Maybe Everything That Dies Someday Comes Back: Game Thread, Red Socks at Blue Jays
by hugo on May 30, 2009 1:00 PM EDT
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Jason Bay and 24 douchebags (sorry, Rocco, I still love you but you signed with the enemy) look to strike back today after a Jays victory last night behind excellent pitching and some timely offense. By the way, Jordan Bastian has a little talk with Casey Janssen about his stuff and his perception of how things are going and it's definitely worth checking out. I'm probably enjoying it too much considering it's only one win and the team has won one of its last 10 games, but a 9-game losing streak will do that to you.
Brad Penny shut the Jays down last week and they look to get revenge on him this afternoon, having exacted the same on Tim Wakefield yesterday. Brian Tallet pitches for the Jays and he is coming off three consecutive starts in which he went 6 solid innings, giving up just 2 runs against some tough offenses (one of them being this Red Sox team. Unfortunately for him, he's 0-2 in those three starts, so he' s hoping for a bit of run support today.
We talked about this in the thread yesterday and we called it - Scott Rolen gets the day game after a night game off despite being one of the offensive heroes yesterday. Hey, if it'll keep him hitting like he did last night, I'm all for it, though I'd prefer to rest him against lefties against whom Bautista is a better hitter. By the way, not that it matters all that much, but Bautista batting above Overbay against a righty is pretty silly. Raul Chavez gets the start for Rod Barajas, who I understand is still breathing heavy after his mad dash yesteday, and Joe Inglett gets the start in left field. Cito must like Inglett; he's getting more playing time than I would have figured.
Today's thread title comes from the legendary song Atlantic City by Bruce Springsteen, a song that has been covered by everyone from the Band to yours truly to, ironically a performer named "Doc Holiday." I personally like the Hold Steady and Hank Williams III versions the best, after Bruce's, off course.
Let's go Jays!
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Heh.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
not me
I’m supposed to be putting this patio table together, but instead am just lounging in the sun on the deck with the game on the radio
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Hugo, got your question on last night's game thread.
Depends on what you’re looking for atmosphere wise.
If you like traditional English Pubs then Duke of Kent (Yonge and Eglington way way north of the dome)
Wide variety of beers then The Bier Market (the Esplanade closer to the dome)
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 1:09 PM EDT reply actions
I've been to both those places
and like them, so I will have to try one next time I am in TO during a game
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thanks, by the way!
"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
Ah crap. Cutting the grass can wait.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 1:10 PM EDT reply actions
A Strike Here Might be nice
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 1:10 PM EDT reply actions
Tallet gets Ellsbury
after falling behind
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Cito sez Tallet Feels Responsible for the 9 game losing streak?
It would be nice to pin it on him, but he didn’t anything wrong. He was the least of the Jay’s problems.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 1:14 PM EDT reply actions
Hasn't he pitch 6 innings and given up 2 runs in his last 3 starts?
They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.
Bullpen and offence woes.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions
If Tallet continues to pitch like this then Yeah, he'll be responsible for ending the Jays 1 game win streak
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Tallet is the Walking Man
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 1:19 PM EDT reply actions
bad start
two walks and an RBI single
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Tallet
has been behind every hitter; tough way to pitch
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Whew!
Nice positioning by the Jays
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 1:24 PM EDT reply actions
Tallet was lucky
just to give up 1 run. Hoping the Jays can give him a little bit of a break after a 30+ pitch inning and he can settle down
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Another lineout to Overbay for Ortiz
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5-1 record and 1.59 WHIP?
Does not compute or should not compute
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 1:26 PM EDT reply actions
Oh, to be a Sock pitcher...
came in with an ERA around 6. And if our boys can keep hitting it hard like Scoot and Hill have, it might be on the rise
So far so good.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions
nice baserunning Hill
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Thanks Rocco
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 1:29 PM EDT reply actions
Hill extends the hit streak to 13 with a single
and Rocco bobbles it and he gets to second. hah hah.
Jays keep hittting it to Rocco
Lineout for Scoot, single/error for Hill.
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all 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
Rios with an RBI single to tie it
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Alex!
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 1:30 PM EDT reply actions
so does Vernon's fly ball
make it an earned run?
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Probably not
Unless it’s a 1st and 3rd situation.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Seems strange
Do they assume it’s 1st and 3rd?
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm listening on the radio
so not sure whether he would’ve gone first-to-third on the hit
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To left field?
I doubt it
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What is this?
A first pitch strike
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 1:36 PM EDT reply actions
So much for the 1st pitch strike -> 8 pitch walk.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 1:39 PM EDT reply actions
this is a little pointless
we should go to Richmond sooner rather than later
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Nice Change
That BB to Varitek hurts
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 1:48 PM EDT reply actions
the Jays
should be able to score some off Penny, so if Tallet can settle down or Richmond can, we’re very much in the 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
also
looking at gameday, this ump has been very very stingy with strikes, he’s already called two balls (one against us, one for) that were entirelyinside the strike zone border
Tallet sometimes late bloomer
Tallet usually struggles first two innings before he gets going, IMHO
let us see if he gets it going in 3
Overbay!
Nice gapper past Ellsbury
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 1:53 PM EDT reply actions
Penny's just broke 90 on the gun (91)
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 1:55 PM EDT reply actions
The radar gun on the dome must be slow
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I mean the gun for RSN is slow
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions
non-RBI single
C’mon Scoot
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I hadn't realized
Lyle and Inglett were college teammates
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Not liking Scoot's 4 for 19 with runners in scoring position
5 for 20?
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 1:59 PM EDT reply actions
Aw crap 4 for 20.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
With 2 out.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Interesting stat
Not sure if you folks saw this before or not, but it’s absurd how much better Scoot’s eye is than the next best person:
http://www.brewcrewball.com/2009/5/29/892376/mike-cameron-and-strikes
A 2 pitch OUT! Yay!
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 2:03 PM EDT reply actions
nice inning for Tallet
keep doing that!
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Hope we see Lind's light twoer power come back
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I'll take an RBI single
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nice Lind!
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Penny is less frustrating today than in Boston
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 2:19 PM EDT reply actions
WTF was THAT?
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 2:19 PM EDT reply actions
barbecuing?
or grilling? people here get pretty agitated if you use them interchangeably, hah
"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 did gameday show for that last "strike" on Bautista?
anybody have it going?
Might have barely touched the zone
but it’s hard to get that call when you miss your spot by that much.
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it was right on the border
could go either way, but on the replay wasn’t all the high, looked like Bautista just acted
Looked more Inside than that.
Too late to take that one back though.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Who is this Brian Tallet who is throwing stirkes
And what did he do to other Brian Tallet who missed the zone like crazy?
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 2:25 PM EDT reply actions
Just being sarcastic
Great inning. I wish that the 1st and 2nd were like the last two.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
nice job Tallet
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That last pitch was in the same area that K'ed Bautista
Ball
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 2:29 PM EDT reply actions
MLB.tv is showing me the commercial break footage instead of the action
Good thing I pay for this service.
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Missed an entire half inning
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OUCH!
On the other if, it was a message to Mr Penny and the BoSox, it was a painful one.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 2:34 PM EDT reply actions
I wonder if MLB09 sez Ped can hit that pitch.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions
well played sir
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I don't really like the idea of having men on base when Youkilis is up to the plate.
Though Tallet has had his number so far.
True, but Tallet owns him today. 0-3 now
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions
So much for him not trying to steal
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time for us to score some runs
top o’ the order!
"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
thats true too, probably alot of them there
single off the mount by Scoot though, time to get a lead
Way to start it off Scoot
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Damn
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 2:43 PM EDT reply actions
so close
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hope he is ok
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OWWWW
That smarts.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 2:45 PM EDT reply actions
My left kneecap feels his pain
That’s what I got for rock climbing (1st and LAST time) and falling and then using my left kneecap for a brake.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions
ya, Baldelli just slid directly into the wall in foul territory
from about 1 foot away. They are looking at his knee
Rocco banged his left knee right into the wall.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions
amazing
that Tallet is only at 85 pitches
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His last three innings were 9+ P/IP?
Awesome… Can we discard the first 2 innnings?
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Cito actually comes out to argue a call!!!
although replay shows it to be the correct one
CLOSE, but OUT
CRAP
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 2:50 PM EDT reply actions
would have been nice to have Scooter on base
could have scored from first on that double, most likely
Now that caught stealing especially hurts
Could be tied
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Fallacy of the predetermined outcome and all that
They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.
I mean, if Scutaro's at first
maybe the first baseman makes a play on that ball and it’s a double play.
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Does suck.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice Hit
Shakes head.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 2:52 PM EDT reply actions
They need to adjust the colour balance on the CF camera
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Looks like they did it
Maybe they had a filter on for sunlight.
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Seemed real weird. A Sepia world
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I actually would have expected more
for a weekend game v Boston. I figured there would be more Sox fans. Although maybe there are the same number of Sox fans, but the Toronto “fans” have already jumped ship
:-(
If I lived anywhere near Toronto, I’d check out more than a few games. This team is fun to watch. Infuriating at times, but fun.
Much more tolerable than the Loafs, er Leafs, no, Loafs.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions
it's funny
when I was a kid, I really had no concept beyond what it would be like to have money, other than having season tickets to my favourite teams. Now I have some money but my job took me somewhere I don’t support any of the local teams!
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Nice Change
Audios Big Papi
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 2:58 PM EDT reply actions
nice inning Tallet
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someone hit a home run
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Lind heard you
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While you're at it
Can you call out some winning lotto numbers, too?
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions
YES LIND!!!
Nice opposite field shot!
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:01 PM EDT reply actions
Penny's mistakes had been to the third base side of the plate
Figure Lind was sitting on that location?
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Penny's constantly pitched him with heat on the outside corner.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Come on Joe.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:09 PM EDT reply actions
Hit it hard right at somebody
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I think Tallet and Penny have the same pitch count.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:10 PM EDT reply actions
Close,
Tallet is at 96, Penny is over 100 now
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I hope Francona sends out for one more inning
He’ll probably go to the pen though.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Yahoo answers my question 102 Penny to 96 Tallet
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Interesting call on the PR there
your worst hitter is up with 2 outs, is it really the best time to PR there? It’s good that Barajas’ bat gets into the game, but it just seems unnecessary
Um. Richmond is warming up why? This isn’t a long relief situation….
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he's still a good pitcher
among the best we have in the pen right now. No reason he can’t be effective in short relief as well
I guess, I just wouldn’t have expected it, especially with Romero going tomorrow
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sure, it's not a conventional move
and not one I would likely make. But it’s not an absurd idea.
Richmond ...
like Tallet, is a bit of a slow starter IMHo
he has been getting whacked early in his outings before settling in
this does not necessarily make Richmond good bullpen material, i htink
going by Richmond's previous starts
it’s been the second inning that has most often led to his downfall. If we are going to go by that (which we shouldn’t, since there probably isn’t anything special about the second inning, and Richmond’s luck will balance out in time), he would be a good one-inning option
Richmond could be a very good late inning reliever
if he’s protected from lefties, I think. He has the fastball-slider combo and his fastball would probably gain a bit of zip if used only for 1-2 innings at a time. His K rates aren’t bad and he doesn’t walk too many.
"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
Tallet's starting to fall behind in the count again
They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.
But he's got 2 outs
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Now what?
Yank Tallet or let him play it out?
doesn't help
tallet isn’t good against them
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Richmond is worse
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but the hitter might be worse against them
not sure about Ellsbury
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He seems to yank that down and in pitch
Seems like it would be good against a righty throwing a slider.
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Well if Richmond's the only guy warming
you’re not going to send him out against Ellsbury
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But an extra off day
They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.
ya, that's a lot
but extra day of rest with the offday on Thursday and Richmond returning to the rotation on Saturday
JAM him
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:20 PM EDT reply actions
Too Low and Too Away.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice!
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Got the grounder
Thanks, Tallet. Thallet.
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Hands up who thought Tallet would last 7 in the middle of the 7th
3 hits on the afternoon
ends with a dominant start
according to everyone’s favourite pitching stat
Tallet comes back out for the 8th?
(joke)
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" -- Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
We'd be talking about the hottest possible ligament.
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watch out
i think tom has been itching to use that ban button
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Hey PlayStation
the MVP voters think I deserved the MVP last year. You’re gonna fix that, right?
by boo15749 on May 30, 2009 3:22 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I'd just bean him in MLB 09
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I mean, Tallet him.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions
way to work the count Scoot
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Pedroia
I like his getting whacked on the knee, hobbling over to first .. than trying to steal a base …
LOL
playing possum?
Nice Throw Nick!
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:26 PM EDT reply actions
yeah Scoot!
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Ramirez has a pretty good slider
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:27 PM EDT reply actions
Up until recently I had a chinstrap goatee like that, only with a full goatee as well. Didn’t take that long.
I believe in Karma. That means I can do bad things to people all day long and I assume they deserve it. - Dogbert
Eyeball it to straight, but then when you get close, I have a beard trimmer.
I believe in Karma. That means I can do bad things to people all day long and I assume they deserve it. - Dogbert
A trimmer.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions
another double would be fine with me
or a single, now that the WP advances Scooter
No. I hoping for one, too.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Wild pitch helps
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Scoot up to second on the wild pitch
Now an RBI single will do
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or maybe not
since he only hits RBI singles with RISP
Yes
Thanks. RIOS! Non sarcastic thanks.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:31 PM EDT reply actions
Rios with a 4 hit game
and 2 RBIs and we’re leading
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Wells HR?
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:32 PM EDT reply actions
Plenty.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions
haha welcome back
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Wells = clutch?
Unpossible!
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Perfectly Cromulent.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions
He embiggens the team
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Better than his usual Craptacular hitting with Men on Base.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions
and against a guy
who had been one of the best relievers in the AL so far this season
Wells!
huge hit
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Lind with a chance at his third RBI of the game
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IBB
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions
meat of the order
that’s how the 3 and 4 hitters are supposed to roll, would be nice if this was the start of something for both of them
he's looked strong today.
pulled a line-drive RBI single, then hit one out a few innings later the other way
"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
would be great if he could get locked in
at the same time as rios and wells . . .
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really settled down after throwing 60 pitches through 2
"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
More like 2IP and 3ER
and then a 5 inning one hitter.
They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.
Pretty Good summary
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions
it was funny
almost the opposite of Janssen yesterday – very few hits given up, lots of walks, plenty of Ks, but the same ultimate result
"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
Lind gets intentionally walked
"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
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
intentional walk of Lind
someone should teach Jamie some baseball terms...
a fly to short right is not ‘driving the ball to right’
Okajima in to face Overbay
I say keep Kyle in for defense rather than PH with Millar
They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.
just one start since being sent down
and it was pretty bad
"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 knew he had the one, i didn't realize he hasn't had a second
he must be due for another soon, no?
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I wish we were in Buffalo
They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.
any chance we can bring the team back to medicine hat?
i always liked that name on players’ baseball cards
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Wasn't that the rookie ball team?
They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.
probably the right move
but I think Cito has LHP=Millar on autopilot
Unpossible!
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
inconceivable!
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Cito makes the correct Statue play
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Lyle, on the other hand
pops up on the first pitch
Jeez That was Quick
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:39 PM EDT reply actions
Great inning
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Let's see some grounders
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A lazy fly ball isn't a grounder
They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.
Not sure if he needs too much time off after 2IP
but he’s an option if League and/or Downs aren’t available.
They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.
He threw 59 pitches in the first 2 than 59 in the last 5.
That’s symmetry?
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions
brandon, throw that pitch again
youkilis was nowhere near it
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Especially after that pitch inside
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Slider Away
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:44 PM EDT reply actions
Strikeout is also not a ground ball
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Heh.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions
League
is a guy who seems to start the season off slow … but then gets going
he should be hot in July and August
in his career
League’s highest opponent’s batting average is in July —> .304 in 28IP in the month. He has a 4.09ERA in August, third lowest among months. His best month has been September 2.16ERA and .224BAA in 41.2IP. So it seems that his performance largely fluctuates througout the year, as we probably expect for most people. There may be something to him performing slightly better later on in seasons, but that could also be chalked up to sample sizes and such
i feel like reliever ERA is so much affected by inherited runners, too
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but an inherited runner scoring
counts against the previous pitcher’s ERA, no?
yeah
if the pitcher after league is good, he will strand league’s runners and suppress league’s ERA. if he’s bad, league’s ERA would go up
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my impression
is that he generally needs fairly consistent work and that helps his control quite a bit. True of almost every pitcher
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That was a RamRam shave away from a double.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:45 PM EDT reply actions
One bad outing
Yeah, I think his N-1 good outings should outweigh the 1 bad outing.
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League
continues the Youk pwnage.
"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
Yay Not so Inanimate Carbon Rod!
To continue the Simpsons theme here.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
another great inning for League
he was dealing. great play by Rod for the final out
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no
and I’m not sure it’d be a good idea even if he hadn’t pitched yesterday. don’t forget, his biggest blowup of the season was that game where he was lights out in the 8th and then got knocked around in the 9th.
"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
Snakeface.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions
i would probably do frasor
and then have all three available tomorrow
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BJ?
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions
any chance we can swap bj's with the rays?
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Upton as Leadoff?
I’d take Surhoff at this point.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd rather have Upton pitching that Ryan
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I guess you can't really argue that it could rain tomorrow
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it could rain
they just wouldn’t cancel the game for it
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i think
… i go with League, but with the understanding that he does not play again for the next 2 maybe 3 games
we already have an insurance run
we are up 2. A couple more would definitely be nice, though
A bloop single with RISP
that didn’t drive in the run
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he had a hit
but it sounded like a blooper
"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 for 18.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
average going up … although he did not have a great game last night (1 for 5 and 2ks)
but power still lacking (6 singles and 1 double) and lots of Ks (7 in 23AB)
hmmm
so could be a while before he comes back up
I would think around the all-star break
"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
According to Wilmer (?)
Late July.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Based on Mike, I guess.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions
probly
but fer sure he is ramping
might be premature, but i think he coming back strong
defeating one problem at a time
first get hitting again – which he has done
than get power back – his first double was two games ago
than improve eye at plate and get Ks down – to come
sounds like a plan
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I LOVE Boston's D. ;-P
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:53 PM EDT reply actions
If you can't see the ball when the hitter makes contact
don’t try to pick it up afterwards.
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come on Snakeface
no drama!
"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 like leadoff hitter on drama. So much drama.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions
bad start
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C'mon double play
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bit of an adventure to Rios
slides unnecessarily, but makes the catch
Rios by Duran Duran
With a step to your left and a flick to the right
You catch the liner way out west
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions
The next two lines fit too
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wow
that was nice
"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 in the result, that is
not the execution
"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
Lineout to Rios
A little more drama than I like for an out
They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.
ortiz really swings from the heels, huh?
looks like he’s going to fall over backwards after every swing.
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Come ON SNAKEFACE
Turn that sinker over.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 4:02 PM EDT reply actions
And he did.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice carom off the mound
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Tallet
Because he sucked large and then made up for it.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions
0.09 WPA
It’s at least honourable mention range.
They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.
only Rios and Lind
have the WPA. Tallet is close, 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
Jays win, Jays win, Jays win!!!
percentage points out of first place
w00t!
guess who’s no longer behind the Red Sox!
"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 screwed up the Magic Number last night
Now it’s 114 because the Yanks went into first
They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.
Statement series much?
They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.
wow, would the sweep tomorrow be sweet....
"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
More sweet
Considering it was Wakefield, Penny and Lester.
I think the Jays have a good chance against Lester since he sucks outside of Fenway this year.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions
does anyone else find jamie campells rhyming comments at the end of the game...
…to be incredibly tacky and lame. its like he thought them up in the 2nd inning and couldnt wait to say them at the end of the game.
yes
and that’s exactly what he does, I think. Not that I don’t try to think of C words to use when Millar is at the plate….
"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
you could give honourable mention
to League and Downs too, and probably Wells for the insurance RBI double, though he still ended up with negative WPA
"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 come from behind win today
Tallet bore down and kept them in it, and the offense did their thing. The pen has had a nice last 4 innings 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
so next time we get on a losing streak,
we should just give your missus a call and have her tell him to smack-talk 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
Please, no more games on TSN2.
And no more Eck.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 4:14 PM EDT reply actions
FYI, Penny line changed. 2 ERs only.
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by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on May 30, 2009 4:16 PM EDT reply actions
that makes sense
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