tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207200414495313452.post5964010440644129394..comments2023-10-10T12:46:47.186-04:00Comments on The Green Weenie: Double Your Pleasure, Double Your FunUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207200414495313452.post-86905245667131086732010-07-20T07:11:37.738-04:002010-07-20T07:11:37.738-04:00"if not for LM, it's Church, Moss or Gork..."if not for LM, it's Church, Moss or Gorkys Hernandez running around out there."<br /><br />What a frightening thought.<br /><br />Alex Pressley, anyone?Joey Porter’s Pit Bullshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12310757224642581737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207200414495313452.post-90628347190683755672010-07-19T17:56:09.201-04:002010-07-19T17:56:09.201-04:00Will - JJ hit .269 LH in 2009, when he got a few a...Will - JJ hit .269 LH in 2009, when he got a few a-bats, and lifetime hits about 50 points higher against righties. Kratz rakes lefties, at least last year, at a .340 rate, but .243 against RHP.<br /><br />And I think you're being a little hard on our knucklehead; he runs the bases like Dewey, but I think otherwise he's pretty solid.<br /><br />JP, you're right about Kruk and the baserunning; Thrilledge is clueless, but again, he sure seems to do everything else right except knock it over the fence. <br /><br />As bad as they've been this year, I agree 100% with you that he's never hung his head or looked like he wasn't having fun. And it's for sure that he doesn't leave anything when he trots off the field.<br /><br />Remember too, guys - if not for LM, it's Church, Moss or Gorkys Hernandez running around out there.Ron Ieracihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08784507810080514099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207200414495313452.post-77606504568345051272010-07-19T16:10:56.589-04:002010-07-19T16:10:56.589-04:00Milledge was a well-known knucklehead, to put it k...Milledge was a well-known knucklehead, to put it kindly, before he came to Pittsburgh, so this is not surprising. I'll give him credit, certainly, for cleaning up his act in terms of generally keeping his mouth shut, and he definitely hustles, and those are good things as well as significant improvements over his previous behavior. But his on-field play is consistently sloppy and that's a fact, one which Kruk documented very effectively.WilliamJPellashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12774466220683142262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207200414495313452.post-87972934392923224402010-07-19T14:33:56.828-04:002010-07-19T14:33:56.828-04:00Excellent wins this weekend. Lastings Milledge con...Excellent wins this weekend. Lastings Milledge continues to hit well and play with exuberance, so I hate to even mention this, but ... Appearing on MLB Tonight, JOHN KRUK of all people singled out Milledge for extended review, discussion and criticism of Sunday's base running blunder. <br /><br />Using close-up video replay, Kruk dissected Milledge's first-to-third "adventure" detailed Milledge's multiple, inexplicable mistakes along the way -- specifically looking over his shoulder and ignoring his third-base coach.<br /><br />At the end of it, Kruk said, "Yeah, the Pirates won the game, but Houston's almost as bad, and the Pirates will never win consistently until they eliminate fundamental mistakes like this sort of base running AND begin playing better fundamental baseball across the board." <br /><br />When John Kruk disses you for lousy base running in the wake of a nice win, well, that's just kind of sad. The worst part is that he's right! John KRUK!Joey Porter’s Pit Bullshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12310757224642581737noreply@blogger.com