Gameday Thread, #9: 4/15 vs. Cardinals
by Jim McLennan on Apr 15, 2009 2:00 PM EDT
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Sorry for the sparse preview of today's game. I got the bare bones up before coming in to work, and was fully intending to add more before it got published at 11am, but I've been kept too busy and am only now getting my first break. :-( Well, at least it will make the day go by pretty quickly...
First pitch in about five minutes, so we'll see how the offense does without threats of animal cruelty. Some interesting changes in the lineup, already posted in the Gameday Thread, and we'll see whether there is any positive effect from the victory we clawed back last night. Mind you, as I recall, we lost the next two games after scoring six in the ninth to beat Milwaukee, scoring a total of three runs, so momentum may be over-rated...
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Upton back in the lineup today
And CoJack batting second? Okay.
From AZDBLineupCard, which has to be one of the more interesting decisions to use Twitter:
1/Lopez/2B
2/Jackson/LF
3/Drew/SS
4/Tracy/1B
5/Reynolds/3B
6/Young/CF
7/Upton/RF
8/Snyder/C
9/Garland/P
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
I like
Jackson batting second but I was surprised they didn’t put Byrnes in since he won the game last night. I though they would put Jackson at first today.
Surprised as well.
BoMel usually rewards players like that — both Reynolds and CoJack, for example.
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CoJack
SHOULD be batting second…. he’s NOT a cleanup hitter.
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I won't argue with that
It’s just odd to actually see him there.
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
Oh no, I agree.
I just wish BoMel would do it more often, especially given that CoJack’s gotten quite a bit faster than he used to be. (KGib?)
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I think
Jim’s getting his gameday threads from Ikea now.
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
by kishi on Apr 15, 2009 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
It's not easy
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
Fancy a Swedish meatball?
Now updated with some actual content. It’s been…busy here this morning.
"Win, or die" -- Marquise de Merteuil
by Jim McLennan on Apr 15, 2009 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Ahhh.
I sorta figured it was something like that, Mr. Fancypants Shineyshoes.
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Predictions
1) Upton starts, goes 2-4 with a HR and a walk
2) Byrnes starts, goes 1-3 with a HR
3) Reynolds starts, 1-4 with 2 Ks
4) Pain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1TxiVhrkZA
I didn't believe you
But you called it.
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
My congratulations, sir.
Next time, can you predict a Dbacks win?
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Well,
again, they hate me and scheduled the game for right when my class starts.
Oh, and that homework I should’ve done last night? Just finished it, with 45 minutes to spare.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Apr 15, 2009 2:56 PM EDT reply actions
45 minutes to spare? That’s way early.
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
I know, right?
So proud of myself. Revised a research proposal, did an annotated bibliography (PLUS the research that had to be done to do the annotations.)
I rule. :P
by emilylovesthedbacks on Apr 15, 2009 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Kinda
This class was the last section of my English requirement available that fit my crazy busy music major schedule.
Obviously, they should have contacted me when scheduling this season’s games.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Apr 15, 2009 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Cleavagefield
Did anyone watch it last night after the game? I found a trailer for it online, it looks horrible.
If the DBacks ever have a “bikini night” event, Chase Field should be renamed for the evening.
What
IS that, btw? Ppl were mentioning it in the GDT yesterday…
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I think it was on skinemax last night
or a premium movie channel, starting at 9:20 PM. Folks were hoping the game would finish in time so they could switch over to witness the cinematic perfection.
But
what IS it? Just a softcore pr0n Cloverfield parody?
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Judging by the title
I’m guessing it’s about the boobs that ate New York?
Babe Ruth was a jerk but baseball's still a beautiful game - Dean Winchester
For the moment
Then I’ve got to go run some errands. Bad planning, timewise, but oh well. I’ll be back later.
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
Back at work after lunch
just in time to evade actual work and follow along. I know, it’s a talent to sit at one’s desk and look busy when actually following a D’backs game.
Leadoff for Lopez!
That guy’s pretty good.
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
1 pitch, 1 out.
At least Garland’s looked pretty good so far this season.
Let’s see what happens once a NL team sees him for the 2nd time, though.
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I can’t like an athlete that looks like he spends all his time straightening his hair.
Babe Ruth was a jerk but baseball's still a beautiful game - Dean Winchester
It's
our nickname for Khalil Greene, because his face looks like that of an anime character.
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Well this is going to ruin my productivity today.
Got the pit fired up. Got mlb.tv on. Got a growing to-do list. Something has got to give.
I hate
the Molina brothers.
I also hate my work internet.
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I don't hate all of them
Alfred is totally my favorite.
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
In that case,
Yahoo and MLB are probably the best. I usually go with MLB.
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Ugh....
K zone is suddenly HUGE for Chris Young, apparently.
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Strikes out.
Took a called strike 2 on a ball low and inside. Ump owes us a makeup call.
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Ball 4 to Upton.
2 outs w/ runners on the corners for Snyder.
Will the Cards actually pitch to Snyder with Garland coming up?
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Crowd
getting restless with the fake to third to first move.
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ARGH..... flyout.
Leadoff single and chance to tie the game UTTERLY WASTED.
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Somehow
The Astros & Royals are actually worse. Their players must run out and tackle their teammates as they stand on the bases.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/split.cgi?lg=NL&year=2009&t=b
The DBacks tried that last night
But didn’t get out to the field until after the run had scored.
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
And
gives up a freaking stolen base to 80 YEAR OLD JOEL PINIERO.
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And,
Schumacher’s grounder on the next pitch would have been a double play if Piniero were on 1st.
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Apparently
Cardinals player + DBacks defense = Ricky Henderson.
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
Does Garland realize
that if you throw it in the direction of home plate it is going to be a strike?
Go DBacks!
Okay,
see, WTF is this?? The Cardinals get a leadoff walk, score a run, and still have a RISP w/ Pujols at the plate, and the Dbacks get a leadoff double and can’t get him past third.
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This team sure makes it hard to root for them
at least the Pirates are an awful team and everyone knows it. This group of guys underachieve better than the 2001 Mariners in the playoffs
Go DBacks!
Pujols
gets what turns into an intentional walk. Runners on 1st and 2nd, 1 out, w/ Ludwick up.
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Duncan with a double now.
5-0, still only 1 out.
EVERYTHING THEY HIT FINDS A HOLE.
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I wouldn’t like to think so, but the Dbacks give me very little reason to think otherwise.
by singaporedbacksfan on Apr 15, 2009 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions
On the bright side
We have a lot more innings this time round to mount a comeback
by singaporedbacksfan on Apr 15, 2009 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Seriously?
Seriously, John Garland? Seriously?
Babe Ruth was a jerk but baseball's still a beautiful game - Dean Winchester
Incidentally
“Seriously, Jon Garland” is the name of my new band.
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
Molina
with ANOTHER base hit WRISP.
Play at the plate. Safe.
6-0.
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Nice throw by upton
- had Duncan beat easily, but it short hopped & snyder couldnt quite hold on. Nobody’s fault
If the FO is the focus of anything, something is seriously wrong with the picture ! - unnamedDBacksfan 2/20/09
by Diamondhacks on Apr 15, 2009 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Garland
FINALLY ends the inning by getting Piniero to ground out.
6-0, but it might as well be 60-0.
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I think the score will be something like 13-2 by the end of the game
Wikipedia is accurate. (citation needed)
Garland
grounds out to Sailor Moon to start the inning.
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Our 2009 season, seen through the glass of the first 3 series':
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Argh.....
Drew flies out to RF.
CoJack to 3rd w/ 2 outs.
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I'm really
getting sick of hearing how “close [the batter] was to hitting that one out of the park” from Tom Candiotti.
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We may have dug ourselves into a hole
But it’s nice to see the offense so early in the game.
Babe Ruth was a jerk but baseball's still a beautiful game - Dean Winchester
I'll never
doubt this team, ever again.
At least until the end of this inning.
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Okay.
So nobody else is allowed to speak about anything being over.
Thank you for your attention in this matter.
I totally thought Mark was gonna pop it out
it went ABOVE the pool in right-center!!!!!!!!! That’s FAR…..
