Open Thread and Ichthyomancy: Cardinals at Marlins (5/5)

by craig on May 5, 2006 2:16 PM EDT in News and Rumors

Fresh off our team's first series win, did I mention it was a sweep, the Fightin' Fish return home to face the Cardinals.

Pitching for the Marlins tonight is Sergio Mitre. The Red Birds will be sending Jeff Suppan to the hill.

Game time is 7:35 p.m.

Suppan has had a rough time on the road this season allowing 13 runs in only 7 innings. Hopefully he hasn't found a way to right the ship just yet.

It is time for Ichthyomancy, Be sure to get your picks in on time and if you haven't joined us before now - you really should.

[Update] Welcome CardNilly! To play Ichthyomancy you just guess the attendance, pick the Cardinal who will make the biggest contribution during the game and something unusual to happen. (i.e. Pujols performs a suicide squeeze bunt) It's that simple.

FishStripers, in addition to checking out CardNilly you may want to also peruse, fellow SBN site, Viva El Birdos.

Here's today's Ichthyomancy pick table:

FishStriper	Attendance	Player	AAB
Bobbob	7,839	Willingham	Marlins E=Pujols K
Carolina
Colombo	13,635	Ramirez	Mitre: 6 K
Dan	10,001	Uggla	Borchard: HR
Dex
Double B	17,689	Mitre	Marlins P walk 10
Dr F	9,043	Willingham	Mitre Bat H>Marlins E
Eaglephin
Fishfan		Cabrera	Bench clearing brawl
Fluxuation	17,450	Ramirez	Pujols: 0 H
HadMatter	15,989	Borchard	Fish: 10+ H
Jscape	23,765	Ramirez	Marlins: IBB except Cabrera
Jsprt06	8,875	Jacobs	Uggla H=Borchard RBI
Maverick	16,765	Willingham	Abercrombie + Borchard: RBI>K
NULaw
Pete	14,999	Willingham	Marlins: Grand Slam
StrandedX02
Wiggins
Zheke

Best of Luck to Everyone!

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Walk Pujols!

10,001 (hooray five figures!)
Oogie
Newbie Special: Borchard HR

by dan 2.0 on May 5, 2006 2:22 PM EDT reply actions

picks

17,450 (i think the cardinals can draw a bit of a crowd for us)
Hanley
pujols doesnt get a hit all night.

by Fluxuation on May 5, 2006 2:30 PM EDT reply actions

Picks

Jacobs
8,875
Uggla hits = Borchard RBIs

by jsprt08 on May 5, 2006 3:31 PM EDT reply actions

hey now

16,765
Willingham
Kool Aid and Borchard combine for more RBI than strikeouts

Marlins Minors

by Maverick @ FishStripes on May 5, 2006 4:43 PM EDT reply actions

Well guys

I've got a hot date and I'm leaving for prom in half an hour, so I won't be able to watch the game with you.

Let's go with Willingham for PoG and for AAB, let's go with: Marlin's errors = Pujols' strike outs.

by bobbob1313 on May 5, 2006 5:24 PM EDT reply actions

Prom!?!?!

Wow - now I feel old.

Taking the fun out of it - for everyone.

by wiggins on May 5, 2006 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Pick three

ATT: 9,043
PoG: The Alabamah Hammah!
AaB: Mitre hits (batting) > Marlins errors

The Kids Are Alright. Sometimes.

by Dr F on May 5, 2006 5:46 PM EDT reply actions

Picks

14,999
Willingham
Marlins Grand Slam

by Pete on May 5, 2006 6:02 PM EDT reply actions

okay, time for picks

Attendance: 13,635

Player: Hanley Ramirez!

AAB: Mitre K's 6

The 2006 Florida Marlins: Helping to keep the kids off the street.

by colombo259 on May 5, 2006 6:33 PM EDT reply actions

Fishy Friday Picks

15,989
Bore Charge?
Double digit hits

Here I am, brain the size of a planet...

by HadMatter on May 5, 2006 7:28 PM EDT reply actions

"Watching" on Gameday...

"Delay - Power"

???

by dan 2.0 on May 5, 2006 8:56 PM EDT reply actions

The power went out at the stadium

it took about 10 to 15 minutes to get the lights back up

by craig on May 5, 2006 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions

Not likin' the top of the 5th so far

by craig on May 5, 2006 9:21 PM EDT reply actions

Somebody should run in and tell the politicians...

You see what happens? The stadium doesn't work, and it ends up screwing the team.

Speaking of, the Spring Training bill passed in the house, which may or may not be good news. On the one hand, it lets a city/county use a half-percent of sales tax on a stadium. On the other hand, that's the bill that those bastards added the Magic provision to in order to make the full subsidy bill less likely to pass.

That bill is yet to be voted on.

This has been your "Dan searched Google News to find an update and may or may not have summarized it correctly" newsbreak.

by dan 2.0 on May 5, 2006 9:38 PM EDT reply actions

A point goes to: Colombo, Fluxuation, HadMatter, Jscape.

AAB points: Jsprt06 got his.

Recap:

Colombo +2
Fluxuation +1
HadMatter +1
Jscape +1
Jsprt06 +1

Congratulations to all of tonight's winners. As always if I missed anyone or anything, please let me know.

by craig on May 6, 2006 1:19 AM EDT reply actions

I'm not someone to use emoticons, but...

:-(

The measure (HB 615) had passed on a 20-16 vote in the Senate only moments earlier, but time ran out.

"It's midnight," Speaker Allan Bense said. "We're done."

The Senate voted 20-16 after a vigorous half-hour debate when opponents said it would be a bad idea to subsidize a professional sports team just minutes after passing an insurance measure that does little to clamp down on runaway property insurance rates.

by dan 2.0 on May 6, 2006 1:38 AM EDT reply actions