Game 148: Swept into 3rd place!

by Doghouse on Sep 15, 2011 5:14 PM EDT

via www.fangraphs.com

Coming along nicely: Tommy Milone (+29.5%) goes 5.2 IP with 1 ER on 4 Ks and 3 BBs.
Not helping: Collin Balester (-9.3%) cashes in a runner he inherited from Milone.
He fields pretty well, too: Rick Ankiel (+20.6%) is 1-2 with a walk and a big reached-on-error, which scored a run to break a scoreless tie in the 5th and put runners 2nd/3rd (+15.1%).
Putting out the fire: Todd Coffey (+13.0%) gets a fly out to defuse a bases-loaded jam after Henry Rodriguez (-5.9%) walks 3 and can't get the last out in the 7th.
Thriving with competition? Ian Desmond (+17.1%) is 5-6 with 3 RBIs.

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How'd you beat my Sweep fan shot up!

#quickdraw

Vivian Jaffe: "Have you ever transcended space and time?"
Albert Markovski: "Yes. No. Uh, time, not space... No, I don't know what you're talking about."

by Patrick Reddington on Sep 15, 2011 5:16 PM EDT reply actions

I had the article mostly written for the last two innings...

…except the title. I find that putting the title in before the game ends is a tad… jinxy.

"If you ain't got the pants, you ain't got a chance." --PerryMason

by Doghouse on Sep 15, 2011 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah....have to wait for the actual outcome.

That’s why I’m sometimes late on the strikeout icons…I won’t even think about them until it happens…no pre-pasting, no preparing the comment in advance.

I try to heed the Jinx Overlords and stay in their favor.

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

by MissB on Sep 15, 2011 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions

I hate waiting..

every time Charlie starts getting excited about a deep fly I’m already jamming out the exclamation marks that go after the HR :)

I get a lot of Shift-Home-Delete action..

by dc Roach on Sep 15, 2011 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions

Hey Doghouse, I just noticed your tag line!
I’m honored, but in spirit of full disclosure, I have to admit that the line was lifted from a Loudon Wainwright lll song, “Bell Bottom Pants”, which is on his 1973 LP “Attempted Mustache”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmBbflnONMk

by PerryMason on Sep 16, 2011 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions

Also, in the spirit of full disclosure, I’m proud to say that I’ve never owned a pair of bell bottom pants!

by PerryMason on Sep 16, 2011 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions

The credit is for applying the quote in an appropriately awesome context.

"If you ain't got the pants, you ain't got a chance." --PerryMason

by Doghouse on Sep 16, 2011 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions

We got 10 runs

With Morse going oh-fer. Crazy!

Desi was monstrous today, too. 3rd place here we come.

by terpsDC on Sep 15, 2011 5:32 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Third place, here we are! Now, we just have to hold it! “IF” we can break the Marlins jinx, we have a good shot at it. The Mets have a much tougher remaining schedule, as do the Marlins…..but we HAVE to take care of business against Florida. 75 Wins is also becoming more and more of a possibility…..my prediction was 75, with a possibility of .500 if the chips fell in our favor. Considering all the injuries during the first half, I’d say the chips didn’t fall our way.

"Integrity First, Service Before Self, Excellence In All We Do" - USAF Core Values

by sullyzz on Sep 15, 2011 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Title Should Have Been......

“Dez’d Into Third Place!” Ian Desmond is the spotlight of this game, and arguably, the series. Way to go IAN!

"Integrity First, Service Before Self, Excellence In All We Do" - USAF Core Values

by sullyzz on Sep 15, 2011 5:34 PM EDT reply actions

Mongoos Rawks!!!

A top game in his career undoubtedly.

by dc Roach on Sep 15, 2011 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions

I’m really liking “Mongoos”…..but I also like “Slick Six” that I believe “whupass” calls him?

"Integrity First, Service Before Self, Excellence In All We Do" - USAF Core Values

by sullyzz on Sep 15, 2011 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions

You can't pin him down.

NatsNewsNetwork:
Of course the day I write an analytical piece about Ian Desmond he goes 5-for-6 with three RBIs. #Nats

by dc Roach on Sep 15, 2011 5:38 PM EDT reply actions

Someone PLEASE tell Dave to write more analytical pieces on Ian! lol

"Integrity First, Service Before Self, Excellence In All We Do" - USAF Core Values

by sullyzz on Sep 15, 2011 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions

especially when I suspect Gloomy Dave was being gloomy about Ian (without reading a single word, yet…)

"LESS LOON...!!!" by MissB on Sep 12, 2011
"He only knows what strengths he wants his players to have." -by RobBobS on Aug 24, 2011

by cat daddy3000 on Sep 15, 2011 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions

not being gloomy

but he was certainly questioning whether Ian can sustain the production of the past month and a half.

Link

by dc Roach on Sep 15, 2011 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Keep Questioning, Dave!!!!

heh…

"LESS LOON...!!!" by MissB on Sep 12, 2011
"He only knows what strengths he wants his players to have." -by RobBobS on Aug 24, 2011

by cat daddy3000 on Sep 15, 2011 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Dave does some really great work, and I enjoy the majority of his stuff, but he is a little too negative about those he does not necessarily like, and little biased towards those he favors. I’d like his commentary alot more, if he were a little more objective, and a little less subjective.

"Integrity First, Service Before Self, Excellence In All We Do" - USAF Core Values

by sullyzz on Sep 15, 2011 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions

I don’t think this is the case at all, Dave really likes Ian Desmond, he just thinks he should take more pitches and shorten his swing more often.

Aim for the head baby Jesus

by Doncosmic on Sep 15, 2011 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

+1

by PerryMason on Sep 15, 2011 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions

Morse is struggling

At this rate he won’t be hitting over .300 much longer. Wasn’t that long ago he was 3rd in the NL at around .320.

by Expos 4ever on Sep 15, 2011 5:41 PM EDT reply actions

Only 10 players in the NL have an average over .300

He’s still one of them.

by dc Roach on Sep 15, 2011 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Winning Record......

Against the Mets. If we sweep the Marlins, Braves and Phillies in our remaining games, we will have a winning record against ALL NL East opponents!

"Integrity First, Service Before Self, Excellence In All We Do" - USAF Core Values

by sullyzz on Sep 15, 2011 5:44 PM EDT reply actions

Somehow I'm not betting the mortgage on that one

Still I am hopeful that my 3rd place prediction will hold true.

"I was a victim of a series of accidents. As are we all."
---Malachi Constant

by The Herndon Kid on Sep 15, 2011 8:02 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

lighting misses the meltdown by the skin of his teeth with a -5.9%

by TJL on Sep 15, 2011 8:14 PM EDT reply actions

No, it really was meltdown

It was monumentally bad. No excuses, he’s too much of a disaster risk.

Rob

-- In baseball we trust.

by RobBobS on Sep 16, 2011 10:41 AM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions

Your point stands, but...

…the meltdown is technically -6.0% WPA or worse, so Hot Rod officiallly had a “meh” outing, no how matter how many ulcers he aggravated in NatsTown.

"If you ain't got the pants, you ain't got a chance." --PerryMason

by Doghouse on Sep 16, 2011 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions

The 6% number is arbitrary

My ulcer is not.

Rob

-- In baseball we trust.

by RobBobS on Sep 16, 2011 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions

It's like saying "Player X's numbers since 3pm August 29th..."

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

by jbg2772 on Sep 16, 2011 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Not quite..

…the folks who came up with Meltdown/Shutdown tried to scale a SD to match the average WPA from a hold (as I recall—+6%), and made the MD the inverse.

"If you ain't got the pants, you ain't got a chance." --PerryMason (on the sartorial component of being a Real Ballplayer)

by Doghouse on Sep 16, 2011 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions