Comments on: Carlos Pena is going to start riding the pine http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/31/carlos-pena-is-going-to-start-riding-the-pine/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Mon, 20 May 2013 00:13:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: raysfan1 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/31/carlos-pena-is-going-to-start-riding-the-pine/comment-page-1/#comment-357692 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 23:32:58 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=202987#comment-357692 Anyone hitting north of the Mendoza line would be a huge increase in production.

]]> By: leeeroooyjeeenkiiins http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/31/carlos-pena-is-going-to-start-riding-the-pine/comment-page-1/#comment-357663 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:06:22 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=202987#comment-357663 I love Pena, great guy, but sadly it’s overdue. Keppinger should be in as an every day starter and should have been since he came back from the DL.

With that said, the problem goes deeper than just Pena. One bad hitter doesn’t get your shutout 6 times in a month. The blame for that goes to the hitters themselves, the hitting coach, and the manager that hangs onto the underachievers for too long. Shelton should have been fired in the offseason and Pena and Matsui saw way too much time at the plate. Much of Maddon’s stubbornness I love, but he needs to realize that it doesn’t work in every situation.

]]> By: raysfan1 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/31/carlos-pena-is-going-to-start-riding-the-pine/comment-page-1/#comment-357542 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:41:52 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=202987#comment-357542 About time.

]]> By: GoneYickitty http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/31/carlos-pena-is-going-to-start-riding-the-pine/comment-page-1/#comment-357524 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:14:11 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=202987#comment-357524 Not sure why they weren’t all over Overbay … would have been a huge increase in production at 1B.

]]> By: tmohr http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/31/carlos-pena-is-going-to-start-riding-the-pine/comment-page-1/#comment-357496 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:10:06 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=202987#comment-357496 Since May 1, Pena is “hitting” 165/295/304.

If the Rays miss out on the postseason, this, plus the decaying corpse of Hideki Matsui being given ~100 PA, will loom large

]]> By: plmathfoto http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/31/carlos-pena-is-going-to-start-riding-the-pine/comment-page-1/#comment-357480 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:36:11 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=202987#comment-357480 Dude has always been (in this order, well kinda on the last two): Strikeout, walk, homer, other

]]> By: shaggylocks http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/31/carlos-pena-is-going-to-start-riding-the-pine/comment-page-1/#comment-357474 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:21:45 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=202987#comment-357474 Well, to his credit, it does look like he draws a lot of walks for someone with such a low batting average.

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