8/18/08 Astros (Wolf) at Brewers (Sabathia): 7:05 PM CDT

[ELCABALLO45]

SABATHIA!!!

[brewcrew00]

His arm is fine, this inning has no bearing on "burning him out." I wouldn't be surprised to see him go out for the ninth either, keep in mind these guys have plenty of incentives to reach...

 

edit: He does bat second, so probably not.

[tyguy20204]

Why is CC in the game? Utterly and incomprehensibly stupid. I don't care that it was a quick inning. Simply a stupid move.

[razzzorsharp]

Please let that be it for CC, good show.

[moofnelson]

So nobody up in the bullpen? Ned is trying to rip Sabathia's arm off before the season ends isn't he? 100 pitches, you now have a 6 run lead. I think the bullpen can handle two innings.

 

Didn't you hear? CC vowed to take over the NL lead in complete games by mid-August.

[lbb020]

are u serious? is he really batting right now? unreal.

[sargennm]

Why is CC in the game? Utterly and incomprehensibly stupid. I don't care that it was a quick inning. Simply a stupid move.

No its not. 110 pitches for a guy of his age, caliber and endurance is perfectly fine. It's not like he's getting to 130.

 

[tigerbrew]

CC is amazing, great, great job.

[razzzorsharp]

Uh, CC, why do you have a helmet and a bat?

[sheethead]

Pretty efficient inning for CC. Still a questionable call by Ned to throw him out there in the first place. Now I think we are guaranteed to see CC in there for the 9th. Ned still doesn't know how to manage pitchers, and I don't think he ever will.

[rluzinski]

Ryan Dempster says hi

 

I didn't say that no starting pitcher will ever be able to have an ERA under 3 over 163 IP. I'm talking about a player's true talent level, stripped of sample error. Our best guess at a player's true talent.

 

I don't know what Dempsters's true ERA is but if you want to take the under for the rest of the year and next at 3.0 ERA, you let me know.

[ELCABALLO45]

Ryan Dempster says hi

 

I didn't say that no starting pitcher will ever be able to have an ERA under 3 over 163 IP. I'm talking about a player's true talent level, stripped of sample error. Our best guess at a player's true talent.

 

I don't know what Dempsters's true ERA is but if you want to take the under for the rest of the year and next at 3.0 ERA, you let me know.

It was a joke...

[lbb020]

we have a 6 run lead, who cares if sabathia says he is good to go......this is august 18th ned yost, not the end of september or beginning of october

[ELCABALLO45]

Ray Durham!!!!

[trwi7]

No its not. 110 pitches for a guy of his age, caliber and endurance is perfectly fine. It's not like he's getting to 130.

I sort of want the guy's arm fresh for September and hopefully October. There's really no reason for him to be going for a complete game with a now 7 run lead and 111 pitches.

[tigerbrew]

Go to the bullpen please, Ned. No point having CC pitch the 9th.

[yount19.u]

No need to put CC in there for the 9th. Ned has to start thinking about October and the possibility that he'll start to wear down again this year. I know it's just one extra inning and the pitch count is not out of line, but it doesn't hurt to rest him when you have a chance.

[sheethead]

Ray Durham, where have you been? Oh yeah, on the bench in lieu of Rickie Weeks.

[ELCABALLO45]

9 runs with only 1 home run?

 

It cant be..

[TauPentaRei]

CRIMINAL.

 

what a shame.

[Gobias Industries]

An Indians friend of mine tells me Sabathia would often refuse to come out of games.

[sheethead]

No need to put CC in there for the 9th. Ned has to start thinking about October and the possibility that he'll start to wear down again this year. I know it's just one extra inning and the pitch count is not out of line, but it doesn't hurt to rest him when you have a chance.

Ned Yost think about October? I don't think he can fathom such a thing.

 

[TauPentaRei]

hopefully another at-bat is just CC's reward for this game and pitching the 9th is not even in the equation.

 

CC does love to hit afterall.

[Vgmastr]

Ugh, it's been six years, and Yost still has NO idea on how to properly manage a pitching staff. Utterly clueless.

[brewcrew00]

Why the over reaction? He's perfectly fine to pitch the ninth, and no, that shouldn't be in blue.

 

It's not like Ned throws his fist down and says "you're going back out there!" They talk, trainers are involved, Manager, Pitching Coach, all that. CC wants to be out there, I can promise that.