I highly doubt CC had anything to do with that. I'm sure the guy/people who runs the site had that prepared a couple days ago and uploaded it once the trade was announced.
I think you guys are reading way too much into what Olney is saying about the trade. He was simply reporting what the Phillies may be offering and why it MIGHT be more attractive to Cleveland than what the Brewers may be offering. He's just saying that if Cleveland can't get what they want out of the Brewers, they might decide they'd rather just receive more players, even if they aren't as good as the Brewers' prospects. I didn't interpret anything he said as wishing the Brewers don't get CC.
Right. Another example: in a game I saw this past week on TV (can't remember teams or anything), the announcer said that the CF figured out that his pitcher spread his glove wider when he threw a splitter because he needed more room for the grip. The batters could thus tell when the splitter was coming.
This game is sick. Florida got 4 in the 7th to put them up 17-12 and now Holliday just hit a grand slam in the 7th pull back to 17-16. Atkins now singled and is on with nobody out. Sounds like the Arizona 9th inning yesterday.
The boos may have either a) been for the ump, as in "come on, just call the close ones and end this," or b) sarcastic boos, as Villy was obviously pitching well.
It's not really 21 LOB. That stat is counting every time a guy bats and doesn't get a runner in. The appropriate way to count LOB is to count the runners at the end of the inning. By the way, is it just me or does it seem like Shouse has been giving up a hit to the first batter he sees with men on base lately?
Wow. So I'm running errands and pull into the garage as the bases get loaded with no outs in the 9th. I just told my wife, "I'm going to go make sure the Brewers won." I turn on Gameday audio, which happens to be the Arizona broadcast and the first thing I hear is the announcers celebrating.
I typed this before knowing he hit a homer. He's like a test-tube baby combination of Alex Rodriguez and Ozzie Smith, with a little bit of Derek Jeter's clutchiness thrown in. J.J. Hardy : Julius Benedict :: Julio Lugo : Vincent Benedict