Game Thread: September 3, 2008
by Ryan on Sep 3, 2008 11:36 AM EDT
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Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Indians, Sep 3, 2008 12:05 PM EDT
Chicago at Cleveland, 12:05 PM (STO)
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What, no comments yet? Is everyone WORKING or something? Pfft.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 12:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I’m watching from Amsterdam … finally an Indians game on TV.
I hate the hawk
by JP_Frost on Sep 3, 2008 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m listening to the radio as I’m ostensibly getting some things done right now.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
like, the Netherlands? Dude congrats, I love Amsterdam
by RD74 on Sep 3, 2008 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
1-2-3 in the first for Sowers.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 12:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
if there’s such a thing as a good strikeout to get the game started, that 12-pitch effort is it
by APV on Sep 3, 2008 12:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
A productive K if there ever was one
by Logodaedalus on Sep 3, 2008 12:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
he gone!!
is it me or is the radar gun jacked up? Sowers throwing 92, Vazquez throwing 95 … seems fishy
by JP_Frost on Sep 3, 2008 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hamilton
“5 up, 5 down”
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 12:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So, where would you like Sowers on the SP list next year? I say 6th.
by dgcambridge on Sep 3, 2008 12:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Before or after Jake’s return?
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
before I think 5th. then we’ll see how the crap (diamonds in the rough) on our back end play out
by APV on Sep 3, 2008 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pre Jake, I figure: Lee, Carmona, Reyes, Laffey, Sowers, Huff, Jackson to start the year… with a new acquisition probably stuck in there somewhere, and with room for Huff to trade up
by Logodaedalus on Sep 3, 2008 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m tempted to put Huff ahead of Sowers.
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
or if Jeremy finishes strong, ahead of Laff instead.
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ditto, though it probably depends on how everyone looks in the spring. Also, I know they were trying to keep Huff’s innings down this year since he hasn’t pitched a whole lot the last two years, I wonder if they’ll have a cap on them next year as well.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think there’s a good chance that’s how it would end up, but I think Sowers/Laffey would have to have a subpar spring training to have Huff start the year in Cleveland. Which could happen. And of course, we’re really talking about the 6 spot, since there’s most likely going to be someone else stuck in there in the 3 or 4 spot, so it will also depend on performances at Columbus.
by Logodaedalus on Sep 3, 2008 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
if they don’t look hugely different performance wise in the Spring, I’m sure we’ll go with Sowers over Huff. There’s much more pressure to figure out if Sowers is any good than Huff.
by APV on Sep 3, 2008 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Keep an eye on Reyes – I like him alot.
Resident LGT beer kinda sewer
by mauichuck on Sep 3, 2008 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Reyes has a real shot. Especially given an off-season with the team and coaching staff.
by APV on Sep 3, 2008 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I had the opposite thought. I don’t want to give Sowers 2009 regular season starts to see if he has it figured out. That’s what 2008 was for.
by dgcambridge on Sep 3, 2008 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d like a new acquisition, and then I think off Lee, Carmona, Laffey, Huff and new guy (not necessarily in that order), followed by Sowers. Jackson and other fillers after that. Do you think of Reyes as fitting in the middle of the rotation all year?
by dgcambridge on Sep 3, 2008 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, he’s under Jake, obviously… I don’t think it’s possible to say anything now. If he finishes this year the way he’s been going, he certainly will have earned at least the 4th spot to start off. Beyond that will depend on how he does when the pressure’s back on.
by Logodaedalus on Sep 3, 2008 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
it depends on who is in the race for a rotation spot — guys from the minors, free agents, trades etc. Right now, I think you’re right that he’s probably on the outside looking in.
by JP_Frost on Sep 3, 2008 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
here’s what i’ll say about sowers. this morning when i was walking to work i couldn’t remember the 5th starter in the rotation.
sowers was the one i was leaving out.
by Gradyforpresident on Sep 3, 2008 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s so depressing to check milb.com every day and it says “No games scheduled.”
by afh4 on Sep 3, 2008 12:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Akron vs. Bowie, 7:05 tonight. Woohoo.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wish I was around here when Marte became a .200 hitter. Was there a parade? A fiesta?
by dgcambridge on Sep 3, 2008 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, but I believe there was a PARTAY.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, partay for martay. Took me a full 10 minutes.
by dgcambridge on Sep 3, 2008 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
it’s only like #3 on the LGT list of common phrases
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Grady saw 12 pitches, hitters 2-6 saw 18 pitches.
by afh4 on Sep 3, 2008 12:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
“And all that crap?” Manning, you’re a dink.
by supermarioelia on Sep 3, 2008 12:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey I thought you were in the clinics – get back out on the floor and check on your patients!!
