Friar Watch

It’s gotten so bad that I didn’t even watch the game. Wells got rocked again, illustrating just how important location is to the aging pitcher. He just can’t afford to make mistakes. Boomer needs to figure it out and get back to his normal self and give the team 5 or 6 […]

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Clay Hensley: A bit of a rough start in the first inning, he gave up a couple of hits and a run but did a great job of getting out of a jam to limit the damage. Unfortunately Clay appeared to injure his groin on a pitch to the first batter of the third […]

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Gameday went on the fritz for a few innings so the data is incomplete but I think there’s enough to draw a few conclusions. First, it looks like Clay came out pumped up and was throwing hard, perhaps too hard. His first 7 pitches were all over 95 mph but he never […]

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Clay Hensley: Clay continues to improve after a terrible start. He’s still not where he needs to be but was very effective in spots. His command was off, leading to 4 walks, but he probably had the best movement all year. It was nice to see him throw curveballs for strikeouts rather […]

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Oops, I forgot to post this when I wrote it on Saturday.
Clay Hensley: Darren Ballsley’s prediction was spot on. Clay looked much better tonight. He threw with authority and his delivery was more consistent. To me he started to look tired when he came out for the 5th. He was no […]

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Clay Hensley: Another rough outing for Clay. He gave up two runs in the first and was lucky that it wasn’t worse, a line shot to Marcus Giles led to a double play to end the inning. He settled down a little after that but his pitches never really looked good. […]

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I was at the game so my observations aren’t as detailed for this game.
I missed the first two innings thanks to a freight train (if you decide to park at the convention center make sure you get there early) so I didn’t see that debacle but I thought the game was lost in the 5th […]

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Clay Hensley: The TV radar gun has shown Clay as high as 93 mph on his fastball. I don’t know how accurate that is but he definitely has the sinking action working for him. A rough first inning as he gave up a booming double to Bonds but he settled down after that.
Hensley […]

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