Bill hall's double clutch cost them the DP there.

wow reggie abercrombie is still around? i thought he fell off the earth or something. i remember when he was hot sh*t in florida.

klwillis45:

Why no DP there?

Slow throw and play by Hall, according to Ueck.

Thanks guys. I'm handcuffed by the limitations of gameday today.

I missed the pre-game.  Any update on Braun?  Thanks in advance.

tpmusmc:

Another double play chance, and Weeks again fails to get the guy going to 1st.

If you want any sort of credibility on things, don't exaggerate on players. 

Can we have every batter square to bunt, pull the bat back so to not "offer" and then get plunked by not moving?  That would be one helluva OBP game.

No need to too? Both Weeks, and Hall are proven bums!!! FACT!

tpmusmc:

Weeks has played in 4 full years counting this year. If you count 2003, then make it 5 years. 1528 at bats should give you all that you need to know.

First off, if you're counting 14 PA in 2003 as a "year," that's simply mistaken.

Secondly, I fail to see how Weeks has 4 full years when this is only his second season in which he has even played in 100 games.

Third, Weeks has 1801 PA. To give you an idea, your average MLB player is probably going to accumulate 550-650 PA during the course of a full season.

At the very best, Weeks has had the equivalent of 3 full years, but really, he's had four rather fragmented season.

Fourth, MLB service time is measured more specifically than the simple years, PA, and AB you see in the stats. Depending upon when players are called up, the clock is run differently to adequately reflect the amount of service time a player has.

Search Cot's Baseball Contracts on google or Yahoo! and they post service time yearly there. It will give you a much more specific count than the normal stats page.

From seeing Sedar tap his head, it looks like Cameron got a knee to the head.

tpmusmc:

Weeks has played in 4 full years counting this year. If you count 2003, then make it 5 years. 1528 at bats should give you all that you need to know.

Think about it. He's led off most of that time, and leadoff hitters get around 700 PA a year. Now Rickie takes a decent number of walks, so it's more like 625 AB's, but do the math.

He came up in June of 2005, missed the last 2 months of 2006 and missed time again in 2007. That is not 4 full years. That is part of 4 years.

He is also 25  years old. You're giving up on him doesn't mean he can't or won't be good at some point. Get past the hatred and look at the downside of giving up on him for a moment.
 

UWWhitewaterGrad:

Can we have every batter square to bunt, pull the bat back so to not "offer" and then get plunked by not moving?  That would be one helluva OBP game.

;-) 

I wasn't counting 2003. He has played in a large majority of 4 seasons, and 1528 at bats. That is a very good indicator. Also not every player in the majors has 550 to over 600 at bats. Just a few do that.

Witrado is awful.

From the game blog: "Rickie Weeks drew a leadoff walk, which is something he hasn't done too much, so that's a good sign. Imagine if that guy walked more, with his speed."

 Oy vey.

ChicagoCrewFan:

I missed the pre-game.  Any update on Braun?  Thanks in advance.

I believe Yost said before the game that he would likely return Friday v. Pittsburgh.