Frayed Knot

2 outs in the 9th in Philly 10-8 Phils -- Lidge puts two on base -- Mike Stanton up

Don't think that one needs a replay review!!!! Holy shit that was a bomb!

OK, first things first: someone go out and hit that fan in the face with the back-side of a garden shovel.

The K/BB ratios of these Padre relievers make me jealous. This dude is 29/3

Feliciano to PH?, then Reyes & Pagan And if one of them isn't the hero then Bay gets a shot at redemption.

In other NL East news, the Phils got their hitting shoes on tonight ... but are losing to the Fish 8-7 in the 8th Mike Stanton in his debut: K, FO, 2 singles (one IF, one OF)

seawolf17 wrote: Who is that old guy with the gravelly voice who calls WFAN with WATPs involving the Yankees? I'm sure he'll call the Schmoozer tonight to propose a Teixeira-for-Strasburg deal. Jerome from Manhattan -- and actually he won't propose a trade he'll just want to know if the Yanx will sign him in the off-season. Yanqui fans, you see, are unaware of minor technicalities like 6-year rules for FA eligibility since they think the only purpose of those minor teams is to find and provide the Bronx with players. When informed that Strasburg won't be a FA until after the 2017 season THEN he'll propose Teixeira as trade bait ... but only after the host turns down his offer of Nick Johnson.

Round - Pick - Name - Pos - School - State 1 -- 7 -- Matt Harvey -- RHP -- North Carolina, N.C. 3 -- 89 -- Blake Forsythe -- C -- Tennessee, Tenn. 4 -- 122 -- Cory Vaughn -- OF -- San Diego State, Ca 5 -- 152 -- Matt den Dekker -- OF -- Florida, Fla 6 -- 182 -- Greg Peavey -- RHP -- Oregon State, Or 7 -- 212 -- Jeff Walters -- RHP -- Georgia, Ga 8 -- 242 -- Kenny McDowall -- RHP -- JC of Southern Nevada, Nv 9 -- 272 -- Jacob Degrom -- RHP -- Stetson -- Fla 10 -- 302 -- Akeel Morris -- RHP -- Charlotte Amaile HS, St. Thomas, V.I. 11 -- 332 -- Adam Kolarek -- LHP -- Maryland, MD 12 -- 362 -- Bret Mitchell -- RHP -- Minnesota State-Mankato, Minn 13 -- 392 -- Brian Harrison -- 3B -- Furman, SC 14 -- 422 -- J.B. Brown -- 2B -- Pacific, Ca 15 -- 452 -- Tillman Pugh -- OF -- Sonoma State, Ca 16 -- 482 -- Ryan Fraser -- RHP -- Memphis, Tenn 16 -- 505 -- Evan Rutckyj -- LHP -- St. Joseph's HS, St. Thomas, Ont 17 -- 512 -- Chad Sheppard -- RHP -- Northwestern State, La 18 -- 542 -- Alex Pinera -- RHP -- Tampa, Fla 19 -- 572 -- Jonathan Kountis -- RHP -- Embry-Riddle, Fla 20 -- 602 -- Luke Stewart -- 1B -- Alabama-Birmingham, Ala 21 -- 632 -- Dabias Johnson -- 2B -- Cook HS, Adel, Ga 22 -- 662 -- Brandon Brown -- SS -- South Alabama, Ala 23 -- 692 -- Drew Martinez -- OF -- Memphis, Tenn 24 -- 722 -- Erik Goeddel -- RHP -- UCLA, Ca 25 -- 752 -- Matthew Birdwell -- RHP -- Vanguard, Ca 26 -- 782 -- Jet Butler -- SS -- Mississippi State, Miss 27 -- 812 -- Michael Weldon -- RHP -- Wayland Baptist 28 -- 842 -- Jeremy Gould -- LHP -- Duke, NC 29 -- 872 -- Hamilton Bennett -- LHP -- Tennessee Wesleyan CC, Tenn 30 -- 902 -- Josh Edgin -- LHP -- Francis Marion, SC And just 20 more rounds to go.

bmfc1 wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: I understand that the Wash DC sports media is so caught up in the Strasburg hype that they - just for today - have cut back their Redskins coverage to 60% of their programming day. You have to live here to know how accurate that comment is. I've spent enough time and had enough relatives in that area to know that the W-Post being half or more Redskins news even in June is a staple if not a running joke. Meanwhile, 2R HR Delwyn Young 2-1 Pirates

Wait a minute, that's Rex Ryan AFTER stomach surgery?!?!?

DocTee wrote: Watching this on MLB--- Ho.Ly. Shit. This guy is electric. Must be fun to be a Nats fan with him and drafting Harper. And the other thing you discover by watching him is that all of his pitches are strikes, the ones called balls are merely the ones the umps miss. Or at least that's the world according to Nats color man Rob Dibble.

IPRERHBBSOHR6.1324370 I understand that the Wash DC sports media is so caught up in the Strasburg hype that they - just for today - have cut back their Redskins coverage to 60% of their programming day.

Edgy DC wrote: Why would Bobby V. talk to Michael Kay? Because once you sell your soul to ESPN ...

3rd round, pick 122: Cory Vaughn, outfielder from San Diego State Maybe he knows how to hit Strasburg. Or at least knows something embarrassing and can tease him about it 'til he cries.

And the thing about those Marlin HRs off Takahashi, one was absolutely a wind-blown fly ball and the other one was wind-aided although might have gone out anyway.

Well Greg & Mo are cousins of some sort so, yeah, he is related.

Indians took LeVon Washington with pick #55 He was one of the guys picked in the 1st round last year (in the mid-20s somewhere w/Tampa I think) but chose not to sign and went to JuCo instead. That gambit didn't work out too good did it kid?

NORM!!! A U of Tenn catcher 6' 2" - 220; R/R

And once again Johan draws the other team's ace. Been happening a ton this year it seems.

Re-starts today at noon (EDT) with rounds 2-30, beginning with pick #51 overall. It'll be carried over MLB.com and many of the other usual suspects. Mets have pick #89, #122, and then #152 and every 30 picks after that. Rounds 31-50 on Wednesday.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: IIRC, people passed on Pelfrey largely due to the Boras/signability issue. Harvey should be an easier go. Only a couple slots, but yes his perceived signability was a factor in his still being around at #9 There are some conspiracy theorists who've suggested it might be a good idea that the Mets pick someone "unsignable" in this year's draft, in order to essentially defer to next year's (which seems stronger on paper). They don't seem to have done that here. I've heard that too but, as Kramer would say, "that's kooky talk". First of all it's so tough to even know how next year's draft is going to look. This year was considered a down year (although that could be re-written over time) so next year is likely to be better but by how much? Also the "replacement" pick you get the following year is NOT protected if not signed which pretty much forces a team into a more conservative pick knocking out most of what you hoped to gain. The Nats didn't sign their #9 pick two years back and wound up spending the "9A" selection the following year on a reliever. That might have also partly been caused by by being 9 picks after the ultra-expensive Strasburg but still, the ceiling on a guy like Drew Storen is only so high.

Pelfrey was a more accomplished pitcher at his age than Harvey is now. The difference is that 2005 was considered one of the best drafts in recent year while this one is thought of as very thin. And, luckily for us, several teams passed on Pelfrey in favor of other pitchers (Ricky Romero -Tor #6, Wade Townsend - #8) leaving him still open at pick #9

Scott Hairston follows that one up with one of his own only about 35 feet further.

Adrian Gonzalez goes oppo w/one out in the 7th. No-hitter gone, 1-0 Padres.