And then I got this text from you at 9:41 central daylight:
KerCut.
That's Clayton Kershaw, opposite Jon Gray, tonight at 19:10 from majestic Coors Field. My goal is watch and reflect on three innings of it.
As I cut the grass and then sprayed some weeds in the grass I listened to Red Sox at Tigers. Jordan Zimmermann was faring well. Jackie Bradley Jr. made a running catch. A fan ran onto the field. Joe Castiglione said, "It's a little early...." This person was wearing or carrying an advertisement or slogan but the Sox crew was not going to further the message. Apparently that is the second fan-on-field incident for the Red Sox this year.
Back inside for beans and rice, I sat down in time for Tyler Saladino's leadoff double. I'm talking Twins at White Sox now. Saladino will prove to have been one of baseball's most under-rated players entering 2017—though I realiZe now I don't know if his defense is average or better. He has an old-style mustache. Avisaíl García sends one deep, it goes off Buxton's glove, Buxton crashes into the wall—which is somewhat flexible in Guaranteed Rate, the fence a chain-link mesh with some give. FraZier scores, García t third. The Twins haven't lost a game yet, 4-0, but I'm not sure how or why. They beat up on KC earlier. Sanó is limited at third. Mauer is hitting .091. Buxton .053. Jorge Polanco made a wide-ranging play at short. I would have STL-CIN on the MLB.TV if it were not blacked out. Instead I have the CIN audio feed rolling, Jeff Brantley doing this inning solo. Votto doubled, Suarez doubled in Votto, 2-1 STL.
In hindsight I really missed an opportunity yesterday, early evening, to note how the games flowed naturally into and through one another, in classic bridge style, with start times staggered as they should be: there was a noon start, a 14:00 start, a 15:00 start, a 17:10 or 17:40 start. Sanó strikes out on a slider falling down, down and away. Miguel González on the mound for CHW: he looks good so far, a groundball to Saladino, who proves able on that play at least. I would send Wong and someone to US Cellular/Guaranteed Rate/Comiskey for Saladino and Miguel G (rotation depth). Wong and Adams. Man, Matheny does seem determined to play Adams in left.
The action has flowed well today, as is true for the majority of Saturdays. It's 18:45 central daylight. There has been baseball for over six hours. We are watching Jays at Rays. Archer is dealing. Then Pillar sneaks one back up the middle. The HotCut isn't too far off and I'm well positioned to comment on it—and the TwitterVerse will be none the wiser.
It's—OMG another pen down...SOS...SOS....
That's two! I was beginning to describe the scene, here, and in Colorado. Jon Gray's hair has gotten long. Very Syndergaard. High socks, facing the red beard of Justin Turner. 6-3 and that's 1-2-3.
Kershaw warms. Stutter-step, hitch, pause, fire. 12-4 last year, 1.69 ERA, .72 WHIP, 172/11 K/BB. Facing the wooly mammoth-bearded Blackmon. 1-3, close. LeMahieu, 2-for-19 to start 2017. He is a tall second baseman. Full count. Kershaw seems to be working up in the zone. Fastball, 91 mph, K. Now he works inside to Arenado. Who...just hit a home run to center. On a curve. His head was dead on that ball through the swing. Arenado career home runs? 113.
I just texted, "Utley is 45." Broadcast claims he is 38. No way. I am not 'doubling up' much at all on content here and via text but I've got to be texting you some of the standard text communique material or you might think I'm not interested in sharing baseball thoughts. My current plan is to text observations about what I am gleaming second-hand, like Jeremy Guthrie being excommunicated in the 1st inning tonight for 10 runs over 2/3 IP. Then recording here my responses to games I am actively seeing or hearing. Of course, I can't keep up at this pace indefinitely. I have three of these Moleskine volumes, bought in New Orleans in January, and I want to fill them all with 2017 baseball. this one I want to have filled for you birthday.
The Rockies haven't beaten Kershaw since 2013; not at Coors since 2011. To the third, still 1-0.
Top four, Kershaw slaps at one, sends it through the 5-6 hole, and into left field. Nothing else doing. Looking at Gray, B remarks, "That freaking hair."
Blackmon triples, down the first base line. Now D.J. With two out, he goes quietly 5-3 on the first pitch. B hates Blackmon's beard and hair. I got excited about the triple. LeMahieu, 2016 N.L. Batting Champ, is slow to begin 2017.
I am still getting used to seeing Bud Black in a Rockies uniform. I don't miss Walt Weiss. Gray has put a couple on here, top five. Visit to the mound. It's windy there, Gray's hair whipping around in it. Ryan Spilborghs is part of the Rockies broadcast crew. Remember him? Puig now. Parra lays out, 7, and the inning draws to a close.
