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4/17 Gamecrap
I just saw a commercial for Blimpie's during this Royals-Braves game and it's straight out of 1995.
The Atlanta Braves are 12-1 and nobody is watching them. That city is the worst for sports.
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tkihshbt wrote:
I just saw a commercial for Blimpie's during this Royals-Braves game and it's straight out of 1995.
The Atlanta Braves are 12-1 and nobody is watching them. That city is the worst for sports.
Phoenix is pretty bad, but the worst is either Atlanta or Miami.
The worst commercial I've seen this year is for a furniture store in Cincinnati with Pete Rose. The reporter who wrote this article seems to think it's so bad it's good, in kind of a "Showgirls" way, but it isn't anywhere close to good. It's just bad.
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Those ads are brutal and that blonde girl's Midwestern-Southern accent is damn annoying.
Speaking of brutal, this one that Tony La Russa filmed always blows my mind. I can't believe that Pujols would have been OK with it:
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1. Jon Jay (L) CF
2. Matt Carpenter (L) 2B
3. Matt Holliday (R) LF
4. Carlos Beltran (S) RF
5. Yadier Molina (R) C
6. Matt Adams (L) 1B
7. David Freese (R) 3B
8. Daniel Descalso (L) SS
9. Shelby Miller (R) P
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Pirates lineup:
1. Marte, LF
2. Snider, RF
3. McCutchen, CF
4. Jones, 1B
5. Walker, 2B
6. Alvarez, 3B
7. Martin, C
8. Barmes, SS
9. Burnett, P
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Yikes. The way Burnett has looked so far, one run might be one too many tonight.
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Way to wreck it, Scal.
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Presley might be headed back to the minors before the game is over after a bone-headed move like that.
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What a shitty game.
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Please tell me MM knew Sanchez was going to hit for Jones ...
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Sounds like I'm glad I missed this one.
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Sounds like I'm glad I missed this one.
This was a stinker in every respect. There were a few hard-hit balls that ended up being caught, and Miller settled down after a lousy first inning, but the story was A.J. Burnett's domination of the Cardinals' lineup.
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When do we officially begin worrying about the bullpen?
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When do we officially begin worrying about the bullpen?
Last week?
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When do we officially begin worrying about the bullpen?
Last week?
We'll make it retroactive to last week then. I was willing to give them the benefit of the doubt since it was only one week, but this bullpen is making the 2011 version look stable. How long until Mozeliak places a call to Miguel Batista and Bryan Augenstein?
Also, this front office should be restricted from signing or trading for lefthanded relievers because they immediately become disasters.
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When do we officially begin worrying about the bullpen?
Last week?
2006?
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When do we officially begin worrying about the bullpen?
Last week?
We'll make it retroactive to last week then. I was willing to give them the benefit of the doubt since it was only one week, but this bullpen is making the 2011 version look stable. How long until Mozeliak places a call to Miguel Batista and Bryan Augenstein?
Also, this front office should be restricted from signing or trading for lefthanded relievers because they immediately become disasters.
Chaote has been OK. He didn't give up a hit until last night, and he probably shouldn't have been in there in the first place because it was obvious there was no way Hurdle was going to keep Jones in the game when he had Sanchez available.
The bullpen is a concern, but remember the Cardinals lost the guy who tied for the league lead in saves just before the season was about to start. They not only miss Motte, but his absence has changed everyone else's role.
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Yes, I would agree that roles have changed, but neither Boggs, Rosenthal and even Kelly haven't pitched that well even in low-pressure situations.
It's interesting to view pitcher roles these days. In my opinion, few things have been worse for baseball than the specialization of bullpen pitchers. Fifty years ago nobody in the bullpen had an assigned role. They were told to go out and pitch and the last three outs were viewed no differently than the eighth inning. The sooner we go back to this the better off baseball will be.
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Yes, I would agree that roles have changed, but neither Boggs, Rosenthal and even Kelly haven't pitched that well even in low-pressure situations.
It's interesting to view pitcher roles these days. In my opinion, few things have been worse for baseball than the specialization of bullpen pitchers. Fifty years ago nobody in the bullpen had an assigned role. They were told to go out and pitch and the last three outs were viewed no differently than the eighth inning. The sooner we go back to this the better off baseball will be.
Fair points, and I'd add the notion that 50 years ago bullpen was purgatorial, and one of the reasons managers didn't assign roles is because bullpen pitchers were considered not good enough to be starters, and starters were expected to go nine .
I hate the strict adherence to pitch counts as much as anyone and it drives me crazy when a manager brings in three different pitchers to get three outs in an inning, but there is statistical evidence to back up the strategic validity of the way bullpens are used these days.