Not-live blog, NCDS Padres @ Cardinals
1:00pm: Chris “You’re With Me, Leather” Berman is an astoundingly bad baseball guy. Going from Jon Miller to Berman is possibly the most jarring transition ever.
Also, every Fox promo I’ve seen has been all about the Cardinals. But the Padres are easily their equal. Is there really no way to market the Cardinals?
1:02: Berman manages to use “rumbling, stumbling…” for the first time. To quote Bart Simpson, “Snipers, where are you?” We do get Orel, though, for color… who immediately says that the “stats don’t show..” Peavy’s good, because his W-L record is 11-14. WHEEEE!!
1:07: YWML does a toss to the third man in the booth, the guy on the field. It takes him about 20s to do the toss.
Eckstein! “What’s that coach? Time to go to playoffs? Is it? Is it?”
1:11: Eckstein can be an ignitor. Hee hee hee.
1:15: I remember when there was controversy over whether Peavy or Tankersley would be the better pitcher. Peavy just struck out Pujols. Anyone know what Tank’s up to?
1:23: ahhh, the cat-and-mouse game between pitcher and runner, the most exciting part of baseball
1:25: that’s a sweet double play by the Cardinals there
1:34: Orel talks for a minute about Peavy’s pitches and the relative difficulty, and it makes more sense than anything I’ve heard from a color guy in ages
1:45: I know this is a little obvious, but Peavy is sweeeeeeeet. 15th-round draft pick (472nd overall) in the 1999 draft.
1:49: Berman just used “literally” incorrectly. Arrrghhh.
1:54: I wonder if tonight’s game will turn out to be a tense, low-scoring affair too. Prrroooobably not.
2:00: These Peavy-Pujols matches are awesome
2:10: ahhhh, the old NL intentional walk
2:13 The Most Offensive Commercial Ever airs again.
2:23: Carpenter can get some incredible break on his pitches, just eye-popping. Gonzalez just saw one.
2:28: Orel just delivered a long speech about how they started Branyan off with soft stuff because, as a young player, he might be anxious… Branyan’s 30 with the hitting skillset of a 35-year-old slugger. Come on. And shockingly, despite YWML’s plea for a blooper, which is about as likely as getting insight from YWML, Branyan whiffs. TTO, folks.
2:38 Pujols hit a middling grounder up the middle and for just an instant, I thought “Oh, Betancourt’s got that, easy” and then saw the Padres shortstop pull up as it was already by him. We M’s fans have it good in some ways.
2:52 Piazza! On a pitchout! With the… throw!
3:09 during the “We scored!” celebration I saw a fan in the stands with one of the old Kroc McDonald’s-style jerseys. That’s dedication, wearing that thing.
3:16: the shadows remind me of Safeco’s afternoon shadows, where pitchers with brutal breaking stuff would throw them over and over and the batters would just shake their heads and walk back to the dugout
3:24: wow, Branyan went way down to get that, that was a golf swing triple
3:27: the wheels came off Carpenter fast. Ugh.
3:34: my cat makes an appearance, suddenly interested in the game. I guess she’s a Padres fan.
3:35: ooooh, she looks pissed
3:46: I trashed YWML, but he’s been remarkably restrained so far, especially compared to what I’ve seen out of him before. I’m not that annoyed at all.
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But Derek! He’s got catchphrases! And a great mop of hair, if I do say so myself.
Seriously why hasn’t Albert “Winnie the” Pujols, killed YWM,L for that nickname.
“But the Padres are easily their equal. Is there really no way to market the Cardinals?”
You mean Padres right?
I can’t remember the last time I’ve been this disinterested in baseball by the way. It’s only you guys that keep me following it at all.
I swear, this is the firs time the Cards have run out thier A-Lineup since April 1.
That graphic of the Petco outfield dimensions was wrong in so many ways…
Holy schnikies has anyone seen the new “Enhanced” mlb.com Gameday? It has 3D pitch visualizations and the like. Very cool for those of us on the East Coast with an hour left before freedom.
#2-
Pujols only has to will it, and Berman will be found dead in a hotel room wearing tight leather pants. Pujols > God.
And Pujols > Chuck Norris.
Pujols > God
Prove that wrong. I dare you.
*Just kidding. Hee hee. Please don’t smite me.
A big TTO shoutout to Russ Branyan!
I just scored a right field reserved seat for the Pads and Cards for next Monday… *spills out with glee* I just hope they make it this far, I don’t think they will refund my ticket if they loose in three games… then again, I wonder if they would give me the same seat in game 1 of the NLCS if they won in three games? Anyone know?