Resident LGT beer kinda sewer
by mauichuck on Sep 3, 2008 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What they let you eat now?! Man things sure have changed.
Resident LGT beer kinda sewer
by mauichuck on Sep 3, 2008 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah we start in the clinics on Monday, this week is all of the orientation baloney.
by supermarioelia on Sep 3, 2008 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which service?
Resident LGT beer kinda sewer
by mauichuck on Sep 3, 2008 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
internal medicine on the clinical teaching unit for 6 weeks. I’m pretty much expecting hell.
by supermarioelia on Sep 3, 2008 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jeremy Sowers is internally troubled by how dominant he is.
by afh4 on Sep 3, 2008 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You’ll get it – not as bad as surgery though. Those interist are all anal retentive – they like to do a lot of navel gazing. The surgeons just work you like rented mules.
And what’s this 6 weeks BS? Shouldn’t it be at least two months.
Resident LGT beer kinda sewer
by mauichuck on Sep 3, 2008 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So internal medicine is 12 weeks total, 6 on CTU, 2 in elder care, 2 in onco and a 2-week selective. Surg is 12, paeds is 6, family is 6, psych is 6, obs/gyn is 6
by supermarioelia on Sep 3, 2008 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We had/have different splits. You’d do one service for a month – cardio, heme/onc, nephro, GI, Pulmonary, or neuro. You’d do “elder care” during your “splits” with ENT, etc. and CTU whasthat? Critical care? And that ain’t how you spell pedes!
Resident LGT beer kinda sewer
by mauichuck on Sep 3, 2008 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ctu’s the clinical teaching unit where you work as a team with the residents and consultants on one of the medicine floors with the sickest in-patients.
by supermarioelia on Sep 3, 2008 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sowers = dealin’.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 12:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
How long did Sowers go in his two previous bids at perfection? Five innings apiece right?
by supermarioelia on Sep 3, 2008 12:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yup… let’s hope for 6 tonight. Er, this early afternoon
by Logodaedalus on Sep 3, 2008 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm. That’s an interesting proposition. I grew up in the south but am not really sure what a good resource is for this sort of spelling conflict.
by afh4 on Sep 3, 2008 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wiki thinks I’m on the alternate spelling tip:
by afh4 on Sep 3, 2008 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The huge water tower in my hometown might help.
by bogey021 on Sep 3, 2008 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That tower brings back memories, as it was the official On The Way There Now landmark when driving from Akron to Louisville to visit my grandparents as a kid.
by FredOx on Sep 3, 2008 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are these recent performances not a good indicator that Jeremy Sowers would be a good closer?
by afh4 on Sep 3, 2008 12:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
NOT AS GOOD AS JLEW
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
JSOW JLEW AT THE BACK END OF THE ’PEN.
TOTAL FIREBALLING INTIMIDATION. LIKE MARIO AFTER A FLOWER, TWICE.
by afh4 on Sep 3, 2008 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Reading the game logs, I really liked this. /applause
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on Sep 3, 2008 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sowers numbers don’t show that he’s any better in the first (or first few) innings. Although I would have sworn it was true.
by dgcambridge on Sep 3, 2008 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s had some terrible first innings, which is an argument against closing. My sense is that 2 through 5 have been pretty good, but I don’t have the stats.
by Logodaedalus on Sep 3, 2008 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
2008 OPS Against by Inning:
1: .851
2: .579
3: 1.070
4: .801
5: .812
by FredOx on Sep 3, 2008 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sowers should be our two inning closer in games in which we have a lead of over 5.
by afh4 on Sep 3, 2008 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man, I thought Fasano had taken that one for a (mustache) ride.
by afh4 on Sep 3, 2008 12:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
fantastic. why do we even bother with those things… what do they call them nowadays? baserunners?
