Arizona Diamondbacks at Houston Astros, May 5, 2010 7:05 PM CDT
by Stephen Higdon on May 5, 2010 6:45 PM CDT
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Diamondbacks lead the series 2-0
| Mon 05/03 | WP: Cesar Valdez (1 - 0) LP: Felipe Paulino (0 - 4) |
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| Tue 05/04 | WP: Ian Kennedy (2 - 1) SV: Chad Qualls LP: Roy Oswalt (2 - 4) |
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Arizona Diamondbacks Wednesday, May 5, 2010, 7:05 PM CDT Mostly clear. Winds blowing out to right field at 10-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 80.
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Cash gets a start
In a radio interview Brad Mills indicated Cash will catch Norris and Paulino. What he said was Cash is an experienced veteran guy who can help Norris and Paulino.
For what it’s worth, the word “Towles” was never mentioned in Milo’s interview of MIlls.
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 7:00 PM CDT reply actions
Manzella and Matsui start
Keppinger rests .
I’m good with that.
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 7:03 PM CDT reply actions
Brad Mills said the game last night have been different
if Astros scored in the first inning..
I’m almost screaming , “Then why didn’t you have Lee bunt Bourn home from third!?!”
(Okay _ I got that out of my system)
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 7:05 PM CDT reply actions
Good question
Don’t they practice at least one every day in batting practice?
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 7:08 PM CDT up reply actions
I’m sure he has been through bunting practice in spring training. However, you often hear it stated by broadcasters that managers are reluctant to put a bunt on for certain sluggers because they have no experience bunting in a game. How true that is, I don’t know.
Some sluggers do have experience bunting. Berkman, Ensberg come to mind.
This would be a good game to attend to get foul ball
Not much competition from other fans.
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 7:07 PM CDT reply actions
I think so.
Means he will pitch a perfect game.
by entropic soul on May 5, 2010 7:11 PM CDT up reply actions
MLB.TV between innings runs a promo for "The Thread"
Anyone ever seen it? Why would they advertise on MLB.TV?
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 7:11 PM CDT reply actions
Anyone ever seen "The Thread" not the promo
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 7:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Relatively strong wind blowing out to left
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 7:13 PM CDT reply actions
1-2-3 first inning for Astros
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 7:16 PM CDT reply actions
Bourn just missed another great diving catch
caught it on short hop
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 7:18 PM CDT reply actions
Checking in
Still fired up about the Towles thing, but I’m hoping some baseball will help me get over that.
I have a feeling Cash is going to make Wade look like a genuis, at least for a little while. =/
by Timothy De Block on May 5, 2010 7:19 PM CDT reply actions
I’m also surprised Fangraphs wasn’t all over the Towles move, especially since it’s such a good opportunity to rip Wade. But maybe the Astros have fallen off the radar, in the media.
by Timothy De Block on May 5, 2010 7:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Awesome
more bad defense, Lee fails to catch flyball up against the left field porch.
by Timothy De Block on May 5, 2010 7:22 PM CDT reply actions
Arizona scored on triple to left
Ball hit the wall about 1/2 of an inch above Lee’s glove.
JD said wind-aided
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 7:23 PM CDT reply actions
Berkman gets a hit (single to right)
long time since he got one
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 7:27 PM CDT reply actions
Small strike zone tonight
and wind blowing out to left
Should be a high scoring game
It’s only 1-0 so far.
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 7:31 PM CDT reply actions
Pence hits into tailored made double play BUT
Pence beats relay to first
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 7:32 PM CDT reply actions
Did I miss Hunter Pence's at bat?
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 7:34 PM CDT up reply actions
MANZELLA HOMERUN
His first , and the first of the Astros tonight
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 7:35 PM CDT reply actions
Manzella with 2 run HR. Good deal.
Manzella gets silent treatment in dugout. Then Berkman is laughing.
It was in second row of Crawford Boxes
I had to watch the replay to be sure
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 7:43 PM CDT up reply actions
You have premuim MLBtv Joe?
if so how is it?
by Timothy De Block on May 5, 2010 7:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Not sure if I have premium
I can watch multiple games at one time . I can reply highlights.
Is that premium?
Whatever, I like what I got.
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 7:49 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm a Big Spender
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 7:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Well yeah
but they counted it
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 7:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Kevin Cash struck out
in his first Astros at bat
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 7:37 PM CDT reply actions
MLBtv
has a commercial for Thread, some girly show with Kim Kardashian and others.
I never realized baseball fans were a target for that kind of stuff.
by Timothy De Block on May 5, 2010 7:47 PM CDT reply actions
That's what I asked earlier in today's thread
Who here has seen “The Thread”? If it’s a fashion show, Why advertise on MLM.tv?
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 7:50 PM CDT up reply actions
haha
sorry I missed the first inning and just skimmed the first several comments.
by Timothy De Block on May 5, 2010 7:51 PM CDT up reply actions
by the way, you mentioned Ensberg’s piece about the day he was released in spring training. That was a good piece. I think it shows that Morgan is really improving as a writer. Perhaps he can become another Dierker. I remember back in the 80’s sometime, Dierker had a weekly column in the Chronicle. Not all that unusual; oftentimes the sports section would have columns by players or former players, but they weren’t written very well. And then I started reading a Dierker column about some historical baseball moment (don’t remember what exactly), and I said, “wow, this isn’t a former baseball player writing an article; this is a writer.”
I also hadn’t seen Ensberg’s critique of Ringolsby’s monstrosity about A-Rod. That was well done too.
I was thinking about this on the way home
What do you think about him as a hitting coach?
by Timothy De Block on May 5, 2010 8:01 PM CDT up reply actions
I wouldn’t doubt that Ensberg could be a good coach. But as for hitting coach? The way he kept changing his stance all the time would worry me as an indicator for his aptness for hitting coach.
true
I guess I was thinking more along the lines of what he learned from that experience.
by Timothy De Block on May 5, 2010 8:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Brownie talking like Towles has a future with the Astros
once he “hones his skills”
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 7:58 PM CDT reply actions
Tie game
2-2
two doubles
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 7:59 PM CDT reply actions
Thinking of an all Houston born team
Outfield:
Crawford
Bourn
Chris Young
Adam Dunn-First…….Thats all the Houston born guys I can think off right now
Here's some I found on internet
Matt Albers
Josh Beckett
Scott Kazmir
Kye Kendrick
Jason LaRue
David Murphy
Joe Nathan
Laynce nix
Chris Snyder (Playing catcher in this game )
Nick Stavinoha
Kip Wells still pitching?
Chris Young (playing CF in thi sgame )
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 8:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Not sure about the tight end part but Wikipedia says
Andrew Eugene Pettitte (born June 15, 1972 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American left-handed starting pitcher for the New York Yankees.
Pettitte is of Italian and French descent, the younger of two children born to Tommy and JoAnn Pettitte. He attended Deer Park High School in Deer Park, Texas.
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 8:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Another D'Back double
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 8:18 PM CDT reply actions
Myers struck out the side
Cash must be good.
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 8:26 PM CDT reply actions
Two more strike outs.. this time for Lopez
Cash is THAT good.
by entropic soul on May 5, 2010 8:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Keep Watching
Sooner or later he’ll put a ball in play
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Cubs lose
Octavio Dotel gets Lee, Byrd, Soriano and Ramirez for the close. Hits Byrd but Lee flies out and red hot Alfonso and ice cold Ramirez strike out.
Kevin Cash struck out again
he is 2 of the 4 Astros strikeouts this game
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 8:31 PM CDT reply actions
So far it's 100%
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 8:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Is it too early to discuss
which Astros will start the All Star game?
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 8:41 PM CDT reply actions
123 inning for the Astros
we’ve got our 2 runs for the game. Shut it down boys.
