http://yuda.org/john/baseball/index.php Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:55:09 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss092 jpyuda@pobox.com jpyuda@pobox.com en Well, I've gone and done it. What's "it," you ask? Well, I've finished the work of scrapping this baseball-only blog to roll it into a single site. I've also decided to host said blog/site/whatever you want to call it up at the root directory of yuda.org. This blog, though, is going to ... http://yuda.org/john/baseball/index.php?p=50 So, I've come to realize that I don't really feel the urge to write on baseball more than a couple of times a week. That's fine, the main reason for this blog isn't to provide you with a clearinghouse of Phillies information; there are far better places for that sort ... http://yuda.org/john/baseball/index.php?p=49 The only circumstance in which Roberto Hernandez should be pitching with a two-run lead (whoops, one run now) is if most of the team is unavailable due to several ejections from a bases-clearing brawl and none of the position players have a decent knuckleball. Period. http://yuda.org/john/baseball/index.php?p=48 Roberto Fucking Hernandez, for being a shitty pitcher, Ed Fucking Wade, for being stupid enough to sign him, or Larry Fucking Bowa for insisting on pitching him in situations other than, say, 17-run Phillies leads. At this point, I'm rooting for Hernandez to blow as many games as possible and balloon ... http://yuda.org/john/baseball/index.php?p=47 According to a sidebar in today's column, as of June 14, ESPN is moving Rob Neyer's column to the Insider area. Since Rob's column isn't worth the subscription to me (and as near as I can tell there's nothing else in there worth paying for), I probably won't be going to ... http://yuda.org/john/baseball/index.php?p=46 For those of you not watching today's game against the Padres, you missed a beautiful double play in the bottom of the seventh. With Shawn Wooten on first base (hitting in the ninth spot after a double switch), Marlon Byrd hit a bouncer up the middle that looked, at first, like ... http://yuda.org/john/baseball/index.php?p=45 Under no circumstances whatsoever should Padilla be staying in this game for the 7th inning. He's thrown 101 pitches already and has given up six runs. Bowa should have pinch hit. Also, Padilla clearly needs to work on his bunting. Update: Padilla gets through the seventh on seven pitches, allowing one single ... http://yuda.org/john/baseball/index.php?p=44 This kid is good. No, he's probably not as unhittable as he's seemed early this season (0.41 ERA coming into today's game). And, as has been mentioned elsewhere, he's still on his first time around the leage; it's possible that hitters will do better the second or third time they see ... http://yuda.org/john/baseball/index.php?p=43 Why is David Bell hitting third? Somebody shoot me. (The good news is Thome is back in the lineup. I'll take it.) http://yuda.org/john/baseball/index.php?p=42 Tuesday, 7:05: Chris Carpenter (1-1, 4.50) vs. Brett Myers (0-1, 7.36) Myers is going to need to pitch better tonight to keep his spot in the rotation. His peripherals, though, have mostly been okay, so I'm expecting him to turn this around pretty soon. Still, you've got to think that Ryan ... http://yuda.org/john/baseball/index.php?p=41