One Night Only: Previews for Weekend of July 8th

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July 8, 2011


Mike Trout!

This edition of One Night Only contains:

1. Six heart-stopping game previews.

2. Pitcher and Team NERD scores for every one of this weekend’s games.

3. A brief note: please excuse the tardiness of the present edition of One Night Only. Sometimes a guy is at SABR 41 in Long Beach, CA. Sometimes that same guy’s, like, “Wait? What time is it?”

Friday, July 8th
Cincinnati (9) at Milwaukee (10) | 20:10
• Here’s what one guy says: “Zack Greinke (10) is so good. Look at his xFIP and crap.”
• Here’s what another guy says: “xFIP, xSCHMIP. He’s too hittable.”
• What Greinke’s last start (6.0 IP, 9 K, 2 BB, 5 RA) didn’t do: convince that second guy otherwise.
• Here’s what Carson Cistulli thinks: nothing really matters.
• On second thought, that’s what Freddie Mercury and/or John Paul-Sartre think.

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Seattle (2) at Los Angeles Americans (6) | 22:05
• Tonight, in case you haven’t heard, marks Mike Trout’s major-effing-league debut.
• Question: Is “major-effing-league” an example of Tmesis?
• Answer: Mike Effing Trout!

Saturday, July 9th
Toronto (7) at Cleveland (10) | 19:05 ET
• I just, like 40 seconds ago, asked Dave Cameron, “Did you know Brandon Morrow is having a pretty good season?”
• “Well, he has a low FIP,” Cameron said, “but he’s giving up a lot of runs.”
• Technically true, Dave Cameron.
• Also true: Denial is a river in Egypt.
• Snap?

Arizona (10) at St. Louis (6) | 19:15 ET
• The Diamondbacks are (a) pretty young, (b) pretty cheap, and (c) pretty good.
• Also, they have a 42% chance of making the playoffs, per Cool Standings.
• S’that high, you think?

Sunday, July 10th
Tampa Bay (7) at New York Americans (6) | 13:05 ET
• This game features James Shields (9) and CC Sabathia (9).
• It also features a Battle for AL East Supremacy!!!
• Blergity. Blergity. Blergity.

Seattle (2) at Los Angeles Americans (6) | 15:35 ET
• This is kinda like that other Mariner-Angel game on Friday.
• Except for this one thing: Felix Hernandez (9) faces Dan Haren (8).
• But also this other thing: you only get Mike Trout’s third game.

Also Playing
These games are very likely playing at some kind of sporty channel near you.

Friday:

Away SP Tm. Gm. Tm. SP Home Time
Brandon Beachy ATL 10 5 8 2 10 PHI Roy Halladay 19:05
Rodrigo Lopez* CHN 5 0 4 6 3 PIT James McDonald 19:05
Jason Hammel COL 2 6 4 5 4 WAS Jason Marquis 19:05
Jeremy Hellickson TB 3 7 4 6 3 NYA Freddy Garcia 19:05
Jo-Jo Reyes TOR 3 7 4 10 2 CLE Mitch Talbot 19:05
Zach Britton BAL 5 2 5 6 6 BOS Josh Beckett 19:10
Jordan Lyles HOU 6 4 4 2 2 FL Javier Vazquez 19:10
Gio Gonzalez OAK 6 0 5 10 5 TEX C.J. Wilson 20:05
Mike Leake CIN 6 9 8 10 10 MIL Zack Greinke 20:10
Rick Porcello DET 5 4 4 10 2 KC Kyle Davies 20:10
Nick Blackburn MIN 3 0 3 2 5 CHA Gavin Floyd 20:10
Ian Kennedy AZ 6 10 6 6 4 STL Kyle Lohse 20:15
Blake Beavan* SEA 5 2 5 6 6 LAA Ervin Santana 22:05
Mat Latos SD 7 4 6 2 6 LAN Chad Billingsley 22:10
R.A. Dickey NYN 8 5 6 4 5 SF Ryan Vogelsong 22:15

Saturday:

Away SP Tm. Gm. Tm. SP Home Time
David Price TB 10 7 7 6 5 NYA A.J. Burnett 13:05
Tommy Hanson ATL 8 5 7 2 9 PHI Cliff Lee 16:10
Brian Duensing MIN 4 0 3 2 2 CHA Mark Buehrle 16:10
Aaron Harang SD 4 4 6 2 9 LAN Rubby De La Rosa 16:10
Undecided CHN 5 0 4 6 3 PIT Kevin Correia 19:05
Ubaldo Jimenez COL 6 6 5 5 4 WAS Jason Marquis 19:05
Brandon Morrow TOR 10 7 8 10 6 CLE Josh Tomlin 19:05
Alfredo Simon* BAL 5 2 4 6 2 BOS John Lackey 19:10
Johnny Cueto CIN 6 9 7 10 7 MIL Shaun Marcum 19:10
Charlie Furbush* DET 5 4 5 10 4 KC Luke Hochevar 19:10
Brett Myers HOU 4 4 5 2 7 FL Ricky Nolasco 19:10
Daniel Hudson AZ 8 10 8 6 7 STL Chris Carpenter 19:15
Brandon McCarthy OAK 6 0 5 10 4 TEX Colby Lewis 20:05
Chris Capuano NYN 6 5 7 4 9 SF Tim Lincecum 21:05
Michael Pineda SEA 10 2 6 6 2 LAA Joel Pineiro 21:05

Sunday:

Away SP Tm. Gm. Tm. SP Home Time
James Shields TB 9 7 8 6 9 NYA CC Sabathia 13:05
Brett Cecil TOR 5 7 7 10 7 CLE Carlos Carrasco 13:05
Wandy Rodriguez HOU 5 4 5 2 6 FL Chris Volstad 13:10
Derek Lowe ATL 6 5 7 2 10 PHI Cole Hamels 13:35
Mitch Atkins* BAL 5 2 7 6 10 BOS Kyle Weiland* 13:35
Ramon Ortiz* CHN 5 0 3 6 2 PIT Paul Maholm 13:35
Jhoulys Chacin COL 6 6 6 5 7 WAS Jordan Zimmermann 13:35
Edinson Volquez CIN 7 9 6 10 3 MIL Randy Wolf 14:10
Justin Verlander DET 10 4 7 10 4 KC Jeff Francis 14:10
Anthony Swarzak* MIN 5 0 5 2 8 CHA Jake Peavy 14:10
Zach Duke AZ 5 10 7 6 9 STL Jaime Garcia 14:15
Trevor Cahill OAK 5 0 5 10 4 TEX Matt Harrison 15:05
Felix Hernandez SEA 9 2 7 6 8 LAA Dan Haren 15:35
Tim Stauffer SD 6 4 5 2 5 LAN Ted Lilly 16:10
Mike Pelfrey NYN 2 5 5 4 7 SF Matt Cain 20:05

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 Team NERD, click here.
To learn how Game NERD Scores are calculated, click here.
* = Fewer than 20 IP, NERD of 5 (or 10 for debuts)
Pitching probables and game times aggregated from MLB.com and RotoWire.





 

Carson Cistulli has published a book of aphorisms called Spirited Ejaculations of a New Enthusiast.

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futant462
14 years ago

How is John Lackey’s watchability not a 0. This makes me think SP Nerd is broken.

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