OT: Operation Schaden-Ned

by hometownboy on Aug 15, 2007 3:24 PM PDT Comment 40 comments

From the LA Times:

But Sweeney, a pinch-hitter who was picked up last week in a trade with the San Francisco Giants, made a mental blunder that resulted in the game's final out. Appearing to lose track of the number of outs, Sweeney strayed too far from first base when Juan Pierre popped up. Catcher Brad Ausmus caught the ball in foul territory and threw out Sweeney to end the game. Shea Hillenbrand was on second base.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dodgers15aug15,1,6478814.story?coll=la-headlines-sports&ctra ck=2&cset=true

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Re: OT: Operation Schaden-Ned

LOL!

Fourteen-game loser Paul Maholm fired a three-hitter and the Pirates' second complete game in two days against the Giants

by Mark carry on on Aug 15, 2007 3:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: OT: Operation Schaden-Ned

That just made my day.

Brian Anderson: converting saves and dominating as best he can.

by Anticon23 on Aug 15, 2007 3:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Sweeney brings Giants baseball to LA

by wilriv21 on Aug 15, 2007 3:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Mark Sweeney: San Francisco Giant

Still, apparently.

Proud adoptive father of the All-Father and his 2.29 ERA

by EliminateMe on Aug 15, 2007 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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On the last day of the season in LA, the Dodgers vs the Giants, bottom of the ninth, the Bums have Mark Sweeney on third base with only one out in a 3-2 ball game. The Bums best hitter, James Loney is at the plate, so they're feeling pretty good. The Dodgers need to win to get into the playoffs.

Suddenly, Sweeney takes off from third before Hennessey throws the pitch. They tag him out easily, to the shock of 50,000 mouthbreathing fans in Chavez Ravine.

James Loney is so shocked he takes 3 straight fastballs right down the middle without even realizing Hennessey threw one. The stadium is completely silent.

Sweeney bursts out of the dugout and rips off his jersey to reveal a Giants jersey underneath it. The Giants pick him up and carry him off the field on their shoulders.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Aug 15, 2007 3:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

You left out the best part

and Andy LaRoche is the PTBNL

by wilriv21 on Aug 15, 2007 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: You left out the best part

I have a friend that knows Jack Hiatt and he swears that Hiatt told him that the Giants have a list of five players they can pick one from, and Andy LaRoche is on the list. I told him Hiatt must be pulling his leg, but when you see them pick up someone like Shea Hillenbrand and play him at third instead of LaRoche, it makes you wonder.

Randy Messenger says,"doubleheader on Monday?? Give me the damn ball. I'll save the first game and pitch a shutout in game two!!"

by rxmeister on Aug 15, 2007 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Brian Houdini

by wilriv21 on Aug 15, 2007 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

LaRoche's back is hurt

If they even played Delwyn Young for a bit when he was up LaRoche was probably their first choice.

Also unless said list is like Kershaw, LaRoche, Elbert, Meloan, Abreu I don't see why Sabean hasn't already chosen Andy.

by awesomer on Aug 15, 2007 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: You left out the best part

LaRoche played in the NL at one point this year, I believe that automatically rules him out. As I understand it, a PTBNL must not have played in the same league as the team he is traded to.

by English Professor on Aug 15, 2007 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: You left out the best part

I think it only matters what league they were in at the time of the trade.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Aug 15, 2007 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: OT: Operation Schaden-Ned

Jason Schmidt, also wearing a Giants jersey, runs out and high fives Sweeney. Shea Hillenbrand grounds into a double play.

Barry Bombs gear | comics | The Sugarman can't. :(

by Natto on Aug 15, 2007 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Schmidt started the game and purposely left a fat pitch out over the middle for Bonds to hit a 3 run HR off of. (He was supposed to be intentionally walking him.)

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Aug 15, 2007 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Then Bill Mueller comes out and gives Grady Little the finger and a Stone Cold Stunner.

Barry Bombs gear | comics | The Sugarman can't. :(

by Natto on Aug 15, 2007 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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. . .and then Jeff Kent spontaneously combusts.

Too much? I don't think so. It's Jeff fucking Kent.

Brian Anderson: converting saves and dominating as best he can.

by Anticon23 on Aug 15, 2007 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: OT: Operation Schaden-Ned

Just enough, actually.

Barry Bombs gear | comics | The Sugarman can't. :(

by Natto on Aug 15, 2007 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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It's important to note that Hillenbrand grounds into a double play not because he's a Giant at heart, but because he's really really terrible.

Steve Kline: He's pretty okay!

by groug on Aug 15, 2007 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Wow. There is nothing wrong with this story.

I'm a little surprised Hillenbrand made it all the way to second, but it wouldn't have been nearly as perfect if he hadn't.

Coming to you by proxy (I adopted: Dave Righetti!)

by howtheyscored on Aug 15, 2007 3:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

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About the only thing that would make it more perfect was if Hillenbrand were caught off second for a triple play.

Adopting Dave Roberts since 2007

by hometownboy on Aug 15, 2007 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I called it.

http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/comments/2007/8/9/19153/80876/10#10

Lance Niekro AAA Watch: 66 AB .301/.375/.470 6 2B 1 3B 2 HR 10 BB (through 8/5)

by WalrusMan on Aug 15, 2007 3:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

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Schaden-Ned: I don't know what that means, but Mark Sweeney stomach-punched Dodger fans.

Bold Prediction: Klesko will finish the 2007 season with at least 20 HRs. (OPS+ is 129 as of 7/1/07)

by Goofus on Aug 15, 2007 3:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: OT: Operation Schaden-Ned

Speaking of schadenfreude, Catty Mo has given up 5 runs in the first while recording just one out so far against the Mets.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Aug 15, 2007 4:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I forgot to thank Pittsburgh today

by wilriv21 on Aug 15, 2007 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: I forgot to thank Pittsburgh today

Just think how bad it'd be without the vaunted Pirate defense behind him!

Bold Prediction: Klesko will finish the 2007 season with at least 20 HRs. (OPS+ is 129 as of 7/1/07)

by Goofus on Aug 15, 2007 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

To be honest

Other than the leftside of the infield, the SF defense has not been particularly stellar this season.

by wilriv21 on Aug 15, 2007 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: To be honest

And Pittsburgh's has?

Proud adoptive father of the All-Father and his 2.29 ERA

by EliminateMe on Aug 15, 2007 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

dunno, a word with 2 syllables in its name?

by wilriv21 on Aug 15, 2007 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: dunno, a word with 2 syllables in its name?

The name of a word??? I'm not sure how that is even a response to the question in question, or any question for that matter...

In any case, SF's defense has been SIGNIFICANTLY better than Pittsburgh's, regardless of how either team stacks up relative to the rest of the league.

Coming to you by proxy (I adopted: Dave Righetti!)

by howtheyscored on Aug 15, 2007 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Yeahhh. Grab some pine, Catty Mo.

Notgardo says: I aten't dead yet! My adopt-a-Giant speaks to Jesus Christ all night, and lives to tell the tale.

by tk on Aug 15, 2007 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: OT: Operation Schaden-Ned

Scully scored a point with me, however (Sorry that Sweeney had to be the cause of it though):

"...he forgot how many outs there were, which would make him a REAL Dodger...Well, that'll go in the Dodger history books: Vintage Brooklyn."

by Widget on Aug 15, 2007 4:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: OT: Operation Schaden-Ned

"Shea Hillenbrand was on second base."

I can see that line concluding just about any sad tale:

"For never was a story of more woe,
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.
Shea Hillendbrand was on second base."

Or, say, Charlotte's Web: "No one was with her when she died. Shea Hillenbrand was on second base."

I say to Kevin Correia what Laurence Olivier said to Neil Diamond in The Jazz Singer: "I hef no son!"

by VidaWantsYourCar on Aug 15, 2007 9:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

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And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One!

(Except for Shea Hillenbrand, who, defying all the percentages, somehow got to second base.)

by Moggeee on Aug 15, 2007 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: OT: Operation Schaden-Ned

"Oh, Jake," Brett said, "we could have had such a damned good time together."
Ahead was a mounted policeman in khaki directing traffic. He raised his baton. The car slowed suddenly pressing Brett against me. Shea Hillenbrand was on second base.
"Yes," I said. "Isn't it pretty to think so?"

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Aug 15, 2007 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: OT: Operation Schaden-Ned

::squee::

Coming to you by proxy (I adopted: Dave Righetti!)

by howtheyscored on Aug 15, 2007 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: OT: Operation Schaden-Ned

wild applause

I say to Kevin Correia what Laurence Olivier said to Neil Diamond in The Jazz Singer: "I hef no son!"

by VidaWantsYourCar on Aug 16, 2007 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: OT: Operation Schaden-Ned

I seriously think Coletti is trying to get EVERY ex Giant on his team. Someday Ned, you may have to look at other players, not that its not flattering... but our relationship is over. Please, don't make a scene here... Someone will like you. You have a very good looking... is that my phone? Excuse me for a moment.

by Giant Voodoo on Aug 15, 2007 9:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: OT: Operation Schaden-Ned

mustache?

The Maharajai steals at will (plus he's not Matt Morris).

by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Aug 15, 2007 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Rack?

Coming to you by proxy (I adopted: Dave Righetti!)

by howtheyscored on Aug 15, 2007 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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put those two together!

the mustache rack! h a w t.

by Giant Voodoo on Aug 16, 2007 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mustache Rack?

A mustache rack... a mustache rack. I don't even own a mustache, let alone many mustaches that would necessitate an entire rack. What am I gonna do... with a mustache rack?

by awesomer on Aug 16, 2007 1:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs