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Big news from the O's game today, Vladimir drew a walk...his first of the year, only took him 115 ABs to do it, :doh: wonder what the record is? Nothing new in Philly except the fact that Halladay only went 7 innings tonight :sweat: as the Phils cruise once again to a victory.

hitomi #1 wrote:Big news from the O's game today, Vladimir drew a walk...his first of the year, only took him 115 ABs to do it, :doh: wonder what the record is?

Watching Vlad for a number of years with the Angels I was always amazed at some of the stuff he would swing at. I remember one game, and I can't recall who the pitcher was, but it was an 0-2 curve that bounced in front of home plate, Vlad swung at it as it bounced back up and looped a single into right field. They showed the pitcher and from his expression you could tell he was thinking "WTF are you swinging at THAT for???" :crazy:

gaijinmark wrote:Watching Vlad for a number of years with the Angels I was always amazed at some of the stuff he would swing at. I remember one game, and I can't recall who the pitcher was, but it was an 0-2 curve that bounced in front of home plate, Vlad swung at it as it bounced back up and looped a single into right field. They showed the pitcher and from his expression you could tell he was thinking "WTF are you swinging at THAT for???" :crazy:

LOL, he must've learned that playing cricket in the off-season. :mrgreen:

^^ Whatever happened to the Pro Cricket League that was going to start up? :beaten:

Record for most at-bats without a walk is by Alex Sanchez who played with the Tigers in the 80's, he didn't draw a BB for the first 207 ABs of his career, :beatyou: he drew is first walk in the 1986 season but here's a story of the previous season:

Sanchez actually came close to breaking his walkless streak late in the 1985 season. Manager Sparky Anderson, aware of Alex' failure to gain free transportation, urged him to take more pitches. In a game played after the Tigers were eliminated from pennant contention, Sanchez came to bat with the bases empty and ran the count to three-and-one. Sparky and his coaches became excited. It appeared Alex' first big league walk was only a pitch away.
With the take sign on, Sanchez watched a pitch go by about eye level. The umpire nevertheless called it a strike. Outraged by the call, Anderson left the dugout to protest, an action that normally merits ejection. But the umpire was confused. He couldn't understand why Sparky would complain about a missed strike call on one of his own batters, especially at a dull point in a game that didn't matter. Sanchez had the take sign for the next pitch as well. That one was right over the plate and had to be called a strike.

Beem, you must be beaming.....

Dodgers place Broxton on DL, recall Jansen

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dodgers/2011/05/dodgers-place-broxton-on-dl-recall-jansen.html

^ "Disabled List."

What a crock.

Should be "Ineffective List." :grumble:

^^ That's been happening a lot and I read how MLB is going to start to look closer at that issue, so many pitchers who are 'ineffective' are being placed on the DL, not because they're hurt but just because they're not pitching well, :usuck: 8 pitchers yesterday got put on the DL and a few more the day before that, notice it's no one who's pitching well either. :nut:

Dodgers lose again, this time to the Mets, 6-3.

Etheir extends his hitting streak to 30 games, going 3 for 5. :victory:

^^ His hitting isn't helping them too much because the batters following him are horrible, between hits and walks been on base 61 times and yet has only scored...15 times. :doh:
Sox got hammered again last night, this time to the Twins 9-2, 2 solo HRs was the extent of the offense, 20% of the season is gone, think it's time to get serious. :beatyou:

Week of the pitcher, a no hitter, one hitter and today another no hitter, this time by the Tigers Verlander against the Jays, second of his career. :applaud: Had a perfecto going until one out in the 8th when he walked a batter, next hitter hit into a DP so he ended up facing the minimum amount as the Tigers cruise 9-0 at Toronto.

Dodgers lose again to the Mets, 4-2, and Ethier's streak is over: he went 0 for 4 with a walk. :(

Halos beat the Tribe 6-5. Congrats to Mike Scioscia on his 1,000th win. :applaud:

When he was still with the Dodgers he managed their triple-A team at Albuquerque for one season and had a losing record. This convinced this geniuses at FOX that he didn't have what it takes to be a major league manager. And the rest is history, , , :beatyou:

Sox win. After a bad 1st inning Daisuke settled down and pitched good. Bats showed up today especially "A-Gon" on his birthday.

Maybe fans need to start serenading the players for the offense to wake up. :beaten:

http://youtu.be/g9DvYELSbzY

Dodgers salvage a game from the Mets, 4-2.

Jav_sol wrote:Sox win. After a bad 1st inning Daisuke settled down and pitched good. Bats showed up today especially "A-Gon" on his birthday.

Maybe fans need to start serenading the players for the offense to wake up. :beaten:

http://youtu.be/g9DvYELSbzY

Ellsbury has been the key to the offense the last 10 games, was hitting under .200 for so long now he's up to almost .280, :victory: really helps the hitters when someone like him is on base. On the other hand Pedroia has been struggling, he's like 1-25, they even benched him Saturday. :bleh:

Pirates beat the Dodgers 4-1. Pirates record is now 18-17. When was the last time the Pirates were over .500 this late in the season!! :shocked:

^ Jeez, everyone is slapping the Dodgers around... :(

^^ Guess trouble looming for the Sox, they make a trip to Pittsburgh next month. :sweat:

The offense continues to struggle, but the Sox win.

Dodgers finally end their losing streak and beat the Pirates, 10-3.