The count is at 7, and still plenty of day left.

Comedy is tragedy plus time ...

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.000/.000/.000/.000 17 P.A's

I did not.

I guess that's something.

The mind...She is boggled!

Hey, Mark Sweeney has a HR vs. Webb, too. Maybe we should've reactivated him today after all.

(What will Jones do today?)

"Show me...THREE FOR FIVE!"...

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Yesterday after reading the comments about how bad Jones has looked and his leaving the game early the day before I wondered if he had some really serious ailment and was headed for the DL. Now I read that he is starting today. How much longer can Joe stick with this guy?

Beltre's career: .271/.327/.458
Beltre in 2008: .262/.334/.440

If the Dodgers can get him back, put LaRoche at 2nd base--> that wouldnt be too bad for 2009.

Beltre just 1 yr left on his deal, at 12 mils for 2009.

That yard kills his numbers.

And it's just the 5th inning! Jesus Flores is already 4 for 4.

Weeks career SLG: .401

The Padres have taken a 3-1 lead in St. Louis on a 2-run homer by Cha Seung Baek.

I wonder if he is still in the future plans for the Brewers? I always thought Hardy was going to be the one that gets traded but maybe its Weeks now with them going with a MIF of Escobar and Hardy.

Look at his pedigree and his minor league numbers. This guy was suppose to be Gary Sheffield at 2b.

He's another guy, like LaRoche, about whom people will say "He finally figured it out!" when it'll just be a case of staying on the field.

Could work out for both teams.

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Aybar, 3B (4 for 4)
Choi, 1B (1 for 4, two-run HR, 2 GIDP)
Robles, SS (0 for 4)
Cruz, RF (2 for 4)
Perez, 2B (1 for 4)
Phillips, C (0 for 3, 2 GIDP)
Werth, LF (0 for 3, 3K)
Repko, CF (0 for 3)
Penny, P (replaced after four batters)

Webb went 7 2/3 innings, allowed nine hits (eight singles), walked zero, struck out 11, induced four double plays.

I walked home from the Rose Bowl that day.

I didn't really live that far from the Rose Bowl back in 1990, so it was a protest that involved very little effort on my part.

I think the Brewers are going to look for pitching somehow after losing CC and Sheets in the offseason.

It's almost as if anyone could be a major league manager.

Somehow, I don't think this game balances the books for him.

We don't acquire players at that age. We give up on them.

We acquire 35 year old players.

Depending on how Penny comes in the second half, value probably won't match up for the Brewers. Hardy's having a really good year.

Weeks has had one good stretch in his entire career (203 Abs as a 22yr old in AAA).

LaRoche, at least to this point, has not proven he's mediocre quite like Weeks has.

Hey Mad Men marathon on all day.

So why is Peggy putting on all that weight?

Oh man, i do have a bit of a crush on her.

And none of them are very good.

I don't mind Grace in comparison to all their other ones. Only because he makes me laugh with his manlove over Broxton.

I thought somehow you said announcing combo.

Don't mind me...

And I'm starting to sour on Daron Sutton. He umpires in the booth, which is one thing, but he's a lousy umpire. He calls James Loney "Matt Kemp." He thinks Orlando Hudson should have made the All-Star Team over Chase Utley and Dan Uggla. He uses the phrase "that man" about 15 times more per game than he should.

That guy is a complete tool and takes homerism in announcing to new levels I thought could never be reached.

As an aside, I really wish Gameday showed OBP.

Oh come on.

Bad news: See above.

129 - True. I don't know why their defense has been so porous early, too.

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Not even freaking close.

Swing the bat.

Okay, did that look like a strike to you?

Man, even when Loney doesn't hit into a DP, he ends up in a DP.

I'm assuming this means Ned will look for a third baseman with relatively high RBI totals over time.

I don't much like the jerseys reading:

D-B
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And, we've got one on the bench already.

We can't let balls and strikes tear us apart.

And we ain't losing this game over that call.

Okay, sorry, I'll stop now.

And I can bring up my long pointless analogy of buying a Winnebago again.

Or perhaps Casey Blake is available. And then I would have to find another bad analogy. Which I could compound with a boring historical anecdote.

Oh great more cutesy in-the-stands reporting from the DBacks broadcast. Sigh.

Stand down.

I'm calling AARP!

Rox are going to 4 game sweep the Pirates.

But the Dodgers have only managed 1 hit & 1 walk thru 3.

The Dodgers franchise leader is Zach Wheat with 171. Willie Davis is the L.A. leader at 110.

(Hm, Drew looked like he never touched 2nd base.)

Feh.

Andruw is painful to watch in center. How did this guy win 10 Gold Gloves?

Jones messed up and went Cadillac on the throw. Shame on him.

Thanks for being a greedy idiot Drew. After Jones was a sloppy fool.

Kudos all round! The crowd seemed to like it.

I don't think there's a pitcher I'd take over Johan.

The man has no reason to be playing baseball right now.

Okay, there's now a 9 year old kid in the booth for the DBacks broadcast. They are now officially the most atrociously asinine baseball telecast in America.

A little kid is shadow announcing and re-calling the attempted inside the parker,

Little Kid: "Ball hit to center that Andruw Jones COMPLETELY MISSED...."

Yeah, but at least the kid is talking up Russell Martin's plate-blocking skills.

I just got back from Staples in WLA where Blake DeWitt will be signing autographs from 12-1pm. on 7/25. I plan on being there.

"Keep talking [about yourself], they can see it at home."

Strangely, this is the first broadcast I'm aware of that's ever been on a FSN network but not on Extra Innings. Something fishy is going on here.

Man, Lowe, sad bunt attempts there.

Bad bad year for the Padres.