if I'm not mistaken, this is the first game that Reds' draftee Bako has ever played for the major league team.
he first came up through system when we had decent catchers...
IMO, the whole language thing is overblown. Just let EE come to the mound for any visits etc. etc. and serve as interpreter if it is the best move for the ballclub to have catcher A versus catcher B. If I was a pitcher, I'd imagine knowing Valentin was back there would make me much more uncomfortable than any language barriers that could be hurdled fairly easily anyway.
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Last edited by gm; 04-02-2008 at 05:26 PM.
Never overlook the obvious
Dusty says Hatteberg will start tomorrow:
Dusty Baker didn't want to Joey Votto to sit too long, thus his start tonight.
“I don’t want him on that bench too long,” Baker said. “He’s in there tonight. Tomorrow against the lefty, (Scott Hatteberg) usually is better against the lefties than Joey has been. Joey will be better eventually.”
"Votto's got to play some time,” Baker said. "I'd like to play him a lot more. When he’s swinging better, it will be easier."
Hatte is better than Votto against lefties? Last year Hatteberg hit .205/.244/.333 - .577 in 39 atbats compared to Votto's .269/.296/.346 - .642 OPS in 26 atbats. It's a small sample size and neither exactly tore it up, but Votto hit 65 points higher than Hatteberg against lefties so I'm not sure where Dusty gets that Hatte is better against LHP.
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