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Not sure if we'll get this one started in time.
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Furcal 6
Greene 4
Holliday 7
Beltran 9
Molina 2
Carpenter 3
Robinson 8
Descalso 5
Westbrook SP
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They need to get either Berkman or Freese back soon (preferably both). Along with Allen Craig.
That's not a very pretty lineup.
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Yeah, that's pretty bad. Plus they have Greene playing defense. Yuck.
I'd imagine Berkman comes back tomorrow. I don't understand Freese's injury at all.
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Johnson, RF
DeWitt, 2B
Castro, SS
Baker, 1B
Stewart, 3B
Mather, LF
Soto,C
Byrd, CF
Maholm, P
The Cubs are waving the white flag at Westbrook, so there's no need to start throwing the ball all over the place again.
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Westbrook used about three pitches to many there. It's Reed Johnson.
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Another day; another sign that Tyler Greene is not a major league player.
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Another day; another sign that Matt Carpenter can be a good bench player.
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Al is so annoying. If a ground ball pitcher who leads the league in ground balls has bad results it's probably because the idiots who put the team together have an outfielder at second base and a second baseman at shortstop. Call bullshit when you see it, Al.
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Wow Byrd was out by 10 feet. Nifty throw.
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I'm running out of ways to describe the awfulness of Greene.
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Keep plugging along, Matt Carpenter.
Big homer by Molina there. I can't believe he yanked that one out.
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My god, if it's not dropping soft liners, it's booting soft grounders. Greene has gots to go.
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Good god, Carpenter is beating the shit out of the ball.
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Obviously we're only a week and a half into the season, but they're sending an early message to the rest of the Central. Larussa, Duncan and Pujols may be gone, but they still intend to play the season to win.
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Send Greene to Switzerland ....
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tkihshbt wrote:
Another day; another sign that Matt Carpenter can be a good bench player.
He is making it hard to send him to Memphis. I am not sure how Carpenter, Skip and Craig all fit on the roster.
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tkihshbt wrote:
Westbrook used about three pitches to many there. It's Reed Johnson.
I'll never fully understand Westbrook. He's got a 6-0 lead and he's pitching to Ian Stewart like he's Barry Bonds.
Hard to bitch too much about a 10-3 win, though. Even if it was against a terrible, terrible team.
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APIAD wrote:
tkihshbt wrote:
Another day; another sign that Matt Carpenter can be a good bench player.
He is making it hard to send him to Memphis. I am not sure how Carpenter, Skip and Craig all fit on the roster.
I don't think Carpenter is going anywhere. Komatsu is the first to go, and I think Shane Robinson goes next.
I have no use for Greene, but I suspect his ability to play second, short and third keeps him on the team.
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windwalker wrote:
Matt Freakin Carpenter?!
TOC (The Other Carpenter) may be ascending to deity status. He's not a Valhallan god like Jon Jay, but there may be a seat for him at the table.
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forsberg_us wrote:
APIAD wrote:
tkihshbt wrote:
Another day; another sign that Matt Carpenter can be a good bench player.
He is making it hard to send him to Memphis. I am not sure how Carpenter, Skip and Craig all fit on the roster.
I don't think Carpenter is going anywhere. Komatsu is the first to go, and I think Shane Robinson goes next.
I have no use for Greene, but I suspect his ability to play second, short and third keeps him on the team.
Shane-o might go first because of Komatsu's Rule 5 status. Komatsu might be tougher to hold on to once Skippy and Craig are both healthy.
I want to know who plays centerfield against lefties when Craig is back. I can't see an outfield of Holiday, Beltran and Craig giving the Cardinals plus defense.
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I guess I'm just a simple baseball fan, because I'd love for someone to explain what Komatsu does that Adron Chambers can't. Or that Robinson can't do from the right side.
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artie_fufkin wrote:
I want to know who plays centerfield against lefties when Craig is back. I can't see an outfield of Holiday, Beltran and Craig giving the Cardinals plus defense.
I assume that will be tried. Other then playing Jay in center vs lefties there wont be to many other options with Robinson and Komatsu off the team. I guess you could throw Skip into the mix but he offers less appeal then Jay.
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forsberg_us wrote:
I guess I'm just a simple baseball fan, because I'd love for someone to explain what Komatsu does that Adron Chambers can't. Or that Robinson can't do from the right side.
Whoever can do that explain to me how Skip is an upgrade over anyone on the roster.
If Komatsu is going to be the first to go then why not just drop him now and callup Chambers? What is there to lose?
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"If Komatsu is going to be the first to go then why not just drop him now and callup Chambers? What is there to lose?"
Komatsu. They can't send him to the minors unless they give the Nationals something for him.