The 2010 MLB Season Thread

[cartman]

That was actually the 2nd time this season Harden had been pulled while pitching a no-hitter

[miked]

Rich Harden has never pitched even 2/3 of a season (ok, maybe in 2002 when he hit 181 innings). Being careful with a guy 115 pitches into the game and not even through 7 innings (who had already walked 5 batters) is much different than pulling a guy at 105 with 2 innings left who hasn't yet been on the DL this season.

[MrBug708]

Originally Posted by miked

Rich Harden has never pitched even 2/3 of a season (ok, maybe in 2002 when he hit 181 innings). Being careful with a guy 115 pitches into the game and not even through 7 innings (who had already walked 5 batters) is much different than pulling a guy at 105 with 2 innings left who hasn't yet been on the DL this season.

Not when that pitcher missed his last start and went one more start before landing on the DL.

[stevew]

I wonder when someone will figure out that a starter pitching 6 innings every 5th day is not the most efficient usage of payroll dollars/win probability. Just as the mythical closer isn't the be all end all.

[kingfc22]

I hope this PHI/HOU game keeps going because Roy Oswalt is playing LF at the moment.

[Crapshoot]

Dear Reds,

pls come to the NL West and pitch to us more often.

Regards,
EVERY FRIGGING SF GIANTS hitter.

[SackAttack]

Dear Reds,

Don't listen to Crapshoot. The NL West neither needs nor wants you back.

[kingfc22]

Originally Posted by Crapshoot

Dear Reds,

pls come to the NL West and pitch to us more often.

Regards,
EVERY FRIGGING SF GIANTS hitter.

[Crapshoot]

Originally Posted by SackAttack

Dear Reds,

Don't listen to Crapshoot. The NL West neither needs nor wants you back.

Dear Reds,

remember that while Sack was once (probably) a good soul, his place in Dante's Inferno puts Judas Icarot to shame - betrayal can be forgiven, but Tommy Lasorda worship requires a mind so depraved that one can no longer be considered human. Do the right thing - come pitch to us. Often.

regards,
Crapshoot

[Chief Rum]

Dear Reds,

Come play the AL West while you're out here as well, please. We need the help even more than the Giants.

Every Angels hitter.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by kingfc22

I hope this PHI/HOU game keeps going because Roy Oswalt is playing LF at the moment.

And he ends up grounding out to end the game.

[RedKingGold]

Even though Philly lost, that was an awesome game to watch last night.

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by kingfc22

I hope this PHI/HOU game keeps going because Roy Oswalt is playing LF at the moment.

Which of course is only reason for Jayson Stark to crawl out of his irrelevancy to post an article. "Ooh, look, a pitcher played out of position. And he's a Phillie! Time to fire up the iPad!"

[Butter]

I have to admit when I saw the Giants lineup of 3-4-5 hitters on Monday of Aubrey Huff, Pat Burrell, and Jose Guillen, I chuckled to myself.

Now, I just weep to myself and mutter a lot.

[SackAttack]

Originally Posted by Crapshoot

Dear Reds,

remember that while Sack was once (probably) a good soul, his place in Dante's Inferno puts Judas Icarot to shame - betrayal can be forgiven, but Tommy Lasorda worship requires a mind so depraved that one can no longer be considered human. Do the right thing - come pitch to us. Often.

regards,
Crapshoot

Dear Reds,

Remember that between 1988 and 1990, our three teams represented the NL in the World Series.

The Dodgers handled the A's. The Reds handled the A's.

The Giants? Got swept by the A's.

Are you sure you want to serve as the booster seat for the kids riding the short bus?

Regards,

Sack

[Vince, Pt. II]

Originally Posted by Butter_of_69

I have to admit when I saw the Giants lineup of 3-4-5 hitters on Monday of Aubrey Huff, Pat Burrell, and Jose Guillen, I chuckled to myself.

Now, I just weep to myself and mutter a lot.

