IGT 3/25/06 - Pedro is In The House!

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Even better, he's on the mound!

Mr. Wright and Lo Duca collide trying to get a pop-up, resulting in a runner at first to start the game.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Jeezus. Three batters, 3 bunt attempts, 3 outs.

[TransMonk]

Pedro looked decent throwing 3 innings of shutout ball. Didn't seem like he was throwing at 100% velocity, but he did mix in all of his pitches but the cut fastball. Leaves the game with a 1-0 lead.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Big inning off Benson (helped by a world class drop in center).

Six-Love Metskies

[Guest Edgy DC]

I'm sorry. The O's tried three straight bunts?

Were they trying to exploit the toe?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Anderson Hernandez has a sweet high Jackson Five voice.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Edgy DC wrote: I'm sorry. The O's tried three straight bunts? Were they trying to exploit the toe?

No. It was Andy Hernandez, Pedro, and Reyes

[Zvon]

Its been enjoyable watching the Orioles play like a little league team in the field.
And the Mets have brought their lumber.
14 hits so far.

Me likey

[Guest Edgy DC]

Zambrano with five innings in relief and has kept 'em scoreless.

Strikes out the first batter of his sixth inning and he's up to 85 pitches. How about that?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Game over. Eight-zip.

Eight ! ! !

Damn, Zambrano even had a changeup working.

I love the MLB.com feed because I get the between-innings banter. Darling is thanking Gary for correcting him off the mic when Darling said that Mike Jacobs was with Baltimore.

Gary laughed goofily about the Orioles, saying "Get ready to do some serious running, boys."

[Guest KC]

Missed the game, but recorded it only to find for the second time in a week
(I recorded The Sopranos on Sun) the recording didn't take to the disc?

It just occured to me that maybe you can't record HDTV on a conventional
DVD? Anyone know? Feh.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

They're replaying the game on SNY tonight, if you want to give it a second try.

[Frayed Knot]

Kinda weird that they pulled Pedro after only 30-some pitches - especially with a 6-pitch 3rd as his last inning and that he's thrown upwards of 80 during simulated action (isn't 'simulated action' what got George Michael in trouble with the law?).
Maybe that was planned in order to get Victor his work in and Petey threw some more on the side afterward. Such throwing isn't uncommon in cases like this although no one in the booth said anything (unless I missed it).

'SOkay anyway. Zamby looked real good: batters were flinching all day. Now if only ...


Real bad O's defense. Some of that is prolly a 1-day thing but Millar is a real bad 1st baseman.
Even some non-errors hurt Benson. Corey Patterson was a BA #1 overall prospect in part based on a rep as a ball-hawking CFer but loafed toward Delgado's blooper in LF and never came close to it. The fact that he's never learned to get on base in the majors hasn't helped his case either.


Nice DP started by Andy-Hernandy (partly missed cuz they were talking to Mazzone). I just wish I was more sure that the guy could hit; I've seen 2 of those 'running slap-bunts' already this Spring (neither came close to working) and I've only caught a handful of innings so far.

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

Frayed Knot wrote: Nice DP started by Andy-Hernandy (partly missed cuz they were talking to Mazzone).

Yeah, I was surprised they didn't say "Hold on, Leo. There's a great doubleplay there, Hernandez to Reyes to Delgado to end the inning. Leo, can you talk with us some more next inning? Mets 6, O's 0 after six"--bad job of controlling the mike, IMO.

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

Leo Mazzone
is fulla baloney
Whether a Brave or an O

His Baltimore staff
will win less than half
their starts, and his relievers blow.

So how smart is Leo?
He has mental B.O.
that stinks worse than five day old haddocks.

He misses Tom Glavine
and Smoltz, and is havin'
regrets about leaving Greg Maddox.

He'll beg of Kris Benson
"Can you go again, son?
I'm lacking that steady rotation

That made me seem clever--
'Best Pitching Coach Ever'--
and now I'm the worst in the nation

Now an ignoramous,
I used to be famous
for teaching young throwers to pitch.

But now I'm exposed,
My staff wears no clothes,
Naked payback is one ugly bitch.

With Darling and Cohen,
I act like I'm knowin'
which end is up (bullshit and banter)--

It was easy to seem
As good as my team
With the players I had in Atlanta."