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Gameday Thread, #125: 8/19 vs. Padres

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San Diego Padres @ Arizona Diamondbacks


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Josh Banks
RHP, 3-5, 4.37
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Doug Davis
LHP, 4-7, 4.79

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38 games to go, and the old adage that the baseball season is a marathon not a sprint, is becoming increasingly less applicable. It's getting to the stage where things are simple enough: whoever wins the most games over the next six weeks, out of ourselves and the Dodgers, will get into the playoffs. The other stays home in October. Los Angeles have the edge in the schedule - they have nine games against the Padres and three versus Washington, twelve contests against sub-.400 opposition. We have only six facing the Padres, so have to take advantage of them, starting tonight.

Doug Davis has, however, basically sucked after being kept out there by Bob Melvin for 124 pitches as he pursued a perfect game - and then for an additional five batters beyond that point. In three starts, he has thrown a mere 11 innings and allowed 21 hits, eight walks and 15 earned runs. Now, the near-perfecto was more of an aberration than anything, we need a return to his form of the first half, where he had a 3.80 ERA, not the 7.22 posted in the second-half. He is facing the Padres - victims of his last good outing - but if he struggles again, then I imagine some consideration needs to be given to DL'ing him, with Max Scherzer probably getting the call. A quick hook there is imperative, given the short nature of the pennant chase; it may simply be that Davis has run out of steam, the rehab from his surgery finally taking its toll after 100 innings.

Banks also struggled in his last start, with his control being particularly lacking - he walked six Milwaukee batters in 4.1 innings. That was a bit of an aberration, but we did also beat him at Chase in July, squeaking out a 3-2 win, in which he allowed all three runs in six innings. Upton and Reynolds homered off him that night. The Padres offense has struggled of late, scoring three or less in six of the last eight games, though the overall average is skewed by the other two games, in Colorado, where they scored 24 runs. One stunning stat: the Padres are 3-55 when trailing after six innings, so if we're leading then... Arizona have been pretty solid offensively since the arrival of Dunn: Sunday's shut-out was the first time in ten games they've been held to less than four runs.

Should be about for most of this series, and I'm thinking we should look to take two out of three, at least. Thursday, with Webb on the mound, looks like a cert, but today is much less certain. Tomorrow, with Haren facing Peavy, should be an excellent pitching match-up, and could go either way too. With Los Angeles facing Colorado, it'd be nice to get back into the lead, but the main thing is to take care of our own business and let the Dodgers worry about themselves.

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soco's keys to the game

1) Finish making dinner
2) Go over interview stuff
3) Dessert?

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 8:25 PM EDT   0 recs

emily's keys to the game

1) Find some dinner
2) Stop crying long enough to eat said dinner and make a couple phone calls
3) Finish packing (I have tonight and tomorrow. Yipes.)

I probably won’t be around for much, if any, of this one. Expect to see very little of me this weekend, but I’ll have a full report of how the move went on…well. Whenever. :-P

by emilylovesthedbacks on Aug 19, 2008 8:35 PM EDT   0 recs

Also.

I just realized that number 2 makes me sound extremely emo. I just said goodbye to my best friend that’s staying here, and I am a mess. Don’t mind me. :-)

by emilylovesthedbacks on Aug 19, 2008 8:36 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

4) Quit copying soco

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 8:39 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Hey

soco’s a trendsetter… he should be honored!

by snakecharmer on Aug 19, 2008 8:53 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Considering

I started the keys to the game to make fun of broadcasters’ lame attempts to explain what the team needed to do for that day, I really don’t think it should be that holy of ground.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 9:06 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh, sarcasm.....

how you make yourself invisible online.

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 9:55 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

This won't

make your poster any cooler.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 9:56 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Poster?

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 9:57 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

*post

oh no here comes the hurf durf…

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 9:58 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

5) Feel better

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 8:40 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

(((((((((((((((Emily)))))))))))))))))))))

That’s tough to say goodbye to your best friend.