1:15: I remember when there was controversy over whether Peavy or Tankersley would be the better pitcher. Peavy just struck out Pujols. Anyone know what Tank’s up to?
Tanking?
Ha, ha, ha. God, I’m funny. Hee.
Thank God, we didn’t end up with Giles-es contract.
MLB.com enhanced Gameday is pretty cool.
Holy crap Petco must kill righties. That’s some park.
11 – Depends where you bought it. If you bought it from Ticketmaster, yes you get a full refund. If you bought it from a scalper, I suspect that he gets the full refund. They will not give you a tix for game 1 of the NLCS.
Go Padres!
Question: What’s the NCDS? Is that some sort of convention for old Salts (National Convention of Drunken Sailors)?
Enhanced Gameday (which I’ve never seen before) needs higher contrast. I can’t make anything out on my dim monitor (which I keep dim so people don’t notice I’m watching baseball).
Are the Mets still the NL favourite? El Duque’s hurt.
18. Agreed
Also, who is umping, Stevie Wonder? Every called strike for Peavy looks to be at least a foot outside on gameday.
The Cardinals, as an orginization, ususally make good moves, but three years of Juan Encarnacion? Ugggh. He’s a terrrible outfielder too.
and on the radio side for this series? Wayne “the juice” Hagin and Luis Gonzalez.
I bought the tickets online from the Padres MLB.com website, it dosen’t really say anything about ticketmaster… I assume they would refund the ticket anyway.
Let’s start a petition to pair Berman with Morgan at all times, thus combining their inane commentary to a single series. That would make it easier for the snipers too…
Does anyone who’s watching on gameday enhanced know how (if possible how to change the batters camera view (as catcher)?
Yes – You will get a full refund minus their $12 convenience fee per ticket and the $15.50 FedEX ground charge for delivering it to your house.
I tried to use Google Maps to confirm the shape of Petco Park, but the satellite shots look like they were taken while the park was under construction.
LOL! Thanks for your answers Jack, very helpful. I wouldn’t care much anyway, ticket only cost $30. Good thing I chose the print at home option…
and on the radio side for this series? Wayne “the juice†Hagin
He was terrible when he was a Rockies announcer. So bad he made you pine for Charlie Jones.
Berman just said “Jockety”! Get it? Jockety?
We need to get Orel and Leiter together – they’ll make Joe Morgan’s head explode.
25. Click on Pitcher 3/4 in the bottom left corner
32. I mean to a catcher/umpire view behind the plate. Thanks anyways.
Eckstein may be “scrappy,” but he ain’t “speedy,” YWM,L.
Personally, I’m hoping that when Niehaus hangs it up someone in the front office is enlightened enough to go get Bob Carpenter from the Nats, if not Curto.
I never knew that Carpenter threw that fast.
If the pitching is as good in the playoffs as it’s been in these first 1 1/3 games, it’s going to be a great October.
Of course, there’s no way it can be. But still.
Niehaus isn’t going to hang them up. His retirement will come when the guy with the robe and the scythe shows up.
38. Ron Fairly?
I don’t see the Yanks-Tigers or Dodgers-Mets putting up solid pitching all series. With the Mets patching together a rotation at the last minute, the Tigers’ pitchers visibly tiring down the stretch, and the Yankees actually starting Wright, I think that Santana-Zito matchup is going to start looking like an anomaly.
In that New York-Detroit series, I think each team will get blown out at least once.
Or a stroke takes his ability to speak coherently
That Dominos Brownie mascot looks like a processed turd. How they can make brownies look revolting is beyond me.
How they can make brownies look revolting is beyond me.
They’ve been making pizza look revolting for years. It’s just the next logical step.
Whatever is possesing Duncan’s body this season, I want some of it.
I still want Ernie Harwell.
40 Agreed
If the season is any indicator there will be plenty of offense and HR.
This is not a dating site msb
38. Ron Fairly?
Nope. Evil Rick Rizzs.
43. What are you talking about? Dominos makes good pizza!
You’d think that Dominos would be able to make their food look presentable in their ads. If only there was a chef and a photographer reading this site to anylize the phenomenon.
In comparison to Little Ceasars…
Dang.
Pujols, lord Pujols. Please see comments 7 and 8.
Did Hershiser just tout Edmonds as an easily double play mark? Excuse me while I bang my head against my monitor.
Pujols is the GIDP machine, Edmonds is FAMOUS for not hitting into DPs which is why LaRussa hit him SECOND last year.
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Pujols goes yard! OMG!!! I love Albert Pujols!
Do they deliver apostrophes for you guys?
I hate Pujols!
Times New Roman ran out
Is there a graphic on enhanced Gameday where you can see whether there are runners on base? Is this a huge oversight or am I blind?
apostrophes cost extra.
#29– well, we hear that Wayne Hagin has a dumbass home run call.
57. Of what?
60. apostrophes
(actually a Steve Martin writtenjoke that they ran out of periods and he saved one for the end)
Domino’s. DMZ, the man saving the world from terrorism, hunger, poverty, and disease one apostrophe at a time.
Proof positive that Rolen is feeling guilty about his September slump.
Whoa. If you alternetly click batter/pitcher view on E.G. you can get it stuck in the middle of the mound and the plate with a view of the first base area.
You should know you’re in trouble when Chan Ho is warming up in the 4th in Game 1.
Well, at least Molina is cheaper than Mike Matheny…
I;d have Molina over Rivera for backup catcher any day. That’s how bad Rivera is.
Coach Owens, I once delivered for Domino’s, and there isn’t a decent ingredient beyond that chewy crust. Tomato paste, fake cheese, preserved veggies…and you know the “meat” left behind at slaughterhouses that hot dogs are made out of? Domino’s buys the “meat” left behind by the hot dog guys.
68. Thanks for the visual. Now I’m scared of Dominos. God!
Let’s just say I never ate the pizza. And it was free to employees.
Pick up a copy of “Fast Food Nation” and you’ll have plenty more to be scared of.
I just called Dominoes back and canceled my delivery…. thank you.
Peavy, even throwing left-handed with a blindfold, is a better option than Park.
Except that a very short outing means he can pitch again on shorter rest. But I still wouldn’t pull him.
THE OTHER WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYY!!!!!!
Oh God, Berman, just shut up! SHUT UP!
BTW, Domino’s is still a hell of a lot better than Pizza Pipeline.
That’s like saying Nick Punto is better than WFB.
I loved Berman’s “JUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUST FOOOOOO(Leather strap stuffed into mouth, choking) UUGHHGHHHHHWLLLLLL.. (leather strap removed).
I’ve read fast food nation. It’s great.
But considering I’m in chiropractic school (following a bachelor’s in chemistry/nutrition) I didn’t really need the extra incentive to swear off crappy food.
Except those chocolate cakes from Carl’s Jr. The texture, the flavor, the creamy white frosting…screw cancer and heart disease, I’m eating those once or twice a month.
Domino’s is better than Little Ceasar’s except for the cheese bread
The Most Offensive Commercial Ever airs again.
Please explain.
“Domino’s is better…” and I stop reading. Credibility gone.
Young hitter’s agreesiveness?
Orel, dude, Deer Jr., is… like, 30… or something.
The Chevy Silverado ads are the Most Offensive Ads ever. I don’t think they need to be explained.
I think DMZ hates the heartwarming, reverent, and patriotic Chevy commercial. Therefore, DMZ hates America.
I tend to not pay attention to the ads, but 84, your logic is flawless.
Carpenter’s come-backer fastball is filthy to lefties. That’s the pitch that Ichiro always dramatically bails out on.
Ichiro vs. Carpenter would be an interesting match up.
There’s no way I’m biting on that.
I’m just annoyed I’m not getting the US feed, so I don’t get to see the offensive US ads.
DMZ won’t bite on my argument. Therefore, DMZ fears me.
Either that or DMZ disregards you.
hey some of us are at work and can’t see said offensive ad. How about a youtube link?
DMZ lives in a disregardful fear of me, and he hates America. One day, DMZ will stand before Pujols and be judged for his sins.
Yep, I said disregardful.
How about fearful disregard?
I imagine that Nick Punto and WFB are both Silverado guys.
They both like Domino’s
Hooligan hates the English language. When he comments, the terrorists win.
Hey, remember how the Cards were slouching into the postseason and the Pads were going to sweep the series?
Good times, good times.
If that were the case, the terrorists would win whenever GW spoke. Oh wait…
I agree, what is the Silverado ad that is so offensive? I watch WAY too much TV, and I can’t think of one that is that horrible.
Gameday is broken.
It’s the long one that invokes, among other things, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, 9/11, and hurricanes/disasters and equates a monster SUV that gets an EPA 0 rating (on a 0-10 scale with 10 being good) with patriotism.
It’s hard to count how many things are wrong and deeply offensive about it.
Damn Scott Spiezio and his Cardinals!
I’m fairly certain that MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech was written and delivered with the underlying purpose of selling Chevy Silverados, despite what DMZ might have us all believe.
I’ve seen it described as “Chevrolet’s Amerigasm”
you know, if Rosa Parks had a Silverado, she wouldn’t have had to ride that bus.
I usually don’t post very often. I think skipping school for playoff baseball has me feeling my oats. (Pathology and Microbiology? Scoff)
I really need to get me a T-V.
Albert Pujols could end terrorism, racism, hurricanes, and poor EPA ratings all by himself.
OK, having seen that commercial… OMFG. That’s just so wrong on so, so, so many levels.
And WTF happened to John Mellencamp? Why has he fallen to the point that he’s doing crap like this?
The EPA would just change the scale so someone did poorly enough to complain about. The purpose of bureaucracy is to grow.
Wow this must be a boring game.
John “Don’t Call Me Cougar” Mellencamp should be proud.
Corco, you can come by Haus Zumsteg and catch the games now that you’re in town.
This talk is silly. Pujols wasn’t born in the U.S and isn’t 35 years old. He can’t become president.
112: Haus Zumsteg is like 30 miles from UPS, I think.
Branyan hit a triple?
I’m going to have to watch that highlight later. Branyan’s not a quick dude.
Mike Cameron would have been waiting with a martini by the time that ball came down. Poor Jim.
114: Just drive your Silverado.
I don’t have a Silverado, I have nothing. Actually, I am looking into buying an 87 Mazda 626 t o get through the semester or $300. I had great luck with the last sub-$300 car (the 1976 Subaru) I bought if it hadn’t fallen apart the day after I got it (but that was my fault for rallying the shit out of it).
That said, when I get a car at semester it’s likely going to be a 2003 Volkswagen Golf.
I don’t think Mike Cameron is a drinker.
Now I know the ad your talking about. I saw part of it the other night during the Seahawks game, but I was headed to the fridge for a beer, and thought it was just some football half-time music stuff going on..
Now that I know it’s an ad, I’m a little bit disgusted.
OMG, I used to have a 1987 Mazda 626. What a horrible, horrible car that was.
I think Mike Cameron does enjoy a beverage from time to time.
Welcome to the anything can happen playoffs. Watch the Cards sweep. For all of ESPN’s faults, at least it’s not Fox.
That Chevy Silverado commercial makes me embarassed to be an American. Sadly, it has to get in line. Oh, well…better than being oppressed. Just saw a commercial for “Go Army.” Where can I sign up?
here you go, Corco
Was yours gray with a 5-speed? It’s on sale at this dealer in downtown Tacoma for $99. I’ll dump $200 in it to fix it up.
123: I know the Seattle area busses waaaaayyyy to well now. Like, way too well. Like better than I ever t hought I wanted to.
The bus is my enemy.
*Yet I end up on it 4-5 times a week.
It was an automatic.
Perhaps I was thinking of Dave Cameron.
I had a 1986 Mazda 626. Aside from the blown head gasket that made me miss Randy Johnson’s no-hitter for the M’s, it wasn’t half-bad.
For all of ESPN’s faults, at least it’s not Fox.
At least you don’t have to pay extra for FOX. I think this week sucks ass for those fans who don’t have cable.
Oh, and Ron Belliard just saved the day.
As a previous owner of a 626, would you recommend against buying a 19 year old one?
Perhaps he wouldn’t have pitched the no-hitter if you had been there. Ever think of that?
As a previous owner of a 626, would you recommend against buying a 19 year old one?
I am just looking for a car to go to Seattle with once a week and then around Tacoma.
My 626 had crippling electrical problems and frequently stranded me while on dates, which is a little… frustrating. They’re also ridiculously easy to steal, as I discovered to my dismay (though I wrote a cool short story about it).
That’s what I’m looking for is easy to steal, because the ignition on this one doesn’t appear to work (much like that ’76 Subaru!) so I plan on popping the ignition cylinder out and starting it with a screwdriver anyway, or pushing to start, which is bad for dates anyway.
If I have a hot date, the hope is that I iwll find some soul nice enough to lend me their decent vehicle.
You can haul far more PBR with a Silverado than a 626, Corco. Just sayin.
There is no way I’m loaning you my car, Corco.
And yeah, I started my 626 with a giant screwdriver for some time.
Yeah, but unless you get a camper shell with tinted windows, you are far more likely to get an MIP with a Silverado than a 626. My Jeep Wrangler was by far the best beer hauling car I’ve ever had.
BTW, we just surpassed the comment count on the last M’s game of the year.
Weekday mid-day NL division series > Final M’s game of the season when everyone’s off work
I wasn’t intending to ask to borrow your car. What I do when it comes time to borrow a car is ask a large collective group and hope somebody steps up and volunteers. Asking specific people is pushy and rude.
…and the Seahawks weren’t even playing.
