Mark Ellis Home Run Log

by kirbyk on Aug 29, 2005 3:56 PM PDT

Ellis HRs:
June 1, vs. Tampa Bay, off of Hendrickson
July 20, vs. LAAaAoA Angels, off Byrd
July 29, vs. Detroit, off Douglass

August 24, vs. Detroit, Bonderman
August 25, vs. Detroit, Maroth
August 27, vs. Baltimore, Baldwin
August 28, vs. Baltimore, Todd Williams
August 29, vs. Baltimore, Julio

Nice week! Thanks for the birthday present!

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Can you say

AL Player of the week?

by KEVINfromCV on Aug 29, 2005 4:12 PM PDT reply actions

...but I don't think the people who vote on stuff like that have ever heard of Mark Ellis. Case in point: I still haven't figured out why the @%&#!% *ZITO was nominated for Comeback Player of the Year. I don't recall his arm being nearly useless only a year ago.

"We're two guys without any rhythm trying to catch the ball and do what we can." ~ Ellis, presumably also speaking for Crosby

by Poppy on Aug 29, 2005 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions

Will this Award be featured on the ESPY's

if so, they will need some big names to hype it up.

McGwire's 70th HR ball: $3,000,000. Yankees payroll: $208,306,817. Thousands of jubilant A's fans parading down Broadway after a WS victory...priceless!

by sf drift king on Aug 29, 2005 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Zito isn't as bad as Jay Gibbons

Mark Ellis for Comeback Player of the Year!!!----He Actually had to come back!! Everyone else just sucked for a year.

by robber23 on Aug 29, 2005 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions

That's just ridiculous

by blueconversechucks on Aug 29, 2005 4:13 PM PDT reply actions

what was that slacker doing on 8/26?

1-4. Lazy ass, I hate that guy.

Actually, I'll always have a soft spot for him for his massive 3-run dinger in the ninth inning of Gm 5 that should have won the 2002 ALDS, if not for Koch.

by Apricot on Aug 29, 2005 4:17 PM PDT reply actions

Ohhhhhhh

I loved that homerun. Even though I was sad they lost, I actually left the park not too down because that awesome homerun put fear into the twins and the players went from being on the dugout steps ready to storm the field to sitting in the dugout chewing their nails. It was fabulous. And then we lost. But anyhoo....

"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Aug 29, 2005 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions

sigh.

Yep. Ray Durham almost hit it out to win the game, but instead was the final out. It was a long trudge to BART.

I assume you are posting from work... but I also saw you post this weekend... did you get your home setup working?

by Apricot on Aug 29, 2005 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions

so does anyone know

the list on the "most home runs from South Dakota" stat? They are really going to update it. Has he jumped anyone?

"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Aug 29, 2005 4:18 PM PDT reply actions

Absolutely

Stats before this season:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/SD_born.shtml

So, he started the season in 4th, and has leaped into 2nd! Only 9 behind Dave Collins for the all time South Dakota Slugger award!

His 8 ties Carroll Hardy for most HR in a season by a native South Dakotan.

And he's passed a certain Terry Francona on the list this season, too.

by kirbyk on Aug 29, 2005 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions

let's hope

he gets the ten needed for the record before the season is up.

"How much room do I have to cover out here?" -- Kotsay

by Sharon on Aug 29, 2005 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions

The way he's going

he'll take care of that in the next week and a half.

by calgbear on Aug 29, 2005 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Just sent an Email to Susan Slusser-

Susan,

According to everyone on Athleticsnation.com, you are a straight shooter. So here's the question:

Who could POSSIBLY be more deserving of Comeback Player of the Year than Mark Ellis?

After a PROBABLY career ending injury, not only making it back, but making the impact that he has been.....

It amazing that he's even playing ball, let alone being the player that he is.

Anyhow, seems like that's a story that NEEDS to be written.

Cheers!

"Ellis is locked in." Eric Chavez

by 510inDenver on Aug 29, 2005 4:22 PM PDT reply actions

Five Home Runs in one week?

That's pretty hard to ignore. 5 HR and 9RBI (I think) in the last week? Last week's AL PoW was Victor Martinez, who had 3 HR and 6 RBI. It's not always a big name player like Manny or Pujols.

by KEVINfromCV on Aug 29, 2005 4:22 PM PDT reply actions

victor martinez IS a big name player

at about the justin morneau "everyone expected a huge year from him and he didn't come through" level...

If I weren't playing baseball, I'd be... "in the Ultimate Fighting Championship." -Rich Harden

by xbhaskarx on Aug 29, 2005 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions

More so than Mark Ellis, anyway

"Victor Martinez" = 14 letters / 30 Scrabble points

"Mark Ellis" = 9 letters / 15 Scrabble points

It's tough out there, Pootie. You got drugs ... crime ... gorillas ...

by monkeyball on Aug 29, 2005 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions

Not if you play it

with the "m" on a corner triple word score, so that the "k" falls on a double letter and the "i" on another triple word for a grand total of 180 points.

Thats the kind of week he's been having.

by green star oakland on Aug 29, 2005 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions

Hey

Y'all ought to drop her a line too...

sslusser@sfchronicle.com

"Ellis is locked in." Eric Chavez

by 510inDenver on Aug 29, 2005 4:25 PM PDT reply actions

Ellis vote to Slusser

Just sent her an email letting her know how passionate AN is about this one.

"The first thing I realized in this game, there are no weekends."

by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 29, 2005 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions

What impresses me the most

is that all his homers are off different pitchers. He doesn't have to rely on Jorge Julio to serve up most of his home runs, like so many other hitters do.

by blueconversechucks on Aug 29, 2005 4:33 PM PDT reply actions

Yeah

There's a lot of conversations that KC has had with Mr. Beane that they'd like to take back.

"Neifi Perez? He's just what this franchise needs to set the tone for the next decade!"

by kirbyk on Aug 29, 2005 4:45 PM PDT reply actions

always gonna like ellis..

he seems like a great guy. so much determination in the offseason, and now its all paying off. he defines "comeback player of the year". what the hell did giambi come back from? a non-juiced bicep? gimme a break.

by stabino on Aug 29, 2005 5:59 PM PDT reply actions

A's Giveaway?

"And remember, the first 10,000 kids get a free 'Mark Ellis Home Run Log,' along with an electric lathe and detailed instructions on how to make a major-league quality bat!"

(Cue the Ren & Stimpy "Log" jingle: "Log--from Blammo!")

It's tough out there, Pootie. You got drugs ... crime ... gorillas ...

by monkeyball on Aug 29, 2005 6:06 PM PDT reply actions

yaay for ren and stimpy

It's Log, it's log
it's big, it's heavy, it's wood
it's log, it's log,
it's better than bad, it's good!

Gets hit by old boot for bad singing

by DavisAs on Aug 29, 2005 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions

What rolls down stairs

Alone or in pairs
It's Log Log Log

It's tough out there, Pootie. You got drugs ... crime ... gorillas ...

by monkeyball on Aug 30, 2005 7:09 AM PDT up reply actions

Aug 26

Some reporter needs to ask him what went wrong that day!

by Larry E on Aug 29, 2005 7:21 PM PDT reply actions

my favorite part

is that he's not trying to hit homeruns. It's not like he's one of those guys where you expect him to hit one every time he's up, he's just trying to get the ball in play and get a hit and help the team out. It makes it that much sweeter when it does go over the wall. Hopefully it will continue! :)

"huston would look so hot in a miniskirt. he has great legs." - leslie (the female barry zito)

by drmmerchk on Aug 29, 2005 7:51 PM PDT reply actions

Man.

It doesn't feel like a game anymore without an Ellis HR! The 26th? Nah, that wasn't a game. Just a bunch of guys standing out on a field, wearing gloves. Now, the 27th, that was a REAL game.

Man. Ellis must be sad to have to leave Baltimore. 'Player of the Week' does not fully describe his awesomeness.

After what he went through last year, it makes my heart hurt with joy to think about how much he deserves this.

"While I was there, it didn't always seem perfect, but when I look back on it I just might think it was perfect." --Eric Byrnes

by Kyli on Aug 29, 2005 9:15 PM PDT reply actions

Ellis no likey Bellhorn talk

Me neither.

Athletic: Mighty slayer of Slegna

by Force on Aug 29, 2005 10:32 PM PDT reply actions

Is Ken Macha listening?

Will Mark Ellis be moved up in the order permanently?

by boilerdan on Aug 30, 2005 6:56 AM PDT reply actions

Maybe, maybe not.

A strange observation -- each of the recent five HRs has been hit with Mark Ellis in a different spot in the batting order. So maybe Ellis will continue to move until he's got a HR batting in each spot in the lineup.

"While I was there, it didn't always seem perfect, but when I look back on it I just might think it was perfect." --Eric Byrnes

by Kyli on Aug 30, 2005 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions