Sunday, August 19, 2012

MARATHON in Missouri


Curse Of Jerry Meals Vanquished? 
Thanks to Pedro Alvarez's clutch home run, the Pirates beat the Cardinals in 19 INNINGS.  The two teams have played 2,186 times since 1901. Today's affair was the longest of them all.   Karstens started the 19 inning game today and the one last year.




Andrew McCutchen tweeted: @TheCUTCH22
So that’s how it feels to be on the winning side of a 19 inning game...must say it feels pretty good.

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Happy Birthday Roberto Clemente!!!

Roberto Clemente Walker (August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972) was a Puerto Rican ball player whose Major League career comprised the 18 seasons stretching from 1955 through 1972, all of them played with the Pittsburgh Pirates, primarily as a right fielder. Clemente was awarded the National League (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award in 1966. He was on the NL All-Star team 15 times, received 12 Gold Glove Awards, and led the NL in batting average four times. In 1972, Clemente got his 3,000th major league hit.  Off the field, Clemente was involved in charity work in Puerto Rico and other Latin American countries, often delivering baseball equipment and food to those in need. He died in an aviation accident on December 31, 1972, while en route to deliver aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. Clemente was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame posthumously in 1973, becoming the first Latin American to be selected and one of only four current Hall of Fame members for whom the mandatory five-year waiting period has been waived.[1][2] Besides being the first Hispanic player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, Clemente is also the first Hispanic to win a World Series as a starter (1960), receive an MVP Award (1966), and receive a World Series MVP Award (1971).


Wednesday, August 15, 2012

THE DOG DAYS OF AUGUST


The top two Wild Card teams from each league make the postseason and play each other in a one-game playoff.  It's August 15th can my Buccos survive???

Wild Card Teams WLPCTWCGBWCE #
 

Atlanta     67   49   .578        -        -
   
Pittsburgh     64   52   .552       -        -
   
LA Dodgers     64   53   .547     0.5      46
   
San Francisco     64   53   .547     0.5      46
   
St. Louis     63   53   .543     1.0      46
   
Arizona     58   58   .500     6.0      41

 






Tuesday, August 14, 2012

My First EVER Baseball Game!!!


Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Atlanta Braves 2



Game Played on Tuesday, August 16, 1988 (N) at Three Rivers Stadium

     This was the first ever ballgame I had ever attended.  I saved up about $50 and my Mom got the tickets off of a family friend, Bruce Dal Canton who was with the Atlanta Braves at the time as a pitching coach.  I went with my friend Brian Zahand and I had a blast that day!!

ATL N    0  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  9  0
PIT N    0  1  0    0  2  0    0  1  x  -   4  8  1
BATTING
Atlanta Braves               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Gant 2b                       4   0   0   0       0   3       1   4
Oberkfell 3b                  4   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Alvarez p                   0   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
Thomas ss                     4   1   2   0       0   0       1   4
Murphy rf                     4   1   2   0       0   0       2   0
Simmons 1b                    3   0   1   1       1   0       8   2
James lf                      4   0   2   1       0   1       2   0
Benedict c                    2   0   0   0       0   1       5   0
  Royster ph,3b               2   0   0   0       0   0       2   0
Blocker cf                    4   0   1   0       0   0       2   0
P. Smith p                    2   0   0   0       0   2       0   0
  Virgil ph,c                 2   0   1   0       0   1       0   0
Totals                       35   2   9   2       1   8      24  10
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Royster.
BATTING - 
2B: Murphy (29,off Drabek); Thomas (19,off Drabek); Simmons (5,off Drabek).
GDP: Blocker (4,off Drabek); Murphy (19,off Robinson).
Team LOB: 7.
Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Bonds lf                      3   0   2   2       1   0       2   0
Lind 2b                       4   0   1   0       0   0       5   4
Van Slyke cf                  3   1   1   1       1   1       2   0
Bonilla 3b                    4   0   0   0       0   0       0   2
Bream 1b                      4   0   1   0       0   2      10   0
Reynolds rf                   4   2   3   1       0   0       0   0
LaValliere c                  3   1   0   0       1   0       8   0
Belliard ss                   3   0   0   0       0   1       0   4
Drabek p                      1   0   0   0       0   1       0   0
  Cangelosi ph                1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Robinson p                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Gott p                      0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       30   4   8   4       3   5      27  10
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Belliard-Lind-Bream, Bonilla-Lind-Bream.
E: Drabek (3).
BATTING - 
HR: Reynolds (6,2nd inning off P. Smith 0 on 1 out); Van Slyke (21,8th inning
off Alvarez 0 on 0 out).
SH: Drabek (4,off P. Smith).
Team LOB: 6.
PITCHING
Atlanta Braves               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
P. Smith L(5-12)              6     5   3   3   2   5   1  25
Alvarez                       2     3   1   1   1   0   1   9
Totals                        8     8   4   4   3   5   2  34

Pittsburgh Pirates           IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Drabek W(12-5)                7     8   2   1   0   6   0  29
Robinson                      1     1   0   0   1   1   0   4
Gott SV(21)                   1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3
Totals                        9     9   2   1   1   8   0  36
WP: Robinson 2 (8).
Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Gerry Davis, 3B - Gary Darling
Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance: 13994
Starting Lineups:

   Atlanta Braves                Pittsburgh Pirates       
1. Gant                2b        Bonds               lf
2. Oberkfell           3b        Lind                2b
3. Thomas              ss        Van Slyke           cf
4. Murphy              rf        Bonilla             3b
5. Simmons             1b        Bream               1b
6. James               lf        Reynolds            rf
7. Benedict            c         LaValliere          c
8. Blocker             cf        Belliard            ss
9. P. Smith            p         Drabek              p

BRAVES 1ST: Gant struck out; Oberkfell grounded out (second to
first); Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Braves 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Bonds singled to left; Lind grounded out (shortstop
to first) [Bonds to second]; Van Slyke struck out; Bonilla flied
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Pirates 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Murphy singled to center; Simmons reached on an
error by Drabek [Murphy to third, Simmons to first]; James
singled to center [Murphy scored (unearned), Simmons to third];
Benedict struck out; Blocker grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to second to first) [James out at second];
1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Bream was called out on strikes; Reynolds homered;
LaValliere grounded out (shortstop to first); Belliard flied to
right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Pirates 1.

BRAVES 3RD: P. Smith was called out on strikes; Gant struck out;
Oberkfell flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1,
Pirates 1.

PIRATES 3RD: Drabek struck out; Bonds flied to center; Lind
flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Pirates 1.

BRAVES 4TH: Thomas flied to center; Murphy doubled; Simmons
flied to left; James singled to left [Murphy to third, James to
second (on throw to home)]; Benedict flied to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 4TH: Van Slyke flied to left; Bonilla popped to
shortstop; Bream grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Braves 1, Pirates 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Blocker grounded out (shortstop to first); P. Smith
was called out on strikes; Gant struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 1, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 5TH: Reynolds singled to center; LaValliere walked
[Reynolds to second]; Belliard was called out on strikes; Drabek
out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Reynolds to third,
LaValliere to second]; Bonds singled to center [Reynolds scored,
LaValliere scored]; Lind singled to left [Bonds to second]; Van
Slyke walked [Bonds to third, Lind to second]; Bonilla flied to
left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Braves 1, Pirates 3.

BRAVES 6TH: Oberkfell grounded out (second to first); Thomas
doubled to center; Murphy popped to first; Simmons doubled to
right [Thomas scored]; James lined to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Braves 2, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 6TH: Bream struck out; Reynolds grounded out (second to
first); LaValliere grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Pirates 3.

BRAVES 7TH: ROYSTER BATTED FOR BENEDICT; Royster grounded out
(third to first); Blocker singled to center; VIRGIL BATTED FOR
P. SMITH; Virgil singled to right [Blocker to third]; Gant
popped to second; Oberkfell forced Virgil (shortstop to second);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 2, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 7TH: ALVAREZ REPLACED OBERKFELL (PITCHING); ROYSTER
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); VIRGIL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C );
Belliard grounded out (shortstop to first); CANGELOSI BATTED FOR
DRABEK; Cangelosi grounded out (second to first); Bonds walked;
Lind grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Braves 2, Pirates 3.

BRAVES 8TH: ROBINSON REPLACED CANGELOSI (PITCHING); Thomas
singled to left; Murphy grounded into a double play (third to
second to second to first) [Thomas out at second]; Simmons
walked; Robinson threw a wild pitch [Simmons to second];
Robinson threw a wild pitch [Simmons to third]; James struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 8TH: Van Slyke homered; Bonilla grounded out (first to
pitcher); Bream singled to second; Reynolds singled to right
[Bream to third]; On a bunt LaValliere hit into a double play
(third unassisted) [Bream out at home]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Braves 2, Pirates 4.

BRAVES 9TH: GOTT REPLACED ROBINSON (PITCHING); Royster lined to
first; Blocker grounded out (first unassisted); Virgil struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Pirates 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Braves           2   9   0    7
 Pirates          4   8   1    6