Actually, the ’76 Subaru wouldn’t've been bad at beer hauling either, although I never actually did get a chance to try hauling beer in it. But it was such a piece of white trash that a bunch of PBR cases loaded in the back wouldn’t have looked conspicuous or stange at all.
Ah, but if you ask a large group, you’re much less likely to pull it off. It’s the hitchhiker effect.
It’s a good thing Hargrove isn’t pulling this double switch. I think he is the first manager I have ever seen who doesn’t understand the double switch.
3:46: I trashed YWML, but he’s been remarkably restrained so far, especially compared to what I’ve seen out of him before. I’m not that annoyed at all.
Yeah, I haven’t heard “Albert ‘Winnie the’ Pujols,” or “Jim ‘Mr.’ Edmonds” once.
Its sad to see stars announce far past their glory days…
143: Not when the people who you are asking know that you are the best driver ever to grace the face of the planet.
Corco was born to drive.
And when they trust you and know you’d pay all damages in the super highly unlikely event that something bad happened.
Also, when you offer to DD for them in the future as repayment, you can pull it off too.
That line should be in the Silverado commercial.
I love the hitchhikers that stand at foot of the offramp. Like I’m going to stop in the middle of fucking rush-hour traffic with eleventy thousand cars behind me to pick your deranged ass up. Go walk over to the highway or something.
“The new Chevy Silverado. Corco was born to drive.”
I have never had an accident or been ticketed for a traffic infraction. And yet no one even wants to ride in the car while I drive. They find it frightening.
how much does Flexcar cost?
me, I had a beetle-green ’71 Vega Kammback until it suffered a fatal heart-attack heading south on I5.
And that hitchhiker… was David J. Corcoran
I’m pretty sure Flexcar has a website. I’d take up a collection for Corco except that I’d much rather people support USSM and, by proxy, my unemployed, USSM-all-the-time self.
That was fugly.
Very Williesque.
You have to be of legal drinking age to get Flexcar (so you can drink and drive?)
I can rent a minivan on mondays (and I have once, to drive to Bellingham and then up to Sumas and then back down on Rt 9 after school to check out the area. Great trip), but that’s the extent of my driving.
I’ve thought about hitchhiking. I will one day.
Miles and Eckstein have to be the shortest DP combo since the 1880s.
I also, due to my minivan rentals, have US$12 dollars to get me t hrough the next 2 weeks until I get paid.
what does it mean that the ITT School of Criminal Justice is advertising during the NLDS?
Man, Leatherman is declearing the Pads season over before the end of game 1. Awesome!
Fred Patek and Frank White combine for 11′ 3″.
Klesko had an .833 OBP? Ryan Klesko is still in organized baseball Holy crap!
Ballgame!
Next up: the Yankees! Wheeeeeeeeeeee
Why is there an one hour gap between Pads-Cards and Tigers-Yanks?
I’m just hoping the Yankees lose so someone else can have their games on in primetime.
So you’ll watch commercials.
amen.
Corco is now a Tigers fan.
Hey, remember last year during the Boston series when Ramirez made 3 errors in 9 total chances for an outstanding .333 fielding percentage?
Put Tiger fans on suicide watch, Sean Casey is hitting third.
Re: Silverado ads — honestly, I think the banned-in-Britain Xbox ad beats it.
Anyone care to explain WHY Sean Casey is hitting third?
The Yanks probably take game one, but this series shouldn’t be a walk for them. Their bullpen is suspect, and they only have two good starters. One guy gets knocked out early and the Tigers could run up a lopsided score.
Of course, the Yankees will almost certainly do that at least once, too.
I’ve thought about hitchhiking. I will one day.
Yeah, hitch-hiking in the Seattle area is great, now that Ted Bundy got the chair and the Green River Killer has been caught.
Why is there an one hour gap between Pads-Cards and Tigers-Yanks?
You mean a one hour finish-to-start lag? That’s buffer built-in for extra innings.
Whoa, I’ve been scheduling too many projects!
I’ll sell Corco my low mileage (60K) but POS 1996 Ford Contour. It’s a tealish green that kinda looks Marinerish.
And Corco, haven’t you heard of the bus system? Take a Pierce Transit bus to the T-Dome, catch one of the express buses into downtown or the Eastside, transfer to the DMZ Special, and voila.
But make sure you bring something, like a brisket or some Tacoma BBQ. I mean, you can’t bring a 12-pack, obviously.
I know the busses. I ride to Seattle all the time on the bus (1ce a week, maybe more).
That said, there is like 1 night a week I’d have time to go all the way up to Casa DMZ.
If you will sell me your Countour for $300 dollars, I’ll buy.
Blue Book value on the car is $1500-2000. Sorry.