Game Thread: May 23, 2009
by Ryan on May 23, 2009 6:37 PM EDT
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PrintCleveland Indians at Cincinnati Reds, May 23, 2009 7:10 PM EDT
INDIANS: SS Asdrubal Cabrera, CF Grady Sizemore, C Victor Martinez, RF Shin-Soo Choo, 1B Mark DeRosa, LF Matt LaPorta, 2B Luis Valbuena, 3B Jamey Carroll, LHP David Huff (0-1, 17.18).
REDS: CF Willy Taveras, 3B Jerry Hairston Jr., 1B Joey Votto, 2B Brandon Phillips, LF Jonny Gomes, RF Jay Bruce, C Ramon Hernandez, SS Alex Gonzalez, RHP Homer Bailey (first start).
Yeah, I don't get it, either.
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I was just watching part of the Yankee game. ARod has 10 hits this year. 7 of them are HR. That’s nuts.
meaning this
The guy threw one pitch the entire time: an 89-91 mph fastball. If he can succeed with that (his location was excellent) then Jeremy should be able to intellectually do better than he does. Buck and McAnnoying said he was “sneaky fast” — maybe Jeremy’s problem is that funky-ish delivery.
FE WEE
This is just dumb. Unless you’re going to tell me that DeRosa is a bad defender at 3b, this lineup simply is substituting a Valbuena/Carroll bat for a Garko/Shoppach bat. Wrong.
Maybe Wedge wants some flexibility in the double switch, like being able to pinch hit a home run threat in Shop or Jhonny versus a base knock in Carroll? Just speculating.
"I gotta be honest, I dunno much about the climate in Japan." - Matt Underwood
I do like Carroll right before Droobs and Grady though. Those three together can really wear down the starting pitcher.
by supermarioelia on May 23, 2009 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I missed Huff’s first start – what was the problem, stuff or location? Did he look even slightly good?
Couldn’t have only been the ump’s fault. Didn’t he give up 7 runs in 3 IP?
by jakesinger777 on May 23, 2009 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Bailey is a one pitch, fastball, pitcher. He tends to walk guys. Wedge’s lineup is an attempt to have as many guys in the lineup who will be patient and take a walk if it is offered.
by JenniferMarie on May 23, 2009 7:20 PM EDT up reply actions
And with my above comments about Carroll-Droobs-Grady, I seem to have forgotten about the pitcher having to hit.
Wedge is going to add him to the list of 3rd basemen now.
by supermarioelia on May 23, 2009 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Out of curiosity, how much worse could Droobs possibly do if he hit left-handed against lefties too? Do switch-hitters ever consider just going back to being a uni-hitter?
Although looking at his career stats, the trend seems to be the other way around. But I guess I’m wondering what the threshold of suck would have to be for a hitter to abandon switch-hitting.
by supermarioelia on May 23, 2009 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Speaking of which, I’ve long wondered how through all these years Weird Al hasn’t done a parody of “Walk Like An Egyptian” called “Walk with an Erection”….just seems too obvious to me.
by supermarioelia on May 23, 2009 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Fuck David Huff. Go back to AAA. Bring on Tomo.
Case of the beet bandit. Missing beets from all over the farm, no footprints. Inside job. Mose in socks. Boom. Case closed. -Dwight Schrute
This was our pitching savior?
Case of the beet bandit. Missing beets from all over the farm, no footprints. Inside job. Mose in socks. Boom. Case closed. -Dwight Schrute
No idea what this means?
Case of the beet bandit. Missing beets from all over the farm, no footprints. Inside job. Mose in socks. Boom. Case closed. -Dwight Schrute
There Is No Such Thing As a Pitcher… Stupid.
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on May 23, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions
the thing that concerns me about Huff is that he should be polished and ready for the majors, so I don’t know what this guy has to work on. Hopefully it’s just nerves, because I didn’t plan on him being the next Sowers.
Also this compels me to believe that all soft-tossing lefties suck.
Case of the beet bandit. Missing beets from all over the farm, no footprints. Inside job. Mose in socks. Boom. Case closed. -Dwight Schrute
I dont understand two batters swing at early pitches with a guy who has control problems… probably being to hard on our hitter because our pitching sucks but you got to be smart
I miss C.C,
Case of the beet bandit. Missing beets from all over the farm, no footprints. Inside job. Mose in socks. Boom. Case closed. -Dwight Schrute
As long as we can be within 5 games by the All-Star break, we’ll be okay. We need Fausto to straighten out.
We do get Westbrook back in a month. No idea how he’ll be.
Case of the beet bandit. Missing beets from all over the farm, no footprints. Inside job. Mose in socks. Boom. Case closed. -Dwight Schrute
Can’t be any worse than the spots occupied by Reyes and Sowers/Huff.
In the second half, you could have Lee, Fausto, Westbrook, Laffey, and Huff/Lewis. That’s decent.
Also, Atlanta needs outfielders badly. Jordan Schafer, Garret Anderson, Jeff Franceour,, collectively, are killing them. Only Matt Diaz has been decent. We have plenty of outfielders. They have excess starters. I see a match.
I just don’t see Fausto showing much improvement.
by supermarioelia on May 23, 2009 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I dont care if Ohka and Sarloos are a joke i think with our offense atleast they give us a shot and hell bring up Andy Marte with Hafner get rid a Dellucci trade DeRosa and see what happens there should be no excuse not to give Andy a shot when you are down 15 games in june
nope and I really dont care about grammar common sense in a blog
by supermarioelia on May 23, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I totally forgot the quotations. Formatting killed me on this one.
by supermarioelia on May 23, 2009 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s 25 and playing well at AAA, albeit only over 100 ABs. Still, a .370/.402/.620 line in encouraging. With his defense, he’s still likely going to have some productive major league seasons. You lose some of the benefit with him not at 3B. But with another reasonably successful 150 ABs , he’s earned another shot.
I’ve said this before, but I don’t want Andy called up until we’re giving him actual playing time. If they bring him up, don’t play him, then have to cut him again….well then I may just go become a Brewers fan or something crazy.
by supermarioelia on May 23, 2009 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I mean maybe he is an Ibanez or phillips a late bloomer … I hate to see it happen in another uniform
Well I’m dumb. I was in Niagara Falls yesterday and it didn’t even occur to me to take a trip to Buffalo to catch a Clippers game. Darnit.
I haven’t seen Andy hit a home run live in over a year now. That would’ve made the scary trip worthwhile.
by supermarioelia on May 23, 2009 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah you get me a little worried when you bust out sentences like the second one. Just cuz.
by supermarioelia on May 23, 2009 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions
The Cinnci annoucer just said that he spoke with a scout who said this is the biggest difference in pitching between triple A and the majors he has seen in 15 years … probably means huff’s high 4 ERA is really like an 8 ( I may never put a period in an post again)
Ah, random scouts. Dude probably saw a bunch of high-scoring games last week and lost his shit.
by supermarioelia on May 23, 2009 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Three period in a sentence equals an
Ellipse …. I actually have a master’ s just dont care for blog grammar police
I work with a gaggle of PhDs who I would swear are the dumbest people on earth.
The letters after your name rarely mean a thing except to future employers.
I believe in Carl Pavano.
It’s just easier to follow the flow of a conversation when everyone is typing in English. Conversely, misspelling and incorrect punctuation are confusing. That’s all anyone is saying.
I become an expert simply by doing something.
If you didn’t have NC in front of your name, I would swear you were a kinesiologist from New England.
by supermarioelia on May 23, 2009 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions
( I may never put a period in an post again)
Based on past experience, pointless antagonism works wonders here on LGT.
by supermarioelia on May 23, 2009 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Cinci announcer also said that he can tell Joey Votto’s smile today, before the game, was genuine. It was just apparent to him.
He also said that Matt LaPorta, in his first AB, looked like he’s been a major league hitter for 10 years.
He also said that Ryan Braun and Matt LaPorta were coming up in the Brewers’ system at the same time. They’ve never been in the minor leagues together at the same time.
That is the guy we’re dealing with. I don’t want to hear what he or his idiot sources say.
Huff is gone? Why?
Case of the beet bandit. Missing beets from all over the farm, no footprints. Inside job. Mose in socks. Boom. Case closed. -Dwight Schrute
He looked half decent to end that inning though. Wouldn’t have minded letting him try starting the 4th….not like Looch was going to drive in the runner there or anything.
by supermarioelia on May 23, 2009 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions
This was my thought. Make the stupid kid work. Save our frazzled pen for tomorrow to blow Cliff’s lead.
Case of the beet bandit. Missing beets from all over the farm, no footprints. Inside job. Mose in socks. Boom. Case closed. -Dwight Schrute
Joe Mauer.
Case of the beet bandit. Missing beets from all over the farm, no footprints. Inside job. Mose in socks. Boom. Case closed. -Dwight Schrute
Ever. I really disliked the characters and can’t watch stuff when I just want all of the characters to die horribly. See also “Lost,” and “Heroes.”
I did begin the long and ultimately painful process of removing black dye from my hair today, so I cannot say that I am personally free of doing deliberately stupid things.
I believe in Carl Pavano.
He goes along with Ben Stiller and Dane Cook in a dumpster of crap that I can’t believe people enjoy.
Adam Sandler is in this group, for the most part. He has a couple of things I like, though.
I believe in Carl Pavano.
I don’t know who Dane Cook is. I can only think of one movie with Ferrell that I’ve ever seen, and I hated it. But I liked “Dodgeball.” Ben Stiller was in that, wasn’t he? I laughed.
I was going to say I don’t think Ben Stiller has made one movie I liked, but I looked at his filmography and I see he was in “Empire of the Sun”.
I believe in Carl Pavano.
Damn missed it getting lunch
One day I'll get over to watch the Tribe play
by new zealand tribe fan on May 23, 2009 9:01 PM EDT reply actions
Yeah, I can see that.
Now tell me who it is that Huff reminds me of? I’m thinking an actor from the 800s.
Between this and Heath Ledger, I’m not inclined to get into method acting.
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on May 23, 2009 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes. At first you think it might be special effects, but that’s really him. He went on a six month diet of an apple and a can of tuna a day to get to that state.
I believe in Carl Pavano.
How does the body survive on just that?
More importantly, who has the will power to voluntarily keep that diet?
Should be interesting to see how Wedge handles the bullpen… I am guessing Aquino one more and Herges two and who knows
Brad Pitt’s inability to manage a bullpen was my favorite part of that movie. Also, I haven’t seen that movie.
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on May 23, 2009 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions
No, I think Pitt had it correct. The first rule of bullpen management is that there is no bullpen management.
You could really take the Fight Club metaphor pretty far if you were so inclined.
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on May 23, 2009 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe this makes more sense in the relevant thread, but why call Sowers up now? Is the Columbus cupboard really that bare?
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on May 23, 2009 9:17 PM EDT reply actions
And to clarify, I mean when he doesn’t have a start for four days—not the larger question of why is Sowers still considered an option.
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on May 23, 2009 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought the same thing. Without creating spots on the 40, I think only Raffy and Sipp would be available to choose from (after calling up Rundles). Apparently Wedge and company are pretty serious about those two working through whatever it is they need to work through.
Right, this makes sense.
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on May 23, 2009 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions
They’re watching the same games we’re watching
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on May 23, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice getting out of that jam
One day I'll get over to watch the Tribe play
by new zealand tribe fan on May 23, 2009 9:20 PM EDT reply actions
You can play “This Year in History” with his ERA, and George Washington might appear.
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on May 23, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
You can not tell that the Reds are 7 games (in a quarter of the season) better than we are. 7 games.
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