Comments on: Nevermind: Dallas Braden is starting tonight, as scheduled

By: cur68

cur68 — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 03:31:19 +0000

Poor 209. He deserved better tonight. Jesse Litstch, who’s grown a bright red beard so now he looks like Hagar the Horrible, still throws a FB like a teenage girl; however that chick has a wicked cutter that she can break either way, her change is as good as I remembered and every once in a while she sneaks a 4 seam FB past 91 mph. Woooo, Jays win! They’re 4 -1 now & tied with the O’s. We lost Escobar, but not before he did some damage. Actually that was hard to watch when he went back in the field after cracking his head on LaRoche’s knee; he obviously had a concussion. I was immensely grateful when they got out of that inning without him keeling over. I think he’s done for the next 7 at least. His neck was jammed backwards pretty hard.
The 209 was pretty solid tonight; his D really let him down and his grasp of English grammar let him down too as this was his quote; “It’s game five, right?” he asked. “We’ve got a long road to hoe.” Dude, really? It’s ‘hoe a row’ not ‘road’. Hoeing a road won’t work unless you were spelling it ‘h-o” then I suggest you get other work because you aint pretty. Also making me happy tonight are the Rangers, who, in spite of Ron Washington’s complete and utter inability to manage (I’ve heard from other posters how awful he is; can’t really see it m’self, but people that emphatic must be right, right?) still seem to be winning. Maybe Ron should call up Fancona & Madden & give them some tips on how to suck as a manager yet still win games?

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 01:56:20 +0000

And maybe he shouldn’t have. . .

By: cur68

cur68 — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:39:19 +0000

Really? Too bad. Its one of the few things I knew about him except for the perfect game, the 209 reference, and his breaking stuff looks like a hitters dream. I’m really looking forward to watching him to see if he’s sharp with the breaking pitches and if his FB is over 90. Litsch barely throws 90 but his change is good, or was last season, and I have no idea if his other stuff has improved as yet. I think its about even on the mound tonight; neither guy’s gonna blow anyone away and we’ll see who has the better D and offense. I got the Jays for better D but the A’s offense didn’t need the miscues to put up most of their runs.

By: spindervish

spindervish — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:20:23 +0000

FYI, I’m pretty sure Braden abandoned the screwball like 2 years ago.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:18:57 +0000

APBAguy is back in his catbird seat, and all is right with the sunset side of America again. I need to start watching this team on the Insomnia Channel again.

By: cur68

cur68 — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:59:17 +0000

The 209 is on! Excellent. That guy relies on his D to get him his outs. I saw those dudes in action last night and I gotta say; Braden shoulda stayed on the DL. If the Kouz starts at 3rd, then there is NO ONE covering 3rd and Braden’s muffin breaking balls will be rolling down the line all evening unless he can get a screwball or 2 over the plate to keep the Jays honest.

By: APBA Guy

APBA Guy — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:10:07 +0000

As long as the Gio Whisperer stays with the team, things will be ok. When he’s not in the dugout Gio gets really shaky, and that’s bad for the A’s. Ross threw well in Spring, it is actually a good thing to get him some starts, since the A’s figure to have a lot of pitcher DL days before the season is over.

By: heffmessina

heffmessina — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:33:44 +0000

His neck told him to”stick it”, to which he responded “we don’t skip starts in the 209″

By: cur68

cur68 — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:13:30 +0000

Ah, crap. I was looking forward to the 209 v the Beaver Men. Oy, oy, oy. It’s Jesse Litsch tonight & I was counting on Braden’s head case pitching style to get us thru this one. The A’s will KILL Listch who throws about as hard as my 14 year old daughter. This’ll be interesting….

By: yankeesfanlen

yankeesfanlen — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:01:18 +0000

Did someone walk across the mound again, getting his neck out of joint?