Note to John Cohen...
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because I really like Mitch. I just don't think he needs to be our starting catcher. Not a very strong arm and is just not that great defensively. You can see in a warm-up a lot of times how a catcher is going to do that night (I think).. he was bobbling and missing some then. You just kind of knew tonight wasn't going to be great for him. I don't like to see my catcher messing up during warm-ups, and I don't want them doing anything to mess up my pitcher's rhythm. Don't want it bobbled if it doesn't have to be, don't want it thrown back badly, whatever else.<div>
</div><div>He sounds like a great kid and is smart, works hard, gets on base. But you need a catcher that is defensive minded first and keeps everybody in line. When you're already making up for not throwing people out, you'd better be a wall back there.</div><div>
</div><div>I hate it, but I think we'd do a little better with a different guy back there.</div>
</div><div>He sounds like a great kid and is smart, works hard, gets on base. But you need a catcher that is defensive minded first and keeps everybody in line. When you're already making up for not throwing people out, you'd better be a wall back there.</div><div>
</div><div>I hate it, but I think we'd do a little better with a different guy back there.</div>
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.."we're darn close" is the new "that's baseball."
I don't agree with patdog on much, but (pardon the pun) patdog hit that one out of the park.
I don't agree with patdog on much, but (pardon the pun) patdog hit that one out of the park.
but managing a pitching staff isn't his strength. He's a hitting coach that micromanages and ends up making some poor pitching decisions. Needs to let Butch have more control over changes. Ex: South Carolina in 2010, Graveman started that Friday night game for us and allowed the first four guys to reach base. Now, he was throwing the ball fairly well (down in the zone with good sink which is his game) but just didn't have a rhythm going. Cohen pulls him without getting an out and tells Butch the reason to pull him is to bring him back on Sunday. Graveman came off the field in tears and guess what, didn't throw on Sunday. The sad thing is, Cohen was dead serious in his reasoning for it. Our dugout was in shock.