Wow.... really??
Schulte and Candy are STILL talking about how deep it went.
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Maybe
you can take a pill
If the FO is the focus of anything, something is seriously wrong with the picture ! - unnamedDBacksfan 2/20/09
by Diamondhacks on Apr 15, 2009 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Everyone's disappointed in Garland's start
but if you say stuff like EFF THIS TEAM and imply the game’s over 2-0 in the third, your job when the team fights back (for the second time in less than 24 hrs) is to shut up – and reflect on your foolish excesses :-)
Rather than lead the cheerleading, like you’re some kind of loyal fan
If the FO is the focus of anything, something is seriously wrong with the picture ! - unnamedDBacksfan 2/20/09
by Diamondhacks on Apr 15, 2009 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Sorry 'hacks,
no rise outta me.
Being a fan is all about hyperbole….. it’s an emotional roller coaster. If you can’t handle that, watch games with yourself. I can’t believe you think I would just stop rooting for the Dbacks because they came back.
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Like we are honestly going to quit this team
Maybe for about 10 minutes at a time, but to expect someone like Skins or I to now be upset that we have to eat our ever so tasty words, because of a comeback? Not likely
Go DBacks!
Being a fan is all about hyperbole …
I understand what you’re saying. We all cheer the good and decry the bad. It’s an emotional roller coaster for all of us . But there’s also a loyalty component to fandom, that the nature of some of your in-game comments would seem to contradict.
You appear not only disappointed, or pissed, at bad events, but are ready to disown the team at the drop of a hat. Given the circumstances (2nd week of the season, early in the game, a night after two or three terrific clawbacks), you dont appear to be very loyal to these players.
You appear to be more loyal to the latest home run, the latest ground out, the latest refresh.
Disappointment = normal, healthy
Hopelessness, under these circumstances = keep it to yourself
Cheer on
If the FO is the focus of anything, something is seriously wrong with the picture ! - unnamedDBacksfan 2/20/09
by Diamondhacks on Apr 15, 2009 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions
As somebody
who feels no compunction about holding silly little grudges against the current management and ownership, I don’t really think you’re one to lecture about loyalty.
Just my opinion.
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Fine, dont listen to me…do everyone a favor and listen to these guys:
Hit to Ludwick. 3-0 Cards.
EFF THIS TEAM
by DbacksSkins on Apr 15, 2009 1:28 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
jesus calm down
by Wactivist on Apr 15, 2009 1:28 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, no joke. It’s way too early for this crap to be this important.
by Azreous on Apr 15, 2009 1:39 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
If the FO is the focus of anything, something is seriously wrong with the picture ! - unnamedDBacksfan 2/20/09
by Diamondhacks on Apr 15, 2009 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, don't worry. I won't.
Do you really not have anything better to do?
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As a matter of fact
I do. Just finishing up my taxes (more enjoyable, frankly, than trying to follow another thread clogged up with literally hundreds of your self indulgent bleats), then off to a very windy track meet, supper and (to quote soco) “dessert”.
What are you up to? (Other than the obvious – regaling humanity with hundreds of “insightful” blurbs, while tethered to Gameday)
Ball One
by Dback skins 1:41pm
Ball Two. Jesus I hate this team!
by Dback skins 1:42pm
Qualls induces the groundout! Valverde can kiss my ass!
by Dback skins 1:43pm
Am I the only one here?
by Dback skins 1:44pm
Strike one. Qualls was a great pickup. I hate it when I’m right.
by Dback skins 1:45pm
WTF? Homerun to friggin’ Barden?! EFF Qualls. EFF Melvin. EFF this team.
by Dback skins 1:46pm
Single CoJack! WE take the lead 2-1! Great hitter. Hate it when I’m right.
by Dback skins 1:51pm
Spectacular cheese in the Galapagos. Ate it most every night.
by Dback skins 1:52pm
If the FO is the focus of anything, something is seriously wrong with the picture ! - unnamedDBacksfan 2/20/09
by Diamondhacks on Apr 15, 2009 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Am I allowed
to stop twisting your arm and forcing you to read the Snakepit now?
And why the Heck would you wait to do your taxes at the last minute??
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Thanks
Everybody’s here to have fun and we define that differently, which is cool to a point. A community of individuals.
Honestly, I’d like nothing better than to ‘read Snakepit’, but it’s not as fun having to wade through a couple hundred superfluous comments on a GDT….I cant speak for anyone else, but it also seems to clog up my Atari and makes it harder for me to post.
There’s twenty people on this thread – and 40% of the comments are from one person. …a little less than one post per pitch, across an entire nine inning game. I’m not the boss of you, but just respectfully ask you to reconsider the mindset this represents some kind of accomplishment, or that it enhances the quality, rather than simply the quantity, of the GDT.
Think how oppressive it would be if I – or anyone – blurted 260 comments on GDTs. I imagine I’d be banned, for not ‘taking a hint’ or whatever, before that could even happen. Similarly, I think you’ve put yourself above the community concept here.
You’re a fun guy – I really do enjoy your general good cheer and occasional insights – and nobody’s asking you to leave. But I am asking you to take a hint.
The pit needs you as Omnipresent Host as much as our Dbacks need Mike and Vanessa :-)
Rgds
If the FO is the focus of anything, something is seriously wrong with the picture ! - unnamedDBacksfan 2/20/09
by Diamondhacks on Apr 15, 2009 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Really, have you read threads on other SBN sites?
I don’t even want to consider how many variations on “eff you, Tony La Russa” I read while reading the GDT from the Cardinals site yesterday. Suffice to say, that was the main thing I got out of their ~2300 comments. And since I have, in previous situations, been a person who dominated a GDT as much as Skins did today, and haven’t been banned, I kind of question some of the theories in your comment.
More importantly, if there is a problem, wouldn’t that be something for Jim to deal with as he saw fit, rather than for you to install yourself as self-elected sheriff of the site and publicly call out anyone who you decided wasn’t meeting your standards?
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
Normally
sherriffs dont respectfully ask folks to reconsider a mindest, or take a hint, or tell people they enjoy their insights while assuring them they’re “not the boss of you”.
They threaten and ban people with no formal power – and since I have no formal power here, your “sherriff” put down confirms my observation carries authority of its own.
i’m just an individual expressing dissatisfaction with another individual’s perceived excesses – just like you. We “police” each other constantly, kishi, in an informal way, and that’s my aim here. To handle the situation as reasonable adults, to make the blog experience better for everyone.
My frame of reference isnt other SBN sites – I’ve no interest in 2300 comment GDTs either. It’s snakepit itself, when there wasnt quite so much noise. Or a place like Deadspin, which revolutionized blogging by imposing high writing and comment standards, then abandoned both on the altar of revenue porn.
I’ll get to skins remarks in a minute, but I just dont see the benefit – to the blog – of someone consistently posting hundreds and hundreds of daily comments. Who it happens to be, is a secondary issue, if at all.
It’s just my opinion. People can disagree. skins has heard my complaint and can do what he wants. Just like anybody else.
If the FO is the focus of anything, something is seriously wrong with the picture ! - unnamedDBacksfan 2/20/09
by Diamondhacks on Apr 16, 2009 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions
For the most part,
the fact that I average a google of comments per GDT is a reflection that I recognize that we have users who are relying on either MLB Gameday or even the GDT itself for updates on the game, and actually, when I’m the only one listening on the radio, I’m naturally going to get the quickest updates out, since even the TV feed is slightly delayed. Some other SBN sites, in fact, have an admin post actual pitch-by-pitch or at least play-by-play updates. Russ, at Purple Row, often does that.
I don’t take commenting as an “accomplishment” seriously — it’s all very tongue in cheek and self-deprecating; quantity vs. quality and all that. I don’t post a ton of comments just to pad my comment total. I post a ton of comments because I post a ton of comments. Doing things like posting a FanShot to celebrate my own 30,000th comment are entirely meant so everyone else can roll their eyes at DbacksSkins’ constant buffoonery. (I should also note that, yes, I do often laugh at my own jokes)
Regarding the peaks and troughs of my mood about the Dbacks, I think that you should know better than anyone else that it’s not easy for me to separate PbP from my own commentary, so I don’t particularly try. Snakepit is a place for Dbacks fans to voice their opinions — even the fans with big mouths.
I think I would agree that if you posted as many comments as I do that you would probably be banned, but that wouldn’t be the reason for your being banned. It would be the manner in which you so often post; not even so much annoying everyone else with your constant broken record criticism of the FO in general and Derrick Hall in particular, but your propensity to include at least one ad hominem attack in almost every comment, tempered by the inclusion of a smiley or a “cheers” at the end. ;-)
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by DbacksSkins on Apr 16, 2009 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks for responding in some depth
First, I sincerely appreciate your rather easy ability to laugh at yourself. For example, Jim & I are both capable of that, but rarely imbibe when clenched in battle – which is too bad, imo.
I dont really see the need for constant pitch updates from one person, just because you’re three seconds ahead or whatever. It’s a leisurely game, not a race, and most here are following pitches on their own anyway, thru some means.
your propensity to include at least one ad hominem attack in almost every comment, tempered by the inclusion of a smiley or a "cheers" at the end. ;-)
Darn it. You saw right through that. I’ll have to come up with something else :-)
Cheers!
If the FO is the focus of anything, something is seriously wrong with the picture ! - unnamedDBacksfan 2/20/09
by Diamondhacks on Apr 16, 2009 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow
That’s a surprisingly long post, just to take a shot at another poster.
Also, why is Qualls starting in this strange world you describe? Damn you, Melvin!
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
It's also
somewhat self-contradictory to write such a long post just to say, basically, that he has better things to do.
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No contradiction
I like snakepit and will fight to ensure that its best qualities dont get drowned out by its worst….again, to a point. But I’m concerned its recent growth spurt has spawned some ‘quality of life’ issues, and if they’re not eventually addressed, I will find ‘better things to do.’
Think of how awful that would be ;-)
If the FO is the focus of anything, something is seriously wrong with the picture ! - unnamedDBacksfan 2/20/09
by Diamondhacks on Apr 16, 2009 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Terrible. Just terrible.
I disagree that the increased SBN readership has been all negative. For example, it’s allowed me to determine, definitively, that baseball fans are more intelligent, on average, than football fans.
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by DbacksSkins on Apr 16, 2009 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions
I dont think
it’s all negative either. It’s nice to have new voices. I’d rather participate in a 300 comment GDT with twenty or thirty people equally represented (more or less), than an 800 GDT where two people type half the comments.
It doesnt really matter who it is – I just find that structure rather tedious, from both a posting and reading perspective.
If the FO is the focus of anything, something is seriously wrong with the picture ! - unnamedDBacksfan 2/20/09
by Diamondhacks on Apr 16, 2009 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions
And, of course I can't watch it
because the A’s never broadcast day games… grrr……
My cousin’s there though….
What inning?
by snakecharmer on Apr 15, 2009 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow...
And he’s only thrown 54 pitches…
by snakecharmer on Apr 15, 2009 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Now then.
We need at least two more innings out of Garland, preferably without him being at a 3.00 WHIP.
Well, he listened
He took it higher than 3. (3.2 IP, 7 H, 5 BB)
I really gotta start being more specific.
Yep
Travel day to come to SF
As I travel to SB. :(
by snakecharmer on Apr 15, 2009 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Did you see stonefaced Rauch in the dugout last night
when the guys were going crazy after CoJack’s homer? No smile, nothing. Puts his hand up for a high five and I don’t even think Conor made his way over to him.
It was even worse
right after the end of the inning wich he gave up a run
Wikipedia is accurate. (citation needed)
man, this cardinals know
how to play small ball when they need it
Wikipedia is accurate. (citation needed)
Dbacks concede the run,
but Drew gets Pujols at 2nd for the 2nd out. 7-4.
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Yea I know
I used to watch Red Sox games all the time and all you would hear about is how hard it is to catch Tim whenever he pitched.
Is the MLB frontpage trying to jinx Tim Wakefield?
by singaporedbacksfan on Apr 15, 2009 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Doubt it.
Now, if he pitched for the Dbacks or Indians or some other “boring” team like that….
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WTF
Is going on here?
::sigh::
and WHY are they playing Josh Groban?
by emilylovesthedbacks on Apr 15, 2009 5:07 PM EDT reply actions
Pardon my ignorance
but why are all the DBacks wearing number 42?
by emilylovesthedbacks on Apr 15, 2009 5:09 PM EDT reply actions
It's Jackie Robinson Day
All players wearing No. 42 today.
Babe Ruth was a jerk but baseball's still a beautiful game - Dean Winchester
CY
with a fabulous catch at the wall to rob the Cards and end the inning!
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Me too....
I think because it’ll encourage me to think that a groundball pitcher like Webby will someday toss a no-no.
(Of course, Derek Lowe did…)
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He almost did back in Sept. 2006 against the Cards
Only hit given up was in the 1st inning to Scott Rolen. Damn. I remember Gracie was throwing the oh dears out there after each pitch.
That
would be a long game if we had to wait for Buckner. He’s in Reno.
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Did they send him down?
Didn’t know they did but the MLB gameday doesn’t have him listed on the current roster so must have been.
Well,
down in the metaphorical sense.
Down in altitude, too, probably.
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Even though we are trailing, there seems to be more fight in the team today.
by singaporedbacksfan on Apr 15, 2009 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I am
just glad to see that it isn’t the offenses fault today if we lose, which isn’t going to happen by the way.
Ugh....
Roberts strikes out on ball 4. Do not want.
Good thing is, Lopez is up again.
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Reynolds can do it,
but is it too much to ask for another HR from CoJack?
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Indeed.
God-emperor of Suck? (Among the hitters, anyway)
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Yeah, but then again,
JD probably strained a hamstring running the bases. DL for 2 months.
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Remember
when Mike Mussina had a no-hitter going against the Red Sox, and then he gave up a single with 9 outs in the 9th inning?
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True.
But I don’t like the idea of using starters as relievers if Webby stays on the DL for awhile.
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Once again,
a Dbacks player hits a screaming liner RIGHT to a fielder.
In this case, it was Tracy.
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didnt look like a screaming liner
was more like a slow roller
Wikipedia is accurate. (citation needed)
C'mon, Mark.
You don’t have to homer, but just get on, plz?
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Hmmm
I prefer girls who wear ankle socks, but nevermind me.
by singaporedbacksfan on Apr 15, 2009 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Argh....
Upton with 2 strikes. Sounds like he’s trying to hit a 3 run bomb with only 1 runner on base.
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Now Upton's backing off a bit.
He’s not gonna be Barry Bonds. Kid needs to relax.
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Upton's coming around
This is nice to see. I’m now in the camp of him staying around and playing every day.
I'm not
I still think we pulled the trigger on him too soon. He’s working under a ton of pressure while trying to develop
Go DBacks!
I think
calling him up in ’07 was the right move, but not necessarily ’08….
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He is
But I think he’s been handling it much better the past couple of days. I’m not saying he’s not taking some bad swings, but he’s at least been getting on base, contributing however he can.
Nothing doing.
Still, back to within two, and the Cards bullpen isn’t in much better shape than ours is right now. Who knows what could happen down the stretch.
Hold down the fort
I’m taking off from work. Hopefully I’ll get home in time for the last couple of innings.
Babe Ruth was a jerk but baseball's still a beautiful game - Dean Winchester
Is that what that was?
It looks delicious (if you got like…1/8 of it)
But also something that would kill you if you ate the whole thing.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Apr 15, 2009 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Dammit....
Petit walks the leadoff man, right in front of Pujols.
This is like playing with matches at a gas station.
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He didn't
learn anything from watching Garland, apparently.
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10-5
“Whew, now that our offense seems to be getting it together, the pitching can finally collapse!”
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
I dunno
why, when you’ve pulled to within 1 run the day before an off day, you put in your crappy long man instead of somebody good.
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I'm tempted
to get upset again, but then ’Hacks will just chastise me again for being a lousy fan.
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Oh, 'Skins
Didn’t anyone teach you about peer pressure? Do we need to have an after-school special?
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
I know you're not a lousy fan
Everybody gets frustrated and some of us like to spout off more than others.
Well
Mark, if you’re going to give up errors, at least do it when we’re already down by several runs.
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
Petit's second walk of the inning.
2 on, only 1 out. Thurston AB.
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there was a girl in the stands
trying to dig her head in something like a screen
Wikipedia is accurate. (citation needed)
2:20 and we're still not in the middle of the sixth?
At this rate, I’ll be home before the game is over.
"Win, or die" -- Marquise de Merteuil
Agreed
We just have to fight ALLL the way back then. No sweat.
by singaporedbacksfan on Apr 15, 2009 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Aw, Felipe
This game is just not going well for anyone.
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
And.....
now an error on Lopez. Bases loaded and still only 1 out.
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Next time
How about you make your wishes count a little more, huh? Geez.
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Yeah....
Azreous, next time wish for the Dbacks to score like 10 runs.
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Hmm...
I must have missed an out, becuz the inning’s over.
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Stranger things
have happened.
The other Cardinals made the Super Bowl.
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It's just a little airborne
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
Byrnes goes long!
Nicely done.
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Leadoff pinch homer
by Eric Byrnes!! (Somewhere, mrssoco is crying in happiness)
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YES! YES I AM!
See my boy? My boy freaking rules! dance
"Treat your mind like a bad neighborhood - don't go there alone."
I'd love to see all those runs
when anyone is pitching.
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Lopez
draws a walk.
CoJack, time to drive him in with an XBH.
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Ok
It certainly seems the offense is coming around. Now, if the pitching could stop this sudden passion for giving up more than a run per innings over today and yesterday…
"Win, or die" -- Marquise de Merteuil
CoJack
flies out for the first out.
Not productive. Time for Drew to do something.
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It's always nice
To see someone else make a mistake.
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Tracy,
RBI sac fly to LF.
Drew thrown out at 3rd. ARGH…
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Aw, Drew
Bad move.
But at least Lopez scored.
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
Point
I hadn’t considered that.
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
Not always
Sometimes it’s-
Holy crap, do you think Hale is actually working for Randy Winn?
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
my godness
2nd time pujols does it this series…
gimme a break
Wikipedia is accurate. (citation needed)
And
class again.
Win this one, yeah?
by emilylovesthedbacks on Apr 15, 2009 6:14 PM EDT reply actions
Bobby Korecky comes in.
Pujols flies out to Byrnes on the first pitch.
Who’d Byrnes replace in the OF? Upton?
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Oh,
replacing CoJack.
Seems kinda silly to me, but okay BoMel…
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Couldn't say.
Yahoo still says it’s the middle of the sixth, and I can’t see the TV from here. Sadly.
Yahoo! Gameday
Still sauntering through the sixth. Lopez just walked…
"Win, or die" -- Marquise de Merteuil
Korecky
was a pretty good waiver wire pickup, methinks.
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If THIS park holds them,
there’s very few parks that wouldn’t.
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Aw, Upton
That was not pretty.
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
Have to agree.
Now, if only we can keep it up against the Giants’ pitchers.
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Lincecum and Johnson
Not exactly Teh Awsum thus far.
"Win, or die" -- Marquise de Merteuil
by Jim McLennan on Apr 15, 2009 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions
True.
But we all know what they’re capable of.
That is, as long as Bruce Bochy didn’t let Timcecum pitch himself into the ground last season.
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I kinda hope he didn't
i wanted Webb to win the Cy Young last year, but I don’t want to see a guy with Lincecum’s talent get destroyed by a lousy coach.
I also don’t want to see him in a Giants uniform for too long, but that’s neither here nor there.
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
That is nice
Plus, more free tacos tomorrow.
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
Back to the grindstone
Entering stealth mode. I may break cover if we take the lead though. :-)
"Win, or die" -- Marquise de Merteuil
Dear CY,
please do not CYK, because that sounds like personal lubricant.
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CY
needs to slow down his bat a bit and just try to make contact on 2 strikes — like Upton’s doing now.
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Argh....
Upton Ks on a foul tip.
It’s all on Snydes now.
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Come on, Snyder
Get a hit.
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Either way
A groundout is not it.
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I was
thinking the same thing…. rookie pitcher, just called up from AAA, good speed on first, why the heck isn’t Mark trying to steal??
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All a lot of talk, it seems
We’ve had, what, three steal attempts in the first eight games of the season?
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that's why u cant count
with spring training numbers/experiments
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11-7
This is what I come back to?
Babe Ruth was a jerk but baseball's still a beautiful game - Dean Winchester
It's Jim's fault
He didn’t threaten any animals this time.
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She doesn't have to.
The trials and tribulations are memorialized for all eternity in this GDT.
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For my health
I think I’d prefer to stay uninformed.
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And.....
Korecky walks Molina, the leadoff guy.
Not a good start.
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Korecky
apparently didn’t learn anything from Garland or Petit.
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Where did that miss?
That pitch looked like a perfect strike to me.
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Ground ball
off Reynolds’ glove.
Why the heck was that scored a hit??
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Ouch
Carpenter is supposed to be out 4 to 8 weeks for the rib cage strain.
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So long
as they score 12 runs/game, it shouldn’t matter.
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Molina
scores on the sac fly.
12-7, but at least that.s the second out.
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This score
happens to be the metric version of .50 caliber.
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A typical Diamondback batter
Nick Adenhart R.I.P.
by hotclaws on Apr 15, 2009 6:45 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I never thought I'd think of a snail
as cute, but he sure is!!
by snakecharmer on Apr 15, 2009 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions
That sounds hard to do.
Like, it almost sounds intentional. Seems like you would have to try to do that.
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Another liner
right to a fielder.
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Man
If I had gone down to the game today, I probably could have worked my way down to some good seats.
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
Schoeneweis comes in to pitch.
Now, if you thought our bullpen was bad before….
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Nice grab from Mark
Watching a day game at Chase with the roof open looks a little weird to me.
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Wow
There is a very loud heckler at the field today.
Babe Ruth was a jerk but baseball's still a beautiful game - Dean Winchester
If that's the guy I'm hearing
Yeah, he’s annoying.
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
Another error on Lopez?
You okay, guy?
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At least
Lopez might take the focus off Reynolds this season.
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Wow....
if we don’t score 5 runs in the 9th, we’re about to have the same record as the BoSox.
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Motte?
I heard he’s juicing.
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And.........
Mark strikes out, and we’re 3-6 and still haven’t won a series.
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And game
Yeesh. At least we got some offense this time, though.
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
Wait a second..
Is Saturday’s game at 1 or 4? They just showed 4, but the Giants’ website says 1. I don’t want to show up at the wrong time.
You're going to Saturday's game?
4pm Eastern, 1pm Pacific.
by snakecharmer on Apr 15, 2009 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
Friday & Saturday. Unfortunately, I have to work on Sunday. Gotta take advantage of them being here. The previous sentence is what every opponent of the Diamondbacks has said so far this season.
Lucky!
We should meet up when they come in August. I’d normally be there this weekend too but I’m going to Santa Barbara. So instead, I’m seeing them in AZ Mon & Wed. :)
by snakecharmer on Apr 15, 2009 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions
This Saturday
They’re in SF… so, no. ;)
by snakecharmer on Apr 15, 2009 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions
From Sutton
“Dbacks finding ways to lose ball games.”
Babe Ruth was a jerk but baseball's still a beautiful game - Dean Winchester
Prediction Analysis
Here are my (previously posted) predictions, with results:
1) Upton starts, goes 2-4 with a HR and a walk
- oof, so close. J-Up went 1-3 with a walk
2) Byrnes starts, goes 1-3 with a HR (amended to pinch hit HR)
- nailed it, other than the “starting” prediction
3) Reynolds starts, 1-4 with 2 Ks
- 1-4 check, 2 Ks check, wish I had predicted the HR
4) Pain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1TxiVhrkZA
- indeed
Whoa
Garland’s kind of good looking. Good to know.
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