Overflow: We Do It Again Vs. Dodgers

If nothing else,

these agonizingly slow West Coast games force the a—holes at the Eastern Sports Programming Network to stay up WAAAY past their bedtimes.

by Tyler Boschert on Apr 26, 2008 1:02 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

And here we are

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson

by rockhead on Apr 26, 2008 1:02 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Do I dare

disturb the universe?

by dogs on Apr 26, 2008 1:02 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Hell, we did this around...

I don’t even remember when last time, and it didn’t end for another 2 hours…

Just make it stop.

by Silverblood on Apr 26, 2008 1:03 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

It seems like it was longer than that...

Like, 4 hours.

by dogs on Apr 26, 2008 1:04 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nice job by the bullpen tonight keeping us in the game

Wells, Newman, Speier, Corpas, Herges, Buchholz combine for 1 run in 9 innings in relief so far

Hope I didn’t jinx anything

by Roberbola on Apr 26, 2008 1:02 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Is anybody,

getting this game on TV?

by Tuloo on Apr 26, 2008 1:03 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I am

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson

by rockhead on Apr 26, 2008 1:04 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

So just kinda curious

Why the new thread when we hit 400? I know there has to be some reason for it or else we would not be doing it.

by OutHereInPA on Apr 26, 2008 1:03 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

It slows down

SB Nation, or at least the platform. Or something. Ask Russ, he’s the one that wanted it.

Just make it stop.

by Silverblood on Apr 26, 2008 1:04 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

It can cause problems with the blog's infrastructure.

I.E. the Reply button can mysteriously disappear.

by Tyler Boschert on Apr 26, 2008 1:04 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ok thanks.

Thats a bit strange but whatever. Gotta love the new technology that is more of a pain in the ass then the advantage that it is suppose to be.

by OutHereInPA on Apr 26, 2008 1:06 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good evening Purple Row

I haven’t been able to comment on a live game thread since Thursday the 17th.

Sh*t.

Insert clever and witty remark slash pun here!

by ES46NE10 on Apr 26, 2008 1:05 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I believe you mean "Good morning."

AAARGH.

by Tyler Boschert on Apr 26, 2008 1:07 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

come on Rocks score more runs, I don't want another 22 inning game

"Baseball is what gets inside you. It's what lights you up, you can't deny that. It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great." -Jimmy Dougan (Tom Hanks) "A League of Their Own"

by Rocktober 2007 on Apr 26, 2008 1:05 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

We're in it

for the long haul. Now, let’s win it this inning, I’ve got church in 8 hours.

I've been in this game a hundred years, but I see new ways to lose I never knew existed before. - Casey Stengel

by Behrens on Apr 26, 2008 1:05 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Who's left in the pen besides Fuentes?

by moose14 on Apr 26, 2008 1:06 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

and off the bench?

Ianetta, and out of the bullpen would be??

by OutHereInPA on Apr 26, 2008 1:06 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

That would be

Nobody.

Just make it stop.

by Silverblood on Apr 26, 2008 1:06 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

We're fresh out of un-used players

"Baseball is what gets inside you. It's what lights you up, you can't deny that. It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great." -Jimmy Dougan (Tom Hanks) "A League of Their Own"

by Rocktober 2007 on Apr 26, 2008 1:07 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

OK

two-out inning

by dogs on Apr 26, 2008 1:07 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Nix...yet again, thanks very much...

by moose14 on Apr 26, 2008 1:07 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Hitting

.114 before that AB. Pitiful.

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson

by rockhead on Apr 26, 2008 1:09 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

That is the third comebacker Nix has hit tonight.

He is 0-for-his-last-19. WHY is he our starting second baseman?

by Tyler Boschert on Apr 26, 2008 1:07 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I seemed to gather

that he wasn’t any more, but Hurdle wants to play him anyway…

Just make it stop.

by Silverblood on Apr 26, 2008 1:08 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just becasue he is out of options

and we cant send him back down, why does that mean we have to play him??

by OutHereInPA on Apr 26, 2008 1:09 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Please ask

Clint Hurdle that question.

Just make it stop.

by Silverblood on Apr 26, 2008 1:10 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

To hell with it

throw him to the fishes. (kidding. I think)

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson

by rockhead on Apr 26, 2008 1:12 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

quick 13th inning. going to the bottom 13

"Baseball is what gets inside you. It's what lights you up, you can't deny that. It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great." -Jimmy Dougan (Tom Hanks) "A League of Their Own"

by Rocktober 2007 on Apr 26, 2008 1:09 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Was that a 3-pitch inning?

by moose14 on Apr 26, 2008 1:09 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Close

6.

Just make it stop.

by Silverblood on Apr 26, 2008 1:10 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Did That Half-Inning

Even start? Thanks, gameday.

Insert clever and witty remark slash pun here!

by ES46NE10 on Apr 26, 2008 1:09 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I guess this game is basically contingent

on how long Bucky can hold out.

Just make it stop.

by Silverblood on Apr 26, 2008 1:09 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Barmes would have been

the emergency pitcher in the 22-inning affair had it, God forbid gone longer. Maybe he’ll be the guy tonight and Bucky can play second.

by moose14 on Apr 26, 2008 1:12 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow

I barely got back from the bathroom, and that was over. I guess I can go to the 14th, but that’s it.

by dogs on Apr 26, 2008 1:09 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Good to see your sticking in there

Hang tough my Rockies friend!

by OutHereInPA on Apr 26, 2008 1:11 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think it is time for a Mark Ellis trade

How much better would you feel to have Kaz Matsui in the lineup instead of Nix? All for the want of a few million bucks.

by Roberbola on Apr 26, 2008 1:11 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I want Ellis too

But Beane will probably try to skin us.

Just make it stop.

by Silverblood on Apr 26, 2008 1:12 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mark Ellis...YES, YES and YES!!

by moose14 on Apr 26, 2008 1:13 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I really really hate

late-starting, extra-inning, extra-high-late-inning-fail games. REALLY.

Just make it stop.

by Silverblood on Apr 26, 2008 1:11 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, but people who live in Honolulu LOVE them.

It’s only, like, 9:15 in the evening there.

by Tyler Boschert on Apr 26, 2008 1:14 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Somehow

I don’t think we HAVE any Honolulu-based Rowers.

Just make it stop.

by Silverblood on Apr 26, 2008 1:15 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I hereby volunteer for that job.

by Tyler Boschert on Apr 26, 2008 1:15 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Charley Steiner just said "379 pitches have been thrown tonight," like it was a big deal.

What a pus-y.

by Tyler Boschert on Apr 26, 2008 1:11 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Well, this is good.

Leadoff man on the Dodgers. Error on Barmes.

Where’s good ol’ Nix when you need him?

by Tyler Boschert on Apr 26, 2008 1:13 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Nix is at 2nd

"Baseball is what gets inside you. It's what lights you up, you can't deny that. It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great." -Jimmy Dougan (Tom Hanks) "A League of Their Own"

by Rocktober 2007 on Apr 26, 2008 1:14 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thats what happens when you take out the

should-have-been-gold-glove-winner, with the guy that he replaced.

by OutHereInPA on Apr 26, 2008 1:14 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

shyt. Runners on corners 0 outs

"Baseball is what gets inside you. It's what lights you up, you can't deny that. It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great." -Jimmy Dougan (Tom Hanks) "A League of Their Own"

by Rocktober 2007 on Apr 26, 2008 1:14 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Excellent.

This one will be over soon.

by Tyler Boschert on Apr 26, 2008 1:14 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Yep

Barmes was actually trying to do us a favor. Thanks, Clint.

Just make it stop.

by Silverblood on Apr 26, 2008 1:15 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I feel it too.

