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277167737C66767D7067557278747C793B76150 wrote: Once again, a Cherington acquisition comes through.  Jack Suwinski wins it in the 9th.  The man’s a genius.
Another feather in Ben's hat!! Gonna make a true believer out of your golfing buddy

3D6B7D69667C6C676A7D4F68626E6663216C0F0 wrote: Change was 0 for 10 with 7 Ks for Cleveland. He's now 0 for 9 with 7 Ks for the Pirates. That's 0 for 19 with 14 Ks. You can't get a hit if you don't hit the ball. There's something seriously wrong with him.


;D ;D



If winning isn’t the management’s priority, then Chang’s signing was brilliant.

605E5B53405858537356415205370 wrote: Once again, a Cherington acquisition comes through.  Jack Suwinski wins it in the 9th.  The man’s a genius.
Another feather in Ben's hat!! Gonna make a true believer out of your golfing buddy


He’s already a believer. He just likes to play the opposing view for the laughs. He knows what Cherington is doing is the only way to go.

752335212E34242F223507202A262E2B6924470 wrote: Once again, a Cherington acquisition comes through.  Jack Suwinski wins it in the 9th.  The man’s a genius.
Another feather in Ben's hat!! Gonna make a true believer out of your golfing buddy


He’s already a believer.  He just likes to play the opposing view for the laughs.  He knows what Cherington is doing is the only way to go.


Now if he can only convince a certain some one- no need to respond ;D

No fedora for GW, sorry.



Great game, I was there with an old Marine buddy, we went to boot camp together and our first school together.



Probably the most picture perfect day of the year, tied for first with yesterday. Great crowd today, not very big but having a great time.



Roansy is the real deal!!



Suwinski!!!

075147535C46565D5047755258545C591B56350 wrote: Once again, a Cherington acquisition comes through.  Jack Suwinski wins it in the 9th.  The man’s a genius.
Another feather in Ben's hat!! Gonna make a true believer out of your golfing buddy


He’s already a believer.  He just likes to play the opposing view for the laughs.  He knows what Cherington is doing is the only way to go.




What Shed knows is that Cherington needs to go.

"Per sources, Rodolfo Castro will be going down to make room for Travis Swaggerty. Has hit .197 while making five errors in 19 games, including one Saturday. Here's Derek Shelton on Castro jogging to first base in the second inning today against the Diamondbacks:



'Errors are gonna happen. That's a physical error. The running situation was a mental error. Not the effort we're looking for. Rudy and I had a conversation about it. It's not acceptable. We were in a situation where, with Vogey being on the bench, it wasn't a situation where I was gonna take him out because of using Vogey later with Castillo. But it's not acceptable. It's not how we play.'"



https://twitter.com/JMackeyPG/status/15 ... 2871281666

Trib says that Swaggerty will be in The Burgh for today's game



As for the rest, I'm not sure whether I should agree with Shelton's decision. I'd really want to agree with Dave- take Castro out right then & there.



Dave, you were the coach. Was there ever a time when you risked a loss (which, of course would hurt your team) to make your point (that helps your team in the long run.)?

2A69706B786D7C6A2A190 wrote: "Per sources, Rodolfo Castro will be going down to make room for Travis Swaggerty. Has hit .197 while making five errors in 19 games, including one Saturday. Here's Derek Shelton on Castro jogging to first base in the second inning today against the Diamondbacks:



'Errors are gonna happen.  That's a physical error.  The running situation was a mental error.  Not the effort we're looking for.  Rudy and I had a conversation about it.  It's not acceptable.  We were in a situation where, with Vogey being on the bench, it wasn't a situation where I was gonna take him out because of using Vogey later with Castillo.  But it's not acceptable.  It's not how we play.'"



https://twitter.com/JMackeyPG/status/15 ... 2871281666


My immediate reaction was that Castro should be taken out. In fact, I thought the best thing would have been to let him take his position to start the next inning and then pull him off the field before the 1st batter to embarrass him.



But I see Shelton's point with a DH there are 9 nonpitcher starters and a 3-man bench is problematic. And one of them is the backup catcher so it's essentially a 2-man bench. And Vogelsong looked like he was limping when they ran for him. So Castillo had to be saved for later. This idea of 14 pitchers and a 3-man bench is idiotic. The MLB limit of 13 pitchers goers into effect June 19. Can't happen soon enough.

I prefer pragmatic decisions over emotional ones.