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Arizona Diamondbacks @ Atlanta Braves


Well we get to go up against the ugliest man to ever play major league baseball today! Thats right, Randy Johnson is pitching for the D-Backs. I will say I am surprised that he is doing as well as he has this year. I was under the impression that he had no cartilage left in his knees and that isn't a situation that is conducive to pitching in the Majors. Whatever. The sooner he gets his 300th win the sooner we don't have to look at him anymore.

The surprising Jorge Campillo will be throwing for the Braves. This dude just uses smoke and mirrors to get people out. I love it, but I don't know how long it will last. Today will be the best test because the D-Backs offense has some serious scrempf.

I think we really need to take the last couple of games in the series for the simple fact that this is one of the best teams in the league and we need to prove that we can run with the big boys. What we really need is for Tex to find his power stroke. I know he has been hitting much better lately but I want to see him hit 5 homers in a week so people will be even more afraid to pitch to him and Chipper. Chipper is hitting .415 by the way. Maybe we should do some kind of poll where we guess what day Chipper finally drops below .400 for good. I'll have to run it by Gondeee.

Next Game

Arizona Diamondbacks
@ Atlanta Braves

Saturday, May 24, 2008, 3:55 PM EDT
Turner Field

Randy Johnson vs Jorge Campillo

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing from left to right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 80.

 

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Ironically

This is the one game where I feel we have the best chance. Yes, the game featuring the last guy who pitched the last Perfect Game, in our home, no less. Since all other teams’ fans are so quick to point out our “old farts” in Smoltz and Glavine, I will be the one to mention that Johnson is older than both of them, and his velocity and stuff in general has been on the same natural downward progression as all other farts.

The Dbacks haven’t seen Revolucion, and this may or may not work to our advantage. Not to go on the John Madden scale of obvious quotes, but this is a game, in which we have to score some freaking runs. Watching last night’s game, Arizona is too athletic, too fast, and too talented to beat in a grinder-game. We don’t have the luxury of Smoltz this time around to stop them. Pretty much every player on their team brings speed, and the most glaring thing from last night was Yunel making the great diving stop, but by the time he was even close to a throwing position, the runner was on 1st. And we all know that Yunel has a Wurlitzer for an arm.

Anyway, I’m blabbing – I’ll be around for the game, despite the gorgeous Atlanta weather this game would be; too much home-errands and packing to do, so I’ll be getting tipsy with the home folks later on.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 1:01 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I agree

This the game the D-Backs don’t shape up well on paper. RJ is inconsistent about allowing runs but has been consistent in allowing hits. Alternatively, D-Backs have trouble with pitchers who they haven’t seen before. So, if the D-Backs pull this out then it will be a gift. On the other hand, Owings will hit for the cycle tomorrow and Webb will pitch his own perfecto on Monday. So have fun today Braves fans!

by UofAZGrad on May 24, 2008 3:40 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Heh....

Remember Jim’s rules….

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 3:42 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I do

I gave them today’s game so I thought it was ok to boast about Owings/Webb.

by UofAZGrad on May 24, 2008 3:57 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I know.

I’m not saying you violated them, just saying, keep ‘em in mind.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 3:58 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The issue isn't his knees.

The issue is that he has nothing left IN HIS BACK.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 1:15 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Smoltzie to pitch..

...in Tennessee tonight in a rehab appearance. I would drive up to Knoxville to the game, but it’s almost as far as going to Atlanta, so I guess not. Too bad it’s not against Chattanooga instead; I would be there. I’ve been to the Smokie’s park once—not really at the game, but watched the last inning or so. We were camping in a KOA-type campground, saw bright lights through the trees, walked over and were looking down on right field. It’s not actually in Knoxville, but sort of out in middle of nowhere off the interstate. I love baseball.

by sddbaker on May 24, 2008 2:08 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Lineups


C. Young cf
S. Drew ss
O. Hudson 2b
C. Jackson 1b
J. Upton rf
E. Byrnes lf
M. Montero c
M. Reynolds 3b
R. Johnson p

Y. Escobar ss
O. Infante 2b
C. Jones 3b
M. Teixeira 1b
J. Francoeur rf
M. Diaz lf
C. Miller c
G. Blanco cf
J. Campillo p

-RETIRE, BOBBY COX!-

by sdp on May 24, 2008 3:22 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I LOVE

Those Boys and Girls club commercials.

Prince Fielder: “Do you know how many times I struck out?”
Kid: “125.”
Fielder: ”...........”
Kid: ”...But you did have 28 home runs!”

Haren: “Do you know how many home runs I gave up last year?”
Kid: “24”
Haren: ”...........”
Kid: “But you did have 192 strike outs!”

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 3:56 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   1 recs

+1

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 3:57 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Dammit

my fox affiliate is showing the white sox-angels game, and the game is blacked out on MLB.tv. this combined with B-lineup, is a bad omen for me.

by KC Braves on May 24, 2008 3:56 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

w00t

who’s here and who’s drinkin’ growlers?

by jug on May 24, 2008 3:58 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh yeah

I brought some more beer today, folks, a few growlers’ worth.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 3:58 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not drinking yet

But I’m here.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 3:59 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

KJ and SK

why aren’t the in lineup? Just a day off or?

by jug on May 24, 2008 3:59 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Simple

They’re lefties. Bobby wants righties to go against Johnson. Defies logic, sometimes.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:00 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh...

In that case, why is FYF in there?

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:01 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Haha

No alternative?

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:02 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yes...

Just take an out. Better than a Vidro.

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:04 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Start the inning with one out...

Like a slow-pitch softball game.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:05 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Rev

starting early!

by jug on May 24, 2008 3:59 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh no...

Corky the Cable Guy’s catching.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 3:59 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

lay off

he calls a good game…

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:00 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Perhaps

But he can’t hit worth a damn.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:01 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

sorry

that was tongue-in-cheek…as most of what I say!

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:01 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hard to tell with just text

haha

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:02 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, I know

I should clarify better.

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:04 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Braves fans

let us know what you think of having both announcers be from the Dbacks…. unusual for a national game.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:01 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

as long as it isn't

Joe Morgan…I’m pretty content.

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:02 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm fairly certain

that a pile of dog doodoo is better than Joe Morgan.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:06 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Also

I propose a new drinking game for every time Sutton mentions he was in the minor leagues

by UofAZGrad on May 24, 2008 4:03 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He really doesn't do it THAT often.

I guess you’re a teetotaler.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:03 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He has been doing it a lot lately. And to make it more interesting, we can do shots of everclear every time he makes the reference.

by UofAZGrad on May 24, 2008 4:05 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

How bout

we do shots everytime Gracie calls something “big league”?

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:09 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

WTF

Huddy… don’t quite your day job.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:03 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh pujols yeah.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:04 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Mr. Buck Commander
Mr. I need another gatorade bar
Body-double for wee-man
Corky most interesting man Miller
Greg White
Jorge I think I can pitch everyday Campillo

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:03 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

oops

Well, there goes the perfect game.

by UofAZGrad on May 24, 2008 4:06 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Damn.

The no-hitter, too.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:07 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah ... for Johnson...

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:07 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If Campillo throws a no-hitter

I will crash my car through Mark Kotsay’s house.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:09 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Don't hurt Jamie.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:09 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This is implied to the regulars.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:10 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Good point.

Silly me, thinking you wouldn’t know that instinctively….

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:11 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

pick me up first!

but I’m riding in the trunk so I can jump out and watch as Jamie calls the police!

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:10 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not enjoying

This lack of patience.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:06 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

so...

have you enjoyed any games this season?

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:08 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Especially

Those Mets games where the Braves nursed full-counts on like everyone, and blew them away.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:09 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh right

when we are actually patient, good things happen!

well, by pujols, maybe we should do it more often!

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:11 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Besides

I don’t think there’s anything disadvantageous of making Randy Johnson’s pitch count inflate.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:12 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh hey

Byrnes won’t do anything today, I started him on my fantasy team. So he’ll probably strikeout 3 times. No SBs, thats for sure.

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:14 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Bad hamstrings.

I think they’ve revoked his standing green light.

That is, IF he actually gets on base.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:14 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh believe me, I know

I drafted him because he’s good. But, consider me the kiss of death.

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:15 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Damn you!!

I demand that you immediately cut any and all Dbacks you might have!

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:17 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah

but you weren’t being sarcastic.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:15 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Trying to think what's worse

Andruw Jones screwing himself into the batter’s box, or Eric Byrnes wobbling away like a flying rubberband on a bad swing.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:15 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

AJ

because there are generally 2 men on and 2 outs when he does it.

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:16 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Jones

If only cause he makes $12 million more than Byrnes to embarras himself.

by UofAZGrad on May 24, 2008 4:17 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

greatest name in baseball

first name Corky, last name Miller…

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:17 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Joe Buck

Kept calling Kyle Davies “Kyle Davis”

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:17 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Joe Buck

is awful.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:18 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I would love

A game called by Smoltz, Maddux, and Glavine.

Could you imagine?

Of course, what isn’t better with those three doing it?

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:19 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Actually, I can't really imagine.

Don’t know ‘em as well as you would.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:21 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Here's how it goes:

You don’t hear Maddux, because he’ll be reading a book, throwing in a sarcastically clever quip every 15 minutes, or between chapters.

Tom Glavine and John Smoltz will do all the talking, occasionally sharing golf stories, and tentative planning.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:23 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It DOES

sound amusing, then.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:23 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yep

Exactly what I had in mind.

Anything better?

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:24 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I can't type it

phonetically, but have you heard skip caray say Dustin Pedroia?

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:18 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The simple things

Randy Johnson – Perfect through zero
Jorge Campillo – Perfect through two

Like I said. If this keeps up, I will commit crime.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:16 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

correct you

RJ was perfect through .2

by UofAZGrad on May 24, 2008 4:18 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Good catch.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:18 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Rev's...

got’em swinging at just about anything he flops up there rigt now

by OntheGo on May 24, 2008 4:19 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

lol

Frenchy loves every pitch thrown to him…yup but they don’t love him.

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:18 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I hate his foot spasms

Or “toe taps” as he thinks they are.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:19 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

RJ's got his strikeout on today

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:19 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Francoeur

doesn’t count, he’s a given.

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:20 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Diaz is a friggin' bum right now

Good thing we have two automatic outs in the 6-7 spots… tough to get a rally going with that

by get swoll yunel on May 24, 2008 4:20 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Corky

Makes three automatic outs.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:21 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah

I meant the 6-7 spots are going to be automatic outs

by get swoll yunel on May 24, 2008 4:23 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Question....

Why the hell is it pronounced “DYE-azz”, as opposed to “DEE-as”?

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:21 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Apparently

Diaz doesn’t care much for Spanish pronunciations

I look how the D’Backs guys are making a concerted effort to pronounce Rev’s name “Cahm-piyo”

by get swoll yunel on May 24, 2008 4:24 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Pujols damn

Two of the most free swingers batting back-to-back? Johnson’s going to be getting some confidence pretty quickly on that.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:21 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ol' Mark

still looks youthful. Maybe he’d come out of retirement to play 1B for us next year.

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:21 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Doubt it.

He’s got an out clause for the Cubs, that’s it.

However, he MIGHT play for the Cubs.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:22 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh

I wasn’t really serious about him playing for US, but I didn’t know that about his out clause! Pretty interesting, actually.

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:23 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I know.

But yeah—he’s got an out clause in his Dbacks contract where if the Cubs offer him a coaching position, he can void it.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:25 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Heap

Just tuned in…where is our .330 hitting catcher? I know Corky “calls a good game” and all…but we need Heap’s bat.

And I could never stand Johnson.

by WienerDog on May 24, 2008 4:25 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Would I be

a pimp or a player?

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:26 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Still on my first bottle.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:27 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Dude....

it’s like 1:30 in the afternoon here…. even I’M not THAT much of an alcoholic….

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:30 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well then...

you should hang out here more often and you will be!

by mvandonsel on May 24, 2008 4:31 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Heh....

You just want me to bring more west coast microbrews.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:36 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Arizona then.

Which part of Cali?

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:37 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Near Sacramento.

I used to live in Chandler, AZ. I have been out here for two years.

by mvandonsel on May 24, 2008 4:38 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah,

you mentioned the Chandler connection last night. Where near Sacramento? One of my best friends is from Vacaville.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:39 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Right south of Sac, in Elk Grove.

I have been to Vacaville many of times. I lived in the Bay Area before moving to Zona.

by mvandonsel on May 24, 2008 4:41 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ah.

Yeah, he went to Vacaville HS. He’s at Georgetown Law right now.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:44 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Johnson's

Strike out count…grrrr

by WienerDog on May 24, 2008 4:26 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

not much

enjoying the perfect game

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:26 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Campillo

Still perfect.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:27 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Twenty more outs

to go…

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:27 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You want to rent a car

or drive your own? If you get the insurance on the rental, might be cheaper in the long run.

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:28 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'll find a clunker on Craigslist

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:28 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Damn

Perfect/No-hitter averted.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:29 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Bye bye no-hitter

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:29 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Weirdest bunt EVER....

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:30 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Anyone remember

Those satirical commercials of Randy Johnson trying to practice hitting in his basement pitching cage?

That’s what I think about when Johnson is batting.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:31 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

A real long time ago

I think it was after the McGwire 72 homer season, and it was a play on Johnson “trying to get his own record”

He was seen swinging helplessly in his basement flailing around and missing every pitch. Good humored guy to do that commercial.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:33 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

better

than chicks did the long ball?