What's kinda sad is how much better that is than we've been subject to recently as Giants fans. McCoveyChronicles, a Giants blog, just posted a lineup from the 2008 season for the Giants for comparison:

Randy Winn
Ivan Ochoa
Fred Lewis
Bengie Molina
Aaron Rowand
Pablo Sandoval
Travis Ishikawa
Emanuel Burriss
Kevin Correia

Bench:
Eugenio Velez
Rich Aurilia
Omar Vizquel

[Sun Tzu]

Originally Posted by Vince, Pt. II

What's kinda sad is how much better that is than we've been subject to recently as Giants fans. McCoveyChronicles, a Giants blog, just posted a lineup from the 2008 season for the Giants for comparison:

Randy Winn
Ivan Ochoa
Fred Lewis
Bengie Molina
Aaron Rowand
Pablo Sandoval
Travis Ishikawa
Emanuel Burriss
Kevin Correia

Bench:
Eugenio Velez
Rich Aurilia
Omar Vizquel

Yes, yes, yes...god those were terrible lineups. Our lineup this year looks like murderers row compared to those guys.

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by Butter_of_69

I have to admit when I saw the Giants lineup of 3-4-5 hitters on Monday of Aubrey Huff, Pat Burrell, and Jose Guillen, I chuckled to myself.

Now, I just weep to myself and mutter a lot.

Kansas City
AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB Season Avg
G. Blanco cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264
M. Aviles ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295
W. Bloomquist 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245
B. Butler dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .309
K. Ka’aihue 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .164
B. Pena c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .148
M. Maier rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253
J. Miller lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
C. Getz 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .232
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Yup- that's Willie Bloomquist batting 3rd and playing 3B

SI

[cougarfreak]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Dear Reds,

Come play the AL West while you're out here as well, please. We need the help even more than the Giants.

Every Angels hitter.

Dear Angels,

Since you're below .500 the Reds would smoke you. That seems to be the deal with the Reds this year. You don't want to play us.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Braves lead the Rockies 7-1 after two, mentioned here because 7 of 8 Braves batters already have at least one hit.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Now 10-1 top 3rd, all 9 hitters now have a hit courtesy of Infante's three-run homer to follow Jurjens double.

[JonInMiddleGA]

It's a Coors Field kind of day, Jurrjens implodes & the lead is down to 10-8 in the 6th.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by cougarfreak

Dear Angels,

Since you're below .500 the Reds would smoke you. That seems to be the deal with the Reds this year. You don't want to play us.

Dear Reds,

Everyone's smoking us right now. I wouldn't read much into it.

[Big Fo]

12-10 Rockies now. What an awful way to get swept.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Big Fo

12-10 Rockies now. What an awful way to get swept.

Sadly, I pretty much called that one when I called my mother-in-law to remind her of the day game (Braves on TV is pretty much a staple of her summers at this point).

[kingfc22]

Dear Reds,

Thanks for blowing a 10-1 lead.

Hahaha

Signed,
Giants fans

[tarcone]

Dear Reds,

CHOKE! The Cardinals need some help, please,

Thanks,

Cardinal fans

[Bearcat729]

Dear Barry Zito,

Thank you.

Signed,
Reds Fans

[TurnerONU22]

Originally Posted by Bearcat729

Dear Joey Votto,

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Signed,
Reds Fans

Fixed. And I'm a Reds fan.

[bhlloy]

Originally Posted by kingfc22

Dear Reds,

Thanks for blowing a 10-1 lead.

Hahaha

Signed,
Giants fans

Premature celebrating FTW

[MrBug708]

Originally Posted by kingfc22

Dear Reds,

Thanks for blowing a 10-1 lead.

Hahaha

Signed,
Giants fans

I'd say this is par for the course

[JPhillips]

That bullpen is going to be the death of me.

At least we finally got the win.

[Scoobz0202]

Who was it on here at the beginning of the season saying Votto wasn't a star? Votto is a fucking beast.

[MizzouRah]

Dear Oquendo,

Thanks for costing us the game last night.



P.S. Just kidding, we can't beat the Pirates anyway

[Suicane75]

And heeeeeeeeeeeeereee come the Colorado Rockies down the backstretch.

It's like clockwork.

[stevew]

Originally Posted by Scoobz0202

Who was it on here at the beginning of the season saying Votto wasn't a star? Votto is a fucking beast.

Who is Joey Votto?

[Scoobz0202]

Originally Posted by stevew

Who is Joey Votto?

[stevew]

looks like my gardener

[Scoobz0202]

Not the guy who paved your driveway ?

[Butter]

Originally Posted by stevew

Who is Joey Votto?

You know, the guy that's better than the entire Pirate lineup put together. That guy.

[Butter]

Originally Posted by kingfc22

Dear Reds,

Thanks for blowing a 10-1 lead.

Hahaha

Signed,
Giants fans

This is lollerific.

[Ksyrup]

Who was it on here who was bitching about Rob Dibble? He was given a couple of days off, probably not so coincidentally after having said that Strasburg should "suck it up," "stop crying," and pitch. I fucking hate that XM put him on the morning baseball show - he's awful. But at least you guys got a break for 2 games.

[Swaggs]

Kind of funny news (although not surprising within the Pirates' organization):

Curve broadcaster Zangrilli quits - AltoonaMirror.com - Altoona, PA | News, Sports, Jobs, Community Information - The Altoona Mirror

He apparently called the first three innings and then quit, effective immediately.

[Ksyrup]

I don't understand - he's upset he has to call games and work a regular day, is that it?

[Philliesfan980]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

I don't understand - he's upset he has to call games and work a regular day, is that it?

Yeah, I think minor league broadcasters really have to wear a lot of different hats, and it sounds like he got sick of it.I know they have to do a lot of website work and write promotional articles, commercials, stuff like that.

As always, there's two sides to every story, but it sounds like the guy graduated from college, and thought he'd become the next Vin Scully without paying his dues. Again, there's two sides, but I think he's going to have a tough time getting another job in this capacity, especially considering the way he left. He couldn't tough it out for two more weeks? No matter who's in the right here, that looks bad. What a loser.

[Ksyrup]

In other news...another day, another minor league ump overreacts and mistakenly tosses a player for no reason at all.

[Swaggs]

Sounds like he wanted more money because he didn't realize the job required more than just calling games. Not toughing it out until the end of the season is just plain silly and probably will cost him a career in this profession.

[samifan24]

Originally Posted by Philliesfan980

Yeah, I think minor league broadcasters really have to wear a lot of different hats, and it sounds like he got sick of it.I know they have to do a lot of website work and write promotional articles, commercials, stuff like that.

As someone who called games in the minors for three seasons, I can tell you that yes, that's exactly what a minor league broadcaster does on a daily basis.

You come in and do your "office work" of game notes, press releases and stat packs and also send information to the league or both clubhouses when necessary.

The game is really the downtime--you call your innings and write the game story. Anyone who has worked even one week in the minors knows this. It's always been this way.

I doubt another MiLB team will hire him to call games for them given the spectacular way he left his previous position and the fact that, you know, the job is pretty much the same everywhere.

[panerd]

Originally Posted by Swaggs

Kind of funny news (although not surprising within the Pirates' organization):

Curve broadcaster Zangrilli quits - AltoonaMirror.com - Altoona, PA | News, Sports, Jobs, Community Information - The Altoona Mirror

He apparently called the first three innings and then quit, effective immediately.

Like people said there is definitely another side to this story in the very article you linked. He never calls the 4th-6th inning and often doesn't call the last innings. The organization had already accepted his resignation so it isn't like he walked out in a "blaze of glory". Don't see why he would have trouble getting a job with another team.

Zangrilli called the first three innings of Tuesday's game against Erie at Blair County Ballpark, then went off the air, as usual, for the middle innings. His assistant, Mike Passanisi, always handles the middle innings of home broadcasts, and occasionally he stays on for the remainder of the contest when Zangrilli would be handling other duties.

Passanisi stayed on the air for the remainder of the game, and nothing was mentioned about Zangrilli.

[Ksyrup]

Maybe not so much for how he quit, but why he quit - he didn't want to accept the various responsibilities of the job, and it sounds like those are common to most jobs in the industry. So why hire him? There has to be something more to this, or else that guy was really, really stupid. Maybe in addition to his desk job, he was being asked to get coffee or take the boss's drycleaning or something.