6/20: Open Game Thread
Arizona Diamondbacks at Seattle Mariners, Jun 20, 2009 7:10 PM PDT
I think it's funny when a pitcher becomes somewhat good after leaving the Royals in a fuck-you-for-Gil-Meche kind of way.
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Ugh.... Sounders.
Even when we’re good we don’t get breaks.
by Matthew on Jun 20, 2009 6:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Jason Vargas sounds like a white ,SoCal stoner.
Which is unsettling to me.
by Matthew on Jun 20, 2009 6:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Were you under the impression he was anything but?
I mean, Long Beach State.
by jimmylauderdale on Jun 20, 2009 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was under the impression that he would sound more latin.
by Matthew on Jun 20, 2009 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I sort of had Bartolo Colon in my mind.
Fans are typically idiots.
by The Typical Idiot Fan on Jun 20, 2009 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well at least he's not Jeff Weaver
I swear I could smell the pot through the TV whenever he was pitching/talking
by Karma Police on Jun 20, 2009 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You say it like it's a bad thing
by lemonverbena on Jun 20, 2009 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I say it like it was jarring.
Which it was.
Which is what I said.
by Matthew on Jun 20, 2009 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does anyone else think that when the announcers say D-Backs it kinda sounds like D-Bags?
It makes me giggle every time. Of course, I am twelve.
by DAMellen on Jun 20, 2009 6:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I thought about posting that, then thought I would be shunned for such immaturity, so I refrained.
by Torrid on Jun 20, 2009 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So I guess FSN's strategy is to play Griffey's HR over and over until it loses all meaning
by Karma Police on Jun 20, 2009 7:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, the 1995 double still gives me goosebumps.
Last night’s home run is never going to be that.
by Sinking Away on Jun 20, 2009 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Red is gona turn into a diva if he keeps getting this much air time.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Jun 20, 2009 7:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
oh for fuck's sake.
Fuck Anaheim.
by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth on Jun 20, 2009 7:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Ok, I think we can go back to hating Rob Johnson.
That triple yesterday gave him a brief break.
by Heydude on Jun 20, 2009 7:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Rob Johnson and Yuni just combined for one of the worst players ever...
by SebastianPruiti on Jun 20, 2009 7:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Mark Reynolds pops out to catcher Rob Johnson. Felipe Lopez scores. Justin Upton to 2nd. Throwing error by catcher Rob Johnson.
by Jeff on Jun 20, 2009 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gameday says that run is earned.
Shouldn’t that be an unearned run coming on the error?
by Wilder. on Jun 20, 2009 7:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I didn't know that.
Russell just gets more and more awesome.
Fuck Anaheim.
by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth on Jun 20, 2009 7:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Adrian Beltre didn't tke his not retard pills today
by Matthew on Jun 20, 2009 7:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I think his plan is to take the team down with him.
by HARRYP09 on Jun 20, 2009 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I liked joser's comment over on USSM
“It’s like Zombie Bavasi is still haunting this team, refusing to die, clawing his way out of the gloomy graveyard of the past and using his minions to inflict horrifying injuries on the optimistic roster of the future.”
by msb on Jun 20, 2009 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Heatley is as dead to me as Dan Snyder is dead to the world
by Jeff on Jun 20, 2009 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So I have 150 bucks burning a hole in my pocket
Better investment, A Dan Heatley jersey or a Brian Elliot one?
by Robert on Jun 20, 2009 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does he really speak English, though?
It’s probably more like “que uno de ustedes es poco faggots próximo”
by Wilder. on Jun 20, 2009 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why does FSN televise Beaver games and not Raniers games?
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Jun 20, 2009 7:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
People in Tacoma do not own televisions.
by Matthew on Jun 20, 2009 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does it not count as ownership if you steal it first?
by abender20 on Jun 20, 2009 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Other people who have stolen them
It’s a beautiful endless cycle
by Karma Police on Jun 20, 2009 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did Dave just try to pick up a 2-3 year old?
by abender20 on Jun 20, 2009 7:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I just figure the target audience would be more interested in seeing M's prospects than Padre ones.
Seems odd to me.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Jun 20, 2009 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow, that was a failed reply if ever I saw one.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Jun 20, 2009 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Carrying on a thought from the last post ...
things we learned after last night? Griffey was not on the bench when called to PH last night as he was back in the training room, talking with Endy about his knee.
by msb on Jun 20, 2009 7:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
They must have shot Endy full of painkillers in a hurry, because I'd not have been in a mood to chit chat after that.
by abender20 on Jun 20, 2009 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Griff was probably trying to scavenge spare parts
by Kermit. on Jun 20, 2009 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Your quest to quit smoking is reinforcing an important lesson:
Anger and misery only make people funnier.
by abender20 on Jun 20, 2009 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd smoke his ACL right now if you told me there was nicotine in there
by Kermit. on Jun 20, 2009 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
There is nicotine in Yuniesky's right hemisphere. Go extract it.
by abender20 on Jun 20, 2009 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If all you want is nicotine, get yourself an E cigarette.
All the nicotine, none of the cancerous stuff (that we know of anyway.)
by Sinking Away on Jun 20, 2009 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Clearly this is not the place to go for support...
by Torrid on Jun 20, 2009 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Except it also encourages drinking.
by abender20 on Jun 20, 2009 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You have to substitute one addiction for another.
No way you can defy the laws of physics.
by Fin on Jun 20, 2009 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Im trying to quit too
Down to 1-2 a day. I dunno, those things seem too good to be true.
Maybe im missing a great opportunity, but for some reason I feel like I’ll regret it if I get one.
by Karma Police on Jun 20, 2009 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's possible. Different results for different people.
I was able to quit the real ones right away, but was hooked on the E ones for about 3 months. So far, no setbacks. Luck has little to do with it, but I wish you the best.
by Sinking Away on Jun 20, 2009 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I any of y'all are planning to eat during or after the game, don't make the mistake I just did.
The Pizza Hut P’Zone is so fucking disgusting it defies logic.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Jun 20, 2009 7:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Odd
When I worked there, the P’Zone was about the only thing I would eat.
Fans are typically idiots.
by The Typical Idiot Fan on Jun 20, 2009 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe I got a bad one?
I have a cast iron stomach from the swill I get served at work and this thing made me nauseous.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Jun 20, 2009 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think stuffed crust pizza is delicious and the fact this it is also a meme is coincidental
by Poochie on Jun 20, 2009 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Saying Rec'd is the dead meme, mullet-eater
by Matthew on Jun 20, 2009 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Clearly he was saying rec'd to bait Jeff so I would argue it has more content then a run in the mill "rec'd"
by Poochie on Jun 20, 2009 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No I was saying it in agreement
I am elcautiono when it comes to baiting Jeff for a while.
by Robert on Jun 20, 2009 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
GIF the sounders own goal for a truce
failing that payoff Trufant to run the wrong way after a pick.
by Poochie on Jun 20, 2009 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is Chris Woodward more valuable than Yuniesky Betancourt yet?
by JLC on Jun 20, 2009 7:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yippee!
Fuck Anaheim.
by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth on Jun 20, 2009 7:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
YUNI I LOVE YOU AGAIN
And ichiro’s pretty good too I guess
by Karma Police on Jun 20, 2009 7:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Wonder if the catchers sphincter tightened up when he saw Yuni coming at him
by Kermit. on Jun 20, 2009 7:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Jeff Weaver gave up fewer runs than Jered Weaver today.
by ThundaPC on Jun 20, 2009 8:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Correct me if I am wrong, but when Jeff was pitching for us didn't Hargrove shuffle the rotation around specifically so the two
wouldn’t have to face one another in a game?
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Jun 20, 2009 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wlad!!!
Fuck Anaheim.
by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth on Jun 20, 2009 8:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice job for Woodward.
Good one, old man.
by Sinking Away on Jun 20, 2009 8:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Hilarious
They tried to get Balentien to chase a high fastball and he crushes it.
by JLC on Jun 20, 2009 8:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
A week without Rob Johnson is good for the soul.
by Teej on Jun 20, 2009 8:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I meant I took a week off. Did he, too? God dammit.
by Teej on Jun 20, 2009 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
On the plus side, there's always some new music to listen to!
by abender20 on Jun 20, 2009 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dig it.
Almost as much as I dig this comment:
“Im diggin that panio its just like my life up and down and goes crazy. I just get lost with that panio.”
by Teej on Jun 20, 2009 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also, time to fess up to some retardation.
I thought the Sour Fest was tomorrow. I was making plans to drive to Temecula to meet sb and we’d drive to Escondido. I never once looked at the actual date.
by abender20 on Jun 20, 2009 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He was naturally a little confused when I asked what time I should try to get to his house tomorrow morning.
by abender20 on Jun 20, 2009 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice work.
I had a bad experience last year. I’ll probably go again, but stick to the non-sour stuff inside.
by Teej on Jun 20, 2009 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love that Albert Pujols' power has returned.
by Poochie on Jun 20, 2009 8:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey, facial hair tends to age you.
If you can grow it correctly that is.
by Liebkartoffel on Jun 20, 2009 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And three and a half grounders for every fly.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Jun 20, 2009 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh I see
Apparently there’s another Erasmo Ramirez who’s a 33 year old reliever
by JLC on Jun 20, 2009 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So they just used his pictured thinking people wouldn't notice?
That’s fuckin’ hilarious.
by faceplant_04 on Jun 20, 2009 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wish I could see it again
I want to know if someone photoshopped an M’s hat on him
by JLC on Jun 20, 2009 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just swapped out your personal narrator in my head for Charles Nelson Reilly
by Kermit. on Jun 20, 2009 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
He used to be Nipsy Russell, but this is working out great
by Kermit. on Jun 20, 2009 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just kidding, it was Sean Connery I just didn't want to tell you about it
by Kermit. on Jun 20, 2009 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You've been Astrud Gilberto for the longest time, but I can make it happen captain
by Kermit. on Jun 20, 2009 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A combination of Astrud and Nipsy sounds just about right for me.
by royalcurve on Jun 20, 2009 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jesus christ you're gonna make me work for this one
Anybody in particular narrate for you?
by Kermit. on Jun 20, 2009 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This commercial irritates me.
How can it be so important for that many employees to know how to contact the business’ bank? don’t they have an accountant?
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Jun 20, 2009 8:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Why does Intel make commercials?
Don’t computer companies have engineers?
by Fin on Jun 20, 2009 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Except they are liars.
That dude they say co-invented the USB shows up in that Wendy’s add for coffee frosties.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Jun 20, 2009 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I tend to forget that Jeff Weaver exists.
by Liebkartoffel on Jun 20, 2009 8:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I guarantee you guys we are getting to .500.
by Poochie on Jun 20, 2009 8:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Where is Red? He needs to be inspired or at least cheered.
by Sinking Away on Jun 20, 2009 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They showed him at the top of the broadcast.
I don’t think his magic is working today :(
Fuck Anaheim.
by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth on Jun 20, 2009 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Adrian Beltre looks like an adorable little teddy bear.
by Liebkartoffel on Jun 20, 2009 8:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
HACK HACK HACK
HACK, HACK, HACK, HACK, HACK, HACK, HACK, HACK, HACK, HACK, HACK, HACK, HACK, HACK, HACK, HACK, HACK, HACK, HACK, HACK, HACK, HACK, fizz….
by ThundaPC on Jun 20, 2009 8:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That was a healthy baby. - Blowers
That was a well-fed child.
by Sinking Away on Jun 20, 2009 8:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
So Vargas has retired 17 batters in a row.
by ThundaPC on Jun 20, 2009 8:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I still can't believe how fantastic the JJ Putz trade was.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Jun 20, 2009 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Except they sent us an injured player.
by abender20 on Jun 20, 2009 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Even more awkward than last night.
Fear the NPE
by thewyrm on Jun 20, 2009 8:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Do you think Blowers' giggle causes her to swoon or feel terror?
by Poochie on Jun 20, 2009 8:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
More importantly, why don't they give her a mic? How awkward is t hat?
by abender20 on Jun 20, 2009 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was thinking the same thing
She looked like she was expecting them to give her one.
by faceplant_04 on Jun 20, 2009 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow
Look at the wheels on Sweeney
Wherever I go, that's where I am.
by noontide on Jun 20, 2009 8:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice to see Wlad hitting the bejeezus out of another ball
by abender20 on Jun 20, 2009 8:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It's amazing how this team gives up on him after sporadic awful play,
but seems to have no problem with Yuni or Rob Johnson’s consistent awful play.
by abender20 on Jun 20, 2009 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Woodward for MVP!
Wherever I go, that's where I am.
by noontide on Jun 20, 2009 8:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Gutierrez and Beltre are probably pretty happy Buckner pitches in the NL
Wlad is gonna miss him when he’s gone
by Malcontent1 on Jun 20, 2009 8:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Chris Woodward really doesn't look like his name is Chris Woodward
by acblue on Jun 20, 2009 8:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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by Poochie on Jun 20, 2009 8:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Bunt it
Right between Buckner’s legs
Wherever I go, that's where I am.
by noontide on Jun 20, 2009 8:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Why is Rob Johnson always up in crucial situations and why does he always fail?
by Fuckmikereilly on Jun 20, 2009 8:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Good eye!
It hurts to be disappointed in R Johnson
Wherever I go, that's where I am.
by noontide on Jun 20, 2009 8:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
"Rob Johnson is officially done"
I wish he was, Dave, I really do.
Fuck Anaheim.
by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth on Jun 20, 2009 8:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I expect a much better performance from R Johnson
Maybe instead of hgh he needs Viagra or extenze.
Why can’t R Johnson get up for the big at bats
Wherever I go, that's where I am.
by noontide on Jun 20, 2009 8:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
While Rob Johnson sucks with the bat
his piss poor defense is even more irritating.
by Sam Regens on Jun 20, 2009 8:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The only thing R Johnson can catch is...
the clap
Wherever I go, that's where I am.
by noontide on Jun 20, 2009 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can you hear that beautiful music?
Chin music that is
Wherever I go, that's where I am.
by noontide on Jun 20, 2009 8:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
MAYBE HE SHOULD LAY OFF OUR OUTFIELDERS' ACLS
by JLC on Jun 20, 2009 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Suddenly Yuni has range. Yesterday was an accident.
I’m sure of it. But no more close ones.
by Sinking Away on Jun 20, 2009 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is getting silly.
Fuck Anaheim.
by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth on Jun 20, 2009 8:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

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