Watching other games

by Scott Christ on Apr 8, 2008 11:05 PM EDT

I'm watching the ends of Reds-Brewers.

Gagne got the first two in the ninth, right? And he went 2-2 to Corey Patterson, and they said, "Two out, two strikes, Corey Patterson is the last hope for the Reds." I thought, "Good luck, Reds!"

Instead Patterson tied it with a dong.

Go figure.

Right now my FanPost is only 55 words long. Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

I miss my admin power to overcome that shit.

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and it goes for naught

by drj on Apr 8, 2008 11:58 PM EDT reply actions

Admins have to obey that silly rule now?

Fuck!

"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again."

by 2632 on Apr 9, 2008 12:02 AM EDT reply actions

Gagne will be lucky if he isn't cut by July

Wolf, wolf, wolf.

by birdman on Apr 9, 2008 1:33 AM EDT reply actions

man

Gagne is too bad. From what I've seen (which admittedly is scattered appearances) he's just leaving his fastball up too much. Which you can't do as a closer, of course.

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by Scott Christ on Apr 9, 2008 2:27 AM EDT up reply actions

Gagne is an even more expensive Danys Baez

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by Oriole on Apr 9, 2008 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions

well...

except he had stuff at one time, though, didn't he?

by j.q. higgins on Apr 10, 2008 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions

Baez was ok briefly

Gagne was lights out, though.

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by Scott Christ on Apr 10, 2008 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions

maybe he was lights out

but no closer should ever win the Cy Young.

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words—"mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.
-Jack Handey

by jobe on Apr 10, 2008 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions

well no

Maybe if one of them had, like, a 0.13 ERA or saved 80 games, then I could sort of see it. For something amazingly unique, fine. It's a writers award and half the time it goes to the wrong guy anyway.

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by Scott Christ on Apr 10, 2008 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Dude had 55 saves

0 Blown Saves
1.20 ERA
137 K

Second best in the voting was 17-5, with a 2.34 ERA. Thats very good, but Gagne was better.

MAGIC MAGIC MAGIC MAGIC MAGIC MAGIC MAGIC MAGIC

by spike2131 on Apr 10, 2008 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions

seriously?

jason schmidt pitched 208 innings w/ said 2.34 ERA and a.95 WHIP. now, gagne had a .65 WHIP, which is ridiculously good, but do that shit over 200 innings, not 80 and then i'll be impressed.

by j.q. higgins on Apr 10, 2008 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions

no he wasn't

Jason Schmidt threw 208 innings. 208 innings is exceptionally more valuable than 80.

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by Scott Christ on Apr 10, 2008 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions

to expand

It'd be like Moises Alou winning the MVP award because he hit really well when he wasn't injured.

Is there a more intriguing non-HOF case than Alou's? Imagine if that guy hadn't gotten injured ALL THE TIME. Jesus, he can hit.

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by Scott Christ on Apr 10, 2008 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions

how about edgar martinez?

by j.q. higgins on Apr 10, 2008 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions

to clarify...

i think he's a no-brainer, but how many pinheads in the bbwwa do you think have a beef w/ electing a dude who was primarily a dh?

by j.q. higgins on Apr 10, 2008 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions

we'll see when Frank Thomas comes up

They're gonna shit themselves.

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by Scott Christ on Apr 10, 2008 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions

gagne and hoffman have looked pretty bad

by Y Not on Apr 9, 2008 7:36 AM EDT reply actions

There's a pool going as to which closer loses his gig first

Gagne or Wood.

Pick the closer and the date each one gets the hook. Winner gets fabulous prizes! (I'm guessing).

"Yeah, I mean - Cal was much more important to me growing up than Jesus. And frankly, set just as good an example. Loyalty, discipline, hard work, humility, generosity, charity, AND 3,184 career hits. Is JESUS in the 3,000 hit club? I don't think so." - 2632

by Kristen on Apr 9, 2008 9:17 AM EDT reply actions

Wood

May 19 at Houston.

Sweet Lou will not be a patient man. They should've gotten rid of Wood the same as they did Prior.

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by Scott Christ on Apr 9, 2008 9:25 AM EDT up reply actions

Um

Borowski will beat them both.

by punkrawka on Apr 9, 2008 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions

I dunno

If Borowski couldn't pitch his way out of the spot last year, can he this year?

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by Scott Christ on Apr 9, 2008 9:56 AM EDT up reply actions

Betancourt

He's too good not to get the call at some point. Borowski skated through last year because he mostly "got the job done" (he got lots of Saves to impress old-school baseball types) and his ERA was inflated by a few horrendous outings. What those facts overlooked was that his WHIP was positively terrifying even when he did manage to eke out a save. It's going to catch up to him this year.

by punkrawka on Apr 9, 2008 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions

seriously, reds...

if arroyo can put together a decent season it's gravy. i didn't realize how good harang has gotten and i'm real high on johnny cueto and edison volquez.

for their sakes, it's a shame the reds hired dusty baker.

by j.q. higgins on Apr 9, 2008 9:48 AM EDT reply actions