Houston Astros at San Francisco Giants, Jul 3, 2009 9:15 PM CDT
by Evan Hochschild on Jul 3, 2009 8:34 PM CDT
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Houston Astros at San Francisco Giants, Jul 3, 2009 9:15 PM CDT
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Houston Astros Friday, Jul 3, 2009, 9:15 PM CDT Felipe Paulino vs Ryan Sadowski Mostly clear. Game time temperature around 65.
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Here's a picture of the Giants' starting pitcher tonight, Ryan Sadowski:
Looks like your average, ordinary youngster who has made one career major league start, and a fine one at that.
Nope. First of all, Sadowski is a lucky man. Not only to be a professional baseball player, but to be alive, after having brain surgery in 2003. At 26, I'm sure that he appreciates his time in the bigs more than most guys his age.
This is a nice story, and obviously it's awesome that Sadowski recoupperated to the point where he is healthy enough not only to resume a normal life, but to be able to pitch.
For three hours tonight though, the Astros are going to do everything they can to make his life miserable. I guess it's all relative- someone who's gone through what Sadowski has probably has a different perspective on "miserable".
Our own youngster, Felipe Paulino, will take the hill tonight. Backing him will be this lineup (per Alyson Footer's Twitter page):
Bourn
Tejada
Berkman
Lee
Blum
Pence
Matsui
Quintero
Paulino
How many times this season have the Astros been at/above .500? If you answered once, grab a gold star/piece of chocolate/handfull of goldfish crackers.
I wanted to give props to Joe in Birmingham for coming through with a gamethread yesterday. DQ wasn't able to post one, and I was not near a computer, nor was my cell phone with me so I could respond to DQ's text asking for help posting one. My bad, ladies and gentlemen. Let's get a win tonight! - Evan
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Agreed. Paulino is fun to watch and it will be interesting to see how handles a pseudo-big game.
by Killer Bee on Jul 3, 2009 9:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
50 degree temperature sounds good to me.
Paulino faces almost a sudden death feeling to his starts at this point. Cooper almost admitted (in a backhand way) that the last start by Paulino kept the Astros from sending him down. Now with a 6 starter rotation, several starters are playing to keep their spots after the ASB. So that’s pressure too.
by clack on Jul 3, 2009 9:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I wish they'd just send moehler down
if he refuses it… meh.
Your friendly neighborhood Dream Shake mod.
by Only_A_Lad on Jul 3, 2009 9:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There has got to be a spot for Paulino in the rotation. He is pitching well and is clearly more important to our future than Moehler, Hampton, or Ortiz. We gain nothing by keeping either of those three and sending Paulino down.
by Killer Bee on Jul 3, 2009 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've been saying, "put Moehler in the bullpen" for a awhile now.
But I’ve accepted the fact that he will be give more chances than either Ortiz or Paulino. Cooper loves Moehler, and when he was pitching poorly earlier and was asked about Moehler’s spot in the rotation, Cooper said something like, “Moehler is my starting pitcher,” almost angrily.
In Moehler’s defense, he has pitched well enough lately.
by clack on Jul 3, 2009 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Paulino needs to stay in the rotation
I agree send Moheler to the pen
"now you chunkin' in there.."
by jano4 on Jul 3, 2009 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
not that good of a sign
"now you chunkin' in there.."
by jano4 on Jul 3, 2009 9:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
we better score quick
SF is tough….best ERA in baseball…..I think
"now you chunkin' in there.."
by jano4 on Jul 3, 2009 9:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
SF's pitcher has serious "we have not seen him before so we are taking the night off" potential
for the Astros offense
by Horns09 on Jul 3, 2009 9:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
gotta get K's
"now you chunkin' in there.."
by jano4 on Jul 3, 2009 9:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Astros screwed that up. Bourn’s weakness on defense is coming in on the shallow balls. And then the runner advances to 2d while Blum complains about the safe call at 3d.
by clack on Jul 3, 2009 9:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
no one covering 2nd
"now you chunkin' in there.."
by jano4 on Jul 3, 2009 9:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
well, maybe Blum wasn’t complaining, as I stated above, but showing frustration that he couldn’t throw to 2d.
by clack on Jul 3, 2009 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Matsui
must have been napping
"now you chunkin' in there.."
by jano4 on Jul 3, 2009 9:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m kind of confused, because I thought JD was complaining about Paulino not backing up 3d base, and I thought that was the mistake. JD said something like, “you can’t get upset about giving up a hit and forget to do your job.” but maybe both mistakes occurred on the same play.
by clack on Jul 3, 2009 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
nice pitch
keep it Paulino….get out of this crap
"now you chunkin' in there.."
by jano4 on Jul 3, 2009 9:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
well that was real CRAP
"now you chunkin' in there.."
by jano4 on Jul 3, 2009 9:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
hmmmmm
Seems we want to give this one away
"now you chunkin' in there.."
by jano4 on Jul 3, 2009 9:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
what the crap is wrong with Quintero’s defense in this game? he seemed lackadaisical a couple of times. maybe he got crossed up.
by clack on Jul 3, 2009 9:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Schierholz is the son of the ex-GM (now president) of the Braves.
by clack on Jul 3, 2009 9:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Why are we just hitting the first or second pitch of this guy?
by clack on Jul 3, 2009 9:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
? who knows
who knows…..usually make a youngster throw as many pitches as possible
"now you chunkin' in there.."
by jano4 on Jul 3, 2009 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Astros
Look the team that traveled all night to get here….not the Giants…
"now you chunkin' in there.."
by jano4 on Jul 3, 2009 9:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Paulino
making a bid to be the odd man out
"now you chunkin' in there.."
by jano4 on Jul 3, 2009 9:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
He tends to do that....