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 12:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
At least now we’re set up with our table setter, Grady, in front of our vaunted run producers, Looch and BFran.
by afh4 on Sep 3, 2008 12:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I like how totally blah Hegan was about the pickoff/rundown.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 12:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I can’t get mad because he had just called Grady “the ultimate leadoff man.”
by afh4 on Sep 3, 2008 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you saw a UFO piloted by a drunk monkey, you would say “wow.” If it happened 162 days in a row, you would say “meh, just another drunk monkey pilot.”
by FredOx on Sep 3, 2008 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
Are we still doing posts of the week or have we given that up out of sheer indifference? If we were still doing posts of the week, this would be it.
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
by woodsmeister on Sep 3, 2008 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Seconded, I rec’d it.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
“indeeb” means “indeed” in Spanish. It’s one of those cognate thingies.
by Logodaedalus on Sep 3, 2008 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That works, too. Konerko – Very Fooled.
by FredOx on Sep 3, 2008 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What the hell is wrong with Konerko? It was clearly a strike.
by FredOx on Sep 3, 2008 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would not object to obtaining a hit, eventually.
by FredOx on Sep 3, 2008 1:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I dunno, that would make me feel very disoriented
by Logodaedalus on Sep 3, 2008 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think you need to be more specific, they don’t seem to have gotten the memo.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m surprised that the team batting title race between Jhonny and BenF hasn’t gotten more press.
by dgcambridge on Sep 3, 2008 1:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Is that what’s meant by a race-to-the-bottom?
by peter m on Sep 3, 2008 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Boo.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 1:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
(Not actually watching Hawk… just have a feeling this is the relevant response)
by Logodaedalus on Sep 3, 2008 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Emesis is the appropriate response to Hawk.
by FredOx on Sep 3, 2008 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hopefully in a manner that produces a golden goose egg
by Logodaedalus on Sep 3, 2008 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Looks as if Sowers isn’t inducing grounders any longer. Not a good sign.
by peter m on Sep 3, 2008 1:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
On the bright side, we’re now in a position that we’re more familiar with and comfortable in… (Sorry Brick, not whining, just looking for a silver lining)
by Logodaedalus on Sep 3, 2008 1:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
by woodsmeister on Sep 3, 2008 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
A HIT!
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 1:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Right. But, he did give Wedge the opportunity to pinch hit for Marte. I predict Marte will suck.
by peter m on Sep 3, 2008 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Apparently you used up your reverse jinx allotment for the day
by Logodaedalus on Sep 3, 2008 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yay for non-suck.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
runners on the corners, 2 out & marte up?
gonna be a K…
by oaksterdam on Sep 3, 2008 1:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, it wasn’t a K at least. Bleh.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stupid Underwood… “I can’t remember a series in which Jermain Dye was hitless…”
by Logodaedalus on Sep 3, 2008 1:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
But there have been many series where Underwood was witless. In his defense, Dye has been held hitless in a series only twice this year.
by FredOx on Sep 3, 2008 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sheeit.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 1:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Sowers is frustrating.
David Dellucci is batting second with a .320 OBP.
by xrickx on Sep 3, 2008 1:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That wasn’t that bad of a pitch
If you need me, I'll be senselessly rooting for Sizemore 40/40 for the remainder of 2008.
by gte619n on Sep 3, 2008 1:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
from now on, just pull sowers after 5 no matter what.
by Brick. on Sep 3, 2008 1:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Since Meloan has thrown so many innings due to his transition back to the rotation with the Dodgers, the Indians said they’ll go easy on him. I want to see Rich Rundles. He’s been shut-down facing lefties.
by xrickx on Sep 3, 2008 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
NEW MR ANONYMOUS
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now would also be a good time to see what Craig Breslow can do.
Oh, wait…
by xrickx on Sep 3, 2008 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
looked yesterday. The dude’s ERA is still very nice.
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
he got Marte’d, except he was lucky enough to get out.
by xrickx on Sep 3, 2008 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Breslow can’t bunt, so they kept him in the AL.
by peter m on Sep 3, 2008 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
can Phillips bunt?
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
All those extra arms in the bullpen and we bring in Juan Rincon?
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
by woodsmeister on Sep 3, 2008 1:50 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
The extra arms are not in the Circus of Trout.
by FredOx on Sep 3, 2008 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can’t believe we keep rolling him out there. Are we trying to learn something about him for next year? I have no idea.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s a free agent at season’s end. But I think they were hoping he was either injured or just had a serious mechanical flaw that when healed/fixed, would allow him to be dominant again. see: rafael betancourt
by xrickx on Sep 3, 2008 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
True. I guess we don’t have a whole lot to lose right now.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He was throwing fine when he was pitching ahead. Then he starts going 1-0, 2-0 on these guys. Then he’s pitching out of the stretch, which then causes him to revert to C.C. Sabathia playoff effectiveness.
Sowers has shown glimpses of being a decent back-end starter. And when you look at his AAA numbers over the last three years, it’s obvious that he is a Major League pitcher. But somehow, he becomes a nibbler, walks more guys, serves up more bombs, and his whole game goes to hell.
I really think he’s going to be a decent starter. He’s honestly not this bad.
by xrickx on Sep 3, 2008 1:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
hooray for hallway-before-class LGT
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 1:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Haha. I stayed home to study before class rather than go to the library, just cause my internet connection is so choppy there.
by xrickx on Sep 3, 2008 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
they didn’t teach swisher to count at THE ohio state university
by Brick. on Sep 3, 2008 1:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
3rd out on a Garko to Garko. How appropriate.
by FredOx on Sep 3, 2008 1:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of which, why isn’t Aubrey playing first?
by peter m on Sep 3, 2008 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ick. Was this one of those “perfect start” games again?
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In Cliff we trust.
by vbc3 on Sep 3, 2008 1:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
A half dozen more of those and we in business.
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In Cliff we trust.
by vbc3 on Sep 3, 2008 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bring on the bullpen. Apparently Horacio Ramirez is warming, yay.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 2:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
GRADY.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 2:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
indians will need an extra starter on saturday, september 13th in kansas city for a double header.
i wonder if scott lewis, if he’s not still pitching in the akron playoffs, will get the start? it’d be nice to see him get a start.
by xrickx on Sep 3, 2008 2:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Speed, baby. Speed.
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
by woodsmeister on Sep 3, 2008 2:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
bad time machine or just reacting at his presence?
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
bad time machine. dribbler out in front of home plate.
by xrickx on Sep 3, 2008 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good job swinging at that first pitch, Dellucci.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 2:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
not only swinging at it, but drilling it.
by xrickx on Sep 3, 2008 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
boooooo
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 2:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
“Grounded out to catcher.”
That sounds pathetic.
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In Cliff we trust.
by vbc3 on Sep 3, 2008 2:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That sounds better than what he actually did.
by FredOx on Sep 3, 2008 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hamilton says it went about 2 feet.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
francisco saw four pitches. all four were balls. he swung at three of them.
by xrickx on Sep 3, 2008 2:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It’s that bad example that Dellucci sets by batting in front of him.
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
by woodsmeister on Sep 3, 2008 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha, ok. we can blame dellucci for that. any way to blame wedge?
by xrickx on Sep 3, 2008 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sure. Wedge keeps trotting Dellucci out there to set a bad example for his younger, impressionable teammates.
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
by woodsmeister on Sep 3, 2008 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That last one was a strike, but one he could have ignored had he not swung at the others.
by FredOx on Sep 3, 2008 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i agree with the latter, that he would have not swung had he watched the others. but i dont believe the last one was a strike.
by xrickx on Sep 3, 2008 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
miles of suck
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 2:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Peralta has absolutely no idea where the strike zone is today.
by FredOx on Sep 3, 2008 2:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
YESSS?
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
fastball on the outside corner, johnny took it off the RF wall. line drive over dye’s head. dye tried, but he couldn’t get back fast enough. i’m not so sure even gutierrez or ichiro makes that play either.
by xrickx on Sep 3, 2008 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
gracias
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Only because Vazquez was stupid enough to throw him a strike, and Dye is a big doofus.
by FredOx on Sep 3, 2008 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
JHONNY!
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 2:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
o yea
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 2:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Man, did we ever need that hit.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 2:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i’ll take 2 more of the same.
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
or not
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Alrighty, at least we’re not totally dead out there.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 2:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Juan Rincon’s presence on the mound suggests you are wrong.
by FredOx on Sep 3, 2008 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
he’s been oddly effective his last five innings. i hereby denounce any resulting jinx this comment may inflict.
by xrickx on Sep 3, 2008 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I feel happy! I feel happy!
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
by woodsmeister on Sep 3, 2008 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
andrew are you teaching and posting on lgt?
by Gradyforpresident on Sep 3, 2008 2:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Naw, I didn’t even have students today. Not till tomorrow do the rapscallions show up.
I had to go to meetings.
by afh4 on Sep 3, 2008 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Really? Do we all get a cookie if the team is 8.5 GB?
by FredOx on Sep 3, 2008 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We’d be 4.5 GB if it wasn’t for that damned CC. I read that somewhere.
by peter m on Sep 3, 2008 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You can make quite a few meaningful sentences by rearranging those five words!
by peter m on Sep 3, 2008 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ll take “we need shit to win” for $100.
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by vbc3 on Sep 3, 2008 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
too obvious. you only rearranged 2 words.
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We need to win shit?
We win shit to need?
We shit to need win?
Diminishing returns.
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by vbc3 on Sep 3, 2008 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
we need to shit … win?
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
we need shit to win
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Due Up: R. Garko (.255, 1-for-2, single), S. Fasano (.286, 0-for-2, strikeout), A. Marte (.208, 0-for-2)
Call it, PH bettors.
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by vbc3 on Sep 3, 2008 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was the Rincon I like to see.
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by vbc3 on Sep 3, 2008 2:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
woah, RINCON? that you?
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 2:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Dotel? Wait, I WAS PROMISED HORATIO RAMIERZ!!
If you need me, I'll be senselessly rooting for Sizemore 40/40 for the remainder of 2008.
by gte619n on Sep 3, 2008 2:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
badgark
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 2:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
booo brewers
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 2:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Grit Personified
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by gte619n on Sep 3, 2008 2:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Ha ha, like they’d let him hit.
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by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
when i saw carroll on gameday, yall know what i was thinking
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 2:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
of course no marte
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 2:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey. It’s a pennant race, don’t you know?
by peter m on Sep 3, 2008 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
This would be a great time to hit your first bomb, Victor.
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by gte619n on Sep 3, 2008 2:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
FAIL
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by gte619n on Sep 3, 2008 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Except that he did that last night :)
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by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know, you miss ONE game…
If you need me, I'll be senselessly rooting for Sizemore 40/40 for the remainder of 2008.
by gte619n on Sep 3, 2008 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ha
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
zz
MARTE COULDA DONE THAT
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 2:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The guy with a nine game hit streak—Andy Marte—just can’t do anything right.
by xrickx on Sep 3, 2008 2:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
interesting.
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 2:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Seriously, we’re running guys like Brendan Donnelly & Juan Rincon out there, guys who pretty much have no future with this team, and for some reason we’ve gotta pinch-hit for Marte in every chance he gets with men on in the late innings?
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 2:25 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
How else can we keep his fragile psyche broken and bleeding?
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
by woodsmeister on Sep 3, 2008 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
All indications are that Donnelly will be back next year. He is in fact a free agent. But he’s not going to command a huge deal. He wouldn’t even get a multi-year deal on the open market considering his age and recent injury.
by xrickx on Sep 3, 2008 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I really like Asdrubal.
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by vbc3 on Sep 3, 2008 2:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
prof just used the word “Yall”
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 2:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
YOU USE UP ALL THE GLUE ON PURPOSE!!
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by vbc3 on Sep 3, 2008 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
At least Dellucci gets PH for as well…
by Fundamentals on Sep 3, 2008 2:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Please, please, please pinch-hit for Dellucci!
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
by woodsmeister on Sep 3, 2008 2:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
pitching chnge? injury? earthquake?
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 2:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Dude, is that Mankind?
He totally threw out the first pitch on Saturday afternoon. Seriously.
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In Cliff we trust.
by vbc3 on Sep 3, 2008 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah. Must have been the beard that threw me.
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In Cliff we trust.
by vbc3 on Sep 3, 2008 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ducks on the pond.
LGGutz!
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by vbc3 on Sep 3, 2008 2:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
walk?
Looch.
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
gross
If you need me, I'll be senselessly rooting for Sizemore 40/40 for the remainder of 2008.
by gte619n on Sep 3, 2008 2:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
this is my most hated time machine of the year
by Gradyforpresident on Sep 3, 2008 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Boo to bad time machines.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
couldn’t have set that up better for Gutz. lefty on the mound. 2-0 count. just didn’t happen.
by xrickx on Sep 3, 2008 2:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Screw it, I’m going to eat some Arbys.
by dgcambridge on Sep 3, 2008 2:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
yes it does
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s hunger, apathy, and a touch of depression.
by dgcambridge on Sep 3, 2008 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rincon again? hmm…
If you need me, I'll be senselessly rooting for Sizemore 40/40 for the remainder of 2008.
by gte619n on Sep 3, 2008 2:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hoping to see a pinch hitter so they can use Rundles…
by Logodaedalus on Sep 3, 2008 2:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
by woodsmeister on Sep 3, 2008 2:35 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
That was a relatively whammy-free performance
by Logodaedalus on Sep 3, 2008 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nobody likes AJ
If you need me, I'll be senselessly rooting for Sizemore 40/40 for the remainder of 2008.
by gte619n on Sep 3, 2008 2:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
wow, rincon!
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 2:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
How has Blobby Jenks been looking lately?
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by vbc3 on Sep 3, 2008 2:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Sweaty?
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
bloated?
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
by woodsmeister on Sep 3, 2008 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Performance-wise, I meant.
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by vbc3 on Sep 3, 2008 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just getting here. I see the Partay got in his obligatory 2 AB before Wedgie PH for him.
"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter
by Denver Tribe Fan on Sep 3, 2008 2:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Shapiro I love you but your balls really need to drop.
by Joe. on Sep 3, 2008 2:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
gamecast is slow, almost like betancourt is pitching or something.
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 2:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, someone mentioned Arby’s earlier. I think I can go hit the drive-thru before this next pitch is thrown.
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In Cliff we trust.
by vbc3 on Sep 3, 2008 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The teammates from Servite High Class of 1999 (Garko and Francisco) are #3 and #4 in most ABs on the Indians this year.
by palcal on Sep 3, 2008 2:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
benfran!
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 2:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I had happy thoughts when I thought Peralta had got a hold of it & then sad thoughts when I thought that Francisco had gotten doubled off of first. Mood swings, man.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 2:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
it’s cool. victor is going to pinch hit for garko and fasano and make it all better.
oh. wait.
by xrickx on Sep 3, 2008 2:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
This will be the 4th AB with a runner at 3rd and no outs, I believe.
by dgcambridge on Sep 3, 2008 2:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Ones I saw the Sox pitchers threw no fastballs. Offspeed and curves/sliders. Swinging and hitting pitcher’s pitches.
They talk about all the pressure being on the pitcher in those situations, but the tight-arsed Indians’ hitters are the ones squeezing the bats. Oh no, I’m supposed to get a hit!
by odradek on Sep 3, 2008 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jenks? Before the ninth? Boy, Ozzie really wants this one.
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In Cliff we trust.
by vbc3 on Sep 3, 2008 2:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Do we really have no other option than Garko?
"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter
by Denver Tribe Fan on Sep 3, 2008 2:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Jenks is right up there on the list of players I have an irrational dislike for, despite knowing absolutely nothing about the guy.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 2:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
make him throw a strike? what happened to normal baseball?
by xrickx on Sep 3, 2008 2:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
GARKO FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
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by vbc3 on Sep 3, 2008 2:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Nobody saw that coming.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 2:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I’m time machined, but I’m guessing double play ball.
"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter
by Denver Tribe Fan on Sep 3, 2008 2:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I hated being right
"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter
by Denver Tribe Fan on Sep 3, 2008 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
shit
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 2:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Are we done with Garko or what?
"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter
by Denver Tribe Fan on Sep 3, 2008 3:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Can we take him out back & shoot him like Old Yeller or something?
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oops, spoilers.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They shoot Old Yeller?? Well I’m just not going to bother reading the ending now
by Logodaedalus on Sep 3, 2008 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rundles time.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 3:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
so rundles, making his MLB debut, can pitch to thome. but marte can’t take his damn AB?
by xrickx on Sep 3, 2008 3:05 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I’d like to see Rundles get the win, facing one batter in his debut.
by Logodaedalus on Sep 3, 2008 3:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Woah, check out that delivery. Unexpected arm angle
by Logodaedalus on Sep 3, 2008 3:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
3-0. Great start.
If you need me, I'll be senselessly rooting for Sizemore 40/40 for the remainder of 2008.
by gte619n on Sep 3, 2008 3:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The squirrel is going to take Rundles out of the game after three pitches
by brookjacoby on Sep 3, 2008 3:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Evil Squirrel.
If you need me, I'll be senselessly rooting for Sizemore 40/40 for the remainder of 2008.
by gte619n on Sep 3, 2008 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Squirrel.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Evil Squirrel:
If you need me, I'll be senselessly rooting for Sizemore 40/40 for the remainder of 2008.
by gte619n on Sep 3, 2008 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rundles pitched to one batter in the 9th.
If you need me, I'll be senselessly rooting for Sizemore 40/40 for the remainder of 2008.
by gte619n on Sep 3, 2008 3:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
One batter, zero innings
"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter
by Denver Tribe Fan on Sep 3, 2008 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i think rundles was playing that one safe. can’t get sent back down for one walk, right?
by RD74 on Sep 3, 2008 3:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
nice debut
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 3:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Tell us again, Grandpa, about the time you pitched in the Show!
by dgcambridge on Sep 3, 2008 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Andy Marte is free at last! Now, if only he could hit a breaking ball...
by woodsmeister on Sep 3, 2008 3:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Uh oh, now there’s a moose on the field
by Logodaedalus on Sep 3, 2008 3:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
JENSEN CAN’T LOOOOOOOOSE!!
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by gte619n on Sep 3, 2008 3:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I don’t get this move at all. Can someone enlighten me?
by brookjacoby on Sep 3, 2008 3:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
WERE IN THE HUNT
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
NAILED.
If you need me, I'll be senselessly rooting for Sizemore 40/40 for the remainder of 2008.
by gte619n on Sep 3, 2008 3:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
awesome 1-word time machine.
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And Jensen Lewis pitches to zero batters
by Logodaedalus on Sep 3, 2008 3:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
his outs to batters ratio this game is INFINITE!
by Logodaedalus on Sep 3, 2008 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
12 pitchers since 1956 have earned a save while facing zero batters. True fact.
by FredOx on Sep 3, 2008 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Too bad it wasn’t a save situation…. that would have been a fun club to join for J-Le
by Logodaedalus on Sep 3, 2008 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Including Mitch Williams twice in 1989. Still care to argue that the save is a relevant statistic?
by FredOx on Sep 3, 2008 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Have I argued that?
I wonder if anyone has ever pitched to zero batters while recording more than 1/3 inning
by Logodaedalus on Sep 3, 2008 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was rhetorical, not directed at you. I don’t think any pitcher has 0 BF and more than a third of an inning. B-Ref claims Tom Poholsky faced 0 batters in 2 IP in 1956, but that is quite clearly wrong.
by FredOx on Sep 3, 2008 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was just looking at that too, though apparently my PI subscription is expired (boo). Anyway, the boxscore (which is missing PBP) for that game lists him as giving up a hit in his 2 innings, despite not facing a batter, so it’s clearly wrong. It does seem that every other pitcher with 0 BF has only pitched 0.1 inning — I was figuring there was at least one situation in which a guy came on with multiple runners on & managed to get a couple of outs via, say, a pickoff/caught stealing and some shitty baserunning.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It remains possible, given that the B-Ref game finder only covers the retrosheet era, or back to 1956.
by FredOx on Sep 3, 2008 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I heart Shoppach.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 3:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It’s gonna have to be homers. last thing we need is a runner on 3B and no outs.
by FredOx on Sep 3, 2008 3:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Bad time machine :/
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by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Carroll: GRIT
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by gte619n on Sep 3, 2008 3:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That swing was hilarious.
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by gte619n on Sep 3, 2008 3:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
You’ve gotta be fucking kidding me.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 3:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
such a winnable game. alexi ramirez and orlando cabrera…too much to handle.
by xrickx on Sep 3, 2008 3:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Suck. I’d say 2 out of 3 ain’t bad, but we blew so many chances in this one it’s not even funny.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 3:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It’s true that 2 out 3 here is fine. Today Sowers lost to Vazquez. Not a huge surprise. You’d think that we would have accepted the season by now, but it still sucks.
Go Aeros!
by dgcambridge on Sep 3, 2008 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
nice game.
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 3:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
the royals are next. things can only go up.
by xrickx on Sep 3, 2008 3:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
17 left on base this game. Awesome.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 3:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The team record appears to be 23, in a game they won by scoring 10 runs. 1995 was awesome.
by FredOx on Sep 3, 2008 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s total for all guys at bat…so it’s not as bad as you’d think.
by supermarioelia on Sep 3, 2008 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, that was the lazy “just look at the total LOB” version, which will count some guys twice.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
by zempf on Sep 3, 2008 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
As if I needed another reason, but Wedge’s ridiculous use of Marte has forced me to abandon the Indians for the rest of the season. Inexplicable. LGT. Minus Eric Wedge.
by supermarioelia on Sep 3, 2008 3:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If Wedge hasn’t given him a shot this season, there’s no hope that we’ll ever find out what Marte can do. In a non-dominoes sense.
"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter
by Denver Tribe Fan on Sep 3, 2008 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s fine to blame the manager since he is the main guy responsible for this but at this point (for a while now actually) this is equally Mark Shapiro’s fault. Possibly more so. There is absolutely no reason for Mark not telling Wedge he has no choice but to play Marte everyday and not just for 2 AB’s. If he refuses, replace him. But we are wasting Marte and it’s retarded.
by Joe. on Sep 3, 2008 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
in that case, HOPE HE REFUSES!
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What happens is Shapiro has told Wedge to play Marte. He checks and sees Marte’s name is written on the scorecard. Then, as soon as Mark leaves the ballpark for the ride back to Chardon, Wedge yanks Marte. It’s Shapiro’s fault—he’s been fooled about 50 times this season, the same trick.
by odradek on Sep 3, 2008 7:08 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
haha rec.
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can’t believe the team that we played against today will likely win the division. Blah, I hate 2008.
by Toxicadam on Sep 3, 2008 10:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
They will get blown out in the playoffs no matter who they face.
"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter
by Denver Tribe Fan on Sep 3, 2008 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was telling somebody this earlier today.
Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.
by westbrook on Sep 3, 2008 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, they will be dangerous at home and have the ability to keep a lead if it gets into the 7th (assuming Linebrink comes back healthy). That about the only positives I can say for them.
by Toxicadam on Sep 3, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
for lack of a better place, Laporta has two bombs and is 4-5 with a BB in Akron’s opening playoff game
by APV on Sep 3, 2008 11:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Which gives him a cumulative Akron OPS of .824 if I calculate correctly. Not bad at all, considering the bit of a cold stretch he went through.
by Logodaedalus on Sep 4, 2008 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Indians currently have a losing record against only five AL teams: Boston, Chicago, Minnesota, Anaheim and Seattle.
The Mariners have a winning record against only two American League teams: Cleveland and Toronto.
by odradek on Sep 4, 2008 1:05 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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