22 innings

by Adam J. Morris on Apr 18, 2008 9:16 AM CDT Comment 19 comments

In case you missed it, check out the box score from last night's remarkable Colorado/San Diego game, which ended about 6 hours ago.

22 innings, 6+ hours, and a 2-1 Colorado victory. It was scoreless through 13 innings, and each team scored a run in the 14th.

Pads hitters were 11 for 74 on the night, while Rockies hitters did a little better, going 14 for 73 (although with 20 Ks).

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geez

glad that wasnt us.

by murph22 on Apr 18, 2008 10:30 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

That'll lower a team batting average

Also, you gotta love Petco Park. Talk about a pitchers paradise. It single handedly brings down average game times for the league. The 22 innings only took 6 hours. If the Rangers and Red Sox (two slowest teams I’ve ever seen) played a 22 inning game, and Padilla was on the mound for Texas, we’d be looking at something like 8, maybe 9 hours. That is agony.

I could sit probably through a 6 hour 22 inning game. Shame I wasn’t there last night.

by JBImaknee on Apr 18, 2008 10:45 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

OT: the save rule

Can someone explain this one to me?

Last night in this game Papelbon came in with his team up four runs. Not a save situation. But he then allowed two runs. Doesn’t it then become a save situation? Or does the save rule have a clause that precludes a guy from getting a save if his own sucky performance is the thing that makes the game a save situation?

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by thedirkatron on Apr 18, 2008 11:08 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Nope

You can’t create a save situation for yourself. If someone came in after Papelbon it would be a save opportunity for them. Someone correct me if I’m wrong but I’m pretty sure that’s right.

And with the 22nd overall selection the Dallas Cowboys select Jonathan Stewart.

by TheBZA on Apr 18, 2008 11:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hmm

I don’t think it has anything to do with him sucking. I think it had to do with the amount of outs. The Giambino struck out swinging for one out. Cano grounded out and a run scored to make it 7-4 with 2 Outs. Then Melky went yard to make it 7-5 with 2 outs. Its my understanding that with 2 outs for it to become a save situation he would have had to have had a runner on base and the tying run on the plate.

But I could be totally wrong MLB doesn’t really clarify all the extenuating circumstances of a save.

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by nikpin on Apr 18, 2008 11:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

TheBZA is right

you can’t create your own save situation. It makes no difference that it ultimately became a save situation, Papelbon came into the game in a non-save situation. You can still get a save if the run difference is more than 3 if the tying run is on base, at bat, or on deck. Check out the link below, it breaks down the situations a pitcher can obtain a save.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blown_save

by texasbuckeye on Apr 18, 2008 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Both teams

Both teams also used more than 20 players

And with the 22nd overall selection the Dallas Cowboys select Jonathan Stewart.

by TheBZA on Apr 18, 2008 11:16 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I remember when ...

you could just go to any team’s website, click on “top-plays” or something like that and get the list of daily highlights for any MLB team. Sigh – like LSB nimbleness, those days are gone. I’d like to see the high-lights of this SD game but I just don’t feel like going thru an Easter Egg hunt at MLB.com to find them. Has anybody surfed the video page at Dallasstars.com? Talk about a sensational fan-friendly tool. Good thing MLB doesn’t have anything like that.

Rangers Farm Probables

by shroomer on Apr 18, 2008 11:29 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

learn to adapt

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2008_04_17_colmlb_sdnmlb_1&;mode=wrap

more highlights than they used to have on one game

scap load or die

by ab03 on Apr 18, 2008 11:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's funny ...

I adapted to the upgrade at the NHL website just fine but not the MLB website. hmmm
I guess the link you provided was supposed to be informative and helpful in some way.
Errr … thx?

Rangers Farm Probables

by shroomer on Apr 18, 2008 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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by robert_d_wilfong on Apr 18, 2008 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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by robert_d_wilfong on Apr 18, 2008 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

so in the bottom of the 14th

bases loaded, down by one run, you get a single up the middle and you DON’T sent the runner from second home? Really? I guess maybe because there was only 1 out they decided to play it safe but its the 14th and this is the first time you’ve scored. Well, that bit of wisdom led to 8 more innings and a loss.

Now, I ask you, how would Rangers fans have reacted to that?

scap load or die

by ab03 on Apr 18, 2008 11:56 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

with the padres lineup

the odds of getting a hit in the next two at bats are so low that you send the guy. Heck, there is probably a better runs expected value for trying to score from first base on a single than waiting for that lineup to get another hit.

by JBImaknee on Apr 18, 2008 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs