murders&executions Wrote:
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> The last 19 times a league championship series has
> been tied at 1-1, the winner of game 3 has went on
> to win the series. Once Lee do what he do tonight,
> it will be Rangers in 7.
>
> I predicted CC would win his two starts (although
> game 1 didn’t quite play out like I thoguht) and
> Lee would win his two starts (gamed 3 and 7 of
> course).
>
> Even though Lee has been a robot in the
> postseason, he’s absolutely has to lose
> eventually. We will see if the pressure gets to
> him tonight.
I’m wondering if the Yankees are holding enough leverage to keep the salary below CC. Considering that no other team is in a position to be nearly as aggressive as NYY in terms of comp offered to Lee, perhaps they’ll be able to “low ball” him since no one else will be able to match it.
murders&executions Wrote:
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> There is no doubt he will be a Yankee but I bet it
> takes 25+ million.
>
> Here is his postseason line.
>
> 3-0 with a 0.75 ERA, 34 strikeouts and 1 walk in
> 24 innings. He hasn’t allowed a run in his last 14
> innings.
>
> I’d say a strikeout to walk ratio of 34 to 1 is
> pretty good.
>
> higgmond Wrote:
> ————————————————–
> —–
> >
> > It existed for a day, or at least a few hours.
> > Although viewed as one big deal, the Lee and
> > Halladay trades were completely separate deals.
> I
> > realize the Phils got some prospects for Lee,
> but
> > prospects in baseball are such a crapshoot.
> He’ll
> > be a Yankee next year now at $20+MM per year.
murders&executions Wrote:
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> There is no doubt he will be a Yankee but I bet it
> takes 25+ million.
>
> Here is his postseason line.
>
> 3-0 with a 0.75 ERA, 34 strikeouts and 1 walk in
> 24 innings. He hasn’t allowed a run in his last 14
> innings.
>
> I’d say a strikeout to walk ratio of 34 to 1 is
> pretty good.
>
> higgmond Wrote:
> ————————————————–
> —–
> >
> > It existed for a day, or at least a few hours.
> > Although viewed as one big deal, the Lee and
> > Halladay trades were completely separate deals.
> I
> > realize the Phils got some prospects for Lee,
> but
> > prospects in baseball are such a crapshoot.
> He’ll
> > be a Yankee next year now at $20+MM per year.
Lee’s a postseason stud, no doubt, but hard to argue that he should get more than CC who is 2 years younger, has a better career ERA, more career strikeouts, and is willing (and capable) of pitching on short rest. I can’t recall CC missing much time due to injury either. That being said, I’d love for the Phils to open the checkbook to the tune of $25MM for him, but not even a slight possibility of that.
murders&executions Wrote:
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> What in the world is this guy going to have to do
> to get respect? Are you guys simply taking the
> contrarian stance in hopes of being the next
> Whitney or did you truly believe Lee would lose?
i really thought they would get his pitch count up (which they did), keep it close (which they did) and get into the pen in the 8th or ninth (didn’t quite work out).
murders&executions Wrote:
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> 3-0 with a 0.75 ERA, 34 strikeouts and 1 walk in
> 24 innings. He hasn’t allowed a run in his last 14
> innings.
and that 1 walk was debatable. i had a hard time finding the strike zone for both pitchers as the outside corner kept coming and going.
murders&executions Wrote:
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> Let me just answer that by saying you never know
> what the booty hole gonna do.
>
> stranger Wrote:
> ————————————————–
> —–>
> > Did I catch a 1310 the ticket reference in
> there?
Expos trade Cliff Lee, Brandon Phillips, Grady Sizemore and Lee Stevens (throw in to dump salary) to Cleveland for Bartolo Colon and Tim Drew.
