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June 8, NY HotCut: But First We Tour the NL West.

At 4:41 central time—2:41 your time!—you delivered word:  It's a NY HotCut today.  You told me you have been getting up early to open your branch.  At the same time I think about having something I cared enough about to wake up at 2:41 I also realize it's not simply a matter of caring, it's also about actually getting up and doing it, getting it done, not being a flake.  Could I do it, would I do it, if I didn't love it?  Do you love it?  All I'm doing is patching the holes of this house and watching baseball and cleaning and cooking and drinking.  Speaking of baseball—

Bad Cards

I listened to the Cardinal bats do a Swiss cheese routine facing Scott Feldman and the Cincinnati Reds.  I heard Votto hit and I heard Scooter hit.  The Cardinals lost their seventh game in a row.  They have gone from bad to pretty good to quite bad all over again.

Uecker

I migrated to Giants at Brewers, streaming the Brewers radio feed.  That means Uecker.  He has sounded strong this year. He is solo at the moment but some innings he'll have a wingman.  Other innings Uecker rests and the other guy goes solo.  The other guy's name is Jeff Levering.  He's capable, fine.  This is Uecker's 47th season as a broadcaster and his 62nd year in baseball.

 NL West Double Barrel

Jett Bandy just nabbed Gorkys Hernandez trying to steal second.  Levering suddenly breaks in.  Aaron Hill pinch-hits for Cueto.

On MLB.TV I have San Diego at Arizona.  The Snakes are in their pinstriped vest uniforms with the purple undershirts.  It's tied 2-2 in the desert.  Solarte has one go off the heel of his glove on a bad barehand attempt and Chase d'Arnaud, who will play any position apparently, scoops up the carom and puts it first-class on the Concorde past first base.  Ahmed to second, E-5 and E-6.

Hill doubles.  "The Giants lead now 4-3," says Ueck.  "That's gonna be it for Wily Peralta."  Double switch, Arcia in at short.  It's the sixth inning.  After this game Milwaukee flies to AriZona, where Lil' Clayton Richard works to Blanco.  Ahmed breaks for third.  Risky and close.  Under review.  He's out on an over-slide, it would appear.  Yep.  And he makes the last out of the inning.  Shaking my head.

Renfroe doubled in Wil Myers the next half-inning.  Descalso gathered the ball in the left-field corner, relayed to Ahmed, who bounced the throw to home, missing a chance at Myers.  Verizon commercial.  Chanel commercial.  A new commercial for what I'm not sure because the "Commercial break in progress" screen appeared in truncate.

The ScuZzer Now

He's 1-for-1 today, with a .713 OPS on the year.  That's respectable for a utility player.  He strikes out.  A shot of Erick Aybar in the San Diego dugout.  Lamb now, whose OPS was .952 entering today.  Lamb goes 4-3 and he is now 1-for-22 lifetime against Lil' Clayton Richard.  Let's check the splits, 2017 only:  Lamb versus lefties has a 1.093 OPS;  Lamb against lefties has a .533 OPS.  At home his OPS is .984, away it is .919.  He can hit home or away but Jake Lamb cannot hit lefties.


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