Comments on: And That Happened: Monday’s scores and highlights

By: mornelithe

mornelithe — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:40:57 +0000

The movement on his curve was pretty damn vicious last night, that’s for sure. He really just needs to tighten up on his control (ergo, get a handle on walks).

By: DJ MC

DJ MC — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:07:44 +0000

In case anyone is curious, the last time the Yankees played a game in 2:22 or less was last July 10, when they beat the Rays 1-0 in 2:11. They played a game against the White Sox in the same time in April (yep, Buehrle pitched), and a seven-inning game on August 2 in 1:59 (obviously that doesn’t count).

The Red Sox had one on April 11, losing 3-1 to Toronto in 2:13, and three last season.

This was already the third game this year that the Orioles played in 2:22 or less.

By: natstowngreg

natstowngreg — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:34:30 +0000

And the Nats rotation. Gio should be sent down for giving up 2 whole runs Sunday. He should know by now that he might get zero run support, so he needed to keep pitching those scoreless innings.

By: APBA Guy

APBA Guy — Tue, 01 May 2012 15:14:02 +0000

Buchholz earned every bit of his 1.90+ WHIP last night, hurling the ball outside the zone in a sort of Anti-Colon movement all his own. But he at least has major league caliber stuff, allowing him to Houdini his way out of inning after inning with multiple baserunners until the 7th. No mention that he had a 2-2 count on Crisp, fired strike 3 on the inside corner, a strike which was ignored by Phil Cuzzi. Five runs later, Buchholtz exits, no longer Houdini. Major league pitchers have to overcome blown calls, fielding mistakes, etc.. But Buchholz, already living on the edge, couldn’t find a way out of the 7th.

Tommy Milone, the incarnation of all that is Moyer, also received his due from a Grateful Red Sox nation last night, as his mushball repertoire was treated with the respect it deserves by first Ortiz, then the entire rest of the lineup. I have a feeling this will happen again. And again. You have to actually be Moyer to survive with stuff topping out at 88 and sitting 85. Command must be absolute. Even then, quality hitters will punish you. It’s one thing to fare well with that stuff against Seattle. But don’t bring that to Boston. Especially when you are missing your spots.

By: Panda Claus

Panda Claus — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:07:11 +0000

Nope. The Orioles lineup rarely makes anybody’s ERA go up. Don’t be fooled by one game.

By: bravojawja

bravojawja — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:55:29 +0000

Isn’t it possible for the official scorer (or whoever) to assign the Win to the pitcher who pitched well? I think that happened within the last few years — the W went to a reliever who didn’t stink up the joint even though he wasn’t in line for it. Not that this would have worked in the Phillies game last night, but still.

There should at least be a rule that the player who blows the lead/save can’t get the Win. If you have to, go back to the starter for the W. Then again, why assign the Win at all? There are plenty of games without a Save, why not a game without a Win?

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:53:59 +0000

No, they were booing. The fresh booted three behind Buehrle yesterday. Their scrbbies hit two dingers and they scored five but shot themselves in the ass with their Three Stooges fielding anyway.

Meanwhile Fido, our odd, fuzzy new puppy with the Bryce Harper hairdo, came in from the yard yesterday with something in his mouth and climbed up to his favorite spot in the corner by the ceiling with it. We figured it was just another episode of puppy coprophagia but when he finally got bored with itand dropped it on top of the armoire it turned out to be something like a potato chip with feathers on it. When I get back to Macondo I’m going over to S-Mart to see if they have any more treaties like that.

By: pw38

pw38 — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:37:49 +0000

I’m trying to be realistic here about Yu and let the season play out before saying he’s arrived but man is he starting to look good. He has such good movement on his pitches I wonder if the league’s gonna need more than a few outings against him to try to figure it out. He definitely has good stuff and knows how to get himself out of jams. I’m impressed to say the least.

By: Jonny 5

Jonny 5 — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:21:58 +0000

Nobody understands this more than the Phillies pitching staff. Well, besides Felix H. anyway.

By: kopy

kopy — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:18:53 +0000

Nope.

By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged

churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:13:46 +0000

Pretty sure Klaw penned the death knell for pitching wins back on 9/21/10 in this article
http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/insider/columns/story?columnist=law_keith&id=5599365

By: Jonny 5

Jonny 5 — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:11:11 +0000

If a win was a an object, Qualls should have handed it to Worley last night.

So, when can we call W/L a team stat and stop fooling around calling it a pitching stat?

By: uyf1950

uyf1950 — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:08:35 +0000

Maybe just maybe the Yankees starting pitchers are starting to come around. Moving Garcia out of the rotation and with CC’s and Kuroda’s last outings (combined 15 innings 3 ER’s) the Yankees can kick it into gear. Although I’m still waiting for Tex and Cano to show up offensively this season.

By: dwrek5

dwrek5 — Tue, 01 May 2012 12:59:19 +0000

Face it Craig, Chad Qualls knows how to win. He did what he had to do to get the W.

By: stex52

stex52 — Tue, 01 May 2012 12:40:20 +0000

I expect that he was a little too quick on the trigger after being too slow to make good changes on Sunday. They threw away a win against the Reds; I think he was desperate to keep it from happening again.

I am still undecided about Mills. He was dealt a very bad hand when he took the job. His reputation is that he is good with the young players. I am feeling uncomfortable right now about whether he can handle his pitchers.

By: Ari Collins

Ari Collins — Tue, 01 May 2012 12:02:28 +0000

Should have saved that rain recap for a Rays game, when you could have referenced a Mr. T.S. Elliot Johnson.

By: kranepool

kranepool — Tue, 01 May 2012 10:53:09 +0000

Brad Mills was audtioning for a role on the new reality show “The Next Tony LaRussa” as he tried using 6 different pitchers for 6 different batters, Mills said after the game he was trying to show the Astros fans what it will be like when the Astros become contenders again but the sad truth is Mills will be long gone from the Houston dugout when that occurs

By: phillyphreak

phillyphreak — Tue, 01 May 2012 10:37:28 +0000

Stir-oyids. Amirite?

By: btwicey

btwicey — Tue, 01 May 2012 10:31:03 +0000

Yu. Beast. Braun. Beast. Kemp. Beast.

By: royhobbs39

royhobbs39 — Tue, 01 May 2012 10:25:52 +0000

You just penned the new Sox narrative: What has Bobby V done to Buckholz?