igt 18/4: zambrano & the d team vs los bravos

[duan]

Seriously, if we win this one who knows!!!

Good Guys
Reyes
Lo Duca
Delgado
Wright
Nady
Valentin [left FIELD]
Woodward [2b]
Chavez [CENTRE FIELD]
**
Zambrano

Bad Guys
Giles [2b]
Betemit [sS]
Langerhans [LF]
Jones (Andruw) [CF]
LaRoche [1b]
Francouer [RF]
McCann [C]
Orr [3B]
**
Davies

[Gwreck]

I woulda kept Hernandez at 2nd and put Woodward in left.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Hernandez is having back spasms and is unavailable, according to Gary Cohen.

[Guest abogdan]

So what's that, a two man bench tonight? Great timing on the Diaz demotion.

[Gwreck]

Castro and Franco, then Trachsel and Bannister.

Big K of Andruw.

[metirish]

Atlanta up two runs, Zambrano is tough to watch.

[Gwreck]

Braves strategy is to go up hacking, swinging early in the count.

[Guest abogdan]

And to hit homers. Andruw goes deep. 4-0.

[Gwreck]

And another one. Let's get him out of there.

[Guest abogdan]

Woody puts some juice into the lineup. Kaboom. 5-1.

[Guest KC]

Seems to me the booing Zambrano was getting that the announcers referred
to at the end of the top of the third was supressed by SNY audio.

I don't like that, they have freakin' mics all over ... was it squelched?

[seawolf17]

abogdan wrote: So what's that, a two man bench tonight? Great timing on the Diaz demotion.

Three; Hernandez. Not that you'd want him up as a pinch-hitter.

[metirish]

Diaz can't get called back for ten days, unless a player goes on the DL...sucks

[Guest Edgy DC]

Well, if they're suppressing i in the audio, the announcerrs shold be briefed on the conspiracy.

[Gwreck]

seawolf17 wrote: Three; Hernandez. Not that you'd want him up as a pinch-hitter.

I don't think Hernandez is available. Ed Coleman suggested that Beltran could pinch hit if absolutely necessary, although they'd likely need pinch runner if he got on. He also said that Beltran will probably be back for tomorrow.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Hernandez and Darling:

Darling: "In 1985, I led the league in walks. It was like the Bataan Death March out there for me. I was fortunate in that I had such a good defense behind me."

Hernandez: "You think we had a good defense? I thought we were just average."

Darling: "We had a solid, make-the-plays type defense. They didn't make the spectacular play --- yourself excepted --- but Raffy and other guys, you could count on them to make the play."

Hernandez: "You know what? I think you pitched better in those situations, after putting a few guys on base."

Gee, guys, are you gonna start making out?

[Guest GYC]

if zambrano isnt pulled in the next 10 seconds, fire willie

[metirish]

The Trivia question is lame....

What player has the most home runs without ever playing in the post season?

Jones homers again.

[Guest GYC]

Fire Willie!

[Guest Edgy DC]

I distinctly told Andruw Jones not to do this.

[nymr83]

I'm ok with leaving Victor in there. The starting pitcher needs to go deep into games and save the bullpen, I'd rather take my chances with him than burn out the entire bullpen today.

I still don't like VZ though, is there a kazmir/zambrano trade tracker thread?

i'll be at the (likely) rubber game tommorow, my 4th of the young season.

[Gwreck]

Ernie Banks?

[Gwreck]

You know what I'd love? If either Jose Valentin or Endy Chavez could freakin learn how to take the occasional pitch.

[metirish]

Way to much chatter from Chris Cotter with those NY Giants palyers, yes it was Ernie Banks, Delgado is next on that list.

[Guest Edgy DC]

True that. Would have liked to see more of Feliciano's long-awaited 2006 debut.

Baseball, gentlemen.

[metirish]

Am I going slightly crazy or do Ron and Keith sound very alike with the way they speak?

[nymr83]

metirish wrote: Am I going slightly crazy or do Ron and Keith sound very alike with the way they speak?

nah, they just sound alike because they are hitting on each other, i don't like having two former players from the same team together, it's nice having a situation where the guys have diferent anecdotes, i'd prefer even two guys from different eras.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Cohen is wrong. That patch of grass in left and right hasn't always been there. It was a void back in the Jets day, so they can rotate the field level seats around to run parallel to the sidelines.

[Guest KC]

I can tell them apart now easily, but they do sound alike and it's been posted
about alot. The short of it is you're not slightly crazy, at least not for that reason.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I agree that players from more varying backgrounds creates a richer dynamic.