Matt Shoemaker claims he has voodoo curse

[FabulousFabregas]

This is a new one for the Fat Man to use in his postgame interviews.

[TroutField]

Not much voodoo going on, when you have a flat sinker and off speed stuff you can't locate you suck ass in the majors. Pretty simple, he would be in AAA if not for all of our injuries. 

[RatsoRizzo]

Shoe stole Jobu's rum.

[Angel Oracle]

The pitcher who stole Jobu's rum is a better pitcher than Shoe.

And he's an actor.

[John Taylor]

Okay Shoe, repeat after me:

 

"You no help me now, I say F&#k you Jobu, I do it myself."

 

 

Also I don't think there are curses that cause you to forget how to pitch down in the zone, just sayin....

Edited May 12, 2016 by John Taylor

[Jay]

Feel bad for Shoe. He's a good guy.

[Glen]

36 minutes ago, Jay said:

Feel bad for Shoe. He's a good guy.

I appreciate that he's trying to have a sense of humor about it, but yeah...he's just not that good. Caught lighting in a bottle once and can't repeat it.

Edited May 12, 2016 by Glen

[gotbeer]

 

[zenmaster]

Hurry back Skaggs, Wilson and hopefully Heaney. 

Santiago, Heaney, Weaver, Wilson, Tropeano beats anything with the word Shoemaker in it.

[Blarg]

Billy Shoemaker just spun in his grave.

13 minutes ago, zenmaster said:

Santiago, Heaney, Weaver, Wilson, Tropeano beats anything with the word Shoemaker in it.

 

[Troll Daddy]

If Shoemaker gets another start ... he should shave the beard and start fresh. 

[Blarg]

Santiago once shaved his head with a reverse Mohawk, I wonder what the full beard equivalent would be?

[gotbeer]

2 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Santiago once shaved his head with a reverse Mohawk, I wonder what the full beard equivalent would be?

 

[ten ocho recon scout]

2 hours ago, Glen said:

I appreciate that he's trying to have a sense of humor about it, but yeah...he's just not that good. Caught lighting in a bottle once and can't repeat it.

Yeah, hate to say it, but i think we struck gold a la frieri, and then reality set in.

[zenmaster]

The only possible explanation is that Shoe was on a banned substance in 2014.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Meh, maybe. I think its more like frieri. Had goodstuff but control issues. Once the book was out on him, guys could sit on certain pitches and bang them.

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

It really sucks!

 

I like the kid, he's not injury prone, he goes out there and busts his ass. And in reality overall he doesn't do that bad has been hit by the one inning or a couple of solo homers over the last 2 seasons. 

Right now due to our offensive output our pitching has to be dominate and they haven't been! The only two that right now have been worthy of being in the rotation is Weaver and Trop (But he can't get out of the 6th inning either)... 

 

Since the Sweep of the Royals all facets of the game have been dog shit wrapped in band aids....

 

 

[RuledByNone]

54 minutes ago, zenmaster said:

The only possible explanation is that Shoe was on a banned substance in 2014.

His velocity hasn't dropped at all. In fact it's up a half mph from 2014. His location and stuff aren't the same though. Some really horribly located pitches that get hit hard.

In '14 his split finger fastball was a nice weapon. A true out pitch. Now it just...... goes out.

[nate]

The internet has been out for more than 20 years and some people still can't identify sarcasm.

[cysomeawfulpitcher]

The curse is a buffoon for manager.

[Angel Oracle]

What causes the splitter to suddenly flatten out so often?

Or the inverse, what caused it to be so good in 2014?

Edited May 12, 2016 by Angel Oracle

[gotbeer]

52 minutes ago, nate said:

The internet has been out for more than 20 years and some people still can't identify sarcasm.

 

Found him.

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

34 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

What causes the splitter to suddenly flatten out so often?

Or the inverse, what caused it to be so good in 2014?

flying open during the delivery or not staying on top allows it to flatten out~ (Anytime the front should flys open the throwing arm drops and it spins like a frisbee or goes wide right or left or just floats). Flattening out is similar to the term floating it just not a hard downward break.

Shoe hasn't been consistent with his fastball and his slider though either. For a while I thought he was having some shoulder issues or elbow issues. But, since he hasn't missed a start and competes. I believe its just a mechanics issue. His Velo hasn't dropped. its the consistency down in the strike zone. If you remember he owned the bottom half in 2014. And then would come up to change the eye level. He can't do that now cause he's behind in the count. So, the hitter sits back and waits for something up strike or not if you know its going to come eventually or the pitcher is having a problem throwing strikes you can get on top of it!....

You could also explain it the other way.... Hitters need to be aggressive in the zone and not put themselves in bad hitting counts. Also, staying back and not reaching or chasing pitches out of the zone... (Have you watched our games of late)....?

Edited May 12, 2016 by SlappyUtilityMIF

[Jason]

Lol that Shoe thinks the curse was only placed on him.

[ScottT]

Mark Gubicza was speculating last night that Shoemaker might be tipping his pitches.  Location, I think.  Saying the Cardinals are known for picking up on such things. Might explain why Shoemaker has been so bad.  I don't think he's a good major leaguer, but even bad pitchers sport an ERA far less than his.