Slowey MLB debut

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:27 PM EDT Comment 89 comments

Looked amazing against Buck. Beautiful pitch for the K.

Two hard hit liners from Swish and Bradley. Dan Johnson is having an incredible at bat.

12 pitches to Johnson so far aaaand he draws ball four. Bases loaded for Chavez.

One of those double play balls would sure be fun.

Swinging strike one to Chavez, sinking fastball down and away. Ball one, high. 1-1 pitch popped up behind the plate, and Redmond has it. Good shit. Two down, and Crosby up. Could be huge to get out of this with no runs allowed.

Groundout, Bart to Castillo.

Way to work out of a jam in your first MLB inning, Kevin Slowey.

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lew ford

popping up

what a surprise

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:33 PM EDT reply actions

the grizzled vet of one inning

takes the hill

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:35 PM EDT reply actions

promptly

singles to left

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:36 PM EDT reply actions

0-2 on Scutaro

finish him off

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:37 PM EDT reply actions

nice pitch, just outside

2-2...

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:38 PM EDT reply actions

punch out.

sit down, scuts.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:38 PM EDT reply actions

kendall

grounds weakly to 2nd, kotsay on to second.

2 down

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:40 PM EDT reply actions

travis buck

looks like someone i'd want to punch it i ever met him

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:41 PM EDT reply actions

and he pops

a 1-0 pitch weak to center. nice 2nd inning, Kevin.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:42 PM EDT reply actions

punto

77th infield hit for the twins this year. that is quite a few. and he damn near got picked off.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:44 PM EDT reply actions

bartlett up

kennedy trying to pick punto off again, swish just misses the ball. punto in scoring position with nobody out. let's go bart.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:45 PM EDT reply actions

bartlett walks.

2 on, nobody out. ten bucks says luis tries to bunt

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:47 PM EDT reply actions

someone

owes me ten bucks

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:47 PM EDT reply actions

kennedy damn near balks

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:47 PM EDT reply actions

great bunt

two in scoring position, 1 out.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:48 PM EDT reply actions

cirillo

first pitch flies to center, twins up 1-0. bart stays at second.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:49 PM EDT reply actions

cuddtastic

needs to go boom here

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:49 PM EDT reply actions

2-0 count to cuddy

something jumped up and bit nick swisher in the ankle or something.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:50 PM EDT reply actions

2-2 count

swisher is still a pussy. keep limping.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:51 PM EDT reply actions

another infield single.

kennedy couldn't snag it, crosby could do nothing with it. corners, 2 out.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:52 PM EDT reply actions

mvp

big cut for strike one. blow this open big man

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:52 PM EDT reply actions

popped up

maddening. oh well.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:53 PM EDT reply actions

going for the record

for posts within one's own diary without someone else busting in

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:54 PM EDT reply actions

or at least

until it is time to go meet up with friends and make decisions only a drunk person would make.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:55 PM EDT reply actions

slowey, 3rd inning

hops right in front of swish, 0-2. fastball, breaking ball looking

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:56 PM EDT reply actions

K

sit down, limpy mcpussylimp. 3rd K as opposed to 1 BB. nice fastball.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:57 PM EDT reply actions

parker brothers

er. milton bradley.

swings at teh same exact breaking pitch and whiffs twice in a row. 1-2.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:57 PM EDT reply actions

looked like strike 3

maddux and glavine get that call.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:58 PM EDT reply actions

bradley duckfarts one

to lew.

oh, lew.

you dumby.

weak single gets by a diving lew and milton is on second base.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 10:59 PM EDT reply actions

that man

dan johnson again. amazing at bat his first time up.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:00 PM EDT reply actions

nubber

back to the mound, decent enough play by slowey. not exactly cat-like, but we'll take it. bradley on third, 2 out.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:01 PM EDT reply actions

chavez

my ex girlfriend had his t shirt jersey. always pissed me off.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:02 PM EDT reply actions

doing a fine job

peppering the strike zone, and the areas just outside the strike zone. as advertised.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:03 PM EDT reply actions

