Overflow Thread, #66: 6/11 vs. Mets

Let's get it done!

Go D-backs!

Currently blaming the D-backs struggles on: this pain in all the diodes down my left side.

by kishi on Jun 11, 2008 10:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Pads1-Dogders 0

I do what I can, sometimes more, depends on the situation.

by srdmad on Jun 11, 2008 10:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I just can't bring myself

to root for the Padres.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

2.8%

That’s the headline for tonight’s report. If we win. :-)

by Jim McLennan on Jun 11, 2008 10:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

waves

We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.

by hotclaws on Jun 11, 2008 10:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh, man. Snydes smoked that loud strike.

by foulpole on Jun 11, 2008 10:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

DAMN.

so close.
holy crap.
i almost had a heart attack…

by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 11, 2008 10:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

But in a good way, right?

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Come ON, guys!

It's like living with a six-year old.

by 4 Corners Fan on Jun 11, 2008 10:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Damn.

10 feet foul by Snyder, coulda been a HR….

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ed-it’s-Gon is up in the ‘pen. Oh no!

by foulpole on Jun 11, 2008 10:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

What the hell BoMel?!?

Will someone please stop the madness????

by dahlian on Jun 11, 2008 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol.

you rhymed…

by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 11, 2008 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And.... Chris Burke at bat. Uh oh..

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Damn...

Burke out in front of a pitch, foul with HR distance.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

If that had been CoJack, there’d’ve been no 12th inning :-)

No emoticon required. Delgado’s scorcher probably would’ve bounced off Conor’s eyebrow all the way to the wall.

by Diamondhacks on Jun 11, 2008 10:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

If it was hit right at him

I think CJ would have stopped the ball and been able to pick it up in time to get the runner.

Now if he had to move at all to his right or left, all bets are off.

by dahlian on Jun 11, 2008 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, I guess,

Delgado has a pronounced limp ;-)

by Diamondhacks on Jun 11, 2008 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 11, 2008 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

...bounced off Conor’s eyebrow all the way to the wall.

lol

by foulpole on Jun 11, 2008 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ha

They’re wondering who’s still watching from across the country. They should talk to some of our British contingent if they want to know about late nights…

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by kishi on Jun 11, 2008 10:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Interesting

Qualls at bat with two outs in the 12th.

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by kishi on Jun 11, 2008 10:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

If I email them...

do you think we could get a shoutout for the ‘pit?

by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 11, 2008 10:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

what's the email?

by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 11, 2008 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Um....

I assumed you knew already?

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

twalsh@foxsports.net

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by kishi on Jun 11, 2008 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

alright...

let’s see.

by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 11, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes. Probably.

Make sure they know it’s AZSnakepit.com

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Qualls batting for himself?

I guess there’s 2 outs….

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This game just keeps getting better and better.

I do what I can, sometimes more, depends on the situation.

by srdmad on Jun 11, 2008 10:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

i dont know whats worse

pushing qualls for a 3rd inning or edgar gonzalez

by CPAYNEonaplane on Jun 11, 2008 10:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Looks like we’ve got EdGon.

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by kishi on Jun 11, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bottom of order,

I would go with Gonzalez.

I do what I can, sometimes more, depends on the situation.

by srdmad on Jun 11, 2008 10:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Unless Quails can have a high pitch count.

I do what I can, sometimes more, depends on the situation.

by srdmad on Jun 11, 2008 10:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

EdGon in to pitch.

Damn. I wish we had just gotten four runs or something.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Hey all.

I thought this would be way over. I hear Reynolds hit an f-you homerun. :)

I have been colonized.

by mrssoco on Jun 11, 2008 10:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Pretty much, yeah.

He got angry after he was HBP but not awarded a base.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thank God he wasn't,

by the way.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

+A billion

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by kishi on Jun 11, 2008 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think

I’ve ever been plussed this much before. Thank you.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like those type of homeruns

Drew hit one in the Chicago series last year.

