2009 Regular Season Opener Game Thread
by Matthew on Apr 5, 2009 4:20 PM PDT
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PrintPhillies v Braves, 5pm pacific time. ESPN2
It's a beautiful gorgeous fantastic pretty day in Seattle, but if you are staying in, catch some baseball that counts in the statbooks. Brett Myers faces off against Derek Lowe, starting for the Braves on loan from the Mariners after we signed him after the Braves signed him. It's all very complicated.
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BBBBAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEBBBBBBBBBAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!
Steve Phillips and Joe Morgan in the booth. Holy crap.
You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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I'm gonna be so fucking hyper 24 hours from now...
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
"Who is going to be the next Rays?"
If there’s one question I’m going to get really sick of hearing real quick….
Please impart your vast baseball knowledge unto me.
I am but a novice to this game and its analytical ways.
by Matthew on Apr 5, 2009 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well hold on are you talking worst-to-first seasons? Or are you talking dynasty-building?
by oc on Apr 5, 2009 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
John Kruk thinks the M's got worse by losing Putz and Ibanez
I don’t really care if these guys think we got worse (we obviously didn’t) but they could be a little more informed. Even if you don’t think we won the Putz trade we still didn’t lose him, we traded him in a deal that our Front Office (smarter than Kruk) thinks will help improve the team in other areas. Whatever, I’m just excited for the season, not going into work tomorrow!
Don't expect good analysis from TV personalities.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Apr 5, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
You mean Beltre ISN'T a disappointment?
Krukkie seems to think otherwise.
Throw the snacks in the bag and I'm ghost like Swayze!
Preserved In All His Greatness - R.I.P. The Reignman 1989 to 1997
I hope Miguel Cairo gets significant playing time today
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Steve Phillips looks like such a goober
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Wyomingroutes.org & Washingtonhighways.org
what?
Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Wyomingroutes.org & Washingtonhighways.org
My word, the quality of mlb.tv is just incredible. What a fantastic product.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
Speaking of which, mlb.tv is a little different again this year.
You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.
This new Flash player is wonderful.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Apr 5, 2009 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
No more Silverlight!
Now mlb needs to take care of those retarded blackout rules and we’ll be all set.
You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.
I need it to also be able to stay in fullscreen mode with dual monitors when I try to do work on the second monitor
Then we’ll be all set
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"If he's on, look out for the rest of the league"
The better Ryan Howard hits, the better the rest of the league is?
A stunning day indeed.
Supposed to be the same tomorrow. Absolutely perfect for baseball.
You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.
I watched a couple of innings of the Seattle U game
and it always amazes me how being in the sun watching baseball makes me feel.
by Aaron Campeau on Apr 5, 2009 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions
That fancy OPS
I tell you what
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I'm developing an irrational urge to watch Chipper Jones suck.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Apr 5, 2009 5:13 PM PDT reply actions
He kinda blew it in the WBC though.
Small sample aside, 0-10 with a walk pretty much sucks.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Apr 5, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions
He's very good and very underappreciated but he's a douche and I don't like him.
by Aaron Campeau on Apr 5, 2009 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Chipper Jones donates over $50,000 a year to help save abandoned puppies in the Atlanta area.
How dare you.
Those puppies could be used to feed Atlanta's homeless
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 5, 2009 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
And donate vital bits to Raffy Soriano's shoulder
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 5, 2009 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hey the Chip is the man.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Apr 5, 2009 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Hehe
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Apr 5, 2009 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn
That was hit very very well.
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
McCann hit that harder than Myers hit his wife
by Graham MacAree on Apr 5, 2009 5:15 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I hate the Angels but seeing GA in a Brave uniform makes me sad
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No irritating ads on mlb.tv this is a very promising start for the new player indeed...
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
Three lefties in a row
Yikes
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They act like Billy Wagner wasn't kinda good when he pitched last year for New York.
You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.
What, they're gonna play the most extra-inning games?
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Apr 5, 2009 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I suspect more teams will have walk-off hits
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I think that someday, when we are defending our world title, we're gonna lose 26-1 on opening day.
You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.
They should take away the rings if that happens
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 5, 2009 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions
JORDAN SCHAFER!!!
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SON OF A BITCH
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Now that Jordan Schafer is offically in the books, put an asterisks next to it!
You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.
Brett Myers sucks
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I was just telling Matthew that if I was a rookie in a hitter's count
And I knew a fastball down the middle was coming, I’d go for it. 10 seconds later…
This has been on facebook like eighty times today.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Apr 5, 2009 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Hmm can't find the WPA chart at fangraphs for this game.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
Reminds me of Verne Lundquist fellating DeJuan Blair during the Pitt/Nova game.
He actually called a play with Blair as the defender without once mentioning the guy with the ball backing him down.
RAUUUUL
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Nobody cares about basketball.
Especially women’s basketball.
You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.
They should affix hand towels to the bottom of their shoes so that they at least clean the court while they're busy not dunking
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 5, 2009 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
Women on the bench should be making the refs sandwiches. since they aren't playing.
You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.
Nicely played good sir
Womens basketball is just about as exciting as watching paint dry. With all of their fundamentals
Any sport is as good as the crowd.
I’m not really into soccer, but the crowd at the Sounders games makes me want to go. If you could get a very excited fan base into women’s basketball, you could make it work.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Apr 5, 2009 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions
That's about as likely as getting an excited group of people to watch me water the lawn
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 5, 2009 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Supply the booze and people would do it.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Apr 5, 2009 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions
The last thing this world needs is more drunk lesbians gathering together in large groups.
Unless, of course, those lesbians are crazy hot. Then please, drink up.
Throw the snacks in the bag and I'm ghost like Swayze!
Preserved In All His Greatness - R.I.P. The Reignman 1989 to 1997
Sports car racing and rallying are awesome.
by Aaron Campeau on Apr 5, 2009 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I can understand it being awesome for about an hour.
After that, I do not get it, but meh, to each their own.
Well, with sports car racing I don't sit down and watch the whole thing.
I bounce in and out. And with rallying, they don’t really show anything but highlights because it’s tough to have cameras on the whole course.
by Aaron Campeau on Apr 5, 2009 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I have only been to the Indy 500.
And it was incredible for a little while and then not.
For me to care the cars have to at least kind of resemble real cars.
Formula 1 and Indy Car racing bore me to tears.
by Aaron Campeau on Apr 5, 2009 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions
That strikes me as odd since I see F1 as about the only possible interesting racing since
it does not involve driving in continuous ovals.
This.
Throw the snacks in the bag and I'm ghost like Swayze!
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Sports car racing is on road tracks.
Formula 1 is just too good. The cars are basically robots and the drivers are perfect, so it cars going 240 MPH and never missing anything.
by Aaron Campeau on Apr 5, 2009 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I like seeing NASCAR drivers die in crashes
by Graham MacAree on Apr 5, 2009 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I tend to prefer the oval races
I’m mostly a casual observer, but for me, the excitement is in the drivers racing against each other, not the drivers racing against the course. On road course races that I’ve seen on television, there’s a lot less room to make passes and fewer passes makes for less interesting racing.
As long as they aren't just driving around in circles I can kind of see the appeal of it
Still not really my thing though.
The Phillies hitting approach strongly resembles the Mariners last year
I blame Raul’s leadership
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What the fuck
Meyers is getting lit up.
So, so, so glad it’s baseball season.
In his defence he did absolutely hammer one foul
Although the way Myers is pitching that might not be such an achievement
by Graham MacAree on Apr 5, 2009 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, because when I think of get together meals for the family. I think of donuts.
You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.
Kelly Johnson likes catching baseballs
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"he's hanging curveballs in the plate, and on the plate, and at the plate."
Good work Joe.
You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.
So Gameday has a whole lot of new stuff this year as well...
No mention of whether this will be free with mlb.tv premium though. :/
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
Heh, the profile for Jimmy Rollins:
Loves to face-Sliders
Hates to face-Sliders
You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.
You be pissed if the Phanatic was blocking your view.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
On right now I believe for the east coasters.
A friend of mine is recording it, I’m picking it up after the game.
You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.
OK Franceour looks like a giant douche waiting for the pitch
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Why is the resident cop in the dugout a Philadelphia HIGHWAY PATROL?
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I sat here for like
3 minutes trying to come up with some comment to describe how I felt about that conversation, but this suffices.
Jordan Schafer is obviously the greatest player in the history of ever.
You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.
Only a double and a triple away from the cycle
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Why does Thompson's Waterseal see a need to buy a behind the plate advertisement?
If you’re sealing your deck they’re pretty much the only brand of deck sealant anybody buys (and stores even carry). They’ve got to have at least 90% of the market share
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Myers is just horrible right now.
Throw the snacks in the bag and I'm ghost like Swayze!
Preserved In All His Greatness - R.I.P. The Reignman 1989 to 1997
He must have made an impact
Joe Morgan doesn’t forget just anybody’s name, after all
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
The Phillies have figured out Jordan Schafer is the greatest player in the history of ever.
You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.
I'm leaning more towards Myers being complete shit right now.
Throw the snacks in the bag and I'm ghost like Swayze!
Preserved In All His Greatness - R.I.P. The Reignman 1989 to 1997
He truly is.
Why else would anyone give him an IBB when the pitcher is up next
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
same
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that is a SWEET swing
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I wish we had somebody with such a fundamentally correct swing
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We're gonna have the best bullpen in the history of baseball in 2011.
You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.
Like I said...
FUCK!
Throw the snacks in the bag and I'm ghost like Swayze!
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This makes no sense.
I felt I had to say that.
It makes sense if they're just doing that to keep his innings under control for this season (given the injury last season)
but it doesn’t sound like that’s the case.
I THOUGHT GMZ WAS SUPPOSED TO MAKE ME SMILE
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FUCK YOU COACH
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Ah, Jeff, Jeff, Jeff. All this time I merely pretended to be a moron. Then, when you would suggest
a smart move, I would simply steal it. Good times, eh?
I'm increasingly convinced that GMZ is being held hostage by Billy Beane
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There are approximately 2 commercials on ESPN360.com
one is the “espn.com / bill simmons / two dogs fucking” and the other is worse.
And the world collapses for Jordan Shafer.
Welcome to The Bigs, son.
Throw the snacks in the bag and I'm ghost like Swayze!
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THE PHILLIES SCORING A RUN DOESN'T MAKE ME ANY LESS SAD
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Mile Gonzalez is a steaming pile of fucking useless
Where is Soriano?
NICE SWING RAUL
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You know who wouldn't of swung at that slider?
Pat Burrell.
You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.
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