10/23: Open World Series Game 2 Thread

by Jeff on Oct 23, 2008 4:30 PM PDT in Game Threads Comment 268 comments

Lineup

10/23/08 5:29 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	Cliff Floyd - DH
Greg Dobbs - DH	Dioner Navarro - C
Pedro Feliz - 3B	Rocco Baldelli - 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 - James Shields	14-8	33	33	3	2	0	0	215.0	208	94	85	24	40	160	3.56	1.15

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2008 - Brett Myers	10-13	30	30	2	1	0	0	190.0	197	103	96	29	65	163	4.55	1.38

This seems like a mismatch until you realize that it's the World Series now and that you should really just Throw All The Numbers Out The Window Because None Of That Matters Anymore.

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Heard on the radio this morning

“Philadelphia is undefeated this season and post-season when leading after 9 innings.”

I think they meant 8 because if you lead after 9 innings, the game is over.

I expect the Rays to cruise. Go Rays!

by PDXTai on Oct 23, 2008 4:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Perhaps it was a sly joke?

Nah, it was sportsradio after all.

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

by esoteric on Oct 23, 2008 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm the King of Sly around here

No way that counts as a sly remark.

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

pish

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 23, 2008 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Whatever

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

As if.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Oct 23, 2008 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Stupid name, and a terrible group I’m sure, but at least they’re not butchering the Star-Spangled Banner like the Backstreet Boys did last night. They’re actually giving it a nice and respectable reading.

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

by esoteric on Oct 23, 2008 5:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Much better than the Backseat Boys, that's for sure.

Man do I love midgets.

by Thingray on Oct 23, 2008 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think the Backstreet Boys tried to be respectable.

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You think, Joe, because you are not a real baseball fan.

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 5:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Keys to the game

(paraphrased)

*Ryan Howard needs to be clutch
*The Rays need to win

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 5:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Fill in a spot on your bingo card!

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

by esoteric on Oct 23, 2008 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The team that scores the most runs will win.

by mark sobba on Oct 23, 2008 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The team that has James Shields will either win or lose

by seattlebruin on Oct 23, 2008 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

A co-worker asked me what was wrong with Howard

I responded, “Ov-er Ra-ted, clap clap clapclapclap.”

by Sec 108 on Oct 23, 2008 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Zimmer is still around??

by Schuxu on Oct 23, 2008 5:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Zimmer was the thirdbaseman for the 62 Mets?

that really doesn’t help his credibility one bit

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 5:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

For a grand total of 14 games

by Sec 108 on Oct 23, 2008 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

bwahahahaha

by Double06 on Oct 23, 2008 5:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I <3 the World Series

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 23, 2008 5:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I <3 BJ Upton.

Tools Whore

Sign Bonds!

by Tyler on Oct 23, 2008 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Win

by Jeff on Oct 23, 2008 5:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

ZOMG small ball

Clearly the Rays will win because they are playing the right way.

by PDXTai on Oct 23, 2008 5:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

They manufactured the shit out of those runs

by Jeff on Oct 23, 2008 5:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

A smart team would have gotten hits.

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pena and Longoria are not selfish. They don't need all the glory.

Tools Whore

Sign Bonds!

by Tyler on Oct 23, 2008 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

If you had Barry Bonds you would be so much better

by Jeff on Oct 23, 2008 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think so.

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Sign Bonds!

by Tyler on Oct 23, 2008 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I prefer my runs all-natural, free range and organic, thank you.

A smarter Crawford wouldn’t have swung at the first pitch he saw.

by PDXTai on Oct 23, 2008 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That is an oxymoron.

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Sign Bonds!

by Tyler on Oct 23, 2008 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Those runs have little TM stamps on them!

by mark sobba on Oct 23, 2008 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who says all the good manufacturing jobs have been outsourced to China?

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

by esoteric on Oct 23, 2008 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Someday China will figure out how to stamp out MLB Runs for 3 cents a unit.

by mark sobba on Oct 23, 2008 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Can you poison babies with runs laced with melamine?

Too soon?

by PDXTai on Oct 23, 2008 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Phils Phils Phils

by Fogel on Oct 23, 2008 5:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Why throw middle-in to Howard when ahead in the count?

Do they feel sorry for him?

by PDXTai on Oct 23, 2008 5:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Charlie Manuel likes the fact that half the time Ryan Howard is completely useless?

by Fogel on Oct 23, 2008 5:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

The Rays have a lot of pitchers I think I'd like to get high with

by Jeff on Oct 23, 2008 5:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I think we have a lot of pitchers who would get high with you.

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Sign Bonds!

by Tyler on Oct 23, 2008 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

So we're agreed

by Jeff on Oct 23, 2008 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And we witness Tim McCarver at his best.

"The proper way to approch Ryan Howard is curveball after curveball.

::lauches third consecutive curveball for a double::

“Well that curveball was above the knees”

::replay of curveball directly at the knees::

by Double06 on Oct 23, 2008 5:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I hope Sweet Swing gets a WS ring

that said GO RAYS

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 23, 2008 5:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Haha Fuck You Dobbs

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 23, 2008 5:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

How pathetic is it that Dobby the bench elf is a DH?

Then I remembered Vidro. And we play in the AL.

by PDXTai on Oct 23, 2008 5:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

How much do those things cost?

Dependent on the quality of the player?

by Teej on Oct 23, 2008 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

$5 and up

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's as ironic as the Socisca sponsorship.

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I still believe the Dobbs sponsorship message

by Jeff on Oct 23, 2008 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I hated Dobbs so much when he was here.

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I did too

After he left I realized it was mostly an irrational hatred.

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 23, 2008 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is brilliant

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Sign Bonds!

by Tyler on Oct 23, 2008 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lazy line drive.

Goodness he has some range.

by Teej on Oct 23, 2008 6:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

That was him playing "too shallow" and a good jump

Off the bat I thought: tied game

by Schuxu on Oct 23, 2008 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

B.J. Upton only plays shallow because he doesn't want to walk far to get back to the dugout between innings.

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

by esoteric on Oct 23, 2008 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like the angle, but why must the batter view be so off center?

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 6:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

oh, please, do tell us the Rocco Baldelli story

I’ve never heard it before.

by msb on Oct 23, 2008 6:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

He's the one that did blow off the sidewalk right

by Jeff on Oct 23, 2008 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He takes handfuls of pills and a time and his legs hurt.

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_Van_Winkle

by Fogel on Oct 23, 2008 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

So a ball that would have been an out if it were hit about 5 feet to the right

is proof of how Navarro is a much better player than last year?

by Fogel on Oct 23, 2008 6:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Small ball!

Pressure the defense!

by Teej on Oct 23, 2008 6:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

What is up with the officiating this series?

by Schuxu on Oct 23, 2008 6:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Boy the Rays are getting a lot of pussy hits

by Fogel on Oct 23, 2008 6:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Luck is evening out after last night.

Tools Whore

Sign Bonds!

by Tyler on Oct 23, 2008 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's called playing the game the right way.

by Teej on Oct 23, 2008 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Can somebody tell Coach that being bald does not a bad general manager make?

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 23, 2008 6:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I certainly hope not else my life dreams are crushed before they begin

by Jeff on Oct 23, 2008 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He won't let it go

He’s convinced that because Bavasi and Gillick were bad Z will be bad too because they are all bald. He doesn’t see the dozens of other lurking variables

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 23, 2008 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Your fault for talking to Coach

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He FB messages me

and for whatever reason I respond

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 23, 2008 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just tell him it's the opposite for starfleet captains.

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pat Gillick isn't the same kind of bald

by Jeff on Oct 23, 2008 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

If Hollywood has taught me anything it's that men with hair are action heroes and bald men are geniuses with a dark side

by Jeff on Oct 23, 2008 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

query: Vin Deisel?

by msb on Oct 23, 2008 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

result: Bruce Wlilis

by PDXTai on Oct 23, 2008 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rare exception

by Jeff on Oct 23, 2008 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

actually, an Evil Genius With A Dark Side might be a valuable GM....

by msb on Oct 23, 2008 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

How would you use the Mariners to take over the world?

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Successfully

by Jeff on Oct 23, 2008 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

First he'd start a blog about the Mariners to gather a loyal following...

Oops. Said too much already. Now they’ll have to kill me.

by PDXTai on Oct 23, 2008 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

query: Samuel L. Jackson?

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

by esoteric on Oct 23, 2008 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Evil genius

by Jeff on Oct 23, 2008 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

On the evidence of Unbreakable and Deep Blue Sea, I suppose.

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

by esoteric on Oct 23, 2008 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Does this count as bald?

by Fogel on Oct 23, 2008 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes

genius

by Jeff on Oct 23, 2008 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You son of a bitch

You can’t just label people the way you want to

by Fogel on Oct 23, 2008 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He was an action hero until he went bald, at which point his evil genius neurons were activated

by Jeff on Oct 23, 2008 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This doesn't even make sense

by Fogel on Oct 23, 2008 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jeff tends to do that.

Indie.

by Taylor H on Oct 23, 2008 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I am committed to the hypothesis

by Jeff on Oct 23, 2008 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Terrible terrible scientist

by Fogel on Oct 23, 2008 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Determined scientist

by Jeff on Oct 23, 2008 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Scientific determination?

Indie.

by Taylor H on Oct 23, 2008 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sean Connery was bald but wore a toupee

by Fogel on Oct 23, 2008 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Michael Chiklis

by Fogel on Oct 23, 2008 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have stopped paying attention to this subthread

by Jeff on Oct 23, 2008 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ignoring information

Wait till Senomyx hears about this

by Fogel on Oct 23, 2008 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also not very determined

by Fogel on Oct 23, 2008 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is Jason Statham right?

BOOYA! You got Slurved!

by Slurvey on Oct 23, 2008 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes.

by Teej on Oct 23, 2008 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I tried to argue that

couldn’t win

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 23, 2008 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Long live results based analysis

Remind him the Professor X of the X-men is bald. That should convince him. :)

by PDXTai on Oct 23, 2008 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, Barbara, your youngest is so young.

by msb on Oct 23, 2008 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

RUNS RUNS RUNS

by Double06 on Oct 23, 2008 6:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

More like RUN

by Schuxu on Oct 23, 2008 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

GTE

by Double06 on Oct 23, 2008 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Poor guy

His legs gave out and he collapsed.

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 6:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

He very well could have just died.

Tools Whore

Sign Bonds!

by Tyler on Oct 23, 2008 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The runners that B.J. Upton drives in are lazy.

by Teej on Oct 23, 2008 6:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Everytime time a away team celebrates a WS win, God rapes a angel.

by Robert on Oct 23, 2008 6:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Celebrating on the road is fun.

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Disagree

Much more fun to take part in the celebration

by Robert on Oct 23, 2008 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Roads wins are fun especially when you hate the other team.

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Victory celebrations are like that scene in Ghostebuster II where everyone loves each other and is happy

by Robert on Oct 23, 2008 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Seeing your team happy

and the fans of the other team crying is the ultimate

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is a good point.

What would we all love more? Winning the pennant at Safeco? Or winning the pennant at Anaheim?

by Goose on Oct 23, 2008 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Since I'm not from Seattle and probably couldn't be there

I pick Anaheim

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Samesies!

by Fogel on Oct 23, 2008 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've taken part in celebrations in NY and Seattle and they are the greatest thing ever

by Robert on Oct 23, 2008 6:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ever?

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 24, 2008 6:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well

no but you get the point

by Robert on Oct 24, 2008 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't even need to click that link.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 24, 2008 9:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

your : you're :: a : an

by Jeff on Oct 23, 2008 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He does it intentionally?

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You're an tool.

by Robert on Oct 23, 2008 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jeff is not a tool

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 23, 2008 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jeff is not a tool.

Indie.

by Taylor H on Oct 23, 2008 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Actually, what do I know?

Indie.

by Taylor H on Oct 23, 2008 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who the fuck are you

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 23, 2008 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Batman

Indie.

by Taylor H on Oct 23, 2008 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jeff is not a towel

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jeff is not a trowel

Rather, he is an adze.

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

by esoteric on Oct 23, 2008 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Esoteric.......................

Indie.

by Taylor H on Oct 23, 2008 6:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

pwn3d.

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

by esoteric on Oct 23, 2008 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's all good. It lasted all of 3 minutes.

Indie.

by Taylor H on Oct 23, 2008 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And please tell me...what was the reason they provided you when you went into the box?

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

by esoteric on Oct 23, 2008 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You're going to love this.

“Esoteric said so”

Indie.

by Taylor H on Oct 23, 2008 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That shows a distinct lack of creativity on said sexy person's behalf.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 24, 2008 6:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Dobbs is one of the better fastball hitters in the NL"

sez Joe Morgan

by msb on Oct 23, 2008 6:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

That was Jeff Clement slow.

I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on Oct 23, 2008 6:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Today I'm rooting for the Rays.

Because fuck sweeps.

by Goose on Oct 23, 2008 6:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Also, they didn't butcher the national anthem tonight.

It was surprisingly respectful, as boy-band harmonies go.

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

by esoteric on Oct 23, 2008 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They were a boy band?

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I just see three guys harmonizing with a lame group name, and I draw assumptions.

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

by esoteric on Oct 23, 2008 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's the world we live in.

Indie.

by Taylor H on Oct 23, 2008 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know some of you cats were talking pumpkin beer at some point.

Is Buffalo Bill’s Pumpkin Ale any good? My girl just brought some home from the store, and I’ve never had a pumpkin beer.

by Teej on Oct 23, 2008 6:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I saw that at the store the other day as well and seriously considered buying it.

by Goose on Oct 23, 2008 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

There has never been a good pumpkin beer.

I’ve tried many, many varieties, always hoping I’d find something that didn’t make me want my money back. No such luck.

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

by esoteric on Oct 23, 2008 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Did you try it? I'm not a fan of that type.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 24, 2008 6:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not yet. I shall try it tonight.

by Teej on Oct 24, 2008 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Treehouse of Horror XIX looks dumb

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 23, 2008 6:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

With the exception of the movie

The Simpsons have been crap for the last 8-9 years.

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Probably correct

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 23, 2008 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Seriously.

It’s been all downhill since Season Six, and Season Eight was the last one I was willing to pay money for. (That was the one with the Hank Scorpio episode, right?)

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

by esoteric on Oct 23, 2008 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Season 7 was wonderful

And yes season 8 was the beginning of the end, however, seasons 9 and 10 had mostly good episodes and were well worth my time.

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fuck I have to go watch

Lagaan. What kind of professor assigns a 4 hour movie during the fucking World Series?

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 23, 2008 6:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

but it's got cricket! and singing! and cricket!

by msb on Oct 23, 2008 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

and thank God we only had to watch an hour and a half

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by I'm NOT Corco on Oct 23, 2008 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

SQUUUUUUUUUUEZE!

I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on Oct 23, 2008 6:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Yay squeeze

by Double06 on Oct 23, 2008 6:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Nice work by Bartlett second time around.

by Teej on Oct 23, 2008 6:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

The Rays are pounding Brett Myers

in a similar fashion of which he pounded his wife.

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 6:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Didn't we declare a moratorium on "Brett Myers beat his wife LOLZ!" jokes?

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

by esoteric on Oct 23, 2008 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Regular-season ban.

by Teej on Oct 23, 2008 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought it was first implemented during the NLDS.

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

by esoteric on Oct 23, 2008 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

No someone tried and they were shot down in flames.

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Guess who it was!

by Fogel on Oct 23, 2008 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

JE NE REGRETE RIEN

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

by esoteric on Oct 23, 2008 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do you really think they were beaten senseless into the ground (much as Brett Myers's wife)?

by Fogel on Oct 23, 2008 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's doubly unfunny when you're reaching like this.

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

by esoteric on Oct 23, 2008 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The reaching is what makes it funny.

The joke are supposed to be bad.

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed.

by Teej on Oct 23, 2008 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Very true.

Tools Whore

Sign Bonds!

by Tyler on Oct 23, 2008 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought it was far funnier when we were cracking jokes about that ex-ML'er who was struck by lightning

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

by esoteric on Oct 23, 2008 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That was a great subthread.

I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on Oct 23, 2008 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nope.

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

No defining blows to make it obvious,

but rather a relentless barrage of swings of a Valencia Oranges sack to put her in her place?

by Double06 on Oct 23, 2008 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Defense doesn't matter.

by Goose on Oct 23, 2008 6:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Rocco!

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 6:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Wow that was a annon

by seattlebruin on Oct 23, 2008 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's "AN annon" you illiterate fuck.

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

by esoteric on Oct 23, 2008 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs

Rec'd.

by Double06 on Oct 23, 2008 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You are an astard

by seattlebruin on Oct 23, 2008 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rec'd.

Indie.

by Taylor H on Oct 23, 2008 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

DP!!

ahahaha Werth

by Double06 on Oct 23, 2008 6:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

JAYSON WERTH YOU MAGNIFICENT FUCKUP

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

by esoteric on Oct 23, 2008 6:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Dammit Phillies

by Fogel on Oct 23, 2008 6:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

What is your problem?

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I deserve extras.

by Fogel on Oct 23, 2008 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You need to learn patientence

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have not witnessed extra innings* since I started pining for them

*This only includes Mariner and playoff games

by Fogel on Oct 23, 2008 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Angels - Red Sox

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was away

by Fogel on Oct 23, 2008 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

dumbass

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

For six hours?

by Jeff on Oct 23, 2008 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Some people have social lievs

by Fogel on Oct 23, 2008 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

*Not me obviously but I was out for a while

by Fogel on Oct 23, 2008 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was watching it as part of my social life

by Jeff on Oct 23, 2008 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It was such a long time ago that I can't really remember what I was doing

by Fogel on Oct 23, 2008 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Perhaps you've noticed a pattern?

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

by esoteric on Oct 23, 2008 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't want to live in a world where Fogel is happy.

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't want to live in a world where Fogel is.

Full stop.

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

by esoteric on Oct 23, 2008 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not this shit again.

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

by esoteric on Oct 23, 2008 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Welcome to LL

Indie.

by Taylor H on Oct 23, 2008 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

HELP I'M BEING TERRORIZED BY A SMALL BLOND CHILD!

J.K.L.

by acblue on Oct 23, 2008 7:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

The child hates you for your freedom

"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 23, 2008 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fucking Germans

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

!!!

by Robert on Oct 23, 2008 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This reminds me of that goddamn astrophysicist commercial.

I want to find this guy and punch him in the kidneys.

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

by esoteric on Oct 23, 2008 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He's not blond, he's albino.

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

by Faux on Oct 23, 2008 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is what you get for declaring that you would like to take said child to the zoo.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 24, 2008 7:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You loved every minute of it, uncle acblue.

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

by kevin_ess on Oct 24, 2008 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

D'aww

J.K.L.

by acblue on Oct 24, 2008 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Will somebody explain to me WTF Jack Bauer is doing in Africa?

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

by esoteric on Oct 23, 2008 7:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I think 24 was getting a lot of flak for not having enough minorities on their show.......

I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on Oct 23, 2008 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fighting bad guys and yelling DAMMIT!

Also, never eating or going to the bathroom for a full 24 hours

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Oct 23, 2008 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He wears a stillsuit

Like Paul Atreides.

[/dork]

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

by esoteric on Oct 23, 2008 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Did he go into second cleats up? looked almost dirty.

I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on Oct 23, 2008 7:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Rocco is the 2004 Rhode Island Italian-American HOF inductee!

How many other people are in that hall? Four people?

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

by esoteric on Oct 23, 2008 7:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

it is a distubring trend

that Joe Buck and Tim McCarver are announcing baseball still

Don't believe the lies Bill!!!! look at the sparkly ERA!!! Sparkly, Sparkly!!! - McCovey Chronicles

by Trenchtown on Oct 23, 2008 7:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

he gawn

Don't believe the lies Bill!!!! look at the sparkly ERA!!! Sparkly, Sparkly!!! - McCovey Chronicles

by Trenchtown on Oct 23, 2008 7:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Price in this early, eh?

Barring some shut-down innings, I have to think Utley and Howard will come up again in the ninth.

They have Howell, I guess.

by Teej on Oct 23, 2008 7:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I didn't realize there was a runner on base when he came in.

I guess I can get down with this decision. He should be out in the 8th, though.

by Teej on Oct 23, 2008 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

(out = out on the mound)

by Teej on Oct 23, 2008 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

there was an astounding comparison on KJR this afternoon

Gastineau was talking about the need to get that kid (ie Fields) signed, so that he could get started contributing to the Mariners, because just look at what “that kid” (ie Price) is doing in the post-season with virtually no major league experience.

by msb on Oct 23, 2008 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes!!!!!

by seattlebruin on Oct 23, 2008 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good God.

by Teej on Oct 23, 2008 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is where legends are born

by Fogel on Oct 23, 2008 7:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Is there any chance Shields will start at Citizen's Bank?

So at some point I’ll get to hear Tim McCarver say “Shields up”?

by khmer luge on Oct 23, 2008 7:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

just turned this on...

I hated it when ESPN tried to sell us on the dead-center camera angle, and I definitely hate it now that Fox is using the World Series to use a dead-center camera angle. At least ESPN had a lame excuse of using that camera angle as a prelude to K-Zone, then they switched back to the normal leftcenter camera. The main problem I have with this dead-center camera angle isn’t whether or not I know a pitch on the corner or not, it’s that it really messes with me knowing what’s high or what’s low.

Dead-center stinks. I already have to put up with Joe Buck and Tim McCarver, why do I need this? If I can find this game on Westwood One, I’ll pull it up. I’m not kidding, I really have a hard time watching baseball with this camera angle.

Sports and Bremertonians. Because we can.

by wackomann on Oct 23, 2008 8:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Dead center is aweseome

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

...for me to poop on

I want my leftcenter camera.

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by wackomann on Oct 23, 2008 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fox may be doing it a bit wrong

but some local broadcasts do it right with a nice, close, unobstructed view of home plate.

Having a clear view of the strike zone is a good thing.

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

old footage

I remember some footage of Randy Johnson throwing at the Kingdome where Randy, Dan Wilson, and the batter took up nearly 80% of the screen. That was beautiful stuff. I wish they’d go back to that, but there’d me no room for ads and score bugs.

Sports and Bremertonians. Because we can.

by wackomann on Oct 23, 2008 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

*be

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by wackomann on Oct 23, 2008 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

There's more to the field than just the pitcher and catcher

by JI on Oct 23, 2008 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

hmm

I suppose there could be the first couple rows of fans behind the plate to show.

You could show a runner leading off of second with the mound still in the frame, but with dead-center the camera would have to move even further to pick that up.

And someone mentioned it higher in the thread, but the fact that they’re using this angle and the pitcher/catcher/batter aren’t in the center of the screen is really annoying, ad banner be damned.

Sports and Bremertonians. Because we can.

by wackomann on Oct 23, 2008 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs