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Baseball. Blogging. Whenever.Friday, June 19, 2009And That HappenedBraves 7, Reds 0: Tommy Hanson shuts out the Reds over six innings. Not that he was brilliant or anything. He threw a lot of pitches, got into jams and all of the kind of stuff you see young kids do. But it's all good, because even when he's been getting lit up like a pinball machine, he has continued to play this game with fear and ignorance. No wait, arrogance.Padres 4, Mariners 3: The Padres jump on Adrian Gonzalez's back (4-4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI) and finally win an interleague game. Don Wakamatsu on pitching to Gonzalez: "He ends up hitting a home run and a double when we are trying to pitch around him. That is the most frustrating part." Chris Jakubauskas on pitching to Gonzalez: "I wasn't trying to pitch around him." OK, someone's lying and no one is leaving this room until we find out who it is. Rockies 4, Rays 3: Jim Tracy on Ubaldo Jiminez: "Ubaldo is a guy who is beginning to find his niche. I still believe there's still another step on the ladder that he aspires to take and that is to become a bona fide ace-stopper type starting pitcher in the Rockies rotation." That was his real postgame quote? It sounds like a book blurb or a marketing statement or something. I think the "in the Rockies' rotation" is what sealed it. It just sounds weird. Does Tracy really talk like that? Astros 5, Rangers 3: I was trying to make a funny yesterday when I said that the loser of this series wins the State of Texas. I guess it wasn't too funny, though, because someone emailed me to tell me that I was being both ignorant and disrespectful. That's nothing new, but at least the emailer educated me a bit. The winner of this series wins "The Silver Boot." It's a a 30-inch tall, size-15 cowboy boot cast in silver, complete with a custom, hand-made spur. How very college football of them. I wonder if the Rangers, who once again won the Silver Boot, came running out of the dugout after the game, grabbed the boot and started whooping it up like Wisconsin does with that axe after they beat Minnesota and vice-versa. Tigers 6, Cardinals 3: Magglio rode the pine, and will continue to do so "indefinitely" according to Jim Leyland. His replacement, Ryan Rayburn, was 0-3 and struck out twice. Game story: "Albert Pujols grounded out as a pinch hitter for hot-hitting rookie Colby Rasmus in the seventh and played first base the rest of the game and flied out in the ninth. La Russa wanted to get him a day off, plus he has a sore ankle." Two at bats and a couple of innings in the field doesn't sound like much of a day off to me, but then again, I'm not a genius like Tony La Russa. Twins 5, Pirates 1: Nick Blackburn (CG, 6 H, 1 ER) was the man, as he basically has been in the Twins rotation all year. After the game, pitching coach Rick Anderson said "He's basically been the stabilizer." So, is Blackburn's new nickname "gelatin" or "carrageenan?" That's a little food additive humor for ya. Additives -- NOT preservatives. Nationals 3, Yankees 0: A five and a half hour rain delay? Really? Waiting around for this game to start lasted longer than the travel and suit-up time a makeup game would have taken. This is fun too "about 10,000 people were sprinkled around the ballpark for the first pitch. When the Yankees announced fans could move down, there was a stampede toward the $2,625 seats in the front row. By the end, the upper deck and bleachers were virtually empty." Part of me hopes that the peasants ransacked the manor houses while their owners were away. Blue Jays 8, Phillies 7: Rod Barajas hits the game winning home run in the ninth. Apparently Barajas is hated in Philly despite having played there for only one season and despite being Rod Barajas. Anyone care to educate me as to the reason for the ire? Because from where I'm sitting, this is the equivalent of Braves fans hating Paul Bako or Charlie O'Brien or someone. How can the response to a guy like Barajas -- who played all of 48 games for the Phillies -- be anything other than slightly peeved indifference? Orioles 5, Mets 4: Francisco Rodriguez and his tired act came into the game to lock things down in the ninth, except they didn't get locked down. Matt Wieters doubled to kick things off. Dave Trembley then sent in a pinch runner for him, and was amazingly allowed to live. The pinch runner scored, so maybe it was all willed by Wieters that way to begin with. In any event, an Adam Jones bases-loaded walk followed by an Aubrey Huff liner ended the proceedings. Cubs 6, White Sox 5: A wild come from behind win by the Cubbies. Down 5-1 in the eighth, Derek Lee hit a three-run homer followed by a solo shot from Geovany Soto to tie things up. In the ninth it was Alfonso Soriano with an RBI single. If he didn't get that, I wouldn't have been surprised to see Piniella give him the Magglio Ordonez treatment. Marlins 2, Red Sox 1: They called this one early due to rain. Because it was the Red Sox, however, the game still took three hours and twenty-six minutes. Diamondbacks 12, Royals 5: After two great starts following his second callup, Luke Hochevar reverted to May form, giving up seven runs on nine hits in four innings. Danny Haren, meanwhile, held the Royals to two runs on seven hits, struck out six and didn't issue a walk in seven innings. Dodgers 3, A's 2: Randy Wolf pitched well but got another no-decision. Pfun Pfact: Vin Mazzaro is the first A's pitcher with two sacrifices in one game since Ken Holtzman on Aug. 27, 1972. I hate the DH. Posted by Craig Calcaterra at 5:34am Comments
Jack Marshall said...
I really have nothing to contribute here, Craig, but I just wanted to get on a thread where nobody would call me “sanctimonious.” <Whew!> OK, break over—-back to the war… Posted 06/19 at 11:28 AM
Craig Calcaterra said...
Your appearance is noted, Jack. And though you and I disagree on a number of things, I greatly appreciate your contributions to the threads around here. Yes, you can be a challenge sometimes, but people need more challenges, on the whole. Posted 06/19 at 11:35 AM
Michael said...
Craig, Posted 06/19 at 12:04 PM
Rob² said...
You can argue whether or not Gaston should have been so determined to bring in Ryan for the 9th, but if he was always going to do that, what’s the point of the double-switch? Maybe he preferred to leave Chavez in the game defensively and stick with a pinch hitter. Posted 06/19 at 12:18 PM
Pete Toms said...
Re. Gaston, I agree with King Rat. @ Rob squared - Gaston was quoted sometime before yesterdays game and sometime after Downs injury about his options at closer. He didn’t mention Ryan (which got the attention of at least some of the Toronto baseball writers), he did mention Frasor. Anyway, that leads me to believe that he just brain cramped on the double switch, which also makes me wonder what the hell the rest of the coaching staff were thinking. Plus, he pinch hit Barajas to lead off the 9th anyway, which is exactly what he would have accomplished with the double switch. Also, with extra innings looming, why use Frasor for only two hitters when he had only 2 relivers (Ryan & Accardo) remaining? I’m sure the Jays boards are full of chatter about it but I can’t be bothered. Why he would want Ryan on the mound in the 9th in a tie game (and remember, the game was tied when he opted not to double switch) or with the lead is beyond me. Ryan has been AWFUL this year. Posted 06/19 at 01:43 PM
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If Hillman does to the American League what he’s done to the Royals, then we’re guaranteed that the Cardinals will get home field advantage in the Series.
And since Wakamatsu is the other All-Star coach, this can only mean a Willie Bloomquist appearance on the roster as a replacement for just about anyone.