Baseball Afternoon Chat 8/2/07

Oh and newly acquired Will Betemit homered on his first at bat as a Yankee. And even though A-Rod didn't smack 500 yet, he stopped his 0-22 skid by singling in the second inning.

Pat Burrell just hit a homer for the Phils. He's got a 10 game hitting streak going. So much for his slump...

Lohse is already out...he's hurt apparently...Adam Eaton PH for the phils in Lohse spot in the 2nd...i assume he'll continue to pitch

Just when I thought I need Jarrod Saltalamacchia in my life, Doug Mirabelli goes 3-3 with a homer and 2 RBI. Salty, the invitation to Boston is still open.

Ughh.. doesn't look like a good day for the Yanks. Down 11-8 in the bottom of the 5th. The Indians won, the Red Sox are winning. Everytime we get close, there's a screwup...

Phils are blowing this one open...shawn marshall just watched the phils deliver 2 runs thanks to a derosa bad toss to D-Lee...6-1...and then durbin successfull bunted resulting in another runner in scoring position...2 and 2/3s for marshall and thats it

So Aramis Ramirez broke his bat on a foul ball and the barrel of the bat went flying...stuck right into the ground...pretty sick

Eric GagnYAY! is making his Red Sox debut! And I can't even see it, unless you count looking at GameDay seeing it.

He's not closing. They're up by 4 runs. Not a save situation.

He strikes out Tejahdaaaaaaaaaaaaah...

Huff doubles of Gagnnnnnnnnnne...

What the crap, Eric. You don't give up a run after blowing away the first 2 guys you face.

Payton singles for an RBI of Gagnnnnnnnnnne...

Jay Gibbons flies out, game ovah. How are your Yanks doing?

O damn, game over, well it was fun watching Gagne mess up his debut.

Paul Byrd is such an underrated pitcher.

Phils game getting tight thanks to some poor pitching...D-Lee can't hit a homer, but he can hit doubles... 7-5 Phils

Kyle Farnsworthless is pitching now!!

Jermaine Uribe sucks. He can't get on base with Scott Farnsworth...

Off to class, catch you guys later...

I think I started a trend... Well, that's what I get for thinking about my recent interview with Mitchell Hargrove. In my defense, Jake and Jason are kinda similar. Plus it shows how much of a non-factor he's been this season if me, a tribe fan, messed up his name.

BTW, did any of you guys see the double play that the Orioles made. Ortiz was about 20 feet shy of a homer with the bases loaded and 1 out, and Mirabelli, being the most useless offensive player ever, doesn't even tag up in time, and tries to score, and is tagged out by a mile. Watch it on mlb.com.

Too bad the White Sox team is starting to hit now. Too little too late for their offense, I think. 12.0 GB of the wild card now, their great offense hadn't been potent enough to do it sooner. They are usually a team right there till the end of each year.

just an observation there Just...the two runs the Phillies scored in the third on the error, was a throw by THERIOT, Derosa didn't even appear in the game until a PH appearance in the 8th when he flew to right with two on and two out. Not to mention that Theriot had to range far up the middle just to make any kind of play on the ball hit by Coste. Full marks to the Phils for holding on to win the game, though had Ohman not melted down in the 9th, it could have been a lot more interesting seeing Myers's issues in last night's contest.

Anyone watching the Braves/Astros game? It's wicked awesome. Mike Lamb just hit a game tying grand slam in the 8th inning, and it's now 9-9. The Astros WERE on top 5-1, the Braves battled back to make it 9-5 for ATL. Watch it.