NLCS Game 1 Discussion Thread
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 15, 2009 6:00 PM CDT
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Fuck the NL
Boring AAAA baseball.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Oct 15, 2009 6:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Bah
The Dodgers are easily the most interesting team to watch this post season.
WTF is there to enjoy watching Yanks-Angels? I’m rooting for some wholesomely debilitating swine flu, and perhaps a slip and fall or three…
Best case scenario: Arod cranks a liner right into the melon of that no-talent hack of a girlfriend, and Jeets pulls his groin on a jump throw. Then Adenhart’s parents publicly proclaim their lifelong affinity for the Oakland A’s, and shout out an FYI: Nick was adopted, bitches.
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
Hi, Keith. Is this the year Edinson Volquez finally wins RoY?
by Brian Thomas on Oct 15, 2009 6:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The dodgers the most interesting?
i think the phils and rox series was by far the most interesting and best series to watch yet this postseason. not even a contest. I hope the phils beat the dodgers. I cannot watch Padilla pitch in the World Series
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 15, 2009 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree with the Phils-Rox part
However, I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised to see either CS surpass.
I am torn, though, in that I absolutely could never stomach rooting for the Yankees. NEVA EVA. EVA. You are a weirdo, Adam.
Therefore, I am forced to take the herculean dickpunch that is pulling for the Angels. The other half of my conundrum is that I am also rooting for the Dodgers. Which means, SIGH, that I am a flaming douche, since only an epic assclown would be praying for an all-Angeleno world series.
Fuck you, Minnesota!
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
Hi, Keith. Is this the year Edinson Volquez finally wins RoY?
by Brian Thomas on Oct 15, 2009 7:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just give in to the brainwashing
And accept the Yankees as your surrogate playoff team
by WhiplashWhiteside on Oct 15, 2009 7:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree, and don't get me wrong I hate both teams. but you shouldn't have brought Adenhart into it.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
by TxStCa on Oct 15, 2009 7:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why not?
People need to get over that shit. Sad story and all that, but it doesn’t make the guy some kind of sacred saint or something.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 7:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why is that?
Unless Mr. Adenahart’s family members read this blog, which I’d say is about a 50,000 to 1 shot, whatever could the harm be?
It was obviously facetious. Nobody owes any of their fans jack shit.
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
Hi, Keith. Is this the year Edinson Volquez finally wins RoY?
by Brian Thomas on Oct 15, 2009 7:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Because what if Nick Adenhart was Derek Holland, Elvis Andrus, or Tommy Hunter.
Then how would we all feel and how would the players on the team that we all love the most feel? Just because he played for the team most of us hate the most doesn’t mean he wasn’t a baseball player, and first of all a human being. You think if there was a picture of Derek Holland on the wall at TBiA and the Rangers won the West they wouldn’t have done the same thing and the media wouldn’t have covered it just as much as Adenhart, you are crazy. He was an inspiration for that team (if we like it or not). I’m not saying have sympathy for the Angels or anything, but at least realize that to THAT team and those FANS he is an inspiration.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
by TxStCa on Oct 15, 2009 7:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Meh
Fuck the Angels
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Oct 15, 2009 7:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And I personally like to piss on whatever inspirations they have as much as I can.
Call me cruel or douchey, but that’s how I roll.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 7:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If the shoe was on the other foot
I wouldn’t act like some melodramatic, drama queen pussy b/c someone I never even fucking met had their memory somehow disrespected by some anonymous, message board yahoo (I’m speaking about their fans, not you).
I’m sorry, but as a Ranger fan, I think Adenhart’s family announcing they are life-long A’s fans right before the game would be pretty fucking funny. And I promise you, if it was an Angel fan cracking wise about the recently departed Ranger phenom, I’d be a little annoyed, but I’d also think it was decent smartassery.
Those lames have been pulling this sanctimonious Saint Nick shit all year. Roberto Clemente must be shouting down from Heaven, “Hey! We get it, we got it, good! I died on a relief mission to feed tens of thousands of starving and ravaged earthquake victims; you don’t hear Pirates fans playing tiny violins. Now do us all a favor and shut the fuck up. Thanks much.”
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
Hi, Keith. Is this the year Edinson Volquez finally wins RoY?
by Brian Thomas on Oct 15, 2009 8:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Normally yes
But the Phillies are the last team in the postseason worth rooting for.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm sorry
Have you been to Philadelphia?
by LiamP on Oct 15, 2009 7:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, but Chase Utley, Cole Hamels and Cliff Lee are worth rooting for, IMO.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 7:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like Philadephia
Philadelphians, on the other hand, not so much.
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
Hi, Keith. Is this the year Edinson Volquez finally wins RoY?
by Brian Thomas on Oct 15, 2009 7:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Correct me if I'm wrong
but aren’t the Phillies, an NL team, the reigning “World” Champs?
by MikeEl on Oct 15, 2009 7:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Deranged.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Oct 15, 2009 6:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow.
VPadz looks a little scary in that picture…wonder if he had those $1k jeans in a SpaceBag to protect them….
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
by TxStCa on Oct 15, 2009 6:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm just suprise he didn't leave the cork in and ran around whacking people in the head with the bottle
It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops.
by WyoRanger on Oct 15, 2009 6:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yay baseball!
"I think I'm going to name my new car Scooter, because it dominates on the road." - mikeyoungfuturehof, 9.10.09
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
by lisa w on Oct 15, 2009 6:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Go Dodgers
Philly fans should die in a fire.
by JDT217 on Oct 15, 2009 6:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Go Phillies
Dodgers are annoying. This goes back to constant Kirk Gibson highlights. Go pump your fist up somewhere else, jackass.
It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops.
by WyoRanger on Oct 15, 2009 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
this may be true, but i cannot wish success for any team from philly
or that any fan in philly would ever experience joy.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Oct 15, 2009 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree
with your sentiments and I lived in LA for the few years and went to a few Dodgers games so I don’t mind rooting for them. Fuck Philly.
Thank god the A’s traded Andre Ethier, dude is a masher and Kemp is pretty studly too plus the Highland Park’s own Clayton Kershaw.
"Stats are like a woman in a fine little bikini. You can see a lot, but you can't see everything." -Dirk A. Tron
by coolaid on Oct 15, 2009 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ranger fans
Weren’t acting much different during our stretch run collapse this year.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 7:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So you'd prefer the lackadaisical Dodgers fans
that don’t even show up to a game until the 4th or 5th inning be rewarded with a WS?
by MikeEl on Oct 15, 2009 7:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It would be impossible to get to a 7 pm ballgame at Dodger Stadium
getting off work at 5 in LA.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
by TxStCa on Oct 15, 2009 7:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So you would prefer the Phillie scumbags who throw rocks and batteries at the opposing teams, boo Santa Claus, cheer when other players get season ending injuries, lead the country in assaulting fans of the opposing teams, ignorantly hate everything
remotely related to Texas, etc.? That’s preferable?
Really?
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
Hi, Keith. Is this the year Edinson Volquez finally wins RoY?
by Brian Thomas on Oct 15, 2009 8:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll root for good baseball.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
by TxStCa on Oct 15, 2009 6:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I prefer
the one from LL that says “I Eat Souls”.
by Flynnyrd on Oct 15, 2009 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like that one
The Bingee someone made is awesome, too.
"I think I'm going to name my new car Scooter, because it dominates on the road." - mikeyoungfuturehof, 9.10.09
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
by lisa w on Oct 15, 2009 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Incidentally
At Fangraphs today, there’s a discussion suggesting that starting Padilla in the NLCS is a real, real bad move, given how dramatic his platoon splits are, and given how lefty-heavy the Phillies are.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 15, 2009 6:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Saw that
Guess Torre has a “gut” too.
by WhiplashWhiteside on Oct 15, 2009 7:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the Torre gut
also chose to put Padilla on the postseason roster in place of Garland.
by MikeEl on Oct 15, 2009 7:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
God, lets hope not.
The guy has a 5.75 career tRA and a 4.72 career K/9. Yuck.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 7:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, I'm with you
But our pitching aquisition this year was Kris Benson, so
by WhiplashWhiteside on Oct 15, 2009 7:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wish I could say there's no way
but he’s probably within the Rangers’ price range and is probably the kind of veteran Wash would want on the team. That being said, I think he could at the very least eat up some innings as a 4th or 5th starter. Don’t know that I’d want him over any of our other guys though.
by MikeEl on Oct 15, 2009 7:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now that you bring it up though, I predict he'll be the next KC GM
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 7:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think it is an issue of gut
I think it is playing it safe. You aren’t going to be second-guessed by anyone other than a few internet geeks if you stick with Padilla.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 15, 2009 7:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Billingsley hasn't looked that good over the past couple of weeks
Torre probably wants a vet starting
Bill Simmons: "I will tell you right now, if the Boston Red Sox traded Clay Buchholz for Justin Smoak, I will run around my neighborhood naked...celebrating for an hour. I love Justin Smoak"
by Smoak Some on Oct 15, 2009 7:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't understand why Torre has completely abandoned Bills
I know he struggled last year in the playoffs and late this season, but I think I’d put him out there instead of Randy Wolf and just have a quick hook with him. He has the kind of talent that he could pitch a gem if he has his best stuff, where somebody like Wolf is just a crapshoot to get into the 5th inning anyway.
"You can probably stick a fork in the Rangers' playoff chances for 2009." - AJM on 7/26 with the team 4.5 games out
by tricer on Oct 15, 2009 7:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder what it would take to trade for him
if they’re not that high on him…
by MikeEl on Oct 15, 2009 7:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm sure Colletti is as high on him as JD is on anybody in our org
He’s prolly close to an “untouchable,” I’d think.
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
Hi, Keith. Is this the year Edinson Volquez finally wins RoY?
by Brian Thomas on Oct 15, 2009 8:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
All you can do is shake your head
and contact your local bookmaker
by WhiplashWhiteside on Oct 15, 2009 7:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Screw
the Phillies, and Philly in general. That place is a toilet.
by Flynnyrd on Oct 15, 2009 7:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
So...
My two room mates are both Dodger fans (one named their dog Dodger….ugh). They are currently watching the game in our living room
I’ve already put the over/under number of times they cuss out Matt Kemp (they hate him for some reason) or Kershaw at 15. I took the over
They’re already at 1
Bill Simmons: "I will tell you right now, if the Boston Red Sox traded Clay Buchholz for Justin Smoak, I will run around my neighborhood naked...celebrating for an hour. I love Justin Smoak"
by Smoak Some on Oct 15, 2009 7:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
WTF?
Kemp is one of their best players.
"Stats are like a woman in a fine little bikini. You can see a lot, but you can't see everything." -Dirk A. Tron
by coolaid on Oct 15, 2009 7:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I asked them the same question last week
I still really haven’t gotten a reasonable answer
After Kemp hit that HR in game 1, they barely cheered
I seriously think Kemp like stole their puppy or killed a member of their family or something
Bill Simmons: "I will tell you right now, if the Boston Red Sox traded Clay Buchholz for Justin Smoak, I will run around my neighborhood naked...celebrating for an hour. I love Justin Smoak"
by Smoak Some on Oct 15, 2009 7:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Torre hates him too
Has had him hitting in the back end of the lineup all year. He’s like their Nelson Cruz.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 7:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kemp for Cruz
Would ya?
Bill Simmons: "I will tell you right now, if the Boston Red Sox traded Clay Buchholz for Justin Smoak, I will run around my neighborhood naked...celebrating for an hour. I love Justin Smoak"
by Smoak Some on Oct 15, 2009 7:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's a slam dunk
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
Hi, Keith. Is this the year Edinson Volquez finally wins RoY?
by Brian Thomas on Oct 15, 2009 7:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fuck yes
Just because of Kemp’s youth, of course you do.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 7:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Dodgers, however...
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 7:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He probably said more fans need to come out to the game
That’s a hanging offense, you know.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 15, 2009 7:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heh, I'm with you
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
Hi, Keith. Is this the year Edinson Volquez finally wins RoY?
by Brian Thomas on Oct 15, 2009 8:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Linky if ya need it:
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It’s HD/patio/grillin time. Enjoy the match!
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
by Rodney on Oct 15, 2009 7:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ya know
Those streamtorrent links never work for me. I’ve got the application and everything, but all I ever get is the audio, no picture.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 7:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Check your firewall settings
And make sure you are running the latest version.
It is much better quality than tvants or whatever.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
by Rodney on Oct 15, 2009 7:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I've been using the Sopcast links
Which is okay, but not great.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 7:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kershaw is pulling the Brian Tallet sideburns
I’m wondering where his capri pants are.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 7:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Pitching like Brian Tallet vs. the Rangers too.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 7:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
was that a slider for the K?
"You can probably stick a fork in the Rangers' playoff chances for 2009." - AJM on 7/26 with the team 4.5 games out
by tricer on Oct 15, 2009 7:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
except Kershaw is really freakin' good
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 15, 2009 7:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow
It’s rare that I can tell it’s a HR before the camera even follows the ball.
"I think I'm going to name my new car Scooter, because it dominates on the road." - mikeyoungfuturehof, 9.10.09
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
by lisa w on Oct 15, 2009 7:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Giving up a HR to James Loney
Almost as bad as giving up a HR to th pitcher, Cole.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 7:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It isn't however, as bad as WALKING the fucking pitcher.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 7:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
A little breaking news here...
Hitting a baseball is harder than it looks.
Back to you.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
by AirJordan on Oct 15, 2009 7:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Missing it is pretty easy though.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 7:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And that's why you're where you are and I'm where I am.
Good point.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
by AirJordan on Oct 15, 2009 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stop the presses
Hold on.. Just make sure you’re sitting down cause this shit is funny.
