IGT 04/08 OPENING DAY AT SHEA TODAY! HOORAY!

[Zvon]

J-Roll hits a weak grounder to 3rd, Wright gets the force at 2nd and that is all. Two out.

Edited April 8, 2008 by Guest

[Benjamin Grimm]

Perez gets a grounder to Wright, but Rollins gets to first before the DP can be completed.

Two out, two on. Victorino batting.

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[Valadius]

Oy.

Willie needs to send The Jacket out there to talk to Ollie.

[Zvon]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ="Valadius"]What's wrong with Castillo? Why's he out of the game? "Right knee soreness."

.....not "Right leg shortness"?

[stevejrogers]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ="Valadius"]What's wrong with Castillo? Why's he out of the game? "Right knee soreness."

4 years of this huh? 4 years of cranky knees and infield power!

[Zvon]

Gets Victorino to pop up to deep short.

[Benjamin Grimm]

SteveJRogers wrote: 4 years of this huh? 4 years of cranky knees and infield power!

No.

If he can't play, they'll eat the contract. Don't worry about the four years.

Meanwhile, Perez pitches out of his jam and, I imagine, has taken a nice happy leap over the foul line.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Ollie's a matador. A bullfighter. Gets 'em worked up then escapes with a flourish.

[seawolf17]

For all those who doubted Delgado, he's currently hitting at .409.

[Zvon]

Mr. Wright with a nice 2 out double past Burrell in left.

[Zvon]

Ughhh.
The 3-2 pitch to Burrell looked like a strike on the inside to me, but he gets the free pass.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Oh Jeez.

Peterson to the mound.

I smell a home run...

[Benjamin Grimm]

Nope. Instead we get a balk and a wild pitch.

[stevejrogers]

Werth's MLB photo shows this thing on his chin that looks worse than Speiezo's!



FUGLY!

[Frayed Knot]

Ollie gets the first two but then can't last the inning.
Smith in to face Feliz - 1st & 3rd/2 out

[Frayed Knot]

="SteveJRogers"]Werth's MLB photo shows this thing on his chin that looks worse than Speiezo's! FUGLY!

The worst chin fuzz of the year contest has already been decided and the winner is Nick Swisher for his oddly-shaped and blond-dyed goatee-like patch.

[Guest AG/DC]

Ninety-four pitches is a short workday.

[nymr83]

I agree with going to the bullpen here even though Perez had yet to allowa run. two walks in an inning worries me far more than two singles would have, call it a day and get a fresh arm in there.

[Zvon]

So, Phils on 1st and 3rd, 2 out, Feliz at-bat.

Smith goes to work.

And.....................walks the bases loaded.
Gah.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Here's what Joe Smith looks like on my Gamecast

[Zvon]

="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]Here's what Joe Smith looks like on my Gamecast

I didn't know he was black.

[Zvon]

Smith gets out of it with a weak grounder to short, force at 2nd.
Good job Joe Smith.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Despite the walk, I have some Schaefer reserved (at this point, anyway) for Joe Smith.

[Zvon]

Phils broadcast just showed some really nice footage of Shea's 1st year.
Very nice.

Now they are taking about Tommie Agee and how he was one of the hardest sliders in the game.
I never really thought of him as such but thinking back this is true.

[nymr83]

SteveJRogers wrote: Fair point, but as we are seeing with Reyes you have to deal with a selfish, me-first malcontent hot dog when things don't go according to plan. Robinson was a winning ballplayer with tons of heart and determination, can you REALLY say that about Rickey Henderson? Yes Henderson does have an MVP, but really, was Henderson THAT much of a difference maker on those A's teams? Or those Blue Jays teams a few years later? Give me a few Robinson types over a few Henderson/Reyes types if I want to build a winner.

i guess you want Jeters over Arods too? stop talking about BS like "heart" and "determination" and try discussing actual contributions towards winning.

[Guest AG/DC]

Sorry. Pulled the rug out from under you there, Namor.

[Zvon]

Smith's work is done.
Pitching change....

[smg58]

It's So against The Show.

[Guest AG/DC]

So v. Show.

[Frayed Knot]

Phils burn a player as Taguchi bats for Dobbs who was going to bat for Moyer prior to Willie switching Schoeneweis for Smith.