MLB 2011 season

Seeing that Baez was in the midst of pitching five scoreless innings, I naturally assumed the world was ending so I stayed awake to enjoy my last fleeting moments of mortality. Thankfully the world didn't end and the Phillies won a fun one against a good team.

I really enjoy the Reds the past two seasons. I think its because they remind me so much of the 2006-2008 Phillies. Except that Joey Votto got a deserved MVP award and Utley did not get his deserved award.


Edited by Equality 7-2521 - May 26 2011 at 09:52

You can't reuse pitchers in a game. It was an epic battle. I wish I had been at this one. Wilson Valdez, replacement level utility infielders who hasn't pitched since he was in the Dominican League, comes on in the top of the 19th to pitch to MVP Joey Votto and Drew Stubbs. He gets both of them to fly out. This is one I'll always remember.

Philly won it 5-4 in the 19th.

JJLehto wrote: Sounds like an epically long game is currently going down. Cinci/Philly is currently tied in the 19th! Someone on FB said they are literally out of pitchers. I know a game never ends in a tie, and I don't think it's ever happened....but I wonder if out of necessity they'd have to end it eventually? Or just play to the end I say! Wimps. Start having the fielders pitch if needed! That'll surely bring and end to it

I know that they can suspend a game to be finished at a later time. The fans in attendance are getting their monies worth tonight. It would suck if they cut off beer sales in the 8th inning.

The Buccos are 4 games below .500 and the Brewcrew is on fire.

Interesting story about "Macho Man" Randy Savage and his pre-wrestling baseball aspirations: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/the_bonus/05/23/macho.man/index.html

Kind of like the genius of Jim Leyland having Porcello pitch a 1-hitter through 8 innings on 84 pitches and replace him with Valverde in the 9th inning with a 2-0 lead and proceed to have Valverde match Porcello's hit count with the first batter and then hit the next batter with a pitch.  2 on and nobody out.  Fortunately the 3 outs came before any runs scored, but way to make a game way more interesting then it needs to be.

That was Tony being a genius. You're just too stupid to understand.

I'm gonna start following this thread if that's ok with you guys.

Wow, after being down 3-1 for 6 innings the Yanks have an old school offensive explosion. Put up 8 runs, and better yet didn't do it off only home runs like this season has been! Classic yanks fashion having every batter go up and get a hit, driving the score up and up.