Comments on: Jason Berken Knocks on Wood

By: neal s

neal s — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:47:14 +0000

@Andrew - Is Sugar that movie directed by the guys from Baltimore?

By: neal s

neal s — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:46:43 +0000

@TomÃ¡s – heh…didn’t get to meet Roch. I touch on that in the new main page post. Great night, though. And a hearty +1 to you posting more often. I love this comment section and everyone who checks in like you wouldn’t believe. This site is about you at least as much as it’s about me, if not more.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:31:04 +0000

Berken’s line was 5 innings, 3 walks, 3 strikeouts, 0 home runs…which is about what I expected. He had a .368 BABIP (unlucky) but only 2 runs allowed (lucky) while stranding 6 of 10 baserunners.

Not bad, not good, but certainly acceptable. I’ll be back with more a in depth look in a bit.

In the meanwhile, I saw Sugar tonight (and still saw all of Berken’s innings! How lucky for me!) – excellent movie that avoids most cliches, doesn’t get into the saccharine that easily plagues baseball movies, and is wonderfully bittersweet. I love movies where so much of the plot and the conflict is about a lack of understanding (I think this type of conflict reflects the real world a lot better than I’m comfortable with).

Highly recommended.

By: dan the man

dan the man — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:18:32 +0000

And while I’m literally drowning in Orange Kool Aid, why not also point out Nick Markakis announcing his charity organization and his decision to make Baltimore his permanent residence?

By: dan the man

dan the man — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:10:53 +0000

And it’s confirmed that Thursday’s starter is also coming from AAA, so Hernandez is a virtual lock, I would think. Wow, man. This team got real interesting REAL fast, right about when we were all sick of watching them. Wild stuff.

I also love how when Andy dropped the date of Wieters’ arrival on air, Gary and Buck had NO idea. Haha, the look on their faces was priceless, and you could see Andy sort of give a wry smile while he was saying it. Gotta love that shit.