Game 21, White Sox at Mariners
Vazquez vs Washburn, 7:05 pm. Two pitchers doing well so far go up against each other in a battle of… I don’t know. Something.
Did you know that Ted Williams pitched mop-up in 1940 for the Red Sox and recorded a strikeout — of eight time All-Star Rudy York? It’s true. This fun fact brought to you by not having the lineups yet.
Also, a couple of years ago, the White Sox won the World Series. They had a pretty balanced line-up and could hit the ball out of the park. That team doesn’t exist anymore, and this White Sox offense is terrrrrrrrrrrrrrrible.
As a team, they’re hitting .225/.317/.379 while playing in one of the best offensive home parks in baseball. And that’s with Jim Thome (.340/.553/.680), who is now on the disabled list and won’t be playing against the M’s. Konerko and Dye have reverted back to their mediocre selves, while role players such as Crede, Erstad, and Pierzynski have just been downright horrible.
I fully expect to be reading all about Jarrod Washburn’s latest masterful performance in tomorrow morning’s papers. If he keeps facing Triple-A line-ups every start, he might just run away with the Cy Young award.
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So now that Billy Butler is up in KC, do they have a better lineup than the Mariners?
I just saw, for the first time, the Billy Bob Thornton remake of “The Bad News Bears.”
I didn’t realize that it had Thornton’s Morris Buttermaker as a former Mariner pitcher — he threw two-third of an inning in his own MLB outing, in 1984, and recorded a 36.00 ERA.
So how close, talent wise, is Josh Hamilton to the .983 OPS he’s putting up now?
Broussard is in RF batting 6th, Burke is catching and batting 9th.
No one in the White Sox starting lineup is batting over 250.
When is Ellison going to get a start? It’s getting ridiculous.
Travis Buck just smoked Paps with a Pesky 2-run game tying HR.
That terrrrrible crack is tempting fate, with the reservations we have about our own dear M’s
I was at the game last Friday. When the Mariners came out just before the game, one of the pitchers was wearing a pink back pack as he walked across the field toward the bull pin. Was this an initiation or just something I haven’t noticed? Does anyone know who it was?
The M’s do that to rookie pitchers every year – it was almost certainly Morrow.
8, Mark Lowe talked about having to do that last year as a rookie. Not sure who it was on Friday, but I’d bet it was either Morrow or White.
Thanks for the info. I figured that must be the case. Other pitchers were walking with him and they made sure that he took a slow and non-direct route across the field.
I just saw, for the first time, the Billy Bob Thornton remake of “The Bad News Bears.â€
That’s too funny. I actually saw that a couple of weeks ago but missed the reference (my friends’ kids were fairly distracting). You can imagine the writer going “OK, what’s a team that’s been around long enough and has a sufficient record of futility and desperation to be a plausible former employer of this character?”
I have fond childhood memories of the original BNB, though I know better than to ever see it again. What’s weird is that Jackie Earle Haley suddenly has a film career again and popped up in a couple of movies last year but it wasn’t until I looked him up on IMDB that I realized why he seemed so oddly familiar. It would’ve been funny/nice if they’d got some of the kids from the original in for cameos in the remake, as parents or something.
Joh is ok, isn’t he? I assume that with a day game tomorrow and traveling to Fenway then the Bronx, Grover decided to rest Kenji today rather than tomorrow or Thursday.
A bit off-topic…but [deleted, off-topic]
Say, anybody see any good reviews of Cheater’s Guide to Baseball?
I really love that book.
Considering how erratic Vazquez is as a starer, I wonder if it’d be worth it see if he could be a high leverage reliever.
I wonder what kind of LOOGY Randy Johnson would make when he’s fifty?
Phil Hughes with a no-no through 6 against Texas.
Has a team ever been no-hit twice in one season?
Raul needs a day off. So does Hargrove.
Good to see Broussard get the nod tonight. Assuming, of course, every muscle in his body hasn’t already atrophied.
