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Originally Posted by Westheim
Yeah, that .800 OPS is a bit removed from him at this point. If it weren't for that 1,137 consecutive starts streak ........
But Esteban Baldivia has slumped a wee bit recently in AAA, powerwise. Calling up at this point is not going to help a lot. And Matt Brown, who killed AAA pitching just as well, continues his derp ways up here in Oregon.
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Oh, I love Tetsu by this point and would not be happy to see him go, even if it would be obviously better for the team.
Of course, you realize that just as in Baltimore during Cal Ripken slumps, some in Portland have been blaming the streak for his problems. I find it ridiculous: unless you are a pitcher, you really don't expend a whole lot of energy during the course of a game except on rare occasions when you hit 4 triples and make 7 diving catches of over-your-head drives.....
Catchers don't expend much more energy than anyone else, but they do suffer a fair amount of abuse to their bodies. Just the squatting alone is tough on the legs....