SLPiH - The "Saturday, Bloody Saturday" Edition

by Drama on Apr 19, 2008 7:15 AM PDT

"We're in a little bit of a funk right now," Black said.

(APMatt York)

Gregory Alan Maddux is the definition of professionalism.

The Padres are now below the .500 mark for the first time since Aug. 19, 2006.

The Friar looks back on the marathon.

Skip Bayless is the dumbest man on ESPN. (Pause for just a second and reflect on the gravity of that statement.)

P-Keg is almost as stupid as Skip Bayless.

The "Who's Hot" and "Who's Not" portion of this is sad to look at.

CY vs. Edgar Gonzalez today. First pitch is at 5:10pm.

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PMac

I think you are being a little hard on PMac. Yeah, the move didn’t work out, and it’s failure was magnified by the single by the following batter. Even so, from a game theory perspective, it wasn’t that bad an idea. Who would expect PMac to try for third there? He is faster than I think more people give him credit for, and it would basically take two perfect throws to get him. Unfortunately, I think the person caught the most off guard by the whole thing was PMac himself, and to top it off, there were two perfect throws from the Rockies. If he didn’t stutter around second, or either one of those throws were offlline, the result would have been better. Is there much advantage to having a guy on third with no outs versus a guy on second with no outs? Under normal condition, not really. But given the fact that our offense was struggling, I think there was an advantage to needing just a fly ball to score. Like I said, the fact that the next hitter singled made the whole thing look even worse.

Given all that, would I have sent him? Probably not.

by osbug on Apr 19, 2008 8:28 AM PDT 0 recs

You're right, osbug.

Saying he is almost as stupid as Skip Bayless was too harsh. I’ll give you that.

But even though he’s decided to forgo that third Double-Double at lunch, I still don’t want him trying stretch doubles into triples…pretty much ever. Has he lost a little weight? Yes. Is he a step or two quicker in a 40-yard dash? Probably. But that doesn’t make him a good base runner. Base-running isn’t just about a guys speed. P-Mac is the same way on the basepaths as he is in the outfield. Glenn Hoffman knows that as well as any of us.

My other problem with his comment is that I don’t care what Paul McAnulty thinks about the play. Whether he thinks it was “a good move” or a horrible move…I just don’t care. Rookies are to be seen and not heard. Especially ones that have one hit in their last 17 at-bats. When Harry says “Would we like to have it back? Yeah.” I think that pretty much sums up what he thought of Hoffman’s decision.

by Drama on Apr 19, 2008 1:05 PM PDT up 0 recs

I like Skip Bayless

Heaven forbid that somebody suggest a new baseball rule. They haven’t changed the rules of baseball or any American sport since they were all invented in 1776.

by Dex on Apr 19, 2008 10:55 AM PDT 0 recs