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Gameday Thread, #114: 8/6 vs Pirates

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Randy Johnson
44, LHP, 9-7, 4.35

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After the lengthy winless streak, Johnson is now making up for lost time, having put together five victories in a row. That's not bad, until you hear that is only the equal fourteenth longest winning run of his career. He has won eight starts in a row or more on seven separate occasions, all the way up to his run from 08/11/95 through 05/02/97, where Johnson won sixteen consecutive starts, with an ERA of 1.62. Be nice if he could make a run at that...

Afternoon game, so I'll keep this brief. Might be about, but probably only be active for lunch...

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Hey everyone, I’m new.

I can’t believe it’s so early! Anyways, hopefully Johnson can keep it up, and we can sweep the Pirates, and hope the Cardinals beat up on the Dodgers!! Nice to see CY hitting again!

GOO DBACKS!

by ZonaBacks10 on Aug 6, 2008 2:46 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Hi there, welcome!!

Welcome to the ‘PIt! Glad to have you, let us know if you have any questions.

It was great to see CY’s home run last night. Hoping for a repeat performance! :)

by snakecharmer on Aug 6, 2008 2:49 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Welcome to the 'Pit!!

Fellow Snakepitter from Tucson?

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 6, 2008 2:51 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Thanks

Thanks guys! This site is amazing, so much work put into it, i love it!! Just trying to get used to it, may take some time!!

And yep, from Tucson!! Go CATS!!! =D

by ZonaBacks10 on Aug 6, 2008 2:53 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Excellent.

One of these days, we should have our own get-together. Zephon and I have been discussing, on and off, heading to the Auld Dubliner sometime before SnakePitFest.

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 6, 2008 3:06 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

If only i could get around to getting a replacement ID....

Dear Josh Byrnes: Please DFA Chris Burke. He can't hit, and probably never will.

by Zephon on Aug 6, 2008 3:11 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

You can do that online now, you know

Made it quite a bit simpler to get a new driver’s license for me, since I didn’t know where the nearest DMV was.

Not many people know the real reason Christopher Columbus wanted to find America.

by kishi on Aug 6, 2008 3:13 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

This is true.

That’s how I got my current ID, and how my sister got hers when she turned 21 a couple months ago.

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 6, 2008 3:17 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I don't get it

In California, they take your photo and thumbprint and signature. You can’t do that online… unless it’s just a renewal.

by snakecharmer on Aug 6, 2008 3:20 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Mine was just an address change

I won’t have to renew my license here for about 35 more years…

Not many people know the real reason Christopher Columbus wanted to find America.

by kishi on Aug 6, 2008 3:21 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Umm...

I don’t have a driver’s license, ‘cuz i can’t drive. I lost my old ID so I need to get a duplicate. For some reason the service az website doesn’t work for me.

Dear Josh Byrnes: Please DFA Chris Burke. He can't hit, and probably never will.

by Zephon on Aug 6, 2008 3:37 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Replacement ID?

A driver’s license isn’t good enough? :)

I couldn’t renew my ID online though, I went to the DMV finally yesterday to do it.

by snakecharmer on Aug 6, 2008 3:16 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Welcome!

I’m another resident Tucsonan.

Dear Josh Byrnes: Please DFA Chris Burke. He can't hit, and probably never will.

by Zephon on Aug 6, 2008 3:11 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Welcome! :)

Make yourself at home

So...time for another drink then?

by Wimb on Aug 6, 2008 3:25 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Thanks!

Thanks! I may have spent my last day at the ESPN conversations… haha. this is a million times better.

by ZonaBacks10 on Aug 6, 2008 3:26 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

And we're better!

Knock off the hippie crap, strap on a helmet, and start shooting. This is baseball, Diamondbacks, I want you to storm that beach like it's Normandy!

by soco on Aug 6, 2008 3:28 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

no kidding

I am having a hard time catching up to everything! I like it!

by ZonaBacks10 on Aug 6, 2008 3:28 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

check the side links

there’s a nice recap of all the need to know stuff

formerly Seton Hall Snake Pit. The newer simpler version.

by AJforAZ on Aug 6, 2008 3:28 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I think

he was referring to the comments in real time.

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 6, 2008 3:41 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

uh yeah!

no offense but those tend to be ESPN educated fans, therefore they have no clue about teams besides of what ESPN tells them

formerly Seton Hall Snake Pit. The newer simpler version.

by AJforAZ on Aug 6, 2008 3:28 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

You people

may not know this already, but I hate ESPN.

