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sunday, here s howie kendrick. guthrie had a 31st pitch inning. kendrick dhing in the number 9 spot. there is a strike. you were talking about when you played for the angels, you better do it the way up or you ll be replaced and kendrick is a good example of that. he was already established in the big leagues toward the middle. roberts was back in. one down, he was underachieving, so they sent him back to the minors for a refresher course. jim: monday august 31-wednesday september 22nd great aseats are available for each game. tuesday september 1 is ollie s bargain night. 888-848-burger orioles.com. the reason they could do that is a guy that came into the season. .306 lifetime in the big leagues. it is good to to have a defense. they could put his tourist in from and move aybar. a lot of times the young hitters, kendrick could be as good as he was in the minor leagues. jim: at the end of the day you better have good coaches, you better sign good players, you are go ....
hit tonight off of logan kensing, and that kid had a heck of a night tonight, bob. he deserved the curtain call so the two lead-off guys go a combined 7-9. lots of total bases, especially mccutchen, and nyjer morgan also walked once. he was on base four times and hitting over .400 as a nat. it is hard to believe if these guys are still together, nyjer morgan would be in left field and mccutchen and we d still have last last, but my point being the pirates didn t want to spend the money. our gain is their loss. but you sometimes think nate mclouth, mccutchen and morgan in your outfield, you d have one heck of a fast and very good hitting outfield. and not to mention jason bay who departed last year. so, guys, a tough series so far in pittsburgh, and the nats young pitchers are finding out life on the road is difficult, whether you re in milwaukee playing a contender or in pittsburgh playing a last place team from another division. thank you very much, bob and ro ....
could not get the one off the bat of alex rios. jason berken, i think he has still to work on his command but he is not afraid of contact of the one thing that he does and i know difficult tream bleeh we won t talk about him because he is suspended but rick kranitz likes the fact that he will battle you. he will get better as he gets more experienced. this is aa, back to aa, but he won 2-0 in five games at aaa and then right to the big leagues. that s a very quick ascencion. gary: it s amazing how similar these pitchers are. both have quick ascending, both similar e.r.a.s. both trying to keep their spot. rolen is retired. he is 0-for-2 in the ballgame. 2 down here in the 4th inning. jim: there you go. youngsters trying to make a living the the big difference here, 2.9 and 6 1/2. that does make a big difference. it gets you a little bit of coverage. for jason, we mentioned only in his last start in anaheim, the orioles actually with two 4-0 leads did not win eith ....