It’s unbelievable the prospects that the Montreal Expos developed in their history (Randy Johnson, Larry Walker, Vladimir Guerrero, Cliff Floyd to name a few from the 90’s). Pedro Martinez, John Wetteland, Moises Alou became stars after being traded there. The best farm team that MLB ever had.
former trader Wrote:
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> It’s unbelievable the prospects that the Montreal
> Expos developed in their history (Randy Johnson,
> Larry Walker, Vladimir Guerrero, Cliff Floyd to
> name a few from the 90’s). Pedro Martinez, John
> Wetteland, Moises Alou became stars after being
> traded there. The best farm team that MLB ever
> had.
yeah, they were like the private AAA+ team that anyone could snipe from.
now that team is the marlins. (Miguel Cabrera, Josh Beckett, Mike Lowell, Louis Castillo)
wonder how an indians fan will feel next year watching cliff lee and cc sabathia in the bronx pitching against victor martinez in boston….baseball really needs an nfl-style cap
Haha you said Hamilton wasn’t a beast and that the Yankees had the better lineup.
Hamilton broke his ribs and missed a lot of games late in the season. He still wasn’t right in Tampa but he gutted it out and while he wasn’t good at the plate that series, he really came through in the field and showed a lot of heart by taking head first slides while wearing the rib protection. He’s obviously starting to heal and most importantly, he’s getting his timing back. You can’t miss that much time with broken ribs and come back hitting .400 right away.
king_kong Wrote:
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> Haha you’re picking the rangers in 7 because Josh
> Hamilton is a beast? Have you seen the Yankees
> lineup recently?
It is really difficult to get behind a team when every player on the team will play for five different clubs in his career.
smileygladhands Wrote:
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> wonder how an indians fan will feel next year
> watching cliff lee and cc sabathia in the bronx
> pitching against victor martinez in
> boston….baseball really needs an nfl-style cap
murders&executions Wrote:
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> Haha you said Hamilton wasn’t a beast and that the
> Yankees had the better lineup.
>
> Hamilton broke his ribs and missed a lot of games
> late in the season. He still wasn’t right in Tampa
> but he gutted it out and while he wasn’t good at
> the plate that series, he really came through in
> the field and showed a lot of heart by taking head
> first slides while wearing the rib protection.
> He’s obviously starting to heal and most
> importantly, he’s getting his timing back. You
> can’t miss that much time with broken ribs and
> come back hitting .400 right away.
>
> king_kong Wrote:
> ————————————————–
> —–
> > Haha you’re picking the rangers in 7 because
> Josh
> > Hamilton is a beast? Have you seen the Yankees
> > lineup recently?
See the above post, and please show me where I said Hamilton wasn’t a beast.
My deepest apologies Mr. Kong. I read your post again and you clearly were not implying that Hamilton wasn’t a beast and you clearly were not implying that the Yankees would have the better lineup this series.
I guess in my haste, I completely misread your post. I don’t know what got into me. Again, please accept my apology.
king_kong Wrote:
>
> See the above post, and please show me where I
> said Hamilton wasn’t a beast.
You’re obviously still missing the point. Trust me, I’ve been following Hamilton since his pre-drug problem days, and am well aware of his talent level and abilities (I think he might have actually been one of the best players of all time if he hadn’t had those problems). Having said that, overall, and throughout the season, I think it’s an easy argument to say that the Yankees had a better batting lineup than the Rangers. That’s not how it has played out thus far this series, but then again, crazy stuff happens in the playoffs all the time.
It would be interesting to see where Hamilton would be had he not taken three years off to pursue a career as a junkie. I guess it wasn’t as lucrative of a field as he thought it would be.
Cliff Lee said that Hamilton is the best player he’s ever played with.
He was named the Sporting News’ baseball player of the year yesterday.
Does anyone think the Giants have a chance at beating the Phillies? Was at the game yesterday (boss has awesome seats) – not that impressed with Cain’s pitching, but the Phillies looked pretty mediocre all around and the Giants have two more home games in which they could wrap up the series.
Anyway, I’m not a hardcore Giants (or baseball) fan, but I happened to get to go yesterday and was curious what you guys think – I thought the Phillies were supposed to be unstoppable.
“I lost my wife to a margin call. Wives get mad when you come home and say, ‘Sweetheart, I lost the house today.’” - Dennis Gartman on trading mistakes
^^^If the Phillies can start hitting, they would be unstoppable. The problem with the Phillies is that their hitters have tended to be correlated this year, meaning they all tend to get into a slump at the same time. They could easily lose to the Giants, although I still do not think they will. While post-season batting averages are terrible for the Phillies, whole season averages are solid and I expect them to mean revert–hopefully in the next two games (Phillies fan here).
“Some people make shoes. Some people make houses. We make money and people are willing pay us a lot to make money for them.”
bromion Wrote:
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> Does anyone think the Giants have a chance at
> beating the Phillies? Was at the game yesterday
> (boss has awesome seats) – not that impressed
> with Cain’s pitching, but the Phillies looked
> pretty mediocre all around and the Giants have two
> more home games in which they could wrap up the
> series.
>
> Anyway, I’m not a hardcore Giants (or baseball)
> fan, but I happened to get to go yesterday and was
> curious what you guys think – I thought the
> Phillies were supposed to be unstoppable.
I’m a Phillies fan and am very worried right now, so I think the Giants have a very good chance. The Phillies’ offense has been streaky all year. Although I picked the Phillies to win the series, I was a little concerned before the series even started because the Phils got really lucky a couple of games against Cincy. That series really should not have been a sweep. I’m on board with Manual sticking with Blanton tonight, but I really think he needs to sit Utley in favor of Valdez and sit Ibanez in favor of Brown (move Werth to LF and put Brown in RF). Brown wasn’t all that impressive in the regular season, but I don’t recall him having an 0-15 streak. I’d bench Rollins too if we had another reserve infielder, but at least Rollins is fielding the ball as opposed to Utley who’s booting balls all over the place. Line up I’d like to see tonight:
Victorino (not exactly setting the world on fire, but at least he steals when he gets on)
Polanco (don’t have anyone to take his place either)
Werth (maybe someone will finally be on base when Howard gets a bloop single)
Howard (at least he’s hitting for average)
Ruiz (still getting on base)
Brown
Valdez
Rollins
Blanton (could be the best hitter in the line up)
Yeah, to be honest with you guys, I think the Phillies should have won that game. If you take away the error (which wasn’t marked an error) that led to the Giants scoring, and add even a decent performance at the plate by the Phillies, the Giants probably lose. What was up with Cain’s pitching and management’s inability to pull him? He struggled from the get go and it looked like he was going to allow the Phils to catch up in the 6th but management stupidly refused to pull him – lucky he got that ground out to end the inning. If the Phillies had come to hit, they would have trounced Cain.
Anyway, if the Phillies are as streaky as you guys say (I didn’t watch any games this year, let alone the Phillies), I’ve got the Giants in this one. Easy to say though with a 2-1 lead and 2 home games to go, obviously. I’m just surprised because I thought the Phillies were expected to have a lock on the World Series.
“I lost my wife to a margin call. Wives get mad when you come home and say, ‘Sweetheart, I lost the house today.’” - Dennis Gartman on trading mistakes
I forgot about Ben Francisco. So, sit Victorino as well and move Werth to center. After the 5th inning, Utley can hit for Rollins and slide Valdez over to SS so J-Roll doesn’t think he’s off the hook. Also in the 5th, Roy Halladay can pinch hit for Werth and then Gload can go into left with Francisco moving to center.
mar350 Wrote:
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> former trader Wrote:
> ————————————————–
> —–
> > It’s unbelievable the prospects that the
> Montreal
> > Expos developed in their history (Randy
> Johnson,
> > Larry Walker, Vladimir Guerrero, Cliff Floyd to
> > name a few from the 90’s). Pedro Martinez,
> John
> > Wetteland, Moises Alou became stars after being
> > traded there. The best farm team that MLB ever
> > had.
>
>
> yeah, they were like the private AAA+ team that
> anyone could snipe from.
>
> now that team is the marlins. (Miguel Cabrera,
> Josh Beckett, Mike Lowell, Louis Castillo)
When former Expos GM Dave Dombrowski became GM of the Marlins in the mid 1990’s, he took up to a dozen scouts with him from the Expos organization to Florida, including Fred Ferreira.
murders&executions Wrote:
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> What in the world is this guy going to have to do to get respect? Are you guys simply taking the contrarian stance in hopes of being the next Whitney or did you truly believe Lee would lose?
Indeed, Lee looked incredible - he really had ‘no-hit’ type stuff. I did think the Yankees would beat him, and if they can make it to game 7 expect they’ll hit him.
The Yankee lineup is patient, which hurt them as Lee would always jump ahead 1 or 2 strikes. Swisher had the right idea by being aggressive and if the Yankee bats can come alive a little bit I see them beating Lee.
It reminds me of when Pedro was so dominant he looked untouchable - then they got to him.
Realistically though, being down 3-1 is basically a death sentence and it would be pretty incredible if they come back to win the series, against Lee, in Texas.
LPoulin133 Wrote:
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> being down 3-1 is basically a death sentence
yup, i’d like to see the yanks pull it out, but i don’t think hughes will be able to handle the pressure tomorrow. i’d love to see it - and i’ll wear my hughes shirt in support - but i’m not expecting it.
murders&executions Wrote:
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> The last 19 times a league championship series has
> been tied at 1-1, the winner of game 3 has went on
> to win the series. Once Lee do what he do tonight,
> it will be Rangers in 7.
>
> I predicted CC would win his two starts (although
> game 1 didn’t quite play out like I thoguht) and
> Lee would win his two starts (gamed 3 and 7 of
> course).
>
> Even though Lee has been a robot in the
> postseason, he’s absolutely has to lose
> eventually. We will see if the pressure gets to
> him tonight.
Did I catch a 1310 the ticket reference in there?
I’m wondering if the Yankees are holding enough leverage to keep the salary below CC. Considering that no other team is in a position to be nearly as aggressive as NYY in terms of comp offered to Lee, perhaps they’ll be able to “low ball” him since no one else will be able to match it.
murders&executions Wrote:
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> There is no doubt he will be a Yankee but I bet it
> takes 25+ million.
>
> Here is his postseason line.
>
> 3-0 with a 0.75 ERA, 34 strikeouts and 1 walk in
> 24 innings. He hasn’t allowed a run in his last 14
> innings.
>
> I’d say a strikeout to walk ratio of 34 to 1 is
> pretty good.
>
> higgmond Wrote:
> ————————————————–
> —–
> >
> > It existed for a day, or at least a few hours.
> > Although viewed as one big deal, the Lee and
> > Halladay trades were completely separate deals.
> I
> > realize the Phils got some prospects for Lee,
> but
> > prospects in baseball are such a crapshoot.
> He’ll
> > be a Yankee next year now at $20+MM per year.
Let me just answer that by saying you never know what the booty hole gonna do.
stranger Wrote:
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> Did I catch a 1310 the ticket reference in there?
murders&executions Wrote:
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> There is no doubt he will be a Yankee but I bet it
> takes 25+ million.
>
> Here is his postseason line.
>
> 3-0 with a 0.75 ERA, 34 strikeouts and 1 walk in
> 24 innings. He hasn’t allowed a run in his last 14
> innings.
>
> I’d say a strikeout to walk ratio of 34 to 1 is
> pretty good.
>
> higgmond Wrote:
> ————————————————–
> —–
> >
> > It existed for a day, or at least a few hours.
> > Although viewed as one big deal, the Lee and
> > Halladay trades were completely separate deals.
> I
> > realize the Phils got some prospects for Lee,
> but
> > prospects in baseball are such a crapshoot.
> He’ll
> > be a Yankee next year now at $20+MM per year.
