Gameday Thread, #120: 8/13 vs. Rockies
by Jim McLennan on Aug 13, 2008 7:51 PM EDT
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Battle of the sucky left-handers tonight, with all the making of a Coors slugfest. Davis and Francis have combined for the following line over their past couple of starts:
17.1 IP, 34 H, 8 BB, 8 K, 22 R, 21 ER, 10.90 ERA, 0-3 record.
This is particularly ironic for Davis, who came closer to a perfect game in his final start of July, than any Diamondbacks pitcher since the Big Unit completed his in 2004. His last couple of outings, however: yuck.
Be nice if he got back in the right direction tonight, and at least in Francis, we're facing someone who has been having his share of problems. He actually got a Cy Young vote last year: this season, he has only three wins, tied for the least in the majors among pitchers with eighteen or more starts.And we have Adam Dunn with his .333/.600/.667 line for Arizona since he came to us. Tonight could well be the night he goes yard; though if not, the good news is, the Rockies ace Aaron Cook has been scratched from tomorrow's start, and we'll face Glendon Rusch instead. With Dan Haren going there for Arizona, a win tonight would seem to give us a good chance of the sweep.
We should get Doug Slaten back into the bullpen tonight, after his trip onto the DL with a knee strain. They wanted to give him one last rehab appearance in Tucson, and since he struck out the side Monday, he's deemed ready. Buckner or Rosales will likely be the losers. Justin Upton also appeared for the Sidewinders in the same game, and went 2-for-5. Still, I suspect there'll be no desperate hurry to get him back up to the parent club any more.
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Right.
So we open the old thread for comments after 10 minutes, and talk about off-topic stuff throughout.
No, no. You stay in the room and make sure ‘e doesn’t leave.
And you’ll come and get him.
Right.
We don’t need to do anything apart from just stop him from entering the room.
No, no. Leaving the room.
Right.
Did the first Gameday Thread fall over into a swamp?
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
Well,
too many of ours posts lately are about huge…........ tracts of logic.
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*our
agh
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Dodging Cook is fortuitous.
If only we could have managed to see Livan Hernandez in this series. Although I have this nagging feeling he would have pitched some kind of 9 IP, 11 H, 5 BB, 2 ER type of game against us.
Those other guys:
C. Barmes 2b .300
W. Taveras cf .248
M. Holliday lf .347
C. Iannetta c .261
J. Baker 1b .268
B. Hawpe rf .283
T. Tulowitzki ss .237
I. Stewart 3b .289
J. Francis p .125
Geena is bringing on the Sedona Red mojo for the Davis start.
You're banned from posting
that picture here.
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I don't think
it’s ever worked, actually.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
I always wondered
Somewhere, in the halls of Unnecessary Baseball Statistics, there has to be someone who’s broken down the win-loss records of pitchers depending on if their first pitch was a ball or a strike, or if the lead-off batter reached in the first inning. I was kind of curious what that would look like.
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Young and Drew down quickly to start
Start getting the hits, guys…
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Or not
Offense goes down 1-2-3.
Well, let’s see which Doug Davis is going to show up today.
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1 2 3 Inning
I still don’t think Young is suitable for the 2 hole. I have no idea why Melvin constantly rotates him between the 1, 2, 6, and 7 spots in the order, when he projects more as a 4 or 5 hitter. Even with his improved walk rate, a sub-.300 OBP shouldn’t be batting that high in the order.
Amen
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Granted,
if you run the count to 3-0, you can’t REALLY complain.
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4 pitch walk to start off the first
Come on, Doug. Get it going.
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And a bunt single
Two on, no outs for the Rockies.
Triple play?
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+1
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::shoots the Terminator::
Come with me if you want to live.
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Two things
1. This umpire is very inconsistent, already after 1 inning.
2. If Doug Davis struggles in the 2nd inning, i would like to see a short leash on him… We can’t do what we did last start. Wasn’t that when we came back, but we were in too much of a whole because Davis was left in TOO long?
True
That’s why I miss Edgar Gonzalez/Yusmeiro Petit out of long relief. They could come in the game in the 3rd inning and throw 5 one-run innings.
Well
we are skipping Petit’s spot in the rotation aren’t we? he could be available tonight, if that is still true
True
I wonder if they might have him warm up in the pen.
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If Davis continues to struggle
I really hope so. We can’t keep having Davis out there hoping he will get through, when he puts us in more of a jam. Pick it up Davis.
Stupid ESPN says that Webb is pitching both Fri. and Sat. against Houston and doesn’t show Petit scheduled to pitch at all in the next 5 games, so who knows.
Old skool!!
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ESPN
is aware of the Diamondbacks?
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He's putting me to sleep
Those Olympics are looking better and better to watch tonight. This game has the makings of some major suckage from DD.
I get single game tickets
prior to the season, so I am the mercy of the schedule. So far I’ve seen Haren 5 times, and Webb, EdGon, Johnson and Scherzer once each. No Davis for me this year so far.
Thank you, Tulo
Okay, now let’s go out there and score some runs.
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Huh? Why would his age relate to his size? It’s not like he’s huge and only 12. He’s a grown man. Would you expect him to be larger at, say, age 36 than he is now?
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Aug 13, 2008 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Of course you don’t have to be sorry for making an observation. I just couldn’t understand what you were saying.
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Aug 13, 2008 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree that they are probably younger than 16. Especially the one who is missing her adult teeth.
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by 4 Corners Fan on Aug 13, 2008 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah.... are you SERIOUS?
Freaking cheaters. Some of those Chinese gymnasts look maybe…. maybe… half the required age.
Of course, the Chinese gov’t provides them all with passports saying they’re 16….
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Do you realize that you say solid hit most of the time when a guy gets a hit?
The team that disappoints, the Arizona Diamondbacks.
LOL
I’m not sure there has EVER been a “non-solid” hit to foulpole.
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So long as Wolf or Bam Bam or one of our guys does it
and not one of “those other guys”.
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Could be.
I also wonder if maybe there’s something physical lingering from that game. Melvin left him in there waaay too long, and it showed.
Maybe
But this is his 3rd outing since… That may be the case for the outing after, MAYBE the 2nd one, not sure about the third
Maybe the stress or something
from the cancer diagnosis (not the cancer itself) is catching up to him. Grasping at straws here.
Maybe
he’s having metabolic issues due to his lack of a thyroid gland.
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Chris Young
...... I seriously can’t explain him… Doubles machine for a few games, strikeout machine for a few weeks, without touch a base via walk or hit or anything…
Maybe during the offseason
we can trade Doug Davis to the Reds for Micah Owings.
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I guess we made too much of...
Owings having to give up his jersey number.. guess he REALLY didn’t have a choice, huh?
Have the Dbacks
ever done something good that wasn’t either “solid” or “sweet”?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 13, 2008 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
:Jeff Francis looks like he's in complete control of his stuff tonight"
Of course, against the dbacks, that statement always seems to be mentioned, though, just change the name for whoever we are facing…
Don’t think it’s much of what the rockies are doing, as opposed to what we are NOT doing.
Pardon?
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Ah.
See if you used punctuation there, it would be easier to understand….
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 13, 2008 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Well no
But i wouldn’t think you would say that after he hit a line drive in a shift… didn’t think it was worthy of being called an asshole.
Yeah, seriously.....
seems a little stupid to be calling Dunn an “asshole” for lining out.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 13, 2008 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions
And it would have been a line drive double
or at least a single if not for the shift. Dunn has no control over that. I’m not sure what else you want from him but to swing at a strike and put a line drive into play.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 13, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Better to ground out weakly on the fifth pitch
than hit a frozen rope on the first.
Such is the life of Adam Dunn and his detractors.
No. Remember foulpole's reasoning?
Better to strike out on 12 pitches than walk on four.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 13, 2008 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't remember
you calling Owings an “asshole” even though he ALWAYS swings at the first pitch….
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 13, 2008 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
LOL
GMTA
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Whoa....
calm down, bro!
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Seriously..... Diddy?
That’s just sad. For Diddy AND Burger King.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
And for Detective Pryzbylewski too.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
Who's that?
The white guy?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 13, 2008 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah.
He plays a really interesting character named Pryzbylewski on The Wire
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
Was
that him?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 13, 2008 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Ah..
One of our more famous outings this season by the dbacks offense.. making bad pitchers look good. especially this one where we have absolutely beat down Francis.
by ZonaBacks10 on Aug 13, 2008 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I was
hoping for a little more than 0 runs in 4 innings, personally.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 13, 2008 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I was
just thinking the same thing.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 13, 2008 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Somebody call the cops cause the Rockies got robbed.
The team that disappoints, the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Chad Tracy's
2nd HR in 2 nights!!
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That's right Chad!
You keep fighting for a regular starting spot!
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
How has Davis looked tonight?
At work. No TV =(
He's been better...
But considering how his past starts have gone… he’s keeping his team in the game.
by ZonaBacks10 on Aug 13, 2008 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Davis MAY actually
get through a start in which he is eligible for a win…. Wow. Come on Offense… the least you can do is get him that win
What the heck
happened to you, Doug?
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
Dead arm, or something.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 13, 2008 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I didn't think
dead-arm happened to control pitchers. Don’t they get a special exemption?
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
Well, you wouldn't think so....
but… if 82 MPH is as hard as you can throw, then…. throwing 82 MPH may give you deadarm, I suppose.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 13, 2008 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
DD's starts
are turning into “watch the out-of-town scoreboard” nights.
