Nice of the Reds to show up tonight.

This has nothing to do with the game, but my dog is very spoiled.

artie_fufkin wrote:

Rich Hill pitches a no-hitter for nine innings and loses.

I honestly don't think WD had heard about, or at least thought about, the Harvey Haddix gem until some producer prompted him.
 

Mags wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

Rich Hill pitches a no-hitter for nine innings and loses.

I honestly don't think WD had heard about, or at least thought about, the Harvey Haddix gem until some producer prompted him.
 

 
Seemed that way, didn't it? It was like he said to himself: "I get to say 'Add Cock' on the air?!?"

Edmonds uses "super" as a qualifier, like he's a pubescent girl.

artie_fufkin wrote:

Mags wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

Rich Hill pitches a no-hitter for nine innings and loses.

I honestly don't think WD had heard about, or at least thought about, the Harvey Haddix gem until some producer prompted him.
 

 
Seemed that way, didn't it? It was like he said to himself: "I get to say 'Add Cock' on the air?!?"

I have to confess I thought the game had ended on a home run by Adcock.  He was one strong mother.  He and Lou Brock were 2 of the only 3 guys to ever hit a home run to dead center in the polo grounds.  I can't recall the 3d.  And there was someone else who did it in an exhibition game.

Adcock was really a curse for Haddix.  In a Spring game (pre-season, I think) he nailed Haddix with a line drive to his knee.  After that, Haddix had lost a lot of velocity and the Cards gave up on him and traded him.  It turned out he still had some outstanding years ahead of him, including the game that has now been deemed to be a no-hitter.
 

forsberg_us wrote:

It's a shame the manager won't let the guy hitting .300+ with the .400 OBP and speed lead off regularly.

Unfortunately, he has to manage more than the batting order.  Otherwise he will have veterans that hate him.
 

Mags wrote:

forsberg_us wrote:

It's a shame the manager won't let the guy hitting .300+ with the .400 OBP and speed lead off regularly.

Unfortunately, he has to manage more than the batting order.  Otherwise he will have veterans that hate him.
 

It seems to me that if he had "managed" them from Day 1, the veterans would understand that the manager makes the decisions and the players do as they're told.

forsberg_us wrote:

It's a shame the manager won't let the guy hitting .300+ with the .400 OBP and speed lead off regularly.

You're coming dangerously close to offending Matt Carpenter.
 

Hire Chris Carpenter to manage .....

don.rob11 wrote:

Hire Chris Carpenter to manage .....

I think Carpenter would fall into the category of being one of those guys who had so much talent and drive that it would be difficult for him to manage lesser beings, the way Ted Williams got frustrated with guys who weren't capable of hitting more than .250 (he also reportedly refused to interact with his own pitchers, because he still considered pitchers *the enemy*), or the way Magic Johnson failed as a basketball coach.

don.rob11 wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

don.rob11 wrote:

Hire Chris Carpenter to manage .....

I think Carpenter would fall into the category of being one of those guys who had so much talent and drive that it would be difficult for him to manage lesser beings, the way Ted Williams got frustrated with guys who weren't capable of hitting more than .250 (he also reportedly refused to interact with his own pitchers, because he still considered pitchers *the enemy*), or the way Magic Johnson failed as a basketball coach.

 
You're probably right , but give him a few days before he knocks someone 's teeth out , then Mo could say we better try someone else ....
( and in that fantasy senerio, I would feel all "giddy"" inside ) ...

There was a kid I grew up with named David Finnegan who was the hardest thrower in my grade. We were always on opposing teams in Little League and Babe Ruth, and we didn't get along very well, but one year when we were both about 15, we ended up on a summer league team together that my dad coached.
Finney was pitching one night and the first three or four innings went fine. Then I think he hit a guy, walked a guy, gave up a cheap single and then someone closed their eyes and swung and hit a grand slam over the fence. I was playing first base, so I joined the conference on the mound when my dad went out just to settle him down. When my dad got there, Finney handed him the ball, said "I don't want to pitch anymore," and walked off the field.
My dad still talks about it to this day, especially the part when I apparently looked like I wanted to tackle Finney as he was walking toward the dugout and beat the crap out of him for being such a sissy.
Finney ended up quitting baseball after our sophomore year.