Miscellaneous Notes from Today's Game
by R.J. Anderson on Jun 20, 2009 8:05 PM EDT
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PrintJohan is just wonderful to watch. Check any plate appearance out. He works up, he works down, he works inside and out. The speed and movement changes, but Johan is fearless and willing to go where he wants whenever he pleases.
Speaking of the great pitching. The game moved so fast that we managed to have a lengthy rain delay and still finish a regulation length game in less than four hours.
Ben Zobrist has the highest WAR of any qualifying second basemen in the league. I don't know how and I don't know why, but if he keeps this up I won't really care.
Nobody likes seeing Wheeler in high-leverage situations, but in fairness, he is respectable against right-handed batters. Wheeler seems to struggle when he faces lefties, which makes a lot of sense. How many high-80s fastball/slider pitchers have a ton of success against opposite handed batters?
FOX's announcers, in two parts...
Part one: OMG U NEED CLOSER!!!
Part two: LOL-IPOPS B1LL J4M3Z!
They would probably take Francisco Rodriguez over J.P. Howell because of how they measure the intangibles. How can you measure intangibles? Not with a statistic, silly.
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Did anyone else know if this wikipedia passage on JP is true?
While playing for the University of Texas, Howell played in the Cape Cod League for a summer with the Bourne Braves. He famously warmed up on his own in the 8th inning of a game at which he had many family members from California in attendance. Then, without his manager’s permission, Howell told the starting pitcher that he was being taken out and Howell went out to the mound to replace his teammate. As punishment for the act, Howell benched for the the rest of the season.
That is hilarious.
Maybe I’m just an old fashioned BJ suck-off-er. (Good call Sandy)
by Lurch's Lobbyists on Jun 20, 2009 8:33 PM EDT reply actions
I could see that happen....
I played up there and there are definitely some schenanigan’s from time to time….
Joe's gift to me was another
non appearence from Ball Four
nope, wasnt from me
sorry
Rotation: 1. James Shields 2. Matt Garza 3. David Price 4. Jeff Niemann 5. Andy Sonnanstine...... Coming Soon: Wade Davis......Scott Kazmir?
So howell=
Temprorary or Permanent Closer?
We need Robots....The time is now Bud, Stern, and Goodell.
Seriously, Officiating Sucks in this Country
Temporary until we pay $8 million/year for "The Guy"
So, unless they need him earlier in the game, yes.
Maybe I’m just an old fashioned BJ suck-off-er. (Good call Sandy)
by Lurch's Lobbyists on Jun 20, 2009 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Because we need a "Closer"
rather than…I don’t know….use pitchers based on matchups?
2009 Rays Baseball: God Damn It, Guys
did wheeler just start throwing a splitter?
or did he just not use it very much before? he seems to be trotting it out several times per appearance now, and it’s been wicked nasty.
he used it a
couple of times,last year- i recall
We need Robots....The time is now Bud, Stern, and Goodell.
Seriously, Officiating Sucks in this Country
Jeets stepped up with a clutch GIDP
Maybe I’m just an old fashioned BJ suck-off-er. (Good call Sandy)
by Lurch's Lobbyists on Jun 20, 2009 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Speaking of closers
Do you make this deal?
Crawford for K. Wood
Both to earn about the same thru 2010
Both not likely to re sign with their present team
We need a closer , more than we need CC
Explain?
This would help
"Doesn't Manny Ramirez look like the monster from Predator??" - Will Farrell as Harry Carey
by Gone Phishing on Jun 20, 2009 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
A history of injuries
And now, ineffectiveness.
Maybe I’m just an old fashioned BJ suck-off-er. (Good call Sandy)
by Lurch's Lobbyists on Jun 20, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Why would we do that?
Wood has been worth less than 1 WAR on average the last three years. Crawford at his absolute worst was worth 3 WAR.
How about we stop rosterbating. Some of this community is frighteningly bad at it.
by R.J. Anderson on Jun 20, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Couldn't have said it better myself...
How about we stop rosterbating. Some of this community is frighteningly bad at it.
Visit the Rays Revolutionary Blog at http://raysrev.blogspot.com
Get Ryan Madson
Only fucked up another game…..asshole (he is on my fantasy team also)
"Doesn't Manny Ramirez look like the monster from Predator??" - Will Farrell as Harry Carey
BTW
Congrats on winning your 100th start shields.
We need Robots....The time is now Bud, Stern, and Goodell.
Seriously, Officiating Sucks in this Country
by 4QB on Jun 20, 2009 10:31 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
And
anybody keep hearing weird music on the mlb gamewrap page.
We need Robots....The time is now Bud, Stern, and Goodell.
Seriously, Officiating Sucks in this Country
I had that problem at BLH for a while
It’s one of the embedded ads…
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
The real question is
Would the chill of J.P. Howell cool the Venezuelan fire of Frankie’s heart or would the fire melt J.P.’s cool?
King of the bling come to lay down the evidence//Not George Bush, L-Millz be da president
by Sam Page on Jun 21, 2009 2:09 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
We need more jokes like this.
"Where we all wait in earnest with pudding in hand for the Upton comet to sail through the roofed skies, so that we may meet Him."
rubber match time
T-minus 3 hours
"Doesn't Manny Ramirez look like the monster from Predator??" - Will Farrell as Harry Carey
I wish Johan was a Ray
Put Tampa Bay back on our road uniforms!!
Kerry Wood..you can keep him
Please dont trade CC…I think J.P is doing a great job as our closer right now,I hope Jo keeps him there for now..Cormier has kinda taken on the roll that JP had for us last year..so we have not needed to use JP for middle relief …thats a funny story about JP…….GO RAYS
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