<table width="750" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="6"><a name="20091006"></a>Tuesday, October 6, 2009</td></tr><tr class="colhead"><td width="36%">RESULT</td><td width="17%">WIN</td><td width="17%">LOSS</td><td width="17%">SAVE</td><td>ATT.</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-10-6 team-10-9"><td><a href="/mlb/boxscore?gameId=291006109">at Minnesota 6, Detroit 5</a></td><td><a href="/mlb/players/profile?playerId=28470">Keppel</a> (1-1) </td><td><a href="/mlb/players/profile?playerId=5111">Rodney</a> (2-5) </td><td></td><td colspan="2">54,088</td></tr></table><table class="tablehead" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"></table><table class="tablehead" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"></table><table class="tablehead" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="6"><a name="20091007"></a>Wednesday, October 7, 2009</td></tr><tr class="colhead"><td width="30%">TEAMS</td><td align="right" width="12%">TIME (ET)</td><td width="10%">NAT TV</td><td width="12%">XM RADIO</td><td width="10%">RESOURCES</td><td width="30%">PITCHERS</td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-10-27 team-10-22"><td><a href="/mlb/preview?gameId=291007122">Colorado at Philadelphia</a></td><td align="right">2:37 PM</td><td>TBS</td><td> </td><td><a href="http://www.stubhub.com/mlb-tickets/philadelphia-phillies-tickets/" onclick="this.href=this.href+'?gcid=C12289x450>kw=Philadelphia+Phillies'" title="Philadelphia Phillies Tickets">Tickets</a> | <a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;92999071;16443180;q?http://sports.espn.go.com/travel/cities/index?city=philadelphia&startDate=20091007">Travel</a> | <a href="/travel/stadium/index?venue=mlb_22">Stadium</a></td><td><a href="/mlb/players/profile?playerId=28625">Jimenez</a> vs <a href="/mlb/players/profile?playerId=5353">Lee</a></td></tr><tr class="evenrow team-10-9 team-10-10"><td><a href="/mlb/preview?gameId=291007110">Minnesota at NY Yankees</a></td><td align="right">6:07 PM</td><td>TBS</td><td> </td><td><a href="http://www.stubhub.com/mlb-tickets/new-york-yankees-tickets/" onclick="this.href=this.href+'?gcid=C12289x450>kw=New+York+Yankees'" title="New York Yankees Tickets">Tickets</a> | <a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;92999071;16443180;q?http://sports.espn.go.com/travel/cities/index?city=new-york-city&startDate=20091007">Travel</a> | <a href="/travel/stadium/index?venue=mlb_10">Stadium</a></td><td><a href="/mlb/players/profile?playerId=28960">Duensing</a> vs <a href="/mlb/players/profile?playerId=4553">Sabathia</a></td></tr><tr class="oddrow team-10-24 team-10-19"><td><a href="/mlb/preview?gameId=291007119">St. Louis at LA Dodgers</a></td><td align="right">9:37 PM</td><td>TBS</td><td> </td><td><a href="http://www.stubhub.com/mlb-tickets/los-angeles-dodgers-tickets/" onclick="this.href=this.href+'?gcid=C12289x450>kw=Los+Angeles+Dodgers'" title="Los Angeles Dodgers Tickets">Tickets</a> | <a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;92999071;16443180;q?http://sports.espn.go.com/travel/cities/index?city=los-angeles&startDate=20091007">Travel</a> | <a href="/travel/stadium/index?venue=mlb_19">Stadium</a></td><td><a href="/mlb/players/profile?playerId=3610">Carpenter</a> vs <a href="/mlb/players/profile?playerId=4087">Wolf</a></td></tr></table>
huh?
10-07-09, 06:06 AM
The good news? A triple header.
The bad news? It's on TBS...
Luds
10-07-09, 06:52 AM
Let's go Yankees!
What a game that was last night, but heck the Tigers blew it, and got screwed on that non-hit by pitch with bases loaded.
zuffy
10-07-09, 09:41 AM
Lets go Yankees!
Can't wait to get home and watch the game.
starman9000
10-07-09, 09:48 AM
Go Twins!
I wish I could stay up for the late game too, but I'm an old man.
coli
10-07-09, 10:09 AM
Let's go Phils!
Because Mr. Selig is a douce, I will only catch the last few innings of game 1 and 2. And for anyone who says that just take a sick day, the way this economy is right now and nobody has any job security, I can't take that risk right now.
Drexl
10-07-09, 10:12 AM
Let's go Cardinals!
RoyalTea
10-07-09, 10:25 AM
Is there a maximum IQ allowed to post a comment to an ESPN article? The amount of people pissed at MLB for kowtowing to the Yankees and making the Twins play today after playing last night is shocking.
starman9000
10-07-09, 10:31 AM
Is there a maximum IQ allowed to post a comment to an ESPN article? The amount of people pissed at MLB for kowtowing to the Yankees and making the Twins play today after playing last night is shocking.
There has to be like a 100:1 terrible to worthwhile post ratio for comments on any news site. The Yankees earned that right and the Twins are only being penalized because of their own crappy Dome contract.
When we inevitably go to game 163 next year we can do it on Monday like you are supposed to :)
I actually like the Twins getting the no rest, seems like odd things could happen. I don't like how our rotation sets up now, as Friday they could go Blackburn or Pavano, then on Sunday they could go the other or Baker.
coli
10-07-09, 10:41 AM
I actually like the Twins getting the no rest, seems like odd things could happen. I don't like how our rotation sets up now, as Friday they could go Blackburn or Pavano, then on Sunday they could go the other or Baker.
Totally agree, teams like the Twins are scary when they are riding a high like the last few weeks. I equate them to the 2007 Rockies, as a hot team is team ripe to upset someone.
Although these teams usually run out of steam after 2 rounds. The Rockies played great until being swept by the Sox in the World Series that year.
Quack
10-07-09, 11:18 AM
Working 2-11 at a TV station means 3 baseball games and very little work getting done! :up:
cardsfan111
10-07-09, 11:43 AM
I apologize if someone has asked this in another thread. Is there a way to catch postseason games online? I don't get TBS and while it's possible I can find somewhere else to catch a game or two, I'd prefer to do it a home. Got something in e-mail today about mlb.com offering something called postseason.tv - it's $9.95 for the entire postseason. Apparently, this was launched for the Twins/Tigers game yesterday. A few comments online by folks that used it said it was horrible. Anyone else try it out or know of another option?
Qui Gon Jim
10-07-09, 11:49 AM
WTF? Why in the hell would these morons schedule a game with a huge east coast following to begin at 10PM? My alarm goes off at 5. There is no way I will be awake when this game ends at 2AM. I can't call in "Red Sox playoffs" to work. They have to realize that a middle of the two zones start time would be better than screwing an entire timezone of the country.
Fucking morons.
coli
10-07-09, 11:57 AM
WTF? Why in the hell would these morons schedule a game with a huge east coast following to begin at 10PM? My alarm goes off at 5. There is no way I will be awake when this game ends at 2AM. I can't call in "Red Sox playoffs" to work. They have to realize that a middle of the two zones start time would be better than screwing an entire timezone of the country.
Fucking morons.
I agree, and this is the huge negative of the Wildcard round, you have too many games to schedule at normal times, so many fans will get screwed.
In the old days before the Wildcard, you would just have the NLCS & ALCS and the games would be at 4PM and 8PM. So you could knock off work alittle early for the afternoon game, and just stay up alittle late for the night game.
Now we have 2:30 starts, 10PM starts, and you follow a team all year, and then you miss parts or all of the wildcard round games!
Drexl
10-07-09, 12:00 PM
I can't call in "Red Sox playoffs" to work.
Just say you have scarlet fever.
VinVega
10-07-09, 12:03 PM
I'll be catching bits and pieces of the Yanks game tonight as I have a softball game scheduled for 8pm. Hopefully I get rained out. ;)
FantasticVSDoom
10-07-09, 01:02 PM
I'll be catching bits and pieces of the Yanks game tonight as I have a softball game scheduled for 8pm. Hopefully I get rained out. ;)
Well its bright and sunny out right now, although its really fucking windy...
Damfino
10-07-09, 01:30 PM
I agree, and this is the huge negative of the Wildcard round, you have too many games to schedule at normal times, so many fans will get screwed.
In the old days before the Wildcard, you would just have the NLCS & ALCS and the games would be at 4PM and 8PM. So you could knock off work alittle early for the afternoon game, and just stay up alittle late for the night game.
Now we have 2:30 starts, 10PM starts, and you follow a team all year, and then you miss parts or all of the wildcard round games!
This scheduling works for me, but they really should split the AL & NL to 2 different channels even if it means having games opposite each other. Of course, the diehards want to see every pitch of every game, so this is what they came up with.
Red Dog
10-07-09, 01:56 PM
In the old days before the Wildcard, you would just have the NLCS & ALCS and the games would be at 4PM and 8PM. So you could knock off work alittle early for the afternoon game, and just stay up alittle late for the night game.
Now we have 2:30 starts, 10PM starts, and you follow a team all year, and then you miss parts or all of the wildcard round games!
Those were the days. Easy to follow and nobody (unless it was a west coast team playing in the 4 pm game) got screwed.
They should use TBS and TNT and just stagger the starts: 4 (TBS), 6 (TNT), and 8 (TBS). So some overlap, but for national following, you can watch the end of games if they are exciting.
fumanstan
10-07-09, 02:22 PM
WTF? Why in the hell would these morons schedule a game with a huge east coast following to begin at 10PM? My alarm goes off at 5. There is no way I will be awake when this game ends at 2AM. I can't call in "Red Sox playoffs" to work. They have to realize that a middle of the two zones start time would be better than screwing an entire timezone of the country.
Fucking morons.
Because another team with a huge east coast following is scheduled already at 6, and they're playing a team that's also on the East Coast. The Red Sox are playing a team on the West Coast, and in Anaheim. It makes sense given MLB's desire to have all the games aired and not overlap, as the other option would be to have games going at the same time.
fumanstan
10-07-09, 02:26 PM
Those were the days. Easy to follow and nobody (unless it was a west coast team playing in the 4 pm game) got screwed.
They should use TBS and TNT and just stagger the starts: 4 (TBS), 6 (TNT), and 8 (TBS). So some overlap, but for national following, you can watch the end of games if they are exciting.
Staggering times seems like a far better solution to me :up:
wlmowery
10-07-09, 02:35 PM
GAME TIME....
Thank God for Sling and a private office....
Quack
10-07-09, 02:43 PM
Nice throw Howard :P
LickTheABCs
10-07-09, 03:10 PM
Nice throw Werth :P
fixed.
He was safe, but it was still a beautiful throw.
B.A.
10-07-09, 03:13 PM
They should use TBS and TNT and just stagger the starts: 4 (TBS), 6 (TNT), and 8 (TBS). So some overlap, but for national following, you can watch the end of games if they are exciting.
Great idea.
Personally, I am pissed that half of these games are not on a national network.
Red Dog
10-07-09, 03:16 PM
Great idea.
Personally, I am pissed that half of these games are not on a national network.
Those days are gone. The WS will be on ESPN within a decade.
B.A.
10-07-09, 03:19 PM
Those days are gone. The WS will be on ESPN within a decade.I know and it fucking sucks.
By the way - fans of the Cardinals and mustaches alike can vote for Brendan Ryan for The 2009 Robert Goulet Memorial Mustached American of the Year:
Those days are gone. The WS will be on ESPN within a decade.
Not if the Yankees start winning on the regular. Let's be honest, they pull in ratings. ;)
Goat3001
10-07-09, 03:58 PM
This game has bullpen implosion written all over it.
Red Dog
10-07-09, 04:01 PM
Not if the Yankees start winning on the regular. Let's be honest, they pull in ratings. ;)
Not enough. Their ratings impact will fade over time as well - for every Yankees fan there is, there would be 20 Yankee-haters who would say - screw it, I'm not watching this again. No OTA network is going to want to pay 1) what MLB would likelky seek for WS rights in the next contract and 2) suck up valuable October primetime real estate when Disney is there to plop down the cash for ESPN to air it.
There's only team left that can cause a big ratings spike and that's the Cubs.
wirefan
10-07-09, 04:03 PM
Just curious - did Jimenez forget he's throwing 97-99mph? I know the Phillies are a good fastball hitting team but he's throwing a ton of curveball/sliders and the Phils are hitting them.
LickTheABCs
10-07-09, 04:22 PM
Fuck the wind!!!
WallyOPD
10-07-09, 04:33 PM
There's only team left that can cause a big ratings spike and that's the Cubs.
I can only imagine the ratings a Cubs-Red Sox World Series would have brought if the Red Sox hadn't already broken their curse.
stevevt
10-07-09, 04:37 PM
A bunch of missed calls so far, and you can add 1 more to the total on that last one.
whotony
10-07-09, 06:10 PM
The good news? A triple header.
The bad news? It's on TBS...
TBS is far and away better then watching Baseball on either Fox or ESPN.
Deftones
10-07-09, 06:19 PM
i like the pitch tracker on the side of the screen during ABs. a good use of space since there's nothing ever going on there.
B.A.
10-07-09, 06:19 PM
TBS is far and away better then watching Baseball on either Fox or ESPN.
Not when you have to listen to Chip Caray.
whotony
10-07-09, 06:21 PM
a umpire blew a call at all three bases today they stunk.
But going by the pitch trax thing the home plate ump was right on every pitch, he called a nearly perfect game behind the plate today, Phil's/Rocky's game
whotony
10-07-09, 06:23 PM
Not when you have to listen to Chip Caray.
Chip Caray didn't have the Phils game but anyway Chip caray is much easier to listen to then John Miller or Chris Berman, Berman
is doing the Phils on espn radio, or anyone Fox has on the game, usually Fake Buck.
Red Dog
10-07-09, 06:24 PM
Chip Caray didn't have the Phils game but anyway Chip caray is much easier to listen to then John Miller or Chris Berman, Berman is doing the Phils on espn radio, or anyone Fox has on the game, usually Fake Buck.
I don't watch much baseball anymore, but I agree completely.
SonOfAStu
10-07-09, 06:32 PM
A-Rod already leaving runners in scoring position in October.
wirefan
10-07-09, 06:38 PM
Chip Caray didn't have the Phils game but anyway Chip caray is much easier to listen to then John Miller or Chris Berman, Berman
is doing the Phils on espn radio, or anyone Fox has on the game, usually Fake Buck.
:up:
You also have Condescending McCarver on Fox and that idiot Suttie (who basically thinks every player is 'one of the best') on ESPN. I don't mind Miller, but Berman is unbearable.
huh?
10-07-09, 06:39 PM
Is this game not a sellout? When did NY become Atlanta?
coli
10-07-09, 06:47 PM
I was watching Sportscenter tonight for Peter Gammons analysis on the Yanks/Twins series, "Sabbathia is exactly what they needed, and thats why they brought him here, he is that ace you can rely on in game 1."
DUHHHH!!! Thanks Peter, I didn't realize that a team signing one of the best pitchers in the league would end up being the ace of the staff!
whotony
10-07-09, 06:49 PM
Is this game not a sellout? When did NY become Atlanta?
When those lower level seats became thousands of dollars each.
Who knows what the price is for those seats now in the playoffs.
Red Dog
10-07-09, 06:54 PM
I read that the playoff prices for those seats were far cheaper than regular season since MLB dictates the playoff ticket prices.
naitram
10-07-09, 07:05 PM
Great idea.
Personally, I am pissed that half of these games are not on a national network.
It's becoming the same in all sports. What, a couple Saturdays ago I think there was one college football games on broadcast tv here...thank god for internet at least.
paying for t.v. + still having to watch all the commercials = blow me
I'm pulling it old fashioned again tonight for the Twins - the radio. I just pretend I'm locked up with Nurse Ratched. :)
zuffy
10-07-09, 07:06 PM
WTF? Fucking Posada.
Red Dog
10-07-09, 07:06 PM
That was a leisurely jog by Posada on the passed ball. :lol:
naitram
10-07-09, 07:06 PM
woohoo Twins strike first
wirefan
10-07-09, 07:10 PM
I think Posada assumed Mauer was not going to do a brain freeze and stop between 3rd and home for some reason and was going to score easily - had he gone after it they'd have had him.
wirefan
10-07-09, 07:14 PM
So overrated.... (Jeter)
zuffy
10-07-09, 07:14 PM
A-Rod, take notes. That is how you do it.
wirefan
10-07-09, 08:10 PM
Wow - didn't look like Matsui got all of that.... the wind clearly helped that one.
raven56706
10-07-09, 08:24 PM
^ the wind is juiced.... YAHOOO baby... arod with his first rbi in the post season..
coli
10-07-09, 08:29 PM
Did everyone see the last commerical on TBS talking promoting the playoffs, and saying to watch the Phils try and repeat, because it hasn't happened in a decade....
Oh by the way, the defending champs will be playing when everyone is at work too;)
wirefan
10-07-09, 08:30 PM
I know I've said it before, but Ron Darling is a pretty good color guy. (Especially when you start comparing him to others that are around today)
JumpCutz
10-07-09, 08:39 PM
Oh by the way, the defending champs will be playing when everyone is at work too;)
What... is... this work you speak of? -wink-
zuffy
10-07-09, 08:56 PM
Ron Darling and Orel Hershiser are better boardcasters than many of the dumbasses around.
