Gameday Thread, #73: 6/19 vs. A's
by Jim McLennan on Jun 19, 2008 2:07 PM EDT
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It's another expat returning to face his old team tonight - albeit slightly different, in that Greg Smith never actually got as far as the Diamondbacks. He reached Tucson in 2007, but was then traded to the A's as part of the Haren deal. He's done pretty well over there in his rookie season, with a 2.84 ERA over his first ten starts, though he has hit some bumps since. In his last three starts and 16.1 innings, he has allowed twelve earned runs on 17 hits and ten walks. The wildness may be something we can work with.
It'll be interesting to see whether our previous ownership of Smith - and, presumably, a fairly decent knowledge of his pitching repertoire - translates into any help for our hitters. Certainly didn't seem to help the A's when they were facing Dan Haren last night, but a win today would be huge. We have not won a single series this year against a team currently above ..500, and this would be a great rebound after the disaster in the opening game. With it being a day game, I'll be in stealth mode, except for lunchtime. :-)
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Never pitched
Can’t see any data suggesting he was called up.
by Jim McLennan on Jun 19, 2008 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
I thought the Reds were going to do something bigger when they had the bases loaded but then they failed to score.
I think we all know how that feels.
Currently blaming the D-backs struggles on: the Diamondbacks scoring fewer runs than the other team. Well, I was bound to get it right eventually.
Interesting game in Chicago
After a scoreless first, Pittsburgh scored six unearned runs in the top of the second, and the White Sox had six in the bottom half. He who must not be named is 0-for-2 and is now batting .220 over the past month.
Yeah but...
He is getting really unlucky in June with that .163 BABIP. He isn’t striking out that much (8 K’s in 65 plate appearances) and unfortunately I think he will soon go back to being very productive again.
Like I've said,
since I’m slated to see the ChiSox play on the 4th, I hope The Player is still good when I get there.
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
Out of curiosity
How is BABIP a gauge of unluckiness? All contact is not made equal- if, for instance, one of your players is doing something that is leading them to, hypothetically, keep hitting towering fly balls into the shallow outfield that are easy outs for most defenses, why is that seen as unlucky, rather than a need to deal with what’s causing them to pop up all the time?
Currently blaming the D-backs struggles on: the Diamondbacks scoring fewer runs than the other team. Well, I was bound to get it right eventually.
There's so little difference between
a line drive and a popup…. there’s, what? About an inch difference? That most of it is just up to chance. The ability to make contact in the first place is where the true skill lies.
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
Generally
Batters don’t have a great deal of influence over what happens when they put the ball into play. They have a bit – some are more line drive hitters, some more fly balls, some ground ball – but a BABIP of .163 is so out of whack that it is very likely to improve. It’s the same thing as Upton, who had a BABIP of .400 during his “hot streak” – basically, the balls were dropping in for him. It was pointed out at the time that it was unsustainable…and we know how that ended up… :-(
by Jim McLennan on Jun 19, 2008 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions
So,
how did Drew in the leadoff spot yesterday work out?
I do what I can, sometimes more, depends on the situation.
When you get 15 hits,
you could have Bob Uecker in the leadoff spot and it wouldn’t make a difference.
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
well, last night,
as long as dan haren wasn’t leading off, we were just fine.
:-)
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
He had 3 hits.
And Young was doing a great job leading off last week.
I do what I can, sometimes more, depends on the situation.
Who said anything
about batting CY leadoff? But Drew gets on at an even LOWER clip than CY does.
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
Agree
Upton would be the ideal leadoff hitter to me but his recent struggles have had me second guessing, but when he does get it back together he should.
to srdmad I would have Drew in one of the middle spots and Young in one of the lower spots of the lineup. Both can’t seem to get on base but at least Drew has a much better SLG% and BA.
I thought Upton had speed? I know SB are not the know all end all stat to measure speed but why hasn’t Upton stolen more bases?
I believe
we’re on more or less the exact same pace as we were last year. We didn’t really go wild on the basepaths until after the ASB.
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
I was talking today about the fact we seem to slump a little just before the All Star game.
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And that's when we made our run.
Interesting.
I do what I can, sometimes more, depends on the situation.
Yup. We were MUCH better offensively in the 2nd half, and I think
the open green light to run was a big part of that.
I certainly hope Byrnes comes back running. That’s one of the baseball skills that he’s really legitimately good at.
