This Week in Baseball 5/14 - 5/20

[TheDevilAndGodAreRagingInsideMe 0]

Huston Street became about the 20th A's player it seems this year to go on the DL. Justin Duchscherer might be following Street on to the DL so tonight the A's tried Alan Embree and Jay Witsick to close it out and shockingly it didn't work, blowing a three run lead in the 9th to the f'n Royals.

 

Also the A's have so many players unavailable tonight (Marco Scutaro started in right field) that back up catcher Adam Melhuse is the only available player on the bench. Nick Swisher pulled up a bit lame going for a flyball in the 9th and the game might be going to extra innings so this could get interesting.

 

Both former Yankee busts as well.

[Guest]

Furcal is having some game tonight.

 

I think I love Andy LaRoche. Most young hitters don't have half the patience that he does.

[Guest George's Box]

Upon returning to New York on Monday, former Met Cliff Floyd said he was surprised at his relative lack of playing time with the Cubs.

 

"A lot of things we talked about earlier in contract negotiations hasn't worked out," he said. "I thought I'd be playing more."

Fuck you. You're Cliff Floyd. You're old and crippled. You're not entitled to play a single out. Nobody is beholden to your "contract negotations" about playing time. Take the money our dumbshit Krispy Kreme receptacle squandered on you, get paid to watch a ballgame for 8 innings, and hit off the bench, or get off the north side. You're a redundancy.

[strummer 0]

Oh man Czech, it's Cliff Floyd. That's just the beginning. He complains about *everything*.

 

On his return to Shea:

 

Floyd, on playing at Shea:

 

 

"I hated it. They have the new one (stadium) coming (in 2009), which will be great. But the old one is old and terrible. I didn't like it one bit – walking (through) that puddle of water to get to the clubhouse every day."

[Guest George's Box]

Rangers-Rays from Disney is on ESPN. This looks really bad, having a major league game at a spring training facility.

[vivalaultra 0]

Yeah, it is kind of a 'Mickey Mouse' ballpark.

 

Edit: Hunter Pence just hit a damn homerun that probably is going to end up in Dallas somewhere. His 3rd HR in 4 games. Screw Josh Hamilton! Hunter Pence all the way, yo.

[Slayer 0]

That's not like you to take the easy route, viva

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

The Os got swept by Toronto..(or its gonna happen in about 5 min)

 

Mission #1 Accomplished in the race to be the biggest joke in baseball..now they just lose 6 more in a row..to DC and KC which will more than likely happen because this team couldnt beat a blind guy in pictionary.

[vivalaultra 0]

That's not like you to take the easy route, viva

 

 

Edit: Hunter Pence has 3 HRs in his last 9 at-bats. He went 3 for 3 last nite and he is 3 for 3 so far tonite to raise his average to .344. How much longer until he starts getting compared to obscure, early 20th century flash-in-the-pans?

[CanadianChris 0]

Damn, I had replaced Hamilton with Pence on my fantasy team, but changed my mind at the last minute.

[vivalaultra 0]

And another hit for Pence. 7 for 7 with a BB in the last two nites.

 

Edit: And he just stole a base. I'm just upset that I tried to add him as my myspace friend and he hasn't approved me yet.

[strummer 0]

I think "Smartball" means making as many outs on the basepaths as humanly possible. But that Ozzie is a genius!

[Guest George's Box]

I use Darin Erstad to put pepper on my salad. Because he's a grinder, you see.

[vivalaultra 0]

I use Darin Erstad to sand down my doorframes, because he's gritty. I also put butter and sugar on him and use him to complement my egg breakfast...also because he is gritty.

[Guest George's Box]

South Side Grind-Off: Aaron Rowand vs. Darin Erstad!

 

Special guest referee: Kyle Orton

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So, MLB.tv got rid of the abominable Right Guard commercial and in its place is a slightly less annoying ad for Dick's Sporting Goods. Now the problem is that not only is every video prefaced with it, so are the commercial breaks for the games themselves. Absolute insanity.

 

If 700k got rid of these ads altogether, I'd switch to it in a heartbeat. As it is, I'm sure as hell getting Extra Innings next year.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

South Side Grind-Off: Aaron Rowand vs. Darin Erstad!

 

Special guest referee: Kyle Orton

 

Leave poor Orton alone to his booze.

[Guest George's Box]

So, MLB.tv got rid of the abominable Right Guard commercial and in its place is a slightly less annoying ad for Dick's Sporting Goods.

There's a new strip mall in Kildeer that was being built a few months ago, with the only announced tenant at the time being Dick's Sporting Goods. We were driving home from Christmas shopping when my mom spotted the mall in progress and wondered out loud "I wonder what else goes in there besides Dick's." I've never fought harder to stifle laughter.

[Guest Smues]

So, MLB.tv got rid of the abominable Right Guard commercial and in its place is a slightly less annoying ad for Dick's Sporting Goods. Now the problem is that not only is every video prefaced with it, so are the commercial breaks for the games themselves. Absolute insanity.

 

If 700k got rid of these ads altogether, I'd switch to it in a heartbeat. As it is, I'm sure as hell getting Extra Innings next year.

 

700k still has it. Such a fucking joke. Put them in between innings fine (even though that still sucks and I liked the pacman thing), but loading them first before the game means I can't quickly load up a specific at bat I want to see. Lame.

[Slayer 0]

Put them in between innings fine (even though that still sucks and I liked the pacman thing)

HOW D'YA LIKE ME NOWWWWWWWW?!

[Bored 0]

Since Huston Street got hurt the A's bullpen has given up seven 9th inning runs in three games to the Royals. I need to stop watching baseball.

[Vern Gagne 0]

I hate making negative posts, but it's hard to do other wise when the Twins continue to suck.

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

Id love to make a positive post about the Orioles but theres very little positive about them right now. They get a decent pitching performance the last two nights and the bats are deader than King Tut...they actually score runs and the pitching on one end or the other blows it.

 

They cant lose tomorrow since they're off, at least..thats what my grandmother would always say.

 

Even if they manage to win games vs DC/KC, which at this point is doubtful, its not going to boost morale any for anyone because they SHOULD win those games if they are in fact better than the worst 2 teams in the league.

[KingPK 0]

At least you guys can talk about your team tonight since they actually played. I'll at least be able to watch most of the first game of the doubleheader before work tomorrow.

[Guest]

Saito just made Pujols look silly. It was Gagne on Bernie type silly.

[Vern Gagne 0]

At least you guys can talk about your team tonight since they actually played. I'll at least be able to watch most of the first game of the doubleheader before work tomorrow.

 

I was hoping for a rain out.

[Guest]

Oh my God we won a series against the CARDS.

 

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG WORLD SERIES CHAMPZ 2007!11!1!!11!

 

Seriously though, this team is really good. I can't wait to see what happens when Schmidt comes back and if we get a big bat near the deadline.

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

The only bad thing about tonight's Phillies game is that Turnbow didn't get rocked again.

 

Loving the production from the likes of Ruiz (who has hit a HR at the last 3 games I attended now!), Nunez (somewhat), and DOBBS~!.

 

Brewers have some decent pitching and some on-again/off-again stud hitters, and they're in a kinda shitty division (or at least it appears that way early), but I don't think they're a team that can hang with the N.L.'s best.

 

Old man Moyer for the 4-Game Sweep tomorrow! I'm going, so Ruiz better hit another dinger.

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

On Baseball Tonight, the retards interviewed Hunter Pence.

 

"So I gotta ask you, the name 'Hunter', where did you get that?"

 

"Uh...it's...my name..."

 

"Yeah, sorry, it's just peculiar!"

[Failed Bridge 0]

At least you guys can talk about your team tonight since they actually played. I'll at least be able to watch most of the first game of the doubleheader before work tomorrow.

You gotta get yourself DVR.