Game Thread #24: Marlins (14-9) at Brewers (13-10)
by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 26, 2008 2:11 PM CDT
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PrintCarlos Villanueva's last start was his best yet -- 2 ER in 7 IP against the Cardinals. Let's hope he can build on that and save our hopelessly overworked bullpen (TM). Let's also hope that the offense can put something together against the overperforming Mark Hendrickson and send the fans home after nine innings.
Ah, but is Hendrickson really overperforming? (And why does Firefox's spellcheck not like "overperforming?" Or "spellcheck?") The Palm Beach Post has the scoop: Mark is crediting LASIK with his hot start. I can't wait for the first time Kendall comes to the plate--I think something might explode. It's a good thing they didn't have LASIK in the 18th century, or else the American Revolution would've been a lot bloodier.
Here's the BR Game Preview. Ignoring for a moment the last two games and focusing on larger trends, this again figures to be a high-scoring contest, as the Marlins have the best team OPS against righties, and the Brewers have the second best team OPS against lefties.
Game time is 6:05 CT. Let's go Crew!
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I’m going to be snarky and say it’d be more appropriate if you’d instead referred to the 18th century and the American Revolution. :)
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oh wow
that’s not snarky, i’m just an idiot. it shall be fixed.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 26, 2008 5:52 PM CDT up reply actions
LaPorta went 1-3 with a double and two walks
The meat grinder rolls on.
He's extremely quick and good.
nice try by JJ
that reminds me – I was cruising around MLB webiste somewhere and there was a video clip advertised as Prince making a defensive play. I watch it and its lame FSN NOT showing the play, just the moment after.
the lasik monster must be stopped
we’re going to have to fight fire with fire. jason—it’s on you tonight.
Also, cheese.
When Kendall comes to the plate
The two of them will just stare at each other for a few minutes until one of them gives.
but that's the thing
now that they’ve had the surgery, they’ll never have to give.
genius, baby, genius.
oddly enough, this girl I met at a party the other night was very excited about lasik and tried to convince me to have it done. (I wear glasses.)
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 26, 2008 6:23 PM CDT up reply actions
you know with all the Kendall and pitcher 8th talk
what if ol’ Crash were leading off? Seems iike that would be the logical thing to do.
i'd like to.
but we’re stuck imagining sheets in basketball shorts playing long toss.
:(
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 26, 2008 6:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Corey
With a nice catch… If you take out his two plays from that game against the Cards he could be an All Star.
I had a deja vu to last season
where there was a similar catch but the ball fell out of the glove moments after without meeting some requirement and it was ruled no catch.
Ancedotally
This is one of those times people will point to say that it’s a bad idea to have the pitcher bat 8th.
hendrickson's gotta be wondering what he has to do
two easy grounders muffed, threw a really good pitch that villa got the bunt down on…he’s gotten at least 4 outs so far.
Also, cheese.
on a fish forum
there was a guy who took offense that Rock said last night they didn’t have a very good defense
wmlw
It sucks not being able to watch the game. FSN even teased me by saying they have the game on in the guide but when I go there it is just some stupid Yankees thing.
"He's been very, very impressive," Yost said. "I mean really impressive. I mean really, really impressive."
Not really
Though playing baseball and basketball together has to work better than baseball and football.
and he'll thank Amezaga for that later
Can't pitch Gagne in rain. He’s like the B-2 bomber of baseball.--TheJay
Nice catch Braun
Didn’t have to be that hard of a play but still nice
Can't pitch Gagne in rain. He’s like the B-2 bomber of baseball.--TheJay
Wow
Not sure if anyone here cares about the Packers, but they just selected Brian Brohm in the 2nd round.
"He's been very, very impressive," Yost said. "I mean really impressive. I mean really, really impressive."
Sweet
Give us some insurance if Rodgers doesn’t work out. Hopefully this means no Culpepper!
Can't pitch Gagne in rain. He’s like the B-2 bomber of baseball.--TheJay
if he had come out last year he would have been a first rounder
and he had a good season…his team didn’t but he did
Can't pitch Gagne in rain. He’s like the B-2 bomber of baseball.--TheJay
Just got back from the store
That was a hell of a bunt by Villanueva.
He's extremely quick and good.
"Ned, sensing opportunity here..."
Haha. The man is like a pig for truffles! Who else could suss out that this is a run-scoring opportunity?
He's extremely quick and good.
You think Melvin is trying to teach Yost a lesson?
“You want pitchers? Fine, take ‘em! See how much fun they are!”
He's extremely quick and good.
Rottino, Branyan & Katin are consecutive in the lineup and have all homered…but Omaha does them one better, getting homers from their #2-5 hitters.
He's extremely quick and good.
Can we buy a break?
That should count as a homer for Kendall.
Anyone else going to hide under the covers for the next half inning?
He's extremely quick and good.
We won!
At this point I don’t even feel happy as much as I do relieved. We could use a blowout.
He's extremely quick and good.
doesn't work for the ESPN storyline
to have Gagne winning and guys like Iisringingthehouse coughing up runs.
They will never do this,
but I think the official scorer should decide who gets the win. If gagne blows a save and the team wins in the next inning, Gagne shouldn’t get the win, but the pitcher of record should ahead of him. They should just come up with some type of formula that would show which pitcher pitched the best.
Maybe one of the Math guys around here could come up with that formula and we can keep score of who’s really winning these games.
Why do they have to award a win at all to non-starting pitchers?
With rare exceptions they don’t feel like they’ve been earned. I say keep the current rules for determining whether the SP’s are eligible for the win. If they aren’t, there’s really no point in awarding a win to any of the relievers, unless of course they pitch 5 innings…
"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 26, 2008 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions
They should really do this, too
Abandon the save. It’s pretty meaningless in the grand scheme of things – just a hold a couple innings later.
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