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MLB - Official 2012 Season Thread: Where Curt Schilling & Marlins will never find us.

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Windu

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evil solrac v3.0 said:
but who will fill in the veteran leadership and grit spot?
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Mets' appeal to have hit changed to error denied by MLB, per ESPN.

No surprise, really. Worth a shot, though.
 
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Sanjuro

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It's easy to bash Daisuke. I didn't get a chance to watch today's game, but you can't get blanked by the Cubbies.

Oh, well. Fuck it. Lowered expectations.jpg
 
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Sanjuro

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sangreal said:
6IP 4H 3ER isn't really worth complaining about anyway

(insert quality start joke)
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His other outing wasn't terrible either. Gave up 4ER, but compiled 8Ks (I believe only 0/1 BB). Still prefer this to throwing Bard out there, who can certainly deliver an inspiring performance, or simply miss every location throughout the game. He has mechanical issues where Daisuke needs to simply get his confidence back after Tommy John.
 
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CygnusXS said:
Bullpen just got a lot better. Now get rid of Wilson.
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This. With Simmons on the team now, there's no need for Wilson, who was just there as late-game defense and an emergency in case Pastornicky flaked before Simmons was declared ready.

Wilson's a great team guy, but they need another capable bench bat.
 
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Windu

never heard about the cat, apparently
CygnusXS said:
Bullpen just got a lot better. Now get rid of Wilson.
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AnEternalEnigma said:
This. With Simmons on the team now, there's no need for Wilson, who was just there as late-game defense and an emergency in case Pastornicky flaked before Simmons was declared ready.

Wilson's a great team guy, but they need another capable bench bat.
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yep he is pretty much useless now.
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The Yankees' Robinson Cano will be out to defend his State Farm Home Run Derby title this year in Kansas City as the American League team's captain, with the Dodgers' Matt Kemp set as his adversary and captain of the National League squad.

Cano set a new final round record with 12 home runs last season, while Kemp was the NL's 2011 home run leader. The 2012 State Farm Home Run Derby will take place July 9 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City at 8 p.m. ET and will be televised on ESPN.

Last year, the AL beat the NL by a final tally of 76-19. Kemp and Cano will each select the other three participants on their respective teams, and they will personally extend the invitations. Each captain will also select a charity of his choice they will be hitting for in the Derby.

State Farm and Major League Baseball will donate $150,000 to the wining captain's charity, $100,000 to Boys & Girls Club of America in the name of the winning captain and $25,000 in the name of the losing captain. Both Kemp and Cano have been supporters of the Boys & Girls Club, including participating in public service announcements.

Cano, who joined Ryne Sandberg (1990) as the only other second baseman to win the competition, has eight home runs this season, and he has three seasons of at least 20 homers with the Yankees. Kemp, who hit 39 last season, will also be making his second Derby appearance. He is tied for sixth among NL hitters with 12 long balls this year.

Cano said he probably would want Yankees teammate Curtis Granderson to be in his quartet, but named no other players. Kemp said he definitely will extend an invitation to Dodgers teammate Andre Ethier, but noted that it would depend on whether Ethier wants to participate. Kemp also said he would give serious thought to Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton.

Cano said he will have his father, former Astros pitcher Jose Cano, return for the sequel as his Derby pitcher. The elder Cano served up strike after strike as his son set a final-round record with 12 long balls at Chase field. Kemp said Rob Flippo, the Dodgers' longtime bullpen catcher and batting practice pitcher, will throw to him for the second consecutive year.

"We want to redeem ourselves after last year's Home Run Derby, and I especially want to redeem myself," Kemp said.
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http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120605&content_id=32794794&vkey=allstar2012



With fewer than four weeks until the first pitch at Kauffman Stadium, the managers on both sides of the All-Star Game hand-picked their coaching staffs on Wednesday.

Ron Washington, in his sixth season as Rangers skipper, will manage his second consecutive Midsummer Classic. He selected Kansas City's Ned Yost and Oakland's Bob Melvin to serve as American League coaches. Yost, the Brewers' manager at the time, was a coach at the 2005 All-Star Game under then-St. Louis manager Tony La Russa, who will head the National League squad this season. Melvin was part of Bob Brenly's D-backs staff for the NL at the '02 Midsummer Classic.

"It's a tremendous honor to be able to do that, especially when it's in your own backyard," Yost said.

The rest of Washington's coaches in Texas -- third-base coach Dave Anderson, hitting coach Scott Coolbaugh, bullpen coach Andy Hawkins, pitching coach Mike Maddux, bench coach Jackie Moore and first-base coach Gary Pettis -- will assist with batting practice and other field duties. Nick Kenney and Lonnie Soloff, head athletic trainers of the Royals and Indians, respectively, will comprise the rest of the AL staff.

La Russa, who retired following a World Series triumph over Washington's Rangers last October, chose Brewers manager Ron Roenicke and Mets skipper Terry Collins to coach the NL team. Collins, who was the Astros' manager at the time, aided the NL under manager Felipe Alou at the 1995 All-Star Game. Roenicke was part of Mike Scioscia's Angels staff for the AL at the 2003 contest. In 33 years as manager for three different franchises, La Russa won three World Series championships, including two with the Cardinals.

La Russa's coaches with the 2011 Cardinals will also join his All-Star staff. Pitching coach Dave Duncan, bullpen coach Derek Lilliquist, hitting coach Mark McGwire, first-base coach Dave McKay, third-base coach Jose Oquendo and bench coach Joe Pettini will all serve in the roles they occupied last season in St. Louis. McKay is now the Cubs' first-base coach and Pettini is now the Astros' bench coach. Reds head athletic trainer Paul Lessard and Braves assistant athletic trainer Jim Lovell will round out the rest of the NL staff.
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Parch

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Unbelievable how Jay starters are falling apart. It especially hurts when it happens in the first inning and destroys the bullpen.
 
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Jason Bay is as big a waste in the OF as he is at-bat.

EDIT Oh shit he's not walking right, he looks punch-drunk. Isn't someone going to brace him besides the trainer?
 
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