9/27: Open Game Thread
by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 27, 2008 12:00 PM PDT
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Not to bring a negative attitude into an RRS appearance, but - could someone please explain the whole Jose Lopez/first base thing that's going on? I'm trying not to get too upset on account of we don't know what the new GM is going to do, but on what planet does this make even the slightest lick of sense? They're aware that Lopez doesn't even like playing the position, right? Why am I hearing talk of this being a more permanent sort of switch? Why? Why?
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My hope is that it's just hype! to make the callups seem more exciting.
I’m usually of the opinion that any versatility is a plus no matter how trivial it seems, but these bastards just can’t be trusted.
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Also Jose Lopez has turned into quite the asset
I wouldn’t mind trading him for someone better defensively/ better at reaching base, but like with Beltre, Safeco suppresses his numbers so I’m not sure if we could get value.
GOD I hate the way our park is configured.
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I don't think there's much reason to dump Lopez
unless you think his defensive downgrade is permanent. Assuming that he regresses back toward his fair/good defense, he’s good to have at second.
I think if you can covert his power into on base/ defense/ a left handed hitter
or a combo of the three it’s worth exploring
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If only Yuni for LaRoche had happened.
And yeah, certainly float his name around and see what comes back, but unlike Yuni who I think you have to dump in order to win, Lopez has value.
I'd love to sign
Furcal and/or Bradley and I’ve even warmed of to Tex because last year looks like it’s not a fluke. But those are easy answers
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Tex's pricetag is going to be insane now.
But man, what a winter this is going to be. Everyone and their mother is a free agent.
No matter who are GM is and what his or her plan for 2009 is, I am so ecstatic that we don’t have Bavasi helming us through this winter.
Is it possible that Lopez's defensive downgrade has more to do with Yuni's defensive downgrade than a loss of skill?
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 27, 2008 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Who knows?
It’s one year of defensive data. That’s like two months of hitting data.
You know what would be neat?
If they were doing this to make room for Ellis or Hudson. Alas…
by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 27, 2008 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't want to pay for Ellis because he will get hurt
But Hudson would be grand, and at that point you might as well deal Lopez and find a better hitter to play first.
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Agreed, but it never hurts to cover your bases
This isn’t going to happen though, so >:(
by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 27, 2008 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
But if Ellis could be had on the cheap
and Lopez could be dealt for offense… that could make sense
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I'm skeptical about Hudson.
How good can his defense stay going forward?
That's the thing with both Hudson and Ellis.
I think this team can be competitive sooner than most people (not including LL obviously,) but I think it’s probably best to use the next few years of low expectations to try to do so with players like Lopez. If there were a younger second baseman coming into free agency it’d be different. Yuni is another case, because he’s bad. I’d be all for dumping him and signing Furcal or something.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 27, 2008 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, but is making us marginally better in 2009 worth dumping Lopez?
It would depend on what you got in return and the other moves you made obviously, but chances are quite good that the M’s aren’t likely to seriously compete next year, even with improvements. So do you take a chance that Ellis will stay healthy or that Hudson’s defense will hold up for the four years you’re likely to have him?
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 27, 2008 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
When I say better I am describing the long term health of the franchise
no one wants to move and serious assets for a short term long shot to try to win 87-90 games… except for maybe Chuck Armstrong.
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It can't possibly be permanent
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I'm not sure he's an asset in CF
but if we’re better with him in CF I hope he’s willing to move, but I doubt it because players don’t like changing positions.
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Heard there are a couple nice CF prospects in our system.
Saunders-Big lefty bat that if he can find his power could end up like Hamilton and speedy!
Halman-Has nice power but not as fast as Saunders.
What I really want to see is who we place in LF.
Some candidates: Wlad, Kuo Hui Lo, Victor Diaz?( don’t know how good of a fielder he is… )
I'm glad I'm having time to adjust to the inevitability of the MVPs this year being Ryan Howard and Dustin Pedroia.
Because this is going to be the biggest combined fuckjob in award history. There’s not a single decent metric that you can use to show Howard or Pedroia as deserving.
The awards really are completely irrelevant though
by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 27, 2008 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah but it's annoying that the voters completely disregard the intent of the award when they vote.
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I have all but completely cut myself off from what matters to the mainstream
by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 27, 2008 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I admit I care less and less each year
because I know it’ll go to the firstbaseman / leftfielder with the most RBIs in the second half who played for a decent team.
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Because it should matter.
Baseball should have a way to award the best hitter and pitcher for each league that isn’t fucking retarded.
I would like to care.
Just like I would like to care about the All-Star game and the Hall of Fame. It upsets me that I cannot because the criteria used are awful.
Ignoring these things leaves no hole in my heart
by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 27, 2008 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I would like everything about baseball to be better.
That includes the media. That’s all.
What if hockey media is as stupid as baseball media and you just don't know it
because you don’t analyze hockey to the same extent?
They liked it for all the wrong reasons.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 27, 2008 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Which negates the "can't be completely retarded"
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Sep 27, 2008 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
No we don't
how does a bad award affect you in any way?
by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 27, 2008 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Do we have to be politically correct about what arguing is?
Look at the subthread. This is our punishment as fans.
This will be the first year that I've followed baseball
where no American Leaguer hits 40 HRs, and Howard could be the only player to top the mark period. That includes strike seasons.
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Insane.
Is the pitching better? Is it a younger league? Are the old-timers who consistently hit 40+ homeruns on a yearly basis retiring and regressing to their 38+ year old age? Steroids crackdown?
With the smaller ballparks popping up all over, this is quite the dramatic drop off in homerun rates.
He cooled down a lot after a really nice first half.
If he continued at that pace people believed he could’ve been a triple crown winner.
So... Florida just ran down the field to score the tying points.
But 3:28 remains with Ole Miss getting the ball. Just get into FG range and run the clock!
I paid for the first Felix day of the year.
God dammit Hamilton.
I paid $11 in ticket sales this season.
I went to ~15 games.
Four.
Considering that the tickets I buy are $10 and I have to take one bus to get to Safeco, that’s pretty sad
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 27, 2008 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I've said this before
but you should’ve seen some of the names they recommended before we compromised with this one.
by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 27, 2008 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I will lead and stop with Mariner Mojo
by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 27, 2008 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
MarinerMisanthrope would've worked.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Sep 27, 2008 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
You should have had a name with Geiffey in it.
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by JI on Sep 27, 2008 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I was also thinking of Geoffery the Giraffe for some reason
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by JI on Sep 27, 2008 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Now that I think of it
is must have been Ken Girrafey Jr who I was thinking of.
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by JI on Sep 27, 2008 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
The final weekend is so much fun
I hope we clinch today so I can watch all the (hopefully) tied races boil down tomorrow. What a great time for a bye.
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I have a feeling the M's are going to summon some foolhardy courage today, and win this meaningles game.
Meanwhile the Nats are going to get sodomized by Jamie Moyer yet again. (Though they’re sending out their most reliable starter in Lannan, so who knows?)
B.J. Upton's new nickname = "Laggard McShambleslow"
Not to sound traitorous...but LET'S GO M'S!! BEAT DEM A's!!
[sez the Nationals fan in me]
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Incidentally, I am very displeased at the failure of the Mets to lose.
I can think of no team I dislike quite so much as the New York Mets. When you defeat the Mets you are doing God’s work.
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Yeah, but the Beltran signing HAS been brilliant and well worth it.
And they developed Wright and Reyes on their own.
It’s the stupid trades that hurt them: losing Flores for nothing, giving away Milledge for two pieces that are pretty worthless (though Milledge hasn’t exactly covered himself with glory yet either). I can’t blame the Kaz-Zambrano trade on Minaya, but that also really hampered them.
The bullpen has been their undoing. They should have re-signed Bradford, at the very least, and built up more reliable backups than Aaron Heilmann and Pedro Feliciano.
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Ironically enough, the Milledge trade was made necessary by the fact that they lost their catcher of the future in Jesus Flores
….to none other than the Nationals, who snagged him in the Rule V draft. (Minaya had forgotten to protect him because…well, because he’s a moron.)
