Comments on: Pedro to start Game 3? Really, Charlie?

By: Chris McC.

Chris McC. — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:37:54 +0000

Something that is inexplicably retarded. Red Sox/Angels game over at rougly 3:30. No baseball whatsoever from 3:30 to 7:07 pm – Yankess/Twins. then a game at 10:07 – Phillies/Rockies. What the hell can’t the Phillies play at 3:07?? This is a joke!

By: Chris McC.

Chris McC. — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:25:45 +0000

BJ Upton, JT O’Sullivan, JR Reed, AC Slater, DL Hughley…

Hey if were lucky the Angels and Yanks will sweep today and the Phills can play at something resembling a reasonable start time.

Although MLB will probably still start the game at 11:38 a.m. or something.

By: jkay

jkay — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:16:18 +0000

random comment: am so proud of the Angels right now, even if they don’t win they at least made a statement. its tough to lose that much to one team. Boston is up but still Fenway is awfully quiet….I dunno…..

By: jjg

jjg — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:21:31 +0000

… J.D. Drew, J.P. Parise, L.C. Greenwood …

By: jjg

jjg — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:48:51 +0000

A.J. Foyt, B.J. Surhoff, D.J. Dozier, J.J. Daigneault, O.J. Simpson, M.L. Carr, I.M. Hipp, C.C. Sabathia, D.L. Washington, J.D. Smith, J.A. Happ … passing the time until 10:07.

By: Chris McC.

Chris McC. — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:25:03 +0000

Forecast for tonight in Denver: “Patchy Fog,” 32 degrees.

By: jkay

jkay — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:09:18 +0000

bski: ex-Phillie pitchers Padilla and Wolf come home for October. can you say NLCS deja-vu?

HEY now that the freaking Cardinals and media celeb/MLB’s equivalent of Brangelina; Albert Pujols himself, are gone, can we get that 4-7pm slot and play in some decent weather.
push back the freaking yankees if u have to. its not like we dont already know whats gonna happen in a series with a mentally and physically spent Twins club.

By: bski

bski — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:00:24 +0000

BTW, The Dodgers are in the NLCS after sweeping the Cardinals today with a 5-1 win. Vicente Padilla threw 97 pitches, 69 of which were strikes, over 7 innings, allowing only 4 hits, 1 walk, and no runs while striking out 4. How about that? (nod to Vin Scully)

By: bski

bski — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:44:21 +0000

One last update for this evening. Charlie Manuel has confirmed that Lee will pitch game 4 and it will be either Hamels or Blanton for game 5, with Pedro pitching out of the pen to get some work. Here are some direct quotes:

“I told J.A. yesterday that he was going to pitch Sunday, and when the game got called today, I think, if I’m not mistaken, it’s been about 10 or 11 days since Pedro Martinez pitched in a game,” Manuel said. ”And also the weather had something to do with it. And another thing that comes into play is the fact that Cliff Lee is on his regular rest. And we like left hand pitchers against Colorado. And I think that gives us the strongest way to go about it.
And also from here on out, the next couple of days Pedro will work out of the bullpen.”

Game 5: “That’s on Hamels’ regular day, and also it depends on how much Blanton would get in the game and also Pedro,” Manuel said. “But I like left hand pitchers against this team. And I think that we definitely match up good that way.”

By: jjg

jjg — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:45 +0000

Only two things separate Pedro from his staff mates at this time: intelligence and forthrightness. Who among starters IS sure of what they will be able to provide, especially under playoff pressure in poor weather conditions?