Comments on: Clint Hurdle What Happened Last Night?

By: Tom Smith

Tom Smith — Tue, 17 May 2011 19:42:10 +0000

(hair falls onto desk)

By: Daquido Bazzini

Daquido Bazzini — Tue, 17 May 2011 17:18:18 +0000

Big Bob Nutting’s personal assistant Elrod raced to the boiler room at PNC Park and sounded off the Regime foghorn three times.
“Wohhhhhhh!”…..”Wohhhhhh!!”…….”Wohhhhh!!!”
The trio of belches meant one thing to the RegimeSecurityCouncil…….Propaganda Breach!
Criss-crossing through the halls like termites in a freshly made ant farm, the most important members of the Nutting Regime assembled quickly in Meeting Room #A.
“I’m glad to see our alerts are down to a science,” said Nutting, as he stood in front of the Big Five.
You could tell the emperor was extra hot around the collar, as he had his top two buttons opened wide.
President Fustad Coonelly, GM Neal Huntington looked on….And three members of Nutting’s much more secret cabinet.
No one really knows their real names, but Nutting refers to them simply as Chuckles, Sardine and Methusala.
All Pirate employees know who they are, but their real names and purpose are hidden in a shroud of secrecy.
“We’ve got a code bright red on the south bank of the Ohio River…..McKees Rocks to be exact,” announced Nutting.
“It seems a band of traitors that pose as bar owners are selling beer when we lose games”…..”We won’t stand for this type of thing.You all know what to do.”
Methusula slowly stood with his hands trembling …..”I’ll speak for the three of us boss. We’ll take care of these kind of shenanigans immediately.”
As quick as the Big Five had assembled, the Secret Three disappeared into thin air.
Their job was clear.
Take care of the streets, take a sweep of the general media, and specifically take care of the internet blogs.
There was no time to waste.
It was business as usual for the Nutting Regime.
Iron fisted……

By: cocktailsfor2

cocktailsfor2 — Tue, 17 May 2011 16:18:31 +0000

Re: the squeeze A. It was a dumb call because you don’t DO that with a LHB. This is the most important point of all, IMO. All the P has to do it throw it a foot off the plate (as was the case), and bang. A1... unless it’s a safety squeeze, which it did not appear to be. B. You try it if you’ve been watching the 3B’s tendencies, and you think you can catch him flat-footed with a slow runner on third. Not being able to see the positioning of the 3B on the previous pitches, I cannot comment. C. Once you call that play and it fails (IIRC, Pauly missed a bunt on the previous pitch – please correct me if that’s wrong), you do not call it again. That’s it – opportunity missed. Finito. D. Cutch was on-deck. So, not the smartest call there. E. As I noted in the gamethread on BD last night: Once the play is called, it’s all on Maholm to at lest get a piece of the ball, even if that means letting go of the bat to make contact!! This is Bunting 101 – if you miss the ball, the runner is dead – hence the name “Suicide Squeeze!”. Note: Yes, the ump can call the batter out for “throwing the bat” (which is a judgement call), however if the bat makes contact as a result of that, the ball is dead instead of Snyder.