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The Mets didn't fail because of Johan Santana and Carlos Beltran.
They failed because their bullpen sucks.
The Beltran signing appears to have worked out.
And their farm system created Wright and Reyes. It made sense to get Johan this year and make a run. And they didn’t give up a ton to get him. They have a window of opportunity.
Failing to make the playoffs and not winning the WS in 8 years.
Maybe not “horribly,” but it has been a path to destruction. They may still win a lot of games every year, but they won’t/haven’t been the best team.
Any team that reaches the postseason has a reasonable chance to go all the way
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by JI on Sep 27, 2008 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
2006 Cardinals
Can’t disagree.
But does anyone think the Yankees are going to be perennial contenders over the next 5 years? I don’t.
I do.
Their lineup can still rake, and they were killed by an insane number of injuries this year. With Hughes and Joba joining the rotation, they’re once again one of the better teams in the AL.
You think their bullpen is going to hold up?
Posada is probably done.
Matsui is up in the air with injuries.
Jeter is regressing.
It will be interesting if they do sign Teixeira, though.
Rivera is dominant, and it's not hard to find some guys to supplement him.
They have talent in the system and the money to sign superstars. I see no reason to think they won’t be competitive for years to come.
Their run differential was about the same as the Angels this year. And that’s with all the injuries.
And notice how many WS the late '90s Yanks won?
That was a team that was driven far more by its homegrown talent plus its smart, relatively cheap acquisitions (e.g. O’Neill).
Also, the Yank farm system produced Pettite and Williams. Pretty fucking good system.
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Change of philosophy after 2001.
I am not talking about their WS teams 10 years ago. I am talking about their recent “success.”
Sure, fair enough, but I don't think that describes what the Mets are doing now.
They’re TRYING to do what the ‘90s Yanks did. They’re just failing at it.
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Oh, it's indescribably awesome for sure.
But let’s not get ahead of ourselves here. If the Brewers lose today it’s tied again for the WC…if the Mets sneak into the postseason I’ll be heartbroken.
But at least I’ll always have my Rays.
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HEY JI....
…Can I get a “Wainwright-pwns-Beltran” GIF from you here for good luck?
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Dammit, too late!
But thanks anyway. This always makes me feel great.
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Yeah, I'm not sure how to interpret that either. I think maybe "the right idea."
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The best part is the way Beltran just stands there stunned.
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I've liked the Brewers a lot over the past few years, but I really started pulling for them after they shitcanned Yost
A ballsy, and utterly necessary move. Dale Sveum isn’t exactly a mastermind, but just look at the way he handled the pitchers last night: Suppan + McClung and that’s all. Not 6 different relievers, each failing in different ways. It was stunningly efficient for anyone who’s watched the way Yost manages a bullpen.
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I don't know how correct it was.
But it was ballsy
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by JI on Sep 27, 2008 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Can't win today
PHI vs WSH – detest Mets so want Philly to win, but now that we’re there want M’s to end it last.
Uhh…. Go Oakland?
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God dammit the MLB.com produced telecasts were decent
no widescreen :(
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by JI on Sep 27, 2008 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I want a 3 way tie for the WC
and for the Twins/ White Sox to end up in a tie as well.
Fogel will understnad
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David Andriesen of the Seattle PI is really, really, really smart.
KJR should have his interview with Dick Faign up later, and it’s worth listening to. He called bullshit on Ichiro being selfish.
If I were to root for the final outcome of this season based NOT on fandom, but rather on which franchise needed it more desperately...
…should I root for the M’s or the Nats to get the #1 pick? I incline towards the Nats on this question even notwithstanding the fact that I’m a fan of theirs.
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Perhaps, but they haven't frittered any away yet.
I’m as pessimistic as they get (I’ve come around on firing Bowden, fwiw…he needs to go), but until I see them actually blowing it, I’m not going to assume a priori that they’ll become Pittsburgh Mk. II just yet.
