Gameday Thread, #142: 9/7 vs. Dodgers
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 5:43 PM EDT
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Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers, Sep 7, 2008 4:10 PM EDT
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Whoops. I was convinced that this game was starting at 5, and had sort of scheduled my day around that assumption. Well, we're in the top of the fifth right now, leading 3-2, and we've already chased off Kershaw. Scherzer is looking pretty solid so far.
Apologies for botching this so badly, guys. Let's get back into first place!
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Two out single for CoJack
Be nice to pad the lead if CY can get a hit here.
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 5:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Instead, a strike out
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by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
CY struck out 28 times vs. Dodger this year
by TwinnerA on Sep 7, 2008 5:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's a depressing stat
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
10th K for Scherzer
Unlikely that Max’ll match his debut for a while- though I wouldn’t put it past him in the future- but he’s locked it down since he gave up those runs in the first.
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 5:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Lead-off double from Reynolds!
Nearly a home run!
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Reynolds steals third base!
I’d like to thank whoever it was that taught our corner infielders some speed in the off-season.
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Urgh
And Snyder misses the bunt on the suicide squeeze, baserunner lost.
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Why call for the bunt
From a guy who’s got a double and a homer already today?
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And why oh why
did it look like Reynolds was being congratulated when he went into the dugout?
by TwinnerA on Sep 7, 2008 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know
Maybe on the steal at third? Or maybe it was more of a rueful congratulations- Reynolds did his job out there, it was Snyder failing to make contact that got the out.
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Scherzer walks Ethier to start off the bottom of the sixth
His first walk of the day.
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Scherzer gets the hook, but a great performace
by AZWILDCATS on Sep 7, 2008 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Definitely
11 Ks in 5 innings isn’t a bad game at all from the rookie.
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Single for Manny
Runners at the corner, no outs. Come on, Max, get some outs here.
Great, and Qualls warming up. Why didn’t we tattoo the diagram onto Melvin’s forearm?
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
And Qualls coming in to pitch
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by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tie game
Stupid James Loney.
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by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, he's stupid
and he looks like of Looney too.
by TwinnerA on Sep 7, 2008 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kershaw didn't even hit today?
That’s a short outing.
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He had to have
He pitched 4 innings. ESPN says he had zero AB’s, but that must be wrong.
by TwinnerA on Sep 7, 2008 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, never mind
He had a sacrifice, so he doesn’t get an AB.
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Only one run allowed by Qualls
Let’s get that lead back!
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by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
3 people here
That must be a record low.
by TwinnerA on Sep 7, 2008 6:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
For the past few years, yeah
I was pretty surprised when I got home and realized no one had started up a thread already.
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lead-off walk to Burke
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by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Burke to second on a bad throw from Kuo!
Come on, guys, let’s take advantage of this!
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Burke stranded
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by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Rauch in to pitch
And gives up a lead-off double.
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Seriously?
That was just ugly.
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by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
5-3 Dodgers
Defensive mistakes aplenty this inning.
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If anything...
This is somewhat more disappointing than the last two days, because we still have hope.
by Azreous on Sep 7, 2008 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't have hope
How could anyone based on what you’ve seen this inning?
by TwinnerA on Sep 7, 2008 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
At this point in the other two games, we were down 7-0. I’ve got more hope we can come back here.
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't have much.
But two runs is doable. Maybe we got all the defensive lapses out of our system.
by Azreous on Sep 7, 2008 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Loney grounds out to end the inning
Time running short, guys…
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 6:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Tomorrow's game
Hopefully good Petit will reappear and maybe Lincecum is running out of steam. He’s over 190 innings pitched this season after pitching 140 plus last season.
by TwinnerA on Sep 7, 2008 7:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Plus
If we can batter him around, it’ll hurt his Cy Young numbers.
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I kinda wonder.
If we did batter him around pretty good, would Sabathia become the front runner?
by Azreous on Sep 7, 2008 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I still think Webb's in there
if he can it turned around. No way Sabathia should get it after pitching bad for Cleveland in the AL for half the season and then moving to the NL.
by TwinnerA on Sep 7, 2008 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not the last word of course
But I do follow the Cy Young Predictor on ESPN and they still have Webb in first.
by TwinnerA on Sep 7, 2008 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Significantly tighter race than a few weeks ago, though.
He used to be the runaway winner.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Sep 8, 2008 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chris Young with a double
Now if we can get him in…
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by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 7:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Doubles way up
and home runs way down this season. 32 last year and only 19 so far this season.
by TwinnerA on Sep 7, 2008 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Reynolds takes a walk
Two on for Upton.
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 7:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Broxton in to pitch
On the bright side, Loney is out of the game now.
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 7:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
And Broxton strikes out Upton
Two outs, Montero in for Snyder.
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 7:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Full count on Montero...
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey!
At least we don’t have to see the @#$%^ Dodgers anymore this year after today!
by TwinnerA on Sep 7, 2008 7:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Out of the eighth
Last chance here, guys.
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 7:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Augie grounds out to third to start off
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 7:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
And Drew Ks
Tracy is our last chance. Just get on base…
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 7:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Full count...
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Double for Tracy!
Dunn to the plate as the tying run…
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 7:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
God if Dunn could just make the Dodger fans shut up
by TwinnerA on Sep 7, 2008 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That alone would make the trade worthwhile
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dunn walks
Salazar in to pinch run for Dunn.
Come on, CoJack!
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 7:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Argh
Game.
"Only one thing is gonna walk you through this, Mal. Belief."
by kishi on Sep 7, 2008 7:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh, bad luck.
Garciaparra, of all people, with the great defensive grab stealing the tying RBIs from CoJack….
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Sep 8, 2008 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The D-Backs
are quickly going from something worth following every day to something I check in on when the matchup is good (like today’s Scherzer-Kershaw matchup). But with finishes like today’s, I’m sure they can get even less attention. Glad I missed this one.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
by Scrbl on Sep 7, 2008 8:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What a day
I see it was quiet in here. Clearly we’re all so depressed about this team right now that none of the authors popped in before the 5th (I don’t blame you for the time lapse, kishi, it was odd to have a ‘regular’ Sunday start for once) and nobody even started a regular Fan Post for it. How sad have we gotten? I don’t know if it’s sadder that we don’t care, or if it’s sadder that the team keeps meeting our expectations – LOW! Wow…. what a horrible weekend. What a horrible couple of weeks. :(
This team was just begging the Dodgers to take the west… and they did. I just hope we can take it back.
by snakecharmer on Sep 7, 2008 8:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I was at my buddy's house
watching both the Cardinals play the 49ers and the Dbacks/Dodgers game.
Hasn’t been this quiet in here since early 2007.
3 errors there in the 7th pretty much sum up the season it seems.
I’d like to say, hey, at least I went .500 today, but all my friends know I am MUCH more passionate about baseball and the DBacks, so today was a day to forget.
Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
by unnamedDBacksfan on Sep 7, 2008 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, a bad day especially
since you beat MY niners. :P
by snakecharmer on Sep 7, 2008 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
why was it so windy today?
Politicians in the area?
;-p
We should have scored more than we did. Good grief, the niners had 5 turnovers.
Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
by unnamedDBacksfan on Sep 7, 2008 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
5 turnovers!?!
The part of me that lives in Arizona says “Woohoo!”
The part of me that grew up watching the 49ers says “Ack! Thptptptpt!”
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
by Scrbl on Sep 7, 2008 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I couldn't
access the site, for some reason.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Sep 8, 2008 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm
I used to think the best thing about baseball was that there was always tomorrow to pick yourself up, but now with loss after crucial loss it’s becomming one of the most annoying aspects of the game
Still, at least the World of Warcraft looks rosey…. (I take comforts where I can ;) )
So...time for another drink then?
by Wimb on Sep 7, 2008 8:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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