detectiveconan1
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I wish that game had been called when it was 6-1 in the 8th. That was a pointless 2 hour rain delay.
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MLB 2015 Regular Season |OT| Pickin' Up the Pace of Play
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And the offense score no runs for him.
Purple Cheeto
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11 straight of 3 runs or less!
Sir Alemeth
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Yay 1 game winning streak.
If we get 7 scoreless from Felix tomorrow and still lose Lloyd should be gone.
I am settling down with coffee, breakfast and this game. Otani v Messenger. Tigers can't hit but they're on a pretty good roll, Messenger trying to recover from the shock of being sent down. Meanwhile Fighters got two of the top 5 vote leaders in the NPB all star voting, Otani and Sho-time Nakata (18 HR). Been waiting to watch Otani pitch and hit in the same game & had this game against the Tigers marked since it first looked like it would work out.
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He's got all his pitches working through 2. Forkball has turned into a nasty weapon this year but the biggest growth for him is he developed a good curve. He got hammered in spring training working on it but its paying off.
Messenger must still be pissed about the demotion. He's killing people.
His control is off in the 4th but this is what I like about Otani, he flips a Refuse to Lose switch in his head and fights. Still hung one and gave up a run. Gets out with a curve.
1 2 3 in the 5th. Good game.
Shibata has Otani dialed in with 2 hits already. Works a great at bat but grounds out. Two consecutive walks with two outs. His control is a bit off tonight and he's not getting benefit of the doubt on close pitches. I'd swear his curve percentage is way higher than normal, he has better control of that than his fastball today. Gets lucky with a slider way outside the zone to escape.
Messenger is winning this duel so far through 6. His shit is on point, clearly he's here to deliver a statement that Fujinami isn't the Tigers' ace yet. Holding 1-0 lead going into the 7th.
Otani gets Messenger looking to cap a 1-2-3 7th, and he's up to lead off the Fighters in the 8. No hits, two strikeouts at the plate so far. He works the count full but Messenger gets him to fan again. Two fly balls and fighters are down to their last three outs. Wonder if they let Messenger go for the CG SO or send in Oh.
Tigers get a runner to second with one out and that's it for Otani's night after seven and a third. He did well considering a couple of inconsistent spots. Still posted 11Ks.
Oh going for the save against the heart of the Fighters lineup. Jesus, three Ks to end it.
Great game. Otani's line: 7.1 IP, 4H, 11K, 3BB, 1R on the mound, 0-3 with 3Ks at the plate. Most of the time he looked really good, just that 4th inning that cost him. Lowered his FIP from 1.25 to 1.22 on the year. Messenger's line: 8IP, 2H, 8K, 2BB, 0R.
If you're interested, tomorrow the Fighters send 21 year old rookie Kohei Arihara on the mound, their first round draft pick. He was a highly sought after prospect from Waseda University and the Fighters won the lottery to get him. He won his first start but got shelled in his second. Third start was pretty good but still pretty ugly numbers on the year (FIP over 5!). That said he's got good stuff and it's going to be interesting to see if he can live up to the billing and develop into a good replacement when Otani inevitably leaves for the states. Vid of one of his performances in college. Can hit 97 on the gun, has good breaking pitches with good command in college. Wide repertoire of pitches, cutter, fork, slider, shuuto, change, curve. (http://baseballdata.jp/ is a godly site if you have some ability in Japanese.) Edit: hrm, Fighters PR has Yoshikawa starting tomorrow now. Arihara's starts have been coming after Otani so that's weird. Probably the rain out moving Yoshikawa's start so maybe Arihara goes Monday.
Original Famous Ray
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The Mets have decided to stick to a 5 man rotation like a normal beisbol team. WTF is this team doing? Toss Niese and Gee to the glue factory and promote Steven Matz already.
Nice to see Murphy go on the DL. When is his amputation scheduled? Who will be next to go on the DL? I hope Dilson and d'Arnaud can be back by the next homestand.
Nice to see Murphy go on the DL. When is his amputation scheduled? Who will be next to go on the DL? I hope Dilson and d'Arnaud can be back by the next homestand.
how boring.
I wonder if they gave teams the option of having 26 players with one pitcher inactive for each game if more teams would use 6-man.
Not as dramatic an impact as the 28 man.
sf2fanatic
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Fuck this ump in the college world series. Weird strike zone.
Go Fullerton!!!
Go Fullerton!!!
HarryDemeanor
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These fucking Dodgers.
BFIB
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Oh.....oh....no. Why anyone would subject themselves to Dan and Al, your just asking for pain.
Now Shannon and Rooney on the radio, thats good entertainment.
chicagocubsfan
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Tyson Ross's brother is no hitting the Cubs.
NameGenerated
Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
Damn you.
Right? I remember weekend games always being afternoon games till these past few seasons.
Grover Cleveland
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The family of the fan struck by the splintered bat at Fenway last night just released a statement
Silver Arrows
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Should I watch Champions League, or the Belmont Stakes?
The family of the fan struck by the splintered bat at Fenway last night just released a statement
I heard this morning that she will be ok and is recovering, but it was just word of mouth and no actual source.
I'll have to switch. I google your radio team and they seem like they get favorable reviews outside of STL. You Cards fans are so "nuh uh are stuff is the best!" I was surprised you said that about your guys.
Carpe Libertatem
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Dan is maybe OK by himself, but the rest of the broadcasting team is really bad. I don't think I'd ever choose them over another team, except maybe the Reds' team. Somehow Rick & Al make Tim McCarver the best color commentator on the team
Radio is pretty good, although mostly because Shannon says shit like this frequently
Yeah I won't like Shannon then. He sounds like the Bulls guy Stacey King always trying to say something funny/come up with a catchphrase. It gets irritating.
BFIB
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The more he drinks, the better it gets.
He does a "Live From Shannon's" show at his resturant. It's basically him telling old stories from the road with whoever is in town facing the Cards, always entertaining.
Sir Alemeth
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It had to be Jeff francoeur
Grover Cleveland
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I'm telling you, the Sox bats in the day>>>>>>>>the Sox bats under the floodlights
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Phew. Giants streaking again.
Silver Arrows
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Jeff Francoeur is still alive?
Dominican Power
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Tex just missed that by that much.
Dominican Power
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McCann redeeming himself.
Grover Cleveland
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I didn't think they could make the MLB.tv browser app worse.
And then they did.
Pretty much exclusively use the PS4 app these days
And then they did.
Pretty much exclusively use the PS4 app these days
Richards had no control. Bad balls leading to walks and easy to hit strikes. McCann can.
crashnburn
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Damn shame about Richards. He was looking so good before his injury last season and seems he still hasn't quite got his control where he wants it (granted he had a lot of wild pitches even when he was hot last season). Angel's pen is so funky this season, Weaver is off, Shoemaker is off, Wilson has had a surprising comeback, and Santiago has stepped up.
Yeah. On the flip side, I'm pretty damn excited by how Cole has developed into the ace this year.
mightynine
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Can the Braves just roll out a pitching machine from the bullpen, please?
Edit: I feel ya, Julio
Edit: I feel ya, Julio