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post #901 of 1171
9/13/09 at 9:39pm
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Pedro had another nice night tonight.
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post #902 of 1171
9/14/09 at 6:51am
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Originally Posted by Mike Frezon View Post

Pedro had another nice night tonight.
 

Yes.  It's nice for me as an out of market Phillies fan to be able to see them occasionally on ESPN, Fox, and elsewhere.  Nice to see them win, and Pedro was in good form tonight.
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post #903 of 1171
9/14/09 at 9:24am
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Watching Pedro pitch is one of the great joys in baseball.  His pitches (to me) move like no one else's. 
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post #904 of 1171
9/14/09 at 11:31am
I saw the highlights of his last game, he was slinging it like the old days.  He may not have 96 mph any more, but he doesn't need it with his movement.  He's also still got the best change up in baseball and he knows how to use it like no other.  He's also fearless, will throw any pitch on any count, and he's not afraid to come inside (or hit someone, if he has to).
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post #905 of 1171
9/14/09 at 4:34pm

[quote]1.5 runs?[/quote]

 

I said "nearly" and I was trying to compared with CC.

Sorry about that Seattle fans :)

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post #906 of 1171
9/14/09 at 6:20pm
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[quote]1.5 runs?[/quote]

 


Ha ha!  Matt used vbulletin code tags!   

That is SO three months ago! 
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post #907 of 1171
9/15/09 at 1:09pm
Wow, this regular season is not over yet, and already, teams are releasing the 2010 schedules. I think this is the earliest that next season's schedules have been released, as far as I remember. At least I can do some advance planning for my SoCal trip in July 2010.
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post #908 of 1171
9/16/09 at 8:53am
I was impressed with Matsuzaka's performance last night. When he had no-hitter in the fourth, I had to check to be certain that neither of the 2009 N.L. co-Cy Young award winners, John Smoltz or Brad Penny, weren't actually pitching.

Walter,

Yep, I heard that this morning. One of the stories I heard on sports radio was that the Detroit Tigers were slated to play the Yankees and Red Sox in succession, and that the Yankees were slated to begin and end with Boston. I haven't verified any of this yet.
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post #909 of 1171
9/16/09 at 3:07pm
Sucks for any team to play Yankees and Red Sox in back-to-back series, especially on the road and late in the season if in a race, which is probably what the other teams in the division will have to do.

I was just looking at the interleague schedule for the Phillies, and apparently, their "geographic rival" is back to the Red Sox, playing 2 series against them, plus a series with the Yankees and Blue Jays, even though the NL East is suppose to face the AL Central. I know this will drive Mike crazy.
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post #910 of 1171
9/16/09 at 5:09pm
It drives me crazy.

Interleague is pointless now.
the Phils if no other teams, play the same 2 or 3 american east teams every year.
they played the Jays twice THIS year.

How did the Jays and the Sox become a Phils rivalry?

ridiculous.

btw, MLB Net just had a live look into the game in Detroit.
Ernie Harwell was allowed to come onto the field to essentially say goodbye as he recently revealed an in-operable cancer.
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post #911 of 1171
9/16/09 at 5:11pm
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Originally Posted by mattCR View Post

[quote]1.5 runs?[/quote]

 

I said "nearly" and I was trying to compared with CC.

Sorry about that Seattle fans :)





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Ha ha!  Matt used vbulletin code tags!   

That is SO three months ago! 


 

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post #912 of 1171
9/16/09 at 5:20pm
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It drives me crazy.

Interleague is pointless now.
the Phils if no other teams, play the same 2 or 3 american east teams every year.
they played the Jays twice THIS year.

How did the Jays and the Sox become a Phils rivalry?

ridiculous.

btw, MLB Net just had a live look into the game in Detroit.
Ernie Harwell was allowed to come onto the field to essentially say goodbye as he recently revealed an in-operable cancer.
 

Tony,

Yes, I heard about this today on the radio.  I'm thinking many of the greats who are still with us will be at that game.  Maybe even many of the 1968 team -- who knows.  I'd like to be there, too.
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post #913 of 1171
9/16/09 at 5:27pm
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Originally Posted by Walter C View Post

I was just looking at the interleague schedule for the Phillies, and apparently, their "geographic rival" is back to the Red Sox, playing 2 series against them, plus a series with the Yankees and Blue Jays, even though the NL East is suppose to face the AL Central. I know this will drive Mike crazy.
 

