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[The Rick]

And OF COURSE the freakin' Indians take advantage of Reynolds error. Why wouldn't they? They're the freakin' 1st place Indians. What a bunch of crap.

[OFFNY]

He's a DH, he pretty much has a day off except for 3 or 4 times a game when he has to take a few hacks. Not to mention, we had off last Friday, & this Monday & Tuesday. I don't think anyone's fatigued, except for maybe emotionally.

I know, it was a rhetorical question. There isn't any law that says that you have to keep playing the DH if he swings at everything and strikes out a lot............ even if he isn't tired.

[Good Old Days]

who do we put there in his place? The whole team BA stinks.

At some point we have to try something different because this current lineup just isn't working. We can't just stick with it because. Try Markakis, Reynolds, anyone. Lee is really struggling.

[SammyBirdland]

We need to do what the Indians are doing -- play small ball. Too many of our guys try to hit a homer with every swing. I wish they would just put a nice level swing on the ball and think basehit.

[Emory Eagle]

Haha the Orioles live and die with every run they score. It costs them blood, sweat, and tears.

And then the Indians just waltz into a run with an error and a hit. No big deal.

[Stotle]

We need to do what the Indians are doing -- play small ball. Too many of our guys try to hit a homer with every swing. I wish they would just put a nice level swing on the ball and think basehit.

In related news, Cheetah wishes it could change its spots.

[LloydYeah]

The lineup needs to worry about getting hits before they start worrying about hitting homeruns..swinging for the fences every time wont score many runs

[The Rick]

In related news, Cheetah wishes it could change its spots.

Stotle - I don't know much, but Carmona's delivery looks overly violent, what say you?

[SammyBirdland]

Stotle - I don't know much, but Carmona's delivery looks overly violent, what say you?

Our offense looks underly violent.

[blid]

I appreciate Reynolds fielding that ball and trying to make the play but man that throw missed by a mile and led to a run.

[TGO]

I appreciate Reynolds fielding that ball and trying to make the play but man that throw missed by a mile and led to a run.

So what you're saying is sometimes you gotta know when to hold 'em?

[OFFNY]

I appreciate Reynolds fielding that ball and trying to make the play but man that throw missed by a mile and led to a run.

Sometimes, the best passes a quarterback makes are the ones that he doesn't throw. Same with infielders sometimes.

[jiminnj]

We have had 16 plate appearances today, 12 of those plate appearances we have swung at the first strike offered by Carmona. Why are we so aggressive? Make the pitcher work some. At end of 5 innings Carmona has thrown only 64 pitches.

[TGO]

Bergy has gone 0-1 to every single hitter except Sizemore in his HR AB.

[El Gordo]

We have had 16 plate appearances today, 12 of those plate appearances we have swung at the first strike offered by Carmona. Why are we so aggressive? Make the pitcher work some. At end of 5 innings Carmona has thrown only 64 pitches.

Well in our 16 PA we are averaging 4P/PA. I'd say that's not bad.