Open Thread and Ichthyomancy: Marlins at Rays (6/24)

by mike42 on Jun 24, 2005 4:28 PM EDT in News and Rumors

TIME: 7:15 @ the Trop

                         vs.
         MARLINS                                    RAYS
Alois Leiter (3-6, 6.39)              Doug Waetcher (3-4, 5.63)

Ichthyomancy 2.0 (read the comments for full details) scoring rules are in effect beginning with tonight's game.

I'll be on the road this weekend, so content may be light and I definitely won't be around in the open threads. Craig is in charge all weekend.

In ichthyomancy, I'll take Delgado tonight and a crowd of 11,111.

Other Picks:
Double B - Cabrera

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Miguel Cabrera. Attendance at 13,856. Also, Leiter goes exactly seven innings.

by Carolina on Jun 24, 2005 4:58 PM EDT reply actions

Now YOU'RE following MY predictions? Maybe my Publix fish is better than you thought, after all! :-P I take Willingham if he plays, Louie if Willingham doesn't. Thankfully, Lois doesn't bat tonight, so I don't have to make any predictions about him at the plate. Instead, I'll go with Delgado getting another HR since he historically does well in this park.

It's far better to uphold the Constitution and burn the flag than it is to hold up the flag and burn the Constitution.

by danielfred1235 on Jun 24, 2005 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions

I am doing no such thing

My fish just told me Cabrera. The Leiter pick may just be wishful thinking, but I'm sticking with it anyway.

by Carolina on Jun 24, 2005 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions

Attendance

12,000. Forgot to say it the first time around.

It's far better to uphold the Constitution and burn the flag than it is to hold up the flag and burn the Constitution.

by danielfred1235 on Jun 24, 2005 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Picks

Third baseman and 17,971

by craig on Jun 24, 2005 6:31 PM EDT reply actions

I'll take

Pierre again tonight. I think my fish were just a day off...

14,789.

Leiter goes only six, but gets the win - giving up three runs.

by wiggins on Jun 24, 2005 6:34 PM EDT reply actions

Not to pick nits...

but you mis-spelled Waechter.

Ya jerk.

by wiggins on Jun 24, 2005 6:52 PM EDT reply actions

Just wanted to see who was paying attention.

by mike42 on Jun 24, 2005 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm guessing...

we will be seeing Hollins' catch of Lo Duca's fly ball on Sports Center tonight.

Nice catch

by craig on Jun 24, 2005 8:50 PM EDT reply actions

That was a heck of a catch

He had no business catching that ball. Back in the day when I played in the OF, those were the most fun plays to make (not that I could have made the play that Hollins made tonight, of course).

by mike42 on Jun 24, 2005 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions

Play of the Day

Hollins' catch was the #1 play of the day on Sportscenter.

by mike42 on Jun 25, 2005 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions

He deserves it

by craig on Jun 25, 2005 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions

Sea Bass

has extended his hit streak to 14 games.

by craig on Jun 24, 2005 9:02 PM EDT reply actions

Sorry Carolina

Leiter goes 6.1

Very close though

by craig on Jun 24, 2005 9:25 PM EDT reply actions

Half credit?

That was a pretty bold pick to make and she was close... Leiter had a one-hitter through three innings.

by mike42 on Jun 24, 2005 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Team LOB

Marlins - 7

Rays - 0

by craig on Jun 24, 2005 9:26 PM EDT reply actions

Pen remains consistent

Inherited runner allowed to score.

by craig on Jun 24, 2005 9:33 PM EDT reply actions

Post game

On the Rays post-game radio they talked about how the Marlins pen outperformed the Rays' tonight. It was kind of weird to hear.

by mike42 on Jun 24, 2005 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Pierre

3 run triple!

by craig on Jun 24, 2005 9:49 PM EDT reply actions

clutch 2 out hitting in the 8th

Yea!

by craig on Jun 24, 2005 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Castillo

RBI single!

by craig on Jun 24, 2005 9:50 PM EDT reply actions

Todd Jones

gets the save

by craig on Jun 24, 2005 10:10 PM EDT reply actions

Icthyomancy

AB R H RBI BB
Cabrera 5 1 1 0 0

Delgado 4 1 1 2 1

Lowell 5 0 1 1 0

Pierre 5 1 1 3 0

Castillo 4 1 3 1 1

Attendance: 10,624

No HR

by craig on Jun 24, 2005 10:22 PM EDT reply actions

Points

I win the attendance point tonight. Maybe I'm stealing Craig's good luck with the attendance.

Wiggins gets a full point for JP. Huge hit for Pierre tonight.

Full points to Danielfred1235 (Castillo) and me (Delgado).

by mike42 on Jun 24, 2005 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions

Delgado IBB

What was up with the intentional pass for Delgado in the 1st? Did they talk about that?

by mike42 on Jun 24, 2005 11:30 PM EDT reply actions

Didn't see it....

I was still at work, sorry.

by craig on Jun 25, 2005 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions

It worked

Man on second, two out. Delgado got four intentional balls to bring up Lowell, who struck out. It seemed odd in the first inning (especially when the Delgado came up in a similar situation later in the game and they pitched to him).

BTW - I ended up going to the game tonight. Didn't think I'd make it here in time. The Trop was much nicer than I expected. We were also to walk up and buy tickets for half of face value on the street. Very odd.

by mike42 on Jun 25, 2005 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions

Trop

I had the Rays broadcast tonight and they were showing the ballpark from different angles than I had seen before and I was surprised, it looked like a pretty nice park, before I had always thought it was ugly.

by craig on Jun 25, 2005 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions

First time

That was kind of the consensus we had tonight (went with my parents - it was there first time). It was very clean and felt a lot different than what I'd expected from having seen it on TV. They even had a bar and a restaurant that were offering 1/2 price drinks after the game (inside of the stadium) - I've never seen that before.

There were a lot of Marlins fans there tonight. And actually, I expected the announced crowd to be larger. It wasn't a very large crowd, but I thought there were more like 15,000 people there.

by mike42 on Jun 25, 2005 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions

Attendance

From the crowd shots that the crew was showing I felt pretty good about my chances, needless to say I was shocked when I checked the official attendance.

by craig on Jun 25, 2005 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions

I'm still not sure how this worked

Maybe they comped a bunch of tickets tonight. I'm still not clear on whether or not the announced attendance reflects the number of people in the building or the number of tickets that were sold. If it's the latter, free tickets given to youth groups (or whatever) wouldn't count.

by mike42 on Jun 25, 2005 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions

It has to be something...

because the crowd sure looked a lot larger than 10,624

by craig on Jun 25, 2005 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions

If You Go Back...

... and look at Rays box scores from earlier this year, they had a game on a Friday night with an official attendance of 8,884. Yes, less than nine thousand. I was like, "Damn." (Just like I was after hearing that I moved ahead of Carolina, only to fall behind Mike. :-P)

It's far better to uphold the Constitution and burn the flag than it is to hold up the flag and burn the Constitution.

by danielfred1235 on Jun 25, 2005 12:59 AM EDT up reply actions