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ALCS Game 2 Open Thread

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Los Angeles Angels' Howie Kendrick dives in an attempt to catch a single by New York Yankees' Derek Jeter in the first inning of Game 1 of the American League Championship baseball series Friday, Oct. 16, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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3 months ago: Los Angeles Angels' Howie Kendrick dives in an attempt to catch a single by New York Yankees' Derek Jeter in the first inning of Game 1 of the American League Championship baseball series Friday, Oct. 16, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

Yikes, vacant thread is vacant.

Halos Heaven has a good thread going though.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 7:51 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

did you mean that to sound the way it came out? :D

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

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

Sidebar

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

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 9:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Damn

Aybar had a retarded jump there

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 9:23 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

saw that

Bah.

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

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

Nah

Just parabolic I’m sure

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

he does seem to have the crazy just by looking at him

I don’t really know why, but that’s how I feel. haha

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by allikazoo on Oct 17, 2009 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

so close ....

Crap. :(

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

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 9:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

come on, Vlad

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

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 9:38 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

C'mon Vladdy

that swing looked like Wilton!

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 9:38 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

AJB

is having a very Clayton Kershaw-esque inning

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 9:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

5 minutes OT, then to a shootout if no one scores.

Playoffs are full 20 minute OT periods, no shootouts.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

5 min overtime

And then a SO

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by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 17, 2009 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Canes did that yesterday with Pens

And we just lost one to Marty Brodeur. FML

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by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 17, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

What's wrong with Datsyuk?

I know him from the Dr. Rahmani commercials.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

missed the last two games

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

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

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

"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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

We have Wardo.

Be jealous. Be very jealous.

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by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 17, 2009 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

What?

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by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 17, 2009 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

Wait.

Are you rooting for them?

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

However...

If the Phillies win the NLCS, I will root for either the Yankees or the Angels, whoever wins the ALCS.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

As a Philadelphia native

I, for some reason, hate the Phillies (and Eagles). I’m weird, I guess. But those fans are so freaking obnoxious! I do love the Sixers, though.

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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.

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by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yep

at least that inning ending play was better

No Run Support

by allikazoo on Oct 17, 2009 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

that is too close together

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by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Morales says

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

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

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

CRAM IT HAWK

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

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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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

Oh don't get me wrong

Me, too. Just puts how good Polanco is into perspective.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Polly is a very sure-handed player

I wish him well in his future endeavors. As long as he stays the eff out of the AL Central

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed.

I don’t want it to be awkward wearing my only Tigers jersey.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

by StringTheory on Oct 17, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

perfect Yankee pitcher then

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

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Don't try to be a weatherman, Joe Buck

You are crappy at it.

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

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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.

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

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Man, a Lindstrom jersey sounds good

Not sure how long he’ll be around though.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

heh heh heh

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

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

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I want a Tigers jacket like the ones the players wear

But the only ones of those that I can find are pullover, and I want one that zips up all the way.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My boss has a zipup of those

I’ll see if I can find out where he got it

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Joba

Juuuuuuust a bit outside

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 10:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

lol

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

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

Sometimes

I am amazed that Vladdy makes contact with some of the garbage he swings at.

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 10:33 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Guerrero is philosophically opposed to balls

That’s the only explanation I can think of.

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

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

-1,000,000

for Joba and his fist-pumping histrionics

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 10:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

last time I tried to call them when I witnessed a fight going on at 3am

the dispatcher actually told me she needed the gate code. /facehat

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by allikazoo on Oct 17, 2009 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

the cops here are morons.

I feared for my life a couple times at my old complex which was ghetto as hell. the substation is a mile away and it’d take them two hours to show up for disturbances.

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by allikazoo on Oct 17, 2009 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

*there*

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

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

One of my roommates senior year kept borrowing the season DVDs from someone and watching them in our living room

The thing is, she’d watch, like, six episodes at a time and she’d have the volume all the way up, so even if I was in my room with the door closed I could still hear it.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The only joke I have ever found funny on Family Guy:

Peter: “Look, my Alpha-Bits are going oooooooooooooooooo”
Dog (don’t know the name): “Those are Cheerios, Peter.”

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

I like both

but apparently am in the minority here

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

Mo is going to FUBAR here

I just have a feeling about it…

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 10:57 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

I don't have a problem with Jeter

I have a problem with the MSM’s masturbatory fantasy with him.

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like Jeter fine

It isn’t his fault the msm sucks up to him so much.

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

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

so which one is Damon?

Dumb or Dumber? :D

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

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

Torii

swiings from the heels on that one

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 11:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

"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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

Grandy also got

Papelbon, Nathan and Jenks

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

Nathan vs. NYY

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

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Goose

Eck. Rodney….no, wait, not him.

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

bonus points for the handlebar

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by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i would take sutter....

The split was unhittable.

by rook34 on Oct 17, 2009 11:25 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

HAHAHAHAHAHA

OK, that made me laugh out loud.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Counterpoint to your counterpoint

Jim Thome is the spawn of Satan

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No he isn't

He just played for the spawn of Satan

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Spawns

he played for Cleveland, too

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

Freddy Guzman!

Former Toledo jettison.

by StringTheory on Oct 17, 2009 11:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

haha.

Forgive me, Rod.

by StringTheory on Oct 17, 2009 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Better get used it

We got at least 6 more games with these idiots

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 17, 2009 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

I'm just rooting for a long series.

I want to see below-freezing baseball.

by StringTheory on Oct 17, 2009 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

OMG

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

by ChrisDTX on Oct 17, 2009 11:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

and pickier than any other official has been the entire season

What bs.

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

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

yeah, but I think they lowered the volume

I can only hear it when things on tv quiet down. I’m pissed about that call though. such bs

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by allikazoo on Oct 17, 2009 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Interesting.

I think the best umpires should work the postseason every year. If some guys always work the World Series and others are upset they are left out, tough – do a better job next year and then you’ll get your chance.

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

by Baroque on Oct 17, 2009 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs