Thursday, July 2, 2009

Novel Ideas Abound



Cito must have really dug deep into the recesses of knowledge to realize hitting your three best hitters (by OPS) consecutively in the heart of your order is a good idea. They're also your toughest regulars to pitch to (top three in pitches/plate appearance, Rolen tied with Marco Scutaro.) Cito even went ahead and L-R-L'd them, stopping a long-running Gaston trend of helping match up happy managers like Joe Madden get his hot lefty-on-lefty action. Desperate times clearly call for desperate measures.

A less than novel idea is using Brett Cecil out of the pen. I know it was just a way to get him work, but no fucking way do I want to go down this road. Look at poor Brandon Morrow, languishing away bouncing back and forth. Let the valuable men start the games, let the fill-in trash finish them.

I thought I had a bunch of clever things to say about Ricky Romaro (he's good!), bringing Vernon Wells in for defence (Lulz!) and trading Alex Rios (don't be retarded!) but THE VIDEO OF DEVON WHITE'S TRIPLE PLAY CAME ONLINE YESTERDAY. Watch and enjoy.

7 comments:

  1. Sheeeeit, I hadn't seen that play in years. What a catch, what a relay to Robbie, and, wow, Gruber's hair.

    Wells will be batting 7th in New York. Cito has officially stopped fucking around.

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  2. That Devo catch led me to spend a good 15 minutes cycling through all of Scott Rolen's defensive highlights.

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  3. Get ready for OUR National Holiday, fuckers. Actually, I'll be in Philly so tell Cito to enjoy NYC while I'm away.

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  4. Honest to God, the only video in the world cooler than the pizza box video is devo's catch. IT TURNS INTO PLATES!!!!

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  5. I wasn't too upset about Lind and Overbay batting next to each other, but that's mostly because Lind has held his own against lefties this year.

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  6. By the way Rolen is fielding this season, there needs to be a Youtube channel devoted solely to his amazing plays. Damn Bud Selig and his aversion to new media.

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  7. That pie is two days old. No way that box wasn't soaked in grease.

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