No way that they get a guy to third and DONT get him in like we just did last inning.

by OutHereInPA on Apr 26, 2008 1:16 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Dodgers

will screw this up.

by dogs on Apr 26, 2008 1:15 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

1 out 2 on 3rd & 2nd

"Baseball is what gets inside you. It's what lights you up, you can't deny that. It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great." -Jimmy Dougan (Tom Hanks) "A League of Their Own"

by Rocktober 2007 on Apr 26, 2008 1:16 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Bleh

Guess I jinxed us :/

Insert clever and witty remark slash pun here!

by ES46NE10 on Apr 26, 2008 1:16 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

That's as good as a groundout.

The runner at second doesn’t matter.

by Tyler Boschert on Apr 26, 2008 1:16 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Must be past Barmes' bedtime

Just make it stop.

by Silverblood on Apr 26, 2008 1:18 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

WOOHOO!

Bases loaded! One out! Russell Martin hitting! My bed awaits!

by Tyler Boschert on Apr 26, 2008 1:18 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Game: Dodgers win

"Baseball is what gets inside you. It's what lights you up, you can't deny that. It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great." -Jimmy Dougan (Tom Hanks) "A League of Their Own"

by Rocktober 2007 on Apr 26, 2008 1:19 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

DODGERS WIN! DODGERS WIN! WOOHOO!

Good night, everybody.

by Tyler Boschert on Apr 26, 2008 1:19 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

@#$&&^%!!$$@@!!~

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~ Earl Wilson

by rockhead on Apr 26, 2008 1:20 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Hey, at least Martin didn't get on base that time.

by Tyler Boschert on Apr 26, 2008 1:20 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

least it didn't go 22 innings

"Baseball is what gets inside you. It's what lights you up, you can't deny that. It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great." -Jimmy Dougan (Tom Hanks) "A League of Their Own"

by Rocktober 2007 on Apr 26, 2008 1:20 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Somehow

I liked the ending to the 22-inning game better. Naturally I stayed up to see that.

Just make it stop.

by Silverblood on Apr 26, 2008 1:20 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

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by dogs on Apr 26, 2008 1:20 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

My dreans wont be so sweet tonight

by OutHereInPA on Apr 26, 2008 1:21 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

And so

we see the importance of defense. We are likely headed to the 14th without that error. Thanks greatly, Clint. Plus the first-pitch DPs. Woot.

Just make it stop.

by Silverblood on Apr 26, 2008 1:21 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

We cant be having these

1 win out of every 6 games thing keep happening. we gotta get this turned around and play some COMPLETE BASEBALL!!!

by OutHereInPA on Apr 26, 2008 1:23 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Well

I made it through the 10th before the wife made me come home. Got home just in time to see the loss. Some thoughts:

1. Dodger stadium still sucks
2. Jimenez is not ready. What an awful performance. You just can’t rely on a guy that is, at all times, ready to explode.
3. We had so many chances to win and didn’t come through it was ridiculous. Tulo in particular, Holliday, everyone. Hard to hit with both hands wrapped around your throat.
4. This team is incredibly mediocre. Our record is not an illusion. It reflects the quality of the team.

Something needs to change. This team reminds me of the Rockies circa 1999. Average pitching, pretty good offense, nothing special. .500 baseball.

by Teekalong on Apr 26, 2008 1:26 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah that sounds about right.

But this time last year we were saying the same thing if not worse. We still have plenty of time to turn it around. Looks like we are going to have to be one of the best second have teams in baseball again this year. I was hoping for a little more comfort room than that this time around though.

by OutHereInPA on Apr 26, 2008 1:30 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed.

But last year was a once in a lifetime thing. We lose even one of those miracle games, and last year was just a “hope for the future” kind of thing. I don’t want to rely on another unprecedented finish. I want to rely on a team that I think is legitimately good. And I simply can’t say that after the first month of this season. And the fact that we run Redman out against Penny tomorrow doesn’t help matters. We will lose.

by Teekalong on Apr 26, 2008 1:34 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

we're still tied with the Dodgers for 2nd place though, I think?

Both ours & Dodgers records are 10 & 13

"Baseball is what gets inside you. It's what lights you up, you can't deny that. It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great." -Jimmy Dougan (Tom Hanks) "A League of Their Own"

by Rocktober 2007 on Apr 26, 2008 1:32 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs