Looking at the Rockies home game results so far this year, Out of thirteen home games, there have only been four games that I would consider to be high scoring games. How they somehow changed the physics of Coors Field?
MLB.TV screwed up on charging accounts today, so I can’t watch now. I was all prepared to scream at the poor guy on the phone but couldn’t bring myself to do it since I knew it wasn’t his fault. I tell you, though, the monopoly MLB has on online baseball allows it to put out the crappiest product in the world and there is nothing consumers can do about it. Rant over.
Jim, never assume anything when it comes to Griffey Jr. and injuries. Given the Reds’ success to start the year, it’s probably best we put Griffey out of our minds until and unless he is activated. He’s not hurting the team by resting.
They got the first run when Kearns singled after EdE singled and Hatteberg walked. After Kearns, Heartthrob struck out looking on three pitches, then LaRue homered.
I still yearn for the days when all the radio feeds were individually run by the radio stations for free.
I still think it’s akin to double jeopardy – :evil:MLB charges the radio station for the right to broadcast the game, and :evil:MLB charges us again for the right to listen to that radio station over the internet.
DA – Ah, but you see, you double-dip, split the profits among the owners… and then you shelve your IPO so you don’t even have to disclose how much you’re making. Not a bad racket if you can get away with it.
John Fay says that Griffey had an MRI, which showed that the knee has improved somewhat, but that it’s not 100% and Griffey will not be joining the team in AZ either. I know I just counseled ignorance of the issue, but…:roll:
I was extremely PO’s when MLB started that racket, because not only was I now being charged for a previously free service, but they couldn’t even run it well – that entire first year they had bandwidth issues, account login snafus, and tech. problems with their servers. I gather that their relatively new MLBTV stuff is having some of the same account management issues this year.
OK, enough griping. Look, the Reds are winning!:grin:
I still yearn for the days when all the radio feeds were individually run by the radio stations for free.
I still think it’s akin to double jeopardy – MLB charges the radio station for the right to broadcast the game, and MLB charges us again for the right to listen to that radio station over the internet.
Comment by DevilsAdvocate — 5/4/2006 @ 9:08 pm
Late in tonight..I live in Illinois and listen via the internet free via a feed from WBVI in Finley. Found the station on this web site. http://www.thegamelive.com/
I agree with that. I finally got my tv feed back. Had to sign up for a new subscription. MLB.com has had nothing but problems this year. I was charged twice for the audio and still haven’t gotten my $$ back.
Aaron Harang is now batting .222 . Two hits for him tonight, and Marty & Steve are tongue-in-cheek crediting Chris Chambliss for working his magic.:lol:
Yeah, a workhorse, but even a workhorse can get over worked. I don’t understand sending Harang back out there. It seems idiotic, and a risk that just isn’t necessary when you have a 6 run lead.
Marty says Reds leading league in innings pitched by starters, suugests you have to go back a long way to find that. I’m not sure you can go back far enough, but I wasn’t around in ‘39.
Arizona take off your rainbow shades
Arizona have another look at the world
Arizona cut off your Indian braids
Arizona why dontcha go my way
Arizona take off your hobo shoes
Mike, thanks for “The Game Live” referral, I’m too cheap to try MLB offerings, sounds like I’ve avoided a lot of grief. I’m listening through Findlay station also.
I agree on the decision to send Harang out to start the 9th, Pinski. For all the normal reasons, plus pitching in Colorado is documented to be more tiring than anywhere else.
I was unconcerned the first time, not that worried the second time, a little puzzled the fourth time, and now I’m a bit apprehensive at the emerging pattern. If there are 12 guys on the pitching staff – and they seem determined to keep it that way – they need to be utilized.
Hasn’t Claussen pitched decently, other than one terrible start? Seems like he’s been alright, but with the small sample size, that one bad start skews the numbers.
Even with all the problems, and the fact that MLBAM is run by guys who’d make Dr. Evil look like Mother Teresa, it’s a good time to be a baseball fan.
When I was a kid (70s-80s), you had Marty & Joe, and a hand-written list of AM stations that you could try to listen in on if the weather was right. Marty would usually give you “Scores and Comments,” so you could get some idea of what was going on around the league.
You had the (East coast only) box scores in the Dayton Daily, and McCoy’s daily game story (I don’t think they even did “Notebooks” back then). You might, or might not get the West coast box scores a day later. Stat-wise, you’d get the top 10 in batting average and wins. On Sundays, you’d get the entire league, ranked in batting average, and winning pct. for pitchers.
In print, you had a 2-page section in the back of SI, or the abysmal Baseball Digest. Broadcast, you had 30 seconds of linescores on the 11:00 o’clock news.
On Sunday night, The George Michael Sports Machine mightgive you a Reds highlight, but usually only if someone fell down into the dugout.
You got what – 25 games on TV? And all but opening day were road games. If you were lucky and could get cable, and your system had the right channels, you might get some Reds/Braves or Reds/Cubs games.
If you played Roto, you did stats by hand. If you played video games, you didn’t get actual player names, and usually, not even the actual team names.
There was no SportsCenter (as we know it). No Baseball Tonight. No Extra Innings package. No updated
Internet scores. No bundled highlights. No XM. No satellite. No mlb.tv or GameCasts. No Baseball Weekly.
I can’t imagine how cool it would be to be a baseball-obsessed kid right now. It’s great enough being an adult.
Just checked on Claussen, and my memory was right. He hasn’t pitched past the fifth a couple of times, but really he’s only had the one bad start, where he gave up 9 ER. That’ll kill an ERA in the early season.
Claussen has made 6 starts:
5 IP, 3 ER (win over PIT)
5 IP, 3 ER (loss to CHI)
7 IP, 0 ER (win over MIA)
3 IP, 9 ER (loss to MIL)
5.1 IP, 2 ER (win over HOU)
6.2 IP, 3 ER (loss to DEN)
Claussen will be fine. I expect that, by the end of the year, his numbers will be better than last year. And they will be fine for a 3 starter on a good team. Maybe better than the average three starter.
I know you can’t take out the bad start when you are analyzing stats, but it really shows that he’s been fine, except for that one meltdown.
Yeah, he throws too many pitches, and he has areas where he needs to improve. I just think it’s unfair to lump him in with Williams when you are talking about early-season production.
Yeah, he’s inconsistent, Jim. Most young pitchers are…but if Claussen is really going to make a step forward, he has to harness his control. He throws too many pitches.
Chris, while you are right about all of that, you’re missing one thing. You didn’t have to pay a chunk of dough for it all. If I pay for something, I want what I pay for. Since I couldn’t access half the game today, I should get half a day refund.:evil:
And maybe it’s not so great. Just think of all the productive stuff we could be doing, but our obsession leads us here every night.:razz::razz:
Run Support – runs scored in games pitched by each starter:
Pitcher – GS – RS/G
Harang – 7 – 7.4
Arroyo – 6 – 6.3
Claussen – 6 – 3.5
Williams – 5 – 5.4
Ramirez – 2 – 3.0
Milton – 3 – 7.0
Interesting notes:
Reds have scored less than 6 runs in just one of Harang’s starts (the 1-0 win vs Cardinals)
Reds have scored less than 5 runs in just one of Arroyo’s starts (a 3-1 win vs Brewers)
Reds have scored less than 2 runs in three of Claussen’s starts (shutout twice and just 1 run in a 3rd game)
Reds have scored exactly 3 runs in three of Williams’ starts
2009 stats: Sarasota 2-1 8 Games 8 Games Started 42.1 IP 4.89 ERA 1.44 WHIP
Carolina 3-2 6 Game 6 Game Started 36 2/3 IP 2.95 ERA 1.09 WHIP
Louisville 2-2 5 Game 5 Game Started 29 IP 2.48 ERA 1.21 WHIP
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Denorfia gets a start in CF!
Well, that was a terrible top of the first.
Is it assumed that Junior will be activated tomorrow night since they will be in warm, dry Arizona?
That was a knucklehead throw by Phillips.
That DP wasn’t the smoothest thing either.
Looking at the Rockies home game results so far this year, Out of thirteen home games, there have only been four games that I would consider to be high scoring games. How they somehow changed the physics of Coors Field?
The physics just returned to normal on that end of the bat HR by Larue.
MLB.TV screwed up on charging accounts today, so I can’t watch now. I was all prepared to scream at the poor guy on the phone but couldn’t bring myself to do it since I knew it wasn’t his fault. I tell you, though, the monopoly MLB has on online baseball allows it to put out the crappiest product in the world and there is nothing consumers can do about it. Rant over.
Harang just surpassed last year’s hit total. Must have been working with Chambliss.
i know larue hit a three run bomb, but how’d they get the fourth?
Jim, never assume anything when it comes to Griffey Jr. and injuries. Given the Reds’ success to start the year, it’s probably best we put Griffey out of our minds until and unless he is activated. He’s not hurting the team by resting.
They got the first run when Kearns singled after EdE singled and Hatteberg walked. After Kearns, Heartthrob struck out looking on three pitches, then LaRue homered.
Use the MLB Gameday to follow along. Can you use Gameday Audio?
yes, i’m listening to marty now. but i was the phone with mlb.com. 45 minutes on hold.
I still yearn for the days when all the radio feeds were individually run by the radio stations for free.
I still think it’s akin to double jeopardy – :evil:MLB charges the radio station for the right to broadcast the game, and :evil:MLB charges us again for the right to listen to that radio station over the internet.
DA – Ah, but you see, you double-dip, split the profits among the owners… and then you shelve your IPO so you don’t even have to disclose how much you’re making. Not a bad racket if you can get away with it.
John Fay says that Griffey had an MRI, which showed that the knee has improved somewhat, but that it’s not 100% and Griffey will not be joining the team in AZ either. I know I just counseled ignorance of the issue, but…:roll:
I was extremely PO’s when MLB started that racket, because not only was I now being charged for a previously free service, but they couldn’t even run it well – that entire first year they had bandwidth issues, account login snafus, and tech. problems with their servers. I gather that their relatively new MLBTV stuff is having some of the same account management issues this year.
OK, enough griping. Look, the Reds are winning!:grin:
Sluggin’ Aaron Harang has nearly reached the Mendoza line. Hitting .188 after his 1st inning single. Okay .176 after a weak strikeout.
Fogg looks like Claussen circa yesterday. Retired the Reds in order 4 of 5 innings thus far, and 4 runs allowed in the other inning.
“Hans Solo Shot” Dunn golfs one deep!
Dunn’s terrible. He should make sure other Reds are on base before he goes and hits a homer.
What a selfish player.
I still yearn for the days when all the radio feeds were individually run by the radio stations for free.
I still think it’s akin to double jeopardy –
MLB charges the radio station for the right to broadcast the game, and 
MLB charges us again for the right to listen to that radio station over the internet. 
Comment by DevilsAdvocate — 5/4/2006 @ 9:08 pm
Late in tonight..I live in Illinois and listen via the internet free via a feed from WBVI in Finley. Found the station on this web site. http://www.thegamelive.com/
I agree with that. I finally got my tv feed back. Had to sign up for a new subscription. MLB.com has had nothing but problems this year. I was charged twice for the audio and still haven’t gotten my $$ back.
here’s a belated “Yay, Dunn!”
Aaron Harang, offensive machine.
Aaron Harang is now batting .222 . Two hits for him tonight, and Marty & Steve are tongue-in-cheek crediting Chris Chambliss for working his magic.:lol:
Hope someone asks Dunn about Harang having two hits, there has to be a good Dunnism there … another two tool player, Arroyo without the power.
Heartthrob brings his average back up to .500 with an RBI double. 7-1 Reds.
Austin Kearns is now hitting .315/.375/.538 . So why does he seem so invisible?
Career high 11th strikeout for Harang.
Go for another complete game!
Whatever the attendance tonight, I applaud them for sitting out in that weather. They should get a discount for a future game.
So with new ownership in Washington, is Bowden soon history?
Okay, good effort Harang. Narron, let someone else finish it.
12 K’s for Harang.
Nice to have two good pitchers at the front of the rotation
Harang has turned into a workhorse for this club. Hats off the Aaron!
Yeah, a workhorse, but even a workhorse can get over worked. I don’t understand sending Harang back out there. It seems idiotic, and a risk that just isn’t necessary when you have a 6 run lead.
Did that guy ever make White look like Roger Clemens!
This one belongs to the Reds!!
Bowden will be the first to go, god willing.
Marty says Reds leading league in innings pitched by starters, suugests you have to go back a long way to find that. I’m not sure you can go back far enough, but I wasn’t around in ‘39.
20-9 and bound for Arizona.
Arizona take off your rainbow shades
Arizona have another look at the world
Arizona cut off your Indian braids
Arizona why dontcha go my way
Arizona take off your hobo shoes
Leading the league despite some of the dismal outings by Williams, Claussen, and Milton.
I’m pleased with the starters’ increased pitch efficiency.
It is odd, isn’t it? Despite Williams, Claussen, and Milton, the Reds keep winning.
We desperately need another pitcher. I hope EZ turns out to be the solution.
Mike, thanks for “The Game Live” referral, I’m too cheap to try MLB offerings, sounds like I’ve avoided a lot of grief. I’m listening through Findlay station also.
EZ should be gaining some confidence and he seems immune to the meltdowns that plague the others.
When do the Reds intend to move Dumatrait up to AAA?
Watching the highlights. Denorfia gave that ball a nice ride to the opposite field.
I agree on the decision to send Harang out to start the 9th, Pinski. For all the normal reasons, plus pitching in Colorado is documented to be more tiring than anywhere else.
I was unconcerned the first time, not that worried the second time, a little puzzled the fourth time, and now I’m a bit apprehensive at the emerging pattern. If there are 12 guys on the pitching staff – and they seem determined to keep it that way – they need to be utilized.
Hasn’t Claussen pitched decently, other than one terrible start? Seems like he’s been alright, but with the small sample size, that one bad start skews the numbers.
I’m going to go check.
Even with all the problems, and the fact that MLBAM is run by guys who’d make Dr. Evil look like Mother Teresa, it’s a good time to be a baseball fan.
