Game Thread: 8/31 Pads vs. Nats
by jbox on Aug 31, 2009 7:07 PM PDT
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I just saw Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn all decked out in his SDSU gear. It's the first I've seen him since his stomach surgery. He's lost some serious weight. His belly has shrunk to half its former size. He looks great.
Go Padres!
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Sell his blood as an aphrodesiac
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Steve Quis
pinch hitting for Neely
Kouz > The Savior....yeah, I said it.
by icaughthundleys#4 on Aug 31, 2009 7:02 PM PDT reply actions
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Integrated facebook chat and picks. 68% picked the Padres today.
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Nice
No fooling around, right to the point.
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K
Kouz > The Savior....yeah, I said it.
by icaughthundleys#4 on Aug 31, 2009 7:10 PM PDT reply actions
KK
Kouz > The Savior....yeah, I said it.
by icaughthundleys#4 on Aug 31, 2009 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions
KKK
Kouz > The Savior....yeah, I said it.
by icaughthundleys#4 on Aug 31, 2009 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions
KKKK
Kouz > The Savior....yeah, I said it.
by icaughthundleys#4 on Aug 31, 2009 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions
KKKKK
Kouz > The Savior....yeah, I said it.
by icaughthundleys#4 on Aug 31, 2009 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Bunt hit
auto double?
Kouz > The Savior....yeah, I said it.
by icaughthundleys#4 on Aug 31, 2009 7:15 PM PDT reply actions
Auto run
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Eckstein Double
E9 run scores
Kouz > The Savior....yeah, I said it.
by icaughthundleys#4 on Aug 31, 2009 7:17 PM PDT reply actions
Who's this guy hitting?
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Kouz RBI Double
Kouz > The Savior....yeah, I said it.
by icaughthundleys#4 on Aug 31, 2009 7:20 PM PDT reply actions
Eck now has one less double (in fewer PA's) than the mighty Chase Headley
Headley’s total lack of power is beyond laughable. 24 doubles and 9 homeruns. No wonder the guy has only 47 rbi’s.
RBI is a meaningless stat.
Greg Maddux for manager.
by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 31, 2009 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions
i wouldn't exactly say it's _meaningless_
by theodore donald kerabatsos on Aug 31, 2009 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions
huh... can't put italics in the subject line. nice.
by theodore donald kerabatsos on Aug 31, 2009 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions
It's pretty close.
It’s entirely dependent on other people, and not the hitter.
Greg Maddux for manager.
by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 31, 2009 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions
unless you hit a HR
Kouz > The Savior....yeah, I said it.
by icaughthundleys#4 on Aug 31, 2009 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions
you still don't get to pick how many baserunners you want
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learned this from Wonk yesterday
according to BP – as a corner OF- Headley is 9th on the 2nd worse offensive team in the NL as far as cashing in RBI opportunities
and rbi opportunities
where and when they come, and of what variety, are completely out of his control.
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It is.
Say Adrian is on first. Kouz is up. He grounds into a double play, erasing himself and Adrian. Chase comes up and gets a double. If Kouz hadn’t hit into a double play, Adrian could (let’s assume Adrian can run for a sec) have scored and given Chase an RBI. Instead, he had the TEMERITY to hit the double with no one on, and therefore gets nothing.
Greg Maddux for manager.
by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 31, 2009 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I understand where you are coming from
but when you are virtually powerless with the stick does it not make sense that you will generate fewer runs ?
adding of course the fact that you can't really generate much offense
on the basepaths with your speed or stolen base capabilities. In addition, Headley’s OPS is abysmal so he is a virtual out machine w/little power
Chase's OPS is a whopping 10 points higher than Kouzmanoff.
Kouz also excels at getting other people out in addition to himself, seeing as he’s grounded into more double plays than anyone else in the National League.
Headley is also three years younger than Kouz and in is his first full year starting.
Greg Maddux for manager.
by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 31, 2009 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions
* 10 points lower.
Greg Maddux for manager.
by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 31, 2009 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions
yes..
kind of proves your point about the dangers of over emphasizing rbi’s.
I am judging Headley somewhat on a hunch as it is a bit early to write him off. Another intangible that may not mean much (but could) I don’t like how Headley has not improved defensively one whit in LF, I think it could say something about his ability to adapt or could even reflect his work ethic. Look at how much better the much younger Blanks adapted to the OF, look at someone like Blanks body language or even Venable’s compared to the deer in the headlights look that we get from Headley….
just one observation
Kouz can’t control if there are runners on base so it kinda works the same as the RBI’s
Kouz > The Savior....yeah, I said it.
by icaughthundleys#4 on Aug 31, 2009 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions
True.
So why don’t we forget the GiDPs for Kouz and the RBIs for Chase?
Greg Maddux for manager.
by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 31, 2009 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions
yes... that's why it's not as valuable a stat as slugging or OPS.
But you said it’s meaningless, which it clearly is not. If it was completely meaningless, then it wouldn’t be unusual for terrible players to rack up huge RBI numbers while great players do not. We know that’s not the case.
by theodore donald kerabatsos on Aug 31, 2009 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions
stuff it
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by CurbEnthusiasm on Aug 31, 2009 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions
thats not stuffin in
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by CurbEnthusiasm on Aug 31, 2009 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
oh im frontrunning and proud of it
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by CurbEnthusiasm on Aug 31, 2009 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions
i have a feeling i'll be enjoying a lot more from young chase
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by CurbEnthusiasm on Aug 31, 2009 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Pitch was 81 mph
All power supplied by the batter there.
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Hundleys hustles out an infield single
Kouz > The Savior....yeah, I said it.
by icaughthundleys#4 on Aug 31, 2009 7:34 PM PDT reply actions
thats shocking
another pitcher gets a hit
Kouz > The Savior....yeah, I said it.
by icaughthundleys#4 on Aug 31, 2009 7:42 PM PDT reply actions
i wanna see Adrian
in a footrace with Livan Hernandez
my moneys on Livan
Kouz > The Savior....yeah, I said it.
by icaughthundleys#4 on Aug 31, 2009 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Phil.
He’s not as slow as he looks sometimes. He actually scrambled pretty good in college.
Greg Maddux for manager.
by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 31, 2009 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions
that could takes weeks to determine a winner
Kouz > The Savior....yeah, I said it.
by icaughthundleys#4 on Aug 31, 2009 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Dunn and done?
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Stauffer...
getting some generous calls.
by theodore donald kerabatsos on Aug 31, 2009 7:48 PM PDT reply actions
4 Ks through 3 IP.
Not bad. Though no one can get the pitcher out. Insane.
Greg Maddux for manager.
by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 31, 2009 7:49 PM PDT reply actions
It looked like Adrian scared him
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lets not get ahead of ourselves
Kouz > The Savior....yeah, I said it.
by icaughthundleys#4 on Aug 31, 2009 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Gwynn pulling another right side ground ball again
anyone know where batted ball charts may lie in cyberspace. I swear TGJ pulls nearly everything. Especially balls that he hits on the ground. Gwynn’s BA & OBP falling by the minute.
he needs to stop trying to pull the ball.
his average was great when he felt comfortable slapping the ball to the opposite field.
by theodore donald kerabatsos on Aug 31, 2009 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions
MLB.com
has hit charts sorted by ballpark.
Greg Maddux for manager.
by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 31, 2009 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions
In PETCO only
his hits are pretty well spread out around the field.
His groundouts are largely on the right side.
His flyouts are mostly to the center and left side.
Greg Maddux for manager.
by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 31, 2009 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I only used PETCO
because it’s the easiest way to get a big sample. There’s no way to aggregate all the other parks he’s played at on mlb.com. You’d have to look at each one individually. I just went with PETCO because it offered the largest sample size.
Greg Maddux for manager.
by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 31, 2009 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions
That was a quick inning for Stauffer.
Greg Maddux for manager.
by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 31, 2009 8:27 PM PDT reply actions
gunned
Kouz > The Savior....yeah, I said it.
by icaughthundleys#4 on Aug 31, 2009 8:36 PM PDT reply actions
Great play
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aww crap
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left knee
you can see him jam it against the wall
by theodore donald kerabatsos on Aug 31, 2009 8:41 PM PDT reply actions
Drew
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by icaughthundleys#4 on Aug 31, 2009 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd like to see Macias
for once
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i don't like those options.
by theodore donald kerabatsos on Aug 31, 2009 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions
just glad it's Macias for defensive purposes as Headley is a butcher in left
I obvious have picked on him a lot lately but how many times on the ball Salazar went to the wall on will Headley stop 15 feet from the wall looking for a carom
He takes his hat off
I wonder why.
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LOL - I wondered that too..
Salazar is a bit of a character—Venezuelan’s are generally characters —love the game and play it with an almost comic passion
Almost got through seven.
Greg Maddux for manager.
by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 31, 2009 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Russel?
No!
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Bud is trying to do more than win games.
He’s trying to evaluate young players. Gotta see how well Russel can do in situations like this. It’s not every year you have a ton of meaningless games you can use to evaluate young talent.
Greg Maddux for manager.
by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 31, 2009 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions
With that attitude, yeah!
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Russell has nasty stuff....
He reminds me of former Padre Dan Miceli a little bit….I really like this kids makeup…
anyone know if the nats are planning on calling up the Stras?
Kouz > The Savior....yeah, I said it.
by icaughthundleys#4 on Aug 31, 2009 8:50 PM PDT reply actions
its gregorson
Kouz > The Savior....yeah, I said it.
by icaughthundleys#4 on Aug 31, 2009 9:01 PM PDT reply actions
nice
Kouz > The Savior....yeah, I said it.
by icaughthundleys#4 on Aug 31, 2009 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I do believe that Livan Hernandez
is going to pitch a complete game loss against us.
Greg Maddux for manager.
by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 31, 2009 9:08 PM PDT reply actions
He did it....He did it....
Headley hit double digits in Homeruns….shall I keep bashing him ? I am superstitious that way….
Quis said this exact thing as you posted
Kouz > The Savior....yeah, I said it.
by icaughthundleys#4 on Aug 31, 2009 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Man next year with Gregorson, Thatcher and Adams in the bull pen and Bell closing
We should be in good shape
Chase!!!
Kouz > The Savior....yeah, I said it.
by icaughthundleys#4 on Aug 31, 2009 9:09 PM PDT reply actions
i don't know why you guys talk so much crap about chase.
he’s awesome
by theodore donald kerabatsos on Aug 31, 2009 9:10 PM PDT reply actions
Because his nickname is The Savior
and it’s ironic, and many people are incapable of perceiving that.
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He had a hot start in AAA in '08
and the Padres couldn’t hit (imagine that), so the media started asking Towers when they’d call up Headley. After much clamoring, Towers declared that Chase wasn’t going to be a Savior, hence the irony. It’s pretty much exactly like breakfast town. It is because it’s not.
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Well, yeah...
i know the Savior thing is in jest… but so was my post wondering about why people here give him crap. He’s been terrible.
by theodore donald kerabatsos on Aug 31, 2009 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Dodgerss just got Thome
Kouz > The Savior....yeah, I said it.
by icaughthundleys#4 on Aug 31, 2009 9:15 PM PDT reply actions
no lol
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by CurbEnthusiasm on Aug 31, 2009 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions
wow
i guess the white sox have raised the white flag
glad Peavy could help out
Kouz > The Savior....yeah, I said it.
by icaughthundleys#4 on Aug 31, 2009 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Garland to the Dodgers
Hmmm….
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and the rockies got jose contreras
white sox really dumping players tonight
Garland was on the Dbacks
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oh you meant.... yeah..
I’m dumb.
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is it possible to ruin that which was already ruined??
Kouz > The Savior....yeah, I said it.
by icaughthundleys#4 on Aug 31, 2009 9:19 PM PDT reply actions
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