Yardwork: Brad Penny Was Cy Young Again
Baseball, Video September 14th. 2009, 10:30am
Oh come on, it’s the day after Week one in the NFL, let’s quit pretending like you care about baseball today.
Giants 7, Dodgers 2: Not many pitchers can go from atrocious to amazing quite like Brad Penny. Actually, every pitcher that’s made the switch from the AL to the NL can do it just like Penny has, but that’s beside the point.
Yanks 13, Orioles 3: CC won his 17th but until A.J. Burnett sorts out whatever’s going on, the Yankees don’t seem so scary. He has one win since August 1.
Red Sox 4, Rays 0; Red Sox 3, Rays 1: The Red Sox, on the other hand, would be very scary in a playoff series. Lester threw eight shutout innings and allowed two hits. Clay Buchholz was no slouch either, he went seven innings of one-run ball.
Mariners 5, Rangers 0; Rangers 7, Mariners 2: Ichiro set a record with his ninth straight 200-hit season. Too bad hits suck.
Braves 9, Cards 2: A complete game from Javy Vázquez. Count him in as a huge fan of the NL.
Padres 7, Rockies 3: Finally, Jason Marquis is safely back to earth.
Phillies 1, Mets 0; Phillies 5, Mets 4: Pedro pitched eight scoreless innings. However, Brad Lidge remains AWFUL.
Nelson Cruz gets a haircut. Seriously.
17 Responses to “Yardwork: Brad Penny Was Cy Young Again”
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September 14th, 2009 at 10:32 am
Ichiro set a record with his ninth straight 200-hit season.
This is no indication that he is a good hitter. You have to study his VORP, his GLORP and his GLOOB to really understand that this guy is a bum.
September 14th, 2009 at 10:34 am
but he could hit home runs if he wanted to!!!!! he’s that good! he’s ichiro!!!!
September 14th, 2009 at 10:37 am
Really depressing how the Rays have completely given up.
September 14th, 2009 at 10:41 am
No, it just doesn’t tell you anything useful.
A player who did not hit quite as much but walked more and hit for more power might be more valuable for scoring runs and winning games.
Pujols and Ichiro have both been in the league since 2001. Ichiro has had 200 hits every year. Pujols has had 200 hits once. Pujols is a MUCH more valuable hitter.
September 14th, 2009 at 10:46 am
A player who did not hit quite as much but walked more and hit for more power might be more valuable for scoring runs and winning games.
Duffy, I was just pooping in the baseball post because I like a little privacy when I make my business. I knew nobody was going to be in here, and I really had to go.
September 14th, 2009 at 10:47 am
How bout them Rays
September 14th, 2009 at 10:49 am
I think this is more damning for the NL than Brad Penny doing well.
September 14th, 2009 at 10:58 am
Irish you forgot to mention how Pat Burrell did – that’s my favorite part of the baseball posts.
September 14th, 2009 at 10:59 am
As a Sox fan living in Tampa Bay, lemme say that I’m effing loving the crashing and burning of the Rays bandwagon.
September 14th, 2009 at 11:08 am
Is urlacher really out for season? Not at CPU but emails coming in (net spotty at ‘bucks)
September 14th, 2009 at 11:09 am
tbl yes urlacher is out for the season
September 14th, 2009 at 11:11 am
@BetBot- Burrell was ejected yesterday. He is 5-for-39 in September (.128), including 1-for-19 on the current road trip. So many people on this site were telling me he would come around in the 2nd half. Burrell sucks
September 14th, 2009 at 11:15 am
urlacher may throw better with a dislocated wrist than Cutler.
September 14th, 2009 at 11:17 am
tbl yes urlacher is out for the season
Could be a blessing, maybe they can get someone in there who can move laterally and simply isn’t a downhill tackler. Dude’s fallen off quicker than Jeremiah Trotter a few years back. Never really seen the fascination with Urlacher. The bears will be just fine and so will Cutler.
September 14th, 2009 at 11:20 am
urlacher’s biggest weakness is something that most linebackers would get canned for: he couldnt shed a blocker if his life depended on it
September 14th, 2009 at 11:42 am
why does everyone forget that other than 1 year, Penny was very average with the Dodgers?
September 14th, 2009 at 11:51 am
Because the sound of Tim McCarver making verbal-love to him during the AL Star game is still ringing in my head.