4/20: Open Game Thread
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 20, 2008 10:30 AM PDT
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Barry Lamar Bonds (born July 24, 1964 in Riverside, California) is a Major League Baseball outfielder who is currently a free agent. He is the son of former major league All-Star Bobby Bonds, the godson of Hall of Famer Willie Mays, the nephew of 1964 Olympian Rosie Bonds, and a distant cousin of Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson.[1] He debuted in the Major Leagues with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1986 and joined the San Francisco Giants in 1993, where he stayed through 2007. Bonds filed for free agency following the 2007 World Series.[2]
Bonds currently holds the all-time Major League Baseball home run record with 762, and is also the all-time career leader in both walks (2,558) and intentional walks (688). He holds numerous other records, including the single-season Major League record for home runs (73), set in 2001, and a record seven Most Valuable Player awards.
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On September 21, 2007, the San Francisco Giants confirmed that they would not re-sign Bonds for the 2008 season.[91] The story was first announced on Bonds' own web site earlier that day.[92] There is much speculation about where Bonds might play in 2008 and possibly beyond. Experts have suggested nearly a dozen teams as possible destinations.[93][92]
Bonds stated that he would like to sign with the New York Yankees as a designated hitter, but that since the team currently has two designated hitters on the roster, it would be unlikely they would sign him.[94]
Most talk is of Bonds signing just for the 2008 season as he needs just 65 hits to reach the 3,000 hit mark. There is little discussion of the 800th home run or other milestones as motivation for continuing beyond 2008. In addition to the hits, Bonds needs 20 more runs scored to move past Ty Cobb for second place, and 69 to pass Rickey Henderson to be the all-time runs champion; and 38 extra base hits to move past Hank Aaron as the all-time extra base hits champion. Bonds continues to talk of his quest for a World Series championship as motivation for returning in 2008.[91]
He filed for free agency status on October 29, 2007.[95]
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I'm sure we will wait 'til mid season
and we are 10 games back before Bavasi gets desperate and offers Barry a deal.
Actually scratch that
I’m sure we would gut what is left of our farm and get Jr. back before we would ever just sign Bonds.
A grat number of people
seem to be under the delusion that the Reds will take a soon to be 32 year-old free agent catcher for their superstar player.
by discovolante on Apr 20, 2008 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Jr. is a DH who's going to hit free agency this year
He’s also blocking the best prospect in baseball.
by Graham MacAree on Apr 20, 2008 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Dunn seems highly tradeable
plus a good candidate for collapse in his next contract. Seems like a no brianer.
Barry Bonds died for your sins.
Weren't they trying to shop him around the deadline last year too?
Maybe the M’s decided he needed 1 more year of veteran-ness before they’d make a move for him.
I suspect they'll both leave in free agency this year anyway
Whereupon we sign Griffey to something like a 2/$14m deal and everyone is happy until we don’t sign Teixeira and we also retain Ibanez at which point I go on a murderous rampage through Seattle.
by Graham MacAree on Apr 20, 2008 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
My [desperate] hope is that
With Griffey here the Mariners no longer require Raul’s services as TFOTF, and Kind tell him he can be a platoon DH or he can go fuck himself…. and if we blew our wad on Sexson four years ago, why won’t be blow our wad on a vastly superior replacement?
Barry Bonds died for your sins.
It doesn't matter how you perceive his role on that team
If the Reds are contending, they’re not gong to trade him. If the Reds are selling at the deadline, they’re going to want someone like Clement rather than Johjima.
by discovolante on Apr 20, 2008 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
His value just isn't as high as you think it is
by Graham MacAree on Apr 20, 2008 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
NB: Trading for him would be dumb though
He comes free at the end of the year.
by Graham MacAree on Apr 20, 2008 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think his value is very high, but I know that Johjima isn't gonna meet that price.
by discovolante on Apr 20, 2008 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't see any reason why he wouldn't
Johjima is a big upgrade over Ross and Bruce isn’t a downgrade from Griffey.
by Graham MacAree on Apr 20, 2008 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Plus, Cincy knows Griffey is gone
and he’s not loved there as he is loved here.
