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ALCS Game 6 Open Thread

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New York Yankees' Derek Jeter, manager Joe Girardi and Alex Rodriguez watch the last group hit during batting practice Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 at Yankee Stadium in New York. The Yankees are scheduled to play the Los Angeles Angels in Game 6 of the American League Championship baseball series on Saturday. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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28 days ago: New York Yankees' Derek Jeter, manager Joe Girardi and Alex Rodriguez watch the last group hit during batting practice Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 at Yankee Stadium in New York. The Yankees are scheduled to play the Los Angeles Angels in Game 6 of the American League Championship baseball series on Saturday. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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After a rainout last night, the Angels and Yankees resume the ALCS this evening at Yankee Stadium.  The Angels ensured we wouldn't go nearly a week without postseason baseball by winning on Thursday night.  Can they push this thing to a Game 7?  And if so, will John Lackey start that game?

First things first, of course.  Tonight's starting pitchers are Joe Saunders for the Angels and Andy Pettitte for the Yankees.

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Hard to find the stupid channel for the stupid game.

Go Angels!!!!

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 8:12 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

and then, of course

There is still nothing but talking empty heads in suits. :(

Hint, people – NO ONE CARES HOW MANY GAMES YOU THINK THE SERIES WILL GO!!!! WE JUST WANT TO SEE BASEBALL!!!!!!!!!!! NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh, and hello, everyone

I hope the weekends were all good.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 8:16 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

sorry

I heard it was a bit painful. My condolences.

At least they didn’t get completely overwhelmed like the Wolverines did, right?

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Despite all my UM rooting (growing up and living in Ann Arbor), I actually attended Iowa.

Bless You Boys

by Ian Casselberry on Oct 25, 2009 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My dad grew up in Iowa

And my parents met when they were going to small colleges in Des Moines.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

This I know

But I know where you sleep now.

(Well, the area anyway.)

2100 Woodward and Twitter

by john.kmiecik on Oct 25, 2009 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Muy bueno.

(Or something like that.) :)

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed

I’d rather not be up all night watching this thing.

2100 Woodward and Twitter

by john.kmiecik on Oct 25, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think they need to implant electrodes in the mound

If the pitcher throws over to first more than two times before pitching home, he gets a shock.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Opponents hit .280 against him and he's 4-2?

Why are people acting like he’s The Answer to closing out a series? You play 14 years for the Yankees, sure you’re going to have a lot of series-clinching wins. It’s almost like saying Brett Favre is the best QB ever because he’s thrown the most touchdowns.

2100 Woodward and Twitter

by john.kmiecik on Oct 25, 2009 8:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I was at my parents today

Using their washing machine, and I thought my mom was going to reach through the television screen and try to throttle Brett Favre. She thinks he’s such a drama queen and nothing special and HATES the man-crush that all the announcers seem to have on him.

She laughed quite evilly when he threw an interception. :D

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hee hee

I’m not sure my mom even knows who Brett Favre is, but I sure can’t stand the universal media mancrush on him.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 25, 2009 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

And she isn't a violent woman

But the constant sucking up ticks her off something fierce. She has a very low tolerance for brown-nosers.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

my dad got a black jack taco the other night

he said it sucked. and he normally likes taco bell (for reasons I will never understand).

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by allikazoo on Oct 25, 2009 8:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

what made it black?

Food coloring in large quantities? Toxic black mold?

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was just going to comment on Pettite's no-hitter

So much for that. He is still pitching a SHUTOUT, though.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 8:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

BAD VLAD!

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 8:41 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

The 3 trends in the postseason:

1. Crappy umpiring
2. Struggling closers
3. Bad baserunning

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 25, 2009 8:42 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

What's the deal with the mohawks recently?

Ever since the Rays last year, they show up all over the place

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 25, 2009 8:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

maybe

It is the “official lucky haircut” of MLB.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Come on, Angels.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:00 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Mathis has been something else this series.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:06 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Ha

Aybar’s helmet looks like it doesn’t fit him anymore

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 25, 2009 9:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

bugs are stupid

I’m trying to catch it in a plastic box so I can take it back outside, but it keeps bouncing around the inside of the lampshade instead of getting away from the light bulb.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:10 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

You’re being infinitely more compassionate than I would.

by StringTheory on Oct 25, 2009 9:11 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

two things

1 – It isn’t in a conveniently squashable location. I have a few things on the table under the lamp that I don’t want to risk breaking; if it was on the wall I’d have a shoe on my hand in a second and it would be flattened.

2 – I don’t recognize it and I don’t want to squash it if it’s going to stink afterwards.

If this was a standard run-of-the-mill spider, I would not rest until it was dead. :)

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Big hanging curveball.

Pettite must have missed his HGH dose.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 9:12 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

unfair!

Remember the HGH is just for healing injuries. He only used it for rehab, NEVER for performance enhancement!

And assume there is an “alleged” in there a couple times, too.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Another reason to despise the Yanks.

The fact that they get a total pass for their legion of PED users.

I’d list them all, but why?

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

easier to list the suspected non-users

Jeter I don’t think has ever been tied to it, even by whispers.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yup. Never even suspected.

I’m rather amazed Rivera hasn’t been though. Getting better with age is at least interesting.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

If he were a fastballer for sure he would be suspect

With him it is at least plausible that he has technique to thank. And they have become very careful about his innings as he has gotten older, too.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No one's had as many as the Yanks.

It’s now a right of spring. Which Yank gets busted next?

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

There is certainly an Oakland/Balco connection.

But there is an awfully long list in the Bronx, too. And virtually no backlash or accountability for any of them. Even A-Rod was left alone after a couple of weeks.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

did you read the article about how much Dominican kids get injected?

It was in the New York Times yesterday or today, I think.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

true

The pressures are incredible, and the US is a quick-fix, take a pill culture, so it’s understandable that some players would resort to drugs that might help on the chance they wouldn’t get caught because keeping their job is so much more important.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, it's cheating, it's wrong, and it's bad for your body...

…but I feel like I do not have the right to be morally outraged by it, considering the fact that my favorite player is himself a suspect.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 25, 2009 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

there is an excellent and thought-provoking essay

right here.

Basically, with as much as we know now about inherent advantages that some athletes have over others, it might be time to really think about sports as a competition on a level playing field. Does level mean “no one is enhanced by chemistry, so the determining factor is accidents of genetics” or “all have access to the same technologies, so the determining factor is hard work and dedication.”

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

every time I accidentally type "A" into the subject line

it shows me stuff I have previously put there. examples to come in a reply to this

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by allikazoo on Oct 25, 2009 9:13 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

“aaaaaaand good night”
“a walk will be fine thanks”
“aaaaarrggggghhhh”
“and hi donnie”
“ah shit”

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by allikazoo on Oct 25, 2009 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

lol

I like “and hi donnie” especially

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 25, 2009 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Recently, I've had a different problem

SBN gets stuck and I have to use the “Preview” button to get stuff to post, but sometimes it’ll post something I’ve previously typed (and possibly thought better of and deleted) instead of what I wanted it to post.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 25, 2009 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

try K for Kid Rick

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

somehow, nope

though there is “KICK HIS FUCKING ASS” I think we all know what that was from :)

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by allikazoo on Oct 25, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I so wish I had been at Fenway for that one...

instead of the day before. I might have been killed, though.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

hehe

the longest string of K’s I have is eleven.

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by allikazoo on Oct 25, 2009 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yep

one that comes up under S: “SDFHSIDGHSI!!!!!!!!!IAJDFIOSDHFIUSEFH98WY3RIH”

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by allikazoo on Oct 25, 2009 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

invented cussing, must be

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I googled it

from a game against the white sox in july. guillen had just homered. haha

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by allikazoo on Oct 25, 2009 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

hee hee

Exclamation of joy, then.

Funny how sometimes they look the same on the internet.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

angry andy

sad trombone. don’t hang the curveball

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by allikazoo on Oct 25, 2009 9:20 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

which reminds me

I can’t believe they are remaking V. That was a dorky show the first time around – I can’t imagine it will actually be any better.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I remember the old one.

It came on after Knight Rider.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I remember it well

Because I was in junior high, and one of the girls at my regular lunch table was freaked out by lizards in general, so after the episode where one of the aliens swallowed a mouse we would pretend we were doing the same using French fries to stand in for mouse tails and making her squeal at us. :D

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hee hee

I think I was two years old when that first came out.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 25, 2009 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

man, cliffy's starting wednesday?

bummer, I am probably gonna miss the whole game. guess I will record it

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by allikazoo on Oct 25, 2009 9:38 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

bah

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:39 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

guess the dumb haircut did help

also that was a base hit left side, stupid joe buck

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by allikazoo on Oct 25, 2009 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I am tired of watching Jeter and A-Rod applaud.

Fox makes it seem like applauding your teammates is some sort of accomplishment.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 9:39 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

maybe it is for a narcissist like A-Rod

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Favre treatment

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think it's actually worse than Favre's.

Okay, I’m done complaining about the ridiculous crushes everyone has on Jeter.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

every sport has at least one guy like that

Sidney Crosby, Favre (and Tom Brady, who my mom also doesn’t like for that reason), Jeter …

I think it’s because the talking heads have very little imagination and it’s easier to talk about the same few names all the time.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Tyranny of the storyline.

You can put Kobe in there, too.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

agreed

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm back

Sorry, my computer decided to randomly restart itself

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 25, 2009 9:44 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

welcome

We have a jam for Mr. Saunders now.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

craptastic

I hate Damon.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:48 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Damon made 'em pay.

Nice piece of hitting on a pitch away.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 9:48 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Here's where they break your back

with a fly ball to the Tunnel.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 9:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

and this is a guy who can do it, too

I wish he was the hot player and A-Rod was sucking. I’d be happier.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

A-Rod, the "New Yankee Hero"

And a fine example of better hitting through chemistry.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Yup.

Don’t ask any media figure to mention it, though.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd make a crappy media person

I’d always mention it, because it is a known fact, not just a suspicion or alleged. He’s an admitted drug-user.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

and I would then be banished to the blogosphere!

Facts are facts. Not my fault they were dumb enough to get caught using steroids.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not blaming you.

And these days, the blogosphere is where it’s at, anyway.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh, I know

I just hate the clear agendas that so many writers have. They don’t even PRETEND to be objective, but get bent out of shape if anyone questions their credentials or their biases.

I like the blogosphere very much. :)

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

they delayed the home run to the tunnel

Nowhere to put him, Mr. Saunders.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 9:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Jeez.

he didn’t miss that by much.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 9:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Too many walks

Although that really looked like strike two there.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

but no way he'd get that call

with as many times as he missed the plate.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh, god

here comes Oliver

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:58 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I am thrilled that my bad feelings were incorrect

Nice job.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

"It just would've made the count full"

Because there’s NO WAY A-Rod makes an out on a full count pitch

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 25, 2009 9:58 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Nice DP

That’s something the umpires can’t screw up.

by TigerFanInCleveland on Oct 25, 2009 9:59 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

not in game

But he could send A-Rod a “lady of the evening” with a nasty STD after the game. :D

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

like being in a relationship would stop that phony

From falling for a Trojan horse – or in this case, a Trojan hooker.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

chatting with a yanks fan friend

when I joked about plunking a-rod for the takedown, he said “it’s fair as long as he doesn’t spike him. which your most famous player liked to do”

ty cobb was famous for about 100 other asshole-ish things too. nice try buddy!

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by allikazoo on Oct 25, 2009 10:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Please.

Spiking guys was the nicest thing that bastard ever did.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

+ 10

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

that's also ancient history

Try something in this century.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well...

you could also bring up Babe Ruth, one of the 10 worst human beings ever according to some lists. Ty was top 5, though.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No kidding.

He goes there, we are in deep trouble for years.

I don’t think the White Sox can pay him, though. That’s the recent buzz around here.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, Cecil Fielder

Yes, I rooted for the Yankees in the ’96 World Series (I HATED the Braves)

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 25, 2009 10:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

so he was fired?

I heard he wasn’t working there anymore but wasn’t sure if it was an actual firing

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by allikazoo on Oct 25, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Just broke tonight.

Posted on ESPN website.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't get what it is with these guys.

It isn’t as though people aren’t going to find out. Duh.

My dad said she wasn’t even that attractive – although with the Kobe thing, he saw how pretty his wife was, and just kept saying over and over “what is WRONG with that boy? Look at what he has waiting at home!”

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

She's pretty hideous.

Looked kinda like Chewbacca, though not as pretty.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ewwwwwww ....

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Phillips has a history of this...

he got in trouble for a similar transgression while Mets GM.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Boinking a wookie?

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

blame rook34 for that

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sorry.

That’s what she reminded me of. But not as pretty.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not sure if the last one was equally attractive...

but yes, he had an affair with a staffer while with the Mets.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

supposedly

A high frequency of blinking is indicative of lying.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

that's all I've ever noticed about him when he talks...

I can’t listen to him talk because I’m transfixed by the rate at which he blinked.

My Music: Some Sorta Giant

by madpoopz on Oct 25, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've never noticed his blink rate.

