Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Steamers Pitching Silences Monarch Bats... Series Even at 2 each

Next game on Wednesday night.

10 comments:

  1. Well, this is 2 more wins than I thought I would get. It seems that only one of us can have a good pitching performance each game. I would like a pitching duel at some point, but I will just take a win in game 5 :)

    On another note, it looks like Kaler might be the real deal. He pitched very well, and hopefully will keep it up next season and beyond. I wonder what Villalpando would have been doing in these playoffs had he not retired.

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  2. Signs it's not your night to win a playoff game:

    1. You have more errors than hits.

    2. You have no extra base hits.

    3. You have as many strikeouts as baserunners.

    4. All eight starting position players and both pinchhitters for the other team get at least one hit in the game.

    5. You lose 8-0.

    Well, Kaler kicked the Monarch's butts, that's for sure. At least I didn't waste a good pitching performance on a game I apparently couldn't win. Macaluso was ok at best, holding the Steamers to three runs in the first seven innings before falling apart in the eighth.

    If it's going to be a three-game set for the title, I couldn't ask for my pitching staff to be lined up any better. Placencia goes in Game Five and Hester's ready for Game Seven if and when the series goes there.

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  3. Oh, and come on Cleveland-alternating-win-loss streak. You've held it together for 15 games so far. Don't stop now!

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  4. The Cleveland Cinderella story continues!

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  5. I don't really think Cinderella was into Cleveland Steamers. At least not in the version of the movie I saw.

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  6. You need to read the original Grimm Brothers tales sometime, my friend. In the original version the prince didn't wake her up with a kiss but by, um, impregnating her.

    And I ain't fooling. I have it right there on my bookshelf. Above the comic books.

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  7. You're thinking of Sleeping Beauty. The Grimm Brothers' version of Cinderella is certainly more gruesome than the Disney one (self-mutliation, bird attacks), but I don't think there's anything that qualifies as impregnating in it.

    Luckily, I had just put the Grimm Brothers books on my iPhone (cuz there's an app for that too) and was able to scroll through Cinderella

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  8. Ah, I love Into The Woods:

    "Careful - my toe!"
    "Darling, I know"
    "What'll we do?"
    "It'll have to go
    but when you're his bride
    you can sit or ride
    you'll never need to walk!"


    "Darling be still
    Cut off a bit
    Of the heel and it will

    And when you're his wife
    You'll have such a life
    You'll never need to walk"

    Ah, what's a good fairy tale (or Broadway musical) without some self-mutilation?

    Zev

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  9. BTW, speaking of Broadway musicals, there's no sim tomorrow night. The Mrs. and I are going to see Avenue Q. :)

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  10. Have fun.

    Michael could run the sim.... :)

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