Game Thread: May 14, 2008
by Ryan on May 14, 2008 6:24 PM EDT
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New theory on Marte: trying to save money on playoff shares. Applies to half of the bullpen as well.
by Fiddlesticks on May 14, 2008 7:06 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Gee, according to AM sportsramble radio Garret Atkins was supposed to be in at 3rd base.
by PatBordersHelmet on May 14, 2008 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions
No. There’s a rumor out there—I’m just not sure how far out there it is.
by PatBordersHelmet on May 14, 2008 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I didn’t know if you were joking about the rumor here, or if there’s a real rumor out there somewhere. I’d be for it.
It involves Laffey and has no print or internet sourcing that I could find. I dismissed it when I heard it on the radio as the host 3pm-6pm on WKNR 850 is a moron, but Bruce Drennen on STO was talking about it as well which had me a little more alarmed.
by PatBordersHelmet on May 14, 2008 7:20 PM EDT up reply actions
The source of the rumor is Buster Olney (not being an ESPN Insider, I can’t link you to his actual blog). The most important part is right at the top:
ESPN’s Buster Olney makes a point to say that this trade idea is pure speculation rather than anything he’s heard.
In other words, it’s nothing more than hot air.
It’s incredible (to me) how these things get started.
by Fiddlesticks on May 14, 2008 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions
...and as I type the above post, I get a link to this article in my inbox. Go figure. (Note to those not bothering to follow the link: it does not further any groundless speculation about Atkins.)
by Fiddlesticks on May 14, 2008 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Sorry fellas. I guess I cut that stinker loose up in this thread.
by PatBordersHelmet on May 14, 2008 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Two days after posting the link to the Olney piece, MLBTR posted a link to Tribe Time Report, making note that that blog “sees plenty of holes [in] the theory that Garrett Adkins would be a good fit for the Indians.” Curious, I clicked on the link. Here’s the highlight:
Atkins plays third and first base. We are pretty good in both areas.I can think of a number of problems with this suggested trade, but I confess that this wasn’t one of them.
by Fiddlesticks on May 14, 2008 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Not only does it have no sourcing other than Buster Olney idly speculating, but Laffey wasn’t even mentioned by Olney. He just talked about Cleveland being a logical landing spot for Atkins if the Rockies decide to chuck their season.
So not only is Laffey involved in any Atkins trade talks, he’s not even involved in any imaginary Atkins trade talks.
That bit of brilliance was added by the MLBTR blogger. I’d link back to it, or quote it, but I don’t want to (continue to) give this any credence at all.
by Fiddlesticks on May 14, 2008 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I didn’t notice until today, but our pythag record is considerably better than our real one. Probably because of the 6 blown saves.
Watching the game at my folks’ house tonight. I’ll try not to time machine anyone. Got tickets for the day game tomorrow for the first time since the July 4, 2005 double header. Really excited.
Great start
One day I'll get over to watch the Tribe play
by new zealand tribe fan on May 14, 2008 7:16 PM EDT reply actions
Hey! Casey Blake’s playing! If Casey Blake were on the menu at Cold Stone Creamery, he’d be a suck sundae with mix-ins of shaved suck nuts, raw suckie dough, and peanut-butter suck chips, covered with a thick layer of hot suck sauce with a suck cherry on top.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 7:19 PM EDT reply actions
In other news, this is the first time in Internet history that the words shaved, suck, nuts, raw, hot, sauce, cherry, and (possibly) peanut butter have appeared on a web site accessible by those under the age of consent.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions
But seriously, let’s not have a whole thread of Marte/Blake/Tyner.
Let’s win this game, and take first place.
That’s true. I’d rather talk about Jason Cooper.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Just popping in. I can’t believe no one here mentioned Wedge’s pre-game comments? Casey’s defense is “consistent.”
Sure. And I’m consistent with grades, and with girls, and with making my bed.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Consistent is one adjective for it – Tyler might use another
"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.
I was thinking more of one starting with the letter “s”
"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.
His defense isn’t really part of the sundae. More like the cream suck soda you wash it down with.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m just tired of being rational about it, you know? He really is worse than 2006 Aaron Boone. It’s like, I’m really near-sighted. I could tell you where I am on the 20/20 scale, but frankly it doesn’t matter, because without my glasses, I can’t see for shit. So, how’s Casey Blake as a ballplayer? Bad! Really bad! So bad I don’t even care anymore!