Come to think of it, no one ever for any reason in all of history, is a loved as Griffey is loved in Seattle.
Barry Bonds died for your sins.
If they're selling at the deadline, they'll take whatever they can get
Because if they’re out of contention they’re going to get nothing for Griffey when he becomes a free agent. That gives opposing teams a ton of leverage in negotiations with them, certainly enough to not give up a good prospect for him.
Hiring Dusty Baker to manage a team
with under performing veterans who are blocking bright young players = smart(!)
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Misconception: Draft picks.
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
griffey no way
The Reds would have to pay 4M to decline the option and then offering Griff arb would guarantee him 10M were he to accept.
Doesn't he want out pretty much for sure though?
Doesn’t seem like much of a risk to offer Griffey arb.
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
he also has an option
from what I recall for next year.
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by MfaninAlaska on Apr 20, 2008 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah
plus he’d actually have to perform to be a type A in the first place—that’s always a dicey proposition. I hold out hope we can trade a fungable relief arm for him once the Reds run u p the white flag and want to play Bruce.
Also, I still can’t believe they traded fucking Hamilton.
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Volquez isn't bad.
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions
problem is they're not going
to get a Clement for him…. with his injury history and his contract dollars he’s not going to command a top prospect.
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by MfaninAlaska on Apr 20, 2008 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
The letter I wrote Mr. Bonds from his website.
Dear Mr. Barry Bonds,
Us Mariners fans in Seattle need you! We desperately need that left-handed power bat you possess! Our home field is perfectly designed for lefties with power, and Seattle gets little to no national media exposure being in the obscure northwest part of the country. Our offense has very little power, and even less left-handed power. We need you Barry, me and my fellow bloggers all want you on our team, and everytime the team loses this year from a lack of offense (almost 20 games in and already have been quite a lot of games like that) we all mention that Bonds can be in the lineup. Please consider Seattle, Mr. Bonds! Also, congratulations on all your past success, and I hope you could possibly have further success here in Seattle. Thank you for the consideration.
Correct.
What you really need to do is steal Howard Lincoln’s cat and hold it hostage. You will only release it after Barry Bonds is signed to a one-year contract. If Lincoln fails to comply, you will throw the cat into a woodchipper.
Who are you kidding?
You throw it into the woodchipper either way…can’t have any witnesses
I'd rather know a little about a lot than a lot about a little
by Sportszilla on Apr 20, 2008 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Anyone headed to the game?
I’m about to head out. I’ll be sitting in section 108 wearing the 1977 eras light blue M’s hat and a dark blue Lookout Landing Tshirt.
I might have on a black USC zipper hoodie depending upon how cold it is as well.
If you’re in the area, stop by and say hi!
The poster formerly known as Matt.
It has been my experience at their ballpark
that their fans are almost irritatingly polite to me. I mean I’m not a jackass or anything but even friendly natured trash talk is usually met with this vapid, plastic surgery deformed, emotionless face. Except the one time I was in the second row behind home plate. Those fans were pretty cool. They were pissed that I got Orlando Cabrera’s girlfriend’s tickets off of ticketmaster though. (Or so they claimed that was who’s tickets they belonged to)
If there's one thing I learned from Spring Training this year
it’s that the Angels players have no friends.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Apr 20, 2008 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
According to the Cardinals broadcast
the Cardinals are winning because Rolen and Edmonds are gone and the chemistry(!) has taken over(!!!)...
...but wait? I thought the Jim Edmonds was the firey veteran leader who gave Ron Belliard the game ball, united the team, and sparked them on to a WS victory…. aaaaah my brain hurts.
Barry Bonds died for your sins.
s/game/season
OK, I still get pumped for Felix Day, but at this point, the Mariners are exactly the team I thought they’d be- .500, inconsistent on offense plus bad on defense, thus making the OMG AWESUM!!! pitching vaguely disappointing.
I mean, yeah, Bavasi’s likely toast if they end up 80-82 after blowing the farm system on Bedard, but how excited can you be that the most likely positive outcome for your team is getting the GM fired? The whole season feels like a performance of Waiting for Godot so far.
by eponymous_coward on Apr 20, 2008 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
You're right
Plus if Bavasi is fired, I wonder what other clown Lincoln and Armstrong would bring in. I think that the team would need new ownership if anything was to change in management.
