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Wednesday, July 28, 2004

Couple things from last nights game.  I missed the first couple of innings as I was coming back from work and only heard them on the radio but it sounded like Lilly struggled with his command a little bit. When I picked the game up in the top of the third he seemed to be pulling it together thought.  He pitched much better the rest of the way.  After a shaky start he's been pretty solid. 
 
I've seen him pitch twice now but I like Frederick.  Doesn't throw a lot of fastballs but he has one heck of a slider.  I think he'll help the squad out.  No more than a 1-2 inning guy though.  Nakamura on the other hand, I don't think has the stuff to get good hitters out.  I've seen him make some young guys look ridiculous but the veterans are going to hammer him.  Good God Sheffield hit that ball hard.
 
Rios is going to be good (really going out on a limb there).  He doesn't yet and probably won't have a ton of walks but his pitch selection last night was fantastic.  He'd get into an 0-2 hole and battle back and hit a hitters pitch, not a pitchers pitch.  The exact opposite of Cash who just don't have a clue when it comes to recognizing a pitch.  Cash just looks lost.  Back to Rios.  Good heads up running as well when he turned a single to center into a double (actually, Bernie's arm turned it into a double). Good to see him being aggressive and taking a good risk.  Anyone with any speed should run on Bernie.