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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 reply reply actions actions   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 reply reply actions actions   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 reply reply actions actions   0 recs

4) Quit copying soco

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

Hey

soco’s a trendsetter… he should be honored!

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

Oh, sarcasm.....

how you make yourself invisible online.

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

Poster?

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

5) Feel better

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

No Stephen Drew

due to a hamstring problem.

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

Drew

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

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

No question

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

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

Scooter is the true definition of a fungible outfielder.

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

hi ppl

long time no see =X

Wikipedia is accurate. (citation needed)

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

for sure

Wikipedia is accurate. (citation needed)

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

I'm simultaneously

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

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

Just bought

a new joystick and throttle. /even more nerd

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:03 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   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.

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:08 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   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 reply reply actions actions   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 reply reply actions actions   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 reply reply actions actions   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 reply reply actions actions   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 reply reply actions actions   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 reply reply actions actions   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 reply reply actions actions   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 reply reply actions actions   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.

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

Sweeeeeet....

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

C'mon Double D!

Let’s throw some strikes tonight!

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

6-4-3!!!

——-!

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

Well done!

Keep it up like that.

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

6-4-3.

That’ll do, pig.

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

Leadoff homer!

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

Jk.

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

¬¬

Wikipedia is accurate. (citation needed)

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

Leadoff BB works too, though.

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

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

It was meant as a hopeful desire.

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

Do you

doubt my word, sir??

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

Besides my word?

Shouldn’t that be enough?

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

Hmmm....

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

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

Solid PA for Augie!

——-!

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

nice

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

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

CY walks

keep the parade going!

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 9:50 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Adam Dunn Chris Young also draws a walk.

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 9:51 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

CY with the bb!?!

——-!

by foulpole on Aug 19, 2008 9:51 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nice little plopper RBI by CoJack!!

Chip Hale? WTF were you doing stopping the runner??

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 9:51 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Luckily,

Augie has realized that the best approach is to do the opposite of what Hale says. If he says go, stop or you’ll be thrown out. If he says stay, run through and score without issue…

by Jim McLennan on Aug 19, 2008 10:04 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

GMTA

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

Jackson gets a Texas Leader

and Augie is all, “I DON’T CARE ABOUT YOUR STOP SIGN, I’M SCORIN’!”

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 9:52 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nice little ribby doink for CJ!

1-0!

——-!

by foulpole on Aug 19, 2008 9:52 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Adam Dunn

makes his Arizona home debut!

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 9:52 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So Augie blows through the stop sign and 3rd by Hale and scores. Go figure.

by TwinnerA on Aug 19, 2008 9:53 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The universe is upside down.

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

Chip Hales LIVES on opposite day.

If he says to hold up? Run. If he waves you home? Stop.

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 9:54 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My brother says

his son is kind of a douche, too.

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

These

are good things to know?

Yub, yub!

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

Trying to pick CY off 2B?

…..interesting decision, as it almost goes into CF

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 9:53 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hmm....

I sure thought that Dunn struck out there….

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 9:53 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Another 3-2 count to Dunn

by foulpole on Aug 19, 2008 9:54 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Solid PA by the Beast!

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

And now Dunn walks

Shocking, I know.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 9:55 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

BEEP Adam Dunn walks BEEP

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 9:56 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

bases lotadas

let’s go Reyyyyyynolds!

Wikipedia is accurate. (citation needed)

by Muu on Aug 19, 2008 9:56 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

C'mon, Mark....

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 9:56 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We need to explode this inning

with DD on the bump.

Do work boys.

Never give up. Never give in.

by pepperdinedevil on Aug 19, 2008 9:56 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

All these walks

it’s like dog obedience school

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

by hotclaws on Aug 19, 2008 9:56 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Damn.

Well, CY scores at least.

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 9:57 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nice hustle by CY!!

Everyone moves up 90 feet!

——-!

by foulpole on Aug 19, 2008 9:58 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Tracy will walk

come on Snyderman!

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 9:58 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

IBB to Chad Tracy

to lead the bases for Snydes.

Hmm….

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 9:58 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Setting up the DP

Still, it ain’t pretty for Banks… almost 30 pitches in 1 inning!

by singaporedbacksfan on Aug 19, 2008 9:59 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'd love to see a homer

go snydesssss

Wikipedia is accurate. (citation needed)

by Muu on Aug 19, 2008 9:59 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'd love to see

a hit.

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 9:59 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 9:59 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I hatchu!

Wikipedia is accurate. (citation needed)

by Muu on Aug 19, 2008 10:00 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

but I'll take the single =p

Wikipedia is accurate. (citation needed)

by Muu on Aug 19, 2008 10:00 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That was

an angry single.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 10:00 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Snydes with the ribby single!

——-!

by foulpole on Aug 19, 2008 10:00 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Okay.

Time for Chris Burke to do something.

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:00 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The venerable Chris Burke.

(Can I call him that? He’s been okay lately….)

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:00 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well,

deep fly for an RBI. Good stuff!

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

Sac fly

I’ll take it.

Yub, yub!

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

no kidding O-o

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

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

So

who wants to bet when we see the Padres bullpen tonight?

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 10:00 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

4th?

Wikipedia is accurate. (citation needed)

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

I’m guessing the 4th too.

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

this is a nice start

let’s keep it going

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

by hotclaws on Aug 19, 2008 10:01 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Solid sac fly for Burke!

by foulpole on Aug 19, 2008 10:01 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So.....

Doug Davis? Howzabout a hit or a walk?

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:01 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nope.

Still, 4-0 after 1 is pretty sweet…

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:02 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Can't complain

gives Davis some room to breath. Now watch he’ll pitch really good today.

Yub, yub!

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

really well.

/grammar nerd

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

Hey!

These things are important!

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:06 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Looked like

flawless lolcat to me.

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

by Scrbl on Aug 19, 2008 10:05 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Okay, Davis

go up there and don’t swing…ah come on!

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 10:01 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nice way to start inning

Let’s hope double d has his stuff.

Chris Burke hot at the plate? Small sample size.

by Zephon on Aug 19, 2008 10:04 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That was fun

I like it when our lead-off hitter gets to lead off the second as well…

by Jim McLennan on Aug 19, 2008 10:05 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I've never

understood the appeal of eating peanuts at a game. Sunflower seeds are an activity, but peanuts? Any peanut-lover want to fill me in on what I’ve been missing?

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 10:06 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You get to throw the shells on the ground.

I think that’s the biggest appeal — you can litter without feeling bad about it.

Plus, they’re tasty.

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:06 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You get your hands all grubby

which especially sucks if you’re keeping score. At least sunflower seeds you get to litter while adding to the ultra-manly activity of spitting.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 10:07 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You speak of being "ultra-manly"....

….and then you complain of getting your hands grubby?

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:11 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well

spitting doesn’t get my hands dirty. I hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate having things on my hands like that.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 10:12 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hmmm....

see, I hate oily hands….

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:13 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It's a tasty snack

that you have to eat slowly.

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

by Scrbl on Aug 19, 2008 10:07 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh, dear...

It looks like Davis has decided it is more blessed to give, than receive…

by Jim McLennan on Aug 19, 2008 10:07 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I didn't realize

tonight was a charity walk-a-thon.

Yub, yub!

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

trouble...

Wikipedia is accurate. (citation needed)

by Muu on Aug 19, 2008 10:08 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

F'in A, DD

Never give up. Never give in.

by pepperdinedevil on Aug 19, 2008 10:09 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Where did that 2-0 miss?

by foulpole on Aug 19, 2008 10:09 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It was low

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:09 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

According to gametracker

it didn’t. It is in the same location as pitch #4, a called strike…

Never give up. Never give in.

by pepperdinedevil on Aug 19, 2008 10:10 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don’t know about gametracker but on the tube for the center field camera it was a strike.

by foulpole on Aug 19, 2008 10:12 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ugh.

BB to load the bases.

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:09 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

4-1.

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:10 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

HEY DOUG!!

STOP SUCKING!!!

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:10 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Base hit

to bring us to 4-1

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 10:10 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'd rather not

if that’s fine by the rest of you.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 10:11 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Please don’t give it all back, DD.

by TwinnerA on Aug 19, 2008 10:11 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I’m about to start throwing things.

Never give up. Never give in.

by pepperdinedevil on Aug 19, 2008 10:12 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Can you

do it for a strike?

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 10:12 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Do you

have better control?

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:12 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That was my next comment… I can come within three feet of what I’m aiming for, yes.

I can pepper the zone actually.

Never give up. Never give in.

by pepperdinedevil on Aug 19, 2008 10:13 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

4-2

with a line out. At least the double play is still in line?

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 10:13 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Doug!

Where did you go Doug? And when can we expect you back?

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

by Scrbl on Aug 19, 2008 10:13 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nice hustle by Dunn

to get to that line drive, and at least get ONE out.

Throwing to home was dumb, too.

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:13 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

BoMel!

With a rare argument!

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:13 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

whats he arguing?

/following on internet

are you suggesting coconuts migrate?

by utahdbacksfan on Aug 19, 2008 10:15 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, I think so? Something about the 3B ump getting a good view.

by snakecharmer on Aug 19, 2008 10:16 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Also

that the 3rd base ump said he couldn’t see clearly, then when they threw over to appeal he called it safe, so I gues Bob Melvin took an opposing view?

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 10:17 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Honestly,

I missed it. I was too busy reading about EMCON.

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:16 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

More?

It’s basically like radio silence for RADAR.

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

But does

he have a car?

Yub, yub!

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

I've got

some summer lovin’ for flight sims.

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:23 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Eh wha?

Bob Melvin arguing with an official? BOB Melvin? Bob MELVIN?

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

by Scrbl on Aug 19, 2008 10:15 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He's no

Lou Pinella, but this isn’t that rare.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 10:16 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sure, he comes out of the dugout occasionally

but he still conducts himself like a rabbit.

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

by Scrbl on Aug 19, 2008 10:17 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

A groundhog, perhaps?

Like the one I can’t spell the name of

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

Punxsutawney Phil?

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

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

As a fellow Phil,

I feel like I should know this….

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

He's the offical groundhog

of Groundhog Day. His name is Phil and I think he lives in Punxsutawney.

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

by Scrbl on Aug 19, 2008 10:21 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No

I know who he is, I’m just saying I feel like I should know how to spell that.

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:24 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I didn't know how to spell it either

but I was close enough for Google to find the correct spelling.

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

by Scrbl on Aug 19, 2008 10:24 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeahhh. Punxsutawney Bob!

by snakecharmer on Aug 19, 2008 10:20 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Or Bob.

I get them mixed up.

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

by Scrbl on Aug 19, 2008 10:23 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Didn't

it used to be Phil though?

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:25 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yes. :P

I was saying, above, that Bob could be like a groundhog…. follow the breadcrumbs…

by snakecharmer on Aug 19, 2008 10:26 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ah...

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:27 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

lol

I completely missed that.

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

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

I'm not sure

what you want here? To get himself kicked out more? Personally, I’d rather the manager take a seat most of time unless it’s something to actually sink their teeth into.

Yub, yub!

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

I think I would like to see him get kicked out more

if it meant showing a little more conviction. By now, my impatience with BoMel is definitely coloring my opinion, but he is among the least fiery coaches I’ve seen.

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

by Scrbl on Aug 19, 2008 10:27 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I would agree.

I’m not saying he needs to be Bobby Cox or Sweet Lou, but he could show a LITTLE more emotion out there.

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:28 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Why?

Is this XLB?

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 10:29 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No,

this is MLB, and I’m saying Bob Melvin might be too mild to manage a bunch of young players, needing a leader.

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

No

but it gives the impression that he doesn’t care. It also means that he almost never backs up his players in close calls.

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

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

I guess

I disagree.

Yub, yub!

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

I can understand that

but I got to much bile to let it go.

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

by Scrbl on Aug 19, 2008 10:34 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

DD has a great move to 1st!

by foulpole on Aug 19, 2008 10:15 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Fortunately,

this pitcher is teh suck at bunting.

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:15 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

K to get the pitcher.

Hey — stoppping the bleeding is something to cheer for.

Pretty wide strike, though.

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:17 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wooo

tournequit!

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 10:17 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ugg

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

by hotclaws on Aug 19, 2008 10:19 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh!

Mark…. VERY close play there.

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:20 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Scary inning

but it’s over, without being too bad.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 10:20 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

There goes that scary hitter Scotter again!

——-!

by foulpole on Aug 19, 2008 10:20 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He's actually even scarier

than Chris Young….

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:26 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Lol

Talk about damming with faint praise…

by singaporedbacksfan on Aug 19, 2008 10:28 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Checking in.

Nice to see a lead.

I feel productive…ate dinner, made phone calls, and packed an entire box. Woo!

by emilylovesthedbacks on Aug 19, 2008 10:21 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Phew

Davis sucks tonight. There’s not really any other word for it. The outs he got were a laser to right, the pitcher, and a hard-hit ball Reynolds did pretty well to knock down and keep in front of him.

It’s gonna be a long night, but I would not be surprised, based on this inning, if we see Scherzer up on Sunday.

by Jim McLennan on Aug 19, 2008 10:22 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

CY2B

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:24 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

CY smoked that 2 bagger!

It sure seems like he’s been getting better contact lately.

——-!

by foulpole on Aug 19, 2008 10:24 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

#36

Wikipedia is accurate. (citation needed)

by Muu on Aug 19, 2008 10:24 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

CoJack flys out

but Young tags up to third.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 10:25 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ah crap

Dunn pops out to end the inning.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 10:26 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

long one tho

Wikipedia is accurate. (citation needed)

by Muu on Aug 19, 2008 10:26 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well

not that long, though I’m surprised they held on to the ball.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 10:29 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nice play by Koozie

by foulpole on Aug 19, 2008 10:28 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think

he made it look a little harder than it should have….

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:29 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

double ugg

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

by hotclaws on Aug 19, 2008 10:27 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Throw a little off

so the dude is safe at first, one out.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 10:30 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nice job breaking up the DP.

C’mon, Dougie! Finish it!!

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:33 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Another one

bites the dust…

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:34 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

grace

that was a nice diatribe by grace

by dbacksbj on Aug 19, 2008 10:33 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What was he ranting about?

I usually tune him out….

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:33 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Which snow cone

flavor is the best.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 10:34 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If it isn't

at least half cherry, I could understand getting a little heated about it.

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

by Scrbl on Aug 19, 2008 10:37 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He was

excited, I can imagine flecks of spit coming out of his mouth.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 10:33 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

hopefully there are some broken maple bats so he can go off on another tangent

by dbacksbj on Aug 19, 2008 10:33 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Davis

looked a lot better that inning, ending with a K.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 10:34 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's

not really saying much, though.

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:34 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He seems to be settling in nicely.

by foulpole on Aug 19, 2008 10:34 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

saying if ur gonna miss a throw miss it low and not high

by dbacksbj on Aug 19, 2008 10:34 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh.....

yeah, that was actually kinda interesting.

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:35 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I liked the

first inning, where the Diamondbacks were at least a little patient.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 10:36 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I liked the

first two games of the Houston series, where we scored a bunch of runs.

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:37 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

There ya go....

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:38 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Tracy

gets a walk.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 10:38 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

more walkies

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

by hotclaws on Aug 19, 2008 10:39 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

less talkies

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:39 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Okay

Snyder walks.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 10:43 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Solid PA by Snydes there

by foulpole on Aug 19, 2008 10:43 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

-------!

———-?

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

by hotclaws on Aug 19, 2008 10:43 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That is exactly what i was thinking.

by foulpole on Aug 19, 2008 10:49 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

There we go.

Better. This guy’s allergic to the strike zone. Make him execute his pitches.

by Azreous on Aug 19, 2008 10:43 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Burke back

to his burkin’ ways, and k’s.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 10:44 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Argh....

God Burke it!!

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:45 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Burke

does not = God

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:47 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

^Refer to above

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:48 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Now you've just gotta stop....

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:50 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well, we got through the pitchers spot.

by foulpole on Aug 19, 2008 10:46 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, see? That works.

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:47 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Pitch count through 3:

DD 49

Banks 63

by foulpole on Aug 19, 2008 10:48 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

War of attrition, I guess.

by Azreous on Aug 19, 2008 10:49 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Rox 2, LA 1

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:49 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No Doug.

We do not walk leadoff hitters. Bad.

by Azreous on Aug 19, 2008 10:50 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No Doug-biscuit!

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:51 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

we need another diagram

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

by hotclaws on Aug 19, 2008 10:51 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh no

no we don’t.

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 10:52 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well, if it's gonna annoy soco.....

I’ll get right to work on that.

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:54 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Disabling

images, go!

Yub, yub!

by soco on Aug 19, 2008 10:54 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I actually

wasn’t intending on doing it…

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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:56 PM EDT to parent up