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions
That Manny play is ridiculous, by the way. Funny, but.. yeah. I’d say he’d be getting shit if he hadn’t managed to throw the runner out at first, but Manny manages to escape criticism on a lot of stuff by just “being Manny” so whatever.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
WHY THE NOUN ISN’T MARTE PLAYING?
I’m leaving the thread I’m so angry.
Sizemore-Shapiro 2008. The Official Red Bull of Let's Go Tribe Game Threads.
by Gradyforpresident on May 14, 2008 7:38 PM EDT reply actions
You remember how last year we were trying to come with a “Spahn and Sain and pray for rain”-type phrase for C.C. and Fausto? Just thought of one.
“C.C. and Fausto, the rest come from CostCo.”
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 7:46 PM EDT reply actions
At least his voice has changed, unlike Jim Donovan.
by Fiddlesticks on May 14, 2008 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Somebody pulled the old housing insulation switch on him as a small child. He’s had it on the brain ever since.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions
So, Brick, how do you feel about drinking only with a guy who’d drink alone?
A little desperate, no?
There is NOTHING desperate about drinking alone.
If you’ll excuse me, I’m going to light a candle and put the Cure on the stereo.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions
“If it weren’t a fine wine, Thunderbird wouldn’ta put it in a can!“
by Fiddlesticks on May 14, 2008 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I know. I once figured they had to be spending more on glass than beer.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m disappointed…I could’ve sworn the game was on WUAB tonight (it was apparently for Game 6). Joe Tait time!
Dawgs By Nature - Find out why Pittsburgh still sucks.
by Chris Pokorny on May 14, 2008 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I love how horrible Frank Thomas is already doing this series.
Dawgs By Nature - Find out why Pittsburgh still sucks.
he blamed it on the strikezone last night. i beleieve it came out something like “WAAAAAAAAAAAH, IT’S NOT MY FAULT!”
Nothing is better than hearing Tom Hamilton rip on him too.
Dawgs By Nature - Find out why Pittsburgh still sucks.
by Chris Pokorny on May 14, 2008 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey guys! I’m here! The party can start now!
Disclaimer: this post doesn't mean what you think it means.
Okay guys, let’s show some class. Brick, get that underwear off your head.
by Fiddlesticks on May 14, 2008 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s not drinking alone if Robert Smith and LGT are with you, baby.
Disclaimer: this post doesn't mean what you think it means.
It’s like he’s singing ABOUT me, but TO me!
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions
See, I’ve found drinking alone and listening to The Cure a relatively okay experience. If I’m drinking alone and listening to Joy Division, then there’s a problem.
Disclaimer: this post doesn't mean what you think it means.
Yeah, you’ve got to go full out if that’s the plan. Slather on some corpse paint or something, you know.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I want some runs, dammit.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
Don’t tell anyone, but I think Garko’s back.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
Garko
One day I'll get over to watch the Tribe play
by new zealand tribe fan on May 14, 2008 8:05 PM EDT reply actions
So you’ve listened to John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman ….
"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.
his sentences run together
he doesn’t give important details
he has no clue what is happening until after it happens
Give Marte a Chance.
and that differentiates him from herb score exactly how?
Free Andy Marte!
by woodsmeister on May 14, 2008 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions
When men were men, and real blue-collar fans spent the whole game beating bankers and lawyers to death.
Okay okay okay, no more comments from me until Casey Blake sucks.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Seems like people are constantly bitching about it, like it’s the worst thing in the world, like they’re going to have to kill themselves, or record a new Smiths album, if they hear it one more time.
see my comment (a/k/a rant) here http://www.letsgotribe.com/2007/9/26/11639/6765#3224454
"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.
it’s the effort, I think. It sounds like he stayed up all night, hugging his knees and rocking back and forth until he came up with it.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Keats and Yeats just weren’t on Underwood’s side, Jay.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions
They all sound like that:
“You can put it on the board….hyuck!”
“Touch ‘em all, Jason Tyner, touch ‘em all!”
plus any from the John Sterling Assortment, e.g.:
“Another A-bomb from A-Rod!”
“The Giambino!“
Next to any of those, I kinda like Souvenir City. Anyway, at least he alternates it with “he’s outta room, it’s outta here!” (which is at least as lame.)
by Fiddlesticks on May 14, 2008 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m coming around on the Underwood issue, actually. He’s not my favorite, but he’s tolerably familiar. Manning grinds my gears, though.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Did you hear the Nagy interview the other night? He didn’t even let Charlie answer the questions, and spent three minutes trying to make him come to spring training and hang out with Carlos Baerga. It was more or less Arch spending half an inning explaining how the Indians used to be more fun to watch.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions
who constitutes the 4% (i.e. 1 player on the 25 man roster)?
"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.
Each. It’s 49 innings this year. Final score: 1-0, NL.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions
So you’re assuming that Betancourt makes it too?
/runs for cover
by Fiddlesticks on May 14, 2008 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions
so, no run support from the AL all stars either?
"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.
Run support? Look, the only stat that matters is W’s and L’s.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on May 14, 2008 8:22 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
This might be the most unholy union I’ve seen here in a very long time. A+
Disclaimer: this post doesn't mean what you think it means.
Following Gamecast at work, at the bottom of my screen I see “Fuck That” 90 seconds later FUCK THAT.
One day I'll get over to watch the Tribe play
by new zealand tribe fan on May 14, 2008 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions
That was just about the worst result you could ask for there. Usually a DP with the bases loaded scores a run. Sheet.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
Robert Smith is going to have to write a sad song about those two at-bats now.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
I wish I knew who Robert Smith (or the Cure) was. Then again, I probably don’t.
by Fiddlesticks on May 14, 2008 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions
You’re making me feel old, and I’m not THAT old.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
I’m not just old, I’m incredibly square.
by Fiddlesticks on May 14, 2008 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cure
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
You’re not missing anything. The Cure is a band for young, emotional people who mistakenly think they’ve discovered deep feelings. Also, for older people who have nostalgia for when they used to be like that, or who are stupid and tonedeaf.
Does that mean Morrissey is for young people who think they’ve discovered deep thoughts?
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions
You must have been a lot of fun in high school.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions
?
I love how our hitters have so much confidence in our starting pitching, they don’t even try to score more than a run or two.
Blanton at 90 or so pitches now.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
Well, you missed out on all the scoring for the evening. And Robert Smith, Indians fan.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
Yeah, I dig the picture of Robert Smith, Indians fan. I think we need the Backyardigans as Indians fans
-Erik
I laughed my ass off when I read that comment, and then I didn’t even answer…I’m pathetic really. My posting has been as inconsistent as the bats. Hmm, coincidence?
-Erik
I was going to make a bigger deal out of it until I realized I was borderline chastising a married man with a job for not playing with his Internet friends. Then I scurried off to make something of my life.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I still cannot get over this pitching. Just, all ‘round.
Disclaimer: this post doesn't mean what you think it means.
110% of third basemen don’t make that play.
by Fiddlesticks on May 14, 2008 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions
and that should stop me from criticizing Blake, why?
"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.
Criticize him all you want. But when you criticize him for failing to make a fantabulous play, it undermines your argument.
by Fiddlesticks on May 14, 2008 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, if I’m C.C., I don’t want to trust this game to anybody else, and if I’m Wedge, I’m probably agreeing with him.
This actually is a milestone game for C.C. this season. He’s only made it past the 7th in one other game, April 27, when it took him 111 pitches to get through the 8th, with a walk, two singles, a double and a home run allowed.
Tonight, only 100 pitches through the 8th, two walks, four singles and a double.
I think he’s staying in.
Martinez is SO due right now.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
With something like 6 ER allowed in that timespan.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
The way people were talking about him the first couple weeks, it really doesn’t leave any mystery as to why Thome didn’t hesitate to leave the way he did.
You mean, the money?
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
Yes, but the way “people were talking” was heavily influenced by C.C. spurning the chance to extend his contract.
I’ve been scrolling back through the thread, it seems like not a lot of “let’s go tribe” talk. What’s the deal with game threads lately?
-Erik
Marte’s dad is actually a very passive, mellow dude, so we’re SOL on that score. It’s where Andy gets his vibe.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
After watching Sabathia toss a complete game shutout, it’s incredible to consider that the last Tribe starter to surrender a run was…Sabathia.
by Fiddlesticks on May 14, 2008 9:14 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Our starting has been amazing lately. Seriously.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
Ballgame. I’ll be up bright and early tomorrow morning to watch the day game.
One day I'll get over to watch the Tribe play
by new zealand tribe fan on May 14, 2008 9:19 PM EDT reply actions
You know, the casual observer might think there isn’t a lot of energy on LGT based on total posts per GT. But it’s hard to crank up the number when the games fly.
I’m in grad school now Erik, I’m not as good as I once was.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions
The choice of advisor is pretty much everything in my estimation. If you choose to work with a good advisor, it can be the best of times. If you choose to work with an asshole…
-Erik
I’m in law school, Joe, so I may not be the best resource. At the risk of offending the law profs who use this forum, I don’t think it’s supposed to be fun.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
On the other hand, business school = two-year-long non-stop kegger.
by Fiddlesticks on May 14, 2008 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Not saying that at all. I would’ve loved to go to B-school, though—I really enjoyed my business stuff as an undergrad.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions
You’re not saying it, but I am (Vanderbilt MBA ‘84).
by Fiddlesticks on May 14, 2008 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions
People who want to go into litigation seem to dig it more than those, like me, who don’t. Was that you?
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions
well, I ended up in litigation, if that answers your question.
"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.
I’m leaning more towards business law, so there’s a lot of stuff that feels hopelessly irrelevant to me. My whole approach to ConLaw 2 was, yeah, I have a zero point four percent chance of appearing in front of a supreme court on an establishment clause claim. Immature, but true.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, I’ve been practicing 18 years, and I’ve been to the NJ Appellate Division about a half a dozen times. Never to the NJ Supreme Court, but I took the tour of the SCOTUS when I was in Washington once.
"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.
So have you actually used the phrase “discrete and insular minority” in practice? I thought that was an old wives’ tale.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m doing it solely for the money haha. I mean if you haven’t discovered what you want as a career path by college, might as well go where the money is. And there’s always money in law.
That depends a lot on where you go to school and what you want to do. It’s a far cry from the sure shot it used to be.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh yea I don’t disagree but of all the paths you can take, it’s probably the surest bet financially. But it has definitely declined.
The surest bet financially remains the ability to do math. The dirty secret of law school is that you’re surrounded by people who hate numbers.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Really? Where did you get your JD from? Hate to say it but law school is disgustingly hierchical. Your career path is basically determined by where you got your juris doctorate from.
Where you got it, and how well you did. If you go to a TTT, you pretty much have to finish in the top 3 and have kicked ass in a prestigious 2L summer internship. If you go to Yale, you’re pretty well set. There’s a sliding scale in between.
by Fiddlesticks on May 14, 2008 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions
That scale, as I understand it, is the top couple dozen. Dip much lower than the 40s, and you’re fighting for table scraps if you want lawyer-in-a-law-firm work right out of school.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions
It also depends on where you got your degree from in relation to where you are going to work. For example Brooklyn Law school isn’t an amazing school but it’s very good. Do well there and you can probably start at 160k coming out of law school.
I mean if you’re going to be working in NYC. That’s another thing. You have to factor in just in general how much money there is in the city you plan to live in and work. The money in Mnahattan is pretty plentiful at the moment thankfully.
Haha, don’t let me sit on your potato chips man, but if that’s your career plan … watch your six.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh yeah yeah yeah. I mean, go for it, I’m insanely jealous of you if you pull it off. But all the bad things you hear about law school and being a young associate—the bigger and more competitive the market, the more true they are. That’s all. Hang tough, work those logic games like the dogs they are.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
If you’re talking about New York/Boston/Washington, that’s probably pretty accurate. But I think you’ll find a reasonable amount of CU law grads in Denver law firms, or Lewis & Clarkers in Portland, etc. I can personally vouchsafe that there’s tons of Tulane lawyers in NOLA firms, and Tulane is not top 40 (last time I checked.) The problem comes in when you try to get a job in Denver with a Tulane degree.
by Fiddlesticks on May 14, 2008 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions
largely why I’m in NJ – with a JD from Seton Hall
"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.
by Harry Doyle on May 14, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
that refusing to take another bar exam may have something to do with it too.
"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.
by Harry Doyle on May 14, 2008 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Right. I go to school in Toledo, I’m noticeably not top X%, and I don’t really want to work in the greater tri-state area. Hence the interest in non-traditional legal career paths.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Your best bet, if it’s not too late, is probably to find someone you want to work for in the place and field you want to work, and get a 2L internship with them; then make yourself indispensable during the summer.
by Fiddlesticks on May 14, 2008 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Ha! Of COURSE it’s too late. This is my 2L summer, and I’m a research assistant on a practitioner’s guide.
My academic background is accounting, though, so I’ve got some other cards to play.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
uhm, tax law – LLM, perhaps?
"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.
by Harry Doyle on May 15, 2008 12:59 AM EDT up reply actions
the money’s not bad – and plenty of schumcks who went to lousey law schools make lots of money. It’s just that I see some high school teachers around her making nearly as much in salary as a low level partner – high associate … and they only work 9 months out of the year.
"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.
You can have fun in law school (after 1L, which is brutal bloody hell), or you can work hard and finish in the top X% of your class and get a good job that pays well (but may kill you). There’s no in-between, in my experience. (Yes, I have a JD as well as an MBA.)
by Fiddlesticks on May 14, 2008 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s tighter than that, these days. If you’re not in one of the top couple dozen schools and you want to go do lawyer-in-a-law-firm stuff, you’d better be a rock star.
I’m thinking about B-school—how’d the dual degree work out for you?
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions
It wasn’t a dual degree; I entered law school 17 years after I left B-school. Which, by the way, I do not recommend (being an old law student, that is.)
by Fiddlesticks on May 14, 2008 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Haha! You were one of THOSE guys!
...who I never have made fun of behind their back. Not once.
Okay, how have things changed for you since you got your JD then?
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, I was one of those guys. In fact, at Tulane, I was that guy. Suffice to say that you don’t want to go on the job market looking for an entry-level position at age 43, especially since entry-level associates are expected to work 80+ hour weeks and nobody thinks an old man can handle it. And I had a cum laude degree from a top tier school (and an MBA, and 15 years’ business experience.) Good times.
by Fiddlesticks on May 14, 2008 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I have heard before that 1L is the hardest so that’s definitely cool to know. I probably prefer it that way.
If said it before, law school is all about a good outline. (and it doesn’t have to be yours. I missed all of Criminal Proceedure from Thanksgiving to the end of the first semester of 2L, borrowed a classmate’s notes and ended up with a full letter grade higher on the exam
"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.
I will grant that law school probably doesn’t remotely resemble graduate school as I knew it in chemistry.
-Erik
Can’t tell if you’re being facetious, but I can see grad school being more fun if you got to pick the subject.
by fleerdon on May 14, 2008 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Not being facetious at all. Graduate school in the natural sciences is a totally different world than law school. I had a friend do both and he said it was two completely different worlds.
-Erik
This lineup isn’t going to be hitting below .240 forever and because of that, I think this year’s team has potential above and beyond last year’s team. Miller will be in the bullpen hopefully by July.
The last run an Indians starter gave up was in the fifth inning of Friday’s game with Toronto, Marco Scutaro singled in Rod Barajas. Since then, Laffey went 7, Carmona went 9, Lee went 9, Sabathia went 9. Hopefully Laffey keeps it going tomorrow.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
Sabathia also contributed 2 2/3 after that run Friday. So:
Sabathia 2.3
Laffey 7
Carmona 9
Lee 9
Byrd 7.1
Sabathia 9
Total 44 innings
(if I counted right)
by Fiddlesticks on May 14, 2008 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Hilarious thread guys. I’m pretty stoked that I finally get to return to these puppies tomorrow afternoon.
I’ve been looking everywhere for the starting pitching scoreless run record, but I haven’t found anything conclusive. Anyone find it? Either way, we’re crazy awesome.
Oh and what the fuck was Blake doing starting? Career 1 for 14 against Blanton and he gets the call? At what point do sample sizes become important to Wedge? Apparently 22 is above the cutoff since Marte keeps getting shat upon. SHAT UPON. I’m actually starting to believe my home-away theory more and more.
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