Giants v. Astros, April 7, 2010

[BudGirl]

Giants
A. Rowand cf
E. Renteria ss
P. Sandoval 3b
A. Huff 1b
M. DeRosa lf
J. Bowker rf 
J. Uribe 2b
E. Whiteside c
M. Cain p

Astros
Bourn CF
Matsui 2B
Pence RF
Lee LF
Blum 1B
Feliz 3B
Keppinger SS
Towles C
Myers P

[Rebel Jew]

Giants
A. Rowand cf
E. Renteria ss
P. Sandoval 3b
A. Huff 1b
M. DeRosa lf
J. Bowker rf  
J. Uribe 2b
E. Whiteside c
M. Cain p

Astros
Bourn CF
Matsui 2B
Pence RF
Lee LF
Blum 1B
Feliz 3B
Keppinger SS
Towles C
Myers P

it's career day at my school, which means i don't have to do shit all day but watch mlb.tv.  come on you assholes and wife beaters!  let's get some runs!!!

[JaneDoe]

it's career day at my school, which means i don't have to do shit all day but watch mlb.tv.  come on you assholes and wife beaters!  let's get some runs!!!

Good for you!  Can you do a little PBP or color for the rest of us suckers?

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Kaz chases a foul ball three rows into the stands, doesn't make the catch but still flies over the railing and smashes into the seats. Appears to be okay. Shaky start but no runs in the first half inning.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Bourn leads off the Astros half with a ground out to ss.

[MusicMan]

Top 1:
Single down LF line, bounces off Ignoramus Point, Lee holds to single
Renteria singles to left, Rowand hold
Kung Fu Panda grounds into a nice 4-6-3 DP.
Huff fights through 10+ pitches, flies to CF.

[moriartp]

Myers gives up singles to the first two hitters he faces, but Sandoball grounds into a lovely 4-6-3. Huff fouls off a number, including one that sends Matsui tumbling over the rail. Didn't get the ball but he didn't get hurt. Nice effort. Myers drops a nice CB for what looks like a high strike, but doesn't get the call. Huff then pops out to Bourn for the third out.


Astros send three easy ground balls to Renteria. Quick inning for Cain.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Not to be outdone, Kaz and Pence duplicate Bourn with 6-3 outs.

[MusicMan]

Pence needs a Code Red.

[Matt]

At least Kaz and Bourn saw a few pitches first unlike Spaz.

[Texifornia]

Horrible AB for Pence. First pitch high and outside and he tries to pull it with predictable results.

[Texifornia]

Pence needs a Code Red.

Who will order it?

[MusicMan]

Horrible AB for Pence.

Has he had one yet that wasn't?

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Towels should dye his hair orange.

[MusicMan]

Who will order it?

"Lt. Arnsberg, call the Grocer.  Tell him we're abandoning out position."
- Col. Brad R. Mills

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Meyers is throwing BP this inning.

[MusicMan]

Bowker HR over the good guys' bullpen.  2-0 Giants

Feel free to show up for the regular season any time now, guys.

[matadorph]

Not many swings and misses for Myers.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Bourn takes away a double with a great long running catch in deep LCF.

[hostros7]

Not many swings and misses for Myers.

Must. resist. temptation to drag this joke out all season.

[moriartp]

DeRosa lines a single to center. Bowker puts a high fastball into the Astros' bullpen. Uribe sends a fly to deep left center, but Bourn tracks it down. Whiteside lines a single to center. Cain sacs him over, but Rowand flies out to Pence on the warning track. Ugh.

[Texifornia]

The thing is, one must first have stuff, or at least some idea of stuff, before one can trust it.

[MusicMan]

This would matter less if Myers weren't the best hitter in our lineup.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

It looks like Meyers' mom bought his uniform a couple sizes big, so he could grow in to it.

[Mr. Happy]

Ugh. This smells like a rout is in the works.

[Matt]

Does Meyers look pretty bad? It sounds like he is not fooling anyone.

[moriartp]

Carlos pops out to C.

Huff makes a nice play to get Blum's liner to first.

Feliz gets a hard hit to Sandoval's left and stretches it into a double.

Keppinger bounces one off the pitcher and hustles down the line, but Cain gets the ball and throws him out.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Meyers certainly not fooling anyone.

[Mr. Happy]

Eight hits allowed in 2+ innings? He's not fooling anyone.

[moriartp]

Keppinger can't grab Renteria's grounder up the middle. Single.

Sandoval singles over Feliz's head.

Huff breaks his bat and bounces the ball off Myers' feet, Myers can't get him at first. Bases loaded, nobody out.

Keppinger goes to his right to snag DeRosa's grounder, throws to Kaz, 6-4-3 DP. Run scores. 3-0 Gints.

Bowker lines out to Blum at first. Nice play.

[MusicMan]

Single to CF, line drive single to LF, single off Myers, bases loaded
DeRosa 6-4-3 scored a run, 3-0 Giants
Bowker lines to Blum.

Answer: No, Myers is not fooling anyone.

[Texifornia]

Blum just saved three more runs

[MusicMan]

DoRay: "Astros' defense has been one of the highlights of this series."

This reminds me of the "Alan Ashby glass half-full observations" HOF post.

[Matt]

DoRay: "Astros' defense has been one of the highlights of this series."

This reminds me of the "Alan Ashby glass half-full observations" HOF post.

Good thing the Astros have good pitching to go with that defense.

Wat?

[Mr. Happy]

The Jints are 8-14 agin Myers thus far.

[moriartp]

Towles taps meekly to Cain. 1 out.

Myers singles to right. Woo!

Bourn flies out to Rowand. 2 out.

Matsui grounds out to short. 3 out.

[MusicMan]

Astros' leadoff hitters have reached base in 2 of 21 innings this year.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

In his first AB as an Astro, Meyers gets a hit......

[matadorph]

Myers finally gets a 1-2-3 inning.

[Rebel Jew]

wow!  anybody ever have so little to do that you get distracted from the nothing you were doing with some other nothing and you forgot about the first nothing?

oh well, looks like i didn't miss much.

[moriartp]

Myers gets Uribe swinging. I suddenly realize how foreign the sight of Myers missing a bat seems today.

Whiteside flies out to Carlos.

Myers gets Cain looking with a curve on the outside corner. 3 up, 3 down.

[MusicMan]

oh well, looks like i didn't miss much.

Neither have the Giants.

[Matt]

Kung Fu Panda is the perfect nickname for Sandoval

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

I just realized I keep misspelling Myers' name (but pronouncing it correctly in my head).

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

 A 2 out double by Feliz scores Pence. Finally on the board.

[moriartp]

Gunther comes up hacking, reaches second when Sandoval turns his lazy grounder into a lovely throwing error.

Carlos goes down swinging. 1 out.

Blum grounds to second. 2 out, Pence to third.

Feliz doubles on another hard shot to left. Pence scores. 3-1 Giants.

Keppinger K's swinging. Inning over.

3-1 Giants after 4.

[Texifornia]

Neither have the Giants.

It's like that guy in the movie "Kung Pao" that they taught backwards karate to as a joke. He would use the "my face to your foot technique".

[Matt]

So far I'm liking Feliz a lot

[MusicMan]

So far I'm liking Feliz a lot

He is making you happy?

[moriartp]

Rowand grounds to third. 1 down.

Renteria singles on a grounder through the left side.

Sandoval. Hits the ball. Off the wall. Slides into second, wins the call. ...runners on second and third.

Huff grounds out to Matsui, runners hold. 2 out.

DeRosa flies out to Bourn. Inning over.

[Rebel Jew]

this game suckz so far.  i'm gonna keep watching it

[moriartp]

Towles flies out to right.

Myers strikes out. 2 away.

Bourn brings Huff in with a grounder, flips to Cain, beats Bourn to the bag. Inning over.

3-1 after five. I'm amazed Myers has thrown only 15 pitches more than Cain.

[MusicMan]

this game suckz so far.  i'm gonna keep watching it

Do yourself a favor and create a macro for that.

[Rebel Jew]

Do yourself a favor and create a macro for that.

im a idiot.  what's a macro?

[MusicMan]

im a idiot.  what's a macro?

A shortcut.

[moriartp]

Bowker grounds out to Kazuo on the first pitch.

Uribe grounds to short, 2 away.

Whiteside fouls one into Towles' testicles (dibs on that name for his fan group, btw). He draws a walk, jogs to first, and returns to the dugout when...

Cain strikes out swinging. Inning over.

[Matt]

Myers actually settled down and is keeping the Astros in this game. I'll take that.

[MusicMan]

Towles' testicles (dibs on that name for his fan group, btw).

Well, the Towleheads suggestion wasn't very well received.

[Rebel Jew]

Towles' testicles (dibs on that name for his fan group, btw)

good one.  i can see the costumes

[Mr. Happy]

Bend but don't break pitching from Myers so far.

