Game Thread: September 4, 2009
by Ryan on Sep 4, 2009 6:45 PM EDT
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Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Indians, Sep 4, 2009 7:05 PM EDT
Lineups:
Minnesota: LF Span, SS Cabrera, C Mauer, 1B Morneau, DH Kubel, RF Cuddyer, 3B Harris, CF Gomez, 2B Casilla, P Pavano
Cleveland: CF Brantley, LF Carroll, SS Cabrera, 3B Peralta, DH Hafner, RF LaPorta, 2B Valbuena, 1B Marte, C Shoppach, P Sowers
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almost too quiet
My uncle says you've got a screw loose.
Your uncle molests collies.
by gorilla_baller on Sep 4, 2009 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
(insert traumatic event here)
Here Lies the Victor Martinez Era:
Sept. 10, 2002 - July 31, 2009
by USSChoo on Sep 4, 2009 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was beginning to worry that I was the only one here. And I’m in my car!
CFO of Klezmer
by salome on Sep 4, 2009 7:14 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
If JayZ can proclaim himself the CEO of hip-hop, then nothing can stop me from being the CFO of klezmer.
CFO of Klezmer
by salome on Sep 4, 2009 7:19 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
After googling klezmer, this might be the funniest signature I’ve seen. Especially given it’s origin and its alterations.
Here Lies the Victor Martinez Era:
Sept. 10, 2002 - July 31, 2009
by USSChoo on Sep 4, 2009 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Immensely well… in cred.
CFO of Klezmer
by salome on Sep 4, 2009 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Someone used to use that sig over at TCF – was that you? I’m sort of a financial exec, so I notice that stuff.
by kennesawmountainwahoo on Sep 4, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Until you look it up, Klezmer sounds like a credible name for a pharmaceutical company. And I have no idea why I think that.
by kennesawmountainwahoo on Sep 4, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Johnny Peralta looks like Chief Wiggum.
by Cleveland Indians on Sep 4, 2009 7:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey Chief, can I hold my gun sideways? It looks so cool.
My uncle says you've got a screw loose.
Your uncle molests collies.
by gorilla_baller on Sep 4, 2009 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Choo would’ve driven in Carroll from second.
by Cleveland Indians on Sep 4, 2009 7:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Forever and ever, amen.
Here Lies the Victor Martinez Era:
Sept. 10, 2002 - July 31, 2009
by USSChoo on Sep 4, 2009 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, nothing like a weekly no-hitter scare from Jeremy Sowers!
by supermarioelia on Sep 4, 2009 7:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I have a feeling I know how it will end.
by Toxicadam on Sep 4, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have a feeling we all do. Sigh.
Here Lies the Victor Martinez Era:
Sept. 10, 2002 - July 31, 2009
by USSChoo on Sep 4, 2009 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s gonna be different tonight.
by supermarioelia on Sep 4, 2009 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
tonight is the night that sowers opens the eyes of the world?
My uncle says you've got a screw loose.
Your uncle molests collies.
by gorilla_baller on Sep 4, 2009 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jeremy Sowers might be the only pitcher in major league baseball that makes everyone nervous by starting a game with two perfect innings. If he goes three, we’re doomed.
Here Lies the Victor Martinez Era:
Sept. 10, 2002 - July 31, 2009
by USSChoo on Sep 4, 2009 7:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He may just lead the league in this category.
by supermarioelia on Sep 4, 2009 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
OPS+ against by inning:
1st 47 (“alright good start Jeremy”)
2nd 32 (“great, great. fooling the big bats, just stay calm”)
3rd 65 (“still cruising, controlling the damage”)
4th 69 (“I’ve got it. Finally solved the puzzle. I am Jeremy! Too smart for this game”)
5th 174 (“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”)
6th 166 (“This damn game! I hate this game. I hate this friggin’ game! Stupid game.” /throws glove in dumpster)
by dgcambridge on Sep 4, 2009 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sowers was probably a beast in little league. Four innings and turn it over to the pen.
by supermarioelia on Sep 4, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly. Quality Little League Start.
by dgcambridge on Sep 4, 2009 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i played with a guy who BIT his glove apart after a game like this… no dumpster needed if you can digest leather
My uncle says you've got a screw loose.
Your uncle molests collies.
by gorilla_baller on Sep 4, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
something like this… just fatter than weaver or burnett or whoever this is
My uncle says you've got a screw loose.
Your uncle molests collies.
by gorilla_baller on Sep 4, 2009 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s what I thought… and now that I look again his name is stitched into his glove. Usually a giveaway
My uncle says you've got a screw loose.
Your uncle molests collies.
by gorilla_baller on Sep 4, 2009 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Awesome. I once finished an IM soccer game, walked off the field, and threw away my cheap cleats.
by dgcambridge on Sep 4, 2009 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
My biggest question isn’t how he becomes so easy to hit, it is how can he continue to be effective 1-4.. is it more of a drop off in performance than learning his approach? Because if it was just learning his approach you would think teams would know now going in. Then again, maybe they just don’t care to study it, because they know they’ll figure it out in time to score 6-7 anyway.
Here Lies the Victor Martinez Era:
Sept. 10, 2002 - July 31, 2009
by USSChoo on Sep 4, 2009 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice Pronk. I credit our medical staff with that walk.
by supermarioelia on Sep 4, 2009 7:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Good work by Hafner. Pavano knew exactly how to pitch him, but Hafner didn’t bite.
by Toxicadam on Sep 4, 2009 7:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I feel like everyone knows how to pitch him now, he just needs to buckle down on giving in.
Here Lies the Victor Martinez Era:
Sept. 10, 2002 - July 31, 2009
by USSChoo on Sep 4, 2009 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do you think Grady is worried about losing his leadoff position or is he resigned to it?
by palcal on Sep 4, 2009 7:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Can we transplant Pavano’s brain into Fausto’s head?
by Toxicadam on Sep 4, 2009 7:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Can we transplant Paul Byrd’s brain into Fausto’s head? Minus the tumour?
by supermarioelia on Sep 4, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yea, he’s another one. Although I think I would pick Pavano if I had a choice.
by Toxicadam on Sep 4, 2009 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Okay: Transplant Paul Byrd’s dentist’s head on to Fausto’s dentist’s body.
by odradek on Sep 4, 2009 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think we could transfer shoulder’s and arms with a fair amount of success.
Here Lies the Victor Martinez Era:
Sept. 10, 2002 - July 31, 2009
by USSChoo on Sep 4, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
shoulder’s and arms
Brilliant work, self.
Here Lies the Victor Martinez Era:
Sept. 10, 2002 - July 31, 2009
by USSChoo on Sep 4, 2009 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What’s your educational background? Do you need to be held accountable for this? hah
My uncle says you've got a screw loose.
Your uncle molests collies.
by gorilla_baller on Sep 4, 2009 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I do need held accountable for this. All people need held accountable for this stuff, haha.
Here Lies the Victor Martinez Era:
Sept. 10, 2002 - July 31, 2009
by USSChoo on Sep 4, 2009 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
are you aware of a successful fastball transplant?
My uncle says you've got a screw loose.
Your uncle molests collies.
by gorilla_baller on Sep 4, 2009 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Groundbreaking, we can pull it off.
Here Lies the Victor Martinez Era:
Sept. 10, 2002 - July 31, 2009
by USSChoo on Sep 4, 2009 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I want a day off for Andy.
(this was a successful stimulus for an Andy homer the first time I tried this)
by supermarioelia on Sep 4, 2009 7:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
This is where Marte is going to get into trouble. He can not keep pulling EVERYTHING and hope to be successful.
My uncle says you've got a screw loose.
Your uncle molests collies.
by gorilla_baller on Sep 4, 2009 7:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
With the way he drives, or doesn’t drive, into the ball with his lower body, it looks like he’d fall over if he tried to go the other way.
Here Lies the Victor Martinez Era:
Sept. 10, 2002 - July 31, 2009
by USSChoo on Sep 4, 2009 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You think Underwood has a planned line for what to say if Sowers throws a perfect game? He must, right?
by supermarioelia on Sep 4, 2009 7:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I have it on mute obviously. Watching Canada-Dominican Republic in basketball too.
by supermarioelia on Sep 4, 2009 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hope it’s something as cool as the “El Presidente, El Perfecto!!!” that Dave Van Horne busted out for Dennis Martinez.
by supermarioelia on Sep 4, 2009 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He had four writers working around the clock for that one.
by odradek on Sep 4, 2009 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s a little weird that Carroll is in the OF instead of Crowe, right? I mean, it’s Crowe, but still….
by dgcambridge on Sep 4, 2009 7:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Figure they’re giving Crowe another day off.
Also, Wedge is just soaking up that Jamey Carroll goodness while he still can.
by Jay on Sep 4, 2009 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think tonight’s the night for Jer. Too many decently-hit balls.
by supermarioelia on Sep 4, 2009 7:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Haha I love how openly we’re talking about the perfect game here, only because he’s teased us so frequently.
by supermarioelia on Sep 4, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist couldn’t pitch
My uncle says you've got a screw loose.
Your uncle molests collies.
by gorilla_baller on Sep 4, 2009 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gah, meant to say Kaiser Sozers….frig I ruined that one.
by supermarioelia on Sep 4, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was just thinking that. It’s very freeing.
by dgcambridge on Sep 4, 2009 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
This offense needs to break out of its funk.
by dgcambridge on Sep 4, 2009 7:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Trey Haley on the mound again tonight for LC. Would be really nice if he good have a 3rd good start, after starting so clueless.
by dgcambridge on Sep 4, 2009 7:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of things not being fair in life, Charlie V is playing for the Dominican, meanwhile Steve Nash won’t play for Canada.
by supermarioelia on Sep 4, 2009 7:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Well at least not Jer’s 9 innings of perfection won’t go in vain, and he’ll at least get the W
by supermarioelia on Sep 4, 2009 7:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
We avoid the debate about whether pitching 9 perfect innings, and then handing it over to the bullpen to lose in extras, should count.
by dgcambridge on Sep 4, 2009 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn’t want to have that debate tonight. I’m still tired from work.
by supermarioelia on Sep 4, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Physically tired, or mentally tired? I’m usually the latter.
CFO of Klezmer
by salome on Sep 4, 2009 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
mentally. clinic is fine physically since i can sit down.
by supermarioelia on Sep 4, 2009 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
When runs are this hard to come by I’ll take it.
My uncle says you've got a screw loose.
Your uncle molests collies.
by gorilla_baller on Sep 4, 2009 7:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Runner on base? Hafner will flail away.
by Toxicadam on Sep 4, 2009 7:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, made me eat my words. He smoked it.
by Toxicadam on Sep 4, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was about to mock you…but good work.
by dgcambridge on Sep 4, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Aw. Standing ovation for coming so close.
by dgcambridge on Sep 4, 2009 7:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Meh, at least he’s still potentially the best long man in baseball.
by supermarioelia on Sep 4, 2009 7:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hammy has got to be so pissed right now.
by dgcambridge on Sep 4, 2009 8:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He can’t heap praises upon the Twins. His will to announce is hanging on the thread that is Mauer’s next AB.
My uncle says you've got a screw loose.
Your uncle molests collies.
by gorilla_baller on Sep 4, 2009 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kubel is OPSing over 1.300 through 40+ ABs against the Indians… damn
My uncle says you've got a screw loose.
Your uncle molests collies.
by gorilla_baller on Sep 4, 2009 8:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That might have been a triple play if there weren’t any outs…. maybe.
by Logodaedalus on Sep 4, 2009 8:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
possibly.
This is Victor's home. Victor Jose, you too.
by westbrook on Sep 4, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did I miss the 174 OPS+ against inning yet?
Here Lies the Victor Martinez Era:
Sept. 10, 2002 - July 31, 2009
by USSChoo on Sep 4, 2009 8:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Al not only spouting the company line on prospects, but now giving some love to the Cleve.
by bewwolv on Sep 4, 2009 8:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Cliff Lee has given up 5 hits in 1 inning of work so far.
by Toxicadam on Sep 4, 2009 8:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow, pitcher got a double off of Lee and he is down 2-0 .. now outs in the 2nd.
by Toxicadam on Sep 4, 2009 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sowers looks dead now. His arm looks like a wet noodle.
by Toxicadam on Sep 4, 2009 8:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That’s a lot of Mariah in a row there on the right….
by Logodaedalus on Sep 4, 2009 8:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I know .. thanks for breaking it up .. I need to go …
by Toxicadam on Sep 4, 2009 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, with that woman’s bladder….
by Logodaedalus on Sep 4, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Someone needs to hit a home run so that I may exclaim “Pavano, you magnificent bastard! I read your book!”
That is all I’ve got.
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Force quit and move to trash.
by vbc3 on Sep 4, 2009 8:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think you say that when we win.
CFO of Klezmer
by salome on Sep 4, 2009 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Missing the reference here, but it sounds nice.
by Jay on Sep 4, 2009 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Patton is yelling it at Rommel, who is actually not present.
CFO of Klezmer
by salome on Sep 4, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is Jay done defending Shoppach?
He is garbage
Len Barker perfect game attendee
by SeattleVinny on Sep 4, 2009 8:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
“Veras”?
A CHAINSAW! GET SOME MEAT!
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Force quit and move to trash.
by vbc3 on Sep 4, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What happens in Veras stays in Veras.
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Force quit and move to trash.
by vbc3 on Sep 4, 2009 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
My approximation of a weighty insight.
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Force quit and move to trash.
by vbc3 on Sep 4, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tried to scan something at 3:30 this afternoon, and finally have it scanned as of five minutes ago. Bah.
by Ryan on Sep 4, 2009 9:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Mahay pitching with his eighth MLB team. Seems par for the course for a left-handed reliever.
by Ryan on Sep 4, 2009 9:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hunter Pence took Cliff deep. Things are ugly for a second start in a row.
by xrickx on Sep 4, 2009 9:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
You’re saying he may have fallen off a… um… Phifer?
by Logodaedalus on Sep 4, 2009 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
God, poor Boston.
Heh.
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Force quit and move to trash.
by vbc3 on Sep 4, 2009 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Byrd’s line is uuugly.
2.1 IP, 10 H, 7 ER, 3 SO, 0 BB
At least he’s still throwing strikes.
by Ryan on Sep 4, 2009 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe he should think about throwing fewer strikes.
by Jay on Sep 4, 2009 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Byrd’s line is uuugly.
This is Victor's home. Victor Jose, you too.
by westbrook on Sep 4, 2009 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
attempt dos
Byrd’s lineis uuugly.
This is Victor's home. Victor Jose, you too.
by westbrook on Sep 4, 2009 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We need some partay time here. Andy has looked bad.
by Toxicadam on Sep 4, 2009 9:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I will not be optimistic on Andy until I see him drive something to right field. It doesn’t need to be a homerun—-just drive something.
by xrickx on Sep 4, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It seems like guys have been pitching him away this last week realizing that he’s failing to adjust to anything on that side of the plate
My uncle says you've got a screw loose.
Your uncle molests collies.
by gorilla_baller on Sep 4, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which doesn’t mean that he’ll never adjust.
by Jay on Sep 4, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s why I like this time of the year. Marte gets to play a lot and in the process his inadequacies get exposed. I’m counting on him making that adjustment. Something he wouldn’t have been able to do in the past with spotty playing time.
My uncle says you've got a screw loose.
Your uncle molests collies.
by gorilla_baller on Sep 4, 2009 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Only a matter of time before somebody said this.
by Jay on Sep 4, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is there a more unheralded lefty masher in either league than Matt Diaz?
by xrickx on Sep 4, 2009 9:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Traded straight up for Ricardo Rodriguez. Yeah, that one.
by Ryan on Sep 4, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would say Detroit is running away with the division, but it’s really the rest of the division running away from Detroit.
by Ryan on Sep 4, 2009 9:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I would run away from Detroit too if I were them.
by Logodaedalus on Sep 4, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was talking with a coworker and a Study Director today about where to find jobs in our field, since Cleveland is losing them at record pace. Coworker didn’t want to look too far from Cleveland in case she needed to drive back for family issues, so I said “Columbus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis… maybe Detroit” and the SD cut me off and said “Detroit’s a shithole. Don’t go there”.
I applauded him.
CFO of Klezmer
by salome on Sep 4, 2009 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
As bad as things are economically in NE Ohio, they’re much worse in Michigan.
by Ryan on Sep 4, 2009 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
My parents like to make cracks about how bad crime is in Cleveland, but the last rating I saw had Cleveland down near 25 on violent crime and St. Louis at 4.
Detroit is 2.
CFO of Klezmer
by salome on Sep 4, 2009 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
In Cleveland the criminals go out looking for people to rob, but the streets are empty.
by odradek on Sep 5, 2009 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We dropped? Darn it! That was my claim to fame. I come from the second most dengerous city in the US.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Sep 5, 2009 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Roy Halladay’s working on a one-hitter against the Yanks.
by xrickx on Sep 4, 2009 9:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
this
This is Victor's home. Victor Jose, you too.
by westbrook on Sep 4, 2009 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kerry Wood with “four plus pitches”.
by Logodaedalus on Sep 4, 2009 9:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
No good swings against Wood. No errors. No bad baserunning. No walks for Sowers. Some nights…
by xrickx on Sep 4, 2009 9:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Third place will be ours!!! ::shakes fist::
by Toxicadam on Sep 4, 2009 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
twas nice
This is Victor's home. Victor Jose, you too.
by westbrook on Sep 4, 2009 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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