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10/22: Open World Series Game 1 Thread

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Philadelphia Phillies @ Tampa Bay Rays

10/22/08 5:35 PM PDT

Philadelphia Phillies Tampa Bay Rays
Jimmy Rollins - SS Akinori Iwamura - 2B
Jayson Werth - RF B.J. Upton - CF
Chase Utley - 2B Carlos Pena - 1B
Ryan Howard - 1B Evan Longoria - 3B
Pat Burrell - LF Carl Crawford - LF
Shane Victorino - CF Willy Aybar - DH
Pedro Feliz - 3B Dioner Navarro - C
Chris Coste - DH Ben Zobrist - RF
Carlos Ruiz - C Jason Bartlett - SS
W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2008 - Scott Kazmir 12-8 27 27 0 0 0 0 152.1 123 61 59 23 70 166 3.49 1.27

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2008 - Cole Hamels 14-10 33 33 2 2 0 0 227.1 193 89 78 28 53 196 3.09 1.08

Another reason I'm rooting for the Rays is fuck Greg Dobbs

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Cole Hamels is a pretty man.

J.P. Howell kindly requests that you please Bach the fuck up.

by esoteric on Oct 22, 2008 4:21 PM PDT reply actions  

It just had to be said, is all.

J.P. Howell kindly requests that you please Bach the fuck up.

by esoteric on Oct 22, 2008 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

Good News everybody!

Steve Phillips thinks the Phils are going to win the Series thus the Rays will inevitably win.

by Scrupio on Oct 22, 2008 4:45 PM PDT reply actions  

So this is where everyone is. . . that whole "World Series" thing.

My brain says Rays, but my heart says Phillies. I just love me some Jamie Moyer.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Oct 22, 2008 4:57 PM PDT reply actions  

After that touching bipartisan moment to remind us why baseball is so American,

I would love nothing more for Fox’s ratings than to see a 2nd inning mound brawl.

by Double06 on Oct 22, 2008 5:09 PM PDT reply actions  

This is fucking awesome. I'm actually really excited about the World Series.

If I were eating RC’s food right now, I might go into a happiness coma.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 5:15 PM PDT reply actions  

Ahhh shit

Backstreet in da hizzy

by katal on Oct 22, 2008 5:19 PM PDT reply actions  

OMG.

really? the BSB?

by msb on Oct 22, 2008 5:19 PM PDT reply actions  

HOW DOES THIS "HONOR" AMERICA?

J.P. Howell kindly requests that you please Bach the fuck up.

by esoteric on Oct 22, 2008 5:19 PM PDT reply actions  

God, it's just as bad as I feared it would be.

So bad, so indescribably bad.

J.P. Howell kindly requests that you please Bach the fuck up.

by esoteric on Oct 22, 2008 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm in heaven. This is gorgeous.

It would only be better if it were the Dixie Chicks.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

Holy shit that one is bald

And where is the fifth one?

At least one has gained weight, too.

by katal on Oct 22, 2008 5:20 PM PDT reply actions  

It's really impressive how terrible this is.

J.P. Howell kindly requests that you please Bach the fuck up.

by esoteric on Oct 22, 2008 5:20 PM PDT reply actions  

Rec'd.

You got me singing the lyrics in my head for the first time in years.

by Double06 on Oct 22, 2008 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

He's the one I'm curious about

I want to know who he is so that I can google what he looked like a decade ago. Then I’ll giggle.

by katal on Oct 22, 2008 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

Female amnesty for knowing about girl groups

My GF could probably name them all too, even though she never liked them back in the day.

J.P. Howell kindly requests that you please Bach the fuck up.

by esoteric on Oct 22, 2008 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

I used to be obsessed with them

Although for the life of me I can’t remember the name of who is missing.

by krb on Oct 22, 2008 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

If they'd only had that fifth member back, they'd have done much better

His loss has really hurt their sound, it seems.

J.P. Howell kindly requests that you please Bach the fuck up.

by esoteric on Oct 22, 2008 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

I tend to mix all those smiley boys groups up

so I’m no help, unless you had a question about the Monkees or Paul Revere & the Raiders ….

by msb on Oct 22, 2008 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sadly I know all about the Monkees and Paul Revere & The Raiders

Even though I born in 1980.

J.P. Howell kindly requests that you please Bach the fuck up.

by esoteric on Oct 22, 2008 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

I saw Paul Revere & The Raiders in Branson back in June

I am friends with their guitar player. They still play an amazing set.

by Sec 108 on Oct 22, 2008 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

I love them. Good stuff.

I got to play a show that Link Wray headlined. That was awesome.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh yes.

If I could’ve only played alongside Les Paul…

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

The popular one, Nick Carter

Isn’t with them. This would be like N’SYNC without JT

by ColeFitz on Oct 22, 2008 5:21 PM PDT reply actions  

Tim McCarver.....................................

……………………………wahhhhhhhhhhhh, give us TBS back.

by ColeFitz on Oct 22, 2008 5:25 PM PDT reply actions  

Yeah, I'm pumped for Tim McCarver given the past few weeks of suffering.

At least he’s dumb and kinda fun instead of dumb and angry about everything in the universe. God I hate Buck Martinez so much.

by Teej on Oct 22, 2008 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

GO RAYS GO

I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on Oct 22, 2008 5:38 PM PDT reply actions  

UTLEY-OH

J.P. Howell kindly requests that you please Bach the fuck up.

by esoteric on Oct 22, 2008 5:45 PM PDT reply actions  

Quick poll:

Who are you now rooting for for the World Series?

Rays for me, with a Moyer win.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 5:47 PM PDT reply actions  

Philadelphia is one the damned 3 when it comes to sports, Cleveland-Philly-Seattle

If the Rays win here, Tampa will be one of the most successful non Boston cities this decade.

by Robert on Oct 22, 2008 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

Rays, and I'd prefer a Moyer win...

But I put money on Rays going 4-0 so I’d be happy with Moyer having a good start and a loss

Bring back José Cruz Jr!

by darmok on Oct 22, 2008 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wow. That poll didn't go over well.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wow, what a fuck up there.

Go Rays!

J.P. Howell kindly requests that you please Bach the fuck up.

by esoteric on Oct 22, 2008 5:51 PM PDT reply actions  

man, there is a lot of stank tonight

that ad for 4 Christmases might have been even more painful than the BSB

by msb on Oct 22, 2008 5:56 PM PDT reply actions  

I like how TBS typically showed graphics

lists etc. without completely cutting away from the game

by JI on Oct 22, 2008 5:59 PM PDT reply actions  

An MLB channel?

I am cautiously optimistic.

by Double06 on Oct 22, 2008 6:12 PM PDT reply actions  

Costas may be doing play-by-play for their games.

J.P. Howell kindly requests that you please Bach the fuck up.

by esoteric on Oct 22, 2008 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

And it will somehow completely shatter Bavasi's skull.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hi Schumacher!! How is my best German friend?

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

Whiner. Enjoy the game and quit complaining!!

What time is it there, achtung thirty?

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

Standard Kazmir game.

Give up some runs in the first inning, settle down a bit and start to look dominant, then leave after five innings.

by Teej on Oct 22, 2008 6:27 PM PDT reply actions  

Query

Is Ruiz more/less likely to be nutted with this variant of squat?

by JI on Oct 22, 2008 6:31 PM PDT reply actions  

Is this written in cockney?

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

Russia. How can you mess that up?

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

If only I had the patience....

to sit through one game of McCarver and itemize his nonsense innning by inning.
Yet I don’t mute him and turn on the radio even though I know I could.
I hate him and yet he IS playoff baseball to me in this strange (but strong) nostalgic way.

"It's reassuring to know that in your life, you can have no more than 32 root canals."
-T. McCarver

by Big Jared on Oct 22, 2008 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

So kids and a WS don't mix. The people holding out on children are making sense to me now.

"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.

by dpseadv on Oct 22, 2008 6:49 PM PDT reply actions  

Fifth night in a row my son is watching School of Rock.

He’s got his touch-sensitive Gibson SG strapped on, and rocking out in the other room. I love that kid.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 6:52 PM PDT reply actions  

Fuck. That was a reply to dpseadv.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, I figured. We've decided ours can't watch tv until 4-ish.

They keep coming round to see what I’m doing and I have to turn everything off.

by dpseadv on Oct 22, 2008 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

Next year.

That’s a three-and-a-half age movie for him. Then on to DVD tutorials of guitar and piano. I love my little artistic brainiac.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

Least likely home run in a matchup?

J.P. Howell kindly requests that you please Bach the fuck up.

by esoteric on Oct 22, 2008 6:55 PM PDT reply actions  

Outnumbered?

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

Even so

This current package coverage is the best in the history of baseball

by JI on Oct 22, 2008 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm serious

FOX broadcasts a game every week, and every playoff game is shown. CBS (literally) used to show as few games as possible, ABC/NBC blacked out local telecasts on weeknights and then only showed one LDS.

by JI on Oct 22, 2008 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

Nowhere near as bad as goddamned KOMO radio.

Don’t run your commercials too long, then have Rizzs play it out like the action is just happening. My god I hate that.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

He wouldn't have to do it if they would return to the game in a timely manner.

Even NASCAR has the sensibility to split the screen and cut back to action when commercials play, if something big happens. If you’re radio (I worked in radio for years), you cut out of the commercial and assure your paying clients you will run their spot again. No excuse.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

To be more clear,

those clients pay for usually three weeks of broadcast time. It is up to the station and the client to decide how often the spots run, and when.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Oct 22, 2008 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

"And that was not a good 3-0 swing"

“Reason for that is it was not a good 3-0 pitch.”

“……….”

by Goose on Oct 22, 2008 7:04 PM PDT reply actions  

Oh man

That is way interference their on Burrels part

by Schuxu on Oct 22, 2008 7:10 PM PDT reply actions  

PUT ON YOUR BIG GIRL PANTIES RAYS FAN

you are a fucking pussy and should be ashamed of the penis that supposedely hangs between your legs.

cut that shit off. jam it in your ear. then kill yourself.

why steps 1 and 2? because you are a fuckhead. thats why.

by deacvision7 on Oct 22, 2008 7:30 PM PDT reply actions  

“If a base is stolen during regulation or extra innings play by any player for either team during any Game, Taco Bell will offer every person in the U.S. the opportunity to obtain one (1) free Crunchy Seasoned Beef Taco (the "Free Taco”) (Approximate Retail Value of each Free Taco: 91¢, prices may vary) at participating Taco Bell® restaurants in the United States on the date designated herein. No product substitution, cash redemption or alternative will be allowed. Only one (1) Free Taco will be permitted per person, regardless of how many bases are stolen during the Games. In the event the Games are not played on October 22-30, 2008, the offer will be good during any Games of the 2008 MLB World Series to be announced. The Promotional Parties (defined below) will not be responsible for Acts of God, acts of terrorism, civil disturbances, work stoppage or any other natural disaster outside their control that may cause the cancellation or postponement of any Major League Baseball game, event or exhibition."/

by JI on Oct 22, 2008 7:32 PM PDT reply actions  

WTF? The CEO of Taco Bell has a British (Australian?) accent???

J.P. Howell kindly requests that you please Bach the fuck up.

by esoteric on Oct 22, 2008 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

Scott Kazmir looks alarmingly like Cory Lidle and/or Darin Morgan of the X-Files

Better known as “Eddie Van Blundht” from the episode “Small Potatoes.” (The one where the face-changer dood turns himself into Mulder and tries to kiss Scully.)

J.P. Howell kindly requests that you please Bach the fuck up.

by esoteric on Oct 22, 2008 7:33 PM PDT reply actions  

It's nice the the president of Taco Bell eats there.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 22, 2008 7:35 PM PDT reply actions  

Joe Buck makes fun of quality starts. I love it.

Seriously, TBS put the bar so low that I’ve been entertained today.

by Teej on Oct 22, 2008 7:37 PM PDT reply actions  

Just part of the plan

Everybody thinks it is October, comes to TB doesn’t get their Taco because it is actually in November. But then eats there anyway.

by Schuxu on Oct 22, 2008 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

Most people are at work.

Wasn’t it 2-4 last year?

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 22, 2008 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

so the umps come into play this inning

a missed call at 1st, and a missed balk ?

by msb on Oct 22, 2008 7:42 PM PDT reply actions  

Not only was it a balk, Pena was safe at 2nd.

Wow, a complete fuck-up on every aspect of that play

J.P. Howell kindly requests that you please Bach the fuck up.

by esoteric on Oct 22, 2008 7:43 PM PDT reply actions  

Has he been calling that ball all night?

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 22, 2008 8:00 PM PDT reply actions  

Side note...has anyone ever noticed....

Ok…What 3 teams haven’t made it to a world series? Rangers, Mariners, Nationals.

The Washington Nationals
The Rangers, who used to be the Washington Senators
And the Mariners, who play in Seattle, Washington.

Is there some sort of Washington curse?!?!?! Yeah there are some other former Washington teams that have made it…but this is still quite a bit of evidence to support a Washington curse….

Bring back José Cruz Jr!

by darmok on Oct 22, 2008 8:04 PM PDT reply actions  

Yes

I had some hopes the ’Hawks would cleanse my mouth of the 2008 Mariners…………………

"It's reassuring to know that in your life, you can have no more than 32 root canals."
-T. McCarver

by Big Jared on Oct 22, 2008 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

The best way to combat bad umping...

Swinging strikes.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 22, 2008 8:05 PM PDT reply actions  

Nice to see Balfour back in form.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 22, 2008 8:19 PM PDT reply actions  

"all three hits singles" -joe buck

as the graphic under iwamura says “2 singles, 1 double”

you are awesome joe. fucking die.

by deacvision7 on Oct 22, 2008 8:25 PM PDT reply actions  

Ball was inside.

Tracer says it was outside.

Pitcher before was inside, tracer said it was down the pipe.

by Goose on Oct 22, 2008 8:31 PM PDT reply actions  

I can't bring myself to look at that thing this series. I feel dumb arguing balls and strikes with a machine.

All this newfangled technology gee whiz is taking the fun out of one of my favorite parts of the game.

by dpseadv on Oct 22, 2008 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

No respect for Howard? He must need a better hitter behind him for protection.

Rauuuuul… man I’m looking forward to the offseason moves this year.

by dpseadv on Oct 22, 2008 8:40 PM PDT reply actions  

wheres that .gif

of pujols taking lidge yard? i need that to post on my Wake Forest board for the douchebag philly fans

by deacvision7 on Oct 22, 2008 8:46 PM PDT reply actions  

Man those are some classy looking baseball caps though.

Fucking drop on that thing… reminds me of Putz when he’s good.

by dpseadv on Oct 22, 2008 9:00 PM PDT reply actions  

ACTUALLY JOE

it’s important for the Rays to get Carl Crawford on because OTHERWISE THEY LOSE THE GAME

by seattlebruin on Oct 22, 2008 9:01 PM PDT reply actions  

Fuck that shit.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Oct 22, 2008 9:01 PM PDT reply actions  

By the way, I've been reading up like crazy on the dilution of talent pool thing.

I would like to fanpost a bunch of stuff I’ve found in a few weeks or so, just a bunch of reading to wade through and contemplate.

by dpseadv on Oct 22, 2008 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

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