When I was a kid (70s-80s), you had Marty & Joe, and a hand-written list of AM stations that you could try to listen in on if the weather was right. Marty would usually give you “Scores and Comments,” so you could get some idea of what was going on around the league.
You had the (East coast only) box scores in the Dayton Daily, and McCoy’s daily game story (I don’t think they even did “Notebooks” back then). You might, or might not get the West coast box scores a day later. Stat-wise, you’d get the top 10 in batting average and wins. On Sundays, you’d get the entire league, ranked in batting average, and winning pct. for pitchers.
In print, you had a 2-page section in the back of SI, or the abysmal Baseball Digest. Broadcast, you had 30 seconds of linescores on the 11:00 o’clock news.
On Sunday night, The George Michael Sports Machine mightgive you a Reds highlight, but usually only if someone fell down into the dugout.
You got what – 25 games on TV? And all but opening day were road games. If you were lucky and could get cable, and your system had the right channels, you might get some Reds/Braves or Reds/Cubs games.
If you played Roto, you did stats by hand. If you played video games, you didn’t get actual player names, and usually, not even the actual team names.
There was no SportsCenter (as we know it). No Baseball Tonight. No Extra Innings package. No updated
Internet scores. No bundled highlights. No XM. No satellite. No mlb.tv or GameCasts. No Baseball Weekly.
I can’t imagine how cool it would be to be a baseball-obsessed kid right now. It’s great enough being an adult.
Yeah, what’s the purpose of wasting a roster spot on a 12th pitcher if he isn’t used. Very poor roster management, IMO.
Here’s a page that allows you to link to live radio broadcasts:
Just checked on Claussen, and my memory was right. He hasn’t pitched past the fifth a couple of times, but really he’s only had the one bad start, where he gave up 9 ER. That’ll kill an ERA in the early season.
Our top three are SOLID.
Claussen has made 6 starts:
5 IP, 3 ER (win over PIT)
5 IP, 3 ER (loss to CHI)
7 IP, 0 ER (win over MIA)
3 IP, 9 ER (loss to MIL)
5.1 IP, 2 ER (win over HOU)
6.2 IP, 3 ER (loss to DEN)
Chris, you are exactly right. It’s a great time to be a baseball-obsessed adult, certainly.
My son will turn two this summer. If he loves baseball like his daddy, he’ll certainly have the opportunity to indulge his habit.
Claussen has had two quality starts by the MLB defintion. He is just so freakin’ inconsistent.
Take out the bad start and the ERA is 3.96 (I think).
Claussen will be fine. I expect that, by the end of the year, his numbers will be better than last year. And they will be fine for a 3 starter on a good team. Maybe better than the average three starter.
I know you can’t take out the bad start when you are analyzing stats, but it really shows that he’s been fine, except for that one meltdown.
Yeah, he throws too many pitches, and he has areas where he needs to improve. I just think it’s unfair to lump him in with Williams when you are talking about early-season production.
Yeah, he’s inconsistent, Jim. Most young pitchers are…but if Claussen is really going to make a step forward, he has to harness his control. He throws too many pitches.
Chris, while you are right about all of that, you’re missing one thing. You didn’t have to pay a chunk of dough for it all. If I pay for something, I want what I pay for. Since I couldn’t access half the game today, I should get half a day refund.:evil:
And maybe it’s not so great. Just think of all the productive stuff we could be doing, but our obsession leads us here every night.:razz::razz:
I just wish Claussen would develop a tougher mentality.
’stros down the cards by a run for the second straight game.
Maybe Harang and Arroyo will teach him a thing or two. Harang, in particular, is a stud.
I hope so. I agree, Harang really looks like an ace, doesn’t he? He just seems to want that title.
I’m worried about Elizardo tomorrow. He’s probably due for a bad outing, and the D’backs are starting Brandon Webb, who’s very good.
I know. I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop.
National League Leaders, Strikeouts:
1. Aaron Harang, 45
2. Cory Lidle, 43
3. Pedro Martinez, 42
Obviously, it’s early. (Lidle??!?!!?!)
Run Support – runs scored in games pitched by each starter:
Pitcher – GS – RS/G
Harang – 7 – 7.4
Arroyo – 6 – 6.3
Claussen – 6 – 3.5
Williams – 5 – 5.4
Ramirez – 2 – 3.0
Milton – 3 – 7.0
Interesting notes:
Reds have scored less than 6 runs in just one of Harang’s starts (the 1-0 win vs Cardinals)
Reds have scored less than 5 runs in just one of Arroyo’s starts (a 3-1 win vs Brewers)
Reds have scored less than 2 runs in three of Claussen’s starts (shutout twice and just 1 run in a 3rd game)
Reds have scored exactly 3 runs in three of Williams’ starts