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Game 2 of the three-game series. Cliff Lee will look to pick up right where he left off against the Yankees. Brian Bannister will be making his first appearance for the Royals.
No Garko tonight. Shoppach will be behind the plate with Vic the Stick playing first. Crowe in left, in for Ben Francisco who will get the night off. Will we see the debut of Tony Sipp? It will be a chilly, possibly damp game tonight. But with the Cavs getting a night off, all Cleveland sports attention should be tuned to STO-HD.
Go Tribe!
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I see the fans turned out in droves tonight
Cliff needs to lock it down and give them 6 or 7 IP tonight. The less the bullpen has to do, the better.
If they bring Delluci back when he’s “healed” and send Trevor Crowe back down I may go semi-ballistic
Well everything else they’ve done hasn’t made too much sense this year so far, so I wouldn’t be surprised Alex
Seems like they’re wasting a great start here from Cliff. Makes sense of course. Brian Bannister is quite the pitcher
Brian Bannister is actually not that bad. He’s pitched plenty of solid games before this one. He’s just under the radar like almost every above average Kansas City Royal.
Nice debut from Sipp!
uh….go cavs?
Seriously, when the arms work the bats don’t and when the bats do the arms don’t. Frustrating.
Bannister is decent….but come on.
Can someone explain why Wedge would let Crowe (0-3 on the night, <=.200 season avg) hit when we’re down by two in the bottom of the 9th with two-on and two-out? Yes, Crowe is a switch hitter, and we didn’t have any lefties available to PH, BUT..
Crowe is only batting around .215 against right-handers. Garko, on the other hand, is batting .286 against right-handers. That (quite obviously) negates any perceived left/right advantage.
I’m not bashing Wedge here – I simply cannot understand why he wouldn’t PH for Crowe in that situation.
note: even if Crowe came up with a game-winning hit, I would still be questioning his judgment. In other words, a favorable outcome wouldn’t get him off the hook for what I believe was a poor decision.
Can someone explain why Wedge would let Crowe (0-3 on the night, around .200 season avg) hit when we’re down by two in the bottom of the 9th with two-on and two-out? Yes, Crowe is a switch hitter, and we didn’t have any lefties available to PH, BUT..
Crowe is only batting around .215 against right-handers. Garko, on the other hand, is batting .286 against right-handers. That (quite obviously) negates any perceived left/right advantage.
I’m not bashing Wedge here – I simply cannot understand why he wouldn’t PH for Crowe in that situation.
note: even if Crowe came up with a game-winning hit, I would still be questioning his judgment. In other words, a favorable outcome wouldn’t get him off the hook for what I believe was a poor decision.
Can someone explain why Wedge would let Crowe (0-3 on the night, .200 season avg) hit when we’re down by two in the bottom of the 9th with two-on and two-out? Yes, Crowe is a switch hitter, and we didn’t have any lefties available to PH, BUT..
Crowe is only batting around .215 against right-handers. Garko, on the other hand, is batting .286 against right-handers. That (quite obviously) negates any perceived left/right advantage.
I’m not bashing Wedge here – I simply cannot understand why he wouldn’t PH for Crowe in that situation.
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note: even if Crowe came up with a game-winning hit, I would still be questioning his judgment. In other words, a favorable outcome wouldn’t get him off the hook for what I believe was a poor decision.
Can someone explain why Wedge would let Crowe (0-3 on the night, .200 season avg) hit when we’re down by two in the bottom of the 9th with two-on and two-out? Yes, Crowe is a switch hitter, and we didn’t have any lefties available to PH, BUT..
Crowe is only batting around .215 against right-handers. Garko, on the other hand, is batting .286 against right-handers. That (quite obviously) negates any perceived left/right advantage.
I’m not bashing Wedge here – I simply cannot understand why he wouldn’t PH for Crowe in that situation.
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note: even if Crowe came up with a game-winning hit, I would still be questioning his judgment. In other words, a favorable outcome wouldn’t get him off the hook for what I believe was a poor decision.
Sorry for all the duplicate posts.. my comment wasn’t showing up and I thought it was triggering some sort of filter.
I was also wondering why Crowe was batting and Fransisco at least wasn’t, I had forgotten about Garko. Also that same pitch was called a ball just 3 pitches earlier when Soria threw it. I understand why Crowe was going to take it. BUT, Crowe is a rookie and a veteran probably fouls that pitch off at the very least, to stay alive.
So the Cavs play Friday right?