I would find that so amusing
I’m not sure how long it’d be funny, but he’d probably be fired before his hiring would stop being hilarious
by Graham MacAree on Apr 20, 2008 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
If we're gonna suck
I want to lose a 120 games.
I want Pat Meares hitting third
I want to trade for Matt Morris
Not a Cam Bonifay trade, but rather a trade made in the spirit of Cam Bonifay
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Hmm
“I thought they’d be- .500, inconsistent on offense plus bad on defense, thus making the OMG AWESUM!!! pitching vaguely disappointing.”
I’m not seeing mention of you predicting JJ Putz and Erik Bedard would pitch about 12 innings between them through 20 games.
by Graham MacAree on Apr 20, 2008 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
OK..
So does a full season of them take them from .500-ish to 90+ wins?
by eponymous_coward on Apr 20, 2008 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
OK, maybe the 2008 AL West = 1973 NL East
And we’ll win it with 82 wins.
Does that change the quality of the team we’re watching?
by eponymous_coward on Apr 20, 2008 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Go look at how many times teams win divisions with 85 or less wins.
You’re rooting for Red 23 to come up on the rouiette table. Nothing wrong with that, just keep it in mind.
I’d kind of like to see a team that isn’t badly flawed one of these years for $110 million.
by eponymous_coward on Apr 20, 2008 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
So how do you know how many wins the M's will be good for?
A number of models projected them UNDER .500. So far, they are .500-ish.
Realistically, 90+ wins is the threshold for being a playoff contender. I’m not seeing it yet.
Maybe I’ll be wrong. God knows it would be fun to be. I don’t recall anyone thinking the 2003 Marlins were going to have hardware.
by eponymous_coward on Apr 20, 2008 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
What
Being better than the rest of your division is the threshold for contention.
And this isn’t a good division.
by Graham MacAree on Apr 20, 2008 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
You should trust Matthew
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
If I knew the future
I would be enjoying my millions somewhere not here. 90+ wins is a general benchmark, but we play in this division and this division looks crappy so that threshold doesn’t mean much.
So you figure...
nobody in the division is a true-talent 90 game team?
OK.
by eponymous_coward on Apr 20, 2008 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't you mean 2005 AL West?
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
You know who else is 9-10?
The Yankees.
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 20, 2008 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
.500 baseball isn't the most awful thing in the world.
You get good games and Felix Day. Sometimes you get 88 wins on a fluke.
by eponymous_coward on Apr 20, 2008 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Moseley has a WHIP of 2?
I think we can bring that down to at least 1.5
by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Apr 20, 2008 11:27 AM PDT reply actions
Losing streaks
are so fun on the mental state of Mariner fans…... :-{
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by MfaninAlaska on Apr 20, 2008 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
So which is worse?
A) The Torri Hunter game.
or
B) Trailing 6-0 to the Giants after six outs.
Barry Bonds died for your sins.
Hunter game
Cardinals have no reasonable playoff hope
And we do?
At least we don't have Zito's contract.
Jeff, Matthew, and I are actually the brothers Bavasi
by Graham MacAree on Apr 20, 2008 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Think about it.
Has anyone ever seen all three of us in the same place at once?
/x-files theme
Come to think of it
this enitre site could just be one guy with a thousand screen names.
Barry Bonds died for your sins.
We must go back to the Coach_ Owens thread and reevaluate it
Because now it’s even more confusing.
Well I've seen two....
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I was in a shoe store and the guys call me boss, and I said, "Ya, can i just get those sneakers in a 10?" And uh, he said, "Okay" and then he went down stairs. He came back and he said, "I don’t have a 10, I have a 9." "Great. Because while you were downstairs, my toes were severed off. So that works out. Normally it would be retarded for you to tell me a number different than the one I said, ’cause it goes with my body part. But given my very recent accident, you’re right on.
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 20, 2008 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Can we at least wait to be suicidal until after the game?
I don’t really pay attention to the standings until June.
