Dontrelle Willis. . .

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is pitching like fucking God! WTF?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 18:44 (twenty years ago)

he's no pat burrell

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 18:46 (twenty years ago)

i love that he just turned 23 and he's already started 60+ games

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 18:48 (twenty years ago)

(x-post)Yeah, he only struck him out twice today!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 18:48 (twenty years ago)

That pitch count today (114!) worries me a tad, especially this early on. But, hey, go D-Train.

I was kinda hoping the bit after the ellipsis would be "....is fucking in heaven".

Have the Marlins won a non-shutout yet this year?

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 18:51 (twenty years ago)

Burnett didn't pitch a shutout yesterday, did he? I thought it was just a complete game?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 18:52 (twenty years ago)

This IS the fourth Marlins complete game though which is pretty crazy (Beckett's first win he only went 6 innings, I believe.)

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 18:54 (twenty years ago)

xpost:
He definitely looked good but wait a game. As I complained about in 2003, he still throws WAY too many pitches per at-bat (aside from today). That kind of control (namely, a lack of) is troubling.

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 18:55 (twenty years ago)

He's got two walks in 18 innings. I'm thinking maybe Dontrelle is not the same Dontrelle as the last two years.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 18:57 (twenty years ago)

hey has anyone seen that bay area espn advert for the a's? its got two oakland rookies (sorry, couldn't place 'em), anyway, one of the guys is a pitcher and he's wondering how to get better movement on his pitches, to which the other dude replies "maybe we should ask the old guy". so they walk off the field back through the dugout and in this dimly lit room into the back of the stadium, where barry zito's sitting in a corner carving something with a swiss army knife and looking v. stoic. they ask him and the question and he gives them so bullshit zen answer like "movement is a product relative to motion" and the rookies just stand there going "whooooa."

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 18:59 (twenty years ago)

argh sorry that fell apart near the end - i blame the cold meds. you get the gist.

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 19:00 (twenty years ago)

go here:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/stats?statsId=7133&context=pitching

In 2005:
Huge jump in pitches per PA (which should come down when this page is updated)
Declining K/9 rate (which should go up with the update)
His BAA is about the same as 03-04, his OBP/SLG radically dropped (he's been pitching at home (pitcher's park), no? wait til he goes on the road)
His GB/FB has really spiked up (which is a good thing).

(and no mark, i don't have TV).

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 19:03 (twenty years ago)

G!, did you see his pitch total for his first start (A SHUTOUT) this year? Only 97! He might've turned a corner, & turned it TIGHT. [xpost to what AinSF said]

BTW: 5 wins, 4 complete games, FOUR SHUTOUTS (one combined, on Opening Day).

And props to my boy Burrell - he got one of the Phils' three hits!

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 19:03 (twenty years ago)

I'm glad to see a marketable character pitching well, and that the Mets will miss him this weekend.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 19:09 (twenty years ago)

haterz

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 19:13 (twenty years ago)

Please to tell us who on this thread is hating, so that they may be shunned.

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 19:17 (twenty years ago)

i don't want a yellowcard.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 19:20 (twenty years ago)

Oh, you.

Since Mark brought it up - saw another A's promo last night. Promo director's talking w/ Kendall (suited up) on the field. "OK, so what's gonna happen is Eric Chavez is going to barrel into you at top speed, then Ken Macha will douse you with gasoline, and then Nick Swisher ..." (dressed in fire-protection gear) "... will light you up. Hold onto the ball." "But what about the bulldozer?" Kendall asks, pointing to one waiting on the 3rd base side. "Don't worry about that yet." Cut away for the shilling, then cut back to the bulldozer @ home plate, & a dirty Kendall crawling out from underneath. Fun stuff.

Something tells me the A's hired the folks that did the Mariners' "Mojo Dojo" campaign from a while back.

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 19:28 (twenty years ago)

Haha can someone link these promos? They sound great.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 19:31 (twenty years ago)

Dontrelle only threw 97 pitches in the shutout before this one.