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

by 4 Corners Fan on Aug 19, 2008 9:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

good start

we need to start this home stand off right. So Davis need to put up an early zero and we need some early runs…. Dunns big home debut. Im excited

by J Up on Aug 19, 2008 9:00 PM EDT   0 recs

Today’s lineup:

A. Ojeda ss .252
C. Young cf .239
C. Jackson lf .302
A. Dunn rf .236
M. Reynolds 3b .247
C. Tracy 1b .279
C. Snyder c .247
C. Burke 2b .203
D. Davis p .111

Augie is leading off and Burke gets the start at 2b but we only have 3 LHBs against the righty.

by foulpole on Aug 19, 2008 9:27 PM EDT   0 recs

No Stephen Drew

due to a hamstring problem.

by TwinnerA on Aug 19, 2008 9:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Bummer. :-( What’s the story on his hammy? How long is he gonna be out?

by foulpole on Aug 19, 2008 9:40 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Drew

is better against LHP anyway, but he’s been our hottest hitter lately.

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 9:44 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Those other guys:

S. Hairston cf .256
B. Giles rf .290
K. Kouzmanoff 3b .279
A. Gonzalez 1b .277
C. Headley lf .263
N. Hundley c .198
T. Iguchi 2b .243
S. Kazmar ss .200
J. Banks p .150

Scooter leads off with the stellar .256 ba Lol. how sad is that when you have Hairston as your starting CF and lead off hitter???

by foulpole on Aug 19, 2008 9:29 PM EDT   0 recs

Yeah, but his BA is better than 6/8ths of our starting lineup….

by snakecharmer on Aug 19, 2008 9:31 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

So, you would be happy with Hairston as our starting CF?

by foulpole on Aug 19, 2008 9:35 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Defensively, no way

Offensively, he’d be a bit of an upgrade right now….

by snakecharmer on Aug 19, 2008 9:36 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

No question

Young: OPS+ = 86
Hairston: OPS+ = 118

by Jim McLennan on Aug 19, 2008 9:37 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Scooter is the true definition of a fungible outfielder.

by foulpole on Aug 19, 2008 9:42 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

hi ppl

long time no see =X

Wikipedia is accurate. (citation needed)

by Muu on Aug 19, 2008 9:32 PM EDT   0 recs

Evening

Let’s hope your bring DD some luck…

by Jim McLennan on Aug 19, 2008 9:34 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

for sure

Wikipedia is accurate. (citation needed)

by Muu on Aug 19, 2008 9:35 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Home safely

And getting settled. I’ll simultaneously be listening to the game, converting a website into Joomla and posting, so this promises to be a masterpiece of divided attentions!

by Jim McLennan on Aug 19, 2008 9:32 PM EDT   0 recs

Are you converting your website into joomla?

The movie-review one? … It could use an upgrade…. :)

by snakecharmer on Aug 19, 2008 9:34 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

No, another one, actually.

I know what you mean about trashcity.org, but with 2,000 reviews…it ain’t going anywhere in the near future. :-)

by Jim McLennan on Aug 19, 2008 9:35 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

lol, good point!

But I am a programmer, I could probably automate it… :)

by snakecharmer on Aug 19, 2008 9:36 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

If you could figure out some way

To do the cross-referencing by actors too…that’s the bit which I can’t get my brain around.

by Jim McLennan on Aug 19, 2008 9:40 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh that's easy!

Simple database call. :)

by snakecharmer on Aug 19, 2008 9:46 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm simultaneously

watching the Dbacks, posting at the ‘Pit, and reading the manual for Jane’s F/A-18 Simulator. /nerd

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 9:47 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Just bought

a new joystick and throttle. /even more nerd

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:03 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Well, I wanted to be a fighter pilot

until I was told that I was colorblind, and it was never gonna happen. Then I cried for the rest of the day. :-(

But yeah, bought the joystick and throttle this weekend — trying to figure out how to map the buttons and such.

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:08 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Me too

except I have terrible eye sight and astigmatism, and minus the crying as well.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 10:10 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Well,

I didn’t wear glasses or contacts back then.

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Well such is life

I dreamed of being a fighter pilot too… I have perfect eyesight but I suffer from recurrent shoulder dislocations and thus got rejected. Ah childhood dreams.

