I hate this with young quality guys do so well and their team doesn't show up... F*in nats bats.
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The baseball holiday known as Strasmas -- it comes every fifth day on your calendar right now -- was again a spectacle Friday night. The 21-year-old rookie struck out 10 to run his total to an unprecedented 32 through three starts, but he experienced his first no-decision as the Chicago White Sox beat the Washington Nationals 2-1 in 11 innings before another sellout crowd.
I begged to go on wednesday since all these yuppies want the stras game so I'm going this wednesday.
According to me calculations the Braves will have to face Strasburg on the 29th of the month with Lowe pitching for Atlanta. Not looking forward to that one.
But Strasburg's next start is likely home to Kansas City. Surprisingly KC has the highest team batting average in baseball right now.
Walkoff homerun for Troy Glaus tonight in the bottom of the 9th. The Braves have been insane for the past two months (32-14 since May 1st) and have the best record in the NL by a couple games (41-28) after a 9-game losing streak early in the year. I still can't believe it.
Walkoff homerun for Troy Glaus tonight in the bottom of the 9th. The Braves have been insane for the past two months (32-14 since May 1st) and have the best record in the NL by a couple games (41-28) after a 9-game losing streak early in the year. I still can't believe it.
Troy is easily the comeback player of the year and deserves a spot on the all star team
Troy is easily the comeback player of the year and deserves a spot on the all star team
AND PRADO (who had another multi-hit game tonight) DESERVES TO BE THE STARTING 2B NOT CHASE UTLEY!!!
Prado leads the majors in hits, he's 1st in the NL (2nd in the majors) in batting average, he's 3rd in the NL in doubles, he's 2nd in the NL in runs scored...
AND PRADO (who had another multi-hit game tonight) DESERVES TO BE THE STARTING 2B NOT CHASE UTLEY!!!
Sorry.
That's what happens when you let the fans do the voting. The big market northeastern teams always get a load of undeserving players in All-Star games. Heck, the starting lineup for the AL is usually just a combination of Yankees and Red Sox.
Yep, looked like a hanging slider to me that he just CRUSHED. Quite a few games today went down to the 9th inning and beyond, though. Boston won in the 9th. Atlanta. Twins forced extra innings somewhat miraculously against the woeful Phillies and finally won in the 11th. Sheesh.
Wow, the effect of the vuvuzuela giveaway at today's Marlins game ended up being even worse that expected. What more havok can these ridiculous thing's reap on society? Whomever invented these things should be exiled to Siberia.
Bases-loaded walks help Rays rise above din of vuvuzela-like horns
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On a night Florida handed out 15,000 air horns to fans, there was one unavoidable question when a marathon game was over.
Did those horns -- and the constant noise -- help the Marlins blow a game?
Quite possibly, yes.
An apparent miscommunication between Florida manager Fredi Gonzalez and home-plate umpire Lance Barksdale cost the Marlins a big chance in the ninth inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays roughed up Jorge Sosa for four runs in the 11th before hanging on for a 9-8 win on Saturday night.
MIAMI -- When Florida Marlins outfielder Cody Ross arrived for work Sunday morning, he grabbed a bright yellow vuvuzela from his locker and sent noise blaring through the Marlins' clubhouse.
One day after horngate, the Marlins could laugh about it. A little bit, anyway.
Saturday's 9-8, 11-inning loss to the Tampa Bay Rays will be remembered for the overwhelming din created by 15,000 air horns distributed to fans in World Cup-themed giveaway, as well as the possibility that the noise caused confusion between Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez and plate umpire Lance Barksdale -- who got their signals crossed on what became a costly botched lineup change in the ninth.
Still, Marlins president David Samson beamed over the promotion, pronouncing it a clear success.
"It was absolutely outstanding," Samson said Sunday. "I got two e-mails from older people and we moved their seats because it was loud. To give you an idea, that is the least number of e-mails for things that go on during the course of a game that you could possibly have."
After Saturday's game, Marlins players had different views.
"Awful," Ross said.
"Brutal," second baseman Dan Uggla said.
And on Sunday, Rays manager Joe Maddon -- who had said the horns should be banned by baseball -- wasn't backing down, either.
"They're annoying," Maddon said. "There's cool things and there's very non-cool things. That's a non-cool thing. ... You could even almost attribute the mix-up possibly last night, if there was one, to the fact that it was so loud."
The horns given out Saturday were about half the size as the vuvuzelas that provide the constant -- some say annoying -- buzz from the stands at World Cup matches. Nonetheless, they packed such a noisy punch for the Marlins and Rays that players and umpires quickly popped in earplugs, and conversations even in the dugouts were nearly impossible.
"I'm always into some crazy ideas myself," Maddon said. "I would just put that into the column that it didn't quite work."
It might not go into the books with the same infamy as 10-cent beer night did in Cleveland in 1974, or the giveaway baseballs that turned into giveaway projectiles and prompted a Dodgers forfeit in 1995, or the gold standard for baseball marketing debacles -- Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park in 1979.
Still, there's a good chance the horns have blared for the last time at a Marlins game.
"There was some thought put into it, some foresight," Marlins vice president of marketing Sean Flynn said last week.
Clearly, the Marlins didn't see this coming.
Perennially one of the worst-drawing teams in baseball, Florida often turns to promotions in an attempt to boost ticket sales. Some are hits, some are misses, and others are messes, like the pompom giveaway last May on a breezy night -- countless shiny, silvery strands blew off the toys and landed on the field throughout the game, making it seem like tinsel on the world's flattest Christmas tree.
"I never knew anybody complained about the field being loud," White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said in Washington on Sunday. "They're not Tiger Woods. ... Baseball is supposed to be played with a lot of noise."
Whether it was the horns, the visit from an in-state rival or the Merengue concert afterward, the Marlins drew twice as many fans Saturday as they had for games earlier in the week when the Texas Rangers were in town.
"I guess it was a gadget to get people out there," Rangers manager Ron Washington said Sunday. "Sometimes the fans are so loud in the ballpark you wish they would just calm down. Seriously."
Gonzalez and Barksdale probably would have appreciated some more calm from the stands.
Gonzalez went out to make changes before the ninth, and his card was clearly marked in the Florida dugout -- Wes Helms batting third for Hanley Ramirez, a pitcher [it just said pitcher] in the cleanup spot for Jorge Cantu, and Brian Barden batting ninth in the customary pitcher's spot. But when Barksdale reported the change to the Tampa Bay dugout, he had Helms ninth, Barden third.
Barden summarily batted out of order, erasing a leadoff walk with the game tied in the ninth, and Gonzalez was thrown out for pleading his case.
"It's an embarrassing thing and it's an unfortunate thing," Gonzalez said. "But whether we won the game or lost the game because of that, I don't think
so."
Source - ESPN.com
I see this was already posted so I will just add
Doubt they'll ever hand those annoying toys out again.
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