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It's a freaking miracle from God that only one run scored, but you see, the the Toronto Vicious Birdies aren't zackly the Cuddly Cardinals.So naturally, Phil sends him out to start the 7th.This yall, is Phil.The media guys aren't blaming Phil for ANY of the replica Blancpain 2850.1127.53 Men's watch incredibly stupid things he does, still harping on Mclean for not resigning Kent (which I didn't want to do since it meant another year of Biggio in left shudder and another year of Burke rotting in the minors) as well as being, um, taken for a ride by Boras over the Beltran mess (agree with THAT one) so all this years losing is 100% the fault of McLean.

You pull Luke Scott and pinch run Biggio with his limp bat and rag arm.What’s the point of THAT? Biggio can’t run faster than Scott and Scott is not a bad Porsche Design Indicator by Externa baserunner.If neither Burke nor Munson drives in the runs, you have just lost a good hitter in a close game.So we have FINALLY won a series in spite of the best efforts of Trever Miller and the umps.Rubber game tomorrow afternoon with Wandy vs Buerhle.

Troy Tulowitski is up.Roy throws 2 strikes, and then Tulo fouls off 2.Roy throws a ball, and then strike 3.He starts to walk off the mound the way he always does when he knows he's just thrown strike 3.BUTthe ump calls it ball 2 and the ump is replica Rolex 116234-BLRJ Men's watch off comes around in front of Q to glare at Roy.(This wasn't the first time Roy, uh, didn't agree with the call.ahem.Shades of Wandy and Angel Hernandez…) So Roy throws a good slider, which Tulo fouls off.

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He wasn't concentrating maybe took his eyes off the ball when Lance was feeding him a ball, which was only underhanded about 5 at most, but he dropped it and Carlos Gonzalez, the very first hitter was on.Now I've been watching Roy since he came up in 01, and I'll tell you that the boy, he gots hisself a temper.Not the Milton Bradley kind, replica Rolex 116138-BKSL Men's watch mind you, but when he gets UpSet, he loses his focus.He came back and got the 2 guy swinging, but he was really timid approaching Todd Helton, who really hasn't hit that well off Roy 6 fer 25 with 2 walks.So he goes to 3-2 and walks Helton.And then it happened.

Jennings has pitched VERY well this year and has nothing to show for it, poor guy.And I say he also got Philled pulled when he didn’t look at all tired for Phil’s leftylefty thingy with the virtually useless Trever Miller.Phil simply will replica Gucci 23965 Ladie's watch insert a good righty to get leftys out, even when they are lousy lefty hitters.OK all you Phil apologizers you know who you are defend this one: it’s the 8th inning, a tense, close, 2-0 game, runners on first and third, 2 out.The runner on first is Luke Scott, a good hitter and fielder with power.The runner on third is Carlos Lee, who is a LOT slower.

Here, he had pitched 5.1 innings, with 2 scoreless appearances, and 2 appearances where he gave up 3 ER in one inning one of them the blowout against the Rangers.BTW I checked the game log from last nights game Wandy Rodriguez pitched lousy gave up 6 freaking walks, 1 HBP and 1 WP 106 pitches, 60 strikes (and over half of those were foul balls) and replica Blancpain 4276-3442A-55B Men's watch balls.He went to a 3-2 count on the PITCHER both times.In the 6th, he walked 2 guys, went to 3-2 counts on 4 guys and barely managed to get out of a bases loaded jam of the 22 pitches he threw, only 6 were strikes.And he's up to 98 pitches by them.

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Men on second and third.The lefty Thome hits a 2 run double.He IBB the righty Konerko.He FINALLY gets the lefty Pierzynski out but not before he'd blown the save and Jenning's win.Qualls came in, got the third out and pitched a replica Breguet 7027BB.11.9V6 Men's watch scoreless 9th for the W.But let's be honest here, Jennings not only was Francoed by Miller, but Clemensed by the hitters, who didn't come through with MOB.Everyone but Adam Everett left a MOB and Carlos Lee went 0 4 as the DH.

These days, pitchers almost never finish games (for whatever reason) .I think that the W should be a team stat, not a pitcher stat .I would like to come up with some kind of stat that the average fan can understand and calculate him herself which lets out all those secret formulas that their inventors won't tell you how they got them WARP 3 or replica Blancpain 2041-1230-64B Men's watch 2 or something.I'm not sure what and I don't know how, but what I'm sure of is that at the end of the year, if Roger starts 33 games, pitches 225 innings, has a 1.64 ERA and only 8 or 9 WINS to show for it, the Cy is gonna go to someone who “helped his team win” and has a lot more W to show for it and all I can say is that there's something wrong here…

Left handed batter Todd Self was sent down to A guess he should swing at the first pitches and “be aggressive” like Gaetti likes he saw 4.53 pitches PA, FAR more than any other hitter on the Astros.He was benched against lefty pitchers, even though he replica Blancpain 3485F.1130.97B Ladie's watch did just fine in A, but in 21 games, he was 9 for 45 with 7 runs scored, 2 doubles and a pinch hit HR, 3 walks and 9 Ks.Sigh.RHP Mike Burns was re-called from A Round Rock don't have any info on how he did after he was sent down May 23 after appearing in 4 games in 8 days for the Astros, but I guess he must have looked good.

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I'm not the stattest of geeks, but one of the sayings I hate most (when people talk about a pitcher) is “he just Knows How To Win” and because Brad Lidge got the W last night and Roger didn't, then Brad is the Winner?Roger faced 27 batters, gave up 3 hits and 4 walks and only ONE of those batters scored a 340 el-cheapo HR by Alex Rios in the replica Blancpain 4276-3642-55B Men's watch.Brad Lidge today, he's just drab instead of BRADD faced 7 batters and 2 scored his first pitch went for a double, the second for a run scoring single, the 4th for a sac bunt to move the runner, the 9th for another run scoring single.2 runs on 9 pitches.But Brad is the winner and Roger the also ran.Roger has exactly 4 wins in 13 starts.

We almost freaking NEVER score any runs for the poor guy.In 5 starts, he gave up ZERO runs and has ONE win to show for it.In 3 starts, he gave up 1 run and has 2 wins.IN 3 starts, 2 runs, no wins and 2 losses.I hear things like pitcher X outpitched pitcher Y when pitcher X gave up a LOT more hits and walks than Y, but his replica Blancpain 5085F-363 Men's watch managed to hit with RISP.WHA? How is that out-pitching? Seems to me it's more like outhitting.I've heard modern day major league pitchers say that they think their most important stat is the number of wins.But no matter HOW well you pitch, you can't win if your team don't score.

Their showboating and vindictiveness has gotten WAAY out of hand.Anyway, gotta take a few minutes to give props to Jason Jennings for a beautifully pitched game gave up 6 hits, 1 walk in 7 IP + 1 batter in the 8th who singled and later scored because of Trever Miller's usual ineptitude (how you like THAT nice big word?!)Miller he's just bad. replica watch gift Came in with no outs in the 8th and a man on first.He hits the lefty Mackowiak.Men on first and second.Iguchi the righty sac bunts.

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He was called out on strike 3 again in the 5th on a pitch that was clearly inside.So by the time the 8th rolled around, Lance figured that he would be called out on any pitch after 2 strikes if he didn't swing, so swing he did and he hit a double to right center and he eventually came around to score.And in the 9th with Loretta on first and Everett on replica brand watches third, he hit a nice single to right to score the go ahead run.So THERE umps, take THAT.There really SHOULD be some way that a player or teams can register complaints with MLB about the performance, or should I say, non-performance of umps.

Roy sure nuff can complain about no run support.Then again, Ubaldo Jiminez either threw a lot of balls, or threw unhittable strikes.He still isn't close to equal to the most unhittable pitcher I ever saw face the Astros this decade, who was Francisco Liriano, back in 05.Or maybe Pedro, still with the Mets in 05, when he pitched a CG 2 hitter replica Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust watch giving up a homer to Chris Burke and an IF dribbler.Or all KINDS of games by John EFF Smoltz/Maddux/Glavine back in the early part of the decade…Anyway, THIS time Roy made his own trouble.