No good flight simulators nowadays though. Loved the Jane’s Series.

by singaporedbacksfan on Aug 19, 2008 10:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I know!

I hate Electronic Arts for shutting down Jane’s!!

I’ve got 688(I) Hunter/Killer, F/A-18, Fighters Anthology, (incl. USNF 97, ATF and NATO Fighters) WWII Fighters, Longbow 2, Fleet Command, and I ordered a used copy of F-15.

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:22 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

/more nerd than ever before

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery…

by snakecharmer on Aug 19, 2008 10:31 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I actually

feel like I need kishi around to back me up on this, because he comes across as a guy who might like flight simulators.

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:32 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Hey I like them too!

The last one I tried was IL 2… which was a tad too realistic cause I can’t seem to fly properly, let alone land the darn thing. Not Nerd enough then :)

by singaporedbacksfan on Aug 19, 2008 10:40 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I've heard that

IL-2 and Flanker 2.5 are two of the greatest realistic flight sims today. Haven’t played either of them, but it’s really kinda cool to have two of the top sims based almost entirely on Russian aircraft.

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:42 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I did love me a good flight simulator

Flight sims and adventure games- the two genres that seem to have died sometime in the late ’90s, for no apparent reason.

Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?

by kishi on Aug 19, 2008 11:25 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Well, adventure games have largely come back.

But flight sims — not so much. There’s a glut of WWII sims, and then there’s Lock On: Modern Air Combat, and then that’s about it.

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:28 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

And your supposition was correct!!

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

by 4 Corners Fan on Aug 19, 2008 11:27 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Sweeeeeet....

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:29 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm divided too

Just got season 4 of the Wire. Only four episodes to go!

"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson

by Scrbl on Aug 19, 2008 10:01 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Let’s quit monkeying around and start this series off with a big high five!

by foulpole on Aug 19, 2008 9:33 PM EDT   0 recs

C'mon Double D!

Let’s throw some strikes tonight!

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 9:42 PM EDT   0 recs

But not

strikes right down the middle.

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 9:42 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Unless

they miss those strikes. Hell, just don’t suck.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 9:43 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

6-4-3!!!

——-!

by foulpole on Aug 19, 2008 9:44 PM EDT   0 recs

Well done!

Keep it up like that.

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 9:46 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

6-4-3.

That’ll do, pig.

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 9:44 PM EDT   0 recs

Huh?

What I meant was he got 3 outs without giving up any runs! One day with no game and I am slowww.

by TwinnerA on Aug 19, 2008 9:49 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Does that count as a 1-2-3 inning

if he gets a DP? Jim?

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 9:50 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Bit of a shaky start

Rather too much plate early on. But the Kouz at-bat was much better, and it all ends well.

Now, let’s get on top early, and set the tone.

by Jim McLennan on Aug 19, 2008 9:45 PM EDT   0 recs

Leadoff homer!

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 9:47 PM EDT   0 recs

Jk.

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 9:47 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

¬¬

Wikipedia is accurate. (citation needed)

by Muu on Aug 19, 2008 9:48 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Leadoff BB works too, though.

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 9:48 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Didn't you

get all pissy when I did that as a joke?

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 9:48 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh, it wasn't meant to be an explanation.

It was meant as a hopeful desire.

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 9:49 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Do you

doubt my word, sir??

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 9:51 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Well

you don’t give me much to be confident on.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 9:52 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Besides my word?

Shouldn’t that be enough?

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 9:53 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Rude. Rude. Rude.

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

by 4 Corners Fan on Aug 19, 2008 9:48 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Don't.

Just, don’t.

by Jim McLennan on Aug 19, 2008 10:03 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Hmmm....

yeah I didn’t realize that some posters might take it the wrong way.

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:04 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Plus all those who don’t get it live… :P

by snakecharmer on Aug 19, 2008 10:04 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Solid PA for Augie!

——-!

by foulpole on Aug 19, 2008 9:48 PM EDT   0 recs

Ojeda earns himself

a walk.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 9:48 PM EDT   0 recs

nice

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

by hotclaws on Aug 19, 2008 9:50 PM EDT   0 recs