From a celebratory day to a tragic one, cherish the good in one another. Find a way.
All my thoughts to those affected by the horrific events in Boston today.
Carl Crawford, LF
Mark Ellis, 2B
Matt Kemp, CF
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B
A.J. Ellis, C
Andre Ethier, RF
Luis Cruz, 3B
Justin Sellers, SS
Chad Billingsley, P
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Anonymous
Despite it being frigid in Minneapolis, Joe Blanton and Kevin Correia have made it a very warm day for hitters. It’s 4-2 Twins, but everybody seems to hit the ball hard.
Jeffrey Thomas III
Rachel Robinson’s introduction and subsequent response from fans made me a bit emotional. Let’s win one for Jackie!
Anonymous
C’mon Bills, 1 more
Anonymous
Phew
Jon Weisman
“Prior to tonight’s game, the Dodgers placed RHP Shawn Tolleson on the 15-day disabled list with a low back strain (retroactive to April 13) and recalled RHP Josh Wall from Triple-A Albuquerque. Wall last pitched on Thursday and has a 2.08 ERA (1 ER/4.1 IP) with one save in four appearances for the Isotopes this season.”
Jon Weisman
With 3-2 count, two on and two out in the bottom of the first, umps delay game to sort out some undisclosed issue.
Jeffrey Thomas III
LOB woes continues..
Anonymous
Right now the A’s are sporting a 6 2 0 on the scoreboard. In the 1st inning.
Anonymous
In addition to telling Bud Black and Don Mattingly to be careful today, MLB VP Joe Torre also called the Padres clubhouse today to tell Eric Stults that he had absolutely no confidence in his ability to get big league hitters out. He has it on a recording.
Jeffrey Thomas III
Ouch.
Anonymous
I walk away for several minutes and I come back to a 3 run HR from the pitcher (who used to be ours!)
Jeffrey Thomas III
So it’s your fault, eh?
Anonymous
Based on the average run production from the last 3 games, that’s the ballgame. :(
Anonymous
Never trust the baseball gods to do what you expect.
Anonymous
I guess that’s the beauty of the game
KT
Start it off Carl
Anonymous
Off to mow the lawn, maybe I’ll come back to a pleasant surprise this time :)
KT
Way to go Carl…come on Mark do it again
KT
Good hit Matt…Come on AGon
KT
AGON!!
Jeffrey Thomas III
Dang that’s two if it stays in the park!
KT
Come on AJ
KT
Let’s go Dre
KT
Come on Carl cash him in
KT
Carl!!
Jeffrey Thomas III
I wish Crawford had more chances to hit with men on.
Anonymous
So far this year, the Boston acquisitions are more than holding their own.
Anonymous
I agree
Anonymous
Yes!!
Anonymous
back from mowing, I am pleasantly surprised, although it looks like we could/should have scored several more runs
KT
Hey I’m back in…Yea!!!
KT
Come on Belli
Anonymous
commenting system is really mucking up today for me (sometimes works, sometimes doesn’t)
KT
me too…kicked me out for a few innings
Jeffrey Thomas III
Belli has been off lately. It’s Paco time.
KT
I agree…hate to see him come in lately
KT
well at least there is a force at home now
Jeffrey Thomas III
Not much better…
Anonymous
This could get uglier
Anonymous
Why didn’t Rodriguez throw home to start the doulble play?
KT
ball hit off his glove, otherwise base hit to CF
Anonymous
I knew there must have been a reason! Gameday doen’t quite fill in all the blanks!
KT
hit off his glove, slowed enough for Sellers to get it close to his chest stepped on 2nd and threw to 1st…lucky to get two
Anonymous
Thanks for the description
KT
NP, if you ever need an explanation, just ask…glad to help
Anonymous
Could have been worse
KT
Come on Mark…start it off
KT
Nice Mark…Come on Matt
Anonymous
Hindsight, I know, but I wish DM had kept Bills in for one more inning.
KT
I was thinking the same thing when they hit for him
Anonymous
It just felt unnecessarily panicky, and too soon to start messing with the bullpen. Now we’re on our 6th pitcher.
KT
Nice play Mark!!
KT
Good Hustle AJ!! Come on Dre you’re Due
KT
Come on Luis…just a single again
KT
Come on Skip
Anonymous
Wow. Just, wow.
KT
yep
Jeffrey Thomas III
What in the world was that? AJ has to stay at third there.
Anonymous
Apparently they’re pressing.
It’s definitely depressing.
Anonymous
Regarding the inning-ending DP in the bottom of the 8th, I didn’t see it, so I don’t believe it.
Anonymous
Let’s go for a baker’s dozen, Donnie.
Anonymous
DP. Pretty please?
Anonymous
Don’t see why Matt got that as an error.
Anonymous
Not our night, I guess. But there are worse things, as we well know today.
Anonymous
Good perspective.
Anonymous
hopeful!?!
Anonymous
By scoring 3 runs tonight, we raised our run per game average from 2.83 to 2.85.
Anonymous
I hope it changes, but at the moment we are generally still hitting like 2012…………..and 2011……………and 2010……………….and
Anonymous
It may not be timely, but we are currently actually tied for fifth for OPS+ in the NL, with AZ at 103, compared to the season total of 91 in 2012, 95 in 2011, 92 in 2010 and 104 in 2009 when we led the NL!
Anonymous
good night all, my thoughts and prayers are with all in Boston
Anonymous
Shades of Mike Marshall in ’74.
Anonymous
The more I see Mattingly, with his inept bullpen management and passive offensive strategy – it was almost shocking to see Mellis take a base on defensive indifference – the less I like him. And I never liked him all that much in the first place.
Jon Weisman
Decided to take last night off instead of doing a recap – thanks for understanding.
Anonymous
and thanks for not recapping.
Anonymous
We are just pleased you are back. I would rather have for example a post that says ‘April 16 Game chat’ (with nothing else) rather than you stopping again altogether because of your valuable time restraints
foul tip
As Kasten looks at the Dodgers now, in view of long-lived Atlanta success based largely on superior starting pitching, it’s not hard to think he sees Kershaw=Maddux, Greinke=Smoltz, and Ryu=Glavine.
Or at least hopes the Dodger trio works out as well.
Interestingly–to me at least–only Glavine of Atlanta’s Big 3 started in the Braves’ vaunted farm system. Maddux came over as a FA, joining the Braves for $6 million LESS than NYY offered, and Smoltz came from the Tigers as a minor leaguer. Of the Dodger trio, only Kershaw came through the system.
The Atlanta trio boasts 7 Cy Youngs among them. Not to mention Maddux’s 13 straight Gold Gloves, which is another way Kershaw shows consistent excellence.
Anonymous
Great article on Abreu (amongst others). I had almost forgotten about him
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9174736/bobby-abreu-stepping-away-game-now
Jon Weisman
New game thread up top.