Gameday Thread, #44: 5/18 vs. Tigers
by Jim McLennan on May 18, 2008 2:13 PM EDT
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Time for the offense to wake up, and start tattooing these Detroit pitchers, like the American League has been doing. Robertson has managed one quality start all season, and our lineup has also tended to enjoy facing left-handed pitching so far. On the other hand, Johnson has only managed one quality start for us either this year; he's been up and down, and also more than a little prone to giving up the long-ball. He tends to either walk people or give up a good number of hits, which is a worrying combination.
I will be around early, but we've got a friend coming over for dinner and web-site advice, so I may not be commenting too much later on. It'd certainly be nice for us to score a good number of runs early on, and push Johnson towards career win #288. After a couple of days off, and with no game tomorrow, we should be able to use A-bullpen members like Lyon and Qualls once again: Cruz and Medders may not be available.
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Running late
but on my way to the game again. Suppose to be another huge crowd.
Come on Randy! Turn those Tiger roars into meows!
You can stand under my umbrella
by unnamedDBacksfan on May 18, 2008 3:45 PM EDT reply actions
Disturbingly quick
1-2-3 go the Diamondbacks, with two K’s. On the basis of that, doesn’t look like the offense are going to do any better today…
We're going to need
to go through the lineup 3x again, possibly, since we’ve never seen this guy before.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Hey
Lets do this RJ :)
Just back from baseball, we lost :( Diary updated for those following along.
So...time for another drink then?
Cheers
Yeah, it was one of those frustrating losses where you lost because our stupid mistakes rather then being outplayed but it’s a long season so plenty of chances to make amends :)
So...time for another drink then?
Sounds familiar
“Frustrating losses where you lost because of our stupid mistakes rather then being outplayed.” I think we all know what that’s like! :-)
by Jim McLennan on May 18, 2008 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Johsnson, despite some runs, looks ok
Our offence though hasn’t really showed up this series so far though…
by singaporedbacksfan on May 18, 2008 4:28 PM EDT reply actions
Sounds like another
Good reception for Eric,
C’mon son repay their faith :)
So...time for another drink then?
April 25
Only two extra-base hits since then too. :-( See yesterday’s recap.
by Jim McLennan on May 18, 2008 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I blame you.
2-0 popup.
Reynolds hasn’t yet earned the Byrnes treatment, since he’s young and making hardly anything, but he REALLY needs to work with Rick Schu.
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D'oh
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
Im okay with the attempt. Pudge isn't the same guy behind the dish as of 5 years ago.
by Augie's Army on May 18, 2008 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
And, it appears
Byrnes isn’t the same guy on the basepaths as of last year. :-( Four stolen-bases and three caught stealing: that’s well short of the necessary success rate to break even.
by Jim McLennan on May 18, 2008 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
He's throwing out 32%, and Byrnes still has sore legs.
I doubt it came from the bench.
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Great...
What Skins said, my only thought is that with Randy up he felt he had to be in scoring position?
So...time for another drink then?
Burke was at bat.
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
So if Bam Bam is safe then are they going to give Burke anything to hit? Probably not, so then you burn through RJ in the batting order.
Renteria
is singlehandedly trying to get Randy out of the game.
10 pitch BB.
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Dammit, I was going to make a comment about how few pitches Randy's thrown.
But….. nvm.
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45 pitches through 3 for RJ.
I’ll take that, although it’s a damned shame about that 10 pitch walk.
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27 pitches through 3 for Robertson.
That is NOT getting it done.
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Maybe we should start having all the opposing teams wear Rockies uniforms- that might help.
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
Fox Sports just misspelled Roger's last name on the ticker.
Called him “Clemons” rather than “Clemens”.
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Foulpole
what’s the letter used for a foulout? I know that caused some confusion between you and soco during one game.
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Wikpedia is your friend
According to this, it’d be FF.
by Jim McLennan on May 18, 2008 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks Jim.
Apparently foulpole still has some kind of internet grudge against me.
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Come on, offense!
Let’s get a lead here!
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
ARGH
Our guys have decided that instead of hitting home runs, they’re going to try popping it up every AB.
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They’re suffering from second degree Byrnes?
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
by kishi on May 18, 2008 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
A hit!
Upton singles. Now let’s get some more.
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
THERE'S the first hit.
Jupton: A bright spot during every dark stretch.
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CoJack!
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
CoJack with a double....
Yet, Jupton stops at 3rd instead of home…. dammit…..
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Oops
Upton botches things on the base-paths, missed second-base and had to go back to touch it – that cost us a run. Up to Eric to redeem the error…
I wouldn't expect Eric to be able to redeem ANYONE else's error right now.
Let’s work on him redeeming himself first.
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Not be be redundant but there are many miscues that do not show up in the “stats.” And more so for the guys that do it repeatedly.
Yeah,
things like popping up with no outs and a guy on third base, grounding into a double play with no outs and the bases loaded… It just goes on and on and on.
Or...
Failing to get down a bunt, then failing to run it out when you pop it up. Or trying to advance on an infield fly.
by Jim McLennan on May 18, 2008 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Grace is now saying "don't look at the ball"
Didn’t a couple games ago he chastise Upton for “not being his own third base coach”?
With two outs
It doesn’t matter. You just run as hard as you can.
by Jim McLennan on May 18, 2008 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Dangit
Pop-up by Byrnes.
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
Well,
he WAS our first hit of the game, so we’ll call it even.
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Well he certainly gets a little more leeway
since he’s young and isn’t expected to have the same Major League instincts as our veterans, and because HE’S PERFORMING WELL OFFENSIVELY.
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Aren’t those “instincts’ something he should have developed after playing baseball for umpteen years though?
As we saw yesterday...
Even those with a decade more experience still make mental mistakes.
by Jim McLennan on May 18, 2008 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Yup. It’s not like most of these guys haven’t been playing organized ball since they were 5 years old or anything.
I think there's a pretty big difference
between playing heady, fundamentally sound baseball in little leagues and playing it in the major leagues.
It’s not the pressure of the big stage. It’s that the game is so much faster. You have less time to react and even the “routine” plays have to be made extremely quickly and efficiently. What seems easy to us, may not be when you’re running full out trying to go first to home knowing that it’s major leaguers looking to get you out – not the guys on your local softball league.
Not leaning on it
But it’d mean, even if we lost, we wouldn’t drop any ground to them. And if we win, we’ll be back to 5.5 games up.
by Jim McLennan on May 18, 2008 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions
This one
Doesn’t seem nearly so irritating. To be honest, reminds me of me when I was young. :-) Of course, Reynolds getting a hit makes me feel kindly towards him.
by Jim McLennan on May 18, 2008 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Not so lucky for the rabbit, was it?
by Jim McLennan on May 18, 2008 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
That face whereyou open your eyes really wide in disbelief or surprize
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
A bunt here is only acceptable
In the bottom of the ninth inning of a tie game. Maybe even if you’re down by one.
And even then it better be a damned good bunter
Whoa... what?
PB, and Reynolds goes to 2nd… what was Pudge doing at first? He just stood up and looked the other way. Trying to fool the runner or something?
Of course, it’s irrelevant, because they just walked Burke.
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Bases juiced, no outs.
Reynolds probably could have gone home, I think….
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Had to wait
And make sure it wasn’t caught before he could advance.
by Jim McLennan on May 18, 2008 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Bases loaded
No outs…
Come on, Randy!
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
Alright!
Go, CY!
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
How does Grace's bases loaded hitting approach
differ from the non-bases loaded hitting approach?
“Wait for a strike and swing with bad intentions”
Dahlian, I think you should do a FanPost, complete with poll.
Gracie? Or this kid?
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Whoa.... remember, "older" is a relative term.
He’s like 10. His “older sister” could be 11.
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Every kid
should have an older sister at least 18 years of age.
That should be a constitutional amendment.
"Every kid"?
How bout “every COOL kid”.... now THAT might fly.
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Bases loaded, no outs, but we could only get 2.
Hope it doesn’t bite us in the arse.
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First time this series that we've had a 2 run lead.
Also the first we’ve taken the lead first.
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Better than none
Hopefully, Johnson can now post a zero. One more would then let us turn it over to Qualls, Pena and Lyon down the stretch. But I wouldn’t object to him going seven scoreless.
Randy
really REALLY wants to get to 300.
At least, he’s pitching like it.
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He wasn't so awful
I’m just waiting for one to go up there and start explaining why Grace’s aversion to OPS+ is mis-placed. :-)
by Jim McLennan on May 18, 2008 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Ah, Randy's perfect game.
Easily the best thing about that 2004 season.
Besides Justin Upton.
I love all the replays of that 27th out, the way the entire Atlanta crowd gave him a standing O.
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Well, 2004 would explain it,
since I was on the east coast all year.
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It's actually
the big reason why I respect the Atlanta crowd. Could you imagine how, say, the Phillies, Padres, or Cubs fans would react?
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What an old coot. I love rewatchinig Randy’s perfect game and all the guys jumping up and down around Randy.
Ah.
And here I thought you had gotten over your anti-DbacksSkins grudge.
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I still have the DVD
At the time I always thought of myself as a fan of the old color scheme. When they announced the change, I thought the new uniforms were o.k., but unnecessary.
Then a few months into the 2007 season, I went and rewatched my DVD of the perfect game and thought “my god, I can’t believe this team ever wore such absolutely hideous uniforms.”
When the colors
look bad in a perfect game, you KNOW they were lousy.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Send him for the seventh,
but for the love of god have someone warming.
If there are ever two more men on base than outs recorded, pull him.
by dahlian on May 18, 2008 5:43 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
1-2-3 for Randy
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
Okay, if the D'backs were in LOTR.who are they?
Byrnes is obviously Boromir
Randy is Tree beard.
Upton and Young are Merry and Pippin
BoMel is Gandaf
Any others?
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
Wouldn't Steinbrenner be Sauron?
Jeff Moorad is more like Denethor—good intentions underneath, but unable to see the light.
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Shouldn't Randy
Be Frodo? After all, he is the only guy on the squad who is the bearer of a ring. :-)
by Jim McLennan on May 18, 2008 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Gandalf was a ringbearer, too- he wore one of the Rings given to the Elves.
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
by kishi on May 18, 2008 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yes, but...
There’s only ONE ring that counts.
No matter what the Rockies may try to tell you. :-)
by Jim McLennan on May 18, 2008 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Their false rings....
....turned 9 Kings of Men into wraiths.
Wow… that actually works. The Rockies are the Ringwraiths.
Plus, the Ringwraiths never really beat anyone good.
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Aw, but it fits
Gandalf’s ring, Narya, is the Ring of Fire, and that just seems appropriate for a man known for throwing heat. =)
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
BoMel
is a ringbearer too.
What about RJ and Schill as Elrond and Elros, respectively? Schill is long gone, but RJ is still around, albeit old, and not much of a fighter anymore.
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Sometimes, Byrnes seems a bit Gollum…
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
And has been heard
Referring to his contract as “My precious…” :-)
by Jim McLennan on May 18, 2008 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions
CoJack
As Faramir as he stepped out of his older brother Boromir’s (Tony Clark) shadow when he died ;)
So...time for another drink then?
KGib might be more like Aragorn.
Pretty old, doesn’t necessarily look it, a longtime fighter himself, and still kicks ass.
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Is there any benign, but useless character
that always seems to be hanging around the protagonists even though nobody has a clue why he’s there?
That guy could be Hammock.
Tom Bombadil
a.k.a. Sir Not-Appearing-in-the-movie?
by Jim McLennan on May 18, 2008 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Obviously one of the Shire hobbits.
One of the Brandybucks or something.
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2 out single for Reynolds.
2 hit game will do very nicely, Mark, thank you very much.
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I appreciate
Sutton’s subtle snark about that damned victory song.
“It goes, ‘I back, you back, we back the DBacks’”
“Did you help write those lyrics”
“No, I’m not that smart”
There we go! The Maggs boot and poor throw results in a run!
Sweet!!
Nice piece of hitting by Burke there!
I want Randy to pitch the seventh,
but my desire draws the line at him hitting with two outs and runners on second and third.
This game could be blown wide open here. I’m not sure if the tail end of Randy’s effectiveness is worth giving that up.
Awesome
I love it when people walk Randy Johnson.
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
Especially
since his strike zone is slightly larger than Rhode Island.
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BB RBI!
Gotta love those walks.
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
Which Tigers reliever will they put on to walk Drew?
by UofAZGrad on May 18, 2008 5:56 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Wow.
The Rockies and Padres SUCK. They couldn’t even win the Steven Strasburg Derby.
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That's my reaction,
although a Padres friend of mine did make me promise that in his presence I would root for the Padres to be the worst team in baseball.
In private, though, I only want them to be the third-worst team. The Rockies should be number two and then one of the overpaid, overhyped AL teams can be rewarded for their incompetence with Strassburg.
I feel that.
Been thinking the same thing… see one of those crappy Junior League teams pick him up… Mariners, or something.
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CAR
You know for the “most athletic team in baseball”, the Diamondbacks sure did mosey on the last couple of PAs, what gives? Almost as if they were strolling.
