Game Thread: July 1, 2008
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David Huff’s pitching tonight for Buffalo. 2 Ks in the 1st inning for Huff (both swinging). Scranton’s manager, who happens to be Alvaro Espinoza, got ejected following the first.
Huff strikes out the side in the 2nd. Two swinging, one looking.
by APV on Jul 1, 2008 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Huff gets efficient in the 3rd inning and retires the side on 5 pitches
by APV on Jul 1, 2008 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I would like to preemptively request as much commentary as those with radio/tv can give, ‘cause I’m gonna be stuck with only Gameday and this thread tonight.
Someone in the White Sox pre-game just said the White Sox fans “are a special breed.” Can’t argue with that.
one of the most disgraceful moments in “fan” history
by APV on Jul 1, 2008 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions
CF Grady Sizemore
2B Jamey Carroll
LF Ben Francisco
SS Jhonny Peralta
3B Casey Blake
DH Shin-Soo Choo
1B Ryan Garko
C Kelly Shoppach
RF Franklin Gutierrez
glad to see DH, 1B, and RF occupy 3 of our last 4 lineup spots
by APV on Jul 1, 2008 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Given yesterday’s thread, win or lose tonight? I’m secretly backing Cliff to win number 12.
One day I'll get over to watch the Tribe play
by new zealand tribe fan on Jul 1, 2008 7:52 PM EDT reply actions
HOORAY LINEUP.
The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.
to elaborate a little, this is the lineup I feel we should always go with when our “big” guys are out with injuries.
whether hafner is any good is another story.
The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.
So i´ve been in mexico for a while now, and although i´ve tried to keep up as much as possible, this lineup makes me a bit queasy. I just can´t believe i´m looking at it. Although i do see that i´m using an accent mark for my apostrophe´s. Not sure where those things are . . .and to think when i left i was telling everyone we would be no more than 2 out by the all star break. I feel sick.
¡Free Chan Perry!
by TheVanillaGorilla on Jul 1, 2008 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Can’t watch much, just wanted to check in on a game thread. What’s the zeitgeist around here these days?
Il faut d'abord durer.
waiting for CC to be traded. following prospects and (though not anymore) the Euro Cup.
by Gradyforpresident on Jul 1, 2008 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I only got to watch the final, and that on replay late Sunday night after accidentally finding out what happened. Great game, though. I’m sort of glad I knew because I would have been really pissed at Germany for the first 70 minutes otherwise, when they seemed disinterested in playing.
Il faut d'abord durer.
Casey Double. We have to hand it to him, he is really doing everything he can for this team, maximizing his trade value here at the end
Ken Williams did well with the Danks trade. Amidst our own struggles, I’ve forgotten why Williams is so widely loathed in the first place. Nevertheless I’m rooting for that Chris Carter guy to become a monster.
Crede is a HOF from both a defensive and offensive standpoint, and to argue would make you a simpleton.
2 on for the Pale Hose. 1 out. Swisher batting.
Steel Nick
I have a confession to make guys. At the beginning of the season, I started to grow my “World Series beard”. I stuck it out for a while, but I think it is time for a change. It is too damn hot out for a beard, and the Indians are losing too much. My face is nice and soft now. I am not gonna say I jinxed the season, but today is the first day of the rest of the season.
LGT's resident beer connaisseur.
from the verb ‘to in play, run(s)’, which i believe comes from greek…
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions
OMG I JUST LOOKED AT DAVID HUFF’S MINOR LEAGUE NUMBERS AND HE IS AMAZING
by Gradyforpresident on Jul 1, 2008 8:41 PM EDT reply actions
HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO THAT?
The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.
I WILL FORCE THE ISSUE
The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.
I LIKE HOW YOU USED PAST TENSE TO LET ME KNOW I ALREADY DID MY JOB. which means i can use caps
The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.
I think Gutz needs to step into his swing a little more. Looks like he just opens his hips without letting his legs generate any power
It would help if he actually swung at strikes—hard to be effective when you’ve taken two strikes (same for Grady).
WHY WOULD A SCHOOL REFAX AN ORDER FROM MARCH IN AGAIN TODAY AND MAKE ME WASTE TIME REALIZING THIS AND CANCELLING IT?
David Huff has given up a 2-run homer. The dream is over. Lake County awaits.
8 Ks through 5.1.
Steel Nick
Speaking of Lake County, I am heading out to catch a game there in a week and a half, on Mandays, it is $1 dog/$1 beer night
by millionairesrow on Jul 1, 2008 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions
is Man Town where that picture of Ozzie from above was taken?
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Still haven’t made it to a game out there yet. I’m really mad at myself.
Maybe Rosario’s debut.
Steel Nick
I’ve been waiting for an Indians off day and a home Monday game to get out there this year, Indians are off on the 14th, so it’s time for me to go and try to get drunk off the 10 oz. beers and full off the undercooked hotdogs
by millionairesrow on Jul 1, 2008 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
see Tribe, that’s how defense is played. back to back examples.
The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.
He’s throwing strike one, strike two. Taking pitches for no particular reason isn’t effective against a guy like that. What they need to do is have an idea—what’s he throwing, where can you hit it. The Indians seem to have a team full of hitters who have no ability to think along with the pitchers they face.
Although, in fairness, some of those outs were hit solidly enough. I’m talking more generally about the Indians’ hitting over the whole year.
An honest question: is a hard hit ball hit right at somebody any better than any other out? Wedge seems to harp on this constantly like it’s a given, but it really doesn’t make complete sense to me
by millionairesrow on Jul 1, 2008 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I HAVE DECIDED 12 HOURS TODAY IS ENOUGH. IF YOU SEE ME AGAIN TONIGHT IT WILL BE WITHOUT CAPS, MOSTLY
Just made it in tonight ladies and gents…Yay for Huff. Boo for Sowers last night. And nice miss by Shoppach .
Do teams playing ..446 baseball have rivals?
by xrickx on Jul 1, 2008 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Was just going to post that. Get the guy to Buffalo already. Jason Tyner will understand.
Or, trade him now while somebody likes him.
I tried that out as a Halloween costume this past year…it didn’t work out so well
by APV on Jul 1, 2008 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions
But Rick Manning just commended him for not wanting to take a walk. You must be wrong, sir.
Steel Nick
Why, exactly, does Crappey Blake have the green light on 3-0?
by JulioBernazard on Jul 1, 2008 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions
All I’m asking for these next two weeks are:
1) No injury to Blake, with him at least treading water. A walkoff homerun or 7-RBI Sportscenter-esque moment would be nice.
2) Byrd to pitch 6 innings and give up 3 runs or less in each of his next two starts.
3) Sabathia to not let the door hit him on the way out.
That sounds like the Indians’ new marketing campaign.
by sorrento to cooperstown on Jul 1, 2008 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
The CHW radio guys said that ShopVac glared at the ump at home at the end of his trot. Is that true?
AJ is 11/ 68 in throwing guys out. They know it. I know it. Everybody knows it. Still, there’s a runner’s advantage and we screwed up.
I’m no expert on balk calls – remember an ump in pony league who got fired for leaning heavily on it – but if you’re on the rubber and step toward home plate, you have to deliver.
WAY TO GO CLIFTON
The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.
I hope 2008 Clifton is the Clifton we’ll see the next two seasons in Cleveland, if not more, and that he’s not having his Esteban Loaiza year.
Crede is a machine
The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.
Peralta back to sucking
The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.
anyone think the twins woulda taken Gutz for Garza?
The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.
now that’s a trade i would have made. even if we wouldn’t have had an OF this year.
by Gradyforpresident on Jul 1, 2008 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions
oh shit.
The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.
Sowers after 2006 would have been soooo risky for the FO, but I guess they should have looked at Zack Duke from a year ealier and said, “Yea, that’s probably what’s going to happen” and act accordingly. But that’s hindsight as well.
And I’m not suggesting Sowers won’t be useful. But he’s not Jamie Moyer, and he’s not pitching in Safeco.
The Garza deal was this past offseason. It’s kind of crazy to trade highly advanced pitching prospects.
That’s why the Hamilton / Volquez deal is so odd. I am not sure who won it, but I think I credit the Reds there.
I don’t. Hamilton’s RBI total is insane.
The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.
he’s so far ahead of everyone else that you can’t look at RBI as worthless in his case.
The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.
No you can’t. But it’s extremely incidental. There are guys on base when he gets hits. He has nothing to do with that.
Steel Nick
he’s really encouraging in the on-deck circle…
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah. I’m definitely going with Volquez, both for this season and in the long run.
Imagine Danks & Volquez in Texas. They screwed up.
I think Hamilton’s going to keep this up, so it’s close… but mostly because of the injury risk in pitchers. Assuming no injuries, it’s not even a contest between Hamilton and Edison.
Justin’s pitch count got outta hand again.
The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.
So goes the way of young pitchers. All the more reason to marvel at what Fausto stepped in and did last year.
so, the FO is being extra super careful w/ Fausto at this point, right? i mean, how bad can a hip really be? if we’re in the thick of a division race, isn’t he back already?
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe, but this is the kind of non-arm injury Fausto probably benefits from this year by keeping his innings down.
no question. i think it’s a great move…keep his stressful innings down after a really high count last year, let him get his body fully healed before throwing him back out there. i’m just thinking that the only options are a.) extra rest, b.) bo jackson, and i’m hoping like hell for a.)
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I watched the 3rd inning, and all of that damage in his PC (the walks and such) must have happened early. He gave up a leadoff “single” to Young (Young bounces it in front of home plate, Posada bounces it past Giambi). With Young moving to second on the E, they pitch around Hamilton on 4 pitches. He then strikes out the next two batters swinging, one of whom was Milton Bradley (having a better year than Hamilton). Then I think the next batter flew out.
A pretty impressive inning from Justin, actually.
Steel Nick
it’s really neck-and-neck whom i hate more…hawk or dellucci
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
That’s disgusting. Hawk is loathsome for so many reasons. Dellucci just sucks for the two most recent years you’ve known him.
Steel Nick
but dellucci’s suck affects me in a much more visceral, intense, personal manner. hawk’s suck is sort of just a given at this point. i’m not arguing career suck , b/c hawk’s is clearly 100, just where they both sit now on the suck-o-meter
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I could stand to be in a room with Dellucci. I just can’t make the comparison between the two.
Steel Nick
i would be completely unable to smack the sh*t out of him with a slice, sorry.
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
You are aware that Hawk chose to retire because he refused to move to Cleveland and play for the Indians right?
well, he can have dellucci’s ABs as far as i’m concerned
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions
TAMPA BEATS BOSTON AGAIN
The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.
IT GETS BY BUCKNER.
There's always next year...and the next year...and the next year...
by HireRockyColavito on Jul 1, 2008 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
what is words you thought you would never utter in your life?
There's always next year...and the next year...and the next year...
by HireRockyColavito on Jul 1, 2008 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Hmm. I am the worst person with names you’ll ever meet, and can’t even tell you my deskmates for 100% sure. SHould I look it up in the directory?
She used to be the Customer Service uber-manager. She liked me. It’s actually embarassing how well I knew a lot of those old ladies that work in customer service.
I’ll look for her tomorrow.
So I take it you’ll understand what it means when I say the entire computer system broke on June 30th and didn’t get fixed until July 1 at noon?
Yes I do. I remember when the computer system would break, it was awesome. Is it still some crappy old DOS system?
Oh no, we’ve “upgraded” to Oracle! You have no idea how much it sucks. The full-time employees tell me this.
When I worked there it was an old code based DOS system, which are generally unbreakable, and it would crash weekly. I imagine the Oracle system probably crashes a lot more often but remembering how bad the old one was, it probably is better, as impossible as that may seem.
i’d accept that duel. while we’re talking duel, perhaps this would be the appropriate place to mention that i took an immense amount of pride in the fact that led the numbers almost every week i was there my second and third years.
I also work the phones. Best call so far was an elderly female employee from the Mt. Joy, PA branch who had a heavy British accent and wanted to order triominoes games for the “old folks” back in Britain.
for her nephew andy marte?
The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.
I just looked her up in the directory. Yes, she’s still here. Probably like 20 feet away from me, but i don’t know who she is.
I would say you should ask if she remembers me but it’s been a while. I think my last summer there was 2003.
“yeah, i know him from this online site where we go to talk about the indians, it’s like a giant chat room but with statistical analysis.”
by Gradyforpresident on Jul 2, 2008 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Sure, that’d be great. You guys aren’t creepy at all. Totally not.
by Jay on Jul 2, 2008 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
can we wager on who hits the winning homer?
The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.
gameday makes it look like it was VERY close to being quentin
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
is thome way too obvious? i guess the problem will be getting to thome w/ out dingers from quentin or dye
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
11.5…how can they not snag this W for clifton? again
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
?
The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.
i actually have no idea…i’m out of language to discuss this team…
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I now go with Thome, as he’s facing a lefty.
The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.
it bugs me that thome gets booed in cleveland. just thought i’d throw that out there before he ends tonight’s game.
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
guy was offered, what, an extra year and like $17mm more to go to philly? how do you say no to that?
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
exactly, but if people wanna boo, then so what…
The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.
i just feel like he gave cleveland a lot of great years and a lot of excitement. if the tribe had met the phils, or come close, he’s still wearing chief wahoo. seems to be an unfair boo…and cheapens the quality years/relationship w/ fans he had in c-town.
and if they didn’t boo him…my life would be exactly no different…
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Let’s look at his stated reasons:
1) I want to get back to the playoffs. Well, the Indians made it back to the playoff before Jim Thome did.
2) What am I going to tell my newborn daughter after f years in Cleveland (when Cleveland wouldn’t guarantee him a sixth season) when I have to move her right before she starts school? Well, Jim, the same thing you told her after three years in Philly and three years in CHI.
my point…if he would have just said “It’s an extra year and more money” those of us that know he left as a free agent and wasn’t traded (you’d be surprised how many “fans” think the latter) would at least be able to respect him for being honest.
Oooooo time for another co-worker story! He told me: “If you could get back any two players the Indians traded away, who would they be? For me, they’d be Manny and Thome.”
I made sure to stare at him silently for ten seconds, then say “neither of them were traded.”
the “fans thinking he was traded” doesn’t jive with the boo’ing, to my mind. but that’s neither here nor there, really.
i hear you on the honesty thing, but i think people who pay attention were able to read the tea leaves on jimbo’s reasoning. i certainly can’t fault him for leaving for more dough and what he thought was a better shot at the playoffs. not really his fault that the phils didn’t work out on the field.
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
say hello to your best 2008 cleveland indian…someone hand me that toaster as i get into the bathtub…
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
simple math shows that casey’s RISP, beard and grit add .068 to his .811 OPS, making for a total of .879…size is only at .878. sorry. it’s math.
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
FWIW, best hitters by OPS+, regardless of SSS. I’ll just go down to 95.
CC
Laffey
Sizemore
Choo
Francisco
Blake
Fasano
Carroll/Peralta/Shoppach (tie)
Steel Nick
common mistake.
you’re right, of course, that lee and cc are the best right now, maybe followed by laffey before you get to position players. i was talking position players…and answer this seriously: today, who would you rather have at the dish with 2 out and a man on second in a tie game right now? size or blake? i’m scared to answer…
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions
which, admittedly, doesn’t make that person our best player, but you get the point. we live through the looking glass, clearly, when blake is near the top of our position player MVP list
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
But wait a minute. If we win tonight, that means CC has to lose tomorrow.
Boy I’m just dousing this parade.
Steel Nick
But that means we take 2 out of 3, and that means we gain ground.
We’ve been over this. I’m a wet blanket.
Steel Nick
I hope you’re right, cuz rooting for a loss here would just be a dick move on my part. LGT.
Steel Nick
might have to throw in the Holy Spirit
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
You’re the blanket Nick. LGT is the goofy guy.
by NickFantana on Jul 1, 2008 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’m protecting you. I don’t want that hottie in the black tank top to see you with pit stains.
See? I’m a great wing man.
Steel Nick
I am the second-most preeminent Proust scholar of our time.
Steel Nick
by nickjs21 on Jul 1, 2008 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Nice time machine from everyone!!!
Yeah Casey
One day I'll get over to watch the Tribe play
by new zealand tribe fan on Jul 1, 2008 10:35 PM EDT reply actions
who ties/wins it with a homer off of jobo? Crede, Swisher or Ramirez?
The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.
who is this guy coming in for CHI? never hearda him.
The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.
hawk is not an umpire…hawk is a nounhole
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I would have so been all over Ramirez for dropping the bat like that.
You know. Had it not gone out.
Steel Nick
Sucks
One day I'll get over to watch the Tribe play
by new zealand tribe fan on Jul 1, 2008 10:51 PM EDT reply actions
http://youtube.com/watch?v=J6IpdhpqS00
LGT's resident beer connaisseur.
by LGT Patrick on Jul 1, 2008 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
You know who is really awful? Grady Sizemore. He doesn’t steal nearly enough bases. And his average is way below .300. His arm kind of sucks too.
Dude, he’s awful. Take off the Shap blinders!!! We should be lucky to unload him for a reliever. Do you think the Sox would trade us Dotel for Sizemore?
think we could get Howry back for Size straight up?
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Think of it this way. You won’t wonder to yourself where you were when the Indians decided to blow it up for 2008. We’ll remember this for a while.
Should the traveling secretary book CC’s flight to Arizona right now…...that’s where the Brewers are playing, right?
Hey you’re a Marte fan, did you hear Hammy dig against him tonight? Said Blake was on the block, but that there was nobody to replace him, and that if you think Marte can play “then you haven’t been watching this club.”
I'll regress to my career numbers if you do too!
i heard that.
The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.
Maybe they’re right. Who knows. Anyway, he needs a chance.
I'll regress to my career numbers if you do too!
seriously…might as well find out. or can we play CC at 3b b/w starts?
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
tomorrow and his first start for the brewers…
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
No, I was watching Underwear and Manning on STO. I’m not surprised. Hammy’s been down on Marte since Spring Training.
Free Andy Marte!
by woodsmeister on Jul 1, 2008 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Hammy can frig off as far as I’m concerned. Toeing the company line, exactly the kind of analysis I love to hear.
by supermarioelia on Jul 1, 2008 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions
that was maybe the most awesome JoeBo-ning of the year. holy shit…what’s the number of that trucker school we saw on tv last night…
but we can’t DFA him after a shutout inning!
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
JoeBo just hurt his trade value a hair.
by JulioBernazard on Jul 1, 2008 11:00 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.
The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.
are Cliff and anyone on the offense on speaking terms? do you think the starting pitchers leave flaming bags of shit on the doorsteps of the hitters’ lockers?
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
You don’t think there’s any chance that Shapiro’s already been laying the groundwork and could finalize something in the next 18 hours?
i’ll take the over on 7/6. give me 7/10 he’s out the door.
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
z
Can somebody link to this Brewers rumor that I’ve apparently missed? (Been out of town…)
I'll regress to my career numbers if you do too!
So when do we quit this JoeBo has anything left charade? Or at this point, are we just saying fuck it and not pretending like we should fix actual problems
who are we fooling? showcase? the guy has been horrible for at least 2 years. if we can get a-rod’s autograph for him we should take it.
by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 1, 2008 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s all a part of this fscking Wedge-logic. You know, the kind where Blake starts everyday while Marte rots on the bench…where Jhonny plays SS despite having the range of my grandmother (who’s dead)...running JoBlow out there when he couldn’t strike out that same grandmother.
I’d rant more but my puter is flaking out.
The Indians must lead the league in runs scored with two outs (wild exaggeration, I’m sure).
I was thinking in the tenth inning that even Ambiorix was known to have thrown a one-two-three inning every so often. Every month or so. But not Joe, apparently.
Think how much more this would have hurt if the Tribe was within four games of the Sox in September. This wasn’t as bad as the grand slam to Torii Hunter, I don’t think.
Besides, if a blind squirrel finds an acorn on occasion, maybe Franklin could get a two-out hit against a righthander with runners in scoring position. I’ve heard it is possible.
I think it’s also high time for First Merit Bank to make some new radio commercials. Like, tomorrow.
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