Farmers Only: Dragons win again

by BK on Apr 21, 2011 8:01 AM EDT in Farmers only

Louisville lost a wild one with Columbus 4-3 by letting the Clips chip away at the lead in the later innings. Dontrelle Willis got the start, giving up 1 run in 5 innings, ballooning his ERA all the way to 0.53 on the season so far. Todd Frazier was 2-for-4 with a RBI as the only bright spot on the offense. Up next: Bats take on Columbus on the road at 6:35. All Columbus RRs should be there.
Carolina lost 9-5 to Tennessee. Cody Puckett, David Cook, and Jose Castro had 2 hits each, with Castro driving in 3 runs. Unfortunately, the pitching. James Avery gave up 6 runs (3 earned) in 5 1/3 innings, and Jeff Jeffords gave up 3 runs in his inning of work as well. On the bright side, Brad Boxberger pitched 1 2/3 innings of scoreless hitless ball. Side note: Fred Lewis was 0-for-3. Up next: Dallas Buck takes on Tennessee at 7:15.
Bakersfield smoked Modesto 6-4. Stephen Hunt went yard in his first game with the Blaze, and J.C. Sulbaran had another decent start, going 5 innings of 4-run ball. Up next: The Blaze face Inland Empire at 10:05.
Dayton beat Bowling Green 4-1 to extend their winning streak to 4 games. Daniel Tuttle pitched well, going 6 innings and giving up 1 run while striking out 6. Billy Hamilton had an off night on the basepaths, getting on base twice but getting caught stealing both times. Not a ton of luck with our guys in that department lately. Up next: Tim Crabbe takes on Great Lakes at 6:05.

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According to the box score I saw...

Hamilton also got picked off once.

I’ve noticed a lot cases this year where one of our minor leaguers was both picked off and caught stealing in the same game. I’d expect that if you make an out on the bases once, you’d tend to be more cautious the rest of the game. Not so?

by badenjr on Apr 21, 2011 8:06 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

A pick-off counts as a caught stealing (indert Mike Leake joke here)

It’s one out, but it’s listed in two places.

When you come to the fork in the road, take it.

by poojols on Apr 21, 2011 8:21 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

indert?

When you come to the fork in the road, take it.

by poojols on Apr 21, 2011 8:24 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Not totally true

A pick-off where the out is made with the runner moving away from his current base is considered a Picked Off Caught Stealing, and gets counted in both buckets. However, a pick off where the runner is diving back to the base is just counted as a pick off, but not a caught stealing.

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by Slyde on Apr 21, 2011 9:19 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

thanks

I’ve always wondered about the difference between pickoffs and CS. I knew that sometimes, pickoffs aren’t counted as CS, but never knew why.

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by BubbaFan on Apr 21, 2011 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions

Thanks for all the clarification...

I actually knew all this, but I didn’t realize it was reported in box scores this way.

by badenjr on Apr 21, 2011 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions

Colubmus RRs were at last night's game.

There was no one there and we got upgraded to the scout seats behind home plate.

Nothing too terribly remarkable about the game other than a rough night for Snacks and Dontrelle looked pretty good. Stadium gun had him at 94, so take that for what it’s worth.

I think Cy said he was going to do a recap, the most Columbus recap ever.

Calmer than you are.

by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Apr 21, 2011 8:43 AM EDT reply actions

And Yonder trucked the catcher to score a run in the 4th(?)

It was the least-athletic trucking I’ve ever seen. Though I had to catch it on the tv on the concourse because Mrs. Scrabbles sent me searching for cotton candy. I failed.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 21, 2011 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions

So it was less athletic than

this?

by ken on Apr 21, 2011 9:54 AM EDT up reply actions

Yonder is as slow as you've all imagined.

But, to his credit, he did score on the double to RF by Frazier, I believe.

Calmer than you are.

by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Apr 21, 2011 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions

I think it was Dorn

but yeah, he did score.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 21, 2011 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, Dorn.

Danny Dorn had a nice bro-mantic cheering section last night. Which was odd and disturbing.

Calmer than you are.

by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Apr 21, 2011 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah

I mean, he’s no Didi Gregorious.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 21, 2011 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions

Not many are.

Calmer than you are.

by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Apr 21, 2011 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions

About 1.

"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."

by crolfer on Apr 21, 2011 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions

Cody Puckett is killin' it.

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by BigBabyBruce on Apr 21, 2011 9:26 AM EDT reply actions

eyewitness report

The pregame meetup location was at Brothers. I was immediately concerned with that choice when I saw the ND spring game rebroadcast on the flatscreens above the bar.

The service was muuuuuuuuch better than our experience at bar louie on opening day. Pops noticed one of the bartenders resembled a porn star whose name I forgot. I pretended to know who said porn actress was with the intention to google her and confirm resemblance. I failed miserably.

Wait…..Pops showed up to an event?!?!

NYC showed up late and did not purchase a beer for the first person who arrived to the bar. Another failure!

The ticket scalpers on the Taylor Southgate bridge quickly surmised it was a buyers market last night. This RR crew was much more adept at negotiations that previous administration. I feel the blog has redeemed itself.

tHan wore the Micah Owings jersey. BK wore the CPat. The rest of us wisely dressed more warmly. Even so, it got too cold for my tropical bones late in the game. Brrrrrrrr. But Bronson wore shirtsleeves! (Someone should post the prediction I posted in the first game thread on bronsons performance….did I come close?)

This group is also adept at sneaking down to the seats near the field. I don’t know who was in charge of the attempted Moon Deck Charge Tuesday…but the key is to distract the usher. Directly confront and bewilder them is the key. Works every time!

Dull effing game at the dish for the Reds. Good thing attending a baseball game is a social event!

Hat tip to manbearpig for the craft beer article. sampling the brews distracted me enough that I forgot to heckle slyde in the fso booth. Dammit!

Im going on the record as saying funnel fries are overrated. Very sinewy. Kinda like chewing on cartilage.

Did we really discuss sucking the marrow out of pigs bones pregame?

Did I really hear someone in the stall, and the only other person in the restroom, say out loud “man, that’s a big cock!”??? Oddly, that was the only comment said gentleman made during his piss break.

Postgame shaken green teas are genuinely prohibited from brothers. Note to self.

Slyde arrived to the postgame meet before the rest of the crew!

"the only place they lost was the scoreboard"

by Ewok on Apr 21, 2011 9:33 AM EDT via mobile reply actions