I think
Any description of us as “the most athletic team in baseball” inevitably comes with an * and a footnote indicating that Randy Johnson is excluded from this offer. :-)
by Jim McLennan on May 18, 2008 5:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Four-run lead
I guess, having let him hit, we send Johnson out there again, but I hope we have the A-pen warming in the corner.
Brandon Webb's hound dog
looks like him, AND looks like the perfect Kentucky dog.
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So that's Mrs. Eric Byrnes
Former Pad Squadder. ‘Adopt a Pet’ at the park. And I thought they were trying to discourage the acquisition of pets on an impulse basis?
hmm slump
After glimpsing Mrs. Byrnes, I wouldn’t pay too much to my swing either.
by UofAZGrad on May 18, 2008 6:04 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
let me add
I was on the fence before but Mrs. Bam Bam clinches it. I will NEVER boo Eric Byrnes.
by UofAZGrad on May 18, 2008 6:06 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Evening
You missed a good game. Well, the last couple of innings were pretty good. :-)
by Jim McLennan on May 18, 2008 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I got home in time to see Reynolds score ^^
- The Question is: What is manah-manah?
- The Question is: Who cares!?
Probably not
I think they said he’s at 98 pitches right now.
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
Great start from Randy
7 scoreless innings, and that big walk last inning. Great to see him back.
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
Applause
Seven shutout innings. Best outing of the year so far, and again, he seemed to get better as he went along.
Randy Johnson for the Cy Young.
Just kidding.
I hope he gets a few votes just out of respect, though.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
I'd give him 15 more pitches to see what he gets
- The Question is: What is manah-manah?
- The Question is: Who cares!?
Looks like RJ's hitting the showers and getting high fives in the dugout.
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Upton hitting lots of opposite field flies
- The Question is: What is manah-manah?
- The Question is: Who cares!?
Eric, Eric, Eric...
Did you not learn anything? Today, we’ve had two pop-ups and a first-pitch ground-out. Not very encouraging.
Mark Grace:
“spitting out” the concept of defensive efficiency.
No really, this guy is just great. He’s an excellent educator of this Arizona fan base.
shoewizard name check
“Disappointed” at Grace’s contempt for the new math.
by Jim McLennan on May 18, 2008 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh nothing, just flipping channels to see what was happening in Game 7 of the playoffs. One point game now.
OH.
For a second, I thought you were talking baseball… I was dreadfully confused.
Not that I care any more about the NBA than I do any Red Sux game.
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Orlando Hud..... err, Chris Burke
Showing off his AWESOME vertical, stealing a hit.
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Nice job CoJack, going after that ball,
and nice job by Qualls rushing over to 1st to get the out.
Prevented CoJack from getting another error.
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Obviously, he totally sucks.
Eric Byrnes would have made that play the FIRST time.
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Phew
Good recovery by Jackson to turn that into an out. But I see Kirk Gibson swatting some grounders down the line in his near-future…
I don’t shoe’s stuff (as I have in the distant past) but I did read diamondhacks response and feel that I kind of got the jist of shoe’s post.
Serious question, and you probably won't answer, because you're ignoring me these days.
Do you EVER read comments from people who disagree with you?
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What drama!
Who cares? Since so much of the “disagreement” is really nasty and personal, it’s probably a good idea to ignore it. When people can’t let something go & keep pushing at it over and over, sometimes the bigger person makes a decision to just move the fuck on. When two people join forces to continually bag on one person, it’s downright nauseating. C’mon, guys. Grow up. It’s a game. Disagreements don’t have to be so nasty and full of snide comments. That’s the major reason I’ve quit coming around here lately.
by azshadowwalker on May 18, 2008 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I can't speak for skins,
but when certain posters say things that I continually try to make legitimate points about, says things that I disagree with and when I raise my issues about it with him, he doesn’t even try to defend his position, then yeah, I’m going to find it hard to take seriously anything he says.
Disagreement is good, but to be unwilling to defend your opinions with your detractors is, well, not good.
by dahlian on May 18, 2008 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Agreed.
See my responses below.
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by DbacksSkins on May 18, 2008 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I kind of view this site as a pub that I go to to enjoy the game with other D-back fans. If there are a few “regulars” that go to the pub and I don’t get pleasure out of listening to them while I’m there, then I will just avoid them. If the entire pub turns into that type of “fan” then, eventually, I have to find another pub.
Don’t let the ones that turn you off from coming to the pub unless it gets to be too much. Just iggy the hand full that make it less than pleasurable. Come on in, have a beer and enjoy the game!
No, disagreements do NOT have to be nasty. I agree.
Although I’m not entirely sure which disagreement you’re referring to as being “nasty”.
Foulpole is entirely within his rights to ignore whoever he wants, of course. The problem is, he’s being a bit childish, in that he’s only ignoring those who vigorously disagree with him the most that resigning Eric Byrnes was a mistake, Upton is not a terrible defender, most baseball people still expected Carlos Quentin to be a big star even after last year, Edgar Gonzalez is a very versatile and useful member of the roster, etc. He’s now ignoring myself, dahlian, and admittedly shoewizard, even. He’s probably ignoring other people, too, but I haven’t specifically noticed.
So, I asked him a completely serious and legitimate question, because he’s continually making statements and ignoring anybody who doesn’t agree with him 100%. The point of a baseball site like this is give-and-take, discussion, cheering our favorite team together, debating personnel decisions, etc. If foulpole isn’t interested in talking to people who disagree with his POV, then he probably shouldn’t be discussing baseball in a public forum. If he’s not prepared to defend his statements, he shouldn’t be making them in the first place. But to decide to come here, post FanPosts, make comments, and just ignore anyone who doesn’t agree with him—not only WHEN they disagree, but continually, and to make a show of it, is AT THE VERY LEAST, poor manners. Apparently, foulpole is trying to create his own personal Gaslamp Ball, only by censoring dissenters passively rather than actively.
To hijack his analogy a bit, if he were to walk into a pub, and some of the regulars, with whom he may have disagreed in the past, were friendly with him? And they approached him to say hello, and he were to ignore them? (Being a regular himself, which he is) You’d better believe that they’d take it personally and get annoyed. It’s very impolite.
That’s my opinion, anyway. That’s why I’m annoyed at him, and that’s why I asked him the question. A baseball “community” doesn’t work, and cannot exist, when some members specifically try to tell everyone else their opinion, without even acknowledging a response.
Take it as you will.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
by DbacksSkins on May 18, 2008 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Specifically,
it’s not necessarily that I find it objectionable that he ignores people WHEN they disagree with him. It’s that he ignores anyone WHO disagrees with him.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
by DbacksSkins on May 18, 2008 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
My Google quote of the day:
It’s never just a game when you’re winning.
– George Carlin
It's like living with a six-year old.
Reynolds with a leadoff single.
3-4 on the day. All singles, but I’m not complaining.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
He never ran at all, walked up the line just a bit out of the box holding onto the bat and then turned around.
The difference between foul and fair
is huge.
If you don’t know this, why bother following baseball?
He took off for 1st,
then after a few steps, slowed down and turned because Cabrera stepped into foul ground.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Yes, because you don’t ever know FOR SURE if it will be caught. The guy could bobble it.
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on May 18, 2008 6:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I didn’t see Cabrera step into foul ground. I was watching Burke. And the DVR isn’t DVRing so I couldn’t go back and see it.
Thanks, Dahlian. I do understand the difference. I made a mistake.
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on May 18, 2008 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, now I feel like a jerk!! Sorry!
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on May 18, 2008 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions
4-0
nonsave situation, right?
- The Question is: What is manah-manah?
- The Question is: Who cares!?
He now has
More stolen bases than Byrnes, and has NOT been caught yet…
by Jim McLennan on May 18, 2008 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions
SB for Reynolds!
Sweet!
That question about the interference looks familiar. Wasn’t Bam Bam called on a play very similar to that? Neither one was interference in my book.
Different
Montero tried to get out of the way. Byrnes was too busy doing his Flying Nun.
by Jim McLennan on May 18, 2008 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah.
Byrnes flailed wildly, while Montero, being a catcher, actively ducked and tried to get out of Pudge’s way.
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Break out your you tube replays. I think that it would be interesting to see the difference between the two plays.
Frankly,
I felt that the call against Byrnes was a stupid call anyway.
The biggest difference, to me, was that Montero made an obvious effort NOT to interfere, and that may have been the difference to the HP umpire.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
"They actually have a baseball efficiency statistic?"
It’s called stolen base percentage, #### ###### ######## ####### ####
Brilliant
“So, they actually have a Base-Stealing Efficiency statistic?” says Grace. “As far as you know…” says Sutton, totally dead-pan.
I'm reminded of...
