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    Re: 8/21/07 vs Braves

    Quote Originally Posted by edabbs44 View Post
    Not many on the staff have "it".
    Part of the problem...is they run the same type of pitchers out there every night.

    A staff mostly junk ball pitchers with average stuff at best doesn't exactly leave much for the other team to adjust to...


    Harang, Burton, Bray, Arroyo, and Weathers could be considered exceptions. Harang is a horse, he throws hard, locates well, has good stuff, and has a deceiving delivery. Burton can throw heat and mix in off-spead stuff, Bray is a lefty, with a funky delivery with good stuff, and throws decently hard....Arroyo, when on, has great movement and nasty offspeed stuff, and Stormy doesn't have great stuff, but he knows how to use it effectively, and get people out. The ONLY time Stanton is effective is if his curve ball is curving...other than that, he just gets lit up like a fire cracker.

    Everybody else on this staff is basically the same....junk, average at best stuff, average at best location and movement.

    They need to assemble a different arsenal, with different style of pitchers. Not everybody can be the same. Some more hard throwers couldn't hurt either....having 1 in there isn't enough.

    Hopefully Salmon can get his control controlled...because he can be effective.
    Last edited by Matt700wlw; 08-21-2007 at 08:46 PM.


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    Re: 8/21/07 vs Braves

    Quote Originally Posted by Matt700wlw View Post
    Next.

    Livingston doesn't have it, at least at this point...


    "You can't throw the ball with your left hand if your left hand is on your throat. You can't do both."

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    Re: 8/21/07 vs Braves

    Phillips slowly sneaking up on Junior and Dunn

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    Re: 8/21/07 vs Braves

    You da man, Brandon!
    Rob Neyer: "Any writer who says he'd be a better manager than the worst manager is either 1) lying (i.e. 'using poetic license') or 2) patently delusional. Which isn't to say managers don't do stupid things that you or I wouldn't."

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    Re: 8/21/07 vs Braves

    Quote Originally Posted by Matt700wlw View Post
    Part of the problem...is they run the same type of pitchers out there every night.

    A staff mostly junk ball pitchers with average stuff at best doesn't exactly leave much for the other team to adjust to...


    Harang, Burton, Bray, Arroyo, and Weathers could be considered exceptions. Harang is a horse, he throws hard, locates well, has good stuff, and has a deceiving delivery. Burton can throw heat and mix in off-spead stuff, Bray is a lefty, with a funky delivery with good stuff, and throws decently hard....Arroyo, when on, has great movement and nasty offspeed stuff, and Stormy doesn't have great stuff, but he knows how to use it effectively, and get people out. The ONLY time Stanton is effective is if his curve ball is curving...other than that, he just gets lit up like a fire cracker.

    Everybody else on this staff is basically the same....junk, average at best stuff, average at best location and movement.

    They need to assemble a different arsenal, with different style of pitchers.
    Hopefully, one of our Left-handed bats can generate through a trade a legitimate #3 starter. Keep in mind that a solid #3 starter's ERA will be in the high 3's.
    Rob Neyer: "Any writer who says he'd be a better manager than the worst manager is either 1) lying (i.e. 'using poetic license') or 2) patently delusional. Which isn't to say managers don't do stupid things that you or I wouldn't."

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    Re: 8/21/07 vs Braves

    Jorge Cantu laughs at the simplicity of National League baseball.
    “I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”

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    Re: 8/21/07 vs Braves

    More Cantu for you!

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    Re: 8/21/07 vs Braves

    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Servo View Post
    Jorge Cantu laughs at the simplicity of National League baseball.
    Cantu doesn't do OBP. But he does RBI.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kc61 View Post
    Cantu doesn't do OBP. But he does RBI.
    I dig the RBI

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    Re: 8/21/07 vs Braves

    Belhorn's batting .100

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    Re: 8/21/07 vs Braves

    kepp NEARLY took one in a very precarious place...
    “I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”

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    Re: 8/21/07 vs Braves

    Kepp just got hit in the...in the...the nether regions!
    Eric Stratton, Rush Chairman. Damn glad to meet ya.

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    Re: 8/21/07 vs Braves

    Nice heads up base running by Keppinger!

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    Re: 8/21/07 vs Braves

    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Servo View Post
    kepp NEARLY took one in a very precarious place...
    That one would have HURT. Kepp just saved a possibility of a family.


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