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 6, 2008 3:51 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Co-Jack

WOW! two hard hit balls by our 2 and 3 hitters.. Could be a good sign.

by ZonaBacks10 on Aug 6, 2008 3:53 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Ugh!

Sorry! It was being weird so i refreshed my browser, hopefully that wont happen again.

by ZonaBacks10 on Aug 6, 2008 3:55 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

hello ,

welcome to the pit:-)

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

by hotclaws on Aug 6, 2008 3:33 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

lineup:

drew
hudson
jackson
tracy
reynolds
young
romero
snyder
johnson

hooray! no burke!

strange things are afoot at the circle k

by utahdbacksfan on Aug 6, 2008 3:05 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

I'm surprised

Young doesn’t get motion sickness from all the bouncin’ he does in the line up

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

by unnamedDBacksfan on Aug 6, 2008 3:06 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

hooray! no clark!

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 6, 2008 3:06 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

+2

one for each of you

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

by unnamedDBacksfan on Aug 6, 2008 3:07 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I like this lineup.

A lot.

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 6, 2008 3:07 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I do too

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

by hotclaws on Aug 6, 2008 3:33 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I like it

Seems like one of the better lineups RJ has had behind him lately.

by SongBird on Aug 6, 2008 3:19 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

burke

lol he is actually starting to hit every so often now… I kind of feel bad for him, no matter what he does he’ll never get the nod from the fans! haha oh well.

Good lineup. I would be kind of tentative to do this since it’s been working so well lately, but what do you guys think about Romero leading off? and push everyone down? Romero gets on base like a lead off hitter, and Drew has been hitting very well.. no? Just a thought.

by ZonaBacks10 on Aug 6, 2008 3:26 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Romero leadoff

I don’t know, I’d like to see Romero get a few more ABs first. He still feels kind of shiny and new to me.

I want to be in Haren's harem.

by luckycc on Aug 6, 2008 3:33 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

No, Burke doesn't hit.

But he does draw walks sometimes. I feel bad for him too.

Anyway, Drew steps up in the leadoff spot somehow, and Romero seems waaay too untested to lead off. To me.

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 6, 2008 3:55 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I think this is the best lineup we can field with our current players

order and all.

formerly Seton Hall Snake Pit. The newer simpler version.

by AJforAZ on Aug 6, 2008 3:26 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Well,

Off to work I go. Meeting a vendor this afternoon. My mind will be on the game though.

LETS GO DBACKS!

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

by unnamedDBacksfan on Aug 6, 2008 3:09 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Alright

My dinner is in the oven, im on the sofa, work is done for the day so lets do this

Oh and possibly win the game too :)

So...time for another drink then?

by Wimb on Aug 6, 2008 3:26 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Wimb!!

I’m sorryyyyyy! I was on a call and totally forgot i was in the OT chatroom last night! :(

by snakecharmer on Aug 6, 2008 3:27 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Haha its ok :)

Im just going to pop in there now

So...time for another drink then?

by Wimb on Aug 6, 2008 3:28 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I'd love to see RJ plunking Doug Mient today...

Wikipedia is accurate. (citation needed)

by Muu on Aug 6, 2008 3:26 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

i've got a dollar that says there is just a brush back

formerly Seton Hall Snake Pit. The newer simpler version.

by AJforAZ on Aug 6, 2008 3:30 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

i mean

“at least” a brush back not just

formerly Seton Hall Snake Pit. The newer simpler version.

by AJforAZ on Aug 6, 2008 3:30 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Oh in other news

I see the Rockies picked up Hernandez V2.0 today

Good move or bad move?

So...time for another drink then?

by Wimb on Aug 6, 2008 3:27 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Dumb move.

As I already pointed out, he’s got a career ERA of 6.50 at Coors.

Then again, the worst moves the Rockies made were the ones they didn’t: holding onto Fuentes and Holliday, for example.

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 6, 2008 3:43 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Holliday bad?

Knock off the hippie crap, strap on a helmet, and start shooting. This is baseball, Diamondbacks, I want you to storm that beach like it's Normandy!

by soco on Aug 6, 2008 4:08 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

What?

He’s a Scott Boras client, with numbers boosted by Coors Field. How can holding onto him when the Rox are well out of contention NOT be a bad move??

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 6, 2008 4:11 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Didn't they

extend him during the offseason, before they realized they wouldn’t be good? What are they supposed to do? “Hey we just came out of our first World Series appearance, let’s ship out one our best players?”

Knock off the hippie crap, strap on a helmet, and start shooting. This is baseball, Diamondbacks, I want you to storm that beach like it's Normandy!

by soco on Aug 6, 2008 4:14 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Or do you mean a trade?

Well, maybe they hope that the pieces will fit better next year when everyone’s healthy?

Knock off the hippie crap, strap on a helmet, and start shooting. This is baseball, Diamondbacks, I want you to storm that beach like it's Normandy!

by soco on Aug 6, 2008 4:15 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

At the trade deadline,

with plenty of teams looking for OFs, (Mets come to mind) they should have held onto him? Are you high??

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 6, 2008 4:17 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

They should

dump ship after one year filled with injuries? Are YOU high?

Knock off the hippie crap, strap on a helmet, and start shooting. This is baseball, Diamondbacks, I want you to storm that beach like it's Normandy!

by soco on Aug 6, 2008 4:18 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

No.

Instead, they should base their entire future on an aging roster and a fortuitous 20-some game stretch where they lucked their way into the World Series, especially when over halfway through the season, they’re almost certainly out of contention.

Tim, can I get a hit of whatever you have packed in that bong?

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 6, 2008 4:21 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I'm not really going to continue this

if you’re going to be confrontational about it.

Knock off the hippie crap, strap on a helmet, and start shooting. This is baseball, Diamondbacks, I want you to storm that beach like it's Normandy!

by soco on Aug 6, 2008 4:24 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Well,

I think it was a dumb move to not trade anyone, and I blame Dan O’Dowd.

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 6, 2008 4:29 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

But

It’s still the same team that won the NL Pennant, right? And how do you figure that it’s an aging team outside of Helton? We can’t always assume that the cellar teams are nothing but farm teams for the rest of the league like Pittsburgh.

I would’ve traded Fuentes but not Holliday.

by AZSEAfan on Aug 6, 2008 4:45 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Kip Wells?

When Todd Helton is your cleanup hitter, you’re officially an aging team.

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 6, 2008 4:46 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

So Helton and that's it?

I’d kill to one of their top offensive performers play here, and they have quite a few doing well. Pitching always has, and probably always will, be the downfall of the Rockies but if they can figure that out they could be a very scary team.

Knock off the hippie crap, strap on a helmet, and start shooting. This is baseball, Diamondbacks, I want you to storm that beach like it's Normandy!

by soco on Aug 6, 2008 4:57 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I hear Atkins has been on the trade block.

So, you might get that wish.

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 6, 2008 4:58 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Atkins for Burke

think they’d go for it?

Knock off the hippie crap, strap on a helmet, and start shooting. This is baseball, Diamondbacks, I want you to storm that beach like it's Normandy!

by soco on Aug 6, 2008 4:59 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I've been trying to get

Holliday for Byrnes this entire season.

Maybe I’ll switch tactics and try to trade Byrnes for Lance Berkman. Houston would probably do it.

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

by DbacksSkins on Aug 6, 2008 5:01 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I have to go to work

I’ll try to keep up with the game, but not Snakepitting allowed at work. See you all later.

by SongBird on Aug 6, 2008 3:28 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

I like games at this time

Dinner time baseball…yum.

by britdback on Aug 6, 2008 3:29 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

I’ll be having leftovers from dinner for lunch, so it’s pretty similar, I guess. =)

Not many people know the real reason Christopher Columbus wanted to find America.

by kishi on Aug 6, 2008 3:30 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

I've got Scampi in the oven

Decided against takeout…mmmmm scampi

So...time for another drink then?

by Wimb on Aug 6, 2008 3:33 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Judging by the amount of curry I made

I will be eating leftovers for the foreseeable future. Perhaps it’ll be a lucky curry, and I’ll still be trying to make the last few grains of rice last to preserve our luck in October…

by britdback on Aug 6, 2008 3:36 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

What curry you got?

Best be a chicken tikka… ;)

So...time for another drink then?

by Wimb on Aug 6, 2008 3:38 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

That would have been takeout choice

This is ‘use everything in the fridge’ monstrosity. I think the eggs were an inspired addition though.

by britdback on Aug 6, 2008 3:39 PM EDT