Funny how games like this don’t bother as much when you have an eight game lead.
Steve Serby’s Q&A with Mariano Rivera
Steve Serby of The NY Post sat down for a chat with the legendary Mariano Rivera, touching on everything from how long he plans to keep playing to Phil Hughes to his restaurant. Make sure you give it a read, lots of fun and interesting stuff from the Hammer of God. (h/t Patrick)
Game 117 Spillover Thread II
6 K in 2.2 IP for K-Rob and Coke. Now they get Mo.
Game 117 Spillover Thread
If Mitre makes it through five, they should go right to Aceves. No playing with fire.
DotF just isn’t the same without Jesus
Make sure you scroll down for tonight’s game thread.
Triple-A Scranton (5-4 loss to Durham)
Kevin Russo & Reegie Corona: both 0 for 4 – Russo K’ed twice … Corona committed a fielding error
Colin Curtis & Eric Duncan: both 0 for 2 – Curtis walked twice & K’ed … E-Dunc K’ed twice
Austin Jackson & Yurendell DeCaster: both 1 for 4 – Jackson scored a run & K’ed twice
Cody Ransom: 0 for 1, 1 Bb, 1 K – left the game for an unkown reason
Juan Miranda: 1 for 3, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB
John Rodriguez: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 K
Chris Stewart: 0 for 3, 1 HBP
The Ghost of Kei Igawa: 4 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 3-8 GB/FB – 52 of 77 pitches were strikes (57.5%)
Anthony Claggett: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 2-3 GB/FB – 11 of 17 pitches were strikes (64.7)
Mike Dunn: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 4-0 GB/FB – 15 of 29 pitches were strikes (51.7%)
Marte excused for personal reasons
Via PeteAbe, currently DL’ed reliever Damaso Marte has been excused from the team indefinitely for “personal reasons.” Earlier this morning we talked about how Marte hasn’t yet returned to the team even though his 30-day rehab assignment ended yesterday, but this move essentially acts like another DL trip. No word on what said personal reasons are, but you have to imagine Mr. Cashman is kicking himself in the behind for his decision to re-up Marte for three years last winter rather than just pick up his option.
Satuday Night (Open Thread) Fever
Who’s idea was it to have a night game on the west coast on a Saturday? They’ve murdered the history and integrity of the game. [/Stark’d]
Use this as your open thread to talk about whatever you like until the game starts. The Red Sox and Rangers are on MLB Network at 8pm, and the Little League World Series is on ESPN. There’s also a bunch of preseason NFL games going on tonight, but I’m not sure if they’re on the tube at all. You can also come hang out with me at MLBTR. Feel free to talk about whatever you like here, just be nice to each other. The regular game thread will be up shortly before first pitch.