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Yost always seems to be cautious ith players and playing time in their 1st full seasons. I'd be surprised if a healthy Hart gets more than 120 or so starts.

Burnie. I guess we might be getting the Dodgers FS feed tonight? I think its Fox Sports West? If you're in the Milwaukee viewing area, though, I guess a blackout is very possible?? I'm still not sure of those rules.

Hey Burnie...If you have DirecTV you should be getting a Free Preview of MLB Extra Innings. The game will be on Channel 742. So you can watch it tonight there. The preview ends on Monday.

Not sure who commented about expecting Miller to play, but I'm guessing Miller will likely see action in day games after night games or night games before day games and possibly not much more. I think Yost is also done assigning catchers to starters etc. That didnt work out to well when he did that with Moeller and Miller.

Yeah. I think thats it Russ. Only potential change would be have Mench and Hart switch spots in the order, but I doubt that?

Love the graphics. Cant wait until it shows Sheets vs. Lowe on April 2nd. Is Cappy going to homeplate with that throw...that looks painful. FYI Here is the lineup for today's game: SS Craig Counsell 3B Tony Graffanino 1B Prince Fielder CF Bill Hall LF Geoff Jenkins RF Gabe Gross C Damian Miller 2B Ozzie Chavez LHP Chris Capuano

The lineup against the Athletics: CF Brady Clark SS J.J. Hardy LF Kevin Mench RF Corey Hart C Johnny Estrada 3B Tony Graffanino DH Craig Counsell 1B Vinny Rottino 2B Rickie Weeks http://www.jsonline.com/watch/?watch=2&date=3/2/2007&id=19966

The lineup against the Giants: 2B Hernan Iribarren SS Yohannis Perez 3B Ryan Braun CF Bill Hall LF Geoff Jenkins 1B Mike Rivera RF Drew Anderson C JD Closser P Carlos Villanueva http://www.jsonline.com/watch/?watch=2&date=3/2/2007&id=19966

I think I hear Bill Schoeder. Its game-time

Hope all enjoyed the running box score! Its up in Page 1 of this thread for those who skim through...

Thx Rick

Thanks Toby. I might take you up on that offer. I'll give half inning by half inning updates within this post. So watch this one for constant re-freshing. First update: Mariner starter change. Expected starter Bobby Livingston has been scratched and Matt Thornton will be making the start instead. Mil: CF. Clark SS. Hardy RF. Jenkins 2b. Weeks 3b. Koskie 1b. Cirillo LF. Gross C. Miller DH. Abernathy Sea: CF Reed SS Betancourt LF Ibanez 1B Sexson DH Everett C Johjima RF Shin-Soo Choo 3B Morse 2B Lopez 1st Inn: Clark K Hardy 4-3 Jenkins 1B Weeks FC 6-4 1st Inn Reed U3 Betancourt 5-3 Ibanez F-7 2nd Inn Koskie BB Cirillo 1B Gross K Miller (WP..runners move up to 2nd and 3rd) K Abernathy 1B (2-0 Crew) Clark INF 1B Hardy 6-3 2nd Inn Sexson 1B (7-4 Sexson cut down going to 2nd) Everett 5-3 Johjima BB Choo INF 1B Morse U5 3rd Inn Kevin Appier is now pitching for Seattle Jenkins HBP Weeks F-3 Koskie K Cirillo F-7 Deep 3rd Inn Capuano is still throwing Lopez E-4 Reed 1B Betancourt BB Ibanez 1B (2 runners score. 2-2) Eveland is now pitching Sexson 1B (3-2 Mariners) Everett 5-4-3 (runner scores 4-2 M's) Johjima 5-3 4th Inn Gross 1-3 Miller F-9 Abernathy F-8 4th Inn Choo BB Morse 4-3 Lopez 2B (5-2 M's) Reed 2B (6-2 M's) Betancourt 1B (7-2 M's) (2-6, cut-down attempting to steal) Ibanez INF 1B Sexson BB Everett 5-3 5th Inn Kevin Appier is still pitching Clark K (looking) Hardy E-5 Jenkins 3-6-3 5th Inn Jared Fernandez is in Corky Miller 6-3 Choo 1B Morse FC 6-4 Lopez 4-3 6th Inn Jacob Woods (L) is now in for Sea Weeks K Koskie F-7 Cirillo BB Gross K (looking) 6th Inn Bloomquist 6-3 Betancourt 1B (caught stealing Rivera to Hardy) Bohn P-4 7th Inn Rivera F-7 Abernathy Lo-5 Clark K 7th Inn Mitch Stetter is now in Petagine 1B Everett 1-6-3 Corky Miller 2B Choo INF 1B...bunt (takes 2nd on WP) Morse (WP; Miller scores 8-2 M's) BB Lopez F-6 8th Inn Jacob Woods is still in for Sea Sorensen INF 1B Cruz F-9 The Hurricane 1B Rottino 3B (2 RBI's 8-4 M's) Hart 6-3 (RBI, 8-5 M's) Nelson F-6 8th Inn Justin Lehr is in for the Crew Bloomquist F-8 Navarro 6-3 Bohn K (looking) 9th Inn George Sherrill (L) is in for Sea Rivera Po-2 Abernathy BB Gwynn HR (2 RBIs 8-7 M's) Sorensen 1-3 Cruz F-9 Nice late rally attempt..thanks to big hits from Vinnie and Gwynn Jr. Same two teams on Tuesday. MLB audio available. Felix Hernandez vs. Tomo Ohka