"now you chunkin' in there.."
by jano4 on Jul 3, 2009 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Geez...down 5-0 against the Giants...
gives you the feeling that the game is almost over.
Astros have to get to this rookie pitcher before it’s too late.
by clack on Jul 3, 2009 9:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
well we can just about call this one
"now you chunkin' in there.."
by jano4 on Jul 3, 2009 9:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Radio guys
Talking about the 6 man rotation shorting the bullpen and guys being out of the normal rest patterns….
"now you chunkin' in there.."
by jano4 on Jul 3, 2009 9:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, the 6 man rotation doesn’t work unless the pitchers are pitching deep into the games. In fact, that’s the idea. But it doesn’t work if you have a pitcher who has to be replaced early with any frequency, because you don’t have a long relief pitcher. I doubt that the rest patterns has much to do with anything. A 6 man rotation without regular off days, like the Astros will be facing, is not much different, pattern wise, than a 5 man rotation with occasional days offs.
by clack on Jul 3, 2009 9:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Damn!!!!
how long does this go on
"now you chunkin' in there.."
by jano4 on Jul 3, 2009 9:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I guess Paulino will take over Backe’s role of getting beat up.
by clack on Jul 3, 2009 9:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
our outfield defense has looked like the Bad News Bears
by clack on Jul 3, 2009 10:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Pence is getting killed over in RF. He is running around and just waving his arms.
by clack on Jul 3, 2009 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Carlos Lee is going to have to do more than just jog around LF to cover that size of field.
by clack on Jul 3, 2009 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
while I’m talking about defense, Tejada seemed stationary as a groundball goes past him, making it 13-0 Giants.
by clack on Jul 3, 2009 10:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dammit to hell.
I forgot I’m not watching it live. I have tivo and paused it. Haha not a good idea to read message boards. I just watch Carlos loaf over that fly ball. 10-0 and I’m apparently in for more bad news.
by Astrofan on Jul 3, 2009 10:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
delete...delete...!!!!!
"now you chunkin' in there.."
by jano4 on Jul 3, 2009 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
sigh
I’m all for good sportsmanship but theres a point when every batter is hitting shit…its time to send a message. J.D. is absolutely right.
by Astrofan on Jul 3, 2009 10:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
yeah, I agree with JD. But he is from another era of baseball. The Astros just don’t do that…unless Oswalt is pitching.
by clack on Jul 3, 2009 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thats what I was thinking
as I typed that. J.D. is old school. If you’re getting knocked around…knock his ass down. We need Russ Springer back. I remember when he threw at Barry Bonds.
by Astrofan on Jul 3, 2009 10:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
yeah, I was thinking of Springer as I wrote that. And I also think about a reliever like Wheeler. He may have had one of the more significant knock downs in Astros history, in th 9th inning of a game at Wrigley…and seemingly sending the Cubs into a spiral and the Astros into a string of wins which ended in the playoffs in 2004.
by clack on Jul 3, 2009 10:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Springer is one of my favorite former Astros. Hell I’d still take him in the bullpen right now. Russ has a house in central Louisiana and I talked to the a school cop at my ex girlfriends high school almost a year ago. This guy grew up with Russ and is still good friends with him and has a bunch of autographs from the Dbacks world series team when Russ was there. He told me that Russ said he had it out for Bonds when he came in the game and was knocking down no matter what.
by Astrofan on Jul 3, 2009 10:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Fulchino finally hits somebody (Rowand).
JD: “That’s a little too late.”
LOL
by clack on Jul 3, 2009 10:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yep
How about hitting somebody a few innings back. lol doesn’t matter now. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a shutout tonight. Its 13-0. I highly doubt the guys are into it.
by Astrofan on Jul 3, 2009 10:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Well....
this place really settles down when the team is getting skull dragged and doing nothing on offense.
by Astrofan on Jul 3, 2009 10:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Skull-Dragged
Never heard that one before…I like it and it sounds like a death metal band’s name.
by backstop8 on Jul 3, 2009 11:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm still new...
to these game threads around here. I though skull fucked may be inappropriate. Lol
by Astrofan on Jul 3, 2009 11:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Inappropriate
…but very appropriate. Does that make sense?
by backstop8 on Jul 3, 2009 11:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
13-0???
I feel fortunate I was doing something else tonight and missed most of the game.
This must have been painful to watch.
I don’t think the Astros will score 13 in the ninth.
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Jul 3, 2009 11:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
So...
We lose 13-0 and get 4 singles in the game PLUS Lincecum pitches tomorrow. Can it get worse?
by Astrofan on Jul 3, 2009 11:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Nope - Can only get better
Hallelujah
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Jul 3, 2009 11:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ASTROS LOSE 13-0
Chalk this one up to hubris from the Padres series and look forward to the Fourth of July fireworks.
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Jul 3, 2009 11:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Lesson:
Paulino is very inconsistent.
Your friendly neighborhood Dream Shake mod.
by Only_A_Lad on Jul 4, 2009 3:01 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
the fireworks were pretty...
At least we play again tomorrow!
by Joh on Jul 4, 2009 3:24 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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