Game Thread: March 5, 2010
by Ryan on Mar 5, 2010 2:36 PM EST
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Cleveland at Cincinnati, 3:00 PM
Justin Masterson vs. Mike Lincoln
INDIANS (0-0): SS Asdrubal Cabrera, CF Grady Sizemore, RF Shin-Soo Choo, DH Travis Hafner, 3B Jhonny Peralta, LF Austin Kearns
Jordan Brown, 1B Andy Marte, 2B Luis Valbuena, C Lou Marson. RHP Justin MastersonREDS (0-0): CF Drew Stubbs, SS Orlando Cabrera, 1B Joey Votto, 2B Brandon Phillips, 3B Scott Rolen, RF Jay Bruce, LF Jonny Gomex, C Ramon Hernandez, DH Drew Stutton. RHP MIke Lincoln.
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I think the early weekend 6-pack might have to make a reappearance next week
by APV on Mar 5, 2010 2:39 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
I have to go do a little teaching…I should be back around 4:05. I’m expecting the game to be 14-0 Indians at that point.
by APV on Mar 5, 2010 2:45 PM EST up reply actions
I’ve got no visuals today, so good descriptions and a little time machining will be key.
by supermarioelia on Mar 5, 2010 2:45 PM EST up reply actions
Luckily I signed up for my account before the events of this week, so I should have visuals via mlb.tv.
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I refused to buy a yearlong subscription this year since I caught very few games in from July on last year. I’ll go month to month and miss out on ST games I guess.
by supermarioelia on Mar 5, 2010 2:51 PM EST up reply actions
Plus I start the new job on July 1st, so this year’s watching will take a hit too.
by supermarioelia on Mar 5, 2010 2:52 PM EST up reply actions
If you can’t beat em, threaten em with the underworld
by supermarioelia on Mar 5, 2010 2:53 PM EST up reply actions
And it doesn’t appear to be subject to international blackouts. Sweet.
by supermarioelia on Mar 5, 2010 3:03 PM EST up reply actions
yup, thanks for the tip, haven’t had any luck with gameday audio yet. and, yeah, mario, it works in canada!
I went to school at Oberlin!
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
by gorilla_baller on Mar 5, 2010 9:42 PM EST up reply actions
I’d love a little play by play. It’s something that’s totally unnecessary during the regular season, but for this kind of game, I think there’s a few of us who would appreciate it. Am I right?
I take that back. He left the bases empty for Grady. Useless.
Steel Nick
by nickjs21 on Mar 5, 2010 3:14 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I think that is ample evidence that Asdrubal should be in the 2-hole. More opportunities to drive people in with the homerun.
by supermarioelia on Mar 5, 2010 3:10 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
I hope everyone did their calisthenics before signing on. 1st Game Thread of the Season. Don’t want anybody to pull anything.
a TOWERING DRIVE to center field, Stubbs coming in …
by Gradyforpresident on Mar 5, 2010 3:15 PM EST up reply actions
Just a quick request for Pronk. If you truly do feel better about yourself, then keep up with the optimism. But if you don’t, don’t frig us around like this.
Acta says Jhonny is gonna have a huge year
by Gradyforpresident on Mar 5, 2010 3:14 PM EST reply actions
Acta’s collective projections are pegging us around 1500 runs.
by supermarioelia on Mar 5, 2010 3:15 PM EST up reply actions
So, you guys think this will be the year that Zack Greinke finally taps into that potential and has a good year?
Steel Nick
I’ve got a name for you guys to remember: Ryan Howard. Scouts say the guy has power that will play in the big leagues.
Steel Nick
Don’t sleep on the Yankees. That team could be playing meaningful ballgames in September.
Steel Nick
I know you’re not going to hear this from those mainstream television guys, but some good baseball gets played in Boston.
