Gameday Thread, #58: 6/2 vs. Brewers
by Jim McLennan on Jun 2, 2008 6:43 PM EDT
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We probably didn't want to be facing Suppan in Milwaukee: there, he has an ERA of 0.93 in four starts, having allowed just three earned runs in twenty-nine innings. In contrast, on the road, he has an ERA of 6.27 in seven games. Fortunately, Davis is the complete opposite, with a home/road split of 6.55/2.53, and most of his best starts coming away from Chase. This will be something of a return home for Davis, of course, since he pitched for the Brewers between 2003 and 2006. Given the above figures, let's hope he doesn't feel too at home...
Remember the golden, halcyon days when we pounded out double-digit hits more often than not? Because our batters apparently don't: we've managed it just once in the last sixteen games. Nice though the season-high eight homers in the Nationals series was [we had against Atlanta too, but that was a four-game set], I'm not sure I'd not rather have had 16 more doubles. Or 32 singles. Still, there are signs that some hitters were coming around: if we can get our big bats working consistently, that will be a great help in this difficult road-trip.
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if we can get our big bats working consistently, that will be a great help in this difficult road-trip.
Aren’t there usually ads during Dbacks games for drugs that will “get our big bats working consistently”?
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Right.
But if our bats are working consistently for more than four hours, we should see the team doctor.
And the lineup
Stoically ignoring the topic above… :-)
- S. Drew ss .269
- C. Young cf .239
- O. Hudson 2b .309
- C. Tracy 1b .300
- M. Reynolds 3b .237
- J. Upton rf .275
- C. Snyder c .259
- C. Burke lf .164
- D. Davis p .400
So I guess we're now set
on having Drew be the lead off hitter.
It’s like BoMel thought to himself, “well, CY’s OBP is getting awfully high and while Drew’s is cratering, he sure is slugging the #### out of the ball”. The logic is mind-bending.
Depends on whether
it’s heads or tails…
I don’t think there’s a real pressing need. Drew hits lefties almost exactly the same as righties.
brew crew must lewse
lets go Snakes
I am sick of the road woes; Haren has it right – this squad has too much talent to suck it up away from home
hello to the Snake Pit crew, as this is my first post.
I was so glad Brandon Medders was gone, until I heard he cleared waivers and went to Tucson. Damn.
Welcome
Post early, post often. :-) Looking at the rest of the NL, only the Phillies and Marlins have winning records on the road, and are a whopping +3 combined. We’re only a couple below even, at 11-13, and I would be happy to settle for a .500 record away from Chase. Win 2 of 3 at home, and have your road games, and you’re looking at 94 wins, which should be more than enough.
It’s our poor record outside the division that probably scares me more…
thanks
appreciate the warm welcome, JM et al
I’ll be honest and tell you this is one of the better sports community blogs out there, and certainly the best DBacks/Phx sports hubs I coud find.
I met some loons at phxsuns.net…..and had to detach. The majority of folks there are probably just fine.
I was so glad Brandon Medders was gone, until I heard he cleared waivers and went to Tucson. Damn.
If Burke is starting over Sally against a RHP
then we really need to get Trot up here. The longer this sham goes on the more I begin to think that the team doesn’t want to have a real every day left fielder that could possibly show up their sacred cow.
He is a cow! It’s Byrnsey Cow!
Oh sweet Bovine, our lives to you we vow!
We want him now! That Byrnsey Cow!
‘Cause we’re all soldiers in the Byrnsey Troops, Ka-Pow!
Oh we’ll all have some lovely adventures
with Derrick and Moorad the Monkey King!
And with Gracie and Little Foulpole to guide us!
We’ll put smiles on the grumpies as we sing!
About that cow! Byrnsey the Cow!
Who only moos when we beg and scream and shout!
Master of Tao! Byrnsey the Cow!
With only sacred team leadership allowed!
soco's keys to the game
1) Desperately hope my legs don’t fall off
2) Watch the game
3) Dessert?
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Nice to see
It’s not just us who break the unwritten rules of baseball, by making the first or last out at third.
Oh, look
Davis grounds out to third.
Really, giving Burke any credit for the walk is a REAL stretch.
Not all bases
Are created equal. If you’re hitting ahead of the pitcher in the NL, you WILL get more walks.
Wow. People have been trying to tell me that you're not a completely close-minded troll...
All numbers are meaningless without context. That you never seem to even consider this doesn’t speak well for you.
Sigh
And by extension, four apples are not the same as four oranges. Therefore math is not a true science.
Do you appreciate how idiotic your comments make you sound? Or do you just not care?
Do you appreciate how idiotic your comments make you sound? Or do you just not care?
I really don’t feel that a personal attack is warranted here.
When you have the same conversation over and over again
with someone that doesn’t seem to be able grasp the most simple of concepts, at some point the only reasonable question left to ask is “Are you stupid, son?”
I’m not going to say that you “sound idiotic” but where is the consistency here?
Really, giving Burke any credit for the walk is a REAL stretch.
Not all bases Are created equal.
And by extension, four apples are not the same as four oranges. Therefore math is not a true science.
Yet OBP is a science? I sounds to me that you are making the statement that OPS is flawed?
You still
haven’t even clarified what the hell “true science” even MEANS….
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Of course it's flawed
EVERYTHING HAS FLAWS. You have to understand what the limitations are and work around them.
You demand 100% accuracy, but nothing in the world can offer that. If it’s the standard that you hold things to then you should just turn around and walk away.
You seem to think
That all science is perfect, without flaws or random variation and possessing an infallibility only usually attributed to the Pope. You are so wildly off the mark here that I don’t even know where to start enlightening you, especially since you’ve shown an incredible ability to ignore all logical argument [c.f. Eric Byrnes]
This is a classic debate.
We’re still trying to measure the English coastline.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Not a personal attack
When someone says that I’m an idiot that’s the way I take it. I find that phrase very offensive.
I never said you WERE an idiot
I asked if you were aware that your statements make you SOUND like an idiot. Big difference.
We're congratulating Burke
for not swinging at balls two feet out of the zone when everybody in the park knows that Suppan is going to pitch around him?
Have you ever played ball?
man thats crazy, you guys get dback games in the UK?
do u have direct tv or something?
Yeah it's good
No lag really except these guys here seem to get it slightly before me :D
So...time for another drink then?
I don't mind giving up runs when a batter beats good pitching
but when we basically give away runs it’s SO frustrating
So...time for another drink then?
"Snyder with a ball he stops 99 out of a 100 times"
Has he been watching Snyder this season?
And Hudson continues to be a ball hog in the outfield. One of these days he’s going to cause a dropped ball.
we have to be patient with Suppan. He’ll let you get to him… you just can’t chase the junk he throws.
"There are only two seasons: winter and baseball"
-- Bill Veeck
I personally like Drew in the leadoff spot and Young in the 2 spot.
Actually I wouldn’t mind seeing Young in the 3 or 5 spot.
by DiamondbacksWIn on Jun 2, 2008 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions
sure is good to have O-Dawg and Tracy coming up right now. I feel very, very confident.
"There are only two seasons: winter and baseball"
-- Bill Veeck
That’s a tough call. Cameron has a nice arm.
"There are only two seasons: winter and baseball"
-- Bill Veeck
Well,
he was able to run from third to second in the same amount of time.
At the very least, he should have been been holding up. If that drops in he would still have time to score from second. If it was caught he would at least have the option. What you gain from a one-out runner on third is greater than what you lose by having bases loaded on out. On average you should be able to score the runner on a sac fly.
Silly baseball.
Young hit it soft and it fell in…Hudson hit it hard but pretty much right at Cameron.
Interesting series of plays.
Fielder doesn’t take the force at second or try and turn the double play. Then Young tries to score on an infield hit and gets gunned down at home.
Still, a run scores. That’ll work.
Price threw a strike to the plate after a good stretch to get the runner at 1st. I really wish that CJ was even remotely capable of that kind of D.
That really surprised me. Great play by Fielder, but don’t blame Chris for testing him.
"There are only two seasons: winter and baseball"
-- Bill Veeck
Indeed, a good throw.
Still, Fielder showed the same hesitance to turn the double play as CoJack has a couple times this year. This case may even have been worse, as he at least had an easy force at second. Hard to say what he was thinking.
audio
sometimes it is necessary to put the music on during these games…and right now Astrud Gilberto has delivered with a 2-1 lead in the 4th inning. You just have to know which music to choose.
I was so glad Brandon Medders was gone, until I heard he cleared waivers and went to Tucson. Damn.
GH
I don’t own the game but I see that Guitar Hero : Metallica is set for release in 1Q 2009
I bet it won’t have much Kill Em All, which is a shame.
I was so glad Brandon Medders was gone, until I heard he cleared waivers and went to Tucson. Damn.
Wake me up
when they release Guitar Hero: The Upper Crust.
The best balls-out ACDC-esque rock band of all time.
you need
to check out the track “King” by Fireball Ministry
(but Angus & Co still rock, and rock hard. RIP Bon Scott)
I was so glad Brandon Medders was gone, until I heard he cleared waivers and went to Tucson. Damn.
You miss the point
The Upper Crust can rock your face off while singing about chamber maids, dickies and boudoirs. That’s what rock an roll is about.
Also, I think that on the wikipedia page for “generic” they have an audio clip of that Fireball Ministry lead singer.
KTAR talking about Sexton
I still get a bad taste in my mouth
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
ditto
every double Lyle Overbay hit was like a shiv in the kidney
I was so glad Brandon Medders was gone, until I heard he cleared waivers and went to Tucson. Damn.
Overbay
reminds me a lot of CoJack. Decent OBP, doesn’t hit a ton of HRs, but hits a lot of doubles.
I guess we draft the same guy over and over again to play 1B.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
It just takes time.
I’m sure that three years and $30 million from now we’ll all be like “Sexson who?”
I'm sure by the point
people will have moved on to bitch relentlessly about something else.
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Or as I always call him:
“Richie Sexson—not that I’m bitter”
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Jun 2, 2008 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Bitter? You want Bitter?
I’m still bitter that Xavier McDaniel turned into a softie the minute he put on a Suns uniform.
I was so glad Brandon Medders was gone, until I heard he cleared waivers and went to Tucson. Damn.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
What have you done? By mentioning basketball you risk summoning the worst of all demons!
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
I'm sure
the Oliver Miller fat burger comes with a side of Richard Dumas Disappointment Fries.
I was so glad Brandon Medders was gone, until I heard he cleared waivers and went to Tucson. Damn.
ARGH
Stupid boss, making me work late. No dinner with the baseball-loving redhead tonight.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Hmmm.....
Punch the redhead in the face, so she’ll allow me to postpone it?
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
That's taking charge of the situation.
But it may not have the desired results. Unless a drink in the face is desired (and in this heat, it just might be).
True.
You make an excellent point. Or were you referring to my boss? ;-)
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Poop
Double play strikeout and caught stealing.
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Drew!
I love it when our team plays solid D.
I was so glad Brandon Medders was gone, until I heard he cleared waivers and went to Tucson. Damn.
Pretty sure,
either it was poor timing on his part or BoMel decided to play hit and run with someone that strikes out in almost a quarter of his at bats.
I’m not sure which is worse.
Memo to offense
Scoring two runs may be enough when Webb is pitching. It may even be enough when Dan Haren is pitching. When Doug Davis is on the mound, however…you’ll understand why I’d like to see a few more on the board.
Fielder's throw to catch CY at the plate
suddenly comes to mind.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Gah, I want my HD games back
Why can’t everything on TV be HD?
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Mmmm...chorizo
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Question
if a sausage falls over, do they have to put it down?
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
Ask Randall Simon
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Hmmm....
I’d still eat it, so long as it were less than 10 seconds.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
If you want your son to be a baseball player
Prince Fielder is a pretty good name, I guess Wonderboy is the other choice.
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
Wonderboy, what is the secret of his power?
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
I forget whose signature it was,
but a poster on one of the NL Central sites - BCB maybe, had a signature that said “Prince Fielder - He is neither.”
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Whew, dodged a bullet there
end of the inning, two Brewers stranded.
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Nice to see DD pitching well today.
Felix Hernandez may be The King, but Justin Upton is a GOD.
1998 Expansion Teams Reign Supreme!
Dear offense
Please see my earlier comments regarding the whole run-scoring thing. There are a number of hitters in the Brewers lineup who scare me. I would rather not be in the position where they can tie this game with one swing.
Snyderman! Home run!
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
strike up the band for the Snyderman theme song!
"There are only two seasons: winter and baseball"
-- Bill Veeck
I definately prefer him to be Snyderman instead of Harry Plopper
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
But I don't hate him
therefore he can’t be a Weasley.
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
I hate him too
hell, I hate pretty much every character in those books except Hermione and Neville.
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Interesting
Leaving Davis there to his for himself. I know his pitch-count is low, but I can’t help thinking that he has pushed his luck a bit, and that sending him out there for a seventh is asking for trouble. On the plus side, he is facing the bottom of the Brewers order. We’ll see how it works out…
Playin' with fire....
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Oh, good.
2 on, 0 outs. I was worried BoMel would leave him in still.
Qualls seems like the perfect choice here; more likely to rack up a DP.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Ortiz
ESPN just reported that Big Papi will miss a month+ with a wrist injury
I was so glad Brandon Medders was gone, until I heard he cleared waivers and went to Tucson. Damn.
Poop, everyone safe
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Dammit.....
They give you an automatic out, and you can’t get the out. Grrrr….
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
At least
Melvin didn’t dangle Davis out there too much long, but I’m wondering if it’ll turn out to be two batters too many…
And we're tied
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Who was talking about the great defense?
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Not that Qualls doesn't deserve some of them
but the defense really knows how to go on vacation whenever he’s on the mound.
hot corner
is getting uber hot for Reynolds. That aw shucks face is not going to make me laugh and forgive in Sept.
I was so glad Brandon Medders was gone, until I heard he cleared waivers and went to Tucson. Damn.
Please refer us
to a comment where somebody said that OPS is all that matters.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Seriously, who was touting the defense?
Because you might as well get out now.
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Groundhog Day, Part 16
Cruising right along, looking pretty good and the kids decide to have a massive brain fart there, WTG!
Winning two against Washington was a mirage.
Reach for the sky 'cus tomorrow may never come,
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jun 2, 2008 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I went to get strawberries
and you guys let this happen
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
Maybe we can get a DP and get out of this without any more errors
by DiamondbacksWIn on Jun 2, 2008 10:14 PM EDT reply actions
Double play, thank you
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Thanks, Qualls.
That’s what I was looking for a few batters ago….
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Two batters too late...
Both of them come around to score, and the W for Davis is nowhere to be found, thanks to some woeful defense from Qualls and Reynolds. Qualls deserves a pass thanks to getting out of the second-and-third, no outs jam. Special K is up fourth in this innings, so let’s hope he redeems himself appropriately too…
No thanks to VORP
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
I hate that Davis
had both of those runs charged to him as earned runs.
by DiamondbacksWIn on Jun 2, 2008 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
You're the only one
Who seems to think such claims have ever been made. But if you can find me a perfect science, I’d be interested to hear about it.
by Jim McLennan on Jun 2, 2008 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
The most puzzling part about this post
is that all of the newer stats try to look at pitching in ways that look to avoid the capriciousness of earned runs.
Jim, are you making any advancements on creating an ignore button? Foul reminds me of the little kid that keeps on kicking his little sister whenever his parents’ backs are turned and then turns on the “who me?” expression every time someone tries to confront him about it.
Letz get sum ruuuuuuuuuuuuunz!!
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Fascinating to review
The Win Probability graph on that half-inning. It started at 22.5%, peaked at 82.3% and ended at 50.0%.
Yeah, 1 2 3
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Dabnabbit, inning over
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Yarr, at least it ain't that there "Hockey Hair"
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
If we lose to the Brewers
I am going to do the Epic Dance of Sad Panda.
Only soco will see it, but he will tell the tale.
I have been colonized.
Aye, 'tis a sad ballad
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Yup.
He held the Brew Crew to 1 earned run, and yet won’t get a win.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Ugh
Back-to-back errors, and then a home run to Fielder? Not how I wanted to wake up from my (possibly cold-induced) nap.
I should probably go back to sleep.
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
Waves hands about in Scooby Doo manner
It is all a bad dream… go back to sleeeeeep.
I have been colonized.
Fat man gets a home run
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Aren't you?
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
I thought you loved the Cowboys too?
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Nah.
The Cowboys and Redskins are one of the greatest rivalries of all time in pro sports.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
I guess?
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
What are you
from the ‘70’s?
I don’t think that the Cowboys-Redskins rivalry has been relevant in my lifetime.
This is so true
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Well if it's in SI...
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
DO NOT
I REPEAT, DO NOT, EVEN JOKE ABOUT ME LIKING THE COWBOYS.
I HATE THE COWBOYS WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING, EVERY BREATH I TAKE, EVERY WAKING (AND SLEEPING) MOMENT.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
This is getting catalogued for later
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
I would have punched one
but I didn’t want to end up in a third world jail.
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Unless
You’re so in the closet about your Rockies fandom, you don’t even realize it yourself.
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
Yeah
That’s just what you’d say either way.
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
Though once again...
You don’t win many games scoring three runs or less.
Still, three outs left for us. Maybe Reynolds will get his redemption…
NICE recovery by Reynolds
to get the runner after bobbling the ball.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Dammit, Reynolds
at least you got the out this time.
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
I'm going to pretend it was a 1, 2, 3 inning
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Ah, Wikipedia.
I had no idea they were supposedly from the 1940s.
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
Wooh!
An error in our favor! Reynolds on second!
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
Upton safe!
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
J-Up with some speed
Beats out the throw for the infield single, we’ve got first and second, no outs.
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
Throw was also off the bag
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Apparently an error
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Snydes supposed to bunt twice,
but takes balls 1 and 2.
Dammit BoMel…. SNYDER IS ONE OF THE BETTER HITTERS ON THE TEAM RIGHT NOW. HE SHOULDN’T BE BUNTING…..
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Alright, men on second and third, one out
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Well.....
If you have to bunt, at least make it be perfect, like that one.
WTF? Why the hell would you NOT pinch hit for Burke??
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
+A million million million
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
And then he takes a walk
But I’m still not fond of it.
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
I wouldn't argue with you on that
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
My tummy hurts.
Come on Burke-Burke. I will stop making mental jokes about you being CoJack and Augies love child.
I have been colonized.
It doesn't.
I didn’t say I’m surprised. I just said it’s a bad image.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Chris Burke CAN NOT hit major league pitching.
With 2 RISP in the 9th, there is NO FLIPPING REASON to keep the bat in Burke’s hands.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
But he can take a walk, so I'm okay with it
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Burke walks to bring up the AUGIE
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Alright,
I can’t argue with Burke walking, but the DP is now in order….
And letting Burke hit for himself was STILL the wrong decision.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
He swung at a few pitches out of the zone, before getting out on a shallow popup.
Not THAT solid a PA.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Only in foulpole world
does an Augie pop-up with the bases loaded constitute a “Solid PA”.
Don’t you criticize Jup for all the long AB looking strikeouts he makes?
foulpole
has no emotional connection to Upton, the way he does with Byrnes, O-Dawg, and Augie. That’s the only difference.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Let me correct that for you
Crappy PA for Augie. Fell behind 0-2 before he could blink, then hacked wildly at pitches outside of the zone, before popping out weakly on the infield.
by Jim McLennan on Jun 2, 2008 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
In fact
When a deep fly ball is all you need to tie the game, Ojeda is about the 25th man on the roster I’d want up there. Montero, Salazar and Jackson – even if one leg was hanging on by a thread of cartilage – are all better options in this case. WTF was Melvin thinking sending Burke and Ojeda up there?
by Jim McLennan on Jun 2, 2008 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
that was a poor decision by Mevlin to PH Augie
He hadn’t played in a week, and he was facing a guy throwing 95. He had no chance because he had no timing. Melvin did not put him in a position to succeed by getting him into the game yesterday, or starting today. You don’t take a guy that hasn’t played in a week and stick him in there with the bags juiced and a guy throwing 95 MPH heat.
