302. twerp

There's talk from time to time of the howitzer attached to Furcal's shoulder.

Does anyone know if he's ever been clocked on a radar gun? If his arm's that good, you'd kind of think so (at least for kicks).

Not long ago I think there was talk of who might pitch in a blowout--maybe Loney since he's been a pitcher.

Be interesting to see Furcal show off that arm in a mopup pitcher role.

There's also been talk of Furcal eventually moving to 2B. Loney might not appreciate having those missiles fired at him from a shorter distance.

Great game going on 0-0 in the eighth, Pads and Rocks. Go rocks at this point. What pitching in the west.(Peavey vs. Francis)

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Noticed that Torre said Kuo depends on deception, which probably is true to a degree for any pitcher. But Kuo sits 93 or so and always has been a strikeout pitcher, so the deception comment is puzzling. Do his strikeouts usually come from ball movement, or what? Can anyone explain?

Saw a comment the other day that Kuo neared triple digiits BS (before surgeons). That extra 5 mph or so might have made him unhittable, since he seems to come close to it now when he's right. I once read that Koufax was unbeatable if he was right, and now no one seems to be able to do much with Kuo when he is.

That comparison might end there, but Kuo is very intriguing. When he's on, like Sept. '06, his numbers rival those of the best pitchers in baseball. So far this year he appears to be even better than in '06.

A comment a few days back referred to Kuo's holding down the power lefty spot until the mythical beast arrives to claim it. Kuo's arm would have to hold up--which history says is iffy--but where is it written there can't be two power lefties?

Dodger Position players I'd love to watch pitch in a blow out game

1) James Loney
2) Russell Martin
3) Rafael Furcal
4) Juan Pierre (come on! your curious aren't you)

Lowe vs. Bennett
Billingsley vs. Glavine
Kuroda vs. Jurrjens

Penny vs. Fogg (who might get yanked from the rotation)
Kuo vs. TBA (should be Voloquez who pitched today)

But to be even more confusing, his first name is Edinson.

Rockies vs Padres: will anybody score?

Gen3, did you get to see any of the Mets game tonight? That game went to the 14th, but the pitching in that one was not as good.

I second the Bison™

This reminds me, I wasn't here last night, but I don't remember a big furor over Nomar's start last night. I was surprised more people weren't disappointed about the Solution getting erased from the blackboard, so to speak. :)

I think its OK to have Nomar in for the time being. I still can't believe Nomar drew two (gasp!) walks.

I take that back. Now, as far as ones I've seen, Mark Grace was the best one I ever saw. Remember how he did his best Mike Fetters impression?

Ted Williams pitched. Jimmie Foxx pitched. Stan Musial pitched. Tris Speaker pitched. Honus Wagner pitched. None of them got hurt. But we get robbed of this high comedy because of some steroid freak and his joke of a manager.

Molly can keep hearting Eric.

vr, twerp

Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Mayne pitched the top of the 12th after manager Buddy Bell had used FIVE of his relievers to get through the 10th and 11th. In the bottom of the 12th, old friend Adam Melhuse, pinch-hitting for Mayne got the walkoff hit off Stan Belinda, making John Rocker take the loss.

I'm still getting medical lab test results sent to me. I feel like I'm watching election returns.

Lasorda pinch-hit Penny in a game this spring, FWIW. It was Lasorda, and it was spring. And half the team was gone to China. But still. There have been far worse managerial moves than pinch-hitting Penny might be.

Still scoreless in San Diego, one out, bottom 13.

Apparently, Glenn Hoffman might have been waving him over to third!

The windmill strikes again?!

The next batter singled... which would have ended the game had Big Mac not gotten greedy. Man what a boneheaded move by Macanulty and/or Hoffman.

And wasn't the windmill Rich Donnelly? :)

Well, one will, at least.

Tonight's game just rendered the NL West a two team race. Neither bullpen is that consistent.

I suppose you could make the argument if the height of the strike zone is supposed to be at the elbows. Otherwise, I thought it was obviously a ball; I have the Rockies broadcast going here.

You can't spell "America" without "Eric"!

I heard Kurkjian is the boss.

The starting pitching was clearly better in the current game.

It's harsh, but it's like listening to death. Slow, creeping death. Ninja death.

He is just a big ball of suck to me.

It was on the Game Show Network for a while.

hmmmm,,,

according to the rule book:

the upper limit of [the strike zone] is a horizontal line at the midpoint between the top of the shoulders and the top of the uniform pants

Unlike the Padres guys, I enjoy the Mets broadcasters because they happen to have great chemistry and come off very natural. I can handle their inherent disdain of the West Coast.

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The is the most fun I've had with a baseball game (this Padres/Rockies game) since... well, the NL WC playoff game.

Lame!

I watched a little bit of the celebrity blackjack and then I saw the dealer from that show became a professional player. And he gave himself a cool Hollywood name and I was done with watching anything to do with blackjack after that.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU200608150.shtml

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/COL/COL200608150.shtml

The Mets have one of the few regular crews to occasionally feature a three man booth and pull it off. We can always chastise their fans, but their commentators are among the best in baseball.

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I think the longest game I ever attended was a 14th inning affair at Dodger Stadium, April 2002. Dodgers vs the Reds, and the Dodgers won in the bottom of the 14th! Pretty memorable.

I was going to say "remake" but that would be a crime against nature.

Got to say, this movie is a standard of great story telling.

Jayson Stark out-Kurkjians Tim Kurkjian.

You're move, Tiny.

I walked up to the box office and asked for the best ticket available. I sat three rows behind the screen behind home plate.

The crowd was so small at the end that I could hear Larry Dierker's argument with Mike Winters.

This is not a joke.

and then made sequels

I think David Strathairn could rise to challenge and do a great Rick Blaine.

Steve Buscemi would be Ugarte, but that one is easy.

Will Smith for Sam?

Maybe her: http://tinyurl.com/5j8vv2

but that's mainly because I know her

I would go with Babyface. Not like Sam does much acting in the film. In addition, Babyface worked with Eric Clapton, which earns you a credit in my book.

As for Jennifer Austin; I do not know her, but the list of films she has done makes me skeptical.

I love it!

Tread lightly, people. We already have to deal with a new Seven Samurai flick. And not a cool Magnificent Seven classic....An actual Seven Samurai remake.

I was sad.

And I thought I was going to detest the Oldboy remake.

http://daily.greencine.com/archives/005830.html

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That Samurai remake still seems kind of in limbo (thankfully). It's listed as in production but there's no director attached, which is quite a feat. And no cast for that matter. I hope it commits hari kari on itself before getting made.

But Kaiser has stopped e-mailing the results of medical tests it appears.

I may not go to sleep.

I would get annoyed or do a lot of inappropriate laughing.

It practically sells itself!

Unless it starts raining.

This is my all time personal record for longest game I ever watched, by innings.

the sd/col teams seem to be running low on players

The problem about putting a position player in to pitch now is that both teams have used up their position players.

That game was the most insane thing I have ever seen.

The 1989 game saw the Dodgers pull off the unique trick of scoring 1 run on 20 hits.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MON/MON198908230.shtml

And the run came on a Rick Dempsey homer. The Dodgers also did not walk during the game, the longest walkless game in major league history.