Aaron Miles Pitches Scoreless Inning For Cardinals

He gave up a single and got two popups and a flyout pitching the 9th inning of an 18-4 blowout by the Astros.

Who knew? The Cubs were just using him wrong. Should have put him in the bullpen.

almost 2 years ago Al Yellon 14 comments 0 recs |

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figures

I remember watching Doug Dascenzo come in and pitch. I know for sure I got to see him twice. Haha… In those blowout games, I always wanted to see Shawn Dunston come in and pitch an inning. I guess he never did because Zimm or whoever thought he might kill someone with one of those fastballs. lol

by TheHawkRules on Aug 4, 2010 6:56 PM CDT reply actions

It would have been fitting

if he had induced three straight groundouts to second.

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by Goodie1969 on Aug 4, 2010 8:05 PM CDT reply actions

LOL

Actually, this is the fourth time TLR has used Miles as a mopup pitcher. He has a career 4.50 ERA in four innings, with no walks.

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by Al Yellon on Aug 4, 2010 8:10 PM CDT up reply actions

That's better than Howry!

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by wrigleyrocker12 on Aug 4, 2010 9:54 PM CDT up reply actions

Ironically, that's 3 more times than he's played CF or RF.

And one less time than he’s played LF.

And still, Hendry extolled Miles’ ability to play all three OF positions when he signed him.

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by D98 on Aug 5, 2010 9:33 AM CDT up reply actions

Don't tell Lou. He'll want Aaron back.

If the Cubs still have a chance, no matter how small, it’s still Go Cubs, damn the math and pass the KoolAid.

by eths on Aug 5, 2010 5:43 AM CDT reply actions

In the vein of Kordell Stewart

Aaron Miles: The New Slash

"They come to see me strike out, hit a home run, or run into a fence. I try to accommodate them at least one way every game." - Gorman Thomas

by RiskyBusiness on Aug 5, 2010 9:08 AM CDT reply actions

The question is:

Should Lou have put Fontenot out there during either of the two blowouts we’ve suffered through in the last week or so?

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by daver on Aug 5, 2010 12:11 PM CDT reply actions

Yes.

Absolutely. Or Baker. Lou keeps complaining about the bullpen being overworked and then he uses a pitcher an inning.

The Cubs, though, surprisingly, rank only eighth in the NL in total relief appearances.

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by Al Yellon on Aug 5, 2010 1:08 PM CDT up reply actions

Soriano has a pretty good arm

They should work with him a bit to see if he can throw some heaters over the plate and have Maddux take him under his wing. Then he can pinch hit in any game and do mop-up duty for blowouts maybe even more.

by AboutTheCubs on Aug 5, 2010 12:44 PM CDT reply actions

you cant risk a starter getting injured

An injury to Aaron Miles is a risk LaRussa was willing to take.

by holy mackeral on Aug 5, 2010 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions

Fontenot, then.

He almost never plays, so why not?

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Aug 5, 2010 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions

I was afraid

This was going to be another post about how TLR always gets the most out of his players. If only we could have taught Aaron to juggle plates when he was with us, maybe we could have gotten something useful out of him.

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by vonde6 on Aug 5, 2010 6:54 PM CDT reply actions