Joe Saunders Game Thread
by Rev Halofan on Jul 29, 2010 3:30 PM PDT
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PrintArizona Diamondbacks Vs. Philadelphia Phillies • 4:05 PM • TV: FSAZ, CSN • XM Radio: 184
Joe Saunders Vs. Kyle Kendrick • SBN's partner, Yahoo! Sports has a preview of the game up. In the most awesome display of hanging on while moving on ever, The Colonel will be wearing jersey #34. Go Snakes! SBN has a D-Backs blogs, The AZ SNAKEPIT if you care to mingle there, do so respectfully.
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Go snakes.
Despite having being terribly run as an organization, and the presence of Stephen Drew, I will root for you.
Every fifth day.
Rory Markas. Alex Chilton. 2010, you suck!
Go DBacks!
Justin Upton was one of the nicest rookies I have ever met. Was extremely impressed with the guy when I met him in ST a few years back.
The Devil went down to Georgia, and all I got was this gold fiddle. Go Angels! helpfindscottajob@gmail.com
Go Saunders!
I feel like I didn’t appreciate him enough while he was here.
Torii Hunter has some Brain Movage
Pulling for the Colonel, AKA Hokie Joe.
Go Diamondbacks!!
YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.....
Go Joe!
"Ballplayers play baseball." -Jose Mota
If Saundo gets a hit, it will be his first
All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.
by Quad Fin Rider on Jul 29, 2010 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Was there an SOS great thread?
did i miss that one?
"You dont need long hair to rip off your sleeves and be a badass" - J. Allen
Go Colonel!
Now stuck in Colorado Springs
by stuck in Romania on Jul 29, 2010 4:15 PM PDT reply actions
Was that Abreu in Right field?
Now stuck in Colorado Springs
by stuck in Romania on Jul 29, 2010 4:22 PM PDT reply actions
At least Upton can hit a little bit
I’d like to see Abreu do that this season
Torii Hunter has some Brain Movage
Abreu>Rivera in the field
Now stuck in Colorado Springs
by stuck in Romania on Jul 29, 2010 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
my thoughts exactly
How a guy with that much athletic ability can play a ball like that…. I’ll never know
did you get a pic with his new number?
Thank you, Nick Adenhart. You will always be remembered. #34
by howiestheman on Jul 29, 2010 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I swear
A lot of the times when players attempt to do a double play, the second baseman looks like they don’t step on the base…
I was just about to say that...
Now stuck in Colorado Springs
by stuck in Romania on Jul 29, 2010 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
NL pitching is easy
i could hit it
"You dont need long hair to rip off your sleeves and be a badass" - J. Allen
Kenny Powers
And, of course, the inimitable Billy Ray “RoJo” Johnson
Yep, it’s a tough League.
"I came back with an I-Don't-Care attitude. If I had an open shot, I was taking it."
--The Robert Horry
I bleed Purple N' Gold and Silver N' Black... because of this rare condition, I am no longer allowed to donate to the Red Cross.
by The_Power_and_the_Glory_of_Robert_Horry on Jul 29, 2010 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions
well, at least Saundo made contact
Now stuck in Colorado Springs
by stuck in Romania on Jul 29, 2010 4:36 PM PDT reply actions
Saunders hitting 93.....
anyone that ever said he was a finesse pitcher can STFU
What would happen if Joe Saunders
out pitches Haren this year……….
think Tony would lose his job?
What exactly are you on?
Of course not! You have to give up something to get something—and as much as I love Joe, Haren is an upgrade over Joe in the longterm no matter which way you slice it.
Light up that halo! RIP, Nick.
Of course, though, Baseball Prospectus will find a way to now say that Dan Haren is awful, despite comparing him to Clemens earlier this year, now that he's on the Angels, who they hate.
Or at least massively dislike.
Light up that halo! RIP, Nick.
Yeah, "college of the desert" is going to be typed here soon...
other than in my comment.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Jul 29, 2010 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Is this what our season has become?
Longing for National League players of yesteryear?
I've got nothing.
Let's just start printing World Series tickets!
All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.
by Quad Fin Rider on Jul 29, 2010 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
The offense behind him has 1 hit through 3. Should look kinda familiar.
"Wastin away again in Minor-Leaguer-Ville..."
...followed by a bad decision on the base paths.
Yup. Home cookin’.
"Wastin away again in Minor-Leaguer-Ville..."
It's touching that the Diamondbacks went to all this effort to make Saunders feel comfortable.
Lackluster defense, no hitting and bad baserunning decisions
Luis Gonzalez guessed Juan Pierre as an answer to "What 3 players have 100+ homeruns with 3 teams?"
I sure hope he was kidding.
that would be 3+ lifetimes for JP
All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.
by Quad Fin Rider on Jul 29, 2010 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Infinite times more than Reggie Willits' career HR total.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Jul 29, 2010 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I know I know I know
Haren is a better pitcher than Saunders.
But in talking about Haren’s past, I hope you guys know that by pitching in the NL West…..
9 of his 33 starts last year were against teams with no better than the 26th offense in MLB last year.
14 of his 33 starts were against teams with no better than the 23rd offense in MLB last year.
We also realize that he was pretty dominant in the AL, too.
Nice try.
Light up that halo! RIP, Nick.
yea that was in 2007
he was dominant. ERA + of 138
Saunders had an ERA + of 131 in 2008.
but I'm not trying to compare Saunders/Haren
as just say… I hope no one is expecting some ERA in the low 3’s from Haren.
This season? You're right, he most likely won't have an ERA in the low 3's.
I don’t see any reason he can’t have low 3 ERAs in the rest of his time here though.
because he only had ONE season of his ERA being in the low 3's in the AL
and that was 3 years ago. His other 2 seasons of having an ERA in the low 3’s were in the NL where as I showed, at least last year he not only got to face pitchers, but a bunch of lousy offensive teams.
and saunders got to face the a's and mariners
Somewhere, right now, Mickey Hatcher is ruining a swing.
by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on Jul 29, 2010 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions
The A's had an ABOVE AVERAGE
offense in MLB in that they were 14th in runs scored. Do you see what a HUGE gap in ERA there is between the two leagues because of the DH. I agree the A’s have had a lousy offense, and the M’s a craptastic one but compared to the run production of the NL teams, for the most part, the weak teams that Joe faced scored significantly more runs than the weak teams Haren faced.
You saw him strike out 8 Red Sox in 4 2/3 innings the other night, right?
He also walked nobody. The man has skill. His ERA will be higher in the American League, but that should be compensated for with better run support. Well, maybe he’ll get run support next year.
yea I think he'll strikeout a lot of guys. He has a great splitter and great fastball command
so he’ll even get a lot of K’s looking. But did you not see a lot of hard hit balls off of him, against a team that sans Rodney and Kohn in the 3 game stretch we held down pretty well.
He got hit hard
when he was pitching NL style with fastball after fastball. All of the HRs against him were on fastballs. Haren made the adjustment of throwing his curve and split after the HRs.
so he was in a league
where all you have to do is throw fastballs to get people out, and you get to face the pitcher instead of someone’s job it is to ONLY hit, and his ERA was well over 4????, which is pretty much exactly what Saunders was doing who doesn’t pitch in the fastball only league and actually has to face DH’s……
man talk about unlucky……. dude should have gone to Vegas with me so I just could have made the exact opposite bet of him.
Unbelievable, the snakes are even more inept at fielding than we are
All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.
who would’ve thought
we would find a team with a worse defense than us? How’s their offense and bullpen?
Sosh is on the phone right now, ringing up the D'Backs dugout...
"Wastin away again in Minor-Leaguer-Ville..."
Looks like Saunders is done.
7 IP, 9 hits, 2 ER(including 1 HR), 0 BB and 4 Ks
Yeah JOE!!!! GREAT JOB!!!
Wow didn’t realize that Kyle Johnson, Justin Upton and Chris Young are all doing very well we should get them in a trade!!!
by IWishWeStillHadTimSalmon on Jul 29, 2010 6:09 PM PDT reply actions
Hi all
Just got in – don’t see it recently, so I’ll ask – what’s the score?
"The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self-awareness." - Annie Savoy
2-1 not D-backs
Now stuck in Colorado Springs
by stuck in Romania on Jul 29, 2010 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Saunders
7 IP, 9 hits, 0 BB’s, 4 K’s 2 ER’s
Now stuck in Colorado Springs
by stuck in Romania on Jul 29, 2010 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah, poop
Joe can’t get the W – too bad.
"The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self-awareness." - Annie Savoy
And a fly-out and a strikeout at the plate...
"That's the true harbinger of spring, not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of a bat on a ball." ~Bill Veeck
Moseley getting the win for NY
so far 1 ER in 6 innings.
Now stuck in Colorado Springs
by stuck in Romania on Jul 29, 2010 6:53 PM PDT reply actions
Nice fastball
great movement-I think he’ll be remembered for giving up #500 to Thome though
RIP Nick Adenhart 4/9/09
by vlad IS my man on Jul 29, 2010 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought Saunders did a very good job in his debut. I was impressed.
I really hope this trade works out for both teams. Haren is a good one (as I can tell that Saunders is). I may have missed this somewhere, but is Saunders taking #34 a tribute to Adenhart? I would assume so. Do you guys mind if I drop by for Haren starts?
(and no I am not a Yankees fan, even though my sister has a Yankees hat on).
Nice strikeout!
Nice job Joe........
quality start.
Chan Gailey's #1 Fan!
by norcaliangelsfan on Jul 30, 2010 11:42 AM PDT reply actions
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