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The NL West
we can’t give it away.
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They were just commenting about that on the radio
but I missed the actual play. What happened?
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Taveras
Just went to third base right behind Reynolds as he was making a throw, wasn’t really that big.
by ZonaBacks10 on Aug 13, 2008 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Though
who am i to question the great Mark Grace!
by ZonaBacks10 on Aug 13, 2008 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
The guy that started the rally in game 7 of the 2001 World Series.
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That, and the broken toe thing.
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That just made me smile, remembering that game. Wow.
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Aug 13, 2008 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
The topic above has been hidden!!
Since everyone cannot be mature enough to stop the personal attacks and move on, I am hiding the the thread until the end of the game.
Thanks.
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Aug 13, 2008 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm still pretty new
So what does it mean to have a topic hidden??
by ZonaBacks10 on Aug 13, 2008 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh.
Thanks for making me look like an idiot!! haha just kidding. Thanks for answering though!
by ZonaBacks10 on Aug 13, 2008 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Admins have the ability to flag, hide, and delete topics
Everything under the topic should now be hidden from public view, though you may need to reload for that. Admins and the person whose post was hidden can still see it, and nobody else (ideally).
by snakecharmer on Aug 13, 2008 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Greg Schulte,
you are a terrible tease!
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
I am forced to watch the Rockies broadcast. What did Schulte say?
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by 4 Corners Fan on Aug 13, 2008 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Got 1 back
need Davis, and the bullpen to throw up 0’s, and we just need to keep chipping away. Will be a complete momentum killer if Davis gives back a run or two
Bullpen
Whoo!!
Okay outing by Davis.. considering how he has been
by ZonaBacks10 on Aug 13, 2008 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I wouldn't call it "solid"
But acceptable, none the less.
by ZonaBacks10 on Aug 13, 2008 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
That's fine.
Just check your attitude at the door.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 13, 2008 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Consider
clicking on the link to enter the Gameday Thread the “door”.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 13, 2008 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Phillies
homer! And a DP with no score!
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Augie Ojeda ROCKS!!
Stares the runner back to 3rd, then pivots and turns the DP!! Drew did a good job staring him back, too.
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That's a lot of staring
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
True.
Generally, it’s not polite to stare, but in this case…...
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 13, 2008 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice to see Francis batting..
Figured they were going to pinch hit with a runner on 3rd… Good for us, seems like we MAY be figuring him out this game finally
Thank God
Clint Hurdle sucks worse than Bob Melvin.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 13, 2008 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Glad to have you here.
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by 4 Corners Fan on Aug 13, 2008 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Hi Emily.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 13, 2008 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Chris Snyder:
Balls of Steel
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Seemed pointless to me, if i am a fan of the rockies..
to have Francis bat for himself… Sucks to be a rockies fan this year…
Like I said.....
Clint Hurdle is a worse manager than BoMel.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 13, 2008 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
For two reasons, really.
Not only should you get a better bat up there, but wouldn’t it also be nice to give Francis the night off after a solid start for once?
Augie
at least puts it into play and gets Snyder to 3rd.
Ugh….. but now Tony Clark’s hitting. ::sigh::
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This ump
is horribly inconsistent.
Fortunately, he’s been inconsistent in our favor lately, but still.
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TC
drives him in with a groundout.
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So.....
care to tie the game, Drew?
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DAMN!
Distance, but not location.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 13, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Probably.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 13, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
REALLY lousy ump.
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Double!!
Hit streak goes on!!
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How many doubles
has he had during this hit streak?
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Makes it easier
for me to practice the mandolin. Thank you, Rockies fans, for keeping it quiet.
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Drew and CoJack
have improved more offensively this year than anyone else on the team.
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C'mon, CY....
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Tie game!!
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 13, 2008 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
oh please CY...
just stop staring at down the midle pitches…
Wikipedia is accurate. (citation needed)
CY gets caught in the rundown between 1B and 2B.
Tie game, but the Rox did a nice job there getting the ball to the cutoff man and catching CY between the bases, assuming that they had thrown home. They conceded the run, but they weren’t going to catch him.
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C'mon, Tony!
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Dumb.
That was ball 4, Taveras.
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Wow..... how the mighty have fallen...
Purple Row’s Gameday Thread has 38 comments so far—ours has 328.
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Poor guys
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 13, 2008 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice.....
Dunn catches it about 2 inches inside the park.
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By the way,
just for fun—
Tulo sucks.
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Nah.
Randy Winn is pure evil. Tulo just sucks.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 13, 2008 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
It's like
the difference between Adolf Hitler and Hugo Chavez. Chavez is kind of a douche, and annoying, but Adolf Hitler is just evil.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 13, 2008 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions
thanks
for the clarification. Much appreciated.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Aug 13, 2008 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey --
we aim to educate.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 13, 2008 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Buchholz
looks pretty sharp.
