Chris Waters throws a shutout

by Scott Christ on Sep 16, 2008 9:44 PM EDT in News & Rumors

I said after his major league debut that Chris Waters would probably never pitch another game so good. He was doing a great job proving me right until tonight, when he threw a four-hit shutout of the Blue Jays.

It was the first (and likely only) complete game shutout for an O's pitcher in 2008.

Now he's talking and I can barely understand a word he's saying. He's sort of Boomhauer-ish.

Way to go, Chris.

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I thought there was some kind of mistake on Yahoo

great game though

"This world extends way beyond this little field of dreams we're dancing in and I want to see that world"

by exitfare on Sep 16, 2008 9:49 PM EDT reply actions

What is buzz up?

[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8

by Stacey on Sep 16, 2008 10:11 PM EDT reply actions

Another Web 2.0 platform

"This world extends way beyond this little field of dreams we're dancing in and I want to see that world"

by exitfare on Sep 16, 2008 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions

To spread the article around on Yahoo! Buzz. I’m going to use it for pretty much anything but gamethreads.

"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum

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by Scott Christ on Sep 17, 2008 12:50 AM EDT up reply actions

Go, Good Chris!

Say, do split-personality pitchers take up an extra roster spot? ‘Cause if so, we’ve got a problem.

by fishoutawata on Sep 16, 2008 10:43 PM EDT reply actions

i dont think so

we would have lost an extra spot from cabrera for the last 20 years, oh wait what? it hasnt been 20 years, well it’s felt like it.

What up?

by snakethejake on Sep 16, 2008 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions

The Blue Jays can't hit

Color me unimpressed. Ok, so a little impressed.

by pipkin on Sep 17, 2008 9:05 AM EDT reply actions

And why can't they hit?

The fools traded away the ultimate scrapper, David Eckstein. FOOLS!

by Brotz13 on Sep 17, 2008 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions

haha, this is funny

I thought you were asking an obnoxious question like “why can’t they hit?” when you were actually making a snarky Eckstein reference that I missed because I can be kinda dumb like that. So, cheers to you sir.

And here’s the response I typed up to the question without reading the answer. Cuz I typed it up and I don’t want to waste it. God I can be obtuse:

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Well, I can tell you that they’re 20th in the majors in runs scored, and 11th of 14 in the AL. The teams below them in the AL are KC, Seattle, and Oakland, the three most pathetic offenses in the AL. And not too many runs (about 70) separate those four teams.

Now as to why they can’t hit, well, Lyle Overbay has the best OBP on the team with .368 with only middling power. Snider’s almost as good with great power and very few PAs.

They just don’t have that many good offensive players. Alex Rios and Vernon Wells, signed as good-hitting good-defense outfielders have had only middling-to-mediocre offensive stats. I can’t say much about their defense (though I suspect Toronto has a good team D, as they have good pitching).

by pipkin on Sep 17, 2008 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions

A top-notch analysis

With insight like that, you could replace Buck Martinez.

Seriously, could you? His voice gives me hives.

by Brotz13 on Sep 17, 2008 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions

oooo...

buck isn’t terrible as second tomato to thorne. buck and hunter is insufferable.

"When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: Money."

--Jerry Reed, on acting

by j.q. higgins on Sep 17, 2008 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions

yeah

Buck with Thorne isn’t great, but you’ll hear worse all over the place. Buck and Hunter together brings out the worst in both guys.

"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum

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by Scott Christ on Sep 17, 2008 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions

there's wayyyy too much conventional wisdom in the same booth with those two

by pipkin on Sep 17, 2008 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Chirs Waters now has two MLB days to remember-- which is two more than I expected, frankly. Way to go, Chris!

Meanwhile, the Sawx choked another one— to the dismay of, well, at least one guy. The rest of us have seen this coming and are pretty casual about it…though not as casual as the good citizens of St. Petersburg (the warm one), who didn’t even fill the place last night.

OK, it’s a crappy venue, and TB fans are no doubt still peeved about the events of March. But you’d still figure a lousy 36K could be scared up, esp. since there was a good contingent of Massholes present. Nope.

Ah well, maybe they’ll show tonight, as the light-punching Rays take on the Amazing Timmy Wake to put away yet another series from the punch-drunk Sawx, yawn.

Meanwhile, the Orioles’ relentless drive for 70 wins continues, with Big Mouth Bass taking the Hill. If another financial institution doesn’t go under today, I’ll prolly watch. If you hear something like “And giant retirement fund TIAA-CREF was reported to be nearing bankruptcy as the carnage on Wall St. continued…”— forget it, I’ll have one leg out the window.

Go O’s!

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.

by Titov on Sep 17, 2008 10:12 AM EDT reply actions