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billemite

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What is different with Roy?
« on: September 03, 2008, 02:51:15 pm »
So after his last start I feel confident in saying Roy has turned it around and is looking like the pitcher we are familiar with. My question is: what is it that got turned around? I recall Pravata insisting tht he was playing hurt despite his denials, and I tended to agree. But if all Roy needed was a couple of weeks rest to get back on track, why on earth didn't he get it sooner? I'm interested to know what y'all think is the actual reason for Roy's poor performance in the first half.
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Re: What is different with Roy?
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2008, 03:00:39 pm »
He stopped pitching to contact.

I predict that he will start next season pitching to contact, like he did this year, and last year.

I predict he will get off to a similarly slow start.

I predict that fans will wonder if he's over the hill at that point.
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Re: What is different with Roy?
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2008, 03:27:42 pm »
He's wearing garters.
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Re: What is different with Roy?
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2008, 03:31:19 pm »
Quote from: MusicMan on September 03, 2008, 03:27:42 pm
He's wearing garters.

And breathing out of his left eye.
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Re: What is different with Roy?
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2008, 03:33:58 pm »
Quote from: billemite on September 03, 2008, 02:51:15 pm
So after his last start I feel confident in saying Roy has turned it around and is looking like the pitcher we are familiar with. My question is: what is it that got turned around? I recall Pravata insisting tht he was playing hurt despite his denials, and I tended to agree. But if all Roy needed was a couple of weeks rest to get back on track, why on earth didn't he get it sooner? I'm interested to know what y'all think is the actual reason for Roy's poor performance in the first half.

He was dropped in my fantasy league and I picked him up.
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Re: What is different with Roy?
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2008, 03:34:07 pm »
July 7, 2008

Oswalt said Monday his sciatic nerve is inflamed because he has a worn disk in his back.

Oswalt flew to Houston on Saturday and had a painkilling shot in his back and said Monday he felt "great."

"I had this one time before, and you guys (the media) didn't know about it," said Oswalt, 30, who had the condition at the end of spring training last year. "Sometimes you get a shot and it lasts a year, and sometimes it lasts three or four months and sometimes it lasts three years. You don't really know."
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bb/5876299.html

July 11 he couldn't get out of the 1st.  Since his next start on 7/28 he's been 7-1, the only game he lost was the shutout in NY.
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Re: What is different with Roy?
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2008, 04:07:16 pm »
I think he's just learned to trust his stuff.
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« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2008, 04:11:14 pm »
Quote from: pravata on September 03, 2008, 03:34:07 pm
July 7, 2008

Oswalt said Monday his sciatic nerve is inflamed because he has a worn disk in his back.

Oswalt flew to Houston on Saturday and had a painkilling shot in his back and said Monday he felt "great."

"I had this one time before, and you guys (the media) didn't know about it," said Oswalt, 30, who had the condition at the end of spring training last year. "Sometimes you get a shot and it lasts a year, and sometimes it lasts three or four months and sometimes it lasts three years. You don't really know."
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bb/5876299.html

July 11 he couldn't get out of the 1st.  Since his next start on 7/28 he's been 7-1, the only game he lost was the shutout in NY.


And, he realized he needed a new front-end loader for the farm.
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Re: What is different with Roy?
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2008, 04:18:09 pm »
Quote from: MusicMan on September 03, 2008, 03:27:42 pm
He's wearing garters.

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Re: What is different with Roy?
« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2008, 06:37:58 pm »
He reached back and discovered the heart of a champion deep within.

... what other cliche can I use?
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Re: What is different with Roy?
« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2008, 07:34:06 pm »
No, one day, out of desperation, he called his old friend Tim Redding to ask for advice...
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Re: What is different with Roy?
« Reply #11 on: September 04, 2008, 07:05:33 am »
Quote from: bubba on September 03, 2008, 07:34:06 pm
No, one day, out of desperation, he called his old friend Tim Redding to ask for advice...

Hey, Timmah's advice is going up a few bucks per hour. He won his tenth game for the Nationals.
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Re: What is different with Roy?
« Reply #12 on: September 04, 2008, 05:32:05 pm »
Quote from: pravata on September 03, 2008, 03:34:07 pm
July 7, 2008

Oswalt said Monday his sciatic nerve is inflamed because he has a worn disk in his back.

Oswalt flew to Houston on Saturday and had a painkilling shot in his back and said Monday he felt "great."
 

Thank you for this. I don't know how I missed it when it was reported, but it explains a lot.
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« Reply #13 on: September 05, 2008, 09:07:15 am »
Quote from: billemite on September 04, 2008, 05:32:05 pm
Thank you for this. I don't know how I missed it when it was reported, but it explains a lot.

You're welcome, I dread the day the shot doesn't work.
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Re: What is different with Roy?
« Reply #14 on: September 05, 2008, 09:18:26 am »
Quote from: pravata on September 05, 2008, 09:07:15 am
You're welcome, I dread the day the shot doesn't work.

I have a plan. I'll just create a short circuit in his 'dozer battery. Who's with me? Road trip to Weir. Got any jumper cables?
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Re: What is different with Roy?
« Reply #15 on: September 05, 2008, 09:34:08 am »
Quote from: mihoba on September 05, 2008, 09:18:26 am
I have a plan. I'll just create a short circuit in his 'dozer battery. Who's with me? Road trip to Weir. Got any jumper cables?

That's what I meant when I wrote "dread".  He's shown a willingness to experiment with alternative treatments.
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Re: What is different with Roy?
« Reply #16 on: September 05, 2008, 11:17:20 am »
Quote from: pravata on September 05, 2008, 09:34:08 am
That's what I meant when I wrote "dread".  He's shown a willingness to experiment with alternative treatments.

Like herbal medicines?
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