Actually Flop made a wide turn, slowed near the plate, and had no taste for taking on the catcher. The rare SF4 with him in short right on a popup, was in the "Amazin" class of plays for the season. Stengel had to chuckle at that one.
"cat daddy" <furball@.myhouse.com> wrote in message
> I know I should give it a rest, but how does one hit a sac fly to FLop?
> "Hanley Ramirez hit sacrifice fly to second, Andino scored."
> I guess the thrown out at home was on the 3B coach, and hustling for a > double might be actually hustling...... and he did go 3-4 with 2 > RBI.......
I read he didn't even try to slide and get to the plate....... Sounds like the guy is shying away from any chance of getting hurt, whether planting hard to make a throw, or going near runners near the base his job description requires him to defend.
"Bill Delmore" <bdelm...@cox.net> wrote in message
> Actually Flop made a wide turn, slowed near the plate, and had no taste for > taking on the catcher. The rare SF4 with him in short right on a popup, was > in the "Amazin" class of plays for the season. Stengel had to chuckle at > that one.
> > "Hanley Ramirez hit sacrifice fly to second, Andino scored."
> > I guess the thrown out at home was on the 3B coach, and hustling for a > > double might be actually hustling...... and he did go 3-4 with 2 > > RBI.......
> Actually Flop made a wide turn, slowed near the plate, and had no taste > for taking on the catcher. The rare SF4 with him in short right on a > popup, was in the "Amazin" class of plays for the season. Stengel had to > chuckle at that one.
>> "Hanley Ramirez hit sacrifice fly to second, Andino scored."
>> I guess the thrown out at home was on the 3B coach, and hustling for a >> double might be actually hustling...... and he did go 3-4 with 2 >> RBI.......
>> TRADE HIM WHILE HE'S HOT!!!11
In the Nats' postgame show, Ray Knight was clearly not amused. He used a telestrator to show how Lopez ran about 20 feet more than he needed to and got as close to saying he wasn't doing his job as one can, without actually saying it.
He also made some sort of comparison to the efforts of Willie Harris, Belliard, and Lopez... all competing for same spots... and said the ones who don't flourish get demoted or released. It was obvious who he was thinking of.
> "Bill Delmore" <bdelm...@cox.net> wrote in message > news:f%Iak.12367$rH1.4650@newsfe20.lga... > > Actually Flop made a wide turn, slowed near the plate, and had no taste > > for taking on the catcher. The rare SF4 with him in short right on a > > popup, was in the "Amazin" class of plays for the season. Stengel had to > > chuckle at that one.
> >> "Hanley Ramirez hit sacrifice fly to second, Andino scored."
> >> I guess the thrown out at home was on the 3B coach, and hustling for a > >> double might be actually hustling...... and he did go 3-4 with 2 > >> RBI.......
> >> TRADE HIM WHILE HE'S HOT!!!11
> In the Nats' postgame show, Ray Knight was clearly not amused. He used a > telestrator to show how Lopez ran about 20 feet more than he needed to and > got as close to saying he wasn't doing his job as one can, without actually > saying it.
> He also made some sort of comparison to the efforts of Willie Harris, > Belliard, and Lopez... all competing for same spots... and said the ones who > don't flourish get demoted or released. It was obvious who he was thinking > of.
Cool. So Knight isn't glossing it over or ignoring it due to the win. His baserunning is hugely lacking and his 4 steals are less than Harris (6) and Dukes (9) with way fewer ABs.
