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Baseball. Blogging. Whenever.Thursday, August 06, 2009And That HappenedReds 4, Cubs 0: Justin Lehr? Really? The same Justin Lehr making his second career start at the age of 32? The same Justin Lehr who hadn't previously pitched in the majors since 2006, and was really, really bad when he did that? The same Justin Lehr who the Reds signed in 2007, sold to the freakin' Korean league, signed again with the Reds later in the year, was let go again and allowed to sign with the Phillies, then the Reds traded for AGAIN back in May? The same Justin Lehr who had someone updating his Wikipedia page with news of this shutout against the Cubs (CG SHO, 4 H, 4K, 1BB) mere minutes after the game went final? For Pete's sake, you gotta love baseball.Phillies 7, Rockies 0: I don't think that anyone was truly serious about moving J.A. Happ out of the rotation in lieu of Pedro Martinez, but to the extent there was even a hint of chatter on this point, it needs to stop now (CG SHO 4 H, 10K 2 BB). Well, maybe. Damn, it's gotta be good to be a Phillies fan right now. Brewers 4, Dodgers 1: Game story: "The final meeting of the season between the teams was played with a heavier-than-usual presence of security personnel stationed between both clubhouses before and after the game. Usually there is one security guard in front of each door. This time, there were five on the Dodgers' side and eight on the visitors' side." Prince Fielder behaved himself, but he was seen searching for a wheelbarrow and a holocaust cloak between innings, so there was genuine reason for concern. Tigers 4, Orioles 2: Edwin Jackson gave up a two-run homer to Adam Jones in the ninth on his 117th pitch. Until then, however, it was cream cheese (8 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 8K). Diamondbacks 4, Pirates 3: Ross Ohlendorf left with a lead, but the pen couldn't hold it for him. From the game's scoring summary in the 8th inning: "S Drew singled to center, C Tracy and A Romero scored, S Drew out stretching at second." Drew probably should have stretched before the game or at the very least kept his foot on the bag while stretching in the 8th. Indians 8, Twins 1: Minnesota threw five guys out there -- Liriano, Dickey, Keppel, Mijares and Guerrier -- with names that sound like they belong to partisans in some European civil war or something. In fact, I'm pretty sure those were the names of the five main characters from a Hemingway novella I read back in college. I'm blanking on the title right now and don't have time to check, but trust me, those are the dudes. Keppel was a German defector -- once a mid level Weimar bureaucrat -- unhappy with the sinister influence that had come to his homeland and trying to find meaning in the world. Liriano had been close with Franco in their youth, but suffered a falling out over a woman, and now no man truly knows the reason why he fights. Dickey -- the narrator -- was a laconic American expatriate with a deep secret. Mijares and Guerrier, often mistaken for brothers, but unrelated, had met in France after the Great War and formed a life bond. At the risk of giving away the ending, I'll say that it was sad to see those two die in each others arms, their chests pierced by the same Fascist bullet, even if we knew it was inevitable from the first chapter which foreshadowed their doom. Why yes, I was drinking a little last night as I wrote this. Why do you ask? Rays 6, Red Sox 4: Bad night all around for the Sox as first Penny gets beat up (6 IP, 6 H, 5 ER) and then Jason Bay leaves the game with a hamstring injury. Sutcliffe made this one as unwatchable as usual. I didn't click off, however, until the promos for the upcoming games were announced: we're watching the Sox tonight, we'll get the Sox on Sunday, and then the Sox on Monday. ESPN: Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is Red. Yankees 8, Blue Jays 4: It was all chips and gravy for the Jays until the seventh, but then Swisher homered, Cano doubled, Matsui knocked him in, Molina walked, then Damon knocked in Matsui and Texeira knocked in Molina. Now come the Red Sox. They get Smoltz first, so there's a good chance that the winning streak gets stretched to four. Braves 6, Padres 2: Tommy Hanson is from San Berdoo (did the mullet tip you off?), so this was kind of like homecoming for him. Kevin Kouzmanoff was far more welcoming, however, as he hit into three double plays, including one that got Hanson out of a tight spot in the first. The Braves had 14 hits, every one of them singles, which is not something you see every day. Nationals 5, Marlins 4: Wow, four wins in a row for for the Nats. Back to back homers by Zimmerman and Dunn in the first set the tone. Giants 10, Astros 6: You really aren't living right if you give up ten runs on 13 hits to the Giants. Joe Martinez wins his first ever major league start. Eli Whiteside, filling in for Molina unit #3VH162, which required some routine maintenance, hit a grand slam. Mets 9, Cardinals 0: Jonathon Niese tore his hamstring -- like really tore it and needs it repaired with surgery -- and is now done for the year. Man, it's tough to be a Met this season. His teammates weren't fazed, though, and put the hurt on the Cards. Angel Pagan did a lot of the hurting, going 3-4 with four RBI. Mariners 11, Royals 6: I still can't fathom why Posnanski wants to give up getting paid to watch this team play every night. I mean, he'll probably still watch them, but now he'll do it for free. Athletics 7, Rangers 5: Adam Kennedy, Scott Hairston, Kurt Suzuki and Cliff Pennington all went yard for Oakland, with Kennedy's two-run blast serving as a difference maker in the sixth. Dallas Bradan was supposed to start but didn't because he "had a swollen left ankle, which developed from a rash caused by a Neoprene guard used to protect his big toe when pitching." I hate it when that happens. White Sox 6, Angels 2: HI MY NAME IS JI JIM THOME AND I HIT TWO HOME RUNS IN THIS GAME. Posted by Craig Calcaterra at 5:40am Comments
Nate said...
Also, there are two types of people: those who love The Princess Bride and those who waven’t seen it. Posted 08/06 at 02:18 PM
lar said...
Yeah, those names are problems. Like Craig said, though, the state of Ohio just might not have enough going for it to produce great names. I mean, the state motto seems to be (I’m sure the “official” one is different) “The Birthplace of Aviation”, but not because that’s where the first flight was. No, it’s because the Wright Brothers and John Glenn were *born* there. It’s literally true, I grant you that, but it seems misleading. The Reds, Bengals, Browns, and Cavaliers are all good names but a) they’re not from Columbus and b) they have little to do with the state or local features either. (The Blue Jackets is a terrible name, by the way. I had no idea it was supposed to represent anything other than a flying insect, and it just sounds dumb.) Why not something simple like the Columbus Explorers? The Clippers at least sounds like a cool name even though it obviously had nothing to do with Christopher Columbus (who sailed on galleons, if I recall correctly). Posted 08/06 at 02:37 PM
MooseinOhio said...
For the Top Chef discussion - Zooey’s mother looked like she may have spent a bit too much time int the sun. Also I have been jonesing for a good hamburger all day as I’m with Michael and Art on the need for meat in a diet. For the Princess Bride discussion - was there never a sequel because Rob Reiner feared it would have been as bad as Caddyshack 2 or because Manny Patinkin had already begun his walking way from a good thing act? For the Columbus struggles with names discussion - I liked the Mad Cows but thought they could have done something with the Jack Hanna/Columbus Zoo connection as well but was taken aback with the Bluejackets. Also lots of Buckeye supporters struggled with the idea of a Columbus team with ‘blue’ in the name - go figure. Posted 08/06 at 02:43 PM
Greg Simons said...
RE: Thurber, how about the Columbus Carnivals? Emily Deschanel - I’ll make no “Bones” about the fact that she’s easy on the eyes too. Bad joke, but I couldn’t help it. My best friend doesn’t care for “The Princess Bride.” I’m almost surprised he’s still my best friend, but I decided to just let it go. Posted 08/06 at 02:57 PM
Travis M. Nelson said...
Moose, there’s no sequel to the movie because there’s no sequel to the book. William Goldman wrote it a long time ago and his introductions to the later editions pretend that there was a sequel to S. Morgenstern’s “The Princess Bride” called “Buttercup’s Baby” but there isn’t because of course there’s no S. Morgenstern either. He made it all up. It’s a great ruse - pretending that he discovered and edited this classic novel that was supposed to be a satirical history and turning it into an epic romantic comedy - but it’s all just a ruse. And he keeps it going with all of the stuff he writes surrounding each new edition, teasing the reader to think that he’s had all these interactions with Stephen King and other Hollywood types about getting it made into a movie and even has a pretend first chapter at the end of one version, but it’s all just a wild goose chase. In the days before the internet I imagine it was a lot harder to realize that he was pulling your leg all that time. I didn’t know it until a couple of years ago, and I read the book in college, 15 years ago. Posted 08/06 at 03:46 PM
Jacob said...
I always assumed that “Blue Jackets” was a reference to the late-eighteenth century Shawnee chief. Posted 08/06 at 04:04 PM
Jacob said...
I always assumed that “Blue Jackets” was a reference to the late-eighteenth century Shawnee chief. Posted 08/06 at 04:05 PM
Mark said...
Two notes from the Mets game: 1) Failcoeur drew a 5-pitch walk where the bat didn’t leave his shoulder and amazingly enough it was not intentional. 2) Watching Niese try to throw that practice pitch was painful and then SNY felt the need to show it to us a few more times. Not that it is an excuse for the lack of depth or anything but the Mets have definitely had more than their share of injuries this year. Posted 08/06 at 04:14 PM
Alex Poterack said...
Two notes from the Mets game: 1) Failcoeur drew a 5-pitch walk where the bat didn’t leave his shoulder and amazingly enough it was not intentional. Hmmm, that should be some sort of Failcoeur insult: swings at so much, one time he drew a 5-pitch intentional walk. Posted 08/06 at 04:25 PM
Alan said...
Really? I like “Princess Bride” fine, it’s a charming little movie, but as these things go it isn’t nearly in the same class as, say, “The Black Stallion.” (Whose DP was Zooey’s dad Caleb Deschanel. See what I did there?) Posted 08/06 at 10:12 PM
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Zooey’s sister (Emily) isn’t too bad on the eyes either.