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Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night - Game Thread - Cubs at Jays

Chicago Cubs at Toronto Blue Jays, Jun 13, 2008 7:07 PM EDT




After a terrible series against the last-place Mariners, the Jays hope for some better luck with the first-place Cubs in an interleague series.  Alex Rios, Scott Rolen, and Rod Barajas return to the lineup, but Aaron Hill is still out and Gregg Zaun isn't starting today either. 

As for the pitchers, A.J. Burnett pitches for the Jays and looks to bounce back, while Sean Gallagher pitches for the Cubs.  I'll be watching the little one, watching the game, and working all simultaneously, which should be quite interesting.  Let's go Jays!

Today's title comes from the Hold Steady's theme album "Separation Sunday" which I've been listening to a bunch lately.  There's something depressing and hilarious about that band.

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I think Zaun homered for Syracuse in his rehab start

We can only hope he shares a cab with Lind on the way up tomorrow.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 7:04 PM EDT reply actions  

Aj walks the riot

everything on or near the outside corner

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 7:12 PM EDT reply actions  

And the riot steals second

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 7:13 PM EDT reply actions  

sounds like we may need

the Stars song “Take Me to the Riot” as our game thread title tomorrow

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 7:14 PM EDT reply actions  

AJ strikes out Hassenpfeffer

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 7:15 PM EDT reply actions  

Burnett gets the lead runner on a comebacker from D Lee

Nice play

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 7:17 PM EDT reply actions  

Ramirez singles, Lee to third

Burnett at like 25 pitches already

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 7:22 PM EDT reply actions  

Burnett walks them loaded

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 7:24 PM EDT reply actions  

3 stranded on the popup to Wilk

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 7:26 PM EDT reply actions  

AJ

gets out of it

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 7:26 PM EDT reply actions  

33 pitches

Not a good rate

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 7:27 PM EDT reply actions  

Rios with the leadoff double

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 7:29 PM EDT reply actions  

Rios starts things off

with the two-bagger

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 7:30 PM EDT reply actions  

Stairs strikes out

The first strike (1-0 pitch) looked like a pretty good pitch to hit.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 7:31 PM EDT reply actions  

Rolen flies out to center

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 7:32 PM EDT reply actions  

Wells pops it up to complete the 0 for 3

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 7:35 PM EDT reply actions  

One pitch one out

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 7:37 PM EDT reply actions  

Grounder to Inglett

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 7:38 PM EDT reply actions  

Burnett strikes out the pitcher

That’s the pitcher with the .091 AVG, right?

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 7:41 PM EDT reply actions  

10 pitch inning

much better for Burnett

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 7:43 PM EDT reply actions  

Overbay strikes out on 3 pitches

I guess that kills our chance of going 0 for 27 with RISP in one game

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 7:43 PM EDT reply actions  

The Cap'm draws a free pass

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 7:45 PM EDT reply actions  

Wilk flies out

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 7:48 PM EDT reply actions  

nice Inglett

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 7:49 PM EDT reply actions  

Inglett with the 2 out single

RISP time again

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 7:49 PM EDT reply actions  

Edmonds takes it away from X

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by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 7:51 PM EDT reply actions  

0 for 4

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 7:51 PM EDT reply actions  

good thing that went foul

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by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 7:54 PM EDT reply actions  

The Riot flies out to right

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 7:56 PM EDT reply actions  

Strikes out Horsepower

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 7:57 PM EDT reply actions  

by the way

thanks for the Witch Hunter Robin reference. I had totally forgotten about that series after really liking it when it came out a bunch of years ago, but then netflixed it last week thinking I might be able to get Mrs. Hugo to finally watch an anime series and she loved it.

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 7:59 PM EDT reply actions  

Any plans for what series to show her next?

I highly recommend Kurau: Phantom Memory.

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

I was going to ask you actually

thanks for the recommendation!

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by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

Depends how science-fictiony her interests run

If near future, Kurau. If far future, Crest of the Stars and its sequel series Banner of the Stars 1 and 2. If fantasy, Scrapped Princess.

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

I think I'll try Kurau first

I’ve heard good things. she’s definitely more likely to go for near future sci-fi or fantasy, I think.

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

And D Lee strikes out

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:00 PM EDT reply actions  

16 pitch inning that time

so 59 total?

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:00 PM EDT reply actions  

Rios with his second double of the game

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:03 PM EDT reply actions  

Rios

with another double. nice piece of hitting, seems like the dingers aren’t too far off

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 8:03 PM EDT reply actions  

Stairs goes to the second deck

1 for 5

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:04 PM EDT reply actions  

But slugging .800

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

Stairs!!!!

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 8:04 PM EDT reply actions  

Rolen makes it back to back!

hell, when was the last time we did that this season?

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 8:05 PM EDT reply actions  

Have we done it at all?

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

I actually don't think so

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

Wells fails to go back to back to back

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:07 PM EDT reply actions  

Overbay strikes out on another high fastball

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:09 PM EDT reply actions  

The Cap'm singles to left

to keep the inning alive

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:10 PM EDT reply actions  

Wilkerson flies to center

making his good June numbers look a little more like a small sample size artifact.

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:12 PM EDT reply actions  

Plesac

seems like a good enough guy, but I’m not buying the Ward-Henke and Marmol-Kerry Wood comparison

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 8:15 PM EDT reply actions  

AJ strikes out Ramirez

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:16 PM EDT reply actions  

I like how Barajas just kept his glove there

after that first pitch that missed by a mile

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:17 PM EDT reply actions  

too bad we didn't sign Fukudome

he’d be great atop our lineup.

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 8:17 PM EDT reply actions  

How much did he cost?

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

I want to say around $40 million for four

so not cheap

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

And we went with Stew over Reed for a million and change

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

if we had Fukudome

and no Reed or Eckstein, that’d be not too much of a difference, at least for this season. I don’t think we’d lose too much using Scoot and Mac at SS, certainly less of a difference than having Fukudome in the OF over what we have

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

If we'd known we had this in Scoot

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

that's hindsight though

at the time, I was happy enough about Eckstein and didn’t think we had a huge hole in LF

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

x is making $4M, right?

So assuming it was neither Reed’s $2+M nor Stew’s $1+M, that’s $7-8M, and it blocks Lind for ages, unless we play him at DH.

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

I think X is $5 mil actually

I agree with you though, but only to the extent we actually use Lind. To the extent we’re blocking him with has-beens who will struggle to OPS .700 in a corner OF spot, we might at least block hiim with someone who can play.

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions  

Edmonds with the RBI double off the wall

I thought it might be out, but it didn’t look like Rios was close to where it bounced

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:21 PM EDT reply actions  

Nope, on the replay it was right above his head

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

AJ

gets DeRo to hold Chicago at the one

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 8:23 PM EDT reply actions  

AJ's 22 pitches put him at 81

So it’ll take a few quick innings to get 6 from him.

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:26 PM EDT reply actions  

Inglett draws the walk

I’m totally logging on to Inglett in left field at this point, once Wilk’s June numbers finish coming back to earth.

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:28 PM EDT reply actions  

he's a nice little bat, isn't he?

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

x hits it right at someone again

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:31 PM EDT reply actions  

when the outfielders can play 10 steps in

it makes things easy for them

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by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

Of course if he splits the outfielders

he can run for days

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

Rios flies out to right

no third double for him

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:32 PM EDT reply actions  

Stairs strands Inglett with another K

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:35 PM EDT reply actions  

AJ strikes out the pitcher again

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:37 PM EDT reply actions  

That means pizza, right?

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

The Riot grounds to first

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:38 PM EDT reply actions  

Au Pair gets hit in the foot on an 0-2 count

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:40 PM EDT reply actions  

Running out of funny ways to screw up his name

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

Meanwhile he goes to second on a wild pitch

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

that one was my favourite

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

Walks Lee on the full count

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:43 PM EDT reply actions  

Ramirez grounds out to short

Burnett at 102 pitches, and Camp is warming up. That’s probably it for him.

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:45 PM EDT reply actions  

AJ at 101

I’m guessing Gibbons sends him out next inning

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 8:46 PM EDT reply actions  

It's not like he's been dominating

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

very true

just a hunch

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

Rolen pops up right in front of the plate

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:48 PM EDT reply actions  

Wells with not-quite-warning-track-power

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:49 PM EDT reply actions  

Lyle

strikes out for the third time. Taking 3 straight fastballs after going 2-0 is pretty sad

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 8:50 PM EDT reply actions  

And none of them were close to being balls

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

yep there's AJ again

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 8:52 PM EDT reply actions  

Looks like you were right

The same old pull-at-first-baserunner thing?

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:53 PM EDT reply actions  

evidently not

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

I thought that was a good pitch for ball 2

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:54 PM EDT reply actions  

Fukudome singles

We’ll see if that’s all

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:54 PM EDT reply actions  

Ball 2 looked like a good pitch too

High, I guess

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:55 PM EDT reply actions  

that didn't work out

Teen Wolfe in to try to quell the rally

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 8:57 PM EDT reply actions  

Walks Soto on the 3-2 pitch

Bringing in Wolfe to face a lefty?

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:58 PM EDT reply actions  

Pretty much robbed AJ of JotD

lost .130 facing those two batters

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

Fukudome unable to score due to the ball hitting the ump

but it’s not looking like our lead is long for this world

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 9:00 PM EDT reply actions  

Wolfe's success vs. lefties

and lack vs. righties seems like small sample size. He was the exact opposite last year.

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:01 PM EDT reply actions  

yep

inexplicable choice by Gibbons

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

1-2-3 double play would be nice

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:02 PM EDT reply actions  

gets DeRosa

swinging on the high one

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 9:03 PM EDT reply actions  

Eric Patterson

is a very skinny baseball player

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 9:04 PM EDT reply actions  

Now any old double play would do

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:04 PM EDT reply actions  

they got it

but one single too late. Still, clinging to the 3-2 lead. Nicely turned by Inglett, actually

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

Inglett close to catching that one

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:06 PM EDT reply actions  

But Wolfe gets the double play to keep the lead

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:07 PM EDT reply actions  

Not sure why Gibby was reluctant to go to the bullpen to start the 6th

considering Doc is starting tomorrow

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:07 PM EDT reply actions  

and coming off the off-day, no less

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by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

That inning should have started with Cy or Tallet

probably Cy, but Gibbons would have gone with Tallet

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

Wolfe actually ends up with .099 despite the run

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:08 PM EDT reply actions  

Cap'm with the leadoff single

trying to get that run back

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:09 PM EDT reply actions  

Piniella coming out himself for a chat

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:11 PM EDT reply actions  

And then finally makes the call

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

With a 1-1 count on Wilkerson

That’s got to play to the hitter’s favour, you’d think.

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

Is Lou

the only one who does that, other than in the case of an injury?

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

Idunno

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

Wilk tries for the surprise bunt

but it ends up a sac

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:14 PM EDT reply actions  

Scoot

comes up to hit against the lefty, which of course means Piniella is out to bring in the righty

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 9:14 PM EDT reply actions  

Scoot's been okay against righties, at least

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

Better OBP, worse SLG, roughly equal OPS

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

up to X

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 9:19 PM EDT reply actions  

Looks like Accardo had a setback

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:19 PM EDT reply actions  

sucks

we could really use him back. I hope he is okay

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

what the hell was Pevey thinking on that?

it was painfully obvious from the moment it left the bat there was no way Rod was scoring

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 9:22 PM EDT reply actions  

Overcompensating?

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'm all for

sending the runner with 2 outs in most situations, but that was ridiculous

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

Camp in to face the lefty Hoof Powder

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:25 PM EDT reply actions  

He gets him swinging

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

D Lee grounds to short

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:28 PM EDT reply actions  

Tabby talking about getting through this inning with Camp

so we can go to Downs and Ryan. I wish that gave me confidence.

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:28 PM EDT reply actions  

Ramirez lines a single,

causing Gibbons to go for Cy to face Fukudome, who’s been on base quite a bit

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 9:28 PM EDT reply actions  

x tried to go up for it

but I think it was further than the one over Inglett’s head

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions  

Carlson

looks great in getting Fukudome looking

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by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 9:32 PM EDT reply actions  

Cy gets him looking

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:33 PM EDT reply actions  

Rios was realy fooled on that 1-0 pitch

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:35 PM EDT reply actions  

And the 1-1

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

Takes the exact same pitch 1-2

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

And checks 2-2

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

And singles 3-2

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

Always Be Çtealing

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:37 PM EDT reply actions  

not a bad time for Rios to run

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 9:37 PM EDT reply actions  

They are checking on him

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

Even 0-2?

You think they’d pitchout?

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

Stairs with the first pitch fly to left

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:38 PM EDT reply actions  

Wish he would have

instead of being knocked out on the double play

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:42 PM EDT reply actions  

Creeping ever closer to setting that record

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

Downs looking like he'll repeat his usual pattern

of walking the first batter

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:45 PM EDT reply actions  

A single on the 3-1 pitch

no better

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

And it looked like it took a tough bounce on Wilk

or he misjudged it

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

Using tomorrow's starter as a pinch runner

and people called for Gibby’s head over it.

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:47 PM EDT reply actions  

Blanco fouling off a ton of pitches

and Frasor warming.

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:51 PM EDT reply actions  

Strikes him out

finally and at long last

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:52 PM EDT reply actions  

Strikes out DeRosa on a full count

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:55 PM EDT reply actions  

Cedeño chops out to first

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:57 PM EDT reply actions  

Now apparently my MLB.tv subscription fees

let me see a pro wrestler get bodyslammed by NASCAR drivers shilling shaving cream.

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 9:59 PM EDT reply actions  

25 pitches for Downs that inning

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 10:00 PM EDT reply actions  

Wells with the single to left

but with the lefty batting behind him, if Piniella goes to the pen, it will be hard to steal second.

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 10:01 PM EDT reply actions  

Overbay starts 3-0

then flies to left on 3-1

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 10:06 PM EDT reply actions  

Wells steals second despite my concerns

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 10:07 PM EDT reply actions  

The Cap'm pops up foul

In the seats anywhere else

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 10:09 PM EDT reply actions  

Maybe not Oakland

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

no insurance to be had

up to BJ

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by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 10:10 PM EDT reply actions  

Baltimore won

so if we lose we’re in last

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 10:10 PM EDT reply actions  

not blowing this game

would be rather fun

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by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 10:12 PM EDT reply actions  

Remember when having the lead made us likely to win?

Good times, good times.

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

Johnny Mac in for D

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 10:13 PM EDT reply actions  

sparky batting

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by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 10:14 PM EDT reply actions  

Don't plunk him!

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

And the crowd goes wi~~~~~ild!

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

Out on the first pitch

That will make him even more popular

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 10:15 PM EDT reply actions  

sigh

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by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 10:16 PM EDT reply actions  

Tough row to hoe after 3-0

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

alright!

BJ gets the popup to beat MLB’s winningest team

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by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 10:18 PM EDT reply actions  

Hooray for the Cap'm!

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

good stuff

Jays of the day: Ryan, Downs, Rios, Wolfe. Interesting that neither HR-hitter got one

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 10:19 PM EDT reply actions  

because both stranded Rios

or got him doubled off.

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

BJ, Downs, Wolfe, and Rios?

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by Torgen on Jun 13, 2008 10:19 PM EDT reply actions  

great day for the pen as a whole

4 innings, 4 hits, just the 1 walk, and 6 Ks

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Jun 13, 2008 10:22 PM EDT reply actions  

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