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I'm going to assume that
Last Play: Y. Betancourt reached on bunt single to third
Means piddling little grounder the A’s 3B let go in hopes of it rolling foul.
J.K.L.
Like when LaRussa sent that reliever back down to the minors for K'ing a batter instead of plunking him?
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It was either last year or the year before. I wish I could think of a proper set of search terms to use on Google to find a link for you.
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There are other articles, but that is indeed a tough search combo.
With the Chicago White Sox trailing 6-0 in the seventh inning, manager Ozzie Guillen appeared intent on settling another score after A.J. Pierzynski had been hit twice by Texas starter Vicente Padilla. Enter rookie pitcher Sean Tracey, who had thrown just over four innings in his two previous appearances in the majors.
Tracey threw way inside on the first two pitches but Texas batter Hank Blalock had little trouble avoiding the pitches and eventually grounded out. Guillen then pulled the pitcher and could be seen yelling at him in the dugout. While Guillen denied telling Tracey to hit Blalock, the White Sox returned Tracey to the minors after the game.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 27, 2008 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
This team can't even suck effectively enough.
I fucking hate you Mariners
Thanks for nothing, Wlad. (M's esoteric)
Thanks for everything, Wlad. (Nats esoteric)
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M's esoteric = Smeagol
Nats esoteric = Gollum gollum, my preciousssss….
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I quit this team..fuck them in the ear with a shattered bat.
I fucking hate you Mariners
Hello friends
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by Scrappy the Scapegoat on Sep 27, 2008 1:32 PM PDT reply actions
Jason Churchill on KJR AM:
“The Mariners never go over slot.”
This is karmically hilarious.
Miguel Cairo walk? Wlad clutch hit? KENJI FB?
They got together in the clubhouse this morning and decided to have a laugh at our expense.
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Shiiiiiite
We can’t even lose when we need to :o(
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Sorry I can't stick around to talk
There is work to be done over in Philadelphia
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by Scrappy the Scapegoat on Sep 27, 2008 1:35 PM PDT reply actions
In other news, the Brewers are sadly down 2-0 and with more looking like it's on the way.
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Come on Moyer you ancient motherfucker, you've got two outs...just get another one.
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She should be offered the job conditional upon her changing her last name to "Ing."
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She should be offered the job conditional upon her being a good candidate, of which I am not at all sure
by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 27, 2008 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I've neither seen nor heard anything about her that makes me think she's a good candidate.
Only the idea that “wow, she’s a woman in the upper echelons of baseball!” Which doesn’t go too far given the way we all have seen crap rise to the top in the past.
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I was asked at last nights game to do a survey
at the end they asked me if there was anything else or suggestions. The girl had a tape recorder for my answer. I said “I read Lookoutlanding.com and USSMariner.com every single day of the year and the FO should take their suggestions. They know what they are talking about.” And then I just started screaming “Chris Antonetti for GM” until she turned it off and said “I think they get it.”
I pity the fool GM who signs Sheets to a long term contract.
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Having to FF browsers open eats up a lot of memory.
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by JI on Sep 27, 2008 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm glad they finally put in a default behind home plate angle.
Their default angle is stupid.
That was my main beef
The mini player is neat but you woldn’t find the link unless you were looking for it.
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by JI on Sep 27, 2008 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm glad that I'm not the only one who's had this problem with Gameday
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Jayson Stark is an idiot, but give the man credit for recognizing the Mariners:
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SS who actively hurt the team in the field?
by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 27, 2008 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
In a just world it would be Yuni who was in jail, not the guy who smuggled him over.
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You can't give an LVP to a player who was cut midway through the season, methinks.
Though I suppose giving the NL LVP to A. Jones kind of calls that into doubt, given his injuries.
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RAAAAUUUUUL!!!!
We cheer when Mariners do bad stuff, right?
He's about par for the course.
I listen to the KOMO broadcast a lot and these kids can never say anything.
by appleshampoo on Sep 27, 2008 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo
SOMEONE REMOVE THAT CHILD FROM THE BOOTH
I COULD NOT BE MORE DISINTERESTED AND CREEPED OUT
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by JI on Sep 27, 2008 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Corconcurred please
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Fun fact: Evan Longoria has hit 27 home runs as a rookie even though we broke his fucking wrist and kept him out for 30 games.
