One Night Only: Game Previews for August 24th
With its stunning views and trademark architecture, Santorini would really impress Alexei Ramirez.
Featured Games (With an Ess)
Chicago Americans (3) at Los Angeles Americans (5) | 22:05 ET
San Diego (6) at San Francisco (3) | 22:15 ET
• The West Coast appears to be the best coast in terms of watching baseball tonight.
• With a win last night — and a Ranger loss — the Angels are 3.5 back now in the AL West.
• With a loss last night — and a Diamondback win — the Giants are 2.0 games back in the NL West.
• The White Sox — eh, they have the advantage of being able to make October travel plans.
• Like to the beautiful Greek island of Santorini, for example.
MLB.TV Audio Feed: White Sox Television and Giants Radio.
Also Playing
Here’s the complete schedule for all of today’s games, with our very proprietary watchability (NERD) scores for each one. Pitching probables and game times aggregated from MLB.com and RotoWire. The average NERD Game Score for today is 5.3.
The following Game Scores include the new and improved playoff-odds adjustment, which you can learn about in your brain by clicking here.
| Away | SP | Tm. | Gm. | Tm. | SP | Home | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felix Hernandez | SEA | 9 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 5 | CLE | Josh Tomlin | 12:05 |
| Shaun Marcum | MIL | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | PIT | Undecided* | 12:35 |
| Mike Pelfrey | NYN | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | PHI | Kyle Kendrick | 13:05 |
| Hiroki Kuroda | LAN | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | STL | Jaime Garcia | 14:15 |
| Wandy Rodriguez | HOU | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | COL | Aaron Cook | 15:10 |
| Homer Bailey | CIN | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | FL | Javier Vazquez | 16:10 |
| Bronson Arroyo | CIN | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | FL | Chris Volstad | Gm 2 |
| Daniel Hudson | AZ | 8 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | WAS | Livan Hernandez | 19:05 |
| Josh Beckett | BOS | 7 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | TEX | Matt Harrison | 19:05 |
| Trevor Cahill | OAK | 5 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 10 | NYA | CC Sabathia | 19:05 |
| Luke Hochevar | KC | 5 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 7 | TOR | Ricky Romero | 19:07 |
| Max Scherzer | DET | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | TB | Wade Davis | 19:10 |
| Derek Lowe | ATL | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | CHN | Randy Wells | 20:05 |
| Jeremy Guthrie | BAL | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | MIN | Kevin Slowey* | 20:10 |
| Zach Stewart | CHA | 5 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 6 | LAA | Jered Weaver | 22:05 |
| Tim Stauffer | SD | 5 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 9 | SF | Tim Lincecum | 22:15 |
NERD represents an attempt to anticipate the watchability of a game for the baseballing enthusiast.
To learn more about Pitcher NERD, click here and scroll down a little.
To learn more about latest Team NERD, click here.
To learn how Game NERD Scores are calculated, click here.
* = Fewer than 20 IP, NERD at discretion of very handsome author.
Carson Cistulli has published a book of aphorisms called Spirited Ejaculations of a New Enthusiast.
I fear you have suffered a head injury, Carson . I have been watching White Sox baseball all year and I can tell you it’s not good for you but I guess the game sorta has playoff implications so, um, OK.
However, there is no way in good conscience you can possibly recomend people watch Hawk Harrelson. Have you dsicovered some technology that allows him to be muted while Steve Stone is still audible or do you just hate your readership so much that you feel a need to hurt them. The surgeon general has stated that three hours of Hawk may induce vomiting, blindness and suicidal ideation. The CDC has attempted to ban him as a public health hazard but their motion was dismissed when he confused the judge by repeatedly spouting nonsense like “I tell you what, Yaz could really control a court proceeding,” and asking the judge “Don’t tell me which cases you’ve tried, tell me when you’ve tried them.” Please, for the love of god, watch the game if you must. Just do it with the volume turned off.
Mike, I’d stop suggesting White Sox Television, but reading your breathless objections to same is maybe too entertaining to do so (i.e. to stop).
Also Scherzer’s left and right eye are different colours. Much more watchable.