Yeah, teams tend to start figuring him out after the first two times through the order.
Kendrick probably needs to take a seat after this inning.
Yeah, teams tend to start figuring him out after the first two times through the order.
He also stops getting the strikes at the knees, which are basically his entire game. Not sure why, but it seems umpires tend to tighten up the strike zone on him as the game progresses.
He needs to develop a decent breaking ball or slider to keep everyone honest. He's had what looks like a cutter going really well tonight, tailing back over the corners. If he had any sort of a slider that he could disguise as one of his patented hanging sinkers (into the 5th row), he might win some games.
Have you two no faith in the Phils' sixth ace?
lolz, Adams takes the loss in his first Rangers appearance.
Wait, what were you guys saying again?
I said he was pulling a J.D. Durbin. You obviously didn't get it
I said he was pulling a J.D. Durbin. You obviously didn't get it
Jered Weaver has been suspended six games for throwing at Alex Avila's head.
On the "Mason & Ireland Show" on 710 ESPN in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Scioscia said: "What Carlos Guillen did, it was crazy. I don't know if I've ever seen anybody stand and do something like that at home plate.
"I don't think anyone's happy when a pitcher of Jered's magnitude is given a suspension," Scioscia said. "Sure, you'd love to go back and take some of that element out. I wish the two Detroit guys didn't stand there and watch their home runs. There are a lot of things. I wish we had won the ball game. How far do you want to go with this?"
It certainly has high entertainment value, as did the whole game, but I'm not sure that's the kind of stuff MLB wants to promote. Oh well.Yep, he will miss a start as expected. Not to beat a dead horse, but that inning was nominated as "Inning of the Year" by MLBTV!
Light 'em up Lidge is available. Also, with the way Stutes has been getting lit up, I'm not sure I'd want him out there in the 7th anyway.
It certainly has high entertainment value, as did the whole game, but I'm not sure that's the kind of stuff MLB wants to promote. Oh well.
Aybar (who had reached via the bunt error) was caught in a rundown between third at home later in the inning. Don Kelly threw to Verlander entirely too late, and JV was standing in the basepath. Aybar ran through him with a little more elbow than was probably necessary. I didn't think it was egregious, but it has hardly been mentioned with all the other goings-on.Read over on the Detroit board, something about an elbow to Verlander during a rundown? What happened regarding that? Man, that game had a little of everything it seems.
Aybar (who had reached via the bunt error) was caught in a rundown between third at home later in the inning. Don Kelly threw to Verlander entirely too late, and JV was standing in the basepath. Aybar ran through him with a little more elbow than was probably necessary. I didn't think it was egregious, but it has hardly been mentioned with all the other goings-on.
When Aybar scored during the rundown, he threw what Verlander described as "a jab" across his chest.
"I didn't even realize it when he did it," Verlander said. "I felt it walking back to the mound. That's when I realized he hit me. The guy hit me. Unbelievable.
"I was standing in the baseline, I'll give him that. And the throw was getting there at the same time (as Aybar did). I guess he could have really chucked me, or tried to."
Verlander had a verbal exchange in the middle of the eighth, after Aybar came out to play defense.
Was the exchange about the bunt or the contact made during the rundown?
"Both," Verlander said. "We're both men. This game has a tendency to work things out on its own. There is no need to do or say anything drastic at this point in time, especially in a game like this."
Aybar told the Orange County (Calif.) Register that Verlander told him he was going to hit him next year. The teams won't meet again this regular season.