Game #95: Jon Garland vs. Ubaldo Jimenez
by Russ Oates on Jul 22, 2009 12:00 PM MDT
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Set things right again.
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Rockies
LF Smith
2B Barmes
1B Helton
RF Hawpe
SS Tulowitzki
3B Stewart
CF Gonzalez
C Torrealba
RHP Jimenez
D'Backs
SS Drew
LF Romero
RF Upton
3B Reynolds
C Montero
CF Young
1B Whitesell
2B Ojeda
P Garland
GO ROCKIES!
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For the sake of all things that are good, Ubaldo,
please go 9 today. And win, while you’re at it.
"What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do." -Bob Dylan
by Bryan Kilpatrick on Jul 22, 2009 12:03 PM MDT reply actions
also Cargo has good numbers vs Garland
5 for 8
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
by TuLoRocks2008 on Jul 22, 2009 12:07 PM MDT up reply actions
Nice.
Extra Innings is broadcasting this on the HD channel. Free preview of Extra Innings for the win.
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free showing on extra innings
or do you need to order it
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
by TuLoRocks2008 on Jul 22, 2009 12:10 PM MDT up reply actions
Free preview this week.
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nicee i see it now
on my downstairs tv
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
by TuLoRocks2008 on Jul 22, 2009 12:25 PM MDT up reply actions
Jeff Baker just hit a two-run double
to put the Cubs up 4-0. He’s hitting .178
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by Bryan Kilpatrick on Jul 22, 2009 12:08 PM MDT reply actions
base clearer
with an assist from an Utley error
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
by TuLoRocks2008 on Jul 22, 2009 12:11 PM MDT up reply actions
we aregoing to kick some snake tail today
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 22, 2009 12:09 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Jimenez
the bullpen would really appreciate it if you threw a shutout today, and offense, well, if you don’t dominate against Garland, I might throw something.
Big Josh Whitesell
gets the start at 1B today.
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yup
Romero in LF Ojeda at 2B
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
by TuLoRocks2008 on Jul 22, 2009 12:30 PM MDT up reply actions
are they
going to wear Sidewinders jerseys? (or the Aces or whatever they are now).
AceWinders?
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-Pygalgia
by DbacksSkins on Jul 22, 2009 12:38 PM MDT up reply actions
I think I'd rather have him miss now
than that blister becoming a bigger problem and we miss him for a couple of starts later on-
Aku, Soku, Zan
The only reason this makes me nervous is that it means it will be Hammel facing Cain, at home.
That’ll be a steep win. But you’re right, I’d rather risk one game than risk further damaging Marquis hand.
by Greg Stanwood on Jul 22, 2009 12:52 PM MDT up reply actions
I had a dream last night...
We were up by one and the score was some crazy number like 20-19 or something like that. It was only the third inning, but we didn’t want to lose the lead, so we had Street pitch for seven innings.
The bullpen is giving me nightmares.
Apodaca mic'd up today.
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Isn't that just wonderful
"Any newspaperman who speaks of the 'music' of rolling presses is either faking or he has had so much to drink that he will next sentimentalize appendicitis."
-- Roger Kahn
That should be interesting
Pitching coaches I’ve come across have been known to say some very strange things
"Good teams win games, horse**** teams have meetings." - Ozzie Guillen
I'll be out for the game
On account of I’m going home to watch it. In the immortal words of Al Davis, though I hate the Raiders, “Just win, baby!”.
"Any newspaperman who speaks of the 'music' of rolling presses is either faking or he has had so much to drink that he will next sentimentalize appendicitis."
-- Roger Kahn
OMG
what hte hell happened last night..that was just pathetic. Rincon of course blew the game. GET RID OF HIM LIKE I KEEP SAYING. Geez…come on Rockies go win today.
Bring up Herges
He couldn’t be any worse.
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Pop out to Stew in foul territory.
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It was near the tarp
but pretty routine
by realmenwearpurple on Jul 22, 2009 1:13 PM MDT up reply actions
Had a little trouble
because of the sun.
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1 down
at least Drew isn’t going to be perfect tonight at the plate
by realmenwearpurple on Jul 22, 2009 1:13 PM MDT reply actions
Alright, I'm out
Have fun, everyone.
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And keep it classy
I almost forgot.
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And it's off
Jimenez’s changeup. Just throw the heat!!!!!
by CentralCaliRox on Jul 22, 2009 1:15 PM MDT up reply actions
Double
on a ball that was just fair.
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Watching the game from work
and going to be in and out all game
by realmenwearpurple on Jul 22, 2009 1:15 PM MDT reply actions
Out in a rundown.
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its better than romero at third
which was the alternative
by Narcoleptico on Jul 22, 2009 1:19 PM MDT up reply actions
disagree
stewart could have kept him at 1st.
He threw the ball
to Ubaldo instead of just tagging out hte runner. It made the rundown longer and allowed Upton to go to second
by CentralCaliRox on Jul 22, 2009 1:21 PM MDT up reply actions
Wow....
Reynolds with a 1.089 OPS at Coors, highest all-time for a Dback.
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K!
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Good pitcher's pitch
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that was a ludicrous pitch
probably a ball, but at that speed and that close, easy call for the umpire. Reynolds probably did get jobbed a bit, but that’s what you want the pitcher to do.
Gameday has it as a strike
right on the edge
by realmenwearpurple on Jul 22, 2009 1:24 PM MDT up reply actions
on the top-view replay
it was clearly off, definitely not on the edge, but well within the zone that umpires often call. Too close for Reynolds to take.
Ubaldo
throws sliders/changeups when he just needs to throw his heat. See..throws his heat and freezes Reynolds. That’s what he needs to do
Agreed.
Establish your fastball in the early innings, and then later on mix in off-speed stuff when they are already expecting the fastball. Especially when you can throw as hard as he does.
Yorvit loves to call for the breaking stuff
thats one of the biggest differences between the games he calls compared to CDI.
by realmenwearpurple on Jul 22, 2009 1:24 PM MDT up reply actions
You always hear pitching coaches and managers
talking about how everything keys off the fastball. If you can command your fastball, the other pitches become more effective. But until you’ve established that your fastball is a weapon, they can wait for a hanging off-speed pitch.
Froze Reynolds
because it was off the plate.
Probably too close to take, though.
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Gameday called it a strike. Also called the inside fastball a strike. In fact, according to gameday, only two of seven pitches failed to touch the zones
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 22, 2009 1:32 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Unless the ump is wildly inaccurate,
Gameday calls everything the ump calls a strike, a strike. You’ll even see that they go back and change the placement of some pitches on Gameday after the game.
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Or even
just after the inning. My assumption has always been that it’s an agreement with the umpires’ union.
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yeah probably so
Though one of the clearer strikes by gameday was called a ball. Also, isn’t gameday what the fangraphs hit used to contend young is screwed by umps?
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 22, 2009 1:36 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
I don't know
where FanGraphs gets that info, but if so, it only strengthens their argument.
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That is not the case.
As someone who was trained in GameDay’s operation, unless the equipment at the stadium is broken, the paths on GameDay are very much accurate.
by Greg Stanwood on Jul 22, 2009 1:51 PM MDT up reply actions
Then why
do they change outlier calls after the inning to look like the umpire is more accurate?
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That's too many
Lower it in the next few innings
by CentralCaliRox on Jul 22, 2009 1:23 PM MDT up reply actions
Sounds beautiful!
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Well, yeah, compared to where you are.
But it gets a little annoying to be cold in the middle of July. And it’s been like that most of the summer.
I'd take cold over the storms we've been having.
That hail storm a couple nights ago was crazy. It started right after the last out of the game, though, which is always nice.
I don't miss hail.
Not after being traumatized by a doozy of a hail storm when I was in 6th grade or so.
But I do miss thunder storms. We don’t get any of those here. I think I can probably count on 1 hand the number of those I’ve seen in the 9 years I’ve been here.
I love the storms we've been getting
Cools everything off, keeps the plants wet, don’t have to worry about wildfires.
Oh, and thunder and lightning are awesome :-)
by ShadowPenguin on Jul 22, 2009 1:41 PM MDT up reply actions
Thunder/lightning is fun. It was the hail that I was talking about.
I would absolutely love thunderstorms if it weren’t for my little shih tzu who shakes whenever theres lightning.
gotta love ubaldo
Nine pitches in the ab to Reynolds. Two balls, none in the middle of the zone, seven right on the edge, with all of them low except a 99mph heater. He was really locating, with gas, change and slider. Wow
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 22, 2009 1:27 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
yep
they showed a slo-mo of his change/forkball and that thing had some serious break. If he ever learns how to use that pitch effectively (ie, not just as a change of pace) he could be unstoppable. Probably not at Santana level, but Santana can’t hit 99.
Todd singles.
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Grace
wants to see Helton’s 500th double today, incidentally.
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Is he then
going to start writing on the screen?
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Only if
the sound goes out and the Rockies start creaming us again.
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Let's pray that the former doesn't happen and the latter does.
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Sorry,
I won’t pray with you for that one.
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Can anyone
provide a decent description of that pose that Barmes ends up in after chasing away? It seem somewher between 50’s era tennis backhand and samurai.
Oh!
I thought that may be #500… not down the line enough
by realmenwearpurple on Jul 22, 2009 1:30 PM MDT reply actions
Certainly no surprise, but I kind of wish he'd just refuse assignment so we weren't tempted to call him up again.
by Greg Stanwood on Jul 22, 2009 1:31 PM MDT up reply actions
Who else is going to sign him though?
by realmenwearpurple on Jul 22, 2009 1:33 PM MDT up reply actions
true.
He’s still pretty young though, right? Isn’t it generally the older guys that tend to refuse assignments?
He has been around for a while
he was with the Reds forever.
by realmenwearpurple on Jul 22, 2009 1:34 PM MDT up reply actions
And pitched last night.
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Brad goes down swinging.
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got fooled there
not sure what he was looking for, but it wasn’t a 90 mph fastball away.
Garland has the 4th worst K9 in the majors
we really need to get after him
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do you think he would sniff a starting lineup for any other team in the majors?
that average is brutal!
Aku, Soku, Zan
i haven't seen him enough to know
but off that AB, he looked utterly overmatched.
he hasn’t looked good sinceAAA2007
Fixed.
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he hasn’t looked mediocre since 2007
fixed again
by Narcoleptico on Jul 22, 2009 1:45 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah,
if all you care about is batting average.
In which case, you probably hate Adam Dunn.
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strikes out way too much
not a team player
doesn’t even enjoy baseball
/ricciardi
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 22, 2009 1:47 PM MDT up reply actions
no, i didn't even look at his average
i’m thinking more of his completely pedestrian .763 OPS and .331 wOBA
BUT ZOMG 32 HRS HE WUZ TOTALLY ELITE!!!111
because it’s pretty obvious what you’re referring to
by Narcoleptico on Jul 22, 2009 1:47 PM MDT up reply actions
oh and at least Dunn gets on base
Young and his .295 OBP in 2007, not so much.
by Narcoleptico on Jul 22, 2009 1:48 PM MDT up reply actions
ohhhhh young
I was about to begin bringing up your wrongitude re: Adam Dunn
But a .331 wOBA is about average, and he’s a near-elite defensive CF
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 22, 2009 1:50 PM MDT up reply actions
32 HRs
and 27 steals as a rookie. Those aren’t exactly bad numbers
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All he hit were HRs
As Narcoleptico said: .763 OPS and .331 wOBA aren’t that great. Mediocre/slightly above average player is a fair assessment.
by realmenwearpurple on Jul 22, 2009 1:51 PM MDT up reply actions
He also plays
a position up the middle, and he’s been one of the best defensive CFs in the game since 2007.
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like I said above
Average bat + near elite defense = solid baseball player
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 22, 2009 1:53 PM MDT up reply actions
but his bat hasn't even been average since 2007
below average bat + good defense = should be riding the pine
by Narcoleptico on Jul 22, 2009 1:54 PM MDT up reply actions
oh I thought we were debating 2007
Barring a better CF option magically arriving, yeah, those numbers don’t play
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 22, 2009 1:55 PM MDT up reply actions
and since 2007
he has been below average bat + elite defense = mediocre/slightly above average player at best, like I said above
by realmenwearpurple on Jul 22, 2009 1:55 PM MDT up reply actions
Hey,
I only argued 2007, myself.
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Whitesell doubles.
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was that the changeup?
no movement that time.
I predicted
Josh hits his first HR of the year today.
That double was only off by about 2 or 3 feet.
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I think I just saw Dustin Diamond sitting behind home plate.
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Mario Lopez.
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this is going to be a short day
for Uball if he can’t start getting some quick outs.
Half his pitches were in those 2 ABs
I think he will be fine
by realmenwearpurple on Jul 22, 2009 1:44 PM MDT up reply actions
come on ubal
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Out fof the inning.
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ugh 48 pitches already
cmon jimenez need a few quick innings coming up
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
no, but i feel like this was mentioned somewhere else as well
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 22, 2009 1:46 PM MDT up reply actions
Perhaps
in a FanShot, by haj_saitou?
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MAYHAPS
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 22, 2009 1:50 PM MDT up reply actions
we were all in the 20000000 post rockpile
sorry :-/
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 22, 2009 1:54 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah..
Todd Helton at 76 and Brad Hawpe at like 47.
by CentralCaliRox on Jul 22, 2009 1:48 PM MDT up reply actions
Garland throws a sinker.
Those seem to be more successful at Coors than some other types of pitchers.
we should look into this
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 22, 2009 1:46 PM MDT up reply actions
im not sure
I wild suggest knuckleballs first
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 22, 2009 1:55 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
1 run through 2 innings
is owning you?
To be fair to Garland, though, it should have been an out, rather than a double.
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I love the extremism
on the internet.
There’s still 6 innings to go!
by ShadowPenguin on Jul 22, 2009 2:06 PM MDT up reply actions
Stew strikes out.
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Drops in for a CarGo double.
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"double"
I mean, it counts….but “double”
DRIVE HIM HOME CHRIS YOR-
dammit
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 22, 2009 1:51 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh my
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 22, 2009 1:53 PM MDT up reply actions
it sounded like a blooper between 2B and RF
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 22, 2009 1:54 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah?
That’s why I put the ? cuz they didn’t seem very excited like it was a big hit.
by ShadowPenguin on Jul 22, 2009 1:55 PM MDT up reply actions
i'm listening, not watching :-/
I’m using :-/ a lot today
B-/
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 22, 2009 1:56 PM MDT up reply actions
:-/ is always
a perfectly good expression.
by ShadowPenguin on Jul 22, 2009 1:57 PM MDT up reply actions
let's hope sooner than later
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 22, 2009 1:51 PM MDT up reply actions
DefenseFAIL.
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1-0!!!!
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ROUNDING THIRD
GONZALEZ
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Way to go Yorvit!!!!!!!
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by AtkinsandTulofan on Jul 22, 2009 1:53 PM MDT reply actions
the always dangerous duo
of CarGo and Torrealba come through again. How many times have we said that this year?
AND we turned over the lineup!
Win Win!
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 22, 2009 1:55 PM MDT up reply actions
he'll have to reach base 7 straight times
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 22, 2009 1:56 PM MDT up reply actions
7?
Did Drew walk before his two hits on Monday?
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was just thinking
Two of the most important hits in Rox history delivered by Yorvit against teh Dbags. The bomb in the rain against Livan and the blooper down the line v. Webb. Dude takes a lot of hate around here, much of it deserved, but I’ll remember those hits for a long time.
Why do I need
to hear and see Joel Klatt in the booth?
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because....
that kid and his dad weren’t available
by Narcoleptico on Jul 22, 2009 1:58 PM MDT up reply actions
Balk.
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What the hell is with these awful balks calls on Jimenez
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Still couldn't believe that one
where the batter called time, Uball thought it was granted, and got called for the balk
by ShadowPenguin on Jul 22, 2009 2:00 PM MDT up reply actions
He flinched.
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It may have gone in our favor,
but, c’mon…. get rid of the freaking balk rule.
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well it has its purposes
But it sounds like it happened before the play had really even begun
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 22, 2009 2:01 PM MDT up reply actions
so get rid of lousy nitpicking umpires
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 22, 2009 2:01 PM MDT up reply actions
wha....?
that was a ridiculous call, but the balk rules are pretty important. way too much deception could be used by the pitcher without them.
by Narcoleptico on Jul 22, 2009 2:01 PM MDT up reply actions
Picking off a runner
would be way too easy without the balk rule.
Lots of creative ways to throw to the bases without it.
by ShadowPenguin on Jul 22, 2009 2:02 PM MDT up reply actions
Don't care.
Or if you’re not going to get rid of the rule, at least clarify it.
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It's pretty damn clarified
Read through the rule on pitchers. Explains every situation that a balk would need to be called.
by ShadowPenguin on Jul 22, 2009 2:17 PM MDT up reply actions
When
even very good umpires can’t agree across the board as to what a balk is, I’m not sure how you can just point to MLB’s rules and call them “clarified”.
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That comes down to the fact that a lot of umpiring
is personal judgment of what they see. Did they see the ball in the glove or the foot on the bag first? Did they see the ball outside the plate? MLB provides the framework for defining a balk, the umpire has to determine if what they saw violates those rules.
Basically, they’d each have to see a movement, decide if they thought it was a balk, and call it. You’d get some who thought it was fine, while others call a balk. It really depends on how tightly those umpires interpret the rule. Can’t really “clarify” judgment calls further than that.
by ShadowPenguin on Jul 22, 2009 2:31 PM MDT up reply actions
guhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 22, 2009 2:01 PM MDT up reply actions
the problem is
they call balks on goofy plays like that, but they allow that “fake to third, fake to first” garbage
Aku, Soku, Zan
that's not a balk though
as much as the fans in the stands would have you believe
by Narcoleptico on Jul 22, 2009 2:03 PM MDT up reply actions
I yell balk at everything
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 22, 2009 2:03 PM MDT up reply actions
i'm still very bitter over how often umps would call balks on morales
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 22, 2009 2:05 PM MDT up reply actions
This is true
I remember he looked terrified a few times, heh
by ShadowPenguin on Jul 22, 2009 2:06 PM MDT up reply actions
Me too,
willingly knowing that I’m being a dumb homer.
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Trouble.
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Ohhh nooo I just realized something
All these pitches Ubaldo are throwing is going to make us use our bullpen early NOOOOOOOOOOOO
shhhh
he’s gonna turn into extreme groundbaldo any minute here
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 22, 2009 2:04 PM MDT up reply actions
Ball 4 to Upton
was strike 3 to Reynolds, almost exactly.
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guhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Gone.
3-1.
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That strike 3 called ball 4
really hurts now
by realmenwearpurple on Jul 22, 2009 2:07 PM MDT reply actions
I tend to think
it was a ball 4 called strike 3 on Reynolds, but then, I’m a strict constructionist.
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wow
sometimes maybe its not good to just throw fastballs.
Jebus.
Where has this Montero been all season??
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if you guys could play us 162 times
you would be a world series contender
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
by TuLoRocks2008 on Jul 22, 2009 2:09 PM MDT up reply actions
Miggy
has 4 home runs on this road trip, so it’s not just you guys.
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time to go back to work
well this sucks
by realmenwearpurple on Jul 22, 2009 2:08 PM MDT reply actions
Pretty wide strike.
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Smith hit on the foot.
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3-2! 500!!
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Double?
Or homer?
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DOUBLE 500!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by AtkinsandTulofan on Jul 22, 2009 2:15 PM MDT reply actions
Helton does it!
Kinda glad I got to see it.
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Sadly,
not yet.
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Awesome!
Now they need to score some runs and do some celebrating.
For all
Grace’s “badmouthing” the Rockies, he just referred to them as “one of the classiest organizations in Major League Baseball”.
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that was definitely
fun to watch. hellyeah, todd.
This ump needs to fall off of a building.
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The building he's on
is only give feet tall.
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five*
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Wait a minute, is the run not counting?
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whats going on?
Congrats Todd!
It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.
Only if it ventured into a black hole.
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mlb.com and yahoo and etc etc
are all showing the score as 3-1
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by Andrew Martin on Jul 22, 2009 2:22 PM MDT up reply actions