Physics Guy

I think we can all agree that baserunning isn't Plouffe's strong suit.

Not at all. I do think he isn't getting the close calls he used to. That last at bat he was rung up on a pitch below the zone. Strike for Escobar, not Mauer. Any merit to the idea that catchers might get the benefit of a few strike calls just from being around the umps more? Plus he doesn't strike me as the type that would irritate the ump (like his predecessor).

I have a hard time picking but Colabello is pushing to the front of the line. I hope I feel that way in July. Great story.

And it might be another reason (other than his general lack of proficiency) why Escobar pinch hit for him.

Interesting, I am doing them while I watch. The changes at the state level encouraged me to procrastinate.

Agreed, I think he has shown that playing CF might not be in his tool kit.

I'm going to be a contrarian, but I don't think Bartlett was that brutal. He made bad judgments, is clearly inexperienced, but at least he is going after balls. He just dove as many times as Hammer will all year. Hammer would not have gotten to either ball. With a little more experience, Bartlett catches the first one and the run doesn't score. With Willingham in LF, both those balls land for singles at least but Kipnis probably doesn't score. Don't get me wrong, I would still rather have him learning OF in AAA. Ok I said it, now bash away.

Good call. Put Arcia on the DL. We know he isn't playing for at least a few days and if Willingham is day-to-day we can't afford to not have another OF.

Pretty hard to not root for Colabello. With our OF's going down like flies, he probably DH's for the near future.

Not that we didn't know this, but Willingham is really slow.

That's what I was thinking. Gibson has thrown enough strikes but I would say he has been effectively wild. Too many pitches seem to get away from him. He hasn't had great command so I think he isn't getting the borderline calls.

Easy to tell we aren't watching FSN North. Karros just said that as a 1B we always assumed that pitchers weren't very athletic. Bert would not agree.

That play was all kinds of yuck.

Not me, I was thinking off the wall.

Agreed, error all the way. I'm sure Kubel will take the hit.

If you were them, wouldn't you?

Yikes, Colabello didn't stand a chance there.

Missed Bremer's call on Willingham's hom...eh long fly ball.

Apparently the cold weather is making it hard for the catchers to catch.

At least Hick's walk turns the order over. Much better having Dozier leading off than Florimon.

Hicks swung at that 2-2 pitch last year. Nice walk.

Way to go Plouffsie!!!!

Carasco has a nasty breaking ball. It's the fastball he's struggling with.

Last year that was a lazy fly for Plouffe. He's looking good so far.

I couldn't understand the complaining about Mauer's D during ST, but the first ball hit to him wasn't pretty. He clearly is going to take more time to adjust than I thought. Nice play by Dozier.