Baseball 2008 Thread #2... This Time It Counts!

[GB-Hack]

Re: Baseball 2008 Thread #2... It's Still Opening Day!

I love baseball as much as anyone on this site, but Lord I hope today was the only day of running play-by-play of multiple games at once.

Amen - I was sure that spitted was going to start providing us with Santana pitch locations.

Boom, no one cares what you think about anything. Learn to spell and punctuate, then come back to us. Illiterate foof.

Right - like anyone cares about your wo is me act HB. Take a flying leap huh!

Strike 2!

Wow

Wo

(Pssst...it's not woh, woi or woy)

And here comes the 0-2 pitch...

That is frickin' hilarious. He went back to edit his post and he still got it wrong. Wow is me! I can't spell. Oh wo is me!

Anyway...my Orioles started the season by losing to the Rays. Should I be worried? Nah. It's only one game. Right? Right?

You're doomed this season, but losing to the Rays isn't going to be the badge of shame it once was.

Sadly for you, however, losing to the Orioles may now carry that mantle.

 

[Moderator1]

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As a public service, for anyone who missed it:

http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/media/player/mp_tpl_3_1.jsp?w_id=637324&w=/2008/open/leading_off/03/033108_lo_atlwas_bd_400.wmv&pid=gen_video&gid=2008/03/30/atlmlb-wasmlb-1&vid=7791&mid=200803312468915&cid=mlb&fid=gen_video400&v=2

Scroll to 2:55 for the good part.


I've included it in my sig for all my e-mails to my son. Heh heh.

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

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http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2008/04/01/paolantonio.lego.stadium.wisn

All right, which one of you Brewer fans have too much time on your hands?

 

[Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)]

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Last night the Astros pinch hit for Brad Ausmus with Darin Erstad.

Let that sink in for a minute.

 

[Prince of Persia]

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I'm watching the highlights of Santana now, and he did look good. Granted, it's the highlights, so editing most likely played a factor. But 33 pitches through the first nine batters sounds pretty good to me.

Am I the only one who thinks he wasn't as smooth as everyone made him out to be? I thought he was a bit shaky. I can't imagine what he's like when he is completely on his game.

 

[spnited]

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I didn't think he was shaky at all. As I said, very good, not great. Can't wait to see him really dominate.

 

[Prince of Persia]

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I didn't think he was shaky at all. As I said, very good, not great. Can't wait to see him really dominate.

I think I'm thinking too much about that home run. Someone wrote it was a flat changeup, but it looked like a hanging curveball to me. Anyway, speaking of changeups, who has the better one, Santana or Pedro in his prime?

 

[BYH]

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Last night the Astros pinch hit for Brad Ausmus with Darin Erstad.

Let that sink in for a minute.

Seems kinda redundant. Fail for fail.

 

[Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)]

Re: Baseball 2008 Thread #2... It's Still Opening Day!

Last night the Astros pinch hit for Brad Ausmus with Darin Erstad.

Let that sink in for a minute.

Seems kinda redundant. Fail for fail.

What's the point in that move? You have a .645 OPS guy hitting for a .642 OPS guy. Either the Astros roster is that bad or Cooper is in over his head as a manager. Either way - it looks like a long season for Houston fans.

Its not like Erstad was the only lefty bat on the bench either.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Re: Baseball 2008 Thread #2... It's Still Opening Day!

Last night the Astros pinch hit for Brad Ausmus with Darin Erstad.

Let that sink in for a minute.

Seems kinda redundant. Fail for fail.

I think that's the point.

 

[rube]

Re: Baseball 2008 Thread #2... It's Still Opening Day!

Last night the Astros pinch hit for Brad Ausmus with Darin Erstad.

Let that sink in for a minute.

Seems kinda redundant. Fail for fail.

I was going to say ... It's like replacing Diet RC Cola with Tab.

 

[Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)]

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Rudy Seanez has signed with the Phillies and should be in uniform for tonight's game against Moddy's Nationals.

Seanez is trained in martial arts - so maybe the Phillies are planning a brawl.

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

Re: Baseball 2008 Thread #2... It's Still Opening Day!

Last night the Astros pinch hit for Brad Ausmus with Darin Erstad.

Let that sink in for a minute.

Maybe it was because Ausmus is a horrible hitter off Peavy in his career. Ausmus is a career .103 hitter against him with 11 strikeouts. In that situation, you want to try to switch things up and he put in Erstad, who is 0 for 2 in his career, with one strikeout. I would rather have a fresher hitter against Peavy that's marginally better than a hitter who Peavy has his number.

 

[Moderator1]

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Seanez also has one of the more interesting tattoos I've seen - that's how long he's been around. I haven't been in a clubhouse in years.

 

[Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)]

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Seanez also has one of the more interesting tattoos I've seen - that's how long he's been around. I haven't been in a clubhouse in years.

I have a body tatoo of myself.

Only bigger.

 

[Guy_Incognito]

Re: Baseball 2008 Thread #2... It's Still Opening Day!

Last night the Astros pinch hit for Brad Ausmus with Darin Erstad.

Let that sink in for a minute.

Seems kinda redundant. Fail for fail.

What's the point in that move? You have a .645 OPS guy hitting for a .642 OPS guy. Either the Astros roster is that bad or Cooper is in over his head as a manager. Either way - it looks like a long season for Houston fans.

Its not like Erstad was the only lefty bat on the bench either.

If you're not going to use Erstad there, he shouldn't be on the team, which is your right answer; he's no worse than Ausmus, but this might be the fault of the front office.

 

[Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)]

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The Mets are 1-0 this season.

That makes them 6-12 over their last 18 regular season games.

 

[Moderator1]

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And 5-7 against teams not the Nats.
Lord, that may have been my favorite two series ever as a Nats fan.

 

[friend of a friend]

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Pedro looks good

 

[Bubbler]

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http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2008/04/01/paolantonio.lego.stadium.wisn

All right, which one of you Brewer fans have too much time on your hands?

I don't know whose ass to kick first: the nerd who actually built a Lego replica of Miller Park or the TV station that decided it was worth airing.