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Card's announcers are just praising the Luke Scott move. Predicting he could hit 40 HR's playing in Camden yards. That would rock

He's working the count too. He's fouled off the last four pitches.

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Loewen was a little rough in the 1st, but did well working out of a jam. The Dodgers started their everyday lineup yesterday and we dominated until Esteban made his way to the mound. I'd like to see us continue to pitch strong with Cardinal backups filling a lot of spots in the lineup today.

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Luke Scott and Ramon Hernandez both worked the count well and we know that Millar can too. It's nice to see.

Sounds like DT's philosophy of patience at the plate is being implemented thus far.

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Millar is in the way. The fact that he can get a single and work the count does not justify his placement at DH/1B or batting fourth in the order. And you'll notice that Scott Moore's not in the lineup today...right?

You need to get rid of a couple of people or Moore may not even make the team. While nobody likes Gibbons and many want Mora, Payton or Huff moved, it's hard to do given their contracts.Millar is cheap.

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I believe in Adam Jones, but he's much more raw than I expected from the scouting reports. That throw would be a killer in a real game. He just hasn't been anywhere near a finished product as Nick was when he debuted, as far as playing the field is concerned.

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Millar is in the way. The fact that he can get a single and work the count does not justify his placement at DH/1B or batting fourth in the order. And you'll notice that Scott Moore's not in the lineup today...right?

You need to get rid of a couple of people or Moore may not even make the team. While nobody likes Gibbons and many want Mora, Payton or Huff moved, it's hard to do given their contracts.Millar is cheap.

Millar isn't in anyone's way. If Moore is ready he'll force a move. Either he'll get traded or we'll trade Millar. And, if that takes some time to work it's way out, no big deal. With a job this big, I don't expect AM to get everything done right away. This roster is likely to be a work in progress throughout the season.

Finally, Moore's not playing in an exhibition game and that's supposed to mean something? I guess Terrero is blocking Markakis, by that logic. Guys get days off all the time in spring training. To read something into that today is a stretch.

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