LL Nights pics and video
i had thought of an entire intro i could write on the drive home. I forgot it, so heres what i do have.

Please someone identify everyone, i didn't get everyones name.
Here's a couple with everyone doing the beltre dance, however the camera was having issues and i was trying to take the pic without them knowing.


and the videos. little did we know we had quite the dancer in Paul.
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on the way out

I got more pictures, and they'll be uploaded to my picasa website eventually. I'll post a link on my profile page.
It was a great night, or as bretticus put it "Best Lookout Landing Night Ever!!!" AN-DY HAR-GROVE AD-AM JONES
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Top right corner in the teal
Good game, good loitering, good company.
by tworsandtwols on Jul 16, 2007 11:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Fun fact about the first pic
That was EXCELLENT.
Also, names:

jtopps is at the bottom. Otherwise, from left to right: PositivePaul, Deanna, Matthew, etowncoug, Bretticus, Gomez, tworsandtwols, Graham
by Gomez on Jul 16, 2007 11:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Seeing the names all there
by tworsandtwols on Jul 17, 2007 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also, as that other pic shows
by Gomez on Jul 17, 2007 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i think there were more people too
by marinerschas2 on Jul 17, 2007 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Marc W was there
by Deanna on Jul 17, 2007 12:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The video of Paul dancing is awesome.
by Goose on Jul 17, 2007 12:00 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Uh. Uhhhh. Uhhhh.
lol
I haven't laughed this hard in a long time. Enjoyed the heck outta all of ya!
Andy Hargrove
Clap Clap
ClapClapClap
by PositivePaul on Jul 17, 2007 12:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And he doesn't mean Chris Gomez, folks
Gomez: I know, dude. It's cool.
Paul rocked the Blackley jersey and cheered for YELLOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW in the hydro races, which for the second straight LL night, won the race.
by Gomez on Jul 17, 2007 12:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
heh
he said something to me too, i didn't understand him though.
by marinerschas2 on Jul 17, 2007 12:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He probably shares Deanna's sentiment
by Gomez on Jul 17, 2007 12:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hey patterson!
by Matthew on Jul 17, 2007 12:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hey kenji
by marinerschas2 on Jul 17, 2007 12:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
im pretty sure it was green
by marinerschas2 on Jul 17, 2007 12:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was indeed cheering red.
by BrettJMiller on Jul 17, 2007 12:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Al-ec Bal-dwin! *clap clap clap cla.....*
Who was it that I suggested go Chris Benoit himself?
by BrettJMiller on Jul 17, 2007 12:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
too soon
by marinerschas2 on Jul 17, 2007 1:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, this is true.
by BrettJMiller on Jul 17, 2007 1:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lu-is Olive-ros!
by BrettJMiller on Jul 17, 2007 1:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldve gotten video of
by marinerschas2 on Jul 17, 2007 12:01 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
RAuLLY FRIES OF LONDON!
that's about as much of me as they showed on TV. I am not particularly cute or TV-worthy.
this is the girl who actually won the rally fries. I can't feel bad about losing to a little kid, and the fact that the mlb.tv broadcast has them going "raully fries? hahaha. that's a play on Raul's theme song, see..." means that at least it wasn't a completely unfunny joke :)
by Deanna on Jul 17, 2007 12:12 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It's not a good night at the ballpark
Though I will say that the mother of the two daughters who was kind of two rows in front of Paul seemed to enjoy our enthusiasm.
Freeeeeee George Sherrill and Adam Jones and Cibney Bello and Jason Davis and Adam Moore and Hunter Brown and Matt Mangini and Carlos Triunfel and Tomo Ohka and Andy Hargrove and.... who else?
by Matthew on Jul 17, 2007 12:12 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
How can we forget
by Gomez on Jul 17, 2007 12:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
GEORGE GEORGE GEORGE GEORGE
by Graham on Jul 17, 2007 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh my god
by marinerschas2 on Jul 17, 2007 12:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
IT'S SEAN GREEN
by Gomez on Jul 17, 2007 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
crowd member
bring in the sheriff
by marinerschas2 on Jul 17, 2007 12:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
After Raul watched that HR
Adam Jones would have backflipped and caught that.
Adam Jones would've backflipped, stood on the wall with his hands, and caught the ball with his feet.
And kicked Chris Ray in the face afterward.
by Gomez on Jul 17, 2007 12:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Adam Jones would've gotten four leadoff homers!
by BrettJMiller on Jul 17, 2007 12:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wasnt that the after the comment
by marinerschas2 on Jul 17, 2007 12:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I said the grand slam thing.
by BrettJMiller on Jul 17, 2007 1:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i think
by marinerschas2 on Jul 17, 2007 12:13 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
is that keith law sitting over there?
by marinerschas2 on Jul 17, 2007 12:20 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh, and the Rally Dance
by Graham on Jul 17, 2007 12:32 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
yeah
"lookout landing? i dont know these people"
by marinerschas2 on Jul 17, 2007 12:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's best left to professionals
by Matthew on Jul 17, 2007 12:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
if jeff was there
jeff, just picture a big group of people doing a monkey-like dance, arms hanging out, stomping furiously
by marinerschas2 on Jul 17, 2007 12:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So, Angels fans?
by Mariner John on Jul 17, 2007 12:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Looking stupid wasn't the issue
by Graham on Jul 17, 2007 12:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nono
by Deanna on Jul 17, 2007 12:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd like to point out
Rally Beer!
by Matthew on Jul 17, 2007 12:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
no way!
I know it sucked that Beltre GIDPed after it, but I would like to point out that the Mariners scored the winning 2 runs in the three batters AFTER that. So it wasn't a total flop.
by Deanna on Jul 17, 2007 12:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kids.
I'm probably in like 5-10 of their mom's pictures when we were all dancin'. Who says Joe Blanton can't dance.
They were copying pretty much everything we were doing, much to their folks' amusement (well, they seemed amused the more the game rolled on). Hey, if it means more George Sherrill and Adam Jones fans, then, I'm not going to complain.
by PositivePaul on Jul 17, 2007 1:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
dont forget
although that could get us kicked out if we were to do it.
by marinerschas2 on Jul 17, 2007 12:34 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Also, my supervisor at work said
by BrettJMiller on Jul 17, 2007 1:04 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
me to
by Scruffy Lefty on Jul 17, 2007 7:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is proof
Whatever, M's win.
by jtopps on Jul 17, 2007 8:17 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
You people really take the cake
You go into a section with tons of families and you yell and scream about every rookie, prospect and minor leaguer you can think of. What message does that send? It tells kids that they don't need to work hard. They just need to be young, and people will clamor to have them replace gritty veterans. You're gutting the protestant work ethic, you communists. Students replacing teachers, passengers replacing pilots, etc. Do you see how deep this goes?
Speaking of which, I saw one of you people brought some books to gave away for free. Everyone just wanted 'Ball Four' which apparently deals with drug use and alcoholism. Figures. Maybe you guys were trying to find out where you could "score" some "greenies" eh? I wouldn't be surprised if it was one of YOU people who doctored Neifi Perez's sample. Amphetemines, playing with pee...yep, sounds like this group.
She also wanted free fries. To each according to their need, eh Comrade? Why don't you go to a communism game instead of a baseball game?!
And the dancing! One of them kept dancing, and all the kids in the section flocked to him. From several rows and sections they came, wanting to be near his flailing arms and gyrating...well, you get the idea. Where were the parents? To top it off, he started performing dances made popular by 'Pee Wee Herman'. "Wait, the same Pee Wee Herman who was arrested for touching himself in public?" The very same. Was this all part of the plan Mr. FancyDancer?
If you guys can't leave Jose Vidro alone - on a night he was sadly absent from the line-up - then I don't know what to say about you. When I go to a game, I don't want to hear about 'rookies' - I want to hear where the local guys went to high school! Did Ellison go to my high school? Oh, wow, he went to Bloomquist's high school! How about that? They should rename it Grit High, or maybe they could change their nickname to the 'Hustlers'. See, that's adding something to the game, not taking it away like you lot.
I want the M's to know that these pictures can be used to identify the miscreants. In my daily letter to Jose Vidro, I will include a brief description of these so-called 'fans' and perhaps ask if he could talk to Guillen, you know, to see what might be done outside the usual channels. My patience is at an end, and my letter was stained with teardrops.
VIDRO IN '08!
by Vidro4MVP on Jul 17, 2007 9:23 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
You're just jealous.
Er. Wait...
by PositivePaul on Jul 17, 2007 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Always a treat.
by AZSEAfan on Jul 17, 2007 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait...
by EnglishMariner on Jul 17, 2007 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait........
by EnglishMariner on Jul 17, 2007 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NEVER!
We did, after all, have a semi-silent non-violent sit-in for the "Free Adam Jones" cause, and then when they threatened us w/legal action (more like the laws of nature -- like, say, turning off the stadium lights, leaving us in darkness), we took our cause outside the stadium and held up our "Free Adam Jones" placard in silent vigil in front of the stadium.
Except, well, we weren't exactly silent. But we did get some encouragement from a M's fan from Portland (who was at least 5 sheets to the wind) who saw him play when the R's played the Beavers.
by PositivePaul on Jul 17, 2007 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Really?
Sorry I had to take off a bit earlier. Vidro4MVP made me drive him home and then made me put on SportsCenter so he could see highlights of what he calls 'real' players.
by marc w on Jul 17, 2007 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
inside the stadium
they kick you out pretty quick, which was disappointing, but understandable (hey, the cleaning crew wants to get home too).
outside the stadium, prolly another 20-30 minutes?
by Matthew on Jul 17, 2007 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm. I'm not a math wiz...
by PositivePaul on Jul 17, 2007 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Merely a board?
by PositivePaul on Jul 17, 2007 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Huh.
by Deanna on Jul 17, 2007 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe I'm weird
by tworsandtwols on Jul 17, 2007 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Me too...
by Goose on Jul 17, 2007 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
AK1984 is marginally relevant
by Deanna on Jul 17, 2007 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep
It's so self-evidently idiotic and self-defeating, you know? Oh, let's send one veteran to team X for two MORE prospects, and let's use one of our prospects here, and then use one of the new prospects there and.....profit! I'm sorry, I crack myself up sometimes.
Good catch!
by Vidro4MVP on Jul 17, 2007 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
One thing that struck my mind
by Matthew on Jul 17, 2007 1:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I just thought of that this morning
Then again, everyone knows the big league players. Can we come up with the same sorts of references and smack talk for, say, Ogui Diaz or Brant Ust? I probably could, but y'all may need to brush up and prepare.
by Gomez on Jul 17, 2007 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where's Oswaldo?
by Gomez on Jul 17, 2007 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A++++ WOULD UST AGAIN!!!!1111!!!
by pdb on Jul 17, 2007 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You can't spell silo without Lois
by Thingray on Jul 17, 2007 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
WOOO RANT BUST!!!!!
by PositivePaul on Jul 17, 2007 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm with Paul
by marc w on Jul 17, 2007 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've got no problem with him
by Jeff on Jul 17, 2007 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I admit the names were random
by Gomez on Jul 17, 2007 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lee Harvey Oswaldo Navarro
But really, is it necessary to make fun of our own roster filler? Isn't that what opposing teams are for?
by marc w on Jul 18, 2007 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey Ogui Diaz!!!
how's that?
Brant Ust? More like Brant Used to be a prospect! HA HA ZING!!!
by Matthew on Jul 17, 2007 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
MICKOLIO IN
by Matthew on Jul 17, 2007 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
WIFE VULTURE WARMING UP
by Gomez on Jul 17, 2007 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmmm.
by PositivePaul on Jul 17, 2007 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That chant is universal
by Gomez on Jul 17, 2007 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Other possibilities
Justin 'Panzer' Lehr
Ronnie Prettyman doesn't really even need a punchline.
Something about how Sebastian Boucher is french for 'Hiram Bocachica'.
But really, you guys need to be studying the Memphis line-up.
I think Rick Ankiel is the easy target, given his demonstrably unstable mental state.
Um, Mark "Craig Griffey" Worrell?
Tagg "Nice fucking name" Bozied. Or "Watch out for home plate!" as Tagg once utterly destroyed his knee after stamping on Cheney's home plate after hitting a walk-off grand slam. Tore multiple ligaments, and basically ended his prospect status in about as stupid a fashion as it gets (non-Grammatica division).
Ryan "You STILL suck" Christianson
Jolbert "The Other" Cabrera
Nick "Stavi-No Hit" Stavinoha
by marc w on Jul 17, 2007 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was at that game
I was sitting right by home plate at that game (it was actually in Portland), and you've never seen a crowd go from complete jubilation to utter horror quite so fast. That was not good.
To me, Rick Ankiel gets a pass because he completely reinvented himself as a ballplayer after his pitching adventures, and he's actually now a pretty solid prospect after working his way up the chain. Again.
by pdb on Jul 17, 2007 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
Still, I think giving the opposing team's star player the business is above board.
I'm actually a pretty quiet fan - I'm just trying to help the rather more boisterous members of this little community.
Bozied's knee - what was it, did he rip the MCL/ACL simultaneously?
Second funniest MiLB injury - Conor Jackson, while playing with Tucson, wasn't playing, and was making a phone call at Cheney outside of the visitor's 'clubhouse' which is that little portable past the LF wall. A HR ball cleared the fence, and almost knocked out Jackson. His teammates put out a little outline of a body in athletic tape the next day.
by marc w on Jul 17, 2007 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bozeid
They all went out to greet him at home plate, and as he came down from the jump he made as he approached the plate, they all closed in on him, as you do in these situations; rumor had it that one of them got shoved into him sideways (not intentionally, but there were 20 guys at the plate all crowding for a piece of him) as he landed, and that's when things went rrrrrrrrrip.
by pdb on Jul 17, 2007 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He should have slid.
by Thingray on Jul 17, 2007 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rick Ankiel is on my list
by Thingray on Jul 17, 2007 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
25 HRs after June
by Gomez on Jul 17, 2007 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"I had no idea 3 years ago
No kidding. I though it was nice of the Cards to let him try to be an OF after his historic meltdown, but I never expected that it would turn out this well!
Usually it's the other way around, like Rafael Soriano, where he couldn't cut it as a hitter, so they made him a pitcher because of his strong arm.
by Thingray on Jul 17, 2007 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rick Ankiel was one of my most favorite players
If he had options, he'd be in STL right now playing CF while Edmonds is out.
I dunno, he's a fantastic athlete, and has tremendous power, but pitching for so long might have retarded his development beyond repair.
I'm hoping like hell he can make the bigs and, at least, be the strong half of a platoon. it'd be awesome, made for movies type stuff.
by JI on Jul 17, 2007 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
RICK ANKIEL 4 DH!!!
by PositivePaul on Jul 17, 2007 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
To be fair
And Memphis has positive park factors for HRs, though not runs. Weird.
by marc w on Jul 17, 2007 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think you're dissing Duncan
If Ankiel played infield, he could replace an Eckstein clone (Kennedy, Miles).
by Mariner John on Jul 17, 2007 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
PANTHER!!!!
by PositivePaul on Jul 17, 2007 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Moneyball was totally right
by Gomez on Jul 17, 2007 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But again.
by Coach Owens on Jul 17, 2007 1:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Why didn't you show up, then?
by Deanna on Jul 17, 2007 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sister's birthday.
by Coach Owens on Jul 17, 2007 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Your name did come up in discussion
by marc w on Jul 17, 2007 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You guys are such dorks!
Now I made myself feel bad.
by Thingray on Jul 17, 2007 3:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Edited Pauls photoshop a bit...
Yeah, I'm a little buzzed, so it looks like crap. But whatever.
by BrettJMiller on Jul 18, 2007 2:29 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I just noticed this
by Gomez on Jul 18, 2007 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yup.
by PositivePaul on Jul 18, 2007 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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