Gameday Thread, #126: 8/20 vs. Padres
by Jim McLennan on Aug 20, 2008 8:00 PM EDT
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Poor Dan Haren. In almost half of his starts (12 of 25), he's got four runs or less of support from the offense. And tonight looks likely to be another case, since in Peavy's two appearances against us this season, we've managed two runs in fourteen innings, on only seven hits, with fifteen strikeouts. No, it's not going to be easy tonight, but in Dan Haren, we send out a pitcher who is certainly capable, on his day - and that's most of the time - of matching Peavy in zeros.
Haren got back on track last time out, after a couple of rocky outings, with eight innings of two-run ball in Coors Field. He has made three starts against the Padres so far in 2008, going seven innings each time and allowing a total of five earned runs in those 21 innings, with seventeen hits, just two walks, and sixteen K's. Between him and Peavy, If I were you, I wouldn't blink tonight, or you might miss three innings.
A win tonight locks the series down and, with Webb going tomorrow against an unheralded rookie, would also give us a great chance of completing the sweep. I'll be about - tonight, I'm supposed to be on the 'puter, working on the program for the PFFF, but last night I was supposed to be doing a lot more than watching Brandon Lyon implode! So we'll see how that works out...
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with Webb going tomorrow against an unheralded rookie
Of course, those are the pitchers who usually threaten to no-hit us….
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…and then fade right back into obscurity.
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Aug 20, 2008 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh I'm stoked for this one.
Quite the pitching match up.
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. -Albert Camus
by C. Wesley Baier on Aug 20, 2008 8:51 PM EDT reply actions
Indeed.
HIt-hit-hit-hit-hit-hit-hit.
One helluva pitching match. ;-)
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
What's the over/under on runs here....
My guess is 4. I’m taking the under.
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by Eric SanInocencio on Aug 20, 2008 9:10 PM EDT reply actions
We might still see the bullpens..
So i’m taking over.
by singaporedbacksfan on Aug 20, 2008 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
In no way encouraging betting, but
According to here, it’s seven. I think I’ll join you on the under…
by Jim McLennan on Aug 20, 2008 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I would suggest
not gambling.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Bet you I can give up gambling anytime I want!
What kind of odds will you give me on it?
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
I've got $100
says you can’t
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
You're on!
Interested in a little side wager to make it interesting?
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
Sole flirting rights
with soco’s wife?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Speaking of which,
where are the socos tonight?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Amber?
Is she single?
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Skins
Slides into his smoking-jacket:
“Well, hellll-LOOOOOOO…” :-)
by Jim McLennan on Aug 20, 2008 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, what can I say?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, no
I wouldn’t gamble away something with such potential entertainment value.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
True.
What is this side wager, then?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Further proof that we should not gamble.
by singaporedbacksfan on Aug 20, 2008 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm watching The Angels @ the Rays and the Rays are looking damn good.
my typing may be worse than usual tonight as I finally got my new laptop yesterday and I can’t find my way round the keyboard yet.
Can anyone help me find the “B”?
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
Between
the “V” and the “N”?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Tonight's lineup
- S. Drew ss .284
- A. Ojeda 2b .259
- C. Jackson lf .303
- A. Dunn rf .237
- C. Tracy 1b .276
- M. Reynolds 3b .245
- A. Romero cf .254
- C. Snyder c .249
- D. Haren p .175
Drew back, Young gets a night off.
He has appeared in 124 of 125 games so far. The only one he missed entirely was back on April 20 – he has missed 1.1 innings in CF on May 11, and was pulled for a pinch-hitter in bottom of the 9th on May 28th. He has played every inning since. Seems due for a break!
by Jim McLennan on Aug 20, 2008 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Darn
Lead off double… not the best of starts
by singaporedbacksfan on Aug 20, 2008 9:41 PM EDT reply actions
and another double
Padres take the lead… zzz
by singaporedbacksfan on Aug 20, 2008 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I go out to make a pot of Earl Grey Tea
and this happens.
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
I saw Haren pitch through a tough first inning
for a win in San Diego. Not this tough, but there’s no better inning to be down 4-0, IMO, and we’ve come back against Peavy before.
by Diamondhacks on Aug 20, 2008 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions
We'll see...
I think our best hope is for a meteorite to take out the pitcher’s mound in 3…2…1…
by Jim McLennan on Aug 20, 2008 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions
IAWTC
But the Dbacks this year did not seem to have as much heart as last year’s team to mount a comeback though…
by singaporedbacksfan on Aug 20, 2008 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I dont think this team lacks heart at all
…and they’re better than last year’s team by most objective measures (not wins obviously)
by Diamondhacks on Aug 20, 2008 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Ojeda
Begins our process of mounting our comeback.
by singaporedbacksfan on Aug 20, 2008 9:55 PM EDT reply actions
A start
If we can score here, with two men on, that’ll be a big psychological boost, even if we don’t wipe out all four runs immediately.
Three-run homers, however...
A good deal better. :-)
by Jim McLennan on Aug 20, 2008 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Home Dunn!
So much for the bet then… Lol
by singaporedbacksfan on Aug 20, 2008 10:01 PM EDT reply actions
Yeah
I don’t think the Las Vegas line meant seven runs in the first inning… :-)
by Jim McLennan on Aug 20, 2008 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Not bad
Crappy PA by Reynolds, grounding out lamely on the first pitch. Still, as noted, good to get back into this one, and if Peavy keeps having to throw 28 pitches per inning, he’ll be gone before long…
Not so much outlawed
As sent on a rehab stint, having blown both its hamstrings out through uber-use. :-)
by Jim McLennan on Aug 20, 2008 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Snyderman!
Follows great defense with a homer!
by singaporedbacksfan on Aug 20, 2008 10:15 PM EDT reply actions
Groan....
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Win Probability
After Kouzmanoff HR = 18.7%
One and a half innings later,
After Jackson’s two-run single = 72.6%
Jake Who?
Jebus…. well, this is an interesting game…. and certainly unexpected. I might have seen this score after the second yesterday, but not today….
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Augie Ojeda with a soco.
(Comment bot eligible yet?)
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Okay,
I’m a big fan of Haren continuing to do that.
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.....
I am gonna kill that bastard blind guy…..
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
I love Mark Grace
- in the top 50 D-back moments is the 1-0, 18-inning win over the Giants. Grace is taking credit for the win, even though he left in the sixth with a dodgy hamstring. But he did make sure the refrigerators in the clubhouse were working wel…
Bit of a victim of SB Nation 2.1
That should be, ‘#25 in the top 50…’
by Jim McLennan on Aug 20, 2008 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Was wondering
exactly what happened there….
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice fast running by Ichiromero
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Oh, man.....
Peavy didn’t even look when Snyder smacked that one… he knew.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
Hmmm.....
Trivia guesses: Jake Peavy
Trevor Hoffman
_?
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Padres top 3
all time strikeout leaders.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Interesting
I cheated on it, and I really wouldn’t have guessed one of the guys on the list.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
Yay.
No idea who the 3rd is, though.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Are you
now ignoring Jim too?
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
This game
Is going to do nothing good for Haren’s WHIP.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
As of right now,
I’m no longer worried about Haren’s WHIP — I’m more worried about his W/L after tonight.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Haren?
What the heck is wrong with Peavy today??
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
well, peavy isnt as good this year
are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
by utahdbacksfan on Aug 20, 2008 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
But
with a 2.61 ERA though….
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
18.00 outside of PetCo
tonight
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Good point
In contrast Haren’s ERA coming in was 2.96 both at Chase and on the road. Petco is to pitchers what Coors is for hitters: it causes them to be over-rated.
by Jim McLennan on Aug 20, 2008 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Excellent example:
Greg Maddux. Season ERA of 3.99, but that ERA is 5.75 outside of Petco.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
ya, but i'd still rather have haren this year
are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
by utahdbacksfan on Aug 20, 2008 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd rather have Peavy.
He’s more of a strikeout machine than Haren.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Strike 3!!
Siddown, Gerut!!
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That'll do.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
Karma with a vengeance...
This is making up for all the games earlier in the season where Haren pitched very well, but didn’t get the win. Tonight’s he can’t pitch to save himself – nine hits in four inning! – but is still in the game.
And....
Haren gets robbed…
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
Jbox was a bit prohpetic tonight:
I’m a little bit worried about Peavy’s start tonight. He’s really sad that Maddux is gone. He’s trying to be strong and says he’s happy for him, but deep down he’s still in mourning. I heard Peavy was the reason Maddux left, just sayin’.
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From
here, if you’re interested.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
*prophetic
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
need to force a bunch of pitches next inning
get to that shoddy bullpen
Proud supporter of Randy going for 300, even next year.
Interesting.
3 Gaslamp Ballaz can’t stop talking about how hot Conor Jackson is. (I assume they’re all women)
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Yeah
I opened the thread, found Pokemon pictures at the top of the thread, and conversation about whether or not Haren was hot at the end of it, and decided I’d just head back over here.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
True to their stereotype,
AGAIN, three of them just became MySpace friends. One of the girls is bragging about how many pictures of the Padres she has on her MySpace profile.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
In fact,
I’m embarrassed for you.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
That's okay.
It’d hurt my neck to look down at the embarrassment, so I’ll just assume you’re smiling and supporting me.
Well, since we're both sitting down,
(presumably) that height difference wouldn’t be as extreme.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions
This may actually be an opportune time
to post a link to THIS old gem of a picture. (Safe for work)
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow
How tall was that guy?
(This is me restraining myself.)
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
7'2. It's Roy Hibbert.
Granted, we’re on a slope….
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Aw. i'm not a big basketball guy.
Slope or not, that’s pretty impressive.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
homestarrunner
i love that place!
are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
by utahdbacksfan on Aug 20, 2008 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions
oops wrong place
are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
by utahdbacksfan on Aug 20, 2008 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
You're
a 7’2 black man who’s now a professional basketball player?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
No
He’s frequently getting welcomed by representatives of the Lollipop Guild.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
LOL
So much for restraining yourself.
But yeah. Compared to him, I look like a munchkin.
Just a little.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I tried
I restrained myself for two whole comments.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
It was
an impressive command performance.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, you can't see his body
in his avatar.
He could be Bastet?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Did Bastet go pro?
After Horus’s problems with the NFL, I thought that whole pantheon had abandoned professional sports.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
Sponsored, no doubt,
by the goddess Nike?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Touche
I thought they were planning to keep things a little more Loki.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
No, athletes are all big flashy stars today.
It’s not like back in the Odin days.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I know what you're saying
always Poseidon after scoring a TD
Proud supporter of Randy going for 300, even next year.
Juno that Manny
played for Cleveland?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Are you being Ceres?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't mean to
Bragi, but I really did know that
Proud supporter of Randy going for 300, even next year.
I shed many a Tyr
just thinking about the lack of humility
Proud supporter of Randy going for 300, even next year.
So I've heard Manny's got a hot gf.
But I don’t know. Anyone? Demeter?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I dunno.
The Padres are so Gaia.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I was hoping to have
Nyx’ed this game already
Proud supporter of Randy going for 300, even next year.
Oh?
I haven’t even started talking about Uranus yet.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree
but I’m hoping this is over now, I’m running out of deities
Proud supporter of Randy going for 300, even next year.
Hephaestus way!
The game’s still on. You’re missing it!!
Sorry. Couldn’t resist. Last one.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 21, 2008 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Nothing wrong with the RPGs
The games are actually pretty fun. It’s just everything else about the pokemon franchise that’s embarrassing.
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. -Albert Camus
by C. Wesley Baier on Aug 20, 2008 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions
1-2-3 inning
for both Peavy AND Haren that time.
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Comment bot.
’Nuff said.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
Mark makes Giles run hard to get it,
but it’s still a flyout.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
Wow
That’s a lot more offense than I expected from this matchup. But 6 runs on 5 hits is very very nice.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
PH in for Peavy
Very glad to see Peavy gone after five innings.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
Yay!
Peavy’s done.
