8/21 Post Game

I did say then they will do it on Baker instead. And they did.

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When it happened (repeatedly,) each time I laughed because I recalled that I agreed with you when you said it here and I agreed that it would probably be true over the next few games. And, sure enough, it was.

Baker has a bat, which is an improvement, but that's it. He's no 2-3 year solution, unless mediocrity is the watchword and cheap back-ups are the order of the day.

With a runner on 3B, with a pitcher the catcher KNOWS hits the dirt with off speed stuff, he calls off speed and isn't prepared to, or simply can't, block a pitch that an average defensive catcher has no problem with.

And which Loduca would probably have handled. The always snide Gregg had this to say in the Sun-Sentinel:

Of the wild pitch, Gregg said: "It's called a slider below the zone to see how aggressive he's going to be, and it bounced away. It was a tough pitch to block.

The feckless Baker, unable to block a pitch he knew was coming, added these priceless and profound words:

It's been the story of what's happened to us the last two weeks. Whatever can go wrong will go wrong.

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Nope, it wasn't total offensive and defensive incompetence, it was just bad luck! Good to know Baker has finally figured out Murphy's Law. But, we'll get them tomorrow!

Too bad they're running out of tomorrows. And stupid baseball cliches.

I'm not so sold on that bat. I originally said a .200 - .220 hitter by the end of the season. I'll go ahead and adjust that to .220 - .230. I doubt very much he ends up any higher. Yea, he has some dingers, but Jake actually leads the team in August in that category and look at all the "love" he gets around here. Let's wait and see if hypocrisy is the main theme on this at the end of the season.

Get us a REAL catcher this off season. PLEASE!!!