[moriartp]

Kaz goes down swinging.

Hunter grounds out to short.

Carlos pops out to Rowand. Inning over.

Myers actually settled down and is keeping the Astros in this game. I'll take that.

Agreed.

[matadorph]

god this offense sucks.

[Matt]

Is there anyone in the minors that could take over Pence so he can be traded?

[MusicMan]

Rowand leads off with a triple that should be 2b + E8.

[MusicMan]

Bend but don't break pitching from Myers so far.

Myers actually settled down and is keeping the Astros in this game. I'll take that.

I hate you both.  Renteria single makes it 4-1 Giants

[BudGirl]

Rowand leads off with a triple that should be 2b + E8.

what did bourn do?

[MusicMan]

Myers out... DoRay: "it could have been a lot worse... he only gave up four runs... really battled out there".

[Rebel Jew]

leadoff triple, and astros bring their infield way in to prevent the run.  single up the middle, and myers replaced by byrdak.  so our offense is that shitty that the mills knows there's no chance we can make up a 3-run lead in 3 innings?

[MusicMan]

what did bourn do?

Right under his glove.

Granted, I'm listening to Milo, so it could have actually been a grounder to RF for all I know.

[MusicMan]

  so our offense is that shitty that the mills knows there's no chance we can make up a 3-run lead in 3 innings?

Yes, it is.

[Rebel Jew]

what did bourn do?

nothing too bad.  stabbed at the ball backhand as it bounced in the hole in right center, ball glanced off his glove and kept going.  pence wasn't in position to back him up, or couldn't get over in time, and the runner got a triple.

[Rebel Jew]

okay.  two on, one out.  three good at-bats in a row against cain.  pence's spot nowhere near.  rally time.

[Rebel Jew]

aaaaaand towles strikes out on three pitches, the last way the fuck out of the strikes zone and in the dirt.  sullivan up.

[BudGirl]

com'on sully

[Matt]

Fuck yeah!

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Nice, I thought Rowland was going to catch it.

[Rebel Jew]

fuck yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  sullivan with a great at-bat, laying off some tough pitches and working the count to 2-1.  hits it really fucking hard to straight center.  rowand almost catches it over his shoulder, but it comes out of his glove and rolls to the edge of the hill.  4-3!!!!!!!  and somebody who doesn't suck (bourn) up to bat.

[moriartp]

Got back to the TV just in time to see Sullivan's triple. Would've been one hell of a catch by Rowand.

4-3 Giants now with Blum and Keppinger scoring. Two out, Bochy going to the 'pen.

[BudGirl]

fuck yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  sullivan with a great at-bat, laying off some tough pitches and working the count to 2-1.  hits it really fucking hard to straight center.  rowand almost catches it over his shoulder, but it comes out of his glove and rolls to the edge of the hill.  4-3!!!!!!!  and somebody who doesn't suck (bourn) up to bat.

while i love mr. bourn, he needs to find his rythym and start getting on base.

so, come on sweet baby bourn, get on base.

[Mr. Happy]

while i love mr. bourn, he needs to find his rythym and start getting on base.

so, come on sweet baby bourn, get on base.

I'm with you BudGirl! SBB needs to come through!

[Rebel Jew]

fuck yeah!!!!  bourn with an infield single to second.  4-4!!!

[moriartp]

Affeldt pitching, Velez in left.

Bourn gets the RBI on an infield single to second. 4-4 game.

Kaz grounds to second for the third out.

[drew corleone]

Anyone else trying to listen on the MLB audio on iPhone? Mine keeps cutting out... of course, just as the game gets good.

[Rebel Jew]

i have to go do almost real work right now and sit in a boring meeting.  good luck

[Limey]

Bend but don't break pitching from Myers so far.

Would you say he's rolling with the punches?

[Matt]

aww shit, come on Sammy!

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Crazy Sammy.

[Limey]

Is there anyone in the minors that could take over Pence so he can be traded?

I imagine that Sullivan can play RF, then they just call up any one of the candidates for the 25th roster spot.

[Matt]

I imagine that Sullivan can play RF, then they just call up any one of the candidates for the 25th roster spot.

We can dream.

[Mr. Happy]

Would you say he's rolling with the punches?

Well played, sir.

[Limey]

We can dream.

Hunter's Lodge can be renamed Sullivan's Slopjar o' Nuts.

[Limey]

Anyone else trying to listen on the MLB audio on iPhone? Mine keeps cutting out... of course, just as the game gets good.

I'm watching the box score on MLB At-Bat for my iPhone.  After a flurry of little red dots around the diamond, it's 6-4 Jints.

[moriartp]

Sammy enters the game, gives up a double to Uribe on the first pitch.

Whiteside grounds to Gervacio, whose throw to third goes wide of Feliz and winds up in the LF corner. Uribe scores, Whiteside to third. 5-4 Giants.

Velez grounds to Sammy, who this time wisely opts to take the out at first. Runner holds. 1 out. Rowand drives him in with a single to center. 6-4 Giants.

Gervacio, looking awful, allows Rowand to get to second on a wild pitch. Mills and The Great Mustache out to the mound to see if Sammy's ok. Apparently he's not, so they're going to the 'pen once more.

[matadorph]

awww fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuudge

Gervacio is hurt. Grimacing and pointing at the back of the shoulder.

[Ron Brand]

Damn.

[juliogotay]

awww fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuudge

Gervacio is hurt. Grimacing and pointing at the back of the shoulder.

He looks like a blown-out shoulder waiting to happen

[Mr. Happy]

The Jints are hitting .420 off of our pitching today. That does not portend good things.

[BudGirl]

The Jints are hitting .420 off of our pitching today. That does not portend good things.

hush up.  the astros are going to make a come back.

[moriartp]

The Jints are hitting .420 off of our pitching today. That does not portend good things.

Gives me an idea of how to make this game more enjoyable, though.

[Mr. Happy]

hush up.  the astros are going to make a come back.

Yes Ma'am!

[Bench]

Gives me an idea of how to make this game more enjoyable, though.

Somebody needs to tell the Gints that those prescriptions don't work in Texas.

[Limey]

The BBGs watching the Champions League?

41 min: AND THIS, I WOULD SUGGEST, IS THAT. Manchester United 3-0 Bayern Munich (agg 4-2). Gibson throws in down the right. Valencia bursts down the wing and into the box, and passes into the centre. The ball avoids everyone in the middle and reaches Nani, 12 yards out to the left of goal. The winger hammers an unstoppable shot into the roof of the net, and Bayern Munich are surely finished.

Followed immediately by:

43 min: OR IS IT?!? Manchester United 3-1 Bayern Munich (agg 4-3). Olic chases a Muller header into the box down the inside-left channel. He barges Carrick off the ball with ease, and bobbles a finish into the bottom-right corner from a very tight angle. That was played out in slow-motion, to silence. It's back on, though you wouldn't fancy Bayern to hold out at the back for another 47 minutes of football.

Munich scored again and will be awards the win on the away goals rule as it stands.  About 10 mins left.

[Limey]

The Jints are hitting .420 off of our pitching today. That does not portend good things.

That's a high they may never reach again.

[moriartp]

Sampson in. Renteria walks, reaching base for the fifth time today.

Sandoughball (I'm fucking proud of that one) flies out to Carlos. 2 away, runners at first and second.

Huff flies out to Bourn, inning over.

[BudGirl]

rally time.  com'on boys.

[MusicMan]

rally time.  com'on boys.

Not with The Black Hole leading off.  Another strikeout.

[Matt]

Wow Pence

[moriartp]

PENCE!!! ...strikes out on a check-swing.

Carlos taps to short. 2 down.

Blum pops to second for the third out. Zip, zop, zoobity-bop.

6-4 Giants after eight.

[Lurch]

The BBGs watching the Champions League?

Followed immediately by:

Munich scored again and will be awards the win on the away goals rule as it stands.  About 10 mins left.

Damnit!  Speak American!

[Limey]

Not with The Black Hole leading off.  Another strikeout.

What do you think has a greater gravitational pull: the hole in Pence's swing or Lee's body mass?

[Lurch]

Sandoughball (I'm fucking proud of that one)

Rightfully so!

[BudGirl]

Not with The Black Hole leading off.  Another strikeout.

At least I'm trying to send good vibes.  Do you know how hard it is to write something positive after a loss?  Two days in a row (assuming my good vibes don't work in the 9th)?

[BudGirl]

What do you think has a greater gravitational pull: the hole in Pence's swing or Lee's body mass?

Lee's body mass has nothing on Sandoughball.

[Ron Brand]

The hole in Pence's head.

[Limey]

Damnit!  Speak American!

Ended up a tie...after two games.  One team awarded the win based on archaic, arbitrary rules.

[MusicMan]

Do you know how hard it is to write something positive after a loss? 

If last year didn't teach us, this year will.

[94CougarGrad]

Soooo I just turned on the game and saw that it's 8-4 Gints.

[Limey]

(assuming my good vibes don't work in the 9th)?

You were rooting for the Astros...right?

PHHR Ishikawa.  Single Schierholtz.  That's about 4 million points in Scrabble.

[BudGirl]

If last year didn't teach us, this year will.

definitely.

 J. Fulchino relieved C. Sampson 
- T. Ishikawa hit for J. Affeldt 
- T. Ishikawa homered to deep right 
- N. Schierholtz singled to right 

[BudGirl]

You were rooting for the Astros...right?

PHHR Ishikawa.  Single Schierholtz.  That's about 4 million points in Scrabble.

use it the next time you play that game with Mark.

[MusicMan]

Uribe doubles to LCF.  Run scores.

Nice job, bullpen.

[Limey]

Soooo I just turned on the game and saw that it's 8-4 Gints.

There goes Wilson's save.

[94CougarGrad]

WHO'S warming up? Yamamoto?!?

[BudGirl]

Uribe doubles to LCF.  Run scores.

Nice job, bullpen.

i guess i shouldn't give them props in a recap.  it went to their heads.

[MusicMan]

There goes Wilson's save.

He's lying in bed today.

[94CougarGrad]

Brownie: Gervacio has a right shoulder posterior strain.

[Limey]

use it the next time you play that game with Mark.

I played "Barf" a little earlier today, and have the necessary letters to play "Dildo", but [batting practice] no where to put it [/batting practice].

[BudGirl]

I played "Barf" a little earlier today, and have the necessary letters to play "Dildo", but [batting practice] no where to put it [/batting practice].

no open spots by an s?

[Limey]

no open spots by an s?

Sdildo?

[BudGirl]

Sdildo?

dildos silly boy

[Bench]

dildos silly boy

If Limey had a nickel for every time...

[94CougarGrad]

*zaps back in time to 6th inning*

Iceberg, right ahead!!

[jmontessi]

this team... not good.

[Anit]

mctaggart tweet: Edgar Renteria has 5 hits, matching career high. Astros have given up 19 hits today; they have 20 for the season.

[matadorph]

A five-hit game for the first 2010 Houston Astros killer, Edgar Winnteria.

[MusicMan]

mctaggart tweet: Edgar Renteria has 5 hits, matching career high. Astros have given up 19 hits today; they have 20 for the season.

How the hell did we get 20?

[Limey]

this team... not good.

Ahem.

Looking at the projected lineup, this team is going to have to win on pitching and defense, and it is questionable in both areas. Even if the meat of the order is productive, it’s still only 2½ sluggers surrounded by Punch, Judy and a few of their ilk. Even then, while defense up the middle will be one of the best in the majors, and 3B has been shored up, the corner outfield spots will continue to be a rich vein of comedy.

[Mr. Happy]

How the hell did we get 20?

Well we got nine hits in the first game alone.

[jmontessi]

Ahem.

I'm not saying it's new information. I'm just restating the very, painfully, clearly, horrifyingly obvious.

[MusicMan]

Somebody pick out a picture of an immense pile of shit.  I have a feeling it will save me vaulable recapping time this season.

[94CougarGrad]

Giants v. Astros, April, 2010: The Tourniquet Series.

[Matt]

I had a weird dream last night where I owned my own Whataburger and the Astros traded Oswalt to the White Sox mid-season.

[Limey]

A five-hit game for the first 2010 Houston Astros killer, Edgar Winnteria.

5-5 with a walk, two ribs and a run scored.

[MusicMan]

Merciful end: Giants 10, Astros 4.

[Limey]

Somebody pick out a picture of an immense pile of shit.  I have a feeling it will save me vaulable recapping time this season.

My pleasure.

[94CougarGrad]

I had a weird dream last night where I owned my own Whataburger and the Astros traded Oswalt to the White Sox mid-season.

Who'd we get in return?

[Matt]

I forget the entire haul but I think Gordon Beckham was amongst it. It being a dream, I'm sure the rest of it was ridiculous.

[MRaup]

My pleasure.

The fact this isn't a picture of Carlos Zambrano has made me lose all faith in SnSers.

[MusicMan]

The fact this isn't a picture of Carlos Zambrano has made me lose all faith in SnSers.

My heart hasn't been in it since 2006.  I'm just playing out the string to get my counting stats up for the HOF.

[moriartp]

Gervacio to the 15-day DL. Wilton Lopez called up.

[Alkie]

So what time's the game tonight?  I just sat down and noticed we haven't played yet today.