Steel Nick
I think it’s Andy Marte’s year to break out. Wait, I don’t think I’m playing this right.
by supermarioelia on Mar 5, 2010 3:19 PM EST up reply actions
i’m gonna go ahead and say it, i’m high on david huff this year
by Gradyforpresident on Mar 5, 2010 3:19 PM EST reply actions
bouncing ball to 1st, knocked down by marte flips to masterson
by Gradyforpresident on Mar 5, 2010 3:21 PM EST reply actions
shapiro knew that as soon as he got austin kearns he’d become an all star
by Gradyforpresident on Mar 5, 2010 3:25 PM EST reply actions
You are one of those terrible Bing commercials.
by Jay on Mar 5, 2010 3:36 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
acta wants 12 pitchers to start the season
by Gradyforpresident on Mar 5, 2010 3:26 PM EST reply actions
Seriously though, lazy fly or decently hit?
by supermarioelia on Mar 5, 2010 3:30 PM EST up reply actions
line drive base hit right center marson
by Gradyforpresident on Mar 5, 2010 3:29 PM EST reply actions
i’m totally drafting marson in my scoresheet league now
by Gradyforpresident on Mar 5, 2010 3:30 PM EST reply actions
So first Asdrubal hits a home run, and now hits a single but can’t steal because someone’s on second. WORST. TABLE SETTER. EVER.
Steel Nick
by nickjs21 on Mar 5, 2010 3:31 PM EST reply actions 5 recs
Can’t even score on a ground rule double.
Steel Nick
by nickjs21 on Mar 5, 2010 3:32 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I just haven’t felt back at LGT until right about now
by Gradyforpresident on Mar 5, 2010 3:32 PM EST reply actions
Dusty Baker pulling his starter 93 pitchers earlier than usual.
You are reading my signature.
by rolub on Mar 5, 2010 3:33 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
It’s ST, time to work on the fundamentals. Remember that your ability to jinx a player is a function of your emotional investment in that player. So you need to be careful with BLC.
by dgcambridge on Mar 5, 2010 3:41 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Hafner walks on a ball that was clearly outside but Reds fans wanted, because they’re blind.
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Teaser from Castro’s latest indians.com story:
Before the first pitch of their first Cactus League game, the Indians scheduled two MRI exams on Friday. It was, obviously, not quite the ratio of games to MRIs the Tribe was hoping for.
he’s on today:
@castrovince
With Eric Wedge gone, who’s Brandon Phillips gonna glare at when he hits a HR off #Indians? Can’t answer yet, because he just grounded out.
You are reading my signature.
by rolub on Mar 5, 2010 3:50 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Interesting question: Will BP and MB have less motivation to go off on the Indians now?
by Jay on Mar 5, 2010 3:51 PM EST up reply actions
Is anyone else on mlb.tv and finding the audio level extraordinary low?
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Strike that, Kerry Wood is still looking like the Indians version of Kerry Wood.
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Leadoff double of Grady’s head. Though, if it was the regular season, I think Grady would have went for it.
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“Double of Grady’s Head” is a drink served in some Cleveland bars. it’s an vodka-espresso martini with a frothy creme cap served in a coffee mug.
by Brick. on Mar 5, 2010 4:07 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
That is unspeakably hilarious. Also, told ya this was the typo-thread.
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Things learned thus far in today’s game (via this thread):
- Droobs is a serious impediment to the rest of the team.
- The bullpen is going to be the weak link while the SP is gonna rock. Masterson will win a Cy Young.
- We will never lose a game.
- Nothing gets past the wall known as Marte – Booya!
I just wanted to believe.
If BP has a picture of Wedge glued to the underside bill of his cap we are in trouble.
I’m not emotional about iPad...
Hegan just mentioned that we’re seeing “vintage Lou Marson”.
You are reading my signature.
by rolub on Mar 5, 2010 4:17 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Student was unhappy with her midterm, even though I have not yet graded it
by APV on Mar 5, 2010 4:25 PM EST up reply actions
at least she’s not a results oriented boob.
by Brick. on Mar 5, 2010 4:26 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Actually she’s an almost freakishly good student…hence her breakdown over her failure to finish the final essay on her midterm
by APV on Mar 5, 2010 4:28 PM EST up reply actions
Ahh, I see. Takes it so seriously she can’t handle failure. Not necessarily a bad trait.
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Meh, I don’t know. I’m going with more bad than good regardless.
< / guy who wants LaPorta to play 150 games in LF >
The drive to succeed is good, the inability to accept failure is bad. I would think that it is easier to learn to accept shortcomings than it is to create a strong desire for success. That’s my argument for good.