Barry Bonds died for your sins.
Why must you crush my hope?
I thought Todd Wellemeyer was going to throw 200 innings.
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St. Louis:
OPS+ of 122
ERA+ of 128
God damn.
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 20, 2008 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
This is what happens
When you put Wellemeyer, Mr. Rubbish, and Looper in the same rotation.
by Graham MacAree on Apr 20, 2008 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
The entire pitching staff is tripping balls
I look forward to Wellemeyer leading baseball in strikeouts, and Lopper posting a sub 2.00 ERA.
Barry Bonds died for your sins.
I read high ERA+ as bad
I am going insane.
by Graham MacAree on Apr 20, 2008 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I have a chance to visit rock bottom twice today
I always look forward to new experiences.
Hey, it’s 8-0.
Barry Bonds died for your sins.
I take that back:
look at these consecutive games:
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2000/B10170NYA2000.htm
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2000/B10160NYN2000.htm
Barry Bonds died for your sins.
That was an awesome 24 hour period.
And that doesn’t even include the 2 other bigger Ankiel meltdowns.
Barry Bonds died for your sins.
so remind me again
why we have Cairo on the bench…. Willie starts in RF and now today he’s starting at SS to rest Yuni.
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with the range Yuni has seemingly lost
I’m not sure having him in or out of the lineup is that big of a downgrade.
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by MfaninAlaska on Apr 20, 2008 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Yuni resembles vintage Kevin Mitchell.
except the hitting .330 with a .600 SLG part.
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punting the series
by Giving Yuni a day off?
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by MfaninAlaska on Apr 20, 2008 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
so?
one player is not punting the series.
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by MfaninAlaska on Apr 20, 2008 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Willie and Cairo in the same starting lineup
illustrates that Mac doesn’t care his team is about to get swept by a division rival.
Well nevermind.
I misread the initial post in this subthread.
Please feel free to label me as the Mild Retard of the day.
Cairo isn't playing today....
What lineup are you looking at?
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Cairo's not playing
I was asking why the heck we even have him if Willie is going to be getting all the starts whenever someone needs a day off… like he did the first game in RF… and again today at SS
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by MfaninAlaska on Apr 20, 2008 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I was wondering how the hell you put that up
when trying to edit it yesterday. Now I understand.
I'll take Randy Winn please
In LF
Omar Visquel backing up Yuni for sentimental reasons as well. This would force Cairo to find a new job.
HAY GUISE MAICER IZTURIS HAS NO ERRORS IN 60 CHANCES THIS YEAR
Gold glove gold glove gold glove!
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Would they like to show us this shift?
I always thought that was cool, seeing a big gap and then afterwards wondering why he doesn’t hit it.
'11 home runs have been hit by these 2 teams
6 of them by Angel bats!’
Uh. Telling.
by Graham MacAree on Apr 20, 2008 12:40 PM PDT reply actions
This lineup totally doesn't need Bonds or Thomas.
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Someone forgot who we have on the mound
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 20, 2008 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh balls
Graham’s prediction for today: I swear at Miguel Batista
by Graham MacAree on Apr 20, 2008 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Season Over.
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Apr 20, 2008 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
TAKKKKKKKKKKKKE
I fucking hate you Mariners
And another mediocre starting pitcher
will be going 8 innings against us.
Mediocre?
Moseley is not even Mediocre.
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
He's the Miguel Cairo of pitching.
Cheeseburgers are delicious.
by Coach Owens on Apr 20, 2008 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
With Wlad injured
I’m officially going on the Michael Saunders bandwagon…. .call him up from AA! :-}
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It sounds like Wlad's injury
wasn’t as bad as initially feared.
Sure you don't want to be on the Reed bandwagon?
by Graham MacAree on Apr 20, 2008 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
did that once
took a beating.
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by MfaninAlaska on Apr 20, 2008 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
although I'd take him
over Wilkerson
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by MfaninAlaska on Apr 20, 2008 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm in.
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd like to see Reed up
Pretty much settled on that after the Mariners didn’t sign Corey Patterson.
Anyone who signs Thomas instead of Bonds is a god damn idiot
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 20, 2008 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Consider it done!
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Apr 20, 2008 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
So with Big Hurt cut
Canada’s population of black people is halved.
I LOL'd
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
This is the first time I have heard Celine Dion refered to as a MILF.
Barry Bonds died for your sins.
Also, Canada apparently has 54.05 MILFs, including Dion.
Weird.
by Graham MacAree on Apr 20, 2008 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
With that nose..I can only imagine cocaine consumption would drop 5%
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Apr 20, 2008 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
WE NEED ADJUSTMENTS!
BONDS BONDS BONDS BONDS BONDS
Shades is the, erm, "hip" term these kids are using today
I can’t keep up, what with all their newfangled “Tap dat” and such.
Mike Morse would have caught that
by Graham MacAree on Apr 20, 2008 12:52 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
3 of 4 hit the ball hard.
That was a really nice play by Batista to rob Figgins of a basehit.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
How about a new rule:
No visiting Angels fans when the Mariners are playing the Angels.
Seriously, go away for today. You are great to have around otherwise.
I wholeheartedly
disagree with this sentiment.
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by MfaninAlaska on Apr 20, 2008 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Why the hostility?
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
He is great contributor, but some things he posts when we play the Angels just seems to rub it our face.
Not that he purposely does this.
Do you read what TheOptimist writes?
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes.
But there has been a comment that bothers me each of the last two games from him. I know he is great, and respectful, but this is one of those comments I feel like a knife is being stabbed in my neck.
Anyway, I am leaving (other plans), so I won’t be a nuisance about this any more today.
I like to think those occasions are rare.
I really try to stay even handed about things.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
I am going to apologize because I know you are great to have around.
I kind of lost my temper reading this last post. It wasn’t your fault, I just snapped.
It's not a problem. Watching your team drop 2 in a row to a rival
is frustrating. I know from recent experience. >_>
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I love when crowds ooooh and aaaaah at routine lined outs.
The best is the flyballs that barely go past the infield.
That's Safeco every day..I hate retarded fans
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Apr 20, 2008 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
He hit the shit out of that ball.
I probably would’ve oooohed.
I hate Jose Vidro so much
And he’s only seen one pitch.
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This display of plate discipline is
BONDS APPROVED
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by JI on Apr 20, 2008 12:57 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
He's channeling Squinty McClusterfuck
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Apr 20, 2008 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
AWESOME
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
great, Reggie Willits with media exposure
just what we needed.
Willits is whiter.
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by JI on Apr 20, 2008 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
No, Ellsbury swings
he just fouls everything off.
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 20, 2008 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
for chrissakes
Vlad’s not allowed to make catches like that.
Still hate Vidro
You know who hits that out?
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I call BS
on that….. we’d just have a boatload more BB on balls.
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by MfaninAlaska on Apr 20, 2008 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
The Mariners are not under .500 with AJ and Sherrill >_>
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Well him and/or Dickey basically -ARE- in the rotation now.
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm just unconvinced Bedard has done much of value this year
Apart from the first three pitches he threw against Texas making me wet myself, of course.
by Graham MacAree on Apr 20, 2008 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
He's generated more words written on this site
then the rest of the team combined what with the trade rumors then the expectation, then the injury.
+ a George Sherrill
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
and homeruns
he’s Thome without the huge platoon split
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by JI on Apr 20, 2008 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
At what point
Does the Barry Bonds stuff stop? It’s not happening.
never
30 teams have refused to sign him…. his days are done.
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by MfaninAlaska on Apr 20, 2008 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
nope
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by MfaninAlaska on Apr 20, 2008 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Winning a world seires with Player A was grand,
winning a WS with Bonds would feel less dirty.
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by JI on Apr 20, 2008 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
COMEBACK PLAYER OF THE YEAR!!
I fucking hate you Mariners
I WILL NOT SAY SEXSON IS BACK
BUT HE IS DISPLAYING IMPROVED SKILL LEVELS
THIS IS WHY WE PLAY THE GAMES
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by JI on Apr 20, 2008 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh good.
The first inning had me worried Moseley was gonna have a decent game.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
Jesus look at that swing
Short, compact, and fast.
