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There's something wrong with this guy, no way someone with his talent is this bad, for this long. Add 3 horrible months from last season, I think he's done. The accusations of "he doesn't care" is typical when a hitter like this can't hit anything, I don't think that's it, I think it's something worse.

That's right, he should have been held up. There's a third base coach for a reason.

I don't get that either.

Greinke deserves a lot more respect then Ian Kennedy, tired of that guy. Someone is really going to get hurt if he doesn't stop throwing at batters, he was lucky last night with Puig, fastball in the face. The only reason Puig wasn't hurt worse is he had a milisecond to start to turn his head and his nose/face didn't take a direct shot.

It was Ward, a batting coach that almost went over the rail, Montero was the catcher that threw the guy off Ward at the rail, as he should have.

Ian Kennedy lead the NL in hit batters last year, (14) and is ALREADY at 8 this year. I think he was trying to hit Puig, just not in the face. Greinke throws at Montero, but not even close to how dangerous Kennedy is when throwing at hitters. All Montero had to do was turn his back and seemingly had plenty of time to do so. Add to that Greinke doesn't get upset at being hit, he expected it. But you have head-hunting Ian Kennedy walking quickly to the safety of the dugout. At least Greinke doesn't run for cover. I'll grant him that. Not the biggest Greinke fan, but entirely sick of Kennedy's dangerous pitches. if he can't hit anyone below the shoulders the D-backs need to call him off. Total speculation, but I don't think Montero was thrilled at those head shots either.

I didn't see Ward doing anything and bam, he's getting punched multiple times and was way to close to being thrown over the rail. Montero helps Ward and basically they both just go into defensive mode, and take a lot of punches. Point is, I agree it was Howell and Belisario that should be fined or suspended. I didn't see Ward or Montero throw a single punch, quite the opposite.

Check, there's your power, HR and the triple

Williams without question

Very nice, and great pitching.

That was a horrible route to the ball for Harper

I wouldn't worry about it. He's that good.

another LOL

lol I think he's fine BTW

There are no words for how horrible he is. I skipped the game on purpose.

He's always suffered from them.

Well, if there is any bright side. The Sox can't hit. Let's hope that continues.

I think Trout and Hamilton both pitched in HS. it could work for a game, except for the fact they'd both accidentally kill batters.

Of course.

He either needs to blow the team up, or the payroll up. Or this will not end after this season.

If one player could lose a game all by himself, that was pretty close

If Weaver can return mid-month, it puts Williams back in the pen, and ideally Madson is back by the end of the second week. Do I think we'll gain ground as it stands? No. But I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility, that's all I'm saying

Yes, that's entirely correct.

^^^^^^this

The pitching sucks, the offense is cold considering the talent it has. That tends to heat up. Not much you can do about the pitching, except wait for injured to return. So, we'll take the Division Leaders, the Rangers. Crude stat, but worth a look. Runs allowed by the Rangers 98 Runs scored by the Rangers 137. Runs scored by the Angels 129, Runs allowed 161 Only 8 runs scored difference between the first and fourth place teams. So, again, this is THE month to gain some ground. And, take a look at the rest of the Divisional games.