Max Scherzer petrified 13 straight batters with his deadly gaze!
Difficulty: 8 Attacks: Pitch 1d3, Petrification
--You behold Max Scherzer . . . --You are terrified by his 2-color eyes, and cannot move . . . --You cannot see the release point . . . --You hear Max Scherzer's fastball hissing! --You have become a statue.
― felicity, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 04:08 (fifteen years ago) link
^LOL
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 11:07 (fifteen years ago) link
the one on one interview that the world demands:
http://www.nydailynews.com/img/2007/06/29/amd_crawford.jpg
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 11:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Scherzer was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 43rd round (1291st overall) in the 2003 Major League Baseball draft but did not sign
:``( stl-grown :) holee shit @ the d-backs pitching
― bnw, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 15:07 (fifteen years ago) link
PH 2-run HR for Micah owings today.
saw conor jackson on espn today who said micah is the best slugger on the team and that if he had 500 ABs he'd hit like .280 w/ 40 tacos o_O !
20 wins for the month is not to shabby
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 23:54 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm not actually sure that Jackson is wrong actually. Owings is putting up some pretty crazy #s.
― Alex in SF, Thursday, 1 May 2008 04:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Owings has a higher career OPS than Pujols and is close to Bonds.
― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 1 May 2008 12:45 (fifteen years ago) link
*cough* small sample sizes *cough*
― Alex in SF, Thursday, 1 May 2008 17:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Good question may be how long before Owings gets intentionally walked so some pitcher can face Chris Young instead!
― Alex in SF, Thursday, 1 May 2008 17:26 (fifteen years ago) link
jtrichey (Indianapolis): Hi Joe, thanks for the chat. At what point do you start getting Micah Owings some starts in the field? Or starts every day?
Joe Sheehan: Never. He's a good pitcher, and not a good enough hitter to play a corner on that team. I would, however, be using him as a PH with alarming frequency. He could get 150 PAs for me.
― mattbot, Thursday, 1 May 2008 18:21 (fifteen years ago) link
I like this team of freaks! The giant, the tweak, the slugger, crazy eyes.
The Chase field remodel is sooooo nice.
I don't really see them losing to anyone in the West or the East.
― felicity, Thursday, 1 May 2008 19:07 (fifteen years ago) link
On the May edition of "The Eric Byrnes Show," the Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder continues his matchmaking ways with his own version of the mid-1960s game show.
Samantha chose bachelor #1 Connor Jackson over bachelor #2 Justin Upton and #3 Micah Owings. Over Micah Owings!
― felicity, Monday, 5 May 2008 05:15 (fifteen years ago) link
well, playing the East seems to be lowering their orbit just fine. Scherzer: no Superman.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 13:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Bachelor #3 24 AB .417/.481/.625
Chipper Jones 142 AB .415/.475/.683
Lance Berkman 143 AB .392/.470/.790
― felicity, Thursday, 15 May 2008 01:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Well, there's that question answered. Have lost 10 of 14.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 3 June 2008 14:35 (fifteen years ago) link
If they don't overcome this 4-run deficit, their record will be 3 games better than the Pirates'!
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 9 June 2008 18:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, what happened.
I haven't been watching them that carefully but it was pretty awesome having the Cubs sweep them after they ripped the guts out of our postseason last year.
― felicity, Monday, 9 June 2008 18:43 (fifteen years ago) link
What happened is their young dudes stopped hitting so great basically. Also their non-Webb/Haren pitchers declined too.
― Alex in SF, Monday, 9 June 2008 18:45 (fifteen years ago) link
. . . which also not-so-mysteriously correlates to playing teams in the non-Pacific or Mountain time zones, now that I check their April/May schedule.
As Doc suggests.
― felicity, Monday, 9 June 2008 19:09 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm going to Webb vs Mets on Wed night, so they may get back on track...
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 9 June 2008 19:11 (fifteen years ago) link
big unit and mienkiewicz almost brawled today
― mookieproof, Monday, 9 June 2008 19:15 (fifteen years ago) link
That should be fun to watch. Why is Webb not matched up against Santana as the probable? Don't they usually try to stay in sequence?
― felicity, Monday, 9 June 2008 19:16 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/images/photos/2007/12/04/44s4adkg.jpg http://encyklopedie.dune.cz/images/thufir.jpg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 23:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Jul 1 Matt Paulson, of the East Valley Tribune, reports the Arizona Diamondbacks have placed C Chris Snyder (testicle) on the 15-day disabled list with a left testicular fracture.
― mattbot, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 02:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Well that was quite something!
― Mark C, Thursday, 3 July 2008 22:33 (fifteen years ago) link
The testicular fracture or the Brewer's bullpen implosion?
― Alex in SF, Thursday, 3 July 2008 22:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Wow, just saw the highlight of that 9th inning, OW.
― Rock Hardy, Friday, 4 July 2008 02:22 (fifteen years ago) link
It sucked to be an infielder in Brian McCann's way last night.
― Rock Hardy, Sunday, 10 August 2008 13:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Adam Dunn is now a Diamondback
― Andy K, Monday, 11 August 2008 19:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Nice to see the Dodgers give a crap about winning the NL West.
― David R., Monday, 11 August 2008 19:07 (fifteen years ago) link
why didn't LA block the deal? what's one more outfielder on the Dodger roster?
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 11 August 2008 19:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Ned Coletti, brainiac.
― Alex in SF, Monday, 11 August 2008 19:18 (fifteen years ago) link
And the Reds got 2 PTBNL and a 2006 draftee that underwent Tommy John surgery last year? Ned probably could've given up Ethier + 1 and gotten it done (tho lol @ LAD OF defense if that actually happened).
Love that Dallas Buck's Wiki page has the trade in it already, but still says he MAY undergo TJ.
― David R., Monday, 11 August 2008 19:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Stark is smarter than the average ESPN hack, and I think Webb may end up fully deserving the Cy, BUT...
Jeff (LA): Is Brandon Webb even the Cy Young of his own team? Haren has more quality starts and strikeouts, a better WHIP and near identical ERA.
Jayson Stark: (1:59 PM ET ) Dan Haren might be third in this race, at worst. But I don't think he's the Cy Young. Brandon Webb has that ace aura. And he's 17-4! Haren has absolutely pitched great, and he's been a tremendous assistant ace. But I think other teams still look at Brandon Webb as The Man on that staff.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 15 August 2008 19:18 (fifteen years ago) link
That's par for Stark's course, Morbs!
― David R., Friday, 15 August 2008 19:25 (fifteen years ago) link
If they make the playoffs, I would not want my team to have to play the D-Backs. Going with Webb and Haren to open a playoff series would be nasty and a team could be down 0-2 before the paint even dries. The Unit has also been pitching better and he might be able to fire up the mullet for a night.
― earlnash, Saturday, 16 August 2008 03:42 (fifteen years ago) link
CC and Sheets ain't much of a picnic, either.
― Dr Morbius, Saturday, 16 August 2008 19:02 (fifteen years ago) link
FLASHBACK
Updated: December 3, 2007, 4:33 PM ET NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Chicago White Sox added depth to their inexperienced outfield Monday, acquiring Carlos Quentin from the Arizona Diamondbacks for minor league first baseman Chris Carter.
Could you imagine the D-Backs with Quentin?
― Steve Shasta, Saturday, 16 August 2008 19:50 (fifteen years ago) link
"CC and Sheets ain't much of a picnic, either."
That's true. It would be a show to have those four starters meet in game 1 and 2 of a playoff series.
The D-Backs bullpen isn't as good as last year, but it is not quite the kerosene corps in Milwaukee. That Brewer bullpen is a sad face waiting to happen.
― earlnash, Saturday, 16 August 2008 23:13 (fifteen years ago) link
this has been lost in ryan howard's "pursuit" of the single-season strikeouts record, but even with howard having 163 Ks in 473 ABs, mark reynolds has 156 Ks in 421 ABs. howard is on pace for 211 Ks and reynolds is on pace for 205.
― omar little, Thursday, 21 August 2008 00:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Dunn continuing to make JP Ricciardi look like a chump.
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 21 August 2008 14:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Adam Dunn is what he is and for what he is it is somewhat consistent. The guy is a perfect fit for what they needed and I would not be surprised if Dunn ends up getting signed by Arizona. The guy has hit 200 HRs (and counting) in the last five years. No matter what, there is just not that many guys that have hit 40 HRs five plus seasons in a row. Dunn will never hit for much more average than he does, but I think all of those walks even that and the K's out a bit.
I think whatever team has him would probably be better to get him playing first base if he stays in the NL.
― earlnash, Friday, 22 August 2008 04:37 (fifteen years ago) link
They just got swept by the Padres, but to be fair, it's hard to compete when the Padres are throwing studs like Baek and Reineke out there and the Dbacks have to counter with Webb and Randy Johnson.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 22:34 (fifteen years ago) link
it doesn't even matter. the dodgers are in such a tailspin right now not even manny and alyssa milano can help.
― Steve Shasta, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 22:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, but here come the Rockieees.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 23:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Dunn's going to start sprinting out those grounders now...
― Andy K, Sunday, 31 August 2008 21:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Looks like Haren would now have more of a CY case than Webb.
― Andy K, Monday, 1 September 2008 01:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Lincecum should be the clear choice at this point. Of course, ESPN is now casting it as a race btwn Webb and ... Sabathia!
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 1 September 2008 14:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Morbius has a point.
― Leee, Monday, 1 September 2008 18:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Which player would you rather have on your team?
Look for the unselfish one.
2nd Y Molina homered to left center. 2nd J Mather homered to left. 2nd A Dunn homered to left. 3rd A Pujols homered to left, R Ludwick scored. 3rd F Lopez homered to left. 3rd D Eckstein hit sacrifice fly to right, S Drew scored. 4th C Young homered to left. 5th S Drew homered to right. 6th R Ludwick doubled to deep center, C Izturis scored. 6th M Reynolds homered to left center, A Dunn scored.
― Andy K, Monday, 1 September 2008 22:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Is this Daron Sutton doing the play-by-play? Maybe he should be tranquilized.
― Andy K, Monday, 1 September 2008 22:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Tony Clark pinch running!
Tony Clark parked at third for a couple solid seconds watching Stephen Drew attempt to leg out a triple. "No, dude, you got a double -- second's back there."
― Andy K, Monday, 1 September 2008 23:04 (fifteen years ago) link
haha that was great
he was physically pointing at the base!!
― J0rdan S., Monday, 1 September 2008 23:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Brian (Brooklyn): What makes Webb a more deserving Cy Young candidate than Santana? Is it Johan's fault that the bullpen has blown a ton of leads for him?
Rob Neyer: (12:38 PM ET ) Santana's having a great season, but there's a big difference between their home ballparks. And the difference favors Webb in these discussions.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill W (Brooklyn NY): Right now Webb is NINTH in the NL in VORP (park-neutral, yes?) behind Lincecum, Santana, Sheets, Dempster, Hamels, Peavy, Haren and Billingsley. Isn't what makes him the Cy co-favorite right now nothing more than that lucky ol' W-L figure?
Rob Neyer: (12:52 PM ET ) Sure. As always. I do think Webb's better than the ninth-best pitcher in the league; for one thing, he's third-best in innings pitched and might finish No. 1. But yeah, he's been lucky.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 16:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Sep 25 The Associated Press reports Arizona Diamondbacks 3B Mark Reynolds set a major league record with his 200th strikeout Thursday, Sept. 25.
― the lord of overstock (ciderpress), Thursday, 25 September 2008 23:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Wow so much focus on Howard I didn't even realize Reynolds level of sucktitude.
― Alex in SF, Thursday, 25 September 2008 23:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Not that striking out = sucking, but Reynolds had a crappy year overall.
nice combined 9-inning no hitter, pitchers ive never heard of
J Rauch 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14-8 5.26E Vasquez 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 29-20 5.23C Zavada 2.2 0 0 0 3 2 0 45-22 0.00L Rosales (W, 1-0) 3.1 0 0 0 0 4 0 34-27 5.40
― johnny crunch, Monday, 8 June 2009 02:40 (fourteen years ago) link