St. Louis @ Atlanta GameThread, Jul 29, 2008 7:10 PM EDT

Game 109 Open Thread: July 29 2008

by lboros on Jul 29, 2008 6:15 PM EDT

St. Louis @ Atlanta


Wellemeyer	Campillo
8-4, 4.19	5-4, 2.78

i never heard of this pitcher before ---- jorge campillo. he's pitched both as a starter and a reliever this year, better as a reliever but still quite good (3.24 era) in the rotation. he walks very few men, throws nothing but slop ---- only 1/3 of his pitches are fastballs, and those only travel about 86 mph. mostly he throws sliders and changeups. this is the type of pitcher who tends to give the cardinals fits; if they attack him aggressively as per their habit, they'll play right into his hands. he looks like the kind of guy you have to take some strikes against, get a read on his pitches. i wouldn't worry about being down in the count against him; he certainly isn't going to throw the ball past anyone.

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looks like we'll have to

hope for some mistakes on the part of campillo. hang, breaking balls!

by gashousegangup on Jul 29, 2008 6:19 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

The Braves found him pitching in the Mexican League.

He’s done well for them this year.

She isn't crazy, she's just not impressed.

by jillsinmo on Jul 29, 2008 6:19 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

This is the kinda guy Ankiel would crush

damn injury.

boo cubs, hooray beer

by Raconteur on Jul 29, 2008 6:21 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

welle needs to get that era down.

and i have the feeling that atlanta might be a good place to start.

by el_duderino on Jul 29, 2008 6:21 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

Just now on the way home...

...radio guys saying Teixeira traded to Angels.

by birdjam on Jul 29, 2008 6:21 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

Oops - didn't see it in the other thread...

...and it wasn’t mentioned in this post.

by birdjam on Jul 29, 2008 6:24 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

yup

it’s nice to not have to face him, but kotchman is on his way to being a good player. i hope his plane gets delayed and he doesn’t get to atlanta until friday.

"Them Cubbies can kiss my ass" -Dizzy Dean

by Molina4MVP on Jul 29, 2008 6:26 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

He's only coming from Boston so he might make it for tomorrow's game.

by Tackle Box on Jul 29, 2008 7:03 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Texieria is about to be an Angel

For Kotchman and a lesser prospect, per Jayson Stark

by stl tyler on Jul 29, 2008 6:33 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

whoa, I haven't heard about that

by jeff_abs on Jul 29, 2008 6:34 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

where did the fanpost go?

by jeff_abs on Jul 29, 2008 6:36 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

If I were a thinking man

I would say that maybe lboros came back from vacation and started to clean up some of the superfluous fanposts. He seems to do that sometimes. Something that can be said just as easily in a thread doesn’t exactly need to be stated by using a fanpost.

Of course I might be totally full of it

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

by mattyfrommo on Jul 29, 2008 7:06 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Yep, we catch a break

They’ll be without their regular 1B, 3B, and C tonight. Hopefully we can take advantage and get a 4-game sweep against a normally tough team.

by roebirds on Jul 29, 2008 6:52 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Plus Hudson.

Not sure where he would have fallen into the rotation, but considering they’re throwing Campillo tonight…....

by Tackle Box on Jul 29, 2008 7:04 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Hudson was supposed to start tonight,

at least according to the P-D’s projection. Then, he got the bad news from the MRI. So, we’ve dodged a few arrows this week. Here’s hoping we can take full advantage.

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Jul 29, 2008 7:18 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Google Earth

Saw rain on the radar for Atlanta and looked on Google Earth to find the stadium location (South of downtown) and noticed that the asphalt parking lot of the stadium had a baseball field outline paved in concrete and wondered “Why?”.... duh… it’s the old Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium and they had a memorial area in the old left field for Hank Aarons 714…..

As for rain, slight delay maybe…. clearing up.

by OKCARDSFAN_411 on Jul 29, 2008 6:37 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

Pouring over here in Athens, but it's an hour/hour and a half east of Atlanta

If that storm cell is moving like weather usually does, the worst is over

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
Track 'em Tigers - An SB Nation Blog for Auburn Tigers fans

by Mr Redbird on Jul 29, 2008 6:40 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Beat the junk by not trying to do to much with it.

Good observation LB. Lots of singles and gaper’s. Wait for a mistake.

Westcoastbirdwatcher

by westcoastbirdwatcher on Jul 29, 2008 6:45 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

Don't be afraid to take the pitch the other way

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
Track 'em Tigers - An SB Nation Blog for Auburn Tigers fans

by Mr Redbird on Jul 29, 2008 6:48 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Signing 2 Type A agents

Hypothetical question here, What if a team signed 2 Type A free agents. Who would get that teams first pick?

by FlimtotheFlam on Jul 29, 2008 6:53 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

Whoever they signed first

So if the Yankees sign Sabathia and Texiera (signing Sabathia first)

Then Milwaukee would get the first pick and the Angels would get a supplemental round pick

Atleast that’s how I think it works

boo cubs, hooray beer

by Raconteur on Jul 29, 2008 7:02 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

I believe your right

either way the signing team can only lose 1 draft pick. So, if you’ve got the “youknowwhats” to sign a Type A, you might as well sign another.

by Tackle Box on Jul 29, 2008 7:07 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

If you are bad enough to be in the top 15 you dont even lose a first round pick

by StLHugo on Jul 30, 2008 12:49 AM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

good evening

time for another 12-3 ass kicking.

also, go brew crew!

by stlcardinalsfang on Jul 29, 2008 7:01 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

Can't watch the game tonight...

But go Cards! No Texeira or Jones, so let’s hope we can hold their offense down!

And….go Ben Sheets? wow, that sounds weird….

by voltronchris on Jul 29, 2008 7:07 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

I think I would like to see the Brewers take the next 3

by Tackle Box on Jul 29, 2008 7:09 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

I'd like to see the Brewers take every game against the Cubs...

I like the Brewers and would root for them in the playoffs. The Cubs…well, I’m not too fond of them. To put it lightly. Go Brew Crew!

by mattisnotfrench on Jul 29, 2008 7:13 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

I'm the same

I just like to disguise my loathing for that team from time to time….

by Tackle Box on Jul 29, 2008 7:15 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

probaly a good thing.

by stlcardinalsfang on Jul 29, 2008 7:16 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Well...

The Brewers have always been my #2 team, dating back to their AL days. I’d be riding that bandwagon hard if they were still in the AL. In an ideal world, they and the Cards would make it into the playoffs with the Cards prevailing in a 7-game NLCS, but this world ain’t ideal. I’m stuck rooting for the Brewers when they’re playing everyone other than the Cards, and hoping the Cards can lap them and the Brewers.

The Cubs, on the other hand, I loathe with every ounce of my being.

by mattisnotfrench on Jul 29, 2008 7:18 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Braves announcers saying

Campillo is the defacto #2 starter behing Juurjens.

by Tackle Box on Jul 29, 2008 7:12 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

He's no slouch

That’s for sure

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
Track 'em Tigers - An SB Nation Blog for Auburn Tigers fans

by Mr Redbird on Jul 29, 2008 7:18 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

The plan was to be aggressive right?

by Tackle Box on Jul 29, 2008 7:14 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

uhhhhh

i went to go stir rice and the top of the first was over?

wtf?

by stlcardinalsfang on Jul 29, 2008 7:16 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

To bad we don't still have Reyes

He does a heck of a job against AAA, which is the lineup we are facing tonight

gonna need more franklins to get through this one.

by hoofhearted-pujols on Jul 29, 2008 7:16 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

haha

sad but true. must suck to be a braves fan right now.

by stlcardinalsfang on Jul 29, 2008 7:17 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

Speaking of Reyes

This Campillo fella reminds me of a slightly chubbier version of Al Reyes.

by Tackle Box on Jul 29, 2008 7:18 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

I can see that

gonna need more franklins to get through this one.

by hoofhearted-pujols on Jul 29, 2008 7:18 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

For those of us who have cable blackout problems

Good news, tomorrow night’s game is scheduled to be blacked out!

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

by mattyfrommo on Jul 29, 2008 7:18 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

whew, I read the list wrong

I was starting to get a little pissy

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

by mattyfrommo on Jul 29, 2008 7:19 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

i'm blacked out tommorrow by family

which sucks.

by stlcardinalsfang on Jul 29, 2008 7:21 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

+1

rehersal dinner… on a wed… for a wedding on sat…
i’m pissed.

"Them Cubbies can kiss my ass" -Dizzy Dean

by Molina4MVP on Jul 29, 2008 7:25 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

come on Colonel settle down

that scared the crap outta me

They say I look like yadier molina

by ANDYAK47 on Jul 29, 2008 7:19 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

wait a minute AL

did he just say Kotchman was a better player than Tex?

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

by mattyfrommo on Jul 29, 2008 7:20 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

if he did than he is a bigger idiot than I thought

They say I look like yadier molina

by ANDYAK47 on Jul 29, 2008 7:21 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

He also wants Wainwright to close...

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Jul 29, 2008 7:22 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

yes he did

for the money he is but, money a side, tex is better its not even close

"Textbooks are Soviet propaganda" - Rev. Jerry Falwell

by elirock83 on Jul 29, 2008 7:32 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

I could have swore he said Tex was the better hitter

But Kotchman was the better player

* sarcasm might be involved in this comment

by mattyfrommo on Jul 29, 2008 7:23 PM EDT reply reply 0 recs

still a stupid thing to say

they both play first base and Tex has considerable more power and just overall much better offensively

They say I look like yadier molina

by ANDYAK47 on Jul 29, 2008 7:25 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs

What does that even mean?

When you’re discussing firstbasemen, what else is there but offense? It is a position where the difference between the best and worst gloveman has a minimal impact on a club. That’s ridiculous. Why does The Mad Hungarian get to call these games?

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Jul 29, 2008 7:27 PM EDT up reply reply 0 recs