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6/28 GC
Here is the lineup from Oakland:
1. Matt Carpenter, 2B
2. Yadier Molina, C
3. Sore Knee, RF
4. Allen Craig, DH
5. Matt Holliday, LF
6. Matt Adams, 1B
7. David Freese, 3B
8. Jon Jay, CF
9. Honus, SS
Pitcher: Shelby Miller, RHP
And for the host A's:
1. Coco Crisp, CF
2. Seth Smith, DH
3. Jed Lowrie, SS
4. Yoenis Cespedes, LF
5. Brandon Moss, 1B
6. Josh Donaldson, 3B
7. Josh Reddick RF
8. Stephen Vogt, C
9. Eric Sogard, 2B
Pitcher: Bartolo Colon, RHP
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Re: 6/28 GC
Cueto left in the second inning with an apparent injury. I'm sure that he was pitching poorly against the Rangers had nothing to do with it.
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So who is the longperson in the bullpen ?
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don.rob11 wrote:
So who is the longperson in the bullpen ?
Kelly,
Miller can't throw a breaking pitch for a strike. They're sitting fastball.
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Bartolo Colon is fat.
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From May 15 to this moment, Miller's ERA has gone up in 7 of the 8 games he has pitched, from 1.4 to 2.79. Measured across that stretch his ERA is surely rather average. Any reason to be worried that April 6 to May 15 was more fluke than anything else? If so, do the Cards need to find a #3-4 pitcher for midseason fix, or a #1-2?
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Why do we even bother to show up when the opposing team fields a pitcher like Bartolo Colon? Who the fuck are we to think we can play baseball on the same field as Bartolo Colon?!?
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Bartolo Colon is fat.
Jimmy Hoffa ain't coming home.
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The A's brough a can of ass-whoop in the shape of the biggest ass they could find.
By my count we are 12-13 since the beginning of June.
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Skip Schumaker pitched the 9th inning tonight for the Dodgers. He loaded the bases, but struck out the final batter on a 90 mph fastball.
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Skip Schumaker pitched the 9th inning tonight for the Dodgers. He loaded the bases, but struck out the final batter on a 90 mph fastball.
Does he want to cultivate comparisons with Aaron Miles?
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Pie Rats win. Cardinals just slipped out of first place.
Pittsburgh has the best record in MLB.
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Anyone know what Miller was topping out at? Right now this entire rotation is showing strain. The idea of going with a four-man group until the ASB is dumb. Miller needs a break and pronto.
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Anyone know what Miller was topping out at? Right now this entire rotation is showing strain. The idea of going with a four-man group until the ASB is dumb. Miller needs a break and pronto.
I didn't watch the whole game, but his fastball was around 94.
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That's a good sign. Hopefully it's just him not being sharp.
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Anyone know what Miller was topping out at? Right now this entire rotation is showing strain. The idea of going with a four-man group until the ASB is dumb. Miller needs a break and pronto.
I agree that starting pitching has nose-dived, but our problems might not just be the rotation. The offense is not producing consistently, either. In our losses in June we managed the following run totals:
2, 6, 3, 2, 1, 4, 2, 4, 4, 2, 1, 3, 1
That's an average of only 2.69 RPG in our losses, and in only one case did we score more than 4 runs. Currently the league average is 3.92 ERA (probably a little less than league average for RPG, a stat I cannot find). Thus, in 12 of our 13 losses in June the offense did not produce enough runs to give the team a good statistical chance to win.
Figure this, even after a disappointing June, the Cards--with 388 R in 79 games--are averaging 4.9 RPG.
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Why do we even bother to show up when the opposing team fields a pitcher like Bartolo Colon? Who the fuck are we to think we can play baseball on the same field as Bartolo Colon?!?
Bartolo Colon is 11-2. His head may explode because of all the PEDs in his system, but he's pitched well.
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Anyone know what Miller was topping out at? Right now this entire rotation is showing strain. The idea of going with a four-man group until the ASB is dumb. Miller needs a break and pronto.
I didn't watch the whole game, but his fastball was around 94.
You only had to watch the first two innings.
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That's a good sign. Hopefully it's just him not being sharp.
His fastball was fine, TK. Unfortunately, he couldn't throw any other pitch for a strike. The A's were spitting at everything else, and whacking his fastball when he had to throw it over the plate.
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