I have been colonized.

by mrssoco on Jun 11, 2008 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Which started out run towards the division.

I do what I can, sometimes more, depends on the situation.

by srdmad on Jun 11, 2008 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Upton did the exact same thing, too, didn't he?

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

hmmm

Probably, but I can’t say the specifics. I just remember cause soco and I laughed. It was like, smack “WHAT?” BAM “TAKE THAT UMP!”

It was a thing of beauty.

I have been colonized.

by mrssoco on Jun 11, 2008 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yep.

looked like he got hit in the foot, plate ump didn’t call it, and he crushed a pitch into the bleachers.

WOO.

by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 11, 2008 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It was beautiful

He got hit by a pitch, they didn’t give him the base, so he took three more.

Currently blaming the D-backs struggles on: this pain in all the diodes down my left side.

by kishi on Jun 11, 2008 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's exactly what it was

Almost doesnt matter how the game concludes. Mets fans had bags over their heads, with their guys up in the bottom of the ninth of a tie game. Priceless.

by Diamondhacks on Jun 11, 2008 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Another address:

Supposedly this goes to the FSN booth:

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/teamEmail?categoryId=71615

It's like living with a six-year old.

by 4 Corners Fan on Jun 11, 2008 10:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

omg, what happened?

- The Question is: What is manah-manah?
- The Question is: Who cares!?

by Muu on Jun 11, 2008 10:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Awesome happened

That’s what.

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by kishi on Jun 11, 2008 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is so unbelievably stupid.

EdGon is the long man. He’s it.

Why the hell are we saving Lyon for a “save situation” when one run loses the game right now?!?

How can the local writers let Melvin get away with this bullshit?

by dahlian on Jun 11, 2008 10:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This requires further study.

Is this the CW? That you save your closer in a tie game?

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's the second time Melvin has done it this season.

The last time was in San Diego. Lyon was unavailable, but Pena was the “closer”. He elected to not use Pena and have EdGon stay in and eventually lose.

There is flat out no reasonable justification for this practice. An extra inning tie game is an even higher leverage than a lead. If the long reliever can pitch in a tie game, then they can pitch with a lead. And what happens if the team gets a lead, the closer comes in and then blows the save? Then the team is doubly ######.

by dahlian on Jun 11, 2008 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know, I remember the first game.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Uh oh.

1 out single falls right in front of Burke.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Geez, imagine that. Someone squaring up on EdGon.

by foulpole on Jun 11, 2008 10:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, he sure "squared up"

on that single.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed.

If not for the brilliant managing of pinch hitting Burke for Salazar, that ball would likely be caught.

by dahlian on Jun 11, 2008 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, I'm not certain of THAT,

but it was still a fucking stupid idea.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And no other pitcher would ever give up a hit like that.

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by kishi on Jun 11, 2008 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

In your opinion, who’s the worse pitcher on our staff?

by foulpole on Jun 11, 2008 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Med-its-gon.

:-P

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why does that matter?

Every pitcher will give up a single like that from time to time, and that seriously could have been caught by Burke. But, of the whole roster, no one else gets smack talk about it from you for pitching like that.

And, of course, you don’t acknowledge that Gonzales pitched a perfectly fine inning other than that one at-bat.

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by kishi on Jun 11, 2008 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And yet

foulpole doesn’t get this….

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think, after today, I’m moving very close to being on Foulpole’s ignore list.

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by kishi on Jun 11, 2008 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Surprise! You may already be a winner!

Remember, he doesn’t TELL you when he’s ignoring you…. because that would violate him ignoring you.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 12, 2008 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I figure if I failed to get banned from GLB, I can at least be ignored by foulpole.

Currently blaming the D-backs struggles on: the state of Oklahoma. The actual land and the people there, not, you know, in a "just look at the state of this room" sort of way.

by kishi on Jun 13, 2008 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah. You can wear that badge with pride.

Although, being ignored by foulpole is much more annoying than being banned from GLB, simply because of all his stupid comments that BEG for a response.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 13, 2008 12:59 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Okay, as I can't watch the game

I have to say that there is a movie on the Disney Channel called, “Double Teamed” color me amused.

I have been colonized.

by mrssoco on Jun 11, 2008 10:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Sounds dirty.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

it is.

more than you know.

by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 11, 2008 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thats why I'm amused.

It was horribly boring though. About twins who played basketball against each other.

Can I turn back yet?

I have been colonized.

by mrssoco on Jun 11, 2008 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lame.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

...Disney Channel called, "Double Teamed"…

Yeah, sure. The Disney Channel. ;-)

by foulpole on Jun 11, 2008 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That is my story

And I’m sticking to it. ;)

I have been colonized.

by mrssoco on Jun 11, 2008 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If you weren't always ignoring me,

you’d know that I had already made an off-color joke of that nature.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

fernando tatis

seems like he dropped off the face of earth 5 years ago and is now back in the majors

by CPAYNEonaplane on Jun 11, 2008 10:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

YAY.

by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 11, 2008 10:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I guess there is my answer. :)

I have been colonized.

by mrssoco on Jun 11, 2008 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Okay

Now let’s get some offense going!

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by kishi on Jun 11, 2008 10:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

IAWTC

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dare I say,

Lets get some RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNS?

I have been colonized.

by mrssoco on Jun 11, 2008 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Apparently, you dare.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Figure the husband isn't here

Might as well say it for him. :)

I have been colonized.

by mrssoco on Jun 11, 2008 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

On to lucky number 13!

You gotta love free baseball.

by foulpole on Jun 11, 2008 10:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Claudio!

I did like him when he played for us. But let’s beat him like a pinata.

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by kishi on Jun 11, 2008 10:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

he was a very up and down pitcher if i remember right. very mehh

by CPAYNEonaplane on Jun 11, 2008 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

I don’t remember him being particularly good….

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He was, as I recall, damn lucky

I seem to remember him doing just enough to get the win in several games the first season we acquired him.

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by kishi on Jun 11, 2008 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

speaking of being damn lucky…

by CPAYNEonaplane on Jun 11, 2008 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

just watched Reynolds HR

what a blast… Luv Ya Reynolds

- The Question is: What is manah-manah?
- The Question is: Who cares!?

by Muu on Jun 11, 2008 10:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ugh....

CYK.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

LET'S Go

D’BACKS!

We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.

by hotclaws on Jun 11, 2008 10:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

SAFE!

droooooooooooooooooooo.

by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 11, 2008 10:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Claudio “The Human Rain Delay” Vargas.

by foulpole on Jun 11, 2008 10:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

IF single for Droo.

Funky throw by Wright.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

so many flukey hits tonight for both sides

by CPAYNEonaplane on Jun 11, 2008 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.

by hotclaws on Jun 11, 2008 10:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Nice hustle, Wolf!

by foulpole on Jun 11, 2008 10:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

sahweet!!

by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 11, 2008 10:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

O-Dawg!!!

Runner in scoring position now!

Sweet!!!

by foulpole on Jun 11, 2008 10:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Time for CoJack to lauch one

outta the park

We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.

by hotclaws on Jun 11, 2008 10:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

hey, cojack...

your turn.

by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 11, 2008 10:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I heartily endorse this comment.

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by kishi on Jun 11, 2008 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's really cool.

O-Dawg just got a single, and a bunch of Mets fans came over to Hudson’s parents to say congrats.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Mets fan do not have the Yankee suck

We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.

by hotclaws on Jun 11, 2008 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think that guy played with Hudson

In college. At least, that is what Suton said.

I have been colonized.

by mrssoco on Jun 11, 2008 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ah, that would also explain it.

I didn’t catch that.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

CoJack up to bat with 2 on in the 13th.

I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

FUCK.

GIDP.

