BYB Open Thread: Royals at Twins
by Ian Casselberry on Oct 3, 2009 3:30 PM EDT
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Zack Greinke (16-8, 2.06) vs. 
Nick Blackburn (11-11, 4.08), 4:10 p.m. EST
Editor's Note: The Tigers-White Sox GameThread will be posted immediately after the conclusion of this ballgame.
Since Tiger Town has a strong interest in what happens this afternoon at the Metrodome, we thought an Open Thread might be a good idea.
How will you pitch, Zack Greinke? A nation (of Tigers fans) turns its lonely eyes to you. (Woo woo woo.) But can he shut down the Twins in two consecutive games? In his last start, Greinke held the Twins to one run over seven innings, with eight strikeouts. That was at Kansas City. Will things be different at the Metrodome?
A Minnesota loss reduces Detroit's magic number to one. Of course, that doesn't affect what the Tigers need to do tonight against the White Sox.
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7+ shutout innings gives Greinke an ERA below 2.00. Just saying.
by rcpratt on Oct 3, 2009 3:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
nervous nervous nervous nervous nervous nervous
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 4:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm actually more scared about this game than I am about our game
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
me, too
I have no idea why. It makes no sense.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Probably because we know that KC is firing its last bullet?
Let’s face it. Minnesota will almost assuredly win tomorrow.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
bleargh
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It still holds true
Bert can toss my salad
by ChrisDTX on Oct 3, 2009 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
the reason that makes me laugh
Is because it reminds me of a television show, many years ago, where two women in an office were talking and one asked her friend how she could make anything sound dirty. Then she went through different phrases that could be imagined as euphamisms for sex.
“Fluff your poodle” for use if you were dating a dog groomer and “Check your undercarriage” if you were dating a mechanic are the only ones I remember.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm listening to the Royals announcers.
I have no clue who these people are.
by NCDee on Oct 3, 2009 4:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh, cool.
The game is on Fox.
I don't have a signature.
by Kmann on Oct 3, 2009 4:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I have been invited to tonight's game
Yesterday a drug rep who comes into the clinic where I work and gave a secretary a pair of tickets, so I went with her last night. About an hour ago my good friend called and said she has an extra ticket for tonight and really wants me there when we clinch. About a month ago I got tickets to tomorrow’s game, solely because it’s the last game game of the regular season. I have never been so anxious about anything in my life, not even when I went into labor with my son….
by Detroitchik on Oct 3, 2009 4:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
it makes sense
In labor, at least you know at the end you are going to have a baby. With baseball, there is no telling what you are going to get at the end of the event.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
great story...
hope they clinch while your there
by PBURGTIGER on Oct 3, 2009 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
thanks
me too. I am ready to take a tranquilizer. I am not even Catholic, but I bought a candle and said a blessing and lit it. I prayed for our bats to be sturdy, our minds to be alert, our feet to be swift and our gloves to be able. ( not kidding, I lit it just before Zack took the mound, oh and for Zack to be accurate) And in case that doesn’t work I also sacrificed a chicken…..
by Detroitchik on Oct 3, 2009 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I ate chicken for lunch
Does that count?
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not Catholic either...
…but maybe I should dig out those rosary beads I got in high school. Along with the cross I got at my (Lutheran) confirmation.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
hey
If I had rosary beads I would wear them tonight
by Detroitchik on Oct 3, 2009 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have a Ouija board somewhere too
Maybe we can get the ghosts of Ty Cobb, Hank Greenberg, and Hal Newhouser to help us out.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Royals still have to score some runs for him, though
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was a little scary
He walked Mauer, then fell behind Kubel 3-0 before getting him to fly out.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank god for hockey!
I don’t want to think too much about baseball.
by Kurt Mensching on Oct 3, 2009 4:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I can't follow both at the same time!
And if I flip back and forth I will see nothing but commercials, so I think I will just settle here for a while and watch baseball.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't watch hockey, though
Or football, or basketball, or soccer, or most any other sport, for that matter.
I do enjoy the Olympics, though. Immensely.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Zack Attack
the force is strong in this one…
by ChrisDTX on Oct 3, 2009 4:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Tonight's lineup
1. Curtis Granderson, CF
2. Placido Polanco, 2B
3. Magglio Ordonez, RF
4. Miguel Cabrera, 1B
5. Carlos Guillen, LF
6. Aubrey Huff, DH
7. Brandon Inge, 3B
8. Gerald Laird, C
9. Adam Everett, SS
by rcpratt on Oct 3, 2009 4:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Sweet
I see an 0-for-4 from the #6 spot
by ChrisDTX on Oct 3, 2009 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I warned you guys he'd be in there, though
10-for-24 with 2 HRs off Garcia. He’d be in the lineup no matter what.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
+100
at least he’s not batting behind Biggy tonight, though.
by Detroitchik on Oct 3, 2009 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Huff
Maybe he play well against Garcia , but 0-for-4 or 1-for-5 is more probably
by Grzesio on Oct 3, 2009 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I want to see 0-4
With five walks. :)
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok gang
<3 much….. got to get ready to head out.
by Detroitchik on Oct 3, 2009 4:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm starting to question the Royals' ability to even get a baserunner in this game
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 4:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Kansas City will be the victim of a PERFECT GAME!
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thrown by a guy who is pitching on three days' rest, even
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Simultaneous no-hitters would be good to watch.
As long as the Royals win in extras.
by StringTheory on Oct 3, 2009 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Month ago I think JV maybe will be a Cy
But now – Go ROYALS.
by Grzesio on Oct 3, 2009 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
good start for Greinke so far
The pitching is doing its part for sure.
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
5 more shoutout innings
and Zack’s ERA’ll be below 2.
by Grzesio on Oct 3, 2009 4:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey.
How about you score, you useless shmucks.
by rcpratt on Oct 3, 2009 4:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If I didn't know better...
I’d say the Royals were doing this on purpose
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know
Greinke seems to have “it”
by ChrisDTX on Oct 3, 2009 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Royals' offense seems to have a different 'it'
If ‘it’ is a case of terrible badness.
by rcpratt on Oct 3, 2009 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
maybe after they go through the lineup once?
They might hit better against Blackburn the second time around.
//crosses fingers and hopes
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought WE were supposed to be the bad offense
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I looked @ stats
Verlander is #1 in Pitch Thrown with 3817
2 is Wainwright with 3614.
In first 6 six we have 2 pitchers – 6th is Jackson with 3466.
by Grzesio on Oct 3, 2009 4:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
They are konie.
Too bad our batters are owca
by NCDee on Oct 3, 2009 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I said our pitchers are horses.
Too bad our batters are sheep.
And he said He likes leg of lamb
And I said Yes, Delicious.
At least I hope that’s what we were saying.
by NCDee on Oct 3, 2009 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw owca
And for some reason though orca, and wondered why you were calling our offense killer whales. :)
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Salceson , bigos czy pierogi - hmm
W US nie zjesz takiego czegos :)
BTW – wkrecasz ich z ta noga owcy ??
My last Polish post today.
My next post i’m writing in Turkey :) Maybe in Arabian :p
by Grzesio on Oct 3, 2009 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Turkey? Like this?
gobble gobble gobble
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sory - i wasn't write Turkish :)
Yes i like Turkey and chicken and more :p
by Grzesio on Oct 3, 2009 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
at least you didn't say you would write in Latin
in honor of all the Latin Americans in baseball. :D
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rally time for the Royals!
Get some runs, you losers!
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 4:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
man, these announcers are just dreadful
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 4:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey did you hear?
Blackburn has FOUR PERFECT INNINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by NCDee on Oct 3, 2009 4:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
jesus
Ok um doesnt matter how good greinke is if you cant get him a run
by PBURGTIGER on Oct 3, 2009 4:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
This scenario was always in the back of my mind
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
wonderful.
Blackburn picks today to throw the game of his life.
by rook34 on Oct 3, 2009 4:56 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
WHY TODAY ?? WHY ???????????????
???
April or May is better time for him :)
by Grzesio on Oct 3, 2009 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
the baseball gods hate the Tigers.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't have the TV on right now
Do Blackburn’s pitches really look THAT good?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 4:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Greinke has blinked first in the hit column
That can’t be good
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 5:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I want to punch both these guys in the face.
They are such suckups – “oh, the crowd is so great, oh, they are so happy with the game, they are hoping for a little more magic to get into the postseason.”
Just shut the hell up. :(
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
This is what annoys me
If we hang on and win the Central, we’ll be portrayed as the kings of the trash heap a la that Passan article.
If the Twins overtake us and win, they’ll be a Cinderella story
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
some of the best uniforms in sport
And they are jealous of our pitchers.
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
hello
Is your headache any better?
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
it will be after I eat the shit out of this fast food I picked up
thanks for asking! haha
by allikazoo on Oct 3, 2009 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm very impressed with Blackburn's SHUTOUT on short rest!
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yay! Royals get a hit!
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
and a great bunt, too
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Alberto!
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by ahtrap on Oct 3, 2009 5:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Gameday has given up on what the pitches are
It’s telling me that it’s a strike, ball, etc., but not if it’s a fastball, changeup, curveball, etc.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 5:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
And wow, it showed Gordon out on his first pitch there for a second.
I nearly punched the screen.
by rcpratt on Oct 3, 2009 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What happened? Gameday's stuck
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
runners couldn't advance
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Okay
Gotta go get ready to sing at a nursing home (they can’t throw things very far) I’ll be back some time in the first three innings or so tonight.
by NCDee on Oct 3, 2009 5:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Jacobs seemed to have time to run there. Argh.
by StringTheory on Oct 3, 2009 5:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I didn't see the play, but I know the last time we played the Royals, their third base coach was very aggressive
We were throwing runners out on the bases (or at home plate) a lot. Was the infield in or something?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
NONONO ground it the other way so the guy on third can score!
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by ahtrap on Oct 3, 2009 5:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
great. we have to depend on alex gordon, we're screwed
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by ahtrap on Oct 3, 2009 5:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
squandering like true pros
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
So...What is Blackburn's pitch limit today?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 5:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
GAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I can't even watch our game tonight
So I’m left with only Royal squandering to see today… Sucks
by MrPants20 on Oct 3, 2009 5:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If I remember correctly...
Greinke’s hard to run on, correct?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 5:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I guess that answers that question
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
heh
I’ve been flipping back and forth between a Wings liveblog and this one – so I’ve been grumbling about squandering all over the internets, and had to apologize for the out-of-place comments. :D
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
NOW SCORE SOME DAMN RUNS, ROYALS!!!
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 5:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
well the penguin didn't work
Anyone know what animals the Royals fans use to rally their team?
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
is it ridiculous that just watching zack settles me down?
I was a ball of anxiety until I put the game on, even though the royals squader as much or more than the tigers.
by allikazoo on Oct 3, 2009 5:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't think so
It helps that he can go deep in the game, so if the team can just get him a little something …
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Royals DID score seven runs last night
What happened?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
arms got tired?
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
zack slipped them a little of his awesomness in their gatorade
I wish he’d do that more
by allikazoo on Oct 3, 2009 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
they are hitting like they have this much weight holding them down
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
just checked and noticed
I’d get a lot more upset if it was later in the season. I also expect that as much as someone wants to avoid distractions, it’s pretty close to impossible with the excitement of playing in Sweden.
Oh, well. Good teams have bad starts and bad teams have good starts. Sports.
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
WHOOPS
I saw “blues” and thought about the St. Louis Blues and checked the HOCKEY score.
This is really really confusing.
But no help from those blues, either. :D
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Have the wings really been as bad as the scores have made them look the last two days?
by rcpratt on Oct 3, 2009 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I only saw the first period today
But they have had really uneven efforts. Yesterday was 30 minutes of excellent, crisp hockey, about five to ten minutes of brain-dead low effort hockey, and then a better finish. Today they looked very good in the first period.
I think it will be easier to judge once they are playing in a more normal environment. They were all so excited to go to Sweden, but athletes are people too, and I’m guessing despite all their best efforts they have been a little more distracted than they would normally be.
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
bleargh
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What are the announcers even watching?
You can clearly see the dirt fly off the ground.
by StringTheory on Oct 3, 2009 5:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It officially feels like a Tigers' game now.
Nick Punto has walked.
by StringTheory on Oct 3, 2009 5:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh, God
Even Greinke walks Nick Punto. WTF?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 5:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What's the book of psychological disorders called?
File “walking Nick Punto” under the sports section.
by StringTheory on Oct 3, 2009 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
maybe it's a subheading under "delusional behaviour"
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
To get to Mauer?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i know...
it just seems like cabrera has been incredibly hot lately.. maurer, not so much
by Ohio Tiger on Oct 3, 2009 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
have I mentioned that I hate these announcers?
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't even have the TV on
I just have Gameday right now
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Denard Span bunt
If that pitch was where Gameday had it (up, outside, and possibly out of the strike zone), how in the world did Span bunt it?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 5:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice.
Will they walk Mauer? I think I would.
by rcpratt on Oct 3, 2009 5:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I take it bad things are about to show up on my Gameday screen?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 5:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
0-2 on Mauer after two foul balls
Pitching to him. Stupid, but ballsy.
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Apparently it was just stupid after all
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
and another foul
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Okay, Gameday just had Mauer fouling off a ball that was in the dirt
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 5:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
ball low 1-2
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
gad dammit!
Single from Mauer, 1-0 Twinkies.
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
frakkin Mauer
game over? I mean, what are the Royals going to do to Sir Nicholas Blackburn?
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by ahtrap on Oct 3, 2009 5:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'd like to see spurting blood after he is decapitated by a line drive
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
With our luck, though
It’d roll right to the second baseman for an out.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
but the carnage would cheer me up at least
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not much, apparently
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kubel ground-rule double
WTF, Greinke?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 5:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Why is Zack Greinke falling apart at the seams all of a sudden?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 5:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, now Verlander has to pitch tomorrow.
by StringTheory on Oct 3, 2009 5:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
and he'd better pitch better than this
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What the hell?
Would someone please tell me why this is happening?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 5:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Did someone lose a ball in the ceiling?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Teahen took a bad route.
I’m not sure if the baggy had an effect or not though.
by StringTheory on Oct 3, 2009 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
not really
Just the Metrodome vortex of suck pulled Zack down into it.
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
the baseball gods apparently hate the Tigers
This sucks.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
open wide the floodgates
Get Verlander ready, he’s pitching tomorrow
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by ahtrap on Oct 3, 2009 5:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
and Porcello on Tuesday?
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yup
as leyland put it. tigers gotta win 2.
i don’t want to see porcello on tuesday
by Tigersin2010 on Oct 3, 2009 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
welp I guess since there won't be any celebrating tonight
I can go to my parents’ for the game after all
by allikazoo on Oct 3, 2009 5:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, the Royals are finally on the board
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 5:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
that's something, anyway
And I finally muted these idiots and put on some happy music.
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
way too much stress
and I really don’t even know if the Tigers are going to show up tonight.
hopefully seeing Minnesota first will inspire the Tigers.
And I can say that I’ve pushed the panic button now.
by actioncuse on Oct 3, 2009 6:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Screw you, Zack Greinke
In the biggest start of your season, you got totally pwned by Nick Blackburn.
No Cy Young for you.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 6:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Justin makes his case tomorrow.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
unless "Jason Verlander" shows up :(
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If the Tigs seriously blow this Dombrowski needs to be fired
The players and Leyland of course bear responsibility, but Dombrowski brought in the disasters Huff and Washburn while handcuffing our spending with bad contracts over the last couple of seasons
by ryan_matthews28 on Oct 3, 2009 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll tell you this, though ...
