IGT, Game 17, 4/20: One Hit After Another

[Guest cooby]

OlerudOwned wrote: Blargh keep your mouth closed Pelfrey, I just ate.

What IS that? A mouth guard?

[Guest AG/DC]

Oh, yeah, that's what Chavez brings.

[Guest themetfairy]

Great play - that's why we HAVE an Endy Chavez!

(And yes, cooby - Pelfrey wears a mouthguard)

[Zvon]

Burrell out at 2nd by a country mile...

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Just watching Pelfrey's stuff today, I don't have much faith in his ability to be successful. The ESPN booth keeps talking about his fastball, his fastball, his fastball, and they've been basically right in scouting it right. But they haven't said a word about his offspeed stuff, or lack there of, and why it's going to kill him.

He seems to be back to trying the changeup as his primary off speed pitch again, but it's not working. Looking at the Pitch F/X information of his changeup, the velocity at the time of release is way, way slower than on his fastball, which would suggest that he still can't throw a change without slowing his arm down. That's not going to fool anybody.

The Utley at-bat in the 3rd summed it up pretty well. You can sit on his fastball all day, and if you're a good enough hitter to avoid letting it blow you away, you've got him cornered. Eventually he's going to wear down or miss his spots with the fastball and people are going to kill it or draw walks. His fastball has natural sink, but not to the Wang or Webb degree that he's going to be able to get by on it without an offspeed pitch to keep people honest.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

The triple play is in order.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Looks like another long day for the bullpen.

I don't see Pelf striking Utley out. Pray pray for the double play.

[seawolf17]

Fuck.

Exploding fastball, my ass.

[Zvon]

UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH



....that damn Utley.

[Guest Triple Dee]

Frick on a stick.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

] Pray pray for the double play.

You gotta dream bigger than that.

[Guest themetfairy]

Fuckshit!

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Utley just put a hotel on the Mike Pelfrey space in this Monopoly of life.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Willie's gonna assess him for Street Repairs.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

At least we can still love David.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

4 runs ain't nothin...

[Zvon]

[Guest AG/DC]

That's a start.

[Guest AG/DC]

Castillo, you do that. Don't listen to the hate.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Castillo wants some make-up sex.

[Zvon]

K, your HUGE here Beltran.

Make it happen.

[Guest AG/DC]

Wright Night.

Now the drama. Beltran + Delgado = 0-20 this series.

[seawolf17]

1-21.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

I've never been happier with 1-21.

2-22, anyone?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: 4 runs ain't nothin...

You said it, Bucket!

[Guest themetfairy]

OK - we got last inning's three back!

[seawolf17]

Adam Eaton just remembered that he sucks.

Excellent; the Phillies' bullpen. Is Tom Gordon still pitching? I always enjoy watching him give up runs.

[Zvon]

Ill take the 2 RBI single, thnkuverymuch

And we knock Eaton off the mound.

Nice. Lets get into that pen.

[Guest AG/DC]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: 4 runs ain't nothin... You said it, Bucket!

Mets filling up the wards as one more basket case is talking to himself.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

This where Edgy's call on dropping Church for lineup balance makes Willie look smart. Delgado-Church-Casanova here vs. Delgado-Casanova-Castillo.