March 7, 2007
The Unstoppable Redlegs vs. Pure Evil 3/7
By
KC2HMZ
Posted at 5:45 pm
Courtesy of The Consigliere:
The Unstoppable Redlegs
Ryan Freel CF
Chris Denorfia LF
Edwin Encarnación 3B
Jeff Conine 1B
Brandon Phillips 2B
Josh Hamilton DH
Javier Valentín C
Juan Castro SS
Norris Hopper RF
Bobby Livingston P
Pure Evil
Melky Cabrera CF
Derek Jeter SS
Jason Giambi DH
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Hideki Matsui LF
Jorge Posada C
Robinson Cano 2B
Doug Mientkiewicz 1B
Kevin Thompson RF
Andy Pettitte P
Narron to Conine: “Hey, Nine, grab a bat and kill this rally.”
Conine to Narron: “Sure thing, Skip!”
(Obviously so far, so good for Pettitte, too, but, to be fair, he *is* pitching against Conine.)
Livingston seems to be giving up a lot of hits, but they haven’t hurt him yet. Thanks in no small part to Pay-Rod running that stop sign.
LOL yes RHM, it was Conine after all.
🙁
Sure ’nuff.
Gotta love the ol’ Out-Of-The-Basepath DP
Kevin Thompson hits one to LF, drops in in front of Hammer. Base hit.
KT has great speed, but not enough to avoid the tag. Melky gets a GIDP.
Thompson griped about other players being called up instead of him, which of course means he’s now way at the back of the depth chart….
Base hit for Jeter, a missile that gets past Conine…
Livingston hits Giambi on the back.
Mariano Rivera? Wow, they ARE putting in all the big guns!
Yeah, Beam warmed up but Mo came in.
Mo needs to throw regularly, or he loses his edge.
Mo strikes out Hamilton looking.
Al Leiter thinks it was a new pitch for Mo – a splitter.
It’s not a small back…
And A-Rod makes fielding a grounder look a lot harder than it should be. If it was anyone but the catcher running, he might have himself another error.
Gawd, I hope he doesn’t get the yips again. I’m not a particular fan of A-Rod, but it’s just painful to watch him already.
Here’s another guy who could end up as the closer, Brad Salmon
Full count, Matsui hits one hard…right at Phillips.
Posada hits one to left-center.
Cano GIDP to end the inning.
Yes! A twin killing and another scoreless inning for Pure Evil.
Robby Cano was an all-star last year, and deservedly so. But he’s lousy at situational hitting. He hits much better with bases empty than with runners on.
He’s only 23, though, so he’ll improve.
Woo! A double for Castro.
Cano sounds like Dunn. 😀
C’mon guys, don’t strand our no-bat utility infielder. He doesn’t get doubles just every day!
Did Sterling just say castro is hurt?
Cano is a contact hitter, not a power hitter like Dunn. High BA, not much power…yet. He reminds me a little of Sori, only with more plate discipline and better defense. He used to swing at everything, but he’s getting a bit more patient.
No, he said “Castro at third.” Phew! Where’s the emoticon for “relieved”?
:confused:
Dickerson spells Freel in center and Rule 5 guy #2 (Burton) takes the hill
I didn’t hear anything about Castro being hurt, but I *am* feverish.
I dunno, BF, inability to hit with RISP, patience at the plate…Cano could be on his way to subpar defense. 😛
I saw mention of Burton in one of the papers recently, but I don’t remember the Reds picking him up. Was I just sleeping ( :doze: ) or was it a pretty quiet deal?
Dang, the Yankees are taking their lumps today.
Castro got to 3B on a wild pitch. He’s not hurt.
The knock on Cano was his defense was subpar, but aside from a slight tendency to be lazy last season (which he worked hard to fix), he’s been great. Much better than Soriano ever was.
They got him in the Rule 5 draft, RHM. It kind of got overlooked because of all the hubbub concerning Hamilton.
I must say, I wasn’t expecting a pitchers’ duel tonight.
Rasner is a guy a I hope succeeds. He had a blistering high-90s fastball. But he suffered a seriously arm injury, and never got his speed back. His fastball tops out at 88 or 89 mph now. So the Nats dumped him. The Yanks picked him up off their trash heap. And he’s been pretty good, though he has to do it with location now, instead of heat.
Not with Pure Evil running their regulars out there against the Reds’ “B” team, no. I didn’t either, BF.
The Consigliere gave us a plug on his blog, but he spelled it wrong:
# Top 2: Jeff Conine took a day to realize he was supposed to be Unstoppable. Singles to right. Brandon Phillips. Unstoppable. Single to left. Brings up Wonderboy. Roy Hobbs. Alive. Wearing 33 in red. Walks. The Latin Love Machine (not my nickname, just couldn’t improve upon Red Hot Momma’s) Ks. Juan Castro to make Pettitte pay. And by ‘make Pettitte pay’ I meant 6-4-3, of course. 0-0. Babe Ruth. Still dead.
The misspelling is a link, too
And A-Rod hits one through the gap. They put a pinch-runner in for him, since he screwed up so bad last time.
Well, you got your wish on Rasner, BF, he put up three goose-eggs.
7th inning stretch. Still no score. They need to put Bubba in. They’ve won every game he’s played in. 😉
The Lizard on the mound, Jorgenson catching, Janish at short.
And it’s The Lizard. Cano up…
Bellhorn at second, Votto at first.
Denorfia’s out of there too, Sterling and Waldman don’t know who’s in left field. Scoreless after seven.
Kevin Thompson probably has more raw speed than Bubba, but he wasn’t as good on the basepaths or in the outfield. Just didn’t have the instincts Bubba has.
The fact that Thompson is only, like, 5 feet tall doesn’t help…
I’m back and my kid’s scarlet feverish little booty is in bed. What’d I miss? Still scoreless, I see.
Bubba’s on deck!
Massive substitutions have taken place, but still no score
Dickerson K, Crosby will hit for Heartthrob
Aw. The Yankees fans remember Bubba.
How nice to get a shout-out from C Trent. I’m feeling the love. If I had a Google or Blogger account, I’d tell him thanks over there. 🙂
Go Bubba!
YES! Home run by Votto!
Votto swings on the first pitch. 1-0 Reds.
Yay Votto!