Some Phillies Links For You, August 19, 2010: Downtown Brown, Cupcakes Frosted
by WholeCamels on Aug 19, 2010 8:48 AM EDT
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PrintRollins, Blanton do their share as Phillies beat Giants
Blanton limited the Giants to two solo home runs, pitching into the seventh inning. In 61/3 innings, Blanton scattered eight hits while striking out seven and walking none.
The strikeout and walk numbers are very encouraging, the two solo bombs not so much.
Phillies' Howard returning Monday?
Um, yes?
Phillies Notebook: Minus Howard, Phillies offense turns to small ball
Personally, I blame THE YEAR OF THE PITCHER!!
John Smallwood: Phillies' Polanco quietly makes push for NL batting title
It would be a cool accomplishment, but have you noticed how the batting title has become more and more of a curiosity over recent years?
Blanton survives another rough start
what
Players appreciate intensity of fans
I'm amazed they didn't ask Billy Wagner for his thoughts.
Phils set for 100th sellout in a row
YAY GUYS!
May Stars Again For Lakewood While Reading Rallies By Akron
May [6-2] fanned 12 and won for the fifth time in six starts. It marked the second time in as many outings and third time overall that he has reached double digits in strikeouts with Lakewood. May has 79 strikeouts in 54 South Atlantic League innings.
Even more encouraging: No walks.
The Zo Zone: Savery Picks Up A Bat
Joe Savery gon' hit. I'm skeptical. As far as I know, first base is his only (likely) position, and first base prospects have to be really, really, really, really good hitters. Not just "really good for a former pitcher."
SF@PHI: Brown blasts a solo homer to right-center - Video
Please to observe the death of a baseball here, at the merciless hands of Domonic Brown (warning: Autoplay).
Braves Defeat Nationals 3-2 Behind Heyward's Heroics - Talking Chop
I guess the Phillies are going to have to do this themselves.
Mets 3, Astros 2: R.A. Dickey Pitched Really Well Many Hours Ago - Amazin' Avenue
It took 14 innings, but the Mets' anemic offense outlasted the Astros anemic offense, 3-2.
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ok, maybe odd is the wrong choice of word… but it made me laugh… i just picture him sobbing “i love you man, that was b-b-b-beautiful” into Dom’s shoulder when i see it
by gvntofly1021 on Aug 19, 2010 8:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Sweeney is like the sweetest dude in the world. He’s incredibly psyched to be on a winning team and the love is just flowing from him.
http://www.thegoodphight.com
This is true. Not knocking the enthusiasm, at all… Love the guy… it just made me laugh a little…
by gvntofly1021 on Aug 19, 2010 9:13 AM EDT up reply actions
On a similar note, my heart was warmed by the little high-five/low-five routine that Brown and Werth did in the dugout after Brown’s homer. Werth is well aware that Brown is his likely replacement. It’s not that I expected Werth to be cold towards him or anything, but it was still a nice thing to see.
Everyone appears to be really, really awesome to Brown. Behind the scenes, who knows, but it looks like they’ve truly embraced him.
http://www.thegoodphight.com
by WholeCamels on Aug 19, 2010 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Incidentally, another thing I really love about this time is its “unity through racial diversity”. It’s awesome. It’s starting to show up in the fan base as well.
winning makes a lot of that stuff less likely, doesn’t it?
We all make fun of Wagner (and I get that wasn’t a multiracial thing) but it’s hard to believe the that had the Phils made the post-season in his presence that he would’ve complained about the locker room, the ballpark, playing in philly, etc…
Winning teams don’t have this problem very often.
Agreed… I took it as a sign that Jayson is in the moment… this year, this team.. He’ll sort out next year when it comes, which is what you’d hope for/expect…
Love how it seems Dom fits right in though… it’s like he’s been here for years, the way they act.
by gvntofly1021 on Aug 19, 2010 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s a relatively experienced, grizzled team. Not a lot of new blood year to year. Maybe it’s the novelty. And by all accounts Brown has been humble, respectful, etc., which I’m sure the vets on the team love.
http://www.thegoodphight.com
by WholeCamels on Aug 19, 2010 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions
This is exactly what we were lead to believe we’d be getting with Brown. A very mature young man. I was at his first game and at the game with his first home run. He played very hard the first game, and he RAN that first home run out. He knew the Phils were down, and the HR meant nothing at the time. He just ran it out like they used to.
I can’t see why Werth would be cold to Brown…Brown is his replacement because Werth is too expensive for the Phillies to keep. Not like the team wouldn’t take him back if they could.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
Snide jerk off alert.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
No it wasn’t. It was a snide comment that had no point whatsoever.
You brought up the possibility that Werth could be cold to Brown simply because Brown is his replacement. You may not have expected Werth to be cold to Brown but you brought up that possibility. I was simply wondering why Werth would be cold to Brown based on the circumstances, and instead of responding with something that added to the conversation, or not responding at all you decided to make a comment that was baseless and factually incorrect.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
It’s not that I expected Werth to be cold towards him
I can’t see why Werth would be cold to Brown
Tap dance as much as you like, but the second statement would only be made by someone who did not exercise adequate reading comprehension.
If you want to partially piece things together to suit your own needs then so be it. But you made the statement above…
“it’s not that you expected it”
Which is great and all, and I didn’t expect it either. But if you didn’t think it was a possibility then you would have never brought it up to begin with. You may not have expected Werth to be cold to Brown but you clearly thought he could have been and that is what I was commenting on.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
I will repeat myself one more time.
It’s not that I expected Werth to be cold towards him
I can’t see why Werth would be cold to Brown
Answer me this then, if you didn’t expect Werth to be cold towards Brown then why bring it up? Why make that statement at all?
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
Relax, fellas.
http://www.thegoodphight.com
by WholeCamels on Aug 19, 2010 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions
The reason why I made that statement was that (1) I wanted to say how much I enjoyed seeing Werth’s reaction to Brown’s home run, while at the same time (2) preemptively dispelling any potential misinterpretation of the first part of my comment as indicating that I had expected Werth to do the opposite. The fact that Werth’s reaction may not have been surprising does not suggest that it was improper to enjoy seeing it, nor does it suggest that the degree of happiness in his reaction was not noteworthy.
If I had only said “Wasn’t it great to see Werth’s reaction” and left it at that, it might have been reasonable for someone to react with “Why would you have expected him to be unhappy?” However, because I specifically stated, for the express purpose of preventing anyone from arriving at such a misconception, that I had not expected him to be unhappy, it was unreasonable for someone to react with that very misconception.
And that is my problem with it. It was snide and instigatory. If TP has simply responded initially with what he did above then I would have had nothing else to say because overall I agree with his initial statement regarding the lovefest between Werth and Brown. It was the way the response was made that took issue with. Simple as that.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
A world in which we can’t be snide and instigatory on the internet is not a world I’d want to live in. : )
Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.
Something like this?
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
by EREX21 on Aug 19, 2010 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Would you have preferred if he had put...
“I agree” at the beginning of that sentence???
by Screen Name 20 on Aug 19, 2010 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Perhaps, but that would not have made sense, as the entire genesis of this dispute is that he believed himself not to be agreeing.
Wrong again, I wasn’t disagreeing with the basis of your comment, in fact, I was not disagreeing with anything that you said in your initial post, all I was doing was making a comment that I didn’t see why Werth would be cold towards Brown. I didn’t question you, I was simply making a comment and you responded with something that was inappropriate. And to comment on your above statement, there is never an appropriate time to be purposefully instigatory or snide to people, there is no reason to be rude and disrespectful to people, ever.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
Can we play global thermo nuclear internet?
by SportingFanaticism on Aug 19, 2010 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions
The only way to win
Is to punch taco pal in the taint
http://www.thegoodphight.com
by WholeCamels on Aug 19, 2010 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
John Smallwood on Polanco…
“I don’t want to talk about it,” Polanco said of being the top National League hitter.
Is he being literal here? Does he honestly believe Polanco would be “the top National League hitter” if he leads the NL in batting average?
Later on, he quotes Charlie…
“Of course, it’s a big deal,” Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said of winning a batting title. “It means you are the best hitter in the league. That’s big.”
How about Charlie — is he saying this literally? I am going to give him the benefit of the doubt and say no, he doesn’t really believe Polanco is a better hitter than Albert Pujols (in any year or any universe); rather, he’s taking an opportunity to give some love to a steady, productive, professional hitter.
But as for Smallwood, I’m not so sure. It’s possible, if we were to also give him the benefit of the doubt, that when he says “top NL hitter”, he’s using it as a stand-in for “NL hitter with the highest batting average”. But even so, it’s misleading to all the casual fans reading that, who are going to go to work and be ridiculed when they start blathering on about the best hitter in the NL.
It perpetuates the stranglehold that batting average has. The Sunday Inquirer lists all qualifying hitters and sorts them by batting average, and while I wish they used something more advanced (I’ll take OPS as it’s gained in popularity), I am willing to overlook that. But what gets me is they also show the team hittings stats, and they rank the TEAMS by batting average, instead of by Runs, which is the only real goal for any offense.
/gets off soapbox
I think both guys are using the word “hitter” the same way prospect analysts talk about the “hit tool.” They’re not saying Polanco’s the best offensive player in the league, just that he’s the best at getting hits.
A May start without walks? Am I taking crazy pills?
"I remember being three and I wanted to be a baseball player, that's all I ever really wanted to be. That and Spider Man." -Raul Ibanez
by Jose and the Contrarians on Aug 19, 2010 9:50 AM EDT reply actions
I found 2 places that mentioned Savery playing 9 games in Left Field at Rice. Still the offensive bar for a poor fielding left fielder is still pretty high.
Tyson Gillies’ season may be over
Seems like the minor league training staffs are having trouble diagnosing exactly what’s wrong with his hamstring.
Brown's HR
was a beautiful thing – I’m very thankful for that video to watch it again. So happy he’s a Phillie!!
Anyone know if the braves actually gave anything up they will miss long term for the rental of Derek Lee?
What the Braves don’t know is that I was given a bobblehead of Lee when I went to a Cubs-Cards game a few years ago and I’m gonna voodoo the shit out of that thing. (truth be told, I already broke the m-f’er in the move, but I glued it back together even though the hubs hates him and wanted me to throw it in the trash)
Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est.
ugggh...
This deal seems very similar to the Mark Texeira rental, however Tex is a better player than Derek Lee. Hopefully it works out the same way it did for the Braves the year they had Tex!
No, because the Braves gave up highly ranked prospects Neftali Feliz and Elvis Andrus (among others) for Teixeira. And like you said, Teixeira is a MUCH better player than Lee.
Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.
I thought tex was a one year rental? He only played one year with the braves did he not?
by PhilsForever on Aug 19, 2010 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions
He was traded at the deadline or close to it in 07 and then was traded by Atlanta the following year at the deadline. So when he was originally traded to ATL he would have been there for a year and a half if they had kept him.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
Side question
How did the braves go around the MLB trade deadline to make the deal for Lee? & does it mean he can’t play in the postseason? (my boss asked the 2nd part)
Kolb - a heavy medieval war club with a spiked or flanged metal head, used to crush armor - Wikipedia of course
I've been waiting my whole life for an Eagles Championship
RIP JJ
Lee was put through waivers and the Braves made a claim on him.
And yes he can be on the post season roster. As long as he was on the MLB roster by September 1st then he is eligible for the post season.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
Thats what I thought about the first part, & thanks for the answer
Kolb - a heavy medieval war club with a spiked or flanged metal head, used to crush armor - Wikipedia of course
I've been waiting my whole life for an Eagles Championship
RIP JJ
by sports00fan00 on Aug 19, 2010 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Well hopefully it goes further than it did with Bonds.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
But the Mets still lost the subways series… Ha Ha
/Nelson’d
by Boundforbeach on Aug 19, 2010 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions
The indictment's for perjury
But I hope they add a count of douche baggery
tough
Douchebaggery as a religion is generally afforded protection under the First Amendment’s “free exercise” clause. Douchebaggists everywhere fought long and hard for their rights.
http://www.thegoodphight.com
Accepting your premise
that douchebaggery is a religion, Clemens is at the very least a high priest.
I’ve even heard his favorite drink is vinegar and water.
I remember watching him on 60 Minutes and thinking that he wasn’t even remotely believable.
I am sure the Cardinal fans are in full panic mode.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
Is this supposed to improve their team? They sure are desperate.
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I think they are hoping Feliz can stabilize the position until guys come back from injury. Their starter and backup are both currently on the DL.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
Lopez got injured? I missed that one.
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions
No he didn’t. I misspoke, Lopez is slumping, I guess pretty badly if they think Feliz is an upgrade.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
He’s literally been the worst player in the NL, at least according to WAR. And they gave up someone to get him. The hell?
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
They did, a reliever with a power arm. Of course he was traded to Houston so chances are Wade screwed up.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
No, I know they traded someone. I just think it’s ridiculous that they did.
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Well Wade traded for the reliever in this case.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
I’m not seeing the Cards making it. They just can’t hit.
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions
How well do the padres and/or giants hit? One of those teeams is in the playoffs
by SportingFanaticism on Aug 19, 2010 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions
They both have amazing bullpens.
That Cards one is worse than ours.
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Your implication was that their lack of hitting would keep them from the playoffs, i wasn’t aware their lack of hitting was the bullpens fault
by SportingFanaticism on Aug 19, 2010 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Fine, if you want a clarification, the Cards can’t hit well enough and don’t have enough pitching to win without it.
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions
They have enough pitching, just not in the bullpen.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
Garcia’s been decent, but not great post ASB, and now they’re stuck starting Lohse, with Suppan out. Obviously, Carpenter and Wainwright are ridiculous, but they are lacking beyond that.
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions
well we should know how to pitch to him.
Then again…per Wagner…we obviously haven’t figured out how to pitch to Burrell.
I would certainly hope so. Seeing as how the whole rest of the league seems to know how to pitch to him.
When the comments get this small, it’s easy to get confused.
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Headline from the Cardinals SBN blog
“Cardinals acquire Pedro Feliz to “upgrade” “third base” “situation”, scare quote supplies dangerously low"
Is it even worth reporting that the Nationals are up 2-0 on the Braves in the 3rd?
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
I am refusing to believe in them. That way I won’t jinx this.
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 2:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Can’t you just hope for a line drive to his groin, but a Nats win?
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Actually I think I would prefer a liner to his throwing hand.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
I was thinking the hand would be payback for breaking Utleys. But go
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
Wilson Ramos is starting for the Nats now?
When’d they bench Rodriguez?
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 2:13 PM EDT reply actions
Is he benched or just getting a day off.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
Go Nats
Sick of these lucky-ass weak-hitting Braves coming up with wins due to other team’s bullpen suckitude.
3-0 Nats. Runner on 2nd with 1 out.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
- R. Zimmerman singled to shortstop, R. Bernadina scored
According to Yahoo Bernadina was on second base before Zimmerman hit the ball, I’d love to see the highlights on that
by SportingFanaticism on Aug 19, 2010 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Yahoo was off, it was a clean 5.5 hole single and Die-ass has a horrible arm, so Bernadina scored easily.
by WanderingMoses on Aug 19, 2010 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions
The joys of watching/listening to Hanz and Franz on MASN
by WanderingMoses on Aug 19, 2010 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions
The Braves hadn’t given up 4 runs since July 21st? Dang.
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 2:36 PM EDT reply actions
Must be. The Braves announcer wasn’t clear.
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions
The game goes 9 innings, and i’m pretty sure they’ll end up losing this one too
they aren’t good
by SportingFanaticism on Aug 19, 2010 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Call me crazy, but I’m pretty worried about this Kyle Kendrick vs. Stephen Strasburg matchup on Saturday.
Kendrick’s lifetime stats vs. the Nats lineup are comical. (Although it’s really only because his first two games this year were vs. the Nats and he was sucking in April.)
Here’s Cookies’: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/bvsp?playerId=6132&teamId=20
Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est.
Ken Rosenthal tweets...
#Phillies also could have interest in Hawpe. One club official said, “Maybe.” #MLB #Rockies #Twins #WhiteSox #MLB 1 minute ago via web
Nah…not that he ever has a clue what he’s talking about anyway
by phanatic's phloozies on Aug 19, 2010 2:42 PM EDT reply actions
That sounds like a “oooooh let me be the first to say this … and then if it happens, I’ll get credibility”
Honestly, what use would we have with Hawpe?
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Bat off the bench?
Then again, “maybe” could also mean – no we don’t but let’s scare other teams or just mess with ken rosenthal
by SportingFanaticism on Aug 19, 2010 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions
No better than Brown or Francisco, assuming they’ll both be on the postseason roster.
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Pardo K
Come on Diaz, you can GIDP
by SportingFanaticism on Aug 19, 2010 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions
How many phils/braves games are left between now and the end of the season, any qualified schedule maker would have at least 9 left
by SportingFanaticism on Aug 19, 2010 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions
6 is standard. It’s 18 total vs. division opponents. Typically, 2 early season series, 2 midseason, 2 in September.
You sure it isn’t 19? For some reason 19 sticks in my head.
How many red sox / yankees games are left this year?
by SportingFanaticism on Aug 19, 2010 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Earlier parts of the decade had 19 games against division opponents, but the AL is inherently different due to only being 14 teams, rather than the 16 in the NL.
by WanderingMoses on Aug 19, 2010 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks.
I still think MLB needs to tweak their schedules more – the ‘obvious’ contenders in a division should be schedule mroe near the end of the season, though it don’t always work out cause most people thought the NL West would hve the dodgers and rockies, but the NL East people thought it was going to be phillies, mets, braves.
If they had 9 or so games against each other in the last 2 months, it would make any potential races more interesting.
Maybe just me
by SportingFanaticism on Aug 19, 2010 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions
actually it’s 6 series
9 games against the mets, 9 games against the braves
by SportingFanaticism on Aug 19, 2010 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
The point is that one team will have a homefield advantage in each matchup. Obviously that will be offset by a homefield advantage for the other team in the early season games, but there’s a difference in “leverage”.
The fact that there are teams involved doesn’t really help matters unless all three teams end up in the race. For instance, if the capitalized teams had September home field advantages:
PHILLIES vs. Mets
BRAVES vs. Phillies
METS vs. Braves
Then we would probably be upset about this and rightfully so. Games vs. the Braves are twice as important as games vs. the Mets this year.
How in the world are the schedule makers supposed to figure out who the contenders are? Would anyone have guessed the Padres or Reds would lead their division?
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Educated guesses
AL East you could have predicted the top 3
NL East
NL Cnetrl could have had the cardinals and a random team
AL West Angels, rangers, mariners was obvious
AL Central, it’s usually the white sox, the twins and the tigers
by SportingFanaticism on Aug 19, 2010 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions
We don’t need schedule makers trying to predict things. Baseball is a long season, let things work out on their own.
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Phillies' last four series, by year
2009: 3@ FLA, 3@MIL, 4HOU, 3FLA
2008: 3@ATL, 3@FLA, 3ATL, 3WSN
2007: 3@STL, 4@WSN, 3ATL, 3WSN
2006: 3CHC, 3FLA, (1HOU), 3@WSN, 3@FLA
2005: 3@ATL, 3@CIN, 3NYM, 3@WSN
Wow that was a bad double play. Diaz out on a pop up since they was stealing and didn’t pay attention.
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Remember when we clinched the division last year because Diaz got picked off third base in the ninth inning? That was funny.
It was less climactic than most clinchings, that’s for sure.
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions
That was in the middle of the Braves’ final free-fall in which they got swept by the Nats at home in a 4 game series…or am I mixing this up?
by WanderingMoses on Aug 19, 2010 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Then the Diaz goof was during the penultimate series of the year.
by WanderingMoses on Aug 19, 2010 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Cole Hamels
7-9 Record.
Tyler Clippard
9-6 Record.
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 3:06 PM EDT reply actions
The only thing I want out of this braves / nats game today is the game winning hit to NOT be jesus
by SportingFanaticism on Aug 19, 2010 3:08 PM EDT reply actions
But will you grow to dislike him, eventually?
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I doubt it. You never know, of course, but he seems like a cool guy.
There have always been guys I’ve liked on the teams I’ve hated. I liked Dwight Gooden in the ’80s, and I liked Greg Maddux in the ’90s.
but you hate chipper jones right?
by SportingFanaticism on Aug 19, 2010 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I dislike him strongly.
Other Braves I have particularly disliked over the years:
- Mark Lemke
- Jeff Blauser
- Dave Justice
- John Rocker (obviously)
- Andruw Jones
- Tom Glavine (off and on)
I disliked Maddux very much. I didn’t despise him until they were interviewing about some pitcher getting hit hard by a comeback liner and he said (possibly paraphrased):
“I don’t worry about it. If you don’t make bad pitches, it’s really not an issue.”
From that point on, I wanted somebody to take a “good” pitch and give him a concussion with it.
Something slightly more compassionate? You can make a ‘good’ pitch and if someone hits it the right way, it’s coming at your head.
At least that’s the thing I get from it
by SportingFanaticism on Aug 19, 2010 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess. But I think that if a pitcher starts worrying about being brained by a comebacker he can no longer be effective. And since he can’t really control it, he has to convince himself he can.
It depends on the question that was asked. If he was asked whether he worries about getting hit while on the mound, his answer is reasonable. If he was asked how he felt about X pitcher getting hit, then his answer does kind of sound like “well F him, he should have made a better pitch.”
Well the implied comment is that ‘guys who get hit in the head just aren’t good enough pitchers’ seems a little snide to me. At least it’s just how I read it. There’s a way to say, yeah i worry about it less but it still sucks without coming off like a “im better than everyone else and that’s why i don’t worry about it” prick.
by SportingFanaticism on Aug 19, 2010 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions
yep…that’s why it ticked me off. He basically said
“I’m too good of a pitcher to have that happen to me”.
The answer I would’ve thought more ‘compassionate’ would have been, “it’s a recognized hazard of pitching, but you can’t think about it, and I’d like to think that if I make good enough pitches, it’s extremely unlikely to occur”.
I wouldn’t mind if he turns out to be a bit of a bust. Or at least one of the rookies in the NL East this year do.
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Whoops. Though, given the ridiculous number of great rookies in the NL East, that’s not a huge risk. There’s practically two per team.
Moylan, Heyward, Stanton, Storen, Venters, Sanchez, Davis, Niese, Strasburg.
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Wait, I listed Moylan? Listening to the Braves broadcast while typing, I guess I just wrote down the name after hearing it.
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe you meant Minor?
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Nope. He hasn’t done enough to warrant inclusion to that list.
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Braves have runners on 1st and 2nd with no outs.
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Now one out, almost two after a near DP.
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions
They’re gonna face McCann with two men on?
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions
k 2 out. 2nd and 3rd, mccann up
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Aug 19, 2010 3:40 PM EDT reply actions
Wow that was scary. Line drive out. Inning over.
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 3:43 PM EDT reply actions
That helps.
Someone get Willie Harris a present.
6-2 Nats.
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 3:53 PM EDT reply actions
Willie’s present will be facing Kyle Kendrick (1.429 lifetime OPS) and Brad Lidge (1.067) this weekend.
We can’t trade Kendrick to Japan before then?
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions
nice willie harris 2 run shot 6-2 nats
by Sept.28.Oct.27.Dec.28.2008 on Aug 19, 2010 3:53 PM EDT reply actions
Ryan Howard rehabbing tomorrow night in Lakewood. As well, they are retiring his #.
I’m going for sure.
"Call me dumb, call me stupid, whatever. I block shots."
So if he goes there to rehab, what number will he play with?
by philsandthrills on Aug 19, 2010 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions
So I have a friend at CBP right now and he is watching BP and reported that Dom Brown just hit a ball just under the McDonalds(RF)sign in the second deck that hit the top step of the row.
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Someone brought the jokes tonight.
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Was a serious question, been busy with tons of other stuff, school starting up next week, so haven’t been closely paying attention to game. I’m glad to here he has a walk :)
by SportingFanaticism on Aug 19, 2010 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions
My apologies…I thought you were asking if he managed a walk in BP….and to answer your question, yes, he has A walk.
School for you? Kids?
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School for me :)
Statistics and javascript
by SportingFanaticism on Aug 19, 2010 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Awesome. Good luck.
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Yes well, considering radical career path change, so the statistics class we’ll see
by SportingFanaticism on Aug 19, 2010 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions
So I noticed that at Talking Chop they had over 2000 game day comments today…that seems like an awful lot considering it was A. a day game and B. they seem to get pretty crappy attendance at their games, so I would have assumed, apparently wrongfully that they would have equally poor response on the interweb.
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From today’s AP game summary: “The series attracted the two smallest crowds of the season at Turner Field. Thursday’s total of 15,593 set a new season low, following 16,911 on Tuesday.”
And that amazes me…Braves tickets are affordable, sure their stadium stinks but it’s a good team. I just can’t fathom how you can have that few people at a game for a first place team. You would think it was the Rays or something. Which BTW they have actually been doing pretty good attendance wise as of late. Which I personally am happy to see. Enjoy it now because they are going to lose some key pieces this off season.
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Their “fan base,” as it were, is disproportionately (in comparison to those of other teams) comprised of people who do not live in Atlanta and became fans only because all Braves games used to be nationally broadcast on TBS for a while. So those people do not go to games but do surf the web.
Also, there are fewer Braves blogs out there than Phillies blogs, so the few blogs they have each have a larger percentage of their total online fan base. The Phillies’ online fan base gets split up between many blogs, each of which serves a particular niche.
On Wednesday, August 4, while visiting family in Colorado Springs, I went to a day game at Coors Field (which is very, very nice). Attendance was more than 37,000; the Rock Pile was full and rowdy. Jimenez was pitching against the Giants, and the Rockies were looking to make a move in the division and for the wild card.
Maybe I don’t expect 37,000 to see the Nationals on a Thursday afternoon at Turner Field, but sub-16,000 is pathetic. It’s Expos territory.
What’s the mid day weather like in Atlanta this time of year
Hot as ballz is the phrase that comes to my mind
by SportingFanaticism on Aug 19, 2010 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Rec’d for truth. Have been to a game there. It gets hotter as the evening progresses, too.
Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est.
Dodgers had a game there at 7 PM (eastern) last week and the radio guys were talking about how it was like over 100 degrees with the humidity. So i figure mid day it sucks a lot worse
by SportingFanaticism on Aug 19, 2010 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Was that actual people at the game or purchased tickets?
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“Paid Attendance”, i.e. bought tix rather than turnstile counts.
by WanderingMoses on Aug 19, 2010 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Well yes I do know the difference, I just wasn’t sure which one the game summary used. I am sure it was much lower than that, at least that’s what it looks like on the TV.
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It was like when i went to Oswalt’s first start in DC, they announced the attendance at 39 and change, calling it a sellout, but that was nonsense, since there were entire sections that were empty all game.
by WanderingMoses on Aug 19, 2010 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions
They get more attendance in the comment boxes than they do at the game.
The Braves have a lot of blue seats that masquerade as fans these days.
by WanderingMoses on Aug 19, 2010 6:31 PM EDT up reply actions
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