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**El Conquistador** · 04-05-2012, 01:13 PM

Witnessing a pretty fun showcase of pitching talent through four innings in Detroit. Verlander looks every bit as good as he did last year and Lester is finding a way to battle through the third toughest lineup in baseball.

Also, Johan Santana is throwing a gem of a game in his first comeback start since surgery on his rotator cuff.

**Brye** · 04-05-2012, 01:20 PM

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LaHair has a chance to really grab the job and hold onto it into the future. Bryan was spectacular in the minors and I believe led AAA in HR's/RBI's. Rizzo is pegged to be the future 1B but he was given that opportunity in San Diego last year and proved to be unready. There's talks about trading Byrd and calling up Jackson and Rizzo by mid May so we'll get a better look at LaHair's future over the next few weeks. The organization will be more than happy to let LaHair play out the season if he can produce like he did in the minors at the age of 28.

I've been intrigued by him since I read the rumors of him hitting cleanup for them. Wouldn't be a bad idea if Rizzo/Jackson worked out and they managed to get someone nice for Byrd. I'm still curious what the Angels are going to do with all their outfielders. Although with Trumbo playing 3rd, they'll have Hunter/Wells/Bourjous/Trout and that's not as crowded as I thought.

And agreed, this Tigers/Sox game has been a nice pitching duel so far. Verlander looks exactly like last year so far.

JM · 04-05-2012, 01:46 PM

Pretty odd that there's been 16 innings of baseball played today without a single run. DAT PITCHING DIS GOOD.

Probably just means the Jays will light up Masterson.

**LadyCroft** · 04-05-2012, 01:49 PM

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Unfortunately the Yanks don't open up until tomorrow, but I just love baseball in general, so I'll probably watch a few games today. Brye, it's good to finally meet another Reds fan on this forum lol There aren't many of them floating around these parts.

A Reds fan with a Yankees theme. Disgusting.

The Reds are already a half game out of first and it's killing me. Nice job Miami! grrrrrrrr

**Brye** · 04-05-2012, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by LadyCroft

A Reds fan with a Yankees theme. Disgusting.

The Reds are already a half game out of first and it's killing me. Nice job Miami! grrrrrrrr

Mat "got myself on the DL holding back a sneeze" Latos will fix that.

Perfect Poster · 04-05-2012, 01:52 PM

And Cabrera with his first error of the season!

TheShowstappa92002 · 04-05-2012, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by LadyCroft

A Reds fan with a Yankees theme. Disgusting.

The Reds are already a half game out of first and it's killing me. Nice job Miami! grrrrrrrr

Haha well I've been a Yankees fan my entire life, but being from Kentucky, I'm also a Reds fan by birth, seeing as there is no shot that Kentucky will ever have a major league team. I love going to Great American Ballpark though. Such an amazing stadium.

**Mikey Damage** · 04-05-2012, 01:53 PM

Strasburg is so good. Shame he'll be shutdown after 160 innings.

**El Conquistador** · 04-05-2012, 01:57 PM

He's the next Verlander. srs

**Mikey Damage** · 04-05-2012, 01:59 PM

He is incredible.

LaHair doesn't do much for me. To me, he looks your typical 4A player. Great in the minors...but once he reaches the majors, it's over. Seems like the Cubs are notorious for 4A players.

Cubs need to move Garza, Marmol (especially, a good closer on a bad team = useless), Byrd and/or Soriano.