What...have I said something about how I don't like interleague play?!? 

But the Braves are supposed to be the Red Sox' "natural rival"...going  days together in Boston...about a zillion years ago! 

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Yep, I heard that this morning. One of the stories I heard on sports radio was that the Detroit Tigers were slated to play the Yankees and Red Sox in succession, and that the Yankees were slated to begin and end with Boston. I haven't verified any of this yet.

Verified.  The Yanks start and end the 2010 season @ Fenway.  I actually haven't seen the Sox' schedule for '10 yet...but I can verify that there's interleague on Memorial Day weekend again...and then practically, again, the entire month of June (same as this year). 
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post #914 of 1171
9/17/09 at 6:51am
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What...have I said something about how I don't like interleague play?!? 

But the Braves are supposed to be the Red Sox' "natural rival"...going  days together in Boston...about a zillion years ago! 


Verified.  The Yanks start and end the 2010 season @ Fenway.  I actually haven't seen the Sox' schedule for '10 yet...but I can verify that there's interleague on Memorial Day weekend again...and then practically, again, the entire month of June (same as this year). 

Mike,

Thanks for verifying. :)

How about Nick Green at the plate last night!  Think he slipped the home plate umpire a sawbuck or two? ;)
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post #915 of 1171
9/17/09 at 9:38pm
It's a hard habbit to break!  Every other forum I'm in is largely UBB or VBulletin or PHPBB, and all of them work by the Vbulletin tags, so the [setup] stuff works in all of them across the board.  This is the only board I come to that is in this format.

And I =hate= using a mouse to go up and select something and say "quote".  I need to figure out the text term or method to signal quotes.  It would make my life so much easier.  Hell, I'm still bothered I can't hit tab 3 times and enter to submit.
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post #916 of 1171
9/17/09 at 9:55pm
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How about Nick Green at the plate last night!  Think he slipped the home plate umpire a sawbuck or two? ;)

If ever a pitch was a strike...it was ball four of that at-bat. 

Not that I'm complaining, mind you...  I can name too many times when calls hae gone against the Red Sox (Phantom Tag by Chuck Knoblauch of Jose Offerman in the '99 ALCS anyone???)! 

But I still want umpires making the calls.  No instant replay!  And no Interleague!  And then there's the DH... 

Look!  You guys went and got me started! 

How do Posada & Carlson get a 3 game penalty for that mess in the Yankees/Jays game the other night...after Beckett earlier got five games for throwing at a guy?  And, they were instantly reduced from four games to three because they each agreed not to appeal?!?  What kind of $*^&% is Bob Watson smoking?  Is he going to change his "rules" every other day?
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post #917 of 1171
9/18/09 at 2:47am
AJ Burnett got five games too when Padilla hit Teixeira twice in the same game.  Both throws from Burnett and Beckett were above the head which is something Watson doesn't like at all if he thinks they were intentional.
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post #918 of 1171
9/18/09 at 7:16am
C'mon Mike, I'm as big a Yankee hater as anyone in the universe, but everyone knows a starting pitcher gets 5 games because they want to be sure he misses a scheduled start.  It's relatively useless to suspend a starting pticher 3 games when all he has to do is appeal until he makes his next start, then accept the suspension for the next 3 games, thus missing no games at all.  It's very different for everyday players.
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post #919 of 1171
9/18/09 at 8:58am
If the Red Sox and Angels meet up in this year's playoffs (and it looks like this is going to be the case), it could get quite interesting.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4482669
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post #920 of 1171
9/18/09 at 9:30am
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Fuentes said after Wednesday's game that umpires were too "timid" or "scared" to make calls against the home team in Fenway, where Boston has the best record in the majors and a 542-game sellout streak.

Scared to make calls at Fenway?  Huh?  Outside of a Pavlovian response to yell "Yankees Suck" at anything resembling pinstripes, the most intimidating thing at Fenway is Sweet Caroline.  Yup, that Neil Diamond is sooooo scary. Just think; if we stopped the singning and threw batteries instead, maybe we wouldn't have gone 82 years without a World Series.
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post #921 of 1171
9/18/09 at 11:46am
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... the most intimidating thing at Fenway is Sweet Caroline.  Yup, that Neil Diamond is sooooo scary. 
 

LOL.  Just think what could have occurred had Boston swept the Angels this week....
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post #922 of 1171
9/19/09 at 9:15pm
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I'll come clean.  Neil Diamond scares me.  More than just a little.



