Sunday Game Thread
by Rev Halofan on Mar 22, 2009 1:00 PM PDT
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PrintAngels (John Lackey) @ Royals (Horacio Ramirez) in Surprise, Arizona.
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Good Da, all...
Hey, just curious if anyone knows anything about Kotchman… He hasn’t played for the last 3 days… Is that something normal for Spring?
Still no GA sightings either… too lazy…..???
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by stuck in Romania on Mar 22, 2009 1:06 PM PDT reply actions
hope he's okay...
last i saw he was batting .333
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by stuck in Romania on Mar 22, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Nothing on Rotowire.
I’m guessing he just hasn’t been in the lineup the last few games.
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2-0...
2 run single for Rivera
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by stuck in Romania on Mar 22, 2009 1:09 PM PDT reply actions
Never hurts to have an early lead. And no, I don't know anything about our 2 guys
in Atlanta.
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Never give up, never surrender!
A HR by Q makes it 4-0, and we're off to a good start today.
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Never give up, never surrender!
Are you listening to the broadcast?
Cause that inning is over, and we’re up by 6.
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I figured I keep people not watching up to date.
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. >_>
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Never give up, never surrender!
Well to wrap it up.
After Wood walked, Rodriguez hit into a force-out, Pettit and Brown got hits and drove in another 2 runs before Aybar ended the inning.
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Yeah, I'm getting the impression Ho-Ram hasn't improved much since last year.
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Never give up, never surrender!
Seems that way doesn't it?
Makes you a little sad to realize that it’s Ho-Ram. Then again, he wasn’t all THAT bad coming in today.
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Juan Rivera coming alive!!!!
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by stuck in Romania on Mar 22, 2009 1:36 PM PDT reply actions
Naps!!! Good Bye!!!
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by stuck in Romania on Mar 22, 2009 1:38 PM PDT reply actions
WOW!
That'll only happen if that one prospect is the second coming of Christ and redemption for mankind can only be achieved by smacking many balls out of the yard.
-The Limey
Aw, Rob doesn't quite manage 3 in a row.
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Never give up, never surrender!
Wood just a little overeager, K#4 on the spring, but he still worked a 7 pitch atbat.
Plugging the upside since 2006.
Never give up, never surrender!
can we pay the mariners or As or Rangers
to sign Ho-Ram so we can face him 6+ times a year?
That'll only happen if that one prospect is the second coming of Christ and redemption for mankind can only be achieved by smacking many balls out of the yard.
-The Limey
Funny that the Mariners traded Rafael Soriano to the Braves for Ho-Ram
Ain't no stoppin' us now. We got the groove!!
by Fan Since 1981 on Mar 22, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I wish Bavasi was still the GM for the Mariners
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by Fan Since 1981 on Mar 22, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I think the M's figured that one out in 2007. >_>
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BTW-
This is pretty typical for Surprise. A lot of the Royals players have 4-5 homers, and this is why.
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Are they wind blown homers?
The dimensions aren’t too bad:
350 down the lines
379 to the alleys
400 to center
http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/spring_training/ballpark.jsp?c_id=kc
Ain't no stoppin' us now. We got the groove!!
by Fan Since 1981 on Mar 22, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Strong wind frequently blowing to the outfield, yeah.
Plugging the upside since 2006.
Never give up, never surrender!
Those are some of the smallest dimensions in the cactus league
Remember, they’re up at around 1000 feet, with dry desert air.
I tried to answer your Morales question from yesterday's game topic, just FYI.
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Robbery by Brown.
Lets hit while the hitting is good, fellas.
Plugging the upside since 2006.
Never give up, never surrender!
Considering he could get out the next 3 atbats and still have had a great day, I'm willing to cut
him some slack. :/
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and a DP...
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by stuck in Romania on Mar 22, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Howards is where again?
I thought nothing could be worse than those televised Howards commercials…
These radio ads are challening my assumption.
"I've got more action than my man John Woo
And I've got mad hits like I was Rod Carew" - Shure Shot, The Beastie Boys
How bad are the radio ads?
What do they do to make them as corny as the TV ads?
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by Fan Since 1981 on Mar 22, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
For one, they're longer
Two, they’re formatted with Soth giving a radio interview and interacting with call in characters like “Bubba.” Yeah, they’re corny, but this time it takes like 45 seconds to get to “wait, you’re talking about a high-definition flatscreen from Howards!”
"I've got more action than my man John Woo
And I've got mad hits like I was Rod Carew" - Shure Shot, The Beastie Boys
by Zoe Necrosis on Mar 22, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Brown with his 3rd hit of the game.
I wish he’d hit like this in the majors.
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Never give up, never surrender!
Any word on which Angels pitchers are scheduled to pitch today?
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Just throwing this out there
I wonder if the Salt Lake inflated numbers are hurting the development of the Angels AAA hitters. Perhaps it’s time to go back to the land of those affable snow creatures, the Canadians, and have the AAA team in Vancouver or Edmonton.
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I think worse than just inflating numbers is the way the thin SLC air tends to make breaking balls less effective.
Then they come up to the Majors and suddenly everyone has this wicked breaking stuff and great moving fastballs and they have trouble adjusting.
The other problem is that I don’t think we emphasized working counts enough in the minors. For the last few years the emphasis has been “be aggressive.” Well that works in the minors because a lot of the newbie pitchers are still learning to throw strikes. In the majors, pitchers can figure out an over-aggressive team and junk-ball them to death.
Now this year the emphasis changed to “work the count” and low and behold our guys are doing just that, taking walks and putting up the highest average in the Cactus League.
The other problem our recent hitters have had is injuries. Kotch, McPherson, Naps, Kendrick… all hampered by injuries in their first few seasons.
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10-4, John seems to be getting a little tired.
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10-7, John's given up 4 HR's in the game.
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This would be a fun game to be at with all the home runs hit.
It is not doing much for Big John’s reputation though.
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Is this what its like for Rockies fans?
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 22, 2009 2:50 PM PDT reply actions
Yes.
Or it used to be. The humidifier has helped somewhat the last two seasons.
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huh?
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 22, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
In recent seasons, the Rockies have kept their game balls in a humidifier
Balls which are more humid don’t travel as far (they proved this conclusively on Mythbusters once). This has helped adjust for the thin air in Denver.
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And actually, it's probably worse, because Denver air isn't near as hot or dry as the air here.
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what humidifier?
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 22, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
the team keeps their balls in a humidifier
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and thats legal?
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 22, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
apparently it is, since they do it all the time and it is well known they do it
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interesting........
why dont other teams do it then?
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 22, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Because not everyone needs to in order to drive down the absurd offensive numbers their stadium creates.
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Texas may want to consider it.......
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 22, 2009 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
How about special windy days for ballparks with no wind?
They could use those big wind machines that the movies use to do it. Pass out bags of leaves and confetti to the fans for effects.
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At least he did'nt disappear in to thin air as rumored.
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I wonder if Escobar is going to show up today as reported by BryanHarvey'sMoustache fan member
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uh? eh?
I had not heard this report.
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 22, 2009 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
there is a fanshot about it
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thanks both of yous.......
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 22, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
To answer Hud's question, the record for combined homers by both teams in a single game is
12 in the AL and 11 in the NL.
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Brown homers.
11-8.
The announcers say he’s got 4 hits, but the box score says only 3. Either way, he’s hitting nearly .500 with a good number of ABs and 14 RBI. This is his first homer though.
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Wind or no wind, it still takes the pitcher to throw it over the plate where you can get the wood on it.
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Does anybody think they are going to bat Napoli in the DH spot for any regular season games?
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holy offense batman
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 22, 2009 3:24 PM PDT reply actions
Escobar update.
Announcers say he’ll pitch in a minor-league spring training game tomorrow. 30-pitch hard count.
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not helping his cause today........
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 22, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I love how Angels fans roll in ST.
This is almost a home game based on crowd noise.
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well people arent there to see the royals.........
lol
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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 22, 2009 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Woody having a rough day :(
but good to see everyone and their mothers hitting homers?
Kotch would've had that.
It's really windy today, plus surprise is a pretty heavy hitters park.
Though apparently Naps and Budde both hit no-doubters.
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right
but as long as Naps is crushing the ball, i’m happy
Kotch would've had that.
by howiestheman on Mar 22, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
OT
1) anyone else excited to see the US semi-final tonight?
2) world out of MLBTR is that the ChiSox may have traded for a new lead-off hitter… anyone think it was from us?
Kotch would've had that.
Answers
1) Yes. I’m really hoping we have a good game.
2) They haven’t said anything on the radio broadcast, so I fear not.
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re: 2)
nothing’s been announced outside of Chicago either, so i’m holding out hope
Kotch would've had that.
by howiestheman on Mar 22, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Im really looking forward to the game
What in the wide wide world of sports is uh goin on here???
by AlohaHalofan on Mar 22, 2009 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I gotta get something to eat.
Hopefully they get around to Wood again and he gets the bat on it.
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Holy Mackrel! Wood hits a homer!
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from the way Terry was talking
he NAILED it.
worked himself into a good count, then unloaded
Kotch would've had that.
by howiestheman on Mar 22, 2009 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Hopefully one of the coaches hit him upside the head in the dugout
and told him to relax.
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it certainly appears that way
Kotch would've had that.
by howiestheman on Mar 22, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Holy Bad Hair Day.
Just arrived back home from the game today. The wind was definitely blowing out, and helped on probably 2/3 of the home runs. I have never seen anything like today’s game. The wind was a constant 30MPH…
We had a strong head wind driving back to SoCal. Lots of dust in the air, and occasional sand blowing across the road.
In fairness to the players, they were hitting the ball…but the wind was just incredible…blowing straight out to CF. If you got it up in the air, you had a good shot at an HR. Most amazing game I have ever attended for home runs.
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