But 150 of those are brad miller so they really shouldn't count

toucan82 said:

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But 150 of those are brad miller so they really shouldn't count

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AccidentProne said:

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Texas Rangers (19-20) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (14-21): Series Preview

Game 1: Jared Eickhoff (RHP, 0-3, 4.76 ERA) vs. Yu Darvish (RHP, 3-2, 2.96 ERA)

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Tonight's starter for the Phillies, Eickhoff, was part of the Cliff Lee trade a few years back. He may be a little extra motivated tonight.

He was part of the Hamels trade

AccidentProne said:

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He was part of the Hamels trade

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Doh! sorry, mixed up my Phillies trade for LHP's! 20 pushups for me.

KT 90 said:

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AccidentProne said:

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He was part of the Hamels trade

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Doh! sorry, mixed up my Phillies trade for LHP's! 20 pushups for me.

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Make it 50

AccidentProne said:

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KT 90 said:

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AccidentProne said:

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He was part of the Hamels trade

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Doh! sorry, mixed up my Phillies trade for LHP's! 20 pushups for me.

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Make it 50

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ok, I can probably definitely use the work. But going to take a few sets to get that completed.

Excellent write-up AP! I hope we can keep the momentum going in this series with the Phillies. I will be at the game tomorrow night so really looking forward to it!

More SO info.....all of the top 10, and others in the top 40 from TEX, TB, and HOU

Joey Gallo/TEX 57
Jonathan Villar/MIL 51
Tim Beckham/TB 50
Chris Davis/BAL 49
Jose Bautista/TOR 48
Ryan Schimpf/SD 48
Miguel Sano/MIN 48
Trevor Story/COL 48
Mike Napoli/TEX 47
Keon Broxton/MIL 47
Jake Lamb/ARI 47
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Brad Miller/TB 45
Carlos Gomez/TEX 44
Steven Souza/TB 44
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Kevin Kiermair/TB 42
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Rickie Weeks/TB 40
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Carlos Beltran/HOU 35
Evan Longoria/TB 35

Deshields LF
Andrus SS
Mazara RF
Lucroy DH
Odor 2B
Napoli 1B
Gallo 3B
Chirinos C
Hoying CF

Woof

Gallo and Chirinos together in the lineup surely means a home run a piece, right??

This could be a game where both offenses struggle given the NL-AL matchup. Can't imagine many of their hitters have faced Darvish, and same thing with our hitters and Eickhoff.

Ugh. Did you even read my writeup????? Phillie pitching is ass, my dood. I'll say 8-3 good guys tonight

AccidentProne said:

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Ugh. Did you even read my writeup????? Phillie pitching is ass, my dood. I'll 8-3 good guys tonight

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You have spoken a guaranteed win into existence. Pitchforks are out for you tonight if we don't win.

Especially since you're predicting half-price pizza!!!!!!!

When I first heard about Otani, I thought he was a gimmick mostly. The 2016 campaign he has is nothing short of incredible.

I expected a mostly pull-oriented left handed hitter who hit mainly for power. Then I looked up his highlights on youtube, and he actually shows that he can go the other way. I mean, yes he for sure still pulls the ball. He's also got a little of the Ichiro "step like you're starting to run out of the batter's box" swing, but it is definitely compact and seems like it would be better with a few tweaks.

I also expected a large number of Ks from him at the plate. He had 323 ABs and 98 Ks. That's really not that terrible. He had 54 BBs and 22 HRs. And a .322 batting average and a 1.004 OPS.

Add to that 140 innings pitched and a 1.86 ERA with 174 Ks and 45 BBs.... Wow.

I mean... obviously if those numbers translated to the MLB he would be basically unlike anything we've ever seen before. But he's got legitimate talent playing both ways. He's not just a gimmick HR hitter, and he's not just a flamethrowing pitcher either.

I will be there tonight. I don't have another game until June. Should be a good pitching matchup.

BTW - if anyone wants two free tickets to Wednesday night's game, let me know. I have two crappy upper deck seats for free. Section 318. I'll forward them to you.

jtstanley4621 said:

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When I first heard about Otani, I thought he was a gimmick mostly. The 2016 campaign he has is nothing short of incredible.

I expected a mostly pull-oriented left handed hitter who hit mainly for power. Then I looked up his highlights on youtube, and he actually shows that he can go the other way. I mean, yes he for sure still pulls the ball. He's also got a little of the Ichiro "step like you're starting to run out of the batter's box" swing, but it is definitely compact and seems like it would be better with a few tweaks.

I also expected a large number of Ks from him at the plate. He had 323 ABs and 98 Ks. That's really not that terrible. He had 54 BBs and 22 HRs. And a .322 batting average and a 1.004 OPS.

Add to that 140 innings pitched and a 1.86 ERA with 174 Ks and 45 BBs.... Wow.

I mean... obviously if those numbers translated to the MLB he would be basically unlike anything we've ever seen before. But he's got legitimate talent playing both ways. He's not just a gimmick HR hitter, and he's not just a flamethrowing pitcher either.

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It will be interesting to see how he is used in MLB. Surely it would be too taxing for him to be a starter and then DH on a few of his days in between starts. Maybe RP and then DH occasionally?

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BTW - if anyone wants two free tickets to Wednesday night's game, let me know. I have two crappy upper deck seats for free. Section 318. I'll forward them to you.

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Haha, those "crappy" upper deck seats are pretty much where me and my wife's season tickets are...

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wbt5845 said:

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BTW - if anyone wants two free tickets to Wednesday night's game, let me know. I have two crappy upper deck seats for free. Section 318. I'll forward them to you.

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Haha, those "crappy" upper deck seats are pretty much where me and my wife's season tickets are...

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Oops. Sorry.

Only crappy in the sense I can't sell them for anything. They're actually a good place to watch the game.

And I'm guessing you aren't in the last few rows, either.

AccidentProne said:

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I have section 21, row A for Friday, June 2nd

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$1 Bob

haha, yeah, we are about row 13 out of 22. Not too bad of seats, always get a breeze up there and it was the only thing we could afford as newly weds. Works out well for us! Aint nothing can beat what AP is offering though...

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I have section 21, row A for Friday, June 2nd

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Those suck. Who wants to sit while the ball is in play?!

Having said that... were you offering those up, or just lamenting that Banny wouldn't let you sit in the visitor's dugout?!

IIRC, you can give them away, but not sell them. I'd be more than happy to force myself to sit while the ball is in play...

I never said anything about selling/giving them away. I'm actually going to use them to entertain a couple prospects...













....of the female variety

AccidentProne said:

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I never said anything about selling/giving them away. I'm actually going to use them to entertain a couple prospects...

....of the female variety

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Sponge errr... front row worthy... no rule 1... I'm happily married and too lazy to break in a young Mare... (SWIDT?)

Lucroy and Chirinos in the line up together for the first time

It's amazing to me you can still see the spots from that golf event.

Saw we signed Drew Stubbs to a minor league deal... again ha

How many Ks on that slider/curveball combo tonight? O/U at 7

Maz!

Nomar

That upper deck seeing a lot of action this season.

Man Darvish can make hitters look flat out silly sometimes

All Gallo has to do is pull a 3-1 fastball and we score. I can't stand the lack of situational hitting.