I was thinking more
pussy double… that was the slowest rolling double.. damn fine placement though.
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by MfaninAlaska on Apr 20, 2008 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, it was lucky
But I’ll take lucky
by Graham MacAree on Apr 20, 2008 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
It wasn't the manliest of doubles
that’s for damn sure
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 20, 2008 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Kenji really sucks at pitch recognition.
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
One last comment before I take off:
Rex Hudler —> “Johjima takes the ball to right field often.”
Dumbass.
What
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I cannot picture, in my head, Kenji going oppo
And that’s rare that you cannot even try to imagine such things.
I'd take Marzano at catcher right about now
I fucking hate you Mariners
Remember when our color guys
would get hardons for Boone’s flip-down shades?
ZOMG NOW BLOWERS IS GOING ON AND ON ABOUT SUNGLASSES
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by JI on Apr 20, 2008 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
WFB was born with eye-black
I fucking hate you Mariners
Would it be too obvious if he had a freak boating accident in the next few days?
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, he's bad at hitting.
Defensively he’s very servicable.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
He's only said to be serviceable on defense because he's bad on offense
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 20, 2008 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
//Law of inverse catcher offense
Barry Bonds died for your sins.
by JI on Apr 20, 2008 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Isn't that pretty much what they say about every catcher who can't hit?
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, there's usually a reason they're in the majors...
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Sorry,
Watching division rivals getting pwnt < Watching Rod Sex gettting pwnt.
Can’t always get what you want.
pwnt? Since when did they add the t? I need to check my stylebook...
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
But if you try sometimes
you just might find you get what you need.
Rivera Channeling
Yuni with that swing? OMG
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Children should be heard
especially over the PA
Children should be killed >:(
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
You know what the best thing is about having sex with twenty eight year olds?
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
...
there’s twenty of them…
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
eight years olds will believe anything you tell them
Barry Bonds died for your sins.
by JI on Apr 20, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I would expect nothing less.
Barry Bonds died for your sins.
by JI on Apr 20, 2008 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I swear
we have more grounders go right under the glove on tough plays then I can ever remember.
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Richie is responsible for most of those
Because he thinks defense means falling down to your left or right
Holy crap the 2-0 pitch was scary
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, it's still early but
if we win today, we’ll probably be about even with the Angels again after the next series since we play Baltimore with Felix and Silva going. The Angels face Beckett and Matsusaka I believe. So, that’s something.
Yes I know Baltimore swept us, but it’s still just Baltimore, and they still scare nobody…. unless they have the lead in the 9th.
I'm looking forward
to Clement arriving.
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by MfaninAlaska on Apr 20, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't expect to see him for a while, sadly :(
by Graham MacAree on Apr 20, 2008 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't either
but I have to have something positive to hope for
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by MfaninAlaska on Apr 20, 2008 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
This is why I approve of the move to Mondays.
Barry Bonds died for your sins.
by JI on Apr 20, 2008 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
WE MUST HAVE A GAME THREAD
Barry Bonds died for your sins.
by JI on Apr 20, 2008 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Yay we're winning
I just came back from my 1st softball game of the year. Co-Ed league. Girl behind the plate got her nose busted wide open…and there was nothing to stop the bleeding with but my custom made country boys jersey :/
Someone say something witty.
Just wanted to make sure.
As long as I get good seats, I will have new Felix pitchers up on Wedensday.
I think pitchers
are beginning to understand that Jose isn’t swinging until he gets a strike called. Seeing more and more grooved first pitches.
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YES
Now, let’s fuck this inning up somehow. 1 infield pop-up and a GIDP!
*GIDP = failed bunt attempt.
I miss Jose Guillen
M’s only have one HPB so far this year.
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And zero heated discussions with Brendan Donnelly
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 20, 2008 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought for sure they'd get the
second of the year last night after plunking Vlad the night before.
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by MfaninAlaska on Apr 20, 2008 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Garland has a superior ERA+
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by JI on Apr 20, 2008 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
The question still stands.
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
and you have your answer
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by JI on Apr 20, 2008 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
ERA+ is not a good way to evaluate how good a pitcher is.
So there is still no acceptable answer
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
From Baker's blog:
“By the way, early word on Wladimir Balentien, who slammed his knee into some concrete last night while attempting a sliding catch, is that there are no broken bones or torn ligaments. He’ll be re-evaluated today, but that’s obviously a big relief for the team.”
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Nothing unusual.
Coming in on contact, these things happen.
Ichiro stayed in the rundown long enough for the runners to move up, though.
Ichiro said "don't touch me, fucker!"
I fucking hate you Mariners
SAVING IT FOR CLUTCH SITUATION
Barry Bonds died for your sins.
by JI on Apr 20, 2008 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I FUCKING HATE THIS TEAM FUCK OFF.
And to think, I could have chosen to support the Yankees or Red Sox...
I'm gonna go get some food
Even though I permanently lost my sense of taste.
Nobody be funny while I’m gone.
Did it get shot off in Nam?
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by JI on Apr 20, 2008 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I MEAN FOR FUCKS SAKE, IT'S NOT LIKE WALTER FUCKING JOHNSON IS PITCHING FOR THE ANGELS EITHER.
And to think, I could have chosen to support the Yankees or Red Sox...
But Batista is on the mound we need runs and we fucked up there.
Urghhh … I need a drink.
And to think, I could have chosen to support the Yankees or Red Sox...
by EnglishMariner on Apr 20, 2008 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
But Vidro was hitting.
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
god damn
pussy hits…..
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MOTHER FUCKING CUNT SLAPPING FUCKS ARRRHGHHHH :(<
And to think, I could have chosen to support the Yankees or Red Sox...
You're doing it wrong.
Are you drunk?
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I can't wait for the regression of Chone Figgins
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Take that Aybar
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YEESSSSHHSSHHS!!!!
I LOVE BASEBALL AND THE MARINERS!
And to think, I could have chosen to support the Yankees or Red Sox...
Yay lets walk shit hitters with Vlad on deck on four pitches!
And to think, I could have chosen to support the Yankees or Red Sox...
Vlad is so cool in a scary sort of way.
And to think, I could have chosen to support the Yankees or Red Sox...
I'm ok
with Vlad singles.
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This is why you don't walk 2-out hitters on four pitches.
And to think, I could have chosen to support the Yankees or Red Sox...
Hey they turned on the scoreboard prompt for noise.
Why are we just as bad?
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We understand what the word means
Angels fans have merely been trained to make sounds at the sight of it.
it was his gameplan
he didn’t want to face the middle of the order next inning.
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Raul's bat is slow?
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by MfaninAlaska on Apr 20, 2008 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
No, I've noticed that he's been done for a long time too.
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think he's *done*
I just think he has a slow bat.
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 20, 2008 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay, according to some numbers
while it might look slow, it isn’t slow.
Nevermind.
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 20, 2008 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
He's sucked in 2005, 2006, and so far in 2008. 2007 was the outlier.
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
PHEW.
Man, I am really stressed out tonight. I really want to win this for my own wellbeing as a defeat might make me break stuff.
And to think, I could have chosen to support the Yankees or Red Sox...
and just think
if we win this then the M’s were only 6 inches away from taking 2 of 3 from the Angels again.
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by MfaninAlaska on Apr 20, 2008 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Watch us lose the division by one game
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 20, 2008 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
you mean by 6 inches?
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by MfaninAlaska on Apr 20, 2008 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
I missed the game because I was working, but I will have MOTD on later to catch up.
I like days where both my teams win – it happens very rarely.
And to think, I could have chosen to support the Yankees or Red Sox...
by EnglishMariner on Apr 20, 2008 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
But breaking things is fun...
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay I get it.
Today’s Mariner game is being shown in high definition.
Holy Shit.
Mike Blowers just started a conversation with Dave instead of the other way around.
I Miss
2006 and 2007 Kenji.
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Thank god for the Seahawks
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
so do the Sens!
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by MfaninAlaska on Apr 20, 2008 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
someone besides me?
