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Gameday Thread, #123: 8/16 vs. Astros

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Arizona Diamondbacks @ Houston Astros


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Yusmeiro Petit
RHP, 1-3, 3.12
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Brandon Backe
RHP, 7-11, 5.14

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Here we go again. Another game where the Diamondbacks want to post a win, to put pressure on the Dodgers who are playing later. There is a good omen: in the post today, we got a box from Fox Sports Arizona containing a baseball, autographed by Grace and Sutton, which we'd won in the Vans Chevrolet contest. Of course, we'd rather have won the car, but we will happily settle for that, and will add it to the Diamondbacks shrine in the dining-room.

Feel a little less confident tonight, with the Petit Unit on the mound for this one. He hasn't pitched badly, but mostly due to Melvin having a quick hook with him, has lasted exactly five innings in each of his past three starts. Overall, in four starts this season, his ERA is 3.00, which is not bad at all. With the likely departure of Owings during the off-season, it's going to be interesting next year to see how that affects Petit's role. For the rest of this season, expect his spot to be skipped wherever necessary, however.

Backe has been "up and down," to put it mildly. His last start saw him deliver seven innings of one-run ball; however, the one before that was the worst 2008 start by a pitcher in the National League, as the Cubs scored eleven off him in just 3.1 innings. Walks may be an issue, too - hopefully as much as for Wild Wandy yesterday. In four games and 21.1 innings, Backe has walked 15 batters. Adam Dunn might not be looking forward to this one, having gone 0-for-12 with six K's in his previous encounters; no-one else has more than four at-bats against Backe.

Back to The Sets tonight, for Bohemian Nights, a cabaret show that we have great difficulty not referring to as Bohemian Rhapsody. Will probably be heading down there around first-pitch, so might not be about for the first couple of innings. Still, the team seemed to do very well while we were on the road yesterday: I am hoping that the offense will continue to hit, and we'll get another win. Maybe Chris Burke will hit another homer? Hey, let's not get too carried away... :-)

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Maybe Chris Burke will hit another homer? Hey, let’s not get too carried away… :-)

I think if Chris Burke extends his hitting streak to 4 games and his homering streak to 3 games, the soco’s will have to throw HIM a party.

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 16, 2008 6:35 PM EDT   0 recs

PARTY AT SOCO'S PLACE!!

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 16, 2008 6:45 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

where are the pictures??????

Wikipedia is accurate. (citation needed)

by Muu on Aug 16, 2008 6:42 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Let’s continue with putting lots of runs on the scoreboard. That’s fun!

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

by 4 Corners Fan on Aug 16, 2008 6:35 PM EDT   0 recs

Vamos DBacks!!

Wikipedia is accurate. (citation needed)

by Muu on Aug 16, 2008 6:39 PM EDT   0 recs

25 HR's allowed

By Backe… Ouch! Lets make it 30 by the end of the night.. lol. okay i’ll take 27 or 28…

by ZonaBacks10 on Aug 16, 2008 6:40 PM EDT   0 recs

27 already

Wikipedia is accurate. (citation needed)

by Muu on Aug 16, 2008 8:17 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Montero had

his wheaties this morning!

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

by unnamedDBacksfan on Aug 16, 2008 8:27 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I actually feel very, very confident about us tonight. Backe is a bad pitcher. No bones about it. There’s no question we should be able to beat him up pretty good. I’m actually glad to see Petit Unit lined up against him. It would likely be a waste to have one of our better hurlers on the bump (hope I don’t eat these words).

"There are only two seasons: winter and baseball"
-- Bill Veeck

by njjohn on Aug 16, 2008 6:44 PM EDT   0 recs

Tonight

Adam Dunn hits one out. The Dbacks have been hitting the ball well of late. If Petit puts together a decent outing I smell a W.

by DiamondbacksWIn on Aug 16, 2008 6:47 PM EDT   0 recs

Oh man

from an angle the ketchup bottle looked like chocolate syrup. That would have made a terrible glass of chocolate milk.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 16, 2008 6:49 PM EDT   0 recs

OTOH

it would have made an excellent glass of tomato milk.

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 16, 2008 6:50 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Blech

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 16, 2008 6:54 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

That's not what your mom said

when I offered her a glass of tomato milk. OH!!

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 16, 2008 7:00 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I bet she would

say “blech.”

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 16, 2008 7:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

With a lower case b

and a period?

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 16, 2008 7:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

No

see, that’s called grammar. There are things that don’t seemingly show up in spoken English that exist in written English.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 16, 2008 7:04 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

It's actually

punctuation, not grammar.

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 16, 2008 7:15 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Which is

part of grammar you hair-splitting homp.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 16, 2008 7:16 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Care to

show me a definition of “punctuation” that refers to it as “part of grammar”?

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 16, 2008 7:20 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Care to

not blow everything

completely out of proportion?

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 16, 2008 7:23 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

soco's keys to the game

1) Whip up some stir fry
2) Take care of the sick wife
3) Dessert?

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 16, 2008 6:51 PM EDT   0 recs

3) cheese cake

I’m telling ya. Cant go wrong

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

by unnamedDBacksfan on Aug 16, 2008 6:51 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm

a huge fan of the cheesecake, myself.

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 16, 2008 6:55 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I haven't

had good cheesecake in awhile. Maybe when the whether cools down I try my hand at it.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 16, 2008 6:57 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

How is the missus,

by the way? What’s she sick with?

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 16, 2008 6:58 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Just a cold

it looks like, from working with dirty brats all week. You think she’d be immune after dealing with me.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 16, 2008 6:59 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Because you get sick often?

Or because you’re a dirty brat?

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 16, 2008 7:01 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

By the way,

is your signature from Return of the Jedi?

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 16, 2008 7:05 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Choo know it

I’m celebrating the new Star Wars movie.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 16, 2008 7:06 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

come up to NYC and we can rectify the lack of good cheesecake consumption.

"There are only two seasons: winter and baseball"
-- Bill Veeck

by njjohn on Aug 16, 2008 7:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Look

you don’t need to tell me this twice. If someone walked up to me, and said, “here, come to New York, I want you to work” I’d be all over that in a second, bags would be packed, I’d have a Knicks uniform haphazardly thrown on.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 16, 2008 7:05 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

what’s your profession?

"There are only two seasons: winter and baseball"
-- Bill Veeck

by njjohn on Aug 16, 2008 7:06 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Right now

I work for Barnes and Noble while I finish school. Luckily, the home office is in New York, so if I were able to continue with the company it would fit right in with that.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 16, 2008 7:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

there you go!

"There are only two seasons: winter and baseball"
-- Bill Veeck

by njjohn on Aug 16, 2008 7:10 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm stoked.

House sitting for the ’rents. Doing some grilling later. Got some Jello Shots and beer

Chris Burke hot at the plate? Small sample size.

by Zephon on Aug 16, 2008 7:01 PM EDT   0 recs

I can certainly think of

worse ways to spend the weekend. :-D

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 16, 2008 7:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Woooooo

Jello shots!

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 16, 2008 7:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Indeed

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 16, 2008 7:11 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I've been curious, by the way.

How do you buy alcohol without an ID?

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 16, 2008 7:52 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Turn

the bathtub into a still?

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 16, 2008 7:53 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

My dad

used to use the bathtub to make beer, when my parents first got married.

My mom quickly put an end to that, though.

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 16, 2008 7:55 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I can't

imagine why.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 16, 2008 7:56 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

She came home

from a long shift at the hospital, wanting to take a hot bath, only to discover that the beer was already using the bathroom.

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 16, 2008 7:59 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

And it was probably

a one bathroom place?

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 16, 2008 7:59 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yup.

An apartment above an Italian bakery in Chicago.

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 16, 2008 8:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Your mother

truly is a saint.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 16, 2008 8:03 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Dorothy Mantooth?

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 16, 2008 8:07 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I have friends?

Chris Burke hot at the plate? Small sample size.

by Zephon on Aug 17, 2008 12:25 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

LOL

Old skool!!

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 17, 2008 2:37 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Today’s line up:

S. Drew ss .284
C. Young cf .238
C. Jackson lf .305
A. Dunn rf .234
M. Reynolds 3b .249
C. Tracy 1b .285
M. Montero c .265
C. Burke 2b .204
Y. Petit p .000

Young is in the #2 spot, Miggy behind the plate and Burke gets the start at his old home. 4 LHBs vs the righty.

by foulpole on Aug 16, 2008 7:06 PM EDT   0 recs

BoMel would be so much better off if he’d push everyone 3-6 up a slot and drop Young to #6

"There are only two seasons: winter and baseball"
-- Bill Veeck

by njjohn on Aug 16, 2008 7:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Those other guys:

D. Erstad cf .291
M. Loretta 2b .273
M. Tejada ss .284
L. Berkman 1b .332
G. Blum 3b .235
T. Wigginton lf .295
H. Pence rf .266
H. Quintero c .229
B. Backe p .316

by foulpole on Aug 16, 2008 7:07 PM EDT   0 recs

Geez. That’s a SLOW lineup.

"There are only two seasons: winter and baseball"
-- Bill Veeck

by njjohn on Aug 16, 2008 7:08 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Nice lead off bb for Wolf!

by foulpole on Aug 16, 2008 7:07 PM EDT   0 recs

Niiiice job,

’Stros defense. :-D

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 16, 2008 7:09 PM EDT   0 recs

A little doink for CY and we have runners at 1st and 2nd with nobody out!

Sweet!

by foulpole on Aug 16, 2008 7:10 PM EDT   0 recs

Is it appropriate

to call it a Texas Leaguer?

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 16, 2008 7:11 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Doink, flair, dying quail, Texas Leaguer, bloop etc..

It’s all the same. ;-)

by foulpole on Aug 16, 2008 7:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Especially

since they’re in Texas.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 16, 2008 7:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I wouldn't refer to it

as a “dying quail”, as we actually had one last night.

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 16, 2008 7:16 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Geez

I move from the office to the living room and we already have two dudes on base?

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 16, 2008 7:10 PM EDT   0 recs

Keep moving!!

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 16, 2008 7:10 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

You don't have to tell me twice

to move to the kitchen.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 16, 2008 7:11 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Move to the kitchen

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 16, 2008 7:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

No

you don’t have to.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 16, 2008 7:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

But just in case

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 16, 2008 7:15 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Move to the kitchen

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 16, 2008 7:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Nice job breaking up the DP,

CY.

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 16, 2008 7:11 PM EDT   0 recs

So

what’s with all these teams that normally have pinstripes for home uniforms having plain white alternates now?

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 16, 2008 7:12 PM EDT   0 recs

Pretty small K zone

Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.

by DbacksSkins on Aug 16, 2008 7:13 PM EDT   0 recs

Dunn gets

himself an RBI single. 1-0!

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 16, 2008 7:13 PM EDT   0 recs