Phillies vs. Pirates, 26 April 2008
by Charlie on Apr 26, 2008 4:48 PM EDT
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Philadelphia Phillies at Pittsburgh Pirates, Apr 26, 2008 7:05 PM EDT
Kyle Kendrick vs. Matt Morris, 7:05. Enjoy. Here's the box. Ronny Paulino's behind the plate; Doug Mientkiewicz is at third. Some links while you wait:
-P- Indy leagues are awesome:
The dream of pitching once again for a professional organization lives on for 53-year-old knuckleballer Jon Secrist. The St. Paul Saints invited him into their spring training camp on Friday. The Saints also invited into camp right-handed pitcher Mitch Wylie and signed former University of Minnesota right-handed pitcher Craig Molldrem and first baseman Tim Brown.
Despite two days of open tryouts being washed out, Secrist threw for manager George Tsamis and impressed him enough that he will have an opportunity to earn a spot on the club. He is scheduled to make his 2008 debut on Tuesday night in a 7:05 p.m. exhibition game against the Ibaraki Golden Golds from Japan.
-P- Andrew McCutchen is going nuts -- he's got a 13-game hitting streak going, and he's hitting .294/.375/.576. It's too early to call him up; he probably needs a couple hundred more at bats, and anyway there won't be any place for him until the Pirates pull off a trade or two -- but his fast start gives hope that his lackluster 2007 was the exception, not the rule.
By the way, there have been a couple of dominating performances by relievers at Indianapolis. There's Sean Burnett, sure, but Jesse Chavez and Marino Salas have been even better. With the awful performances so far by Evan Meek and Franquelis Osoria (not to mention the eight-strikeout, twelve-walk line posted by Phil Dumatrait), we should start getting looks at some of these AAA guys within the next six weeks or so.
-P- The Twins' Francisco Liriano is headed to the minors after a three-start beginning to his season in which he showed few signs of being fully recovered from injury.
-P- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi is at it again, signing Kenji Johjima to a long-term deal despite possessing some good catching talent in the minors.
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Just as the announcers said Ryan Howard has never hit a HR off the Pirates… Big whoop
by MarcB on Apr 26, 2008 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why is it every game we are down by 2-4 runs after the first inning….
by MarcB on Apr 26, 2008 7:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
awesome fielding nady… nice route (oh and morris has now thrown close to 40 pitches)
by MarcB on Apr 26, 2008 7:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
SLDKJ:LKDFJWOREIU:LSKJDF
This is so mindlessly predictable
by Charlie on Apr 26, 2008 7:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
unbelievable…. 2 outs and then they put up 5 RUNS w/ 2 fielding errors..
by MarcB on Apr 26, 2008 7:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Nothing like flipping from Cleveland going nuts after beating the Yanks with a walk-off 9th inning single to seeing the Pirates down 5 with the first inning not even over yet.
by matskralc on Apr 26, 2008 7:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I actually picked up Jayson Werth to start against Morris for one of my fantasy teams, and he went 0-for-2 in that inning. Nice work, Charlie.
by Charlie on Apr 26, 2008 7:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
LOL
Nothing like kicking you while you’re down.
by matskralc on Apr 26, 2008 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah. Worst of both worlds. I figure if Morris is going to get eaten alive, I might as well enjoy it somehow. But no.
by Charlie on Apr 26, 2008 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't worry
He’ll probably get 2 or 3 more at bats against Morris.
by Thunder on Apr 26, 2008 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
he better not get any more at bats versus morris
by MarcB on Apr 26, 2008 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know he will
gotta save the middle relievers.
by Thunder on Apr 26, 2008 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
he even got the first two guys out rather quickly, but he then realized that it would not be a pirate game if they did not give up 5 runs in the first and have 2 errors.
by MarcB on Apr 26, 2008 7:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
How well
is Morris keeping the ball down? (At least when Howard isn’t hitting it into orbit.)
by Thunder on Apr 26, 2008 7:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yikes
Morris getting yanked for Dumatrait.
by matskralc on Apr 26, 2008 7:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
thank god, its about time you took that guy out
by MarcB on Apr 26, 2008 7:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Sort of
Calling in Dumatrait is just like putting a fresh Morris out there.
by matskralc on Apr 26, 2008 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s not fair to Dumatrait, and I’m no fan of Dumatrait.
by Charlie on Apr 26, 2008 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess you're right
Morri$ IS a lot wealthier!
by matskralc on Apr 26, 2008 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
im sorry but I would rather have anyone except morris out there after that
by MarcB on Apr 26, 2008 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Odd
Blass just referenced his battle with the disease that bears his name again. He just did during the Cardinals series when he talked about an interview he did with Ankiel. I can’t really remember him ever talking about it before, and that’s twice now in the past week he’s mentioned it.
by matskralc on Apr 26, 2008 7:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
How was he referring to it? Not like Morris has been particularly wild…just been getting the tar knocked out of anything he throws across the plate.
by Thunder on Apr 26, 2008 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He said something to the effect of “I know exactly how it feels to stand out there in front of thousands of people and suck. MY problem wasn’t the same thing, but it felt a lot like how he’s feeling now”.
by matskralc on Apr 26, 2008 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
and he can put down the sac bunt, woohoo
by MarcB on Apr 26, 2008 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
with a score of 6-0. la de da, right?
by Charlie on Apr 26, 2008 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
chip chip away… we got in bixler and now sanchez gets in mclouth. 6-2 :)
by MarcB on Apr 26, 2008 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think
we may be seeing the starting pitcher for next Thursday instead of Morris.
by Thunder on Apr 26, 2008 8:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I hope so.. Morris has some issues to work out in the bullpen
by MarcB on Apr 26, 2008 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
bixler just keeps piling up those errors… 2 today, 5 total
by MarcB on Apr 26, 2008 8:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh god
Over/under on the next time Ronny starts, after that?
by EmmaOMG on Apr 26, 2008 8:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What now?
Since I can’t see the game from work…what did RoPaul do now? Miss a throw or two at the plate?
by Thunder on Apr 26, 2008 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dropped a throw at the plate, yeah. The runner might’ve been safe anyway, but I’m still blaming Ronny, because I can.
by EmmaOMG on Apr 26, 2008 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well the error leads to a run and then they get another…
by MarcB on Apr 26, 2008 8:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What now for Morris?
My suggestion: he goes on the DL, takes a week or two off, then makes 3 or 4 “rehab” starts at AAA. If he’s still terrible, we activate and release him. If he’s not terrible, we bring him back.
But, he can’t stay in the rotation. Its gotten absurd.
by gregg on Apr 26, 2008 8:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I can think he can be tried in the bullpen first… he is getting 10$ million. That is kind of hard to eat up.
by MarcB on Apr 26, 2008 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's not as difficult
to eat the money when his ERA is around 10. Gotta at least give your team a chance to win…and Morris isn’t doing that. I’m not so sure that he doesn’t retire.
by Thunder on Apr 26, 2008 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldnt doubt it if he retired either, but atleast move him to the bullpen for now. I think he deserves that.
by MarcB on Apr 26, 2008 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm...
maybe Nate is done with his 5 game nap.
by Thunder on Apr 26, 2008 9:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Nate!
Biased Fan
A disillusioned Pirates fan in Utah...
by UtesFan89 on Apr 26, 2008 9:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hmm
I just remembered I’ve got Morri$ on my HACKING MASS team over at Baseball Prospectus. So I kind of hope he sticks around somehow. He’s been my team MVP so far.
by matskralc on Apr 26, 2008 9:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I hate when we ground into double plays to end innings
by MarcB on Apr 26, 2008 9:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Well 4 runs is a good day… just hard to come back when you give up 8. Bad fielding / pitching is killing us…
by MarcB on Apr 26, 2008 9:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Another Loss.
Go Buccos.
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by UtesFan89 on Apr 26, 2008 9:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
And I thought the other day that Morris
would get two to three more starts before the team pulls the plug.
I don`t think he gets even one more. I don`t think they will move him to the bullpen, either. He has nothing left. Period. I bet he retires. Well, he`ll stay “active” for the rest of the season if someone wants to give him another chance, but I wouldn`t be surprised if he just made his last start.
Welcome back, JVB, next week!
by patthatt on Apr 26, 2008 10:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
JVB
should be starting for Indy tomorrow…we might want to check his pitch count. Frankly, I expect Dumatrait to get Matt’s start on Thursday, unless Morris retires between now and then.
by Thunder on Apr 26, 2008 11:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That would ruin his chance
to become the first pitcher to go 0-20 in a season.
by Sajak on Apr 27, 2008 8:31 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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