Wednesday's Frosty Mug

by KLSnow on Aug 13, 2008 8:59 AM CDT

I'm getting old. Last night's game was played in a neat and tidy 2:34, but since it started at 9 I still couldn't stay up through it.

Win Expectancy Graph
BR Box Score

All of today's reads will be better if read in the comforting voice of Morgan Freeman.

So, a nice start to the road trip and a 7-game winning streak, right? So what's the national media talking about? CC Sabathia went shopping for houses yesterday.

Ryan Braun doesn't seem to know exactly what's wrong with him. Doctors are still using phrases like "puzzling symptoms." But Gord Ash says Ryan Braun will be back in 2-4 days. I just asked the Magic 8 Ball if Ryan Braun will play on this road trip and was told, "Don't count on it."

Jeremy Jeffress was supposed to make his first start in AA last night at Huntsville, but the game was rained out. I'm assuming that means he'll pitch Game 1 of tonight's doubleheader, which starts at 5:05.

Adam McCalvy of The Official Site is reporting that Yovani Gallardo is along on the road trip and could throw off a mound before the Brewers return home. A September return looks a little more plausible every day.

Are the daytime shadows in Miller Park the worst of any park in the majors? Nats C Wil Nieves seems to think so.

On injuries:

Carl Crawford will have surgery to repair damaged tendons in his finger and will be out until at least September 25.
Andruw Jones has been placed on the DL with patellar tendinitis.
Tim Lincecum took a line drive off his knee last night, but X-rays were negative. He shouldn't miss a start.
Rangers SP Vicente Padilla is doubtful for his start Thursday.
White Sox OF Carlos Quentin missed last night's game after being hit by pitches on five straight days.
Phils OF Shane Victorino left last night's game with lower back stiffness.

Quick transaction notes from around the web: The Red Sox acquired Paul Byrd yesterday and Micah Owings has been confirmed as one of the PTBNL in the Adam Dunn deal.

Both the Red Sox and the Rangers will need more pitching after last night's 19-17 slugfest. If you're bored today, go look at the Win Expectancy Graph and play log front last night's game. The Red Sox were at 98.6% to win in the first inning, came all the way back down to 18% in the 7th, and still somehow snuck out with a victory.

Oh, and the people who make TV ads for 24-Hour Fitness can't count.

Drink up.

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Doesn’t work.

by SgtClueLs on Aug 13, 2008 9:08 AM CDT 0 recs

Fixed

Hence my decision to call it "screwing around" as opposed to "in-depth study."

by KLSnow on Aug 13, 2008 9:31 AM CDT up 0 recs

Has CC gotten the team that 1-2 extra wins yet?

by Getting Yosted on Aug 13, 2008 9:58 AM CDT 0 recs

Before CC’s contract expires, can we send him back through time to pitch Cappy’s post-May starts from last year? I should think at least two of those games would have ended differently.

Coffee is for closers

by drezdn on Aug 13, 2008 10:00 AM CDT 0 recs

I'm on it

I just need to know how to get 1.21 jiggawatts.

by SgtClueLs on Aug 13, 2008 10:04 AM CDT up 0 recs

Discovery Channel rather than Morgan Freeman's voice

told me that there is a ligament that can be cut that sometimes will help you reach out and touch someone so to speak. Whether that ligament can be used in Tommy John surgery I don’t know.

by ol Pete on Aug 13, 2008 10:13 AM CDT 0 recs

Crew Pitching

Just playing around with my Yahoo Fantasy Brewers team stats (in a league where you play with a real team’s players). In the past 7 days, only one pitcher on the staff has an ERA over 3.00 (Gagne, at 20.25). Suppan’s at 3.00 and eight players with 0.00!! What a great feeling after years of Rafael Roques and Ricky Bones, etc.

Brewers fan lost in South Carolina.

by SCBrewer on Aug 13, 2008 10:35 AM CDT 0 recs

Red Sox-Rangers

Did they play slow-pitch softball last night at Fenway? There have been nights this season when I wish our softball team had a box score to match either of those.

It's called "playing the percentages."

by hilbelink on Aug 13, 2008 10:35 AM CDT 0 recs

knuckleballer for the Red Sox

His ball must not have been knuckling…So, yes, it was slow-pitch softball.

by brewfan2 on Aug 13, 2008 10:40 AM CDT up 0 recs

True story

I went to a Rochester Red Wings game a couple of months ago, and they were playing Pawtucket and facing that Zink guy from the Red Sox game.

He was like 8-1 with 2.80 ERA or something crazy. But his K rate and BB rate weren’t very good. And I thought “that guy must be a AAAA type that dominates in the minors and can’t play in the majors.”

Then he started pitching, and I started looking for the speed gun sign because he seemed like he was lobbing pitches up there. Then I overheard someone say he was a knuckleballer, and it all made sense.

Then I started wondering if he was the only knuckleballer in the minors.

Then I thought, I bet Jeff knows.

by grant76 on Aug 13, 2008 12:40 PM CDT up 0 recs

the other one of note

is Charlie Haeger.

and, of course, RA Dickey, when he’s in the minors.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Aug 13, 2008 12:46 PM CDT up 0 recs

Cubs-Braves game 1 starts now

Also, according to Jay Sorgi at WTMJ, Lawrie will be catching for Canada in their game tonight/tomorrow morning:

At 5:00 a.m. Thursday, one of the newest Brewers, first round draft pick Brett Lawrie, is catching for Canada against Cuba.

I don’t know if Sorgi just means that Lawrie is a catcher and that Canada is playing tonight, or if he actually knows that Lawrie will indeed be starting, but I’ll try to tune in regardless.

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Aug 13, 2008 11:59 AM CDT 0 recs

Looks like first games on WGN.

by SgtClueLs on Aug 13, 2008 12:08 PM CDT up 0 recs

2 - 0 Cubs

Doh.. stupid Braves.

by SgtClueLs on Aug 13, 2008 12:36 PM CDT up 0 recs

4- 0 Cubs

Edmonds with a 2 run shot.

Braves pitcher done after 2.1 IP.

by SgtClueLs on Aug 13, 2008 1:00 PM CDT up 0 recs

Edmonds just homered

[profane]

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Aug 13, 2008 1:00 PM CDT up 0 recs

Bah.. Braves popped up bases loaded 2 outs. At least Marquis is laboring a bit.

by SgtClueLs on Aug 13, 2008 1:24 PM CDT up 0 recs

Chased ball 4 with a full count.

by ol Pete on Aug 13, 2008 1:29 PM CDT up 0 recs

Atleast the Fukudome experiment is still showing signs of suckatude.

by SgtClueLs on Aug 13, 2008 1:33 PM CDT up 0 recs

4 - 1

1 Out, Man on 2nd. DeRosa didn’t cover 2nd, so Koskay (spl?) advanced to 2nd.

by SgtClueLs on Aug 13, 2008 1:39 PM CDT up 0 recs

5 - 1 Cubs

Gezz.. how is Edmonds still not sucking yet?

by SgtClueLs on Aug 13, 2008 1:53 PM CDT up 0 recs

Bobby Cox, what a guy

“ATLANTA MANAGER BOBBY COX WAS EJECTED IN THE TOP OF THE FIFTH INNING FOR ARGUING A DELAY DUE TO THE TURNING ON AND OFF OF STADIUM LIGHTS.”

Now that’s talent!

by Rendezvous on Aug 13, 2008 2:03 PM CDT up 0 recs

Sheesh

One manager ejected earlier this week for arguing about the right way to do a double-switch, now one ejected over stadium light issues. What’s next, an ejection over the number of mound visits in an inning?

Obscure baseball records and more at my blog, Recondite Baseball.

by TheJay on Aug 13, 2008 2:29 PM CDT up 0 recs

Ned Yost better not untuck his shirt during the game.

by Zeyes on Aug 13, 2008 2:57 PM CDT up 0 recs

Dear Braves

Tossers! You had one job to do!

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Aug 13, 2008 2:05 PM CDT up 0 recs

Apparently Edmonds has stopped taking his concussion medication, which makes me think that it the long run, he’ll be worse off. Ideally, around the time of the playoffs.

Coffee is for closers

by drezdn on Aug 13, 2008 4:31 PM CDT up 0 recs

Steve
http://nohuddleoffense.blogspot.com

by stigmo on Aug 13, 2008 12:26 PM CDT 0 recs

Sabathia video interview at MLB.com. Nothing groundbreaking.

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Aug 13, 2008 1:10 PM CDT 0 recs

Wow

Did anyone else not realize how well Mike Adams is pitching this year? Or that Mike Adams was pitching at all? Maybe we’ll see him tonight. He’ll always have that one 2005 save…

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Aug 13, 2008 2:01 PM CDT 0 recs

teens running around the field last night

You can see it over at Gas Lamp Ball for now. I imagine it’ll get nuked before long.

by ol Pete on Aug 13, 2008 2:31 PM CDT 0 recs

I think I have been suffering from Freemanic Paracusia

Since that Family Guy episode with the Monopoly Man.
It is calming but disturbing at the same time.

by Braun Holio on Aug 13, 2008 8:18 PM CDT 0 recs

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