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caesarod Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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If Lough isn't playing short field, thats an out.

I don't get that. At all. The baserunners are no concern to the OF, and he's not going to be making a throw anyway. He's just there to catch the ball. Why play shallow?

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Big loss against a team we are directly competing with for the playoffs. I guess the thing is, do we really expect this team to do anything in the playoffs?

Should we even expect them to make playoffs? No.

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I dare anybody to defend the decision of not having Givens on this team. I don't care about having Garcia on this team in the future. This team is in contention and they're trying to win games now. Not having Givens on this team cost the team a potential win today.

I agree 100%. Buck's hands were tied with Garcia taking up a spot. Start the inning with Givens instead of Roe and maybe it plays out differently.

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Big loss against a team we are directly competing with for the playoffs. I guess the thing is, do we really expect this team to do anything in the playoffs?

After we had two wild card teams who played in the WS last year, I'd worry about that if we get there, now that said, we need to play more consistently and Givens needs to be on the 25 man roster.

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I don't get that. At all. The baserunners are no concern to the OF, and he's not going to be making a throw anyway. He's just there to catch the ball. Why play shallow?

Logic says that is where they expected him to hit the ball. Is over his head worse then a bloop in front of him?

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Should we even expect them to make playoffs? No.

I admit I kinda gave up on the playoffs after the sweep in NY. This recent 10-5 run has been nice, but I've seen way too much of this team flailing against good ballclubs to think they're in any way an October threat.

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This is a solid .500 team right now. Win one lose one. They have now 13 games coming up against mediocre opposition, followed by a tough September schedule. If they don't go on a hot streak in the next two weeks, I think that's all she wrote.

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Logic says that is where they expected him to hit the ball. Is over his head worse then a bloop in front of him?
Well...you're right. Angel broadcasters have mentioned more than once how shallow the O's OF is generally playing them. So, if they played it the same way they have been all along, we simply just got beat.
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I don't understand the decision not use Britton at all. I know why he didn't do it, but there is just no way I don't use him today.

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Exactly. Britton should have pitched in the game. So what of he pitches a couple shutout innings and we score in the 15th and have to use Garcia to close it and maybe he blows it? Is that any worse than losing while your best, rested reliever warms up but never pitched?

Blind obeisance to the save rule. Ugh.

I will say that if you DO accept the [dubious] premise of not using Zach, I think Buck played it right otherwise. Lefty hitters were 8 for 61 against Matusz this year and he put him in position to get two lefties to extend the game. The odds were on our side.

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