One Night Only: Game Previews for September 14th

Peacocks actually can fly; they’re just really shy about it.

Washington (6) at New York NL (4) | 19:10 ET
What the Big Deal Is
The big deal in this game is how Bradley Peacock is making his first major-league start for the Nationals.

On Account of Why That’s a Deal, Big or Otherwise
Bradley Peacock’s first major-league start is a pretty big deal owing to his excellent minor-league numbers — or, at least his excellent Double-A numbers.

Regarding the Aforementioned Numbers
Here are Peacock’s minor-league numbers from 2011:

At Double-A: 98.2 IP, 11.77 K/9, 2.10 BB/9, 0.36 HR/9, 1.87 FIP

At Triple-A: 48.0 IP, 9.00 K/9, 4.50 BB/9, 0.94 HR/9, 4.18 FIP

On Account of Why Peacock’s Debut Is a Deal, Part II
Bradley Peacock’s first major-league start is also a pretty big deal because it allows one to ejaculate “Let the peacock fly!”

Regarding That Comment, What’s Funny About It
That comment is pretty funny, on account of peacocks can’t actually fly.

Regarding That Comment, What’s Funny About It, Part II
That comment is also pretty funny, on account of the word ejaculate is in it.

MLB.TV Audio Feed: Nationals Television, maybe?

Two Other Games
Los Angeles AL (5) at Oakland (1) | 15:35 ET
Tonight in Oakland, the Angels persist in forcing us to imagine that there’s a playoff race in the AL West.

MLB.TV Audio Feed: Angels Radio?

Arizona (9) at Los Angeles NL (4) | 20:10 ET
Observe as Arizona continues its attempt to “win all the games.” They face Clayton Kershaw.

MLB.TV Audio Feed: Dodgers Television.

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 5.5.

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
Ricky Nolasco	FL	8	8	5	4	3	ATL	Randall Delgado	12:05
Edwin Jackson	STL	7	3	6	5	4	PIT	Charlie Morton	12:35
Ricky Romero	TOR	6	6	6	10	3	BOS	John Lackey	13:35
Roy Halladay	PHI	10	3	6	4	7	HOU	Bud Norris	14:05
Brad Penny	DET	1	2	3	2	9	CHA	Dylan Axelrod*	14:10
Jered Weaver	LAA	6	5	9	1	8	OAK	Rich Harden	15:35
Mat Latos	SD	8	6	6	3	8	SF	Tim Lincecum	15:45
Liam Hendriks*	MIN	9	0	6	10	5	KC	Luke Hochevar	16:10
David Huff	CLE	2	4	5	8	7	TEX	Derek Holland	19:05
Wade Davis	TB	2	7	5	2	3	BAL	Jeremy Guthrie	19:05
Casey Coleman	CHN	4	3	4	5	6	CIN	Johnny Cueto	19:10
Bradley Peacock	WAS	10	6	5	4	2	NYN	Mike Pelfrey	19:10
Kevin Millwood	COL	7	6	6	8	5	MIL	Shaun Marcum	20:10
Daniel Hudson	AZ	8	9	8	4	10	LAN	Clayton Kershaw	22:10
Ivan Nova	NYA	5	10	3	1	2	SEA	Jason Vargas	22:10

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.