Game Thread for Game 142, Rays at Jays
by Tom Dakers on Sep 7, 2008 1:05 PM EDT
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thanks for getting the thread up
just got bak from a run, and I ended up losing track of time and going longer than I thought
"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
how old are all your kids?
"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
awesome
I’m sorta hoping for a boy next time, just for a chance
"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
change rather, heh
"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
so far so good from Purcey
nice curve
"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
wow
was wondering if we’d get a runner to third all game
"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
nice one, Lind!
"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
awesome shot of Cito with Snider
"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
allright small ball
"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
hey comrade
whats going on right now?
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
not much
Jays 1-0 on a Cap’n sac fly after a Lind double. Purcey looks great so far (only 2 innings). also, favre is still good
"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
yourself?
"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
not much
just flipping between. . .favre is only thing that makes me interested in football
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
unfortunately
the Jets are still terrible
"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
great play by Rolen
"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
Long run for Punch Buggy to haul that one in
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
is it raining in jersey?
"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
yeah here too
"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
good time 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
a-hole Ray
announcers are bashing the intern who came up with the trivia question
"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
my cable signal is weak so i am getting stop-motion
what was the trivia question?
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
it had to do with Gregg Zaun playing drums
the guy called it “the stupidest question we’ve ever had”. then they blamed the intern who came up with 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
i mean it wasn't the best question
but who calls them out every time they say one of countless dumb things?
"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
At least with the Royals guys
the booth puts their names on screen.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
like for example
when one of them shows he has no idea what the phrase “driving force” means
"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
it feels like i am playing
play-action football for nintendo
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
don't know if i've ever seen a pickoff like this, where the pitcher just runs with the ball at the runner, instead of throwing to first
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
Well in any rundown you're supposed to run straight at the runner
to make him either stop or commit to a direction.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
yeah, that's what you're tauht to do
if you didn’t get kicked out of little league, maybe you’d know that
"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
taught that is
"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
I was never in little league and I know it
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
no, i know that
you just don’t generally see it. usually the pitcher throws it to the first baseman who initiates the rundown
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
Usually the runner takes off on first move
not before then
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Lind scraped ball 4 off the ground
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
the best damn sports show period is funny
it’s like, hey, our show is terrible, but maybe if we give it a name that comically exaggerates its quality, no one will notice
"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
they should get
rance mulliniks to go on it
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
"More crafty lefties than hard throwing lefties"
More crafty righties than hard throwing righties too, but the supply is so much larger that you don’t draft so many crafty righties.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
that wasn't a bad pitch
good hitting by Aybar
"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
cliff lee already
with two runs of support
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
Purcey works around the leadoff double
"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
Purcey works out of the jam
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
and Rolen leads off with a single
"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
Baserunners in every inning
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
moonraker!
"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
2 on, no out
Is this the inning we finally stick it to Garza?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
not if Cito has anything to say about it
Inglett bunting
"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
How many bunt hits does Inglett have this year?
Scoot has a few
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
not sure
but he wasn’t bunting for a hit anyway
"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
Well, the ultimate goal wasn't a hit
but if you can beat out a bunt for a hit it makes the sac bunt attempt less awful.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
true
that rarely happens though because the hitter shows bunt early to get it down, which gives away the element of surprise even if the corners aren’t playing in b/c its a sac bunt situation
"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
Inglett fails to execute the bunt
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Scoot lines it off Garza
advances the runners one out too late, but it might have knocked Garza out of the game.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
He probably could have had the out at second
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
The crowd way too excited about a shallow fly ball
I seem to say that every day.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
whew
Pena really hit that
"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
that wasn't really responsive to your point
"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
And two first pitch outs with RISP
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
7 pitch inning for Purcey
two first pitch warning track outs, a 3 pitch strikeout, and he managed to fit a 2 out 1-0 insgle in there.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Although the warning track outs were worrying
Maybe they can open the roof now that we’re leading.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Zobrist's wasn't too bad, but Pena really crushed that 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
Hopefully this will help us get to Garza
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Single up the middle
Good start.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
wow
Lyle smoked that
"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
obvious balk
"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
Barfield says that "Cito is in the dugout imparting wisdom" to Travis Snider
meanwhile, the camera shows both of them, sitting beside each other not conversing at all
haha
they were talking before
"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
he seems to be a good manager in that respect
if only they would hire someone to manage the pitchers for Cito
true
but if he can get the best out of our hitters next season, it’ll be worth a few dumb pitching moves, right?
"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
probably
though if he causes Scott Downs’ arm to fall off, that wouldn’t be good
that's true
though Gibbons worked him about as much last season, I think, and he had his best season ever this year
"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
Didn't he appear in 81 games last year?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
yes
"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
but he has a lot more innings this season
was more of a LOOGY last year
"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
I've always wondered
if there is a stronger correlation between injuries in relievers and number of appearance or number of innings. Seems to me that the act of warming up must have an effect on the arm as well, so I wonder how that affects pitcher.
The "show no murcey" sign is a little ridiculous.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
nice pitch to get Bartlett swinging
hard breaking slider down and in
"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
Purcey gets the pizza
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
If Purcey can finish this inning
do you figure League closes it out?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
I mean the 8th inning
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
that's what I would do
but Cito might use Downs, he hasn’t hesitated to throw him 3 days in a row
"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
I think League is more likely to get the call for a save
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Downs has actually only pitched 3 consecutive day twice this season
and one of them was in May. Lots of three-in-four-days type stuff though.
you're right, hasn't hesitated was not right
what I meant is that Cito has done 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
Voodoo joe draws the walk
No 1-2-3 inning for Garza
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Depends what you like
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Another infield lineout
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Lind double and a Big Rod sac fly
"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
with an Overbay "productive out" in the middle there
"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
was a tailor-made DP ball
luckily, only a runner on second
you missed Inglett attempting to bunt
with 1st and 2nd and no out in the 5th after two line drive singles
"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
1st and 3rd, 2 out
come on Purcey
"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
I don't think so
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Cy is up now
"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
It just showed him on the bullpen phone
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
we should've had a righty up
in case Pena reached, no?
"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
worked out though
"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
If you assume it will take a franchise record winning streak
(and then some) to be in the race this year, letting Purcey figure out how to work out of jams is better long term, as nerve-wracking as it is for us out here.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
but after 100 pitches in the 8th?
what’s wrong with pulling the guy when he feels good about himself?
I was all for leaving him in
just figured someone would be waiting in case it came down to Rocco, he hits lefties well.
"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
Purcey getting cuddles from AJ after the Arnsberg debriefing
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
All their potential pinch hitters are lefties
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Finally a 1-2-3 inning
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Purcey's WPA: .596
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
come on Cy
"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
yeah
gets Aybar looking
"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
Good morning, good afternoon, and good night
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
why
do we put Wilk in for Lind, but not Mac in at SS?
"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
I don't know
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
w00t!
"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
what a performance by Purcey
"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
Dropped the hammer on him
Which totally reminds me of Captain Hammer from Dr. Horrible.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Doctor Horrible rules
"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
I liked that Captain Hammer
was the captain of the Serenity from the show Firefly
"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
I liked him in Drive
too bad they cancelled it without giving it a chance.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
I never got to see that
"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
And now to flip over to the perfect game in progress
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Young against the Brewers
through 6
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
And his Padres have 10 runs of support for him
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Scoot closest, but I only really give it to someone on the verge
if there’s someone right on the other side too.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
only if Ichiro is pitching for them
"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
Silva is on the mound
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Silva is much worse than Morrow
It’s like saying Towers should win because McGowan had a good game.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
actually Silva isn't pitching tonight
he has a sore back, or something
"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
maybe we should have a poll?
"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
I wish Fangraphs let you see the combined WPA for all of team history
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
On the one hand, Josh Towers would be an obvious choice
On the other hand, he was actually good one year.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
If we need it to be someone who sucked and still got the win
it could be the Chacin Award.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
I got in '90 or '91, got out with the strike, and got back in mid-'05
so I have no clue.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Jerry Garvin and Phil Huffman have the team record for loses in a year at 18
Erik Hanson lose 17 in 96, Lidle lost 15 in 2003
ok time to go mow the lawn
see everyone later
"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
4 against Chicago this week
in our continuing tour of AL playoff hopefuls
"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
6 away now
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Lost it with 4 outs to go
to a solo homer
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Oh, and we're in third again
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Completely off topic here
The body of my old watch broke where the metal strap attaches, so I don’t think just getting a new strap would let me fix it. So I got a new Timex from Target. Pretty good deal, $20 for a nice all-metal one, but I’m kinda confused by it. It’s both analog and digital. The analog part isn’t synchronized with the digital part. It has Indiglo, but the hands are also glow in the dark. For some reason you can turn off the digital display—why would you bother providing that feature?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
And the hour hand is behind the minute hand
Isn’t it usually the other way around, so you can see them both when they’re lined up?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Especially because it makes it hard to see the glow in the dark
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
It has a crown for setting the analog part
I don’t know if I’m supposed to wind it.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
That's what I figure
also it’s hard to turn the crown when it’s pushed in because of the shape of the watch.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
the Ranger commentators just said the Jays may have 'saved Riccardi's job'.....
there is good and bad in every winning streak
Crap... Forgot the game was early today.
Homework and the Bucs game (hey, it’s still football) distracted me.
Don't question my choice of teams, or I will have to go all troll on you./Education is the best defense against the media./The Lord's Prayer=66 words, the Gettysburg Address=286words, the Declaration of Independence=1,322 words, government regulations on the sale of cabbage=26,911 words
That makes me feel all warm and fuuzy inside!!!
Still rooting for y’all. Prolly will till our series against you.
Remember when we were kids and we mixed sodas together and called them "suicides"? It was OK though, because Dr. Pepper was always there.
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