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Very small zone today, maybe Counsell can walk a few times and actually provide some offensive value

My god you are an embarrassment to infielders everywhere Betancourt

Charge the ball Prince, come one

"We've looked at Taylor Green," said Melvin. "And I still consider Gamel a good hitter even though he struggled (.115) when he was up here. Our goal is to help Casey get going. He has looked better lately. Then, in September, we can add to the roster." - Doug Melvin That would be a pretty huge direct lie to the fan base if Green was on the PTBNL list.

I saw on MLB Trade Rumors that the Cards are also looking for middle infield help, hopefully we can get someone valuable to us before they do. At this point I would love to get Orlando Hudson AND Jason Bartlett in a package, start them both and then have Hudson on the bench for the stretch run. Or get Furcal AND Carroll from the Dodgers.

Did they really want him over Mike Rivera? Maybe we asked for a player for Rivera but like $20 for Nieves

Not totally correct, this is only based on McGehee and Betancourt's offense, but their defense is just as bad compared to average and maybe worse. So maybe double those numbers to get a better comparison between them and Loe's negative impact on the team

The only AL team he had never beaten before today was the Indians. In his career vs Cleveland, 10 Starts, 0-6, 4.98 ERA, 44/23 K/BB, 7 HRs. He also made his career debut in Cleveland and allowed the first 4 hitters he faced to hit for the cycle.

After thinking about it a little bit I think a good comp for Braun when he is all done will be Al Kaline. A solid guy who never led the league in much and never won an MVP (2 2nd place finishes and 1 3rd), appeared in a lot of all-star games, didnt play a lot of full seasons and held on long enough for some major milestones. Also, it appears we are about to enter a bit of a pitcher's era which will make Braun's numbers look bad compared to his '90s predecessors even though he was a better player than most of them. A similar thing happened to Kaline as his early 30s were spent in the late 60s. Kaline finished with 91 WAR which is 34 all-time but I would think based on looking at his raw stats most people would not guess he ranks 34 in WAR.

If he is going to be an all-time great he needs to lead the league in things, many important things, like HRs, OPS etc. Right now he has 1 SLG title and 1 hit title, not special at all. Look at all the bold on Pujols' stats, that is what all the all-time greats look like. I think Braun will end up looking like a HOF talent but underrated because he will only win 1/0 MVPs. Maybe comparable to someone like Chipper or Eddie Murray

At first I thought maybe DM was only looking at this to evaluate our left side and come to the conclusion they are not terrible. NL SS: Tm #Fld G CG Inn Ch PO A E ? DP Fld% 55 1632 1492 14631.2 7438 2449 4775 214 958 .971 SFG 4 102 89 928.1 432 125 287 20 49 .954 STL 5 102 86 919.2 463 140 303 20 64 .957 CHC 2 102 101 900.2 476 182 276 18 51 .962 CIN 3 102 81 922.1 513 171 325 17 55 .967 SDP 3 103 99 928.2 479 173 289 17 69 .965 NYM 3 102 99 909.1 452 152 284 16 60 .965 WSN 3 101 94 906.1 511 157 338 16 64 .969 FLA 4 102 92 920.0 407 157 235 15 55 .963 MIL 3 103 91 910.2 419 127 279 13 59 .969 LgAvg 3 102 93 914 465 153 298 13 60 .971 HOU 3 102 99 897.0 464 142 310 12 56 .974 LAD 4 102 91 901.0 416 146 258 12 52 .971 PIT 4 100 89 897.2 517 166 342 9 67 .983 ARI 5 102 96 913.1 435 143 284 8 61 .982 ATL 4 103 98 938.0 468 135 325 8 57 .983 PHI 3 101 96 919.1 457 141 309 7 62 .985 COL 3 103 91 919.1 529 192 331 6 77 .989 But when you look at this even DM and Rock types must think McGehee is really sticking up the joint. NL 3B: Tm #Fld G CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% ? 85 1632 1368 14631.2 4254 1052 3013 189 272 .956 CIN 6 102 90 922.1 278 68 204 6 22 .978 SFG 6 102 92 928.1 311 81 223 7 26 .977 PHI 5 101 95 919.1 282 66 208 8 12 .972 LAD 5 102 85 901.0 266 71 187 8 9 .970 ARI 5 102 94 913.1 279 74 196 9 18 .968 SDP 4 103 89 928.2 281 87 182 12 16 .957 CHC 4 102 93 900.2 235 51 174 10 15 .957 LgAvg 5 102 86 914 266 66 188 12 17 .956 STL 8 102 67 919.2 278 54 211 13 26 .953 ATL 7 103 85 938.0 255 51 192 12 15 .953 HOU 4 102 94 897.0 232 62 158 12 25 .948 WSN 4 101 79 906.1 251 59 178 14 15 .944 PIT 6 100 78 897.2 315 73 224 18 23 .943 FLA 6 102 69 920.0 238 68 156 14 13 .941 COL 7 103 77 919.1 248 58 175 15 17 .940 NYM 5 102 93 909.1 249 73 161 15 10 .940 MIL 4 103 88 910.2 256 56 184 16 10 .938

I hate you RRR. How can you leave Plush on the bench

Horrible, this entire umping crew should all be fired

How would that stupid 1 run look right about now?

If Betancourt is allowed to face Wilson with Morgan on the bench and Counsell available to play SS I will be pissed

1-2, send Hart here.

There fixed. OK now its time for Wilson to step up

My God, if they go 1-2-3 McGehee might remain in the game at 3rd and RRR could move the pitcher to the 2 hole.

What is Lucroy waiting for!?!

Ummmm, Davey? Davey is in the conversation, but Augie's thick Wisco accent and stammering put him a notch or two above Davey. Put it this way, Augie makes Bob Brainerd look like Bob Costas. Wow, could we take a poll on this? I thought Davey was in a special class of horrible broadcastersmanship. Like Davey's on air futility is to the Boom Goes the Dynamite Guy as Babe Ruth is to Craig Counsell

This feels like it is to give a chance to earn the win since he is losing because of the tough luck dropped infield fly

Ummmm, Davey?

How was the first run scored because of stupidity? Yo allowed a warning track 2B to the pitcher and then a clean single drives him in. Id say that run is on Yo.

So, just to clarify, you're criticizing Weeks for ripping a ball in which the second baseman makes a really good diving play to turn two? In what way am I criticizing anything, just stating what happened. Rough day for Weeks so far

Now there is the good old Yuni