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
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
Seeing the names all there
by tworsandtwols on Jul 17, 2007 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions
i think there were more people too
by marinerschas2 on Jul 17, 2007 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Marc W was there
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
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.
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
He probably shares Deanna's sentiment
im pretty sure it was green
by marinerschas2 on Jul 17, 2007 12:54 AM PDT up reply actions
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
too soon
by marinerschas2 on Jul 17, 2007 1:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, this is true.
by BrettJMiller on Jul 17, 2007 1:02 AM PDT up reply actions
I wouldve gotten video of
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 :)
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?
GEORGE GEORGE GEORGE GEORGE
by Graham MacAree on Jul 17, 2007 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions
oh my god
by marinerschas2 on Jul 17, 2007 12:19 AM PDT up reply actions
crowd member
bring in the sheriff
by marinerschas2 on Jul 17, 2007 12:21 AM PDT up reply actions
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.
Adam Jones would've gotten four leadoff homers!
by BrettJMiller on Jul 17, 2007 12:58 AM PDT up reply actions
wasnt that the after the comment
by marinerschas2 on Jul 17, 2007 12:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I said the grand slam thing.
by BrettJMiller on Jul 17, 2007 1:00 AM PDT up reply actions
i think
is that keith law sitting over there?
Oh, and the Rally Dance
by Graham MacAree on Jul 17, 2007 12:32 AM PDT reply actions
yeah
"lookout landing? i dont know these people"
by marinerschas2 on Jul 17, 2007 12:34 AM PDT up reply actions
it's best left to professionals
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
So, Angels fans?
by Mariner John on Jul 17, 2007 12:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Looking stupid wasn't the issue
by Graham MacAree on Jul 17, 2007 12:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Nono
I'd like to point out
Rally Beer!
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.
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
dont forget
although that could get us kicked out if we were to do it.
Also, my supervisor at work said
me to
by Scruffy Lefty on Jul 17, 2007 7:07 AM PDT up reply actions
This is proof
Whatever, M's win.
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!
You're just jealous.
Er. Wait...
by PositivePaul on Jul 17, 2007 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Always a treat.
Wait...
by EnglishMariner on Jul 17, 2007 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Wait........
by EnglishMariner on Jul 17, 2007 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
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
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.
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?
Hmmm. I'm not a math wiz...
by PositivePaul on Jul 17, 2007 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Merely a board?
by PositivePaul on Jul 17, 2007 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Huh.
Maybe I'm weird
by tworsandtwols on Jul 17, 2007 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
AK1984 is marginally relevant
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!
One thing that struck my mind
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.
You can't spell silo without Lois
WOOO RANT BUST!!!!!
by PositivePaul on Jul 17, 2007 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm with Paul
I've got no problem with him
by Jeff Sullivan on Jul 17, 2007 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
More like Oswaldo NEVER-RO
by Jeff Sullivan on Jul 17, 2007 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions
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?
Hey Ogui Diaz!!!
how's that?
Brant Ust? More like Brant Used to be a prospect! HA HA ZING!!!
MICKOLIO IN
Hmmmm.
by PositivePaul on Jul 17, 2007 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
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
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.
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.
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.
He should have slid.
Rick Ankiel is on my list
25 HRs after June
"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.
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
RICK ANKIEL 4 DH!!!
by PositivePaul on Jul 17, 2007 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
To be fair
And Memphis has positive park factors for HRs, though not runs. Weird.
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
PANTHER!!!!
by PositivePaul on Jul 17, 2007 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
But again.
Why didn't you show up, then?
Your name did come up in discussion
You guys are such dorks!
Now I made myself feel bad.
Yup.
by PositivePaul on Jul 18, 2007 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions

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