2 games 1 starts real soon

[fletcher]

no time to do write ups because beem thinking 1st game over

yanks-1.5 ev above avg

cleveland-15- good size play bigger then yanks.

good luck better hurrry for 1st 1

 

[fletcher]

Sorry for the first fast play but have been watching rj on tape I tape tons of games and had been doing lot of reading and ask people who i know that know yanks some questions and they know baseball. I knew he was speeding through the pitch to much last 5 games which leaves arm behind and makes pitches flat as a board, body has to let arm catch up and lead to stay on top of the ball to throw down hill and have bite, he was not so though he was having back problems and was told he was not and knew after last start he was going to work on slowing body down , saying it and doing it is 2 different things but that was why i waited so long was gun shy with him some what and only way i was going to play him was on rl no-way could i lay-195 + on him till he started to let hand get on top of ball and throw down hill ok enough on that , see i was in a rush some nice spelling .

Took Phils again for a very very big play biggest of day for me, Lieber has needed neddle and thread to sew his tits back on because they have been ripped off last 3-4 starts but like i said yesterday if phils were going to make a run they needed to start a mini run before break starting with pittsburgh and win 2 of 3 at home against wash.

I said Pittsburgh plays better on the road because I feel they are just more relaxed, fans in the steel city are tired of hearing what is and has been wrong last 9 years, yes they got burried by a poor gm that cost them 4-5 years and maybe a few more but steel town fans don't want to hear that they are tired of it and soon as they get a young player ready to be a good player they let him ride so they can get cost back from old gm and still gm know has wasted some money on old time big names that were past their prime to try and get fans in did it again this year at catcher and he is gone and in the outfield RM last year , hell he made it 1 or 2 months same as benito this year behind the dish. so people are full of anger because they are use to bucs winning from 1970 till 1996 then all at once you are not even as good as some aaa teams. so the pressure is there and fans let them know it at home. Sad to see the old lumber company play like they have but can't fault the blame front office they killed the team after they lost 2 braves when bonds could not throw out sid cement shoes bream at home from about 220 feet, hell in a pro try out camp the line is 260 feet they want to see ball from outfielder on the line reach in the air or one nice quick hop.

So banging phils-113 again and just hope bats can pick up Lieber and maybe John can get 5 good full for the first time in a long time don't see him going into 6th would be nice but will hope for phils bats to put up enough runs on a very good pitcher when he is on in Kip Wells who won't be in pittsburgh much longer i am sure, on a good team he would win 14-16 games.

Good Luck

Eric

 

[fletcher]

Just got done watching throw the 7th, he was letting his arm down in the 7th and pushing ball he was not on top of ball and everything was flat, he did get out with a double play due to a flat 92 mph fb on the hands of a rookie and shattered bat under 90 with pitch count but that inning he was not sharp tired, he did hit 95 with a high out side fast ball but high and out and target was low and in shows me he is tired and along with letting arm drop to low in the 7th, he is done IMO for the day if he comes back out will just be more bad habits, but was way more on top of ball today, rushed body at times but looked much better but still has work on mech. to do to reinforce good habits, 7th was all bad habits and due to fitgue IMO.

But it was much better then last 3 or 4 times out IMO and with my own eyes, but still easy to fall back into what got him in trouble last 3-5 starts so time to pull him and keep working on staying on top and keeping body slowed down and back.

Will need to see 1-2 more times of this before I am sold that he has it corrected, like I said easy to fall back into bad habit, and anytime he has been hit last few years this was his problem, when he was in mid 30's he could get buy with flat stuff because it was at 96-98 now at 41 91-92 flat you will get hit but over all he made strides today.

 

[bohawk]

Fletch-Man, nice inside stuff. Taking Phils TD as POD .Like
Lieber& his 2.82 ERA &7-1 Rec. vs Steel City. GL

 

[fletcher]

have espn 2 tues night fight posted in off the wall.

 

[RAYMOND]

LIEBER ON THE ROAD AT NITE 0-4 AND LAST TWO GAMES ERA 11.00


PHI is 0-4 in Lieber's last four starts.?PHI is 3-8 in their last 11 overall.

PHILA 5-10 VS RIGHTIES ROAD AT NIGHT


GL ERIC GOING TO PASS ON THIS ONE , BUT LIEBER IS DUE TO WIN