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:34 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No

More subtle, but still entertaining. I can’t find it on YouTube…

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:34 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

WAIT

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Hs0ln8m-S7k

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:35 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

great.

don’t remember that.

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:37 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

me either

but i am now looking for the hitting of the bird.

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:35 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I always liked the deodorant commercial

where he was throwing dodgeballs at people marked “odor”.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:35 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

HAHA

That was a great commercial. Those poor kids!

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:35 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nice!

Just checking in, might not be here long as the local Chinese takeout place seems to be calling my name.

by VegasAces on May 24, 2008 4:38 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

WOOOOO

Triple, baby!

SPEED. KILLS.

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by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:38 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh thank Pujols!

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by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:40 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Just thought about it

why are the D-backs wearing home jerseys?

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:40 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Says "Arizona"

Only goofy teams like the Orioles and Cardinals wear the team name on both road and away.

And Colorado wears their road blacks at home, for superstition.

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by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:41 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My bad

I’m wrong, whoops

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by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:42 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I know baseball is uber-superstitious

but Frenchy, maybe if you’d get your footwork down, the jersey won’t matter!

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:44 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not their call

Home teams dictate the jerseys, although it would be impressive to see the home whites in other cities.

And if we won those games, we’d have to get the home-white Jamie…

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by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:44 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Jamie

looks good in anything and, I’m sure, nothing.

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:47 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I would imagine so

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:55 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah

That was pretty sweet. I liked seeing Wagner’s face after he blew the save. Freakin’ windbag.

by VegasAces on May 24, 2008 4:44 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He had it coming

Running his mouth all those losses. He needed to back them up, and failed.

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by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:45 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And pulled his groin

What the hell is up with him anyway?

Did they just secretly give up on him? Is the “pec strain” still sore as balls? I’m not getting it…

by get swoll yunel on May 24, 2008 4:47 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

um

yeah, I’ve been quick to support him, but at the same time I’ve heard updates on Smoltz like every day. Nothing on Hampton for a month.

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:48 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

pfffffft

Mike Hampton would have left in the 1st with a strained elbow tendon.

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:47 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You guys remember who opposed Johnson in the perfecto, right?

Mike Hampton 9.0 IP, CG-L, 2 R…

Talk about not getting a break.

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by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:49 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Mark Grace to Tom Glavine

You just look better in a Braves uniform

by mvandonsel on May 24, 2008 4:47 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hahahah

enough already. If you want to antagonize, do it to the Dodgers. True Blue L.A. doesn’t seem to have a passionate enough fan base to come over here and argue.

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by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:53 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh

I would have said it even if our guests weren’t here.

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:54 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I actually

didn’t take offense or anything, so

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:55 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We're just messin around

Like always.

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by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:55 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Whoa

That … didn’t look like a strike… I’ll take it, but wow.

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by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:52 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Chris Resop of Brandon Lyon

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by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:54 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

um

a pitching machine.

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:55 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ERA below 2

so far this season, hasn’t allowed a run since either the first or second week of the season.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 4:58 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's the point

We compare one of our dingleberries to one of your green sea shells.

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by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:59 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I see....

so….

Chipper Jones or Eric Byrnes?

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by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 5:00 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, you're getting the idea.

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by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 5:00 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Byrnes without a doubt.

I don’t think Chipper can do the little throwy-flippy thingy.

by mvandonsel on May 24, 2008 5:01 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Mark Teixeira

or Robby Hammock?

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by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 5:03 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh I had no idea he had come back that strong.

I remember he was leading the league in saves a couple of years ago. But then he got hurt.

by mvandonsel on May 24, 2008 5:00 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yah, in '05, IIRC.

Lyon actually blew either his first 2 saves or 2 of his first 3 this year, but hasn’t blown one since then.

Jose Valwho?

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by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 5:03 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If it were Pujols doing the hitting...

...he would be dead.

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by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 5:09 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It if were Pujols doing the hitting...

...he’d have a hole thru his head

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 5:13 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

hmm

Instant replay in baseball…only for calls blown against us

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:57 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This ump

is a joke.

That’s the second time he’s rung Tex up on a check swing.

by get swoll yunel on May 24, 2008 4:57 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

bobby

calling his lawyer?

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:57 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He's callin' his mama

He’s pissed. I read “bitch” twice on his lips on that shot.

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by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:58 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My prediction...

if the Mets lose with this 6-1 lead. Randolph is gone.

by mvandonsel on May 24, 2008 4:59 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

His race comments were ridiculous and I have less respect for him because that’s crazy. Wonder if it has anything to do with his team collapsing, and not starting off well and having no chemistry?

by jug on May 24, 2008 5:01 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Why

does Jeff tapdance? put some lead in his shoe

by jug on May 24, 2008 4:59 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Pujols damn it

Campillo’s on a pitch count…. and only on three-days rest.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 4:59 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Doesn't

seem to be hurting much.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 5:00 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Pujols

I bet I could strike out Matt Diaz today. Right handed, or left.

