NLCS Game 1 Open Thread
by Ian Casselberry on Oct 15, 2009 7:45 PM EDT
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After a two-day break, the baseball playoffs resume tonight with the National League Championship Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers. This is a rematch of last year's NLCS, the first time that's happened since 2005. (That actually doesn't sound like that big a deal.)
Last year, the Phillies won in five games. This year, the Dodgers have home field. Will that make a difference?
The Game 1 starting pitchers are Cole Hamels for Philly and Clayton Kershaw for L.A.
The Good Phight and TrueBlueLA are your SB Nation sites to follow this evening.
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it was starting to feel like there’d never be a game again!
by MackAveKurt on Oct 15, 2009 7:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
MLB was trying to build momentum
In the most stupid way possible.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
MLB took the Tigers route
Squandered. They could have had Tuesday and Wednesday to themselves, and due to the rigid TV contacts they decided to just blow it.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
I don’t know what I’m gonna do when the World Series is over
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not even going to watch the game but HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!
by wepri31 on Oct 15, 2009 7:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
hello there
What you doing, that you not watching the game with us? :(
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh I'm at the computer, just not watching the game
teams i don’t care about and whatnot
by wepri31 on Oct 15, 2009 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd like to vote for this as the most hilarious moment of the postseason so far
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 7:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
hurdling is fun!
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Two switch hitters at the top of the order.
What a luxury.
by StringTheory on Oct 15, 2009 8:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The ALCS is going to feature a ridiculous number of switch hitters
I believe the Yankees have four and the Angels have five.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Interesting.
The Dodges have two hitting coaches.
by StringTheory on Oct 15, 2009 8:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I wonder why? Maybe it helps to bounce ideas off each other.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hello
I am feeling quite accomplished. I’m done with exams until November, I was able to get a Tuesday lab section for next semester, and I FINALLY got part one of my season review done and posted.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
getting done with exams is always fun
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Those sort of look like the cheddar biscuits at Red Lobster.
by StringTheory on Oct 15, 2009 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
they are more biscuit-y than most scones, actually
I wussed out and didn’t use the seeds in one of the jalapenos. kinda wish I had, they aren’t that spicy at all.
by allikazoo on Oct 15, 2009 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
my boss isn't going to be my boss much longer
He’s retiring at the end of November.
One of my coworkers (we have identical hire dates, oddly enough) interviewed and got the promotion to his position. He’ll do a great job, I think.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think I could tolerate my job without my boss
I’d also probably be close to being fired, as he and I have a good, hilarious dynamic (meaning he lets me slack off too much). :)
by allikazoo on Oct 15, 2009 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's why I'm so glad that my coworker got hired
We get along very well, and have a good working relationship already. I’d rather that than try to figure out how best to deal with an entirely different boss.
Especially if he was a “looking over shoulder” kind of person. I like to be left alone to do my work – don’t badger me, don’t give me empty praise – just let me do my job and make sure the paychecks don’t bounce, and I’m fine.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
hello, Ms. Alli!
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Helloooo
I’m trying to get some homework done with the game on because fall break starts tomorrow and I’m going to Toronto with a couple of friends, so I’m guaranteed not to get any work done over the long weekend.
by kendra.michelle on Oct 15, 2009 8:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm really excited
one of the friends who’s accompanying me LOVES Canada. No one is really sure why, because she’s never actually been there, but she does, so she’s really pumped to actually go there.
by kendra.michelle on Oct 15, 2009 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've been to Canada twice, Toronto once
(I was sixteen). It’s a really nice city. All the people we met were really friendly.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
one of my internet-turned-real-life friends is hanging at true blue LA
username HarperMD. he lives in san francisco. hehe
by allikazoo on Oct 15, 2009 8:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
should we say hi for you? :D
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
By the way, this probably won't come into play at Dodger Stadium (or at the Big A, for that matter)...
But if it happens to be cold in either Philadelphia or New York, you guys will be happy to know that the Polanco hood is still an option for players:
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 8:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Polly still looks better with it.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That is true
Polly’s probably the only guy who can get away with it, as a matter of fact. Everyone else looks quite silly.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, I really like this guy, but this is not a good picture of him
I just happened to find it while looking for that photo of Dexter Fowler jumping over Chase Utley.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't mean it as a insult to his character;
he just can’t rock the hood. He looks silly.
by wepri31 on Oct 15, 2009 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, no, I totally agree with you
I actually find him to be rather attractive. The hood definitely does him a disservice. I don’t even remember him wearing it in that game. He certainly wasn’t wearing it while he was batting. And you can’t see it that well with this image size, but I swear he’s wearing it inside-out.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have to say "Lefty Loney" to
distinguish Kemp and Loney in my mind. They seem so similar.
by StringTheory on Oct 15, 2009 9:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
dude, totally
I’ve always thought the same thing. get them mixed up all the time
by allikazoo on Oct 15, 2009 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Evening all.
Kershaw has one filthy hook.
by rook34 on Oct 15, 2009 9:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Did he just call Randy Marsh one of the best in baseball?
by rook34 on Oct 15, 2009 9:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Don't take this the wrong way...
But I sincerely hope you heard that wrong.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I heard the same thing
arghhh
by kendra.michelle on Oct 15, 2009 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
bull ****ing sh**
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I tried to warn the people at TrueBlueLA about him
But my comment got lost in the shuffle.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They know now.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I about threw up.
Usually I only do that when Miner is pitching.
by rook34 on Oct 15, 2009 9:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Who do the Dodgers have besides Kershaw and Padilla?
by StringTheory on Oct 15, 2009 9:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What happened to Billingsley?
I know he struggled near the end of the season, but you’d think he’d at least be in the conversation. Unless he’s injured and I don’t know about it?
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chad Billingsley's from the same town that I went to summer camp as a kid
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm convinced it's an inside joke at this point.
Surely any other production crew would have told him to stop by now.
by StringTheory on Oct 15, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would suggest turning that into a drinking song, but we'd all die
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
even if it was just water
We’d all pee ourselves into oblivion.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I get home and turn on the tv, and that's the first thing I heard
I groaned
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by ahtrap on Oct 15, 2009 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh shit.
had a feeling that was coming
by allikazoo on Oct 15, 2009 9:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Walked the pitcher with nobody out.
That’s a whole new kind of Leadoff Walks=Pain.
Get on the phone, Joe.
by rook34 on Oct 15, 2009 9:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't think Hamels got the memo...
…about how the Phillies were supposed to be so good at taking the extra base….
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by ahtrap on Oct 15, 2009 9:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
ARE WE FISTING?!
Been listening on my phone. Some random guy was doing the Dodgers broadcast for the first three innings, then the normal guys came on. It was weird.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 9:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
We sure are
And you were probably listening to Vin Scully. He does the radio broadcasts for the first three and last two or three innings of postseason games.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Never identified himself, figured it was someone extremely veteran as he knew everything about everyone.
Kind of weird.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
vin scully called te game in "for the love of the game" if that helps
by allikazoo on Oct 15, 2009 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just saw the "heavily abridged" version of that movie recently
“Heavily abridged” because I got it from the library and the DVD was all scratched up. I liked the baseball parts that I saw, though.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
well, someone has to say it
rick wouldn’t have choked. :(
by allikazoo on Oct 15, 2009 9:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Rick also would have had 2 RBI singles by now.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
that he would :)
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
Seriously.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Clayton :(
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 9:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Okay, Joe
pull him. This ain’t working.
by kendra.michelle on Oct 15, 2009 9:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Come on, Clayton.
Please.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 9:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Dammit. :(
Waited too long, Joe.
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by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 9:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
that's what you call a crappy inning
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by ahtrap on Oct 15, 2009 9:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I didn't see the Ruiz homer coming,
but that certainly was predictable.
by StringTheory on Oct 15, 2009 9:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Only 9 dings all season
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Unfortunately, Clayton Kershaw looked more like Andrew Miller that inning
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 9:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
haha.
I wonder if he (Miller) will ever get it together.
by StringTheory on Oct 15, 2009 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If not in the first half of 2010
Then I don’t expect it to ever happen. It’s just about do-or-die time for him.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I flipped over to the Wings game for a moment
by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 9:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
that's why I'm not watching
They have been playing bad enough, and now without Franzen and Datsyuk the last thing they need is me yelling at them to stop sucking. :)
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I turned it back on and they scored
WHAT DO I DO NOW
Hopefully if I turn the NLCS back on, the Dodgers will take the lead.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man the Red Wings gamethreads bite.
I love you guys.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 9:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Nevermind
Saw it above
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not sure why that reply hit this comment
Whatever, should be obvious I still love you all
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
what's funny
Is that I used to just watch games alone, or with family or a few friends.
Now I watch them with a large group of fun people and it enhances the experience immensely. :)
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I used to watch alone as well
And I didn’t know what to expect when I first came here (I know how jaded Tigers fans can be, and I have a tendency to take things personally that I shouldn’t). But you guys are f***ing awesome.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
awwwww ...
//HUGS
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How'd the Dodgers runner get to second?
Double, single/steal?
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 9:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
leadoff double
Keep watching! They may hit a homer soon!
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Worked!
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yay for rally vegetables!
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
GONE BABY GONE
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 10:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
we have a ballgame!
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by ahtrap on Oct 15, 2009 10:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I am so thrilled that I don't have to hate Jim Thome anymore
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Crap, I keep thinking it's Friday
I still have school tomorrow. And work. And some idiot decided to start the Dodgers game tomorrow at 4:07, so I won’t see any of it.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 10:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Adios Cole
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 10:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
TrueBlueLA has a rally Vin Scully
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 10:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
why didn't we think of that?
We coulda used a Rally Ernie a time or two late in the year
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by ahtrap on Oct 15, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am so tempted to post rally penguin
But I’m afraid it might not work, and poor little penguin will get blamed. :(
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Honestly...
how is Bon Jovi still employed?
by rook34 on Oct 15, 2009 10:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
he went country for a while?
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by ahtrap on Oct 15, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is not an answer.
Should have gotten him killed off faster.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
and then he came back, and people thought he was fresh again, perhaps
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by ahtrap on Oct 15, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He seems "cool" to the old white guys in charge of baseball?
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by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who is the third guy in the booth?
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by ahtrap on Oct 15, 2009 10:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
No clue
Trying so hard not to hear them. Unless it’s talk about fisting.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK Durbin, blow up.
Prove to me why we dumped you.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 10:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Does Porsche actually have to advertise?
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 10:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
they just have to get someone to buy a porsche in every city
I saw a white one drive down my block and I about ran out to chase it
by MackAveKurt on Oct 15, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, you live in the sticks.
Move to a real town ;)
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
don't make me spend an hour trashing east lansing
where I couldn’t walk down the sidewalk without bums asking for money or sticking their heads out of dumpsters
by MackAveKurt on Oct 15, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
When were you here again?
Never seen that in my five+ years here.
Though I did see Willie the Can Man at a bar.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
2001-2003
they were constantly asking for money when i’d walk around downtown EL. “Got bus fair? can you spare a buck so I can get something to eat?” The dumpster diving took place pretty much anywhere though. And of course, someone got shot to death in the 7-11 parking lot between Michigan and and Grand River.
by MackAveKurt on Oct 15, 2009 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Weird.
Nothing like that in my time here.
And that 7/11 isn’t anymore, it’s a “24/7” that doesn’t sell booze and is therefore forgotten.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i didn't even tell you about the bank robberies
I remember one on Saginaw near Abbott. I think lansing’s crime problems must have been overflowing.
I don’t know if a lot of students spent much time on Saginaw though, so I was jsut sticking to the campus area. Maybe they do now. All those fancy ass apartments a few miles past it on Abbott were in their first year or still being built when I moved.
by MackAveKurt on Oct 15, 2009 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I lived in one of those last year
Fucking hellhole now. I live with grad students and professors now. So much nicer.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I lived at Abbott and Burcham
also a hell hole. I pimp and his whore were looking for johns in the hallway. soon after we got security cameras. Hell of a town, EL was.
by MackAveKurt on Oct 15, 2009 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
are you sure you aren't talking about Baltimore? :)
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by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
But you would have had to mention gunshots if you were. :(
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by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That makes you sound like a dog.
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by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
well, I know he works here
so here goes … for the Dodgers, penguin!
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by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 10:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
LOAD EM UP
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 10:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I THINK EVERYONE IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES WOULD ENJOY A FREE BASE
by allikazoo on Oct 15, 2009 10:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
heck, I'm not in the major leagues and I would enjoy a free base
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by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I volunteered to catch the ninth inning for the Indians in a blowout once
Does that count? ;-)
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Because showing us a closeup of Thome's foot will prove that it hurts?
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 10:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
there are little cartoon "pain lines" emanating from it?
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by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Carlos Quentin had the same thing,
and he had to wear giant poofy shoes.
by StringTheory on Oct 15, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why remove Thome?
Dude ain’t scoring from there on anything but a homer anyway.
by rook34 on Oct 15, 2009 10:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What the hell?
Play. Nice music selection, a little triple H.
by rook34 on Oct 15, 2009 10:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Bases loaded...
brings back bad memories.
by rook34 on Oct 15, 2009 10:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Son of a BITCH
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 10:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Also, die in a fire rally penguin
(Kidding)
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe penguin only works for the Tigers
Or, like Randy Wolf, he didn’t have his spikes on.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
squander
sad face
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by ahtrap on Oct 15, 2009 10:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
that JA happ is mighty cute
I would not mind seeing him in an old english D, he has potential too
by allikazoo on Oct 15, 2009 10:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
You will now dream about Jonathan Broxton.
No one to blame but yourself.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I said much the same thing about Carlos Gonzalez over the weekend
I’m hoping that one of our prospects experts can give me some legitimate baseball reasons for doing so.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Unfortunately, I'm not much of a prospect guy
Wonder if Kurt is still kicking around.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't even understand the question
by MackAveKurt on Oct 15, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Basically, does Carlos Gonzalez have potential?
He sure looked good in the NLDS, but was that just a fluke?
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh he does have a future, for sure
he was oakland’s #1 prospect before being traded for matt holliday, arizona’s top prospect before going to oakland for danny haren. he’s been a star at every minor league stop, basically.
He got on base at a fairly decent clip, had consistent power in the minors.
by MackAveKurt on Oct 15, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good
I knew nothing about him prior to the NLDS and I decided I liked him very early on. I’m glad there’s substance to it. (Actually, I found out later that he was with Oakland last year and batted cleanup in a game I went to, but I don’t remember him at all). Of course, as impressed as I was with him, I was getting very jealous that he wasn’t wearing an Olde English D.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Will you guys remind me again why you got so worked up about that “Tiger Beat” crack I made yesterday?
by Ian Casselberry on Oct 15, 2009 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
that was classic!
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by ahtrap on Oct 15, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I missed that one
So I got nuthin
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just don't want to be IN the Tiger Beat contingent
I couldn’t stand those girls when I was in high school. But I’d like to able to make jokes about it.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice
I can finish the Maggs review with a ton of baseball on in the background.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 10:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Via Jason Beck on Twitter
That Craig Sager suit nearly knocked me off the treadmill.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 10:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Buck Martinez, Ron Darling, Chip "Fisted" Caray
Are the three voices in the booth.
