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OoTS 4/5
| Johnny Dickshot Apr 05 2007 12:13 PM |
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Matusaka Mania begins in Kansas City... NOW!!!!
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| Johnny Dickshot Apr 05 2007 12:26 PM |
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Surrenders a leadoff single. They should aall him Di-SUCK-y!!!11
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| Rotblatt Apr 05 2007 12:35 PM |
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So DeJesus with a single, German ground out, then Dice-K walked Teahen before getting Brown to ground into a DP--1-6-3. All in all, a little shaky for a first inning, but scoreless.
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| Johnny Dickshot Apr 05 2007 12:35 PM |
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He also gave up a walk but avoided any trouble with a 1-6-3 DP. In the lineup for Kansas City again today is the mysterious Ross Gload, who as a minor leaguer was acquired by the Mets from the Rockies in the complex Burnitz-Zeile-Rusch-D'Amico-Harris-Agbayani-Ochoa deal then sent back to them before camp ever started, as if we never wanted him in the first place.
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| OlerudOwned Apr 05 2007 12:47 PM |
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Overshadowed by Matsuzakarama is Zach Greinke's return to the Royals rotation. He came back for 3 appearances (1 start) last September after missing the whole season with serious anxiety problems, including an inability to work out in front of others and, oddly, crying himself to sleep after the breakup of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston. Glad to see the guy (possibly) has his head back on straight.
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| soupcan Apr 05 2007 12:54 PM |
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Please tell me that's a joke.
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| Benjamin Grimm Apr 05 2007 12:56 PM |
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Yeah, really. I mean, it's not like when... I'm sorry. I can't complete the joke. I can't think of another celebrity breakup that might have made me weep. Sorry.
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| OlerudOwned Apr 05 2007 01:03 PM |
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http://deadspin.com/sports/baseball/whats-going-on-with-zack-greinke-157692.php The audio interview linked there, it's...I honestly can't tell if he's kidding or not. The part about crying in bed seems like he might be exaggerating a bit, but the car-punching anger seems genuine. I just don't know. He's either a master of deadpan or completely bonkers.
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| attgig Apr 05 2007 01:04 PM |
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would've been interesting if boston didn't go over the top of us by 12 mil and he was wearing a met uni. #2 starter in our rotation?
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| metirish Apr 05 2007 01:15 PM |
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mabe even a #1 but I think he would be the Mets third or fourth starter,Maine will win as many if not ,ore games than Dice.
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| OlerudOwned Apr 05 2007 01:17 PM |
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Brian McCann is red hot, and the Phillies Totally-Awesome-Bandwagon-Worthy-Better-Than-Mets-2007-Division-Champs pitching staff is getting whacked early. 2-0 Braves in the after half an inning.
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| Benjamin Grimm Apr 05 2007 01:28 PM |
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If the Mets had signed Matsuzaka, there's no way he'd start after John Maine. Maine might end up with more wins, but Matsuzaka would have probably been the Game 2 starter, after Glavine. The only thing that distinguishes a 1 from a 2 from a 3 is which games they start during the first week of the season.
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| Rotblatt Apr 05 2007 01:28 PM |
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Dice-K hasn't allowed a baserunner since the first inning, and now has 5 K's through 4 scoreless innings. Not bad.
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| Johnny Dickshot Apr 05 2007 01:32 PM |
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Practically John Maine territory he's in now.
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| Rotblatt Apr 05 2007 02:01 PM |
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. . . and now the John Maine wannabe gives up his first run--a dinger to DeJesus to start off the bottom of the 6th. Poser.
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| Rotblatt Apr 05 2007 02:22 PM |
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He made it through the 6th, allowing two more hits but not another run, and striking out 2. He's at 96 pitches, so I imagine that's it for him today, and he finishes with a line of 6 IP, 7 H, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 ER By the way, there's a thread on SoSH called something like, "Matsuzaka: Best Pitcher in the AL?" which I find absolutely hilarious. In all fairness, the thread was after some random reporter called Matsuzaka the favorite to win the Cy Young award, and most of the posters are appropriately skeptical, but still . . . Matsuzaka unadjusted 2006 stats: Santana's: Even if you assumed there was NO difference between the NPL and the MLB, you might be tempted to call Santana more valuable, given the extra innings pitched.
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| Rotblatt Apr 05 2007 02:24 PM |
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And, whoa, Matsuzaka stayed in to pitch a perfect 7th, striking out 2 more. 7 IP, 6 H, 1 BB, 10 K, 1 ER Economical about it, too--only took him 12 pitches!
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| metirish Apr 05 2007 02:27 PM |
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John Maine is the only pitcher in MLB history who's last name is a State...I bet Dice-man can't say that.
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| Frayed Knot Apr 05 2007 02:29 PM |
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Infield prospect-turned outfield prospect-turned infielder Kelly Johnson hits a 2R HR for Atlanta. Lead Philly 4-1 in the 5th looking for the sweep.
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| Rotblatt Apr 05 2007 02:33 PM |
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I can't believe it, but I'm actually rooting for Atlanta. They're not nearly as presumptuous as those Philly clowns. Bad guys beating the evil guys 5-1 in top of the fifth.
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| Edgy DC Apr 05 2007 02:39 PM |
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I think Claudell and a few dozen other Washingtons might disagree.
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| metirish Apr 05 2007 02:40 PM |
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Ha..I'm certain Gary said that during the game last night.....
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| Edgy DC Apr 05 2007 02:43 PM |
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There are also a few Guerreros and Hidalgos.
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| Frayed Knot Apr 05 2007 02:56 PM |
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John Maine is the only pitcher in MLB history who's last name is a State...I bet Dice-man can't say that.
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| soupcan Apr 05 2007 02:58 PM |
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Joe Montana got paid to throw a ball.
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| Edgy DC Apr 05 2007 03:05 PM |
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Got me.
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| smg58 Apr 05 2007 03:38 PM |
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I wonder what Mr. Rollins is thinking now...
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| Benjamin Grimm Apr 05 2007 04:22 PM |
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I think the Braves have proved that the Phillies are the team to beat. They've already done it three times.
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| Johnny Dickshot Apr 05 2007 07:17 PM |
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Jeter's got two errors and shown terrible range in tonite's MFYs-Rays game. Elijah Dukes* just hit a laser beam HR and TB leads 5-4 and threatening. oooh, 6-4 On the mound for your TBDRs -- Jae Seo. *-Is that an awesome name or what?
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| metirish Apr 05 2007 07:22 PM |
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Joe Girardi then gave the viewers four reasons why it's tough to play under these conditions.
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| dinosaur jesus Apr 05 2007 07:47 PM |
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Except for Pierre "Frenchy" South Dakota, who pitched in three games for the Indians in 1913.
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| Frayed Knot Apr 06 2007 07:50 AM |
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What a fuckin' shot that was! This kid hit two HRs off NYY pitching in two games: one into "the black" in dead CF and yesterday's liner that looked like a line-drive single that simply never came down until it was 4 rows deep in the LF seats. - 6 Yanqui Errors in 2 games ... 3 by Jeter. - GW 9th inning HR by Piazza off of Francisco (K Rod) Rodriguez. His first as an ALer. - Not such a good night for Roberto Hernandez, coughing up a bases-loaded "walk-off" HBP in Chicago
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| Edgy DC Apr 06 2007 08:05 AM |
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You leave out Toe Nash, scrapheap savior turned jailbird. Guy did eight months on statuatory rape rap. Not to broadly minimize that, but he was an 18-year-old with a 16-year-old girl, and was finally released when the girl couldn't be found to testify.
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