Black Magic

by SactoFan on Jul 22, 2007 4:23 PM PDT

He starts in Sacramento tonight against the A's AAA affiliate River Cats. I'll post a report after the game.

Have I reached 300 characters yet? Nope. How about now? That's not it!!!!!!! I must be closer? Now? Nope. How about this? Not quite. Still not there. Now? Still short of the goal, perhaps this entry remedies the problem?

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Looking forward to it

He will be facing the future of Oaky-Choaky's lineup.

by Rev Halofan on Jul 22, 2007 5:17 PM PDT reply actions

1 hitter through 6 so far

by edhoo on Jul 22, 2007 7:25 PM PDT reply actions

I thought this was a road game.!?!?

by melvintoast on Jul 22, 2007 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions

Solo homer

'Bye Santana.

Santana's where he belongs. Now it's Bart's turn.

by scareduck on Jul 22, 2007 7:45 PM PDT reply actions

By Jeremy Brown!

His shit works in AAA!

by mattwelch on Jul 22, 2007 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions

Yet

He still manages to start his AAA career with a loss. Ironic, if nothing else.

Santana's where he belongs. Now it's Bart's turn.

by scareduck on Jul 22, 2007 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions

It's not Ervin's fault...

...that 2 of Salt Lake's 3 best hitters are rotting on the Angels bench instead of in the heart of the SL order where they belong (if they ain't gonna play in the Show).

DarkAngel hath spoken....

by darkangel01 on Jul 22, 2007 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions

Agree

Haynes, Morales and Wood need more playing time or should be sent down so they can get some AtBats.

Put Kendry Morales at 1B, and move Sean Rodriguez to 3B......NOW LETS GO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by acuda27 on Jul 22, 2007 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions

You can't send down Haynes

He's out of options and would have to clear waivers which isn't likely.

by melvintoast on Jul 22, 2007 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions

Uh, dumb remark if nothing else

I really don't think he being sent down to Triple-A is about wins or losses, more like commanding all of his pitches and getting his head screwed back on correctly.

If it were all about Ws or Ls we would never have signed Escobar to a long term deal because of a lack of run support---I don't buy that criticism.

by SactoFan on Jul 22, 2007 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions

Hey SCARED DUCK

there is a guy named BILL JAMES, he writes a little about baseball - he did research that to measure a pitcher's competecy and found that WINS was a lousy measurement as it depended so much on the team the pitcher had behind him over whihc he had no control.

That was LAST NAME: James, first nae: Bill. Seriously, read up on this sport you like and you might understand it in a broader capacity...

by Rev Halofan on Jul 22, 2007 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions

pffooey

say that to our 2005 AL Cy Young winner.

by shiftyeyedgoat on Jul 23, 2007 1:45 AM PDT up reply actions

What kind of fan....

... taunts Santana for giving up 1 R in 7 IP, in an impressive performance? I don't get it.

by mattwelch on Jul 22, 2007 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions

Dodger?

by thewebb on Jul 22, 2007 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions

No shit

That is a good start. I am happy to see that Santana did not mail it in out of dissapointment.

Scareduck is the ultimate pessimist

I'm giving Figgins a big F U. Seattle isn't winning 90. I am not worried.

by hauldog on Jul 22, 2007 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions

hope he comes back strong

Could sure use him as part of the rotation, especially in '08.

by thewebb on Jul 22, 2007 9:10 PM PDT reply actions

Black Magic Part 2

As a few of you know, Black Magic gave up an HR today. The good thing is that I can provide some context for the box score. BM gave up 3 hits in 7 innings including the HR; he sat the entire gamae at the end of the Bee's bench all by himself until his last innings when some Bee's game him some props. His body language was such that he doesn't feel as though he should be pitching there. That's probably a good thing.

Considering how he's done in the show this year, tonight was actually quite good. He only threw about 6-7 more pitches for stikes than balls but only tossed a high 80's number of pitches, maybe 90, the entire game. He had a little trouble spotting his fastball and off-speed stuff wasn't spotted that well but looked good. Although when he need to make a pitch, whether a heater or breaking ball, he got the job done. Overall, it was a good night and a performance to build on. I wasn't bowled over, but given how he's thrown recently I can cut him some slack

by SactoFan on Jul 22, 2007 9:13 PM PDT reply actions

That seems

like a lot of pitches outside of the strike zone. I obviously wasn't at the game so I don't know how much he was missing by - but that should be a concern.

Had to be pitching from behind fairly often where the big boys would make him pay more often then the minor kids...

The one run and 3 hits is encouraging though.

Hopefully he can improve to increase his trade value (probably for offseason now) or replace Bart later on...

What? Figgins is playing better? Well, I still don't like him.

by gorams77 on Jul 22, 2007 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions