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I'd like to thank Mrs. SnakePit for reminding me that today is Labor Day. Not working Mondays, public holidays don't register much, so I presumed today's game was a night one as usual, and was going to spent the afternoon watching televisual crap, then swan in here around 5:30pm to post the thread. Given it's a noon start, that would have been a bit embarrassing, especially since I'm recapping this one. Just so you know, there'll probably be some kind of "Labor" pun, involving whichever starting pitcher struggles most.
- Willie Bloomquist SS
- Gerardo Parra LF
- Justin Upton RF
- Paul Goldschmidt 1B
- Aaron Hill 2B
- Geoff Blum 3B
- Collin Cowgill CF
- Henry Blanco C
- Wade Miley LHP
B-lineup out there today, without Ryan Roberts, Chris Young or Miguel Montero. I am strangely okay with this - I think getting Young back healthy for the playoffs is more important. He has hit just .151 in 45 games since the All-Star break, with a .524 OPS. Normally, a BABIP of .190 would indicate bad luck, but not with his pop-up rate of 27%, which is 6% more than the next-highest NL player, Alex Gonzalez [And can I just point out that when you Google "Chris Young", the top results are all for some country singer I've never heard of, or the Mets pitcher. That's just wrong...]
Miley beat the Rockies when he faced them at Chase, and we beat Rogers the previous nights - he's now 0-3 with a 6.08 ERA over his past four starts. Thinking our B-lineup should be able to take him, but if there's a bit of deflation after the Giants series, I will understand. See you in the comments or the recap, assuming you haven't forgotten it's a day game as well!