This Week in Baseball 4/23 - 4/29

[Guest Smues]

Quite the pitcher's game in Florida. Olsen gave up three solo homeruns in the first two innings, and then calmed down going eight innings with ten strikeouts, while Hudson has thrown eight scoreless innings with twelve strikeouts. Braves lead 3-0 going into the bottom half of the ninth inning.

[Guest Posada20]

Jays/Yankees are cancelled tonight. Not sure what this means about Phil Hughes tomorrow, though.

 

According to Peter Abraham, Phil Hughes will be pitching tomorrow and I get to see Pettite at Friday's game if it doesn't get rained out. Oh well at least I don't have to see Karstens.

[Guest Smues]

And Hudson was obviously gassed and loaded the bases in the 9th before Wickman came in. Not good.

[Guest Smues]

3-2 Marlins and Hudson's great game is quickly going down the toilet. Fuck.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

Matt Smith has now walked 11 batters in four innings. The Ottawa Lynx are in Scranton until tomorrow so there's no better time to send him down. Meanwhile, CJ Henry is hitting .213 in Lakewood, Carlos Monasterios has a 6.75 ERA there, and Jesus Sanchez is in extended Spring Training. I'm not even looking at Bobby Abreu's numbers to see if the Yankees got the better end of that trade.

[Guest Smues]

And we lose on a wild pitch. De-lovely.

[KingPK 0]

Since the Red Sox hit four straight home runs on Sunday, there have been a few outlets listing the teams who have done it. One interesting note is that JD Drew was part of the festivities twice, joining the Dodgers' four home run explosion last season. A member of SABR noted that the Braves pulled the trick in 2003. Chipper Jones hit a walk-off home run on May 27. The next day, the Braves led off the game with three consecutive home runs by Rafael Furcal, Mark Derosa and Gary Sheffield.

 

Also, Terry Francona's father Tito was part of the Indians team that pulled it off in 1967(?)

[Above Average 0]

JR hits ANOTHER homer! I know he hit a lot last year but could anyone predict this... and Utley just went five for five.

[Brett Favre 0]

Matt Smith has now walked 11 batters in four innings. The Ottawa Lynx are in Scranton until tomorrow so there's no better time to send him down. Meanwhile, CJ Henry is hitting .213 in Lakewood, Carlos Monasterios has a 6.75 ERA there, and Jesus Sanchez is in extended Spring Training. I'm not even looking at Bobby Abreu's numbers to see if the Yankees got the better end of that trade.

 

This reminds me on something about Abreu. From just an observation standpoint, from all the players you've seen, in your opinion, where does Abreu rank among the best eye in baseball? Out of all the players i've seen bat, he definitely has the best eye i've seen. His at-bats are fun to watch, and when he strikes out swinging, it seems like he just gave away an at-bat.

[Mik 0]

And we lose on a wild pitch. De-lovely.

 

I need to watch this 9th inning on MLB.tv. I saw it was 3-0 Braves in the 7th when I got home and didn't even bother to put the game on... Oops.

[Guest Queen Leelee]

And you watched that god-awful AI show tonight to miss that?

 

Ouch.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

Matt Smith has now walked 11 batters in four innings. The Ottawa Lynx are in Scranton until tomorrow so there's no better time to send him down. Meanwhile, CJ Henry is hitting .213 in Lakewood, Carlos Monasterios has a 6.75 ERA there, and Jesus Sanchez is in extended Spring Training. I'm not even looking at Bobby Abreu's numbers to see if the Yankees got the better end of that trade.

 

This reminds me on something about Abreu. From just an observation standpoint, from all the players you've seen, in your opinion, where does Abreu rank among the best eye in baseball? Out of all the players i've seen bat, he definitely has the best eye i've seen. His at-bats are fun to watch, and when he strikes out swinging, it seems like he just gave away an at-bat.

Probably second, behind Barry Bonds. It's funny because when I watched Abreu hit, I was reminded of the famous Bill Klem line (Klem was a HOF umpire). When a young pitcher questioned his calls while pitching to Rogers Hornsby, Klem stated, "young man, when you throw a strike Mr. Hornsby will let you know." I said the same thing jokingly about Abreu. If Abreu thought it was outside, it was.

[Open the Muggy Gate 0]

Jake Peavy has gone crazy tonight. 16 strikouts. 7 innings. Holy crap.

[TheDevilAndGodAreRagingInsideMe 0]

Jays/Yankees are cancelled tonight. Not sure what this means about Phil Hughes tomorrow, though.

 

According to Peter Abraham, Phil Hughes will be pitching tomorrow and I get to see Pettite at Friday's game if it doesn't get rained out. Oh well at least I don't have to see Karstens.

 

I was disappointed when I got to the Stadium tonight to find out that the game was being postponed with no make up date, which is stupid, because they could have played a double header tomorrow. Toronto doesn't come in again until a 4 game series in July with no days off the day before or after the series.

 

On the plus side, I got tickets at the box office for tomorrow so I can be there for Phil Hughes' MLB debut.

[vivalaultra 0]

The Astros just lost in about 85 innings to the Pirates. The Pirates have beaten them 5 times this year so far. I didn't sit in front of the TV for 6 hours and smoke a pack of cigarettes and eat two King Size Hershey's w/ Almonds to see them lose to an Adam LaRoche single.

[Guest]

Juan Pierre is fucking useless. You'd think that the guy would want to walk every once in a while so he could get a chance to use his speed, but then you remember that you're talking about Juan Pierre.

 

2 walks in his last 10 games. FUCKING USELESS. I wonder how good he'd be if he remembered that it's good for the pitcher to have 3 balls in the count.

[Mik 0]

Matt Smith has now walked 11 batters in four innings. The Ottawa Lynx are in Scranton until tomorrow so there's no better time to send him down. Meanwhile, CJ Henry is hitting .213 in Lakewood, Carlos Monasterios has a 6.75 ERA there, and Jesus Sanchez is in extended Spring Training. I'm not even looking at Bobby Abreu's numbers to see if the Yankees got the better end of that trade.

 

This reminds me on something about Abreu. From just an observation standpoint, from all the players you've seen, in your opinion, where does Abreu rank among the best eye in baseball? Out of all the players i've seen bat, he definitely has the best eye i've seen. His at-bats are fun to watch, and when he strikes out swinging, it seems like he just gave away an at-bat.

Probably second, behind Barry Bonds. It's funny because when I watched Abreu hit, I was reminded of the famous Bill Klem line (Klem was a HOF umpire). When a young pitcher questioned his calls while pitching to Rogers Hornsby, Klem stated, "young man, when you throw a strike Mr. Hornsby will let you know." I said the same thing jokingly about Abreu. If Abreu thought it was outside, it was.

 

Jeremy Hermida has an incredible eye too, except he's been a bust in every other aspect. Never being on the field doesn't help either.

[Vern Gagne 0]

Another shitty performance from the Twins. The team can't hit the ball. They missed several chances late in the game with runners on.

[TheDevilAndGodAreRagingInsideMe 0]

Giambi has a really good eye himself, but sometimes I think he takes too many pitches. A lot of the time he will look at both strike 1 and 2, and usually one of them looks like its right in his killzone but he frustrates me and lays off.

[Guest Queen Leelee]

D-Backs with a CLUTCH comeback win over the Padres. Peavy with 16 K's, and it goes for naught.

[vivalaultra 0]

Didn't Peavy have a game last year where he struck out 17 Braves and ended up getting a loss?

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

Five consecutive wins and the Phillies are back in business. Four back in the division which is a workable deficit with 142 games left.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

Didn't Peavy have a game last year where he struck out 17 Braves and ended up getting a loss?

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SD...200605220.shtml

 

Sixteen Ks. He lost because the only fly ball he allowed the entire night cleared the outfield wall.

[Guest Richard McBeef]

Five consecutive wins and the Phillies are back in business. Four back in the division which is a workable deficit with 142 games left.

139, actually, and 137 for my guys.

[Brett Favre 0]

Matt Smith has now walked 11 batters in four innings. The Ottawa Lynx are in Scranton until tomorrow so there's no better time to send him down. Meanwhile, CJ Henry is hitting .213 in Lakewood, Carlos Monasterios has a 6.75 ERA there, and Jesus Sanchez is in extended Spring Training. I'm not even looking at Bobby Abreu's numbers to see if the Yankees got the better end of that trade.

 

This reminds me on something about Abreu. From just an observation standpoint, from all the players you've seen, in your opinion, where does Abreu rank among the best eye in baseball? Out of all the players i've seen bat, he definitely has the best eye i've seen. His at-bats are fun to watch, and when he strikes out swinging, it seems like he just gave away an at-bat.

Probably second, behind Barry Bonds. It's funny because when I watched Abreu hit, I was reminded of the famous Bill Klem line (Klem was a HOF umpire). When a young pitcher questioned his calls while pitching to Rogers Hornsby, Klem stated, "young man, when you throw a strike Mr. Hornsby will let you know." I said the same thing jokingly about Abreu. If Abreu thought it was outside, it was.

 

 

On that Giambi comment, his plan at the plate is to only swing at the first two pitches if it's in the little zone that he's focusing on.

[CanadianChris 0]

I'm going to NYC in August, and I'm thinking of going to Coney Island to see the Brooklyn Cyclones (NY-Penn League). Has anyone been to see a game there? What's the park like?

[Guest Queen Leelee]

When I went to a Penn League game in Jamestown, the stadium was very well maintained and not ugly. I was surprised. It's probably different with other cities, though.

[TheDevilAndGodAreRagingInsideMe 0]

Keyspan Park is supposed to be awesome. So is the home of the Staten Island Yankees.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

I'm going to NYC in August, and I'm thinking of going to Coney Island to see the Brooklyn Cyclones (NY-Penn League). Has anyone been to see a game there? What's the park like?

Reviews seem very positive. From Baseball-reference.com...

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/travel/u...ts.cgi?id=NPBRY

 

I would absolutely take advantage of the opportunity.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

Matt Smith has now walked 11 batters in four innings. The Ottawa Lynx are in Scranton until tomorrow so there's no better time to send him down. Meanwhile, CJ Henry is hitting .213 in Lakewood, Carlos Monasterios has a 6.75 ERA there, and Jesus Sanchez is in extended Spring Training. I'm not even looking at Bobby Abreu's numbers to see if the Yankees got the better end of that trade.

The Phillies agreed. Matt Smith sent to the minors, Fabio Castro brought up.