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Post by johneaztec on Apr 15, 2022 20:00:55 GMT -8
That's one thing that really irks me. A guy stands in the batter box to watch his ball go fair, or foul, and it lands fair, and of course he only gets a single out of it. Horrible. You make contact like that, you run. And, what happens after that? The next guy hits into a double play. If he ran hard and got to second like he should have, there wouldn't have been a double play opportunity. It benefitted the Padres, but it still really irks me to see laziness, or whatever you want to call it. Oh. Weird. Childish.
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Post by aztecryan on Apr 15, 2022 20:07:39 GMT -8
Not particularly. What's weird is the ultra aggressive defense of Hosmer (and the praise every time he makes a play at first that should be made, largely)...and then going on a rant against laziness at the same time, knowing his rep. Just interesting. Glad his play last inning didn't cost the boys a run. The defense does look improved, comprehensively, which may be a Melvin influence.
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Post by johneaztec on Apr 15, 2022 20:19:40 GMT -8
Not particularly. What's weird is the ultra aggressive defense of Hosmer (and the praise every time he makes a play at first that should be made, largely)...and then going on a rant against laziness at the same time, knowing his rep. Just interesting. Glad his play last inning didn't cost the boys a run. The defense does look improved, comprehensively, which may be a Melvin influence. You're so predictable. Of course you make it into a Hosmer thing. Any chance you can, you'll try to diminish the good he's doing. Horrible, but that's you. Digs out of the dirt aren't exactly gimmees, but that's all you got right now. What's even worse is that you would like to see him fail, even to the detriment of the Padres. Horrible fan. Have at it. If you're good about a player standing in the batters box, no matter who it is, to WATCH his batted ball fall fair, and only get a single when it should have been an easy double, and would have denied the double play by the next batter, then that's a reflection on you in a bad way. No surprise there, though.
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Post by junior on Apr 15, 2022 20:35:33 GMT -8
Meanwhile, some usually dependable arms come in and can't seem to throw a breaking pitch. There went the game…
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Post by aztecryan on Apr 15, 2022 20:48:11 GMT -8
Clearly not the home team's night. Braves have had some really good at-bats mixed in with some really lucky ball placement in the corners and on some weak contact.
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Post by aztecryan on Apr 15, 2022 20:49:35 GMT -8
Meanwhile, some usually dependable arms come in and can't seem to throw a breaking pitch. There went the game… Thought Johnson's curveball was actually really solid. Number of swings and misses. The hit and run pitch was a ball off the plate and then the infield single was just bad luck. Check swing.
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Post by aztecryan on Apr 15, 2022 20:51:46 GMT -8
Not particularly. What's weird is the ultra aggressive defense of Hosmer (and the praise every time he makes a play at first that should be made, largely)...and then going on a rant against laziness at the same time, knowing his rep. Just interesting. Glad his play last inning didn't cost the boys a run. The defense does look improved, comprehensively, which may be a Melvin influence. You're so predictable. Of course you make it into a Hosmer thing. Any chance you can, you'll try to diminish the good he's doing. Horrible, but that's you. Digs out of the dirt aren't exactly gimmees, but that's all you got right now. What's even worse is that you would like to see him fail, even to the detriment of the Padres. Horrible fan. Have at it. If you're good about a player standing in the batters box, no matter who it is, to WATCH his batted ball fall fair, and only get a single when it should have been an easy double, and would have denied the double play by the next batter, then that's a reflection on you in a bad way. No surprise there, though. It was a general observation that self-awareness doesn't seem to be in your wheelhouse. Not rooting for anyone to fail. I want him to play up to the level the team needs to win games, surely. I don't know what play you're even referring to on the Braves side, didn't see it live. Laziness isn't specific to a play, it's a style of play. If you're going to point that out, think it should be a standard for everyone, shouldn't it?
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Post by johneaztec on Apr 15, 2022 21:02:02 GMT -8
You're so predictable. Of course you make it into a Hosmer thing. Any chance you can, you'll try to diminish the good he's doing. Horrible, but that's you. Digs out of the dirt aren't exactly gimmees, but that's all you got right now. What's even worse is that you would like to see him fail, even to the detriment of the Padres. Horrible fan. Have at it. If you're good about a player standing in the batters box, no matter who it is, to WATCH his batted ball fall fair, and only get a single when it should have been an easy double, and would have denied the double play by the next batter, then that's a reflection on you in a bad way. No surprise there, though. It was a general observation that self-awareness doesn't seem to be in your wheelhouse. Not rooting for anyone to fail. I want him to play up to the level the team needs to win games, surely. I don't know what play you're even referring to on the Braves side, didn't see it live. Laziness isn't specific to a play, it's a style of play. If you're going to point that out, think it should be a standard for everyone, shouldn't it? You don't fool anyone. You absolutely want him to fail. You laugh at his bad plays, you only speak up about in a negative way about him, and never when when he does something well. You're incredibly predictable. That's no surprise, though. At least you're consistent. Laziness is a style of play? Wow. There's no room for it, or for a lack of hustle. And, like I said in my previous post, that goes for anyone who plays that way.
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Post by aztecryan on Apr 15, 2022 21:11:49 GMT -8
It was a general observation that self-awareness doesn't seem to be in your wheelhouse. Not rooting for anyone to fail. I want him to play up to the level the team needs to win games, surely. I don't know what play you're even referring to on the Braves side, didn't see it live. Laziness isn't specific to a play, it's a style of play. If you're going to point that out, think it should be a standard for everyone, shouldn't it? You don't fool anyone. You absolutely want him to fail. You laugh at his bad plays, you only speak up about in a negative way about him, and never when when he does something well. You're incredibly predictable. That's no surprise, though. At least you're consistent. Laziness is a style of play? Wow. There's no room for it, or for a lack of hustle. And, like I said in my previous post, that goes for anyone who plays that way. It's a style of play, yes. It's not limited to *a* play is what I meant. Whether it's baserunning, pitching, fielding, hitting, etc.
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Post by johneaztec on Apr 15, 2022 21:28:53 GMT -8
You don't fool anyone. You absolutely want him to fail. You laugh at his bad plays, you only speak up about in a negative way about him, and never when when he does something well. You're incredibly predictable. That's no surprise, though. At least you're consistent. Laziness is a style of play? Wow. There's no room for it, or for a lack of hustle. And, like I said in my previous post, that goes for anyone who plays that way. It's a style of play, yes. It's not limited to *a* play is what I meant. Whether it's baserunning, pitching, fielding, hitting, etc. It's a bad trait in my eyes. You make contact, you run it out, unless it's obviously foul, and never just stand in the batter's box. Baseball 101. It doesn't matter who does it, it will always be wrong and a bad look. Like I said earlier, if that guy runs, or even jogs out of the batter's box on that fly ball, he's on second and the next batter wouldn't have hit into a double play.
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Post by aztecryan on Apr 15, 2022 21:47:15 GMT -8
It's a style of play, yes. It's not limited to *a* play is what I meant. Whether it's baserunning, pitching, fielding, hitting, etc. It's a bad trait in my eyes. You make contact, you run it out, unless it's obviously foul, and never just stand in the batter's box. Baseball 101. It doesn't matter who does it, it will always be wrong and a bad look. Like I said earlier, if that guy runs, or even jogs out of the batter's box on that fly ball, he's on second and the next batter wouldn't have hit into a double play. I agree, for the most part. I just think that standard should apply everywhere to all players and situations. A large part of the Hosmer critique is the lack of desire to improve, especially on the defensive side. I'm glad he's off to a decent start with the bat, but without any power, it's just not going to be enough. Going to be a ton of low scoring games with the way the team is currently constructed.
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Post by aardvark on Apr 17, 2022 11:44:37 GMT -8
Let's go, boys. We need a win today to get a split for the series.
Such a promising start on Thursday, to hoping for a split of the 4 game series today.
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Post by johneaztec on Apr 17, 2022 12:36:00 GMT -8
Let's go, boys. We need a win today to get a split for the series. Such a promising start on Thursday, to hoping for a split of the 4 game series today. Game of the day on ESPN!!! Let's salvage a split boys!!!
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Post by johneaztec on Apr 17, 2022 15:39:09 GMT -8
Darvish is on his game. Gotta get this one, but you can't leave the bases loaded and not get anything out of it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2022 17:20:57 GMT -8
Yu was pretty electric tonight, great start.
Come on bullpen, close it out !
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Post by aztecryan on Apr 17, 2022 17:45:21 GMT -8
Yu was pretty electric tonight, great start. Come on bullpen, close it out ! Really solid pitch distribution. Trusted the fastball and had a ton of life on it.
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Post by The Aztec Panther on Apr 17, 2022 18:04:58 GMT -8
Good game for the pitchers and defense. Nice inning from Rogers to close it out.
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Post by aardvark on Apr 17, 2022 18:45:08 GMT -8
Only big mistake from Darvish tonight was the bomb that Ozuna hit off of the lower scoreboard in LF.
And the Padres score 2 off of a HBP and a hustle play by Cronenworth to stay out of the double play.
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Post by johneaztec on Apr 17, 2022 19:10:56 GMT -8
Excellent pitching performance by Darvish tonight. Offense left 10 men on base. Lucky we had GREAT pitching.
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Post by AztecFire on Apr 17, 2022 23:09:06 GMT -8
Great defense and so-so offense. It's the San Diego sports way
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