7/16 SATURDAY GDT: Do Rockies continue to make Braves their beeyatch?

[USMA76]

AJ "pantses" the Rockies defense with that bunt. LOL

 

[50PoundHead]

AJ "pantses" the Rockies defense with that bunt. LOL

First ballot HOFer or not?

 

[UNCBlue012]

Folty!

 

[mfree80]

Aybar sucks.... and Folty picks him up!!!!!

 

[USMA76]

First ballot HOFer or not?

Certainly not for anything he's done with Atlanta but I guess you could make a case for it. Given the balloting rules, I think it'll be determined by who else is eligible in AJ's first year of Hall voting.

 

[50PoundHead]

I find it difficult to believe that a major league baseball player can play as poorly as Aybar has this year.

 

[50PoundHead]

Certainly not for anything he's done with Atlanta but I guess you could make a case for it.

Totally kidding.

 

[msstate7]

I find it difficult to believe that a major league baseball player can play as poorly as Aybar has this year.

You must have forgotten uggla and bj

 

[USMA76]

Totally kidding.

Honestly, given the low bar for catchers in the HoF, AJ's 2000 plus hits, .280 something average, 400 doubles, a WS ring, a couple of All-Star appearances, and a Silver Slugger might be enough. In that light, I wouldn't be totally shocked if he got in. First ballot depends on his competition that year.

 

[UNCBlue012]

Why do they consistently call Folty's perfect strikes on the corner wrong? It's been consistently called wrong all night

 

[USMA76]

Why do they consistently call Folty's perfect strikes on the corner wrong? It's been consistently called wrong all night

Folty got screwed on an absolutely perfect strike three pitch. He needs, however, to quit acting petulant on the mound as it accomplishes nothing except to take him out of his game.

 

[Enscheff]

Folty got screwed on a call that resulted in a walk. He was visibly pissed. Let's see if he can focus on the next hitter.

 

[msstate7]

Get em out

 

[UNCBlue012]

That's absolute BS. 3-1 for no logical reason.

 

[Enscheff]

Everything is up. He's tired and snit need to get him out of there

 

[UNCBlue012]

I'm sorry, but umpires need to be held accountable. I understand close calls, but that crap wasn't close, IT WAS EASILY a strike. Pitchers work their whole lives to be able to make that perfect pitch. If they throw it, call it. This goes for anyone.

 

[UNCBlue012]

These wild pitches have to stop. There are no reason for them

 

[USMA76]

Has AJ always been so fundamentally bad at blocking pitches or has he just gotten lazy as he's gotten older? No excuse for letting that one by him.

 

[smootness]

I find it difficult to believe that a major league baseball player can play as poorly as Aybar has this year.

And Pierzynski has been ever worse. He's on pace for possibly the worst season of all time.

 

[Braves1976]

Has AJ always been so fundamentally bad at blocking pitches or has he just gotten lazy as he's gotten older? No excuse for letting that one by him.

His going blind hasn't helped, if you think not how do you explain all his missed catches on throws and a lot of pop ups this year? The same thing is in play here but they won't say so because AJP is a favorite to be protected. If his name were Bethancourt or Gattis before him, we'd never hear the end of it.