No. I want him to focus on swinging at the pitches that are strikes first. He's got enough of a problem hitting those pitches.

 

If he gets called out a few times because an ump doesn't call the zone correctly, so be it.

 

Our hitters also need to learn how to protect the plate on two strikes. How many times have we seen Becks and Dunn take borderline pitches just off the plate for strike three? AJ is a great example of this...don't leave it up to the ump.

Alex rocketed that ball just too close to the RF to get down.

You both just questioned why he didn't swing at a pitch outside the zone...

 

Good at bat, Alex!

 

 

I never said he should have swung at it. But him complaining was wrong. The ump called it for Peavy.

AJ Pierzynski, last year his 4th homer was July 25th, 13th RBI on May 22nd.

 

WOW.

This should be 5 -1 easy.

AJ 8 for his last 10 (yawn)

Small victories, at least Rios didn't hit into a DP and completely kill the momentum.

 

Sure, 4-1 or 5-1 would be nicer, but when we get a bigger lead we tend to let up instead of stepping on the neck of the opponent and not letting them get back up.

 

It is at least encouraging that Adam Dunn gets some walks mixed in with all thoses K's. Hopefully he starts belting some baseballs around the park again

This Baltimore line-up is really not fun to face. Uncomfortable pretty much up and down the order.

wow Markakis making Peavy work

Ethier and Kemp leading the majors with 17 RBI's, AJ with 13, tied for 3rd.

 

Interestingly enough, Chris Young and Nick Swisher both have 13 as well.

 

Jeter and Konerko have the same number, tied for 18th.

Markakis wins that battle with a single to RF

Beckham probably has his cup slammed up into him there.

Dammit, 10 pitches and a negative result.

 

That hurts. Always a concern with Peavy's endurance/stamina/pitch count in the middle innings. Already close to 60.

 

 

 

 

And how the hell does Omar Infante have 4 homers?

Beautiful throw AJ!

Strike him out, throw him out, AJ doing it all!

Holy crap has AJ looked phenomenal so far....

Oh yeah!!!! Sox catchers are throwin' out some runners this season!!

AJ for MVP!!

Holy crap has AJ looked phenomenal so far....

He should be an All-Star selection right now!

hey balta. Jakes doing it again.

AJ 8 for his last 10 (yawn)

AJ batting a cool .778 so far this week!

Beckham trying to go opposite field there but out

AJ batting a cool .778 so far this week!

Player of the week maybe?

Starting line-up has 4 guys under 600 OPS currently.

 

Morel at 297

Dunn at 592

Fukudome at 397 (but only 12 ab's, hit the ball hard last night though)

Beckham at 338

 

 

At least Dunn is getting on base (a bit more) and Rios seems to be pulling out of it. We haven't seen the best from DeAza, but he still has a 770 OPS, shaming Juan Pierre. They also took away the "triple" that he hit against DET where Delmon Young did a 360 pirouette.

 

And, on cue, DeAza jumps to 869 with one swing of the bat. 4-1. Nice to have some power at leadoff for a change.

Edited April 19, 201213 yr by caulfield12