I’m really glad Carlos found a job. He was a hell of a player who will probably be forgotten amongst the steroid era numbers. He’s also a decent man, a man of conscience, a family man. He’s deserved his success.
I hope he can scrape and claw his way to 500 homers. It’s not hugely likely - he would have to catch on somewhere for at least 150-200 games - but it’s possible; he’s not that old. And I hope he hits #500 in Toronto. I would cheer my lungs out.
I’m glad Delgado found another hitch in the majors, and I agree he’s had a wonderful career. I just wish it wasn’t with one of the two Evil Empires of MLB (even if the Red Sox are more Evil Empire Lite.)
And yes, I hope he makes it to 500 as well. If he somehow manages to do it in Toronto, I hope he gets a standing O.
EDIT: on another note, Morrow is dealing today, with 8 K’s through 4.
Morrow no hitter through 7. Once again against the Rays.
17Ks in all and only 1 hit. Quite the game by Morrow.
Carlos Gonzales of the Rockies last 11 games:
8 HR’s
8 multi-hit games, including three with four hits
24/48, raising his average to a league leading .327
15 RBI
4 SB, 0 CS
As best as I can tell, he leads the NL in hitting, T4 in HR, T3 in RBI. After today, (4/5, HR, 2B, two singles) his OPS is around .950. He’s now right in the middle of the neighborhood occupied by Pujols, Votto, and Dunn. He’s well ahead of Matt Holliday, who the Angels traded him (along with closer Huston Street) for.
And the Rangers lose the series to the A’s. Colby Lewis pitched a good game, but Oliver couldn’t hold the close lead. Tomorrow, we’ll need that game of rest.
It’s regrettable that the hit really did have to be called a hit - the official scorer’s decision was correct - because the fact is Hill should have gotten Longoria. The ball was in his glove.
Hill apparently refused to take questions afterwards because he felt it was his fault the no hitter was lost. And he’s right.
But still, what a weekend for the Jays. They sweep the Rays and have two of the more memorable single game performances in the history of the franchise. They’re now 59-52, which is FAR better than I expected them to be. Many preseason prognosticators (not me, I figured on 75 or so) through they’d win 59 games all year. Every preseason prediction I can find predicted them to finish last. They’re outperforming big time, with their two best 2009 hitters having awful seasons.
**RickJay **I think I picked them to be above .500 at the end of the year. Do you remember where we made our predictions? I kept looking at the Os and going, but they suck, why do people like them? The Jays scared me a little but actually for their pitching and not there hitters.
Reds sweep the Cubs in Chick-a-go and await a series against the Cardinals starting tomorrow night. Should be some good baseball!
I don’t seem to be able to pull it up with my search-fu but it wouldn’t surprise me at all if the SDMB folks were more positive about the Jays than the media.
The media projections tend to be based entirely on the movement of marquee players. The sense I get from a lot of the preseason projections you’ll find from news sources is “The Jays were mediocre last year; Roy Halladay left; therefore, they will be terrible.” I’d expect more nuanced analysis here.
As usually happens, Seattle traded him away and he got really good all of a sudden. See: Adrian Beltre, Carlos Silva …
Congratulations to Morrow for the best Game Score in Blue Jay History; 100. Roger Clemens tossed a 99 in his 18 K game against the Royals in '98.
I’m not sure if Hill could throw out Longoria even if he did get the ball cleanly in his glove. The ball wasn’t very hard hit, Longoria runs well, and Hill would have had to throw from the ground.
Yeah, I’m beginning to worry about Zack. If he’s lost his mojo, then the Royals, despite all the talent in the minors, are in serious deep doo-doo.
The Reds acquired Jim Edmonds from Milwaukee for OF Chris Dickerson, a younger guy with upside. Not sure how I feel about it. Edmonds was a great player, but he’s 40 now and has a bad wheel. Walt Jocketty sure likes his aging former Cardinal players.
Hmm. Mariners fired manager Don Wakamatsu and three coaches, brought up their AAA manager to take over, and turned a triple play en route to beating the A’s 3-1 tonight.
Well, it went into the books as a triple play, but as far as i could tell, the runner beat the ball to first base by almost half a step.
Just watched the video on the M’s site - that was mighty close.
What’s with the Mariners and managers? By my count, this is their fifth manager in the last four years.
Currently in Cincinnati, after two innings and one brawl that didn’t quite reach The Quiet Man proportions but got both managers ejected, it’s Ex-cardinals 0, Little Bitches 2.
Well, the Orioles are now 7-1 under Buck Showalter, which is easily their best stretch of games this season. I’m not silly enough to think that this is the sign of some dramatic turnaround, but it’s nice to see them string some wins together. Even better, it’s nice to see their starting pitchers put up some good performances; the ERA of the starting pitchers is under 2 over that stretch.
The Padres are currently in a 3-game homestand against the Pirates. That 3-game series is sandwiched between a 6-game road trip and an 11-game road trip, meaning that San Diego plays 17 of 20 on the road over that period. If they can come home from that 11-game trip still leading the NL West, i’ll feel really good about their chances of winning the division.