B
6. Brian McCann - C
7. Dan Uggla - 2B
8. Jose Constanza - LF
9. Mike Minor - P
The Frankman
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Is it me or did Dickey look somewhat pissed about being taken out of the game with 2 outs in the 7th?
If he's being replaced by a pitcher from the Mets' bullpen, then yes. Yes, he was probably mad.
vas_a_morir
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Oh that is rich. Just fire him already.
The Frankman
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nvm Bay struck out.
The Frankman
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LOL Cardinals last out is because Adron Chambers didn't double-touch 2nd base on the popout. Ballgame over.
Mets win 6-2, and another good line by RA Dickey:
He now goes to 18-4 and for now takes over the lead in wins.
Mets win 6-2, and another good line by RA Dickey:
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[U][B]Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA[/B][/U]
R Dickey 6.2 8 2 2 1 5 1 104-71 2.64Joe Shlabotnik
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If he could post porn on the radio, he would.
Dominican Power
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Russell Martin batting 5th
evil solrac v3.0
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looks like Girardi is checking out on the season.
Joe Shlabotnik
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Mr. Enigma
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What an embarassing thing. If he could, Girardi would punch you right in the mouth.
Bowflex
The fact that anyone supports Hillary boggles my mind... I have tested between 130-160 on IQ tests
Glad Kinsler is DHing tonight. Very rarely can a loss be attributed to a single player (outside the pitcher), but the royals loss yesterday was all at the hands of kinslers cocky antics at third causing him to get picked off. killed the momentum, messed up his mental game which led to the error later, cost the rangers the game.
Mr. Enigma
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Billingsley done for the season with elbow issues. Has been transferred to the 60-day DL.
Dominican Power
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Hopefully Kuroda doesn't commit the big mistakes that he has been getting killed with recently.
weekend_warrior
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Game over.
weekend_warrior
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Fucking bench Granderson already! For fucks sake!
We'll take him. We can offer you Chone figgins in return.
weekend_warrior
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Goddamn it.
Dominican Power
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I'm done seeing Granderson in a Yankee uni.
sf2fanatic
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Learned about this yesterday during the game. He was on fire his last 8 games. Angels trying to make a Daigo comeback for the wildcard?
weekend_warrior
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Nice try hipster manager.
A Black Falcon
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He also said that he wants to come back next year. And that latter bit makes sense in context I think. The guy was saying how reports say that he doesn't care anymore, and there was this whole long thing about criticism because he wasn't at the Oakland stadium until 4pm (for a 7pm game) one day because he was picking up his son at the airport and was stuck in traffic... and yes, I think he's quite right to be angry about complaints like that, that's ridiculous.
Every home run he gets over 30 will probably add 10 mil to his next contract.
Trade him now! Think of the future!
I wouldn't mind a two year deal with him. Only problem is, while we lack a 1b in the minors, we have many options for OF to potentially move Morse to 1b.
I think Moore would be a fine power-hitting first-baseman, but I worry about the defensive differences. LaRoche is a fine, fine option but I bet he gets more than two years.
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