Almost half way through the game. We are up 1-0. The Hound is certainly making the case to move Kaz quickly.
We have a lineup out there. Most of the usual suspects in the usual order. No Canadian, Keebs at 3B.
Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
Was listening a little bit on the radio and I believe Roxy really has a good VORV.
And I miss BMo, that is all.
I say we let the Hound start every game in the second half.
Split him and Zito and I could sign on as well.
There is almost no reason to watch the first 4-5 innings of our games. We will score a run, the opposition will score between 0-2 runs. But from 6-9 everything changes.
Or conversely maybe I should only watch the first 5 innings and thing we have a really great team and just be shocked in Oct.
I’ve said before that I really dont have a horse in the whole Indians name thing. But I admit I would love to see them go to any of the other classic Cleveland baseball names. The Spiders would be fantastic, but my preference would be calling them the Naps.
And then all other teams should be renamed for their most famous player. They could rename the teams every year. Now that would be great for sales of new merchandise!
I know I would drop a bunch of money for a home white Oakland Rickeys jersey.
San Francisco Willies would be a hot seller for sure.
Don’t you mean SF Cody’s?
The Oakland Red Dicks might appeal to the same buyers.
Minnesota Rods
Is that “too bad” Ray? Is it “unfortunate”?
6 outs may be to many to get
I am a little disappointed it was a 1 run victory.
maybe I am wrong. maybe he is like us.
He faces one batter, walks him, and gets the win. Go Team Dynamite.
I love how hardly anyone else even notices.
to be fair, nobody expected EOF to hit anything he aimed at
there is a lot going on in this video, burns refusing to toss the ball to sogard, butler not being able to jog 100 feet without a break in the middle, but what I am most interested in is who is throwing the rosin bag at whom, and who ultimately gets the rosin bag?
http://m.athletics.mlb.com/oak/video/v252330383/oakcle-clippard-retires-kipnis-to-earn-the-save/?affiliateId=clubMEGAMENU
there is also vogt immediately removing his mask and discussing something with the umpire as the ball kipnis hits is still on its way up towards centerfield.
I’ve finally started reading Jason Kendall’s book and one of the interesting statements in it is that catchers — at least elite, stick-that-f’ing-thing-out-there-level catchers — and umpires are talking to each other non-stop during a game, just rarely looking at each other.
Kendall’s book is an instruction manual, How To Be A Gritty Ballplayer. I didn’t think there was any chance a small-county library in Nevada would get it so I bought a copy…then naturally it showed up on the New Books shelf. I can read about a dozen pages at a time, but when I did that at the beach after I’d had a couple beers, I woke up with my face between the pages. He does make some good points, but don’t spend your money on it.
Pretty much this. I got a digital version of it, and he just completely reinforces what anyone who’s watched him play would already know: he’s a red-ass through and through. Hell, here’s what I wrote for an Amazon review.
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Worth a read for the information more than the opinions (3/5 stars)
You could say this book is an interesting study in just what the best focus might be when it comes to picking your topics. The title (beyond “Throwback” itself) does fairly good justice to the content in the sense that Jason Kendall (through Lee Judge) goes into more detail than I’ve probably ever seen anyone attempt to when it comes to explaining the ins and outs of every little thing that’s going on out on the field.
If you come at this from the perspective of wanting to learn about the sport’s strategy and all the stuff the casual fan probably misses, this book will accomplish that. I’ve been a fan for nearly 30 years, getting pretty in-depth with it along the way, and I learned a few things in here that I wasn’t aware of, or got a different perspective on certain things.
Where the book comes up short a bit is in the personal side of it. Kendall’s what sports people would call a “red ass” in the sense he’s completely old-school. He has no patience or acceptance for “softer” players, which he’s clear to specify many, many times. I get respecting the game and the people who came before, and now I’m old enough to have some of those “get off my lawn, you kids” moments, but sometimes it just makes Kendall look and sound like a jerk and someone who can’t or won’t adapt to the times. But, he’s someone who always played with a hard-nosed, aggressive edge.
I was also hoping to read more in the way of actual stories from Kendall’s playing days or even his path to the big leagues. He briefly mentions a few things from time to time, but there are mistakes another reviewer pointed out and they’re more examples related to a part of the game he’s talking about. This is in no way an autobiography. It’s just an informational book, one that mixes fact with opinion quite often. I’m also not sure the book needed such a lengthy glossary at the end, but nobody can claim it isn’t thorough.
To summarize, I found it entertaining from the perspective of going into tremendous depth and detail about all facets of how the game is played, but at times it gets dragged down by Kendall’s personal opinions of how it SHOULD be played relative to his attitudes. Anyone else who has played the game could have produced the same information with or without the personal opinions.
I’m intrigued about what’s in the glossary.
Most of it is “Baseball Terms for Third Graders”, just for example:
Cannon: A good throwing arm.
Drilled: When a hitter gets hit by a pitch, he got drilled.
Duck fart: A bloop base hit. It’s similar to a bleeder. It’s not impressive, but it’s a knock.
Framing: There’s no such thing.
Horseshit: Something negative is horseshit. If an umpire makes a bad call, the call was horseshit.
Shitload: A lot of something. If a pitcher doesn’t walk anybody, he’s throwing a shitload of strikes.
If someone makes something up, it’s horseshit.
There’s no such thing as framing.
Put it this way: before even getting to the end of the letter C, there are over 50 terms.
Kendall has words for catching like Eskimos have words for snow.
[Looks up “G”] Glossary: Place where you add made up words with definitions to pad the page number of a book.
page count. unless you mean using larger type on the folio.
Close enough.
I’m pretty sure it’s Kazmir throwing. And given the outfit, I’m pretty sure it’s another SP who gets hit. My guess is Graveman.
left handed. good detective work.
Graveman makes sense. I didn’t see chavez’s haircut, and its not sonny. Bassett wouldn’t be a good choice as it was his game and he is relatively new
Burns is going to make damn sure he doesnt screw that up again.
That was amusing.