LOL Joel.

~~~WHY WAS OHLENDORF CROSSED UP TOO? ~~~

I’m guessing it was a fluke – since Girardi and Hughes both went out of their way to say the other cross ups were Hughes’ fault…and that Phil cannot see the signs at night.

Did Stewart have anything on his fingers to make them more visible?
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Yes, he had tape on his fingers and some sort of powdery white substance too. YES did a closeup of his hand after the second cross-up.

I still want my question answered. What’s the rule on bringing back someone you’ve DFA’ed? Moeller hasn’t been picked up by anyone yet and I don’t get why the team would roll the dice with Stewart? Just send the poor, overmatched bastard back down to Scranton and bring Moeller back.

I can’t believe it’s come to me actually pining for Moeller…

I didn’t see the broadcast. Did Stewart have anything on his fingers to make them more visible? If not, why not? Hughes is far from the first pitcher to have this problem. Lots of catchers have used white tape or even nail polish over the years to make it easier to pick up signs.

Now poor Chris Stewart is the fall guy for the Hughes apologists. Great.

…over this Stewart P.O.S.
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Amen to that.

That’s fine. BUT IF IT WAS ONLY HUGHES, THEN WHY WAS OHLENDORF CROSSED UP TOO? Answer that. It’s the same catcher with two different pitchers and he’s crossing them both up with no one on base. It can’t merely be a coincidence.

Does this mean that Ohlendorf can’t see signs at night either?

A question regarding the catching situation:

According to MLB.com’s transaction register (http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/transactions/index.jsp) there have been no further transactions involving Chad Moeller. What is the rule about DFA’ing someone and then bringing them back? If he’s still not claimed, are the Yanks not able to bring him back to the team? Whatever Moeller isn’t, he’s certainly better than Stewart.

I don’t care if it was Hughes’s fault, Ohlendorf’s fault, or Stewart’s fault last night, he’s just not worth keeping around. Moeller played acceptably and that should give him the benefit of the doubt over this Stewart P.O.S.

baileywalk – maybe you should have your vision checked too? Girardi – AND HUGHES HIMSELF – are saying the blame is on Hughes because he cannot see the signs at night. And, yet, you want to blame the catcher. Really?

I’ll repeat: I guess Ohlendorf has the same night-blindness then. Because not only did he get crossed up too, but it was also while no one was on base. If pitchers and catchers are getting crossed up while no one is on base, then the catcher is putting down signs in a way that the pitcher can’t completely see all of his fingers. That’s the only plausible explanation — and that’s the catcher’s fault.

And a second repeat: putting a young, struggling pitcher like Hughes with Stewart was just plain dumb.