Gameday Thread, #75: 6/24 vs Angels

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 4:46 PM EDT in News Comment 154 comments

Bartolo Colon, RHP (0-3, 5.57)

Claudio Vargas, RHP (6-4, 5.02)

Here we go again. Perhaps if we all close our eyes until we get past the first inning, and pretend it doesn't happen, we just might stand a chance. Not that Colon has exactly been a force to be reckoned with thus far, but he's only made four starts. Last time wasn't bad - nine hits and a walk over seven innings, with two earned runs.

Vargas was the last starter to pitch in a win - not that he got the win, of course. However, two runs in six innings against Pittsburgh was good enough to keep us in the game. So hopefully, he'll be able to do the same again, and we can build on last night's hit-parade, by actually driving in some runs today. Though "hope" is basically all we've got to cling onto, rather than, say, "realistic expectations of victory".

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Today's lineup

C. Counsell ss .282
J. DaVanon rf .281
L. Gonzalez lf .264
C. Jackson 1b .268
C. Tracy 3b .274
E. Byrnes cf .291
J. Estrada c .308
O. Hudson 2b .257
C. Vargas p .130

Interesting. No Shawn Green, even though there's a RHP on the mound. Maybe there's something in his history against Colon? Ah, there you go: Green is batting .207, DaVanon .500. In, er, two at-bats. But Byrnes is 9-for-23, so I guess they wanted both him and DaVanon in the lineup.

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 9:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

No damage in the top of the first

That's practically a victory right there.

by kishi on Jun 24, 2006 9:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Absolutely

In a conscious decision, I didn't even open up the Gameday window until ten minutes after first-pitch. Seems to have done the trick: I'll have to do that more often!

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Vargas shuts em down in the 1st

Good start

by William K on Jun 24, 2006 9:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

DaVanon gets on again

with an infield hit

by William K on Jun 24, 2006 9:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Increasing his OBP lead over Counsell...

By another point or two...

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gonzo walks

Early RISP opportunity for the middle of the order

by William K on Jun 24, 2006 9:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

It'd be nice to have a lead.

Can't remember the last time we had one in the first...

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Doh

Conor Jackson grounds into doubleplay

by William K on Jun 24, 2006 9:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I suppose...

It was too much to hope for.

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

here comes napoli

Which restaurant will he hit the ball to tonight?

"If my mind and my heart were done, it would be easier." -Troy Percival

by LTUPHLO on Jun 24, 2006 9:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

hello old friends

i guess its the same old same old.

"very cunning Mr. *VIII*" -- Jim

by Mr. Philosophical on Jun 24, 2006 9:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Welcome back, my friends...

To the show that never ends...

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Though in our defense...

The "same old same old" would involve us already trailing.

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

foul off estrada

and the angels continue to inflict pain upon estrada

"If my mind and my heart were done, it would be easier." -Troy Percival

by LTUPHLO on Jun 24, 2006 10:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

2 on and 1 out for the Angels

Kennedy up

by William K on Jun 24, 2006 10:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Just a delayed spanking

We're being teased with by having them get out of the 1st with no damamge...

by unnamedDBacksfan on Jun 24, 2006 10:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Vargas strikes out the side

Round a double and a walk, but we take what we can get. Two scoreless innings. Can't remember the last time that happened.

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 10:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Vargas Ks Kennedy and Colon

7 more shutout innings to go!

by William K on Jun 24, 2006 10:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

we can

always hope.

"very cunning Mr. *VIII*" -- Jim

by Mr. Philosophical on Jun 24, 2006 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

22 pitches

ugh.

"very cunning Mr. *VIII*" -- Jim

by Mr. Philosophical on Jun 24, 2006 10:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Hudson hits a ball out of the yard

and also scores Tracy who happened to be on first base. 2-0 D'Backs

by William K on Jun 24, 2006 10:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Hudson the homer!

Two-out clutch, bigtime.

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 10:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Hey Everybody!

Mind if I sit in? With me, I count VIII.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 10:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The more the merrier...

I see you guys got your ninth-inning own back on the A's...

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

2 more Ks for Vargas

1/3 of the job done

by William K on Jun 24, 2006 10:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

KKKKKKK...

Yeah, but I wouldn't be too proud of the Vlad "K", Guerrero helped a LOT.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 10:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Nothing new there...

He's not exactly known for plate discipline, and will swing at anything in the same zip code. The amazing thing is, he's still quite capable of smacking it out of the park!

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Offensively keep grinding"

Our teeth in frustration?

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 10:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

DaVanon's 2 for 2

Colon not looking like a Cy Young winner yet. They really should have kept Jered Weaver up...not only because I have Weaver on my team :)

by William K on Jun 24, 2006 10:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I hope Gonzo

shuts up his detractors.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 10:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Looks like a repeat of the 1st inning

Gonzo walks and Conor is up. Will he ground into a double-play again?

by William K on Jun 24, 2006 10:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Are you giving your runners discretion,

Or was that a coaching gaffe?

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 10:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Interesting decision...

Either way. I presume it wasn't a double steal?

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, he won't now

as DaVanon is caught stealing 3rd

by William K on Jun 24, 2006 10:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Jackson flies out

and the lead remains at 2

by William K on Jun 24, 2006 10:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I had a gag about Jackson and Martin Scorsese...

something about eyebrow lineage...

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 10:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Closer than you might think...

Martin Scorsese was in Guilty by Suspicion (1991) with Gailard Sartain
Gailard Sartain was in Spitfire Grill, The (1996) with John M. Jackson
John M. Jackson is the father of Conor Jackson

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The uncomfort that is Counsell at the plate

Provides the energy to pop up like that in the infield.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 10:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

You all feel free to contribute.

You're as quiet as the at-Chase, uh, crowd.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 10:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Hey, our turn to get a double-play

These seem to have stopped coming lately too...

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 10:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Vargas gets through 4 innings

which is in itself a minor miracle

by William K on Jun 24, 2006 10:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

A gift...

Now take it to Returns...and CASH IN!

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 10:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Tracy gets on the hard way

Leadoff runner on in the D'Backs 4th

by William K on Jun 24, 2006 10:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Separated at Birth

Bartolo Colon & Chico Marx

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 10:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

1st pitch hacking Estrada doubles in Tracy

3-0 D'Backs

by William K on Jun 24, 2006 10:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

By the way...

At MCC today we Manlaw'd Interleague games not counting.That was before Durham picked one up off his shoetops in the 9th.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 10:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I think, the way we've performed

We would back that heartily...

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

When I lived in Cali,

"Chones" was Mexamerican slang for "Boxers"

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 11:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The fighters

Or the undergarment? Not that it really matters much.

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I tend To OvercapitalizE

the undergarments

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No plate discipline from Cabrera, either

I wonder if you can jinx a shutout by talking about it, as with a no/no...

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 11:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Vargas dances away again...

It's the Angels who are leaving runners on the basepaths tonight - every inning so far...

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 11:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Really...I wince to see Craig prepare to hit

At least he's not sweeping cobwebs off the ceiling anymore....well! He dusted THAT one!
Good ol' uncomfort...channeled.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 11:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

DaVanon 3-for-3 too

En fuego, as I believe they say. That's Counsell's second of the season: he's catching up on Gonzo.

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 11:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

And the politest crowd .

Think they'd be livin' large...hey! Drop beer prices, and watch the decibel levels rise.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 11:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Jim,

I think we're alone now...there doesn't seem to be any one aro-ound.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 11:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Tempted to put a link to

Tiffany's Playboy spread here, but I'll demur...

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I came in in the 3rd,

Yet it seems I've seen Tracy bat 3 times already.Whoo!this Gatorade's been spiked AGAIN..

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 11:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Just realised

Jackson is batting cleanup. Batting .203 with a .237 slugging percentage in June. Anyone know why?

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 11:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Demur that demurring.

I can keep a secret...you'll maintain that family man persona of yers..

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 11:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Google Imagess...

is your friend. :-)

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Melvin throws darts at a board w/names

for lineup spots? Alou does something similar.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 11:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

How long does Claudio usually last?

Given a lead...do you remember?

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 11:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

A lead?

What's that? :-) Actually, he had one last time in Pittsburgh: left with a 4-2 lead after six innings. Season high is 107 pitches - he's at 88 through 5 2/3. Due up fourth in the bottom of the inning, so if anyone gets on, could be a pinch-hitter.

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

OMG

a 4-0 lead!?!

"very cunning Mr. *VIII*" -- Jim

by Mr. Philosophical on Jun 24, 2006 11:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

1=2=3 innin

by vargas

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by Mr. Philosophical on Jun 24, 2006 11:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

OMG

HE was ogling the aforementioned Tiffany expose when
he should have been front - and - center.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 11:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

O-dog to straight center?

"Quietly move" him. Bonds couldn't do THAT.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 11:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

RISP

hmm..

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by Mr. Philosophical on Jun 24, 2006 11:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Interesting...

Looks like they're sending up Vargas?

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 11:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Frankly

I'd have traded a run for an inning: the seventh will be his last, almost certainly.

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 11:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Frankly

ur are giving your trade.

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by Mr. Philosophical on Jun 24, 2006 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re:the previous post

I laughed to see two ads behind home."Natural Chemistry" and "I'm lovin' it"

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 11:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Melvin on the nod

Test him.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 11:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

And Counsell goes down swinging...

I wonder if not pinch-hitting for Vargas will come back and haunt us? It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest...

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 11:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

shhhh

"very cunning Mr. *VIII*" -- Jim

by Mr. Philosophical on Jun 24, 2006 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The other day

I saw a replay of the collision Estrada had as a catcher w/ the Braves. I applaud his mobility today - I'd STILL be sore.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 11:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Jonny's rubbing the wrong area

The chaw juice is on his chin...

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 11:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh-oh...

Error by Jackson. The shutout wobbles, as Vargas prepares to throw his 100th pitch.

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 11:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ouch...

That was ugly.What will follow will, no doubt, be uglier.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 11:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Viscaino...

How's yours? Ours is useless at the plate - oh snap! The best Aflac commercial ever!
"And they give you cash...which is just as good as money."
Classic Yogi.."Half of baseball is 90% mental."

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 11:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ours has his moments...

But like most of the bullpen, they're not necessarily good moments...

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Disaster looms...

Tying run at the plate. Vargas yanked after loading the bases with one out. I feel like frickin' Nostradamus right now.

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 11:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

4-2.

meh.

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by Mr. Philosophical on Jun 24, 2006 11:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I called it

Just call me Nostradamus (Not that it wasn't pathetically obvious)

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 11:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Too much Nostradamus, eh, James?

Let's back it off a tad. See what happens.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 11:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

4-4

vizcaino... boooo.

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by Mr. Philosophical on Jun 24, 2006 11:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh, look...

There goes the lead.

Melvin = frickin' idiot.

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 11:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

get the sticks!

FIRE HIM.

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by Mr. Philosophical on Jun 24, 2006 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

OK..I'll start..

I have NO IDEA what will happen w/ Guerrero
(Actually, having just seen it I do- but I'm playing along)

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 11:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Melvin plays Alou

Is this why our division is such a terror - keen managerial decisions?

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 11:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I think Melvin...

Still thought he was managing an AL team, or in an AL park, and thought the DH'd be hitting for Vargas. ;-(

by Jim McLennan on Jun 24, 2006 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Melvin was a catcher?

With WHO?When?

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 24, 2006 11:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Melvin's career

Excellent defensively, Melvin struggled at the plate, batting just .233 over his ten major league seasons. In 1987 he threw out 40% of the opposition's would-be basestealers (second-best in the NL) as the Giants' part-time catcher, nailing Tim Raines and Vince Coleman twice each. He also hit a career-high 11 home runs that year, but batted just .199.

After three seasons of splitting time with Mickey Tettleton (1989-90) and Chris Hoiles (1991) behind the plate for the Baltimore Orioles, Melvin was traded to Kansas City for Storm Davis. He batted a career-high .314 in 1992 but played in only 32 games, never again seeing regular action in his three remaining seasons. (SCL/AF)

by Jim McLennan on Jun 25, 2006 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So they run Yogi again

I should watch D-Blank - er, D- Back games more often.
Sorry for the slip - conditioned, dontcha know. J-Mac, I haven't forgotten your point about being a polite guest...I AM practicing admirable restraint. For me.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 12:03 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

"2 and 16 slide..."

And you're HOW FAR back?
Tempest, etc.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 12:06 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This is the point where

the leader of a team would step up and deliver....

Sadly, I don't think this team has a leader right now...

I see the "Face" of the franchise just struke out.... great!

by unnamedDBacksfan on Jun 25, 2006 12:08 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

the face

isnt gonna leave i bet. Anyways, there is no leader for the team, not after johnson left.

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by Mr. Philosophical on Jun 25, 2006 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Part of me...

Wants us to lose this one, so Melvin gets hauled over the coals for his earlier idiocy.

by Jim McLennan on Jun 25, 2006 12:26 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah..

The first part of the cure is admission of the problem.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 12:29 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Whooo..Johnson as the leader?

I heard he just brooded by himself...didn't interact 'cept on RJ Gameday...and I DEFINITELY wouldn't want THAT mug as the "Face" of the franchise. YOW!

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 12:28 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The glower of the franchise...

Hard to say who was the leader in 2001. Curt? Matt? Mark? Gonzo?

by Jim McLennan on Jun 25, 2006 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah.."The Big Ugly Unit"

But WHAT a pitcher...a moment of silence for the sheer domination that WAS Randy Johnson.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So THAT's where all the "pitch" went..

Why doesn't Ana-er, LAAoA give up and just change their colors to black?

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 12:31 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Clutch Clark.

He used to really PISS ME OFF, but apparently he's not all that productive anymore, or just platooned a lot and losing the eye?

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 12:36 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Both

Got that single though. If this run doesn't score, wonder who'll play 1B in extra innings? Clark replaced Jackson, and has now been pulled for a pinch-runner himself.

by Jim McLennan on Jun 25, 2006 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Counsell...Mr. Execution

The New "Face"? Well, maybe bob that schnozz...

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 12:38 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The bunt...

Yes, bring in a pinch-runner for a sac. bunt. Hmmm... Questionable at the best of times.

by Jim McLennan on Jun 25, 2006 12:39 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Jay Bell.

Got an amusing bit concerning JB and a Burger King marquee at McKellips/Country Club...if we (you) get through this.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 12:40 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Time for the face of the franchise

To show his clutchness...

by Jim McLennan on Jun 25, 2006 12:41 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

By getting intentionally walked...

Smell the fear... :-)

by Jim McLennan on Jun 25, 2006 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

WHY

are they booing an IBB?

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 12:41 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

BALL.

Green's too tall for proper perspective.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 12:42 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Green pinch-hitting

That's MR. Clutch to you...

by Jim McLennan on Jun 25, 2006 12:42 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Strikes out.

by Jim McLennan on Jun 25, 2006 12:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good job, Shawn

That call was bad?
See, your broadcasters are subjective HOMERS.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 12:45 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Angels getting into this NL style of play

15 players used through nine innings by each team.

by Jim McLennan on Jun 25, 2006 12:45 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Sheesh

Hope it works, Bob. Didn't know he could be that animated.He seems so...sedate.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 12:46 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ouch

Byrnes really tries.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 12:48 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

cmon guys

dont let thi one get away

Webb=Cy Young

by webby17 on Jun 25, 2006 12:49 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

another chance to

snatch defeat from the jaws of victory?

It's gotta end sometime !

by unnamedDBacksfan on Jun 25, 2006 12:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So this BK Marquee...

Always commented on AZ sports..when Spivey was doing his new phenom thing, they posted:
Junior Spivey...making us forget the bells.
Liberty...Taco...Jay.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 12:50 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Junior Spivey

Last seen, dead last in batting average in the Pacific Coast League. What happened?

by Jim McLennan on Jun 25, 2006 12:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

at a boy jorge

Webb=Cy Young

by webby17 on Jun 25, 2006 12:51 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

He's a wuss...

Greg Aquino would have loaded the bases with no outs. :-)

by Jim McLennan on Jun 25, 2006 12:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

They also posted

Pitching depth...wading pool...after Curt and Randy.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 12:52 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Easley at first.

Tracy notches his second K of the day.

by Jim McLennan on Jun 25, 2006 12:55 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

"Flails"

Apt.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 12:58 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Uhh...

What's the AZ extra inning record?

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 1:00 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

LOL!

This is foreign territiory to us, usually we blow it wide open in the first so as not to worry about going extra innings....

But we are even at 2-2 in xtra innings...

by unnamedDBacksfan on Jun 25, 2006 1:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

96?

Whooo.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 1:05 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Who's left on the bench?

Andy Green and Snyder, think that's about it?

by Jim McLennan on Jun 25, 2006 1:07 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

LEATHER!

Very nice.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 1:07 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Byrnes ...

0-for-2 on Sportscenter PODs.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 1:08 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Byrnes

E for Eric...also for Effort...also for Enthusiasm.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 1:10 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Another bullet dodged

Julio holds the fort.

by Jim McLennan on Jun 25, 2006 1:14 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Angels gamble

in replacing Shields almost got them the lead, back fired... We need to win it here though...

by unnamedDBacksfan on Jun 25, 2006 1:14 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Counsell wins it in 11th!

It's possibul...

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 1:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Gonzo wins it in the 12th!

Why not?

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 1:24 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh.

That's why not.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 1:25 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Grace=Homer

True perspective comes with the side view replay.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 1:27 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Your booth ended the game

before the ball was caught

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 1:32 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

HELLO?

Hello...
...hello...
...o...

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 1:33 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

OK...

Who's driving this bus?Me? You don't really trust me THAT much, do you?

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 1:35 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Still here...

Collapsing from hunger, but still just here!

by Jim McLennan on Jun 25, 2006 1:36 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh, well...

I should have gone to lunch...

by Jim McLennan on Jun 25, 2006 1:39 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Barring unforeseen circumstances,

Angels outlast Backs in 13th

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 1:40 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Leading 4 to Zero,

We find, once again, a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory...

by unnamedDBacksfan on Jun 25, 2006 1:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And...heeeere's Yogi

Again!
The duck's sidewalk comment is what slays ME.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 1:41 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Jim, you gotta be prepared.

I showered during one commercial, got the beans steaming in another, collected them during a third.
I'm washed, fed, watered (Sangria!) Didn't miss a Yogi.

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by suitsmetoATnT on Jun 25, 2006 1:44 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I am, however...

At work. :-) Fortunately, my job today involves a lot of waiting for answers from more knowledgeable people than me! So I've had a lot of time to kill... Not quite enough to shower and cook though.

by Jim McLennan on Jun 25, 2006 1:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs