― boldbury, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 22:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― mattbot, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 22:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― boldbury, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 03:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― novamax, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 21:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― boldbury, Friday, 20 April 2007 03:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― mattbot, Monday, 23 April 2007 14:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― boldbury, Saturday, 28 April 2007 05:19 (seventeen years ago) link
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― novamax, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 18:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― boldbury, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 20:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― boldbury, Thursday, 3 May 2007 06:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― boldbury, Saturday, 5 May 2007 23:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Sunday, 6 May 2007 14:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― boldbury, Monday, 7 May 2007 21:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― Belisarius, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 03:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― boldbury, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 04:22 (seventeen years ago) link
March 13, 2007, 9:47PM Garner says Pence isn't top candidate for RF job
― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 17 May 2007 03:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― boldbury, Thursday, 17 May 2007 04:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 17 May 2007 04:23 (seventeen years ago) link
Pence is actually heating up (if that's possible) over his last 8 games:
17 hits, 4 doubles, 1 triple and 3 HRs
.586/.625/1.379 = OPS 2.004
7 Runs & 8 RBIs
1 SB, 1 CS
3BB vs. 2K
So where is he batting in the order: #6 = 89% of the time #5 = 5% of the time #2 = 5% of the time
GET A BRANE MORANS
― Steve Shasta, Monday, 21 May 2007 16:25 (seventeen years ago) link
From today's BP Newsletter:
STAT OF THE DAY
Top 5 2007 NL Center Fielders, by VORP
Player, Team, EqA, VORP
Aaron Rowand, PHI, .320, 19.1 Carlos Beltran, NYN, .317, 18.2 Hunter Pence, HOU, .342, 11.0 Ryan Church, WAS, .298, 9.8 Josh Hamilton, CIN, .286, 8.0 --
― boldbury, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 23:54 (seventeen years ago) link
more like hunter pimps!
― cankles, Friday, 25 May 2007 13:57 (seventeen years ago) link
This week's aggregate score so far:
Astros 8, Rangers/Giants/D'backs 53. I cannot remember a worse stretch of Astros baseball since I moved back to H-Town in 1997.
― novamax, Saturday, 26 May 2007 15:20 (seventeen years ago) link
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/1998/lidgelleaguejj2.jpg
I wish I had found this earlier, it's not so relevant now. He's had a pretty great May: 14 appearances, 1.10 ERA, 0.61 WHIP, 22 K, 4 BB
― mattbot, Friday, 1 June 2007 17:38 (seventeen years ago) link
NL Rookie of the Month
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bb/4861878.html
― boldbury, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 23:42 (seventeen years ago) link
I have no idea what is going on here:
http://images.chron.com/photos/2007/06/05/6559476/600xPopupGallery.jpg
― boldbury, Thursday, 7 June 2007 03:11 (seventeen years ago) link
butt luv
― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Thursday, 7 June 2007 03:12 (seventeen years ago) link
Did I imagine an article that referenced Dan Wheeler's thinly-veiled racist comments fairly recently?
― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 14 June 2007 18:29 (sixteen years ago) link
I have no knowledge of such an article. Did you see him shove Chris Sampson in the dugout Wednesday night?
― boldbury, Friday, 15 June 2007 05:38 (sixteen years ago) link
sorry about Everett's break, but it does force them to maybe play a productive guy at short?
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 15 June 2007 13:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Orlando Palmeiro!
― David R., Friday, 15 June 2007 13:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Well, Loretta is playing short tonight, so he's definitely an offensive upgrade. You lose a lot of range there, though. They brought Eric Bruntlett up from AAA, so we'll be see how much playing time he'll get. He's probably somewhere in between Everett and Loretta both offensively and defensively.
Everett had been hitting a lot better the last three weeks or so. His batting avg. had risen nearly 50 point in that time.
― boldbury, Saturday, 16 June 2007 02:14 (sixteen years ago) link
So I'm sitting here typing the above message, listening the Mariners-Astros game on the radio. Milo Hamilton was going through a list groups and parties that were out at the ballpark tonight and he just announce there was a group of people at Minute Maid tonigth celebrating the birthday of NED FLANDERS, as well as another group referred to as "MONTGOMERY BURNS and Friends."
And the thing is, this isn't the first time I've heard the Montgomery Burns thing. My guess is somebody in the Astros' group sales office is pulling a funny on the old man.
― boldbury, Saturday, 16 June 2007 02:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Also, Biggio just tied Nap Lajoie for 6th on the all-time doubles list. Overall, he's at 2,988 hits.
Up until about a week ago, I had never heard "Lajoie" pronounced out loud. According to the Astros broadcast team, its LA-juh-way.
― boldbury, Saturday, 16 June 2007 02:33 (sixteen years ago) link
I'd always heard LA-HO-AY, but I bow to the superior linguistic efforts of the Astros.
― Alex in SF, Saturday, 16 June 2007 03:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Plus, Milo probably saw him play.
― boldbury, Saturday, 16 June 2007 03:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Is there a left-handed reliever in the Major Leages worse than Trevor Miller? Oh my gosh, Garner just keeps running him out there over and over and ever freakin' time he pitches he gets his brains beat out. His ERA is only 7.50! Opponents are hitting .301 against him. He comes in tonight in the bottome of 9th inning with 2 out and a runner on 1st and promptly gives up a walk-off run-scoring double to Chone Figgins (his 6th hit of the night).
This team's management keeps talking about turning things around but they're so slow about making changes when it is so obvious where the changes need to happen. What difference does it make if you have a lefty in the pen if his ERA is 7.50? There's got to be somebody at AAA who can do better than that. Get rid of this bum.
― boldbury, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 05:51 (sixteen years ago) link
BTW, Biggio got hit # 2990 tonight.
The countdown is on.
Haw haw.
― Leee, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 18:13 (sixteen years ago) link
For the love of God, he looks like the "there is no spoon" kid.
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 21:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Biggio tonight:
Hit # 2991 and 2992.
― boldbury, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 05:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Biggio: #2993.
― boldbury, Saturday, 23 June 2007 04:14 (sixteen years ago) link
#2994 #2995 #2996
That last one was a double that drove in the go-ahead run in the 10th.
So, he has 4 to go and the Astros have three games in Milwaukee before their next homestand. I think he's scheduled to sit one of those games out. I calling it a 50/50 chance he'll do it at home over the weekend. If he doesn't do it in Milwaukee, I'll be attending the games this weekend until he does it.
― boldbury, Monday, 25 June 2007 04:23 (sixteen years ago) link
So what happens after 3000? Does Biggio's playing time get reduced?
― mattbot, Monday, 25 June 2007 12:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Hunter Pence's .609 Slugging average is #4 in MLB (behind A-Rod, Magglio and Prince Fielder).
― Steve Shasta, Monday, 25 June 2007 16:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Re: Biggio - he's got a season line of .238 / .279 / .390, so for the Stros' sake, I sure as hell hope his PT is reduced once he gets his stats.
As for Pence, he's actually not on the list, if you look @ qualified leaders. He's only got 214 PAs (as opposed to the 300+ PA most of the dudes on the list have), but he's bound to show up in a week or two - I'm assuming he'd need to average 3 PA / game played to actually qualify, meaning he's 9 PAs behind right now. The fact that he has a grand total of SEVEN walks to his name to date, tho, makes me think he's gonna hit the skids soonish & fall back down to a more expected level of sluggery.
― David R., Monday, 25 June 2007 16:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Minor League Totals (3 seasons of A and AA): 308 games, 1175 ABs .302 / .376 / .556 = .932 229 Ks vs. 139 BBs SBs: 29 of 43 SBs (AA = 17 of 21) Fielding: 1 error vs. 183 put outs (109 games with fielding stats recorded), 11 assists (3 double plays)
don't call him a Francoeur he knows how to walk!
― Steve Shasta, Monday, 25 June 2007 17:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Well, the CW at the start of the season was that Biggio would play almost everyday untill he got to 3000 and then would share time with Chris Burke and/or Mark Lorretta.
BUT...I'm less confident that plan will be followed through now, based on Garner's insistence on keeping Biggio in the lead-off slot even when he was hitting under .220 with an OBP around .250.
― boldbury, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 01:09 (sixteen years ago) link
#2997
Scheduled for a day off tomorrow.
― boldbury, Wednesday, 27 June 2007 03:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Karl Ravech, just now: "What Jeter is to the Yankees, Craig Biggio is to the Astros."
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? They have to couch him in terms of the fucking Yankees? For fuck's sake.
― David R., Friday, 29 June 2007 02:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Never forget to bring a Towles.
― Andy K, Friday, 21 September 2007 10:44 (sixteen years ago) link
uh, yeah. ed wade? sorry, dude.
― j.q higgins, Friday, 21 September 2007 13:01 (sixteen years ago) link
http://jrtowles.net/bracelet.jpg
These cool wrist bands are an exciting way to promote the unique message JR and staff had come up with. In a score book for baseball an "IBB" is an intentional walk. What a wonderful thought to have an "IBB" by your name in the book of Life, as you travel on your "Intentional Walk with Jesus".
