That's "former major league manager" Kevin Kennedy. Or otherwise, FMLMKK

Lofton, CF

Nomar, 1B

Kent, 2B

Drew, RF

Martin, C

Anderson, LF

Betemit, 3B

Kuo, P

i'd just thought to post the line up again. no changes from yesterday's line up.

I swear, if something should happen to Grady, FMLMKK had better not be on the short list.

The D-Backs are sending out this lineup in SD

Counsell
O-Dog
Gonzalez
Byrnes
Tracy
Jackson
Quentin
Snyder

Pitchers are Livan Hernandez vs. Clay Hensley

Phillies 4, Cubs 1 - Final.

123 inning.

Since he used to live there, he loves it when players from there are up in the bigs. Vin thinks Jack Wilson and Mike Lieberthal are the greatest guys.

i thought Trace was a good man & a desent manager.

9 or 10 million maybe but not 13 mill.IMO.

whats the 2 hour version?

so they basically cut out the best parts of the game? :)

then MLB should make a dvd of the game with fancy packaging.

Next week we will tackle the topic of patent infringement.

thank for helping us out Livan

Meanwhile, San Diego leads Arizona 4-0 in the 2nd. Deja vu?

Especialy after yesterday's performance.

Yet there is no error and no out. Second time in two consecutive games I have seen that call. I don't like it. If a guy hits a HR with a runner on third, they don't call it a "sacrifice fly." If a guy hits a sacrifice bunt and fails (runner out at second), they don't call it a sacrifice bunt. Both of those with good reason. So a guy attempts to sacrifice but something (other than an error) allows him to reach first and he is not creditted with a hit. Seems stupid to me.

So when will Lofton realize that swinging at the first pitch and hitting a ground ball is not a good idea with a double play situation? Does it have to be 30 DPs? Darn, how many double plays has he hit into this year?

So when will Lofton realize that swinging at the first pitch and hitting a ground ball is not a good idea with a double play situation? Does it have to be 30 DPs? Darn, how many double plays has he hit into this year?

i just hope Ethier dons't become one of those great before the all-star & bad after the all-star.

Today I broke down and bought MLB extra innings for the final two weeks of the season. For $49.95 I get fewer than 14 games.

Can I afford the purchase? Hardly.

Can I afford to miss another game in these final two weeks? Not on your life.

yeah but what did Duncan say? kind of a jip if you ask me.

id rather get lincecum. not the biggest fan of sanchez.

there was a blurb in my school newspaper about it being pirate day. apparently you are suppose to use pick up lines with girls like "they dont call me long john silver because of my beard... eh eh (wink wink nudge nudge).

im just the messenger.

Haha… Jose Mesa just hit another Giants player! The Giants announcers are furious.

Of course, I suppose most pitchers are better when they have control of the fastball.

no, kershaw was the right choice. i also think lincecum's lack of control will eventually catch up to him.

plunk, is my first thought thinking of them.

he's also making alot of pitches.

The only two that are not "clutching up" are former Dodgers Piazza and Roberts.

(underbruin, xeifrank... i have trade proposals for you!)

This issue is further complicated by the need to have substantial sample size to know anything about performance. Let's assume you are right, and something "real" (e.g. not just luck), such as better concentration, is resulting in Anderson's hot streak. Since you have no idea when that will end and Marlon will return to his normally poor play, when do you stop playing him? After he goes 1-4 for a game? How does one game tell you anything "real?" Or 4 games, or 20? How do you decide when the hot streak has "played out?"

Add on top of that, since he is not playing, how do you know Ethier is not currently on a "hot streak?" He is sitting on the bench. Maybe he has the best concentration of his life right now, but his "hot streak" is unseen in favor of Anderson's.

Anyone ever hit a HR on a GROUND ball?

Seems like they'd just say player homers to whatever field...

With some kind of provision for rare inside-the-park ones.

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161 - Barry Bonds had a "hot streak" that lasted from 2001 to 2004 though.

But nothing like last night. Boom Boom Boom Boom.

But once I found it, hooray!

There's only so many times you can cash in your chips with the baseball gods.

Then tonite happens.
It never fails.

And gee, GREAT way to validate that miracle win last night. C'mon, how can you be that bad against the Pirates, Cubs, and Brewers in the same span? UH!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah nice way to keep "momentum" going, and show that there would no let down.

But against the Buccos/Cubs the last two times out, so exuberance can be at least somewhat tempered.

i stand by my comment.

Humph.

i see you're point though, but still we have no middle relief.

Oh well, we know not to give up til it's over, too.

Too bad the DBacks aren't helping.

I'd like to see a Loney appearance, too.

A day off today would have been nice - I'd have taken a DH tomorrow. The league is mean!

Say it with me.

Brett Tomko.

sigh...

LWLWLWLWLWLLW(?)

has .500 ball ever felt so agonizing?

Ian Snell is the Buccos best pitcher and he has been pretty good this year. Its not a shock to lose this one.

But the next two the Dodgers need to win, barring another miracle comeback.

I wonder how often teams have exchanged first place in a division this late in the year? It's quite unusual I think.

Wait, you meant he pitches poorly...

We definitely got lathered up by the pain brush tonight.

0.2 IP, 4H, 4R, 1ER, 1K.

glad grittle finally got up to rinse off the pain brush.

From the same:

"Hitting
One of Lugo's biggest problems is trying too hard to come up with big hits, often jumping at pitches and swinging for the fences. He made strides to correct that, nearly tripling his number of doubles while hitting less than half as many home runs as the year before. When Lugo stays within his game, he can spray the ball around the field with enough power to hit it into the gaps. He also has the speed and ability to scratch his way onto base with bunts and infield hits."

Yep, that's who he ought to be, a line drive hitter with power to the alleys. I've been wondering, since the trade, whether management here has given him the same talk that he received in Tampa Bay. When I remarked a month or so ago, re him finding it in the middle of the '04 season, well, his finding it was his learning to stay within himself. Compare his '03 numbers with '04 and '05. '06 in Tampa was "weird", since he regressed back into the hit the homer and not so many doubles mode, yet he was still hitting .308, with an OBP of .373. I think that the success with BA and OBP allowed himto regress back to where he was in '03, and we see that now that he's facing more than a few pitchers that he hasn't seen before, i.e., he should have some dropoff initially, but not this much.

I find that a bit much, but 15-20 million per series would not be an unrealistic dollar amount to me

But it's tempting because I'm bored with this game.

Think I'll watch the Simpsons now with an eye on Gameday, y'know, just in case.

Thanks.

I'm just wondering why he's never been a HR hitter, considering how hard he swings.

Maybe he's a late bloomer?
A really late bloomer.
Still, its amazing what Marlon has done.

Plus we face Chacon!

Think happy thoughts, people.

I'm not sure I have the fortitude for the next 2 weeks guys. I... I.. may need therapy.

These two should be wins.
Just root for the Cubs tomorrow.

Oh well, no sense in dwelling on this one too much. But they need to get their act together for the last two of this series.

339 Dessens is allegedly a ground ball pitcher. I stress allegedly.

Maybe with more rest they can become more talented!

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But Thursday is likely to be another moving day as the Dodgers should have an edge facing a rookie pitcher for Pittsburgh while the Padres are facing Brandon Webb.

This, of course, means that none of those events will happen.