April 13th against the Rays

[backwardsk]

Did I hear correctly that the homeplate umpire issued an automatic ball to Bierd in the Longoria at bat?

[longflyball]

The Cubs just got credit for a home run on a ball that was clearly foul.

I hate bad umpring. Bring on instant play. And a computerized umpring system.

[blueberryale77]

Burres deserved better. Ah well, Tampa is a good team now and at least it wasn't Pena that beat us this game...

So they say but I'm still not buying it. They're certainly more talented than we are, but they're still pretty fundamentally unsound. That inning was a matter of luck and then one spectacularly bad pitch to Upton.

[Fairfax Bird]

Getting shut down by a rookie, who would have thought of it?

Is this Niemann guy highly ranked? Or is he just filler?

Niemman was a real high draft pick who has taken some time to develop. He is 6'9," so that has to have something to do with it.

[The Wedge]

...and thus it begins...

[The Rick]

First row homer for Markakis... here it comes.

Finally, a warning track ball goes over the fence. Hopefully the start of a big inning.

[Oriolesfan4life]

NICKY! That's a start...

[Fairfax Bird]

When we trade Jamie Walker, Brian Burress will fill that role well I think. That is his future.

[CrimsonTribe]

This game is just ruining my fantasy team.

[The Rick]

It is interesting to see what kind of impact a 6-0 lead may have on a young (inexperienced) pitcher. I would think it would have to make them a lot more comfortable, but maybe too comfortable?

VaTech, maybe you can shed some light on this?

[Moose Milligan]

As far as best brother baseball tandems, the Niekro's probably deserve to be up there. So do the Perrys. As far as position players its hard to go against the DiMaggios. Don't forget Vince DiMaggio who made two all star teams.

Big Poison and Little Poision Waner from the 20's and 30's, Paul and Dizzy Dean, too. Rick Ferrell is a HoFer and his brother Wes had several 20 win seasons, too.

There's also the Delhanty brothers, but I don't know much about them. They were from the turn of the century.

Got a text, glad to see Markakis busted a homer today. So much for playing hurt, huh?

And thanks for the info on Niemann

[fansince71]

Naturally Nick gets a pitch to hit when were down 6.

[Fairfax Bird]

This game is just ruining my fantasy team.

I have Upton on my fantasy team, so really, I made out quite well.

[The Rick]

Scott with a nice hustle double to left field. Did not see that being a double off the bat. Well done.

[The Rick]

Hopefully Jones can make some adjustments. Niemann is still throwing him the breaking stuff.

Works the count 2-0, which is a good thing. Laying off the off-speed stuff.