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by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 5:01 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What's REALLY impressive

would be if you could get him to K without even throwing a pitch.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 5:04 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

"Hey Matty...

...You got a bee floating around your head.”

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by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 5:06 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What happened?

I mean, IMO he looked good last year. He is a professional hitter!

by jug on May 24, 2008 5:02 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Maybe

the league realized that a guy who lunges out over the plate, who has poor plate discipline and has an uppercut swing is vulnerable to certain pitches

by get swoll yunel on May 24, 2008 5:06 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He must not have read his

Science of hitting book this season.

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by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 5:07 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

“Step into it!”

by jug on May 24, 2008 5:08 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

F-ing Becketts.

First Stay-Puft, now Revolucion?

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by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 5:03 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Beckett = blister

“It’s not a expletive deleted blister!”

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by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 5:04 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

LOL

Comment directed at pisshands!

by jug on May 24, 2008 5:03 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That chick

Looked like Kirstie Alley. When she was kinda hot.

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by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 5:06 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Of course

“when she was kinda hot” was like 30 years ago.

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by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 5:09 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well, that's shitty.

Campillo couldn’t even get a win now.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 5:06 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Earlier this year

Glavine went 4.2 IP, but couldn’t get the third out, and had to be lifted. Royce Ring threw one pitch, got the out, and the win. Or was it Will Ohman? Doesn’t really matter.

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by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 5:07 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Welcome to Atlanta

Where we go through pitchers like a boiled peanuts.

by jug on May 24, 2008 5:07 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hey look it is Bennett!!!

This is like his 40th game of the season.

by mvandonsel on May 24, 2008 5:07 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think it was a FOX game where...

They called Gregor “Blanka”

I immediatley thought of the street fighter character, and imagine Blanco rolling into a ball and flying down the 1B line. Or balling his way down the 3B line and jarring the ball out of the catcher’s glove.

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by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 5:12 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

wha?

Bennett with the base hit?

Also, no gloves. Uses the Moises Alou method.

by jug on May 24, 2008 5:13 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Good God

I wouldn’t want to catch for him, then…

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 5:14 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Bennett learned from the Alou family to urinate on his hands

And it clearly shows. Vlad bare hands too…

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by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 5:14 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I vote...

screw the lefty righty lineup…the bottom half of this lineup sucks too much.

by OntheGo on May 24, 2008 5:15 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

third'd

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by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 5:15 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I have a lot of female co-workers

Better to be a Dyson.

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by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 5:18 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Dyson

Doesn’t lose suction after 1 room. The lineup doesn’t lose suction after 1 AB.

by jug on May 24, 2008 5:19 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not

Hoover? Nobody does it like you.

by jug on May 24, 2008 5:19 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It's a damned shame

that we used up all our runs for the rest of the month yesterday.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 5:16 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Pujols damn

As long as this game ends like the time Peavy K’d 16 Braves, I’m content to see this pathetic flailing.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 5:17 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm getting nervous

that we have not got any offense today.

by jug on May 24, 2008 5:17 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No, you have a run.

WE don’t have any offense today.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 5:18 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

one for the road: jorge campillo should not be out #5, he should be our #4

why was he pulled after 4? heres hoping the pen can stay as good as its been lately, cuz WE NEED THIS WIN

by bigjoe on May 24, 2008 5:19 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Rev's got beckets.. (blister)

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by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 5:20 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Braves fans

Who’s in that statue out front of Turner Field? With the player sliding into the other? It’s not Ty Cobb, is it?

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 5:20 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It is.

Also statues of Hank Aaron and Phil Niekro.

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by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 5:21 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Blech.

Hammerin’ and Niekro I can see, but…. blech, I just hate Ty Cobb, “Georgia Peach” or not.

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 5:22 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No offense Snakes...

It’s just baseball. Doug Davis pitched a hell of a game, nothing else. I hate when announcers try to make baseball into everything but baseball.

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by royhobbs on May 24, 2008 5:22 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

But

baseball is, like, a metaphor for life, man…

Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.

by DbacksSkins on May 24, 2008 5:23 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And that play

was when your life is in the shitter.

by jug on May 24, 2008 5:24 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't mean to piss off anyone.

But the night of Lester’s no-no, I lost a friend to the same thing he had. John Kruk was pissing me off that night.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... ev