So, 6 games against little brother and only 1 win to show for it. Can we just banish Interleague Play now? The NL just gets its ass kicked every year by the AL and for what? St. Louis which was probably the worst team in the playoffs last year won it all. The novelty has worn off and the scheduling is not balanced.
Observations from this weekend - Lowe looked great. I have never seen him K so many players. Gonzo and Kemp seemed to be dialed in and Nomar is getting hits, just none for extra bases. Baseball Tonight did a little thing on Nomar's swing and showed he is clearly in a funk. He's not using his hips to drive through the ball and he's losing his balance. Hopefully someone on the team saw this and can give him a pointer or two.
Jason Dreifort Schmidt is just a money pit. Something is wrong with the guy. You don't go from working in the mid-90's to barely hitting 87. Yeah he had 4 scoreless innings vs. ANA but if you were there (and I was) he was VERY hittable. Shut it down, cut him open and fix him so that he can pitch next year! Hello, paging Dr. Jobe and Dr. Andrews.
Memo to Pierre and Furcal, you two are NOT power hitters! Your bread and butter is your speed so USE IT! Stop hitting pop-ups in the OF! It should be like in Major League (the Movie) when Willie Mayes Hayes had to do push-ups for every ball hit into the air. These guys need to work the walks, bunt singles, something to get on base.
Put Billingsly in the ROTATION! Schmidt is on the DL so don't you dare Grady, put Tomko or Hendrickson back in the rotation. Chad has been nails all year so let the kid start!
Next up, visiting Toronto (can we leave with Glaus on our team) and Dodgers Florida (TB) so we SHOULD come back 4-2 but who knows what will happen.
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