naitram
10-07-09, 09:08 PM
it's an honor just to be nominated? lol
starman9000
10-07-09, 09:17 PM
I'm with the Twins radio guys, losing the first game is a good thing because it didn't help in the past. :lol:
wirefan
10-07-09, 09:22 PM
Good to see Girardi keeping Coke on a pitch count of 1! :)
I guess he's trying to get everyone some playoff experience? Otherwise not sure what's with the pitching changes...
zuffy
10-07-09, 09:24 PM
I would think so otherwise it doesn't make any sense with a 5 run lead.
starman9000
10-07-09, 09:27 PM
He's just trying to make Gardy look less like a moron for wasting his over worked pen in this game.
raven56706
10-07-09, 09:46 PM
Nice.... scared for a second but nice win Yanks
starman9000
10-07-09, 09:47 PM
Suck it Yankees we outhit you! ;)
SonOfAStu
10-07-09, 09:49 PM
:lol: at the camera guy tripping and dropping the camera during the post game high five line.
wirefan
10-07-09, 09:50 PM
:lol: at the camera guy tripping and dropping the camera during the post game high five line.
And Caray trying not to laugh!
Goat3001
10-07-09, 09:51 PM
Great way to start it. This was Girardi's first ever playoff game and he clearly over managed. Hughes needed to get out of the 7th and Robertson needed to pitch the 8th and 9th. If he got in trouble, Rivera is always a phone call away. Although getting Joba some work was a good idea. Hopefully he doesn't manage like this when they have a game the next day.
But Girardi did a good job with the pen all season so I'm not going to second guess him until it implodes.
The X-Factor for the Yankees, AJ Burnett going tomorrow. If he pitches to his potential, it's going to be very hard to beat the Yankees this series. If he pitches like shit, then I can't see the Yankees going too deep in this postseason run.
starman9000
10-07-09, 09:54 PM
The X-Factor for the Yankees, AJ Burnett going tomorrow. If he pitches to his potential, it's going to be very hard to beat the Yankees this series. If he pitches like shit, then I can't see the Yankees going too deep in this postseason run.
If Burnett pitches tomorrow I like the Twins odds on Friday. ;)
OK, I actually thought we'd hit up CC a little more today, but it just didn't quite happen. I don't like that we used more than 1 reliever, and I hate wasting nice games by Punto. Hopefully a day off in NYC gets them some needed relaxation and they can come out swinging.
zuffy
10-07-09, 09:56 PM
They are playing on Friday, not tomorrow.
edit: I see that you corrected your mistake
edit: oops. Starman did. :lol:
fumanstan
10-07-09, 09:58 PM
Kemp :up:
Quack
10-07-09, 10:50 PM
Nice airmail package into right field from the Cards 3B.
:up:
SonOfAStu
10-07-09, 11:06 PM
Jeff Weaver sighting!! rotfl
CRM114
10-07-09, 11:07 PM
I think I have freakin' wind burn from today's Phillies game. What a GREAT game.
fumanstan
10-07-09, 11:23 PM
Ugh, shoulda sent Ethier home on that.
Mad Dawg
10-07-09, 11:23 PM
Jeez. TBS needs to work out the kinks. Things are falling apart in LA.
I mean, t ng re f ll n ap r in L .
fumanstan
10-07-09, 11:26 PM
Yeah, my broadcast keeps breaking up too. Glad to hear at least that it's not just me :sad:
cardsfan111
10-07-09, 11:29 PM
4 Innings = 12 Cardinals baserunners = 2 runs :(
LA is really putting the pressure on Carpenter. He might not make it past the 6th inning tonight. Time for the offense to come through with a clutch hit.
wirefan
10-08-09, 12:28 AM
What an ugly late game... 10 walks, 18 hits, 2 HBP's, tons of men left on base and 7 pitchers used through 6 innings.
cardsfan111
10-08-09, 12:59 AM
What an ugly late game... 10 walks, 18 hits, 2 HBP's, tons of men left on base and 7 pitchers used through 6 innings.
So far, I'm glad I've had to resort to following it on ESPN Gamecast since I don't have TBS. The Cards have obviously played uglier than the Dodgers to this point. :(
Hopefully I've jinxed them, and they'll claw back into this one...
wirefan
10-08-09, 01:14 AM
12 pitchers in a 5-2 game? Really?
What's the over/under on pitching changes for this series?
B.A.
10-08-09, 08:37 AM
So far, I'm glad I've had to resort to following it on ESPN Gamecast since I don't have TBS. The Cards have obviously played uglier than the Dodgers to this point. :(
Hopefully I've jinxed them, and they'll claw back into this one...
I'm glad I wasn't able to watch this travesty, too. I might have broken my remote control again.
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