Cardinals, Cubs Lost
Pirates, Reds won
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 8:47 PM CDT reply actions
I keep remembering
when Myers was upset when Mills took him out after 90 pitches – Myers said he wa a 120- pitch man.
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 8:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Whoa - highlight catch Michael Bourn
He overran the ball toward right . Then jumped back toward left and caught the ball laid out on the ground
Amazing
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 8:51 PM CDT reply actions
He hasn’t made the highlight reels for some awesome catches, so maybe he figured he has to spice it up to get noticed.
Or maybe he is just bored
So he wanted to up his degree of difficulty
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on May 5, 2010 8:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Pence changed it up with the 4-6-3
Versus the 6-4-3
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
My expectation is they won't
Until the 14th inning.
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on May 5, 2010 9:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Positively enough
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
You can get Milo in your car in Austin?
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on May 5, 2010 9:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Mmmmmm 1-2-3 inning
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
Dear Astros,
Win this game or I will chop the head off of my Drayton McLain bobblehead!
"In the biographies of men and nations, success often arrives in a mask of failure"
If he does
I want to see it!
"In the biographies of men and nations, success often arrives in a mask of failure"
by hunterpencefan on May 5, 2010 9:22 PM CDT up reply actions
There's an Astros garden gnome bobblehead
Saw it today
by entropic soul on May 5, 2010 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Mills is going for it.
I like Lindstrom in here
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
Great
Feliz throws it to…not Lance Berkman
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
Bad throw
To his credit, though, Feliz made an outstanding catch of a grounder in the hole between short and third
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 9:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Kelly Johnson scares me here
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
Lindstrom with an incredibly headsy double play
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
MLB.TV for some reason jumped to commercials and i missed the play.
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 9:27 PM CDT up reply actions
He had to move about 10 to the left of the mound to field the ball
And after the effort, caught himself throwing to first and wheeled around to fire to second.
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on May 5, 2010 9:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Come on!
We gotta win now!
"In the biographies of men and nations, success often arrives in a mask of failure"
WALK OFF HR LEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
Worth the wait
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on May 5, 2010 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions
And to think I was about to call for a sac bunt...
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on May 5, 2010 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Mills said that when Carlos came to bat in the 9th, he kept looking at “Clarkie,” expecting a sac bunt. But Mills said, “no, we want him to swing the bat.” I guess that answers the earlier questions between Joe and I as to whether Lee thinks he can put down a sac bunt.
I would have screamed bloody murder if he bunted there
Don’t give away an out.
Risk the double play if you must but don’t give away an out in that situation.
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 6, 2010 12:35 AM CDT up reply actions
HOMERUN GAME WINNER Carlos Lee
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 9:29 PM CDT reply actions
Over the railroad tracks
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Astros WIN 4-2
Happy Ending
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 9:30 PM CDT reply actions
Credit Mills for using Lindstrom at the crucial moment
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A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
Carlos Lee
“There was a little anger in my swing”
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 5, 2010 9:36 PM CDT reply actions
Was at the game with my dad
He spent a bunch of money on some of the best seats in the park, in the section in front of JD, Brownie, Milo and co., and one of his clients backed out, so I got to go at the last minute. My first time in that part of the ballpark… Sure is a lot nicer than the cheap seats! Cushions, wider seats, more foot room, and a waitstaff? Yes, please.
Great game to be at, too. When Lee hits the homer, my dad turns to me and says “about time”. At the same instant, his friend texts him and says the same exact two words.
I've sat there near the top row my first game ever.
Once I sat in the really fancy seats, about the fifih or sixth row behind home plate on the Astros side but stlil behind the screen. A buffet dinner underneath the stands before the game and free food and drinks during the game. Ran into Drayton and his wife on the way out, talked to him briefly. l said something briliant like “That loss hurt.” (loss to Braves)
A few days later I got in free with a group and sat way down the right field line. Different experience for sure. (loss to Expos with Roger Clemens pitching )
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by Joe in Birmingham on May 6, 2010 12:43 AM CDT up reply actions
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