OK. I'm back after an extended weekend vacation to Chattanooga TN and will try/hope to do a running box score for this game...just like I did for several of the ST games last year. Here we Brewers....

Macgruder? I'm not buying that. We'd get Dingo Durrington behind the plate if Miler and Moeller contracted a serious case of the flu.

OK. In Tomo's last start I used the thread to speak Japanese. Ohka didn't win, but pitched very well in 7 innings. So here's hoping that trend continues when I speak Tomo's native tongue. Tomo = eesu, tonight we hope. Hopefully, the suraida and chenji appu are working well tonight. A anchi kyojin: Anti-Yomiuri Giants (kyojin being the Japanese word for "giants"). Much like America's Yankees, the Tokyo-based Giants have utterly dominated the Japanese game as a perennial threat to win the championship. Thus, this term describes most fans of Japanese baseball who do not root for the Giants. B banto: bunt batta: batter batta bokkusu: batters box besuboru: baseball besuto nain: starting lineup ("best nine") boru: ball C chenji appu: changeup D daburu pure: double play deddo boru: a pitch that hits the batter ("dead ball") de gemu: day game E eesu: pitching ace entaitoru tsu besu: ground rule double ("entitled two bases") era: error F fain pure: fine play famu: farm team or farm system fasuto: first baseman fauro: foul ball fensu: home run fence foa boru: walk ("four ball") foku: forkball furu besu: bases loaded ("full bases") furu kaunto: full count G gattsu pozu: guts pose, i.e. hot-dogging it after a home run - what we used to call a "pimp job" when I was back in high school. gemu setto: game over ("game set") goro: ground out gurobu: glove H heddo surraidingu: head-first slide ("head sliding") herumetto: batting helmet hiiro intabyu: post-game hero interview homuin: run ("home-in") homuran: home run I iji furai: routine fly ball ("easy fly") K kantoku: manager koochi: coach kyatcha: catcher M manrui homa: grand slam home run maundo: pitchers mound N naisu pure: nice play naita: night game P pa riigu: Pacific League pasu boru: passed ball pinchi hitta: pinch hitter pinchi ranna: pinch runner pitcha: pitcher pitchingu sutaffu: pitching staff pure boru: Play ball R raina: line drive ("liner") raito: right fielder rakii sebun: lucky seven - the Japanese version of the seventh inning stretch in which fans release thousands of condom-shaped balloons ranningu homuran: inside-the-park home run ("running home run") refuto: left fielder ririfu pitcha: relief pitcher rukii: rookie S saado: third baseman saikuru hitto: hitting for the cycle sanshin: strikeout sayonara homuran: walk-off home run sebu: save sekando: second baseman senta: center fielder se riigu: Central League shiiso gemu: seesaw game, i.e. a game with multiple lead changes shimei dasha: designated hitter shinjin: rookie (lit. "new person") shinpan: umpire shoto: shortstop suitchi hitta: switch hitter suketto: a derogatory term for foreign players that literally means "helper" - the implication is that they are not real ballplayers, just "helpers." sukoa bodo: scoreboard supuritto finga fasuto boru: splitfinger fastball suraida: slider sutoraiku: strike sutoreto: fastball ("straight") T tatchi appu: tag up ("touch up") tatchi auto: tagged out ("touch out") taimurii: a run batted in (from "timely hit") U uetingu sakuru: on-deck circle ("waiting circle") W wairudo pitchi: wild pitch Y yakyu: "fieldball" - the Japanese name for baseball

