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Ollie is throwing strikes ?

Gwreck wrote: Nice at-bat by Murphy, getting a single on the 9th pitch of the AB. I think that's his pitch the ninth one , kid works those at bats.

That was not directed at you , just that I didn't know what to say....

Nothing to say here. R.I.P.

Rodriguez also needed to negotiate what might have been a bad call on the Delgado play.

Willy Taveras cf Darnell McDonald lf Joey Votto 1b Brandon Phillips 2b Jay Bruce rf Edwin Encarnacion 3b Ryan Hanigan c Paul Janish ss Bronson Arroyo p

Delgado 3.5 Beltran 2 Schneider 2 Parnell 1 Rodriguez 1 Putz .5

I just sent all my gay friends on FB a Carlos Delgado bobble head doll.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Thnought that was a HR for sure. In that ball park I was certain it was....that was a fun four hours

This is a high wire act right now...I'm concerned...

Parnell pitching is like Murphy hitting, he just looks like he belongs.

Castillo bailed out Pelfery twice there on that play.

Fman99 wrote: ="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr"]MLB EI? And MLB.TV won't give me local games, will it? (Cable-free in NYC here.) MLB Extra Innings, offered by my cable company for about $160 or so for the year if I remember correctly. The thing I like most about it is watching a West coast game after the Mets game ends. Another 3 hours of baseball? Sure, thank you. And always 2-3 games per day in HD which is a bonus. For the iPhone and iPod Touch MLB has a brilliant app for 10 bucks, it's loaded , all audio with no blackouts for home and away teams , video highlights.....really great value for money

Noticed this bit in the Enquirer ] Tonight's the night JohnFay at 4/8/2009 10:48 AM EDT Tonight's the night we find out what the seasonticket base is. The Reds don't announce that, but they've said it's down. A Wednesday night, early in the year, isn't likely to be part of any package but a full-season package. I'd bet they break the alltime low for Great Ameridan Ball Park. The record low is 11,987, set April 3 last year. That happened on Johnny Cueto's debut, probably the most exciting game of the year. The drop in season-ticket renewals is my guess is why the Reds held the line on player payroll. According to the USA Today salary list, the Reds' Opening Day payroll was $73.56 million, down from $74.12 million last year. The Reds' cut, one of 14 in the baseball, was modest. Ten teams trimmed $10 million or more. Here's how the rest of the Central stacks up: Cubs $134.8 million Astros $102.9 million Milwaukee $80.1 million St. Louis $77.6 million Pittsburgh $46.8 million The New York Yankees, of course, are No. 1 at a cool $201.4 million. The Mets, the team the Reds lost to on Opening Day, causing wide-spread panic among fans, is second at $149.3 million. Surely they will get a decent crowd for tonights game.

Jerry Hairston Jr. cf Chris Dickerson lf Joey Votto 1b Brandon Phillips 2b Jay Bruce rf Edwin Encarnacion 3b Ramon Hernandez c Alex Gonzalez ss Edinson Volquez p From the Cincinnati Enquirer

Reyes -- SS Murphy -- LF Wright -- 3B Delgado -- 1B Beltran -- CF Church -- RF Schneider -- C Castillo -- 2B Pelfrey -- RHP

MFS62 wrote: And somewhere, Bob Gibson is thinking, "If they pulled that s**t when I was on the mound, they'd be going down". Of course, you were in danger of going down when Gibson was on the mound, handshakes or not. Later Gibson last played in 1975 , times have changed. This is the kind of stuff that annoys me(not you 62) , ex players in the booth like to talk about how things were when I played.

I got a great kick out of that when SNY showed it , gotta love Santana. They say he's a real prankster in the clubhouse too. Pretty cool to see the ball boy's reaction at the end there.

I remember in those first games with those three playing the outfield there was if anything a need for Beltran to take charge as all three were capable of running down any ball.

="themetfairy":14hamc5h]Plus this is the free preview week for MLB Extra Innings, for out of market games.[/quote:14hamc5h] I was going through those too, Rob Dibble doing color for the Nats , he's as useless as tits on a bull. Watched some of the games featuring the Blue Jays at home and the Twins at home , I absolutely hate watching games on FieldTurf. John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 08 2009 09:29 PM Vin Scully calling the Dodgers-Pods game, Padres wearing their fatigues. DocTee Apr 08 2009 09:31 PM ]Rob Dibble doing color for the Nats , he's as useless as tits on a bull. Quote of the year candidate right here. MFS62 Apr 09 2009 06:26 AM About how many games into the season do you think it will take for mlb network to realize that Bonds is no longer playing for SF, and therefore nobody cares about watching their games? Later Fman99 Apr 09 2009 06:28 AM ="MFS62":3q171fhs]About how many games into the season do you think it will take for mlb network to realize that Bonds is no longer playing for SF, and therefore nobody cares about watching their games? Later[/quote:3q171fhs] They actually have quite a few young talented hitters (Ishikawa, Sandoval, Lewis) a pretty solid rotation and a few live arms in their pen. They're missing a big bat though. themetfairy Apr 09 2009 06:39 AM ="John Cougar Lunchbucket":2znwpofn]Vin Scully calling the Dodgers-Pods game, Padres wearing their fatigues.[/quote:2znwpofn] I love listening to Scully call games. Centerfield Apr 09 2009 12:17 PM ="themetfairy":1dpmlfux]="John Cougar Lunchbucket":1dpmlfux]Vin Scully calling the Dodgers-Pods game, Padres wearing their fatigues.[/quote:1dpmlfux] I love listening to Scully call games.[/quote:1dpmlfux] Yup. ON EDIT: He's one of the handful of people who when I hear their voice makes me feel like a kid. Brent Musberger and Casey Kasem are some others. metirish Apr 24 2009 02:25 PM Nearly a month into the season and MLB Network is my default station. I love all the live look-ins to games , as soon as SNY goes to break I flip over to MLB. I don't watch Baseball Tonight anymore , no point really. HahnSolo Apr 24 2009 02:48 PM I agree, although none of the hosts/analysts have really grown on me. Larkin is about as bland as they come, and he seems to always be on. Harold Reynolds is OK. Frayed Knot Apr 24 2009 02:56 PM Neil Best in today's Newsday[/url:2aq3rzp9] on MLBN's nightly show. He does this every once in a while: goes the entire day (or a good portion of it) watching one sports-TV related thing just to see how sane he comes out on the other side. I know he's done the NFL draft (I'd shoot myself by hour 2) and once did MSG on a summer day not long after they lost the Mets and had nothing but the winter sports teams remaining. Lotsa informercials and cheesy in-house stuff IIRC. apmorris Apr 24 2009 09:21 PM I've had it on in the background since the season started. I agree about Larkin. The hosts for the most part are OK, this guy though has an acute case of Scott Van Peltism Edgy DC Apr 24 2009 09:45 PM Did you have to pick a wanking shot? G-Fafif May 06 2009 01:12 PM If you're outside the NYC area, you can watch Thursday night's game on MLBN, Bob Costas and Al Leiter at the mics. Blacked out here. Benjamin Grimm May 06 2009 01:17 PM I'm sure it will be blacked out in Philadelphia too. Since I don't have Comcast cable, I can't see most of the local Phillies broadcasts, except for the relatively few that are on the over-the-air channel. apmorris May 06 2009 01:31 PM MLBNetwork, The Best Damn On-Air Personalities Period! (part 3) Billy Ripken He got the job on his own merits, just like how he got his job with the Orioles. ps. Does MLBN know we have to look at him whens he talks? from G-Fafif May 06 2009 01:44 PM ="Benjamin Grimm":2rks6vvy]I'm sure it will be blacked out in Philadelphia too.[/quote:2rks6vvy] I suppose. It was hard enough to acknowledge there was a world outside of New York to remember another city might be involved. bmfc1 May 06 2009 05:07 PM Billy Ripken does a good job on MLBN, just as he does on XM Baseball. He is also a great teacher of the game at the Ripken Baseball Camp. Swan Swan H Jun 27 2009 10:48 AM Game 5 of the 1968 NLCS on NOW! It's the bottom of the 1st, and it's scheduled to run until 4:30, if you want to check in for the big finish.

Yeah the carpet in the promo shot for the A-List really tells you all you need to know about them .

How did it happen that Murphy got pegged as a poor or average fielder when he got called up. Who decides that? Murphy played 4 games in the Minor leagues and had a fielding % of 1.000 which itself means little but I remember when he first came up and hearing about how he'll have a tough time in LH. Seems like that then is taken as gospel in the media and fans too. Will he ever shake that tag?

Hilarious , JCL , the big guy on the right in the they might be Tom Stahl & The Dangerfields picture looks so out of place with the guitar , he's just so huge looking the guitar looks miniature .

I hate the day after Opening Day but at least we have MLB Network. I've been watching their MLB Tonight 1st to 3rd show , love it. They pop back and forth between games , they just had a Milton Bradley AB against Wandy Rodriguez in a big spot in that game , two men on base. They showed the whole AB that ended with Matsui turning a sweet DP.

The Smoking Gun got the transcript and video of Fat Joba's arrest for DUI last year , in it Fat Joba assumes the cop knows who he is.....bad mouths New Yorkers.... Joba Goes Nine (Steps)! Yankee pitcher completes field sobriety test in video from DUI arrest APRIL 6--While devoid of Plaxicoesque bombast and vulgarity, the police video of Joba Chamberlain's DUI arrest is not without its amusing moments. After a Nebraska State Patrol officer pulled the pitcher over for speeding last October, the athlete assumed that the cop knew who he was. "I came from Florida," Chamberlain said, "and obviously I play for the Yankees." During a friendly conversation, Trooper Michael Grummert--who retrieved an open bottle of Crown Royal from the passenger seat of Chamberlain's BMW--asked the athlete what he thought of New York. The pitcher responded that "opening a door and saying please and thank you" were rare in Gotham. As for driving, Chamberlain noted that if you let a fellow Nebraska motorist cut in ahead of you, they would roll down their window and say thanks. In New York, "They might hit you. It's a joke." Asked what it was like playing in Yankee Stadium, Chamberlain, a former catcher, mentioned meeting Yogi Berra in the locker room: "I go, 'Yogi, what the fuck are you doing here?" The Yankee great, Chamberlain recalled, replied, "You know what? It's too cold for my old ass to be here." Referring to Berra's height, the pitcher added, "No bullshit, he might not be as tall as the front of your car." A couple of excerpts from the Chamberlain DUI video can be found at right. While seated in the police cruiser's front seat, Chamberlain, 23, was directed to twice recite the alphabet. Before beginning, he asked Grummert whether he would have to say the letters backwards, and wondered whether the trooper had seen a certain famous online video. "Have you ever seen the test on the Internet? The dude does it from forward to backwards and then starts, he does it backwards and starts dancing." Chamberlain added, "The officer has it on tape on her camera. She starts dancing and he says, 'I don't do that 'cause I'm drunk.'" The video in question, however, is actually a clip from the Comedy Central show "Reno 911." Chamberlain, though, is not the only one to have been fooled into believing the clip was from actual police dashboard camera footage. Moments after Chamberlain submitted to a Breathalyzer test, which he failed, another cop pulled up to the scene. Noting that the motorist in his car was about to be arrested, Grummert said, "He's going. He pitches for the Yankees, by the way." The second cop replied, "Is it Chamberlain? It's Joba?" Chamberlain, whose mug shot you'll find here, pleaded guilty last week to drunk driving and was placed on probation for nine months and had his license suspended for 60 days. (1 page) Joba mugshot from DUI last year http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0406091joba1.html