Gavin Floyd Surprises Himself Again
by The Cheat on Mar 28, 2009 8:56 PM CDT
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PrintGavin Floyd was the easiest pitcher in baseball to steal bases off of last season. (I think. ESPN stats have been known to be wrong.) So when he teamed with AJ Pierzynsi on Saturday to gun down two potential base stealers, he surprised himself.
Pierzynski wasn't quite as shocked. He's been working out, you know."I was pretty excited I gave A.J. a shot to throw out guys," Floyd said. "We've been working on that."
"I mean last year it got a little ridiculous with how guys were just taking off all the time, so I’ve worked a lot on my throwing with Chief (bullpen catcher Mark Salas) and J.O. (minor league catching coordinator John Orton) on the other side," Pierzynski said. "Every day I don’t play I’ve been throwing, just trying to get better.
"For me, it was embarrassing. I was embarrassed, everyone was embarrassed. We’re just trying to do the little things, I mean 90 feet, it’s a big thing in this game, especially with our pitching. We just don’t want to give them up like we did last year a lot."
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Funny your focus is the same as mine re: this game.
Mr. “Let’s haircut 3-4 games off everyone’s Sox projected wins to normalize local bias”. Here’s why I picked 88 games and a Central title:
1. We’re as good as last year.
2. No one has taken any quantum leap past us.
3. Gavin’s BHB are maturing. (Bags loaded, 1 out, Manny Fucking Ramirez at bat, and he gets a DP.)
4. AJ is a machine and not the weak link that everyone is anticipating.
5. BUNTING SOMETIMES WORKS!
6. Che is magic with the bags juiced – he is NOT a one-hit wonder.
7. BA will be OK.
8. Fields will be OK if he gets some baserunning coaching.
9. Q will be Q.
10. Coop works for us, not the Injuns, Tiggers, Twinks, or Royals.
I loved the game today. We’re gonna be OK. Reinstate my 3-4 games, or else I’ll pick them for 91. Dammit, China!
If hate were people, I'd be China.
by winningugly on Mar 28, 2009 9:05 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
couldn't come up with anything for the royals?
i mean royales or queens seem kind of easy
But Frank Thomas was always his own guy, he always lived by some sort of code that wasn’t especially clear to anyone but him.
by all means
But Frank Thomas was always his own guy, he always lived by some sort of code that wasn’t especially clear to anyone but him.
Wholeheartedly agree with everything you said
well done, sir
by Crede's Crew on Mar 28, 2009 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions
yes, WU, yes.
This one’s optimistic, this one went to market, this one just came out of the swamp….
...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.
by homesickalien on Mar 29, 2009 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions
From none less than HOF'er Peter Gammons' blog today:
Within the AL Central, the Twins, Indians and White Sox are all likely capable of winning 90 games, but they are all flawed.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=4024978&name=gammons_peter
Edit my language, sure. Edit my opinion, it’s akin to China.
If hate were people, I'd be China.
US looking very disorganized and slow today.
And now a foul just outside the 18. Muy fabuloso.
I can lead you to 4 Wisdom, but I can't free your brain from the evil of Punto.
They're gonna add at least another five or six minutes, right? For a ten minute stretch there where multiple players on El Salv went down.
that’s also something that I won’t get over — the willingness of a good amount of these players to go down so damn easily.
I brought Gavin good luck
When he signed my mitt, 1 v. 1, I told him he needs to throw a curveball more, and be quicker to the plate. He listened to me.
my president is white.
That crazy Gavin, always walking by mirrors and amazed by his own image
“How the hell does it do that?” – GF
You are right. But larry is actually a prick too.
- HSA 01/07/09
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