Of course it was not a good at bat. To say it was stupid. But I don’t blame Augie. If Augie had gotten into a few games before tonight, I would have been very happy to see him up there and think he would have actually had a good chance of bringing home a run.
That was Montero’s at bat. Melvin brain fart all the way.
Let's go Augie!!
GIDP would end this game.
Single gives us the lead.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Jebus....
Extremely lucky Augie didn’t strike out on that pitch he swung at outside the zone…. somehow, he fouled it.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
I never understood
why we complement someone for being able to foul off a pitch two feet outside.
You don’t swing at pitches two feet outside.
Too shallow of a pop
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
It's up to Drew
Come on, man!
"Look, I'm not a financial expert or anything, but I'm pretty sure that a zeppelin is an excellent investment opportunity."
Bases loaded, one out
and we don’t pinch hit with the best RBI man on our team who also has the best strike zone eye?!?
It must be a five-star calamity
of a quad strain if it means he can’t even bat.
What with this team’s track record and all.
Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory
I present your 2008 Diamondbacks.
This one is a bitter loss to shallow.
Reach for the sky 'cus tomorrow may never come,
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jun 2, 2008 10:51 PM EDT reply actions
And last year the talking heads told me
that this team just knows how to win one-run games.
What gives?
I don't recall
A spell last year where our bullpen dropped seven decisions in a row… :-(
by Jim McLennan on Jun 2, 2008 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
???????????
That’s the million dollar question. they look so tentative out there anymore.
Reach for the sky 'cus tomorrow may never come,
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jun 2, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Looks like we used it all up last season then….. :::sigh:::::::
Reach for the sky 'cus tomorrow may never come,
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jun 2, 2008 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Chad Qualls
0-5, three of those being one-run games… I think he’s a fifth columnist for the Dodgers. :-) But overall, of the ten losses hung on the bullpen, six have been one-run games.
by Jim McLennan on Jun 2, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, three runs scored isn't very good either
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Or with solid pitching in the 7th by Davis
three would be enough, or maybe unicorns invade the stadium. The defensive miscues were terrible, but so was the offensive ineptitude.
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Without the poor D, we only need 3 runs to win. After the poor D we needed at least 5 runs to win. I feel that it’s asking an awful lot of any O to have to score two additional runs per game because your D sucks.
It's asking even more of your pitching and defense
to hold the opponent to three runs a game.
The NL average is 4.6 runs per game.
Bingo!........
That deer in the headlight look I am seeing is becoming all too familiar on both ends. Why in the hell are we swinging away at stuff 2 feet from the plate??
Reach for the sky 'cus tomorrow may never come,
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jun 2, 2008 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
And that's that
let the bitching commence full forth.
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Why bother?
I’m going to the movies and enjoy a night cap with some friends.
Reach for the sky 'cus tomorrow may never come,
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jun 2, 2008 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks!
Thanks Mark Reynolds. I won’t blame the whole thing on him, but that 2 run error was enormous.
I was so glad Brandon Medders was gone, until I heard he cleared waivers and went to Tucson. Damn.
What?
How long has the Pens/Wings game been on NBC tonight? GRAAAAAAAAAAAAH
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
When I first read this comment,
I misread the name of the first team…..
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
Who'd you think?
Wait…oh. Well that could be interesting, I suppose.
The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.
Just finished watching the game on delay
that one was a bit hard to stomach – the 7th inning was a complete disaster -
Very questionable decisions by BoMel in this one, especially leaving Burke in to hit in the 9th and then pinch hitting with Augie Ojedga when what you really needed was just a deep fly ball. (Jackson? Montero?)
But despite those decisions, one little league throw from middle of infield to home plate probably saves the day in the 7th inning and give Lyon the chance for the save. It amazes me how our infielders can look so good at times and then completely horrid at other times.
Far and away worst loss of the season, in my opinion….
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