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Monday, October 08, 2012
Nationals (98-64) @ Cardinals (88-74), 4.30pm
WSN: Jordan Zimmerman (26, RHP, 12-8, 2.94)
STL: Jaime Garcia (26, LHP, 7-7, 3.92)
Yankees (95-67) @ Orioles (93-69), 8.00pm
NYY: Andy Pettitte (40, LHP, 5-4, 2.87)
BAL: Wei-Yin Chen (27, LHP, 12-11, 4.02)
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Mention of Maryland State Troopers [X ]
Ichiro does something awesome [X ]
Matt Wieters does something awesome [ ]
Runner stranded in scoring position [ X ]
Somebody suggests that Cal go down there and put on an Orioles uniform [ ]
Shapeshifting Strike Zone [ X]
Replay review [ ]
Conradian Play [ X]
Mention of Boog's Barbecue [ ]
Fort McHenry mentioned [ ]
Derek Jeter called "Clutch" [ ] (Called a "future Hall of Famer" [ ])
Orioles get a one-run lead at any point of the game [X]
Number of runs scored by either team individually is greater than or equal to number of combined touchdowns, safeties and field goals by the NY Jets tonight []
1-2-3-4-5-6 inning [X ]
Play at the plate [X] (See: "Ichiro does something awesome")
Yankees have a multi-run inning in the 7th or later [ ]
Web Gem [ ]
Oriole HoFer shoutout chart: Palmer [ ] F. Robinson [ ] B.Robinson [ ] Weaver [ ] Murray [ ] Ripken [X] Any of the St. Louis Brown HoFers (Rick Ferrell, George Sisler or Bobby Wallace) [ ]
It rains [X]
Mention that this may be Jim Thome's last season [ ]
Mention of Nick Swisher's upcoming free agency and his rumored demands [ ]
Shot of Girardi looking at his binder [ ]
Discussion as to whether the Orioles will be competitive next season [ ]
Buck Showalter as Yankee skipper [ ]
Orioles extra-inning streak mentioned [ ]
Strike out of side [ ]
"Babe Ruth was born in Baltimore" or a similar statement [X ]
Past a diving Jeter [ ]
Brett Gardner pinch-runs [ ]
He's knowledgeable about baseball, but he's just not a good fit for announcing. He doesn't want to ever say anything negative.
Which national and playoff announcers are?
I recall saying that I liked the 3 man team they used for the one game playoff that included Cal and Smoltz but that it was likely that listening to it often would grow tiresome. Cal is losing some of his luster but I'd say he is still doing a decent job.
That's 62%; in my fantasy leagues if you're not getting at least 60% quality starts you're not doing so well, and the league-leading teams are up around 67%.
The top individual seasons this year were Dickey with 27/33 (82%), then Verlander, Price, Kershaw and Gallardo with 25, or around 75%. Eighteen other starters in MLB had more than 20, figure between 30-33 starts each, or 60-67%.
Ron Darling's very good.
I thought his username is older than Anathem.
EDIT: bah!
No, it was bestowed on me by my friends in the 1990s, who were amused by my love of Gregorian chant and Renaissance polyphony, as well as my oft-stated admiration of the paintings of Fra Angelico.
And this is why I am the one who decides when it is truly over.
After the umpire calls time, the pitcher can't pitch until the ump resumes play. The umpire won't do that until the hitter is ready.
I doubt it but I've always wanted a pitcher to work this way. Bang, bang, bang. Just keep firing away and force the umps to actually enforce the rules.
They both have better DERs than the Cardinals.
But if you don't let him throw 120 pitches you make it less likely that he'll throw 120 pitches later on.
They both have better DERs than the Cardinals.
The Cardinals are terrible at defense. As long as they're scoring 5+ runs they're OK. Two or three runs, not so much.
EDIT - OK, thanks for 469, salvo.
And I have to go to bed.
See Swisher split vs Matusz (#469)
EDIT--OK, you're welcome
That was maybe the 100th-worst-called pitch I've seen over the last two days.
It was an inch off the black, if we're to believe the robot.
Oh well. If Martin and Nunez can't hit shitty Matusz, you don't get to win.
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What does he do with that number? Is he mentally saving them all, or giving a signal back to the dugout of his results each pitch?
Or is it just to tell the runner on first "He's slow tonight." or "He's fast tonight." ?
Pettitte now unofficially 27 for 43 in Quality Starts.
Yankees annoyingly didn't score more than 3 runs soon enough, so his acolytes can't tout his clutchiness. He didn't pitch to the score!
NAILED!
Johnson only threw around 20
reassuring and disturbing, both, for Orioles fans
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