Frayed Knot

Frayed Knot wrote: Been a couple of loud outs vs Peterson early on. And some hard hit non-outs as well.

Been a couple of loud outs vs Peterson early on.

Innings like that one show how damaging a caught stealing can be to run creation.

Not to be confused with Bailey Quarters of WKRP. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bailey_Quartershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bailey_Quarters I thought of that one too. It's like Basil Fawltey and Bailey Quarters had a kid and he grew up to be a major league pitcher!!

Yanx lost again to Toronto today (Sat afternoon) meaning that not only is this deep slump continuing but it's finally starting to coincide with their pursuers winning at the MFY's expense and a lead which stubbornly stayed in double digits despite six slumping weeks is now suddenly down to 7 games. And if any of you are starting to get the idea that I'm obsessed with this potential Yanqui collapse it's only because I'm obsessed with this potential Yanqui collapse. I mean, first of all, it's the Yanx losing so I'm always going to roll around in that mud no matter what the specifics. But tacked onto that is this notion of ANY team winning nearly 3/4 of their games for more than half a season [.726 winning pct thru 84 G -- that's not on pace for a good season, it's an historic one] only to pivot directly into losing more than 2/3 of their games for a stretch now approaching a quarter season: .324 w pct thru 37 G (12-25). What surprised me by their early season was the pitching. You figured they would hit, they always hit. But then Taillon and Montgomery improved, Severino came back, Cortes came out of nowhere and it was off to the races. But now check out their runs scored over the last eleven games: 0, 3, 2, 3, 0, 0, 1, 8, 2, 0, 2. They won two of those, one of the 3's and the 8 and even that one took a miracle (10th inning walk-off GS). So it's not just 2-9 over the last week and a half but seven of those nine L's came against AL East rivals and five of them have been at home. Blue Jays try and complete the four-game sweep on Sunday in advance of our arrival in the Bronx for two with Scherzer and (maybe) deGrom. Oh man, this could be a fuckovalottafun down the stretch!

=whippoorwill post_id=104726 time=1661032860 user_id=79] Why did the Phillies put a position player in to itch?

Wait, we're hitting against Basil Fawltey ... how can we Not win?

My first thought about this movie is to wonder whether there's enough of a story in the incident to justify a feature length film.

Josh Hader the Padre: 5 appearances but just a total of 3-1/3 innings; 6 ER on 5 hits & 5 BBs; 4 K; ERA = 16.20; WHIP = 3.00 Last night he came into a tie game in the 9th vs the Nats and promptly went BB, 1B, HR* before being yanked. btw, he also wasn't having a particularly good season even before the surprise deadline trade; in 42 games w/the Brews he had a 4.24 ERA and a very ordinary 1.29 WHIP Padres currently 18 Games behind the Dodgers in the West (I'm starting to think that's not going to happen) and 1.0 game up on Hader's former team for the final WC slot. * the 2nd career HR by the immortal Alex Call, some rookie waiver wire pickup from Cleveland by the Nats a couple weeks ago

Don't you hear my call, though we're many games away [media=youtube]J-UptzjhGSA[/media]

Oooh, that's gonna leave a mark!

Naquin + Perez = 7 K's But we tacked on a pair anyway.

Be nice to bust this one open right here.

Ri-DICK-ulous overturned call just now in the Braves/Astros game. Slide at 2nd by Harris of the Braves and he MIGHT have been safe but the call was out and the replay didn't come within an Alonso HR of being definitive. They flipped it anyway. ... aaaaaand he subsequently scores

I've spent most of my life believing that double-steals are things that happen TO the Mets.

Phils have claimed OF Bradley Zimmer off waivers from the Blue Jays as a replacement for Brandon Marsh who went on the IL needing a lube and an oil change ... or maybe it's an ankle sprain and bone bruise, reports I've read are conflicting. And, yeah, it's a big series ... Buuuuut as down as we are for losing three of four, when the earlier NYM/ATL series started the Braves were 3.5 out. And now, after not only winning three of four but also winning six straight in between the two series [bOS x 2, MIA x 4] they're still 3.5 out and there are 15 fewer games on the schedule. The Phils were 10 back when that 5-game NYM/ATL series started and now they're 10.5 back.

The winners get litres of Schaefer rather than pints.

Traded by NYY (to StL) at the deadline -- Jordan Montgomery: 3 starts*, 16.2 IP, 1 ER, 12 H, 17 K, 3 BB Traded to NYY (from OAK) at the deadline -- Frankie Montas: 3 starts, 14 IP, 14 ER, 18 H, 8 K, 6 BB The two weren't traded for each other but the net effect was that they were. The deal for Montas allowed them to move Montgomery. Another problem is that the return for dealing Montgomery, Harrison Bader, remains on the IL where he's been since June with no set return date. The idea was to put Bader, a GG CF, in CF so Judge could move back to RF. But the delay of Bader, along with the injury to Matt Carpenter, has forced the return of Aaron Hicks both to the OF and to the lineup where his .217 BA w/6 HRs has made him the replacement for the deadline departed Joey Gallo as the #1 target of MFY fan ire. * including once against NYY

The Rockies lost 13-0 today to the Cardinals (Pujols a GS, #690) The odd thing is that it's the third time this season that the Rox have lost a game 13-0 That seems almost impossible.

So we still wind up taking this split nine game series 5-4 But, Damn, 6-3 would have been a lot sweeter.

=Fman99 post_id=104557 time=1660874401 user_id=86] Man, Lindor must be kicking himself. He just has to look up and spot that ball

I knew they were sending him home as soon as that single cleared the infield.

Brett Baty, Bruce Boisclair Initials = B.B. plus same hair Coincidence?... I think not!

Canha get a Witness!

Pete's hitting a lot of stuff straight up the chimney lately.