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Game Thread: June 15, 2008

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San Diego @ Cleveland


San Diego at Cleveland, 1:05 PM (STO)

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San Diego:
J. Gerut- CF
E. Gonzalez- 2B
K. Kouzmanoff- 3B
A. Gonzalez- 1B
T. Clark- DH
J. Huber- LF
K. Greene- SS
M. Barrett- C
P. McAnulty

Cleveland:
G. Sizemore- CF
J. Carroll- 2B
B. Francisco- LF
R. Garko- 1B
S. Choo- DH
J. Peralta- SS
C. Blake- 3B
F. Gutierrez- RF
K. Shoppach- C

Maddux vs. Sabathia

by DaytonDogg on Jun 15, 2008 1:05 PM EDT   0 recs

Extreme LOL at foul ball catch attempt

by ASP on Jun 15, 2008 1:07 PM EDT   0 recs

Did that hit him in the eye?

Tribe fan from far, far away

by LGT Patrick on Jun 15, 2008 1:08 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

sure looked like it.

The batter swings and the summer flies...

by cclemens31 on Jun 15, 2008 1:10 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Jody Gerut… prototypical lead-off hitter???

by DaytonDogg on Jun 15, 2008 1:09 PM EDT   0 recs

I like how much they are missing the ball so far.

Tribe fan from far, far away

by LGT Patrick on Jun 15, 2008 1:11 PM EDT   0 recs

So, do you think there is anything to player’s day-night splits?

by DaytonDogg on Jun 15, 2008 1:11 PM EDT   0 recs

Way to go CC!

by DaytonDogg on Jun 15, 2008 1:13 PM EDT   0 recs

wow—- its quiet in here.

by DaytonDogg on Jun 15, 2008 1:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

it is father’s day.

by Brick. on Jun 15, 2008 1:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

fair enough.

by DaytonDogg on Jun 15, 2008 1:16 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

did you guys know Kevin Kouzmanoff used to be an indian?

by Brick. on Jun 15, 2008 1:14 PM EDT   0 recs

so i’m a little late here…what pitch was Sabathia getting so many swings and misses on?

by APV on Jun 15, 2008 1:16 PM EDT   0 recs

swings and misses to Adrian Gonzalez:
95 fastball
95 fastball inside corner
84 slurve low and away

by DaytonDogg on Jun 15, 2008 1:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

guess those NL guys aren’t used to seeing a real fastball

by APV on Jun 15, 2008 1:19 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

yeah, he got Kouzmanoff to swing and miss on a changeup I think. everything seemed to work except to Gerut and the first pitch to their # 2 hitter, which was crushed foul.

by DaytonDogg on Jun 15, 2008 1:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Baboo!

by afh4 on Jun 15, 2008 1:17 PM EDT   0 recs

Hey, last night sucked huh?

by afh4 on Jun 15, 2008 1:18 PM EDT   0 recs

i didn’t see any of the last 5 innings, but i was pretty pissed when I got home… hence my drunken post.

by DaytonDogg on Jun 15, 2008 1:22 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Haven’t dug through the thread. My parents’ computer is slow.

by afh4 on Jun 15, 2008 1:23 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I’m not sure if the thread’s going to be as hilarious in the cold light of morning.

Hard truth: Your eyes lie.

by AngG on Jun 15, 2008 1:25 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

it’s certainly interesting

by Gradyforpresident on Jun 15, 2008 1:42 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Brick, where did clean the kitchen come from?

by afh4 on Jun 15, 2008 1:19 PM EDT   0 recs

re-reading last night’s game thread. an awkward tangent with angG and GTE. i yanked it immediately out of context for my amusement.

by Brick. on Jun 15, 2008 4:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Nothing like tweaking your back watching a lazer from Jamey Carroll go over your head.

by afh4 on Jun 15, 2008 1:20 PM EDT   0 recs

who is injured?

by APV on Jun 15, 2008 1:20 PM EDT   0 recs

McAnulty

Hard truth: Your eyes lie.

by AngG on Jun 15, 2008 1:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

uh oh…who’s Bunk gonna partner with now?

by APV on Jun 15, 2008 1:24 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

i’m just mad no one got hte joke when i made it last night

by Gradyforpresident on Jun 15, 2008 1:42 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I wasn’t around last night, but I would have gotten it

by APV on Jun 15, 2008 1:44 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

McAnulty… their right fielder.

by DaytonDogg on Jun 15, 2008 1:22 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Go Jamey Go.

by afh4 on Jun 15, 2008 1:23 PM EDT   0 recs

Weird. Maddux is a fatty.

by afh4 on Jun 15, 2008 1:24 PM EDT   0 recs

wow, that couldn’t have ended much worse.

by DaytonDogg on Jun 15, 2008 1:25 PM EDT   0 recs

Yea..not sure why Carroll wasn’t running on the chopper. Even if Maddux dives, is he really going to throw you out?

by xrickx on Jun 15, 2008 1:27 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

that’s what Manning said- surprised he wasn’t going on first contact.

by DaytonDogg on Jun 15, 2008 1:27 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

yet hamilton felt that he would’ve been dead at the plate if maddux fields the ball …

oddly, here i defer to manning, former baserunning coach.

by macasson on Jun 15, 2008 1:31 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

if Hamilton said that, he was flat out wrong. There’s no way either guy would have thrown him out at the plate.

The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.

by westbrook on Jun 15, 2008 4:58 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Wow. Hamilton just informed me that runners are 24 of 26 against Michael Barrett.

And f off, Francisco. arrrgh.

by afh4 on Jun 15, 2008 1:25 PM EDT   0 recs

hire running on Barrett… fire not realizing the ball was popped up and getting doubled off.

by DaytonDogg on Jun 15, 2008 1:26 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

>:(

Hard truth: Your eyes lie.

by AngG on Jun 15, 2008 1:25 PM EDT   0 recs

AngG has a unibrow

by APV on Jun 15, 2008 1:26 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Only when angry.

Hard truth: Your eyes lie.

by AngG on Jun 15, 2008 1:31 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Asdrubal is now OPSing 1076 in Buffalo. Seriously, what’s wrong with the Cleveland clubhouse?

by afh4 on Jun 15, 2008 1:29 PM EDT   0 recs

Wedge wrecked the bathroom. Seriously, you should smell it in there. It’s awful.

by APV on Jun 15, 2008 1:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

The skills were there in Cleveland. He was on pace for 444 ABs and 60 walks. He’s not lost at the plate. But he was chasing high fastballs all day long, not reacting to ball inside, and pulling (or trying to) everything.

I’m still really excited about him, and his play in Buffalo is reassuring.

by xrickx on Jun 15, 2008 1:35 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I agree with all of that. But is there really this much of a difference between Buffalo and Cleveland, in either competition or environment? He’s gone from pretty abjectly horrible to, uhhh, Albert Belle.

by afh4 on Jun 15, 2008 1:36 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

SSS. plus a really big difference in talent. plus a minor hot streak.

by DaytonDogg on Jun 15, 2008 1:37 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

He’s had 20 at-bats, has no walks, and five strikeouts. I’m glad he’s hitting, but that’s not gonna do it. And it’s just a few ABs. Can’t really tell anything from it.

And to answer your question about the difference between Cleveland and Buffalo, I defer to Yogi: “Ninety percent of this game is mental, and the other half is physical.”

by xrickx on Jun 15, 2008 1:39 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

How’s he supposed to walk?! He’s hitting .444!

by afh4 on Jun 15, 2008 1:41 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Still finding time to strike out…

by xrickx on Jun 15, 2008 1:43 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

.444!

by afh4 on Jun 15, 2008 1:43 PM EDT to parent up   1 recs

what the hell, they just showed Francisco running, he looked back after hitting second and then started running to third.

by DaytonDogg on Jun 15, 2008 1:29 PM EDT   0 recs

I was more impressed that Garko rediscovered his high popup swing.

by xrickx on Jun 15, 2008 1:35 PM EDT to parent up   1 recs

yea … I noticed that too – did he think there were 2 outs?

The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.

by westbrook on Jun 15, 2008 5:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

CC and Cliff have traded the magic “I’m the best pitcher of all time!’ hat.

by afh4 on Jun 15, 2008 1:31 PM EDT   0 recs

You are dodging bullets, Mr. Maddux.

by afh4 on Jun 15, 2008 1:37 PM EDT   0 recs

He’s made a career out of it. I mean honestly, how does he do it?

by xrickx on Jun 15, 2008 1:40 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

C’mon. He used to be awesome. Now he’s just bizarre. I get that he likes pitching but what a weird anomaly he’s become-on like a 75 pitch count and giving up pretty many hard hit balls.

by afh4 on Jun 15, 2008 1:42 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Enough about Paul Byrd…tell me about Greg Maddux.

by xrickx on Jun 15, 2008 1:46 PM EDT to parent up   1 recs

lol.

by afh4 on Jun 15, 2008 1:46 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Also, Paul Byrd probably needs the money right?

by afh4 on Jun 15, 2008 1:46 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

75 pitches may carry him 7 or 8 innings at this damn rate

by macasson on Jun 15, 2008 1:46 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Greg Maddux might be the best right-handed pitcher of his era. He’s better than Clemens, no?

by odradek on Jun 15, 2008 6:46 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Thanks, Casey.

Jackass.

by afh4 on Jun 15, 2008 1:38 PM EDT   0 recs

Sit down Craig Stansberry.

by afh4 on Jun 15, 2008 1:41 PM EDT   0 recs

Egard Gonzalez looks like an angry Aidran Gonzalez.

by afh4 on Jun 15, 2008 1:43 PM EDT   0 recs

And Asdrubal already has a strikeout today.

by afh4 on Jun 15, 2008 1:44 PM EDT   0 recs

Anybody got video? Is CC ok?

by afh4 on Jun 15, 2008 1:44 PM EDT   0 recs

Yea…it just deflected off his head and knocked his hat straight.

(Didn’t hit his head. He was fine.)

by xrickx on Jun 15, 2008 1:45 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Mujica’s crooked hat looked stupid after he gave up all those runs. But CC’s still looks awesome.

by afh4 on Jun 15, 2008 1:45 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

a delicate caveat

by joeee on Jun 15, 2008 1:46 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

CC is getting checked out – hit him in the forearm, “appears to be alright”

by joeee on Jun 15, 2008 1:46 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Texas DFA RHP Robinson Tejeda. Think it’s time to dump Slocum from the 40 and grab an arm for Buffalo’s rotation?

by xrickx on Jun 15, 2008 1:44 PM EDT   0 recs

I am pushing for a Reid Brignac trade. At least in my head.

by afh4 on Jun 15, 2008 1:45 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Brignac had a huge year in 2006, but came back to earth last year in AA and hasn’t lit up anything in AAA so far. Granted, he’s only 22. But there’s always been questions about his defense at shortstop.

by xrickx on Jun 15, 2008 1:48 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I know the book on him. I just think it’s a decent buy low opportunity, at a position where we need guys. If we could convert him to 2B, I think there’s potential value there.

I can’t imagine the Rays are all that interested in him. But maybe I’m wrong.

by afh4 on Jun 15, 2008 1:49 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

They aren’t going to live with Barlett or Ben Zobrist at SS for very long. I think Brignac, for now, is their man.

by xrickx on Jun 15, 2008 1:50 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I had heard they really liked Bartlett. I haven’t watched them much but supposedly his defense has been difference making?

by afh4 on Jun 15, 2008 1:51 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Don’t get me wrong. I’d love to add Brignac to the Tribe system, though.

by xrickx on Jun 15, 2008 1:52 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I like Ronny Cedeno.

by xrickx on Jun 15, 2008 1:58 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah I’d take that.

by afh4 on Jun 15, 2008 1:59 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Slocum probably wouldn’t be my first choice, but I was also wondering whether the Indians might try to grab Tejeda

by APV on Jun 15, 2008 1:45 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

so much for good fielding am i right????

by joeee on Jun 15, 2008 1:48 PM EDT   0 recs

F-F-F-Frank!

by afh4 on Jun 15, 2008 1:48 PM EDT   0 recs

Gutz should be stealing.

by xrickx on Jun 15, 2008 1:49 PM EDT   0 recs

How can you throw anyone out when Maddux is delivering the ball to the player at 49 mph?

by afh4 on Jun 15, 2008 1:50 PM EDT   0 recs