I have a feeling that was our last chance.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

An 89 mph 1-0 meatball there. I’m thinking that CJ should be swinging at that.

by foulpole on Jun 11, 2008 10:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

FUCK.

looked safe to me…

by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 11, 2008 10:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Dunno about that.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He looked about as safe

as Jose Reyes on a bunt attempt.

by dahlian on Jun 11, 2008 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hmm?

Reference to….?

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

5-4-3. ouch!

by foulpole on Jun 11, 2008 10:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

love to see the f-bombs ^^

- The Question is: What is manah-manah?
- The Question is: Who cares!?

by Muu on Jun 11, 2008 10:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

on a sad way =[

- The Question is: What is manah-manah?
- The Question is: Who cares!?

by Muu on Jun 11, 2008 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah,

I haven’t decommissioned ALL my F-bombs, obviously.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dangit

GIDP, and I gotta listen to the smug blind guy? Come on, people.

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by kishi on Jun 11, 2008 10:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

heart of the order comin ed-gon

bring the a game

by CPAYNEonaplane on Jun 11, 2008 10:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I am totally holding my breath

I have been colonized.

by mrssoco on Jun 11, 2008 10:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

bad hop...

suckage.

by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 11, 2008 10:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

if we lose this game

the infield’s bad fielding deserves the blame. take them out for infield practice tomorrow morning!

by CPAYNEonaplane on Jun 11, 2008 10:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

butf

the offense sucked ass too.

by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 11, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Usually

you give up 3 runs and you win the game.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Argh Reynolds.

Anyone think we can actually get Wright to GIDP here?

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

It could happen.

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by kishi on Jun 11, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh geez! That was a hot smash but it sure would have been nice to see Reynolds make that play. At least he kept the ball in the infield.

by foulpole on Jun 11, 2008 10:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Wright

getting a favorable strike zone again.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 10:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Heh

They just said Wright is seen as a hitter with

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by kishi on Jun 11, 2008 11:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

a hitter with blank?

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Whoops, hit enter too soon.

They said Wright’s a hitter known for his ability to identify a pitch. I had to laugh, because I just imagine him having a ball thrown passed him and saying, “Yeah, yeah, that was a pitch.

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by kishi on Jun 11, 2008 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Can you see Wright

at a police station, being shown a lineup of baseballs, saying, “THAT one. That’s the one.”

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You know what we need LESS of?

Cowbell.

I have been colonized.

by mrssoco on Jun 11, 2008 11:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

For once, yeah.

Less cowbell.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Absolutely

There was a certain excess of cowbell at the game we went to in Tampa, too.

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by kishi on Jun 11, 2008 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So I am totally 8 hours behind, but why Tracy?

CoJack still hurt?

I have been colonized.

by mrssoco on Jun 11, 2008 11:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

CoJack’s in left field.

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by kishi on Jun 11, 2008 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh

Makes sense. I could have sworn he was in the line up and then I got confused. This is usually when soco explains the confusing baseball to the noob. ;)

I have been colonized.

by mrssoco on Jun 11, 2008 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wanted to get Reynolds, Tracy, and CoJack in the lineup.

CoJack started in LF tonight.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wright pops up.

0-5 tonight. Ouch.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 11:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

lol @

david wright slapping the bench in the dugout

by CPAYNEonaplane on Jun 11, 2008 11:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Well

when you’re David Freaking Wright, it’s in extras, you’ve just gone 0-5 on the night and just missed about 4 meatballs, you’re gonna be pissed.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

FUCKING FUCK

by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 11, 2008 11:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Aw, dangit

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by kishi on Jun 11, 2008 11:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Beltran walkoff HR.

Le sigh.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 11:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

THAT BLEW

I have been colonized.

by mrssoco on Jun 11, 2008 11:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ed-it’s-Gon… :-(

by foulpole on Jun 11, 2008 11:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

When we didn't score in the top of the inning,

I knew that was it.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 11:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

God.

Sometimes, I hate being right all the time.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It’s a burden you have to carry!!

It's like living with a six-year old.

by 4 Corners Fan on Jun 11, 2008 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know. It's rough.

(I can just see Emily or dahlian or someone with a pin, about to pop my ego)

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

haha.

you know me too well…

but i wasn’t going to say anything, surprisingly.
:-P

by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 11, 2008 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah,

seemed like something you would do. ;-)

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No, you didn’t. You could not have “known” unless you’ve got that time machine working. You just had a feeling.

It's like living with a six-year old.

by 4 Corners Fan on Jun 11, 2008 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

True,

but you might still want to get some stock tips from me.

FUCK.

GIDP.

I have a feeling that was our last chance.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 7:52 PM MST

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ballgame? =[

- The Question is: What is manah-manah?
- The Question is: Who cares!?

by Muu on Jun 11, 2008 11:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Anti-climatic

So much for the Sheriff riding in to save the day…. just extended the agony

by dstorm on Jun 11, 2008 11:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

He also committed the error in that inning, though.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Man, I go outside for just a MINUTE to put plastic on my tomato plants so they don’t freeze tonight, and I came back to this?? Arg.

It's like living with a six-year old.

by 4 Corners Fan on Jun 11, 2008 11:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Freeze? Really??

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, how obnoxious is that? We’re supposed to be 27 degrees overnight. It’s June, for gosh sakes!!

It's like living with a six-year old.

by 4 Corners Fan on Jun 11, 2008 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Damn global warming....

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

climate change.

get it right.

by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 11, 2008 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No, it's clearly global warming.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I had a professor

Who firmly doesn’t believe in global warming, so I have way too much knowledge on both sides.

Seriously, every time I hear stuff my brain swells and wants to explode.

I have been colonized.

by mrssoco on Jun 11, 2008 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think

this is clear evidence that the summer is turning to winter and the winter is turning to summer.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i.e. "climate change"

not “global warming”.

by dahlian on Jun 11, 2008 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

there ya go...

here’s where we popped the ego…
;-P

by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 11, 2008 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It was very, very, tongue in cheek. Don't worry.

Sorry, Emily. That wasn’t it.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So how many more games do we have to lose

with our best reliever still in the bullpen?

by dahlian on Jun 11, 2008 11:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

let’s get some rest and come out swinging tomorrow morning/afternoon

by CPAYNEonaplane on Jun 11, 2008 11:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

at least Webby didn't take a tough loss

- The Question is: What is manah-manah?
- The Question is: Who cares!?

by Muu on Jun 11, 2008 11:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Felt inevitable

Really, we should have been done and dusted 4.5 innings ago. Surviving this long is something of a miracle.

by Jim McLennan on Jun 11, 2008 11:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

yeah,

it was nice to see a good bunch of extra innings, though.
but really.

edgar gonzalez in a tied, extra innings game?
wtf was bomel thinking?
or was he?

by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 11, 2008 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He was thinking,

“you can only use your closer in save situations”.

He was also being a moron.

by dahlian on Jun 11, 2008 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

well then what was last night?
certainly not a save situation…

by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 11, 2008 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

A bit unnecessary,

just getting some work in for Lyon, I guess.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I guess he’d already warmed up, so they ran him out there? And they didn’t have anyone else ready? Don’t know.

Currently blaming the D-backs struggles on: this pain in all the diodes down my left side.

by kishi on Jun 12, 2008 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's a good point.

I guess it was only 6-5 going into the 9th.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 12, 2008 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rather lose it in extra innings than get shut out in regulation, personally. At least they made a fight of it.

Currently blaming the D-backs struggles on: this pain in all the diodes down my left side.

by kishi on Jun 11, 2008 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also agreed

I think it messes with them psychologically as well.

I have been colonized.

by mrssoco on Jun 11, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The mad scientist's

doesn’t work in 2008.

