3/25: Holy Hell It's A Regular Season Open Game Thread
I'm posting this as a diary because who the balls is watching baseball at three in the morning?
Graham's note: Me. Lineups.
First Pitch: 3:05am PDT this isn't a typo

Pedroia 2B Buck RF Youkilis 1B Ellis 2B Ortiz DH Barton 1B Ramirez LF Cust DH Lowell 3B Brown LF Drew Moss RF Crosby SS Varitek C Hannahan 3B Ellsbury CF Suzuki C Lugo SS R. Sweeney CF ---------- ----------
Matsuzaka (0-0, 0.00) Blanton (0-0, 0.00)
Red Sox: 81 home games in Boston
A's: 79 home games in Oakland, two home games in Japan where everyone will be cheering for Matsuzaka and Okajima
The East Coast bias has reared its head early this year.
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Always gotta watch the first baseball game of the
But goddamn, this is testing my limits.
by Goose on Mar 24, 2008 10:55 PM PDT 0 recs
Isn't this how Graham and EM always feel?
by Wilder83 on
Mar 24, 2008 10:59 PM PDT
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Exactly it
Welcome to our world. A world where you plan your sleep schedule two weeeks in advance so as not to make ridiculous plans to be out of the house from 8-11pm as that's when you're making up your sleep.
A world where you've just been watching the Mariners take on the Angels for four and a half hours and somehow you're late for work.
A world where Dave Niehaus is drowned out by the sound of morning birdsong.
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by MarkE on
Mar 25, 2008 2:24 AM PDT
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Yep
by EnglishMariner on
Mar 25, 2008 12:59 PM PDT
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EAST COAST BIAS!!!!!!!!
I'm gonna stay up and watch, go sox! reduce the AL west to a 3 way tie for 1st.
by MFAN on Mar 24, 2008 10:56 PM PDT 0 recs
Well...
Woo... Baseball... That will cut off in the middle of the 7th inning because Japanese baseball coverage is a horseshit burrito dipped in barbed wire and broken glass..
Fuck territorial restrictions.
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by IcebreakerX on Mar 24, 2008 10:58 PM PDT 0 recs
You know?
GO BOSTON!!!!
Honestly -- if it weren't for their shitty fans, I could probably actually root for Boston. When they're playing the Yankees or anyone in our division, I actually DO root for Boston...
by PositivePaul on Mar 24, 2008 11:06 PM PDT 0 recs
I dislike Oakland as much as anyone...
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by IcebreakerX on
Mar 24, 2008 11:10 PM PDT
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Agreed.
by Wilder83 on
Mar 24, 2008 11:11 PM PDT
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We can make it a win-win situation, then...
by PositivePaul on
Mar 24, 2008 11:46 PM PDT
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I am Japanese and...
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by IcebreakerX on
Mar 25, 2008 12:04 AM PDT
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I will be staying up for the first pitch.
by JI on Mar 24, 2008 11:16 PM PDT 0 recs
I'll be up.
I will have a delicious 3AM breakfast of Hot dogs and beer. Yum
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by BrettJMiller on Mar 25, 2008 12:02 AM PDT 0 recs
Absolutely I will
by Enrique on Mar 25, 2008 12:33 AM PDT 0 recs
2 1/2 hours to go
How the hell am I going to stay awake for this?
by Notor on Mar 25, 2008 12:39 AM PDT 0 recs
Be really, really overly excited for baseball?
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by BrettJMiller on
Mar 25, 2008 12:41 AM PDT
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Less than two hours...
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by BrettJMiller on Mar 25, 2008 1:19 AM PDT 0 recs
I had considered it.
by Librocrat on
Mar 25, 2008 1:22 AM PDT
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Still here
by Enrique on
Mar 25, 2008 1:29 AM PDT
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Oh what the fuck?!
Gotta make a QFC run...
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by BrettJMiller on Mar 25, 2008 1:43 AM PDT 0 recs
HOT DOGS!!
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by BrettJMiller on
Mar 25, 2008 2:05 AM PDT
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Oh... yes!
Let's Go, erm... A's I guess?
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by MarkE on Mar 25, 2008 2:04 AM PDT 0 recs
Of course the analyst thinks
But I too have crazy man-love for Erik Bedard.
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by BrettJMiller on
Mar 25, 2008 2:14 AM PDT
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Dontrelle Willis gets a lotta run support.
by Patrick517 on
Mar 25, 2008 2:21 AM PDT
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Run support doesn't matter though, he sucks
He's a 6.00 ERA pitcher at the root of his talents. He's really as bad as Horacio. I wish I was exaggerating here because I used to like Dontrelle, but it's the truth.
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by BrettJMiller on
Mar 25, 2008 2:27 AM PDT
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Heating up the water to boil the dogs.
Which beer should I choose? I have--
Stella Artois (3)
Pilsner Urquell (5)
Kokanee (1, can)
Can only drink 3 total if I want to bring a sixer to Matthew's on Sunday, since I currently have nine.
Ahhh I'm stoked.
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by BrettJMiller on Mar 25, 2008 2:24 AM PDT 0 recs
Only it doesn't quite count
Now that your course is almost up, are you staying here or going back to America, Graham?
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by MarkE on
Mar 25, 2008 2:53 AM PDT
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The bicycles will miss you
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by MarkE on
Mar 25, 2008 3:07 AM PDT
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Lineups
1B Youkilis
DH Ortiz
LF Ramirez
3B Lowell
RF Drew
C Varitek
"Jeremy Reed" Ellsbury
SS Lugo
Matsuzaka (0-0, 0.00)
and
RF Buck
2B Ellis
1B Barton
DH Cust
LF E. Brown
Injured Crosby
3B Hannahan
C Suzuki
CF R. Sweeney (seriously)
Cupcakes (0-0, 0.00)
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by BrettJMiller on Mar 25, 2008 2:48 AM PDT 0 recs
Thanks for posting the lineups Graham
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by BrettJMiller on Mar 25, 2008 2:55 AM PDT 0 recs
Great...I'm at work....
by ThundaPC on Mar 25, 2008 2:57 AM PDT 0 recs
What the fuck?
JAPAN IS LIKE 12,000 MILES AWAY YOU BASTARDS.
by Graham on Mar 25, 2008 2:58 AM PDT 0 recs
But ESPN's exclusive rights
by JI on
Mar 25, 2008 3:03 AM PDT
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Same here
Idiots.
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by MarkE on
Mar 25, 2008 3:03 AM PDT
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Oooh baseball!
by JI on Mar 25, 2008 3:02 AM PDT 0 recs
I've got beer
Happy new year, everyone. :)
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by BrettJMiller on Mar 25, 2008 3:05 AM PDT 0 recs
This better be worth it....
If something completely crazy doesn't happen in the first 20 minutes I'm going to bed.
by Notor on Mar 25, 2008 3:08 AM PDT 0 recs
I am so going to regret this
by oompagooba on Mar 25, 2008 3:08 AM PDT 0 recs
JD Drew scratched due to injury?
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by BrettJMiller on Mar 25, 2008 3:10 AM PDT 0 recs
Yup, Pedroia's annoying.
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by BrettJMiller on Mar 25, 2008 3:15 AM PDT 0 recs
Matsuzaka sucks.
...
...
Yeah, right. These are the Athletics we're talking about.
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by IcebreakerX on Mar 25, 2008 3:17 AM PDT 0 recs
Through three dogs.
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by BrettJMiller on Mar 25, 2008 3:17 AM PDT 0 recs
YEAH!!!!
MATSUZAKA SUCKS!!!
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by IcebreakerX on Mar 25, 2008 3:20 AM PDT 0 recs
Tokyo Dome...
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by IcebreakerX on
Mar 25, 2008 3:22 AM PDT
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I see.
by Faux on
Mar 25, 2008 3:24 AM PDT
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I'd like Matsuzaka a lot more
by Graham on Mar 25, 2008 3:20 AM PDT 0 recs
There ya go, Ice!!
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by BrettJMiller on Mar 25, 2008 3:20 AM PDT 0 recs
Ellis is on one of my fantasy teams.
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by IcebreakerX on Mar 25, 2008 3:22 AM PDT 0 recs
...Except...
Oh well!
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by IcebreakerX on
Mar 25, 2008 3:23 AM PDT
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Matsuzaka is nervous as shit.
CRY!!!
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by IcebreakerX on Mar 25, 2008 3:26 AM PDT 0 recs
20 pitches
Brilliant.
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by MarkE on
Mar 25, 2008 3:30 AM PDT
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I meant
Idiot :o(
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by MarkE on
Mar 25, 2008 3:30 AM PDT
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So, I got up for nothing it seems.
This is bullshit. But at least I'm not the only one suffering. So is everybody else at AN with DTV.
by Goose on Mar 25, 2008 3:30 AM PDT 0 recs
Keep trying MLB.tv
by Graham on
Mar 25, 2008 3:32 AM PDT
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I just got cut off and tried to go back in...
During this time, sections of the site will not be available.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause"
Genius.
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by MarkE on
Mar 25, 2008 3:35 AM PDT
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Nice play by DiceK.
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by IcebreakerX on Mar 25, 2008 3:31 AM PDT 0 recs
Athletics suck too.
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by IcebreakerX on Mar 25, 2008 3:34 AM PDT 0 recs
This is fucking amazing. MLB and DirecTV have
I swear to god, if this shit happens during a Mariners or DBacks game, I will fucking decapitate somebody.
by Goose on Mar 25, 2008 3:44 AM PDT 0 recs
It's because they limit it so damn much...
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by IcebreakerX on
Mar 25, 2008 3:52 AM PDT
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Matsuzaka sucking it.
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by IcebreakerX on Mar 25, 2008 3:53 AM PDT 0 recs
Matsuzaka
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by MarkE on
Mar 25, 2008 3:57 AM PDT
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And while I'm fucking pissed and ranting.
by Goose on Mar 25, 2008 3:54 AM PDT 0 recs
I dunno about you...
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Mar 25, 2008 3:56 AM PDT
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