49er16: I don't know about you, but I was hoping the Mariners would use their entire pitching staff to no-hit the Dodgers. Kinda like a "everyone gets a trophy" moment.
The Colonel: I can't believe Seattle used 5 pitchers after the sixth inning when Milwood went down. They might not have used the entire pitching staff, but they certainly used everyone in the bullpen.
49er16: Hey man. They had a no-hitter on the line. Gotta use everyone in the bullpen and get them tired because screw the rest of the series NO-HITTER!
The Colonel: No-hitters are so 2010, I'm into watching the Phillies implode.
49er16: BUT THEY'RE NOT THAT BAD!
The Colonel: The key words there is "not that bad". They're certainly not good. Here's the problem with that post is that you can't look at the Phillies and their numbers as a team. You have to look at them individually. Of course they're going to be middle of the road as a team, especially their pitchers because the starters are still good. Look at the back end of their rotation and look at Blanton's and Kendrick's FIP. Look at the individual numbers of the relievers. Of course the Phillies are going to look alright as a team because they still have Lee and Hamels pitching right now with Doc on his way back.
49er16: Their offense may be average as well, but they also have a lot of dead weight in there. Carlos Ruiz has created the most runs for the offense, and should be the NL starting catcher in the All-Star game, but I've never been a big fan of a catcher carrying an offense.
The Colonel: Ruiz is having an excellent year. Pence and Victorino are doing Pence and Victorino things. But woof the rest of that lineup. Cole Hamels has almost created more runs than Freddy Galvis! Jimmy Rollins has also fallen off a cliff and Polanco is showing his age. That's not a bad lineup, but once against they're not good.
49er16: Speaking of not good, how about them Cubs?
The Colonel: I wish the Giants could play the Cubs all 162 games. They would probably win 100 of those games. Joe Mather was their starting centerfielder on Saturday! Joe Mather!
49er16: They actually made the Twins look good this weekend and the corpse of Joe Mauer look like Joe Mauer again.
The Colonel: Shit they made Ben Revere look like the second coming of Rickey Henderson this weekend.
49er16: Ah Ben Revere. The creator of one of my all-time favorite .gifs. What a spastastic moment.
The Colonel: I know we've talked about interleague play a lot in these conversations, but I gotta say I'm not ready for interleague year around next season. It's just a novelty act at this time, no different than Tijuana donkey shows.
49er16: You've seen a donkey show......................let's not go there. The problem with interleague is exactly as you described it. It's a novelty act. It's cool for young kids to see their favorite team play another team they won't see all the time, but after a couple of series you just want to see league play again.
The Colonel: Yes. Like I did look forward to Texas-San Francisco this weekend. I'm not looking forward to three more interleague series' in the coming week and a half. I'm mean seriously? We really need to watch the Giants play in 5 interleague series'?
49er16: Hey! Those series' are broken up by an exciting series against the Houston Astros!
The Colonel: ALTUVE!
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49er16: I was talking about the Astros move to the American League this weekend with a family friend, and we both think it's ridiculous they're moving to the AL West just to be a "rival" of the Rangers. Move the Brewers back to the American League, Bud.
The Colonel: Bud or his family don't own the Brewers anymore. There's no $$$$ involved to get Selig to move the Brewers back. Trust me though if his "family" still owned the Brewers they would be opening next season against the White Sox instead of the Reds.
49er16: After the boxing controversy this week, I've decided more sports need judges to determine the outcome.
The Colonel: If that was the case the Phillies would be back-to-back-to-back-to-back champions.
49er16: My friend Justin claims the Phillies have won 4-straight championships regardless. Getting back to the judges theory, imagine how they would score a baseball game?
The Colonel: So instead of going to extra innings, judges would just decide the outcome?
49er16: Exactly! Imagine this in soccer. They would still have their
The Colonel: Ah crap don't give Bud any ideas to further delay instant replay in baseball. He's already used the interleague excuse to ignore instant replay, he doesn't need another excuse.
49er16: Good point. I'll shut up now.
The Colonel: BREAKING NEWS! The Rays will wear 1970's throwback uniforms even though they didn't exist until 1998.
49er16: Even in the 1970's the Rays didn't have fans. (Too easy) I do wonder though if the Rays live in some fantasy land. Maybe they think they're the Baltimore Orioles and that's why they're wearing throwback uniforms?
The Colonel: I could see that. Maddon isn't a mean enough SOB though to be Earl Weaver. And Jeff Niemann isn't good enough looking to be Jim Palmer. And BJ Upton isn't suave enough to be Ken Singleton. Fernando Rodney could definitely be Tippy Martinez though.
49er16: Tippy is a great nickname. Why are nicknames so lame now? We have K-Rod, A-Rod, I-Rod, Z-Rod, a million players nicknamed after animals but we don't have anyone named Tippy. WHY?
The Colonel: I blame it on the lack of creativity that plagues the world now. I also blame these marketing people who give players nicknames based solely on how much merchandise they think they can sell. That's one of the reasons why I hate the Giants ownership so much. They nickname all their players after animals for they can create dumb looking hats to sell for $50 bucks.
49er16: So I shouldn't buy a giraffe hat? Oh well. LONG LIVE TIPPY!
They do create Tippy hats. They're called beer hats.
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