We DEFINITELY need to get more aggressive running the bases, though.
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
Would you rather have Drew or Young batting leadoff?
I do what I can, sometimes more, depends on the situation.
And I said rather, meaning if you had to choose, which one would you want.
I do what I can, sometimes more, depends on the situation.
Didn't post in right spot.
Young and Drew have 308 OBP.
I do what I can, sometimes more, depends on the situation.
man.
i wish i could do the baseball roadtrip…
too bad i have no money.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 3:27 PM EDT reply actions
Me too
We could go rob a bank.
Currently blaming the D-backs struggles on: the Diamondbacks scoring fewer runs than the other team. Well, I was bound to get it right eventually.
As a former teller,
I endorse this plan. It’s SUPER easy to rob banks these days.
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
that's frightening...
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
not afraid...
mildly allergic.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions
that's the frightening part.
:-P
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Okie doke...
I’m at home today- saving my free tickets for another day.
Go team.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 3:33 PM EDT reply actions
hmm.
burke in left?
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 3:50 PM EDT reply actions
And Augie leading off. Hmm.
Currently blaming the D-backs struggles on: the Diamondbacks scoring fewer runs than the other team. Well, I was bound to get it right eventually.
That doesn't bother me.
Augie’s value is entirely in his OBP. He hasn’t got much in the way of power.
In fact, I wouldn’t mind him leading off more often.
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
Yeah, what the hell up with that.
But I guess Melvin doesn’t Tracy in the lineup against a left hander.
I do what I can, sometimes more, depends on the situation.
Walk for Upton
40th on the year
Currently blaming the D-backs struggles on: the Diamondbacks scoring fewer runs than the other team. Well, I was bound to get it right eventually.
bb.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 3:53 PM EDT reply actions
Hehehe
One Dbacks fan is going to be upset tonight. Their car just got towed from the parking lot here at work. :-)
If you own or are leasing a white Chrysler Sebring license ABB8090
Please see me, I just ordered it towed.
by Jim McLennan on Jun 19, 2008 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions
No
Apparently some lady parked in the visitor parking spot, got her D-backs gear out and headed off towards Chase.
I looks forward to her return around 4 pm…
by Jim McLennan on Jun 19, 2008 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
And Upton's batting 2nd after getting bench yesterday.
I do what I can, sometimes more, depends on the situation.
Hormel Chili w/ Tabasco: $0.75
Full cup of coffee: $1.50
Portable AM radio: $5.50
Not getting caught on the Snakepit while at work: Priceless.
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
aaand
caught stealing.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 3:55 PM EDT reply actions
Well...
And speed. You didn’t see Tony Clark swiping many bags. :-)
by Jim McLennan on Jun 19, 2008 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Or, for that matter, Mark Grace. =)
Currently blaming the D-backs struggles on: the Diamondbacks scoring fewer runs than the other team. Well, I was bound to get it right eventually.
Hudson Ks to end the inning
Come on, guys!
Currently blaming the D-backs struggles on: the Diamondbacks scoring fewer runs than the other team. Well, I was bound to get it right eventually.
Upton is not a good basestealer.
Please BoMel, don’t let him steal bases, especially against lefties with good pick up moves.
Of course, on the t.v. side Grace stopped raving about the aggressiveness on the basepaths.
Hannahan.
too many letters for that to be his name. :-P
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 3:59 PM EDT reply actions
I can start spelling it
I just don’t know when to stop.
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exactly.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Pettttittttteee
Is the other one that always flummoxed me.
by Jim McLennan on Jun 19, 2008 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
When I saw his name on the scoreboard
I thought to myself, “when do you know to stop? Hannanananana…”
Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads.
He usually speeds up.
As the hitters lapse into unconsciousness…
by Jim McLennan on Jun 19, 2008 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand
the geico commercials are still weird.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 4:09 PM EDT reply actions
What is it with that Cockney guy?
to a Brit he sounds totally untrustworthy
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Well,
it does sound like we’re doing a good job at making contact, at least.
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
Kinda sorta not off-topic
I just ordered that d-backs 2001 world series collectors edition DVD set. For anyone here who has already bought it how is it?
damn...
too bad.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 4:17 PM EDT reply actions
nice catch, tho.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn.
S’okay, Snydes.
Hard hit outs are certainly better than dribblers and Ks.
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
yay!
i love mark reynolds!
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 4:22 PM EDT reply actions
So....
