Comments on: A lineup stacked with Tuesday reading http://umpbump.com/press/2008/04/15/a-lineup-stacked-with-tuesday-reading/ In-your-face baseball commentary Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:00:57 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Sarah Green http://umpbump.com/press/2008/04/15/a-lineup-stacked-with-tuesday-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-55305 Sarah Green Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:08:30 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/a-lineup-stacked-with-tuesday-reading/#comment-55305 Tommy, are you secretly The Guy Who Burps in my Tuesday yoga class? He's almost as bad as the Woman Who Farts during my Wednesday pilates. :) Tommy, are you secretly The Guy Who Burps in my Tuesday yoga class? He’s almost as bad as the Woman Who Farts during my Wednesday pilates. :)

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]]> By: Tommy http://umpbump.com/press/2008/04/15/a-lineup-stacked-with-tuesday-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-55307 Tommy Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:00:29 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/a-lineup-stacked-with-tuesday-reading/#comment-55307 "I love baseball on the radio. Some people only fully relax when they hear Mozart, or the ocean or an “Om.” For me, baseball on the radio is like all of these put together, but with beer added." [Yoga Studio] And now extend your legs and streeetch it out...("he takes low and inside for ball one")...Good, and now cross your legs and form the Lotus position...("and he pops one up to shallow center, Crisp coming on, and he makes the catch")...Now take a deep breath as I count up to 10, and exhale as I count back down...("HE HITS ONE DEEEEP INTO THE RIGHT FIELD CORNER. IT'S GOING BACKBACKBACKBACKBACK OUTTA HERE!")...*burp* “I love baseball on the radio. Some people only fully relax when they hear Mozart, or the ocean or an “Om.” For me, baseball on the radio is like all of these put together, but with beer added.”

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And now extend your legs and streeetch it out…(”he takes low and inside for ball one”)…Good, and now cross your legs and form the Lotus position…(”and he pops one up to shallow center, Crisp coming on, and he makes the catch”)…Now take a deep breath as I count up to 10, and exhale as I count back down…(”HE HITS ONE DEEEEP INTO THE RIGHT FIELD CORNER. IT’S GOING BACKBACKBACKBACKBACK OUTTA HERE!”)…*burp*

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]]> By: Andrew Ryan http://umpbump.com/press/2008/04/15/a-lineup-stacked-with-tuesday-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-55306 Andrew Ryan Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:02:05 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/a-lineup-stacked-with-tuesday-reading/#comment-55306 It was a shame that a couple of fielding blunders by the D-backs prevented the Unit from picking up a win here - his outing was not pretty...but was certainly effective. It was a shame that a couple of fielding blunders by the D-backs prevented the Unit from picking up a win here – his outing was not pretty…but was certainly effective.

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]]> By: Zvee Geffen http://umpbump.com/press/2008/04/15/a-lineup-stacked-with-tuesday-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-47502 Zvee Geffen Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:00:33 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/a-lineup-stacked-with-tuesday-reading/#comment-47502 I have to say that one of my favorite aspects of this "controversy" (only in ST could you have a controversy with players no one has ever heard of! I love it!) is Don Zimmer's response. Zim, aka "The Gerbil," thinks of Girardi "as a son" and <a href="http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hzYRGzGBkmtQ2LNUoNpKXzBG1Qpw" rel="nofollow">expressed his dismay</a> at the Yankee skipper's response. No word on <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?id=1636947" rel="nofollow">whether Zim got misty-eyed</a> as he made these remarks. I have to say that one of my favorite aspects of this “controversy” (only in ST could you have a controversy with players no one has ever heard of! I love it!) is Don Zimmer’s response. Zim, aka “The Gerbil,” thinks of Girardi “as a son” and expressed his dismay at the Yankee skipper’s response. No word on whether Zim got misty-eyed as he made these remarks.

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]]> By: Paul Moro http://umpbump.com/press/2008/04/15/a-lineup-stacked-with-tuesday-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-47499 Paul Moro Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:51:33 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/a-lineup-stacked-with-tuesday-reading/#comment-47499 That is a great picture of Johnson running over Cervelli. And I think that was a totally legitimate play. I watched the video, and Cervelli was blocking the plate. Which is a great, gritty thing to do, if you are a catcher, but if the catcher is blocking the plate before he even has the ball, what else is the runner supposed to do but run him over? Johnson had no choice but to run him over. That is how they teach baseball in every organization, at every level - if the catcher is blocking the plate before he has the ball, you have to run him over. If Cervelli didn't want to get run over in a spring training game, he shouldn't have blocked the plate. He should have left a clear path for Johnson and went for one of those pansy-ass swipe tags that Jorge Posada is always doing. That is a great picture of Johnson running over Cervelli.

And I think that was a totally legitimate play.

I watched the video, and Cervelli was blocking the plate. Which is a great, gritty thing to do, if you are a catcher, but if the catcher is blocking the plate before he even has the ball, what else is the runner supposed to do but run him over?

Johnson had no choice but to run him over. That is how they teach baseball in every organization, at every level – if the catcher is blocking the plate before he has the ball, you have to run him over. If Cervelli didn’t want to get run over in a spring training game, he shouldn’t have blocked the plate. He should have left a clear path for Johnson and went for one of those pansy-ass swipe tags that Jorge Posada is always doing.

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]]> By: Zvee Geffen http://umpbump.com/press/2008/04/15/a-lineup-stacked-with-tuesday-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-47498 Zvee Geffen Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:30:34 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/a-lineup-stacked-with-tuesday-reading/#comment-47498 Right there with you, guys. I mean, what's the most important thing for a hitter? To NOT make an out. That's first and foremost. And if your hitters---even your 3-6 hitters, which were the topic of that graph---are drawing walks, they are a)not making outs, b) driving up the opposing hurler's pitch count, and c) showing him they won't chase junk out of the zone, thus increasing the chances they'll see hittable pitches next time through the lineup. Like, duh. Right there with you, guys. I mean, what’s the most important thing for a hitter? To NOT make an out. That’s first and foremost. And if your hitters—even your 3-6 hitters, which were the topic of that graph—are drawing walks, they are a)not making outs, b) driving up the opposing hurler’s pitch count, and c) showing him they won’t chase junk out of the zone, thus increasing the chances they’ll see hittable pitches next time through the lineup.

Like, duh.

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]]> By: Danny O http://umpbump.com/press/2008/04/15/a-lineup-stacked-with-tuesday-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-47494 Danny O Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:17:23 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/a-lineup-stacked-with-tuesday-reading/#comment-47494 I too, was stifling my inter-office laugh at the firejoemorgan.com post. I ain't no stat-head, but anybody should be able to appreciate the importance of walks. They give your team opportunities to score, and they give the next hitters better pitches. That columnist is pretty dumb. As for the Progressive signs, I can appreciate your sarcastic excited anticipation. Who friggin cares? Do we really need to preview advertisements? Yankees fans: Shut the hell up. Seriously. It's baseball. People get hurt. It's not like the kid was vying with Posada to start this year. Is there an echo in here? I too, was stifling my inter-office laugh at the firejoemorgan.com post. I ain’t no stat-head, but anybody should be able to appreciate the importance of walks. They give your team opportunities to score, and they give the next hitters better pitches. That columnist is pretty dumb.

As for the Progressive signs, I can appreciate your sarcastic excited anticipation. Who friggin cares? Do we really need to preview advertisements?

Yankees fans: Shut the hell up. Seriously. It’s baseball. People get hurt. It’s not like the kid was vying with Posada to start this year.

Is there an echo in here?

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]]> By: Ben http://umpbump.com/press/2008/04/15/a-lineup-stacked-with-tuesday-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-47492 Ben Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:43:13 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/a-lineup-stacked-with-tuesday-reading/#comment-47492 That Fire Joe Morgan article was hilarious! It was the perfect attack on an ignorant sports writer. That Fire Joe Morgan article was hilarious! It was the perfect attack on an ignorant sports writer.

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