One Night Only: Game Previews for August 24th

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August 24, 2011


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.

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MikeS
12 years ago

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.

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Carson Cistullimember
12 years ago
Reply to  MikeS

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).

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Sammy
12 years ago
Reply to  Carson Cistulli

Also Scherzer’s left and right eye are different colours. Much more watchable.

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