Today's starter at Norfolk It isn't Chris Tillman. Left-hander Chris Waters is taking the ball...

Today's starter at Norfolk

It isn't Chris Tillman.

Left-hander Chris Waters is taking the ball for the Tides today, and he's actually working on normal rest. Though he was removed from the rotation, he tossed five scoreless innings in the nightcap of Friday's doubleheader against Charlotte.

In the first game, Tillman allowed one run and struck out seven over 6 2/3 innings.

We can sit here and wonder if something is up with Tillman, since he isn't starting today at Gwinnett. But it would have made sense to give him the ball. His next turn would fall on Monday, and he could have replaced Rich Hill.

Instead, Tillman is scheduled to start tomorrow.

Interesting.

Roch Kubatko

Guess that means Berken is going down. Although with the off day tomorrow, Berken could still go on Monday on normal rest. At any rate it looks like Tuesday is the day. Will you be there? I will.

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Hmmm.

That is all. Very interesting.

"He's a gazelle." -Adam Jones on Nolan Reimold.

by LenaO on Jul 22, 2009 5:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Wow

I missed AJ bobbleday and it was Wieters’ first HR. Now i’m missing Nolan T day and it’s Tillman’s first start!? WTF!?

Matt Wieters can get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop in under one lick.

by daveh873 on Jul 22, 2009 6:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I was lucky enough to go to AJ bobblehead day. But I'm seriously mad I can't go to Tillman's first start. And a Nolan T-Shirt? How much better could it get.

"He's a gazelle." -Adam Jones on Nolan Reimold.

by LenaO on Jul 23, 2009 4:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Woooo I was at AJ bobblehead/Wieters' 1st homerun too

maybe I can rearrange my work sched and go to Tuesday’s game…

by O Nina on Jul 23, 2009 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Won't be there on Tuesday...

…but I will be at the Norfolk Tides game tomorrow. If what Roch says is true, I may be witnessing Tillman’s last minor league start?

by DempseysArmy on Jul 22, 2009 8:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I NEED TO BE THERE

I remember Bergesen’s first start, also on a T-shirt Tuesday.

I hope that Nolan Reimold’s t-shirt will make me as happy as Uehara’s. I love my Uehara shirt but not because of Uehara.

Tuesdays are the busiest day of work where I work but I have been off Tuesday like 3 times in a row, but I took a Tuesday shift yesterday. I know I’m going to two games next week unless work fucking schedules me on an Orioles off-day, which I’ll kill them if they do.

The stock market will never recover, our armies will never again be #1, and our children will drink filthy water for the rest of their lives - HST

by the fix is in on Jul 22, 2009 8:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs