As I'm watching the second game of the year, I can barely type fast enough to get in all the mistakes this team has made. Another year of horrible coaching is already shining through.
It's the second inning. Carmona still can't put hitters away. At least three times this inning, he had a hitter down 0-2 or 1-2 and he gives up a home run, a double, and I can't remember what the other hit was.
Then, he gets Andrus to ground to first base & Carmona just stands there confused. How does he not know how to cover first base. He seriously looked like a little leaguer out there.
The offense is still pathetic. They cannot hit. How much longer must this continue before we fire Shelton. Eddie Murray only lasted a couple of weeks before we fired him. But, after all, he's only a hall of fame hitter & Shelton's never played the game in the majors!!!
Sizemore strikes out on three pitches? Why didn't they work on two-strike hitting in spring training. By the way the talked, they were bored. Why didn't they work on basics if they had so much time!!! Why didn't they work with the pitchers on covering first base more? Or working with Carmona on getting guys out when he has them down in the count? These are things that other teams practice day in and day out. Do you think it's an accident that the White Sox were so good with runners in scoring position last year?
This is so frustrating. The lack of basic fundamentals on this team. I have had to watch this sloppy baseball for six long years now, and I'm just fed-up with it. If Mr. Dolan wants to know why I did not renew my season tickets, nor have not purchased any tickets yet, this is why!
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Tribe 2K9 Predictions
I can't believe Dolan is trying to sell us his let's not spend any money team. Is he serious? He can't negotiate with Cliff Lee because of the economic situation? When will be the right time for Dolan to spend money. He treats the fans well, but, can't he have a good team? We can't find anyone better than Dellucci? We can't get a hitting coach? How about an actual manager that knows what's going on? It's going to be a repeat of last season, I'm afraid.
They really didn't add anyone in the off-season. Although, I do like Kerry Wood & Mark DeRosa. If Jensen Lewis can perform the way he did at the end of last year (while he was in the closer spot) now in the eighth inning, and, Wood stays healthy; we'll have a solid bullpen in the late innings. But, how about hitting? DeRosa sounds like a good guy; but, is he going to add to the line-up? I'm excited and hopeful he'll be a good addition to the line-up. We'll see what he can do. Hafner is questionable at best. I was hoping that they'd add a legitmate middle of the order hitter. If Hafner & Martinez have good years, everyone will look better. If they struggle, the entire line-up will struggle.
I don't like that the Tribe giving up on Garko & Barfield. I think they're trying to trade Garko. They're trying him & Barfield in left. And they've become back-up players. So, I think they've given up on them. If either of them hits well, I'm sure they'll see more playing time.
Choo is a mystery. With his injury last year, it's hard to gauge how well he'll do. He has a lot of promise as does Francisco. I don’t think the Tribe does well developing players. Phillips is a prime example. Barfield batted 300 before coming here and now struggles to hit 200. Garko I think is better than he played last year.
Anything can happen. If Martinez and Hafner are doing well, a couple other players click; the pitching is stable; they could be good. I don’t expect Lee to win 20 games again; but, I think 16-18 is reasonable. Carmona needs to have 18 wins and we need someone in the third spot. Westbrook is a big loss. Laffey and sowers need to step-up. Sowers is another guy that I think could be a lot better with the right coaching. He's a really nice guy from meeting him at a signing & seeing him a lot at spring training last year; so, I'm really pulling for him & give him much more slack than other guys.
We definitely need a change in coaching. There's not much this staff offers in the way of developing players, helping a struggling player, or teaching fundamentals. I do like that they were working on situational hitting in spring training. But, it sounds like they only practiced it one day. That's been one of my biggest criticisms of Wedge. They were also working on base running. Where have these things been the past 5 years? Why didn't they do more of it? The hitting is just pathetic. We can't let Shelton stay here much longer. Not to have one 300 hitter, is unexcusable. He is detrimental to this organization. It's time that management stops making excuses and starts to shake things up.
They really didn't add anyone in the off-season. Although, I do like Kerry Wood & Mark DeRosa. If Jensen Lewis can perform the way he did at the end of last year (while he was in the closer spot) now in the eighth inning, and, Wood stays healthy; we'll have a solid bullpen in the late innings. But, how about hitting? DeRosa sounds like a good guy; but, is he going to add to the line-up? I'm excited and hopeful he'll be a good addition to the line-up. We'll see what he can do. Hafner is questionable at best. I was hoping that they'd add a legitmate middle of the order hitter. If Hafner & Martinez have good years, everyone will look better. If they struggle, the entire line-up will struggle.
I don't like that the Tribe giving up on Garko & Barfield. I think they're trying to trade Garko. They're trying him & Barfield in left. And they've become back-up players. So, I think they've given up on them. If either of them hits well, I'm sure they'll see more playing time.
Choo is a mystery. With his injury last year, it's hard to gauge how well he'll do. He has a lot of promise as does Francisco. I don’t think the Tribe does well developing players. Phillips is a prime example. Barfield batted 300 before coming here and now struggles to hit 200. Garko I think is better than he played last year.
Anything can happen. If Martinez and Hafner are doing well, a couple other players click; the pitching is stable; they could be good. I don’t expect Lee to win 20 games again; but, I think 16-18 is reasonable. Carmona needs to have 18 wins and we need someone in the third spot. Westbrook is a big loss. Laffey and sowers need to step-up. Sowers is another guy that I think could be a lot better with the right coaching. He's a really nice guy from meeting him at a signing & seeing him a lot at spring training last year; so, I'm really pulling for him & give him much more slack than other guys.
We definitely need a change in coaching. There's not much this staff offers in the way of developing players, helping a struggling player, or teaching fundamentals. I do like that they were working on situational hitting in spring training. But, it sounds like they only practiced it one day. That's been one of my biggest criticisms of Wedge. They were also working on base running. Where have these things been the past 5 years? Why didn't they do more of it? The hitting is just pathetic. We can't let Shelton stay here much longer. Not to have one 300 hitter, is unexcusable. He is detrimental to this organization. It's time that management stops making excuses and starts to shake things up.
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