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Just now, O-The-Memories said:

Sounds like that's a play that Hays should have made. For all the talk of him being a good defensive guy, I just don't see it. Doesn't have a good arm and his range isn't great either. 

You need to see him playing alongside Smith and Stewart to get the full effect.

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1 minute ago, O-The-Memories said:

Sounds like that's a play that Hays should have made. For all the talk of him being a good defensive guy, I just don't see it. Doesn't have a good arm and his range isn't great either. 

He covered a ton of ground and that was a tough play.

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Santander isn't good defensively, and he doesn't get on base. 

We honestly only have a few guys that would crack MLB rosters on an average team. Alberto, Means, Cobb if he is healthy, maybe Givens/Castro, and Iglesias. Nunez is a DH on a bad team. Ruiz is a lottery ticket, and Hays has potential at least. Can't think of much more. We don't have any legit candidates for an All-Star selection other than maybe Alberto if he continues his tear. 

I just hate losing games like this. 

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Just now, O-The-Memories said:

Santander isn't good defensively, and he doesn't get on base. 

We honestly only have a few guys that would crack MLB rosters on an average team. Alberto, Means, Cobb if he is healthy, maybe Givens/Castro, and Iglesias. Nunez is a DH on a bad team. Ruiz is a lottery ticket, and Hays has potential at least. Can't think of much more. We don't have any legit candidates for an All-Star selection other than maybe Alberto if he continues his tear. 

I just hate losing games like this. 

I think Santander is pretty solid defensively.

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O's 8-25 vs. Marlins since that team's inception. Thought that was a bit surprising, but then I thought about how the Marlins have won two World Series in that time-span and O's have won none. 

Personal note: The first foul ball I ever caught at The Yard was vs. Marlins on 7-16-2000. Was a foul tip. I had just sat down in my seat in the first inning and told my friends, "I got you covered, I have my glove." The a foul tip from a Marlin batter went right into my glove. I was in the Club Section just to the first base side of the press box, first row. Same batter hit another just out of my reach. 

 

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1 minute ago, NashLumber said:

O'a 8-25 vs. Marlins since that team's inception. Thought that was a bit surprising, but then I thought about how the Marlins have won two World Series in that time-span and O's have won none. 

Personal note: The first foul ball I ever caught at The Yard was vs. Marlins on 7-16-2000. Was a foul tip. I had just sat down in my seat in the first inning and told my friends, "I got you covered, I have my glove." The a foul tip from a Marlin batter went right into my glove. I was in the Club Section just to the first base side of the press box, first row. Same batter hit another just out of my reach. 

 

Friend of mine sitting next to me caught a foul ball in that exact same section (1st club section on 1st base side).  John Valentin of the Red Sox I believe.  Think that's the only time I ever say in that section.

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3 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Friend of mine sitting next to me caught a foul ball in that exact same section (1st club section on 1st base side).  John Valentin of the Red Sox I believe.  Think that's the only time I ever say in that section.

Ball came *really* fast. Got it by pure reflex. I still had some decent reflexes then as it was my last year of over 30's league baseball. We were still playing.

I got another the next year on the other side of the field, sort of just under the club seats. A foul ball hit a seat a few rows in front of me and skipped like a rock on a pond and then into my chest. I trapped it. Had a beer in the other hand!

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