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Post by ibsmith85 on Apr 4, 2014 15:23:09 GMT -5
Lucroy is playing a very strong game today. Fantastic jinx. Unfortunately Gomes thinks it's the umpires job to award him 1st base in every at-bat this season.
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Post by mattpicard on Apr 4, 2014 15:24:41 GMT -5
Judging by his reaction, Gomes realized there's no way he can take that pitch. Oof.
Former Brewer Burke Badenhop on the mound now.
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Post by sarasoxer on Apr 4, 2014 15:28:27 GMT -5
Judging by his reaction, Gomes realized there's no way he can take that pitch. Oof. Former Brewer Burke Badenhop on the mound now. Not a Badenhop fan..........trade him in for a power RH relliever.
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Post by mgoetze on Apr 4, 2014 15:31:33 GMT -5
Bogaerts made up for his E there.
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Post by jmei on Apr 4, 2014 15:32:14 GMT -5
Bogaerts made that play look much harder than it should have been.
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Post by Oregon Norm on Apr 4, 2014 15:32:54 GMT -5
He must have been throwing bricks up to the plate. Everything was pounded into the ground, and hard.
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Post by mattpicard on Apr 4, 2014 15:32:55 GMT -5
Judging by his reaction, Gomes realized there's no way he can take that pitch. Oof. Former Brewer Burke Badenhop on the mound now. Not a Badenhop fan..........trade him in for a power RH relliever. I am (as a decent MRP). Three grounders and a strikeout, exactly what we want to see from him.
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Post by Oregon Norm on Apr 4, 2014 15:34:16 GMT -5
Bogaerts made that play look much harder than it should have been. He is not Drew, and he's certainly not Iglesias. We're all going to have to get used to that.
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Post by jmei on Apr 4, 2014 15:37:48 GMT -5
Bogaerts made that play look much harder than it should have been. He is not Drew, and he's certainly not Iglesias. We're all going to have to get used to that. Yeah, he's still going to be an absolute stud, and I've happy to live with averagish defense at SS to get that bat into the order at a position high on the defensive spectrum. But just something to watch.
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Post by mgoetze on Apr 4, 2014 15:43:50 GMT -5
Wow.
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Post by ibsmith85 on Apr 4, 2014 15:45:02 GMT -5
W-M-B-R-E-S-P-E-C-T!!!
(Can't use italics on the app)
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Post by mgoetze on Apr 4, 2014 15:49:33 GMT -5
I mean, Nava should probably give up switch hitting, but I didn't think it would be so obvious to the Brewers.
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Post by Guidas on Apr 4, 2014 15:50:17 GMT -5
Next time AJP takes a pitch they should stop the game and give him the ball.
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Post by jmei on Apr 4, 2014 15:51:17 GMT -5
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Post by mgoetze on Apr 4, 2014 15:51:48 GMT -5
So trotting out Mujica, Tazawa and Uehara to defend a 4-run lead gives us 2 innings of Badenhop in a tie game. Good job, Farrell.
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Post by James Dunne on Apr 4, 2014 15:52:57 GMT -5
So trotting out Mujica, Tazawa and Uehara to defend a 4-run lead gives us 2 innings of Badenhop in a tie game. Good job, Farrell.It's April 3rd, and Badenhop is a good pitcher.
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Post by jmei on Apr 4, 2014 15:56:08 GMT -5
This Badenhop hating is getting a little out of line. He doesn't throw hard, but he gets GBs in groves and doesn't walk anyone. He's been as good or better than Mujica, for instance. ADD: scooped by James
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Post by mgoetze on Apr 4, 2014 16:07:40 GMT -5
Looked to me like he was still being tagged as he came off the base.
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Post by jmei on Apr 4, 2014 16:08:54 GMT -5
Looked to me like Badenhop should have gone that third inning.
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Post by mattpicard on Apr 4, 2014 16:09:12 GMT -5
Looked to me like he was still being tagged as he came off the base. I had the same thought. Can that not be challenged? Clearly looked like WMB's glove was firmly touching him for a split second when his foot came off.
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Post by ibsmith85 on Apr 4, 2014 16:09:19 GMT -5
Looked to me like he was still being tagged as he came off the base. If not then JF, when?
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Post by Guidas on Apr 4, 2014 16:09:23 GMT -5
Well this quickly became a disaster. Now we see why Mujica lost the closing job in StL.
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Post by mgoetze on Apr 4, 2014 16:10:01 GMT -5
Maybe JF hates instant replay and doesn't want to use it on principle?
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Post by jmei on Apr 4, 2014 16:11:38 GMT -5
Looked to me like he was still being tagged as he came off the base. I had the same thought. Can that not be challenged? Clearly looked like WMB's glove was firmly touching him for a split second when his foot came off. Farrell definitely should have challenged. Any close play after that can be reviewed by umpire's discretion, which means he's not giving up much even if he loses. BP did a study that said that basically managers should challenge every close play, because the odds of another one coming up are pretty low.
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Post by ray88h66 on Apr 4, 2014 16:11:57 GMT -5
Bradley is a better fielder than Carp, Gomes , and Nava. Got it. The Red Sox signed Sizemore and are playing those guys over JBJ for a reason. Pointing out a fact over and over that is agreed on doesn't make any sense to me.
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