Wednesday's Frosty Mug

by KLSnow on Sep 3, 2008 8:47 AM CDT Comment 37 comments

Some things to read while I work on training Gorman to accurately predict the weather.

Win Expectancy Graph
BR Box Score

Ok, let's start with the positive from last night: Manny Parra picked up a couple of doubles, meaning he's only a little more than 500 hits away from the all-time pitcher record.

Ok, done being positive. Brewed Sports noted that Eric Gagne has the highest HR/9 of any major league pitcher that hasn't been released. So why is he still pitching in high leverage, or really any, situation? The Official Site says ~~Ned is trying so hard to get himself fired~~ Gagne is staying in the eighth inning role.

Jayson Stark listed CC Sabathia as a top-three candidate for NL Cy Young, but decided Tim Lincecum deserves it more. Via The Hardball Times, I found Tim Marchman of the NY Sun, who argues that the sleeper candidate may be Ryan Dempster. That's probably a reach.

Others are still weighing in on Sabathia's near no-hitter. Hal McCoy thinks it was a hit. UmpBump doesn't like Doug Melvin's idea for a new official scoring system.

Manny Ramirez, Mark Teixeira, Adam Dunn...and Ray Durham? MLB Trade Rumors has a list of top upcoming free agents sorted by OBP. Ray Durham makes the top ten.

On injuries:

White Sox 3B Joe Crede left last night's game after 5 innings with tightness in his back.
Nats C Jesus Flores left last night's game on a stretcher, but preliminary reports say it was just an ankle sprain.
Ken Griffey missed his second straight game with a sore back.
Cards OF Joe Mather is done for the year with a broken hand.
White Sox OF Carlos Quentin was scratched from last night's game with forearm soreness.
Rangers C Jarrod Saltalamacchia is done for the year with a strained muscle in his forearm.
Carlos Zambrano left last night's game after five innings with arm trouble. He'll be re-examined today.

We're getting close to the window for teams to negotiate with potential minor league affiliates, and two stories today imply their could be some significant movement in AAA: The Indians are leaving Buffalo and will likely sign a deal with Columbus. Meanwhile, the Dodgers are reportedly moving from Las Vegas to Albuquerque.

Drink up.

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If

all these ace’s keep leaving their starts its going to be Dave Bush vs Jason Marquis in game 1 of the NLCS

by ACB on Sep 3, 2008 8:53 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

My Concern

is that if all these aces keep leaving their starts it will be Johan Santana vs. Brandon Webb in game 1 of the NLCS.

by tosabrewfan on Sep 3, 2008 9:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

ha

true

by ACB on Sep 3, 2008 9:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not just because Nelson has hit two hard balls in his first 2 AB's but

Prince needs a day off. He is not really helping the team at the moment and I don’t think teams are really fearing him.

by brewfan2 on Sep 3, 2008 9:40 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Rivera is probably not that busy.

Coffee is for closers

by drezdn on Sep 3, 2008 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If they did give him today off

I doubt they’d start a lefty other than Prince at first to face a LHP which leaves, as drezdn says, Rivera or maybe even Vinny Rottino.

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by TheJay on Sep 3, 2008 9:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wish is granted

RIVERA SIGHTING!

2B Rickie Weeks
SS J.J. Hardy
CF Gabe Kapler
LF Ryan Braun
RF Corey Hart
1B Mike Rivera
3B Bill Hall
C Jason Kendall
RHP Dave Bush

by SgtClueLs on Sep 3, 2008 10:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Man.

I didn’t think he’d take Prince and Cam out of the lineup at the same time. I kind of figured that, if Prince finally took a day off against a lefty, we could slide Cam up to the three-hole. Oh well.

Proudly rock your Tararrel in public.

by MooseHaas on Sep 3, 2008 10:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I didn't think he'd take the first baseman out of the cleanup spot

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by TheJay on Sep 3, 2008 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, this is a shock.

Proudly rock your Tararrel in public.

by MooseHaas on Sep 3, 2008 11:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Minor League Player(s) and Pitcher of the Year

Mat Gamel and Alcides Escobar tied for Player of Year honors, and Jeremy Jeffress won Pitcher of the Year.

link

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

by battlekow on Sep 3, 2008 10:17 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I love how the award is named after Yount

since he had so many productive seasons in the minors

by keephopealive on Sep 3, 2008 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

how'd Jeffress get the nod

with an ERA over 4 low in the organization?

do we really have no pitchers?

by PagsBrewCrew on Sep 3, 2008 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gagne

Home runs to K. Fukudome, Corey Paterson, Paul Bako, Jason Bay, Adam Dunn, Edwin Encarnacion, Lastings Milledge, Austin Kearns, and Carlos Delgado in around 37 innings.

by ol Pete on Sep 3, 2008 10:42 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Should Mota be our 8th guy, then?

He’s been the ice-man lately … but I feel like that can’t last for more than one more week.

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by MooseHaas on Sep 3, 2008 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

One week is better than nothing

Honestly, I’d rather have Mota in for one week and then try to figure out what to do after that than keep putting Gagne in, LEAVING him in when he lets however many runs score, and then losing a game we easily should’ve won.

In September, there’s no room for Gagne.

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Sep 3, 2008 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not even in your bed?

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

by battlekow on Sep 3, 2008 11:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

In an extra long twin? With me already in it?

You have got to be kidding me. Sure, there’s enough room for another person, but it’d have to be a tall lanky ballplayer instead.

Which reminds me, someone else on my floor likes Braun according to my dry erase board… Now to figure out who…

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Sep 3, 2008 12:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Umm

Sure, there’s enough room for another person, but it’d have to be a tall lanky ballplayer instead.

Randy Johnson?

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Sep 3, 2008 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm pretty sure RJ

Would require an extra extra long twin.

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

by KLSnow on Sep 3, 2008 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You'd think one of him would be enough

Wait, what?

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Sep 3, 2008 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sure, it's extra extra long

But width counts too!

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

by battlekow on Sep 3, 2008 1:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I headdesked after reading that.

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

by KLSnow on Sep 3, 2008 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

to headdesk (third-person singular simple present headdesks, present participle headdesking, simple past and past participle headdesked)
1. to bang one’s head repeatedly against the desk in frustration

Frustration, eh? Kirbir could probably help you out with that if you want.

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

by battlekow on Sep 3, 2008 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ok...

Here are a list of my current frustrations:

My fridge didn’t work overnight, but is working again now. It got warm enough overnight to melt butter and whipped cream, but cooled off enough that the repairman thought it was working fine when he came to look at it.

One of the more prestigious companies I work for in my side job/hobby closed down this week unexpectedly, canceling 16 dates when I was supposed to work for them in 2008 and 2009.

A buyer looked at the house I’m renting today, creating the possibility that I may have to move from a place I just moved into 2 months ago.

The Brewers just got swept at home by a team that I think is overrated.

Kirbir, if you’re reading and can help with any of those, it would be appreciated. :-)

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

by KLSnow on Sep 3, 2008 6:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

at least

you still have a cool dog!

by molitorfan on Sep 3, 2008 8:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ewww

He seriously does look like a creepy trailer park stalker

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Sep 3, 2008 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

its tough to say now

but when CC and Sheets were pitching in high counts late in games, in particular in games which were blowouts, McClung and perhaps Dillard should have been getting innings.

Rather than using the best person for a job, Yost comes up with a plan which is changed yearly. Next year will be different, because “he thought a lot about it” over the Winter.

by ol Pete on Sep 3, 2008 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

8th inning

is cursed
may as well have someone in there who already sucks
which argues for Gagne or Riske

by PagsBrewCrew on Sep 3, 2008 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Buffalo doesn't sound too bad

It can’t be too much worse travel wise than Nashville and is in the IL which I think we can all agree we would like our AAA team to be in. I hear that Indy might be ready to kick the Pirates to the curb. Indy was the perfect team too bad we couldn’t stick with them. I wonder if they would reconsider now?

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by dixieflatline on Sep 3, 2008 12:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

"Buffalo doesn't sound too bad"

says someone who has never been to Buffalo.

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Sep 3, 2008 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Amen.

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

by battlekow on Sep 3, 2008 1:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

that place

is dead.

by molitorfan on Sep 3, 2008 8:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I guess I'm not "all"...

I quite like having our Triple-A affiliate in the same league (rather, same conference) as those of the Cubs and Cardinals.

It’s moot, anyway; Buffalo ain’t waiting for us until 2010.

by Zeyes on Sep 3, 2008 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like having the AAA team in Nashville

But only because it means I occasionally get to see them when they pass through Iowa and Omaha.

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

by KLSnow on Sep 3, 2008 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Everything

Bob Webb has said since his stupid call makes me hate him even more. Weeeee! internet venting!

by Braunstalker on Sep 3, 2008 12:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

the free burgers are a nice gesture, though

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Sep 3, 2008 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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