2010 MLB Season

[paul secor]

If I were Joe Girardi, I'd leave A.J. off the post season roster & tell him to go home and get ready for 2011. That won't happen - too much $ spent on him, but any decent AAA pitcher could have done what he did this year.

[papsrus]

All the AL teams except maybe the Rangers pretty much backed into the playoffs with poor finishes. It looks like it's the NL's year.

[Quincy]

Once more with feeling.

A losing record in September doesn't seem to matter as far as playoff success. Also, being hot in September does not translate into playoff success.

Another look from 2000-2008.

[Tim McG]

GoodSpeak, is your closer in a witness protection program, or is he going to star in the Billy Mays story???

Neither.

Fear the Beard

[Matthew]

According to the SF Chronicle, the Giants are thinking of leaving Barry Zito off the playoff roster, and keeping Madison Bumgarner to start game four of the Braves series. I could go for that, Bumgarner has been pitching much better than Zito, and I don't think Zito can pitch out of the bullpen that well. That's a lot of money off the roster though, but at this point, winning trumps everything else.

Edited October 5, 2010 by Matthew

[Matthew]

If I were Joe Girardi, I'd leave A.J. off the post season roster & tell him to go home and get ready for 2011. That won't happen - too much $ spent on him, but any decent AAA pitcher could have done what he did this year.

Looks like AJ won't get a start, reports are that Girardi will go with CC Sabathia for game four. Kind of risky, riding your main man like that, but hopefully, Twins in three!

[Tim McG]

According to the SF Chronicle, the Giants are thinking of leaving Barry Zito off the playoff roster, and keeping Madison Bumgarner to start game four of the Braves series. I could go for that, Bumgarner has been pitching much better than Zito, and I don't think Zito can pitch out of the bullpen that well. That's a lot of money off the roster though, but at this point, winning trumps everything else.

Barry Zito is a head case.

I am all for keeping him as far away from the pitcher's mound as is humanly possible.

The MadBum delivers. Zito plays mind games.

Edited October 6, 2010 by GoodSpeak

[Chalupa]

Parade magic number: Eleven

[ghost of miles]

If I were Joe Girardi, I'd leave A.J. off the post season roster & tell him to go home and get ready for 2011. That won't happen - too much $ spent on him, but any decent AAA pitcher could have done what he did this year.

Looks like AJ won't get a start, reports are that Girardi will go with CC Sabathia for game four. Kind of risky, riding your main man like that, but hopefully, Twins in three!

Here's one note of hope for Yankees fans as the playoffs commence: the team's record this year when CC, Andy, or Phil Hughes are starting is 59-25. That's a staggering won-lost total, a winning percentage of .702. Two qualifiers, of course--I don't believe any of CC's regular-season starts were made on short rest, and Andy Pettitte is not quite back to form. Still, it shows how much A.J. (and Javy) damaged the team's record this year...NY was 13-20 in games that A.J. started. And if anybody can pitch well on short rest, it's CC. At the same time I'd prefer to see that happen as little as necessary...so hopefully Yankees in three!

[papsrus]

Wow. ... Halladay. He's through seven.

[Quincy]

Wow! Makes Cliff Lee look like a chump.

[Chalupa]

ROY HALLADAY NO HITTER!!!!!!!!!! :party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :

10 more wins to the parade!!

[Peter Johnson]

Speechless!

[ghost of miles]

Incredible. I started watching in the bottom of the 4th, missed the 6th and most of the 7th, came back in time to see Halladay's last six outs. Amazing! And not only the first postseason no-hitter since Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 WS--it was Halladay's second of the year, first time a pitcher's done that since Nolan Ryan in 1973. And in his first-ever playoff start... wow, just wow.

[Dave James]

He'd sure look good in pinstripes. Oh, hold it. He's already in pin stripes. Oh well, I can dream can't I?

Yanks are about to face off against the Twins. With their rotation in total disarray, this is a must win. By the time this is all said and done, I'm afraid New York is going to regret not getting Cliff Lee.

[Brad]

The announcers in the Yankee game are pitiful. Ron Darling is wasted with the likes of Ernie Johnson and John Smoltz; they are just terrible.

[ghost of miles]

The Twins are 2-8 in their last 10 games. Gardenhire actually reamed the whole team out just the other day for their lackluster performance. That's the good news. The bad news is the Yankees are limping, and that may be a generous assessment, into to the playoffs. Like someone said, about all you can do right now if you're a Yankee fan is pray for four days of rain after every Sabbathia start. Unfortunately, I don't think we're going to see a repeat of 2000 when New York entered the post-season on the same downward trajectory. No matter how I slice and dice the possibilities, it just doesn't feel right. I am already preparing myself for an early exit from the playoffs.

Let's hope this year there's an umpire that can see fair from foul...

Twins got it back with an absolutely terrible call in the bottom of the 9th, ruling that Golson trapped a ball that he clearly caught, giving the Twins a runner with two outs and putting the tying run at the plate in the form of Thome. Ultimately didn't matter, thankfully.

[Dave James]

I'm not in any way knocking the outstanding effort of Roy Halladay earlier today, but all this "move over Don Larsen" talk is B.S. First of all, Larsen threw his no-no in a World Series and, secondly, his was a perfect game, 27 up 27 down. Also, on the TBS postgame show, they said Larsen struck out Dal Maxvill to end the game against the Dodgers in '56. In fact, it was Dale Mitchell. All they got right were the initials. Nicely done. They need to hire stat boy from Pardon The Interruption.

[papsrus]

I'm not in any way knocking the outstanding effort of Roy Halladay earlier today, but all this "move over Don Larsen" talk is B.S. First of all, Larsen threw his no-no in a World Series and, secondly, his was a perfect game, 27 up 27 down. Also, on the TBS postgame show, they said Larsen struck out Dal Maxvill to end the game against the Dodgers in '56. In fact, it was Dale Mitchell. All they got right were the initials. Nicely done. They need to hire stat boy from Pardon The Interruption.

Didn't see the Larsen game but Halladay was pretty unbelievable.

[catesta]

The Twins are 2-8 in their last 10 games. Gardenhire actually reamed the whole team out just the other day for their lackluster performance. That's the good news. The bad news is the Yankees are limping, and that may be a generous assessment, into to the playoffs. Like someone said, about all you can do right now if you're a Yankee fan is pray for four days of rain after every Sabbathia start. Unfortunately, I don't think we're going to see a repeat of 2000 when New York entered the post-season on the same downward trajectory. No matter how I slice and dice the possibilities, it just doesn't feel right. I am already preparing myself for an early exit from the playoffs.

Let's hope this year there's an umpire that can see fair from foul...

Twins got it back with an absolutely terrible call in the bottom of the 9th, ruling that Golson trapped a ball that he clearly caught, giving the Twins a runner with two outs and putting the tying run at the plate in the form of Thome. Ultimately didn't matter, thankfully.

It sucks to see an outstanding play like that get called wrong but like you said, thankfully it didn't matter.

[Brad]

I'm not in any way knocking the outstanding effort of Roy Halladay earlier today, but all this "move over Don Larsen" talk is B.S. First of all, Larsen threw his no-no in a World Series and, secondly, his was a perfect game, 27 up 27 down. Also, on the TBS postgame show, they said Larsen struck out Dal Maxvill to end the game against the Dodgers in '56. In fact, it was Dale Mitchell. All they got right were the initials. Nicely done. They need to hire stat boy from Pardon The Interruption.

Didn't see the Larsen game but Halladay was pretty unbelievable.

Sort of understand the point Dave made but it's still the playoffs, not to mention this is his second no hitter this year. That puts him in pretty rarified territory.

[GA Russell]

Oct. 8, 1956. My parents had tickets to see My Fair Lady on Broadway, so they spent the afternoon driving down to New York from Boston, listening to Don Larsen's perfect game!

[papsrus]

On the final out in Halladay's no-hitter, it looked like the bat interfered slightly with the catcher's attempt to pick up the ball and throw to first.

The umpire let the play unfold, but would he have called batter interference if Ruiz had fumbled around trying to pick up the ball after it had been touched by the bat, which had clearly been tossed into the field of play, and been unable to get the out at first?

[Quincy]

The umpire let the play unfold, but would he have called batter interference if Ruiz had fumbled around trying to pick up the ball after it had been touched by the bat, which had clearly been tossed into the field of play, and been unable to get the out at first?

The way the past season has gone, just assume the worst.

Yay, Braves-Giants today to add to the fun.

edited to add winky.

Edited October 7, 2010 by Quincy

[Chalupa]

On the final out in Halladay's no-hitter, it looked like the bat interfered slightly with the catcher's attempt to pick up the ball and throw to first.

The umpire let the play unfold, but would he have called batter interference if Ruiz had fumbled around trying to pick up the ball after it had been touched by the bat, which had clearly been tossed into the field of play, and been unable to get the out at first?

I was wondering the same thing.