<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post6074897882820266191..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6074897882820266191/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/as-bad-as-that-blown-call-at-first-base.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5492022341017307450</id><published>2008-10-28T00:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-28T00:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh, this is fabulous! I was so bummed that I might...</title><summary type='text'>Oh, this is fabulous! I was so bummed that I might have to miss the potential final game of the Series (because I had to teach an evening class in &quot;Creative Nonfiction,&quot; which might be the occasion for another conversation), and then I got in my car to come back home and found that the game was suspended, thus allowing me to finish  my piece! (See the URL above).&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;My invocation to the Muses</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6074897882820266191/comments/default/5492022341017307450'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6074897882820266191/comments/default/5492022341017307450'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/as-bad-as-that-blown-call-at-first-base.html?showComment=1225166460000#c5492022341017307450' title=''/><author><name>Joe Safdie</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10146108321237585329</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/as-bad-as-that-blown-call-at-first-base.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6074897882820266191' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6074897882820266191' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1160934350"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 28, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8358628738431739553</id><published>2008-10-27T17:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-27T17:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Burrell&#39;s lifetime DHing record is in fact .155 (r...</title><summary type='text'>Burrell&#39;s lifetime DHing record is in fact .155 (rounded down a little by our poetry blogger) but 84 AB is not a statistically significant sample.  You make the argument, you take responsibility for Babe Bruntlett hitting in key situations.  To make matters worse, the Phils are afraid to replace Taguchi on the roster with Bohn or Golson, but are also afraid to pinch hit for Bruntlett and put </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6074897882820266191/comments/default/8358628738431739553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6074897882820266191/comments/default/8358628738431739553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/as-bad-as-that-blown-call-at-first-base.html?showComment=1225143060000#c8358628738431739553' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/as-bad-as-that-blown-call-at-first-base.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6074897882820266191' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6074897882820266191' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 27, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-289206359894410566</id><published>2008-10-27T09:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-27T09:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yeah, Joe Morgan. What everybody else said.</title><summary type='text'>Yeah, Joe Morgan. What everybody else said.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6074897882820266191/comments/default/289206359894410566'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6074897882820266191/comments/default/289206359894410566'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/as-bad-as-that-blown-call-at-first-base.html?showComment=1225115460000#c289206359894410566' title=''/><author><name>Kirk Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12714098498354846094</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/as-bad-as-that-blown-call-at-first-base.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6074897882820266191' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6074897882820266191' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-458221395"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 27, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1411052618723854318</id><published>2008-10-27T06:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-27T06:33:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Burrell has something like an .038 BA when he DH&amp;#...</title><summary type='text'>Burrell has something like an .038 BA when he DH&amp;#39;s. He needs to be in the game to keep his head there, unfortunately. He was a first baseman in the minors, but first Thome &amp;amp; then Howard have forced him into left. He has a good arm for a left fielder, but he&amp;#39;s also lumbering out there. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;No argument here with the claim that Miller &amp;amp; Morgan are the best broadcast team in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6074897882820266191/comments/default/1411052618723854318'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6074897882820266191/comments/default/1411052618723854318'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/as-bad-as-that-blown-call-at-first-base.html?showComment=1225103580000#c1411052618723854318' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/silliman/silliman2a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/as-bad-as-that-blown-call-at-first-base.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6074897882820266191' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6074897882820266191' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 27, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4943737722936271990</id><published>2008-10-26T22:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-26T22:17:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I missed most of Game 3 as we had dinner with some...</title><summary type='text'>I missed most of Game 3 as we had dinner with some friends.  When we got home it was the bottom of the 7th, so I missed most of the early excitement.  The tying and winning runs were both examples of poor playing decisions.  First, Rollins double clutched on Upton&#39;s infield hit.  Not a big deal, tough play.  But, Ruiz should not have even bothered to throw to 3rd on the steal.  He had no chance </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6074897882820266191/comments/default/4943737722936271990'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6074897882820266191/comments/default/4943737722936271990'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/as-bad-as-that-blown-call-at-first-base.html?showComment=1225073820000#c4943737722936271990' title=''/><author><name>speterme</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17055890133721456106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/as-bad-as-that-blown-call-at-first-base.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6074897882820266191' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6074897882820266191' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1987501952"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 26, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8122651265492145216</id><published>2008-10-26T21:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-26T21:19:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Another blown call tonight. McCarver and Buck are ...</title><summary type='text'>Another blown call tonight. McCarver and Buck are bad. McCarver adds very little in the way of baseball expertise to the proceedings. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The national radio broadcast with Jon Miller and Joe Morgan, on the other hand, is always stellar. Morgan is a real student of the game, does not come across as arrogant like McCarver and works very well with the quintessential play-by-play BROADCASTER, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6074897882820266191/comments/default/8122651265492145216'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6074897882820266191/comments/default/8122651265492145216'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/as-bad-as-that-blown-call-at-first-base.html?showComment=1225070340000#c8122651265492145216' title=''/><author><name>peN</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08068813038783953187</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_e_17kv8UoDY/SGsUNB2uneI/AAAAAAAAADk/6SKf23IQSsg/S220/Paul-By-Joan_Treat.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/as-bad-as-that-blown-call-at-first-base.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6074897882820266191' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6074897882820266191' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-499294682"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 26, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9133513817461722206</id><published>2008-10-26T13:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-26T13:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>1210 radio description.. Harry Kalas soaking in th...</title><summary type='text'>1210 radio description.. Harry Kalas soaking in the glory and the signified precedes the signifier by a few seconds.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So far they haven&#39;t paid the price for not using Hamels on three days&#39; rest.  With a 2-1 lead, it makes more sense to not use him on 3 then if they were behind, because if you win the upcoming Hamels game you just have to win one out of the other 3.  Torre ended up getting</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6074897882820266191/comments/default/9133513817461722206'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6074897882820266191/comments/default/9133513817461722206'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/as-bad-as-that-blown-call-at-first-base.html?showComment=1225042980000#c9133513817461722206' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/as-bad-as-that-blown-call-at-first-base.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6074897882820266191' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6074897882820266191' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 26, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6124996102005199562</id><published>2008-10-26T13:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-26T13:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hadn&#39;t known about that primitive pagan rite at th...</title><summary type='text'>Hadn&#39;t known about that primitive pagan rite at the pitcher&#39;s mound before the game, Ron -- thanks. I actually think Joe Buck is even worse than McCarver, but he did have one good line about Moyer&#39;s tongue looking like Gene Simmons&#39;.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;I&#39;ve posted a report of last night&#39;s game at http://www.scribd.com/doc/7539474/World-Series-2008-2</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6074897882820266191/comments/default/6124996102005199562'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6074897882820266191/comments/default/6124996102005199562'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/as-bad-as-that-blown-call-at-first-base.html?showComment=1225041960000#c6124996102005199562' title=''/><author><name>Joe Safdie</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10146108321237585329</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/as-bad-as-that-blown-call-at-first-base.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6074897882820266191' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6074897882820266191' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1160934350"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 26, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2013089663376898434</id><published>2008-10-26T11:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-26T11:17:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>That blown call was bad, really bad.  In part  bec...</title><summary type='text'>That blown call was bad, really bad.  In part  because it changed the course of the game (lead-off runner put on, who eventually scored, as did another run. If the Phillies hadn&#39;t won, the demand to expand instant replay in baseball would have been insane.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The demand should still be made be.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;That blown call also really upset me -- and this probably sounds silly, since it </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6074897882820266191/comments/default/2013089663376898434'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6074897882820266191/comments/default/2013089663376898434'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/as-bad-as-that-blown-call-at-first-base.html?showComment=1225034220000#c2013089663376898434' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/as-bad-as-that-blown-call-at-first-base.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6074897882820266191' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6074897882820266191' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 26, 2008"/></entry></feed>