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ALCS Game 2 Open Thread

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The Angels didn't make a good showing of themselves in Game 1 of the ALCS, losing 4-1.  Will they rebound to look more like the team expected to give the Yankees a challenge?  Or do the Yankees take a 2-0 series lead out to Anaheim?

The Game 2 starting pitchers are Joe Saunders for the Angels and A.J. Burnett for the Yankees.

Halos Heaven and Pinstripe Alley are your SB Nation sites to follow this evening.

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FROST!

First, whatever.

Really hoping for an Angels win today.

Shamless plug: My Ordoñez review is up.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 7:32 PM EDT reply actions  

Oh, I ate too much

My mom made chicken paprikash for my dad’s birthday. I hope everyone else’s evening is going well.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 7:40 PM EDT reply actions  

Haven't had dinner yet

Pickings are slim around here, not sure what I’m going to chow on just yet. My girlfriend made a huge batch of chocolate and peanut butter chip cookies today, so that’ll be in my future.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

BTW

I had to Google what chicken paprikash was, and now I really want some. Jealous!

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

Just so you know, my family is NOT Hungarian

Mostly German and Irish (with a little bit of Swiss, Native American, and British mixed in). Tony Packo’s is supposed to have good chicken paprikash, but my mom’s is MUCH better.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'm still here

I’ll be bouncing back and forth between rooms though. My parents and my personal baseball guru (who is actually a friend of my dad’s, but we kind of regard him as an uncle) are watching the third Harry Potter movie, followed by The Producers.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'm still here

I’ll be bouncing back and forth between rooms though. My parents and my personal baseball guru (who is actually a friend of my dad’s, but we kind of regard him as an uncle) are watching the third Harry Potter movie, followed by The Producers.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

Crap

Not sure how that happened. The site died on me.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

There are some really weird fans over at Halos Heaven

Some guy screaming that Chone Figgins is worthless, refusing to acknowledge that he helped get them there.

Does he need to produce better? Sure, but it’s not time to throw him under the damn bus.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 8:17 PM EDT reply actions  

Even better

Got called a troll when I tried to argue against him.

Well, enough out of that place. One bad apple.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

Watching Red Wings tonight mostly.

And they are actually playing very well – for a change this season. :P

I’ll be around more during the Dodgers game tomorrow, as that series interests me more.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 8:35 PM EDT reply actions  

I wish the future would hurry up

Aren’t we supposed to have USB ports or something implanted in our skulls to blog by the power of thought alone at some point? :D

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'm actually watching Mad Men right now

Got the game up via GameDay. tracking the Halos thread too, lightly.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

Sports Night

I’ve got the NASCAR race, Wings game, Angels/Yankees game and Alabama/South Carolina set as favorites on my cable box, and I’m just cycling.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 8:54 PM EDT reply actions  

noooooo I didn't

I should specify I will immediately replace it with another shirt.

but it seems no matter what I do they aren’t so great!

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by allikazoo on Oct 17, 2009 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

Come on, you stupid Angels. Score some runs for goodness sakes.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 9:14 PM EDT reply actions  

AJB is nasty tonight

And the Angels offense has looked much like the Tigers so far this series

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 9:18 PM EDT reply actions  

Looks like some folks are around now

I’ll tune into the baseball game once the Wings game goes final. 4:30 to play, Wings up 3-2.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 9:18 PM EDT reply actions  

Sidebar

Hook ’Em Horns. OK, now back to baseball.

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 9:19 PM EDT reply actions  

That was an unexpectedly good game earlier

Watched that more than I watched Michigan State/Northwestern. I was THIS ][ close to applying to UT Austin, but didn’t, so they have a soft spot in my heart.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

Damn

Aybar had a retarded jump there

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 9:23 PM EDT reply actions  

Red Wings 3-3 Avs

Bastards tied it up. 1:14 left in regulation.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 9:25 PM EDT reply actions  

saw that

Bah.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

Admittedly, I don't watch hockey

But it seems like the Wings haven’t done that well, so far. Too bad.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

They've had a lot of changes since last year

Integrating new players takes time in any sport – and already they have had some key injuries, both in the season and in the preseason.

After 82 games I think they’ll be alright.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

When Franzen blew out his ACL I teared up a little. One very tough player to lose for most of the year.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

yup

He got bumped early in the game, but stayed in scoring a goal and finishing it out, then the next day he was sore, they checked out his knee, and he needed surgery. Out until March.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

Seriously, though

they have mics on all the bases, so I’m sure it’s second base picking it up

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

I know ESPN did that

They’d always turn them up when a pitcher threw over to first so you’d hear more dirt crunching. I wasn’t sure if Fox did it or not.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

Burnett seems rattled here

the Halos would behoove themselves to score some more here.

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 9:29 PM EDT reply actions  

That's the theory

AJ is somewhat of a head-case, so the Yankees brass is trying to uncrazify him by starting Molina

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

Hmmm

My baseball guru has a cat named Molina. Not sure if she’s named after the catchers, though.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

so close ....

Crap. :(

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 9:32 PM EDT reply actions  

Wings headed to shootout

They were leading 2-0 after two periods, and now they’re doing this thing. Ugh.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 9:36 PM EDT reply actions  

god, I hate the skills competition

Not going to watch – it’s a parody of hockey. :(

The game is like that, though – a bad line change and there’s a goal. They had good effort throughout the game, which is good. I can deal with that.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

come on, Vlad

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by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 9:38 PM EDT reply actions  

C'mon Vladdy

that swing looked like Wilton!

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 9:38 PM EDT reply actions  

In case you were unsure

Wilton is Vladimir’s other, ungood brother

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

Wilton

That does not sound like a baseball name. :)

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by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

AJB

is having a very Clayton Kershaw-esque inning

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 9:40 PM EDT reply actions  

Tangent

AJ threw my all-time favorite no-hitter. 9 walks! It’s hard to throw a no-hitter an maintain a 1.00 WHIP

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

What was the final score of that game?

If it was close (like 2-0 or something), I’ll bet the manager was having a heart attack the whole time.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

How do they decide when to do overtime and when to do a shootout?

Sorry, I’m not that knowledgeable about hockey. I also know that it’s possible for the game to end in a tie.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

5 min overtime

And then a SO

President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.

by David Tokarz on Oct 17, 2009 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

actually, ties are now banished

At the end of regulation, they play five minutes of sudden-death overtime. If there is no winner after that, they go to a stupid shootout.

It was one of the rules after the owners locked out the players and cost an entire season – the theory was that fans “deserved” a win or a loss.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

Canes did that yesterday with Pens

And we just lost one to Marty Brodeur. FML

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by David Tokarz on Oct 17, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

barf

Not having Datsyuk hurts there. But Anderson played an excellent game.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

missed the last two games

Upper body injury – some reports have it as a shoulder.

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by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

Didn't think missing Datsyuk was going to be an issue

It shouldn’t have been an issue. Until crap like that happens.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

"Upper body injury"

aka “something is wrong and we don’t want to disclose it”

I hate that an injury can be classified like that in the NHL.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

No idea why that came down here

Y’all are smart enough anyway.

Angels better win. At least my NASCAR fantasy is going well.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

I don't mind

Especially after Franzen came back from his head injury and Gary Roberts went right at him with en elbow. I just like to know the approximate severity.

Don’t tell me “day to day” when you already know it’s going to be “week to week,” for instance.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

also, Osgood isn't all that great at shootouts

Oddly, many of the best goalies are crappy at that. I don’t think Brodeur is very good, I know Luongo is awful at it.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

Truth.

I’m also over Osgood. Howard doesn’t inspire me.

That might be the Detroit hockey fan mentality though: we’re incredibly tough on goaltenders.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

I like Osgood fine in actual hockey games

And at some point they have to give someone like Howard a chance. It’s just that when a goalie makes a mistake, he doesn’t have a linemate to cover for him, so dealing with the growing pains of a rookie is really stressful.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

We have Wardo.

Be jealous. Be very jealous.

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by David Tokarz on Oct 17, 2009 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

What?

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by David Tokarz on Oct 17, 2009 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

not really

Goalies are strange, strange creatures. They remind me of closers in some ways.

One can suddenly come out of nowhere, set the league on fire, stop everything in sight and gain a reputation as a sure thing, winning a big contract – and a year or two later he can be total crap that can’t stop a beach ball or strike out a 90-year-old grandmother.

Odd thing to have such wild variation from one year to the next.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions  

they are a little bit

A good goalie can do some things to control the pace of the game, freezing the puck for a stoppage in play or moving it along if his team is doing well, and communication with the skaters is very important.

I think of closers because of the obvious nature of the mistakes of each. It doesn’t matter if a closer comes into a game with one out and the bases loaded, protecting a one-run lead – if he gives up a hit that scores a couple runs, it is HIS FAULT that the team lost because it is HIS JOB to get the save – whatever it takes. A goalie has to stop the puck no matter what, even if the team is playing crappy defense in front of him and he has no chance on the goals. It is still HIS FAULT that the goals were scored.

Of course rational fans accept that no one is perfect and sometimes something bad is going to happen, no matter how good a player is – but the reactionaries in both sports are quick to place blame in the most obvious place.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

I think I know where I got that from

A couple years ago, I read an article where Pudge was talking about catching Andrew Miller. He said he sometimes felt like a goalie because neither he nor Miller knew where the ball was going.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

I am, however, jealous

Of the Capitals. Ovechkin is such an explosive offensive talent. Fun, fun player to watch.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

By the way, your random pharmaceutical fun fact of the night:

In Venezuela, Prevacid is known as Lanzol.

I learned that in lab the other day.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 9:47 PM EDT reply actions  

I don't

But if it’s any consolation, you guys are making me feel real dirty for not hating them :-)

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

Are they really playing "Handlebars" by Flobots?

At Yankee Stadium? Wow, someone isn’t listening to lyrics.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 9:51 PM EDT reply actions  

Nice end of the inning.

But next time, I’d appreciate a little bit more speed on that double play there. :)

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 9:56 PM EDT reply actions  

I hate this stadium

Remember the game where A-Rod hit the freaking pop-up HR off Verlander for the 2-1 win (er, loss). What a joke. Sorry, I’m still bitter.

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 10:00 PM EDT reply actions  

I guess a billion dollars

Doesn’t buy as much room as one might think. Nice little bandbox they have there.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

I can't think of a commercial series I hate more

than the damn AT&T “save your minutes” crap. Shut up. You’re annoying, nobody likes your service.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 10:03 PM EDT reply actions  

FWIW

I hate watching 2 games when both are at commercials. Pet peeve.

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 10:03 PM EDT reply actions  

Yeah, that too.

NASCAR has saved me from that a few times tonight, but I imagine I’m in the minority here.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

lovely crappy defense

At least Detroit waited until the final series of the year after a long layoff before forgetting how to play defense properly – and they weren’t as good all year. The Angels don’t have that excuse.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

yep

at least that inning ending play was better

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by allikazoo on Oct 17, 2009 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

I just don't get it.

They were supposedly good at D this season. Numbers coming up.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

they said something about fourth in the league

But they have been incorrect in their ramblings before.

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by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

Accurate

The only defensive stat the MSM knows is fielding percentage, so I’ll give that to him.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

Owch, Figgins.

He’s got a horrible baseball name.

Chone = Choke.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 10:05 PM EDT reply actions  

that is too close together

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by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

Joe Buck

thanks for pointing out that that ball was going to stay in the park. You’re doing a great job, buddy.

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 10:07 PM EDT reply actions  

Morales says

“Fine, you go ahead and suck, Chone. I’ll show you how to properly play defense!”

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by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:08 PM EDT reply actions  

It's weird, too

Figgins is just slightly better than Inge in most defensive stats.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

but he's being crappy in the playoffs so everyone notices

Unfortunate timing for him.

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by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

CRAM IT HAWK

No real reason for saying it. Just that wherever he is, Hawk can cram it.

by rook34 on Oct 17, 2009 10:11 PM EDT via mobile reply actions  

Phil Coke

seems like a made-up name to me. The kind of name you check into a hotel with when you are going to indulge in illicit activity.

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 10:11 PM EDT reply actions  

Miguel Tejada would like to have a word with you.

102 DP turned to Aybar’s 96.

I guess the Astros don’t make much of a big impact though.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 10:13 PM EDT reply actions  

Not starting next season.

I’m working on resigning myself to a Polanco-less future in Detroit.

It’s not going well.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

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by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

E4

Nope, not ringing a bell. I thought that was like the 13th floor of a hotel – the number just gets skipped.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

You guys will love this

The folks over at Pinstripe Alley are referring to Cano as “The Ninja”

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 10:14 PM EDT reply actions  

accurate

See, Cano – even your own fans think you look silly.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

He looks more like a swat team member than a ninja.

by StringTheory on Oct 17, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

hahahahahaha

Cano boots it and lets Struggling Chone Figgins reach first. :D

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:14 PM EDT reply actions  

Thought so

Wonder what happened to him. I also wonder what happened to Jordan Tata. I watched the 2006 Opening Day on the MLB.tv archives once, and they were hyping him up almost as much as Verlander and Zumaya.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

Guzman finished 2009 with AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Yankees system) and Jordan Tata didn’t play in 2009 after ending 2008 with our Florida State and Gulf Coast Leagues.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

Tata pretty much gave up the game

Looks like he played for some Canadian team in 2009, got released in July.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

OK I don't think Burnett should've tipped his cap there

it’s a fucking tied game and you weren’t exactly Bob Gibson out there.

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 10:15 PM EDT reply actions  

Whatever, let him do it

So he doesn’t go insane and start killing everything he sees.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

That's part of his game

Lefty takes his time, screws with baserunners.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

and walks people?

I can deal with that.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

That's what I thought!

When Aybar did that little hop and walk back to 1B, Buck goes “Coke almost catching him…” when it was clear that Aybar was fucking with him because Coke was looking straight at him

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

perfect Yankee pitcher then

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by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

Don't try to be a weatherman, Joe Buck

You are crappy at it.

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by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:21 PM EDT reply actions  

Which Tigers jersey should I get next?

I need to come to terms with the reality that Polanco won’t be with the team next season.

I need a new jersey.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 10:22 PM EDT reply actions  

Granderson

is signed thru 2013. Or you could get a Cabrera jersey with the number .26

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'd say Verlander

Inge is too easy.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

Don't look at me

I only have a Pudge jersey. I keep thinking of getting a Verlander jersey, but I’m afraid he’ll get traded or something shortly thereafter, and jerseys are expensive. I am still looking for a Verlander t-shirt, though.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

I find the best tactic is to get a jersey of a retired player

so Kaline, Gibson, Whitaker, Trammell etc. are good choices. You don’t have to worry about them changing clubs…

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

Not a bad idea

Get a retro jersey. Then I’d feel bad about wearing it once or twice a week.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

got a kaline 68

And a Tram 84. That will be it for me.

by rook34 on Oct 17, 2009 10:37 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions  

I have no jerseys

I don’t think I even have any Tiger t-shirts yet, either.

A couple Wings shirts from their last two Cup wins and a fantastically warm hooded sweatshirt. I think I’ll ask for a Tiger sweatshirt for Christmas.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'd get Lidstrom if I got anyone

He might be the only athlete that I’ve ever really had sort of a crush on. Always been my favorite.

Although if I could find a Datsyuk for the Russian national team, that would be sweet. Also I’m sure very expensive.

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by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions  

heh heh heh

Yahoo fail, NHL fail – still underappreciated after all these years. :)

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by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

Joba

Juuuuuuust a bit outside

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 10:28 PM EDT reply actions  

lol

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by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions  

Seriously

wash that fucking thing. I don’t need to look at sweat stains here.

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

that isn't a necklace!

Joba is wearing a curtain tieback around his neck!

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:30 PM EDT reply actions  

I remember the first time I saw Joba Chamberlain

It was at Yankee Stadium in 2007, and he completely blew away Sheffield, Maggs, and Guillen. It was absolutely terrifying seeing those three guys look completely helpless.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 10:30 PM EDT reply actions  

could I get joba to come over here

and throw some balls at the douchebag blasting terrible rap from his car in the parking lot next door? ugh

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by allikazoo on Oct 17, 2009 10:31 PM EDT reply actions  

I hate that.

I love where I live now. However, my quiet upstairs neighbors are moving.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

I love my apartment too

the place next door is kind of ghetto, so that’s where most of the annoyances are coming from since the a-holes downstairs and across from me left.

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by allikazoo on Oct 17, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

Guerrero is philosophically opposed to balls

That’s the only explanation I can think of.

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by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:34 PM EDT reply actions  

seconded

Goddam freaking Yankees.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

-1,000,000

for Joba and his fist-pumping histrionics

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 10:35 PM EDT reply actions  

I hope he stays in the rotation,

and gets plunked in inter-league play sometime.

by StringTheory on Oct 17, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

That image is going to tick off a bunch of old fart Yankees

I remember when Joba first showed emotion on the mound, and a bunch of them started whining and bitching about it.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 10:35 PM EDT reply actions  

so so stupid

And I can’t believe this game is still going on. It’s already gone on forever and I bet it still has at least an hour because of the pitching changes that are sure to come.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

Shit

game 2 of the NLCS Charlie Manuel pulled a LaRussa and used 145 pitchers in the 8th inning. Interminable.

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

I don't even know what it is

But I do know I’ll never order it from there.

I’d marry the $.89 chicken burrito if I could.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

It's Fox

They have to suck up to their sports overlords. :(

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

and OT hockey

Phoenix is leading Boston 4-1 after two periods. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:41 PM EDT reply actions  

oh, they could be a good team

I just laugh at them doing well after all the off-season bs. If the team is going to be moved after this year I just hope they make the decision and do it so the players know where their kids will be going to school and whatnot.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

sounds like the NHL would be stupid (er, ok) to keep them there

Attendance was like a D1 college last night. They’re just fighting the market, I don’t know why they bother.

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by Kurt Mensching on Oct 17, 2009 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

Hockey should not be played south of Indiana/Ohio.

No one plays hockey down there, no one cares. You get a few lucky markets (Dallas, San Jose) but for the most part no one cares.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

can't disagree, I've thought much the same

California seems to be able to support its teams. I’m always shocked at how many Californians like the sport. Though it’s probably just midwestern or northeasterners.

Which, of course, is probably why there’s teams in Phoenix and Florida.

Still I don’t like it. I want Hartford back.

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by Kurt Mensching on Oct 17, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

No kidding.

Also, do we really need two Florida teams? With the Thrashers right there?

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

why do we need Atlanta, period?

But of course, if you’re looking for a team to support, their GM does have a lot of ties to Michigan.

I know this because he used to donate Thrashers stuff to my school.

Very nice man

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by Kurt Mensching on Oct 17, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

Agreed

Just thinking aloud. I know Bettman actually said the word “contraction” in the off-season and people damn near crapped their panties over it.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

I think there could be a lot of success in non-traditional markets

But they would have needed to be added slowly instead of thrown all over wherever someone paid the expansion fee. Maybe a couple at a time, every three or four years, and wait until the new teams were somewhat established before putting in new ones.

And get rid of the salary cap and replace it with a luxury tax. I think it would be a lot more fair for all the teams no matter what the revenue.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

because the NHL is run by moronic baboons

If they had any chance to make a go of it in that market before, the relocation talk has completely poisoned the town for it.

The problem (well, one, anyway) is their lease is a total disaster, they can’t possibly be profitable with those conditions, and the town isn’t going to modify it because what municipality is going to actually do anything to reduce its available funds in an economy like this?

What they need is someone who wants to have the team in Phoenix, has the finances to wait out the bad times and eat the losses for a few years before they become profitable, and doesn’t just want the team as the centerpiece of a real estate scam development. And I doubt that such a creature exists.

The Coyotes are just screwed.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

Oh, I know Bettman is a moron.

He was the least successful of David Stern’s subordinates, and I swear to god he was sent to destroy hockey.

I feel for the few fan Phoenix does have, it sucks for them. Sucks for the players. It’s a shit situation.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

and he looks like a troll come to life

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

I wonder if the time for their strategy hasn't come and gone

The idea of getting a big national television contract, I mean. It didn’t happen, it isn’t going to happen, and if the league had any brains at all, they would get heavily into making games available on the internet – and not for that insanely high charge for their package, either.

A lot of fans are used to watching the games on the computer as it is just out of necessity.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

update because you care

now instead of the car just sitting there blasting crappy music, there’s like 5 douches gathered around it talking. dumb.

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by allikazoo on Oct 17, 2009 10:44 PM EDT reply actions  

if it's still going on past 10 I will

the problem is, that place is gated and I don’t know the code or the number of the building. so they prob won’t bother going.

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by allikazoo on Oct 17, 2009 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

any chance their could be gunshots?

That would get the cops there in a hurry.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

*there*

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

I hate when I do that.

Originally typed the topic as “I ahte when I do taht.”

Typos for me, too!

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I like to eat my lunch in the student lounge at the student union because it's close to my next class

However, there a grill place in the lounge, and one of the women working there thinks we all want to listen to really loud crappy rap music because almost every time I’m there, she walks over to the sound system and turns it on.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

My baseball guru just left

He’s happy about the Jeter home run (apparently his favorite current Yankee—favorite player all time is Mickey Mantle), and his parting comments were an “I-told-you-so” about the Phillies only having Pedro Martinez go seven innings when he’d only thrown 87 pitches.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 10:46 PM EDT reply actions  

If I were a Yankee fan

the Mick would be my favorite of all-time. Followed by Chuck Knoblauch. No, wait, not him.

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

The rate of new Family Guy episodes...

…controls how fast I get American Dad! episodes. Family Guy has sort of fallen off, but I love me some AD!.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions  

I like both

but apparently am in the minority here

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

And the Jeter apologies begin already

“they wouldn’t have turned two” my ass. Fuck off McCarver. Go pleasure yourself to 1996 World Series highlights.

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 10:55 PM EDT reply actions  

heh heh

Is it really that hard for them to accept that no athlete is perfect, and everyone gets an error once in a while?

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

Shouldn't he pleasure himself at our expense?

As in, 2006? He WAS with the Cardinals and he’s seemingly never forgiven us for 1968, after all.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

Dammit Aybar

Oh, and by the way…“Jeter with his 19th postseason HR”…“the Yankees with two errors”. Seriously, this Jeter exceptionalism is freaking annoying. How many postseason errors does God, er, Jeter have Joe Buck?

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 11:01 PM EDT reply actions  

I don't remember Jepsen throwing that hard

Then again, the Tigers didn’t see the Angels THAT often, and the series were spaced really far apart.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

I do not like Damon

He seems like such an airhead to me.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 11:07 PM EDT reply actions  

NO WONDER

IF WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT EVENTUALLY IT WILL START FALLING AND WE WILL BE SEEN AS METEOROLOGICAL PHOPHETS! LOOK AT OUR PREDICTIVE POWERS TO PREDICT RAIN (aided in no way be the Doppler radar screen that we kept showing earlier).

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

Verizon, that's some horrible marketing right there.

Just about no one cares about a removable battery. If that’s your selling point on a phone, you’re already fucked.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 11:11 PM EDT reply actions  

Sort of glad Rivera is in

Get him out of the game now, because this thing is going extras.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 11:11 PM EDT reply actions  

If we had money,

I’d be wanting to sign Abreu for next season.

by StringTheory on Oct 17, 2009 11:13 PM EDT reply actions  

I have an idea to get money

We should alternate (all of us commenters, I mean) announcing games.

We have a more highly developed vocabulary.
We don’t suck up to anyone.
We know more about baseball than they do (at least some of us – the rest can google stuff with the best of them).
And we don’t pause between every two words so it takes 85 seconds to get a single sentence out.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

Torii

swiings from the heels on that one

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 11:15 PM EDT reply actions  

"What. A. Game."

SHUT THE FUCK UP. THE GAME ISN’T OVER. AT LEAST COMMENT ON THE STRIKEOUTS AS THEY HAPPEN, YOU HACK.

RAAAAAAAAGE

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 11:16 PM EDT reply actions  

so am I

The only reason I’m awake right now is you guys, actually. :)

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

Jesus Cristo

Mariano Rivera throws ONE PITCH! Why is it so hard to hit?

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 11:16 PM EDT reply actions  

I don't remember Papelbon

I do remember the others, though. The Jenks one is pretty impressive, because there was one point where Grandy was, like, 0-for-8 with 7 Ks against him.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

C. Granderson J. Papelbon Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Avila Scores

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

Ah

I would’ve seen that, then. I just don’t remember it. I DID not see the “good” part of that game due to being at work.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

I have to imagine part of it is

that hardly anyone throws a cutter. Maybe that explains Lyon’s turnaround.

by StringTheory on Oct 17, 2009 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

There really is Mariano Rivera

then everyone else, when it comes to closers.

He’s why so many fans think their team’s closer sucks.

Bless You Boys

by Ian Casselberry on Oct 17, 2009 11:17 PM EDT reply actions  

Nathan vs. NYY

not so much. Top closers: Rivera, Nathan, Soria

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

among modern one inning closers...

He is the best, though he doesn’t need the help he got last inning. I would rank sutter and fingers ahead of him due to the fact that they routinely threw multiple innings.

by rook34 on Oct 17, 2009 11:22 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions  

If one of them WAS gonna hit a walk-off, I would rather it be Teixiera

A-Rod just doesn’t seem like an ideal storybook hero. I wish Fox would quit portraying him as some down-on-his-luck rags-to-riches story.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 11:21 PM EDT reply actions  

OK irrelevant statistic watch

A-Rod has 67 HR vs. the Angels. Thanks, Joe. Did you know that Pat Burrell just KILLS the Expos?

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 11:23 PM EDT reply actions  

OK, countpoint

isn’t that the same thing tigers fans think about Jim Thome?

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by Kurt Mensching on Oct 17, 2009 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

Irrelevant

if you get more AB against a certain club, it stands to reason you’ll have more HR. A-Rod played many years in Seattle and Texas so you would imagine he’d have a shitload of HR against LAA and OAK

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

but they just help you heal faster!

They don’t REALLY help with baseball skills, because that isn’t strength, that is hand-eye coordination and stuff that steroids don’t help.

//end snark

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

Didn't say it wasn't

The combination of Burrell/Expos caught me off-guard.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

the point in this exercise

was pointing out how irrational fans can be toward certain opponents. Such as say, Thome.

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by Kurt Mensching on Oct 17, 2009 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

Please

refer to him by his given name – The Speedy Freddy Guzman. Thank you.

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

Huh

I feel really stupid about asking about Freddy Guzman now. I missed the part where he was on the roster.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 11:25 PM EDT reply actions  

well, as a possible positive

It might increase my tolerance for idiocy so I don’t want to throttle one of my coworkers.

Several of us at work just refer to him as “the moron.”

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

I don't want the Yankees to win.

I REALLY don’t want Guzman to be the winning run.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 11:27 PM EDT reply actions  

Difference between closers

Rivera is a guy you bring on with two runners on, and you need an out.

Fuentes is the closer you bring on at the beginning of an inning, with no runners on.

Bless You Boys

by Ian Casselberry on Oct 17, 2009 11:28 PM EDT reply actions  

i do find it strange....

That no one has ever even opined about Riveras performance improving over the years and him never having a bad season.

by rook34 on Oct 17, 2009 11:29 PM EDT via mobile reply actions  

I didnt even realize its the 10th now

woo, bonus baseball? I wish I really cared about this game but I don’t for some reason

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by allikazoo on Oct 17, 2009 11:31 PM EDT reply actions  

Yankees suck all the joy out of baseball

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

Free baseball is free baseball

don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. Also, did you ever notice that Teixeira looks kind of like a horse? So don’t look Mark Teixeira in the mouth.

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

ha

he’s one of the few yankees I don’t hate

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by allikazoo on Oct 17, 2009 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

OMG

they are talking about fucking fisted!!!!!!!!! Fuck you Chip Caray

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 11:34 PM EDT reply actions  

AND WELL YOU SHOULD APOLOGIZE!

Get a dang thesaurus, you vocabulary-challenged loser.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 11:34 PM EDT reply actions  

Man

Angels just can’t catch a break.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 11:34 PM EDT reply actions  

it's the only way we are staying awake

The game is so dull we need to amuse ourselves.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'd like to think

that the whole “fisted” jag that they just went on was in response to the multitude of internet jokes about Chip Caray’s overuse of said word. You know, a subtle rip at the other network…

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 11:37 PM EDT reply actions  

I wish they were that clever and subtle

But I doubt it.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

Not every game that goes to extra innings in the playoffs is a gem.

This one I’m finding rather dull. And also far too long.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 11:38 PM EDT reply actions  

Are you fucking kidding me?

I’ve seen that exact same thing happen 1,000,000,000 times and it is NEVER called. And now they do it in extra innings of a fucking playoff game? Give me a damn break.

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 11:46 PM EDT reply actions  

I remember one game that the Tigers played against Oakland where it wasn't called

The call went in the Tigers favor, as both runners ended up being safe, but they still lost the game

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

Every middle infielder in the sport does that!

Seriously, the officiating this postseason has been dreadful.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 11:46 PM EDT reply actions  

Eh.

Not really. At least a tight strike zone will (most likely) be consistent.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

but if an ump has a tight strike zone he always has a tight zone

This is doing the same thing that has been okay all season long, and then all of a sudden it isn’t okay anymore. At least if an ump is known to have a tight zone the pitchers and batters can adjust and probably know ahead of time. No surprises.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

scosc should have come out of the dugout

With the gatorade cooler and thrown it. That is how ridiculous that was.

by rook34 on Oct 17, 2009 11:49 PM EDT via mobile reply actions  

umps bailed out big time.

Still absolute horseshit. MLB has a major problem with the umpiring.

by rook34 on Oct 17, 2009 11:52 PM EDT via mobile reply actions  

I've been snacking on granola bars and crackers

Thinking that at some point this game has to be over.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

Just to show how long this thread/game has lasted
Oh, I ate too much

My mom made chicken paprikash for my dad’s birthday. I hope everyone else’s evening is going well.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 7:40 PM EDT

Bless You Boys

by Ian Casselberry on Oct 18, 2009 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions  

Hey, give me a break

I’ve had wine, and alcohol makes me really foggy. Y’all should feel lucky I’m not trying to argue with you right now :-)

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 18, 2009 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions  

Wrong.

I don’t appreciate that blown call in the first damn place, whether it factored in or not.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 18, 2009 12:00 AM EDT reply actions  

heh

The late game on Hockey Night in Canada has 14:30 left in the third period.

It started at 10:00 pm.

I’m thinking it might end before this game does.

Also, YAY ANGELS!!!!

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 12:02 AM EDT reply actions  

I wish I got CBC.

I’m only in East Lansing, not like I’m 500 miles from Canada.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 18, 2009 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions  

I like it especially for the late game

Vancouver and Minnesota tonight. 9:30 to go in a 2-1 game.

I’m betting it will end before this baseball game, easily.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions  

I am more anti-excited by the Yankees

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions  

I have too much nostalgia about the Yankees

I HATED the Braves when I was a kid. When you’re 12 years old, you don’t understand things like payroll. I just wanted someone to beat the Braves. I would much rather have had the Tigers do that, but they were never in the postseason when I was a kid.

Besides, my favorite Tigers keep getting traded to the Yankees.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 18, 2009 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions  

out of 100 tries....

Damon never makes that play. Biggest yankee weakness.

by rook34 on Oct 18, 2009 12:02 AM EDT via mobile reply actions  

noodle arm

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions  

No kidding

I don’t have to watch the damn NFL tomorrow for once; I’m working solo.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 18, 2009 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions  

recover now...

And keep it out of the wind tunnel.

by rook34 on Oct 18, 2009 12:13 AM EDT via mobile reply actions  

Who else sees no other runs this half inning

And the game going on and on and on?

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 12:13 AM EDT reply actions  

is that just for the playoffs?

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions  

are there MLB rules....

Prohibiting incompetent umpiring? Those are being ignored.

by rook34 on Oct 18, 2009 12:17 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions  

I wish every sport had those

But alas, ’tis but a fantasy.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions  

what a game

goodbye productivity tonight

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by handsomerob1 on Oct 18, 2009 12:19 AM EDT reply actions  

we get it

he caught the ball in the rain

confuckingratulations

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by allikazoo on Oct 18, 2009 12:21 AM EDT reply actions  

but don't you get it Alli?

It’s so hard to see it coming with the water and all. Yet somehow he managed.

Seriously, someone needs to storm the pressbox, muzzle these idiots and stage a broadcasting coup.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions  

when your sport is dictated by a tv network...

This is what happens. Someone will either get hurt or someone will make a horrendous error.

by rook34 on Oct 18, 2009 12:23 AM EDT via mobile reply actions  

Someone will either get hurt or someone will make a horrendous error.

I am so hoping ARod for both.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions  

dude?

how many guys are in that bullpen?

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by allikazoo on Oct 18, 2009 12:25 AM EDT reply actions  

I saw some game once (not the Tigers)

…where one team was making a ton of pitching changes, and the opposing team’s broadcasters made a joke about how that team’s bullpen was “like a clown car; you open the door and another pitcher pops out”

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 18, 2009 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions  

lol

I’m so tired that is probably far more hilarious than I should have found it.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions  

for the Wolverine faithful

replay of today’s game on Big Ten Network at 12:30. Repetitive, but less commercials.

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by handsomerob1 on Oct 18, 2009 12:27 AM EDT reply actions  

Why are you guys playing Delaware State at this point in the season?

Really confused by that. Not quite sure what that’s supposed to mean for your rankings, strength of schedule. You done with non-conference finally?

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 18, 2009 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions  

UM had an open date, and needed/wanted to schedule a 12th game.

Bless You Boys

by Ian Casselberry on Oct 18, 2009 12:29 AM EDT up reply actions  

I’d get my ass kicked for half a million dollars

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by handsomerob1 on Oct 18, 2009 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions  

Yep.

I was listening to an interview with the Montana State coach earlier this year (Mich. State opened against them) and he flat out said “We’re here for the money. This is over half our athletic budget this year.”

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 18, 2009 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions  

I think so

the NCAA started requiring 12 games in a season a few years ago so they’ve been scheduling teams last-minute for the last few years (App State, Toledo, etc.). I don’t like seeing it either, but I’m not in charge.

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by handsomerob1 on Oct 18, 2009 12:30 AM EDT up reply actions  

Well, Big Ten anyway.

Big Ten is always going to be a garbage football conference until they implement a damn playoff and act like a real conference.

That’s for another thread though.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 18, 2009 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions  

it's why I don't like the BCS

the win is more important than who you play.

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by handsomerob1 on Oct 18, 2009 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions  

Well, that's it for the late hockey

YAY ANGELS!

Now do something useful with this.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 12:30 AM EDT reply actions  

one more guy!

dude looks like he wants cookies out there

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by handsomerob1 on Oct 18, 2009 12:31 AM EDT reply actions  

aaaaaarrrrrgggggghhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!

It’s a zombie game.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 12:34 AM EDT reply actions  

agreed

though to be fair i’ve only watched since the 10th

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by Kurt Mensching on Oct 18, 2009 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions  

+1

been watching since the 8th and haven’t been too entertained so far. other than the Tarantino-like replay on A-Rod’s home run

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by handsomerob1 on Oct 18, 2009 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions  

I've been barely watching

and concentrating on the conversation here.

If I had no one to talk to I would have turned it off an gone to bed a while ago.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions  

yup

Vancouver beat Minnesota 2-1 with the winning goal courtesy of one M. Samuelsson.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions  

he hit the net?

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by handsomerob1 on Oct 18, 2009 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions  

apparently

He does score goals – he just requires a heck of a lot more shots than anyone else to do it.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions  

but seriously

He drove me nuts, but I liked him anyway and hope he does well in Vancouver.

I told the fans to be patient with his droughts, but he’s a decent player and they don’t need to worry about him working hard and checking.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions  

haha!

I root against the Wild extra now just because they’re from the same place as the Twins!

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by Kurt Mensching on Oct 18, 2009 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions  

so do I

And I think they only have one win so far. Not a good start.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions  

I've been bored for the most part

I missed jeter’s home run though, which was probably the hit of the century or something

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by allikazoo on Oct 18, 2009 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions  

If I ever see these two guys in person

I might punch them both right in the teeth. Then I’ll need to take up a collection for bail money.

But it will be worth it.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 12:37 AM EDT reply actions  

I'll throw in $50

only if there are pictures of them post-punch though

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by handsomerob1 on Oct 18, 2009 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions  

thanks guys

For an encore I may kick Gary Bettman in the nuts, too. :)

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions  

you can't put a price on that

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by handsomerob1 on Oct 18, 2009 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions  

0 for 5

Due?

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by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 12:44 AM EDT reply actions  

last year

I would have walked Teixiera in this situation and pitched to A-Rod. Not now.

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by handsomerob1 on Oct 18, 2009 12:44 AM EDT reply actions  

Tebow

Jeter’s at least getting paid to do this

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by handsomerob1 on Oct 18, 2009 12:45 AM EDT up reply actions  

I don't watch the college pregame crap

But from what I hear, Tebow. Simply because Jeter is that good and he is a class act.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 18, 2009 12:45 AM EDT up reply actions  

AND

he’s from Michigan

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by handsomerob1 on Oct 18, 2009 12:46 AM EDT up reply actions  

Tebow

At least Jeter is a professional.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 12:46 AM EDT up reply actions  

yeah,,,,

But the breathless descriptions of jeter groundouts are just nauseating. He aint that good.

by rook34 on Oct 18, 2009 12:50 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions  

I'm completely torn.

I want this game to end quickly, and I want the Angels to win.

These are conflicting ideas.

2100 Woodward and Twitter

by john.kmiecik on Oct 18, 2009 12:45 AM EDT reply actions  

^ ^ ^ Agreed

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 12:45 AM EDT up reply actions  

THROW. A. STRIKE.

Or give up a dinger, I don’t care anymore.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 18, 2009 12:47 AM EDT reply actions  

11:47:02 PM Allison Hagen: this has a-rod grand slam heroics written all over it
11:47:18 PM ian casselberry: I’d be shocked if the Yanks don’t win it here
11:47:21 PM Allison Hagen: me too
11:47:23 PM Allison Hagen: blerg
11:47:27 PM ian casselberry: oops
11:47:44 PM Allison Hagen: yay, we jinxed them?

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by allikazoo on Oct 18, 2009 12:48 AM EDT up reply actions  

nicely done

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by handsomerob1 on Oct 18, 2009 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions  

whoops

Make them pay, Angels!

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 12:50 AM EDT reply actions  

I'm shocked I haven't yet

I have before but caught it and corrected it before hitting post so far.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 12:53 AM EDT up reply actions  

I think they've realized

this game isn’t as good as they keep saying, so they try to keep us tuned in somehow

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by handsomerob1 on Oct 18, 2009 12:55 AM EDT up reply actions  

we need a trapdoor between....

The yankee dugout and the mound. Next visitor goes bye-bye.

by rook34 on Oct 18, 2009 12:57 AM EDT via mobile reply actions  

okay, if this game goes to the 14th

I am seriously going to bed. This is ridiculous.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 12:57 AM EDT reply actions  

I work at noon

I’m literally the only guy in the building. I can sleep all day at work if I want.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 18, 2009 1:00 AM EDT up reply actions  

I'm in college

what’s sleep?

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by handsomerob1 on Oct 18, 2009 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions  

Hey, I'm in college too

I’d sleep 20 hours a day if I could, baseball for the other 4

2100 Woodward and Twitter

by john.kmiecik on Oct 18, 2009 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions  

same here

I’ve been working on a report for the last 3 hours… sorta.

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by handsomerob1 on Oct 18, 2009 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions  

I'm in pharmacy school

Unfortunately, I have 8 AM classes almost every day

Next semester, though, my earliest class is at 9:30, and on Fridays I don’t have class until 1:00

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 18, 2009 1:03 AM EDT up reply actions  

need overflow?

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions  

Well, I'm not the bloggy overlord!

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions  

bets on when Ian fell asleep?

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by handsomerob1 on Oct 18, 2009 1:03 AM EDT up reply actions  

Me either!

Ian’s around, don’t think it’s such a big deal.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 18, 2009 1:03 AM EDT up reply actions  

Is it moving slow for anyone?

I was thinking it’s working fine. But maybe at the 900 mark, I’ll post a new thread.

Bless You Boys

by Ian Casselberry on Oct 18, 2009 1:04 AM EDT up reply actions  

I'm still good

I’ve switched computers now. I DID learn earlier that my method for fixing “stuck” comments on my laptop results in double posts on another computer.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 18, 2009 1:06 AM EDT up reply actions  

so has this game

especially when they change pitchers every pickoff move

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by handsomerob1 on Oct 18, 2009 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions  

i'm eating some funky tiramisu cookies

I should prob check the ingredients and make sure there isn’t actually coffee in them

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by allikazoo on Oct 18, 2009 1:01 AM EDT reply actions  

they tarintinoed

A 6-3 routine grounder that jeter made. Absurd. I give up.

by rook34 on Oct 18, 2009 1:01 AM EDT via mobile reply actions  

I really need to be quicker on the mute button when the

“there’s nothing you can do that can’t be done” song/commercial starts.

by StringTheory on Oct 18, 2009 1:03 AM EDT reply actions  

the magical text message to win back his girl

Is so sappily disgustingly stupid.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 1:04 AM EDT up reply actions  

done with cookies

which went surprisingly well with whiskey

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by allikazoo on Oct 18, 2009 1:04 AM EDT reply actions  

I am starting to not care if the Yankees win now

Just because the game will be over.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 1:06 AM EDT reply actions  

Well at least it's over.

Stupid Yankees.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 1:08 AM EDT reply actions  

Wow.

That ended in spectacularly horrible fashion.

Angels fans, we know how you feel tonight.

2100 Woodward and Twitter

by john.kmiecik on Oct 18, 2009 1:08 AM EDT reply actions  

We were on the other side of that, though

We won on an error. I don’t think we ever lost a game on an error.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 18, 2009 1:10 AM EDT up reply actions  

I'm off folks.

Gonna watch some trash animation, eat cookies and go all sugar coma.

2100 Woodward and Twitter

by john.kmiecik on Oct 18, 2009 1:09 AM EDT reply actions  

wow...didn't expect this game to still be going

I get home, turn the TV on, and see the Yanks win 30 seconds later…shoulda just gone to bed

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by ahtrap on Oct 18, 2009 1:11 AM EDT reply actions  

with so many errors it's tough to win

And they keep squandering their opportunites, especially when their best hitters are up.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 1:13 AM EDT up reply actions  

+1

that and I am just glad it’s over

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by allikazoo on Oct 18, 2009 1:13 AM EDT up reply actions  

believe it or not

You didn’t miss much. It wasn’t that interesting, despite the attempts to convince the viewers that it was.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 1:12 AM EDT up reply actions  

goodnight everyone

I do not think that ARod has anything to day that is of interest to me.

See you tomorrow for game three from Philadelphia.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 1:11 AM EDT reply actions  

//crashes

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Oct 18, 2009 1:13 AM EDT reply actions  

It's weird...I thought I'd be all for the Angels, but I really don't care about them right now

Think I’ll stick to the NL, hopefully the Dodgers bandwagon, regardless of who comes out of the AL.

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by ahtrap on Oct 18, 2009 1:16 AM EDT reply actions  

just heard one of the studio guys say that Vlad Guerrero left 8 on himself

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by ahtrap on Oct 18, 2009 1:21 AM EDT up reply actions  

you're right

forgive me, I have had a couple beverages and looked at the wrong column, haha. my instinct was right!

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by allikazoo on Oct 18, 2009 1:22 AM EDT up reply actions  

I've had a beverage too

Wine. And I hate wine. But it was my dad’s birthday. Usually I get mean when I drink too much, but that’s not the case right now, cuz I’m still loving you guys, even though I’m not really rooting for the Angels.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 18, 2009 1:24 AM EDT up reply actions  

Ack

But I AM writing sentences that are really long and don’t make much sense.

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