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by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 10:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Let's put it into perspective, though
Very shortly we’ll have to deal with Joe Buck and Tim McCarver
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know :(
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can handle Joe,
but McCarver is a little annoying.
by StringTheory on Oct 15, 2009 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can't stand the way he says "Brett Myers"
It’s like he goes out of his way to be overly twangy.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
//plans to steal earplugs from dispenser at work
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by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m so jealous of that sound effect.
by StringTheory on Oct 15, 2009 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did hitters always put pine tar on their helmets?
Or did the Angels start that trend?
by StringTheory on Oct 15, 2009 11:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Varies hitter to hitter
At least as long as I can remember.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know, but I think it looks awful
I’m glad our guys don’t do it.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
two straight leadoff walks = more badder
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by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
3-run HR after two straight leadoff walks=Much, much badder
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's sweet sweetback's song level badness
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by ahtrap on Oct 15, 2009 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
some (mostly) fun reading
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_World_Series
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by ahtrap on Oct 15, 2009 11:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
since, you know, the Dodges just seems to have given the game away
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by ahtrap on Oct 15, 2009 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
*Dodgers
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by ahtrap on Oct 15, 2009 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Remember when everyone seemed to think the Phillies were crazy for signing Ibanez?
by Ian Casselberry on Oct 15, 2009 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
//heavy sigh
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by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
he was safe
but that’s cool they got the out, i guess
by allikazoo on Oct 15, 2009 11:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That was a dumb thing to say
“We’re gonna see some baseball in this series”
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 11:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
REALLY?!?!?!?!?
THAT’S WONDERFUL! I THOUGHT THEY HAD CHANGED THE WORLD SERIES TO A CURLING COMPETITION WHEN I WASN’T LOOKING!
//bangs head on desk in frustration with mindless blather
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by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
and now the Dodgers are breathing again
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by ahtrap on Oct 15, 2009 11:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
TBS is just a bunch of unprincipled sluts.
So quick to throw themselves at men.
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by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We have much more self control
I don’t care what Ian says :-)
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've got this thread and the TrueBlueLA thread up at the same time
I just know I’m going to post something in the wrong thread at some point
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 11:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
so do I
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by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
well, we're not two timing them over here, talking crap or anything like that
should be safe, we’re all on the same side this series
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by ahtrap on Oct 15, 2009 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
true
But that comment about curling would have gotten a big “wtf?” from them for sure. :)
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by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
would have been fun trying to explain
it’s this game you play on ice, but you don’t use skates, just brooms. Oh, and rocks.
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by ahtrap on Oct 15, 2009 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't get the rules at all
But I will watch it on television sometimes just because I find it intriguing.
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by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have not been paying attention, who is this batting
by allikazoo on Oct 15, 2009 11:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
One of the funniest comments of the night on TrueBlueLA
(Backstory: One of the Dodgers hit a long fly ball that was just foul and had HR distance)
Where is Christopher Lloyd when you need a damn foul pole moved???
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 11:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Someone actually replied that exact same thing
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wasn't looking there, I swear. :)
I saw that movie way too many times as a kid.
by StringTheory on Oct 15, 2009 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
so did I
Rot-your-teeth sweet, but sometimes you need that.
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by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Same here
I was 12 when that movie came out. I haven’t watched it since sometime in high school, though. When I was 13 I saw a movie called “Tiger Town” that must’ve come out sometime in the ‘80s. It’s basically the exact same plot as “Angels in the Outfield” except it’s the Tigers and instead of angels, the kid just wishes really, really hard. Roy Scheider was in it and apparently Sparky Anderson and Ernie Harwell played themselves (I did not know who either of them were when I was 13, though).
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's what the response was
Figured he was busy getting prepared for tomorrow. :)
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by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Aaaand here we go folks
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 11:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh, God
I was trying to tell the Dodgers fans that “Manny is swinging WAY too hard” and I ALMOST said “Miggy is swinging WAY too hard.”
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 11:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
this stupid pothole thing cracks me up
by allikazoo on Oct 15, 2009 11:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think it's mostly because I actually know people that talk like that
by allikazoo on Oct 15, 2009 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice.
Did you change the recipe at all?
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
nah, followed it closely
I’m terrible at baking so I rarely tweak new recipes. haha. I used the two jalapenos, I seeded one and left the seeds in the other. I could have left all the seeds in. they aren’t that spicy
by allikazoo on Oct 15, 2009 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
not the pothole commercial
I swear, whoever came up with these things must have failed every drug test there is.
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by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 11:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I turned them down in favor of some Iron Maiden
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by ahtrap on Oct 15, 2009 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
how sad that I get all nervous every time a ball goes to LF
and it’s not even my freaking team anymore
by allikazoo on Oct 15, 2009 11:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I've felt the same way all postseason
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by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
fear conditioning
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by ahtrap on Oct 15, 2009 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
we are the rat in the cage
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by ahtrap on Oct 15, 2009 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow, Dodgers fans talk about Shane Victorino with the same venom that we talk about Nick Punto
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 11:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
agh it's already 11 here
I MISS COMERICA START TIMES
by allikazoo on Oct 15, 2009 11:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It's nearly midnight here, and I have to be up at 6 AM
And yet, I am still up, even though it’s not my team
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Me too!
Go us!
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Welcome to post-season commercial breaks.
by StringTheory on Oct 15, 2009 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ugh yeah good point
i guess they might be a bit longer, which seems ridiculous
by allikazoo on Oct 15, 2009 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
By the way, we all know that Randy Marsh has antagonized Tigers fans
He’s now equally antagonized Dodgers fans
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 11:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm guessing if we checked in on teh good phight, they probably feel the same way
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by ahtrap on Oct 15, 2009 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh man bring lidge in, he's due to blow one
by allikazoo on Oct 15, 2009 11:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Going to be hard now
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
was it just me, or did SBN just take a dump?
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by ahtrap on Oct 16, 2009 12:08 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Apparently, there was a "firewall adjustment"
Sorry, people.
by Ian Casselberry on Oct 16, 2009 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would have never thought Belliard likes the song One.
by StringTheory on Oct 16, 2009 12:09 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
U2 or Metallica?
or other?
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by ahtrap on Oct 16, 2009 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ballgame
See you tomorrow for both games, folks.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 12:10 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'll be around for a bit of the early game
got a friend’s Dirty Thirty Moustache Party at night…oughta be interesting….but when someone hits the age of 30, and wants something like that, you play along
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by ahtrap on Oct 16, 2009 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I work 4-9, so I'll miss the entire Dodgers game
I’ll probably be home for the second half of the Angels-Yankees game.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
stupid paying job getting in the way of baseball
But I’ll be around as soon as I get off work. Here’s hoping for fewer walks for the Dodgers tomorrow.
(And far less Randy Marsh, too.) :(
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by Baroque on Oct 16, 2009 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Would he back behind the plate for a potential Game 7?
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by ahtrap on Oct 16, 2009 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh, god
That would be a nightmare. Maybe we will all be lucky and he will come down with raging gastrointestinal distress right before the game and will be back to 100% health 30 minutes after it is all over.
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by Baroque on Oct 16, 2009 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
or maybe an hour afterwards
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by ahtrap on Oct 16, 2009 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, maybe I can put my studies to good use
Surely there must be some pharmaceutical, although spiking his coffee with some sort of sedative might be easier.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
well, good night (or morning) everyone
Talk to you all tomorrow.
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by Baroque on Oct 16, 2009 12:19 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Ha
David Wells is complaining about Randy Marsh’s strike zone
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 12:24 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I noticed that
Wells is an awful booth guy though.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh man, 6 AM's gonna come awful early
Good night, if anyone’s left.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 12:26 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Thought I'd get a comment in on this open thread.
and everyone is leaving when I do it.
YESSS!! MY TIMING IN IMPECCABLE.!!!
My Music: Some Sorta Giant
by madpoopz on Oct 16, 2009 12:58 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
you win
no, I WIN!
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by ahtrap on Oct 16, 2009 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, I win.
Suckers!
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