― Earl Nash (earlnash), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 19:32 (twenty years ago)

oh i forgot the kicker to the zito promo:

rookie #1: (nudges his buddy) "hey how old is this guy anyway?"
rookie #2: (disbelievingly) "twenty... six..."
*beat*
rookie #1: (eyes like saucers) "i wonder if he pitched to the babe."

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 19:36 (twenty years ago)

Earl, I already mentioned that upthread! Plz fake reading the posts if you're not going to read the posts, yo (like I do).

(the rookies are Haren & Blanton, no doubt - Danny & Joe, respectively)

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 19:38 (twenty years ago)

(xpost)HAHAHAHA

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 19:38 (twenty years ago)

yeah they're MILES better than the jays' ridiculous james bond ripoffs. "vernon wells IS... The Man With The Golden Glove"

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 19:40 (twenty years ago)

http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/oak/fan_forum/commercials_2005.jsp

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 19:47 (twenty years ago)

Ya - those J's promos are beyond suck. The main part of the ads are shoddy premises to begin with and then at the end they cut away to these gibbering & spasming marionettes who have nothing to do with what was going on!

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 20:05 (twenty years ago)

And why are we talking about promos on the Willis thread?

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 20:06 (twenty years ago)

Because we pretty much exhausted the Willis topics.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 20:10 (twenty years ago)

At least until he pitches again.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 20:10 (twenty years ago)

We can talk about other Cubs farmmates though! Prior with a shutout through five on the first stop on his 2005 comeback tour.

― mattbot (mattbot), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 20:34 (twenty years ago)

Thanks in large part to Willis and Beckett's 0.00 ERA's, the Fish's team ERA is 1.36 through nine games -- yet they're only 5-4. And it's not like they haven't been scoring runs. That's some Bob Gibson-esque crazy shit.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 15 April 2005 19:48 (twenty years ago)

Jack McKeon: TIME TRAVELLER!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 April 2005 20:10 (twenty years ago)

Maybe the Marlins are trying to emulate the Yankees performance in the 1960 World Series, but in assbackwards fashion - instead of 10-2 wins and 3-1 losses, the Marlins are losing 12-10 and winning 4-0.

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 15 April 2005 20:19 (twenty years ago)

Wait ... you got it backwards yourself ... they're winning 10-2 and losing 3-1, like the 1960 WS Yankees.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 15 April 2005 23:52 (twenty years ago)

Ha! I thought the close ones were the CG shutouts. My bad.

― David R. (popshots75`), Saturday, 16 April 2005 01:14 (twenty years ago)

Burnett gets another complete game.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Sunday, 17 April 2005 19:04 (twenty years ago)

mets fan to alfonseca: "gimme six!"

― hstencil (hstencil), Sunday, 17 April 2005 20:37 (twenty years ago)

his line so far tonight:

   
IP  	H  	R  	ER  	BB  	K  	HR  	SeasonERA 
6.0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0.00

you read that right, ANOTHER shutout (through 6 IP)

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 00:14 (twenty years ago)

Jinx!

String broken at 24 innings.

― Curious George (1/6 Scale Model) (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 00:19 (twenty years ago)

I jinxed him first! Wheeee!

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 00:25 (twenty years ago)

OK DONTRELLE - you can stop w/ the run giving.

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 00:30 (twenty years ago)

stop the presses!

d-train removed after 6 innings & 94 pitches!

― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Saturday, 23 April 2005 17:57 (twenty years ago)

That sounds about right.

1st start: 97 pitches
2nd start: 114 pitches
3rd start: 87 pitches

― David R. (popshots75`), Saturday, 23 April 2005 19:20 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

D-Train vs Oswalt on ESPN2 tonight... Feature on Dontrelle's mom in today's Times (Don't think about callin' it a comeback).

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 20:12 (twenty years ago)

Wowza.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 12 May 2005 00:29 (twenty years ago)

he's good, all right.

that NL East race is gonna be a doozy between Atlanta and Florida.

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Thursday, 12 May 2005 00:32 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

Two hits last night ... IN THE SAME INNING. Pretty sweet.

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 23:39 (twenty years ago)

the bearman told me he was going to that game. i'm jealous.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 23:45 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I sat right next to him!!

I totally f'd up and missed a foul ball that Juan Pierre hit (the next batter after the FIRST of Dontrelle's hits) that bounced off MY SEAT!!! How embarassing. Closest I've ever come to a foul ball EVER and I BLEW IT. Luckily one of our party (not the Bearman) did wind up with it...

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 00:05 (twenty years ago)

oh, shit, he didn't tell me you guys were going together. fuck.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 00:06 (twenty years ago)

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Good signs: 8.7 K/9 and 2.4 BB/9

― Andy K, Friday, 6 May 2011 11:21 (fourteen years ago)

how can d-train still be in the minors while SHIRT THIEF MIKE LEAKE is still in the show??

― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Friday, 6 May 2011 11:36 (fourteen years ago)

With Dontrelle Willis not on the 40 man roster, they would have to make a move there to bring him up. Reds kind of have a log jam on the starting 5, especially with Johnny Cueto coming back next week. Leake has been moved to the bullpen.

I think definitely Dontrelle would be the guy called up if something happens to Chapman or Bill Bray. If Travis Wood continues to struggle, Dontrelle Willis might be given a shot to replace him in the starting five. Reds starting pitching has been pretty bad so far, so if it continues, I think the chance will come.

― earlnash, Saturday, 7 May 2011 13:06 (fourteen years ago)

two months pass...

Starting Sunday versus the Brewers -- 8 K/9, 2.4 BB/9, 71 H, 2.63 ERA in 75.1 IP for Louisville

― Steve Aoki Newsletter (Andy K), Friday, 8 July 2011 18:36 (fourteen years ago)

man I want this guy to have the comeback of all comebacks.

― love in a grain elevator (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 8 July 2011 18:59 (fourteen years ago)

Me too. His AAA numbers look pretty solid.. 3:1 k:bb ratio

― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 8 July 2011 19:24 (fourteen years ago)

Really hope he can become an adequate fifth starter and ENJOY HIMSELF again.

― Steve Aoki Newsletter (Andy K), Friday, 8 July 2011 19:27 (fourteen years ago)

if it doesn't work out i hope he tries to become a hitter

― mookieproof, Friday, 8 July 2011 19:27 (fourteen years ago)

I also had no idea Edinson Volquez turned into a pile of poop..

― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 8 July 2011 19:34 (fourteen years ago)

yeah, I guess tommy john doesn't always work

― brazenly frog (bnw), Friday, 8 July 2011 19:35 (fourteen years ago)

tommy john can't fix your inability to throw a pitch where you intend to

― gucci mande (J0rdan S.), Friday, 8 July 2011 19:41 (fourteen years ago)

J0rdan that gave me an idea for you to write an airport bookstore book of "things Tommy John can't do for you"

c'mon do it man

― love in a grain elevator (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 8 July 2011 20:59 (fourteen years ago)

haha, i'll draw up a pitch

― gucci mande (J0rdan S.), Friday, 8 July 2011 21:00 (fourteen years ago)

btw in case anyone was wondering i WILL be breaking out my d-train whistle on sunday

― gucci mande (J0rdan S.), Friday, 8 July 2011 21:00 (fourteen years ago)

IRL lol

― love in a grain elevator (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 8 July 2011 21:07 (fourteen years ago)

i like how you don't even need to say surgery after tommy john anymore

― mookieproof, Friday, 8 July 2011 22:20 (fourteen years ago)

It wasn't a disaster. Didn't catch much but he seems to be driving toward the plate more aggressively. Frequently opened up/missed high and outside to righties like he has the past few years.

― Steve Aoki Newsletter (Andy K), Sunday, 10 July 2011 23:32 (fourteen years ago)

Why did he get pulled in the fifth? 69 pitches, 51 strikes(!), one walk, five Ks, five hits allowed (all singles)...

That was probably his best start in four years.

― Steve Aoki Newsletter (Andy K), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 10:44 (fourteen years ago)

There wasn't another rain delay AFTER the first inning, right? That first-inning delay would not have been a factor since it occurred during the top of the inning, while the Reds were up.

― Steve Aoki Newsletter (Andy K), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 12:37 (fourteen years ago)

3.71/.429

― A Chuck Person's Guide to Mark Aguirre (Andy K), Monday, 25 July 2011 02:22 (fourteen years ago)

what's the .429?

― mookieproof, Monday, 25 July 2011 02:26 (fourteen years ago)

his batting average

― J0rdan S., Monday, 25 July 2011 02:35 (fourteen years ago)

nice

― mookieproof, Monday, 25 July 2011 02:48 (fourteen years ago)

― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 25 July 2011 03:56 (fourteen years ago)

HOMER

― J0rdan S., Thursday, 4 August 2011 01:46 (fourteen years ago)

Noice!

― errant flynn, Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:26 (fourteen years ago)

with the bat flip!

― J0rdan S., Thursday, 4 August 2011 06:03 (fourteen years ago)

authoritative dinger

― errant flynn, Thursday, 4 August 2011 09:55 (fourteen years ago)

8 IP, 10 K, 1 BB, 3 ER, and an RBI triple tonight.

― A Chuck Person's Guide to Mark Aguirre (Andy K), Wednesday, 10 August 2011 01:34 (fourteen years ago)

<3<3<3<3<3

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 10 August 2011 01:35 (fourteen years ago)

too bad he's gonna lose

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 01:36 (fourteen years ago)

yea sucks that votto-phillips-bruce go 0 for 9

― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 01:38 (fourteen years ago)

there's only so much you can do off esmil rodgers

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 10 August 2011 01:40 (fourteen years ago)

just got roughed up in the third and left the game with a hand injury?

― mookieproof, Sunday, 14 August 2011 18:03 (fourteen years ago)

3-3 at the plate tonight, now has a 1.250 OPS on the season

― J0rdan S., Saturday, 27 August 2011 02:58 (fourteen years ago)

#flocka

― A Chuck Person's Guide to Mark Aguirre (Andy K), Saturday, 27 August 2011 03:00 (fourteen years ago)

five months pass...

His current Twitter avatar:

http://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/1841935332/l84QWPnf

― Andy K, Monday, 20 February 2012 23:52 (fourteen years ago)

one month passes...

to the O's minors, poor guy

― bnw, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:58 (fourteen years ago)

@jay_jaffe
Dontrelle Willis held LHB to .127/.169/.200 in 60 PA last year. Small sample, but good enough reason to keep giving him a shot. So hush.

― Andy K, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 15:27 (fourteen years ago)

one month passes...

AWOL Train

― Andy K, Monday, 23 April 2012 22:18 (thirteen years ago)

train in vain

― j.q higgins, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 01:16 (thirteen years ago)

two months pass...

...is fucking retired!

― omar little, Monday, 2 July 2012 22:03 (thirteen years ago)

one year passes...

signed by the angels, assigned to triple-a salt lake!

5-4, 2.57 in 14 starts for the long island ducks this year

― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 August 2013 19:25 (twelve years ago)

one year passes...

turns 33 today : /

― mookieproof, Monday, 12 January 2015 16:15 (eleven years ago)

That's pretty amazing.

― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Monday, 12 January 2015 20:01 (eleven years ago)

minor league deal with the brewers!

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 16:09 (eleven years ago)

wowwwwww

― Abstinence Hawk (frogbs), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 19:15 (eleven years ago)

BB/9 during last three seasons, since his last demotion, still extremely high.

― Andy K, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 19:31 (eleven years ago)

one month passes...

retiring ;_;

― mookieproof, Friday, 13 March 2015 17:28 (eleven years ago)

seven months pass...

and tonight he's back! (technical difficulties)

― pandit pran nathalie (sanskrit), Wednesday, 28 October 2015 01:20 (ten years ago)

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