Lee’s a postseason stud, no doubt, but hard to argue that he should get more than CC who is 2 years younger, has a better career ERA, more career strikeouts, and is willing (and capable) of pitching on short rest. I can’t recall CC missing much time due to injury either. That being said, I’d love for the Phils to open the checkbook to the tune of $25MM for him, but not even a slight possibility of that.
You can fondle the cube, but it will not respond.
murders&executions Wrote:
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> What in the world is this guy going to have to do
> to get respect? Are you guys simply taking the
> contrarian stance in hopes of being the next
> Whitney or did you truly believe Lee would lose?
i really thought they would get his pitch count up (which they did), keep it close (which they did) and get into the pen in the 8th or ninth (didn’t quite work out).
murders&executions Wrote:
——————————————————-
> 3-0 with a 0.75 ERA, 34 strikeouts and 1 walk in
> 24 innings. He hasn’t allowed a run in his last 14
> innings.
and that 1 walk was debatable. i had a hard time finding the strike zone for both pitchers as the outside corner kept coming and going.
murders&executions Wrote:
——————————————————-
> Let me just answer that by saying you never know
> what the booty hole gonna do.
>
> stranger Wrote:
> ————————————————–
> —–>
> > Did I catch a 1310 the ticket reference in
> there?
The Rangers does what they does, do what we do
Greatness.
Edit: That’s just the way my hair grow
Anyone remember the Bartolo Colon deal?
Expos trade Cliff Lee, Brandon Phillips, Grady Sizemore and Lee Stevens (throw in to dump salary) to Cleveland for Bartolo Colon and Tim Drew.
It’s unbelievable the prospects that the Montreal Expos developed in their history (Randy Johnson, Larry Walker, Vladimir Guerrero, Cliff Floyd to name a few from the 90’s). Pedro Martinez, John Wetteland, Moises Alou became stars after being traded there. The best farm team that MLB ever had.
former trader Wrote:
——————————————————-
> It’s unbelievable the prospects that the Montreal
> Expos developed in their history (Randy Johnson,
> Larry Walker, Vladimir Guerrero, Cliff Floyd to
> name a few from the 90’s). Pedro Martinez, John
> Wetteland, Moises Alou became stars after being
> traded there. The best farm team that MLB ever
> had.
yeah, they were like the private AAA+ team that anyone could snipe from.
now that team is the marlins. (Miguel Cabrera, Josh Beckett, Mike Lowell, Louis Castillo)
wonder how an indians fan will feel next year watching cliff lee and cc sabathia in the bronx pitching against victor martinez in boston….baseball really needs an nfl-style cap
Haha you said Hamilton wasn’t a beast and that the Yankees had the better lineup.
Hamilton broke his ribs and missed a lot of games late in the season. He still wasn’t right in Tampa but he gutted it out and while he wasn’t good at the plate that series, he really came through in the field and showed a lot of heart by taking head first slides while wearing the rib protection. He’s obviously starting to heal and most importantly, he’s getting his timing back. You can’t miss that much time with broken ribs and come back hitting .400 right away.
king_kong Wrote:
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> Haha you’re picking the rangers in 7 because Josh
> Hamilton is a beast? Have you seen the Yankees
> lineup recently?
It is really difficult to get behind a team when every player on the team will play for five different clubs in his career.
smileygladhands Wrote:
——————————————————-
> wonder how an indians fan will feel next year
> watching cliff lee and cc sabathia in the bronx
> pitching against victor martinez in
> boston….baseball really needs an nfl-style cap
murders&executions Wrote:
——————————————————-
> Haha you said Hamilton wasn’t a beast and that the
> Yankees had the better lineup.
the yanks do have a better lineup, but it doesn’t matter if none of them hit the gd ball when it counts.
yanks avg w/ runners in scoring position:
game 2: 5-15
game 3: 0-3
game 4: 2-13
murders&executions Wrote:
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> Haha you said Hamilton wasn’t a beast and that the
> Yankees had the better lineup.
>
> Hamilton broke his ribs and missed a lot of games
> late in the season. He still wasn’t right in Tampa
> but he gutted it out and while he wasn’t good at
> the plate that series, he really came through in
> the field and showed a lot of heart by taking head
> first slides while wearing the rib protection.
> He’s obviously starting to heal and most
> importantly, he’s getting his timing back. You
> can’t miss that much time with broken ribs and
> come back hitting .400 right away.
>
> king_kong Wrote:
> ————————————————–
> —–
> > Haha you’re picking the rangers in 7 because
> Josh
> > Hamilton is a beast? Have you seen the Yankees
> > lineup recently?
See the above post, and please show me where I said Hamilton wasn’t a beast.
My deepest apologies Mr. Kong. I read your post again and you clearly were not implying that Hamilton wasn’t a beast and you clearly were not implying that the Yankees would have the better lineup this series.
I guess in my haste, I completely misread your post. I don’t know what got into me. Again, please accept my apology.
king_kong Wrote:
>
> See the above post, and please show me where I
> said Hamilton wasn’t a beast.
You’re obviously still missing the point. Trust me, I’ve been following Hamilton since his pre-drug problem days, and am well aware of his talent level and abilities (I think he might have actually been one of the best players of all time if he hadn’t had those problems). Having said that, overall, and throughout the season, I think it’s an easy argument to say that the Yankees had a better batting lineup than the Rangers. That’s not how it has played out thus far this series, but then again, crazy stuff happens in the playoffs all the time.
It would be interesting to see where Hamilton would be had he not taken three years off to pursue a career as a junkie. I guess it wasn’t as lucrative of a field as he thought it would be.
Cliff Lee said that Hamilton is the best player he’s ever played with.
He was named the Sporting News’ baseball player of the year yesterday.
imagine the Rays if they still had Hamilton….espn did a piece on what that team could have accomplished.
Yankees 1-3 hahahaha
Nananana, nananana, hey hey, good bye!
Does anyone think the Giants have a chance at beating the Phillies? Was at the game yesterday (boss has awesome seats) – not that impressed with Cain’s pitching, but the Phillies looked pretty mediocre all around and the Giants have two more home games in which they could wrap up the series.
Anyway, I’m not a hardcore Giants (or baseball) fan, but I happened to get to go yesterday and was curious what you guys think – I thought the Phillies were supposed to be unstoppable.
“I lost my wife to a margin call. Wives get mad when you come home and say, ‘Sweetheart, I lost the house today.’” - Dennis Gartman on trading mistakes
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^^^If the Phillies can start hitting, they would be unstoppable. The problem with the Phillies is that their hitters have tended to be correlated this year, meaning they all tend to get into a slump at the same time. They could easily lose to the Giants, although I still do not think they will. While post-season batting averages are terrible for the Phillies, whole season averages are solid and I expect them to mean revert–hopefully in the next two games (Phillies fan here).
“Some people make shoes. Some people make houses. We make money and people are willing pay us a lot to make money for them.”
bromion Wrote:
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> Does anyone think the Giants have a chance at
> beating the Phillies? Was at the game yesterday
> (boss has awesome seats) – not that impressed
> with Cain’s pitching, but the Phillies looked
> pretty mediocre all around and the Giants have two
> more home games in which they could wrap up the
> series.
>
> Anyway, I’m not a hardcore Giants (or baseball)
> fan, but I happened to get to go yesterday and was
> curious what you guys think – I thought the
> Phillies were supposed to be unstoppable.
I’m a Phillies fan and am very worried right now, so I think the Giants have a very good chance. The Phillies’ offense has been streaky all year. Although I picked the Phillies to win the series, I was a little concerned before the series even started because the Phils got really lucky a couple of games against Cincy. That series really should not have been a sweep. I’m on board with Manual sticking with Blanton tonight, but I really think he needs to sit Utley in favor of Valdez and sit Ibanez in favor of Brown (move Werth to LF and put Brown in RF). Brown wasn’t all that impressive in the regular season, but I don’t recall him having an 0-15 streak. I’d bench Rollins too if we had another reserve infielder, but at least Rollins is fielding the ball as opposed to Utley who’s booting balls all over the place. Line up I’d like to see tonight:
Victorino (not exactly setting the world on fire, but at least he steals when he gets on)
Polanco (don’t have anyone to take his place either)
Werth (maybe someone will finally be on base when Howard gets a bloop single)
Howard (at least he’s hitting for average)
Ruiz (still getting on base)
Brown
Valdez
Rollins
Blanton (could be the best hitter in the line up)
You can fondle the cube, but it will not respond.
Yeah, to be honest with you guys, I think the Phillies should have won that game. If you take away the error (which wasn’t marked an error) that led to the Giants scoring, and add even a decent performance at the plate by the Phillies, the Giants probably lose. What was up with Cain’s pitching and management’s inability to pull him? He struggled from the get go and it looked like he was going to allow the Phils to catch up in the 6th but management stupidly refused to pull him – lucky he got that ground out to end the inning. If the Phillies had come to hit, they would have trounced Cain.
Anyway, if the Phillies are as streaky as you guys say (I didn’t watch any games this year, let alone the Phillies), I’ve got the Giants in this one. Easy to say though with a 2-1 lead and 2 home games to go, obviously. I’m just surprised because I thought the Phillies were expected to have a lock on the World Series.
“I lost my wife to a margin call. Wives get mad when you come home and say, ‘Sweetheart, I lost the house today.’” - Dennis Gartman on trading mistakes
I forgot about Ben Francisco. So, sit Victorino as well and move Werth to center. After the 5th inning, Utley can hit for Rollins and slide Valdez over to SS so J-Roll doesn’t think he’s off the hook. Also in the 5th, Roy Halladay can pinch hit for Werth and then Gload can go into left with Francisco moving to center.
You can fondle the cube, but it will not respond.
mar350 Wrote:
——————————————————-
> former trader Wrote:
> ————————————————–
> —–
> > It’s unbelievable the prospects that the
> Montreal
> > Expos developed in their history (Randy
> Johnson,
> > Larry Walker, Vladimir Guerrero, Cliff Floyd to
> > name a few from the 90’s). Pedro Martinez,
> John
> > Wetteland, Moises Alou became stars after being
> > traded there. The best farm team that MLB ever
> > had.
>
>
> yeah, they were like the private AAA+ team that
> anyone could snipe from.
>
> now that team is the marlins. (Miguel Cabrera,
> Josh Beckett, Mike Lowell, Louis Castillo)
When former Expos GM Dave Dombrowski became GM of the Marlins in the mid 1990’s, he took up to a dozen scouts with him from the Expos organization to Florida, including Fred Ferreira.
murders&executions Wrote:
——————————————————-
> What in the world is this guy going to have to do to get respect? Are you guys simply taking the contrarian stance in hopes of being the next Whitney or did you truly believe Lee would lose?
Indeed, Lee looked incredible - he really had ‘no-hit’ type stuff. I did think the Yankees would beat him, and if they can make it to game 7 expect they’ll hit him.
The Yankee lineup is patient, which hurt them as Lee would always jump ahead 1 or 2 strikes. Swisher had the right idea by being aggressive and if the Yankee bats can come alive a little bit I see them beating Lee.
It reminds me of when Pedro was so dominant he looked untouchable - then they got to him.
Realistically though, being down 3-1 is basically a death sentence and it would be pretty incredible if they come back to win the series, against Lee, in Texas.
LPoulin133 Wrote:
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> being down 3-1 is basically a death sentence
yup, i’d like to see the yanks pull it out, but i don’t think hughes will be able to handle the pressure tomorrow. i’d love to see it - and i’ll wear my hughes shirt in support - but i’m not expecting it.
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