San Francisco Giants @ Cincinnati Reds GameThread, Aug 29, 2008 7:10 PM EDT

Game 135: Reds vs Giants

by Slyde on Aug 29, 2008 5:00 PM EDT in Game Threads

San Francisco Giants @ Cincinnati Reds

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Friday, Aug 29, 2008, 7:10 PM EDT
Great American Ball Park

Partly cloudy with a 50-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing out to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 85.

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	W-L	ERA	WHIP	K	BB
2008 - Barry Zito	8-15	5.31	1.65	91	85

	W-L	ERA	WHIP	K	BB
2008 - Edinson Volquez	15-5	2.80	1.32	155	73

You know what's great about this game? Barry Zito is making $14,107,500 more than Edinson Volquez this season. That number will likely go up to over $18 million next season. How much must it suck to know that your team still owes Barry Zito $101.5 million?

The Reds won 10-1 when these two pitchers faced off in April in San Francisco. I believe that was the game where Brandon Phillips hit 2 home runs and then told Hal McCoy (and others) to go away since they only want to talk to him when he's going well. I wouldn't mind seeing a repeat performance if only for the fact that the Reds would actually score some runs for once.

Today's stat of the day: The only team with more CS+PO (caught stealing plus pick offs) this season than the Reds (59) is the Tampa Bay Rays (65). The difference is that TB has stolen 124 bases while the Reds have stolen just 74. Oh, well that and the fact that TB has had 103 more base runners in 38 fewer plate appearances. Nothing like giving outs away when you're not getting very many base runners to begin with.

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I mean, yay Volquez and all

But this game doesn’t really excite me. The 3-day weekend is here and all of my housemates are out of town. Who wants to come over? I got movies, booze, and Wii. There’s chips, and I just got my very first Crass album, and I’m excited to play it loud. Who’s in?

by Brendanukkah on Aug 29, 2008 5:05 PM EDT 0 recs

why don't you live closer?

Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.

by chandrathan on Aug 29, 2008 5:52 PM EDT up 0 recs

You have chips?

Road trip!

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Aug 29, 2008 6:27 PM EDT up 0 recs

Shit. Had you said something earlier, I would've hopped on the train.

Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.

by andromache on Aug 29, 2008 9:07 PM EDT up 0 recs

Who's in - Sarah Palin called and she coming...

Heard her speak today a bit…kinda like Marge in Fargo…Not nearly as cool as Francis McDormand… could be the death knell for Sgt. McCain

How much does it suck to know that Barry Zit face is still on your team and you still owe him big bucks….NOT NEARLY as much as knowing that Dusty Baker is your manager and isn’t going away and is owed big manager bucks.

You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.
Dusty Baker

by Madville on Aug 29, 2008 5:53 PM EDT 0 recs

she's not even breathing hard

I’m quite bemused by the reaction to this pick. Both the lefty and wingnut blogs are thrilled. The Dems think McCain gave them a gift with this pick, the GOP thinks this drives a stake through the heart of Obama/Biden.

FWIW, McCain is gaining ground on the news at In-Trade.

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Aug 29, 2008 6:35 PM EDT up 0 recs

mccain cemented me voting not for him

Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.

by chandrathan on Aug 29, 2008 6:36 PM EDT up 0 recs

Like you were going to anyway

I don’t believe the undercard makes a difference, to tell you the truth. People vote for the top of the ticket, not the bottom. For all the Sturm und Drang over this…in the end, the VP doesn’t matter. It never does. Hillary voters aren’t going to vote for McCain just because he picked a girl for VP, and McCain voters aren’t going to turn away from him because he picked someone young and inexperienced.

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Aug 29, 2008 6:41 PM EDT up 0 recs

in this case it matters a lot

you have to figure there’s a 50/50 chance that mccain is going to die in office. if that happened it would leave her as president.

Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.

by chandrathan on Aug 29, 2008 6:42 PM EDT up 0 recs

Not quite 50-50

At 72, he has a life expectancy of 12 years. Probably longer, since he’s reasonably healthy and well-off. So he’s likely to live out two terms.

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Aug 29, 2008 6:51 PM EDT up 0 recs

I figure you factor in the stress of his pow days

and he can’t have a normal life expectancy

Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.

by chandrathan on Aug 29, 2008 6:53 PM EDT up 0 recs

being president is kind of stressful, too

I think we overmeet as a society.

by Gray on Aug 29, 2008 6:56 PM EDT up 0 recs

yep

Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.

by chandrathan on Aug 29, 2008 6:58 PM EDT up 0 recs

plus the 4 cancer bouts, but I s'pose it's besides the point

BubbaFan is right, I’ve been quite amused by the excitement generated by both sides. McCain did get his wish and got Obama’s speech knocked off the headlines. However, Ido get the feeling that this was more a move of desperation than reasoned judgment. Regardless, this has been quite the season for political drama, eh?

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 29, 2008 6:57 PM EDT up 0 recs

She should satisfy the republicans with her conservative views.

Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.

by chandrathan on Aug 29, 2008 6:59 PM EDT up 0 recs

oh she will

but Johnny is grossly underestimating Clinton supporters if he thinks they’ll vote for a woman (attractive though she may be) regardless of ideology or core values.

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 29, 2008 7:02 PM EDT up 0 recs

Alternately

He could have a longer than expected life expectancy…as evidenced by the fact that he survived his POW days. Look at all those Holocaust survivors who lived be ancient.

The scariest thing might be if he’s alive and strong, but suffering from dementia. But then, we’ve already had that, Ronald Reagan.

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Aug 29, 2008 7:01 PM EDT up 0 recs

i think all obama has to do is campaign by threatening people with

president sarah polin the naughty librarian

Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.

by chandrathan on Aug 29, 2008 7:03 PM EDT up 0 recs

she can spank me by the card catalog anytime...

AKA redsfan68 Nobody listens to Andrew

by nlt-andrew68 on Aug 29, 2008 7:19 PM EDT up 0 recs

She could bestow upon me all her wisdom of the Dewey Decimal System

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Aug 29, 2008 7:22 PM EDT up 0 recs

agreed

i was never going to vote mccain anyway (i like to vote for the radical socialist/whig candidate) but picking a veep with her kind of experience flat out scares me. mccain most likely wouldnt die in office, though it is a valid concern, but in the event she has about as much experience as Marietta’s own Nancy Hollister.

Dusty Baker is dumb.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 29, 2008 7:04 PM EDT up 0 recs