Carlos Silva

by JeffS on May 4, 2008 11:18 PM PDT in The More You Know Comment 48 comments

A quick hit-and-run post during the intermission between the third and fourth overtime periods in Dallas:

	2007	2008
K%	11	10
BB/HBP%	5	6
Strk%	65	64
StS%	9	9
GB%	48	45
LD%	19	18
HR/FB%	8	9
tRA	4.86	5.00

Carlos Silva has basically been the exact same pitcher in 2008 as he was in 2007, give or take a few minor little things. He's been throwing the same pitches, he's been throwing about the same speed, and he's been getting the same results. And while he definitely got a few bad breaks this afternoon, you'd be hard-pressed to find a luckier ERA than Silva's 2.79 through his first six starts. It was completely unwarranted, and while it fooled a few people into believing that he'd become a new pitcher, it was the same trick Washburn pulled a year ago, when his ERA stood at 2.64 on May 11th. And we know how that one turned out.

Carlos Silva isn't horrible. He could easily become horrible if he loses even a fraction of his command, but for now he's an innings-eater with ~average run prevention abilities, and despite what some people might've had you believe, he's not going to be anything more than that. Today was a pretty good reminder.The goods are all right, but the bads can be pretty damn ugly.

Regression, as they say, is swift.

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Given that we're still tied for last place in the division

Jeff, have you had any luck trying to get the Mike Scioscia baseball-reference sponsor line scrubbed? It’s getting more embarrassing by the day.

by Jordan of Boise on May 4, 2008 11:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I forgot to ask about that

by JeffS on May 4, 2008 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think I might like hockey.

by JI on May 4, 2008 11:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Hockey is good

I’ve been out of it for so long though, I don’t know which team to cheer for, since Seattle has no NHL team (WHY???).

by Fin on May 4, 2008 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Aren't you supposed to follow the team that's closest to you geographically?

I thought that was the primary rule in fandom barring a valid exception. That’s why I’ve started to follow the Canucks! Who didn’t make the playoffs. And they’ve never won a Stanley Cup. Awesome.

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by Frosty Raptor on May 5, 2008 12:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Vancouver seems too far for me to consider that a home team.

I just never understood how NHL overlooked Seattle, especially when the Seattle Metropolitans won the Stanley Cup in 1919. So when your friends Seattle has only 1 championship, they actually have 2.

by Fin on May 5, 2008 12:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

David Stern has decreed that Key Arena is a disreputable venue

So I guess it’ll be quite some time before the NHL comes to Seattle (or Portland). Which is something I don’t understand. How does Nashville freaking Tennessee have a hockey team and not Seattle?

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by Frosty Raptor on May 5, 2008 12:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's the Key Arena

When they renovated last time, part of the deal was to make hockey friendly. That didn’t happen for a number of reasons and without an arena there will be no hockey in Seattle. Except for the T-birds

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by Edanger6 on May 5, 2008 12:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Rose Garden is hockey friendly

But with the NHL at 30 teams (and possibly considering contraction?), I doubt the North West will be getting a team anytime soon. So uh, go NorthWest Mega City Canucks.

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by Frosty Raptor on May 5, 2008 12:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

With DirectTV

Proximity is optional

Capitals, and M’s fan in Los angles.

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by Edanger6 on May 5, 2008 1:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think you have it backwards

They purposely made Key Arena unfreindly to hockey because the owner at the time (not schultz), didn’t want competition for winter sports in Seattle.

by Matthew on May 5, 2008 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The NHL can play at Qwest Field

Hockey should be played outdoors anyway. If only Seattle saw more snow.

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by Frosty Raptor on May 5, 2008 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That should be a new ule. Only outdoor hockey.

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by Llewdor on May 5, 2008 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That would be Barry Ackerley

and yes, I still hold a grudge.

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by pdb on May 5, 2008 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's my recollection too.

