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HEY, DT--Barton's up again, OMG: I was beginning this as a joke, I was going to tell DT, Hey, it's time to bring Castillo in, BUT I WAS JUST JOKING AND JUST THEN DT comes out and brings Castillo in.

Berken's ERA is 1.50 for crissake, he's been trained as a starting pitcher, he's been great against lefties, why why why was he yanked?!! There has to be some other reason beside the lefty-righty thing....

Berken has been misused all season by DT. I simply do not understand why he has not been used more often, especially given the fact that he's been arguably the best pitcher out of the pen.

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Is it just me or after every ridiculous pitching change is there a bad hop or a defensive misplay. It's like everybody is more tentative and the baseball gods punish us with a vengence.

Intriguing idea. Perhaps it's also like: OK, Dave just did something stupid and we've got to make sure he doesn't lose his job b/c of it, can't blow it, can't blow it. And then can't react smoothly to bad hops, etc.

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Intriguing idea. Perhaps it's also like: OK, Dave just did something stupid and we've got to make sure he doesn't lose his job b/c of it, can't blow it, can't blow it. And then can't react smoothly to bad hops, etc.

I like this answer better. Curse talk is for losers. Good teams make their own breaks.

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Two on, one out.

Moore in for Wieters.

AJ: REDEEM YOURSELF for that ABSOLUTELY STUPID LOUSY last at-bat with the bases loaded. Swings on a first pitch and leaves it up now to Garrett.

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