If – IF – the Twins make it to the playoffs, they damn well better beat the fraking Yankees and make it WORTH it. None of this getting swept out in the first round like a pesky bug bullshit. They better deliver something.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 6:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, I like the Yankees better than I like the Twins
The Yankees are fairly benign. The Twins are annoying. And uninteresting.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I always root for the Yankees to go out as soon as possible
Because I get so bloody tired of hearing about them. Them and the Red Sox.
Twins can lose in the second round after they have done the job I want them to do.
Of course, if the Tigers can just win two stupid games at home, it won’t be a problem.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The only person in their rotation with an ERA under 4 is Blackburn
with 3.98. They won’t go anywhere.
by StringTheory on Oct 3, 2009 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn't expect much
From the team that was swept out of the first round in ‘06 by the Athletics. It’s just ridiculous how many breaks Minnesota is getting. From the rainout that forced a doubleheader on Tuesday, Peavy moving up to pitch yesterday, Jackson’s worst start of the season happening in his most important, Cuddyer replacing Morneau to hit the best of his career, the Sox being unable to win even ONE game at HOME against the Twins last week, Kansas City playing there best of the season near the end against us and taking 5 out of 6. Just the all time shit storm reigning down upon us. We are so close to becoming the ’07 Mets. Reduced to a punchline for years to come.
by ryan_matthews28 on Oct 3, 2009 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know, dammit
Just a perfect confluence of suckiness. That’s what makes it so depressing.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, if we're the '07 Mets...
The Twins are the ’07 Rockies
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno what to do about juju anymore
so I’m going crazy and wearing my rangers wolfpack shirt tonight. eff it.
by allikazoo on Oct 3, 2009 6:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Holding off on the Tigers GameThread until this one is over
by Ian Casselberry on Oct 3, 2009 6:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
will you include phone numbers for mental health support?
I think it would be useful.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Um, are you supposed to be able to pitch into the eighth inning on short rest?
What is this, 1968?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 6:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, hey now.
It’s a ball game again.
by StringTheory on Oct 3, 2009 6:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Now why couldn't the Royals have done this earlier?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 6:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
heading to my parents' for our game - see you guys in a bit
by allikazoo on Oct 3, 2009 6:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
You know...
Since that little dust-up on Thursday, Mijares hasn’t pitched particularly well.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just realized you guys had this going...
been following along with the game… another late, but too late, rally?
by Detroit4lyfe on Oct 3, 2009 6:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
DON'T BLOW THIS, KANSAS CITY!
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 6:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
never been happier to see the Royals hitting
and gameday saying, “in play, no outs” !!!
by Detroit4lyfe on Oct 3, 2009 6:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I've never been happier to see "On Deck: Billy Butler"
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rally mute button and Cajun music?
That’s what I was doing when they started hitting.
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 6:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I followed your lead and put on music as well.
I’ll stick with it.
by StringTheory on Oct 3, 2009 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nick Punto made an incredible play
Unfortunately.
I hate Nick Punto.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think even Nick's mom might hate Nick Punto
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So...is that squandering or not?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 6:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Even though they scored the tying run?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
meh
still tied it up, I’ll take it.
by Detroit4lyfe on Oct 3, 2009 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
well ...
They did tie it on the DP, and they did get multiple runs that inning, so I think that ranks as a half-squander.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's the Royals
3 runs in one inning is a success. They had one opportunity to bring runs in from third with less than 2 outs and they did it, as crappy as it was.
by Detroit4lyfe on Oct 3, 2009 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Okay, if those goes to extras, I'll have to post the Tigers GameThread
by Ian Casselberry on Oct 3, 2009 6:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
well, I'll just have to comment in two different places at once
It’s been a confusing day already.
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, I do that all the time
I usually keep the last two threads up. Then again, I frequently have about seven or eight internet windows up anyways.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
halleleujah, the Royals are alive
hail to the king, baby
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by ahtrap on Oct 3, 2009 6:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The problem is, if you see someone jogging out of the Royals bullpen and he's not named "Soria"
Things are likely to get dicey.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 6:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
"dusty hughes" does not inspire confidence
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by ahtrap on Oct 3, 2009 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sounds like the love child of Dusty Ryan and Phil Hughes
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
unfortunately, I'm gonna go have to eat a promised steak
I’m not sure if that’s a :) or a :(
not like I was gonna be able to actually watch the game, anyway, right?
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by ahtrap on Oct 3, 2009 6:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
it's a :) if it's a good steak
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anyone else find it ironic that Zack Greinke's downfall began with a walk to Nick Punto?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 6:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
yes
What is it with Punto? It’s like he has some kind of walk-attracting magnet in his ass or something.
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or a ball repellant
So that the pitches always flost out of the strike zone
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
*float
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
frakking Cuddyer
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 6:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Now the gods are just toying with us
Cheer for The Only Colors: Green and White!
by KJ@theonlycolors on Oct 3, 2009 6:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Someone want to tell me why the Royals kept the lefty in to face Cuddyer?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 6:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
With Cruz warming up, no less.
It’s Royals baseball.
by StringTheory on Oct 3, 2009 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
NOW Cruz comes in.
Oh, okay. I get it.
by StringTheory on Oct 3, 2009 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kansas City Royals baseball.
Logic not required.
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So, it's like how if we tie a game, we'll leave Casey Fien in until he gives up a run, and THEN we bring in Brandon Lyon?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was a ridiculous bat throw.
Someone needs to be plunked.
by StringTheory on Oct 3, 2009 6:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Okay, I forget ...
Which constitutional amendment is it that prohibits cruel and unusual punishment?
Just wondering – no particular reason.
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 6:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I want to say 8 or 9.
I know it’s one of the higher bill of rights ones.
by StringTheory on Oct 3, 2009 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is it possible
to have an Overflow Thread for a non-Tigers game?
by ChrisDTX on Oct 3, 2009 6:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Good news, everyone
at least Billy Butler will bat this inning…
by ChrisDTX on Oct 3, 2009 6:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I thought he was the third out of the last inning?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bad news, everyone
I wasn’t paying attention
by ChrisDTX on Oct 3, 2009 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know, I think if we all knew in advance that the Royals would score four runs in this game...
…we’d all figure that KC would win, right?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 6:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I would have thought so
Even an off day for Greinke would have been three runs instead of one or two.
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Denard Span can go get hit by a car.
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by VivaTigres on Oct 3, 2009 6:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Denard Span, MVP
Every time I see him play, anyway.
by Ian Casselberry on Oct 3, 2009 6:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I take it he made a nice play?
I only have “Alberto Callaspo lines out to Denard Span”
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
sinking liner pretty deep in right, very good play
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by VivaTigres on Oct 3, 2009 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was a sliding, backhand grab
pretty nice, but I hate his effing guts
by ChrisDTX on Oct 3, 2009 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Motherfucking Denard Span
if he didn’t catch that ball on Santiago in the first game of the DH, we wouldn’t even be watching this game
by ChrisDTX on Oct 3, 2009 6:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
okay, I changed my mind
If the Twins make the playoffs, I want them swept out in three straight no-hitters because I hate them.
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 6:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
ONE time Royals!
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by VivaTigres on Oct 3, 2009 6:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
We still have to win a game, first
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Will Justin Verlander pitch tomorrow ?
I say its no lock
Deolis Guerra = Daniel Cabrera ?
I tend to think so
by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Oct 3, 2009 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
hopefully it gets to that point
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
fucking Twins
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 6:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
the ESPN flacks are going to be thrilled, the a-holes
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by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 6:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
They don't like Greinke?
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by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 3, 2009 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
not that
They LOVE the manufactured drama of the close playoff races. It’s the only way they can tear themselves away from football.
"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." -- Winston S. Churchill
by Baroque on Oct 3, 2009 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fuck you, Greinke.
I’m going to freaking stab somebody.
by rcpratt on Oct 3, 2009 6:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
LIke I'm going to watch Cuddyer's post-game speech. BYE!
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