Game 145: Three more wins to third place

by Doghouse on Sep 12, 2011 10:01 PM EDT

via www.fangraphs.com

One more out to quality: Ross Detwiler (-8.9%) gets through 5.2 IP scoreless, then walks two, gives up 2 ER, and comes out.
Revenge of the scrubs: Steve Lombardozzi (+12.7%) singles in Brian Bixler (-21.7%) for the winning run (+18.9%).
Playin' wiffleball: Jayson Werth (+10.4%) is 3-4 with a double. Wilson Ramos (+16.8%) is 2-4 with an RBI, and Rick Ankiel is 1-4 with an RBI (+17.8%).
I'm running out of synonyms for "dependable": Tyler Clippard (+22.9%) throws two perfect innings in relief.
Only slightly interesting: Drew Storen (+17.5%) walks one but doesn't allow any runs to get the save.

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You're looking for the wrong synonyms for Clip...

T3H AW3S0M3 is what you want!

"player development" should not be gladiator games. by cat daddy3000 on Aug 6, 2011

by MissB on Sep 12, 2011 10:14 PM EDT reply actions

TH3 AW3SOM3 Flying Goggl3d Clipp3r

by FreddieBallgame on Sep 12, 2011 10:28 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

I don't think he's wearing the goggles anymore

When I watched over the weekend, it looked like “regular” eyeglasses…

Brain: "Pinky, are you pondering what i'm pondering?"
Pinky: "Yes, ... wait, ... no, ... never mind"

by jbg2772 on Sep 13, 2011 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions

Fail lineup is win?

Up is down, hot is cold in bizarro world

by TJL on Sep 12, 2011 10:42 PM EDT reply actions

Davey = teh jeenyus!

"I don't believe in luck, but it was just one of those things where it wasn't really skill, either." --Jerry, jr.

by Doghouse on Sep 12, 2011 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Squirrel, meet acorn. Acorn, squirrel and its guide dog

AAA 1-2. Although, from what I read in Kilgore, Davey had (mostly) defensible reasons. (Warning: possible block quote fail!)

Manager Davey Johnson gave Lombardozzi the start Monday night because regular second baseman Danny Espinosa has fallen into slumps after facing Mets starter R.A. Dickey, a knuckleballer.

Bob & F.P. said Bixler got the start basically because he’s such a good soldier who hasn’t played for a while.

Ah, September, when non-contenders play plug-and-play with prospects and other call-ups…

Brain: "Pinky, are you pondering what i'm pondering?"
Pinky: "Yes, ... wait, ... no, ... never mind"

by jbg2772 on Sep 13, 2011 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions

A 4 AB mistake........for DOZZERr.

DEZ should have played last night. Sat out tonight………..We have no need to see Bixler.,

by artistfork on Sep 13, 2011 9:45 AM EDT up reply actions

even block quotes are winning!

by TJL on Sep 13, 2011 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions

What hogwash. The guy’s getting paid $400,000 — over $2500 per game — to sit around and wait to be called on to pinch-run. He knows he’s lucky to be in his situation, so it’s not like he’s going to raise a stink about his playing time.

Rob

-- In baseball we trust.

by RobBobS on Sep 13, 2011 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions

That's about what he said on the pre-game with C&D

DJ was “respecting the scrubs” (um, I’m paraphrasing slightly) by giving them some playing time (somewhere, Riggs is staring at last night’s lineup in bafflement, looking in vain for Alex Cora) and also resting Des and Espy against Dickey, as he noted they were hitting “combined, less than a .100” against him….

"I don't believe in luck, but it was just one of those things where it wasn't really skill, either." --Jerry, jr.

by Doghouse on Sep 13, 2011 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions