5/8/08 game day thread 3
by Adam J. Morris on May 8, 2008 11:53 PM CDT
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Yeah...
any way we could maybe start new threads earlier than 500 comments. It really starts to take a beating if you click wrong and have to reload the page from scratch.
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Yeah, you may want to hose down your PC/Laptop coming back from there.... ;)
"I should apologize to girls for saying Sexson threw that helmet like a girl. I’m not even sure girls do that." - TAG 05/08/2008
by Captain Fubar on May 9, 2008 12:01 AM CDT up reply actions
I think my laptop may have picked up an STD while I was on LL
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by rangers85 on May 9, 2008 12:02 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
You know what offends my sensibilities
more than someone posting a picture of balls and Richie Sexson acting like an ass? The fact that a major league team would actually DH Jose Lopez…and bat him second.
helps explain
why they score runs about every 30 innings doesn’t it?
the balls thing
i’m glad that guy is going to get banned and everything but that was kind of funny when it happened. kind of unexpected. still, he should be banned. I don’t want to have to deal with that again.
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Yeah
I was assuming it was a reference to/play off the game in Waiting, but it was actually pretty funny.
by brettgardner on May 9, 2008 12:03 AM CDT up reply actions
continuing a discussion back in the last thread
We also have Murray in the bullpen ready to go as a long-man if needed and he can be optioned back down to Oklahoma if we need a spare pitcher for a day.
I love that picture
First off it looks like Franky is badly photoshopped in
Second, there’s a chick in the top right hand corner that’s really amused by all of it.
Third, the leg of the chair makes the portly guy in the blue cap look like he’s Colonel Sanders after he decided the Beard was too much.
how about a 5 spot here....
"I should apologize to girls for saying Sexson threw that helmet like a girl. I’m not even sure girls do that." - TAG 05/08/2008
Normally...
I’d be ready for this game to just end, but I’d love nothing more than to run the score up.
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I can handle that too...lol
"I should apologize to girls for saying Sexson threw that helmet like a girl. I’m not even sure girls do that." - TAG 05/08/2008
by Captain Fubar on May 9, 2008 12:04 AM CDT up reply actions
it is amazing
what being a part time player and having a good day can do for your average isn’t it. Gotta love the small sample size.
Back to back shutouts would be sweet..
.. go Rangers
Looks like Kins is finding his power swing finally.
He’s been sitting about 100 pts under Young in OPS and needs to catch up.
Ok hammy
no need to try to knock it out, just find a way to get on base. single?
Gerald Laird is my hero.
Just got done reading the transcript bigsteve posted
TAG is my new broadcasting hero.
Thanks again to bigsteve for posting that.
Hahaha… hey, Eric Nadel’s ripping Sexson now… talking about how things have calmed down after Sexson’s “temporary insanity”.
Fanpost is up
I probably won’t be around much this weekend so I hope yall enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed rewatching and typing it. TAG really was pissed it sounded like. A couple of those comments were pure greatness. If anyone wants to post that transcript elsewhere feel free, not that it would matter anyway.
Sportscenter...
I bet they can’t wait for this game to end to show the brawl footage.
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Heres hoping
they don’t use the M’s broadcasters fantasy version of the call.
Here's hoping...
Stuart Scott doesn’t randomly pop up to do the commentary on it.
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Almost as bad...
but Stuart Scott is the one that killed Sportscenter for me.
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That
Was a long time ago. Though if you’re saying that Sportcenter has always sucked, I’ll assume you’re right.
by brettgardner on May 9, 2008 12:08 AM CDT up reply actions
ESPN started to slowly die
when Olbermen left
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
You know
I go back and forth on him. Sure, he’s a smarmy, overly made-up douchy liberal, but that doesn’t mean he’s not charmingly cynical from time to time.
Countdown is infinitely better than the Factor or any of that other horseshit.
by brettgardner on May 9, 2008 12:12 AM CDT up reply actions
I really enjoyed...
SC when DP and Olbermann were together. Hasn’t been the same since.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Berman...
you at least knew he was senile or something. Stuart Scott there was just no excuse for. He single handedly turned Sportscenter from a sports reporting show to a “Let’s see who can shout the loudest to a home run call” contest.
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Check out some YouTube videos of him
They have some hilarious off-camera stuff from him that will make you a huge Berman fan
You mean where he...
basically goes off on that one girl behind the camera?
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was pretty good
Can’t remember something better this year, but I thought there was a bunch better last year.
I grew up reading comics
as a kid and watched crap like Batman Forever and Batman and Robin, so for me that one was pure greatness. They didn’t really try selling the movie to any demographic and just stayed true to the character and the original concept.
indeed
that was sweet..
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
My top 5
Batman Begins
Batman
Batman Returns
Iron Man
Superman (the original)
I can’t pick a best out of those, but those are 5 great super-hero movies.
I also
thought the first two XMen and Spiderman movies were very good.
i thought x-men 2
was a lot better than what people give it credit for. definitely cheesy but had the epic quality to it
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I thought as far as comic movies
Batman Begins was a better flick. Really looking forward to Dark Knight.
that's because its batman
that’s what its supposed to be. Katie Holmes brought it down a bit. Still, Tim Burton did great with the first 2 Batman movies. Just a different type of dark style as well as not having as much to work with special effects wise
Katie Holmes
was enough of a pain they decided to recast her character in the middle of a series. That says something doesn’t it?
Agreed.
Christian Bale goes to badass camp.
"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."
Liam Neeson
Was pretty cool, too. Pretty much the whole thing where he’s at badass camp is fun.
"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."
Inaccurate
Characterization, for what that’s worth.
by brettgardner on May 9, 2008 12:17 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm thinking about it
And I can’t think of a single Liam Neeson movie that I’ve seen where he hasn’t been awesome.
Really?
I have never understood the love of Begins. I put it below the first 3 myself.
I love Batman and everything, but all the pop-Freud ass-grabbing that goes on about how dark the character is gives me tiredhead.
by brettgardner on May 9, 2008 12:15 AM CDT up reply actions
batman forever?
i liked jim carrey and tommie lee jones but val kilmer left something to be desired
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Nicole Kidman
made up for all the other crap in that movie
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
Hmm
Well we have a difference then. I liked Kilmer a lot more than Bale. The shittier writing wasn’t his fault.
by brettgardner on May 9, 2008 12:18 AM CDT up reply actions
Worse than Batman and Robin
And that is saying something. That movie was terrible to a whole new level.
Oh come on
Nothing is worse than Batman and Robin. Nothing.
by brettgardner on May 9, 2008 12:20 AM CDT up reply actions
at least batman and robin had a point
Two Face acted like the Joker, the Riddler made a box you put on your TV that would brainwash you. Please, that is corny as hell and just BS in the Batman world.
Well
I did hate the bastardization of Two-Face.
by brettgardner on May 9, 2008 12:24 AM CDT up reply actions
The only real flaw of Begins
Was the absolute stupid circular logic of the League of Shadows. You could drive a truck through some of the plot holes.
actually, it was the weapon used at the end that bothered me
it had enough power to blow up the pipes all over the city, but not the water in the bodies of everyone around it?
-1
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
yeah, it was good
last third was kind of weak(whats with the bad guys voice in the suit?) but i liked the movie quite a bit on the whole.
Gerald Laird is my hero.
actually no
what a weird feeling
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
FRANCISCO!
Let’s hope someone doesn’t bring a chair out for him to use in this final inning.
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So if Francisco finishes this inning
We have CJ, Benoit, and probably Rupe pretty much ready to go with Wright and Guardado probably available to pitch tomorrow as well. Am I missing anyone?
seems like
if we saw him again we would say the same thing about McCarthy
Gamecast
This is the first time I’ve been on ESPN’s gamecast all year…is it normal to be ahead of the broadcast??? Used to be the other way around, and by quite a bit.
no, that's highly unusual
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
It was like that for two AB's for some reason
...and then went back to being behind, but not as much as I remember it being.
by Black Francis on May 9, 2008 12:14 AM CDT up reply actions
good lord
This is some 2004 FX2, awesome speed, ridiculous break. still has some control issues but still
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Ballgame!!!!
"I should apologize to girls for saying Sexson threw that helmet like a girl. I’m not even sure girls do that." - TAG 05/08/2008
And theres the ballgame
Cant say i expected to beat bedard/felix, but the m’s offense is really struggling.
nice series.
Gerald Laird is my hero.
1 run in last 32 innings? LOL
"I should apologize to girls for saying Sexson threw that helmet like a girl. I’m not even sure girls do that." - TAG 05/08/2008
Now to see what Sportscenter has to say
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Thank you Seattle.
You’ve been an accommodating bitch this week.
by Athos on May 9, 2008 12:14 AM CDT reply actions 3 recs
be careful
people who trash the other team, its players and its fans on a weekly basis find that kind of talk offensive.
Gerald Laird is my hero.
5-2 roadtrip
16-20, 4 games under .500, 6gms back of the LAngels and the A’s
better than most would have figured for the 1st week of May
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
That road trip was nice...
we’ve now won what, 4 straight series?
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Mariners
Shut out two nights in a row, now two games behind the Rangers.
Enjoy last place, bitches!
"I dont care to debate with a troll." - Sharky
It been a pleasure watching the game with you guys tonight.....
GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!
On a side note…..is it just me, or does it seem like Hamilton is just going through the motions right now?? It’s like he’s not really into the game or something….hhmm.
"If Kason Gabbard's gonna hit anybody, he's gonna hit one of their good hitters. He's not gonna hit Richie Sexson." - Tom Grieve
about to show it on sportcenter....
"I should apologize to girls for saying Sexson threw that helmet like a girl. I’m not even sure girls do that." - TAG 05/08/2008
You never know...
Sportscenter has a nasty habit of teasing something before going to commercial, then it’s shown like 2 commercial breaks later.
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I've always like TAG...
but tonight, he’s become my hero.
Tom Grieve is my hero.
since they were 7-16, they have gone 9-4.
nicht slecht.
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
Yup, and that it was down the middle but high.
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Yup usually that type of game barely garners commentary
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Remember we're not the Yankees...
thus we’re lucky to get more than 2 seconds of air time.
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ESPN guys
said if it was any lower, it would have been a strike…
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
BTW
The douche that posted the nut picture has been banned from LOL and, I’m sure all of SB Nation. Evidently, he opened the account tonight and that was his first post. Fucking little racist clit that he is. I hope he goes on a beer run tonight and gets pulled over for a DWI.
re: Ann Coulter - "She doesn't get raped nearly enough." - DJ Cahill
Yup...
he opened the account about 20 minutes before posting the picture according to his profile.
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I'm still unclear on this
Was the douche a just a sorry excuse for a Ranger fan, or a Mariner troll?
Either way...
he’s a total assclown.
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with a name like Ranger666
I’m betting troll
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
Definite troll
I’ve gotta admit, I giggled at the picture, but the post was way over any and all lines.
re: Ann Coulter - "She doesn't get raped nearly enough." - DJ Cahill
I didn't really find it amusing at all
I was too shocked that someone had bad enough taste to pull a stunt like that.
Mariner troll.
And I’ll hope that you’ll accept my apologies and believe me when I say that he, in no way, represents the LL community.
by Aaron Campeau on May 9, 2008 12:54 AM CDT up reply actions
Just speaking for myself,
why should I be insulted or offended by a picture of testicles? After enjoying the LL site and Jeff’s well written post, I was offended by his Bissinger-esque rant against the LSB community. One would expect better from the “manager” of another SBNation site.
by Randy Richardson on May 9, 2008 1:45 AM CDT up reply actions
I was actually apologizing more for the racism.
I don’t really want to get involved in a blog war. I can’t speak for Jeff, but he’s had to put up with a lot of BS lately, and the LSB trolls were pretty bad. I think his post was warranted, but whatever, that’s my $.02.
I was mainly interested in making sure that everyone was aware that this guy had nothing to do with LL; people that pull crap like that get dealt with pretty quick. No one has to accept my apology of give a rusty fuck what I say.
I like reading LSB, and I’d rather there not be unnecessarily harsh feelings between y’all and folks from LL. That’s all.
by Aaron Campeau on May 9, 2008 2:22 AM CDT up reply actions
so one guy comes over here
and it has nothing to do with the blog and should just be ignored.
one guy goes over there, and the manager of the site calling everyone on this site idiots is warranted.
k.
Gerald Laird is my hero.
It was several with accounts in longer standing. But that's not my point.
So forget I said anything about Jeff’s post.
I am sorry that some guy with a LL derived SBN account came over here and made an inappropriate post. The only reason I commented was to make sure people were aware that no one on the LL side of things was condoning it.
by Aaron Campeau on May 9, 2008 2:39 AM CDT up reply actions
Bad analogy.
There were around 4-5 guys from your site who obviously are somewhat regulars. We don’t even know if the guy who came over here was actually a mariner fan.
I haven't read all of the "trolling"
comments and I’m sure that there were plenty that were inappropriate. It seems clear that the universal login (or whatever it’s called) won’t last the entire season. But, Jeff is grownup enough to be able to realize that “trollers” represent a small minority of any community. He was way out of line.
by Randy Richardson on May 9, 2008 2:38 AM CDT up reply actions
On one point we definitely agree. Universal login is doomed to fail.
In a world without idiots, universal login seems like a great idea, but that’s quite obviously not the world we live in. I’m terrified to see what happens to game threads on Field Gulls once the NFL season starts.
by Aaron Campeau on May 9, 2008 2:50 AM CDT up reply actions
universal login
this trolling crap is the type of stuff i was worried about. I dont mind the occasional fan of the other team such as yourself and some others who have come here having a few intelligent posts, but the blatant trolling has got to go.
"When we're mad we'll use our words. Then the rest of the world will play nice with us. And the only boom-booms will be in our pants." - Ralph Wiggum
Exactly.
I would hate to see it get to the point where any post from a fan of a rival team instantly sets off alarms, but I can see it getting there, and I think that really sucks. I don’t mind innocuous ball-busting in the least, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with stopping by a rival team’s blog and asking some questions to try and gain some perspective on that team’s lesser known quantities. But if the trolling doesn’t stop, it’s going to get harder and harder to do those types of things.
by Aaron Campeau on May 9, 2008 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions
It's good to hear that.
I haven’t been around LSB very long, but I know a bunch of us got tuned up last night because Gabbard just came off the DL and the Rangers have had to deal with an inordinate number of injuries when we weren’t expected to be a competitive club in the first place…so a lot of us are frustrated.
Glad to know that cooler heads can prevail on both sides.
The AP story on the game even says it wasn't inside
“The pitch was up, but not far inside to the 6-foot-8 Sexson.”
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
Nobody except the M's announcers thinks it was inside
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The way Sexton
dodged, he reminded me of an NBA player flopping on a “foul”.
re: Ann Coulter - "She doesn't get raped nearly enough." - DJ Cahill
DMN Blog has a post about Grieve's comments
http://rangersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/05/brawl-breaks-out-grieve-slams-sexson.html
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great day
consecutive shutouts and broussard dumped in the place from whence he came
why is sexson still playing anyway? wilkerson could do a better job at first
love games like this when kinsler is being an all-around badass. we’ve got some real competitors on this team
getting mildly concerned about josh. i’ll just mentally replay the upper deck shot for now
it’s not entirely rational, but i’m a fan of Ramon. just like his style… plus you can’t forget his part in the 30 run game. nice to see him have a night like this
Sexson's OPSing over .700.
Yeah, not stellar, but definitely not in the category where it’s warranted to dump him. Wilkerson was quite terrible in comparison—bad average, bad power (no extra base hits), and horrible corner outfield defense.
He had a good OBP
Which is one of the reasons Evan Grant lobbied to keep him around in Texas. He played 68 games at first for us last year.
Nevertheless, I think both the Rangers and Mariners signed bad players from the other team.
I was really suprised to see how badly Ben did this year.
I think he gained some sort of cult status amongst some Mariner fans (myself included) simply by virtue of being left handed and not Sexson, but I think we knew he wasn’t all that great. Still, I thought he was a whole lot better than he’s shown so far this year.
It’s too bad, because even though he was playing for a rival, I liked Ben and wanted to see him do well. Maybe he’ll get picked by an NL team have some success there. Worked for Greg Norton.
by Aaron Campeau on May 9, 2008 2:17 PM CDT up reply actions
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