We have no audio counterpart to this tilt. The 'Cut stands alone, Kershaw is the 'Cut. I am drinking a vodka rocks. Last drink or penultimate. At least one member of this Rockies crew is drunk. B, toward sleep on the couch says, "Drunk." Story now. I've been drinking water all day. Seventeen Dodgers Rookies of the Year. Story sends one down into the left field corner. His eyes were locked straight through the swing plane—or the spot where bat met ball—even as he began to follow through and ball left bat. Un-oh. Next batter, FC 6-4...Story caught between second and third, twisted awkwardly, probably won't be back today. Ankle, knee, groin, toe? He ran into an out, anyway. He's in the dugout, back up from the tunnel, talking to Black. Lesson learned and that be all the damage? Parra, 5. The Rox hit some balls hard but nothing do they have to show for it.
They're talking Mays, Aaron, Jackie. Both Aaron and Mays from Mobile, Ala. Cardullo in right makes a nifty play to steal a hit from Kershaw. I like Cardullo. We saw him swing well in a spring game. Oh, the bell has just tolled, for Andrew Toles. Yard work to left. 1-1. Opposite field. He started in A ball last year. What a ride. Seager, my watched pot that won't boil, goes 4-3.
Kershaw balks! All with his head, seemingly. I felt it immediately, and it was called just as quick. 18 career balks, more than any other active pitcher. But there were only two steal attempts against him last year. After a Blackmon single back up the box—he is really good—D.J. goes 5-3. Ugh. Great game, though.
Gray is done after five, but they were a strong five. Or, 5 1/3. Mike Dunn now. Scott Van Slyke pinch-hits for Joc Pederson, Dunn the lefty. Who plays center now for LA? I ask it, Spilly on the Rox broadcast quickly wonders aloud the same thought. Toles, Puig? Van Slyke fans, looking. He is not long for the Dodgers. Dunn gets it done. I want to see who is now 8 for the Dodgers. I have not scored a game in forever but it feels good and practical/efficient to include some of what I want to say and observe by way of scoring language. Toles goes to center. Van Slyke in left. Arenado drops one into left-center. Toles was way way deep, Van Slyke has no business as an outfielder...a la Adams or Schwarber and arguably not as good a hitter anymore even as Adams.
Mark Reynolds!! Two-run shot. He has been really good this year. Seriously. I can remember walking to/back from Straub's with you and somehow Mark Reynolds was part of our conversation. Three homers for him. Now Parra homers and it's back-to-back jacks. Three homers allowed by Kershaw...listen...he hasn't lost at Coors since 2011.... What's up?
KerCut.
That's Clayton Kershaw, opposite Jon Gray, tonight at 19:10 from majestic Coors Field. My goal is watch and reflect on three innings of it.
As I cut the grass and then sprayed some weeds in the grass I listened to Red Sox at Tigers. Jordan Zimmermann was faring well. Jackie Bradley Jr. made a running catch. A fan ran onto the field. Joe Castiglione said, "It's a little early...." This person was wearing or carrying an advertisement or slogan but the Sox crew was not going to further the message. Apparently that is the second fan-on-field incident for the Red Sox this year.
Back inside for beans and rice, I sat down in time for Tyler Saladino's leadoff double. I'm talking Twins at White Sox now. Saladino will prove to have been one of baseball's most under-rated players entering 2017—though I realiZe now I don't know if his defense is average or better. He has an old-style mustache. Avisaíl García sends one deep, it goes off Buxton's glove, Buxton crashes into the wall—which is somewhat flexible in Guaranteed Rate, the fence a chain-link mesh with some give. FraZier scores, García t third. The Twins haven't lost a game yet, 4-0, but I'm not sure how or why. They beat up on KC earlier. Sanó is limited at third. Mauer is hitting .091. Buxton .053. Jorge Polanco made a wide-ranging play at short. I would have STL-CIN on the MLB.TV if it were not blacked out. Instead I have the CIN audio feed rolling, Jeff Brantley doing this inning solo. Votto doubled, Suarez doubled in Votto, 2-1 STL.
In hindsight I really missed an opportunity yesterday, early evening, to note how the games flowed naturally into and through one another, in classic bridge style, with start times staggered as they should be: there was a noon start, a 14:00 start, a 15:00 start, a 17:10 or 17:40 start. Sanó strikes out on a slider falling down, down and away. Miguel González on the mound for CHW: he looks good so far, a groundball to Saladino, who proves able on that play at least. I would send Wong and someone to US Cellular/Guaranteed Rate/Comiskey for Saladino and Miguel G (rotation depth). Wong and Adams. Man, Matheny does seem determined to play Adams in left.
The action has flowed well today, as is true for the majority of Saturdays. It's 18:45 central daylight. There has been baseball for over six hours. We are watching Jays at Rays. Archer is dealing. Then Pillar sneaks one back up the middle. The HotCut isn't too far off and I'm well positioned to comment on it—and the TwitterVerse will be none the wiser.
It's—OMG another pen down...SOS...SOS....
That's two! I was beginning to describe the scene, here, and in Colorado. Jon Gray's hair has gotten long. Very Syndergaard. High socks, facing the red beard of Justin Turner. 6-3 and that's 1-2-3.
Kershaw warms. Stutter-step, hitch, pause, fire. 12-4 last year, 1.69 ERA, .72 WHIP, 172/11 K/BB. Facing the wooly mammoth-bearded Blackmon. 1-3, close. LeMahieu, 2-for-19 to start 2017. He is a tall second baseman. Full count. Kershaw seems to be working up in the zone. Fastball, 91 mph, K. Now he works inside to Arenado. Who...just hit a home run to center. On a curve. His head was dead on that ball through the swing. Arenado career home runs? 113.
I just texted, "Utley is 45." Broadcast claims he is 38. No way. I am not 'doubling up' much at all on content here and via text but I've got to be texting you some of the standard text communique material or you might think I'm not interested in sharing baseball thoughts. My current plan is to text observations about what I am gleaming second-hand, like Jeremy Guthrie being excommunicated in the 1st inning tonight for 10 runs over 2/3 IP. Then recording here my responses to games I am actively seeing or hearing. Of course, I can't keep up at this pace indefinitely. I have three of these Moleskine volumes, bought in New Orleans in January, and I want to fill them all with 2017 baseball. this one I want to have filled for you birthday.
The Rockies haven't beaten Kershaw since 2013; not at Coors since 2011. To the third, still 1-0.
Top four, Kershaw slaps at one, sends it through the 5-6 hole, and into left field. Nothing else doing. Looking at Gray, B remarks, "That freaking hair."
Blackmon triples, down the first base line. Now D.J. With two out, he goes quietly 5-3 on the first pitch. B hates Blackmon's beard and hair. I got excited about the triple. LeMahieu, 2016 N.L. Batting Champ, is slow to begin 2017.
I am still getting used to seeing Bud Black in a Rockies uniform. I don't miss Walt Weiss. Gray has put a couple on here, top five. Visit to the mound. It's windy there, Gray's hair whipping around in it. Ryan Spilborghs is part of the Rockies broadcast crew. Remember him? Puig now. Parra lays out, 7, and the inning draws to a close.
We have no audio counterpart to this tilt. The 'Cut stands alone, Kershaw is the 'Cut. I am drinking a vodka rocks. Last drink or penultimate. At least one member of this Rockies crew is drunk. B, toward sleep on the couch says, "Drunk." Story now. I've been drinking water all day. Seventeen Dodgers Rookies of the Year. Story sends one down into the left field corner. His eyes were locked straight through the swing plane—or the spot where bat met ball—even as he began to follow through and ball left bat. Un-oh. Next batter, FC 6-4...Story caught between second and third, twisted awkwardly, probably won't be back today. Ankle, knee, groin, toe? He ran into an out, anyway. He's in the dugout, back up from the tunnel, talking to Black. Lesson learned and that be all the damage? Parra, 5. The Rox hit some balls hard but nothing do they have to show for it.
They're talking Mays, Aaron, Jackie. Both Aaron and Mays from Mobile, Ala. Cardullo in right makes a nifty play to steal a hit from Kershaw. I like Cardullo. We saw him swing well in a spring game. Oh, the bell has just tolled, for Andrew Toles. Yard work to left. 1-1. Opposite field. He started in A ball last year. What a ride. Seager, my watched pot that won't boil, goes 4-3.
Kershaw balks! All with his head, seemingly. I felt it immediately, and it was called just as quick. 18 career balks, more than any other active pitcher. But there were only two steal attempts against him last year. After a Blackmon single back up the box—he is really good—D.J. goes 5-3. Ugh. Great game, though.
Gray is done after five, but they were a strong five. Or, 5 1/3. Mike Dunn now. Scott Van Slyke pinch-hits for Joc Pederson, Dunn the lefty. Who plays center now for LA? I ask it, Spilly on the Rox broadcast quickly wonders aloud the same thought. Toles, Puig? Van Slyke fans, looking. He is not long for the Dodgers. Dunn gets it done. I want to see who is now 8 for the Dodgers. I have not scored a game in forever but it feels good and practical/efficient to include some of what I want to say and observe by way of scoring language. Toles goes to center. Van Slyke in left. Arenado drops one into left-center. Toles was way way deep, Van Slyke has no business as an outfielder...a la Adams or Schwarber and arguably not as good a hitter anymore even as Adams.
Mark Reynolds!! Two-run shot. He has been really good this year. Seriously. I can remember walking to/back from Straub's with you and somehow Mark Reynolds was part of our conversation. Three homers for him. Now Parra homers and it's back-to-back jacks. Three homers allowed by Kershaw...listen...he hasn't lost at Coors since 2011.... What's up?
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