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Wieters is becoming the king of bloop hits, and that's not a good thing.

Does anyone remember Mauer hitting the ball weakly so often? Don't get me wrong, a hit's a hit, but I'd like to see him try to hit the ball, oh you know, hard.

Strength allow you to muscle balls into bloop hits. Weiters has great strength and he is starting to really put it all together. I really wish the doubters would just stop and watch. It is really going to be fun

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I don't understand why comments like these are necessary - first off, you can't prove it either way, and second off, they're both going to make mistakes here and there. It's ridiculous to use those mistakes, unless they become persistent, as ammunition against the other.

I agree 100%. We have a real tendency to get high on players and trash others who we deem in their way. I am excited to have all 4 of our young outfielders.

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A lot of question about it. That is wrong calling that an error. He went a long way and is looking back into the sun. I agree that Pie covers mre ground but he has a tendency to break the wrong way and is very hesitant on where he is throwing the ball.

Settle down, Beavises. I was referring to Jones holding his neck and Trembley's generally cautious approach to injuries. I'm expecting Pie to get an extra rep or two out in CF to make sure Jones is ok.

Everyone sure has picked sides and dug-in on the whole Pie/Jones nonsense. It's a GOOD problem to have and Jones is way to important of a figure in Baltimore City to be replaced. So he won't be. The rest of the shouting match is moot.

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I don't understand why comments like these are necessary - first off, you can't prove it either way, and second off, they're both going to make mistakes here and there. It's ridiculous to use those mistakes, unless they become persistent, as ammunition against the other.

I love Pie and Jones, and I don't wish either of them any bad luck. But lately to many people are bashing Jones for his D. Honestly both of them have been shakey, and much like Reimold losing the ball in the dome, this is a play that is not the fault of the player but just happens from time to time. But to bash Jones defense on a ball lost in he sun is nuts. What I am saying is that both of them would have most likely had the same outcome on that play.

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After 1: Our guy: 11p, 9s, 0h, 0r, 0bb, 1k; Their guy: 14p, 6s, 0h, 0r, 1bb, 0k.

After 2: Our guy: 21p, 16s, 0h, 0r, 0bb, 1k; Their guy: 26p, 14s, 0h, 0r, 1bb, 1k.

After 3: Our guy: 38p, 27s, 0h, 0r, 0er, 0bb, 3k; Their guy: 59p, 32s, 4h, 4r, 4er, 3bb, 3k.

After 4: Our guy: 57p, 36s, 0h, 0r, 0er, 1bb*, 5k; Their guy: 75p, 41s, 6h, 4r, 4er, 4bb, 3k.

After 5: Our guy: 68p, 47s, 1h, 0r, 0er, 1bb*, 7k; Their guy: 87p, 49s, 6h, 4r, 4er, 4bb, 5k.

After 6: Our guy: 91p, 62s, 4h, 1r, 1er, 1bb*, 8k; Their guy: done after 5.2, 99p, 56s,8h, 5r, 5er, 4bb, 6k.

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Wieters is becoming the king of bloop hits, and that's not a good thing.

Does anyone remember Mauer hitting the ball weakly so often? Don't get me wrong, a hit's a hit, but I'd like to see him try to hit the ball, oh you know, hard.

Joe Mauer's Rookie Season (1st full season- '05):

131 G, 9 HR, 55 RBI, 64 SO, .294 AVG, .372 OBP

Matt Wieters' Rookie Season (so far- '09):

65 G, 5 HR, 26 RBI, 53 SO, .271 AVG, .319 OBP

Their rookie seasons are actually pretty similar. (Considering Wieters' season is not completed, and Joe Mauer started the full season in '05.

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I think what happened was that, when Ty looked over his shoulder, he knew he was gonna get thrown out and decided right then to plow into the C. The C saw this and was bracing himself for the collision, and was actually leaning back from the play, not into the play. So, it was Ty taking a bead on the C that caused the C to not block the plate. IMO, no way Ty could have changed his fullback posture into a slide that late. The only way Ty would've been safe if he could have exploited the C backing up by toeing the plate right before the collision. Theoretically he could have, but it required Ty doing 2 things at once...

Yea, I agree. It was a split second decision.

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I don't understand why comments like these are necessary - first off, you can't prove it either way, and second off, they're both going to make mistakes here and there. It's ridiculous to use those mistakes, unless they become persistent, as ammunition against the other.
Please tell us what comments are necessary and which are not, so we can always be de rigueur, Miss Manners.:rolleyestf:
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Settle down, Beavises. I was referring to Jones holding his neck and Trembley's generally cautious approach to injuries. I'm expecting Pie to get an extra rep or two out in CF to make sure Jones is ok.

Everyone sure has picked sides and dug-in on the whole Pie/Jones nonsense. It's a GOOD problem to have and Jones is way to important of a figure in Baltimore City to be replaced. So he won't be. The rest of the shouting match is moot.

My response was not on your message. Anther poster called it an error and I disagreed. I am not sure what a Beavises is, so I am not going to worry about it. I will leave the Baltimore city thing alone. WOW.

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