Announcing your DH, Miguel Cairo!
SS Cabrera
2B Phillips
1B Votto
3B Rolen
LF Gomes
CF Heisey
RF Bruce
CA Hernandez
DH Cairo
SP Cueto RHP
Seriously Dusty? You couldn't have a great defensive OF and Gomes DH?
Announcing your DH, Miguel Cairo!
SS Cabrera
2B Phillips
1B Votto
3B Rolen
LF Gomes
CF Heisey
RF Bruce
CA Hernandez
DH Cairo
SP Cueto RHP
Seriously Dusty? You couldn't have a great defensive OF and Gomes DH?
Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
This is easily the worst move of the year. Seriously, why in the hell would you DH Cairo?
This is the ol Left Hander rounding third and heading for home.
These 2 games against these 2 pitchers are going to tell me a lot.
And while on the subject of Cliff Lee...under what scenario does a guy with an ERA of around 5 over 4 years suddenly become a no-doubter top-5 pitcher in the league. Anyone know the story on that?
Cairo vs. Cliff Lee
Code:OPPOSING PITCHER AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Cliff Lee 9 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 .556 .600 .778 1.378
School's out. What did you expect?
Wonder if tonight's game isn't Heisey's shot. A nice performance and I think we'd see him starting tommorrow.
nevermind
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All players need starts and this is a good spot for Cairo, given his history against Lee.
For curiosity sake I'd like to see Stubbs against CL, but I can't knock a manager for DHing Cairo who's had sucess, albeit limited, against a top shelf pitcher.
Code:AB Vs Lee Vs Left Cabrera 29 .276 .300 .310 .610 .371 .429 .457 .886 Phillips11 .364 .333 .727 1.061 .300 .319 .457 .776 Votto 1 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 .240 .337 .360 .697 Rolen 13 .538 .571 .923 1.495 .286 .406 .554 .960 Gomes 21 .095 .174 .095 .269 .333 .432 .633 1.065 Heisey 0 .000 .158 .273 .474 .747 Bruce 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 .263 .349 .434 .783 Hernand 17 .235 .263 .294 .557 .263 .333 .368 .701 Cairo 9 .556 .600 .778 1.378 .364 .417 .409 .826 Stubbs 0 .000 .278 .342 .514 .856 Nix 0 .000 .375 .444 .500 .944 Janish 2 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 .214 .389 .286 .675 Miller 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
Since I was supposed to start this GT to continue the Reds winning streak, this is the best I can do:
*THIS TEXT IS MY OFFICIAL START TO THE GAME THREAD*
There we go. I'll see if that's enough.
I should be able to do PBP again tonight.
320
I'd rather listen to Kelch read the phone book than suffer through Thom Brennaman's attempt to make every instance on the field the most important event since the discovery of manned space flight. -westofyou
Don't know, but it does appear that Heisey has changed his batting stance which I think is essential for him to have any success at this level. The other night when he homered he seemed to have held his hands lower and dropped his bat from the vertical position it had been previously. Or maybe I was drunk.
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