2-2 pitch

count full. nice pitch to throw there, though. chavy likes those

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:04 PM EDT reply actions

60 pitches thrown

still full count

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:05 PM EDT reply actions

slowey

if the at-bats by johnson in the 1st, and chavez here are any indication, slowey just doesn't have a major-league ready strikeout pitch yet.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:06 PM EDT reply actions

although

at least they are fouling these things off, rather than hitting them 450 feet

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:06 PM EDT reply actions

morneau

should have been out of the inning.

boogered up there, dr. neau

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:07 PM EDT reply actions

here we go.

although that was also heart-attack inducing.

punto comes in from third to catch the popup right in front of home plate. Slowey's thrown somewhere around 75 pitches through 3. might be a short introduction to the show, innings wise.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:09 PM EDT reply actions

Geez

Geez, these guys are really fouling pitches off on him. One thing he may have to start to learn is pitching for a little more contact instead of trying to strikeout these guys out and ending up with foul backs.

So even though he's thrown 63 pitches, he's still pitched pretty well, not allowing any hitters to drive the ball and not backing down against the big hitters. It's only 3 innings, but it's a decent start.

Baseball is great because you cant take a knee or kill the clock. You gotta put the ball over the plate and give the other guy his damn shot E Weaver abridged

by AdamOnFirst on Jun 1, 2007 11:09 PM EDT reply actions

i was wondering

how long i'd be talking to myself.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions

t diggy

opposite field flyout.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:10 PM EDT reply actions

redmond

gets our latest infield single. we don't need no outfield!

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:12 PM EDT reply actions

lew ford

flyout. duh.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:13 PM EDT reply actions

puntility infielder at the dish

oh my

about all the power he has sent that ball... to the warning track. easy inning for kennedy.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:14 PM EDT reply actions

The Slowey. Inning Four.

I'd like to see some 2, 3, 4 pitch at bats this inning. groundouts.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:16 PM EDT reply actions

there we go. 2 pitch at bat

see, kev? bartlett will make those plays. trust that man.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:17 PM EDT reply actions

kotsay

wonder if hunter is freaking out every time he steps to the plate?

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:18 PM EDT reply actions

there we go.

another grounder to bart. good stuff. 2 out.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:19 PM EDT reply actions

scuts

first pitch swingin' like he thinks highly of himself. torii has it. nice inning slowey.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:20 PM EDT reply actions

bartlett rips

a single back up the middle. my college coach would have bought him a gatorade for that.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:22 PM EDT reply actions

kennedy's mechanics

look kinda fugged up from the stretch.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:23 PM EDT reply actions

luis castillo

no infield single this time, but gets bartlett to second. we can work with productive outs, that's why we love you.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:25 PM EDT reply actions

cirillo

drive in another run, bucko?

nope. grounds to scutaro, bartlett to third.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:25 PM EDT reply actions

some ugly dude

molesting another twins fan in the stands in oakland. weird.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:26 PM EDT reply actions

cuddtastic

2-0 count again. do what you do.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:26 PM EDT reply actions

walking cuddy to get to the good doctor

he's not tom cruise, but that's risky business.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:27 PM EDT reply actions

bah.

comebacker to kennedy, heeeeeeeeeeeeeeere comes slowey out to try and qualify for the win

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:29 PM EDT reply actions

kendall

grounder to punto, but honestly outs that he makes should hardly even count, eh?

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:32 PM EDT reply actions

travis buck, call the police

you just got robbed.

jason bartlett is the bee's knees.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:32 PM EDT reply actions

buck also

looks like a skinny matt stairs, from afar.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:33 PM EDT reply actions

3-0 on swish

and ball four.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:34 PM EDT reply actions

2-1 on milton

bring it to him, kev

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:35 PM EDT reply actions

grounded sharply over to morneau

mvp snares it.

good stuff. through five, still pitching shutout baseball.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:36 PM EDT reply actions

Hm

Kevin just lost his control a little bit there. Probably cost him a shot at the seventh, and maybe even cost him a shot at the sixth. We'll see if they let him back out there for the sixth.

We've got 4 walks and 4 hits but only 1 run. Time for a little more execution today against another junk-ball lefty. I'd sure like a couple insurance runs to take the stress out for the end.

Baseball is great because you cant take a knee or kill the clock. You gotta put the ball over the plate and give the other guy his damn shot E Weaver abridged

by AdamOnFirst on Jun 1, 2007 11:37 PM EDT reply actions

i was wondering

if he pitched around swish.

but i can't imagine why he'd be asked to do that.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions

the t diggy

a big boom, shall we?

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:39 PM EDT reply actions

nothing to smell

but you could become that which will be sniffed, redmond.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:41 PM EDT reply actions

bah.

another punchless inning?

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:43 PM EDT reply actions

marney gellner

is really kinda hot in a way that i can not explain thoroughly.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:43 PM EDT reply actions

if lew pops/flies weekly,

then i'll kill his pet kitten.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:43 PM EDT reply actions

hey hey! smooches the cat lives

to dirty up some more kitty litter.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:44 PM EDT reply actions

maybe threatening fictional pets

is the way to go.

punto, your sweet Coco the parrot is in jeopardy.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:45 PM EDT reply actions

if you never want to see Coco again

then you should by all means ground out weakly.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:46 PM EDT reply actions

Don't worry Nick

I'll email you Coco's last words.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:46 PM EDT reply actions

I hope to see Kev out to start the sixth.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:46 PM EDT reply actions

danny johnson

pops to Ford...

nice kev.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:48 PM EDT reply actions

out of the inning

Curse the Chavez

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:52 PM EDT reply actions

Ahg

Well, that' almost definitely it for Slowey. A great 99 pitch outing. 6 IP, 5 hits, 2 walks, 3 K's and only one run on a solo home run to Eric Chavez.

Now let's see the boys get out there and take that one back in the top of the inning and get Slowey the win in his debut.

Baseball is great because you cant take a knee or kill the clock. You gotta put the ball over the plate and give the other guy his damn shot E Weaver abridged

by AdamOnFirst on Jun 1, 2007 11:54 PM EDT reply actions

missed out number one.

oh well. urine happens at the most inconvenient of times.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:55 PM EDT reply actions

luis, crap

yeah, that was a strike.

nice pitch from kennedy.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:55 PM EDT reply actions

ugh.

Well, fine first outing for Kevin Slowey.

I'm done with this because I have to eat before I put ungodly amounts of rum into my system.

by gophersw on Jun 1, 2007 11:58 PM EDT reply actions

lied.

eating sandwiches can be done while typing.

nut up, Juanie.

by gophersw on Jun 2, 2007 12:06 AM EDT reply actions

has been fun

lonely, but fun.

i'm heading to the bar to catch the end.

well, after reddawg lines one over scutaro.

by gophersw on Jun 2, 2007 12:13 AM EDT reply actions

This

This is ridiculous, we need to get to one of these flippin pitchers.

Hopefully, if the Twins hold on for one more, we'll be into the A's vastly depleted bullpen.

Baseball is great because you cant take a knee or kill the clock. You gotta put the ball over the plate and give the other guy his damn shot E Weaver abridged

by AdamOnFirst on Jun 2, 2007 12:15 AM EDT reply actions

MacAfee radar gun

Anybody notice that it's a really slow gun? I was watching him throw mostly around 88-89 and thinking, "as good as his control is, he'll get lit up at some point." Then Rincon came on and he couldn't crack 90. Then Nathan only cracked 90 twice, and I think one of those was a measure of Bradley's swing. This gun seems to be four or five mph slower than the Dome gun. If that's the case, 88-89 is not so bad.

Free Kevin Slowey.

by cmathewson on Jun 2, 2007 12:31 PM EDT reply actions

MLB Gameday had....

...enhanced pitch data last night, which had Nathan's fastball at about 94/83 (release speed/final speed) and Slowey's at 91/82. The way that they collect that data sounds a lot more reliable than ballpark radar guns.

by ubelmann on Jun 2, 2007 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Seth

Yeah, I posted that comment before heading over to Seth's site and reading it there, along with your comment of a similar sort. Those velocity readings, to go along with better movement that we have expected are really encouraging.

Get well soon, Joe.

by cmathewson on Jun 2, 2007 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Speeds

One thing about Slowey's fastball that was kind fo cool was that it varied from about 91 to about 88. E threw it 88 now and then to take a little bit off. He varied a few MPH with his change too.

Baseball is great because you cant take a knee or kill the clock. You gotta put the ball over the plate and give the other guy his damn shot E Weaver abridged

by AdamOnFirst on Jun 2, 2007 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions