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  1. Frayed Knot
    bmfc1 wrote: ... I hate it when Terry makes a double-switch in the 5th or 6th inning. It's too early to remove a starter for a bench player and you often end up with an unfavorable matchup (e.g. lefty v lefty) but can't pinch-hit because you've already used up your bench. And then it seems, as often as not, he'll wind up making a pitching change anyway negating the whole purpose of the d-s in the first place. That's why I liked Maddon's response: unless it's needed in order to get another inning out of the pitcher you're bringing in then it's probably not worth it -- and, yes, Maddon is in the AL and therefore not in position to make many, but when I heard him say that it was in answer to a question wondering if inexperience without the DH during an IL game was the reason he didn't employ a double-switch that particular night.
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    John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I may have missed something but wouldn't you have wanted Brown up there when a 2-run homer is what you needed? Yes, that's the point. But Terry, seeing as how he had just double-switched Turner into that slot just one or two ABs earlier, apparently felt it was a waste of manpower to PH for him so quickly and/or he was worried about defensive positioning going forward if Brown had run into one and tied the game. IOW, he was stuck with a problem that he himself created by doing the Turner-for-Satin d-switch in the first place when the whole advantage of such a swap (getting a second inning out of V. Black) was likely never to occur. And so, needing a HR, Turner hit while Brown did sit. And I'm mainly bringing this up because this 'd-switch whenever he can' thing is a trend that I've been noticing with increasing frequency from Terry lately.
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    Frayed Knot wrote: Five straight NYY hits off three different ChiSox pitchers and the game is tied in the 8th w/the Yanx still batting. Yeah, check that, make it six hits off four ChiSox pitchers and the Yanx are up 6-4 in a game they were losing 4-1 until a few minutes ago.
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    Five straight NYY hits off three different ChiSox pitchers and the game is tied in the 8th w/the Yanx still batting.
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    My biggest complaint with Terry lately is that he's over-doing the double-switch; it's like he does it every time he changes pitchers. Tonight he swapped out Satin for Turner when he brought in Black to get the final out because the pitcher's spot was four slots away. But what were the odds that he was going to use that pitcher for a second inning anyway? And once he made the switch we wound up with Turner (zero HRs on the year) PH-ing in a spot where a hail-mary longball was the Mets last best hope. So either he goes with Turner and needs at least two consecutive hits off Kimbrel or he PH's for the guy he just brought in (with say Brown) and winds up wasting a player via a move that was designed to save one. I heard Joe Maddon say recently that he never double-switches during a line-up change unless he knows he needs to get a second inning out of his pitcher. Terry's philosophy seems to be that he only double-switches when it's possible to do so.
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    It's like I get the feeling that had Kirk Nieuwenhuis come up through the Braves' system they would have brought him up two years earlier and instead of getting a few decent months out of him before things headed south, they would have gotten three really good seasons worth before the rest of the league figured him out. And when things reached that point they'd simply discard him in favor of some newer 20 y/o who'd tear things up for a while starting from day one.
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    Do the Braves ever bring up a guy who doesn't seem to be ridonculously hot fresh out of the box? Gattis (who they found sweeping the streets or something), Heyward, Freeman, Simmons, Kimbrel for example - and even going back in years to include Andruw, Francouer, Furcal, plus a bunch of guys I'm forgetting right now and virtually every starter and reliever they've ever had. And even when those guys don't all stay great as their careers progress, the team always gets a couple of good years out of them while they're young & cheap & athletic without having to ever go through that painful break-in time that all normal rookies or newly imported players seem to need.
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    Somehow, our 3 hour 41 minute disaster in which Matsuzaka was only part of the problem didn't even turn out to be the slowest game of the day on Monday. The Angels beating Tampa 11-2 (the Rays 5th straight loss btw) really put the word Labor into Labor Day by managing to clock in at 3:58. And while I realize that 13 runs, 17 hits, and 14 walks takes a while to play out, that still doesn't explain what they were doing for just a few clicks short of four hours. And if you add those two games to the one where Minnesota scored four in the 9th to beat Houston 10-6 (3:32) and the Dodgers out-lasting the Rox 10-8 (3:38) and it all adds up to Four 9-inning games on the same day that took over 3-1/2 hours. Only two of the other eleven managed to clock in at under 2:45
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    His verbal calls may be quicker than his hand signals but, not only is that damning with faint praise, there have still been a number of batters today who are a step and a half towards 1st on what they thought was ball four only to have to pick up the bat again when they belatedly hear it's a strike.
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    There have to have been various points in Tim McClelland's umpiring career where folks have said to him that his slow calls and low energy style is annoying to the players on both sides of the field, to both the live fans and the TV fans plus the broadcasters. But seeing as how nothing ever changes, his only possible response to these complaints has to be; "yeah, I don't give a shit".
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    Frayed Knot wrote: Estimated end of game at this pace: 6:11 EDT -- a bit earlier if the Braves aren't required to hit in their half of the 9th. The pace after three full innings brings the projected end of this game down to approximately 5:58 PM
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    Edgy MD wrote: Satin may be slower than Flores... with his ankles taped together. Fixed it for you.
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    Freddie Freeman - drafted in 2007 by the Braves in the 2nd round (78th overall) just one pick after the Mets chose RHP Scott Moviel The 6' 9" Moviel topped out in the Florida State League and appears, at age 25, to be out of baseball after spending 2012 with Florence in the Frontier League.
  14. Frayed Knot
    Satin may be slower than Flores.
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    Estimated end of game at this pace: 6:11 EDT -- a bit earlier if the Braves aren't required to hit in their half of the 9th.
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    Zvon wrote: ... but its this RUN SCORING that has me in a good mood. Should have scored more. 13 hits with 6 of them for XBs should net you more than 5 runs. Only partially cashing in on all those doubles in the early innings was as much to blame for the loss as was the pen or the fact that the Nats cashed in five of their six runs after two were out.
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    Damn!! We were thisclose to sweeping their asses out of their own stadium.
  18. Frayed Knot
    LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: It's adorable in a way, this ESPN announcer married-to-the-storyline thing. In another way, it's irritating, and totally inaccurate-- this would NOT save the Nats season. I think it's just that ESPN employees tend towards looking at sports through a totally different lens than normal fans.
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    Soriano annoys me for some unspecific reason.
  20. Frayed Knot
    bmfc1 wrote: Idiotic throw by Q. Don't think it was idiotic, just wasn't good enough. If it's on target he gets him there.
  21. Frayed Knot
    The Nats have had about five single up the middle tonight which were about three feet away from being GiDPs Span's in this inning was one. I'm thinking Harper did that bunt on his own.
  22. Frayed Knot
    Hmmmm, Rice against the LHP-killing Hariston?!!? Would have been a good spot for a Vic Black intro maybe.
  23. Frayed Knot
    And for the 49th out of 54 times on base this season, the red head has been erased (4) and/or stranded (45) on the base paths.
  24. Frayed Knot
    OK, the challenge is out there. Turner is on base.
  25. Frayed Knot
    Damn ... 2-outs and 0-2 and then single, WP, WP, Single nets them a run they shouldn't have had.
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