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They're a lot like the Braves in that way, except the Rays feature three power hitters that can really capitalize on the team's ability to get on base.On the mound, David Price has taken another step forward and has established himself as a potential Cy Young candidate this season; and James Shields' 5.20 ERA belies a strong 4.23 FIP.The bullpen has been great; Joaquin Benoit has been one of the best relievers in baseball, and Rafael Soriano is a replica Omega GMT4133.81 watch capable 9th-inning guy.Grant Balfour and Randy Choate are also deserving of praise for their performance in relief this season.The Bad: The rotation beyond Price and Shields is suspect.Matt Garza “boasts” a 4.41 FIP, and Jeff Niemann and Wade Davis are not an appetizing platter of pitchers in any situation, let alone a short playoff series.

I'd expect Price to pitch on short rest in this series, though even that isn't a great option, as his lack of pitch economy means that the bullpen can expect extra work - and it looks to be in the Rays' best interest to keep Dan Wheeler, Andy Sonnanstine and Lance Cormier off the mound as much as possible, particularly against a potent Rangers lineup.As for the hitters, replica Omega 951572.30 watch down years from Carlos Pena and Ben Zobrist - if 2010 is, in fact, a down year moreso than 2009 was an up year - have hurt the lineup's overall punch; poor performances from any of the team's three big hitters - i.e.Crawford, Longoria, and Matt Joyce; you could make an argument for Carlos Pena and his .211 ISO, but even I have a hard time overlooking a .

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when they get the ball to the bullpen, shutdown closer Neftali Feliz and Darren Oliver will likely ensure that the game is over.The Bad: For all the talk about how the Rangers aren't the same all-hit no-pitch team they have been in years past, their 7th-ranked offense and 22nd-ranked pitching staff (by FIP) don't really support that.The playoff replica Omega 2505.75 watch rotation will succeed only if Lee is actually healthy; Lewis hasn't been great down the stretch and may be wearing down after a long season of beating everyone's expectations, and Wilson's lack of control (4.10 BB/9) doesn't bode well against a Rays lineup that is the best in the majors at drawing walks (10.7% rate).Plus, if the team uses a fourth starter - they're considering starting Lee on short rest, which seems a risky proposition

they will then be counting on Tommy Hunter to shut down the Rays, which just does not sound all that promising a proposition.Frank Francisco being on the shelf means that the aforementioned Feliz and Oliver, while good, are also the only two reliable options in that bullpen - and Oliver is old enough to have voted for Lincoln.NAH, just replica Omega 3570.50 watch kidding.Game 1 happens on his 40th birthday, though.Can't decide if that should go in the good or the bad part.The ugly?The Rays are sort of like the scrappy underdog of the AL East, if scrappy underdogs can win the division two out of three years.To be honest, I'm not really sure how they won 96 games, even though I had them winning the AL in preseason; they're 7th in UZR/150, which is good, but 15th in FIP and 12th in wOBA.

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Going into yesterday's slate of games, there was the potential for MLB history to be made.We could've seen the first-ever three way tie and mini tournament to shake out the NL West champion and the Wild Card winner; we could've, basically, had playoff baseball today and tomorrow before getting playoff baseball Wednesday.Which, most would agree, would just be the bee's knees.Others, like oh I don't know maybe Braves and replica Omega 321.12.42.50.02.001 watch Giants fans, may not have been so enthused.Fortunately for said fans and unfortunately for the rest of you (ha!), the Braves and Giants both won their games in order to ensure that such tomfoolery was not to transpire.We've got all our matchups set, and now just await Wednesday afternoon for some serious October baseballin.So let's take a look at what to expect from these series,

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Key injuries have been creating even more havoc with IDP lineups, and it’s only Week Five.Maybe having too many fantasy football teams skews my viewpoint, but it seems to me that football injuries are as bad this season as they have been in recent memory.Let’s hope you weren’t in my position, having to scramble for a substitute for DL replica Omega 3211.30 watch stud Mathias Kiwanuka after he woke up one morning to discover a bulging disc in his neck, or faced with lineup choices between Roman Harper and Oshiomogho Atogwe.At least there will never be a shortage of men who want to play pro football, meaning there’s always someone else you can get onto your fantasy roster.