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[MiKeD]

So which Reds player is gonna get dinged today?

 

[Lexxism]

What options did he have, realistically? Delabar isn't much outside of one inning. Would you have prefered Brad Lincoln?

We have Janssen.

 

[Jubs]

I kinda wish the DH was in the NL now. Having Mccann and Gattis in the lineup is a nice luxury to have.

 

[Brinbe]

=(

 

[suEcide]

We have Janssen.

True. Gibbons only used him once in a non-save situation I think and had a couple of runs against him as a result. I think he only performs well when under the pressure of the save.

 

[Dominican Power]

I kinda wish the DH was in the NL now. Having Mccann and Gattis in the lineup is a nice luxury to have.

They should since there's 15 teams in each league and there's interleague play year round.

 

[andycapps]

Too much movement. Zero control right now.

Nailed it right there. He doesn't have the control he had last year.

 

[sangreal]

weather forecast is looking up; maybe they can actually get the game in tonight

 

[Link]

The Astros' catcher is not very good at catching pop flies.

 

[Mr. Enigma]

The Astros' (insert position here) is not very good at catching pop flies.

Fixed.

 

[Link]

Fixed.

Haha, true enough, but I've only been casually flipping to the game, and have seen him misplay two already.

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

weather forecast is looking up; maybe they can actually get the game in tonight

Yea, channel 7 news said it should be good.

 

[dmag1223]

So which Reds player is gonna get dinged today?

This whole situation is ridiculous. Chapman wasn't throwing at Swisher. Period.

 

[Dominican Power]

This whole situation is ridiculous. Chapman wasn't throwing at Swisher. Period.

It doesn't matter if he didn't intentionally throw at him. Chapman throws a 100 and that pitch was way too close to home.

 

[sangreal]

Michael Pineda left today’s Extended Spring Training rehab start with a crack fingernail, Joe Girardi announced. His arm is fine but it sounds like he will have to be shut down for a few days, meaning the start of his official 30-day rehab assignment figures to be delayed. For what it’s worth, Girardi said Pineda was throwing the ball “very well.”

...

 

[Dominican Power]

...

It's always something.

 

[Malo]

...

I read Pineda shut down and thought "you have got to be fucking kidding me." Thankfully it's only a cracked fingernail.

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

Little more than one hour for Harvey Show to commence.

 

[JABEE]

Cliff Lee is in the DH tonight. Lol

 

[yankeehater]

Cliff Lee is in the DH tonight. Lol

Damn Charlie is trolling his own team now. Why not Nix at least?

 

[Mr. Enigma]

Eric Wedge says Sabermetrics made Dustin Ackley suck

Wedge was talking about Ackley's demotion to Triple-A and his mental approach, and he intimated that Ackley might have been too concerned with pitch selectivity and high on-base percentage, leading to a one-liner that hit on one of baseball's most intriguing ongoing philosophical battles.

"It's the new generation. It's all this sabermetrics stuff, for lack of a better term, you know what I mean?" Wedge said. "People who haven't played since they were 9 years old think they have it figured out. It gets in these kids' heads."

 

[JABEE]

Damn Charlie is trolling his own team now. Why not Nix at least?

Never mind it's Delmon Young. CSN was putting up a lineup earlier that was wrong

 

[JABEE]

Michael Young hits a solo HR over the green monster.

 

[3N16MA]

Choo thought he had a homer after hitting a ground rule double.

 

[alstein]

I kinda wish the DH was in the NL now. Having Mccann and Gattis in the lineup is a nice luxury to have.

We need a unified rule one way or the other.

If the DH is removed, I'd like to see rosters expanded to 28.

 

[Mr. Enigma]

We need a unified rule one way or the other.

If the DH is removed, I'd like to see rosters expanded to 28.

I've long said I'd like to see the DH removed and the rosters expanded permanently to 26.

 

[Square Triangle]

I'll never understand the desire to see a pitcher bat. Bunting is so thrilling.

 

[Mr. Enigma]

I'll never understand the desire to see a pitcher bat. Bunting is so thrilling.

I prefer actually having backups that can actually contribute to the game instead of rotting on the bench and seeing managers actually have to use some strategy. Ramiro Pena is a great example. He's been kicking ass for the Braves, whereas he totally gathered dust on the Yankees bench because of the DH.

And come on, you can't tell me it wouldn't be great entertainment watching Ron Washington manage with no DH for 162 games a year.

 

[3N16MA]

MLBPA will never support the removal of the DH.

 

[cashman]

I'll never understand the desire to see a pitcher bat. Bunting is so thrilling.

this. So fucking stupid to see rallies end for no reason.

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

MLBPA will never support the removal of the DH.

Agreed. I think we should stay as is. Other option is full DH.

 

[Dominican Power]

No one is paying to see elite pitchers hit. Is it fun to see them get a hit and or sometimes hit a HR, yes.

 

[Windu]

I'll never understand the desire to see a pitcher bat. Bunting is so thrilling.

i don't really care about watching a pitcher hit but every player should have to hit and field their position. No exceptions.

 

[Square Triangle]

Unless your pitcher is Carlos Zambrano, you should not be okay with a pitcher in the line-up. And if you have Carlos Zambrano as your pitcher, you have even more to worry about.

Edit: It is cute when The Show makes fun of you for falling behind on a pitcher.

 

[JABEE]

Unless your pitcher is Carlos Zambrano, you should not be okay with a pitcher in the line-up. And if you have Carlos Zambrano as your pitcher, you have even more to worry about.

Only a couple more weeks for that to become a possibility.

 

[Mr. Enigma]

Following today's loss, the Blue Jays optioned Thad Weber to AAA and DFA'd Ramon Ortiz.

 

[Brinbe]

Following today's loss, the Blue Jays optioned Thad Weber to AAA and DFA'd Ramon Ortiz.

Good fucking riddance to both.

 

[JABEE]

Cole Hamels is goofy

 

[3N16MA]

Buster Olney ‏@Buster_ESPN

Weather forecast is (big surprise) changing. Now the feeling is that another band of rain will pass over Citi Field. Maybe 9 p.m-range start

 

[Square Triangle]

Dark, post if you're okay.

 

[sangreal]

Buster Olney ‏@Buster_ESPN

Great... right after taking the tarp off the field of course. This My9 rain delay programming is terrible, gonna have to go find something else to do again

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

First pitch will be at 840

 

[Dominican Power]

Kelly Johnson is on the juice.

 

[Little Green Yoda]

I guess the reason why this thread keeps getting bumped further down the forum is because of the influx of OT community threads.

Lyons is getting squeezed quite a bit right now. Hope he limits the damage and our bats continue to rake.

 

[Malo]

I prefer actually having backups that can actually contribute to the game instead of rotting on the bench and seeing managers actually have to use some strategy. Ramiro Pena is a great example. He's been kicking ass for the Braves, whereas he totally gathered dust on the Yankees bench because of the DH.

And come on, you can't tell me it wouldn't be great entertainment watching Ron Washington manage with no DH for 162 games a year.

No. He gathered dust and was let go because he couldn't hit.

 

[Square Triangle]

Yeah, it doesn't help that MLB-GAF isn't as active right now.

I see the Pirates want to make Porcello look good.

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

1-2-3 for Harvey.

 

[Link]

Ike Davis hitting 8th. Still too high.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

The Gas Man is not ready.

 

[3N16MA]

Nice throw.