Last-Minute Right Field Band-Aid?
by Jeff Sackmann on Oct 3, 2008 12:41 PM CDT
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PrintCorey Hart is slumping. There are no signs it's getting better, and with him in the 6-hole, especially when Counsell is in the lineup, 6-7-8-9 reminds one of the Giants offense.
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Do we bench the All-Star to try to jump-start a little offense? If so, who do we plug in there? The options on the NLDS roster are:
- Tony Gwynn: Great defense, similar OBP
- Brad Nelson: He's a lefty, so no way that happens tomorrow
- Weeks or Durham (with the other at second) -- no experience in the outfield, but both can hit
- Bill Hall: Wanna replace one slump with another?
- Mike Rivera: He'll make Pat Burrell look like a gazelle.
- CC Sabathia: Dude can mash.
Discuss.
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While CC makes me think about it...
I vote for Weeks. His D might actually improve in the OF. At least it can’t get any worse, can it?
Uh, you saw that "catch" at first the other night, right?
I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 3, 2008 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions
My vote
Let’s try and Akiel-ize Derrick Turnbow. That would be a sight to see!
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
I have photos of Turnbow
taking fly balls in bp way back in april.
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by MadJimiBrewha on Oct 3, 2008 1:28 PM CDT up reply actions
So,
how are you guys dealing with it?
I’m on my fifth beer, going into my last class for today. Fucking Cubs.
I think we're better off
Do you remember that scene toward the end of the Blues Brothers when they arrive at the Richard J. Daley center and the Bluesmobile falls into pieces? (Of course you do.)
That’s pretty much the Brewers right now. Our #1 starter is out. Our #2 is making a probably ill-advised comeback from a torn ACL. We’ve had to run our rental ace on three days’ rest since the middle of September, and our superstar hitter has been fighting a bad back for more than a month. Plus we have some slumping players who can’t be sat for a day or two because we have no one who can fill in for them, for even a game. Heck, we’ve been giving Craig Counsell a lot of meaningful playing time. Craig Counsell!
I think we used every ounce of duct tape, luck, and grace from the baseball gods just to make it to the playoffs. Now that we’ve arrived at our own Richard J. Daley center, if we end up getting swept by losing tomorrow…I’m still pretty happy at how the season turned out.
"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"
by roguejim on Oct 3, 2008 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
I want a win to sooth the pain. But I agree with most of what you said. It has to be harder for the Cubs as they were pretty much crowned NL champions ever since the all star break. We should have won game 1, tanked in game two but at least were reasonably in it for awhile. Cubs have looked out matched in every aspect.
Here’s to hoping our beloved Crew can turn it around.
Rec'd for BB reference that illustrated the state of the team more effectively than anything else could have.
Dave Bush on his start in Game 3 Saturday: “We’re on a mission from God.”
I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 3, 2008 6:11 PM CDT up reply actions
It's too bad Stoic Joe Dillon's not around
He could probably handle right field.
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I don't think I will ever forget
that 1st pitch dribbler back to the pitcher in the 1st inning of yesterdays game. It’s one of those at bats that totally flops the momentum of the game.
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Hart?
How about replacing Cameron? One of the guys here at work made the fine point that Cameron has been just as bad as Hart offensively, and his much vaunted defense has failed to come through in both playoff games. You can rag on Gwynn all you want, but he cannot be worse than Hart or Cameron.
That said, since it’s a lefty coming up, the lineup will not change.
by Marty McSuperFly on Oct 3, 2008 1:55 PM CDT reply actions
okay
gwynn in center
cam in right?
Nelson pinch hitting and taking over for one of them when they bring in a reliever?
Situational Signature (8th/9th inning only): pleasenotkendallpleasenotkendallpleasenotkendallpleasenotkendall
--NoahJ
Cameron? Just as bad Hart offensively?
Mike Cameron:.243/.331/.477
Corey Hart: .268/.300/.459
Absolutely not. That is absolutely ridiculous.
by HRF on Oct 3, 2008 5:48 PM CDT up reply actions
I am all for benching hart
But not the next game against Moyer. You can’t put a lefty in the lineup and none of the right handers are going to be better sadly.
Moyer?
Please. I’m fine if we have to bow out in the first round of the playoffs, but does it have to be Jamie Moyer who gives the death blow?
"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"
+1
Moyer seems like the worst possible pitcher for the way we’re swinging the bats right now. All junk and gritty cheese. It’s just more embarrassing to see them flail away at BP fastballs out of the zone.
Remember the good old days
circa May 2008 when the Crew couldn’t lose to Left-handed starters. Good times, here’s to hopefully regaining a little of that magic.
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Grit trumps youth
Give Hart a frickin’ day off. 612 ABs this year. He even looks like crap. He’s wasted carrying that frame around on the diamond six days a week for six months.
On second thought, after looking again at the options, I see we’re….screwed!
What would be the baseball equivalent of punting on third down?
Giving Ned Yost an "advisory role" and letting him coach tomorrow.
"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"
Sac bunting with two outs
to move the runner to third.
by Getting Yosted on Oct 3, 2008 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Sveum, Iorg, Yount, Sedar, Yost
Sorta looks like an eye test chart, doesn’t it?
by heybatterbatter on Oct 3, 2008 2:53 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Or maybe this way...
SVEUMIORG
YOUNTSEDAR
CASTROYOST
by heybatterbatter on Oct 3, 2008 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions
One more option
Kendall played outfield last year
Rivera to catch.
If Kendall wants to “game call” he can use sign language to convey his intentions.
That’d be comical. A pitcher looking into the outfield to get his signs then turning around and whizzing one in.
Situational Signature (8th/9th inning only): pleasenotkendallpleasenotkendallpleasenotkendallpleasenotkendall
--NoahJ
unfortunately that violates the 25 man roster
However the rule doesn’t exclude either Carlos Voltron or Air Bud
Situational Signature (8th/9th inning only): pleasenotkendallpleasenotkendallpleasenotkendallpleasenotkendall
--NoahJ
or Marge Schott
what are the silver medal winning US softball team members up to these days anyway?
Situational Signature (8th/9th inning only): pleasenotkendallpleasenotkendallpleasenotkendallpleasenotkendall
--NoahJ
unfortunately that violates the 25 man roster
Well clearly that’s not a problem, considering Jeff suggested this Mike Rivera fellow. I didn’t know we could get new players during the post-season.
I think we all know exactly who the Brewers need right now, a player who can play the outfield, pinch hit, and has a great arm. I speak, of course, of Brooks Kieschnick.
C. Magruder scored, R. Weeks to second on balk
by alkaseitzer on Oct 3, 2008 7:11 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
clearly not
doesn’t he know he should rotate his glove 180 degrees to catch that one?
Situational Signature (8th/9th inning only): pleasenotkendallpleasenotkendallpleasenotkendallpleasenotkendall
--NoahJ
plus, we need something with a career BA > .200 and OBP > .300
yes…some thing
Situational Signature (8th/9th inning only): pleasenotkendallpleasenotkendallpleasenotkendallpleasenotkendall
--NoahJ
Rickie Weeks has been giving him pointers
"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"
I’m playing Weeks in right and Durham at second until we’re eliminated.
Weeks
Durham
Braun
Fielder
Hardy
Cameron
Rivera
Counsell/Hall
Pitcher
Put the beer down Dale.
I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 3, 2008 5:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Weeks CAN’T be worse than Hart and we need need need that OBP.
by HRF on Oct 3, 2008 6:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Defensively, I'm pretty sure he can be worse than Hart in right.
I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 3, 2008 6:08 PM CDT up reply actions
We're going to steal their signals via video?
I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 3, 2008 6:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Does Sveum get to hire a personal valet whose exact duties are unclear to everyone else on the planet?
Just like Cheatin’ Bill?
I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 3, 2008 6:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Belichick is the best. Get out of denial.
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am also pro-Rodgers.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Oct 3, 2008 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Which will be countered out by Weeks at the plate.
by HRF on Oct 4, 2008 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions
No way weeks goes to right.
There is no way we put a guy in right for the first time all year in game three of the NLDS elimination game. If anything we’d see Gwynn out there – given that Sveum seems to like him a lot as seen by his recent pinch hitting roles. Even that won’t happen because of the lefties in the phillies lineup. Let’s just hope Hart finds a way to return to his first half form.
I'm pretty sure this is all tongue in cheek.
Well, maybe not for HRF.
I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 3, 2008 6:15 PM CDT up reply actions
With a longer bat, maybe he could hit those pitches outside of the zone. Something like a caber or telephone pole.
We've got uniforms and everything, it's really great!
There are plenty of ways to
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
Rickie sez
it’s not the size of the bat, it’s how hard you waggle it.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Oct 3, 2008 11:23 PM CDT up reply actions
So says Rickie
But he isn’t performing well at all.
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
He is with the bat
Not so much the glove.
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maybe, uh...
the, uh, glove is getting in the way.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Oct 4, 2008 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions
You would say that
Gloves are important Jeff, no matter what you say.
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
Hart
in Philly they are calling him the MVP of the Phillies for this series. Everyone was ready for Myers to fall apart in that first inning and then Corey steps into the box. Bench his ass for anyone.
September 15: Not a bad little Monday
How about we put Laporta in right?
Oh, yeah, I forgot. We traded all nine of them for Brian FUentes…
Credit Cards
So… this morning I wake up check my email. What’s in it?
A Bank Of America credit card offer, with an enticing signed baseball. But by whom?
Cole Hamel and it’s a Phillies credit card.
Dear MLB,
Your marketing has failed. Don’t send the other teams stuff to fans of the club that is down 2 – 0 and backs against the wall.
Fail,
Aaron
Haha
I was going to eat a Hot Pocket for lunch the other day, and I realized it was a Philly Cheesesteak one. Definitely put that sucker back and got a different kind.
And neck size to baby eating ratio.
I’ll be sporting my game worn Gabe Gross jersey today, maybe I can sneak onto the field and play. I surely can’t be worse offensively then Corey. I can close my eyes and swing 3 times in a row two.
So, if Corey had a problem with the hate before, he’s pretty much the scape goat (And Weeks) of this series. He’s going to hate life if he goes 0 – 4 with 2 GIDPs.
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