MLB Chatter 2008

[Starbreaker]

Mike Hampton - DL
Tom Glavine - DL
Matt Diaz - DL
Mark Kotsay - DL
Peter Moylan - DL
Mike Gonzalez - DL
Martin Prado - DL
Chipper Jones - hurt
Jair Jurjjens - hurt

Beat my head against the wall.

On the other hand, Jeff Ridgway looked very very good in his two innings pitched yesterday.

 

[SmoothieX]

The 2008 New York Mets. Finding ways to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Seriously. Wasn't their bullpen supposed to be a strength this year? They stink like a crotch after a 10 mile run. Even Wagner is blowing leads lately.

I was looking up their stats on espn.com to find an example on how bad they are, and I see that today Santana pitched 7 scoreless innings and left with a 4-0 lead. Now it's 4-4 in the 9th. FUCK! There's my example.

And I saw where Church is headed to the DL with post concussion problems. Those things linger. It sucks because he was such a pleasant surprise this year.

 

[Ruaidhri]

The 2008 New York Mets. Finding ways to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Seriously. Wasn't their bullpen supposed to be a strength this year? They stink like a crotch after a 10 mile run. Even Wagner is blowing leads lately.

I was looking up their stats on espn.com to find an example on how bad they are, and I see that today Santana pitched 7 scoreless innings and left with a 4-0 lead. Now it's 4-4 in the 9th. FUCK! There's my example.

And I saw where Church is headed to the DL with post concussion problems. Those things linger. It sucks because he was such a pleasant surprise this year.

Always very satisfying to see Wags puke up a lead. I really really want to take delight and glee in the way the Mets have been playing, but I don't think it brings good mojo to the Phillies.

Incidentally, great game by Jamie Moyer today. Eight innings, 2 hits no runs, and Lidge gets save number 18 in 18 opportunities. Was hoping this series with the Marlins would allow them to get some separation in the standings, but the fish always seem to match up well against Philadelphia. On to St Louis!

 

[Tom Servo]

For some reason I found this tonight on the hilarious baseball website firejoemorgan.com:

http://bp1.blogger.com/_HyoH5G6YZ5A/SE77Kwk-9bI/AAAAAAAAACc/-IKl483n8Zw/s1600-h/gomes-executing.jpg

I laughed.

 

[Corran Horn]

On the other hand, Jeff Ridgway looked very very good in his two innings pitched yesterday.

He looked even better yesterday, from my perspective!

(of course, I'm not Reed Johnson)

 

[SmoothieX]

and Lidge gets save number 18 in 18 opportunities.

He has gotten his groove back this year.

 

[SmoothieX]

Hot off the press at CNNSI.com. I was wondering when the Fire Willie movement would pick up steam again.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/06/13/heyman.randolphupdate/index.html

 

[Starbreaker]

Manny Acosta has got to go. He needs to go to AAA or AA or to the moon.

 

[Ruaidhri]

Second time in three weeks that the Phillies put up 20 runs against an opponent. The Cardinals bullpen must have refused to send anybody out for the ninth because the Cards sent position player Aaron Miles to the mound and he recorded a 1-2-3 inning, then got a standing O from the crowd.

And Utley, Howard and Burrell hit back to back to back homers in the first.

 

[Tom Servo]

Secon time in three weeks that the Phillies put up 20 runs against an opponent. The Cardinals bullpen must have refused to send anybody out for the ninth because the Cards sent position player Aaron Miles to the mound and he recorded a 1-2-3 inning, then got a standing O from the crowd.

The Phillies can fucking HIT. My god. Hopefully the Sox pitching can shut them down in a few days.

 

[Starbreaker]

That's the second time Miles has pitched a perfect inning in the MLB.

 

[mimic]

I was impressed by how few fans left the game after that insane 4th inning. I hate watching games where my team is losing badly and has no chance of climbing back into it. It's torture!

 

[Starbreaker]

It's like a wreck. You can't help but watch.

 

[mimic]

^Perhaps.

I think the Phillies' extremely hot streak has come to an end - not that they'll do badly or anything.

 

[Starbreaker]

So, I'm really impressed with the way the Braves handle California teams.

3-0 against San Diego Padres
3-0 against Los Angeles Dodgers
2-1 against Oakland A's
2-0 against Los Angeles Angels (I'm expecting 3-0)

 

[Captain Ice]

It's like a wreck. You can't help but watch.

That acurately describes Randy Johnson's last outing....

And evidently Micah Owings'....

 

[Chaos Descending]

It's like a wreck. You can't help but watch.

That acurately describes Randy Johnson's last outing....

And evidently Micah Owings'....

Seriously.

Of course, the woes of a couple of pitchers is nothing compared to how I feel about the whole team's inability to hit with people on base.

 

[Starbreaker]

So, the Braves would have definitely lost the game they are going to play in Colorado tonight if it hadn't been snowed out back in April, but I think they Braves are a much better club than the Rockies at this point and the baseball gods know the Braves need another road win.

 

[Tim]

My God, Mike Timlin needs to retire!

 

[Scout101]

yep, time for mandatory retirement. I'd much rather see a AAA kid get the callup to pitch junk innings and get his feet wet, rather than Timlin hanging on as a ghost of his former self...