Would it be safe to say that this game is probably not going to be another blowout??
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
i hope so.
and i still hate the blind guy in the stupid miller lite commercial. hell. i hate miller lite. :-P
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions
::head explodes::
wow.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Really
You’d think Slllaaash. Cuttt. Egg zauhst! was, like, porn to the guy. Creepy.
by Diamondhacks on Jun 19, 2008 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I still maintain
that the next commercial they do should portray that guy getting mugged and beaten with his own walking stick.
If they made an ad like that, I would DEFINITELY go out and buy a sixer of Miller Lite.
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
Not sure what that means.
Pitched, what, 7 SO innings against the Royals?
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
Dodgers won
so do we win too?
I’ve lost track of how that works
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oi oi oi
:-P
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Just not enough
Close, but Germany pulls it out
by snakecharmer on Jun 19, 2008 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Well,. I guess
No baby boom in Germany then. :-)
by Jim McLennan on Jun 19, 2008 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
That really depends
On your intentions when you went in. If you don’t go in with a plan, then it’s all going to end up a big mess.
by Jim McLennan on Jun 19, 2008 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Why does this conversation remind me so much of last weekend…...oiy. Boys. :P
by snakecharmer on Jun 19, 2008 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah dd!
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 4:34 PM EDT reply actions
JUp!
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 4:38 PM EDT reply actions
oooooh?
And for those of us not watching….?
by Jim McLennan on Jun 19, 2008 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Cojacks single
I’m always impressed when they listen to me
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bb.
LET’S GO CY.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 4:46 PM EDT reply actions
woo!
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 4:48 PM EDT reply actions
sounds good to me...
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions
"If girls can play Little League, moms can catch foul balls at the ballpark. That's big league!"
Don’t sound so surprised, Mark…
sometimes i want to hit mark grace.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
you're not helping.
just pissing me off.
:-P
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions
...
screw you.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions
no hate
just anger
:-P
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions
And temporary at that
Y’know, the usual…
by snakecharmer on Jun 19, 2008 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions
well.
that too.
jk.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I know
IBBing the bases loaded didn’t work last night, but Smith has an open base and next up is Burke….
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
Woulda been nice to get more than 1,
but hopefully, Davis continues to pitch like this.
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
should be enough
but i feel spoiled after last night and want more
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A start
But that’s all I want it to be. More would definitely be helpful.
by Jim McLennan on Jun 19, 2008 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey all
of course I plan to spend the game in here today and it’s a day game. Son of a
Baseball season, when everything becomes right in the world.
by seton hall snake pit on Jun 19, 2008 4:55 PM EDT reply actions
hold on a sec
I know I left them lying around here somewhere.
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by seton hall snake pit on Jun 19, 2008 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions
And....
Doug Davis strikes out the side. 8 Ks through 5!
That’s a season high.
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
struck out the side?!?!?!
maybe all of our pitchers should get a mild form of cancer
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by seton hall snake pit on Jun 19, 2008 5:00 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Before and after
ERA with thyroid: 3.72
ERA without thyroid: now 3.48
I think compulsory thyroid removal may be in all our pitchers’ future…
by Jim McLennan on Jun 19, 2008 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions
the thyroid is my least favorite part of the body anyway
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by seton hall snake pit on Jun 19, 2008 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Bill James
claims that statistically, the thyroid is more important to getting on base than pitching.
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by DbacksSkins on Jun 19, 2008 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
+1
Baseball season, when everything becomes right in the world.
by seton hall snake pit on Jun 19, 2008 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, I suppose if you have to get cancer, there are some that are far less worrisome than others. My mother, who is 85, was diagnosed less than 2 years ago with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. That sucks, here you get to be that old and then you get cancer. She’s fine now and I am hoping she lives as long as her mother did, to 98!
Does Doug Davis Have Cancer?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Sorry, I dont get the Daron Sutton channel ;-)
by Diamondhacks on Jun 19, 2008 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions
That should have said
“pitching!!!!!11111oneoneoneone”
It auto-edited for me. :-(
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
so about the draft
did we get any big steals in anyone’s opinion? either your own or someone else’s?
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by seton hall snake pit on Jun 19, 2008 5:02 PM EDT reply actions
this year was just really different
I nearly pissed myself with excitement over jarrod parker. This year I couldn’t name half the first round draftees.
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by seton hall snake pit on Jun 19, 2008 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Justin was drafted in the first round?
Who would’ve guessed.
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by seton hall snake pit on Jun 19, 2008 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I was just gonna say...
...that I love our patience today.
And then Augie Ks on ball 4. :-(
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
but that's to be expected.
it’s what they do!
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh I just found my runs
I’ll see if I can get them in the game next inning
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by seton hall snake pit on Jun 19, 2008 5:12 PM EDT reply actions
well I've got a few here
but I don’t know if I want to redeem them all tonight. I’ve been saving up for the last month or so. I started circa May 26
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by seton hall snake pit on Jun 19, 2008 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Ahah!
So THAT’S where our runs have gone. You’ve been placing them in the Strategic Run Reserve.
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Well, I had lots of runs today
sadly, the upset stomach sort:-(
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standing ovation
for the former farm hand. He pitched wonderfully. Makes me proud to give him away.
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by seton hall snake pit on Jun 19, 2008 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions
BB
breaks a streak. 20 straight A’s set down before that.
How ‘bout we get a DP now?
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
qualls getting loose.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 5:19 PM EDT reply actions
me too....
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions
SHIT.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 5:21 PM EDT reply actions
I'll second that
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by seton hall snake pit on Jun 19, 2008 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions
IAWTC.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
weren’t we doing that before?
gr. i love doug davis, but he’s over 100 pitches now…time to come out?
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions
is it bad that
Doug “I didn’t have a hit in years” Davis, has an average near CB
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by seton hall snake pit on Jun 19, 2008 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions
DP.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 5:23 PM EDT reply actions
how about 2?
I wanna save them for the NLCS this year. I wasted them all last year
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by seton hall snake pit on Jun 19, 2008 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions
second that as well
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by seton hall snake pit on Jun 19, 2008 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I have this deck
and it distintcly says as the meaning for the 4 of bats
“Walks will come back to haunt you”
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come on Special K
don’t make me look stupid in front of my friends
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by seton hall snake pit on Jun 19, 2008 5:28 PM EDT reply actions
One on...
2 out walk to Reynolds…
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 5:29 PM EDT reply actions
WHAT THE FUCK.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 5:30 PM EDT reply actions
from what i saw, not close enough to argue.
reynolds fell asleep.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
you were just waiting hoping
to be able to use that. Weren’t you?
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by seton hall snake pit on Jun 19, 2008 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
THAT WAS NOT MY FAULT
it states in small print at the bottom of my runs
Major League Baseball is not entitled to fufill all run requests if a player(s) so choose to act against logic. Copyright 2008.
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by seton hall snake pit on Jun 19, 2008 5:33 PM EDT reply actions
At the rate this team is going Randy Johnson will never get to 300 wins with the lack of run support.
Qualls
and why I feel sorry for him.
When they introduce him, all I can think of is the “Chad” from the obnoxious wizard commercials.
Which is, I suppose, better than thinking of the voting chads in Florida.
It's like living with a six-year old.
smug bastard
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by seton hall snake pit on Jun 19, 2008 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Chad not you
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by seton hall snake pit on Jun 19, 2008 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I mutter angrily every time I walk past an Alltell store that has his picture in the window…
Currently blaming the D-backs struggles on: the Diamondbacks scoring fewer runs than the other team. Well, I was bound to get it right eventually.
You would think
that they would have focus groups that would bring this to their attention.
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by DbacksSkins on Jun 20, 2008 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions
If it’s like any of the market studies I used to do, those people have the minds of children.
Granted, you know, it’s because I used to do those things back when I was a child, but whatever.
Currently blaming the D-backs struggles on: the Diamondbacks scoring fewer runs than the other team. Well, I was bound to get it right eventually.
NICE.
note to mark grace.
you sound retarded when you yell “GAS!”
So stop.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 5:38 PM EDT reply actions
Between Grace's "GAS"
and Sutton’s “RUNS”, that booth must smell pretty bad.
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
+1
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Duty Qualls?
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by seton hall snake pit on Jun 19, 2008 5:38 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Evening all
Dammit forgot this was an early start, anything missed of note?
So...time for another drink then?
IF single
nice job, CY.
srdmad, THAT is why I’d prefer CY to leadoff over Drew. Ideally, NEITHER of them lead off though.