:-}
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by MfaninAlaska on Apr 20, 2008 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't even know what this means. :(
And to think, I could have chosen to support the Yankees or Red Sox...
by EnglishMariner on Apr 20, 2008 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Hockey
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Your local team won the championship last year
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 20, 2008 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
There's no graceful way out of this one for me
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 20, 2008 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Take the ungraceful path.
Barry Bonds died for your sins.
by JI on Apr 20, 2008 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
No sushi for you Kenji you fat fuck.
And to think, I could have chosen to support the Yankees or Red Sox...
Brad Wilkerson is the middle class version
of an injured Kirk Gibson stepping up to bat in the World Series… everytime he goes up to bat.
I hope he turns things around.
That call was as bad as the one I made to my ex girlfriend when I was drunk and started to cry
Also – BOS/MTL was great, and game 7 will rock
That might've been the best 3rd period I've ever watched
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 20, 2008 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
although I'm Canadian
I am hoping Boston wins game 7 – I’ve liked what they’ve been through this year and am a big Chara fan from my days out in Ottawa.
Playoff hockey is fun to watch
I wanted MTL to win at first because Boston's been dreadfully boring all season
but they have been uncharacteristically awesome these last few games.
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 20, 2008 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Fucking throwing our tea in the sea, the cunts.
And to think, I could have chosen to support the Yankees or Red Sox...
by EnglishMariner on Apr 20, 2008 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Americans just don't know how to make tea
by Graham MacAree on Apr 20, 2008 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
neither do the British
you just stole the idea from China.
Sure they do
They just forgot to put it in the little baggies first
I'm piseed he got to 199
and choked.
Barry Bonds died for your sins.
by JI on Apr 20, 2008 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I havent seen Rex Hudler without a baseball in his hand
the entire series… Is that like his thing?
I can't read
I thought you said ‘what is his thing’
by Graham MacAree on Apr 20, 2008 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Sexual exhaustion after an encounter with your mother on the streets
by Graham MacAree on Apr 20, 2008 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Hello, my name is Standards
I don’t think we’ve met.
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 20, 2008 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I've heard you don't meet standards very often
by Graham MacAree on Apr 20, 2008 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Graham wins
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
it keeps him from reaching
bong.
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by MfaninAlaska on Apr 20, 2008 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
dammit
it keeps him from reaching for his bong.
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by MfaninAlaska on Apr 20, 2008 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Why does Rex Hundler sound like a wrestler?
Also, I am not used to him saying things that aren’t scripted from MLB The Show.
And to think, I could have chosen to support the Yankees or Red Sox...
Grit Hit!
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WHY DOESN'T WILLIE GET MORE PLAYING TIME?!?!!
And to think, I could have chosen to support the Yankees or Red Sox...
Welcome back
Ichiro…
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YESS YYESSS YESSS
I LOVE TRIPLES AND ICHIRO
And to think, I could have chosen to support the Yankees or Red Sox...
YESSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FUCKING YES AS A REWARD YOU CAN BE FREE FROM MY INFLUENCE FOR ONE HOUR.
And to think, I could have chosen to support the Yankees or Red Sox...
Is that really necessary?
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I was pretty sure it was common knowledge
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Weird.
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And to think, I could have chosen to support the Yankees or Red Sox...
If you walk in the same direction as the parade
the parade never changes.
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 20, 2008 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
But if you're bored of the parade
you can walk in the opposite direction and fast-forward the parade
I'd be more disappointed
but if i hadn’t been expecting this.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
He's the #7 starter.
Technically, he might be #8.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
Don't worry, that will be happening again real soon.
And to think, I could have chosen to support the Yankees or Red Sox...
by EnglishMariner on Apr 20, 2008 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
You have it backwards.
Barry Bonds died for your sins.
by JI on Apr 20, 2008 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I think he has it just fine
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 20, 2008 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Fuck New York and the Pope
we had the Dalai Lama.
Switch hitting Wilkerson?
Did Rex just shit himself again?
Richie is going to see
alot more walks with Wilkerson behind him.
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Richie will start to suck again soon though so don't worry.
And to think, I could have chosen to support the Yankees or Red Sox...
by EnglishMariner on Apr 20, 2008 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
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