― govern yourself accordingly, Friday, 21 September 2007 14:14 (sixteen years ago) link
GAY
― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Friday, 21 September 2007 14:34 (sixteen years ago) link
SIDES HURT SO BAD RIGHT NOW
― Andy K, Friday, 21 September 2007 15:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, I've got mixed feelings on it. On the one hand, he signed and developed a lot of talented players that are now major contributors at the Major League level (Howard, Utley, Hammels). On the other hand, the Phillies never made the postseason during his tenure as GM (although I personally believe that may have more to do with Larry Bowa). On the third hand, he's a Tal Smith protege, which means the Astros went through this whole dog and pony show of interviewing 11 candidates just to hire the guy that Uncle Drayton's right-hand man already knew everything about.
― boldbury, Saturday, 22 September 2007 02:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Since I'll be in Houston this week for a conference, I'm going to go to Craig Biggio Rainbow Sleeve Jersey T-Shirt night on Friday.
boldbury (and/or other resident ILBB Houstonites), wanna go? I'm not sure how good the game's going to be, but I bet it'll be better than "Managing Stakeholder Feedback," "Using Data to Make Critical Design Decisions," and every other ultra-exciting panel I've got to attend.
― govern yourself accordingly, Monday, 24 September 2007 19:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Wade is responsible for virtually every good player on the current Phillies roster. Gillick traded Thome for Rowand about 15 days after he was hired, but just about everyone else (Ruiz, Howard, Utley, Rollins, Thome who begat Rowand, Victorino, Myers, Kendrick, Burrell ... as an assistant Wade pushed hard for the acquisition of Abreu ... I mean, that's a pretty good team and comprised mainly of players developed by the Phillies internally. He made some bad moves, but what other GM can claim to have developed so many decent major league players in such a short time?
― polyphonic, Monday, 24 September 2007 19:51 (sixteen years ago) link
wanna go?
Maybe. Who are you?
― boldbury, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 03:18 (sixteen years ago) link
<i>Maybe. Who are you?</i>
Hah, sorry. ex-"d4niel c0hen" or some variation thereof ca. old-ILX (mostly posting on this board, mothballed yardworker, etc.), been generally lurking since the switchover for a bunch of reasons. Email me at danielcohen at gmail dot com if you wanna talk plans. Getting on a plane in a few hours.
― govern yourself accordingly, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 04:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Brad Lidge traded with Eric Bruntlett to Phillies for Michael Bourne, Mike Costanzo, and Geoff Geary.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5283755.html
― boldbury, Thursday, 8 November 2007 04:24 (sixteen years ago) link
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Answer-Man-Hunter-Pence-on-glass-doors-World-o;_ylt=AifNFrHt0bhdSDBG.rAktRIRvLYF?urn=mlb,76154
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 April 2008 02:47 (sixteen years ago) link
blerg
http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/tools/med/2008/04/ipt/1207822149.jpg
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 April 2008 02:48 (sixteen years ago) link
mets extra innings is taking its toll on me what say you hunter?
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 April 2008 02:49 (sixteen years ago) link
^^this is why you're batting .150!!!!
NOT HOLDING BAT RIGHT
― johnny crunch, Friday, 11 April 2008 02:51 (sixteen years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CwJUnQaUAAAMf0c.jpg:small
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 1 November 2016 16:23 (seven years ago) link
is mike pence his dad thanks
― johnny crunch, Friday, 21 April 2017 22:48 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ee8mV8TUcAAwK8u?format=jpg&name=small
― Andy K, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 15:57 (three years ago) link
*twitches nervously*
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 15:59 (three years ago) link
DF... with nowhere to assign him, I guess he's just cut?
.096/.161/.2502 HR6 RBI
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 25 August 2020 19:17 (three years ago) link
probably send him to the alternate training site/sacramento if no one claims him
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 25 August 2020 19:21 (three years ago) link
Hunter Pence is out in McCovey Cove today on a boat holding a "Let's Go Giants" sign.— Kerry Crowley (@KO_Crowley) September 27, 2020
― mookieproof, Sunday, 27 September 2020 20:16 (three years ago) link
<3
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 27 September 2020 21:29 (three years ago) link
Video!
http://www.mlb.com/video/hunter-pence-s-boat-party
― clemenza, Monday, 28 September 2020 00:10 (three years ago) link
https://www.mlb.com/video/hunter-pence-s-boat-party
(Gotta leave the 's' on.)
I think Hunter Pence's Boat Party is a great name for a band.
― clemenza, Monday, 28 September 2020 00:15 (three years ago) link