The Padres were no-hit by AJ Burnett and Bud Smith in 2001 (and drew 13 walks in those two games).
Joh has had back spasms off and on since sunday, apparently.
I saw the pack, but didn’t notice if it was Morrow or White; they’ve both been responsible for it this year; bravely worn– some guys just carry it out to the bench
Wow, Hughes out with an injury.
22 good lookin’ out.
(Hamstring if you’re curious)
Feel bad for Hughes, not so bad for the Yankees, particularly with the M’s heading that way.
26, Hamstring like ‘It looks like Felix is stretching his hamstring’ or confirmed hamstring injury?
adrian sure likes swinging from his knees.
Announcers said hamstring but they were the Rangers announcers and were guessing I think.
Houston Street in to save an improbable comeback tonight for the A’s. Travis Buck took Papelbon deep on an 0-2 count in the ninth to tie it. I hate the A’s.
That Beltre’s new strategy, hit off a knee?
A’s beat Boston.
YES showed the Yankees’ trainer in the dugout talking to Andy Pettitte and saying “popped.” That is sorta not so good.
32, only when not appealing his own check-swing.
Anyone else’s MLB TV acting funny? I have the basic, and it won’t let me watch, telling me I can’t watch in the 700K level, which I’m not pushing.
36. Yeah mine is being a little off as well.
Annnnd that pitch was at his shoe tops.
My mlb.tv is fine. I have premium. Good luck. Last year I was blacked out when I was not supposed to be and I actually got a hold of someone on their 800 number and got the problem fixed.
YuBet with another great play. He might go down as our best defensive SS ever.
Ben Broussard’s second cousin is a gazelle.
36. I’ve had this problem regularly, too. What’s worked for me is to clear out all the cookies from mlb.com from my browser; you’ll have to log in again to view the games, but it should work correctly. If I had to guess, I’d guess that their signin app is incorrectly flagging what level you’re trying to sign in at or somesuch.
Yubet makes the impossible look easy and the routine look really, really hard (sometimes).
At least I can stop trying to follow that game now that the no hitter is over.
39 – I like Yuni, but there is not even a chance IMHO. Little O is among the best ever to play the position for any team.
Phil Hughes is yet another example of a team rushing a pitcher to the majors too early. Heads are gonna roll in New York.
39: I dunno about that, we did have a SS from 89-92, i believe, named Omar Vizquel who wasn’t too bad
Anyone know which radar gun is more accurate? Joe’s Tracer is consistently 2 mph over the one on the bar at the top of the screen.
45 – you have to bring them up at some point. I don’t see how you can say he was rushed when he was pitching a no hitter.
It is still too early to predict YuBet to be our best, but we’ll see what everyone thinks in 10 years. I mean after all Omar was only here for 4 years.
Let’s see if Richie can build on that single the other day.
guess not.
Hughes was trying too hard and he blew something out. Yankees really screwed up with Hughes.
41 — Thanks, that did it. I’m back to watching the almost mediocrity that is Mariners baseball.
Well it has certainly been argued that Morrow has been rushed into the big show, and he has pitched very well for us so far…
But I do tend to agree that Hughes was just about ready to make an appearance. Especially given the circumstances of their rotation.
1-0 chisox
Hey, Jarrod Washburn showing his shutout stuff.
That always happens to Ms pitchers. I swear.
But of course.
Terrero goes yard
#56: Not any more.
According to Dave N., he was hitting much in Charleston. Wells, the M’s staff has just the remedy.
oops, wasn’t hitting much.
“Phil Hughes had to be pulled out of a no-hitter in the seventh inning Tuesday after tweaking a hamstring.”
I guess a no-no could be ‘trying too hard’…
Oh great HoRam vs. Matsuzaka Thursday. Think we can shut ‘em out again????!
What’s the word on Joh?
I called my bookie and the odds on HoRam throwing a 1-hitter vs the Red Sox are eleventy trillion-to-one.
I just want to say that I make a mean Phad Thai, and you should buy my book!
Yeah, that’s right! OFF TOPIC AND A BOOK PLUG!!!!
Yah burke!
Our backup catcher is the best backup catcher!
Ichiro – please expand your strike zone!
Boy he turned on that like a rabid dog. Alright, Ich, pick him up.
Crash Davis strikes again!
Johjima/Burke: The catcher/DH platoon.
mmm. phad thai. not too spicy, though.
Joh has back spasms.
Looks like the kid has a future in this game, well for at least a few years.
I might buy the book if you make me pad thai.
73. Good idea. Let’s trade Vidro while his numbers are good.
I remain squarely on the Vidro bandwagon. Do not trade him.
The M’s sure are getting plenty of bang for their Burke.
Rene Rivera is looking more and more expendable every day, particularly with the other catching prospects in the organization.
You haven’t bought the book already?
Is that really the deal-clencher for you? Phad Thai?
Not really. I’d also accept lemon meringue pie or possibly some really good cookies.
don’t do it, Lauren! Make him throw in a Jason Barker Baked Good, too!
I just looked up Phad Thai on wikipedia. If you’re making it, please leave the fish sauce off for me…. and it better not be the light kind.
Phad Thai is a deal-clencher for pretty much everything afaik
I’d go for that phad tai offer also for the book purchase.
Me too. Where in Seattle are the great pie places?
Good pitching “duel” in Colorado Springs, with Jake Woods and Sean Green teaming on seven-hit shutout over eight innings. One-zip, Tacoma.
Actually the key to good Phad Thai is to use real Tamarinds, not ketsup/ketchup/sweet tomato goop.
The fish sauce just adds a salty tang. You can’t really taste it, particularly if you use an adequate amoung of peppers.
Most boring game so far this year?
Has Adrian ever not been fooled by that pitch.
Electricty will work. I’m just sayin’.
Can we please start getting some bop out of our “big boppers” today? Just one would do, and not the solo variety.
90 I’m not sure that is an answerable question.
Some great pies at B&O Espresso (at least for the next year until the building is razed for condos). Their Lemon Sour Cream pie is better than any Lemon Meringue I’ve ever tasted.
Electricty or one of those other powerful physical forces.
This is probably the final score right now, 1-0 Sox
my house?
Vidro is my favorite Mariner ever!!!
…oop, spoke too soon, we’ll probably score
A double play ties the game. Can Raul do it?
Anybody like Felix Pie?
I dunno, maybe we strand them. That’s always a possibility
MSB pie party!
102- It has a probability with the M’s.
Better than that! He retains one U
Wow, time that play with an hourglass…
Funk Blast!!!
SEXY!
FUNK BLAST
HA!
Wow I should do that more often. Thanks Richie!
funk blast
pie partay!!!!
FUNK BLAST!!!
TURBO breaks up the DP!
Sexson may not hit often, but when he does, kaboom.
I liked how the funk blast sign was going before the ball was even out.
Do they sell “funk blast” tshirts at Safeco?
I’d buy one
they put up the funk blast right after he hit the ball.
Oh no! They’re tearing down B&O? Ergh. Yeah, they’re the dessert go-to place.
I hear Dahlia Lounge has great pies, but I’ve never been.
Of course (pulling it all back together) no pie could be as tasty as a fine Sexson homer.
I’m partial to B&O on Capitol Hill off East Olive.
Wait, I’m confused. Shouldn’t Dave be the one plying the pie?
This is starting to get as confusing as the last couple of seasons of Friends.
The term “funk blast” is a tragic and unfortunate development in baseball.
Oh man I’m slow………they can’t tear down B&O.
That’ll delay my diabetes by at least 5 years. I love B&O.
It’s even worse than “walk-off homer” ….
Why do you hate fun?
I wish you weren’t a liar.
127 WOULD YOU LET ME FINISH ONE DAMN STORY
B&O won’t disappear, never fear. I’ve talked to the owners. They think the developer will have a space for them in the new building, but they’ll be out of business until it’s done. So they might just relocate. Or they may relocate temporarily. They weren’t really sure about anything when I talked to them, other than that they had about a year to sort everything out. But they’re committed to staying in business somehow, somewhere.
i love funk blast… we have something unique to call our homers, whats so wrong with it?
We’re on our way to turning Washburn into a $125 million pitcher.
Funk pie?
Is it me, or did Vidro not slide anywhere near 2nd base when he was breaking up the DP? I’m glad he did since it got the M’s an extra run, but jeez.
I know Derek mentioned sliding into the 2nd baseman as cheating, but I thought this was pretty blatant.
Long live the funk blast
What’s unique about it?
This is just like everybody wearing out “Who Let The Dogs Out?” circa 2000. The term got worn into a cliche in about 11 minutes. Let’s move on and come up with something new.
I just read an explanation of where Funk Blast came from and I’m just as confused as I was before. Oh, well, it beats “Who Let the Dogs Out.”
If you ain’t cheatin’ you ain’t tryin’
The only difference being that “Who Let The Dogs Out” sucked.
Hahaha on Wikipedia…”Funk Blast” re-directs you to Sexson’s page
Actually if you’re going Tom Douglas you might as well hit the Dahlia Bakery next door and get an entire pie to go…
135 Except “who let the dogs” out had an annoying song attached to it. Funk blast has no crappy song
Hmm, I just realized today that the “real” M’s are actually 10-6, which is really pretty good.
It’s just that every fifth day debacle/ fiasco/ catastrophe that’s holding us back.
Great play by Ozuna. Too bad it wasn’t the M’s dugout.
No, “funk blast” just has a crappy player attached to it.
I very well may be wrong, but it sure seems like 90 percent of Vazquez’s pitches are outside. Is that normal or is that how you get our hitters out?
144 touche
Wow. Two generous calls.
Even the “Rally Monkey” was retired, and quietly donated to cosmetics research and is now somewhere in a lab with its eyelids pinned open, getting sprayed with new Revlon fragrances ….
Somebody has to be the curmudgeon to ruin everyone’s fun. I heart the Funk Blast.
And anybody who does “The Wave” nowadays will be subjected to a vicious beatdown by preteens.
148- They still use the rally monkey down in Anahiem, sorry.
We want the funk, gotta have that funk!
#148
Uh, I was hoping the rally monkey was being spayed to prevent any further mutations.
Anaheim should be sorry.
Man, Sims just said that Washburn’s breaking ball missed a pie.
He must be reading the blog in the booth.
That’s worse than having “Mambo No. 5″ as your cell-phone ringtone.
Okay. That was creepy. Betancourt and Beltre had me afraid they had a miscommunication going.
“Let-up pitch” is starting to get on my nerves. It didn’t bother me at first, but since few Mariners actually throw a fastball, it seems that almost everything is a ‘let-up pitch’ …. can’t he just say changeup?
76 pitches for Washburn through 6. Is he going to go back-to-back CG’s?
How many did he have total last season?
159–must be working on a Yankee contract
Guess what? I got a fever! And the only prescription.. is more funk blast!!!
160 – Well by the time his current contract is up he’ll be just about old enough for the Yankees to sign for about 150 million.
I think I’m calling it the Sex Bomb. To go along with the Yuni Bomb and the Batista Bomb (not a bomb I like to see). Funk Blast is ‘tarded.
Rau..u… uh, ok, one more u…l!
WTF IBANEZ~!!! WTF WAS THAT!!
Ohhh holy poop.
That’s ridiculous.
Ibanez what the f? Beltre, why so nonchalant? What a waste.
He’s down to Ral after that. What a dumb play.
Are you kidding me?
How stupid was that. That is the worst running blunder in an already horrible history of blunders by the Mariners.
He’s been downgraded to Ral.
yeah i gotta say that was just as much Beltre’s fault for not even being tagged up when he caught the damn ball
WOW… First base coach needs to be fired before next inning.
Oh, come on, how many players would guess their idiot teammate is going to try to take 2nd base and get thrown out?
Ra (u^-3)l. Oof.
well you dont know either way, so you hustle just to make sure…
175-
Yeah seriously. How do you get thrown out at second.
Wait, it looked like Beltre scored in that split-screen, at least from what I could tell.
umm, beltre was easily accross home. that was a bad call.
175
I take it back. Not Beltre’s fault at all. Idiot base running by Ibanez.
Scored first, that is.
That replay makes no sense. There is no way Beltre is slower than Raul going the same distance
From what I just saw on the replay Beltre was hustling, moreso than a lot of guys would be on a deep sacfly like that.
I… I still can’t believe that happened.
Washburnimated. Ouch!
That was barely a HR…. just barely. Putz for another 2 inning save tonight?
Was it a “funk tag”?
Why would you try and tag to second in that situation? The run is much more important than getting to second. The coaching staff gives us another D- effort.
That run might come in handy after that shot.
Amazing how it’s such a game of inches. That is 2 inches right it’s foul. Burke’s is 2 inches right it’s a double.
Washburn is doing the right thing. He’s pitching with a lead -which should have been a 3 run lead
And that’s what I love about Robbie Mac.
Coach doesn’t make that call. That was all Raul.
Someone needs to explain to Rl that he can’t run fast. Maybe they can bring Edgar back to break the news to him.
Good outing by Washburn, can’t complain about that.
“Flunk blast!”
Nice work Wash
193. First base coach should go kick Ral in the head for making him look inept. He is over there for a reason and its not to hold shin guards.
“Funk whiff!”
Ben doesn’t look so good against lefties does he.
199- Good to see you getting Funk Fever!
Oops meant rightie.
Broussard looking real stiff tonight. Not surprising, but this won’t go a long way towards him getting many more starts. Too bad he’s been sitting on the bench a month or he might actually have something going.
Washburn is finally showing us that he’s worth some of that huge contract he signed. If we have any hope of winning the division he needs to have a(nother) career year.
189 – amen.
If you want a player to fail, you play him like they’ve played Broussard, IMO.
“Funk pop!”
Not that Broussard did noticeably worse than his team mates in the 7th inning.
I agree. After a month on the bench you can’t expect him to look good with a guy that has that kind of change-up tonight. Grover showing us why he’s the man again.
Lets ride that Funk Cheese to the 9th!
Rietsma must be really pissed by now.
if he throws nothing but fastballs, his arm will fly off, or they will tee-off on one…either way, he needs another pitch…
DMZ, did you catch this review at Amazon?
I’m personally ignoring the other 11 positive reviews and letting this one persuade me to remove it from my wish list.
210- You mean by losing his job to a rookie with 1 pitch?? I would say a lil bit.
As a starter, yes. But as a reliever he can get by throwing basically nothing but fastballs. To me, that’s the biggest problem with sticking him in the bullpen, especially in high leverage situations. He’s not getting any chance to work on secondary pitches.
Good outing by Washburn, can’t complain about that.
Roger-
it shouldn’t even be on your wish list…buy the book…tis good…
Yeah, especially when Morrow is giving up those three run homers.
Oh wait, that was Reitsma…
You know, Washburn was getting smacked around by all teams last year — good hitting and bad hitting. I know bad lineups have something to do with it, but c’mon — the guy is doing something right.
I am getting a man-crush on his fastball… thats two FUNK K’s!
i agree with nuss…if he keeps it up, and felix is okay, we’ll have a nice 1-2 punch…
ANOTHER PITCH!! They had to tell him to throw it, though.
So how was that for an off speed pitch?
what that a “funk back”…sorry…that was reaching…
“Funk gas!”
Is it just me or does that FSN ball tracker seem way off on a regular basis?
Low Low Low!
211, 214 — Didn’t you notice that his two non-strikeouts came on really good offspeed pitches? Not to say that he can do it all the time, but he threw some nice sliders and splitters. His fastball was only hitting about 93-94, so he needed another way to get outs. He found it. I was impressed — far more impressed than the times he has blown people away.
FUNKS OUT THE SIDE!!
Actually, I think “Funk gas” is how Sexson clears out the clubhouse.
225 – I agree…it seems way off.
Dave N on the radio was calling sliders and splitters. Was Morrow actually throwing those? Dave’s eyes aren’t what they used to be…
RE 224
It is actually funk-k, and its just pronounced funky.
231 – Dave N – Belted to deep right field. Er, caught in shallow center.
Ok, so since the M’s have apparently given up on Morrow as a starter, how about this: get him ready to be the closer. Trade Putz, the “proven closer” in July for whatever you can get….
231 – no. Morrow threw 1 slider and that was it, the rest were fastballs.
That’s just Dave N. being Dave N.
Do we know if Morrow throws a 2 and 4 seam fastball?
They haven’t given up on Morrow as a starter yet. The problem is that both Bavasi and Hargrove are desperately trying to keep their jobs doing a disservice to the kid in the process.
That ball tracker has had days when the strikes appear to be six inches inside and the balls are 12 inches inside. And other days when it’s all outside. I don’t know if it requires calibration, or it’s just a random number generator not based on anything real, but they really shouldn’t bother.
233 — exactly. I love his voice (and the silences he allows when there’s nothing worth saying) but his eyes, oh his eyes…
239 – On his worse day I would listen to him over Rick “this team never gives up” reyz
I think Burke is faster than Vidro … Vidro would have had to slide there, if he made it to third at all.
Apparently nobody has let the White Sox in on the whole “Beltre low and away” bit….. shhhhhhh
Why would anyone throw Beltre fastballs inside? Anything middle-in he can crush.
Matt Thornton sighting!! Sweet!
Did they not know Vidro was a switch hitter? Seems odd to bring in a worse relief pitcher…
FUNK BLAST REPLAY!
that reminds me, JJ was reminiscing about Arthur Lee’s past bullpen exploits, one of which was a Matt-Thornton-in-the-biffy-when-the-fireworks-went-off story
Raul needs some redemption today…
Raul is absolved.
OK, a couple of U’s back
Rauuuuuuuuuuuuuul!
alright… I didnt jinx him, sweet
you can have 1 U back, Raul!
I would have considered pinchrunning Bloomquist for Burke earlier if Joh could finish the game at Catcher. I can’t see the game but I imagine Burke is not a speedster. This seems like one of those spots where Bloomquist might have been quite useful.
Who’ll bring the dogs in?
poor ellison…just when you thought he’d get an at bat…lol…
FUNK PUTZ!
J. J. Putz: Imprisoning dogs since 2004.
M’S WIN!!!
Good win.
11-6!!!!
FUNK SAVE for the FUNK WIN!
Did you all see Ibanez apologizing to Sexson for losing him a rbi.
now closing … the Dogcatcher.
btw, the afternoon guys at KJR are still trying hang the monicker “Big Trouble” on Felix.
#234 Joe said:
I’d feel a lot better about that move if Lowe is back to form by then. However, that would make reliever Morrow redundant (like Lowe made Soriano redundant) and he could go down and learn to start.
My love for Angie Mentik is well recorded here but my God, are they going to have the woman deliver on camera? Isn’t she due like momentarily? I swear during the post-game I thought she was in labor at least twice.
This just in… the highly touted Geoff Baker thinks that wins and ERA are the ultimate measure of whether a pitcher is an ace… it’s really sad that he’s a serious improvement over Finnigan.
Well well well, looks like CyWash wins again, let me guess, the defending champs are a horrible team too right? suck it up and swallow it down, CyWash is a new man!
The M’s get the bottom of the rotation tomorrow. They need a w before heading east.
Well well well, looks like CyWash wins again, let me guess, the defending champs are a horrible team too right? suck it up and swallow it down, CyWash is a new man!
The Cards aren’t doing to well but… oh… hmm.
Welllll let’s not drink the J-Wash Kool-aid quite yet. He’s been very very good so far, but the White Sox are hitting like .220 as a team and they were without their main guy Thome. The next 2 weeks will be more of a measure for him, with much better line-ups to throw against.
to = too
Nice win
Lets hope they don’t get into a save situation with Putz going the last two games…
I just got in and…M’s win! Yeah! This makes studying for finals fun (and umproductive)!
This just in… the highly touted Geoff Baker thinks that wins and ERA are the ultimate measure of whether a pitcher is an ace… it’s really sad that he’s a serious improvement over Finnigan.
I don’t know what you read, but to me he seems to come to the conclusion that wins aren’t the best measurement standard:
It may not be the most concise measurement ever, but it’s also not what you said.
I am by no means going to anoint Washburn the front runner for Cy Young, but c’mon guys, he’s pitched well so far and who’s to say he can’t keep doing a decent job the rest of the way? I don’t buy into the White Sox being bad hitters and if Washburn was as bad as some make him out to be wouldn’t they Sox have owned him tonight?
If Wash can continue to pitch to keep us in games where we have a chance to win, then I’d be very happy with that.
Just my 2 cents.
Something interesting about Washburn coming into tonight was the ground out / air out ratio. Here are his recent marks:
2002 – 0.63 (31.4% v. 49.5%)
2003 – 0.71 (32.1% v. 45.5%)
2004 – 0.94 (38.5% v. 41.1%)
2005 – 0.98 (39.2% v. 39.9%)
2006 – 0.94 (39.9% v. 42.2%)
2007 – 1.30 (51.8% v. 39.8%)
That 1.30 for this season will go down a bit after tonight’s 8/9 performance. Still, is he really becoming a fairly strong groundball pitcher, or have the lineups dictated most (maybe not all) of the results?
Line drive % is your friend:
2002 – 19.2%
2003 – 22.4%
2004 – 20.4%
2005 – 21.0%
2006 – 17.9%
2007 – 8.4%
Too bad it’s not mid-July. Might have been a good opportunity to sell high.
Hargrove needs a year off.
Does Brandon Morrow have a nickname yet? How about a few bad ones to get things going…
Chris Berman would suggest ‘Brandon “The Day After To”Morrow’.
Niehaus would go with “Morry” or maybe even “Morrowy”.
You do realize that the two paragraphs don’t have anything to do with each other? That you can certainly believe that it was more bad htting than Washburn pitching well–but that kind of pitching can keep you in plenty of games….
Also, his IFFB rate is 18.2%. Unless he’s pitching to 9 Yunis, that won’t stick.
You do realize that the two paragraphs don’t have anything to do with each other? That you can certainly believe that it was more bad htting than Washburn pitching well–but that kind of pitching can keep you in plenty of games…
He said, “I don’t buy into the White Sox being bad hitters.”
Josh,
Read a little further in Geoff’s addition to his latest post and you’ll see him argue that a true “ace” has to win 15 games.
“To answer a question below, yes, Peavy and Lackey are consensus “No. 1″ guys on their staff. But are they true “aces” of their staffs? I’d argue that a true “ace” has to win at least 15 games and have an ERA under 4.00 as a minimum. The term “ace” is overused so often these days. Is Felix Hernandez an ace? In my book, he’s a 12-game winner with a great upside. Proving is everything in this game.”
Going back to the “Funk Blast” post I’d like to point out that this is a great CD. Probably still available at the EMP giftshop.
Neihaus doesn’t give players diminutive nicknames. He will use ones that have been given the clubhouse, but he himself favors the descriptive, ie ‘The Big Michigander’
Dave does use Big Sexy when Richie’s hitting well.
Only off by two bases there, Joe
Actually, I posted that before Lopez took a pitch. I was referring to his HR earlier — when was the last time those two had HRs in a game? Of course, it could have been taken as a hopeful prediction, too.