But I don’t often watch the talking heads, I just listen to them – I only watch when it’s an actual game going on.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm out of work and bored.

so I’ll hang out here with you guys. Since I can’t stand to watch the Yankee’s…my tv will remain off. I’ll just ride whatever emotional wave you guys create. : )

My Music: Some Sorta Giant

by madpoopz on Oct 25, 2009 10:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I don't know what kind of waves we'll be making

The game has had some pretty boring stretches. :)

But howdy anyway.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Why is that a strike?

You can’t hit that pitch.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 10:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

yes

MLB is two-timing on the vitamins?

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

don't walk people, Oliver, please

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 10:38 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

PEOPLE!

I’ve been so lonely. How goes the game?

by wepri31 on Oct 25, 2009 10:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

3-1 Yankees

Kind of boring.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

At least it's given me time to think about my Tigers Photoshop project I'm planning for next year

I’m also going to do my first Tigers portrait drawing. I’ve picked Verlander. It’ll be a challenge cuz it’ll be the first time I’ve attempted a portrait of someone with facial hair.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 25, 2009 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Perhaps,

the Bad Son of a Bitch arrives at Lakeland clean-shaven.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

it works for him

I’m interested in seeing if Porcello keeps his. It worked for him.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

From the impressions I get from the ladies on the board here...

and my wife, pretty much anything works for the Kid.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't go gaga over Rick looks-wise...

…but I do agree that the beard works for him as well.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 25, 2009 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think he would look stupid in a ponytail

Or a shaved head.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

most men look stupid shaven

I don’t know why they do it. It just shows off all the lumps and misshapen spots on their skulls.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

In further Steve Phillips news...

he’s checked himself into an inpatient facility to address personal issues.

Yikes.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 10:42 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

either legit

Or just a cover for the fact he can’t keep it in his pants.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

SUCCESS!

I finally caught the bug in a box. Sneaky little invertebrate bastard.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 10:42 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I haven't even had a chance to unveil it yet.

the weather has been threatening rain to often for me to give it a proper unveiling.

My Music: Some Sorta Giant

by madpoopz on Oct 25, 2009 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

no kidding

It was sunny this morning, and I wasn’t used to it being quite that bright.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

depends

This one kept locating itself strategically in areas with things I didn’t want to risk breaking. Also I don’t know what kind of bug it is and if it is going to stink or stain I would rather not have that inside.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

usually I just squash them

Inside is my territory – if they want to live then stay outside where they belong.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice seeing youse guys again for a few!

Now I must away to bed. Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

by wepri31 on Oct 25, 2009 10:46 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

bye!

Thanks for gracing us with your presence for a bit. :)

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

short attention span has won over for the time being

this game is a snoozer for the most part. but, yay two angels on base.

No Run Support

by allikazoo on Oct 25, 2009 10:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I have barely done more than glance at the game

Watching my computer screen and working on a couple crochet projects. This game is not really engaging my interest.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Welcome to my world: The world of the short attention span

(I have ADHD).

And why are they pinch-hitting if Mathis is their hottest hitter? I don’t care what Tim McCarver says.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 25, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Watching TV with me...

is like looking into a strobe light.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't have that, so I can't use it as an excuse

I just am easily distracted from boring stuff.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Huge break there.

Jeter kicks one and they still get the out.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 10:54 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

joba

ME BASEBALL PLAYER YOU WOMAN

No Run Support

by allikazoo on Oct 25, 2009 10:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

+100

I hope he hurts himself doing that nonsense someday. Grow up, kid.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

REMEMBER NOT TO GET THAT MIXED UP, JOBA!

Never forget the mess you got in at the bar last time when you couldn’t keep it straight.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

insect liberated

And if it comes back in again, it’s dead. I wasted far too much time hunting the thing down.

And yet, it was more interesting than this game – oh, Anaheim changed pitchers! (Shows you how much attention I was paying.)

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 11:03 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

now that was a nice dp

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 11:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

The Angels do look sharp tonight in the field.

Just can’t hit or run the damn bases.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

What? Huh? Where am...

Oh. (wipes drool off face). I guess I didn’t miss anything, and now I’m awake for the conclusion.

by StringTheory on Oct 25, 2009 11:12 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

welcome back

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That WAS a nice play by Teixiera

…though Miggy’s getting pretty good at that particular play, too.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 25, 2009 11:16 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I think Tex is overrated offensively...

but not defensively. Great glove man.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

quite possibly

But this team has enough offense that he doesn’t need to be a tremendous hitter.

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

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

night, Alli

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good night

I’ll be headed to bed myself once this game is over

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 25, 2009 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Damn it.

They get every break.

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

good for Vlad

Still need one more …

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 11:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Morales..

fully capable of bombing one here

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 11:23 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Rivera...

had to work awfully hard to get through that inning.

If the Angels can post a zero, they’ve got a shot in the 9th.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 11:24 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

One more time.

Leadoff Walks=Pain.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 11:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

THAT was really really bad. :(

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 11:33 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Angel fail

This could end up 8-1. Big inning gestating.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 11:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

that too

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't remember errors involving bunts, but I don't remember a lot of detail

The only errors I remember (and I know there were more):
Verlander with an errant pickoff throw
Zumaya throwing a ball over the head of Inge (I can’t remember what he was trying to do)
Rodney making an error (I don’t remember what it was)
Granderson slipping and falling on a wet outfield trying to catch a ball hit by Eckstein (?)

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 25, 2009 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Granderson one I'll remember the rest of my life.

Monroe also got a late break on a ball, dove for it, and it went off his glove to the wall.

I believe Zoom’s was on bunt where he wheeled and threw a heater halfway to Kansas City in Inge’s general direction.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

And why was he throwing to Inge?

Incidentally, that was the first time I ever saw Zumaya. I didn’t watch as much baseball in 2006 as I do now, and none of the regular season games I saw had Zumaya pitching in them.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 25, 2009 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Runners at 1st and 2nd.

Going for the lead runner.

Zoom was banged up, as usual, for much of the regular season.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

there was a solid 2 months...

where Rodney pitched the 7th, Zoom the 8th, and Jonesy the 9th.

Which of course led our sentimental old fool of a skipper to think that would remain effective for the rest of recorded time.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

guessing

But probably a runner at second and he was going for the out at third instead of the surer out at first.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

bleargh

What was that we were thinking earlier about the Angels actually fielding pretty well this game?

The failtastically-fielding Angels have re-emerged from their cave to once again walk among the living and throw balls crazily around the field.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 11:37 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Ballgame.

No way the Yanks give up three in the bottom of the 9th at home.

by rook34 on Oct 25, 2009 11:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

no matter how tired he might be

Three runs (or more) should be plenty for Rivera.

Looks like Yankees – Philly – and a series that I won’t be watching because I’ll be cheering for more meteor. :(

I’ll probably follow the Madpoopz Methodology and stop by to see what everyone else is saying anyway.

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 11:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'll watch

If for nothing else because that’s the last baseball I’ll get for a long time. But I WILL be rooting for the Yankees.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 25, 2009 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

more than the Yankees themselves

I despise the slurping they will be getting as the “World Champion New York Yankees” all year long next season. It’s bad enough when they aren’t defending anything – next year will be wrist-slitting level of sucking up. :(

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

by Baroque on Oct 25, 2009 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was seventeen when they last won the WS

I find it hard to believe it would be worse than when the Red Sox won the World Series (both times). THAT I couldn’t stand.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 25, 2009 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good night all.

See you Wendesday.

by rook34 on Oct 26, 2009 12:01 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

pukey matchup for the World Series.

Well, it was fun while it lasted. Blech.

Good night all.

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

by Baroque on Oct 26, 2009 12:02 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

So...here's my assessment

Had the Tigers made the postseason, they likely wouldn’t have made it past the Yankees, but with their pitching, they had a shot, albeit a slim one. Had they made it past the Yankees, I think they would’ve had a decent chance at beating the Angels in the ALCS, given how poorly the Angels played. However, I don’t think they would’ve beaten the Phillies. The Phils just have too much offense, particularly from the left side.

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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 26, 2009 12:03 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

JV, E-Jax and Kid Rick > Pettitte, Burnett, and CC

the hitting obv favours New York. But good pitching beats good hitting.

I know for sure we would have matched up much better against the Yankees than the Twins. Anyone would agree with that.

by RudeMood19 on Oct 26, 2009 2:06 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wasn't here the whole game but...

It made me chuckle when one of the announcers (Buck?) complimented Brian Cashman for the additions to the team in the offseason…. Seriously, it was a genius move to add CC Sabathia, AJ Burnett, and Mark Teixeira…. Why didn’t any other team in MLB think of that? Hmmmmm….

Go Phils….

by MrPants20 on Oct 26, 2009 12:39 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

No kidding.

it’s tough to manage a team with an open checkbook full of blank checks.

Go Phils. For all that is holy.

by rook34 on Oct 26, 2009 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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