The classic line from Lake Placid: “They conceal information like that in books.”
by Jim McLennan on May 18, 2008 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Interesting
Melvin appears to be expanding the definition of a save to now include a four-run lead. I hope Brandon Lyon has a spare elbow tucked away somewhere, because if that’s the case, he’s going to need it by the end of the season.
I like using the closer in non-save situations,
I just wish that those non-save situations were tie games or trailing by one games…
It’ll be nice to have Scherzer replace Medders in the pen and then he can come into these situations.
It adds up
over the course of the season. It’s not necessarily a question of the short term, but rather, the whole season.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
At this rate
Lyon is on-pace for a career-high number of innings. I’d rather those innings didn’t come in situations where we had perfectly-credible alternatives.
by Jim McLennan on May 18, 2008 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions
In that situation,
I think it was either Lyon or Edgar.
Qualls, Pena and Lyon have all been used more than Lyon, using Slaten when Cabrera is the number one batter is stupid and I don’t think any of us want to see Medders’ latest regression to the mean. As I said, the Scherzer bullpen experience can’t come soon enough.
Actually,
Cruz doesn’t have more innings than Lyon, but 2 1/3 IP in the last two games means he should have been unavailable.
Normally, I think that’s a good situation to use Cruz, but tonight was an exception. It’s better bullpen management than Bud Black, that’s for sure – his “closer” has only thrown 12 2/3 IP this season.
Edgar works for me
He was warming up alongside Lyon, and hadn’t pitched at all in a week – that was Lyon’s fourh appearance since then. I’d expect both Qualls and Pena to pitch more: they each pitched over eighty innings last year.
Basically, however, we just need the starters to go deeper into games, and the rest of the pitching will take care of itself. Replacing Max Scherzer with Doug Davis will be a big help there.
by Jim McLennan on May 18, 2008 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions
They were both up and warm? So, if we throw Ed-it’s-Gon out there and he struggles then we use both of them? Sometimes, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
I like Edgar,
but to turn one of my arguments in favor of him starting against me, he’s kind of flaky out of the bullpen.
Personally, I think it’s all Hammock’s fault.
Give me a minute
I’m trying to figure a way to blame bullpen decisions on Eric Byrnes.
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
Can we
just blame a 4-headed quadrumvirate of Byrnes, Hammock, BoMel and Gaslamp Ball…. for EVERYTHING?
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Leave Robbie out of it, add in Moorad, and I’ll go with that.
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on May 18, 2008 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I wouldn't use EdGon for a single inning.
You never know when you might need him to go 3 or 4 innings, even with an offday tomorrow. Right now, he’s insurance policy. We don’t have another Dustin Nippert out there.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Speaking of elbow,s in other baseball news, Peavy will miss his next start with elbow soreness and claims to have had a sore elbow his last 3 or 4 starts and will have an MRI. He said it is more than just the normal soreness he always has.
I call b.s.
I think they’re intentionally try to throw the season.
The commissioner’s office should step in and force Peavy to pitch.
Wait a second....
Are you saying the Padres could suck even more??
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Wouldn’t that be Great?
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on May 18, 2008 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions
K!
Nice game, all around!
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
Not over-selling this team at all, no sirree…
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
I love this team
I loved them when they sucked, I adore them now
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
yea mee too
back in 04 I was wondering when I’d be feeling good about this team again, and here we are
- The Question is: What is manah-manah?
- The Question is: Who cares!?
I can see
Us ending with more than 100 wins, which hasn’t been done in the National League for a while. The 2004 Cardinals got 105, and it’d be great if we could get to that level.
by Jim McLennan on May 18, 2008 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions
What's funny,
is that it shows you JUST how bad the Cubs were last year…. they had a division that lousy, and couldn’t even reach 90 wins.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Interestingly, football outsiders has demonstrated that one of the hallmarks of top teams is mercilessly pounding on the weenies. No offence to the Orckies, and all.
5.5
Awesome.
How about we get 89 regular season wins plus another 11 in the playoffs :)
Hey, that’s a 100.
Just got in...
...very, very nice win for the D’Backs. Especially good to see RJ with a solid outing… if he can get on track things will really begin to look rosy.
"There are only two seasons: winter and baseball"
-- Bill Veeck
Well I'm off to get food
and watch the subway series,good night all
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
I'll do the same, see ya guys
- The Question is: What is manah-manah?
- The Question is: Who cares!?
Good game.
Caught a lot of it from a bowling alley, so I got to see Johnson looking solid and some offense (albeit late-appearing) showing up as well. Good stuff.
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