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You can’t make a damn thing of yourself if you have one without the other. Drive without perspective is lunacy and perspective without drive is complacency. My experience has been that there are two variables in the equation of success — hard work and talent. What keeps me up at night is, what if the ability to work hard is also a talent?
by fleerdon on Mar 5, 2010 9:33 PM EST up reply actions
i had a student come cry in my office b/c she had a breakdown upon seeing her ex-boyfriend in the olympics. she felt this justified an extension.
awesome….my girlfriend gets many more criers in her office than I do. I typically try to send out the “I’m socially awkward and am not going to be supportive of your crying-vibe”…not always with success.
by APV on Mar 5, 2010 4:29 PM EST up reply actions
yesterday a student wanted to show me her scar from lower abdominal surgery as proof for missing class. that was awkward. (i declined the offer.)
is “lower abdominal surgery” code for “got a tramp stamp tattoo”?
by Brick. on Mar 5, 2010 4:34 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
When I was at Michigan I had a senior offensive lineman from the football team come into my office and totally breakdown. Guy must have been 6’6" 320 pounds. I am not 6’6", nor 320 pounds. I felt a little awkward.
by APV on Mar 5, 2010 4:36 PM EST up reply actions
And yet no threat on the basepaths. Not part of his game.
by Jay on Mar 5, 2010 7:44 PM EST up reply actions
alright I can’t take it anymore, who said this? I remember the broadcast and hearing it but can not remember who said it.
Steve Phillips.
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Mar 6, 2010 7:34 AM EST up reply actions
Santana in and Bixler and Duncan and Brantley in the OF… LAffey in to pitch
< / guy who wants LaPorta to play 150 games in LF >
Wow, I know it’s ST, but the Reds guys really have no clue who our players are.
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Chris Hi-C robs an indian batter of a double, as Marte gets pinch hit for.
< / guy who wants LaPorta to play 150 games in LF >
there is all kinds of wild stuff going on this inning
by Gradyforpresident on Mar 5, 2010 4:37 PM EST reply actions
buscher HR, two hard hit line drive outs, carlos double
by Gradyforpresident on Mar 5, 2010 4:39 PM EST up reply actions
Did they just say Carlos was the best prospect in all of baseball? I mean, I love Carlos and all, but…
Man, I thought that was Victor. Except that he stretched it to a double.
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yeah, my tip-off was that he didn’t tear a hamstring in the process.
by Brick. on Mar 5, 2010 4:41 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I know that I am fairly new to the site, but I was wondering everyones thoughts on Laffey. I think he should be a lock as the #4, but I have read some who dont think that I am wondering why?
I think that if he isn’t in the rotation on opening day, then he is either injured or someone made a clerical error.
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A clerical error like having other pitchers without options?
"Nobody ever thinks, 'Hey, maybe I’m actually an idiot.'" - Jay
by woodsmeister on Mar 5, 2010 4:50 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
That is not a good enough reason. I don’t see any point to not having Laffey in the rotation. He has proven his value in my eyes.
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I’m with you here. I am in the minority, but I think he might be our 2nd best SP.
< / guy who wants LaPorta to play 150 games in LF >
I feel like he is a consistent #3 starter, will probably be 4 in this rotation behind Westy, Fausto and Masterson.
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oh wow.
i totally forgot about fausto being in the rotation.
by Gradyforpresident on Mar 5, 2010 4:50 PM EST up reply actions
He is the hinge here. I think Westbrook and Masterson all can out perform Laffey on a consistent basis. Fausto, he’ll either be the ace of the staff or.. well, not so much.
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There is a lot of love for Laffey here, but there is also considerable concern for his long-term health. Also, what we have seen from Laffey might be the best he has to offer, whereas some of our other guys have a higher potential ceiling. I would like to see him in the rotation, but he might potentially offer more flexibility out of the bullpen.
by APV on Mar 5, 2010 4:51 PM EST up reply actions
Fourthed. 44 starts of league average ERA from ages 22-24 and we’re supposedly the worst rotation in the league. Seems like a no-brainer to me. But there’s the Talbot option game.
I forgot he was a redhead. He needs to get to the bigz soon so my gf has someone to root for.
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I’d like to apologize for my annoying comments regarding Jordan Brown over the past few days. I will now return to my annoying obsession with Wegz, the once and future king.
So far, which of these is the best thing about today’s game:
a) Cabrera’s leadoff HR
b) Choo’s two hits, including a triple
c) Carlos Santana’s 2B
d) Weglarz’s 3-run HR
e) Sweet Lou’s 2-2
f) Masterson’s 3Ks
g) Laffey’s perfect 2 innings
I like the fact that the pitching has been consistently good (or else the Reds hitting has been consistently bad!), and that our catchers have both been productive. And Wegz, of course. Nice first ST game, all in all.
by MTF on Mar 5, 2010 5:13 PM EST up reply actions
I have been studying, I really have, but there’s just a lot going in my life right now, and I don’t want to pull you into the drama, but some people in my life are being real jerks, and it’s just been hard, and so I have a really really hard time concentrating, even though I did study, and I don’t think this answer will be representative of how hard I work, but I think F and G, though I’m probably happiest about D.
by dgcambridge on Mar 5, 2010 5:12 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
"Nobody ever thinks, 'Hey, maybe I’m actually an idiot.'" - Jay
by woodsmeister on Mar 6, 2010 11:24 AM EST up reply actions
Righteous. Spring training games are a lot like the classic games they play on MLB. Guys stay in the box; pitchers step up to the rubber and throw the ball. I used to think it was just misplaced nostalgia when old timers whined about the pace of play in the modern game, but I was watching some games from the 70s and 80s this winter and thinking, man, this is riveting.
by fleerdon on Mar 5, 2010 9:45 PM EST up reply actions
Just saw the Weglarz at-bat on MLB network’s replay. They were on the STO feed during that half inning, and the announcers had no idea who was at the plate. They kept joking about it, until he went deep, and they decided they better figure who it was before he got his fat frame around the bases.
But a great swing on an outside sinker, took it out the opposite way, no doubt.
Lots of opposite field hits today.
This from our friend Paul. I know I dont proofread all the time ,but if I was a beat writer I probably would take the time.
“Perez started the seventh inning and retired the Reds in order. He once again looked like one of the left-handed relievers in the AL.”
YES YES he did PAUL!
I can’t believe the Mets picked up Kiko Calero on a minor league deal. Really? A guy with a sub 2.00 ERA and 69 k’s in 60 innings can’t get a major league contract from someone?
That being said, where were the Indians on this guy? Maybe a 35 year old reliever in the last throes of his career isn’t exactly what we are looking for in the 2010 season.
Anyone else listening? Huff pitching in the first:
K looking,
1b for Cabrera,
K swinging/Cabrera out stealing “by 25 feet”
So far, so good.
No, not you. Your helmet!
by PatBordersHelmet on Mar 6, 2010 3:14 PM EST up reply actions
I was just going to listen and not come over here to see if there was a gamethread, and then Marte hit that homer. So, hi.
I just put some broken down mopeds I need to move out on Craigslist in the hope of turning them into cash.
So far, I’ve only gotten a few bizarre offers for “interesting” trades. Do you guys think a couple “antique brass fire extinguishers” are a fair trade for mopeds?
No, not you. Your helmet!
by PatBordersHelmet on Mar 6, 2010 3:39 PM EST reply actions
Another guy stated he was short on cash, twice, in his e-mail. His offer included “unopened memorabilia” and a “womens LV wallet”.
No, not you. Your helmet!
by PatBordersHelmet on Mar 6, 2010 3:44 PM EST up reply actions
Hilarious. I don’t understand this at all. It sounds like he’s not necessarily in need of a moped, but just someone who likes to trade junk for other different junk, like the Ben Wallace – Shaq trade.
So they’ve got some guest in the both, but he’s not miked, so TH keeps telling us what the guy just said.
I think it’s hangover from late last season when Hammy and Mike really began treating the broadcasts like no one was listening a la Harry Doyle in Major League.
No, not you. Your helmet!
by PatBordersHelmet on Mar 6, 2010 3:42 PM EST up reply actions
Brantley is on my A staff.
No, not you. Your helmet!
by PatBordersHelmet on Mar 6, 2010 3:53 PM EST up reply actions
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