10/22: Open ALCS Game 6 Thread
by Jeff Sullivan on Oct 22, 2010 4:45 PM PDT
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Every time I see Phil Hughes he just looks nastier and nastier. eww
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I vote for the glass half full point of view.
If the Yankees win – YES! Texas doesn’t get there before us!
If the Rangers win – YES! Yankees suck and Texas has fun talent!
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I've also realized that I cannot in good faith root for Tampa because God, if you can't even be bothered to show up for the regular season
when your team is good, there is no way you deserve to win a title
by seattlebruin on Oct 22, 2010 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions
What about the Braves?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions
The Braves are a special exception because I grew up watching the Braves in the playoffs and they have always been my second favorite team
until I realized the magic of the Giants
by seattlebruin on Oct 22, 2010 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm pretty fucking impressed by Texas' fans.
They’re making some serious noise.
Fans are typically idiots.
by The Typical Idiot Fan on Oct 22, 2010 5:15 PM PDT reply actions
Hey dad, which is better. Being long winded and ranty or being terse and to the point?
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Verbose may be more enjoyable, but curt is grander, son.
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by CapSea on Oct 22, 2010 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
That's the only logical thing since the umpires are always on the ball.
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According to Morgan,
he beat the throw, but his foot was in the air and never touched the bag.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
'fraid Granderson was safe there...
Fans are typically idiots.
by The Typical Idiot Fan on Oct 22, 2010 5:18 PM PDT reply actions
I just turned on the radio, and the first thing I heard was:
“HE’S OUT!!!!” Then a very long pause…
That was confusing.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
I have yet to hear anything good about Texas from these announcers.
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Morgan said his foot never came down on the bag.
And that was why he was out and the call was correct.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
Stand up double for Andrus!
Quick! Someone compliment Derek Jeter for holding him to a double!
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Announcers:
“See, the problem with Phil Hughes is that his pitches are too good. That’s why Texas keeps hitting them.”
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The scouting report on Hamilton is that is incredible offensively, like a poor man's Jose Lopez.
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It looks like I a word there.
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It bothers me that so many Rangers are likeable players.
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I have liked none of those players.
Maybe Gardner, but only because he’s unlike the rest of those players.
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If you think about this for a few minutes you'll get it.
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He handicapped their team with his contract (not really his fault, but it occurred)
and later they find out that during his entire time with Texas he was on steroids.
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Essentially the Ranger fans boo him because they paid him a ton of money and the Rangers didn't win a damn thing when he was there.
They feel like his salary prevented them from being succesful. But they signed him so….
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
They should boo Chan Ho Park.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions
He turned down what would have been the most expensive contract in history by the team that raised him because he wanted even more money.
Also, several people hated him irrationally for various reasons even before he left, and that spread pretty quickly.
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Then he went to a division rival, then he went to the Yankees.
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If it helps, I hated him irrationally since 1996.
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List of reasons:
1) He wasn’t Griffey.
2) Right or wrong, it seemed like he was always choking when the game was important. He was abysmal every September when the Mariners needed him, and he never seemed to do well in the 8th or 9th inning, unless the game was already over. I remember him having almost all of his really good games in blowouts.
No idea how right any of that view was, but that was how I saw him when I was younger. I even called his collapse from the .350 batting average to .310 whatever that one year, since the Mariners needed him to do well, so I knew he wouldn’t. So right or wrong, he kept validating what I already believed.
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This is not meant to discredit your opinion but I went searching for some stats and
sweetbabyjesus A-Rod was worth 37.8 WAR from 1996-2000. 37.8!
Well, a few things to note:
At the time, positional adjustments and defensive prowess probably wouldn’t have impressed me that much, which are included in WAR (I assume, depending on where you took your numbers). Also, again, he seemed pretty terrible when they needed him, but good all of the other times. This isn’t even the type of thing clutch score would have measured because admittedly I remember him doing well in games that didn’t matter which would offset the clutch score.
Again, I don’t have any idea how right that view was, but that’s what I remember. Hitting a home run when the game doesn’t matter even earned the phrase “The A-Rod Special” because he seemed great at it.
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I can't remember anymore what I thought of Alex in the clutch when he was with the Mariners
but you might be onto something. Fangraphs has him with negative clutch values in all but two years with Seattle. Not sure I’m using that statistic right, but for what it’s worth…
Well, you are.
Clutch is subjective, so that’s not exact. Also, it doesn’t include the overall game importance (for example, hitting a clutch homerun when your team is still in the hunt is more important than a clutch home run when your team has been eliminated – September would be more clutch than April, etc.).
Again, no idea how factual any of that is, but I’m just trying to explain why I hated him his entire career, rationally or not.
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Clutch score with waiting based on subjective measure of game importance?
No idea if it is even possible, but at this point it would be hard to talk myself out of that perception so no stat could disprove the schema.
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Oh no I wouldn't even try to
Just looking for ammo to use in the never-ending barstool arguments I get into over Derek Jeter here in New York
I feel like Seattle fans have this weird expectation that their favorite players will be loyal to the city for some reason
That’s nice, but hahahaha this is a business
A-Rod said "It's not about the money, it's about winning"
Then left a winning team (at the time), for a team that had never won anything, and took the biggest contract in history. So Seattle fans think he lied, and it WAS all about the money, so they boo him.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
I think it was.
If he had just left for a bigger contract, I think people would have been more understanding. It was the fact we felt we were lied to that pissed us off.
"There! I just sold you for a cigarette! And I don't smoke!"
(that's a kin slur).
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by CapSea on Oct 22, 2010 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
(something needs to happen to spice this game thread up!)
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The Kin phone?
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
It says something about how invested I am in the game that all my time is spent thinking of name wordplay.
It’s hard to get invested in the playoffs with teams you don’t want to win.
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Quick poll:
Is it worth risking minor injury to your best pitcher in the elimination game of the playoffs?
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So game seven of the ALCS.
You’re up 7 to 6 in the 9th. Felix pitched game 6. You don’t put him in under any circumstances?
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Someone had to start the game.
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Then why on earth are we worrying about relief?
To actually answer the question, I don’t think I’d want to risk losing Felix for the World Series, let the bullpen handle it for one inning.
Depends on who it is.
If it’s the Yankees, maybe. They can afford to replace you and eat your contract if you become worthless after the injury. But, then again, they also are going to be in the postseason more than anybody else, so why waste GOOD resources?
If you’re a the Mariners, go for it. Winning ONE championship is all that this fanbase can expect.
Fans are typically idiots.
by The Typical Idiot Fan on Oct 22, 2010 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions
My Dad and I were talking during the Burnett game about wild pitch possibilities on pitch outs and intentional walks.
It’s not Burnett, but there you go.
Fans are typically idiots.
by The Typical Idiot Fan on Oct 22, 2010 6:04 PM PDT reply actions
I like that a lot
Milton Bradley apologist
by sanford_and_son on Oct 22, 2010 6:04 PM PDT reply actions
Does Hughes have a Bible verse on his glove? I saw a '... 4:13' written in white.
Couldn’t see what book..
It's the PitchFx ratings on his fastball.
4 BRK, 13 PFX
Fans are typically idiots.
by The Typical Idiot Fan on Oct 22, 2010 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow, you know a pitch was badly called when the announcers are on it.
Fans are typically idiots.
by The Typical Idiot Fan on Oct 22, 2010 6:06 PM PDT reply actions
FFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!
You're dead to me.
by Goose on Oct 22, 2010 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
"With the dangerous Robinson Cano on dick, we await the at bat of Derek Jeter."
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That is an exact quote. TBS announcers are gross.
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If it wasn't for these announcers, I wouldn't have known that Robinson Cano was the greatest player in the history of baseball.
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They should waive the five year waiting period as well as the playing minimum and induct him into the HOF right now.
We must know how much we need to appreciate him in his own time.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions
You havent seen his Nike commercial?
“Robbie knows boom”
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Anyone even watching this game anymore?
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I'm glancing at Gameday from time to time.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I hate that Selig is just going to ignore the shitty umpiring until everyone gets sick of it
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
by JAH on Oct 22, 2010 6:38 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Protecting the Umpires from even more jeers and ridicule than they normally deserve.
Understandable, but I still disagree with this practice…
by ambrosia2112 on Oct 22, 2010 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I will be disappointed on a couple levels if the Yankees win this.
First, they are not playing like they deserve it. They are being sloppy and lazy.
Second, FUCK THE YANKEES
Agreed. No errors, but kind of a sloppy game.
The NLCS has more errors, but seems crisper.. (more crisp? crispier?)
Yeah usually if they're going to switch out pitchers immediately after they'll have whoever's on the mound at present toss four stray ones and call it a day.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions
More souls for Vlad!
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
by JAH on Oct 22, 2010 6:55 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Didn't you hear? Vlad hadn't hit in anyone all series!
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If anyone wonders, this is why I can't help but root for Texas.
I’m tired of hearing the announcers slurp Yankee balls all game.
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After this game you should probably lock all of your doors and keep a kitchen knife handy because there is going to be some rioting in New York.
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It would have been worse if Philly had won last year.
Closer rivalry, and one of the bars I hang out in had a stuffed Phanatic hanging from a noose over the entryway.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm totally game for LL pulling stunts like this if the Mariners ever get anywhere.
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I'm sure at least Taylor, Mariner John and Dewey will still be alive by then.
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jackyz too. and kennerdoloman
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't have inside info but the palm reader said I
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions
fucking tab...
I’ll probably be gone by 50.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions
The Royals have a pretty bitchin' farm system right now.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions
It has.
They were good briefly around 2003 with Runelvys Hernandez and Angel Berroa before he got shitty.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions
It was their first winning season in nine years and they haven't been back since!
But yeah thanks.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I have the feeling that they're probably pretty well informed about prospects
because hey what the fuck else do they have to do.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions
What happened?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions
They showed the food that Vlad ate before the game.
Everything, including the rice, looked like diarrhea. Of course then they said that the only reason Vlad got that hit was because his mom made the meal.
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If the World Series goes to Philly, I want to see those guys holding signs for Vlad that say "Your mother's cooking just looks awful."
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Oh no! Now I want the Phillies to win again!
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I'm really looking forward to Lee/Lincecum
by Eyeball Kid on Oct 22, 2010 7:01 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Next Year!
We will be last place and get a good draft pick and between Ackley, this year’s #2 and the following year’s #1 we will be in good shape…
2016!!!
by ambrosia2112 on Oct 22, 2010 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't see us getting the #1 pick next year.
Shitty as we were this year, it isn’t a scenario where we had multiple guys hit brick walls because they were too damned old to play anymore.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions
We'll be good enough to be annoying, but bad enough to not be that competitive.
Jeff’s writing during this time will be spectacular.
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So, we'll be bad but not soul-crushingly bad.
I see us ended up with something like the eleventh pick after next year. It could happen.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions
LA sports radio sucks
I couldnt find this game on the radio at all on my way home. ESPN LA was doing Lakers preseason pregame and the other station I know of had that ass bag Petros Papadakis pretending to be Brett Favre
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Oh no! Cano is on deck! This is terrible for Texas!
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Watch him hit a 3 Run homerun by himself!
I hear he can do that. He’s Cano!
by ambrosia2112 on Oct 22, 2010 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I heard he has the power to hypnotize most mammals
by BRKLN M'S on Oct 22, 2010 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Robinson Cano doesn't have testicles.
Instead, he has a guaranteed 2 ball count.
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by CapSea on Oct 22, 2010 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
And the ability to go long at any moment.
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by CapSea on Oct 22, 2010 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Butterfly in the sky... I can go twice as high.
Take a look, it’s in a book, shut the fuck up about Cano…. I. can, go. anywhere. Friends to know. And ways to grow. Shut the fuck up about Cano. I… Can… Do… Anything. Take a look. It’s in a book. Shut the fuck up about Cano. Shut the fuck up about Cano… fuck up about Cano….
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by CapSea on Oct 22, 2010 7:15 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
I heard you like Cano
so we put some Cano in your Cano so you can Cano while you Cano.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Cano in a canoe.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions
He looks a lot less heroic this way.
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Maybe he needs a sound effect to his right.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions
OH MY GOD HE STRUCK OUT!
TURN ON THE AC AND PREPARE FOR THE WALL OF FIRE!
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They should trade the choker.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Fuck God Bless America
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
by bluemax on Oct 22, 2010 7:28 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
The tune itself sucks, lyrics notwithstanding.
I once accused Robert of being Dewey N, because I didn't know it was Fogel. I suck with context clues.
by thehemogoblin on Oct 22, 2010 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions
At least it isn't ripped off a preexisting British tune.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Well... she doesn't look like a tranvestite Christmas tree at all.
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Lance Berkman just tripled. Wait what?
I once accused Robert of being Dewey N, because I didn't know it was Fogel. I suck with context clues.
This is a bit depressing.
I take a break from writing a paper, only to see that the Rangers have almost cinched their first WS appearance. I’ve been rooting against the Yankees, but that’s because I hate them not because I want Texas to win. It’ll be just us and the Nationals. . .
Hasta tu suenos.
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Things went pretty well the last time they walked Hamilton to get to Vlad.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Yeah, I'm with you at this point
This series is over, may as well embarrass the Yankees as much as possible.
So not a strike
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Kerry Wood goes to the same spot 2 more times
and doesnt get strikes out of them.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
FOX's coverage is so much better that their predecessor's.
If they would just hire a baseball announcer…
Joe Girardi has issued approximately 12 percent of his career intentional walks as a player this evening.
I once accused Robert of being Dewey N, because I didn't know it was Fogel. I suck with context clues.
Rather than "Yankees Suck"?
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Everybody already knows that though.
I once accused Robert of being Dewey N, because I didn't know it was Fogel. I suck with context clues.
by thehemogoblin on Oct 22, 2010 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions
You would be surprised.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions
DAWG! HE PUT DA TEAM ON HIS BACK!
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
Carson Cistulli will become insufferable.
I once accused Robert of being Dewey N, because I didn't know it was Fogel. I suck with context clues.
by thehemogoblin on Oct 22, 2010 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Will become?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Carson Cistulli will become more insufferable.
I once accused Robert of being Dewey N, because I didn't know it was Fogel. I suck with context clues.
by thehemogoblin on Oct 22, 2010 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions
There is no floor?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions
This seems to make more sense.
Either you can suffer it or you can’t.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Not true. There are degrees of insufferability.
I once accused Robert of being Dewey N, because I didn't know it was Fogel. I suck with context clues.
by thehemogoblin on Oct 22, 2010 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Suffering succotash.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't actually have so much of a problem with the guy.
But his writing style is not my cup o’ tea.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions
He's in his own little world.
I once accused Robert of being Dewey N, because I didn't know it was Fogel. I suck with context clues.
by thehemogoblin on Oct 22, 2010 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions
His writing is like a lengthy Lookout Landing tweet stoned.
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Stoned might not quite get to it.
I think there’s a little coke in play, since it’s self-reflexive most of the time.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions
He comes across as that coked out hipster kid
who thinks hes more interesting than he actually is.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I like him but can't read anything he writes for Fangraphs.
I once accused Robert of being Dewey N, because I didn't know it was Fogel. I suck with context clues.
by thehemogoblin on Oct 22, 2010 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions
It's kind of the direction modern writing has gone in.
It’s self-referential and self-indulgent to the exclusion of a reader, as if it’s all one big inside joke. You can do little things like that, in my opinion, but I don’t quite subscribe to the notion that writing should be so elitist as to give off a big fuck you if you don’t get it. Language is for communication. You can have fun and work in-jokes into it without making it inaccessible or a tour of your own mind.
I’ll step off my soapbox now. This is just something I think about a lot.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions
It drives me nuts, and it's one of the reasons I stick to conventional journalists for a lot of my news coverage.
I cannot get over how writers try to make everything in their stories about them. Good writers will shine through their writing, every time. They don’t need to be self-promotional at every available opportunity.
I once accused Robert of being Dewey N, because I didn't know it was Fogel. I suck with context clues.
by thehemogoblin on Oct 22, 2010 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it's for want of a narrative in some cases.
Like, almost all New Yorker articles are written in “personal anecdote segues into cultural musings transitions back to personal anecdote” style, and it turns into a brand of cultural voyeurism, which our society just laps up. In the same philosophy, you end up with every jackass with a MFA writing the n-th poem/story about wandering around Europe and seeing the foundations of our society (thanks Sontag) and it just gets tedious.
I’d bitch more but I think there’s only so much that seems appropriate if I’m not able to provide an alternative.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions
If I wanted to read Carson Cistullis style of writing
Id spend all day reading Gawker blogs
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Colby Lewis has a stoicism abut this entire experience that I respect a lot.
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Ackley has walked twice today.
I am endeavoring to think non-depressing thoughts.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
I mentioned it at USSM and someone was like "should we really be excited about this since Arizona is so easy to hit in"
Uh no, not in one game, but I’ll take it over the alternative.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I've only just loaded up Gameday (I always forget about the AFL for some reason)
Is it pronounced Zepczynski or Repczynski?
I have no idea.
I knew a guy in elementary school who had a last name beginning with prz and he pronounced it like a ch.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions
It's not like this is his farewell tour.
Is it?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Everything about his face bugs me.
His lips annoy me the most.
Eat shit bum!
by LeftArrow2 on Oct 22, 2010 8:03 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I saw it on knowyourmeme!
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by JY on Oct 22, 2010 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions
To my shame so was I, at least in the one game I watched
It was my first game that I’d actually paid any attention to and I rooted against the Giants because I’d heard of them.
Phew, feels good to get that one off my chest.
This is why I don't get mad about comma usage.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Neftali Feliz is in fillet faze with his pitching.
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The MLB could always expand again.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey the Mariners logo were on tv!!
I’m going to assume it was about something good
Eat shit bum!
by LeftArrow2 on Oct 22, 2010 8:07 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I have mad respect for Texas fans after this.
...and now I'm here
Yes, your pimp-shitness.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Done.
I once accused Robert of being Dewey N, because I didn't know it was Fogel. I suck with context clues.
by thehemogoblin on Oct 22, 2010 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Image size wow.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions
A-Rod is the king of last outs.
...and now I'm here
We want the ball and we're going to score.
I once accused Robert of being Dewey N, because I didn't know it was Fogel. I suck with context clues.
I am a Giant fan for the remainder of the year.
...and now I'm here
Agreed.
I reluctantly like the Rangers but after that $1.5-3 billion deal I’m jealous and scared for the future. Go Giants.
I hate the Yankees and didn't want the Rangers to get to the World Series.
Either way I was going to be disappointed so I took this series in stride and enjoyed it for what it was. Now it’s over, and I can actually like the Giants without any conflicted feelings, so they are my bandwagon team for the rest of the year.
...and now I'm here
Well, now I can finally root against the Rangers again with a pure hate, unblemished by other hatreds.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
Like Elephants, Bengie Molina is the only baseball player that can't jump.
...and now I'm here
I'm very happy for the Rangers
And striking out A-Rod to get to the World Series for the first time is very fitting
Awww don't do that.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions
There are perfectly good hospitals to demolish
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
If anything, they need to be culled a bit so that the remainder become stronger.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions
It's just good conservation.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
I fear the dread smile of Lee as he destroys our line up.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
Ryan is really pouring on the folksy Texan accent.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
Gonna be some crazy nosebleeds in that lockeroom tonight
by BRKLN M'S on Oct 22, 2010 8:16 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Those lines aren't gonna snort themselves off strippers' asses.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
A-Rod was up for the last out of the game in the 9th.
So Hamilton knew it was an automatic out and started crying.
...and now I'm here
Now that they won I remember that I hate the stupid fuckers.
Go Giants.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
Anyone remember how close the Yankees came to getting Cliff Lee?
I suppose an extra Cliff Lee wouldn’t have hurt them
Wouldn't have hurt a bit.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Oct 22, 2010 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions
You know what?
Fuck everything.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm going out to have a smoke.
That’ll make the acid in my stomach happy.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Oct 22, 2010 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes please.
I would like to go shove it up Nolan’s ass.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Oct 22, 2010 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions
The Express has the happies.
Griffey!
by Big Jared on Oct 22, 2010 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Boy the newb Rangers sure had a hard time getting over being suckerpunched by the experienced Yankees in Game 1.
You're dead to me.
I'm having a hard time fighting the urge to go troll the shit out of the Yankees blog.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Oct 22, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Rangers fans are going to be fucking unbearable now.
Well more so than before anyway.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
They were unfuckingbearable before. How can you be worse than that?
by TrustBaseball on Oct 22, 2010 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Are we at least better than Halos Heaven?
"Certainly, we were penalties, and we stopped ourselves." - Les Miles
Well duh.
But, AIDS is better than HH.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Oct 22, 2010 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions
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