Bo Porter Confuses Jeff Keppinger for Juan Pierre, Fish Still Win in Extras 9-8

[Sashimi]

Lost in all of this is another crappy start by Volstad.

Not lost on me. If we weren't so desperately short on starting pitchers, I would say a stint in the minors might serve him well.

[Longview]

Whats the status of Miller? I havent paid attention since he hurt his ankle.

[Fish Tank Frenzy]

Bo Porter continually sends runners when he clearly should not. Tommy was trying to defend him in the booth but nothing could be said to help out Porter.

1-2-3 in the order have been on fire. Uggla is starting to get it in gear.

All in all a huge win. Need to take one more to take 3/4...go Nolasco!

[Omar]

Better to send more runners than you should IMO than do the Jeff Cox and send no one. Both extremes are bad, but I've got no issues (most of the time) testing the arms of most OF.

That said.....yeah, tonight was, yeah.....

[m26555]

By the way, seeing that highlight on sportscenter, Bo Porter is an idiot. That was ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous like fire him ridiculous. I dont even think Emilio scores there.

He doesn't.

[wanks1212]

Whats the status of Miller? I havent paid attention since he hurt his ankle.

hasn't pitched in a AAA game since july 29th

[Bingebag]

Volstad is pitching his way to the big easy, and if Emilio got scorched like Hermida did, I would have been way more pissed. This is purely because I (we) are haters.

[Sashimi]

I just have to say it again: While wasn't a blockbuster move, getting Nick Johnson was a brilliant move. He really changes the dynamic of this lineup with his monster OBP ability. It's likely not a coincidence that Coghlan's torrid hitting streak roughly coincides with Johnson's arrival.

[Fish and Chips]

i agree with subzero, its better to be overly aggresive in those situations, then passive, it forces the other team to make a good play. if jeff's throw was way off and herms score, then bo is a hero. i dont know how good of an arm keppinger's has, but i assume its below average because he is an infielder, and only played 3 games in the outfield before today.

[MiamiHomer]

i agree with subzero, its better to be overly aggresive in those situations, then passive, it forces the other team to make a good play. if jeff's throw was way off and herms score, then bo is a hero. i dont know how good of an arm keppinger's has, but i assume its below average because he is an infielder, and only played 3 games in the outfield before today.

Keppinger has a SS/3B arm and was playing shallow enough that it was basically like a SS being the cut off man on a relay to throw the guy out at home so yeah unless he just flat out lost his grip on the ball Hermida was screwed.

[m26555]

Volstad is pitching his way to the big easy, and if Emilio got scorched like Hermida did, I would have been way more pissed. This is purely because I (we) are haters.

The problem with that is we have no one to replace Volstad. If this were April or May, you could send him down to the minors for work, but we're in the middle of a pennant race. We don't have any better options.

[geemoney]

Volstad is pitching his way to the big easy, and if Emilio got scorched like Hermida did, I would have been way more pissed. This is purely because I (we) are haters.

Thing is, who do we replace Volstad with? Miller's out, and we already have trouble with West in the back of the rotation.

EDIT: Barely beaten on the point by m2655.

[Party]

The ball was right at Keppinger.

Hermida is an average runner.

Hermida had just made the turn at 3B.

I am all for being aggressive on the basepaths. But there was no excuse for that. The throw could have been several feet off line and Pudge would have still nailed the runner.

[Fritz]

For the record, Hermida was technically safe, but the umpire pretty much has to call Hermida out in that case.

[Beef]

Yeah, I thought he was safe too, but he was out.

Also, I was gon quote Binge and I'm doing this because it made me laugh, I are haters too.