[More Cowbell]

Moeller was brought up to catch and put Valentine back in his primary role as a pinch hitter. Narron and others have been upset about the pitch-calling of Valentine in the past. Perfect example was Moeller's handling of Aaron Harang in last night's win. If not for a balk in the 8th inning, Harang should've won.

We can argue the merits of having Moeller on the team all day, but at least we can probably agree he'll be the one to go when Encarnacion comes back up. Conine, Valentin, and Castro aren't going anywhere, and Hopper has done too well as a pinch-hitter.

Oh, and I could not believe that happened last night. I was watching the game live, and I've never seen anything like it. Really a shame that they had to call a balk just because a guy tripped. Seems like I had heard in the past that a balk is only supposed to be called when there is a blatant attempt by the pitcher to deceive the runner (which Harang was obviously not trying to do), but neither Narron or the TV announcers made a big deal of it so I guess it was the correct call. Still a shame, Harang could've even been injured if he had landed badly. Guess I just don't like the rule as it is written.