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16 Oct 2010  |  monkeyball  |Game Thread · The Grill

So, consensus: did Wash screw the pooch last night with his bullpen usage?

Yankees up 1-0.

TODAY
Yankees at Rangers 1:00 PT (TBS)
Giants at Phillies 4:30 PT (FOX)

SUNDAY
Giants at Phillies 5:00 PT (FOX)

59 thoughts on “Playoff salmagundi”

  1. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 16,2010 10:30 am

    Well, Wash’s bullpen certainly screwed the pooch in the 8th, with three pitchers going walk, walk (change) single (change), single. Oliver’s two walks were especially egregious. But I’m not sure how much to blame Washington for that.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • Leopold Bloom Oct 16,2010 12:43 pm || Up

      Can we just say Texas sucks and be done with it? Bad, horrible, terrible, bad things come from Texas. Nolan and W looked like they had a not-so-fun playdate together. Poor little butterflies.

      • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 16,2010 12:57 pm || Up

        And they have Colby Lewis starting game two of the ALCS. That’s pretty damn bad.

        2010 may come and go and find the Texas Rangers franchise, even after its most successful postseason, still not ever having won a home playoff game

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • nevermoor Oct 16,2010 4:32 pm || Up

        Mrs. N, and the great state of Oklahoma, heartily endorse this message.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • nevermoor Oct 16,2010 4:31 pm || Up

      Would’ve never happened to Torre. If Wash was a better manager he would have used Rivera there.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  2. monkeyball Oct 16,2010 12:48 pm

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 16,2010 12:58 pm || Up

      Aw, cute. Which one of us is he banning?

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • Leopold Bloom Oct 16,2010 1:46 pm || Up

        Jim, I love you right now.

      • monkeyball Oct 17,2010 8:02 pm || Up

        He’s writing up the FK intellectual-property/liability policy

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • nanotrebuchet Oct 16,2010 1:14 pm || Up

      is that a cuisinart in the background?

      • monkeyball Oct 17,2010 8:02 pm || Up

        He said “mandoline too slow, papa”

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  3. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 16,2010 1:29 pm

    Posada’s been around way too long to be getting burned on that delayed double steal play. Shit, I haven’t caught a game in nearly 30 years, and even I remember you never throw straight down to second without a check to third, or a pre-arranged infield play.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  4. Poppy Oct 16,2010 5:24 pm

    Is Lincecum really *that* skinny, or is this game being broadcast in 3:4?

    There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
  5. monkeyball Oct 16,2010 6:39 pm

    Cody Ross?!?

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  6. nevermoor Oct 16,2010 6:50 pm

    I find this fascinating, especially the last story.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  7. nevermoor Oct 16,2010 6:53 pm

    I find this disturbing, especially the entire story.

    Also, “Bob Herbert” is a pretty strong counterargument to any “the NYT is stupid” argument.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  8. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 16,2010 11:27 pm

    Damn, if Meg W would just kick a kid in the face her campaign would really be sunk.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  9. nanotrebuchet Oct 17,2010 8:57 am

    Taylor update:

    We need a purification post! (The Giants’ NLCS thread was briefly posted here by mistake).

    I’ll just note that Michael Taylor was pure gold in the Arizona Fall League today, going 3-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Phoenix Desert Dogs.

    In his first four games, Taylor is hitting .471 with two doubles and two HRs, for an OPS of 1.467. Small sample size, but maybe there’s hope he’ll be ready to play left field for the Oakland A’s next year after all–if he doesn’t join last year’s A’s AFL star in the priesthood. That’s more purification than we need.

    SuSlu:
    Vlae, thanks for covering up my blunder. It just shows that my heart is really over here with the Drumbeat. Maybe I’ll be posting here next postseason.

    I hope so, too.

    • Leopold Bloom Oct 17,2010 9:00 am || Up

      She loves us. Having to drive late last night and forced to listen to Marty Lurie’s postgame show, I’m not convinced he does.

      • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 17,2010 9:07 am || Up

        Susan might see if differently if the A’s had cast her aside after a decade without a warning.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • Leopold Bloom Oct 18,2010 5:52 am || Up

          Well, no doubt. But Marty was talking about the Giants exacting revenge from the Yankees for ’62. Seriously? 1962?!

    • monkeyball Oct 17,2010 9:01 am || Up

      Kershnervlae Slusstiday!

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  10. Poppy Oct 17,2010 9:39 am

    I’m sorry, to those of you who hate the Giants, but for the sake of my not-at-all-fresh-news reporting for next week’s show, I need them to not only win the LCS, but to sweep. Actually, since we tape Friday morning for Sunday broadcast, I could handle them going 4-1, but it wouldn’t be pretty.

    There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 17,2010 10:48 am || Up

      Ain’t gonna happen. The Phillies are so much better than SF, and they’ll start showing it tonight, when I expect J. Sanchez to be knocked out in less than three innings.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • Poppy Oct 17,2010 11:00 am || Up

        Why do you hate me so? Don’t you know I’ve been at school until after midnight for the past three Thursdays?

        There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
        • Leopold Bloom Oct 18,2010 5:52 am || Up

          Poor, poor Poppy.

          Pop Poppy, let yourself go.

          • Poppy Oct 19,2010 11:24 am || Up

            Eh, fuck ’em. I changed my mind. No sweep, no story.

            There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
  11. FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 17,2010 2:34 pm

    Man, both the Raiders and Niners sure are hideous.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • monkeyball Oct 17,2010 2:38 pm || Up

      Had a nice tangential “Ba’al, I love San Francisco” moment earlier this afternoon. Took JP in the stroller to Alta Plaza park (he was asleep by the time we got there). First time I’d ever actually been there in 15 years of living in the City. A fellow and I were standing looking south, and we both puzzled over the odd lights we could see off to the left of Bernal. Sure enough, we realized it was Candlestick. Incredible views from that park.

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  12. nevermoor Oct 17,2010 5:10 pm

    Hooray for football. Highlights were the Crabtree TD, the Spikes dance, and The Worst Grounding Call in NFL History.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • batgirl Oct 17,2010 5:21 pm || Up

      Boooo football.

    • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 17,2010 7:32 pm || Up

      I presume you didn’t actually watch the game, because only someone who’s eyes were not scarred by that hideous display of wretchedness could find enjoyment in the so-called “highlights.”

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • nevermoor Oct 17,2010 10:49 pm || Up

        I watched it all. The first win of the season is a good thing whether or not the game was ugly.

        0 turnovers and a win. Thank god we were only playing the Raiders.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • Leopold Bloom Oct 18,2010 5:54 am || Up

          But with that at head coach and that at starting quarterback, you should be rooting for losses, nm. A quicker ending.

          • FreeSeatUpgrade Oct 18,2010 8:41 am || Up

            That chaotic moment in the second quarter, where SF lined up for a 52-yard field goal, called timeout because they only had 9 (!) men on the field, then came back from the timeout in punt formation, and punted the ball into the end zone for a 15 yard net field position gain…man, that was perfect snapshot of incompetance.

            "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
            • Leopold Bloom Oct 18,2010 8:53 am || Up

              You know, I get 10 men, or even 12 men, but how on God’s green earth with professional athletes, do two people forget to show up? These are professionals. There is literally nothing else they do for money. THIS IS THEIR JOB. How do TWO of them forget to go do it?

              • nevermoor Oct 18,2010 9:48 am || Up

                Yep. That was ugly, and the punt decision was unforgivable. If you aren’t going for the FG, go for it.

                That said, Lee stuck the ball on the 3 with plenty of hangtime for it to be kept out. He and Lechler are the two best in the league.

                "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
            • batgirl Oct 18,2010 11:15 am || Up

              The Broncos have had special teams trouble all year with having the wrong # of men on the field. Yesterday they defended a field goal with 9 men. Jeez.

              • Leopold Bloom Oct 18,2010 11:17 am || Up

                And when I tell you that your team this season is not good, I get accused of having feces-laden breakfast cereals. Huh.

                • batgirl Oct 18,2010 11:29 am || Up

                  I was just saying you sounded a little crabby. I would prefer to stay in a happy orange bubble where I can believe that my team will improve and return to the glory that we have so long ago known. Is that so wrong?!

                • Leopold Bloom Oct 18,2010 12:54 pm || Up

                  My two decades long struggle with a very crappy team suggests there may be something delusional and wrong about it. Yes.

                  But you’re a good little hippie girl, and your team is marginally better than Cincinnati, Oakland and San Francisco, so dream on.

              • nanotrebuchet Oct 18,2010 11:34 am || Up

                “special” teams.

          • nevermoor Oct 18,2010 9:47 am || Up

            I disagree. I think it can work. The Crabtree pass was perfectly thrown, and he pretty consistently has an accurate deep ball. His weakness is spotting open WRs before he checks down, but part of that is having unreliable protection.

            Singletary is someone I actually like. I give him about 75% of the credit for VD becoming one of the best TE in football, and he’s been great with some things that coaches often suck at, like challenging the proper plays. I think, unfortunately, that the perfect pair with him was Mike Martz, and if they’d just stuck together this team would be in MUCH better shape.

            "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
            • Leopold Bloom Oct 18,2010 11:05 am || Up

              Yeah, I really do like that mix, of Samurai Mike and Martz. And you’re right on the Vernon Davis thing. I think he can be incredibly motivational. The problem is that most guys don’t need that from a head coach in the NFL.

    • Poppy Oct 17,2010 11:52 pm || Up

      Don’t forget the safety. The one that wasn’t awarded. The non-awarding of which wasn’t challenged by Singletary.

      There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
      • Leopold Bloom Oct 18,2010 5:55 am || Up

        He’s a gritty coach.

      • nevermoor Oct 18,2010 9:49 am || Up

        I don’t think it actually was a safety, and I really don’t think a challenge would have won. The call was forward progress, and someone got (at least) a hand on him before he fell backwards. That kind of contact only glares more in replay.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • Poppy Oct 19,2010 11:28 am || Up

          But I think he was right inside the goal line (maybe with part of foot on line itself, according to divot) when he was first hit, wasn’t he?

          There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
          • nevermoor Oct 19,2010 11:34 am || Up

            Maybe, but given the call it would have been tough to overturn. They certainly first got near him before he was in the end zone.

            "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  13. batgirl Oct 17,2010 6:45 pm

    Cody Ross WTF?

    • nanotrebuchet Oct 17,2010 9:02 pm || Up

      He’ll be an integral part of the team next year.

      Ross made $4 million this year and would receive a raise in his final year of arbitration, but Sabean left a clear impression that the club will tender him a contract.

      “His situation is not daunting,” Sabean said. “His number isn’t going to go off the map. His platform year was last year, not this year, so it’s a very affordable situation if we go that route.”

      Ross, who lives in Scottsdale, Ariz., said he’d love to work out a multiyear deal.

      “When I got an idea of how this team is and is going to be, and playing in front of that crowd every day, I can’t see a place I’d rather be,” he said. “This has been an amazing experience for me. I’d love to play here longer than these few months or even another year. I’d like to finish my career here.”

  14. monkeyball Oct 17,2010 8:06 pm

    … And both the IBBs score. There goes Bork’s postseason genius cred.

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  15. nevermoor Oct 18,2010 10:31 am

    I’m with Ezra, this is some scary shit:

    With one exception, none of the Republicans running for the Senate — including the 20 or so with a serious chance of winning — accept the scientific consensus that humans are largely responsible for global warming.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • monkeyball Oct 18,2010 11:47 am || Up

      Scarier sentence:

      As NAME ISSUE HERE has come to light, the Obama administration has resisted calls for a more forceful response, worried that added pressure might spook the banks and hobble the broader economy.

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • nevermoor Oct 18,2010 11:52 am || Up

        That’s because he’s an extremist who hates our freedoms.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • monkeyball Oct 18,2010 12:02 pm || Up

          ISWYDT, but if Centrism is in fact an ideology (and I believe we all think it is), its adherents are all extremists; and given the admin’s sanguine response to the unemployment figures and the other indicators that point to an extremely tough road to recovery, I think they have at least apathy (if not antipathy) toward our economic freedoms.

          you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
          • nevermoor Oct 18,2010 12:29 pm || Up

            I don’t think Centrism is an ideology. I think it’s an excuse.

            I think Obama has consistently (and correctly) thought before he has acted. I also think he’s achieved a fantastic amount of domestic policy precisely because he is courting Ben Nelson’s vote.

            "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
          • Leopold Bloom Oct 18,2010 12:55 pm || Up

            Say what you will about centrism, monkey, but at least it’s an ethos.

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