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Padres pull within one
Now let’s beat up on their bullpen.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
PH works out, though.
:-(
Drew makes a great play to rob Gerut of another hit, though.
6-5.
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I use "though"
waaay too much.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
though it is a
good word, though
Proud supporter of Randy going for 300, even next year.
by JustAJ on Aug 20, 2008 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
+1
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions
well only up by one but on to the bullpen!
with Haren going at least one more inning
Proud supporter of Randy going for 300, even next year.
Goddammit.....
Snyder barely missed his 2nd of the night.
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To be honest,
when I saw that, and then when I saw the replay, I thought it changed direction — meaning it hit the foul pole.
Guess not.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Um.....
Haren could probably hit just as well as Sally….
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
What did I say?
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Snyderman webs himself a BB.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
Seems like he's had a lot of those lately
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
Shoulda
kept Haren in.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
+1000
Looks kinda like Maxim in talk show form.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Usually.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, I‘m sure he’s fine…
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Aug 20, 2008 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions
wow
not the game I expected… crazy offense. we need our relievers to earn their keep here.
"There are only two seasons: winter and baseball"
-- Bill Veeck
TOTAL soco
by Ichiromero.
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1-2-3 fpr Qualls
I’m far more nervous and stressed over this game than I really should be.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
?
homestarrunner
!!
are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
by utahdbacksfan on Aug 20, 2008 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions
TROGDOR!!
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions
The burninator?
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. -Albert Camus
by C. Wesley Baier on Aug 20, 2008 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Burninating the countryside.
And the peasants. And all the people who live in thatched-roof cottages.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions
It's pronounced
“Meek-robb”.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Dude.....
stop it! That’s one of the cursed words!
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions
You don't honestly believe that do..............
hrabrahblahblahbrahrahbahr
Proud supporter of Randy going for 300, even next year.
Exactly.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Breast?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Bastard.
Couldn’t get a clutch 2 out RBI single to save his life.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
TC's foul
knocks the facemask right off the catcher.
Taking revenge on his former team?
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Howzabout
a little bit more revenge?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
TCBB
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Granted, Tony Clark
is only gonna score on a triple or HR….
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who would you rather have running the bases?
TC, andruw jones, or randy johnson?
are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
by utahdbacksfan on Aug 20, 2008 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Andruw Jones doesn't RUN the bases.
That’s unpossible. He never gets on.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Hmmm.... penguins waddle.
But penguins are waaaay cooler than Andruw Jones.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions
well slap a tux on Jones
and it could be close
Proud supporter of Randy going for 300, even next year.
Dude?
Andruw Jones couldn’t swim NEARLY that fast.
They were seriously the fastest underwater creatures I saw on the entire trip.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions
How far?
How high?
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh.
THAT far. THAT high.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
C'mon, Mark!
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
RBI double!
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I LOVE THAT MAN!!
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
And the hilarious disparity continues.
From six runs on five hits to eight runs on six hits.
And eight(!) walks.
Adam Dunn
means everyone on the team is getting balls rather than strikes.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
That's 50
In eight games since he arrived.
by Jim McLennan on Aug 20, 2008 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
For the whole team?
Yeah. I blame Dunn.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
In this series so far
We have only 13 hits, but have scored 15 runs despite batting only .232.
by Jim McLennan on Aug 20, 2008 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Strangely,
our entire team is now turning into Adam Dunn.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 21, 2008 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Aw.
Snyder didn’t quite get all of it.
Still some nice insurance runs though. And given Lyon’s recent performance, it’s probably better that it stays a save situation, right?
Pena is not in the mood to mess around
Pena strikes Kouzmanoff out on three pitches.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
That would
be my guess?
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions
He broke his hand
punching a water cooler or a wall or something.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Seriously? Wow.
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Aug 20, 2008 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Of course...
He was sporting a .213 batting average before that, so there would have been other factors in play.
He broke his hand- I can’t say for certain, but I think I read that he punched a water cooler in the clubhouse.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
He was upset
The opposition walked the water-cooler to pitch to him. :-)
by Jim McLennan on Aug 20, 2008 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Aug 21, 2008 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Hey-o!!
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 21, 2008 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions
1-2-3 for Pena
Nice to see our Good Bullpen so far.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
Does
____! = Sweet!
?
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. -Albert Camus
by C. Wesley Baier on Aug 20, 2008 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 21, 2008 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Of course
Eventually, ______ will become just as over-used, but for the moment, I like its blankness. You can insert whatever you want there…
by Jim McLennan on Aug 21, 2008 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions
It's sorta zen.
Or like a bizarre Rorschach test.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
If it hasn't already been mentioned...
3-2 Dodgers. Rockies got a run in the top of the fifth, but wasted an opportunity with the bases loaded and one out with a double play.
Awww!
Jim, that was getting fun!
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
Ugly?
More like scary.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 21, 2008 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Hmmm.....
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 21, 2008 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions
CY Ks.
Did he miss the memo on the Adam Dunn thing?
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
That can be made with a slight modification at home
Just take a hack saw to the back of the legs!
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. -Albert Camus
by C. Wesley Baier on Aug 21, 2008 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions
That bobblehead is, to quote the great philiosopher Arnie
“One ugly mother fu…”
by Jim McLennan on Aug 21, 2008 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions
D'oh!
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 21, 2008 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions
That Adams guy
is kinda good..
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
By the way,
I know we all loved Boni, but that Rauch for Boni trade is looking better and better.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
We did?
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. -Albert Camus
by C. Wesley Baier on Aug 21, 2008 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Emotionally.
Not intellectually.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 21, 2008 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions
C'mon.
The kid cried when he was called up from AA last September.
How can you NOT love a guy like that??
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 21, 2008 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions
I try not to do emotions
when emotions get involved everyone gets emotional
Proud supporter of Randy going for 300, even next year.
But I'm a cold emotionless robot sent from the future...
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. -Albert Camus
by C. Wesley Baier on Aug 21, 2008 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Good thing
I’m Kyle Reese.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 21, 2008 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Juan Pierre.
srdmad wins
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 21, 2008 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Gerut =
bastard son of Randy Winn.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
and troy tulowitski
are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
by utahdbacksfan on Aug 21, 2008 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Ewww.
Gross lovechild.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 21, 2008 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Jody Gerut owns Rauch
he did that last series didn’t he?
Proud supporter of Randy going for 300, even next year.
I don't think
we even HAD Rauch last time we played the Pads? Did we?
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 21, 2008 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions
GAME!
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
Skeet!
Nice to see a win.
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. -Albert Camus
by C. Wesley Baier on Aug 21, 2008 12:18 AM EDT reply actions
It's another lost season for the Rox.
There’s no shame in rooting for them.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 21, 2008 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions
+1
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. -Albert Camus
by C. Wesley Baier on Aug 21, 2008 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions
So......
good times in the OT room, even though it’s just AJ and I. Feeling kinda lonely….
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
It's
http://jenstechs.net/pitchat/blab.php
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 21, 2008 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions
its now apart of snakepit 1.0.1
section on the sidebar
Proud supporter of Randy going for 300, even next year.
Stay away from now on.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 21, 2008 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions
True.
Okay, you may stay.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 21, 2008 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Well
Not at all how we expected that to turn out, but I’m glad to get the win.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
was watching "super high me"
now I’m wondering where I can find some pot =X
Wikipedia is accurate. (citation needed)
Wes
might be able to help….
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 21, 2008 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions
From what I recall
Of his fantasy draft, yes, he probably can. :-)
by Jim McLennan on Aug 21, 2008 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Lmao
Hey, I just missed draft day!
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. -Albert Camus
by C. Wesley Baier on Aug 21, 2008 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions
On a mission
To the corner-store for Doritos, as I recall. :-)
by Jim McLennan on Aug 21, 2008 12:54 AM EDT up reply actions
I was watching cartoons
If you want to be accurate. We already had doritos. :-P
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. -Albert Camus
by C. Wesley Baier on Aug 21, 2008 12:55 AM EDT up reply actions
That
is HILARIOUS….
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 21, 2008 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions
For the record
Doritos=gross
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. -Albert Camus
by C. Wesley Baier on Aug 21, 2008 1:00 AM EDT up reply actions
I drafted A-Rod
With the very first pick. Well, the auto-draft did to be technical
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. -Albert Camus
by C. Wesley Baier on Aug 21, 2008 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Wait --
Jenny’s a pothead too?
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 21, 2008 12:53 AM EDT up reply actions
I lol'd
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. -Albert Camus
by C. Wesley Baier on Aug 21, 2008 12:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Wow.
Nice work Rockies! Suddenly they’re not soft. Wonder what happened?
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
They stopped
playing the juggernaut that is the Arizona Diamondbacks?
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 21, 2008 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions
But
I would expect their spirits to still be crushed. It is THE Diamondbacks, you know.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
Ah
But they now know what they can do to redeem themselves in our eyes.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
Hey, us young'uns
gotta stick together.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 21, 2008 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Four errors so far in that game
3 for the Dodgers. Strangely enough, none of them are from the Dodgers’ outfield.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
Hopefully
they go for like 40 innings and make Manny pitch…. and then his arm falls off.
And we all laugh.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 21, 2008 12:55 AM EDT up reply actions
::polite golf clapping::
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
Let's
go invade Purple Row!
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
Right here:
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
acutally I don't think it's a good idea, so I'm staying here ^^
but thanks
Wikipedia is accurate. (citation needed)
Hannah,
Devin, and Wes are all there now, too.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
To reverse a principle
If you’re not there when they lose, don’t go there when they win…
by Jim McLennan on Aug 21, 2008 1:11 AM EDT up reply actions
I was there
when we played them last week, too.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
well,I went there a bit at tha start of the season
then I had computer problems and stopped
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
Crosses fingers
and holds breath
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
Great
Season gets short, and I get to stress out over two bullpens a day.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
no-one will have any stomach lining left
AND I’m stressing about the Rays now because I want them to win the AL
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
Phils = teh suck
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
Do we get a thread count with an asterix?
473 here
125 OT
17 Purple Row?
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
Oh!
Good call.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
Should we start categorizing comments and we can start discussing various poster by their posts/per game and their On-Topic Average?
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
At least we’d have some real numbers to look at if GLB starts looking around for some late-season trades.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
I'm sure they'd love Skins.
He got a purdy mouth.
Also, even though his OT% is low, he makes up for it in posts per thread. Even if they’re all singles. Which makes him Juan Pierre.
Clearly,
Melvin would have me lead off the thread….
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
.....crap.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
Looking at those numbers,
soco is going to be overjoyed to discover that he’s the Chris Burke of the GDT. Me, I’m just Chris Young.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
I guess
That makes Jim the CoJack. Am I the Mark Reynolds?
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
Who am i then?
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. -Albert Camus
by C. Wesley Baier on Aug 21, 2008 1:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Augie Ojeda.
Technically proficient, but not always in the lineup.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
And I think True Blue LA is just full of Andruw Joneses…
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
Sad but true.....
I guess Gaslamp Ball is all Sailor Moons.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
Right ,I'm offski to gloat at the standings
night all
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
Late
I am late getting here. But I watched innings 5-9. Apparently I missed all the fun innings.
Basically just came to say thank you Rockies!
You missed
Dunn’s #2 as a Dback. :-(
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
Relaxing at home
after getting home from the game. A co-worker gave me his tickets from Section 130, Row 15. He was sitting in a suite with Derrick Hall at a town meeting because his season tickets have had a steep price hike for next season. Nice to see the game up close for once as I usually sit in the upper deck (which I really don’t mind doing actually).
When Haren gave up those 4 runs in the first, I thought well, better we be down 4-0 early rather than late. Then we got those 3 runs in the 1st and Peavy knew we weren’t going to roll over. Great game. Far more exciting than a 2-1 pitchers’ duel would have been.
Off to watch beach volleyball gold medal match for the USA women. I know it is probably over, but I refuse to look at the score and see who won.
Sounds like fun.
Enjoy the VB game.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
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