TWiB 7/31 - 8/6

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

Nobody has mentioned that the Big Eunich has gone two starts now without getting a strikeout and that he gave up a homerun to a Has Been/Fucking Scrub/Never Will Be/Hasn't Played in Baseball in 3 years and hasn't hit a homerun in 3 years tonight.

Fernando Tatis once hit 34 home runs in a single season. Is it really worth getting worked up over? Especially since they WON.

[Guest NYankees]

Nobody has mentioned that the Big Eunich has gone two starts now without getting a strikeout and that he gave up a homerun to a Has Been/Fucking Scrub/Never Will Be/Hasn't Played in Baseball in 3 years and hasn't hit a homerun in 3 years tonight.

Fernando Tatis once hit 34 home runs in a single season. Is it really worth getting worked up over? Especially since they WON.

 

 

Tatis did that in 1999. Last time I checked it was 2006. Tatis also has been out of baseball since 2003 and is a shell of his former steroid self.

[KingPK 0]

Wow...after that Kay diatribe and what happened between Chris Russo and Cashman earlier this week, someone needs to get some Valium to Yankee Headquarters stat.

[Guest Princess Leena]

What was Kay even angry about. I couldn't understand.

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

Big Ryan the Met Killler has got Phils up early, 3-1, Saturday baseball!

 

Phils win/Cincy loss gets them 1.5 back of Wildcard.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

Nobody has mentioned that the Big Eunich has gone two starts now without getting a strikeout and that he gave up a homerun to a Has Been/Fucking Scrub/Never Will Be/Hasn't Played in Baseball in 3 years and hasn't hit a homerun in 3 years tonight.

Fernando Tatis once hit 34 home runs in a single season. Is it really worth getting worked up over? Especially since they WON.

 

 

Tatis did that in 1999. Last time I checked it was 2006. Tatis also has been out of baseball since 2003 and is a shell of his former steroid self.

I thought the Yankees' entire team building philosophy was based on what happened in 1999.

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

<Cartman> Oh Noooo, the Mets are winning in the 8th. </Cartman>

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

Oh Noooo, the Mets are winning in the 8th.

If you're going to make fun of someone try and make sure it's the right one. Cartman has said nothing of the sort in AT LEAST the last two months, maybe ever for all I know.

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

Huh?

 

I meant the South Park character. He does that classic "OH NOOOO", which I agree with, I want the Phils to win.

 

Man, LIEBERTHAL Vs. WAGNER - The Fate of the World is at strake.

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

This is a sick at bat for Lieberthal.

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

Wow, amazing play by Wright. Ballgame. Mets 4, Phils 3. Great game.

[Bruiser Chong 0]

Do the Phillies have anyone else who can play first? If so, I would've pinch-run for Howard, since someone with any speed probably scores on that hit from Utley.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

Do the Phillies have anyone else who can play first? If so, I would've pinch-run for Howard, since someone with any speed probably scores on that hit from Utley.

The Phils in their infinite wisdom are carrying 13 pitchers and just 12 position players. They had used Dellucci leaving them with just Chase Utley (who pinch hit for Abraham Nunez in the 9th), Mike Lieberthal (pinch hit for Sandoval, and can't run regardless), and Chris Roberson (in the on deck circle for Jon Lieber). If they used a pinch runner, they would have had to let Abraham Nunez (.162 batting average) or Danny Sandoval (about 10 at bats in MLB career) hit for themselves. Meanwhile, of their 13 pitchers they needed exactly one to pitch eight innings. But I guess pitching wins ballgames, right?

[Vern Gagne 0]

What was Kay even angry about. I couldn't understand.

 

 

Just that people were making a big deal about him saying the Red Sox were "dead". That a member of the media can't affect what happens on the field.

[tominator89 0]

Al, are you turning heel on the Phillies?

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

The fact that the Phillies pitchers are amongst the worst in the league may be reason for the large quantities of backups for them.

 

3.5 out of the WC, stinging loss today.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

Al, are you turning heel on the Phillies?

Nah. Like any fan of a sports team, I cheer passionately for them but often question their front office moves. I can understand the motives of the Bobby Abreu trade, even if I don't like it. Carrying 13 pitchers however is a stupid move by any team. Just for the sake of having warm bodies it severely limits a team's strategical options. Yes, they can match up pitchers. They just can't pinch run, pinch hit, make defensive substitutions, etc. You can get away with it when you have eight locked-in starters, But if you're going to trade Abreu and start platooning, you HAVE to carry a proper number of reserves.

 

The fact that the Phillies pitchers are amongst the worst in the league may be reason for the large quantities of backups for them.

 

3.5 out of the WC, stinging loss today.

When you have crap, you should acquire more of it. Much like Ed Wade's strategy of adding bloated contracts, right? In all seriousness, it's overkill. You get six relievers to get you through a game, and you carry a mopup man to sponge up innings in blowouts. That is EXACTLY the ideal role for Fabio Castro. Let him make multi-inning appearances, and carry the load for the other relievers.

 

What frustrates me is that I get the feeling the teams are eventually going to ask for larger rosters at some points and get them. One of the most enjoyable aspects of minor league baseball is that teams don't endlessly shuffle relief pitchers into a game. Two inning appearances are normal. It sucks the fun out of baseball games to see so many pitchers who have nothing to offer that the other pitchers don't.

[Guest Felonies!]

No. No. Nooooooo. That's the last thing we need. If you give Tony La Russa 15 pitchers to use in a game, HE IS GOING TO USE THEM ALL.

[jwest27 0]

Dude, you have to get the matchups right.

 

 

dude

 

 

the matchups

[Bruiser Chong 0]

Man, Prior can't even get out of the sixth against the Pirates. And that's after throwing just 11 pitches in the first. His control completely abandoned him in the sixth, when he yielded three walks and hit a batter.

[Cartman 0]

Thanks Al

 

In an attempt to bolster his MVP chances this season, the Boston Red Sox will start him at 1B tonight.

 

Lowell day 2 day.

[Bruiser Chong 0]

ESPN Breaking News: Mark Prior wins a game.

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

I like this alkeiper that supports the team yet agrees with me when I rip them.

 

I TOLD YOU IT'D BE BETTER WHEN BOBBY WAS GONE.

[Vern Gagne 0]

Why does Eric Wedge continue to use Carmona?

[jwest27 0]

Hot crackers, we won a game.

[vivalaultra 0]

Brad Ausmus hit a grand slam couple innings ago. The Astros lead the D-Backs 6-1 going into the bottom of the 3rd. When Ausmus and Willy Taveras start hitting the long ball, ya know our offense is heating up. It's starting to look like this might be the start of our yearly run at the postseason.

[KingPK 0]

It was the cowbells last night and tonight it's the fat fuck heckler AND the cowbells. It's getting to be a real chore to sit through any game from Tropicana Field right now.

 

And way to go Javy, swing at the first pitch with the bases loaded.

[Cuban Linx 0]

Vladimir Guerrero's hit streak vs. the Rangers finally ends at 44 games, good for a line of 77/174, 17 Doubles, 15 Home Runs, 35 RBI's, .443 avg, .495 OBP and a meager OPS of 1.294, and even then it took Texas intentionally walking him 3 times to finally stop him.

[CanadianChris 0]

It was the cowbells last night and tonight it's the fat fuck heckler AND the cowbells. It's getting to be a real chore to sit through any game from Tropicana Field right now.

I hate that guy. Every game against the Jays, he screams at the top of his lungs through every Troy Glaus at-bat. Who gets that worked up over Troy Glaus?

[Guest Smues]

I find that guy kind of funny. I can't remember what he was taunting Chipper with, but I was laughing pretty hard when Scott Thorman was batting and it was "O-NINE-ONE, O-NINE-ONE" non-stop, and then after he gets out his next at bat "O-EIGHT-FIVE,O-EIGHT-FIVE"