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From: HTP on 8 Apr 2010 16:47 On Apr 8, 1:01 pm, eddyg...(a)msn.com (john smith) wrote: > Yes Tom, Jay Bruce has a mild bulge around the tummy. Cabrera's poor > defense continues today. Twins knew what they were doing. Early > impression of Drew Stubbs, slow bat so far. One, two is going to kill > this team. Jay Bruce in an early funk, still very vulnerable to down and > away pitch. There going to keep throwing it there until he becomes more > disciplined at the plate. > I havent seen any of his atbats. But based on the announcers, it sounds like he's leading the league in hitting into tough luck.
From: tom dunne on 8 Apr 2010 19:16 On Apr 8, 4:47 pm, HTP <tmbowma...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On Apr 8, 1:01 pm, eddyg...(a)msn.com (john smith) wrote: > > > Yes Tom, Jay Bruce has a mild bulge around the tummy. Cabrera's poor > > defense continues today. Twins knew what they were doing. Early > > impression of Drew Stubbs, slow bat so far. One, two is going to kill > > this team. Jay Bruce in an early funk, still very vulnerable to down and > > away pitch. There going to keep throwing it there until he becomes more > > disciplined at the plate. > > I havent seen any of his atbats. But based on the announcers, it > sounds like he's leading the league in hitting into tough luck. That was the case last year, when Bruce had an incredibly bad batting average on balls in play (BABIP, also known as 'bad luck'). If that's the case again this year... well, I start to wonder if there's something he's doing that keeps rocketing liners into outfielders' gloves. Here's a look at Bruce's BABIP woes in 2009 and a 2010 projection: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/projecting-jay-bruce/
From: RJA on 9 Apr 2010 11:38 On Apr 8, 4:35 pm, t...(a)nomail.please (JustTom) wrote: > On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 13:01:20 -0700, eddyg...(a)msn.com (john smith) > wrote: > > >Yes Tom, Jay Bruce has a mild bulge around the tummy. Cabrera's poor > >defense continues today. Twins knew what they were doing. Early > >impression of Drew Stubbs, slow bat so far. One, two is going to kill > >this team. Jay Bruce in an early funk, still very vulnerable to down and > >away pitch. There going to keep throwing it there until he becomes more > >disciplined at the plate. > > He certainly didn't look good on the AB I watched on Monday when I > think we had two on and a little mini rally going. He flailed at the > down and away and hesitated on the down and in that he should have > crushed before it. > > > > >Gomes walk off gives Reds first win. Cordero does his job and the Cubs > >come to town tomorrow. > > >Tom, why not consider MLB extra innings? The price is kind of steep at > >180 for the season but you get 95 percent of the games plus all the > >other teams too. > > Not an option on comcast in my area. > > I tried to buy it when a flyer came with my bill several years ago. > Lady said "of course" and and I waited for her to flip the switch. > After a whole lotta nothin' we were both surprised to learn that all > packages are not available everywhere. > > I had to wait a couple of years for HD to come to town. Worth the > wait though. Probably be a decade before the 3D stuff hits the > boonies. Any reason that you'd go with Comcast over Direct TV? You could have the MLB Extra innings and a lot more HD right now for probably a better price.
From: JustTom on 15 Apr 2010 11:41
On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 08:38:21 -0700 (PDT), RJA <agentvaughn(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >Any reason that you'd go with Comcast over Direct TV? You could have >the MLB Extra innings and a lot more HD right now for probably a >better price. My internet is bundled up with my cable. I think that I would still have to retain my basic cable package even if I went to DirectTV, and I just can't justify the added expense of two bills. High speed internet makes working at home possible for me, and getting to do that while my 3 and 5 year old play downstairs is paramount to me so the cable is more important to me than the mlb package. Besides, other than the lack of the MLB package , I'm really happy with Comcast, especially the huge OnDemand libraries that are available. Between that and the DVR, I don't really watch much of anything in real time anymore. Truth be told, I don't watch much tv anyway these days, beyond college basketball. And the kid's channels are all available, so no complaints. Would be nice to see a few reds games, but the xm is fine for me, especially as I can put my heafdphones on and be outside the entire time. |