we need to get to this infamous d-back bullpen quick. Vargas is at 95 pitches

sanshin for you Royce

deddo boru to Rickie

Rickie the daburu pure is bad when on offense.

Get down the "banto" Tomo!!!

pasu boru on Chad scores a run. darn. thought Tomo would get out of that?

Madison for barn-burner let's try.... shiiso gemu: seesaw game

naisu pure Rickie!

sanshin for you Gonzo!

Since Tomo is on the mound, I'm going to be speaking his language today. So for reference as to what I'm saying. Here we go: Most Japanese Baseball terminology was borrowed wholesale from the American game, so with a little creative thinking it is not to hard to follow Japanese broadcasts with little or no knowledge of Japanese. A sampling: A anchi kyojin: Anti-Yomiuri Giants (kyojin being the Japanese word for "giants"). Much like America's Yankees, the Tokyo-based Giants have utterly dominated the Japanese game as a perennial threat to win the championship. Thus, this term describes most fans of Japanese baseball who do not root for the Giants. B banto: bunt batta: batter batta bokkusu: batters box besuboru: baseball besuto nain: starting lineup ("best nine") boru: ball C chenji appu: changeup D daburu pure: double play deddo boru: a pitch that hits the batter ("dead ball") de gemu: day game E eesu: pitching ace entaitoru tsu besu: ground rule double ("entitled two bases") era: error F fain pure: fine play famu: farm team or farm system fasuto: first baseman fauro: foul ball fensu: home run fence foa boru: walk ("four ball") foku: forkball furu besu: bases loaded ("full bases") furu kaunto: full count G gattsu pozu: guts pose, i.e. hot-dogging it after a home run - what we used to call a "pimp job" when I was back in high school. gemu setto: game over ("game set") goro: ground out gurobu: glove H heddo surraidingu: head-first slide ("head sliding") herumetto: batting helmet hiiro intabyu: post-game hero interview homuin: run ("home-in") homuran: home run I iji furai: routine fly ball ("easy fly") K kantoku: manager koochi: coach kyatcha: catcher M manrui homa: grand slam home run maundo: pitchers mound N naisu pure: nice play naita: night game P pa riigu: Pacific League pasu boru: passed ball pinchi hitta: pinch hitter pinchi ranna: pinch runner pitcha: pitcher pitchingu sutaffu: pitching staff pure boru: Play ball R raina: line drive ("liner") raito: right fielder rakii sebun: lucky seven - the Japanese version of the seventh inning stretch in which fans release thousands of condom-shaped balloons ranningu homuran: inside-the-park home run ("running home run") refuto: left fielder ririfu pitcha: relief pitcher rukii: rookie S saado: third baseman saikuru hitto: hitting for the cycle sanshin: strikeout sayonara homuran: walk-off home run sebu: save sekando: second baseman senta: center fielder se riigu: Central League shiiso gemu: seesaw game, i.e. a game with multiple lead changes shimei dasha: designated hitter shinjin: rookie (lit. "new person") shinpan: umpire shoto: shortstop suitchi hitta: switch hitter suketto: a derogatory term for foreign players that literally means "helper" - the implication is that they are not real ballplayers, just "helpers." sukoa bodo: scoreboard supuritto finga fasuto boru: splitfinger fastball suraida: slider sutoraiku: strike sutoreto: fastball ("straight") T tatchi appu: tag up ("touch up") tatchi auto: tagged out ("touch out") taimurii: a run batted in (from "timely hit") U uetingu sakuru: on-deck circle ("waiting circle") W wairudo pitchi: wild pitch Y yakyu: "fieldball" - the Japanese name for baseball