7/29 - 8/4 Game Discussion Thread

[BunnyHardaway]

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The Astros commentators have managed to reference Chuck D, Flavor Flav, and the Beastie Boys in the same game. Mind blowing.

[CleBuck33]

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Glad to see Houston take care of buisness and the tribe get more distance on Baltimore

[BunnyHardaway]

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Glad to see Houston take care of buisness and the tribe get more distance on Baltimore

The Orioles won tonight.

[PhilliesFan13]

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Just got home from that abomination of a Phillies game tonight. Jonathan Papelbon deserved every ounce of booing he got tonight.

He wants to sit there and run his damn mouth about the organization and how this and that needs to be changed. Says he didn't come here for this, and if he has to deal with this year after year then he doesn't want to be here. Open your eyes! You're part of the damn problem dude! 6 blown saves man. That's 6 more wins this team would have. Stop acting like it's everybody else and you're invincible.

Take your money and get the **** out of my city.

[bad_philanthropy]

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Josh Johnson has just had a miserable year. I'm sure someone will still overpay for him in the offseason. I know he has some knee tendonitis so maybe he'll turn it around next year if he gets healthy.

[Baseballking888]

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Wow at the Sox's comeback tonight.

They were down 7-2 headed to the bottom of the 9th and ended up winning 8-7. Nava's winning hit just missed being a grand slam by a few inches.

[PhilliesFan13]

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Jonathan Papelbon blew his sixth save in 13 opportunities since mid-June in tonight’s 2-1 loss to the Giants.

He got booed pretty good coming off the field.

It’s partly because of his performance last night, partly because of his performance the past few weeks and partly because of the comments he made Sunday to MLB.com. Papelbon spoke for nearly eight minutes with reporters in the Phillies’ clubhouse afterward. Here are the highlights:

You have blown six saves. Do you have to look at yourself and figure out if something isn’t clicking?
No. Not me. I think my ball has life at the plate, which is all I really care about it. If I’m getting hit all over the ballpark with hard hit balls, I have to reassess, but after a night like tonight you just kind of chalk it up to that’s that. I felt like, honestly, I felt all of my pitches were working. I felt good. I felt strong. It was just one of those nights.

You were really hearing it from the fans, stemming from the comments you made Sunday. Do you those comments need clarity?
I think they speak for themselves. Whether I blow a game or whether I save a game, whatever is happening within the organization, I feel like I’m honest and forthcoming and I’m the same way after games like tonight. I accept things. I don’t shy away from things. That’s just the way I approach it and that’s just the way I go to work on a daily basis. I feel like that’s the best way to go about a day’s work is to just be honest with yourself and be honest with the position you’re in and not try to sugarcoat anything or trying to see something for what it’s not. That’s the way I’ve always been. I go by facts and I stand by what I say. I don’t feel like I said anything that was untrue.

Cole said he didn’t sign to lose, either. Did you get feedback from teammates? Did they say, I’m glad you said that?
No. What I say and what I do is based on seeing yourself in the mirror at the end of the day and if you’re working hard and if you’re not working hard and being real and not sugarcoating anything, I don’t think. This is the big leagues, this isn’t coach’s pitch. At the end of the day not everyone gets a trophy. You have to look yourself in the mirror and examine yourself if you’re consistently not getting the job done. You make adjustments, it’s a game of adjustments unless you don’t got to make any. It’s pretty simple, really.

Did you need to make any adjustments?
I think for me this year it’s been a constant adjustment on how to figure out how to go without pitching or pitching in tie ballgames a lot. I think for me more than anything there have been some situations that have come up that have been fairly new for me. I think for me I just try to go out there one day at a time to see how I can get better each day and not necessarily worry about struggling and whatnot.

Your strikeout numbers are down this year. (He averaged 11.4 strikeouts per nine innings from 2010-12, but is averaging just 7.78 this season.) Is there an explanation?
I think every year is different. Like I said earlier, if I was giving up a lot of home runs or giving up lots of doubles and stuff like that, I would start to make adjustments. But after tonight I just chalk it up to that’s baseball.

What about your velocity being down? (His fastball has dipped from 94.8 mph in 2011 to 93.8 mph in 2012 to 92.2 mph this season.)
I’m not going out there and trying to blow anybody away. I’m trying to get outs. That’s basically what it boils down to.

Did you talk to Ruben or Charlie about comments?
I don’t think there is anything to really hash out. Facts are facts and when you look in the mirror at the end of the day, you have to be honest with yourself.

[DamnYanks2]

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Wow at the Sox's comeback tonight.

They were down 7-2 headed to the bottom of the 9th and ended up winning 8-7. Nava's winning hit just missed being a grand slam by a few inches.

Longest walkoff single ever.

Man, there are some hot teams right now. The Indians have won 9 in a row, The Royals are now at 8, and the Braves are at seven. And all these walkoffs are insane. The Rangers did it 3 times in a row!! Craziness.

Meanwhile, Puig and Hanley Ramirez continue their unreal streaks, and Chris Johnson had his 7th multi hit game in a row. And don't sleep on Junior Lake. Another young phenom that smashed two home runs tonight.

Looks like Justin Upton is regaining his home run swing again too, knocking out two tonight.

This year is just phenomenal. Every night. Oh yea, and Crush Davis went deep and, is the first guy with 100 rbi's on the season, and smoked his 39th.

[JBH3]

Papelblown is a major douche, commenting earlier in the week that he didnt sign up for the losing when he came to Philly, but blows like his 6th SV. Doucher....

[PhilliesFan13]

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Just got home from that abomination of a Phillies game tonight. Jonathan Papelbon deserved every ounce of booing he got tonight.

He wants to sit there and run his damn mouth about the organization and how this and that needs to be changed. Says he didn't come here for this, and if he has to deal with this year after year then he doesn't want to be here. Open your eyes! You're part of the damn problem dude! 6 blown saves man. That's 6 more wins this team would have. Stop acting like it's everybody else and you're invincible.

Take your money and get the **** out of my city.

My mistake. The Phillies would only have 3 more wins if he hadn't blown those saves. 3 of the blown saves the Phillies did come back to win. Was so pissed last night I couldn't even think straight. But still....3 more wins is 3 more wins.

[JBH3]

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My mistake. The Phillies would only have 3 more wins if he hadn't blown those saves. 3 of the blown saves the Phillies did come back to win. Was so pissed last night I couldn't even think straight. But still....3 more wins is 3 more wins.

I am sick and tired of Papelblown he's in Jose Mesa territory for me now, except I think he's worse since he actually speaks, and when he does speak it just pisses you off even more!

[Blzer]

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Just got home from that abomination of a Phillies game tonight. Jonathan Papelbon deserved every ounce of booing he got tonight.

He wants to sit there and run his damn mouth about the organization and how this and that needs to be changed. Says he didn't come here for this, and if he has to deal with this year after year then he doesn't want to be here. Open your eyes! You're part of the damn problem dude! 6 blown saves man. That's 6 more wins this team would have. Stop acting like it's everybody else and you're invincible.

Take your money and get the **** out of my city.

I agree, but he probably feeds off the morale and clubhouse environment. He's probably not performing well because of everything surrounding him. Kind of a sucky domino effect.

Papelbon isn't what he used to be though, and even then he was pretty overrated (coming from a Red Sox fan).

[ImTellinTim]

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They're an NL team that signed Delmon Young and thought that would work for them. They deserve all the losses.

[CleBuck33]

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Longest walkoff single ever.

Man, there are some hot teams right now. The Indians have won 9 in a row, The Royals are now at 8, and the Braves are at seven. And all these walkoffs are insane. The Rangers did it 3 times in a row!! Craziness.

Meanwhile, Puig and Hanley Ramirez continue their unreal streaks, and Chris Johnson had his 7th multi hit game in a row. And don't sleep on Junior Lake. Another young phenom that smashed two home runs tonight.

Looks like Justin Upton is regaining his home run swing again too, knocking out two tonight.

This year is just phenomenal. Every night. Oh yea, and Crush Davis went deep and, is the first guy with 100 rbi's on the season, and smoked his 39th.

the AL Central has something like 3 of the top 4 or 5 current longest winning streaks with KC at 9, Indians at 8 and the Tigers at 5 or 6. the Indians start a 3 game series with Miami so they should have an 11 game winning streak going into monday

the indians SP has been on fire, since the AS game they have the 2nd lowest ERA in all of baseball and Mastersons numbers have been one of the best in all of baseball. Scott Kazmir has an ERA of 2.13 in his last 10 starts.

[DamnYanks2]

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the AL Central has something like 3 of the top 4 or 5 current longest winning streaks with KC at 9, Indians at 8 and the Tigers at 5 or 6. the Indians start a 3 game series with Miami so they should have an 11 game winning streak going into monday

the indians SP has been on fire, since the AS game they have the 2nd lowest ERA in all of baseball and Mastersons numbers have been one of the best in all of baseball. Scott Kazmir has an ERA of 2.13 in his last 10 starts.

Really glad to see Kazmir coming back strong. Ah, ok the Royals have won 9 in a row, and the Indians eight, my mistake.