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I think Yuni should spend some time in the clubhouse trying to repair his glove

Its better to bunt against Halladay because you are more likely to make an out anyways, so if you are going to make an out why not try to significantly increase the chance it will be a productive out. Your point about Halladay K'ing batters with few walks just adds to my point that you are more likely to end the AB with 1 out R1 if you swing away.This just means that getting hits are all the more valuable, and particularly when you already have a runner on. Actually hits are less valuable in a lower run scoring environment because they are less likely to lead to runs, and playing small ball is more valuable than in a higher run scoring environment. Events 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Single 0.238 0.333 0.398 0.448 0.488 0.522 0.551 0.576 0.599 0.619 Double 0.407 0.556 0.653 0.725 0.781 0.826 0.864 0.896 0.923 0.947 Triple 0.572 0.773 0.901 0.994 1.065 1.121 1.167 1.206 1.238 1.265 HR 1.236 1.31 1.354 1.384 1.406 1.422 1.434 1.443 1.449 1.454 Walk 0.144 0.21 0.257 0.295 0.327 0.354 0.378 0.4 0.42 0.438 IBB 0.069 0.112 0.145 0.174 0.198 0.221 0.241 0.26 0.278 0.294 HBP 0.159 0.23 0.28 0.32 0.353 0.382 0.407 0.429 0.449 0.468 Error 0.248 0.346 0.413 0.464 0.506 0.54 0.57 0.595 0.618 0.638 Interference 0.175 0.251 0.304 0.346 0.38 0.41 0.436 0.459 0.48 0.498 OtherSafe 0.336 0.462 0.546 0.608 0.657 0.698 0.732 0.761 0.786 0.808 Sac 0.041 0.011 -0.031 -0.078 -0.129 -0.181 -0.234 -0.288 -0.343 -0.398 Strikeout -0.068 -0.132 -0.195 -0.256 -0.316 -0.376 -0.435 -0.493 -0.551 -0.608 Out -0.06 -0.122 -0.184 -0.244 -0.304 -0.363 -0.421 -0.479 -0.537 -0.594 SB 0.113 0.149 0.17 0.184 0.195 0.202 0.208 0.212 0.216 0.218 CS -0.166 -0.261 -0.342 -0.416 -0.486 -0.552 -0.616 -0.678 -0.738 -0.798

Did I just hear that Jerry now has a "Fist List" O boy partner

Its better to bunt against Halladay because you are more likely to make an out anyways, so if you are going to make an out why not try to significantly increase the chance it will be a productive out. Your point about Halladay K'ing batters with few walks just adds to my point that you are more likely to end the AB with 1 out R1 if you swing away.

Actually bb-ref is showing of the 9 "failed" sac bunt attempts Morgan has 1 reached on error and 5 hits, so Im not sure why a hit is considered a failed sac bunt. So in terms of straight sacs that didnt result in a hit Morgan is 11 for 15 with 0 GIDP.

Nice slide there by Braun

That doesn't mean you should give away outs, and that's what bunts are. 27 outs >>>>>> 25 outs Its not absolute, good managers understand that you are going to make all of those 27 outs, so if you can pick a spot when you think a player has a bad chance of reaching base and not making a productive out then it is better to bunt. The real skill is understand that there are spots to bunt, however basically no one does this and you either get guys like RRR who will bunt every single time or people with your mentality who thinks every single bunt is a waste. Today might be a bad day for Morgan to bunt since this pitcher is particularly bad vs lefties, but if Morgan is facing Roy Halladay I say you bunt.

In defense of Morgan's bunt, he beats those out fairly often. Does anybody actually know how often he does?Morgan 2011: Split G PA AB H RBI BA OBP SLG OPS GDP SH ROE Bunts 22 25 14 7 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 11 2So when its not scored a straight sac bunt he has reached 9 of 14 attempts including the 2 errors. However, he has failed 9 times when trying to sac to go along with those 11 successful bunts. That looks worse than it really is because if he gets a hit it doesn't count as a sac bunt, but those 9 fails are a combo of these 5 outs and bunt Ks. Also note he has 0 GIDP bunts.

David Price now 15 outs, 12 Ks

Be patient, they are more valuable in the playoffs if you are facing studs pitchers, so I like that they are doing it now.

Braun up to .333/.404/.594, Reyes is at .336 I think next series the crowd needs to do MVP chants back to back for Braun and Fielder.

Well with the 10+ game lead and Reyes coming back tomorrow, possibly the most exciting race for us to follow will be Braun for the batting crown.

I believe Zach, I think he just actually wanted to pitch on his normal days rest.

This should tell you all you need to know. Lineup protection is irrelevant. Guarantee next year without Prince Braun will walk 90+ times. Its not as important as some make it out to be but it does exist.

No one cares, no more Chicago crap in this thread

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I am more concerned at Yuni's defense. We dont even need them to contribute on offense, the problems are 1) Yuni is allowed to play SS defensively which I am very concerned about. When we face the Phillies we cant hope to be winning by 5 runs late, which means a Yuni error could cost us a game(s). I just hope we can get really lucky and the following hitter will GIDP to make up for Yuni's horrible defense/range. 2) Casey hits too far up in the order and will end up with several high leverage ABs. He will fail, no doubt about it, we just need to hope when he rolls over on an outside pitch for an easy GIDP the ball has eyes and luckily rolls into LF. I would give Hairston starting at SS regularly about a 0% chance, even though it is the obvious move to at least throw him out there now and see what he has left in the tank.

Everything is set up so beautifully this season and I feel like the combo of Casey/Yuni will cost us the season, which I have to blame on RRR/Melvin for being so stubborn that they will allow these 2 to ruin everything for us.

Right now on Fangraphs: Prince + McGehee + Yuni = 4.2 + 0.6 + 0.0 = 4.8 WAR with 1 month left to play. Looks unlikely that number will get above 6, meaning if we can replace these 3 players with 3 average (2.0 WAR) players we should be able to remain just as good as we are this year. Gamel is the big unknown, he could struggle and end up around or below 1.0 WAR or have a great rookie full season and hit well combined with a defensive upgrade over Prince put up around 4.0 WAR. That and the unknown SS.

This is exactly what they do in college football and it is at least 5-10 minutes each time. The reason is that if someone is held accountable for the call, and if he gets it wrong it will be shown on ESPN for days, he is going to take his sweet time watching every angle and making sure it is correct.

Um, 52/16 = 3.25 seconds per replay??? How is that possible? I am going to say that is impossible and there is no way that is true.

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Dodgers up 9-1 now in the top of the 7th. Also, Furcal on the Cards: .213/.277/.338 Yuni since the Furcal trade: .277/.296/.447

yeah my fault, still Kotsay and Kottaras should be in there over either of our minor league left sidersNot going to happen since RR somehow has used up his entire infield bench. He could have been creative and put the team in the best chance to win. You dont worry about the bottom of the 9th unless you are tied in the top of the 9th. This is another instance where TLR would have given the Cards the best chance to win, which means not letting out/GIDP machines Casey and Yuni face a tough righty closer. You could have put Kotsay in CF and moved Hairston to SS and put Kottaras in LF and moved Braun to 3rd, which would have been fine for a few innings. Remember a while back when TLR put Pujols at 2nd base against us, I think it was due to injury but the point is its not the end of the world for guys to play out of position for a few innings.

Its just so depressing to see we will let McGehee and Yuni hit in this situation in the playoffs.