OoTS Weekend 6/25-27

[Zvon]

Hittin 97 on the gun.

He Ks the side.

Hadn't pitched for four days.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I'm guessing he wasn't begging to get a token inning in the game yesterday.

[bmfc1]

I feel much better since the ump apologized for blowing a big call. It'll give us solace if the Mets end the year a game behind Atlanta.

http://www.freep.com/article/20100626/SPORTS02/100626053/1355/

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=9385229&query=%26game_pk%3D264917

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

I feel much better since the ump apologized for blowing a big call. It'll give us solace if the Mets end the year a game behind Atlanta.

http://www.freep.com/article/20100626/SPORTS02/100626053/1355/

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=9385229&query=%26game_pk%3D264917[/quote:287qmcka]

Wow, that was a terrible call with the game on the line. That ball was outside even if it had been straight, but with it tailing away from Damon it wasn't even close. The ball was actually a little inside the right hand batters box when the Braves catcher gloves the pitch.

[Frayed Knot]

Arizona has the worst ERA in the NL and Tampa got 0, 5, and 2 hits off them in their series at home and was lucky to win even one (the middle) of the three.

Meanwhile Evan Longoria and BJ Upton scrapped in the dugout between innings apparently over Upton's lack of hustle - not an uncommon problem with BJ.

[Frayed Knot]

Can fat-assed Broxton get the fuck out of this inning please?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Strange game where Joba's not the fattest reliever to play.

Oh, fuck, fatty

[Frayed Knot]

Loney had three choices on that play ... and took the worst one.
Tie game.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Ah, Ba-Loney. Good idea, DUMB play.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Strange game where Joba's not the fattest reliever to play.[/quote:1fdklb7c]

To be fair, Broxton's taller than the MFY, so he can hang a lot more ground-chuck onto his body than Fistpumps MacRivera in the other bullpen there.

More ground chuck, more room to hide suckage in the folds. Hence, Joba's giving up an insure-run, while Broxton Mama Casses the whole damn non-save.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

FU Torre, Sherrill, Broxton, Manny, Troncoso, Loney, Either, Anderson, Blake, Johnson, Girardi, Cano, Texiera, etc etc. F all of you.

[Frayed Knot]

If the Dodgers actually had managed to tie that thing up again after choking it away did they even have enough players to finish it out?
After double-switching Manny out an inning or two earlier for defense with a "safe" lead - LA led 5-0 and later 6-2 before bringing fat-ass into the game - both Manny's replacement, Garret Anderson, and also Russell Martin, promptly got tossed for arguing balls & strikes. Both actually looked to be good if borderline pitches but apparently Torre & the Dodgers were pissed about a few calls that Mariano got the previous night as well; 'Hey look, somehow this shoe wound up on my other foot'!

[MFS62]

If the Dodgers actually had managed to tie that thing up again after choking it away did they even have enough players to finish it out?
After double-switching Manny out an inning or two earlier for defense with a "safe" lead - LA led 5-0 and later 6-2 before bringing fat-ass into the game - both Manny's replacement, Garret Anderson, and also Russell Martin, promptly got tossed for arguing balls & strikes. Both actually looked to be good if borderline pitches but apparently Torre & the Dodgers were pissed about a few calls that Mariano got the previous night as well; 'Hey look, somehow this shoe wound up on my other foot'!