Rainiers at Beavers Open Game Thread

I would think that Nike could provide some good amount of money, if they cared to; along with Columbia Sportswear, McMenamin’s, and whatever facade might be left of the Weinhard corporation…

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I am and I'm a Beavers season ticket holder

and if they move to Lents I will no longer be a season ticket holder. I live in NoPo and prefer to take TriMet to games, and if we were to do that from our house it would be an hour (and at least two buses, until they get the Green Line finished) each way. Not going to happen. I am not a Portland native, so I don’t understand the attachment to Memorial Coliseum – tear that obsolete pile of junk down, build a 9000 seat ballpark there, and you’ve got year-round traffic to the Rose Quarter, just like the Blazers want.

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by pdb on Jun 15, 2009 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Which on the other hand frees up my sports and entertainment dollar to buy Timbers MLS tickets so that's not too bad

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by pdb on Jun 15, 2009 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've never heard of Lents - I don't think it was a neighborhood 10 years ago. :/

I was at the Coliseum a few years back for a friend’s comic show, and I can’t believe how terrible it looks now. Depressing. We used to listen to Blazers games on the radio when I was little and they played there, and now it’s just a giant, run-down…thing. :/
Then again, I’m sure there are still a lot of people whining about how “ugly” the Rose Quarter is, too.

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lents is down on 205 at about Sunnyside Rd I think

82nd and Foster is probably the main intersection, and then it heads east and a bit north from there, kinda along 205.

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by pdb on Jun 15, 2009 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Huh

Yeah, I never heard it called that – I grew up in Canby, just south, and lived in the city proper after I got out of college for about 10 years or thereabouts. That area was just called the Foster neighborhood – and 82nd is already sketchy enough without adding more traffic and etc. I hope they figure something out…

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And the main people whining about the dereliction of the Rose Quarter are the Blazers

because it gets no business when it’s not basketball season. Which makes me wonder why they’re opposed to putting a summer-sports venue in there; they want to build an “entertainment village”, which nobody will go to because why leave a cool neighborhood for a bunch of expensive restaurants?

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by pdb on Jun 15, 2009 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, no;

The people in Portland HATED that thing when it was built. Everyone was bitching about how it “ruined the skyline”. Yeah, the crappy skyline by Lloyd Center. Pffft!
I agree, if they want a park, they might already have a decent foundation for such a thing on the Coliseum grounds….just seems like a waste.

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Now people are bitching because the Memorial Coliseum is architecturally significant

they claim it’s a good example of Modernist design – which it actually is, I suppose, but that’s no reason to keep it standing when it’s functionally obsolete and becoming derelict.

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by pdb on Jun 15, 2009 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Modernist" might indicate "modern"

Haha!

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I used to live on 92nd and Foster!

Kitty-corner from the Copper Penny. One time a drunk guy came in to our living room because I think he knew the people that used to live there. Also people used to steal our empties.

by waldo rojas on Jun 15, 2009 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ah, the Copper Penny

Where music goes to die.

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

When we moved in, the landlord said the washer didn't work

so go ahead and put it on the curb and put a free sign on it and someone will take it. So we hauled it out and went back inside to write up the free sign. When we came back out, the broken dryer was gone.

by waldo rojas on Jun 15, 2009 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've been to that place a couple times

and it was…interesting.

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by pdb on Jun 15, 2009 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Kenton Club is the best venue in Portland bar fucking none.

by acblue on Jun 16, 2009 12:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yep

I take Foster to the 205 for work, and I know when I’m in Lents when I hit the hardware shop.

by Garces on Jun 15, 2009 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Go ahead

Throw your money away

by Robert on Jun 15, 2009 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They don't have the right kind of population.

by acblue on Jun 16, 2009 12:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Buschmann's stuff looks pretty good but he's still getting drilled.

by acblue on Jun 15, 2009 7:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Macandjacksmann would have bene a far superior pitcher.

...and now I'm here

by CapSea on Jun 15, 2009 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

LAHAIR!!!!

3-RUN BLAST!

by JLC on Jun 15, 2009 7:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

SHUT UP CHASE HEADLEY LAHAIR JUST HIT A HOME RUN!!!

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 7:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Hey, don't diss on Headley

He is going to be a Mariner once we trade Yuni for him. Because that’s going to happen, right?

...and now I'm here

by CapSea on Jun 15, 2009 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Haha!

I’m just happy LaHair did something cool…I get annoyed when announcers spend more time talking to guests than they do about the game, but that’s just me…

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't know who he is but I would OK that trade.

by mark sobba on Jun 15, 2009 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He's considerably better,

so yes.

...and now I'm here

by CapSea on Jun 15, 2009 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I would be ok with trading Yuni for a nice bologna sandwich, at this point.

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Does it have to be nice?

I’d take off brand meat with wilty lettuce.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Jun 15, 2009 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ha!

I prefer bologna and some sort of American cheese product, with mayo and yellow mustard. That’s “nice”, but I grew up in a trailer!

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hold out for something good!

You might even get nice mustard or even some Baconnaise!

by mark sobba on Jun 15, 2009 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Now that is something I have not had in a long time... Even longer then the M's have had a real SS.

by mark sobba on Jun 15, 2009 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Can these guys play San Diego instead?

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by thewyrm on Jun 15, 2009 7:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Huh.

I really thought that was more of flyout off of the bat.

by BrianL on Jun 15, 2009 7:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

If the Rainiers are anything like the Ms

They should start collapsing right about now….

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 7:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

...am I the only one who thought Michael Saunders was black?

by BrianL on Jun 15, 2009 7:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Nope, I am in the same boat.

by mark sobba on Jun 15, 2009 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Me too.

What exactly does that say about us if anything?

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by thewyrm on Jun 15, 2009 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Too much Willie Bloomquist, personally.

by mark sobba on Jun 15, 2009 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought he was until I discovered his nationality.

by Mariner John on Jun 15, 2009 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

RACIST!

But seriously, I saw him player when the Mariners called him up last (?) September.

by redwolf75 on Jun 16, 2009 12:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He never was called up last year.

by Mariner John on Jun 16, 2009 12:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Then it was in 2007.

by redwolf75 on Jun 23, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I do not think this happened.

...and now I'm here

by CapSea on Jun 23, 2009 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I kind of did which is funny because he could not be whiter.

by acblue on Jun 16, 2009 12:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mike Morse looked very cocky there for a bit...

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 8:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

It's nice to see the Rainiers on FSN for once.

I think I’m having more fun watching the AAA team than the big league team.

by Heydude on Jun 15, 2009 8:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Or instead of the hit and run you could just take ball four

by JLC on Jun 15, 2009 8:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

When the pitcher throws four balls, you are allowed to walk down to first base for free

by JLC on Jun 15, 2009 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sigh

by JLC on Jun 15, 2009 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

So, what is this thing they're doing?

The thing where they run past the catcher at home plate?

by msb on Jun 15, 2009 8:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I think it is called "get points".

Or something like that.

by mark sobba on Jun 15, 2009 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!

by msb on Jun 15, 2009 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Close. Something like that.

by mark sobba on Jun 15, 2009 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

"King me"?

It is on the tip of my tounge. Fuck it. I’m going to get a burrito.

by mark sobba on Jun 15, 2009 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's a basket! Chuh!

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Awesome.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Jun 15, 2009 8:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Yay Jeffie!

by JLC on Jun 15, 2009 8:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Glenn Abbott??!?!

by msb on Jun 15, 2009 8:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Buhhhh?

by BrianL on Jun 15, 2009 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He's like TWO Glenn Abbotts these days

by msb on Jun 15, 2009 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Watching this game is making me angry at all of the shitty players on the Mariners

by JLC on Jun 15, 2009 8:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I can't even enjoy their success

by JLC on Jun 15, 2009 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mike Sweeney is such a balding sack of worthless

by JLC on Jun 15, 2009 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It really shows how weak some of our players in Seattle are.

I want to watch Tacoma for the rest of the season.

by Heydude on Jun 15, 2009 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I dunno...

I don’t think Portland’s pitching is all that great….

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree, Portland isn't that special.

But remembering we’re hitting AAA pitching, Tacoma’s offense looks really good.

by Heydude on Jun 15, 2009 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

But wait, they have a man on

So if we’re destined to be true Mariners, everything’s about to go downhill! :D

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ha ha, I won't tell them if you won't.

by Heydude on Jun 15, 2009 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh! I mean...

EVERYTHING’S FIIIIIIINE! GO ~~SEATT~~ RAINIERS!

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

7 of Tacoma's position players have an OPS over .800

by JLC on Jun 15, 2009 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

These anouncers are creepy as fuck.

And they suck ass too.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Jun 15, 2009 8:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I've only seen one other Portland broadcast, and Tom Lampkin was sitting in for the color guy

He was good, the play by play guy yammered like he is tonight, and they did the same ’let’s call a Padre’ shtick

by msb on Jun 15, 2009 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The beaver's name is Lucky?

Is that just a generic mascot name, or is there actually an origin for this?

by JLC on Jun 15, 2009 8:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I think it's just generic

Also, there are a ton of jokes to be made, but I’m too tired right now.

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They used to be called the Lucky Beavers in the 1930's

when they changed unis a couple years ago they changed the mascot’s name back to Lucky from, uh, Boomer I think.

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by pdb on Jun 15, 2009 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Boomer the Beaver?

hahahaha!
Well, thanks – did that name have anything to do with the beer at all? Or am I making this more difficult than it has to be?

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think so, not that I can tell.

I just see old photos at the Kingston that say “The 1937 Lucky Beavers” and whatnot. It would be cooler if they were named after the beer.

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by pdb on Jun 15, 2009 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hmmm

I’ll see if I can check out any history if I wind up going down there. I know they renovated it, maybe they did something nice on the inside for the timeline of the team. I used to live in two different apartments about 3 blocks and across the street from that place back in the 90s – it sucked so bad trying to find parking after work on game days. Seems like a weird place for a stadium.

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The stadium predated all the apartments and stuff though

That stadium has been around since about 1910 I think. There’s not much to it on the inside, you won’t find much history-wise except a few old snapshots; they did renovate it but it’s there to serve three sports and a bunch of high school games, so it’s not really specific to any one of them. I’m not sure where one would go to find a good history of the stadium or the Beavers team.

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by pdb on Jun 15, 2009 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Heh

I’m pretty sure the place I lived across the street was built in like 1856 or something; man, what a shithole – the place upstairs used to be a brothel. Score!
I kid, kind of.
What’s the other sport? Baseball, soccer, …?

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Beavers baseball, Timbers soccer, PSU football

and at least one or two high school football playoff games. And the occasional international soccer match as well.

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by pdb on Jun 15, 2009 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought PSU had their own field?

Up by OHSU?
Shows what I know.

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They used to but I think they play all their games at PGE now

Post-expensive-renovation, PGE Park has to get all the revenue it can.

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by pdb on Jun 15, 2009 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I guess so

Just based on what you know about things now, do you think the MLS team will work in Portland?

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

From what I know which is not much I would say yes

The Timbers draw about 6500 people a game at this point, and the Timbers Army supporters group is huge, passionate, and vocal. All this happens with no real advertising or promotion; the MLS marketing push would really make a huge difference and get a ton of people to buy tickets. I don’t think they’d get the 26K a night that the Sounders get, but if they can get into the 15-20K/game range they’ll be a success.

Which is why PGE has to be renovated – there’s almost no way that stadium can handle that many people at this point. I dread going to the AAA All-Star Game in a way because it’ll be a nightmare with that many people – the lines for everything will be hideous.

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by pdb on Jun 15, 2009 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That kicks ass!

I saw a news special on a channel up here about the Timbers Army, they aired it before the Sounders season opened up here. It looked like people were pretty crazy about the game, but they never showed wide shots of the stadium, so while they were loud, I wasn’t sure how many of them were actually there.

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They take over at least one entire section during games

there’s probably about 1000 of them all told. It adds an awesome element to the games.

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by pdb on Jun 15, 2009 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't know if there are a thousand ECS

But the GA is super loud, and the rest of the stadium follows suit, so it turns into this giant wave of chants around the stadium. I look forward to our Portlander overlords. :D

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

When they aren't setting fire to something :)

by msb on Jun 15, 2009 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do you have your tickets as part of your annual package?

I have tickets to the derby and the all star game, but I’ll probably only be able to make the derby.

by Garces on Jun 15, 2009 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have tickets as part of someone else's annual package

I have friends in the ECS, and if one of them can’t go, I get the ticket. She gets baseball tickets from me, so it sort of works out.

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I do have tix for both as part of my package, yeah

I’m looking forward to it, except for the crowds. Gonna be a fun night. Couple of nights.

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by pdb on Jun 16, 2009 6:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lookit me!

Reply fail.

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by section331 on Jun 16, 2009 8:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

There's not one hitter on the Rainers better than Griffey so I fail to see why I should give two shits.

by Poochie on Jun 15, 2009 8:18 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Yes there are like 5

by Graham on Jun 15, 2009 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Then why aren't they DHing with the big dogs?

I thought you guys said this org knew what it was doing.

by Poochie on Jun 15, 2009 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Cause the Sweeney/Griffey combo provides leadership?

by Heydude on Jun 15, 2009 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You can lead a baseball player, but you can't make him hit.

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

So true, I'd take a lot of Rainiers over Sweeney.

by Heydude on Jun 15, 2009 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Announcers. Get. Creepier.

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 8:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Wow, what the fuck took Will Venable so long to restore the connection

by JLC on Jun 15, 2009 8:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

What the fuck is Will Venable talking about

by JLC on Jun 15, 2009 8:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I hope this guy goes 0 for 4 tomorrow

by JLC on Jun 15, 2009 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

For those of you still watching

The announcer just said, during the game recap, “….Lahair Lahammered one to right….”

by JLC on Jun 15, 2009 8:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Not anywhere near as annoying as John Sterling.

…and Mark Teixeira sends them a Tex Message!!!!

….an A-Bomb from A-Rod!!!!!

…A thrilla from Godzilla!!!!

by msb on Jun 15, 2009 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Are these actual quotes?

by Mariner John on Jun 15, 2009 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sadly, yes.

by msb on Jun 15, 2009 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And you have to imagine them in that overwrought Sterling voice.

by msb on Jun 15, 2009 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

An AYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Bomb... from AYYYYYYYYYYY Rod

by patsfan on Jun 16, 2009 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Last week he did this for a Matsui HR by mistake

which would be funny except for, y’know, the whole “a-bomb on Hiroshima” thing.

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by pdb on Jun 16, 2009 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hasn't it been long enough for us to make jokes about this now?

In public? To the Japanese?

by d0nkey on Jun 16, 2009 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nope!

by waldo rojas on Jun 16, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

bwahahaha genocide is funny

nope, guess not.

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by pdb on Jun 16, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Teixeira one makes me weep for humanity.

by Mariner John on Jun 15, 2009 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I freakin' THOUGHT I heard that!

Glad to know I wasn’t crazy.

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rec'd

by Jeff Sullivan on Jun 16, 2009 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

God, I really hate it when players have flames tattooed on their arm

by JLC on Jun 15, 2009 8:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Everyone knows flames belong on the sides of cars.

by msb on Jun 15, 2009 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

How many times has he explained Rule 5?

by msb on Jun 15, 2009 8:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Offense!

by OlSalty on Jun 15, 2009 9:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

It's been a while since we've seen it.

And who the hell is Brodie Downs?
And will someone make these announcers quit?

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Brodie Downs is The Beer Leaguer.

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by JY on Jun 15, 2009 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The? We only have one?

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

There can be only one.

No, I mean, he was literally pitching in beer leagues with his buddies, who convinced him to try out for the local community college and see if he could get drafted. And so he did and the rest is history.

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by JY on Jun 15, 2009 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Holy shit, really?

That’s actually kinda cool.

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's true.

He used to work as a surveyor or something, but he decided to put that aside and see if he could make it in baseball. He made his debut when he was 28 or so and they’ve kept pushing him to see what he was capable of. It’s a shame that his fastball’s pretty straight and he has little in the way of other offerings, because it’s an awesome story.

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by JY on Jun 15, 2009 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sweet!

I’ll be sure and yell extra loud for him if I see him on Thursday. Thanks for the info!

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

So Torii Hunter left the Angels - Giants game today with an undisclosed injury

Anyone know the details?

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by gregrabble on Jun 15, 2009 9:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Something wrong with his rib cage

So says their website….I guess he literally ran into the wall.

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by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm sure this is mean but I really hope he has to have surgery for whatever reason and is out for the rest of the year

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by gregrabble on Jun 15, 2009 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It might be considered mean

But anyone who says they’ve never wished some form of badness on a player from another team is a liar. Or a saint.
Sounds like he might have just given himself a mean bruise, but I guess he ran into the wall and then didn’t get up. Ouch.

~The Official LookoutLanding Poster Who Dreams Of Doing Naughty Naughty Things To Russell Branyan~

by section331 on Jun 15, 2009 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I have been guilty of these thoughts as well.

However I just remember every time Felix has stubbed a toe and I take it all back.
Karmic payback is bitch. And baseball is enough of fucked up bitch to make sure everyone gets theirs at some point.

by mark sobba on Jun 15, 2009 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs