IGT 29 - Cinco de Mayo in Arizona - Sosa vs. Webb

[Elster88]

Braves down 2-1 at home after seven.

[Elster88]

J. Reyes, SS
D. Wright, 3B
C. Beltran, CF
C. Delgado, 1B
P. Lo Duca, C
S. Green, RF
D. Easley, 2B
E. Chavez, LF
J. Sosa, P


E. Byrnes, RF
A. Callaspo, 3B
O. Hudson, 2B
T. Clark, 1B
S. Drew, SS
S. Hairston, LF
C. Young, CF
C. Snyder, C
B. Webb, P

[Elster88]

I know Webb is good and Sosa is a rook, but when Tony Clark is batting fourth you gotta think you have an advantage in the lineup.

Just like we had the lineup disadvantage when he batted fourth for us.

[Elster88]

I don't know how I feel about Captain Redass batting fifth.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Sosa's no rook, he's 30 years old. Just never been able to stick around as a big league starter. He's just a hard throwing righty with crappy K/BB ratios and piss-poor numbers against left-handed hitters who had some Mazzone Magic a couple years back in Atlanta.

Has some pop in his bat, though.

[Elster88]

OlerudOwned wrote: Sosa's no rook, he's 30 years old. Just never been able to stick around as a big league starter. He's just a hard throwing righty with crappy K/BB ratios and piss-poor numbers against left-handed hitters who had some Mazzone Magic a couple years back in Atlanta.

Yeah I meant a AAA pitcher not a rook.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Come to think of it, I never realized just how bad Sosa has been against lefties.

LHB are .291/.382/.500 off him for his career. 160 walks to 146 Ks. Surprised he hasn't be glued to the bullpen by now.

[Willets Point]

DIdn't he suck for the Mets last year, blowing a game against Washington?

[Guest OlerudOwned]

We picked him up this offseason, so nope.

He did suck for the Braves and Cardinals though. Admirable.

[Gwreck]

Willets, maybe you're thinking of when Sosa did poorly against the Mets:

http://retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2006/B04170NYN2006.htm

IIRC, Delgado has great career numbers against Sosa. He homered in that game.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Elster88 wrote: I know Webb is good and Sosa is a rook, but when Tony Clark is batting fourth you gotta think you have an advantage in the lineup. Just like we had the lineup disadvantage when he batted fourth for us.

Something I Learned Today (Black and white is always gray):

Tony Clark career vs. Sosa: 7-for-8, 5 HR.

[Batty31]

Two aboard in the first inning with one out. I hope Sosa settles a bit in after this inning

[Batty31]

Sosa strikes out Tony Clark!

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Those black Diamondbacks jerseys are ugly.

So was that pitch, but Green has it on the warning track.

[metirish]

Elster88 wrote: Braves down 2-1 at home after seven.

Dodgers win 6 - 3

[nymr83]

GREEN!

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Green takes the master of the ground ball deep.



Got a feeling we'll need more of that if we want Sosa to beat Webb.

[metirish]

Can't say enough good things about Green....his hitting at least anyway.

[Guest Edgy DC]

He's done his job in the field of late. This series, anyhuck.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Eight in a row for da man.

[Guest Edgy DC]

BL4ND

[Batty31]

Blech. Chavez blows a bases loaded opportunity.

[Guest Edgy DC]

ND=NoDice

[Batty31]

Thanks for the translation.

[Willets Point]

="Gwreck"]Willets, maybe you're thinking of when Sosa did poorly against the Mets:

Or I could be a dumbass who can't tell his Jorges apart. After searching through Ultimate Mets I realized the crappy pitcher I was thinking of was Jorge Julio.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Sosa-Distic!

[Willets Point]

Looked like LoDuca was praying to Mecca.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Meet Scott Hairston

[Guest Edgy DC]

Webb made his bed; he can lie in it.

[metirish]

Webb must hate seeing the Mets.....