When it comes to extra innings, the guy couldn’t manage his way out of a wet paper bag. Having Qualls bat for himself was another stroke of brilliance.

by dahlian on Jun 11, 2008 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Qualls batting

was only forgivable because there was nobody on base with 2 outs.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

err

that “1.” was originally a ”####”. Some weird auto-formatting there.

by dahlian on Jun 11, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

at least 2.0:

Corinthians (São Paulo biggest rival) lost the Copa do Brazil 5 minutes ago… just to even my feelings ^^

- The Question is: What is manah-manah?
- The Question is: Who cares!?

by Muu on Jun 11, 2008 11:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Glad to hear it.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why pitch Cruz and Scherzer for short innings.

If those guys pitched a inning more, we could have had Pena and Qualls for a couple more innings.

I do what I can, sometimes more, depends on the situation.

by srdmad on Jun 11, 2008 11:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Scherzer pitched 2 innings, didn't he?

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He did.

It was also Cruz’s third straight day of work (albeit in

At that point there was no need to play for 14 innings.

by dahlian on Jun 11, 2008 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

and to add insult to injury...

they didn’t say hi to us.

:(
sad day.

by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 11, 2008 11:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

But that doesn't take away from the fact that they couldn't score until the ninth and couldn't score in extras.

I do what I can, sometimes more, depends on the situation.

by srdmad on Jun 11, 2008 11:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yup.

Against a pedestrian group of pitchers (being charitable here) like the guys we saw tonight, there is NO WAY we should have been shut out for 26 outs.

The offense remains the issue.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on Jun 11, 2008 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

bitching about bullpen usage after they threw seven scoreless in a hostile environment before yielding the game winner seems misplaced to me.

Fun game, unfortunate result.

by Diamondhacks on Jun 11, 2008 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I bitch because it's so clearly illogical

but BoMel has now down it twice – both in losses.

If we’re going to lose in extra innings, I would at least prefer it not happen with our best reliever never getting off the bench.

The offense sucks to, but as someone with no hitting skills to speak of I don’t think I can come up with any critiques that would be worth a shit. It’s much easier to correct to a manager that flat-out doesn’t give his team the best chance to win in an extra inning game.

by dahlian on Jun 12, 2008 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I understand

the basic leverage argument, but like any theory, it’s based on assumptions – assumptions that may not fit the Diamondbacks very well.

One assumption is that a “best reliever” has been clearly identified as you have done with Lyon. I’ll concede he’s put on a very nice run, but most folks projected Brandon to regress to a 4.00 ERA (something he still could do) , and he struggled in early April. For much of this year, Chad Qualls was our “best reliever” – until he was the worst. My point is there’s no Mariano Rivera here, head and shoulders above everybody else, and if the Dbacks contrive a “best reliever” merely to fit a theoretical role instead of on overwhelming, sustainable merit, that may be counterproductive, like trying to time the stock market based on past results.

I’ll tell you a guy who’s head and shoulders above the other relievers who we should use in every high leverage situation. Brandon Webb :-) We laugh because it’s obvious that doing so, in the long run, would be counterproductive to long range team goals, even if it improved our chances of winning a particular game. This isnt Game 7 of the World Series and Melvin is managing a season, not individual winner take all victories, exacted at any cost. The costs of moving a reliever around (as opposed to a starter) arent as obvious, but I suspect they may still be substantial.

I like Lyon’s makeup and think the personality that makes him a good closer might also serve him well in the flexible role you envision. But if you make Lyon flexible, then you make other RP’s, with different makeups, flexible as well. Great on paper, but these are human beings and I’m not sure that kind of arrangement is in the long term interests of the team. Someone worse than Lyon has to close out wins – on the road in hostile territory. Solid pitchers no longer work through their own messes because now that’s Brandon’s job? Until, presumably, he turns into Chad Qualls.

If you’re going to lose in extra innings, I would at least prefer it not happen with our best reliever never getting off the bench.

We both think Lyon gives us at least a slightly better chance to win in a given situation, but this is actually a big philosophical difference between us. “If we’re going to lose”, I would much prefer it happen without “wasting” our best reliever, (because very often that’s what you’d be doing) , potentially compromising win preservation for another day.

by Diamondhacks on Jun 12, 2008 2:41 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs