BtB Open Thread: May 11, 2010
by Sky Kalkman on May 11, 2010 2:00 PM EDT
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PrintHere's your open thread for today. It's sort of an amalgamation of a few things:
- A link dump integrated with twitter. To share a link simply tweet it and include the hashtag #btbdaily. (Re-tweets are not included, fyi.)
- An open game thread for discussing today's games. The schedule is listed below.
- A catch-all thread. Something else on your mind that the BtB community would be interested in? Share away.
Here are today's matchups, courtesy of ESPN. For developing storylines and links to team-specific game threads at SBNation blogs, keep an eye on SBNation's MLB page.
| TEAMS | TIME (ET) | PITCHERS |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle at Baltimore | 7:05 PM | Lee vs Hernandez |
| NY Yankees at Detroit | 7:05 PM | Vazquez vs Porcello |
| Cincinnati at Pittsburgh | 7:05 PM | Cueto vs Morton |
| Toronto at Boston | 7:10 PM | Eveland vs Matsuzaka |
| Washington at NY Mets | 7:10 PM | Olsen vs Niese |
| Oakland at Texas | 8:05 PM | Cahill vs Lewis |
| Florida at Chicago Cubs | 8:05 PM | Nolasco vs Wells |
| Atlanta at Milwaukee | 8:10 PM | Hudson vs Bush |
| Chicago Sox at Minnesota | 8:10 PM | Garcia vs Slowey |
| Cleveland at Kansas City | 8:11 PM | Westbrook vs Bannister |
| Houston at St. Louis | 8:15 PM | Myers vs Penny |
| Philadelphia at Colorado | 8:40 PM | Halladay vs Cook |
| LA Dodgers at Arizona | 9:40 PM | Ely vs Haren |
| Tampa Bay at LA Angels | 10:05 PM | Niemann vs Kazmir |
| San Diego at San Francisco | 10:15 PM | LeBlanc vs Zito |
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So, 3 Jays home games against the Phillies will be played in Philly
This is a bigger piece of BS than Astros at ‘home’ against the Cubs in Milwaukee.
They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.
Do these teams play another time this year? Sounds like a swap of home series isn't feasible based on the outcry against the move.
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AL East plays NL West this year, so no.
Jays-Phillies is the (un)natural rivals series.
They're not just hitting home runs. They're doing the little things, like hitting doubles.
I'll be watching
The M’s-O’s game as well. Might be an ugly offensive series.
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by Daniel Moroz on May 11, 2010 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions
This whole Griffy sleeping thing is interesting.
Two players mentioned it to a reporter. Did they just say it as fact or because they judged it as wrong? Does it matter?
Mike Sweeney challenged whomever said it to a fight? Really? How is that productive?
Is Griffey denying he sleeps in the club house? Doesn’t sound like it.
Is it a bad thing? Questionable, although if management lets him, it sounds like he has approval to do it.
Just weird.
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The entire saga is hilarious.
Mike Sweeney challenging whomever said it to a fight is hilarious. Especially since he should be first in line for his release papers.
The players who mentioned it to LaRue are younger according to reports, and IMO, its really irrelevant who they were. Yes, PR/media training is important.
If I wanted to really make an absurd, dumb, and baseless conspiracy theory, its one of the OFs who’s on the bubble of AAA/MLB, and could gain more security on the team when Milton returns if Griffey were to depart.
"I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it" ~ Mae West
I think that Dave Cameron made a great point on USS Mariner
When he said that it wasn’t so much the act of sleeping that should be concerning about Griffey. It’s the fact that, if he really garnered the respect of the clubhouse, wouldn’t this be a non-story because nobody would’ve said anything? Good perspective on the whole thing.
http://www.ussmariner.com/2010/05/10/its-not-the-fact-that-he-was-asleep/
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by Satchel Price on May 11, 2010 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, that's a good point.
I believe the original story also mentioned how he was a team leader last year, but that’s all gone this year.
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Padres vs Giants
As the two surprise leaders (Padres moreso than Giants) of the NL West do battle. Giants are expected of having around a 60% chance of winning the series opener. Looks like the biggest favorite of the day though, is the the Cardinals over the Astros (Myers vs Penny).
vr, Xei
On PTI today, Mike Wilbon asked:
“How could it possibly hurt the Mariners to have Ken Griffy Jr on the team.”
Does he not understand how much Griffey sucks, does he not understand roster limitations or both?
It hurts me when people I usually like say dumb things.
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Back when Griffey was traded to the White Sox, LeBetard (who actually gets this stuff) asked him how Griffey would help them.
And Wilbon just stared at him like he wanted to fight and yelled “600 HOME RUNS THAT’S HOW HE’LL HELP!” I was speechless. That man is an absolute know-nothing.
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