...or is about to murder Little if Aybar doesn't get to start

That made me laugh.

Wilber's line tonight (batting 7th) 1-3 BB, SB

I find that its best have as little contact with managers as possible. I've worked in an Office Space type environment, so maybe thats why. Its interesting that when it was reported DePo was anti-social at work, I was thinking thats fairly normal. If I could not be bothered once at work, it'd be a great day.

Have you ever had managers that just didnt really have much to say, but almost felt obligated to come over to your desk and discuss something...Most of that changed when companies got smart and started getting rid of the middle management type, but it still exists in some corporate environments.

Bowen was batting .435.

If that was true about Depodesta, then I think that is a legitimate complaint.

Seriously, are the guys not stretching enough or what?

I knew Mueller was hurt and I'm glad to see they notice a good enough replacment to put him on the DL to get healthy. Sorry boys but I'm like the moves Ned is making and I'm really liking the fact that when Ned brings up the prospect replacment he is quickly inserted into the lineup and isn't wasting away on the bench ala Howie Kendrick.

Or quickly.

--That's not Ned's doing, is it? Or is Little the kind of manager that allows a GM to have input in lineup decisions.

Pretty much all of Ned's moves of late have been simple callups to replace injured players, plus the whole Sele-Odalis thing.

I think most of what we're seeing is the fact that the prospects are more ready this year, which any GM who was willing to keep them could have taken advantage of.

As far as the offseason moves have gone, some good, some not as good so far. That's not a huge criticism; I don't expect him to bat 1.000.

Examples: So far, Tomko has been good, Seo not as. So far Garciaparra has been good, Furcal not as. Two months from now, it could all be different. Hopefully, it will all be good.

Hanley out trying to stretch a single into a double.

No wonder old people generally move to warm weather climates. They must not work well in the cold.

A battle of the bullpens between those two teams would actually benefit the Pirates.

It's somewhat creepy.

http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/14567272.htm

"Instead of cutting the workload of struggling reliever Guillermo Mota, the Cleveland Indians have decided to pitch him more frequently."

"'He needs work,' said Wedge, adding that Mota will be used earlier in games with young Fernando Cabrera assuming the role as eighth-inning setup man for closer Bob Wickman."

It's a vicious circle.

http://www.thehansofoundation.org/

#125- Cole knows what the Hanso foundation is up to and will put an end to it.

In 1964 Sam McDowell got to 11 walks and 12 Ks in just 7 2/3 innings.

Nolan Ryan had just one double-double. But he needed 13 innings. 19 Ks and 10 BBs against Boston in 1974. He got a no-decision.

I believe that Bobby Witt had the last double-double
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B09010OAK1990.htm

As for Bobby Witt, I've read enough Jayson Stark columns in my day to see his name mentioned a lot in terms of "lots of walks".

I was surprised that L. Nolan Ryan never had a 9-inning double/double.

If Hamels gets one, Mike's Baseball Rants will look like Dresden after the firebombing.

That might have happened back in the days when pitchers threw complete games no matter what. But I doubt it's happened in the 20th Century. If a pitcher is bad enough to give up over 10 hits, he's probably around the plate.

If you go to the Hamels thread, you can open up one that's active. Then you can have it working inside a window with a menu bar and icons.

Didn't AJ Burnett come close in his no hitter (double digit walks and strikeouts)?

negatory = no, we did NOT like jim tracy...at least most of us.

I'm just glad he's the Pirates' problem now.

Morris hasn't been that impressive has he? yikes!

how many pitches has he made? 9 walks!?

That intro with Ruth and Bonds on KCAL was horrible.

The 9-5 lead by the Bucs was Hamulacked in the 8th. But the Bucs just scored on a sac fly from Bay.

"It turned out that Salomon had a force on What's His Name? at third. Um. Olivo."

You're really not supposed to say what you're thinking.

It's 12-9 Bucs now. The Jolly Roger is getting ready to be hoisted.

I was supposed to attend that game in San Diego with some friends, but backed out at the last minute. They aren't huge baseball fans, and didn't even realize that it was a no-hitter, until I brought it up days later.

I believe we have irony!

thanks Robert I saw him wearing a jacket, & it looked kinda weird.

It's all up to Chris Aguila.

I should not be allowed to use tools.

Your Nationals report for the evening is, they stink. At one point, Frank Robinson IBB'd Chipper to get to Andruw. The game was close at the time, but that move did not work out well.

That comment made no sense then and doesn't make any more sense in hindsight.

The Dodgers batters look like they're running in quicksand. I wonder if the Giants watered down the field to slow down Furcal and Lofton.

That last pitch was definitely a strike, even Jon Miller thinks it was a strike.

Of course in the DS, Morris was the only pitcher the Dodgers beat.

Lima pitched in both games.

See "Furcal, Rafael"

Finley just missed a home run

You left out the word "if" there didn't you?

But only one double.

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Can anyone, just off hand, remember a team with an older lineup?

Bonds, Matheny, Vizquel, Finley, Morris Durham... In a rare instance, when Alou got hurt the Giants actually got Older...

yeah those were pretty awful at bats by all!

AVG Age: 35.5

yeah I think that's calify's as old!

Nice play Furry.

Dodgers Avg Age: 29.2

lol!

Nice job Fookie

I've got a drink in hand, just in case, though.

Good steal, Furry!

Was there any room in the glass for the OJ?

I've drank 5 already, I guess that explains My EVEN WORSE spelling today. :o)

I just bought fresh cut watermelon from safeway. which will be fetched for right after I hit submit.

because shes short, spunky, and just looks like a furry.

5!! of VODKA! How many fingers am I holding?

Why do I feel so old?

http://tinyurl.com/7sd8t

The umpire is really squeezing Penny.

Popup! Whew!

nothing special, just skyy vodka. it was in the freezer.

nah alot of those pitches were strikes IMO

I'm definitely feeling the effects of that screwdriver now. I don't think I'll drink anymore though because I have a lot of work to do tomorrow.

Swang?

Am I the only sober person here tonight?

And I'm drinking Skyy vodka myself tonight also, Nate. Although earlier I was at Tres Agaves, which has truly excellent tequila.

Do you drink it streight up, or do you drink it with squirt? Jimadores is really good too, with crushed ice, really good & a lime, really good.

I suppose I was misinformed.

Wish I could claim to be drinking. . .just a distracted knucklehead instead.

So I guess working at a college, would be the ideal situation, right?

classic!! LOL!!!

I lied earlier, two more shots for me.

"Russ" "Ell"

[pause]

"Mar" "Tin"

[clap, clap, clap, clap, clap]

HOW DARE YOU!!? :o) nah!, dude look at his swing!! he has a short swing perfect for hard throwers. I know he aint a good hitter but I don't like him against hard throwers!

The coach/manager will usually play the better player. The goal is to win, not to be nice.

All he needs is a fastball to the wrist.

This gives me great satisfaction.

By the end of 2007 Neifi Perez will have secured the title "worst hitter of all time".

Applying the transative property doesn't look good for Matheny.

PTJMSD

Post-traumatic Joe Morgan Stress Disorder

It's in the DSM-IV-R now.

Did you know Joe Morgan won an Emmy for best sports analyst this year?

Is anyone ever going to pound into these guys' heads that that is actually the slower way to reach first base?

It's a lost cause.

Oddly enough, the only announcer who really gets on players for doing it is:

Joe Morgan.

I think my disorder just reached a new level.

hahahahah oh man!!

I believe Mickey Hatcher had to be revived with a defibrillator.

Or we could just ask Scott Erickson for whatever curse it was he used on our pitchers last season that allowed him to remain in the rotation for so long.

You would also probably like Natasha Bedingfield, if you haven't discovered her yet. She made the most impact of anyone by far during her private performance for my station last year - we all just looked at each other and went, "She's going to be a huge star."

1 for 5, 1 HR, 2 BB, 2 K

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_thetan

really man! Hey are you guys noticing those calls from the ump?

Now, I really have no quarrel with this reasoning per se - of course it would be nice for Bonds and Giants fans if he passed Ruth at home. What bugs me is the columnist's total acceptance of the fact that if Bonds is going to play for the Giants, he must play in left field, and of course the Giants go along with it. I've said it before, but I would dearly love if Alou would grow a set of brass balls for even an inning, stick a first basemen's glove in Bonds's hand, and make him freaking play first base. I would give up a paycheck for that.

Okay, rant over.

But he didn't give up the long ball to Bonds and that's all I care about right now. I'm so happy I could kiss him.

Although, looking at the pitching matchups they just flashed, I realize that this may be merely putting off the inevitable...

You might as well be asking:
What is the meaning of life?
How did we all get here?
Where does the universe start and end?

And the most important one:
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. :-)

not that prety he juggled it (a bit) once it was in his glove.

Either way, remember the children. For God's sake, remember the children.

I just read every post - I don't think anyone's commented that Gurnick reports Mueller likely out 4-6 weeks, because surgery is likely.

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I read that, but assumed it had already been posted.

Irnt' th Dogdes doign great!!!!

This umpire would bring the collective BAC of this board to about .25 all by himself.

As long as it's not "sweet" tea. Yuck.

LAA the phone is for you. Its you new DH calling.

Hes been playing 1b and lf/rf all season.

Matsui is supposed to be out three months minimum, but maybe the whole year.

Matsui apologized for hurting himself and letting the team down.

I don't see Bonds agreeing to play for 500K, personally, so I suspect there's a lot of truth to the writer's argument.

*The hallmark of Southern cuisine appears to be that you take a normal item then make it significantly less healthy by adding sugar, fat, etc.

And the Giants are being Beimeled.

And Furcal's throwing has been terrible.

Come on, furcal.

I imagine that pop up was like the one McPherson hit last year in Anaheim that Antonio Perez lost track of.

Was it McPherson?

Kent put Bonds on the bases - almost put him in deep embarrassment.

Beimel: 42 pitches. Didn't know he was allowed to go that long.

Marty I think it's safe to say WE'RE DRUNK!

I think the throw beat Bonds at first anyway, but it was closer than the Furcal non-call.

and every day thereafter

If you watched his reality show, you would know how much pain he is in.

For all of you who have Hector Carrasco on your fantasy team.

nice one

And Jones is doing a bang up job in Civics 101 this year. He is definitely learning way out of his league...

Btw, any word on Penny? It seemed it wasn't anything serious, like he tweaked his back or his side but was still throwing gas. I think the Dodgers took him out for cautionary reasons.

I'll give you an update as soon as Dodgertalk says something

By the way, my Aybar prediction was right on the money 1-3 BB (except he didn't steal a base)

Top 5: Martin on third with two out, and Lofton squibs one up the firt base line that Durham throws a little wide on and Sweeney is called for being pulled off the bag. It looked to me that Sweeney came off the bag after he took the throw. Good for the Dodgers.

Bottom 5: Vizquel grounds to Furcal whose throw is up the first base line and Garciapara drags his foot off the front of the bag (towards home) to receive it. From my vantage point, it sure looked like he came off early, but the ump was on the opposite side of the bag and didn't see it. Good for the Dodgers.

Top 8: Sweeney grounds to short and Furcal's throw is (again) up the line, Garciapara comes off to catch it and whirls to tag Sweeney as he comes across. Ump doesn't see the tag, and calls Sweeney safe. (Looked to me that he missed that call, this time in the Giants' favor).

I didn't think they doubled up Bonds on the Kent-drop, though. I think he got that call right.

(Sorry to know that the reason Penny left was stiffness. We just sat there puzzled: Morris stayed in, Penny came out.)

And I have to say: I love it when the Dodgers put up 4 or 5 unanswered runs at PhoneCompanyPark. The crowd loses its venom and I can cheer for the Dodgers with less harrassment. Not a thrilling game, but delightful to see them win!