TWiB 6/12 - 6/18

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

Looking at the numbers, the Phils' have the NL's worst ERA among starters, led they have the best ERA among relievers.

[Guest]

Chad Billingsley is making his debut tonight.

[sfaJack 0]

Phil Nevin has 5 hits in two games against the Astros. So what does Dusty do? Ride the mini hot streak and get him in the lineup again today? No, that would be silly.

 

Walker plays first so Tony f'n Womack can get a (well-earned) start at second base.

[KingPK 0]

Red Sox trade David Riske to White Sox for minor league reliever Javier Lopez. Lopez' Charlotte numbers look pretty good (2-1, 0.55 ERA, 13 saves, 6 BB/26 K, 28 hits in 33 IP), but if he's just going to be the Mike Myers of the bullpen while Julian Tavarez continues to Reitsma it up out there, it doesn't really fix things.

 

And it looks like Mussina's coming back to Earth.

[mike546 0]

Todd Hollonsworth!?!?! just hit a 3 run HRer into the black seats in Yankee Stadium.

 

I'm not suprised, Mussina had a rough patch coming after the amazing start he had this year.

[Failed Bridge 0]

I'm really getting sick of Clement getting "injured" so he can get pulled out of the ballgame. This is like 3 starts out of 4 this has happened. If there's something really wrong, just DL the guy.

too much pitching on the DL as is.

 

This season is too similiar to 2004 in terms of pitching

 

Schilling is a monster

The co-ace is getting rocked in the first couple innings, but if he can get out of it then he gives a pretty strong performance

Lights out closer and Mike Timlin in the bullpen, nothing much else

 

only difference is the amount of injuries to the starting staff.

[Failed Bridge 0]

The David Riske move clears about $1.5 mill from the books~

[Bored 0]

Frank Thomas has finally landed on the DL, about two months later than expected but this was actually kind of planned. He is having a problem with a sore quad muscle for about a month now and he could use a few days off in a row but they play nine straight games in N.L. parks starting next week so they are using it to give him a break. Sort of self preservation strategy in hopes keeping healthy come September.

[naiwf 0]

The Mets need to put a hit out on Pat Burrell. This guy kills us every fucking series.

[the pinjockey 0]

The Phillies have just been awful the last week. It's painful to watch.

 

Is it true that they are booing Abreu at every AB now?

 

On a related note, in your opinion, is Burrell-Rowand-Abreu a legitimate outfield crew to run out there. Burrell is a one legged man at this point and Abreu seems to have regressed this year (and was never a really good fielder to begin with). Rowand looks to be a good defensive CF, but I don't know that he is good enough to cover between two bad corners. Looking at ZR, RF, and defensive win shares on HBT, all three are middle of the pack or worse.

[KingPK 0]

I'm filling out my All-Star ballots right now. How many times can you vote online because I'm planning on putting in three different ballots: A slightly homer one, one with good players on other teams that I like and guys that are overlooked but deserve it.

 

My first ballot:

 

AL

 

C - Joe Mauer (MIN)

1B - David Ortiz (BOS) (also a Write-In vote for Youkilis)

2B - Ron Belliard (CLE)

SS - Michael Young (TEX) (Jeter's got enough votes)

3B - Mike Lowell (BOS) (Hey, he deserves a little love)

OF - Manny Ramirez (BOS), Vlad Guerrero (LAA), Grady Sizemore (CLE) (Hey, he's on my fantasy team)

 

NL

 

C - Johnny Estrada (ARI)

1B - Ryan Howard (PHI)

2B - Dan Uggla (FLA)

SS - Jose Reyes (NYM)

3B - David Wright (NYM)

OF - Matt Holliday (COL), Jason Bay (PIT), Carlos Beltran (NYM)

 

EDIT: Eh, I just combined all three ballots into one because I don't feel like sitting here voting for 20 minutes.

[Failed Bridge 0]

A-Rod got to hit his meaningless late inning solo homer.

[mike546 0]

A-Rod got to hit his meaningless late inning solo homer.

 

6-3 and we've hit the Indians bullpen in the 7th, not so meaningless yet.

[Failed Bridge 0]

The YES Network announcers have no idea what the score is. They've said its 6-1 for about 15min straight now.

 

Edit: They finally got it right~

[naiwf 0]

A-Rod with the K with 2 ducks on the pond in a 6-4 game. You can't make this shit up.

[Guest]

How many times in the last two weeks?

[mike546 0]

Unbelievable. This guy is pathetic.

[treble 0]

Jays finally win 3 in a row (first time in 2 months), should only be a game out of first if the Indians can hold on.

[Cheech Tremendous 0]

Red Sox trade David Riske to White Sox for minor league reliever Javier Lopez. Lopez' Charlotte numbers look pretty good (2-1, 0.55 ERA, 13 saves, 6 BB/26 K, 28 hits in 33 IP), but if he's just going to be the Mike Myers of the bullpen while Julian Tavarez continues to Reitsma it up out there, it doesn't really fix things.

 

And it looks like Mussina's coming back to Earth.

 

Lopez is just going to be a LOOGY, which is surprising because the FO dumped Mike Myers and Chad Bradford this past offseason because they didn't want specialty guys in the bullpen. Lopez has never had much success in the majors (6+ ERA in over 100 innings) and Riske was being wasted behind hacks like Seanez and Tavarez. I think if we can point out one weakness in Theo as GM it's constructing a decent bullpen.

 

Funny how the Sox thought they had too much pitching coming into the season, and now the staff is a wreck. I just hope we don't end up wasting prospects on garbage like Kyle Lohse or Oliver Perez in hopes of finding a 4th and 5th starter.

[Bruiser Chong 0]

Only the Cubs would lead off with a triple and not score. I sense another wasted Carlos Zambrano outing.

[naiwf 0]

Los Mets are on FI-YAH!~

 

A road sweep of the Phils gives us a 9 1/2 game lead. And in a completely meaningless factoid we're the first team in MLB history to win 8 straight on the road, scoring in the 1st inning of all 8.

[Bruiser Chong 0]

And just like that, 3-2 Astros. Cubs got jobbed on that play at second where Cedeno's foot was clearly on the base.

 

But hey, at least we got another classic Jacque Jones throw INTO the ground on a possible play at home.

[vivalaultra 0]

B-Rad with the clutch job. He's more clutch than Abreu, Dunn, and A-Rod put together.

[Bruiser Chong 0]

If he's playing the Cubs.

 

I just read that Bynum may have worked his way into a possible platoon situation with Murton. Um, yeah. Why's there any debate about Dusty's extension?

[Bruiser Chong 0]

If the Cubs get someone on, you can bet they'll ground into a DP almost everytime. This loss is gonna put them 13 under. Are we still waiting for Lee/Wood/Miller/Prior or can this abortion of an organization admit they made a mistake for once and make some coaching changes? I doubt it.

[vivalaultra 0]

But today's his birthday. You can't complain about a man on his birthday. Here's to you and your toothpick, Dusty!

[Bruiser Chong 0]

A quick look at the standings reveals that for the Cubs' $95 million, they have more wins than Florida and Kansas City.

 

We need a manager who takes some initiative and doesn't always look like he's some good ol' boy sitting on his porch in Alabama.

[Guest]

If there's one thing the Dodgers can't do, it's trade Billingsley.

[DerangedHermit 0]

The Mets need to put a hit out on Pat Burrell. This guy kills us every fucking series.

 

Let's hope the Phils are stupid enough to trade him to the AL (except for the Yanks)

[Guest StylesMark]

A-Rod choked again. I could give a shit. He better pick it up after the all-star break. Mussina wasn't too bad today...the Indians just beat up on the few mistakes he made. Oh well...first "bad" outing of the year.