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5/12/08
Dusty Baker Still Working On Mastering a Double Switch [MLB Walk-Off]
Reds Bat Out Of Order, Bats Continue To Be Out of Order
Since I'm still in Cincinnati today, it's impossible for me not to lead off with this gem from Dusty Baker.

Apparently, mastering lineups or more particularly, double switches, continue to be a challenge that the Reds manager can't overcome.

Sunday in New York Dusty inserted David Ross as a replacement catcher batting 9th and Corey Patterson in CF batting 8th during the fifth and sixth innings. Somehow, it didn't read that way on Baker's complicated scorecard.

Surprisingly, this didn't become an issue until the top of the 9th, Reds trailing the Mets 8-3. David Ross, getting the cue from the dugout grid stepped to the plate in the No. 8 position and popped out to right field. Before Corey Patterson saw his first pitch out of order, Willie Randolph was all over the gaffe.

Patterson was then called out for failing to make his his at-bat and Dusty Baker was called an idiot. Ross then returned to the plate and singled to center.

What's sad is that this has happened a few more times under Baker's watch, most recently in 2004 when the Cubs were playing Cincinnati. Only Dusty.

Pink Bats, Moms Rule In numerous games Sunday, the biggest hits were delivered by the special made pink bats. Daryl Ward drove in the winning two-runs for the Cubs, but the biggest swings came from Craig Monroe who might want to consider this a full-time idea. With his pink bat, Monroe hit two homeruns on Boston, leading the Twins to a series win with 4 RBIs. Twins 9, Red Sox 8.

No hits thru six, 10 over the next three
Hiroki Kuroda was pitching superbly through 6 2/3 innings, then it all came crashing down. In the 8th inning, Jonathan Broxton provided his best Gas Can Grilli impersonation retiring one batter while allowing six earned runs on six quick hits. Game over. Houston has won 8 out of their last 10 and are now all of a sudden a game and a half back in the NL Central. Astros 8, Dodgers 5.

Catch this - Marlins have best record in baseball
Yep, the Florida Marlins have baseball's best record a month and a half into the season. Dan Uggla's bat remains hot, hitting two more HR's to bring his total to 11. Scott Olsen pitched well enough, while the bullpen allowed just one hit and picked up the win. Florida's 7th straight victory and now sit at 23-14. WTF. Marlins 5, Nationals 4.

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5/12/08
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How embarrassing, sadly it has happened before as a manager AND player:

 

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1980/B05040PHI1980.htm

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes singled to left; Law reached on an error by
Aguayo [Lopes to third]; Smith popped to second; Law stole
second; Garvey singled to shortstop [Lopes scored (unearned),
Law stayed at second]; Cey made an out to catcher; Baker
batted out of turn and hit into 64(1)/FO; Green objected, Cey
ruled out and Baker then bats;
Baker homered (unearned) [Law
scored (unearned), Garvey scored (unearned)]; Green argues
Baker shouldn't bat, ejected, protest, rejected;
Russell
grounded out (second to first); 4 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 4, Phillies 0.

 

http://cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20040417&content_id=719420&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc

 

 


5/12/08
0
mck45209 wrote:

How embarrassing, sadly it has happened before as a manager AND player:

 

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1980/B05040PHI1980.htm

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes singled to left; Law reached on an error by
Aguayo [Lopes to third]; Smith popped to second; Law stole
second; Garvey singled to shortstop [Lopes scored (unearned),
Law stayed at second]; Cey made an out to catcher; Baker
batted out of turn and hit into 64(1)/FO; Green objected, Cey
ruled out and Baker then bats;
Baker homered (unearned) [Law
scored (unearned), Garvey scored (unearned)]; Green argues
Baker shouldn't bat, ejected, protest, rejected;
Russell
grounded out (second to first); 4 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 4, Phillies 0.

 

http://cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20040417&content_id=719420&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc

 

 

I think Lasorda was swearing for a week stright after that.

 

Dusty, come on this isn't a Little League game or a Co-ed softball league.


5/12/08
0

Unfortunately for the Marlins, having the best record in baseball at this point doesn't mean anything.

 

/fan who knows all too well


 
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