4/18 - 4/24 Game Discussion Thread

[Spider Tre]

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Brandon Phillips hit a homer to left and just sprinted around the bases

[Watson]

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Much needed Win tonight, feels good to have Hanson with run support.

[BatsareBugs]

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Padres baseball! 18 innings, no runs!

Even Adrian Gonzalez wouldn't make a difference in this lineup.

[IlliniM1ke]

Re: 4/18 - 4/24 Game Discussion Thread

Molina catches the Reds sleeping on the basepaths to end the Reds half of the 8th, big out there as they had 2 men on with 2 outs.

Cards lead 4-2 heading to the bottom of the 8th.

[Spider Tre]

Re: 4/18 - 4/24 Game Discussion Thread

Reds making a good effort in trying to lose this game

[Beantown]

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Papelbon comes in and gets his third save in three days to help the Sox take the first two from the Angels and keep the wins coming.

[IlliniM1ke]

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Cards take game 1 vs the Reds and at least temporarily are back in 1st in the Central.

[Checmate101]

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Good game from the Cards last night....Loving Lance Berkman more and more, dude is just a baseball player.

Also, I believe one day Sanchez is going to be our closer, love his flare, that's what you need in a closer, also helps he has a mean *** fastball. Didn't have the slide piece working that well last night though.

Hope Carp can get it going today

[BleacherBum2310]

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I'm loving our Middle INF Barney/Castro are playing really well right now. But Geez Dempster... Cubs get 3 Runs and you give it up like that. C'mon.

[fugazi]

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Effin Quade....

bottom 5, Bases loaded, 2 outs, 1 run lead...and Dempster at the plate...no pinch-hitter, reliever on the mound just walked 2 in a row...

Nevermind that Dempster gave up 3 in the previous inning...and what happens?
Lead off homer for the Dodgers...game tied....2 hitters later, triple by Gwynn, jr....

i hate being a cubs fan.

[IlliniM1ke]

Re: 4/18 - 4/24 Game Discussion Thread

Good game from the Cards last night....Loving Lance Berkman more and more, dude is just a baseball player.

Also, I believe one day Sanchez is going to be our closer, love his flare, that's what you need in a closer, also helps he has a mean *** fastball. Didn't have the slide piece working that well last night though.

Hope Carp can get it going today

Berkman has been awesome, I also need to give Theriot some credit, I was extremely hard on him early this year when his D sucked and he wasn't hitting, he is hitting now so that is great to see, I still don't like his defense but if he can continue hitting like he is then I can live with him making a mistake here and there in the field.

Sanchez is just awesome to watch, like you said he didn't have everything working for him last night but after a walk to load the bases he gets out of it only letting 1 run in by getting a sac fly and a fly out, he is going to be really good. Boggs is a good option out there for now but Sanchez has the potential to be a closer that teams fear and there aren't a lot of those around anymore. So glad Tony finally removed Franklin from closer though, he just doesn't have it this year.

Definitely need Carp to get it going today, he hasn't got a lot of run support in his starts but he hasn't been his usual self either, this would be a great time for him to have a great start against Cincy but not sure what I'm expecting heading into todays game.

I have to admit I've been pleasantly surprised by the rotation, Jaime has been great, McClellan has really impressed me, Lohse has actually been looking good, Westbrook has unfortunately been about what I expected he would (although his ERA will level off as the year goes on, at least I hope!), and Carp hasn't really done much yet, if he can get it going we can be scary this year.

[EL_GABE]

Re: 4/18 - 4/24 Game Discussion Thread

Dodgers come back and take the lead

[SPTO]

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Believe it or not but all these close games and pressure situations are going to pay off for the Jays as early as next year. The more a team goes through those kind of situations the more accustomed they are to performing when the stakes are high. To use an example from the past the 1968 NY Mets were involved in TONS of close games which paid off for them the following year as they went on to win the World Series. I'm not saying that's gonna happen to the Jays but they'll be better served for being involved in pressure packed games.

A couple things to note about today:

- Despite a slow and somewhat laborious start I thought Morrow performed quite well. He got 10 Ks and was only pulled when he was due to pitch count considerations

- Boy am I glad the Jays have Jose Bautista! I don't know where this team would be without this guy. He's not only proving himself to be one of the best players in baseball but he's the heart and soul of this Jays team. He's only 3 more hits/walks away from tying the Jays record for most consecutive times reaching base safely.

- Who the hell is Sam Fuld?! This guy is really impressing the hell out of me. I think I heard he came from the Cubs? If that's the case i'm sure Cubs fans are wondering how they let this guy get away. He's truly a revelation and fits the mold of a Joe Maddon type player.

[Sportsforever]

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Good news - I'm getting the Giants/Braves as the Fox game of the week.

Bad news - It doesn't appear to be in HD...anyone else getting an SD feed? It's hard to look at!

[Mo]

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5 run inning for Cubs