Game Thread: April 30, 2008 - 6th Inning
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holla holla
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 9:07 PM EDT reply actions
Garko: 0/0
The Disabled List just called ... it was trying to unload Joe Borowski. I offered a bagel but balked at giving up a ham sandwich. It wanted to keep Westbrook.
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The Disabled List just called ... it was trying to unload Joe Borowski. I offered a bagel but balked at giving up a ham sandwich. It wanted to keep Westbrook.
yes. what is his contract status
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, club option for 2009, $2.5 million, or a 150K buyout.
There are incentives to raise the option salary, but they aren’t reachable.
so that’ll be picked up
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Mostly likely, yes, though having J-Barf, AbaCab and J-Honey under contract complicates things a little.
but blake won’t be
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions
i have no idea why this mattered in my head
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions
as in an ERA of 0.01?
The Disabled List just called ... it was trying to unload Joe Borowski. I offered a bagel but balked at giving up a ham sandwich. It wanted to keep Westbrook.
Just as unreachable. He needs 789 more plate appearances, or 175 more starts, by the end of this season.
wtf victor got out
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 9:09 PM EDT reply actions
hahaha how mad would we be right now?
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
fuck no out
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 9:14 PM EDT reply actions
Bear with me…I was 12/13 years old at the time.
I’ve seen the numbers. But give me the subjective view. When the Indians acquired Dave Burba in 1997, Burba was the modern-day equivalent of…?
By the way Caron Butler hopped about 4 times without dribbling before scoring the game winning basket. I wish they would play the sport by its original rules
action in the pen?
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 9:16 PM EDT reply actions
THIS INNING IS INCONCEIVABLE!
The Disabled List just called ... it was trying to unload Joe Borowski. I offered a bagel but balked at giving up a ham sandwich. It wanted to keep Westbrook.
I do not think that word means what you think it means.
Free Andy Marte!
by woodsmeister on Apr 30, 2008 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions
noooo
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 9:16 PM EDT reply actions
TRIPLE PLAY
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 9:17 PM EDT reply actions
legitimate LOL
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on Apr 30, 2008 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions
i’m scared i’m scared i’m scared
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 9:17 PM EDT reply actions
FUCKKKKKKKKKKK RUNS
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 9:18 PM EDT reply actions
FIRE NEW THREAD
The Disabled List just called ... it was trying to unload Joe Borowski. I offered a bagel but balked at giving up a ham sandwich. It wanted to keep Westbrook.
we need new threads to be computer-triggered, so we can’t blame anybody.
The Disabled List just called ... it was trying to unload Joe Borowski. I offered a bagel but balked at giving up a ham sandwich. It wanted to keep Westbrook.
I’ll bet you that Roger Dorn is behind this.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on Apr 30, 2008 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Ah, to Wlad too. Lookout Landing just crapped its pants.
by fleerdon on Apr 30, 2008 9:18 PM EDT reply actions
Cliffton will still leave with a .95 ERA
Winning Formula: Long fly ball... Deep ______ Field... Awaaaayyyy back! Gone!
WEDGE LEFT LEE IN TOO LONG
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 9:19 PM EDT reply actions
0.95 to be exact
Winning Formula: Long fly ball... Deep ______ Field... Awaaaayyyy back! Gone!
by Justin Higgins on Apr 30, 2008 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions
also I am worried about Jensen in here with a 4 run lead
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 9:21 PM EDT reply actions
5 but whatever
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions
oh plz dont do that again. My head nearly exploded the last time.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on Apr 30, 2008 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
They would’ve taken a double over the home run there…
Winning Formula: Long fly ball... Deep ______ Field... Awaaaayyyy back! Gone!
by Justin Higgins on Apr 30, 2008 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions
OK, so the world is round again. ESPN can concentrate on the Red Sox and the Yankees. Meanwhile, we’re gonna quietly kick some ass again under their radar.
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Right now, I'll take .500 and run. I'm a cheap happy.
i would give a lot to see jensen throw 92
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 9:22 PM EDT reply actions
Jensen scoffs at your 92 and throws 84. Jerky-jerkily.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on Apr 30, 2008 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
if he was facing us, you’d want to pay to see him throw 72.
The Disabled List just called ... it was trying to unload Joe Borowski. I offered a bagel but balked at giving up a ham sandwich. It wanted to keep Westbrook.
nah, I hit in the 70 mph cages last summer and got pwn’d.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on Apr 30, 2008 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions
STANDING O FOR CLIFF LEE
The Tabler household tips its cap, as Cliff once did in mock-sincerity to us
Am I the only one who missed this?—
PD says ESPN is now citing unnamed scouts that Hafner and Ortiz have lost bat speed.
???
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions
maybe we can fix this with ball slow.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on Apr 30, 2008 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions
For all I know E5 is one of their unnamed scouts. REVEAL YOUR NAMES OR SHUT UP.
by supermarioelia on Apr 30, 2008 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions
the NYT is really bad at this. like, really fucking bad. i swear to god every other story is based solely on unnamed sources
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Did you hear that John McCain once had a friend that was a girl that was kinda sorta around him while he was doing stuff, says unnamed sources?
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by Justin Higgins on Apr 30, 2008 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions
funniest part about that story is that there was an interesting angle, but they played up the sex and hid the real lede
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions
and by funny i mean terribly depressing
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions
And steroids.
And buckets of fried chicken to sacrifice.
I love how they can’t get the scouts to go on record with this. It’s like, shhh, don’t tell anyone I said this, because it’s a secret and I could get fired … but I think Hafner has lost some bat speed.
Whatever the total absence of gasping sounds like, I’m making that sound now.
I just farted contemptuously, if that helps.
by fleerdon on Apr 30, 2008 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I was thinking the same thing. What do they lose by using their names? Wouldn’t that give them more cred if they were actually right?
by supermarioelia on Apr 30, 2008 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions
First of all, LOL at the last line.
Second, I understand why GMs have to stay off the record when assessing other teams’ players.
But I have never understood what is up with scouts and this code.
Well, there is a competitive element there, not revealing what a certain team might be thinking about a certain player. If they hype a player, for example, you wouldn’t want that to get out because it would hurt leverage in a trade.
Fair enough, but there has to be SOMEONE who knows SOMETHING about scouting - a retired scout who watches a bunch of tape, maybe? - who can have the balls to go on record.
It’s not only weak, but it drips with false profundity. Bat speed! Only a scout could figure that!
....and then can we call Tabler Mary?
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on Apr 30, 2008 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions
ahahaha
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions
...everybody has to put their pants back on?
FINE.
by fleerdon on Apr 30, 2008 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I interpreted that as “im down with virtually anything”
I was scared.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on Apr 30, 2008 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Flashbacks of the scene from Clerks II
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on Apr 30, 2008 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
There does have to be that SOMEONE who knows SOMETHING and is willing to go on record.
However, there does not have to be a baseball writer who isn’t too lazy to find that guy.
If I was a baseball writer, I would make friends with a bunch of retired scouts. Hell, I might pay them to watch a bunch of games on the Package and e-mail me their notes.
pay them in pall malls.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on Apr 30, 2008 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions
The bottom line is, you’ve been spending a lot of time with this lady.
You’re a member of the Channel Ten News Team. We need you.
Hell, I need you. I’m a mess without ya. I miss you so damn much.
I miss being with you. I miss being near you. I miss your laugh.
I miss … I miss your scent. I miss your musk.
When this all gets sorted out, I think you and me should get an apartment together.
Why…don’t you just stop talking for a while. Sit the next couple of plays out?
You have no idea the physical toll that three vasectomies have on a person
by jakesinger777 on May 1, 2008 1:13 AM EDT up reply actions
I think Jenny loses a MPH every pitch. That last fastball was like 79. At least it looked fastbally.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
I catch myself shouting that at innapropriate times, like the supermarket.
“WIZARD!!!!!!”
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on Apr 30, 2008 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Was there an angle on sitting Jhonny tonight? Crummy career numbers? Regular night off?
A snowman on the board with Jhonny and what’s-his-face on the pines. Hmmph.
by fleerdon on Apr 30, 2008 9:33 PM EDT reply actions
HIRE SSS.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on Apr 30, 2008 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Only one man is entrenched on this team, and he’s - of course - at third. I think at the moment Masa’s just preferable to the alternatives. That said, he’s had some flashes of really goodness.
by fleerdon on Apr 30, 2008 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions
It doesn’t rank real high for cultural sensitivity, but I figure if Hideki Matsui can be “Godzilla” then all bets are off.
by fleerdon on Apr 30, 2008 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I was at that game that McGuire hit that bomb…..what a fkn shot
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
That’s awesome. I was at the Thome to dead center against KC, that they say is the longest in the ballpark’s history
The one that made it out onto the street? They said that was like 511 ft or something
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on Apr 30, 2008 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Right, and Mantle hit one 530.
I know it was big, but I’ve heard some decent evidence that, unassisted by the elements, the most distance you can get out of a wood bat is 460 or so.
by fleerdon on Apr 30, 2008 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Not trying to rain on your parade. Just saying.
by fleerdon on Apr 30, 2008 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions
J_MIKE!
The Disabled List just called ... it was trying to unload Joe Borowski. I offered a bagel but balked at giving up a ham sandwich. It wanted to keep Westbrook.
snicker, they brought a lefty out for Jmike
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on Apr 30, 2008 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
You can tell how bad Seattle pitching is from the way Michaels consistently hits the ball within 25 feet of the fence.
+1
HIRE SLUGGING %
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on Apr 30, 2008 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions
grady looks really good these days
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 9:46 PM EDT reply actions
felt real good about the results, but jesus i want him in the 90s again
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve never understood the hyphenated athlete name. You make millions. I think you’re in a safe position to tell one of your parents to f off for the sake of your poor trainer who has to sew that puppy on.
This is why I always rooted for William Van Landingham.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
Also, why the hell do I remember shit like that? There are useful things that those brain cells could be applied to, but no, it’s some pitcher with a really long name whose career ended 10 years ago.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
I just wonder sometimes, you think his parents would be that upset if Sharif had gone with just Rahim. C’mon Abdur, your son will send you a big fat check and you can enjoy that.
by supermarioelia on Apr 30, 2008 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions
meh that actually really sucked
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 9:50 PM EDT reply actions
z
we do want to keep the game in Julio territory, not the Breslow zone. good GIDP.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
OT but still baseball: Can anyone explain to me what happened in this Boog Sciambi – Buzz Bissinger interview? Is there some prior history here between these two I don’t know about? Because this thing goes south amazingly quickly and for almost no reason.
Can we create a list of questions that PD writers (or others) should be asking?
Is it that hard to ask what the F is wrong with Stomp’s velocity?
sounds like something for Shaw or Livingston, they ask all the shitty team bashing questions.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on Apr 30, 2008 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow, Jordan Brown has 11 doubles in 26 hits this year.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
holy shit was jensen throwing mid 90s
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 9:58 PM EDT reply actions
oh that was julio?
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions
i had to go close the library
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions
for some reason, every nerd ever has fantasized about hooking up with something in the stacks
my helmet has, like, no pine tar on it.
this is the fucking post of the century. jesus fucking christ. i love you now.
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
totally sober
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by Gradyforpresident on May 1, 2008 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions
nope, i really did have to close the library
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by Gradyforpresident on Apr 30, 2008 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
“Fastball George,” Brick. Back me up on this one, in the name of the S.S. Keep Kelly Shoppach.
by fleerdon on Apr 30, 2008 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Listen, I know he has a Spanish name, which you’re currently down with.
But I’m going to need you to stand in the corner for a while and think about what you just said.
I tried to pick it up once but stopped when I realized it would reveal my total inability to change chords quickly. Fortunate for me that chicks dig the slow numbers.
by fleerdon on Apr 30, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Not to rain on the glory parade here, but going into tonight opposition was hitting over .300 against each of Stomp, Iron and Steel. This can only improve. And it began tonight.
by supermarioelia on Apr 30, 2008 10:01 PM EDT reply actions
Cliff Lee is now the only Indians pitcher since 1956 other than Greg Swindell in ‘88 to start the season 5-0. Yes I know wins are stupid.
Wang and Saunders are also 5-0…but in 6 starts.
HACKS! HACKS! HACKS!
by supermarioelia on Apr 30, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s a good sign, because we kicked ass in ‘88. Oh wait, shit.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
Oh man, I just went & looked at that team. Mel Hall! Terry Francona! Scott Bailes!
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
You’ll think I’m nuts, but that team broke my heart.
Started off 16-4. Cool! Finally, a really good team!
Then they went 1-9. Oh, well, of course, that makes more sense.
But then they went 13-3, and then 6-5, so they’re at 36-21. This was a good team!
Keep in mind, this was early June, right around my high school graduation. I know i don’t have to tell anyone how bad the Indians were in the years leading up to 1988, but just to be clear, the last time they’d finished better than 5th place was in 1976, when I was six years old. 5th, 6th, 7th place—this was all I could ever remember. I was genuinely excited that finally, my Indians might be a good team, and, foreshadowing the LGT experience, I was pretty wasted that whole summer anyway.
Then they went 5-16, but they were still over .500 by a few games and still in third place. And while I know this will make no sense to younger fans, I remained genuinely excited that they were in third place, and for them to finish in 3rd seemed almost as good as winning the division. I know, it’s crazy, it’s actually stupid, but that’s what it was like being an 18-year-old Indians fan in 1988.
They won 4 out of the next 6. A little rebound. Stabilizing again. Maybe even the start of another big run, back into 1st place.
But no. They next went 2-9 to dive under .500 for the season and, incredibly, crushingly, back to their traditional 6th place position.
Leaving nothing to chance, they lost 14 of their next 20 games to fall 16 games back on August 11. They spent the entire final two months of the season in 6th place, and it was just like, feh, this is no use, this is never gonna be any use.
In retrospect, they were not that bad at 78-84, but the AL East had five teams that finished with 85-89 wins that year. But I didn’t know that, because by that point I had already left for college in Philadelphia, and I essentially wrote off not only the 1988 Indians, but baseball entirely for the next four years.
Frank and the B-squad put up a snowman. Lee was off, but not much.
by fleerdon on Apr 30, 2008 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Just checked the box score and Holy Crap – note new, improved family friendly expletive – and Lee’s ERA has gone up by a factor or almost for to what?
"the most vehement Yankee-hating guy I know" - Jay
Lee’s ERA jumped to 0.96.
If C.C. pitches 25 complete game shutouts … it will still be a little higher than that.
by Jay on Apr 30, 2008 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I had to doublecheck this it was so crazy. This is definitely the stat of the year.
by supermarioelia on Apr 30, 2008 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
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