MLB Game of the Night | 6/24 Giants @ Dodgers

[HammerDown]

Country Joe West is being himself tonight I see.

 

[Upstater]

I love these things:

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I frequent baseball-reference I have never seen the previews. Awesome

 

[bone3421]

He's been suffering from plantar fasciitis (sp?) which really hurts. Hamilton wouldn't even be playing.

i know....just saying he cant run in general

they should sit him if they are way behind around the ASB...imo

 

[Upstater]

Is it me or does anyone else hate the smiling laughing and chatting with players on the other team while the game is going on?

 

[HammerDown]

Hamilton is an asshole.

 

[Upstater]

That is a big hit/error with the rain falling the way it is

 

[HammerDown]

Is it me or does anyone else hate the smiling laughing and chatting with players on the other team while the game is going on?

It's not just you. I understand catchers/batters acknowledging each other and the same at 1st base. But I hate going to games and seeing a dozen or so players from opposing teams standing in the infield laughing and joking like they're best friends. I miss the good ole days when you were mercilessly trying to BEAT the opponent, not make friends with them.

 

[HammerDown]

That is a big hit/error with the rain falling the way it is

He just gave them a game.

 

[bone3421]

nice fielding josh

 

[Upstater]

Ok so I am confused.

The first inning these guys were calling Weaver a flyball pitcher.

Palmer just said that it is difficult to get a fly ball on weaver.

Thorne good. Palmer bad.

 

[HammerDown]

It's time to call it a game, Country Joe.

 

[HammerDown]

Just switched over to the Reds @ Cubs. Is it raining or just foggy?

 

[Upstater]

Looks like it is the Blue Jays vs White Sox tomorrow for the free game of the day. See if it stays the same or changes overnight

 

[HammerDown]

Looks like I just got my answer on Twitter.

 

[HammerDown]

I switched to Detroit @ KC. Shocking how fat Prince Fielder has gotten.

 

[Upstater]

Yeah he looks pretty terrible

 

[HammerDown]

They have the stadium lights off?

 

[OutlawImmortal]

I switched to Detroit @ KC. Shocking how fat Prince Fielder has gotten.

He got paid and bought the rest of Twinkies remaining stock.

 

[Upstater]

MLB Free Game of the Night

Blue Jays (27-36, 5th in AL East) vs White Sox (28-34, 4th AL Central)


Pitching Probables

 

[RobToxin]

Chien-Ming Wang hasn't been a significant part of a major league rotation in a few years. Tuesday night provides him with another chance, however.Wang makes his first appearance for his new club, starting for the Toronto Blue Jays against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field.
The 33-year-old opted out of his minor league contract with the Yankees and signed with Toronto earlier this week. He had been pitching for New York's Triple-A team in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, where he went 4-4 with a 2.33 ERA in nine starts.
Wang won 54 games with the Yankees from 2005-2008, but had struggled with injuries more recently, starting 25 games over the past three seasons and posting a 6.68 ERA for Washington last year.
But perhaps as much as any other team, Toronto could afford to take a flyer to try to help its beleaguered pitching staff. Blue Jays relievers have pitched 63 innings over the last 12 games and the rotation also remains one of the worst in baseball with a 5.31 ERA. R.A. Dickey was tagged for seven runs and 10 hits - including two homers by Adam Dunn - over five innings in Toronto's 10-6 loss Monday, which was delayed an hour and 10 minutes because of fog.
``Obviously like I've said before it's tough to tell you all each and every day how good you feel and you look up and it's 0 for 4,'' said Dunn, 7 for 11 over his last three games. ``Tonight was good. It felt good. It feels better to get this game in and win.''
Toronto also learned some bad news as Brandon Morrow - out since May 28 with tightness in his right forearm - is expected to miss another two to three weeks, according to the team's official website. General manager Alex Anthopoulos hopes Wang can prove to be an innings-eater.
"(He'll throw) a lot of strikes, get a lot of ground balls," Anthopoulos, who said Wang isn't guaranteed any role past Tuesday, told the team's official website. "He's not going to strike too many guys out, but he's going to induce contact and he should pitch deep into the game if he's having success."
In addition to Dunn's fifth career four-hit game and first in over two years Monday, Alexei Ramirez also provided three hits and Alejandro De Aza drove in a pair of runs. Ramirez is 17 for 42 (.405) in his last 12 games versus Toronto, while De Aza is 19 for 49 (.388) over his last 12 games overall with nine RBIs.
Chicago's run total was a season high, and the club had scored more than five just once over the last 18 games.
Hoping to receive a solid backing will be starter Jose Quintana (3-2, 3.95 ERA), who has received an average of 2.51 runs of support over his last seven starts.
He allowed three homers for the first time in his career Thursday, getting charged with four runs and seven hits over 7 2-3 innings in a 5-4 loss to Oakland. The left-hander is 2-1 with a 1.86 ERA in three starts against Toronto, including a 7-0 road win April 17 in which he threw 6 2-3 innings.
Jose Bautista - who also homered twice Monday and matched a career best with five RBIs - accounted for the only home run Quintana has surrendered to the Blue Jays.
Wang is 3-0 with a 3.00 ERA over three starts versus the White Sox but hasn't faced them since 2008.
Edwin Encarnacion has hit safely in 13 of 14 games with 13 RBIs.

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