Bored

Ask and you shall receive.

Ball was still on his finger tips when it went all zeros, it should be overturned and sent to overtime.

Arizona's 24 year tournament run is in serious jeopardy as they lost to ASU in the Pac-10 quarterfinals and have now lost six of their last seven. In a bit of a bubble team elimination game, San Diego State beat UNLV on it's home court in the Mountain West quarterfinals.

Rick Porcello, SP

I have nothing to add so I'll just post this.

"It's either 6:15 or Mickey has a hard-on."

Not a whole lot of movement in the A.L. as the division "leaders" are still the '79 Blue Jays, '82 Twins, and '79 A's with the '03 Tigers holding down the Loser Card spot. Only in the Loser League could Emil Brown lead the league in RBI. TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN 1990 NYA 63 46 A.Huff TBA .362 A.Belle CLA 30 E.Brown KCA 87 2002 TBA 56 52 E.Brown KCA .343 E.Murray BAA 26 A.Belle CLA 83 1992 BOA 56 53 R.Kelly NYA .342 A.Huff TBA 24 A.Huff TBA 82 1988 BAA 49 60 R.Carew LAA .342 K.Hrbek MNA 22 J.Barfiel NYA 80 1979 TOA 37 71 T.Long KCA .329 K.Maas NYA 22 B.Grich LAA 77 1989 CHA 59 49 WINS SAVES ERA 2005 KCA 60 50 F.Tanana LAA 14 T.Niedenf BAA 24 C.Hough TEA 1.70 1991 CLA 51 57 C.Hough TEA 13 G.Harris TEA 19 R.Clemens BOA 2.39 2003 DEA 46 63 R.Clemens BOA 12 B.Thigpen CHA 19 G.Swindel CLA 2.96 1982 MNA 41 67 F.Martine LAA 11 E.Yan TBA 19 F.Martine LAA 2.99 T.Sturtze TBA 11 M.Macdoug KCA 19 R.Langfor OAA 3.04 1980 LAA 71 37 1985 TEA 56 53 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS 1980 SEA 51 57 R.Kelly NYA 19 R.Kelly NYA 41 R.Clemens BOA 160 1979 OAA 47 60 C.Fisk CHA 16 A.Sanchez DEA 41 F.Bannist SEA 135 D.Young DEA 12 A.Cole CLA 32 T.Underwo TOA 133 S.Sax NYA 9 S.Sax NYA 31 D.Darwin BOA 117 A.Sanchez DEA 9 J.Cruz SEA 29 C.Hough TEA 116 YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS DEA 5 at CLA 1 OAA-McCatty(5-7, 3.44) at BOA-Viola(9-9, 3.17) CHA 10 at MNA 0 CHA-Hibbard(6-7, 4.15) at KCA-Greinke(7-7, 6.17) LAA 5 at NYA 6 CLA-King(7-9, 4.71) at MNA-William(6-9, 6.13) SEA 3 at TEA 4 LAA-Martine(11-0, 2.99) at NYA-Cary(3-7, 3.80) BAA-Ballard(6-6, 3.95) at SEA-Abbott(8-8, 3.45) DEA-Maroth(10-7, 5.32) at TBA-Sturtze(11-4, 4.28) TOA-Underwo(9-12, 4.28) at TEA-Hough(13-5, 1.70) YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES BATTER TM OPP AB R H RB BB Ks HR SB B.Bochte SEA TEA 4 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 D.Gallagher CHA MNA 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 B.Grich LAA NYA 4 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 C.Fisk CHA MNA 5 1 3 4 0 1 0 0 C.Monroe DEA CLA 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 PITCHER TM OPP INN H R ER BB Ks HR WLS E.King CHA MNA 9.0 7 0 0 2 4 0 W E.Plunk NYA LAA 4.0 1 0 0 3 7 0 D.Righetti NYA LAA 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 W M.Sarmiento SEA TEA 2.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 D.Schmidt TEA SEA 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 S WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS T.Armas OAA .281 32 9 10 3 4 A.Sisco KCA 5 1 0 0 5 0 000 B.Grieve TBA .343 35 12 11 6 3 G.Harris TEA 5 0 0 3 8 0 101 C.Fisk CHA .459 37 17 14 3 2 R.Clemens BOA 18 10 1 5 16 0 200 S.Cox TBA .429 21 9 6 4 1 G.Cadaret NYA 15 5 1 6 12 0 201 R.Johnson MNA .318 22 7 4 4 2 J.Kennedy TBA 17 10 1 1 9 0 110 WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS C.Wilkerson TEA .114 35 4 2 1 0 R.Hernandez KCA 9 14 14 6 3 6 020 J.Browne CLA .120 25 3 2 1 0 B.Havens MNA 12 25 16 2 8 2 020 G.Wright TEA .167 30 5 0 3 0 J.Tibbs BAA 6 11 9 5 6 0 020 O.Guillen CHA .212 33 7 1 1 0 D.Carrasco KCA 7 10 8 6 2 2 020 E.Williams CHA .182 22 4 0 3 0 P.Huffman TOA 6 16 10 5 5 0 110 INJURY REPORT D.Murphy, Oakland - 9 more games M.Edwards, Oakland - 3 more games B.Campaneris, California - 6 more games J.Cruz, Seattle - 6 more games J.Anderson, Seattle - 5 more games M.Tettleton, Baltimore - 5 more games S.Lyons, Chicago (AL) - 3 more games T.Hall, Tampa Bay - 3 more games C.Pena, Detroit - 2 more games B.Higginson, Detroit - 11 more games E.Kingsale, Detroit - 4 more games In the N.L. the only change was the '98 Marlins finally wrestled away the bottom of the N.L. East away from the '88 Braves although still both are very much on their way to postseason. The '81 Padres are only five games under .500 yet have now built a six and a half game "lead" in the West over the '93 Rockies but if you are under .500 in this league you really do suck. TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN 2000 PHN 62 46 A.Galarra CON .386 R.Lankfor SLN 34 S.Rolen PHN 100 1993 NYN 60 49 J.Mabry SLN .367 S.Rolen PHN 26 R.Lankfor SLN 95 2008 WAN 57 51 C.Biggio HON .343 B.Bonilla NYN 25 D.Bichett CON 81 1988 ATN 42 66 B.Gilkey SLN .341 E.Karros LAN 24 C.Cedeno CIN 75 1998 FLN 42 68 B.Butler LAN .340 E.Murray NYN 23 E.Karros LAN 75 1995 SLN 61 50 WINS SAVES ERA 2002 MLN 59 50 B.Sheets MLN 13 G.Olson ARN 30 M.Krukow SFN 1.65 1982 CIN 57 53 R.Reusche PIN 12 M.Dejean MLN 30 D.Bird CHN 2.45 1981 CHN 53 56 M.Krukow SFN 12 T.Henke SLN 25 J.Jones HON 2.50 1991 HON 50 57 K.Gross LAN 12 D.Holmes CON 23 D.Gooden NYN 2.51 1985 PIN 49 60 OTHERS TIED W 11 G.Lucas SDN 22 R.Person PHN 2.53 1985 SFN 65 42 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS 1998 ARN 59 49 J.Ray PIN 14 E.Young MLN 42 M.Soto CIN 174 1992 LAN 59 49 J.Clark CON 13 V.Coleman NYN 41 P.Harnisc HON 151 1993 CON 59 51 L.Mazzill PIN 11 B.Butler LAN 40 B.Sheets MLN 149 1981 SDN 52 57 K.Caminit HON 11 A.Sanchez MLN 37 B.Berenyi CIN 129 E.Murray NYN 11 S.Finley HON 35 D.Gooden NYN 129 YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS CHN 5 at MLN 6 PIN-Rhoden(6-11, 5.53) at CHN-Bird(8-5, 2.45) SLN 9 at ATN 0 MLN-Rusch(11-9, 4.30) at ATN-Smith(9-5, 2.72) CON 5 at FLN 4 CON-Harris(10-8, 4.75) at FLN-Meadows(5-10, 5.17) ARN 5 at LAN 4 NYN-Gooden(7-5, 2.51) at HON-Harnisc(10-8, 3.12) PHN 1 at WAN 9 ARN-Anderso(9-7, 3.25) at LAN-Ojeda(4-6, 4.05) PHN-Wolf(11-5, 3.58) at SLN-Osborne(5-3, 3.54) SFN-Krukow(12-3, 1.65) at SDN-Eichelb(5-11, 4.98) CIN-Soto(11-9, 3.37) at WAN-Bergman(8-4, 3.82) YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES BATTER TM OPP AB R H RB BB Ks HR SB J.Flores WAN PHN 3 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 T.Blackwell CHN MLN 3 2 1 3 1 1 1 0 D.White ARN LAN 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 T.Lee ARN LAN 4 1 1 3 0 1 1 0 G.Zaun FLN CON 3 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 PITCHER TM OPP INN H R ER BB Ks HR WLS T.Redding WAN PHN 9.0 2 1 1 0 4 0 W D.Holmes CON FLN 3.0 1 0 0 1 5 0 S A.Watson SLN ATN 8.2 6 0 0 1 1 0 W C.Puleo ATN SLN 2.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 A.Benes ARN LAN 5.0 2 2 2 1 2 1 W WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS R.Lankford SLN .325 40 13 15 6 5 C.Politte PHN 9 2 0 2 14 0 000 T.Blackwell CHN .286 21 6 5 6 2 M.Mantei FLN 8 1 0 2 5 0 003 D.Driessen CIN .323 31 10 11 4 3 J.Parrett SLN 5 3 0 0 6 0 000 C.Cedeno CIN .364 33 12 12 2 3 D.Tidrow CHN 9 5 0 1 8 0 101 P.Householder CIN .310 29 9 8 4 3 J.Gott SFN 18 8 1 7 9 0 200 WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS J.Orsulak NYN .156 32 5 1 1 0 K.Coffman ATN 8 7 9 12 5 1 020 K.Reitz CHN .208 24 5 0 1 0 M.Portugal HON 8 19 12 6 7 2 110 M.Trillo SFN .233 30 7 0 1 0 J.Deshaies HON 5 7 7 9 1 0 010 K.Jordan PHN .130 23 3 1 2 0 J.Smoltz ATN 10 14 10 3 5 2 020 J.Leonard SFN .171 35 6 3 1 0 O.Daal PHN 10 14 11 5 9 1 020 INJURY REPORT T.Fernandez, New York (NL) - 2 more games T.Pagnozzi, St. Louis - 4 more games G.Pena, St. Louis - 2 more games M.Redmond, Florida - 5 more games D.Lee, Florida - 1 more games A.Boone, Washington - 2 more games C.Guzman, Washington - 1 more games The boxscore of the month for July again features the '82 Twins getting lit up and it was appropriately on the 4th of July this time in a 16-3 drubbing at the hands of the '91 Indians. Starting pitcher John Pacella's line: 5 2/3 IP, 13 H, 13 R, 13 ER, 7 BB, 3 SO. On top of that he was left out there for 142 pitches! He must have fucked Twins manager Billy Gardner's wife or something to be made to suffer like that. Albert Belle hit three home runs for the Tribe. BOXSCORE: 1991 Cleveland Indians At 1982 Minnesota Twins 7/4/2008 Indians AB R H RBI AVG Twins AB R H RBI AVG A.Cole CF 6 1 1 1 .268 M.Hatcher RF 5 1 2 2 .220 J.Browne 2B 5 3 3 2 .243 D.Engle LF 4 0 0 0 .288 C.Baerga 3B 6 3 4 3 .307 K.Hrbek 1B 4 0 3 0 .353 A.Belle LF 5 4 3 6 .326 T.Brunansky CF 4 0 0 0 .300 M.Whiten RF 4 1 0 0 .274 G.Gaetti 3B 3 0 1 0 .210 C.James DH 6 1 3 2 .257 J.Vega DH 4 0 0 0 .283 M.Aldrete 1B 4 0 2 0 .242 T.Laudner C 4 1 1 0 .265 J.Skinner C 4 2 1 1 .249 R.Washington SS 4 1 2 1 .308 F.Fermin SS 5 1 3 1 .282 J.Castino 2B 4 0 0 0 .275 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 45 16 20 16 Totals 36 3 9 3 Indians......... 2 0 2 2 1 6 2 1 0 - 16 20 0 Twins........... 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 - 3 9 0 Indians (39-48) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA G.Swindell WIN(7-5) 9 9 3 3 1 7 1 144 2.75 Totals 9 9 3 3 1 7 1 Twins (33-53) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Pacella LOSS(1-2) 5 1/3 13 13 13 7 3 3 142 7.16 P.Redfern 1 3 2 2 0 0 1 19 4.69 P.Boris 2 2/3 4 1 1 0 0 0 54 4.54 Totals 9 20 16 16 7 3 4 ATTENDANCE- 11,478 DATE- Friday, July 4th 2008 TIME- Night T- 3:25 LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 9 Twins: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 0 Twins: 1 DOUBLES- A.Cole(8th), J.Skinner(15th), K.Hrbek(19th), T.Laudner(23rd) HOME RUNS- C.Baerga(11th), A.Belle-3(27th), M.Hatcher(2nd) STOLEN BASES- J.Browne(2nd) WALKS- J.Browne, A.Belle, M.Whiten-2, M.Aldrete-2, J.Skinner, G.Gaetti STRIKE OUTS- J.Browne, A.Belle, M.Whiten, K.Hrbek, G.Gaetti, T.Laudner-2, R.Washington-2, J.Castino GIDP- A.Cole

Jody Gerut, OF

One at large bid just disappeared for the bubble teams as Cleveland State upsets #16 Butler in the Horizon League finals.

And Willy Aybar was the one who booted it at 1st. You can't make this shit up!

DUTCH WIN! DUTCH WIN! DUTCH WIN!

Redemption for Eugene Kingsale with an RBI single, TIE GAME!!! MARMOL THROWS IT AWAY, KINGSALE TO 3RD!!!

Lead off double for the Dutch, it ain't over yet!

Awww the Dutch right fielder blows a catchable ball, scored a triple for Jose Bautista but should have been an error, and the Dominicans go up 1-0.

It was actually a booted ball on a bad hop but this is amazing. Hopefully it gets decided before the 13th when they would go to the lame Olympic rules for extra innings. And it's heading to the 10th.

$1333/mo, 641 sq ft, one bedroom, one bathroom, washer/dryer, fireplace that never gets used, and shared garage parking. Oh the joys of living in the Bay Area but I'm also less than a mile from my job so I do save a ton on gas and I usually come home for lunch.

Only good news for the bubble teams who are not playing tonight as St. May's is getting waxed by Gonzaga and Siena is on their way to winning MAAC title, who would have been an at large candidate if they had lost.

Puerto Rico finally breaks through on a Yadier Molina two-run double in the 8th. Add one more, 3-1 lead going to the 9th.

The WCC Championship will have big implications on the other bubble teams. If St. Mary's loses it will be interesting to see how much the committee gives them credit for now having Patrick Mills back. They were 18-1 and ranked in the Top 25 before he broke his wrist. Bracket Matrix Update Last Eight In Creighton St. Mary's Arizona UNLV Penn State Michigan South Carolina Minnesota First Four Out Florida New Mexico Providence San Diego State

Dutch/Dominicans and US/Canada games on Saturday were both great but otherwise, yeah it's been almost all blowouts. Australia mercy rules Mexico 17-7 after eight innings. Unbelievable.

It's now 14-7 Australia.

Full TV Schedule for Week of 3/9 - 3/15 The Games Most of You Can See MONDAY SoCon Championship: Charleston vs. Chattanooga, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN CAA Championship: George Mason vs. VCU, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 WCC Championship: St. Mary's vs. #12 Gonzaga, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN MAAC Championship: Niagara vs. Siena, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN2 TUESDAY Summit League Championship: Oakland vs. North Dakota State, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN2 Horizon League Championship: Cleveland State at #16 Butler, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN Sun Belt Championship: South Alabama vs. Western Kentucky, 10:00/7:00 PM, ESPN2 WEDNESDAY Big East Second Round: DePaul vs. Providence, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN Big East Second Round: St. John's vs. #21 Marquette, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, ESPN Big East Second Round: Notre Dame vs. West Virginia, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN NEC Championship: Mount St. Mary's vs. Robert Morris, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN2 Big East Second Round: Seton Hall vs. #18 Syracuse, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN Pac-10 First Round: Stanford vs. Oregon State, 9:00/6:00 PM, FSN Big Sky Championship: Montana State vs. Portland State, 10:00/7:00 PM, ESPN2 Pac-10 First Round: Oregon vs. Washington State, 11:00/8:00 PM, FSN THURSDAY Big East Quarterfinals: Providence vs. #5 Louisville, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN Big XII Quarterfinals: Baylor vs. #11 Kansas, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, ESPN2 Big East Quarterfinals: #21 Marquette vs. #10 Villanova, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, ESPN Big Ten First Round: Iowa vs. Michigan, 2:30 PM/11:30 AM, ESPN2 Pac-10 Quarterfinals: Arizona vs. #23 Arizona State, 3:00 PM/Noon, FSN Big Ten First Round: Indiana vs. Penn State, 4:30/1:30 PM, ESPN2 Pac-10 Quarterfinals: Stanford vs. #13 Washington, 5:00/2:00 PM, FSN Big East Quarterfinals: West Virginia vs. #2 Pittsburgh, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN ACC First Round: N.C. State vs. Maryland, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 Big East Quarterfinals: #18 Syracuse vs. #3 Connecticut, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN Pac-10 Quarterfinals: USC vs. California, 9:00/6:00 PM, FSN Big XII Quarterfinals: Texas Tech vs. #14 Missouri, 9:30/6:30 PM, ESPN2 Pac-10 Quarterfinals: Washington State vs. #15 UCLA, 11:00/8:00 PM, FSN FRIDAY Big Ten Quarterfinals: Minnesota vs. #7 Michigan State, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN ACC Quarterfinals: Virginia Tech vs. #1 North Carolina, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2 Big Ten Quarterfinals: Wisconsin vs. Ohio State, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, ESPN ACC Quarterfinals: Georgia Tech vs. #22 Florida State, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, ESPN2 Patriot League Championship: Holy Cross at American, 4:45/1:45 PM, ESPN2 Big East Semifinals: #10 Villanova vs. #5 Louisville, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN ACC Quarterfinals: Maryland vs. #8 Wake Forest, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 Big East Semifinal: West Virgina vs. #18 Syracuse, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN2 ACC Quarterfinals: Boston College vs. #9 Duke, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN2 Pac-10 Semifinals: #23 Arizona State vs. #13 Washington , 9:00/6:00 PM, FSN Pac-10 Semifinal: USC vs. #15 UCLA, 11:30/8:30 PM, FSN WAC Semifinals: Louisiana Tech vs. Nevada, 11:59/8:59 PM, ESPN2 SATURDAY American East Championship: UMBC at Binghamton, 11:00/8:00 AM, ESPN2 Conference USA Championship: Tulsa vs. #4 Memphis, 11:30/8:30 AM, CBS SEC Semifinals: Mississippi State vs. #20 LSU, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, ESPN2 Big Ten Semifinals: Ohio State vs. #7 Michigan State, 1:30 PM/10:30 AM, CBS ACC Semifinals: #22 Florida State vs. #1 North Carolina, 1:30 PM/10:30 AM, ESPN SEC Semifinals: Tennessee vs. Auburn, 3:00 PM/Noon, ESPN2 ACC Semifinals: Maryland vs. #9 Duke, 3:30/12:30 PM, ESPN Big Ten Semifinals: #24 Purdue vs. Illinois, 4:00/1:00 PM, CBS Pac-10 Championship: USC vs. #23 Arizona State, 6:00/3:00 PM, CBS Big XII Championship: Baylor vs. #14 Missouri, 6:00/3:00 PM, ESPN Atlantic 10 Championship: Duquesne vs. Temple, 6:00/3:00 PM, ESPN2 Mountain West Championship: San Diego State vs. Utah, 7:00/4:00 PM, Versus MAC Championship: Akron vs. Buffalo, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN2 Big East Championship: #18 Syracuse vs. #5 Louisville, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN WAC Championship: Nevada vs. Utah State, 10:00/7:00 PM, ESPN2 Big West Championship: Pacific vs. Cal State Northridge, 11:59/8:59 PM, ESPN2 SUNDAY SEC Championship: Mississippi State vs. Tennessee, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, CBS ACC Championship: Maryland vs. #9 Duke, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, ESPN Southland Championship: UT-San Antonio vs. Stephen F Austin, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, ESPN2 Big Ten Championship: Ohio State vs. #24 Purdue, 3:30/12:30 PM, CBS

Rick Sutcliffe:Thom Brennaman Derek Jeter:Tim Tebow Some team player Jeter is, he walked and didn't drive in the run! You're supposed to get that productive out!

The mistake was Luis Sojo for some reason felt he had to get Felix Hernandez in against Italy. Using your best pitcher against the weakest team in the pool tells me he doesn't have a future managing in the Majors.

There will be no Stephen Curry lighting it up in the NCAA tournament this year as Davidson was bounced in the SoCon semis today. They have almost no chance at an at large bid.