OT: Raise the Jolly Roger: Dull days of July

[Empoleon8771]

De La Cruz single followed by a Bart nuke, 2-0 already.

The Bart breakout has been awesome to see. He has made Davis completely irrelevant to this franchise.

 

[BusinessGoose]

And boom

BDLC already gets a extra run on the Bart homer by getting on base

 

[ImporterExporter]

Cherington has actually made a lot of really good moves this year.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Cherington has actually made a lot of really good moves this year.

I was dead wrong about the Bart acquisition, I thought he sucked because he was awful in his time with the Giants. Dude just needed a change of scenery. This team is in a good spot with their catchers with Endy and Bart going forward.

Triolo makes it 3-0.

McCutchen makes it 4-0. They're making Valdez look like an absolute scrub here.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Huge hit by Cutch to snag this fourth run. We are seeing Valdez well after it looked like he was gonna dominate in the first inning.

Maybe Haines unlocked the key to being a good hitting coach: immediately getting ejected and leaving the dugout.

 

[BusinessGoose]

 

[WickedWrister]

Huge hit by Cutch to snag this fourth run. We are seeing Valdez well after it looked like he was gonna dominate in the first inning.

Maybe Haines unlocked the key to being a good hitting coach: immediately getting ejected and leaving the dugout.

Would be some hilarious irony if we put up our best offensive performance of the season without a hitting coach.

 

[Coastal Kev]

Huge inning... lovin the Bartman. Dude has come up with HUGE HITS

 

[BusinessGoose]

Cruz owes Woodford a HR now

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Not being able to escape that jam unscathed makes Cutch's 2 out RBI that much more crucial. Cruz can't be doing that, but 4-1 is still a world different than 3-1, especially when the pitching plan just seems to be hope for the best with Woodford eating a couple more innings.

 

[WickedWrister]

I'm not blaming Bart for that passed ball (it was in the dirt) but I guess it's fair to say he's only league average, or slightly below in blocking and pitch framing.

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Also how the hell is Shea Langeliers -15

 

[Empoleon8771]

I'm not blaming Bart for that passed ball (it was in the dirt) but I guess it's fair to say he's only league average, or slightly below in blocking and pitch framing.

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Also how the hell is Shea Langeliers -15

Yeah I think Bart is definitely the power hitter in the catcher duo. That's why I think he and Endy work so well as a duo, Endy's more of the defensive contact catcher while Bart is the power catcher.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Good lord Cruz. He needs to be benched for the series at this point, he's been horrendous.

There is no world where he should be going for that ball.

 

[WickedWrister]

Yikes... Cruz

 

[BusinessGoose]

CRUZ WTF ARE YOU DOING

 

[Mr Jeff Jimerson]

Now that's Battlin Bucco Baseball.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Reynolds has to aggressively call him off.

 

[wheelz87]

Cru single handedly blowing the game

 

[Empoleon8771]

The scorer somehow gave Reynolds an error on that and not Cruz.

 

[Ugene Magic]

Cruz with three errors this early game.

 

[BusinessGoose]

Omfg....

 

[Coastal Kev]

cruz is vomit tonight

 

[metalan2]

Never seen a short stop run to left field to attempt to field a fly ball.

3 errors by Cruz, single handedly responsible for all 3.

cruz is vomit tonight

By vomit do you mean historically bad?

 

[BusinessGoose]

Woodford absolutely pitching a shutout but the score is HOU 3 PIT 4...crazy

 

[Coastal Kev]

Never seen a short stop run to left field to attempt to field a fly ball.

3 errors by Cruz, single handedly responsible for all 3.


By vomit do you mean historically bad?

yes... manager should have yanked his ass