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Game 116 Overflow 2

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Probably getting to be about the late innings now, eh? This should be fascinating...

Or, Jo-El blew it and we're down by six. Either way.

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So, um

What the hell is going on? Can we play baseball now?

by mojowo11 on Aug 6, 2008 10:49 PM EDT   0 recs

Wainwright is officially the closer

By Perez pitching the 8th, that means Izzy/Franklin will be the closer tonight.

That means they are keeping the seat warm for Wainwright, who will be pitching Friday in Memphis.

I’d imagine that means Wainwright will come out of the bullpen in Memphis over the weekend and become the closer next week.

Still looking for 1985 Regular Season games on DVD/VHS

by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 10:53 PM EDT   0 recs

TLR should be fired.

boo cubs, hooray beer

by Raconteur on Aug 6, 2008 10:53 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

maybe

may be that cp goes until he has trouble and then it’s springer. no formal 3 out/1 inning save tonight

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, perhaps you haven't grasped the situation!

by sportsman on Aug 6, 2008 10:54 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

i figure

waino will start in memphis, i bet, just so he can get more pitches, see the strength of his arm and the effectiveness of his curveball.
then they can determine if he will be our cloer

"Them Cubbies can kiss my ass" -Dizzy Dean

by Molina4MVP on Aug 6, 2008 10:54 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

starting rehab games means nothing

izzy was starting games during his rehab.

by adiueordie on Aug 6, 2008 10:54 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

he was pitching 2 innings

not really the same thing, let’s see how long Wainwright goes in the minors first.

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by mattyfrommo on Aug 6, 2008 10:56 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

i know

i was saying that i didn’t think waino would come out of the bulpen in memphis….

"Them Cubbies can kiss my ass" -Dizzy Dean

by Molina4MVP on Aug 6, 2008 10:59 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

We'll see

I see this as the Chris Perez audition. If he’s solid for his next few outings, he’ll probably get a look as the closer. Otherwise, Waino it is.

Should be interesting.

by mojowo11 on Aug 6, 2008 10:55 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

If Wainwright becomes the closer

it’s an indictment of LaRussa and Mozeliak. It is an indictment of LaRussa’s inability to allow Perez to be the closer and Mozeliak trying to coverup the fact he couldn’t acquire a reliever at the deadline by taking the teams best pitcher and making him only pitch 1 inning a night.

Still looking for 1985 Regular Season games on DVD/VHS

by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 10:57 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Perez coming out for the 9th

LOL YOU’RE GETTING WRONGER BY THE MINUTE!

Seriously though, I hope to hell you’re wrong. Just at LEAST let Perez try closing.

by mojowo11 on Aug 6, 2008 11:01 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

he's going to springer in the 9th

the begining of the closer by committee conundrum

by cardsfaninmass on Aug 6, 2008 10:53 PM EDT   0 recs

he better be

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by mattyfrommo on Aug 6, 2008 10:56 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Perez embarasses Kent

boo cubs, hooray beer

by Raconteur on Aug 6, 2008 10:54 PM EDT   0 recs

love it

strikeouts from left-center

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Aug 6, 2008 10:54 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

you can't hit what you can see Jeff!

Perez bringing the H E A T

I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!

by gdm426 on Aug 6, 2008 10:54 PM EDT   0 recs

97 & 98 on gameday

same on FSN?

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by mattyfrommo on Aug 6, 2008 10:57 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

wait...gamedays just said perez threw a changeup

is that true those watching the game?

by VolsnCards5 on Aug 6, 2008 10:54 PM EDT   0 recs

74

it better have been a changeup

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by mattyfrommo on Aug 6, 2008 10:58 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

sorry but

you reminded me of office space there

I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2

by punchinjudy on Aug 6, 2008 10:57 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

do you ever have to apologize

for referencing Office Space?

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by mattyfrommo on Aug 6, 2008 10:59 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

well since it was the O face line

i thought maybe O O O

I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2

by punchinjudy on Aug 6, 2008 11:04 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

3rd Bass?

Really?

So says, Titus Pullo (formerly The Dude)

by Titus Pullo on Aug 6, 2008 11:28 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

And by that I mean

this

So says, Titus Pullo (formerly The Dude)

by Titus Pullo on Aug 6, 2008 11:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Pop Pop Goes the Weasel

I actually really liked MC Search.

