Open Thread and Ichthyomancy: Marlins at Phillies (9/9)

by craig on Sep 9, 2008 9:14 AM EDT

Miami Marlins at Philadelphia Phillies, Sep 9, 2008 7:05 PM EDT

Next Game

Tuesday, Sep 9, 2008, 7:05 PM EDT
Citizens Bank Park

Partly cloudy with a 80-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing out to center field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 80.

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	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2008 - Chris Volstad	4-3	11	10	0	0	0	0	62.1	59	24	23	2	31	39	3.32	1.44

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2008 - Kyle Kendrick	11-8	28	28	0	0	0	0	149.1	183	92	84	20	55	66	5.06	1.59

According to the Weather Channel if this game takes place it will be next to a miracle. And speaking of miracles, the Marlins need to start a long win streak and do it now.

Volstad is Volstad. He walks too many, gives up too many hits, especially early in the game, but has the mastery to work around it. The kid is going to be something some day. But in the meantime, he has to rely on the defense to help out and they have been more than willing to recently.

Kendrick has fallen on tough times recently. In his last five starts he went 1-3 with a 9.14 ERA, so that means tonight he will do his Cy Young impersonation. Giving up home runs is nothing new to Kendrick, in fact he has given up 20 of them this season. The weird thing is he is better at home than on the road. His home ERA is 3.69 as opposed to his road ERA of 6.29. Go figure.

Ichthyomancy is ready to try it again. Best of Luck to You!

FishStriper	Attendance	Player	AAB
Architect
Auh11	40,961	Ross	Marlins: 3+ 2B
Breckenridge
Brickell
Bumppo	43,700	Ramirez	Volstad: QS, W
C60	39,700	Ramirez	Ramirez: HR; Rhodes: W
Colombo
Dan
Dgriot	38,900	Volstad	Marlins: @+ HR
Eelly
Fishcrazy	42,500	Volstad	Ramirez: 1+ SB
FishFilet
Fishstick
Fishtail
Fluxuation
FriedFish
FSUMarlins
GameFish	41,500	Ramirez	Marlins: 2+ HR
Gbirdc
GMFB
HadMatter
HoyaMarlin
Hurricane	37,654	Ramirez	Game: HR > 2B
Jacob
Jrsyeagle	44,000	Ross	McPherson: 1+ H, 1+ R
Jsprt08
LadyFish	40,605	Ross	Carroll: OB
LaHabanayAlmendares
Little Nicky
Long Live the Fish
MattyStar
Matt Wilson
Mbaamin
Nynolelaw
Orlando Rays
Sdsuaztec
SoFlaHomer
Spud	37,000	Cantu	Gonzalez: 2B
Stlcardinalsfan	39,001	Willingham	Game: rain shorten
Tedhill
UCFbeta
Y08Marlin
Zheke

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42,500

Volstad
Hanley 1+ SB

Hey, does anyone else have trouble loading this site with Firefox?

by Fishcrazy on Sep 9, 2008 10:21 AM EDT reply actions

Never had problems

never had problems with old FFox, or the new 3.0.1 on my Mac.

Build a stadium downtown and I'll buy season tickets

by hurricane on Sep 9, 2008 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions

44000

Cody
McPherson – 1+ hits, 1+ runs

I’ve never had any problems with firefox… there is a new version out though?

by jrsyeagle on Sep 9, 2008 10:41 AM EDT reply actions

Picks

43,700
Hanley
Volstad: QS, W

by Bumppo on Sep 9, 2008 11:29 AM EDT reply actions

39001

willingham

game gets played but ends with less than 9 innings played

by stlcardinalsfang on Sep 9, 2008 12:01 PM EDT reply actions

37,654

Hanley
Game HR > Game 2B

Build a stadium downtown and I'll buy season tickets

by hurricane on Sep 9, 2008 1:07 PM EDT reply actions

picks

40,961
Cody
Marlins: 3+ Doubles

by auh11 on Sep 9, 2008 2:55 PM EDT reply actions

41,500

hanley
Fish: 2+ HR

Hook, Line Drive, & Sinker

by GameFish on Sep 9, 2008 5:40 PM EDT reply actions

Circuit Court Judge Jeri Beth Cohen ruled Tuesday that there are no grounds to overturn the judgment of the Miami-Dade County Commission that the stadium is a public purpose.
…
Cohen says the law is clear. She says the same determination was made 21 years ago when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers negotiated a new stadium with Hillsborough County.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think that was the biggest hurdle. Cohen still has to decide if the money legally can be spent on the stadium, but I think that’s a lot more deferential standard.

by Fishcrazy on Sep 9, 2008 6:51 PM EDT reply actions