4/29: Open Game Thread
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 29, 2009 10:20 AM PDT
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What on earth is going on with Gavin Floyd's neck? Anybody? Cultivating red neck stubble is somewhere around According To Jim on the list of good ideas.
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Erik looks like he really wants to be sitting there having his photo taken.
Free Jeffie!
Preserved In All His Greatness - R.I.P. The Reignman 1989 to 1997
He tries to shave too close without proper lubraction and then let's it grow out. It is a commen problem with people with dry skin.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
And in volume four of "straight answers to facetious questions"
we find out without doubt what, in fact, she said.
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by pdb on Apr 29, 2009 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I thought that would be funnier than anything else I could have thought up
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
Gavin Floyd has scrofula
That’s my explanation.
I don’t know what scrofula actually IS, disease-wise, but I’m guessing that its external symptoms look a lot like whatever the fuck is encroaching upon Floyd’s neck.
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I'm guessing that he has a shower in his garage and there's a burned out light bulb in there
and he grabbed the sandpaper instead of the towel after he was done with his shower. Or he keeps sandpaper in his bathroom, which…weird.
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What just doesn't seem to care
about handedness.
by Rollo Tomasi on Apr 29, 2009 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Is it as cold there today as it was yesterday?
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Gameday's telling me it's 10-15 degrees warmer
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 29, 2009 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Gameday tells half-truths
The wind makes it feel quite a bit colder. Welcome to Chicago, motherfucker.
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The picture of Zack Greinke on Yahoo! is what people like Zack Greinke see in their sleep
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 29, 2009 10:31 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I wonder if him and Cha Seung Baek will be friends
He just looks so damn mournful
by Graham MacAree on Apr 29, 2009 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
That's why he's holding his glove to his face
so you can’t see the tears.
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Been waiting to use this for the past two days:
by Wilder. on Apr 29, 2009 10:33 AM PDT reply actions 4 recs
Mine is dwarfed by that one. Is he riding a narwhal?
by .Taylor on Apr 29, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Have you not seen the video??
It’s a dolphin.
BTW, your chosen photo here is PERFECT, but you need to improve on the shape of the word bubble.
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Ok, I must of missed the memo on this one. Can somebody explain the boat thing to me?
You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.
I keep expecting Samuel L Jackson to show up in this video.
You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.
It's a fantastic video, and the only way to properly appreciate it is the unedited version.
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I've never seen this before.
This is legendary! Now I don’t have to ask WTF is on a boat and look stupid. What an awesome SNL video.
It's a fancy term the youngbloods use these days to say that no wrong can be done, or that we're really lucky.
I was confused too.
It was actually sort of a joke from Urban Dictionary's definition
Realize, I don’t actually talk like that.
Just watch the video.
Go to YouTube. Search under "I'm On A Boat"
Enjoy one hilarious fucking music video from Andy Samberg & Co.
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This dolphin's splashing, getting everybody all wet
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 29, 2009 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions
This isn't Seaworld - This is as real as it gets!
NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!
by Scruffy Lefty on Apr 29, 2009 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Must've been in the 'burbs.
It was just raining a lot on the South Side.
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I can see this Angels game being extremely annoying
by Graham MacAree on Apr 29, 2009 10:37 AM PDT reply actions
1st inning
Orioles loaded the bases with no outs against Shane Loux.
…..and it’s 1-0 Orioles in the 4th.
They also had a leadoff triple in the second
Whoops!
by Graham MacAree on Apr 29, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Jones came this close to a highlight reel catch.
But I guess you don’t get credit for “close”
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I have a superstitious yet somewhat OT sports-related question
(if it’s too OT feel free to delete)
Arsenal/ManUre kick off their Champions League semifinal today at 11.45. I have not watched an Arsenal Champions League match all year, and today’s match is taking on mythic superstitious significance in my head. I desperately want to watch it, but fear if I do that things will go, in the local parlance, all pear-shaped. Should I go watch it, or should I stick with what I’ve done all season and give it a miss?
Note that this restriction will not apply if by some miracle of fate Arsenal should reach the final.
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What's the point in being a fan if you do not watch the games?
I say go watch it, superstition be damned.
This is what I'm leaning towards
and I’m usually not a superstitious person. My choice is either watch it live or follow it on the Guardian’s website, I couldn’t ignore it entirely.
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Live texts updates are acceptable.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Apr 29, 2009 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
And the Guardian ones are hysterical
they’re not too far off from the average OT thread here, there’s some game action sprinkled with a whole lot of other random stuff.
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Villa have not won since I watched them at the G&D.
I say no because I actually would like Arsenal to win this.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Apr 29, 2009 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
And Mark Ellis and Nomar Garciaparra to the DL today
by Graham MacAree on Apr 29, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
You morons are supposed to be happier about this
by Graham MacAree on Apr 29, 2009 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Agreed. Unless Texas brings up their "young guns."
They have some beastly pitching prospects.
by .Taylor on Apr 29, 2009 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
That's already started
Holland is up
by Graham MacAree on Apr 29, 2009 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Seriously? Crap. I saw him pitch in a AA game. Kid is phenomenal. Hit 97 consistently on the gun.
by .Taylor on Apr 29, 2009 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
He's been up for at least a week
He looked like Matt Thornton (the good version)
by Graham MacAree on Apr 29, 2009 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Why haven't we dropped our 12th pitcher?
Why the fuck is Cedeno not on the DL if he can’t play for one straight week?
Don’t get me wrong, I am happy with the results so far, but the roster management is slightly puzzling.
I don't know about everyone else, but I number my days as well.
For instance, today is day 121 of the current year.
While on the rubber, if I recall correctly
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FSN bitching that Bedard doesn't smile after he strikes somebody out.
You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.
To watch Hawk on WGN or Dave and Dave on FSN
This is literally the toughest choice I have ever faced in my entire life.
These are the Daves I know I know
these are the Daves I know.
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that was supposed
to have a link.
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by pdb on Apr 29, 2009 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
They all have their own hands
but they come from different moms.
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Lopez at second in the line-up?
Not very speedy.
Lopez at second in the lineup is where Lopez belongs
Don’t make me look stupid again, Lopie.
Don’t do it. Please.
Being able to hit is much more helpful than being able to run.
The two-hole is the second most important spot i the lineup. Speed doesn’t matter there, especially with Ichiro at #1.
Nice breeze blowing in from CF
that should help Bedard some
by Bearskin Rugburn on Apr 29, 2009 11:01 AM PDT reply actions
Dear Wak,
Can you please take Beltre out of the cleanup spot? He has less HR’s than either Yuni or Endy Freakin’ Chavez.
Thanks!
If the season were six weeks long you'd have a case
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That just went up
Nice to see him go oppo field
Amusing quotes from the past time!
“We know that the Beltre signing as a terrible signing and nothing can justify it. Yes, we have benefit of looking back, but you can’t argue with the reality of now.”
by Graham MacAree on Apr 29, 2009 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah Beltre!
Too bad Griffey was held up.
But it’s a long game and I still don’t think he should be hitting cleanup. His SLG is abysmal.
21 games this year = more important than his whole career?
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 29, 2009 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
My God you've been on a Jihad against Beltre, judging by a your comment history.
Why don’t you like him? He’s given us two All-star caliber seasons and two above average seasons since we signed him.
LOL
A Jihad, really? I have no problem with Beltre. Love his glove. But his bat has been wanting this year and I don’t think he should be hitting clean-up right now. Would love him to start proving me wrong.
It's been 21 games. That's results based analysis
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 29, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
You got me.
Yuni just earned a reprieve for his 5 RBI’s last night. Of course, that is results based analysis too.
Yuni is a bad hitter. Beltre isn't.
What happened yesterday or last week doesn’t change what their skill levels are going forward.
It's funny that six months ago our broadcasters would have endlessly mocked another team for starting Branyan
Particularly if it were Oakland.
I'm just a little perplexed because I don't really remember them doing much mocking.
Then again, I didn’t watch many games the past few years as I was abroad in mid-2007 and soul-crushed in 2008.
"Easy Easy Easy... ALL DAY"
I wanna punch him.
So, Wak sits Gutz and starts Endy vs Danks (a LH)
and then sits Endy and starts Gutz against Floyd (a RH)
?
You should go play roullette.
I go to law school. Therefore, I have no life.
by andrewgolfsalot on Apr 29, 2009 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
And now we want to thrust a live stick of dynamite up your ass.
Some trade-offs just aren’t worth it
OK Rustle
This is where you end the game
by Bearskin Rugburn on Apr 29, 2009 11:12 AM PDT reply actions
That appeared to be the wrong time to walk away from the computer.
Did Beltre double?
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Apr 29, 2009 11:14 AM PDT reply actions
This lineup music has a funky bass line.
Awesome
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I really thought Baltimore was better than this
by Bearskin Rugburn on Apr 29, 2009 11:17 AM PDT reply actions
Um. Where is your fastball command Erik?
by Graham MacAree on Apr 29, 2009 11:20 AM PDT reply actions
There's a reason Q lead the minors in HBP every single year.
You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.
There should be rules for hit batters.
If you don’t try to get out of the way, you don’t get the base. I know this is a rule, but it’s never enforced. Also, if there’s no way it could hurt, like grazing your jersey, you don’t get the base.
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And if it is you shouldn't be allowed body armor
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If Bedard walks the bases loaded, I shall cry a lone tear like an American Indian by the side of a litter-strewn highway
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I want the Angels to just die already.
Well, you know, more of them at least.
by Matthew on Apr 29, 2009 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Maybe their team plane will get hit by a drunk pilot
by Graham MacAree on Apr 29, 2009 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
If nothing else
I wish their fans wouldn’t try and do that stupid wing flapping shit from the movie.
You know what? Fuck you Sports Gods, fuck you.
He should have thought that one through some more.
Pitching in the major leagues is quite a lucrative gig.
Go fuck yourself
My Grandma is angel and I think that these jokes are both lacking originality and incredibly offensive towards god’s whores
Either way he still can't field.
Nevermind those monster home runs.
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 29, 2009 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
The south side you are dead on about. Holy crap that place sucks so hard.
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 29, 2009 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Also the stadium sucks
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 29, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
But Hawk is much slower than every other announcer on the planet.
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What the fuck Erik
Throw your fastball for strikes because otherwise nothing else works
by Graham MacAree on Apr 29, 2009 11:25 AM PDT reply actions
Whatever
it’s not like we don’t have 7 righty relievers waiting to get an inning in
by Bearskin Rugburn on Apr 29, 2009 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Looked scary on the TV, then the camera angle flipped to Wlad and it was an easy out
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Yeah 25 pitches in the first
He’ll need some low-pitch innings. It’d help to get him a lead so he can pitch to contact a bit.
The Orioles are killing me
They’ve lost late to Texas and Anaheim every day for about a week now. Fuckers
Hey, here's an idea. Why don't we try not swinging
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Gameday is now differentiating between 2- and 4-seam fastballs. That's neat.
by .Taylor on Apr 29, 2009 11:31 AM PDT reply actions
Not really no
they’re just calling everything a two seamer
by Bearskin Rugburn on Apr 29, 2009 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Fucking idiot announcers
“The Mariners unusual in that their pitching is among the league’s best but their defense is among the worst.”
I'm gonna go with Hudler
this is my first time listening to Hawk, but he’s not nearly as obnoxious for me as Hudler so far
by Malcontent1 on Apr 29, 2009 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
I TAKE IT BACK
I TAKE IT BACK RIGHT NOW. Hawk is worse
by Malcontent1 on Apr 29, 2009 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Ironically, I'm eating french fries right now! Rally time!
by .Taylor on Apr 29, 2009 11:37 AM PDT reply actions
This is great -
I just stumbled upon this fun fact while perusing baseball-almanac.com:
Richie Ashburn once struck a woman in the stands with a foul pitch in Shibe Park and broke her nose. As they were removing her on a stretcher, he hit her again with another foul ball.
Illegible
I was just wondering the other day if anyone has ever caught two foul balls in a row.
But this is so much better.
Yuni's hitting over .300, but his OBP is lower than .300.
Hmm…
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 29, 2009 11:38 AM PDT reply actions
We suck at April day games in Chicago in '09 apparently
I think Ichiro has 14 groundballs to first in the last 24 hours
Go to hell AJ.
You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.
by Goose on Apr 29, 2009 11:42 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
This is why I'll always respect Michael Barrett.
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 29, 2009 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I want to hear Hawk cry tears of sadness
I want this fucking win, stupid Bedard has to eat shit today.
All right. Just last 6 innings and I'll be fine.
by .Taylor on Apr 29, 2009 11:45 AM PDT reply actions
Am I the only one who wonders why we position Lopez so close to 2B all the time?
Sitting in right field at Safeco, it seems like other 2Bs are positioned to play the hole, but Loafie is always put right on top of the bag
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Probaby to cover for Yuni covering for Beltre
Because Adrian Beltre is a poor defender
Never said he wasn't
Johnson has performed well in this stint though.
He's looked so so awful behind the plate
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 29, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
And at the plate
All of his XBHs are from people playing him too shallow
by Graham MacAree on Apr 29, 2009 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
The case is this:
Awful hitter, drops a lot of balls, doesn’t block breaking balls well, lucked into two CS.
I haven't really seen enough of his efforts to judge.
I’ve only seen him be hilariously inaccurate on a few attempts.
By being not good?
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 29, 2009 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Is Bedard not pitching well?
I only have gameday to base my judgement off of
"Get up you crazy black man, I'm gonna make you drink my piss!" - Will Ferrell.
Well doesn't look good
"Get up you crazy black man, I'm gonna make you drink my piss!" - Will Ferrell.
Good to see Loafie's bat coming around
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Do you really have to ask?
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 29, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Because that song is awesome.
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 29, 2009 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Somebody forgot to point out the sign though
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by tootthekazoo on Apr 29, 2009 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Beltre SB
He’s had an excellent % over his career
Well that was almost the worst possible outcome.
2 more LOB?
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Go to Hell, Pierzynski!
I know I’m late, but I can’t believe that a douchebag knows how to bat….this game is making me nervous…..
the offseason sucks
What's the point of a mound visit regarding Wlad if they don't tell Floyd to throw curves?
by Graham MacAree on Apr 29, 2009 11:55 AM PDT reply actions
I fucking hate the Mariners
"Get up you crazy black man, I'm gonna make you drink my piss!" - Will Ferrell.
I believe his comment was directed at Brent Lillibridge
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 29, 2009 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Silver Lining on Wlad.
His approach looks better – he took a first strike, laid off a curve, and hit a belt high pitch hard to the right side. Then, he took a first strike, took ball one but got screwed with the call, ball 2, fouled off a curve, then fucked up. But I like what i see.
HE GAWN
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by tootthekazoo on Apr 29, 2009 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Given the Wily Mo is probably out of baseball, talk about damning with faint praise.
Which was likely your intent.
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Minor league K
Finally. But I suspect it’s too late for Wily Mo…his development has been permanently fucked by his awful “no minors” original contract, and he’s developed too many ingrained bad habits.
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Doesn't matter. It's not about youth, it's about the formation of unbreakable habits.
Plus, the fact that he’s not exactly the most intellectual of players. He’s stubborn as a mule and as set in his ways as any player with obvious holes in his swing that I’ve seen.
Age isn’t everything.
(Also, he’s godawful defensively.)
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Oh my gosh
I thought the consensus was that he sucks at D?
Awesome call by Dave.
“So a fly ball into left field and there’s nobody there AND NOW THERE IS SOMEBODY THERE!”
You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.
I too thought Wlad had no chance at that. Great call by Dave
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 29, 2009 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Haha, I like that better than Rick's.
“And this ball is going to be trouble but here comes Wladimir Balentien WHO DIVES AND MAKES THE CATCH! HOLY SMOKES!”
I'm more like I am now than I've ever been.
We're going to find out after the game that his shoulder is bothering him...
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SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 29, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Adam Jones leads off with a single in the ninth and scores on a hit by Markakis...
3-2 LAA, 1 on 0 outs
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