Big Pelf faces Corey Kluber.
I don't want to overstate the healing power of baseball here, but I need this game. The last couple of days since Nayasha's death have been harsh as reality starts to set in. Baseball, though, brings me together with you folks, with my wife (who's been humoring me by watching more games lately) and with Pat Neshek, who routinely helps me board the train to the next level on Candy Crush Saga (really).
Though I'm not totally hopeless, I doubt we'll stick this close to .500 much longer, specifically with Pelfrey up there. Still, I need this game, and I'm anxious for it to start.
Go Twins. Surprise me a little.
move Mauer to 3rd! (in the batting order)
2:1 strikeouts to walks for Mauer. Not good.
That's some solid motivation there, sean.
I'm in a hilariously small hotel room tonight. It has a vending machine with beer in it, but I don't have any cash. D'oh.
Also, its 2 am and I can't sleep, but I do have Yankees-A's on tv.
Plouffe-da! Sweet!
Edit: Accidentally jammed this in the tiny hotel room with cheaps -sorry dude!
Be more careful, this room just isn't big enough for that.
you're in tokyo, right? go find a konbini. they're everywhere and should have everything you need (and they accept cards)
I probably should have emailed you as soon as I knew I was going to have to spend a night here. Its too late now, since I'm heading back to the airport in about three hours.
d'oh. are you flying out of narita? if so, there's a lawson somewhere in there. i would highly recommend stocking up on snacks and drinks before you go. i would kill (not really) to have a konbini within walking distance of my house.
I'll be on the lookout.
Heh, it looks like there is a konbini attached to this hotel.unfotunately, I was too travelweary to explore.
If you get to a bar and have Soba noodles, get the raw Wasabi root and use the scraper to pile it into your bowl. Booom!!
PLOOOOFFFFF
PlOOuffe!
PLOOF.
Pelfrey hitting mid-90s now. There might be hope for him.
I would really like him to be my Doumit for this year.
So far, so good. Chelsea beat ManU right before this game started and everything, and I have my first Sunday off in probably a couple of months.
Strikeout: check. Walk: check. Home run next time for Mauer.
strikeout and a walk for Mauer so far. I expect a HR in the next at bat.
Its weird seeing people actually drink the beer in commercials over here.
I thot it was weird they had beer vending machines on the street.
Wait. Bremer admitting that errors and fielding percentage might not be the best way to determine good fielding teams? Coomer saying that even though Detroit has the best fielding percentage in the league, he wouldn't consider them an average fielding team? That was bordering on mildly insightful.
Wow. So, progress, or did he go on to make some bizzare conclusion anyway?
No weird conclusions, though the third out happened fairly shortly after the above conversation, so they never really had a chance to follow up on it.
And also, as Sean notes, there's not a lot of consistency in his views on the subject.
Romewasn't built in a day.
Dick bemoaning that errors "can be a misleading stat". A week after pointing out that Detroit has done well defensively, he now says they aren't despite not having many errors.
why didnt Plouffe just leave his glove on the ground and let the runner slide into it?
Seeing home runs hit off of Andy Pettite warms my heart.
All sorts of warmed hearts tonight.
Wait, what? Coomer, Deduno isn't exactly a "young" pitcher.
I was going to say "he's younger than I am", but he's not.
So, yeah... not a young pitcher.
Pelfrey's actually looking pretty good today.
Agreed. Five strikeouts, one walk, and he's not unbearably slow.
Time for Joe to hit that home run.
I can accept not making an out.
Dick stumbles upon a key point in catcher framing and Coomer replies with yeah, duh. Neither realize they are discussing a huge component of what makes catchers good catchers.
Well dammit, now how are they supposed to score?
Vavra'd.
yay
boo
Vavra'd
looks like Willingham wasnt looking at Vavra.
really late call by vavra, but i'd put most of the blame on willie there.
Trivia question in Cleveland: Name the three active players with multiple batting titles.
For as few as they have, I guess that was pretty easy.
Completely forgot about the third one in your list.
Glad to hear I'm not the only one.
Also, I think I'm surprised that he only has two.
dido.
Got 1 and 3. Surprised I forgot about 2.
same.
Isn't that a requirement to play for the yanquis?
Huh. Willingham stopped after rounding second and then ran to third. Looks like he was only looking at the right fielder after stopping.
I'd like to see the ball end up in the right field seats here.
Deduno's first start and nothing has changed:
Very Dedunoesque.
That was a very long one-run half-inning...
I don't think I need to see Pelf back out for the sixth inning- be happy with the five good innings, Gardy.
The way he'd been pitching, I was okay with it. That could have changed, but... yeah, I'm typing this after he had a great inning, so...
I'd like to repeat the sentiment for the seventh inning, just to get it on the record.
And after Roenicke's first couple of batters faced, I think I'd like to go back to Pelfrey.
I would've agreed with you.
I dislike Nick Swisher, but he uses Black Keys 'Gold on the Ceiling' as walk up music.
I like him a lot. He's spent most of his career in the worst uniforms, though.
I admire his charity work, and would love for him to be on the Twins. But it seems like everytime its a 'clutch' situation he jacks a homer against a poor Twins pitcher. And yeah, White Sox, Yankees, Tribe..puke
Wild finally get a game on NBC mothership, and its preempted by an overtime game.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Not a home run, but a solid double is good!
That's the type of swing I like to see form Mauer.
One of the most annoying things about Gameday is that it doesn't allow watching video highlights between innings.
Morneau needs to work on the bunting a bit more. I applaud the thought though.
yeah, the execution was definitely lacking.
And the ticker at the bottom says James had 120 of the 121 first-place votes for the NBA MVP. I wonder who didn't vote for him.
Probably someone from Cleveland.
the other vote went to Carmelo Anthony. LOL
Did LaVelle have a vote?
haha, mauer and perkins (missed the 3rd guy) as the hansen brothers.
I think it was Duensing.
I think it was Duensing.
Hell of a play by Carroll there.
nifty defensive play by Carroll
Agent Smith splits into 5 agents like in the Matrix and makes a special play.
Obligatory?
Provii just in the middle of a rambling comment on how quiet Santana's bat has been.
No more, Perk.
pmki!
One bat gave its life for that Perkins save.
That and The Montechristo my favorite Perkins' dishes.
Back to almost .500!
Mike Pelfrey will be comeback player of the year! We're still on track for 148-14!