This Week in Baseball, 4/21-4/27

[Guest]

If the Dodgers don't score eight runs, they'll only score one. I don't know how much I can take, so if they do the same in the next two series, I'm done for a few weeks.

[Annabelle 0]

miguel cabrera is permanently moving to first base. totally for the best. he was awwwful at third. guillen was equally as shitty at first. he contiuously was stepping onto the wrong side of the base into the runners.

[geniusMoment 0]

Reds have just fired Wayne Krivsky after their 9-12 start and have made Walt Jocketty the new GM.

 

Also, Marty was talking to Jeff when he was upset, it had to do with Rob Buther (the reds pr guy) who was being a dick about not talking about potential roster moves.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

Reds have just fired Wayne Krivsky after their 9-12 start and have made Walt Jocketty the new GM.

 

Also, Marty was talking to Jeff when he was upset, it had to do with Rob Buther (the reds pr guy) who was being a dick about not talking about potential roster moves.

There are few GMs more capable than Jocketty on the trade market. Jocketty's strength is that he often trades prospects who will not develop into stars, and deals them for useful players at the MLB level.

[Guest blame that goot.]

Reds have just fired Wayne Krivsky after their 9-12 start and have made Walt Jocketty the new GM.

Yeah, because Corey Patterson swinging at the first pitch is his fault. Incredibly reactionary move, but that doesn't mean it's a bad one.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

I caught that Brennaman clip on Youtube. Small point, but it's probably worth noting that it was Brantley that specifically said, "they blame that goat."

[Guest blame that goot.]

I know. And he said goot, not goat. Marty said "that ol' billy goat." Good one, Franchester.

[Dandy 0]

Reds have just fired Wayne Krivsky after their 9-12 start and have made Walt Jocketty the new GM.

Yeah, because Corey Patterson swinging at the first pitch is his fault. Incredibly reactionary move, but that doesn't mean it's a bad one.

Planned.

[Guest blame that goot.]

If they knew Krivsky was a dead duck as soon as they signed Jocketty, why didn't they just fire Krivsky and then hire Jocketty instead of backdooring him in as an "assistant to the deputy executive advisor" or whatever, and then firing Krivsky 21 games into the season, as if 21 games is enough time to make any judgment on the season? The Reds organization is starting to show the sweet signs of sucking.

[Dandy 0]

Dunno.

[geniusMoment 0]

Marty now has a segment each game where he reads hate emails from chicago. Last night he was making fun of how stupid they all sound, making fun of one email where the person didn't spell several words correctly. He's really getting a kick out of all this and how upset cubs fans get.

[Guest blame that goot.]

Franchester is really milking this for all it's worth, isn't he. What amused me is how he not only ripped Cubs fans, but also sold out Reds fans, too: when being interviewed on Waddle & Silverman last week, he repeated the goofy meme that the Cardinals' fans are the BEST FANS IN BASEBALL. Some homer. I guess mylar balloons, teddy bears, and popsicle-stick crosses for dead drunk drivers really warm his heart.

[geniusMoment 0]

Marty is a good announcer, he just has a huge ego, and is a dick. Actually, it's kind of entertaining listening to him, as he'll rip on anyone, his own team, reds players, management, fans, he really just doesn't give a shit. I've never really heard another sports announcer so blunt about topics that most people won't touch. He knows he'll never be fired, no way, so he can basically call the game how he wants.

 

 

Now he's got Thom on the anti-cubs fans banner too. Thom was talking about Wrigley Field, and how fans act has changed from when he broadcasted for WGN. He says it all started in 2003 with Bartman and how horrible it has gotten, how now Cubs fans have turned into his least favorite in baseball. He said it was a disgrace what they did to that kid, and now Wrigley is a haven for the lowest drunks who just look for a reason to act up.

[Guest blame that goot.]

Thom has been anti-Cubs for a long time: he used to do radio and the middle three on TV as the heir apparent to Harry Caray, but he wanted to do national Fox telecasts on the side and miss his day job for that, so the Cubs fired him and brought in Pat Hughes. Boy, did we get lucky on that one.

 

Speaking of Fox, Thommy is a little out of line to blame the fans for the Bartman mistreatment when he was on the call for that NLCS on that network which did more than its fair share to ramp up the cause during its coverage. Nobody knows this, because the media is trying to perpetuate a meme that everyone who goes to Wrigley Field is a drunken white idiot, but most fans blame Messrs. Gonzalez, Prior, and Baker for the 5 Outs Away meltdown. But I guess we can't blame Dusty either, can we, Cincinnati?

 

EDIT: Late thought here. Moises Alou had always said that he could've caught that ball until recently, when he 180ed and said we've all been too hard on him. Which is it, you basepath-challenged piss-handed dope?

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

I still blame Jeffrey Maier.

 

Idiot Kid.

[devo 0]

The MASN broadcast of the Nationals game has a weird fisheye effect going on, where the images warps at two invisible lines to the left and right of center. It's really distracting.

[vivalaultra 0]

The Astros have scored 30 runs in the last 2 and a half games. The offense won't be this good all year, but if it can be even half this good and the pitching can continue to be mediocre to slightly above mediocre, I don't see why they can't compete in such a crappy division. I wish that ESPN would ambush more Astros' players about age fraud so they could all go on a Miguel Tejada-like tear. He's hitting something like .750 since the whole story came out.

 

And Lance Berkman is, I think, really underrated as a defensive first baseman. He doesn't get near as much love as he should.

[Guest blame that goot.]

They can't compete because the Cubs, Brewers, and Cardinals are all better than the Astros, and the Astros' pitching isn't very good. Third place at best. The Central looks like the best division of the three right now, by the way.

[vivalaultra 0]

The Astros pitching comes and goes. If the offense keeps clicking, they can be reminiscent of the Reds teams of the last few years, not that that's a good thing. But I think the pitching is/can be decent enough to put them at least in third in the division if the offense performs up to snuff. However, I have been called "blindly optimistic" about the Astros before.

 

And yeah, I'm a little surprised about the Central being as decent as it has been to start the season. I haven't been able to keep up with the other two divisions as much as I'd like to, but I'm happy to see our division not being a laughingstock as it has been for the past few years.

[CanadianChris 0]

I still blame Jeffrey Maier.

 

Idiot Kid.

He was a Yankee fan, though.

[naiwf 0]

Why are the overhead and down the line cams in Washington so far away? It's almost like they gave someone with the shittiest seats in the house the cameras.

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

The MASN broadcast of the Nationals game has a weird fisheye effect going on, where the images warps at two invisible lines to the left and right of center. It's really distracting.

 

The game is in HD but what you are describing would be stretching the 4:3 picture to 16:9 and Im not seeing that fisheye problem on either the regular or HD MASN on my end.

 

I still blame Jeffrey Maier.

 

Idiot Kid.

He was a Yankee fan, though.

 

and for clearly breaking the established rules (Fan interfering with ball in play), he got a Key to the City and was on Dave Letterman.

 

I almost wished the Os had drafted him a couple years ago, I would have gone to the Shorebirds game every night and heckled the hell out of him.

 

Oddly enough, Im going to be sitting like 3 sections over from where he was next month, Im going to try and get over to that section and "excercise the demons" before the game starts.

 

 

[Guest blame that goot.]

Why are the overhead and down the line cams in Washington so far away? It's almost like they gave someone with the shittiest seats in the house the cameras.

Maybe Peter Angelos is sabotaging the quality of their broadcasts.

[the max 0]

The MASN broadcast of the Nationals game has a weird fisheye effect going on, where the images warps at two invisible lines to the left and right of center. It's really distracting.

 

The game is in HD but what you are describing would be stretching the 4:3 picture to 16:9 and Im not seeing that fisheye problem on either the regular or HD MASN on my end.

 

I still blame Jeffrey Maier.

 

Idiot Kid.

He was a Yankee fan, though.

 

and for clearly breaking the established rules (Fan interfering with ball in play), he got a Key to the City and was on Dave Letterman.

 

I almost wished the Os had drafted him a couple years ago, I would have gone to the Shorebirds game every night and heckled the hell out of him.

 

Oddly enough, Im going to be sitting like 3 sections over from where he was next month, Im going to try and get over to that section and "excercise the demons" before the game starts.

 

I don't think Jeffrey Maier kicking your ass is going to help anything, Marvin.

[devo 0]

Oddly enough, Im going to be sitting like 3 sections over from where he was next month, Im going to try and get over to that section and "excercise the demons" before the game starts.

 

They've had enough exercise already!

[treble 0]

The demons are going to do jumping jacks.

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

ah yes..typos rule.

 

the home plate ump tonight in the Os Mariners game has a huge strike zone tonight..

[Guest blame that goot.]

I don't think some people know what a typo is. That's twice today. Spelling a word incorrectly is not necessarily a typographical error.

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

I don't think some people know what a typo is. That's twice today. Spelling a word incorrectly is not necessarily a typographical error.

 

i meant to hit the o key but got the e instead, hence exercise instead of exorcise.

 

typo!

 

Someones gonna get tossed from this game shortly for arguing balls and strikes, probably gonna be Markakis. Hes struck out looking twice on really bad 3rd strike calls.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

You still spelled it wrong to begin with. One extra c and all.