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Oh man....
Reynolds was trying to grab a lead on that 3-1.
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Nice job walking, Mark!
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IAWTC
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 13, 2008 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Argh.
Tracy, robbed of extra bases by Ian Stewart.
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Yep.. Put the bat on the ball
I think Dunn has been a big factor in his hot bat the last few games..
Having Dunn in the lineup
has meant Tracy getting way more pitches to hit.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 13, 2008 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
And.....
rain, wind, and/or lightning just knocked out my DirecTV.
:-(
OMG!! WHAT’S HAPPENING??? I’M FLYING BLIND HERE!!
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Hate when that happens
Rauch in for the 8th
by ZonaBacks10 on Aug 13, 2008 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Boy.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen Yahoo’s Gameday thing when Rauch is pitching. That’s a sadistic looking face.
You can always tell
the first time someone sees Rauch’s player picture.
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D'oh!
There goes the tied game… chasing 2 runs.. again.
by singaporedbacksfan on Aug 13, 2008 11:27 PM EDT reply actions
Crap.
I blame Adam Dunn.
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And....
I’m still in the dark here.
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6-4 Rockies
D-Backs up in the 9th
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3 outs left. We need to break out the rally rear.
Everybody clap your hands.
Pictures from A League Of Their Own
CLEARLY do NOT work.
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Umpires should NEVER
be allowed to call after players after they walk away. Renewing an argument that’s already over does absolutely no good.
C’mon fella, put aside your hurt feelings and keep control of the game.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
Especially umpires
with as amorphous a strike zone as Jeff Kellogg.
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Wait...what?
Doesn’t the script call for him to ground into a double play?
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
We're rewriting it!
We’ve cut the love story, and tightened up the dialogue in the third act! Plus, the Burke double play is gone- too predictable.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
Outstanding!
can we keep the bit with the adorable talking dog?
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'Skins
apologizes for his sudden absence, says there’s a typhoon in Tucson, and that ‘charmer is now the admin…however, she’s in olympic avoidance mode…so let’s keep it clean, alright?
by emilylovesthedbacks on Aug 13, 2008 11:40 PM EDT reply actions
No one to check on us?
Someone let the dogs out!
by singaporedbacksfan on Aug 13, 2008 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm still here,
ready to call her at a moment’s notice. :-P
But really. Just be civil, yes?
by emilylovesthedbacks on Aug 13, 2008 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I may not have administrative powers
But I can hit you with weapons-grade sarcasm if necessary.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
Nice baserunning
and a lovely hit.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
C'mon Adam
this is your big chance!
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
Walking CoJack
Didn’t we call for a Adam Dunn grand slam yesterday? Now would be great…
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
I beleive we called for it
in the ninth inning too. Cue the big hit!
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
Schulte just made an Dunn punn
it doesn’t read too well on the radio though, so he had to spell it out.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
No no no no!
All wrong!
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
I guess we shouldn’t try mid-inning script revisions anymore.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
It was good fun though.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
And I was talking about the first pitch swinging.
The team that might win, the Arizona Diamondbacks.
He's a guy, wow this entire time I thought he was girl.
The team that might win, the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Just a decent grounder would have been enough.
by singaporedbacksfan on Aug 13, 2008 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
true..
Needs to quit the strike outs. seriously. lol
by ZonaBacks10 on Aug 13, 2008 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
He dosen’t know how to quit them.
by singaporedbacksfan on Aug 13, 2008 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions
The bummer about baseball
is that even the best hitters fail more often than they succeed. Ahhh! Why doesn’t baseball love me the way that I love her?
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
Why dosen’t the gal love me the way…. nvm.
by singaporedbacksfan on Aug 13, 2008 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Probably Rauch.
Given the timing of what happened. If this were a home game, there would have been a bigger fluctuation in Win Expectancy (AKA Young and Dunn could have won the game right there, instead of having the Rockies bat in the bottom half). But I guess we’ll see.
If you think about it..
Manny grounded into a DP in the 9th inning against us… Then has been on an absolute terror… Can we expect the same?? lol
Davis is the guy givin up all the runs.
That formula that you use will probably say Rauch, but I would say blew the game.
The team that might win, the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Back to scoreboard watching
Go Phillies! Don’t snatch defeat from the jaws of victory again!
by singaporedbacksfan on Aug 13, 2008 11:54 PM EDT reply actions
Night all
let’s drive in some of those runners tomorrow, OK?
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
Don't have to wait all night for the game!!!
GO Haren and Dbacks! Sounds as if Haren thinks he’s got his mechanics down again, well i think thats what he said.
by ZonaBacks10 on Aug 14, 2008 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions
And the Phillies have blown another game, giving up 3 runs in the last two innings. Dangit.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
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