R.A. Dickey (2008: 5-8, 5.21 ERA, 5.23 xFIP)
vs.
Jose Contreras (2008: 7-6, 4.54 ERA, 4.41 xFIP)
TV: FS-N / Radio: TRN
Happy Knuckleballer Day. Wakefield makes his season debut tonight as well. Here's to many more! Or not so many if your heart can't take it. Or like winning consistently.
This should be a fun matchup. It's where's-the-ball-going taking on can't-pick-an-arm-slot.
Contreras is coming back after rupturing his Achilles tendon on August 9th. Although not scheduled to return until after the All-Star break, his sheer gritty toughness motivated him through the cold, bleak offseason. The White Sox have struggled to score to start the season. Which clearly means they will now. The boxscores for the first two games show wind was out to CF, including 20(!) mph for game one. Not much consolation for Farnsworth though, Thome's homerun had more than enough oomph on it.
R.A. Dickey makes the Twins roster on his second try, wising up to the wily Rule 5 draft. I had the fortune to watch him pitch in both spring training games I attended. One thing I noticed is that his pitches had a certain Neshekness to them. Several times batters stood staring at the ball all the way into the mitt, trying to decipher the unique fluttering of butterflies that governed the pitch. SSST, but judging by his 18:4 K:BB ratio Dickey may have harnessed this awesome power. Or he was just lucky. It's his first appearance of the season, so I'm going with the skillz angle.
Over/under on Bert talking about different arm angles: 7.
Over/under on discussing wildness of knuckleball: 4. Bonus points for Joe Niekro ejection replays.
I know its no Labbatt's, but I've got some of this stuff for luck:
I have to admit that a man of such a sophisticated palate as yours is drinking Schlitz. I don't dislike it; just surprised.
I have a beer-side-quest to find my favorite cheap twelve pack, for when times are tight. Plus, I'm a man who thinks every beer has its place. This new Schlitz formula is surprisingly tasty, though. I even detected a hop presence in there.
In grad school, we had a Harvard Bus. Review case study about Schlitz, how they had the #1 market share in the country, and then some genius came along with the idea to speed up the ageing process, decrease costs, -> increase profits.
Whether or not it really affected taste, the word got out that the magical Gusto had been lost, and Schlitz fell out of favor.
Same thing came up, not too many years back, when Coke tried out New Coke. The Oracle was predicting gloom a'la Schlitz, but then they came out with Coke Classic, and all was well.
I have to admit that I am surprised, of course.
Just trying to keep everyone on their toes.
I have opened my Belgian Pale Ale just now, for the first time. It is.... not ready yet. A tad un-carbonated.
I am keeping it strong with a diet of Jameson and marlboro lights tonight. With a in game snack of two star crunches.
What the hell is a Star Crunch? That some kind of weird near-Canadian thing?
For what it's worth, I've never had Jameson, but have always been intrigued to try some.
It is a solidified bowl of coco krispies. Fantastic!
I just asked Kari if she's heard of them, her reaction was an emphatic "YES! Those things are amazing!."
Coco krispies + marshmallow + magma
Little Debbie makes a fine snack.
I guess I should see if I can find these things in my neck of the woods.
Be careful on that one, though. Sell Date by Jan 04, 07 means that it will start to disintegrate sometime in the next 10-20 years.
The truth is that I just took an image from google, I don't usually keep my star crunches on top of the stocks section of the newspaper.
Substitute Winstons, Jim Beam and Blue Diamond smoked almonds and the diet from my twenties not so different from yours, Buffalo.
I ran a test at my last job where we were homogenizing Blue Diamond almond butter. They left three five gallon pails of that stuff for me to do with as I pleased. That was pretty good stuff.
Little Debbie makes a fine snack.
Again, I say, family site.
I thought you might at least come up with this video.
Little Debbie, Little Debbie
I like that it's too big for the box.
That's what she said?
*instant rimshot here*
You forgot about this?
One of my all-time favorite bands, doing one of my all-time favorite songs. I'll take a some red beans, heavy on the reverb.
Over/under on discussing wildness of knuckleball: 4. Bonus points for Joe Niekro ejection replays.
I'll take the over, even though I'll have the game on the radio tonight
Gomez sits today despite his .997 vs. Sox and .861 at the Cell. This is where he hit for the cycle if memory serves. Delmon does have a homer vs. Contreras along with a single in three at-bats.
May 7, 2008 was GoGo's cycle
Well, this way Gogo's streak of scoring every time he has gotten on base will continue.
Minnesota
D. Span cf
A. Casilla 2b
J. Morneau 1b
J. Kubel dh
M. Cuddyer rf
J. Crede 3b
D. Young lf
J. Morales c
N. Punto ss
R.A. Dickey
Chi White Sox
C. Getz 2b
J. Fields 3b
C. Quentin lf
J. Thome dh
J. Dye rf
P. Konerko 1b
A.J. Pierzynski c
A. Ramirez ss
D. Wise cf
J. Contreras
Go Twins!
May Joe Crede bless your team with plenty of pop-ups to second.
Guldangit, for whatever reason the game is blacked out on FSN down here, so I have to watch the Chicago feed on CSN. Blech.
That hood looks good on laddie, huh?
Duderino!
Is _elmon playing left for the White Sox?
Nope, definitely for the Twins.
You gents beat me to the joke.
Nope. _elmon's still a Twin.
Sweet, Kubelstein!
Kubes, with the junk RBI. Nice!
So, early reports are that patience may be a good thing for Twins hitters tonight, if my eyes are correct?
a fielding gem by Delmon
Are you f$&%in kidding me?
_Elmon.
And why isn't GoGo playing tonight? Ughhhh, awful _elmon.
Delmon in left
Pyrzienski with blonde hair
Hawk Harrelson
This might be the most annoying game of the year for me.
To be fair, Pierzynski is a jackass with any color of hair.
True dat.
Southsiders due for a breakout. Hope its not us.
Dickey's pitches have a lot of movement on them.
I was just about ask. Radio not giving a lot of insight. (Gee. Go figure.)
From the File Room Floor
On August 17, 2008, Dickey tied the record for most wild pitches in an inning, with 4. This came against the Minnesota Twins in the 6th inning. He joins four others including Hall of Famers Walter Johnson and Phil Niekro among others who have accomplished this feat.
I remember the gamelog from that.
(Too lazy to look.)
wow...Thome looking like Gomez (v. 2008) there
Nice D, Justin.
Alright, nice job by Dickey to get out of that. I have to imagine all those pitches aren't as bad for a knuckleballer, correct?....
... ugh, White Sox commercials starring AJ.
Crede gets Air Supply for his going to bat music.
I'm All Out of Love.
Brilliant.
Hmm, I preferred the For Whom the Bell Tolls he had in the dome.
But I do see your point.
Crede, all out of love!
CREDE!
You can put it on the board..... YEEEASSSS
They didn't say that for some reason.
Nice work there, Chi-boyo!
my wife called the shot.
Now they're really all out of love for Crede.
Everything about that sequence was great.
How quickly the fans turn.
CREDE!
CREEDEEEEEE
How many times do you see it where a guy makes an awful play in the field, then follows a Home Run with a strike out?
Most _elmon at bats?
Technically, he didn't make a play in the field.
Touche
MLB Gameday: I'm feeling quite sleepy.
Vas ist?? Wo ist der Span?
Bad call, but good for us.
I thought it was a pretty good call, though I have been drinking.
Gordo thought it was a bad call. Though he might be drinking.
Geez, they show a replay where it was extremely clear that Contreras missed the bag, but according to these CSN yahoos, it appeared that he got it with his heel.
Dick and Bert seem to think the call was incorrect as well, well, sort of. I have been drinking too.
The CSN guys are still yahoos, though, no matter how much I've had.
I paid for mlb.tv premium this season so I would be able to hear Dick N' Bert rather than the Hawk. Was it worth the extra 30 bucks? I think so.
I would agree with that. I have the sound down quite a bit so I don't have to go totally crazy.
I'm still confused as to why the MN broadcast is suddenly blacked out for me, but as long as its back when the Twins aren't in Chicago, I'll live with it.
dwatts: Any chix riding on this one?
actually, I dont work at the radio station anymore, but word from my buddies left there was that promotion was a no--go this year
Sigh. Everyone's drinking but me.
I'll only mention the Schlitz I'm drinking then, and not the maibock I crafted that I may have later.
!!!!!!!!!!
That's mighty big of ya. ;-)
Always trying to take the high road.
Not everybody.
This is some serious Twins Baseball, right here.
And here comes the Mounite.
He's big, he's strong and he's tough.
46 pitches in 2 innings for Contreras (only 23 strikes)
MLB Gameday is still on Dickey end of the 1st. C'mon, fellas!
Do we need Jack Bauer here?
Seems more like a Chloe job.
Color me surprises. Delmon actually played that ball pretty well.
Cue spooky music
Leadoff doubles will haunt.
Jebbus...lazy fly ball to Young and I get nervous
That's the response of a rational man.
I've noticed a surprising amount of Delmon love in the Strib blog comments. Well, maybe not so surprising.
The surprising part is that it's love and not vitriol. I didn't think the Strib commentors had anything other than bad things to say.
Surprisingly few people actually care about defense when it comes down to it.
wow. Konerko really loving Cuddy's arm
Cuddyer gets some R-E-S-P-E-C-T.
Seriously? Ball to the warning track and you don't tag up? Cuddy has a cannon, but wow.
Gordo had that ball in the seats. Mid-season form.
to be fair, I thought it was gone, too. It just sounded like a home run
Gordo had that ball in the seats. Mid-season form.
+10 blizzards.
Catching a good knuckleball must be its own kind of hell.
THAT is why Cuddyer is still in right!
o.k. I need to start drinking
I think I'll join you.
Drats.
what inning? will there be game left in 40 minutes when I get home?
Just finished the 2nd.
At the rate its going, yes, yes there will be. That just finished off the 2nd.
Ok, he GONE.
save me some.
Well, c'mon if yer comin', doc. My google fu has failed me...
Baker goes 7 innings in Ft. Meyers.
5 hits, 1 ernie, 1 bb, 3 Ks
Sounds good.
Did Mauer hit another batting practice home run? That was a big story in the Fort Myers paper yesterday
That cracked me up. The non-stories about Joe would've been comical were he in the line-up.
The Chi Sox P.A. guys are really having some fun tonight.
hey, 2-1 Wild in the 2nd. The "zombie" portion of their season continues.
I don't know if it's the lack of control, but it seems like Dickey works at a snails pace.
I would say it has to be the lack of control, because it seems to me he doesn't take much time at all between pitches.
maybe it's the contrast with the pace of the hockey game. 3-1 Wild.
Strange, considering the Wild are involved.
I clicked over to the Wild game and my five year old turned to me and said, "The Wild is done, Dad."
It's just that it takes a lot of time to retrieve the ball when he pitches.
justin go boom!
why is this here?
because it's Who Week?
Aaaannd that puts the game on mute for me.
Oh, boy.
I'll take one bourbon, one scotch, and one beer.
I will have a refill as well.
Same here, barkeep.
DOH!
Gameday not giving the MIPS to th' Midwest. Time to revolt. Grab your pitchfork!
UNO!
Well played, sir. The old reflexes aren't what they used to be.
Gutzon wasn't around. That dude always wins.
UNO
Does anyone know if cold weather positively or negatively affects a knuckleballer?
I've heard that if its really cold it can be negative because you loose sensation in your fingerips and the knuckler is a finesse kind of pitch.
well, its windy in ChiTown tonight. That probably has more of an effect than cold
Aye. One of the reasons they decided to give Dickey a shot is the climate controlled Dome.
What I want to know is why so many people at the game are so bundled up. Its 40 degrees in Chicago, that's hoodie weather, tops.
Wind chill.
More like wimp chill.
Take that, Chicago.
Hurray Morales!
Way to go Morales. If Contrares is the only guy you can get a hit against your career will be brief.
Dammit, Punto. Run through it and you'll get the call. First base umps hate that crap. So do we.
Dear Nick Punto,
Stop being an idiot.
Signed,
FTLT.
Don't sugarcoat it, man. ;)
Nice of Punto to f#4k himself out of a hit there. Douchebag.
Hey, no one's telling Punto not to do it. Not you, not his manager, not anybody!
Frankly, I think he beat the throw... but I'm okay him being called out every time until he decides to cut it out. If, you know, that ever happens.
YES! noooooooo...
Well, that was nice baserunning + not so good baserunning. But, at least the score is tied.
The site seems to be humming along pretty well. For me, anyway.
SBG fixed things real proper for us.
God bless that man--and all of us, really.
Decided to go with the mulled wine tonight, eh?
Listen mister. We serve strong drinks to men who wanna get drunk fast.
+1 building and loan.
Blyleven and Bremer cover Twittering. Comic gold.
Dick rarely "tweets".
And bears sh!t in the woods.
But Bert frequently "toots".
Having Dick N' Bert making wise about Twitter is almost enough for me to sign up for an account right now.
These guys spend altogether too much time doing the "technology is weird and foreign to me" schtick. They realize that a huge percentage of their fans aren't ignorant like they are, correct?
I suppose that I am really in no place to put down their schtick when I say thing like "making wise".
Douglas Adams' rules of technology:
1. Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a normal part of the way the world works.
2. Anything that's invented between when you're fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.
Once again, Adams says it best.
Dang
We don't need Mauer.
What's up, fellas?
Cheers, Stick.
Evening, Boss.
Good evening, sir.
Wheels! Atta boy Laddie.
'LEXI!!111!!!
That is better than a bunt.
It's also better than sliding into first. I saw that crapola earlier tonight.
Rhymes with porno!
Was that "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go"?
It was. They're messing with him out there tonight.
When I was the mascot for the Yakima Bears (low-A Diamondbacks), and the opposing manager came out for a pitching change, we played "Torn Between Two Lovers."
How did you like being a mascot?
Parts of it were very fun and rewarding, but the heat alone was a bastard. There was one day that was 110 degrees, and I had to run the bases in the middle of the 3rd inning every night against a kid chosen from the crowd (the gag was that I'd get out to a big lead, then always become distracted or get plowed over by one of the players or whatnot). That day I very nearly passed out running the bases, and had to be walked over to my room for water before it got real dangerous. I refilled a Kwik Trip Big Gulp-sized water cup four times that night and never had to go to the bathroom; I put on an ice belt after that inning.
C'mon Dick, you know the name of the song.
I thought the same thing. If he knew that much, he knew all of it.
Gay can't rub off on you, Dick. It's okay to know.
Dick always liked the non-George Michael one best.
This is a family website, spooky.
/channeling inner brianS/
that's the Jameson talking now ;-)
I figured it was the sugar from the Star Crunch.
I'm having fun conjuring up images of a 20-something Dick cutting the rug to some Wham - collar turned up, skinny tie, suit jacket sleeves pushed up.
_elmon has not impressed me much this game.
_elmon has not impressed me much this
game.season._elmon has not impressed me much this
game.seasonlifetimeBingo.
Damn. If I'm gonna be this slow I might as well be drunk.
Replace game with year and I'll go along with you.
Waitaminit. _elmon striking out? What color is the sky?
Aha! an emory board story! Who had the 5th inning?
I had the first.
Ah, Punto. I hate you, I love you
What the hell kind of throw was that?
wow. that almost makes up for the head first slide. WTG LNP
Dickey at 104 pitches through 5. I wonder how high they let him go.
Like the amish, he can go to 150, everything we do plus half.
As long as he can hold the lead.
Mmmm, this maibock is mighty impressive. I was drinking a locally brewed version on Tuesday before the blowout we suffered in bowling, and I thought to myself, I think mine is actually better.
It is one malty SOB but I think I managed to use just the right kind of hops to balance it out. A little spicy without being too prevalent.
Clearly, you are off the Schlitz.
Yes, yes I am. And all the better for it.
Ah, man. Spooky's still here... ;)
That's really the only reason I went into a little more detail. You know, the high road.
I swear to you, cheaptoy. I swear to you.
I'm calling the left side of our infield the Iron Curtain.
Now if Crede can just hit like Gaetti...
Morales with some serious OBP'ing today.
That, however, was not so good.
wait, what the hell actually happened there?
Replay shows it was a balk. Good call.
They were just trying to wear Morales out there. Jerks.
Dazzle calling for a squeeze by Span.
Span should call his shot first, then squeeze. I've totally seen that work for Cleveland in that one game playoff against the Yankees back in 1989.
Are you sure you aren't confusing real life with the movie Major League? If so, I don't think that actually happened.
You mean Willie Mays Hays didn't make Black Thunder, White Lightning?
No. That team was awesome: Vaughn, Dorn, Hayes, Taylor, President Palmer... :)
Palmer spent a season over in Japan with Magnum, as well.
But does he have any marbles?
Um, you might want to look up, FTLT. That one sailed over your head.
I was having fun with it, don't worry. I suppose that I should have been a little more clear.
Sweeeeeeeeet.
Stranded.
wuuuh. wuuh happen?
+1 Fred Willard is awesomely hilarious
We're on pace for a 3 hour game tonight.
If I met Alexi Ramirez, I'd offer him a cheeseburger.
I wouldn't.
I just feel so bad for the guy. Ozzie's clearly not feeding him.
I'd use him to stir my bourbon and branch.
You definitely win the "what to do with Alexi Ramirez" contest.
I'd offer him a swig of my Robitussin.
By the way, the avatar change is due to Delmon playing in the outfield tonight.
Good grief!
Boom.
BOOM!
O Canada!
He's a lumberjack and he's ok.
I love that one.
Homeruns feel good.
Captain Canuck!
MacDougal!
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I'd wear a skirt made of that.
So would I, if it meant he got to keep pitching this way.
heck I just like the pattern.
I do too. It implies speed.
I was thinking more acid, but to each his own mood-altering substance.
No visit yet from our friendly Chicago blogger extraordinaire?
Where's Rhu_Ru tonight with the sheenie-walk graphic?
Kubes with the heads up baserunning. I like that guy.
Load em up! Bring on another arm!
I think Ozzie wants to pitch himself after that display. Yikes.
Wow. Cap'n Hook!
I hope the Ligue's aren't at the game tonight.
Not to worry. I think they're both studying at Oxford.
You sure it's not Joliet?
which reminds me. Allegedly, Kankakee, IL back in the 1800s was offered the choice between a prison and the land-grant university for Illinois and...chose the prison. Makes sense to me, having spent time at the university of Illinois.
I wanna say that Stillwater, MN has a similar choice, but that might just have been urban legend.
That would be the Oxford Correctional Facility for Men, I believe. Downstate.
Well, I had an academic friend from Kankakee, and he holds an endowed chair at Stonedfart, so who was I to argue?
Do they sell sweatshirts? :)
Ozzie's doing the bullpen shuffle. One, two, one, two, step and turn, step and turn.
I like this MacDougal kid.
for a brief moment both the Wild and the Twins were ahead 5-3.
Koivu just scored, so now it's up to the Twins to maintain symmetry.
What are the odds _elmon hits into a triple play?
That's a much more betterly result.
I was just thinking something very similar.
w00t!
Nice timing, Delmon. Good placement, too.
I always liked that guy.
Even better, him getting on base now means Span gets to move to left.
Delmonstrative.
Just when I thought you couldn't get any dumber, you go and do something like this.....
And totally redeem yourself!
I very, very nearly made this exact comment. Spooky. ...Milk.
That is some nice punnage.
The White Sox may pay millions for Morales if he keeps this up over there.
Morales cannot be stopped.
For what it is worth, nothing was funnier than Dick saying "After three straight walks Delmon swings at the first pitch" and then cracking up.
On account of the economy and all, shouldn't we save a few of these runs?
This is all part of the stimulus plan, Bootsy. Spend 'em now to stimulate the offense.
Bling bling.
Lovin' the Sox bullpen.
White Sox announcer analysis - "He's just getting pitches up."
When will these pitchers learn?
I almost forgot about those guys. This seems like the perfect time to un-mute them.
Mebbe they should have stuck with MacDougal.
'Member 2008, when the Twins played some legendarily craptastic ball in that field?
Yikers, dude.
Or maybe we should just drive the Sox bullpen deep into the night.
This should level out our Pythagorean record.
Even the outs are pretty hard hit.
Considering the first three batters of the inning made three outs in order, that was a pretty good inning.
That was fun. We should do this every game.
and you can [put a 7-spot] on the booooaaaaarrrrrrrrrd, yes!
Is Dickey still in?
I'm worried about him having gotten cold during that long inning. Heh. hehehehehehehe.
Gomez now has four runs while getting on base three times this season!=
the streak is still alive!
that was pretty satisfying, especially against the sox
Bremer points out that "You know it's a good inning when your three, four and now five hitters are coming up for the second time." That's killer analysis. Eleven batters in one inning is definitely good. Why does he point out the batting order?
I want to bring back the Bert commercials about driving impaired. That was an abuse of a perfectly good Beatles song, Sir Paul.
is it the RAD commercial using 'Drive My Car'?
Who is the bank robber in CF?
that is a stylish look.
I think this is a wonderful comment and we should all strive to make comments exactly like this one.
Indeed.
oh, Duensing. When did he come in? I guess this is a good place to get him some experience.
And thanks to his experience I had to listen to that asshole Hawk Harrelson give his annoying shticky call for the second time tonight.
Oughtn't there be some moratorium on that (and the fireworks) when down by 6 or more?
Re-mute them.
That may be wise advice. I was hoping to hear them mope, but they're just so awful.
Carlos Gomez is ... Jesse James.
Ruh roh. They can win with a TD and extra point now.
it's nice to be able to say, "hmm. whatever."
And now that Bass isn't on the team anymore, it doesn't feel so scary to say it.
Just got back from a delicious dinner. MLB.com says 11-5 but Gameday says 5-3. What's the score?
11-5 off the strength of a 7-run inning by the Twins that included a solo bomb from everyone's favorite Mountie.
i was late, so i'm not sure if it's been commented on, but what is it about morales and chicago? and he's still in one piece?
We've mentioned it a bit. It's weird, that's for sure.
if i was gardy, i would have pulled him when he was 2-2 as a precautionary measure...
Wild win 8-4. Now Wild need either St. Louis (up 3-1 with 8 minutes to go) or Anaheim (up 1-0 after 1) to lose to stay alive for the postseason.
Doesn't sound too promising, there.
It didn't work out (surprise, surprise). Both St. Louis and Anaheim won, making the Wild the last team eliminated from playoff contention this season.
8-4?!?
two empty netters for the WIld, but yeah, it got pretty crazy there in the third.
wait, aren't you in chicago? that wasn't on versus on anything, was it?
If he's got DirecTV, he might have been able to see it on the Nashville sports station. I had that option meself.
no, but with the free extra innings preview this week on Comcast I also get the NHL Center Ice package (because apparently they are on the same channels).
okay. i was afraid i missed a chance to watch a wild game (just standard cable, no box).
Damn, the Ligue's ARE here. Kick their asses, coppers!
A daughter? Or a second wife?
Stay classy, Southside.
I proposed to my now-wife, we went home, turned on a game, and immediately saw that attack (live). We figured it was an awesome sign.
Ok, kids. This one is in the can. I gotta make dinner and go watch Sarah Connor Chronicles. Keep the faith.
I do not feel as confident as you, apparently. It's never in the can when the ball is flying out of the park like it is tonight.
I thought you said it was too cold to be the Launching Pad? ;)
I could not have been more wrong.
I think humidity matters more than temperature. But I could be more wrong.
Humidity definitely matters (Ballpark at Arlington vs. Safeco Field, for instance).
Damn, Morales smoked that.
Teaser for Chicago's Sports Nite show? Where will Deep Dish the bull dog end up?
looks like the twins want a couple more...
I almost forgot the menu tonight: Grilled pork chops, baked red potatoes, hearts of romaine salad, cappuccino.
Fish tacos with a homemade, ranchy, jalepeno sauce.
i made ground turkey "pizza pockets" with a chicken caesar salad.
One apple, eaten from hand.
Salad of mixed greens and sliced cucumber
Baked potatoes and cheese
????
ham sammiches, carrot sticks, cherry tomatoes, Sierra Nevada Early Spring Beer(s).
breaded fish and tater tots
yay! last Friday with Fish! back to bacon hamburgers for me
4 RBI for Justin. This has turned into a good night to build your stats.
I am all about the insurance.
The Twins coaching staff sure seems to visit the doc a lot. Maybe they need to participate in the WGOM Wellness Challenge?
chicago announcers: "we need seven to tie."
what is this? wait wait don't tell me?
Dammit, I wanted Duensing to get the save.
would have been nice for his major league debut.
Is there a limit to the size of lead you can have for a three inning save?
Nope.
Nope.
No.
No, sir. And it's the scorer's decision whether or not you pitched effectively. So if you have a 10 run lead, but give up three runs, the scorer may or may not award you the stat.
No, not yet. There was some talk of changing it because of Wes Littleton's save two years ago, but nothing so far it seems. However, Duensing did enter the game with only a one run lead. So, take that Joe.
I think we need a few more just to be sure.
Wes Littleton was awarded a save when the Rangers beat the Orioles 30-3.
Granted, it was only 14-3 when he entered to start the 7th.
The Save is a really useless stat without context.
In a way, it's too bad that the one-inning saves caught on more than the three-inning saves. I wonder if baseball would be any different today if the save rule dictated that you had to be the second and last pitcher to earn a save.
I don't know. Would pitchers be used differently, or would the stat have just fallen out of favor because nobody would pad it big enough to make it seem relevant? I think the latter, but who knows?
I typed that four minutes ago. Stupid laggy comp make me look dumb.
Too many pitchers to keep sharp.
That was an uuuugly PB.
i suppose crede's used to that.
I get a little nervous every time Crede gets close to the stands.
True, you could get shivved over there.
if i get shivved on sunday, tell my wife i love her. wait... she'll be there. well, tell her anyway.
Any win when the starter's name is R.A. Dickey is a good win.
One game too late. Oh well, I'll take it!
I wanna see fireworks!
Chicago fire. Works.
Good win and almost 400 LTEs and no apparent problems... right?
All systems go from Seattle.
I had zero. It was as fast as I've seen a game log.
Nary a glitch, Boss.
Cleveland seems to be getting a home opener beatdown courtesy of the Blue Jays. I like, I like.
glad to see the indians are off to a good start.
Certainly making popular pick for the Central look pretty dumb.
Did anyone see the MLBN prediction special? I watched it for some reason. The AL Central was the only division where all five teams were picked across the nine analysts. Granted, when Harold Reynolds is an "analyst," you never know what you're going to get.
Marney's back!
tell me robbie's gone. for some reason, i really want to sock him in the nose.
We can hope. But Marney's doing the pregame and postgame stuff like last year, so we'll probably see him next home stand.
It's not that Marney's so great, it's just that all the other people are so awful that she seems great by comparison.
anyway, everyone, have a joyous night.
Thanks for that. Beaker owns.
HELL YES TWINS! I was out tonight, but coming home to a Twins win is a great feeling!