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Fattest players of all-time [pre]Rk Player Wt From Pos Tm 1 Walter Young 320 2005 /*3HD BAL 2 Jonathan Broxton 305 2005 *1 LAD-CIN-KCR-MIL 3 Dmitri Young 295 1996 37DH9/5 STL-CIN-DET-WSN 4 Jumbo Brown 295 1925 *1 CHC-CLE-NYY-CIN-NYG 5 Jon Rauch 290 2002 *1 CHW-MON-WSN-ARI-MIN-TOR-NYM-MIA 6 Kennys Vargas 290 2014 /*D3 MIN 7 Bartolo Colon 285 1997 *1 CLE-MON-CHW-ANA-LAA-BOS-NYY-OAK-NYM 8 Adam Dunn 285 2001 *73D9/H1 CIN-ARI-WSN-CHW-OAK 9 CC Sabathia 285 2001 *1/H CLE-MIL-NYY 10 Chad Paronto 285 2001 *1/H BAL-CLE-ATL-HOU 11 Jeff Niemann 285 2008 /*1 TBR 12 Tyler Robertson 285 2012 /*1 MIN[/pre] -
Colon has 40 strikeouts and 1 walk this season.
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"Since when?" -- Dale Sveum That was a MA move, not Melvin
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I said it then and I'll say it now - that's true, but who else should he have started? Gallardo on short rest or Naverson for 2-3 innings and the BP for the rest. Larussa won that series and I don't think he got more than 18 innings out of his starters total. A good or creative manager can find a way to win. I'm not saying we win if RR does either of those moves, but at least we would have had a chance. Marcum gave us no chance. It was obvious he had nothing left, everyone said it before the game began. Let's be honest, had RR done that in Boston or NY, he would not have been fired today, he would have been fired years ago. Thank you, Marcum should not have been allowed to start 1 game in the NLCS yet alone 2. RRR had a -2 WAR that series. The 2 games Marcum started the Brewers were losing a combined 0-6 before they even came to bat! Very frustrating considering our 2008 demise was the same thing, they started Suppan because he was "the guy that got us here" when clearly they should have started Yo + bullpen and then CC for game 5.
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Too bad we just wasted that 2 run offensive explosion on a Fiers start
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No you can't, you can only DH for the pitcher. Rule 6.10(b)(1) "A hitter may be designated to bat for the starting pitcher and all subsequent pitchers in any game without otherwise affecting the status of the pitcher(s) in the game."
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The strategy implications go far beyond just deciding whether to pinch hit for the SP with 2 outs in the 7th of a tie game. There are many times when you have to weigh leaving a pitcher in if his spot is due up in the next inning, and to avoid that decision double switches are done. Even in the scenarios where you obviously will pinch hit choosing the player matters, again with double switch and defensive implications. The fact that the pitchers have to hit impacts how you use pitchers on the mound basically every game
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Never mind, I guess he likes Milwaukee so he hung a slider down the middle on a 1-2 pitch
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Nelson has been so good he's got to be wondering what else he has to prove to be promoted to a major league team
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If only there were something to help speed up the healing process... But if there were it would be the most outrageous thing off all-time, basically cheating when compared to having a doctor move a ligament from your leg to your elbow that allows you to throw faster.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnVrSZHnvYY
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The only way Votto comes up is if there is a runner on, should be obvious to bring Smith in but RRR clearly will not. Hope it doesnt matter
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RRR is so good, he brought in the designated 8th inning guy for the 8th inning. Perfect!
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I'm sure both he and RRR were planning on putting one in play No he wasn't, he was taking full swings and then took strike 3 looking, he clearly did not have making contact his #1 priority
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Get him a boarding pass, AAA here we come. It appears you do not understand the concept that in some scenarios you need a hit and in other scenarios you need much less, decent contact. If you need to get a hit you need to take a completely different approach, thus a K looking can happen. Can you please show me all the times I have complained about players taking Ks looking when a hit was needed in the AB.
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So it's bad managing because the player left the bat on his shoulder? Got it. Again, it was more than just 1 pitch. His approach was obviously literally no different than any AB tonight. He was up there to get a hit. RRR was perfectly fine with that strategy. He is not going to do anything about it. He doesn't care.
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Lazy fly to right doesn't mean he would have scored... What is your point, that Herrera's approach was good? He needed to put the MFing ball in play, literally anything would have been better than a K. You are saying my plan if I was the manager to tell him to put the ball in play or go directly to the airport back to AAA would have worse than just sitting back allowing him to strikeout looking?
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As Rock says, too close to take. Choke up and put the frickin ball in play If it's not a strike, don't swing. Especially where that pitch was when all you can do is hit a weak pop up in the infield. That ball 4 to Braun was the same height as strike 3 to Herrera. The AB was longer than 1 pitch. He should have been choking up the entire AB trying to hit a lazy flyball to the outfield so I could feel happy for 20 minutes before KRod blows the game. Instead he was taking his exact same approach he takes for every AB trying to take a good swing and get the bat head out and drive the ball. Not needed there.
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We should probably try some kind of little league style double steal considering our offense thus far this season
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Except the pitch not being a strike. As Rock says, too close to take. Choke up and put the frickin ball in play
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Strikeout looking there should get you sent to minors directly. RRR should be fired simply for not specifically telling Herrera before the AB that under no circumstance should he strikeout looking
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Realistically, that's the recipe for any MLB team. 81 wins is .500 ball and if you manage to figure out to win 5-6 more games than that, you're in the playoffs. Starting off 2-12 doesn't help this though. Um yes, I think if you are 10 games under .500 on September 1 your playoff chances would be considered low
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If we cannot get him over and get him in here RRR should be fired before the 9th inning starts
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Mark A is talking to Uek about how this team just needs to play .500 the rest of the season and then play well in September and make the playoffs.
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Losing by 6 never felt so good.
