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2009-05-27 Cardinals (Wellemeyer) at Brewers (Parra): 12:05 PM CDT [Brewers lose, 3-2]

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Man its frustrating to tie up the game and have Parra immediately put the Cardinals right back on top. Especially when its not Pujols that's doing it, its a bunch of nobodies.
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The thing about Hart (and Bill Hall for that matter) is that against righties, it's like watching the same at bat over and over. They throw a first pitch fastball for a strike which the batter probably watches sail right by. The second pitch is a fastball low and away for a swinging strike or a foul ball. After that, they pound sliders curveballs low and away until those two hack at it and strike out.

 

Couldn't agree with you more. Although a high fastball is also an option for the third strike. Frankly, a fastball up the middle usually works. Those two swing and miss more than anyone I've ever seen.

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Man its frustrating to tie up the game and have Parra immediately put the Cardinals right back on top. Especially when its not Pujols that's doing it, its a bunch of nobodies.

I blame macha for that one. No reason to bring the infield in there. Parra would have worked out of it otherwise.

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To be fair Hart is swinging at balls in the dirt a lot less this year than last year, he is missing more balls in the strike zone this year which is what his problem is. His contact rate on balls in the strike zone is terrible compared to his previous seasons.
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To be fair Hart is swinging at balls in the dirt a lot less this year than last year, he is missing more balls in the strike zone this year which is what his problem is. His contact rate on balls in the strike zone is terrible compared to his previous seasons.

 

What upsets me most is when he's sitting with a 2 strike count and they go right after him with a fastball out over the plate, and he swings and misses it by a foot.

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Couldn't agree with you more. Although a high fastball is also an option for the third strike. Frankly, a fastball up the middle usually works. Those two swing and miss more than anyone I've ever seen.
Corey pulls away on EVERYTHING when he is in a slump like this. It is so easy to see. When he is hitting well, he isn't pulling off of the ball, but rather hanging in there and driving it to all parts of the field. When he is slumping like he is currently, he pulls off the ball and can't cover the entire plate. On those fastballs and sliders that are away, when he hacks at it the end of his bat doesn't even make it out to the edge of the plate. If he hung in there, he could at least foul off those pitches and wait for a better one to hit.
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"A young club like Milwaukee, they don't have a true leader. You know the Cardinals have a bunch of leaders and the number one leader is Tony LaRussa and you know that wouldn't fly with Tony." Even more from the Cards announcers about the Crew untucking.
Oh, Jebus. I hate to think what's in that kool-aid they're drinking.
Remember: the Brewers never panic like you do.
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I'll just never understand not pinch hitting for Kendall in a spot like that. We have Rivera to come in and catch and if he gets hurt we have McGehee who has caught 93 games in the minors, which was his second most played position besides third base, yet they have no problem playing McGehee at 2nd base.
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I love the whole shirt untucking thing because it makes losers like the Cardinals announcers (who apparently are the foremost authority on baseball etiquite) so angry.

 

I could care less if our team did it or not, but when idiots like them get so wrangled up about it, I instantly love it.

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Yep, the untucking thing was no big deal to me either, just a funny little thing the players did, until I started hearing all the stupid whining from the cardinals about it.
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