Game Thread: August 10, 2008
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Olney in his blog today mentions that at least one team has expressed interest in Byrd. Also mentions he’d be a good fit for the Yankees, Mets, and ahem, the White Sox.
I keep thinking that the Marlins wouldn’t be a bad fit… I know they’re supposed to get Anibel Sanchez back and I believe the Volstad kid is supposed to now slot in the rotation behind Olsen and Nolasco, but they’ve wasted about 40 starts of a cumulative 5.75 ERA on Mark Hendrickson and Andrew Miller.
Just read Wakefield went down too, maybe Boston will be interested?
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by LGT Patrick on Aug 10, 2008 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Masterson, Colon. I think they are deep enough. How long is Wake out?
How bad is Bucholz by the way?
Bummer for the Blue Jays that Marcum got hurt for so long. Gosh was he having an awesome season.
by fleerdon on Aug 10, 2008 2:05 PM EDT reply actions
I was thinking about him the other day. Maybe he was the best pitcher the Indians faced? Who else? Blackburn, Gallaraga?
Good thought, that may be the best pitching against I’ve seen this year.
by fleerdon on Aug 10, 2008 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions
For singles, a fair bit. I can’t remember too many sacrifices.
by fleerdon on Aug 10, 2008 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Station to station. That’s my kind of double play.
by fleerdon on Aug 10, 2008 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks Kelly, that was a very cathartic strikeout.
by fleerdon on Aug 10, 2008 2:11 PM EDT reply actions
I really don’t think that guy knows where the ball’s going right now, but I think Kelly could’ve taken a few in an innning with two HBPs.
by fleerdon on Aug 10, 2008 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s got 80 strikeouts in 225 ABs. His approach has nothing to do with taking pitches or cutting down his swing. His whole minor league career suggests he can strikeout a ton and still hit for big power and draw a fair number of walks. If that translates to the Bigs like it has this year, he’s still a top-15 catcher.
I flippin love Kelly Shoppach. Just a terrible approach in that AB. When the pitcher has hit two of the last three batters, you don’t help him out. That’s all.
by fleerdon on Aug 10, 2008 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh man, Adam Lind. He who shall live in marginal nicknaming infamy.
by fleerdon on Aug 10, 2008 2:13 PM EDT reply actions
Geez, Andy. Throwing a strike from deep in the hole on one leg is very Not Casey Blake.
by fleerdon on Aug 10, 2008 2:17 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Well, seriously, from the position he threw that, I was looking for a Barfield-esque flier into the seats. Instead Garko didn’t even have to flinch. I dig good arms.
Feel free to rec that also.
by fleerdon on Aug 10, 2008 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Have they changed Frank’s stance, you think? He looks a little more coiled at the plate than he used to. My imagination?
by fleerdon on Aug 10, 2008 2:29 PM EDT reply actions
I wouldn’t know good from bad. He just looks lower, turned further at the shoulders, weight a little further back…wound tight, you know?
Part of me wishes they had never tinkered with Frank, and just left the power stroke. But my more rational side wonders if he’d have ever made it this far if they didn’t retool him.
by fleerdon on Aug 10, 2008 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Scutaro, Worse. What is it with Toronto and former Indian UT-INFs?
by fleerdon on Aug 10, 2008 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions
baaaaaahahahaha Cliff Lee shows you what you can do with your bunts.
by fleerdon on Aug 10, 2008 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I mean really, they could potentially have an infield with Scutaro, McDonald, Inglett, and Luna. That’s a little amazing.
by fleerdon on Aug 10, 2008 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought I was watching a replay of the previous AB. It landed in almost the exact same spot.
by fleerdon on Aug 10, 2008 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Who the hell is that in right? What a cannon. I thought Rios was the big arm in that outfield.
by fleerdon on Aug 10, 2008 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions
ZZ
At least Kelly made contact with this bat.
Free at last! Free at last! Andy Marte is free at last!
Remember the whole Grady is overrated in center argument from last year? I think this season has put that to rest
To the extent that he never would have won a Gold Glove if it weren’t for his bat, I think it’s accurate to say that Grady’s over-rated. But it’s not an either-or situation. Grady can be somewhat over-rated and still very, very good.
by fleerdon on Aug 10, 2008 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Well hot damn with relish. A Garko LD single and a Gutierrez BB.
by fleerdon on Aug 10, 2008 3:14 PM EDT reply actions
Andy, that was a John Edwards’s political future-esque failure of an at-bat.
by fleerdon on Aug 10, 2008 3:17 PM EDT reply actions
Perez? Again? Are we trying to stretch his arm, or is this just a show of faith to the starters—we’ll use our best high-leverage guy to protect your leads?
by fleerdon on Aug 10, 2008 3:37 PM EDT reply actions
Theme of this game…
Cliff Lee to the Blue Jays: “I do not believe you can hit. Prove me wrong.”
by fleerdon on Aug 10, 2008 3:49 PM EDT reply actions
I think this may be exactly the conclusion Clifton came to in the off season when he got his mind right.
And why not? It’s hard to hit a baseball, and even when you do someone might catch it. If you have any kind of stuff, you can be very good with this approach. If not, you can still be Paul Byrd.
23% of our wins come from shutouts.
1) Our starting pitchers are awesome.
2) We don’t have many wins.
Cliff Lee spares us: Our playoff chances remain mathematically extant for another day.
by fleerdon on Aug 10, 2008 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions
31% of our wins come from the indomitable Clifton Lee…highest in the bigs
by DontCallMeJoey on Aug 10, 2008 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions
The redoubtable Paul Hoynes: “The Indians have not had a 20-game winner since Gaylord Perry went 21-13 in 1974. Lee, if he stays healthy, has at least 10 starts left.”
Paul Hoynes can’t count. The only way Lee gets 10 starts is if he pitches at least one on short rest, thanks to an off day on Sept. 4, which would be his regular day. Nine looks more likely.
Funny, first time I counted, I got 10. But it obviously is nine—maybe Hoynes was (or I was) counting yesterday’s game.
He would have to start on short rest twice in order to get in ten more starts, because of the way the off-days line up. They obviously are not going to do that. What they will do instead is line it up to have Cliff make his 32nd start on the last day of the season, which will not be hard to do.
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