6/10: Open Game Thread
Seattle Mariners at Baltimore Orioles, Jun 10, 2009 4:05 PM PDT
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Jeremy Guthrie looks like the guy that took photos at my wedding
you wouldn’t think he needed a day job.
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by pdb on Jun 10, 2009 3:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice quotes from Morrow in Baker's Blog.
Sounds fully committed to spending as much time in AAA as necessary to become a good starter. Admits he was making excuses and taking the easy route staying the pen.
Of course this should have been done 3 years ago, but he’s still young enough to become at worst a middle of the rotation guy
by Rudy4three on Jun 10, 2009 3:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
At worst middle of the rotation?
That sure is optimistic.
by lailaihei on Jun 10, 2009 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He just needs to get his mechanics under control. I thought he flashed alot of
potential in his starts last year.
by Rudy4three on Jun 10, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
insert "inverted W" joke here
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by pdb on Jun 10, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah but if he doesn't, he's not a middle-of-the-rotation guy.
by lailaihei on Jun 10, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just have confidence that he's not permantently screwed up from a mechanics standpoint.
I think with innings he’s going to be able to get his command to a level where he can at least miss alot of bats despite walking guys. And be capable of giving you enough consistency that he can fill the #3 or #4 starter role
by Rudy4three on Jun 10, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's cool.
We’ve given him a lot of shit for flip-flopping, and rightfully so, but it’s good to see him admit that he was wrong in making excuses.
by katal on Jun 10, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You realize
based on your quote at the bottom being followed by “Sunshine & Lollipops”, it appears that you are genuinely happy for Yuni’s return to the lineup
by Malcontent1 on Jun 10, 2009 3:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Only to someone who never spends any time here.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Jun 10, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ugg, why is "he" back?
Wak must be a push-over parent.
by Sinking Away on Jun 10, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There are any number of explanations but sure, let's go ahead and assume the worst.
by acblue on Jun 10, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yuni, the sulky man-baby
Wandering around in comically oversized bonnet carrying a lollypop bigger than his head.
I don’t know why that line made me think of that, but for some reason I’m posting anyway.
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by JY on Jun 10, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Apparently he had a meeting today with Wak. I'm sure he was helped by the fact
Ronny Cedeno is terrible
by Rudy4three on Jun 10, 2009 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Baker:
By the way, on Yuniesky Betancourt, he apparently went in — on his own — to see manager Don Wakamatsu today to talk about why he’d been benched the past four games. Wakamatsu laid it all out for him — the part about having to show up to play every day, about joining his teammates for workouts. Both men had plenty to say to each other.
by Teej on Jun 10, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's been below replacement level so far this year though, no?
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by Eyebrows on Jun 10, 2009 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We need to stop pretending Cedeno is a valuable player just because
Jack traded for him. We won that trade because Heilman is pretty worthless, but to act like Cedeno is a intregal part of our future is silly.
Clue me in as to what he has done at the ML level that makes him anywhere close to a league average performer. Or heck let me know what he’s done that lends you to believe he’s even replacement level going forward
by Rudy4three on Jun 10, 2009 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Please do not assume that I blindly love everything Zduriencik does.
I am not a fucking moron.
by acblue on Jun 10, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well then how is he "far from terrible"? Maybe terrible is too strong, but
saying far from terrible indicates he’s bordering on being an average MLB player or even hinting he could be good.
At best, he’s a below average player, and this year he’s been pretty bad
by Rudy4three on Jun 10, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, he was worth half a win last season in >250 PA.
Yes, he’s been bad this year but that’s based on 76 PA. The only previous year he’s been below replacement level was 2006, and he was clearly called up before he was ready. In AAA in 2007 he put up a .958 OPS.
I’m not arguing that he’s important part of the future or that he’s likely to be good. But “far from terrible” != league average SS.
by acblue on Jun 10, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cedeno is valuable
Because he is not Yuni
by pakipaki on Jun 10, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Or heck let me know what he’s done that lends you to believe he’s even replacement level going forward"
You are a lost cause
by Graham on Jun 10, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The fact we could break the 5 games back barrier today is sourly offput by the fact Yuni is back in the lineup.
Get him off the fucking roster ahhhhhhh
by Zwakamatsu on Jun 10, 2009 3:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Question time: Who goes on the roster, assuming Yuni and Morrow go to AAA?
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by Eyebrows on Jun 10, 2009 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
RRS and, hell, Tui?
Maybe Woodword if they make room on the 40 man?
by acblue on Jun 10, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
RRS and Morse :(
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by JY on Jun 10, 2009 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That has to be one of the worst 5-8s in all of baseball
ugh.
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by bluemax on Jun 10, 2009 3:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes most baseball teams would hate having Adrian Beltre and their third baseman and Gutierrez in centre
by Graham on Jun 10, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why is Gutz batting ninth?
Betancourt richly deserves to bat last in the order. Possibly even on my eight-year-old’s T-ball team. Gutz has the 4th-best OPS (.691) on the team, closely behind Griffey (.716). The man should be batting no lower than fifth in this crappy, crappy order. Probably 2nd.
Ichiro
Gutierrez
Branyan
Griffey
Beltre
The Movie Star
And The Rest
by short on Jun 10, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Gutz has the 4th-best OPS (.691) on the team"
Christ that hurts to read.
by Teej on Jun 10, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think bluemax was referring strictly to the offensive aspect of their games. By
indicating lineup order, I assumed he meant offensively.
by Rudy4three on Jun 10, 2009 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So what you're saying is you don't want an ML average hitter with power at three and a slightly below average hitter at 9?
by Graham on Jun 10, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm saying the current performence of the 3-9 hitters in our lineup is arguably the worst
in major league baseball this season.
It has nothing to do with defense, their track record, or going forward into future seasons.
I am saying that on June 10th 2009, this is one of the worst 3-9 lineups being fielded in the major leagues.
by Rudy4three on Jun 10, 2009 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I kind of like Endy
but I’d like him better as a 9th place hitter.
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by bluemax on Jun 10, 2009 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bill Krueger says Felix should establish the Fastball.
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Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Jun 10, 2009 3:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes, the more fastballs Felix throws the more dangerous he is.
Fucking Krueger
by Zwakamatsu on Jun 10, 2009 3:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It is dangerous though
The line drives that the hitters get could really hurt somebody
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by tootthekazoo on Jun 10, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And I suppose being hit with a fastball rather than a change-up makes it more dangerous for the hitter too.
Maybe Krueger is onto something…
by Zwakamatsu on Jun 10, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
FSN always freezes on me while Krueger is giving us his keys to the game.
Weird.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Jun 10, 2009 4:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Is the girl singing the National Anthem on the radio as bad as it sounds in my noisy office?
Because she sounds pretty terrible
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by tootthekazoo on Jun 10, 2009 4:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Couldn't hear her on tv but saw her on the Jumbotron. At least she was cute.
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by thewyrm on Jun 10, 2009 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll drink to that
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by tootthekazoo on Jun 10, 2009 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought that said "Be bad, Felix."
The hunt for Bryce has started already?
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by Eyebrows on Jun 10, 2009 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Plugging up the whole, the shortstop Roberts..."
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by Goose on Jun 10, 2009 4:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
God I love me some Dave Niehaus.
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by thewyrm on Jun 10, 2009 4:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Guthrie has thrown 3 breaking balls so far.
$5 says that’s more than Felix throws in the first inning.
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by Eyebrows on Jun 10, 2009 4:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I should say offspeed, not breaking.
And now he’s up to 5!
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by Eyebrows on Jun 10, 2009 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I will bet you on the grounds that neither of us will be able to collect on the bet
by Fogel on Jun 10, 2009 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll hunt you.
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by Eyebrows on Jun 10, 2009 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The cost of travel will be way more than the $5 you will receive
by Fogel on Jun 10, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I work for an airline.
Travel is free.
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by Eyebrows on Jun 10, 2009 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK yes then I guess in order to collect you will have to be near an airport at the time.
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by Eyebrows on Jun 10, 2009 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Depends if you count what gameday calls a sinker.
Whatever.
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by Eyebrows on Jun 10, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah I fucked up the whole question though.
Was more interested in non-fastball pitches.
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by Eyebrows on Jun 10, 2009 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is the night where the offense breaks bad
by Poochie on Jun 10, 2009 4:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I wondered this too.
This team carries weird fetishes and grudges against catchers.
by Matthew on Jun 10, 2009 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well than.
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by gregrabble on Jun 10, 2009 4:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
ESTABLISH THE FUCK OUT OF THAT PITCH.
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by Eyebrows on Jun 10, 2009 4:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Deep flyball, walk, flyball.
Great start, Felix!
by BrianL on Jun 10, 2009 4:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Well unless they target lonely people with low self esteem like me.
by Poochie on Jun 10, 2009 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's a marriage proposal if I've ever seen one.
by abender20 on Jun 10, 2009 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm as cheery as they come, saucepan!
by royalcurve on Jun 10, 2009 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's good.
I was voted “Most Likely to Play Eeyore” in high school.
by James F'n X on Jun 10, 2009 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Russell!
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by gregrabble on Jun 10, 2009 4:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
There's no one in hell Richie Sexson would have ever come up with that.
by BrianL on Jun 10, 2009 4:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Neat.
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by Goose on Jun 10, 2009 4:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Interesting if we flip the situation
I suspect there would be some GTE if we failed to score with first and second with no outs.
Happy to see it happen to someone else for a change.
by PDXTai on Jun 10, 2009 4:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Lopez!
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by Goose on Jun 10, 2009 4:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I think he was safe,
but anything to get Yuni out of here quicker…
by SebastianPruiti on Jun 10, 2009 4:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Swings at a 1-0 pitch.
“I stay the same!”
by ThundaPC on Jun 10, 2009 4:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow, fuck you gameday.
In play, no out = out.
by MFAN on Jun 10, 2009 4:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh shit, I assumed that since the full half inning went by while I was gone for like 5 minutes it meant we didn't score
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by gregrabble on Jun 10, 2009 4:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
What?
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by gregrabble on Jun 10, 2009 4:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm pretty their catcher is faster than our shortstop
by Zack on Jun 10, 2009 4:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes you are pretty
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by gregrabble on Jun 10, 2009 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So I was listening to NY Radio
…and some idiot Met fan was trying to figure out what it would take King Felix. I laughed…
by SebastianPruiti on Jun 10, 2009 4:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That was the most obscure fact by the Orioles announcers
by Fogel on Jun 10, 2009 4:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I fogot to fire up my mlbtv so I could listen
by Poochie on Jun 10, 2009 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yesterday was the first day in 50 years where a rookie pitcher won the game while two rookie position players had multi hit games!
by Fogel on Jun 10, 2009 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How the fuck do they even find that fact
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by gregrabble on Jun 10, 2009 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gay retard porn is what I was referring to
by Fogel on Jun 10, 2009 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
retards sticking dicks in other retards while on camera
by Fogel on Jun 10, 2009 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Sounds like the plot of a Drawn Together episode.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Jun 10, 2009 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I quite enjoyed that show.
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by Goose on Jun 10, 2009 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So uhhh, Ichiro is still hitting for a good deal of power...
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by Goose on Jun 10, 2009 4:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Woww this is even with Churchill saying Ichiro is declining and not a star right fielder
by Poochie on Jun 10, 2009 4:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
People can be wrong sometimes. Even the best like Dave, went out his way
this offseason to say Edwin Jackson “wasn’t good”. And now he’s been one of the most valuable pitcher in baseball during the first half.
by Rudy4three on Jun 10, 2009 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Of course the difference is that there was every reason to believe that Jackson wasn't good
and the fact that Churchill’s track record is nowhere near as good as Dave’s.
by acblue on Jun 10, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And that Chruchill has asserted Ichiro, with his offensive skillset, isn't a star solely because he plays RF and not CF
which is absurd at best
by Poochie on Jun 10, 2009 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
People are capable of being wrong?
I disagree,
by Poochie on Jun 10, 2009 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What an absurd commercial
they won’t even let Griffey play the field anymore
by Poochie on Jun 10, 2009 4:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Didn't sign yet
it’ll happen soon
by seattlebruin on Jun 10, 2009 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
91 mph fastball
87 mph changeup
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by Eyebrows on Jun 10, 2009 4:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
He's always been up there but no it clearly has to be someone that everyone hates for being bad but isn't a complete dick about it
by Fogel on Jun 10, 2009 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I do like him yes but it's Michael Saunders I've decided
by Fogel on Jun 10, 2009 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought all your favorite players had to piss off the mods
by Robert on Jun 10, 2009 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hopefully it's nothing serious and he's just day to day.
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by Goose on Jun 10, 2009 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That sore knee is really going to hamper his other career
by Fogel on Jun 10, 2009 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
When he gets down on his knees to suck penises it is going to bother him mightily
by Fogel on Jun 10, 2009 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
It makes less of an impact when you have to spell it out like this
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by gregrabble on Jun 10, 2009 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hate it when people force jokes like that
by Robert on Jun 10, 2009 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Same, that's why I don't do it
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by gregrabble on Jun 10, 2009 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fouled a ball off his knee and is out now
Chavez to center and Wlad in for him in left
by Schuxu on Jun 10, 2009 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Both those fouls would have hit Lopez or come damn near close to
by Rudy4three on Jun 10, 2009 5:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice job Jose. A very weak looking hack, but got the job done
by Rudy4three on Jun 10, 2009 5:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Chien-Ming Wang has become a total disaster. Pretty amusing.
by Rudy4three on Jun 10, 2009 5:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I know it's great. Asian pitchers always fade
by coolconman on Jun 10, 2009 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sweet Odin's Throne in Valhalla really?
by acblue on Jun 10, 2009 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
This is an awesome exclamation.
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by bluemax on Jun 10, 2009 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whoever this color guy is doing the Yankee-Red Sox game makes me throw up in my mouth
by coolconman on Jun 10, 2009 5:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Just like Ben Stiller's wife in that one Ben Stiller movie?
by Poochie on Jun 10, 2009 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
no no no
puke inducing != fading
by seattlebruin on Jun 10, 2009 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cmon quick outs!
That storm looks quite ominous…
by seattlesundevil on Jun 10, 2009 5:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
God damn I like Jamie Burke sooooo much more than Rob Johnson.
by Zwakamatsu on Jun 10, 2009 5:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
You got lucky Jamie.
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by Goose on Jun 10, 2009 5:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That was a God awful bunt
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by gregrabble on Jun 10, 2009 5:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Did Wak just tell everyone on the team to bunt whenever they feel like it?
by OlSalty on Jun 10, 2009 5:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm not sure but I'd prefer that neither Ichiro nor Russell ever sacrificed themselves
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by gregrabble on Jun 10, 2009 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
do you get it because harold shortens to harry and wieters sounds like weiners i just thought of this today
by Fogel on Jun 10, 2009 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Speaking of which, did Corco finally get banned for good?
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by Goose on Jun 10, 2009 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think we would have heard about that.
by Poochie on Jun 10, 2009 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Seems like he hasn't posted in quite a while.
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by Goose on Jun 10, 2009 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Make a derogatory comment about Ford and find out!
by abender20 on Jun 10, 2009 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Ford that he recommended to me has worked out tremendously
by Robert on Jun 10, 2009 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Idaho/America/Ford/Hawk Harrelson sucks!
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by Goose on Jun 10, 2009 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hasn't logged in since May 10
could just be really busy, it is finals time at Wyoming after all
by seattlebruin on Jun 10, 2009 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The only slight difference being that Fogel is hilarious but Corco is quite the opposite
by Poochie on Jun 10, 2009 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait, are we talking intentionally or unintentionally?
by Liebkartoffel on Jun 10, 2009 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hilarious is hilarious,
and Corco’s made me laugh quite a few times.
by Liebkartoffel on Jun 10, 2009 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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