10/12: Open ALDS Game 5 Thread
by Jeff Sullivan on Oct 12, 2010 4:52 PM PDT
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I've decided that every team has characteristics I like and characteristics I find annoying, so I'm going to root for whoever the hell I want, and the Rangers have a minor league named Andrew Laughter, which is good enough for me.
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The Rays would like to politefully submit their rebuttal.
Joynerd Gonzalez
by Kenneth Arthur on Oct 12, 2010 4:58 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I hope Andrew Laughter never smiles.
Because irony is funny.
by Michael Kearney on Oct 12, 2010 5:05 PM PDT reply actions
No I would not feel good about the Rangers' chances of winning if Ron Washington was playing
I don’t care how fired up he is.
I love this photo of Cliff Lee
It looks like someone has just said to him
“Cliff, do you realise that you still have a Mariners hat on?”
And this look is his reply
by pakipaki on Oct 12, 2010 5:16 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
When are the masses going to realize that Kid Rock is fucking terrible
by lemonverbena on Oct 12, 2010 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought they already did.
I haven’t really heard anything about him in the past 4 years or so…
Am I just lucky?
He pops up every now and then and it's always hilarious.
The best was his National Guard theme song that used to play before movie previews a couple years ago. Holy shit.
Milton Bradley apologist
by sanford_and_son on Oct 12, 2010 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions
TBS is using one of his songs as their theme for the postseason.
by drblacknwhite on Oct 12, 2010 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
He's like AC/DC to me.
Ear candy. No substance, but okay in the right situation.
"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"
How can something be deemed "ear candy, and also described as having "no substance."
Ear Candy = Radiohead’s Ok Computer
= Zeppelin’s IV
= Arcade Fire’s Funeral
= Sonic Youth’s Daydream Nation
by Michael Kearney on Oct 12, 2010 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Well that was some kind of throw.
A bad one.
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Good lordy!
Milton Bradley apologist
by sanford_and_son on Oct 12, 2010 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Kudos to Cruz for making up for his cocky homerun walk.
by Michael Kearney on Oct 12, 2010 6:23 PM PDT reply actions
Boooo Texas but still love you, Cliff.
Great stat from Dan Schulman; “7 times in the history of baseball a pitcher has gone more than 7 innings, struck out at least 10, and walked no one in a playoff game. Cliff 3 has 3 of those 7.”
I can't decide if Bobby Valentine sounds like Joe Mantegna, Ray Romano, or Kermit the Frog.
But I like him.
Lets go Zobrist!
Morgan Ensberg for Manager 2011!
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
I am rooting for the Rangers...
And even I think both of those calls looked bad…
If Price had his foot on the bag Kinsler was out.
Can’t tell if it was or not from that angle though.
So was that really a steal of home for the first run?
I could only sort of hear it in the car, driving the Aged P to dinner…
Cliff Lee is in Cliff f'ing Lee mode
And please always use the picture of him wearing the Ms cap. I want to remember the good old days.
CRIFF REE
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
EXACTRY :(
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 12, 2010 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
They'll probably give the Cy Young to Lee just to make Seattle feel worse.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
So you are still siding against the Rangers.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 12, 2010 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Hmmm... that made me curious about what he was up to...
So I wiki’d and got this.
On March 9, 2010, he was named manager of the Victoria Seals of the Golden Baseball League. On May 27, 2010, the Seals announced Boone was leaving the team permanently to deal with “family matters”.
:(
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 12, 2010 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions
He makes me sad.
Doesn’t seem to be enjoying his post baseball life much, like he’s lost. The picture of him sobbing at his locker is burned in my brain. :(
That was really hard to watch, as bad as he was playing.
And then there were the issues of the following years, like him calling into the local radio shows obviously drunk. He got straightened out, from what I remember reading a while back, but he went from the top of the world to unemployed in pretty short order there/ I can’t say that there’s anyone I can think of that would have handled something like that well.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 12, 2010 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions
C'mon get a fucking clue you stupid Rays!!
Rangers and Yankees in the ALCS would be terrible since I hate both teams. Yankees are Yankees and I don’t like the Rangers’ lax attitude toward cocaine.
I hate these two teams so much I would even prefer the Red Sox over them.
I can't believe your go-to reason for disliking the Rangers is their policy on cocaine.
by Eyeball Kid on Oct 12, 2010 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Agreed...
It’s a good thing he wasn’t a baseball fan in the late 70’s and early 80’s… he would have to hate every team!
by ambrosia2112 on Oct 12, 2010 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
My rooting interest shift to good baseball in the NL for the rest of the week.
It’s really hard for me to decide whether I want the Rangers to take longer to get the WS or if I want to see the Yankees out of it so I don’t have to deal with that bullshit everywhere I go for the next few weeks. I’m tempted to go with the Yankees just to see them get steamrolled by the Phillies.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 12, 2010 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I think you imagined it
The Rangers don’t make him smile.
by Eyeball Kid on Oct 12, 2010 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I was just about to post the same thing.
Do it, Rays!
Well, that about does it.
Good job Tampa Bay, you allowed the Rangers to win a playoff series.
I didn’t dislike you really before, but this, combined with your embarrassing fan support, makes you a joke.
You're dead to me.
I feel like flagging this out of frustration.
But I won’t.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 12, 2010 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Well then, as far the ALCS is concerned, let's go Yankees!
You're dead to me.
by Goose on Oct 12, 2010 8:01 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Fuck the Yankees
Anyone BUT the yankees…
by ambrosia2112 on Oct 12, 2010 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I can't root for the Rangers to go to the WS.
by wazzu93 on Oct 12, 2010 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I can, totally.
Lee vs Halladay? come on, who doesn’t want to see that?
by ambrosia2112 on Oct 12, 2010 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Division rival? Really?
We were 30 games out of it, next season is another season, and I am rooting for Cliff Lee, because he is awesome, and I am still in love with him even though he is no longer a Mariner.
by ambrosia2112 on Oct 12, 2010 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Unfortunately, unless it's the superbowl,
Ads are made and paid for to run more than once…
by ambrosia2112 on Oct 12, 2010 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Well I hope Justin Smoak was worth this to you Texas.
Because the Yankees are going to destroy you.
You're dead to me.
by Goose on Oct 12, 2010 8:09 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I can't wait until I need a passport to visit your state.
I’m hoping Turkey invades you.
But truly, thanks for the Smoak!
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
And they're going to name your home Chicken. Because it's a bit smaller.
I sometimes find myself engaged in combat with hobos.
But I live in California...
(unless that is what you meant)
by ghostofErikThompson on Oct 13, 2010 5:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Cliff Lee helps the Rangers make history.
We need to find more playoff pieces to sell the Rangers so we can raid their farm system.
We have’em right where we want’em.
Yankees, 4-2
With Lee getting both wins
by surfmonkey89 on Oct 12, 2010 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Lee is pitching game three, which means he would likely pitch game six.
Him winning game six would negate a 4-2 Yankees series win.
If they again refuse to pitch Lee on short rest again though, he would pitch 3 and 7.
Which also negates that particular scenario, but worth noting.
by drblacknwhite on Oct 12, 2010 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions
If I'm being realistic about it....
I see another Yankees-Phillies series in which the Yankees get mercilessly outpitched. That’s kind of what I’m hoping for at this point. I don’t want the Rangers in, and I have a hard time seeing the Giants pull ahead of the Phillies even though I would like them to.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 12, 2010 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions
The Tampa Ray fans do not deserve another playoff appearance ever again with their embarrassing showing this season.
Pathetic.
You're dead to me.
But then we are stuck with the Red Sox and Yankees
by seattlebruin on Oct 12, 2010 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Toronto's getting better
(though I realize this has been said before. But they’ve won the WS twice.)
ignacio
Let's go Baltimore!
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
Mass exodus one out from the end.
I don’t care the score. Unacceptable.
by Fuckmikereilly on Oct 12, 2010 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm perfectly happy with them eliminating the Yankees or Red Sox every year
And then losing in the first round.
Every. year.
Forever.
by surfmonkey89 on Oct 12, 2010 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Stupid shitty Mariners offense.
Wasting Felix and Lee.
by w00tah on Oct 12, 2010 8:15 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Yay!
Game 1 – SF @ PHI Saturday, October 16 FOX 7:30 PM ET
I was sure I was going to get done out of watching that one!
The Giants are the only remotely likeable team left in the playoffs.
by Fuckmikereilly on Oct 12, 2010 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Halladay is awesome.
Still love Moyer (who won’t play), and would love to see Sweeney get a title if he actually contributes something.
On the Rangers, I love Cliff Lee, and Elvis Andrus is fucking awesome.
On the Yankees…err…Mariano Rivera is still pretty cool, I guess.
by Fuckmikereilly on Oct 12, 2010 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions
A good bit of this goin down as well.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Oct 12, 2010 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions
and some people don't even like linececum
mostly old people
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Oct 12, 2010 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions
But the sentiment that he needs a fucking haircut holds regardless of age.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 12, 2010 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Indubitably.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Oct 12, 2010 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions
God, thats a pretty douchey word.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Oct 12, 2010 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions
You can pull it off if you're wearing a smoking jacket and have a pipe in your hand.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 12, 2010 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions
My monocle is in the washer.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
You can still act like you're reading your well used copy of War and Peace.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Oct 12, 2010 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I feel like you should have a rimshot attached to all your posts.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Oct 12, 2010 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Nah, you keep it fun.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Oct 12, 2010 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Sir, I cannot begin to fathom what goes through the minds of common folk.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
They're my hands-down choice, and always are my NL team...
But damn, Cliff is fun to watch. Easy choice to root for the Rangers vs the Yankees. Anyone over the Yankees. Anyone.
by Rachmaninoff on Oct 12, 2010 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions
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>:(
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
At this point, I'm on the "anyone but NY" bandwagon.
If Texas makes it to the World Series, I’ll root for the National League, but I just can’t prefer NY making it to the Series for ~8th time in my lifetime. If the Mariner’s don’t win the World Series, I don’t want anyone to. But since that won’t happen, let some fanbase like SF get put out of their misery.
Fuck the AL side of the playoffs.
What a clusterfuck.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Oct 12, 2010 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
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