But the stupidity goes deeper. The WHA wanted to place a franchise in Seattle, but Seattle, said noooo, we’re holding out for big, handsome NHL to take us to the dance.

When the WHA folded, the strong franchises jumped into bed with the NHL. Seattle almost certainly would have been one of the survivors, based on size and (then, anyway) a fairly robust hockey tradition.

by Paytheline on May 5, 2008 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's an unfortunate outcome

but I don’t think you can blame Seattle for that one. The WHA did collapse after all.

by Matthew on May 5, 2008 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

But some of the WHA teams went on to do pretty well.

The Edmonton Oilers come to mind.

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by Llewdor on May 5, 2008 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I always forget his name

by Matthew on May 5, 2008 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

BTW, on Ackerley

Friend of mine just did a business deal with him. Said he was a true horse’s ass.

by Paytheline on May 5, 2008 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

problem with this theory

is the geographic rivalry issue. What if in 2011 Seattle does get a team? Vancouver is going to become it’s natural rival. So know you have to switch from rooting for the Canucks to passionately against them.

It’s why the idea of becoming a Portland fan after Seattle leaves the NBA is ludicrous to any actual Seattle basketball fan.

by Matthew on May 5, 2008 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Portland is a potential MLB City

I live in Oregon (no sales tax suckers) and I won’t start rooting for a MLB team when the Rose City finally gets one. I suppose I’d have to treat the Canucks the same way. All the more reason to move to Canada, I suppose.

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by Frosty Raptor on May 5, 2008 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

We'll never get an MLB team

The Portland area doesn’t have enough medium-to-big businesses that will be willing to pony up for corporate seats.

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by pdb on May 5, 2008 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's a silly rule.

I live in Vancouver, and I’m a Calgary Flames fan.

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by Llewdor on May 5, 2008 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Were you born/raised in Vancouver?

If you were, then that’s a little awkward, according to Bill Simmons.

Of course, I should be an Angels’ fan. But Griffey and Buhner were too freaking awesome.

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by Frosty Raptor on May 5, 2008 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

What's hilarious is that Jackson's sidebar... he bitched about it and the Hawks met the Steelers in the Super Bowl the next year

by seattlebruin on May 5, 2008 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Actually, I grew up nearer to Edmonton than anywhere else.

I had tremendous respect for the Gretzky Oilers (it’s a travesty that Glenn Anderson isn’t in the Hall of Fame), but I always supported the Flames.

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by Llewdor on May 5, 2008 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm out of teams to root for

):<

by JeffS on May 5, 2008 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I couldn't name more than a couple teams.

HD/widescreen does more for hockey than it does for anything else on television. I can follow action nearly as well as I can follow it at the game. I still don’t the rules, players, or the teams, but I enjoyed what I saw of the Pitt and the Dallas game today.

by JI on May 5, 2008 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm not a huge hockey fan (probably cause I was raised in WA)

but now I’m in the bay area and watched the Sharks game last night. Even though they lost it kicked a lot of ass.

by Edgar for Pres on May 5, 2008 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Regression, as they say, is swift.

Yeah, one game. Silva doesn’t fuck around.

Fans are typically idiots.

by The Typical Idiot Fan on May 4, 2008 11:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Only 3.8 years until the Silva contract is up.

by JI on May 4, 2008 11:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Game over.

This is when I cry.

by Paytheline on May 4, 2008 11:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

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by Frosty Raptor on May 5, 2008 1:07 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs

god yes

by JI on May 5, 2008 1:30 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Was this a failed reply?

...and now I'm here

by Librocrat on May 5, 2008 1:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

god yes

by JI on May 5, 2008 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I recently reread Dave's post on how Silva is a landmine.

And a bunch of people calling him crazy for thinking Silva would get anywhere near even 8 million, let alone 10. Then Matthew called them all idiots. That was an entertaining thread.

A few more games like this and I’ll win 1.50 from like 7 people. I was worried for a minute.

...and now I'm here

by Librocrat on May 5, 2008 1:31 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs