The Battle Begins

by Freneau on Apr 27, 2007 12:00 PM PDT

The battle for Grass Creek Wyoming begins.

http://www.royalsreview.com/story/2007/4/27/141559/399

Mariners-Royals: these teams don't like each other very much.

This rivalry is the defining split in the American consciousness, and no where is that more clear in the battle ground areas, where Royals-M's is a central fabric in the texture of every day life.

Expect the Royals to blast the Mariner's tonight boys, with a minimum marginal victory of 10 runs. The Mariners have the romance, but the rivalry means one thing: the Royals always win.

You have Raul now, that is true, but we have Meche. He's a ACE. Shall we spell it out for you? A-C-E. He's the next Chris Carpenter! Just ask anyone Dayton Moore.

You have no chance. Wyoming is ours!

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You can have your stinkin' Wyoming.

I want to even that 7-17 score. We're losing in the battle of sucktitude to yous' guys.

Ya better watch out, lest we kidnap the son of our local folk hero 1982 M's All-Star Floyd Bannister!!!

Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on Apr 27, 2007 12:10 PM PDT reply actions

The M's-Royals rivalry pales with...

the rivalry we have with our traditional NL rivals, the Whale Vagina Padres.

by eponymous coward on Apr 27, 2007 12:16 PM PDT reply actions

That reminds me

Go fuck yourself, San Diego.

by Gomez on Apr 27, 2007 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions

The Royals, however...

... are smelly pirate hookers who need to go back to their home on Whore Island.

by eponymous coward on Apr 27, 2007 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions

Straight Shot

right to the baby maker!

by mutt1823 on Apr 27, 2007 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions

Teahen loves lamp

TEAHEN LOVES LAMP!

by Gomez on Apr 27, 2007 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions

Do you really love the lamp?

by mutt1823 on Apr 27, 2007 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm Dave Niehaus. Tits McGee is on vacation.

And I'm Tits- I'm Rick Rizzs.

by Gomez on Apr 27, 2007 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions

The bottom line is you've been spending a lot of time with this lady, Dave. You're a member of the Mariner Broadcast Team.
Dave Niehaus: That's a given.
Rick Rizzs: We need you. Hell, I need you. I'm a mess without you. I miss you so damn much. I miss being with you, I miss being near you. I miss your laugh. I miss your scent; I miss your musk. When this all gets sorted out, I think you and me should get an apartment together.

by eponymous coward on Apr 27, 2007 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions

take it easy, Rick

Why don't you stop talking for a while.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 27, 2007 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions

No, I've got some special drugs

Willie: It's Panther Growth Hormone. It's illegal in nine countries... Yep, it's made with bits of real panther, so you know it's good.
Richie: It's quite pungent.
Willie: Oh yeah.
Broussard: It's a formidable scent... It stings the nostrils. In a good way.
Willie: Yep.
Broussard: Willie, I'm gonna be honest with you, that smells like pure gasoline.
Willie: They've done studies, you know. 60% of the time, it works every time. [cheesy grin]
Richie: That doesn't make sense.
Willie: Well... I'm gonna go to the plate and see if we can make this little kitty purr....

by Gomez on Apr 27, 2007 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions

Anchorman?

"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on Apr 27, 2007 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Why yessir

by Gomez on Apr 27, 2007 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions

I'll give it a go

Angry Fan: What do you love?
Hargrove: I love Marmaduke, and a cold can of Schlitz, and, of course, my friend Bloomer here.
Angry Fan: Well, now, guess what, this is happening.
[grabs Bloomer]
Hargrove: Excuse me... excuse me... what are you doing?
[biker punts Bloomer over bridge]
Angry Fan: That's how I roll!

by Mariner John on Apr 28, 2007 12:59 AM PDT up reply actions

Ha.

Jack Black is hilarious.

Serenity Now!

by Coach Owens on Apr 28, 2007 1:26 AM PDT up reply actions

True enough

But KG is vastly under rated. Jack Black without KG to balance him out is not nearly as funny...

We'll Always Have the Kingdome:

by BrettJMiller on Apr 28, 2007 2:19 AM PDT up reply actions

Phone conversation

Bavasi (in office): Grover, Grover, what happened?
Hargrove (in dugout): THE FAN PUNTED BLOOMER!
Bavasi: Where are you right now?
Hargrove: I'M IN A SUNFLOWER SEED STAINED GUTTER OF EMOTION!

by Gomez on Apr 28, 2007 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Hehe

You crack me up. :)

by EnglishMariner on Apr 27, 2007 12:19 PM PDT reply actions

Gil Meche won't pitch

There's already an angry mob outside the Royals team motel, and the Seattle Police (who, since the WTO riots, can carry no crowd control devices except signs that read "Please Step Back") have already issued a warning that they cannot guarantee Gil Meche's personal safety if he leaves the Ramada.

There is no way that yellowbelly makes it past the complimentary breakfast bar in the lobby.

by G_ on Apr 27, 2007 12:27 PM PDT reply actions

Caution: Gil Meche eating

Severe Indigestion Expected

by Gomez on Apr 27, 2007 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions

Man, Royals Review is so good.

If it weren't for this intense, all-consuming rivalry of ours, it almost makes me wish I was a Royals fan.

by Slozbury Stouvre on Apr 27, 2007 12:35 PM PDT reply actions

A Glorious / Shameful moment in epic rivalry

In 1991 or 1992, IN KANSAS CITY (aka "Enemy Turf"), one EDGAR MARTINEZ up and STOLE HOME as part of a double-steal with Ken Griffey Jr. I saw it.

That's right. EDGAR MARTINEZ STOLE HOME IN YOUR OWN STADIUM. No disrespect to Edgar's footspeed intended, but Royals Fans, but if that isn't the equivalent of Mike Hargrove having his way with your mother (both in terms of psychological damage and what it says about your mother)... then I don't know what is.

I'm trying, I'm trying to Drink away the part of the day That I cannot sleep away

by Hoft on Apr 27, 2007 12:35 PM PDT reply actions

you sure this happened?

www.royalsreview.com

by Freneau on Apr 27, 2007 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions

Holy crap

Yeah. Just trust Retrosheet.

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by Deanna on Apr 27, 2007 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Nice find!

I had no idea how to track the boxscore down. Thank you for being my footnoter.

I'm trying, I'm trying to Drink away the part of the day That I cannot sleep away

by Hoft on Apr 27, 2007 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions

no problem

I just looked at the 1990-1992 daily logs for Edgar's games in KC and looked for one where he'd actually stolen a base. There WAS only one, so it wasn't too hard to narrow it down :)

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by Deanna on Apr 27, 2007 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions

Oh, this rivalry will be intense...

I chose Saturday to make the six hour round trip because I thought I was going to get to see King Felix pitch. My sadness over Felix' absence from that game ended when I realized that, in a rivalry of this magnitude, I was going to get to see Gil Meche AND Jeff Weaver pitch IN THE SAME GAME.

Think about that.

vs.

Matchup of the century, baby! And I'll be there!

Dave

Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks Blog

by David Piper on Apr 27, 2007 12:40 PM PDT reply actions

You're not the only one

Me likes the fireworks.

by Gomez on Apr 27, 2007 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions

with the way our offense is hitting...

... and the way Meche and Weaver are pitching right now, I predict a WE chart that looks like a ski jump...

by eponymous coward on Apr 27, 2007 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions

A ski jump WE chart

would require an upward spike.

by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 27, 2007 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions

Well, it starts at .5 at the start of the game...

by eponymous coward on Apr 27, 2007 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions

Well, the usual trajectory

resembles the front end of a skateboard park ramp.

by Gomez on Apr 27, 2007 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm going on Sunday!

I just got my ticket during my lunch break! Row 4 even, down the first base line, which means tons of opportunities to see MARK TEAHEN. I am so happy I could just explode.

I wish the game on Saturday was at 7, then there'd be a vague chance I could make it, but alas. Well, wait. If I get there at 7 with Meche and Weaver starting, at least one of them would still be out there an hour late, right? And still in the first inning?

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by Deanna on Apr 27, 2007 1:57 PM PDT reply actions

I'm along the third base line

9th row!

I'll wave. :)

by Garces on Apr 27, 2007 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm usually on the 3rd base line

(season tickets in 143), so I decided to go for something different this time. I'll probably be over on that side watching batting practice or stalking Gil Meche or something, though.

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by Deanna on Apr 27, 2007 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm in 146

My LA hat and Dodger blue shirt will be with me.

---

For the other southies, I had to miss on the Portland Cheater's Guide event. I worked til almost 9.

How was it?

by Garces on Apr 27, 2007 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions

Pretty standard stuff, really...

I looked for you but didn't see a Dodger hat, so figured you didn't show. There were probably about 20 people there, and it was more or less your standard book reading - Derek picked some dude from the audience and had him help Derek read the Pete Rose Hit My Car thing from late in the book, and then took a bunch of questions. Not a bad way to spend an evening, really.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 27, 2007 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions

i will be there as well

not sure where I am sitting since my friends are getting tickets, but I think I will be in the LF bleachers.

Anyone interested in meeting up for 1/2 inning just to say "hey" and/or "f%*^ you, Weaver"?

by jtopps on Apr 27, 2007 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Wait, are you guys talking Saturday or Sunday?

I'm talking Sunday. Don't think I can make it Saturday, unless a bunch of things fall through. Plus then it'd be "Baek you", wouldn't it?

It's not hard at all to find me during BP, though I tend not to leave my seat at all during the game. I still think we should have an LL day at Safeco sometime during one of the cheap seats games.

Marinerds - a different daily dose of baseblog.

by Deanna on Apr 27, 2007 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Talkin' Sunday

Weaverrific!

by Garces on Apr 27, 2007 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions

Woohoo

Mariners site says Saturday is Meche vs. Weaver, Sunday is Baek vs. Bannister, though.

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by Deanna on Apr 27, 2007 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions

You guys are so lucky

to be able to afford tickets :(

by Corco on Apr 27, 2007 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions

CF bleachers are $7, you know

When I was a teenager, we used to pay like $2.50 to sit in the 700 level at Phillies games, though. It's a shame they don't have options like that anymore.

On the other hand, Corco, I just finished paying off my college loans after paying them for EIGHT FREAKING YEARS, so shush :P

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by Deanna on Apr 27, 2007 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions

That would be sweet

but I have US$5.19 in my bank account right now until May 9th. I have enough quarters for laundry and a quarter tank of gas in my car.

by Corco on Apr 27, 2007 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions

Get a job, Corco

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by Deanna on Apr 27, 2007 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions

I thought his job...

... was spamming USSM and LL threads.

That and knowing far too much about traffic conditions in McCall, Idaho.

by eponymous coward on Apr 27, 2007 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions

Obviously...

...there's not enough money in it.

report on McCall traffic conditions
????
PROFIT!!!!

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 27, 2007 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions

I think the company I work for is run by the

underwear gnomes. That's their business plan too!

"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on Apr 27, 2007 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions

I have a job

I work 12 hours a week doing technical support, making $10.13 an hour.

by Corco on Apr 27, 2007 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions

If it's with HP, I will have to murder you

The poster formerly known as KnightofKingK

by Robert on Apr 27, 2007 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions

Nah, it's with the University

it's our internal call center

by Corco on Apr 27, 2007 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions

What're you majoring in, Corco?

by Graham MacAree on Apr 27, 2007 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions

21st century roadside navigational aid placement?

The poster formerly known as KnightofKingK

by Robert on Apr 27, 2007 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions

I wish

But we're looking at Economics.

by Corco on Apr 27, 2007 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions

Economics is...

Awesome.

And you can stay away from the math if you hate it like me.

Detect-O-Vision

Favor the Bold

by IcebreakerX on Apr 27, 2007 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions

Yep

You get the BA in Econ instead of the BS. I'm way on top of that.

At least at UPS you have to finish multivariate to get the BS. I'm not feeling that.

by Corco on Apr 27, 2007 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions

You go to UPS?

I'm real good friends with the guy that hosts the metal hour on the student radio station.

The poster formerly known as KnightofKingK

by Robert on Apr 28, 2007 12:21 AM PDT up reply actions

What's his first name?

by Corco on Apr 28, 2007 1:15 AM PDT up reply actions

(I think I know him by the way)

I think he lives on my floor or he knows someone who lives on my floor ,but there's a ton of people involved with the metal hour.

by Corco on Apr 28, 2007 1:30 AM PDT up reply actions

Josh Louie

Or goes by the nickname Chops, thanks to the tremendous chops that he used to sport.

The poster formerly known as KnightofKingK

by Robert on Apr 28, 2007 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions

I have to do maths for my BA :(

by Graham MacAree on Apr 28, 2007 12:55 AM PDT up reply actions

I still have to do

Advanced Stats

and I've done math through Calc II, ant that's all I need.

by Corco on Apr 28, 2007 1:16 AM PDT up reply actions

At UW,

All you need is Intro to Stat for Statistics

And you get to have notes.

Printed.

Both sides.

As you may imagine, I brought a magnifying glass with me to the test.

Then again, I didn't need any notes.

Detect-O-Vision

Favor the Bold

by IcebreakerX on Apr 28, 2007 1:26 AM PDT up reply actions

So one of two things happened

You worked too hard for no reason, which is stupid
You took a magnifying glass to the test but no notes, and I'd be interested to hear why

by Corco on Apr 28, 2007 1:28 AM PDT up reply actions

I laughed a little

cause I know that happens all the time at UW for that stat class. I'm still surprised how afraid of math some people are. I know I'm the wierd one but I can't see too much that is hard with that stat class. When I've helped friends with that class it seems like its about high school level. It probably has something to do with the fact that most people seem like they take a couple years off of math which probably destroys any math they knew at some point.

by Edgar for Pres on Apr 28, 2007 7:55 AM PDT up reply actions