Open Thread and Ichthyomancy: Dodgers at Marlins (4/29)

Hanley
Miller 6+ innings – building on last week

hanley
miller goes atleast 7 innings.

13,313
Willingham
A. Miller: IP < 6, R > 4 (hopefully he will improve on his last start and prove me wrong but I’m still skeptical).

11,285
Willingham
Marlins: BB + HBP batting > Dodgers

Hanley (Having a bad feeling about our players hitting Lowe)
Fish score 7 or more runs (Hey why not?)

A. Miller
Marlins score 8 runs

If the Giants can demote Zito, whom I feel is a better pitcher than Miller will ever be, how can we in good faith keep running him out to the mound every fifth day? Send him down to get some work or something, this is unreasonable.

Bring up Volstad for a try if you have to.

Ok, maybe I’m going out on a limb, but why not Waechter as the starter? I understand he’s a reliever but he just went 4 shut out innings on a lineup that put up 6 runs already in the game. His stuff looked exponentially better than Miller’s.
And GD!! Hanley needs to stop getting picked off, it’s just a waste of two fricken outs.

Has anyone seen these anti tobacco ads? All the guys look and sound good, save for one, Kevin Gregg. You can clearly see and hear him reading the cue cards. Its ridiculous, he sounds like a retarded child. You’d think the marketing team would think twice about putting that ad on tv after hearing the way his came out. It is kinda comical though.

About as much fun as you can have at a loss…A little tricky picking a highlight, but probably the Hermida to Uggla to Rabelo block of home plate collision was the best play of the night. I especially loved Rabelo spiking the ball before trotting to the dugout. Of course Uggla’s catch was amazing…D. Jeter can learn a thing about diving into the crowd from our Danny. Don’t forget Amezaga’s Swaboda-esque dive in center saving a run. Great hitting all around, but Cantu tonight was a revelation. He really has a nice swing and plenty of pop in his bat…his fielding needs help. Also Uggla, Hermida and Amezega need to get some kind of a system over who is going to catch pop ups in the shallow outfield…that was a four run mistake.
If Miller has major league talent he needs to go down to the minors before his confidence is permanently destroyed. He had a few bad breaks between weakly hit balls dropping and some bad fielding, but he looks like he doesn’t want to be out on the mound. His at bat was one of the lamest I’ve seen ever, anyone reading this could do no worse, and I think further displays an over all lack of confidence.
The crowd tonight was sparse and made sparser still by a light rain that fell for a few innings. But they were enthusiastic, happy and over all a good group. Fortunately only a few Dodger fans were on hand. Gregg allowed in a big run at the end, but over all I was pleased with a great effort from the Marlins.