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I realize now that you were parodying the thread Jeff linked.
Which I had forgotten about entirely. Which is funny, because I commented in it. Which makes me feel like I have early-onset Alzheimer’s. Or perhaps too many damn posts on LL.
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Sometimes I think I miss ASUBoyd.
Then I go to FieldGulls and realize that, no, I do not in fact miss him.
I like reading old threads with him armed with the knowledge that he's never coming back
by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 27, 2008 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder what you'd have to do to get banned at the ASU blog
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by JI on Sep 27, 2008 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm pretty sure talking up the Rays would move the dial closer to TERMINATE
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Oh butthol
I think there’s some sort of note on Graham when we sign up
I should have read the fine print!
It was the only sentence.
by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 27, 2008 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
No matter how hard you try you cannot make me nostalgic for butthol.
Coach is another matter entirely.
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Coach's "Gameday photoshop scramble" picture was pretty immortal.
Hell, I even remember liking it at the time in all its ghastly garish glory, not merely in retrospect.
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We had several strong contenders for ROY plus a few veteran MVP candidates.
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This was butthol's non-"bone her?" moment of glory
by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 27, 2008 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Do you honestly people will take your aboslte hating as some sort of well thought out nugget of wisdom?
by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 27, 2008 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I remember it well. He did it sheepishly.
Paraphrasing: “This is really lame but hey, we actually have something to get excited about so for fuck’s sake please show up and please wear the team colors. Don’t do what Donny Don’t does.”
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I don't know. Probably working out on some field somewhere?
by Graham MacAree on Sep 27, 2008 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
This is exactly the answer was looking and hoping for?
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by JI on Sep 27, 2008 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
The makeup pick for their pick that didn't sign this year.
I assume it’s the first sandwich pick.
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by andrewgolfsalot on Sep 27, 2008 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Supposedly it'd be #10.
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by andrewgolfsalot on Sep 27, 2008 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Wasn't Crow the #9 pick this year?
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by andrewgolfsalot on Sep 27, 2008 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Sam Bowie!
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by andrewgolfsalot on Sep 27, 2008 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
That wasn't a squeeze, that was bunting for a single
There were two outs.
by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 27, 2008 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
C'mon Anderson Hernandez!
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by andrewgolfsalot on Sep 27, 2008 2:15 PM PDT reply actions
YES YES YES!
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by andrewgolfsalot on Sep 27, 2008 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Seems like it would be a Werthwhile thing to learn
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by JI on Sep 27, 2008 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
And it's not like you have to be so forward about it
Stop turning this into some kind of Tuiasosopopera
by Dewey N on Sep 27, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
I hope you take a trip to Denorfia freeze to death
by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 27, 2008 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I couldn't make anything out of Jakubauskas
by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 27, 2008 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I have something but I am not proud of it
by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 27, 2008 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions
If I were going to build a house from the gorund up
I think I’d prefer Jakubauskus it would make the most efficient use of a typical lot.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 27, 2008 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
This may be too intelligent of a pun.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Sep 27, 2008 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
This pun doesn't make Ascencio should probably stop trying
by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 27, 2008 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I Hannahan in causing this pun explosion and for that I am deeply sorry
by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 27, 2008 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Everyone involved is Kolbable.
There’s no need for you to take the Lyons share of the blame.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 27, 2008 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
C'mon Christian Guzman!
It worked so well the first time.
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by andrewgolfsalot on Sep 27, 2008 2:15 PM PDT reply actions
NO!!!!!
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by andrewgolfsalot on Sep 27, 2008 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
LaRussa skipped Carpenter on the last day in 2006 and it worked out great.
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by JI on Sep 27, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
He was only preparing him to be skipped all 2007 and 2008. The 2006 postseason was just dumb luck.
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by andrewgolfsalot on Sep 27, 2008 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I bet they have a worse chance of winning if Carpenter starts fewer games.
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by JI on Sep 27, 2008 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
It was just a joke.
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by andrewgolfsalot on Sep 27, 2008 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Do they have a tie breaker?
If they do, they can’t lose the division. You could see the Phillies F lineup tomorrow
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by JI on Sep 27, 2008 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Does anyone in the majors throw slower than Moyer right now?
My baseball knowledge is lacking (see above).
Regardless, he seems to get by on smoke and mirrors…
by appleshampoo on Sep 27, 2008 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
His fastball is still slower, which was the question
by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 27, 2008 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
According to Wikipedia
Wakefield’s fastball can touch 78. Attempting to corroborate this with this year’s stats.
by appleshampoo on Sep 27, 2008 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Was it?
Does anyone in the majors throw slower than Moyer right now?
by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 27, 2008 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Wakefield's fastball is 8.3mph slower than Moyer's.
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by andrewgolfsalot on Sep 27, 2008 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
What I meant was, is anyone’s top speed slower than Moyer’s top speed (82-83). And Wakefield is the correct answer.
by appleshampoo on Sep 27, 2008 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
The next two slowest are Livan Hernandez and Greg Maddux for what it's worth.
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by andrewgolfsalot on Sep 27, 2008 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Werthless!
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by andrewgolfsalot on Sep 27, 2008 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Which announcer are you listening to?
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by andrewgolfsalot on Sep 27, 2008 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Jeannie Zelasko agrees with me.
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by andrewgolfsalot on Sep 27, 2008 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
TED LILLY IS THROWING A NO-HITTER AGAINST THE BREWERS
THERE IS NO JUSTICE, THERE IS NO PEACE.
B.J. Upton's new nickname = "Laggard McShambleslow"
There's never been a no hitter thrown at Miller Park.
Against the Brewers.
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by andrewgolfsalot on Sep 27, 2008 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
JESUS CHRIST TED LILLY CLOUDS THE MINDS OF THE OPPOSITION
B.J. Upton's new nickname = "Laggard McShambleslow"
Does it upset you that I can watch many games while you can watch none?
9=8
by JI on Sep 27, 2008 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I spent the morning trying to clear spacs and it did not to anything.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Sep 27, 2008 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Wouldn't be surprised if yo had to wipe the whole thing
9=8
by JI on Sep 27, 2008 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
And how is that going to help me listen to the game today?
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Sep 27, 2008 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
But maybe talk to someone who knows something about a computer besides their own.
9=8
by JI on Sep 27, 2008 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Said someone is my roommate and he cursed the computer a few days ago.
And said I fucked it up irreversibly.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Sep 27, 2008 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
First and second, no outs for the Nats, come on!!!
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by andrewgolfsalot on Sep 27, 2008 2:34 PM PDT reply actions
Bwahaha
Moyer’s first strikeout of the day. The universe is so cruel.
by appleshampoo on Sep 27, 2008 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? LILLY HAS A NO-HITTER THROUGH FIVE & 2/3. AND IS AN ERROR REMOVED FROM A PERFECT GAME SO FAR
Brewers = Jesus
Ted Lilly = Judas
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Kansas City, please roll over for the Twins.
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by andrewgolfsalot on Sep 27, 2008 2:41 PM PDT reply actions
Who is Ted Lilly, and why does he hate America?
Why is he still throwing a no-hitter against the Brewers? Why god why?
B.J. Upton's new nickname = "Laggard McShambleslow"
Who do the Mets start tomorrow? And in a possible playoff on Monday? And in a possible playoff on Tuesday?
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by andrewgolfsalot on Sep 27, 2008 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I think the Mets go with Perez tomorrow.
Which means who knows what the fuck could happen?
On Monday I’m guessing it’s Pelfrey? Actually no, he went yesterday. Pedro? Figueroa?
B.J. Upton's new nickname = "Laggard McShambleslow"
Hilarity will surely ensue.
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by andrewgolfsalot on Sep 27, 2008 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
New game thread up
http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2008/9/27/623281/9-27-open-game-thread-part
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