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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 17, 2013 -> 04:08 AM) Flowers seemingly can only homer but never hit with RISP in clutch situations. Besides two games ago

QUOTE (Jake @ May 17, 2013 -> 05:07 AM) That was a case of the 2-2 pitch being a reasonable one to swing at, it was a great pitch, but he shouldn't have had two strikes because the others he swung at weren't close. Until he learns to stop taking strikes and swinging at balls, he's going to struggle to hit over .200 in the majors.

For a catcher, Flowers has little clue at the plate about the opposition setting him up for a particular pitch.

Not even close. 0-6 with RISP tonight.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ May 17, 2013 -> 04:04 AM) It looked like he got jammed off the bat. I'll drop it, but dude, that was not an easy catch. I thought it was gone off the bat

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ May 17, 2013 -> 05:01 AM) If you think spin on a ball makes a catch easier for an OF, especially a LF, you haven't actually caught a ball in the OF. No, I said it made it easier for him to get to since it didn't go as far as it appeared it would off the bat.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ May 17, 2013 -> 03:57 AM) My initial reaction on that play was that I was impressed he even read the ball well enough to be in the area. That ball had some crazy top spin. It was a hard catch to make. The top spin would have made it easier for Viciedo to get to. It hit his glove and he didn't have to jump for it = should be caught

Both these teams are pretty awful in the field.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ May 17, 2013 -> 03:54 AM) You think that was an easy catch? I won't apologize for the defense, but that was a tough ball for a LF to play. It's a ball that should be caught by a MLB outfielder.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 17, 2013 -> 03:53 AM) I'll take it. Perfect time for this clip from one of the best movies ever http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM1OUPPiduI

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ May 17, 2013 -> 04:53 AM) We have to have the franchise record already for most outfield dropped balls. That one year with Pierre in LF was bad (2011, I think)

Flowers has got to change up the location of pitches more than he does. You can't just throw inside pitch after inside pitch to big league hitters.

And the awful defense strikes again. Ball has to be caught, but mercy, Quintana has no stamina this year.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 17, 2013 -> 04:33 AM) Adam just missed one the opposite way. Where's this guy been? He looks fantastic at the plate. That's gone at the Cell likely.

20 feet from homer = stretch

Long, hard out

Nice play by Alexei, huge batter in this game for Q

Gotta stop walking the leadoff hitter of the inning.

I thought De Aza's K-BB ratio was bad until I saw J.P. Arencibia's 49/2 ratio

Hawk took a shot at ADA there with his inability to lay off low and in offspeed pitch.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 17, 2013 -> 04:15 AM) Tyler is squaring the ball up a LOT better the last few games. Amazing what he can do when he actually swings the bat.

Bad luck for Flowers, nice job by Kepp though

Kepp just isn't getting his legs under him on his swing. I know that stance worked for him last year, but he might need to go back to the drawing board.

Wow, huge break after the typical Keppinger weak 6-3 groundout

Can Keppinger hit it deep enough for a sac fly?