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cknox0723 · 08-08-2006, 09:51 PM

9/28

Mark Buehrle tallied a 6-2 record over an August and September that I mostly wasn't watching, so it's almost perfect that if he starts this first game against Detroit, he can start the one hundred and sixty-second Pale Hose game of the season if need be. It works out great, having him on the mound, especially since his opponent is Rich Harden of the 9-15 record, the same guy that we battered around two months and a week ago (link). This is all so foolproof, especially since arch-nemesis Boston will attempt to pick up the game they trail us in the wild card by starting Anastacio "The Lesser Martinez" (8-11, 5.77) against Cleveland's brilliant ace Josh Beckett (14-6, 2.54), who is due to hit the free agent market after this season and will not make another start in a Cleveland uniform in a regular-season game.

The only trouble is that your wayward guide on this wacky journey doesn't really believe in perfect, since he knows names. The OOTP game don't, so all it sees is that Buehrle is going on three days' rest. Throw in the fact that the 25 year old right-hander Harden is a hell of a lot better pitcher than his sad record indicates -- consider his 3.59 ERA this year or 3.50 career mark, for starters -- and while everything looks so peachy-keen on the surface, I'm just not so sure.

Harden makes quick work of speedy left-handed batters Ramon Vazquez and Scott Podsednik for two quick outs in the top of the first. While he runs into a jam when Magglio Ordonez singles and Vernon Wells reaches on a wide throw by shortstop Tony Giarratano, powerful third sacker Eric Munson takes a rather lame hack at a tough-to-handle slider and bounces one to the right side that's easily handled and turned into out number three by first baseman Carlos Pena.

"The Buehrle One" misses with his first pitch to Detroit's leadoff hitter, the young shortstop Tony Giarratano, bouncing the two-seam fastball just a few inches in front of catcher Yorvit Torrealba. His second offering is a little higher, but just as inaccurate - Giarratano has to peel out of the batter's box, for his body's sake.

The 2-0 pitch is finally over the plate...but also over Giarratano's head, and Torrealba squatting behind him, and the man in blue whom my younger sister likes to call "the second catcher." Three pitches, all off the plate. This is our ace:

And this is our ace on three days' rest, in the wonderful, flawed universe that is OOTP:

Any questions?

Just one.

"Yeah, I'm looking up at the scoreboard for the Cleveland-Boston game and the number of the pitcher just changed for the home Tribe. Why would they pull their ace in the bottom of the first?"

08-08-2006, 09:51 PM	#827
cknox0723 All Star Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 1,957	lost in space 9/28 Mark Buehrle tallied a 6-2 record over an August and September that I mostly wasn't watching, so it's almost perfect that if he starts this first game against Detroit, he can start the one hundred and sixty-second Pale Hose game of the season if need be. It works out great, having him on the mound, especially since his opponent is Rich Harden of the 9-15 record, the same guy that we battered around two months and a week ago (link). This is all so foolproof, especially since arch-nemesis Boston will attempt to pick up the game they trail us in the wild card by starting Anastacio "The Lesser Martinez" (8-11, 5.77) against Cleveland's brilliant ace Josh Beckett (14-6, 2.54), who is due to hit the free agent market after this season and will not make another start in a Cleveland uniform in a regular-season game. The only trouble is that your wayward guide on this wacky journey doesn't really believe in perfect, since he knows names. The OOTP game don't, so all it sees is that Buehrle is going on three days' rest. Throw in the fact that the 25 year old right-hander Harden is a hell of a lot better pitcher than his sad record indicates -- consider his 3.59 ERA this year or 3.50 career mark, for starters -- and while everything looks so peachy-keen on the surface, I'm just not so sure. Harden makes quick work of speedy left-handed batters Ramon Vazquez and Scott Podsednik for two quick outs in the top of the first. While he runs into a jam when Magglio Ordonez singles and Vernon Wells reaches on a wide throw by shortstop Tony Giarratano, powerful third sacker Eric Munson takes a rather lame hack at a tough-to-handle slider and bounces one to the right side that's easily handled and turned into out number three by first baseman Carlos Pena. "The Buehrle One" misses with his first pitch to Detroit's leadoff hitter, the young shortstop Tony Giarratano, bouncing the two-seam fastball just a few inches in front of catcher Yorvit Torrealba. His second offering is a little higher, but just as inaccurate - Giarratano has to peel out of the batter's box, for his body's sake. The 2-0 pitch is finally over the plate...but also over Giarratano's head, and Torrealba squatting behind him, and the man in blue whom my younger sister likes to call "the second catcher." Three pitches, all off the plate. This is our ace: And this is our ace on three days' rest, in the wonderful, flawed universe that is OOTP: Any questions? Just one. "Yeah, I'm looking up at the scoreboard for the Cleveland-Boston* game and the number of the pitcher just changed for the home Tribe. Why would they pull their ace in the bottom of the first?*"