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
Win probability
Before the bunt = 64.6%
After the bunt = 62.4%
Why is this so hard for Melvin to understand?
by Jim McLennan on Jun 19, 2008 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Snydes
has been K’ing a lot lately, that’s the only reason I’m not going to rant and rave at BoMel.
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Gas/Car
Okay, so I missed whenever this got started. I’ve read back to see if I can figure out what it is supposed to mean, but does anyone mind giving me a brief summary?
NOT IT!!!
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by seton hall snake pit on Jun 19, 2008 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Gas=fastball (except that Grace even uses it for Doug Davis, who throws about 84)
Car=break in the action (reference to playing streetball)
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
Gas = speed of a pitch
Car = delay in game, dating back to playing baseball in the street.
That’s the condensed version.
by Jim McLennan on Jun 19, 2008 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Runners on 1st and 3rd!!!
Bounced third strike and here we go.
WHY IS MICAH PH?
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 5:47 PM EDT reply actions
Aargh
Most K-able hitter we have on the bench, no?
by Jim McLennan on Jun 19, 2008 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes
especially as a pinch hitter. He just goes up there, takes three hard swings at anything the pitcher throws and either hits one a mile or gets struck out.
Romero Ks
but reaches on the WP. CY to 3rd. Micah PHing for Qualls.
DO….NOT….STRIKE….OUT
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
DO NOT BUNT.
DO NOT STRIKE OUT.
and whatever you do, DO NOT TRY THE SQUEEZE.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions
i couldn't really tell...
but grace and sutton were sayg they’d support it…which means it’s a nono. :-p
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions
if it was last night
and we were up by ten, i’d agree.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions
What did I say, Micah??
BoMel?? DAMMIT….
Need another 2 out single by Augie here.
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
urgh.
augie augie augie…
c’mon boys.
They're more attractive when they don't talk.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 5:49 PM EDT reply actions
+1
They're more attractive when they don't talk.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions
and i don't want him pinch hitting.
DAMN IT.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions
So after getting a runner in scoring position,
Augie was the first batter on the team to not swing at a pitch.
Patience is a wonderful thing.
too bad he swung at a ball.
augie would have made it bases loaded.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 5:52 PM EDT reply actions
grrr.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Someone please tell Melvin,
that Drew is a career .748 OPS hitter against righties and a .749 OPS hitter against lefties.
YOU DON’T NEED TO CONTINUE USING OWINGS IN CRITICAL PH SITUATIONS!!!!!!!!!!
nice play by augie
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 5:55 PM EDT reply actions
Favors us
79 HR this year, Oakland has only 52.
by Jim McLennan on Jun 19, 2008 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions
They are
AZ 27, OAK 21 in May
16-16 in June through
by Jim McLennan on Jun 19, 2008 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
They're more attractive when they don't talk.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 5:59 PM EDT up reply actions
CarGon
I watched him against the Yankees last week, and (of course there is an extremely small sample size that I’m working with) it seems like he watches a lot of pitches for strikes.
Patience = Good
Struckout Looking = Most disheartening outcome at the plate
In case you were wondering...
Mark Grace was thrown out four times in his career.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 5:59 PM EDT reply actions
good question.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd have thought he'd been thrown out
of far more bars
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
i think they were talking about baseball.
i think.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I love you, mark reynolds.
I know this has been stated before, but I find it’s necessary to say it often
:-)
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 6:00 PM EDT reply actions
You should know
that there is no god but Penelope, and Jim is her prophet.
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_Pink_Unicorn
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
JUP!!!!!!!
Hells Yes.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 6:05 PM EDT reply actions
I think
Romero is packing his bags after that one. :-)
by Jim McLennan on Jun 19, 2008 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Candy and I
apparently had the exact same thought, about the first team to homer.
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
and a walk to cojack.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 6:09 PM EDT reply actions
or of dysentery.
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Jun 19, 2008 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions
too bad they spelled it coverd.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions
COJACK.
Do NOT get picked off.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 6:12 PM EDT reply actions
In retrospect
“KCSDP” looks like the name of a labor union, or a US military program, or something.
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
It took me a second to translate.
Currently blaming the D-backs struggles on: the Diamondbacks scoring fewer runs than the other team. Well, I was bound to get it right eventually.
Sorry 'bout that
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
by DbacksSkins on Jun 20, 2008 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions
It's a common trait among broadcasters
that they fall over themselves in praise of small-ball while completely ignoring the times when it blows up in your face and runs you out of innings.
Let's see....
Send the runner on a full count to the strikeout machine which is Mark Reynolds.
If we win this one, it is definintely in spite of Melvin, rather than because of him.
c'mon LYON.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 6:21 PM EDT reply actions
GAME.
Hey. Does that mean Lyon got a save?!?
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 6:22 PM EDT reply actions
Now THIS
ended up actually being a good series, somehow, even after losing 15-1 in the first game.
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
haha.
yeah!
:-)
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Can you ever just be happy that we won the series?
It would be hard for them NOT to outscore us…We lost by 14 runs in the first game of the series.
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Sorry that I don't remain completely happy with the team at all times.
I will try to be happy the next time we have 11 wins in a month.
I do what I can, sometimes more, depends on the situation.
Sure, there's grounds for criticism
But, really, 30 seconds after our first series victory against a winning team is probably not the point to bring up run differential on a three-game sample… :-)
by Jim McLennan on Jun 19, 2008 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions
You're not excited
that we just won our first series against a team with a winning record?
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
Considering that it is June 19th.
Not exactly. Happy that we won, but disappointed that it took so long.
I do what I can, sometimes more, depends on the situation.
Mostly because
We played the NL West, who are all below .500. We only had four series against winning teams in the first 23.
by Jim McLennan on Jun 19, 2008 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
They're more attractive when they don't talk.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Well done JUp
even through his struggles , he never gave up
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
Well,
we won through a complete team effort yesterday, and we won on pitching today. This should be something to build on—a confidence-builder.
And maybe Byrnesie coming back will actually provide a spark, too.
Maybe.
Hopefully.
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
wait....
so you’re happy that byrnes is coming back?
:-P
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by emilylovesthedbacks on Jun 19, 2008 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe.
If he comes back healthy, anyway. When Eric can’t run, he’s pretty much worthless.
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
I'm prepared to belive his hamstrings caused his uselessness
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
I'll be happy with Byrnes return,
if it means that BoMel will use a three-man 1B-LF rotation that sits Tracy against lefties, Byrnes against righties and has CJ’s bat in the lineup all the time.
5 hits, 2 runs, 1 win.
Sounds like a typical game from last season.
I do what I can, sometimes more, depends on the situation.
Yup.
And I wouldn’t complain, either, if we started playing down the stretch the way last year’s team did.
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
There are two ways to look at this
1. What great pitching!
2. Our hitting sucked.
Which is more fun?
by Jim McLennan on Jun 19, 2008 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Not only "what great pitching!"....
How about “Doug Davis, our #4 or #5 guy, has allowed 1 run over his past 13 innings.
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
I'd say
3. At least the Dodgers won, but never mind that we won :)
So...time for another drink then?
Urr
Obviously that should be
3. Oh no the Dodgers won, but never mind we won too :)
So...time for another drink then?
Dbacks and the Dodgers
are like the Siamese twins of Major League Baseball.
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
We know our pitching is good.
But if we gave up 3 runs today, which would still be a good outing, we would be mashing the offense.
I do what I can, sometimes more, depends on the situation.
Repeat after me
What great pitching…
What great pitching…
What great pitching…
What great pitching…
by Jim McLennan on Jun 19, 2008 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Frankly,
I know it didn’t translate to runs, but I’d say our O made progress today. We outwalked the A’s (5-2) and struck out fewer times (8-11). Against a team that emphasizes OBP, that’s an accomplishment.
Have the Dodgers lost yet?
Finally got back from the game
And some random thoughts in no particular order:
Davis did well today, and was consistantly ahead in the count. Contrast with his opponent who only managed to get ahead 3 out of the 16 batters he faced. D’backs should have scored more off him, but oh well.
Pretty good sized crowd for a weekday afternoon game.
During the top of the 5th a foul was shot straight back to where we were sitting, and my boss had a chance to grab it (it bounced straight off a chair into his hands) but dropped it. I added him to my scorecard and put a big E.
I know we like to get up all ins about Owings being a great hitter, but he is in a terrible slump. Guy on third with one out and you strikeout? Shame on you.
Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads.
I'd also like to point out
that every game I’ve been to this year the D’backs have won. I’m just sayin’.
Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads.
Kinda saying it as a joke.
I don’t really think soco being out the game as much to do with them winning those games.
I do what I can, sometimes more, depends on the situation.
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