Pirates vs. Cardinals, 14 May 2008
by Charlie
on May 14, 2008 6:14 PM EDT
Pittsburgh @ St. Louis
Paul Maholm vs. Todd Wellemeyer, 8:15 PM. Here's the box.
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Noticed that too. Why you’d hit Rivas second is beyond me.
by Charlie on
May 14, 2008 7:24 PM EDT
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On the plus side...
at least it isn’t Nate batting 2nd.
Maybe the move (if not up, then down) will end the mini-kinda-slump-thing he’s in.
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by UtesFan89 on May 14, 2008 7:32 PM EDT 0 recs
Not really a plus side to batting 2nd Rivas...
just a plus side in general.
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by UtesFan89 on
May 14, 2008 7:33 PM EDT
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Maybe he will get some decent pitches hitting in front of Nate
I just hope if Sanchez gets on in the first Rivas doesn’t hit into a double play.
by DITO on May 14, 2008 7:34 PM EDT 0 recs
The Braves are taking it to Brett Myers and the Phillies right now… 5-0 in the third, and 3 of those are solo home runs, 2 in the first and 1 in the second. Ironically, he Myers has 5 Ks already.
I follow the Phils, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy the Schadenfreude when they get beaten around :P
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on May 14, 2008 7:47 PM EDT 0 recs
Also...
Tom Glavine looks bored out of his mind. Or is that just his usual expression?
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on
May 14, 2008 8:00 PM EDT
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That’s according to the TV, though mlb.com has him hitting 91 a couple of times, but nothing too zippy.
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on
May 14, 2008 8:08 PM EDT
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Yeah. He probably needs to throw harder to be successful.
by Charlie on
May 14, 2008 8:30 PM EDT
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Non-Pirates related question...
If you’re the Phillies, what do you do with underachieving Ryan Howard at this point in the season? They’ve tried sitting him on occasion, but then they keep dragging him into those games to pinch hit, which I think defeats the purpose. Knock him down in the line-up? Fake an injury and send him to “rehab”? Wait it out?
It’s actually starting to mess with his defense a little…
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on May 14, 2008 8:12 PM EDT 0 recs
Good question...
He actually looks worse than the black hole now.
by Hitman Easler on
May 14, 2008 8:17 PM EDT
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wow
that’s actually a great AB for Rivas
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by Raise the Jolly Roger on May 14, 2008 8:19 PM EDT 0 recs
Credit where credit is due...
Nice at bat there for Rivas
by Hitman Easler on May 14, 2008 8:20 PM EDT 0 recs
Wow
good effort from Rivas…maybe he read this blog and got pissed off
by DITO on May 14, 2008 8:23 PM EDT 0 recs
Hustlin' Lou!
they were actually talking about his leadership and hustle…i laughed….but nice play
meaningless as bay grounds out
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by Raise the Jolly Roger on May 14, 2008 8:24 PM EDT 0 recs
Rivas
Took a chance on taking 3rd… good thing it worked out.
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on May 14, 2008 8:24 PM EDT 0 recs
how can we convince Maholm he's at home?
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by Raise the Jolly Roger on May 14, 2008 8:27 PM EDT 0 recs
Hehe
Limit the attendance of the game to about 9000 fans?
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by phillybucco on
May 14, 2008 8:28 PM EDT
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thats the key!
not gonna happen in st louis though
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by Raise the Jolly Roger on
May 14, 2008 8:31 PM EDT
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anyone else breathe a sigh of relief
when Pujols got ONLY a single?
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by Raise the Jolly Roger on May 14, 2008 8:32 PM EDT 0 recs
Without a doubt. Facing him with nobody on is the way to go, though.
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by phillybucco on
May 14, 2008 8:32 PM EDT
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I did.
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by UtesFan89 on
May 14, 2008 8:33 PM EDT
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stupid Ankiel
hgh
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by Raise the Jolly Roger on May 14, 2008 8:37 PM EDT 0 recs
I'm guessing that
Ankiel’s catch will be another Web Gem tonight.
by Thunder on May 14, 2008 8:37 PM EDT 0 recs
how bout #1
on SC’s Top Ten tomorrow morning? Unless of course the Red Wings win tonight.
by Bad Andy on
May 14, 2008 8:39 PM EDT
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holy Rivas
that was a great play…...freddy not so much
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by Raise the Jolly Roger on May 14, 2008 8:43 PM EDT 0 recs
They’re scoring that as a hit…but it sure looked like an error to me.
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by phillybucco on May 14, 2008 8:43 PM EDT 0 recs
get this out
and minimal damage….that run shouldn’t have even happened
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by Raise the Jolly Roger on May 14, 2008 8:50 PM EDT 0 recs
well done
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by Raise the Jolly Roger on
May 14, 2008 8:50 PM EDT
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Baby steps.
It used to be 2-0 after 1 inning.
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by UtesFan89 on
May 14, 2008 8:56 PM EDT
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1 run isn’t bad… I’m trying optimism for a while tonight!
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by phillybucco on May 14, 2008 8:51 PM EDT 0 recs
No errors on the board
but Maholm should have had 5 outs that inning.
by Thunder on May 14, 2008 8:52 PM EDT 0 recs
Maholm
the “walk machine”
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by Raise the Jolly Roger on May 14, 2008 8:54 PM EDT 0 recs
Can't that be said
for half the team?
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by UtesFan89 on
May 14, 2008 8:56 PM EDT
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there it is!!
props again to brown/walk
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by Raise the Jolly Roger on
May 14, 2008 8:56 PM EDT
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thats what i meant
he actually walks when he bats….alot
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by Raise the Jolly Roger on
May 14, 2008 8:56 PM EDT
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I'm sure most of you probably heard this
but some aren’t watching FSN. Greg Brown just said that the Bucs worked out a deal to keep Meek. No deatails, though.
by DITO on May 14, 2008 8:56 PM EDT 0 recs
Thanks. I’ve got the awful StL crew who don’t talk about the game at all…
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by phillybucco on
May 14, 2008 8:57 PM EDT
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They don't even know
who is up right now, they keep calling Rivas Sanchez
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by phillybucco on
May 14, 2008 9:00 PM EDT
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If only.
2 Freddy’s are better than 1… no?
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by UtesFan89 on
May 14, 2008 9:00 PM EDT
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Big difference between the two
that isn’t a mistake that should be made
by DITO on
May 14, 2008 9:01 PM EDT
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yeah
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08135/881864-63.stm
undisclosed amount of cash
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by Raise the Jolly Roger on
May 14, 2008 8:57 PM EDT
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$3.79 that they found in the clubhouse couches
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by phillybucco on
May 14, 2008 8:58 PM EDT
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Haha
well they paid TB 50k when they took him, right? And then do they offer him back for 25k if they demote him?
Can’t imagine it is much more than 25-50k, right?
by DITO on
May 14, 2008 9:00 PM EDT
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Nice.
Rivas has our lone hit.
Maholm has our lone walk.
And neither has scored. :(
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by UtesFan89 on May 14, 2008 9:01 PM EDT 0 recs
And Doumit
is down for at least 4 weeks (same link as the Meek story), before a rehab would even start. Maybe he’ll be back by July 1st.
by Thunder on May 14, 2008 9:04 PM EDT 0 recs
I knew
that 10 days to 3 weeks line was crap… That sucks :/
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on
May 14, 2008 9:05 PM EDT
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Sadly the Bucs
may be out of contention by then. With Doumit in the lineup they had a chance.
by Bad Andy on
May 14, 2008 9:09 PM EDT
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We have a lot of trouble with 2 out situations.
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on May 14, 2008 9:07 PM EDT 0 recs
Oh, come on!
Never mind that whole optimism thing.
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on May 14, 2008 9:11 PM EDT 0 recs
The perils of batting a P 8th
reared its ugly head. BRILLANT!
by Bad Andy on May 14, 2008 9:12 PM EDT 0 recs
Tony is thinking
Great! Now I have TWO leadoff hitters!
by DITO on
May 14, 2008 9:16 PM EDT
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Can I just say
I love the HELL out of this ongoing AFLAC trivia question soap opera between Brown and Walkie. I love it to death.
by EmmaOMG on May 14, 2008 9:17 PM EDT 0 recs
He’s racking up Ks like he thinks he’s starting against the Marlins.
by Charlie on
May 14, 2008 9:25 PM EDT
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Oh come on Bay
You couldn’t really see how Bay approached that ball, but it probably shouldn’t have been a double.
And he decides to walk Pujols here…why the hell didn’t he do it last night?
by DITO on May 14, 2008 9:26 PM EDT 0 recs
What I noticed is that we had a statue playing first base
LaRoche was standing in the same place when Ankiel got to second…as he was when the ball was hit. No backing up the throw…or going back to first on the small chance there was a rundown.
by Thunder on May 14, 2008 9:28 PM EDT 0 recs
Wow!
7 Cardinal hits with EIGHT men left on base after FOUR innings.
by Bad Andy on May 14, 2008 9:29 PM EDT 0 recs
The Braves
are in the process of blowing an 8-0 lead… The Phillies have pulled within 3.
.500 or bust...
by phillybucco on May 14, 2008 9:31 PM EDT 0 recs
Flipped over to ESPN on the break
Ryan Howard just KILLED an opposite field homerun.
I don’t know why, but I like Howard, and I hope he climbs out of his slump to have another .260 40+HR year.
by DITO on May 14, 2008 9:31 PM EDT 0 recs
Hm
Maholm looks really good at times, but gives up four and five runs during his starts too often.
There has to be one or two simple reasons—does he leave fastballs over the middle of the plate too much? Should he throw more changeups? I feel like there has to be some explanation because his stuff seems good enough to me to be a really good pitcher.
by DITO on May 14, 2008 9:45 PM EDT 0 recs
His stuff does seem to have improved a lot, at least in my spotty memory. Now his fastball moves quite a lot and his breaking ball is much tighter than it used to be.
by Charlie on
May 14, 2008 9:48 PM EDT
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Exactly
maybe I just don’t really know what I am looking at, but I feel like Maholm is our #2.
by DITO on
May 14, 2008 9:49 PM EDT
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