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 7, 2008 12:22 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Jeez, who wants that guy as your closer?

I mean, he actually gets outs, he sucks.

boo cubs, hooray beer

by Raconteur on Aug 6, 2008 10:55 PM EDT   0 recs

now that's how a reliever should pitch

takes notes Frank & IZZY

I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!

by gdm426 on Aug 6, 2008 10:55 PM EDT   0 recs

Five pitches, two outs

amazing

Testicle-exploding shit storm, circa 7/12/08 - We will never forget!

by bjork24 on Aug 6, 2008 10:55 PM EDT   0 recs

Good job, Perez

Keep him in for the 9th

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 6, 2008 10:55 PM EDT   0 recs

no - springer

Perez does better in one inning (which is why he should’ve come in in the 9th

by cardsfaninmass on Aug 6, 2008 10:57 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

He threw five pitches

That’s like an extension of his warmups

Cardinal fan in the heart of Braves country
DFA Adam Kennedy and Randy Flores!
"Just because nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist."

by Mr Redbird on Aug 6, 2008 10:57 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

5 pitches

Surely, he can go one more?

by punditmoi on Aug 6, 2008 10:55 PM EDT   0 recs

Inning

Not pitch, I mean.

by punditmoi on Aug 6, 2008 10:56 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

if cp pitches well, he'll close

if not, waino

it’s too deflating to lose the se leads. if it takes waino to stop the bleeding, then so be it

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, perhaps you haven't grasped the situation!

by sportsman on Aug 6, 2008 10:56 PM EDT   0 recs

it's reviewed by the commish office

and if they agree with the dodger’s they restart the game from the protest point.

it never happens.

by stlcardinalsfang on Aug 6, 2008 10:58 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

you forget the

George Brett pine tar game

New Member of the Skip Schumaker Fan Club

by cyko42 on Aug 6, 2008 10:59 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

mine too

but that is the most often used example of a game under protest being restarted from the point of contention

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by cyko42 on Aug 6, 2008 11:01 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

an nba game was restarted this year

after a player fouled out on his fifth foul.

by stlcardinalsfang on Aug 6, 2008 11:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm just saying

never is a long time….
It rarely happens and I doubt if the Commish does it in this situation

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by cyko42 on Aug 6, 2008 11:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

they were pissed about sweeney being announced

cuz they wanted to use kent….and then they both ended up being announced and sweeney got used.

by stlcardinalsfang on Aug 6, 2008 10:57 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

They accidentally burned through a pinch-hitter

Sweeney walked all the way to the box, then they decided to pull him back for Kent.

They ended up accidentally using both players. So Sweeney was wasted.

by mojowo11 on Aug 6, 2008 10:57 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

umps called sweeney in the game and torre says he never formally put him in

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, perhaps you haven't grasped the situation!

by sportsman on Aug 6, 2008 10:58 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Sweeney came to PH

the pressbox announced him before he was officially in the game, Torre took him out and put in Kent, TLR argued that he had been announced, so the Dodgers lost Sweeney because the pressbox screwed up.

Still looking for 1985 Regular Season games on DVD/VHS

by Hardcore Legend on Aug 6, 2008 10:58 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

was he in the batter's box?

doesn’t that count too? If not, it should

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by mattyfrommo on Aug 6, 2008 11:01 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

That's the rule

If a PH takes his place in the batter’s box, if a pitcher takes his place on the rubber, if a fielder reaches the position he’s entering in, or if a PR reaches the place of the runner he’s replacing, the sub is official even if not announced.

by whopperman on Aug 6, 2008 11:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

because TLR is smarter than Joe Torre

Torre sent up his batter too quick and wanted to change his mind.

It’s one of those “welcome to the NL” things. I remember when TLR got screwed by Bobby Cox his first year here for first signaling the pitching change before telling the ump of the double switch.

by enoscountry on Aug 6, 2008 10:58 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

he'll leave perez in

until a left handed batter comes up

by the Tewk on Aug 6, 2008 10:58 PM EDT   0 recs

it would be stupid not to throw perez in the 9th

When the time comes for me to not be bothered by losing that is when I know it is time to retire my fandom

by ANDYAK47 on Aug 6, 2008 10:59 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs