Spring Draining: Cubs Re-Thrash A's 10-3
by emperor nobody on Mar 8, 2010 3:46 PM PST
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A's prospect Josh Donaldson hit a HR; KTRB-AM did not.
Unfortunately, the lush new All Sports 860-AM offices were not ready for this game.
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I think they’ll make a push for the playoffs this season. No, I’m not saying this because they’ve owned us in meaningless games. I think it’ll come down to them, the Braves and a pair of National League West teams for the final playoff spot.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 8, 2010 3:53 PM PST reply actions
Oops
I meant to say that the games I play on MLB ’10: The Show are meaningless.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 8, 2010 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
Um
How ’bout that weather, eh?
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 8, 2010 4:20 PM PST up reply actions
Quick review: It's friggen sick.
I don’t know how much ‘10 has evolved over ’09, but the pick-off system is vastly improved to the point where I’m far more hesitant to get a lead. The pitcher is really paying attention this year.
My biggest complaint: there’s absolutely no way in hell the Kung-fu Panda is stopping a bullet deep in the gap with a diving stop, and throwing out Rajai from his knees. I swear the developers think he’s a freaking wall.
There are some niggling graphical issues that keep it from being all it can be; i.e., the reflection off the Bay during night games at AT&T is weird, the odd collision detection problem, and some of the ancillary animations that should be there are missing.
I’m hoping that they release a commentary add-on that expands on what’s already there; that’d really set it apart.
"With Chance on first, and Evers on third,
Great things from the Cubs will soon be heard."
Jack Cust looks really funny in the game.
Really broad shoulders + small head + very short arms, heh.
"We were shit, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."
WAP A PAP!!!
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
heh.
god, the memory. who did we call, some of us, T-Rex, the strapping DH circa 2004….holy grail guy?
alaska A residing in northern Idaho.
wasn't Cust a defensive replacement for ErubiEL Durazo in AZ?
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
I prefer spaceball ricochet,
although the slider is not Cust’s best work.
Also, in the game, Ryan Sweeney looks exactly like the guy from Cash Cab.
"We were shit, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."
Bad Memories
I used to go downstairs at the two o’clock hour in the afternoon during the summer and that show would be on. My mom would be watching it and telling me to wake up earlier every single day.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Mar 9, 2010 6:39 AM PST up reply actions
The pick off move was ridiculous last time.
The pitchers were psychic. And you say it’s got worse? Not good.
Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.
No, I thought...
…last year’s was bad. I swear I could get three-to-four strides off the bag, and they still wouldn’t do anything! I’ll need to look at my stats from last year, but I know I had 4 guys with sixty+ stolen bags.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo29pfgp680
"With Chance on first, and Evers on third,
Great things from the Cubs will soon be heard."
I honestly had to turn down the sliders.
Whichever one controlled the throw-over frequency. The games were dragging with the amount of times the pitcher went to first the minute you even hinted you were thinking about stealing.
Some motherfcukers are always trying to ice skate uphill - Blade.
Agreed
The pickoff attempts last year were out of control. Even with the slider all the way down, if you took that extra step they threw over every time.
I haven’t picked up this year’s version, was going to this weekend. If they throw over more than last year = no bueno.
The Cubs...
…have serious bullpen issues. More so now that Guzman’s career is potentially finished. If they can coax a solid performance out of it, I can see them contending. If not, it’s going to be a miserable year.
"With Chance on first, and Evers on third,
Great things from the Cubs will soon be heard."
Okay....
so how many runs have we scored this spring?
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
Donaldson has an uncanny resemblance to Mark Ellis in that pic, does he not?
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
he does
at first I thought it was a mislabeled Unicorn shot, but apparently that is really Josh D.
Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?
by emperor nobody on Mar 8, 2010 4:00 PM PST up reply actions
he looks like MaEl in that shot, but here he is straight on
Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?
by emperor nobody on Mar 8, 2010 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
Er...
Among my favorite lines in a box score is not “De Los Santos pitched to 6 batters in the 7th.” Any report on why he was unable to, you know, get anyone out? (I can see there was an error, so he should have retired one, but still.)
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Buan said his fastballs were straight and his slider was flat
and his control was off, bad combo huh? Curt Young went out to try and help but it would have been better if he just took the ball from him instead.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
I assumed it was just bad luck on BABIP
I kid, I kid!
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Kilby has an ERA of 20.25
FDLS’s ERA I guess is incalcuable as it is shown as -
"I’m actually a disgrace to myself right now." - Sean Gallagher (quoting me after a night out on the town)
hmmm... that didn't work...
shown as “-”
"I’m actually a disgrace to myself right now." - Sean Gallagher (quoting me after a night out on the town)
fun with HTML ;-)
"I’m actually a disgrace to myself right now." - Sean Gallagher (quoting me after a night out on the town)
It's actually 8, only sideways
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Try dividing by zero, and see if you come up with a number.
If I was FDLS, I might refuse to pitch again, so it doesn’t actually turn into an ERA. At his first out, it becomes an ERA of 81.00. And that’s at giving up only 3 earned runs. If it was 6, it would be 162.00
However, with just three scoreless innings, it’ll be down to 9.00!
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
cool KTRB radio shack
“and this next request goes out to Nico in Berkeley, hope you enjoy it, Test For Nico, by Rush.”
alaska A residing in northern Idaho.
Maybe Josh Donaldson is better than I think
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
by Future Ed on Mar 8, 2010 6:18 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
hehe
"Since other people actually read these threads, though, probably best that your particular brand of wrongness not go completely unchallenged." - PT
There are differing opinions on me. According to Iglew "DFA is PT with a sense of humor. PT is DFA with introspective self-doubt. I like them both" but according to sirbed Im "The Stats Killer"
by designatedforassignment on Mar 8, 2010 10:04 PM PST up reply actions
For those who keep track of ex-A's
Eveland’s doing pretty decent so far over in Toronto. 5 IP 0 ER. Hope he pins down that 5th spot.
Optimistic...
Must be the low pitch counts
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
MLB at Bat '10
I’ve always avoided paying for the gameday audio, but I’ve been buying the MLB at Bat apps for iPhone. They are now streaming the Buan-casts and I can just hook the iPhone into my car or radio at home and listen to them with clear reception.
If getting the A’s station is a problem, At Bat is a bit expensive at $15, but is a good solution if you can’t get a radio signal.
On the same subject, this was my first Buan-cast ever and he wasn’t nearly as bad at calling games as people made him out to be.
Sometimes life will strike you out on a curve ball and the only choice you have is to flip off the umpire and walk to first base anyway.
Wuertz got slammed last spring
It;s tough to tell what these guys can do in the Spring because the breaking balls don’t break.
"I get nervous every fifth day," Braden said. "I figure the day that goes away is the day I saddle up behind the 7-Eleven desk."
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