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post #923 of 1171
9/20/09 at 3:53pm
Well, the Red Sox pretty much have the wild card wrapped up, as they lead the Rangers by eight games.  Still, if I had my druthers, I'd rather they played the Tigers in the first round.  But this would mean that the Yankees would have to have a total collapse in their remaining twelve or so games.

Right now, the Yankees are four games ahead of the Red Sox in the loss column (and five games ahead after today's loss to the Mariners).  I don't know how the Red Sox are going to fare in their next series (a four game series in Kansas City); however, I'm fairly confident that the Angels will take at least two of three from New York, and probably sweep them as they did the last time New York visited Anaheim.  I'd love to have a divisional race in the last two weeks of the season, even though home field doesn't mean all that much to these teams.  But perhaps whom they play in the first round will matter.
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post #924 of 1171
9/20/09 at 4:09pm
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Don't forget, Scott.  Besides home field...you are looking at days-off scenarios...which could be pivotal to those teams with weaker starting rotations. 
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post #925 of 1171
9/20/09 at 5:11pm
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Originally Posted by Mike Frezon View Post

Don't forget, Scott.  Besides home field...you are looking at days-off scenarios...which could be pivotal to those teams with weaker starting rotations. 
 

Mike,

Yes, that's true.  I recall that being somewhat of a factor last year.

I see that Sabathia is facing Lester in the opening game of the three-game set next weekend.  How I wish we were going to miss C. C. this time around....
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post #926 of 1171
9/20/09 at 6:36pm
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The way Joba (and Burnett) has been getting beat up, the Yanks are looking at some serious rotation issues.  Nothing they can't overcome, mind you.  It'll be important to see how Pettitte looks tomorrow night for them.
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post #927 of 1171
9/20/09 at 7:15pm
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Originally Posted by Mike Frezon View Post

The way Joba (and Burnett) has been getting beat up, the Yanks are looking at some serious rotation issues.  Nothing they can't overcome, mind you.  It'll be important to see how Pettitte looks tomorrow night for them.
 

Mike,

Agreed.  My son and I were discussing this yesterday and today.  When I saw that Chamberlain was slated to go today, I told my son that that's a win for Seattle.  But, I can't say that whenever Sabathia starts.  C. C. has looked pretty near untouchable (and vitually unbeatable) since August.
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post #928 of 1171
9/20/09 at 7:33pm
how things can change so quickly.  with Beckett back and Dice-K pitching well, the Sox go into the stretch looking pretty good, and it's the Yankee rotation that looks shakey :) 
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post #929 of 1171
9/20/09 at 10:57pm
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how things can change so quickly.  with Beckett back and Dice-K pitching well, the Sox go into the stretch looking pretty good, and it's the Yankee rotation that looks shakey :) 

And that can all change again tomorrow, Eric.  Not that I hope it does. 

No one is more surprised than I that Daisuke is back and pitching well.  Remember that little rant a few posts back about Interleague play, instant replay and the DH?!?  I left out the World Baseball Classic!    

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post #930 of 1171
9/20/09 at 11:08pm
Today Milton Bradley was suspended by the Cubs for the rest of the season for conduct detrimental to the team.  It was Jim Hendry's first good move of the year.

It will be interesting to see if the MLBPA files a grievance on behalf of Bradley.

What a disaster this season has been...

- Soriano hitting in the .240s, and as usual, butcher in the outfield.  (Now on DL.)  We still owe him $90+ million over the next 5 years and his legs are shot.
- Milton Bradley...enough said.
- Aaron Miles is statistically by far the worst Cub to EVER play (with more than 150 AB), and that is saying a lot!
- Geovany Soto, last year's ROY, is off the roids but on the cheeseburgers, and is hitting .221.
- Mike Fontenot in on a meaningless tear (.400 in Sept) to raise his average to .240
- Carlos Zambrano is a #3 starter being paid as an ace.  He is actually a bigger problem than Milton Bradley.
- Kevin Gregg and Carlos Marmol have been the equivalent of a fire in a fireworks factory.  Marmol, the current closer, has more BB/HBP than innings pitched.
- Fukudome is fading again, now down in the .250s.

The only joy this year is watching Derrick Lee and Aramis Ramirez.  The window of opportunity for this team is officially closed.  Unfortunately, thanks to the long-term deals we are stuck with ($150 million of garbage already locked in for each of the next few years) it is going to be ugly for a long time.
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