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Feb 24, 2013 9:09 PM
wildcats20;1395508 wrote:Lol so true.

I'm serious man. Watching him get starts like he's an elite young player in the league and him batting 1st or 2nd....ugh nightmares.

His swing can only hit a ball on one plane and many of his hits 3 hoppers to the left side that he can leg out. Home to 1st and in the gap he's as fast as anyone....but he is not good at going around the bases and how the shit can't he dive or slide and catch a ball? Honestly.

Listening to Welsh and Grande or whoever spew about the things he is so great at.......puke

Dusty will do his best to piss me off....but he lost 1/2 his ammo.
Feb 24, 2013 9:09pm
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Feb 24, 2013 10:05 PM
mhs95_06;1395399 wrote:Yes, it seems like he can not at all recognize what pitch is coming, so every pitch he guesses what it is, and many times he's wrong and swings when it is way out of the zone and takes when it is right down the pike. And then many times when he guess right and it is a FB down the middle he can't hit it anyway.
This is a good point. It's not just that he can't hit certain pitches or certain types of pitchers. I like Stubbs too. By all accounts, he's a cool dude and actually works pretty hard to stay in the shape he is. I'm just not sure he really can do much more as a baseball player.

I'm not sure if this also explains his inability to bunt. However, a lot of bunting is reading the ball out of the pitcher's hand. Who knows. I still root for Stubbs.
Feb 24, 2013 10:05pm
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Feb 25, 2013 7:29 AM
Ironman92;1395515 wrote:I'm serious man. Watching him get starts like he's an elite young player in the league and him batting 1st or 2nd....ugh nightmares.

His swing can only hit a ball on one plane and many of his hits 3 hoppers to the left side that he can leg out. Home to 1st and in the gap he's as fast as anyone....but he is not good at going around the bases and how the shit can't he dive or slide and catch a ball? Honestly.

Listening to Welsh and Grande or whoever spew about the things he is so great at.......puke

Dusty will do his best to piss me off....but he lost 1/2 his ammo.
He also lost Rolen, so there's another one he can't blindly run out there every day.
Feb 25, 2013 7:29am
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Feb 25, 2013 3:30 PM
Buddy of mine got to climb the light towers at Great American yesterday. Fuck. That.

Feb 25, 2013 3:30pm
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Feb 25, 2013 3:58 PM
Crazy. Did he get any other views of the whole field?
Feb 25, 2013 3:58pm
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Feb 25, 2013 3:59 PM
GoChiefs;1395849 wrote:Buddy of mine got to climb the light towers at Great American yesterday. Fuck. That.


Yea, screw that!
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Feb 25, 2013 6:35 PM
Azubuike24;1395860 wrote:Crazy. Did he get any other views of the whole field?

Here's some others he took.







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Feb 28, 2013 10:26 PM
Aroldis threw 2 perfect innings in his start today :thumbup:
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Feb 28, 2013 10:28 PM
wildcats20;1398173 wrote:Aroldis threw 2 perfect innings in his start today :thumbup:

Threw hardly any fastballs too right. Thought I saw he used a lot of pitches.
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Terry_Tate;1398178 wrote:Threw hardly any fastballs too right. Thought I saw he used a lot of pitches.
Not sure, just saw it on the bottom line.
Feb 28, 2013 10:29pm
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Terry_Tate;1398178 wrote:Threw hardly any fastballs too right. Thought I saw he used a lot of pitches.

Threw 2 pitches under 80. Threw his fastest pitch at 94. 6 up 6 down.
Mar 1, 2013 2:42am
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Mar 1, 2013 3:21 PM
justincredible;1398564 wrote:Reds signed Mark Prior to a minor league deal today. Yes, that Mark Prior.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/03/reds-sign-mark-prior.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

He has great mechanics and he should be around for a long time to come....or maybe he's fast now and can't hit worth a shit making him a valuable part of our everyday lineup.
Mar 1, 2013 3:21pm
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Mar 4, 2013 10:42 PM
Dusty pissed at Kirk Gibson because he didn't want to use the DH and wanted his pitcher to hit. Baker refused to shake Gibson's hand.

Lol 1st world troubles
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Mar 10, 2013 7:16 PM
Choo 4-4 2 runs and 2 SB

Yes sir.
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Mar 10, 2013 8:24 PM
And Stubbs is being Stubbs for the Indians. 8 k's in 25 ab's.
Mar 10, 2013 8:24pm
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Mar 10, 2013 8:38 PM
Only 8?? Sounds like improvement to me!!
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Mar 10, 2013 9:11 PM
se-alum;1403575 wrote:And Stubbs is being Stubbs for the Indians. 8 k's in 25 ab's.

This is not an Indians thread. Please stay on topic (or at least don't mention him)
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Mar 11, 2013 10:09 AM
Will be interesting where Chapman ends up. I want him as a starter as I think he can be dominant as there is in the league. The pundits believe he will end up being the closer thojgh.
Mar 11, 2013 10:09am
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Mar 11, 2013 1:45 PM
thavoice;1403724 wrote:Will be interesting where Chapman ends up. I want him as a starter as I think he can be dominant as there is in the league. The pundits believe he will end up being the closer thojgh.

Closer. Dont think hes a starter. He can't sustain 100 for 3 straight days and 1 inning. So I think that means starting he'd be throwing 94-96 and when he's done that, ,hes been hammered. I just don't believe the offspeed stuff is good enough yet.
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Mar 11, 2013 2:27 PM
Midstate01;1403868 wrote:Closer. Dont think hes a starter. He can't sustain 100 for 3 straight days and 1 inning. So I think that means starting he'd be throwing 94-96 and when he's done that, ,hes been hammered. I just don't believe the offspeed stuff is good enough yet.
Some could argue that trying to throw hard, 97+, and your warmup pitches three nights in a row is tougher then starting every 5th/6th day.
Mar 11, 2013 2:27pm
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Mar 11, 2013 3:06 PM
Midstate01;1403868 wrote:Closer. Dont think hes a starter. He can't sustain 100 for 3 straight days and 1 inning. So I think that means starting he'd be throwing 94-96 and when he's done that, ,hes been hammered. I just don't believe the offspeed stuff is good enough yet.
Chapman actually gets hit as hard at 100 and 101 as he does 96. When he controls his fastball, throws the slider and has any semblance of a change-up, he can easily be a starter. He might be a starter who maxes it out at 6 innings, but the fastball speed and whether other teams make contact seems to not matter.

This is just what I've noticed, and it makes sense. Guys can hit 101 as easily as 97, if they know that is what is coming.
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