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Winning was short lived.
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We tried to do it, and then didnt do it.
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Really hoping Brad Hand can show us something tomorrow. Vasquez is beyond terrible.
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A few other things:
Stanton's homer was so awesome. I didn't know it was possible to have a no doubter to that part of the stadium. It cleared the 434 by at least 20 feet.
Ludacris is absolute garbage.Comment
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Ludacris is garbage when he's not allowed to curse or talk about smoking marijuana.Comment
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He's only not garbage when he's doing featuring spots on other people's songs.
As for baseball, don't even feel like talking about it.Comment
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What's funny about the feature spots is that all he sung were those spots. He didn't start or finish a song. He just sung his part made some references to Miami and moved on. During the fifth song a mass exodus of people began.Comment
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Yeah, that was awesome. I thought it had a chance at the orange seats over the triangle.Originally posted by Claudio Vernight View PostComment
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Wow. I think this is the most negative game summary that I've ever read that was written by a regular team beat writer. Usually you don't hear the beat writers that regularly cover a team on a day-to-day basis speak so negatively of a player on the team like this.
Javier Vazquez costly in Florida Marlins’ loss to DiamondbacksJavier Vazquez is proving costly to the Marlins financially and on the field, where he pitched his latest poor game in a defeat Saturday afternoon against the Diamondbacks.
The Marlins shelled out $7 million — a big chunk of change for the thrift-conscious franchise — to sign Javier Vazquez. They’re not getting their money’s worth. Not even close.
For the fifth time in his 13 starts this season, Vazquez failed to reach the fifth inning as the veteran pitcher was rocked again in a 9-5 loss to the Diamondbacks.
The pitcher’s earned run average of 7.09 is the worst in the majors among regular starters and more than a run higher than the next-closest pitcher.
“Nothing’s going right,” Vazquez said. “I wish I could explain it.”
The Diamondbacks erupted for six runs in the fourth, sending Vazquez to the showers before he could finish the inning and sending the Marlins to their 11th loss in their past 13 games.
Because the Marlins don’t have any ready options waiting in the minors, Vazquez’s spot in the rotation appears to be safe, at least for now. But the Marlins might not wait much longer to pull the plug on the 34-year-old if the poor outings continue.
Vazquez has allowed six runs or more in six of his 13 starts. Opposing batters are hitting .297 against him. He has given up 11 home runs, including two Saturday.
Ryan Roberts took him deep to left to start the game and Stephen Drew put one out in the pitcher’s fourth-inning meltdown, an inning in which the Diamondbacks batted around.
Other than the home run he gave up to Ryan, Vazquez appeared to be in good shape entering the fourth. He struck out four consecutive batters, including all three he faced in the third. Then he fell apart.
Drew took him deep to start the fourth, and Miguel Montero and Xavier Nady reached on back-to-back singles with one out. When Gerardo Parra lined out to second, it looked like Vazquez would escape the inning with just one run allowed.
But he didn’t.
Vazquez walked pitcher Ian Kennedy — who is hitting .074 — to load the bases. The Diamondbacks took advantage and ended up scoring five in the aftermath.
“After that, the game got away,” manager Edwin Rodriguez said.
Vazquez heard a smattering of boos from the crowd of 25,321 as he walked to the dugout with two outs in the fourth.
“It’s just frustrating,” Vazquez said. “It’s not fun. I’m feeling much better. My velocity is there. I feel like I’m aggressive. But things are not working.”
The short outing meant more work for the Marlins’ bullpen to cover the remaining 51/3 innings. Brian Sanches ate up 2 1/3, giving up two runs. Edward Mujica consumed the final three.
Vazquez’s dull performance nullified one of the Marlins’ better offensive showings of late as Chris Coghlan, Gaby Sanchez and Mike Stanton each hit home runs only one night after a three-home run attack helped end the team’s eight-game losing streak.
The blows by Sanchez and Stanton were back-to-back shots, and they cut a 9-2 Arizona lead to 9-5. But Kennedy buckled down, holding the Marlins without a run over the next three innings before turning the ball over to Aaron Heilman in the ninth.
Sanchez has now hit 11 home runs, and Stanton raised his total to 16.Comment
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Karma is a B****
Cousins Karma update:0-1 today, 1-13 since intentionally crushing Posey, season avg .137 #Marlins record since SF 3-11 #SFGiantsComment
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Javy, just call it a career. It was a nice run and you will go down as one of the greatest right handers of the last decade. Nothing's working because your sunset has come and pass.Comment
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Our first troll!Comment
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Love the unnecessary hashing.Comment
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