Seriously, place your 12oz Lattes on the ground and close the redtube tab and get ready to laugh. Ready? Here it is
The frontpage of ESPN says “LONEY TUNES”
WOW! Comedy gold!
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
by AirJordan on Oct 15, 2009 8:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
speaking of...
http://ussmariner.com/2006/03/12/bugs-bunny-greatest-banned-player-ever/
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
by TxStCa on Oct 15, 2009 8:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So
I finished “Against the Day” today.
I feel like I need to re-read it. That’s what happens when you have a 1085 page book that is so complicated you really have to read it one sitting in order not to get confused and forget what has happened before.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 15, 2009 8:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh god. Craig Sager is at this game?
Christ. It’s like a shitty announcer all-star team.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 8:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
i am convinced that
padilla is Boots Poffenberger reincarnated. don’t ask me why.
" This is the inning that propels us to the playoffs. Mark it down."
- Rohn Warshington on Jul 27, 2009 9:19 PM EDT
5th inning against the Tigers
by gossamer on Oct 15, 2009 8:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ronnie Belliard is a shitty hitter.
Well, maybe not shitty but annoyingly mediocre. Kinda like David Murphy.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 8:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
RUIZ!
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 8:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Well
Kershaw is imploding this inning
Just walked Hamels on 4 pitches….the Pitcher
Bill Simmons: "I will tell you right now, if the Boston Red Sox traded Clay Buchholz for Justin Smoak, I will run around my neighborhood naked...celebrating for an hour. I love Justin Smoak"
by Smoak Some on Oct 15, 2009 8:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Kershaw is about to go into meltdown mode.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 8:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Russell Martin is holding a one-man suckfest behind the plate tonight
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 8:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yay
I just picked up my prescription cough syrup with hydrocodone.
I will be having some interesting dreams tonight.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 15, 2009 8:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I got a bunch of it
I could make my own Purple Drank, if I get better soon enough that I don’t need it all.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 15, 2009 8:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I want that purple stuff....
Bill Simmons: "I will tell you right now, if the Boston Red Sox traded Clay Buchholz for Justin Smoak, I will run around my neighborhood naked...celebrating for an hour. I love Justin Smoak"
by Smoak Some on Oct 15, 2009 8:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chug-a-lug, broheime, chug-a-lug
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
Hi, Keith. Is this the year Edinson Volquez finally wins RoY?
by Brian Thomas on Oct 15, 2009 8:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man, I love watching Chase Utley PA's
I also hate watching them, because it makes me hate our hitters.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 8:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
HOWARD!!!
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 8:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Creepy.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
In a 4 minute span talking with my Dodger Room mates
I think they included every single cuss word you can think of
Entertaining, yet distributing at the same time
Bill Simmons: "I will tell you right now, if the Boston Red Sox traded Clay Buchholz for Justin Smoak, I will run around my neighborhood naked...celebrating for an hour. I love Justin Smoak"
by Smoak Some on Oct 15, 2009 8:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Goddamnit Chase.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 9:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow
That was big HR by Manny there
Bill Simmons: "I will tell you right now, if the Boston Red Sox traded Clay Buchholz for Justin Smoak, I will run around my neighborhood naked...celebrating for an hour. I love Justin Smoak"
by Smoak Some on Oct 15, 2009 9:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Fuck.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 9:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Umm
this is a dumb question most likely, but why is ronnie belliard the starting 2nd baseman over o. hudson? What caused that switch.Was Hudson hurt and Belliard caught fire or what?
by erikj07 on Oct 15, 2009 9:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, Hudson hit .227/.330/.351 over his final 32 games of the season
And Belliard hit .351/.398/.636 after getting traded to LA.
Plus, Belliard has actually been a much better defender this season according to UZR (in fact, Hudson has been pretty craptastic at 2nd for a couple years now).
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah
i noticed belliard was really good since arriving to LA, but he kinda sucked in Washington. Did LA trade for belliard meaning to start him right away?
by erikj07 on Oct 15, 2009 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, I couldn't tell you that
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 9:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Please take Hamels out before he blows the lead
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 9:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Thank you.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Big Jim
Wouldn’t be a bad DH for us next year.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 9:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Took the announcing crew 6 innings to make a Kirk Gibson reference
Actually quite awhile if you think about it.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 9:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Still one of my favorite WS moments....Jack Buck's call was great
then again….it doesn’t still give me goose bumps like Lewin’s call of Dellucci’s double against the A’s in 2004
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Oct 15, 2009 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
or Bucks call of Luis Gonzalez' single in the 01 WS
After Fuentes blows a save and an Angels loss to the Indians:
"Angels still in first place" - UCI Halo
"Hey you know who would have gotten those 3 outs in the 9th?
Darren O’Day." - FirebatM3
LOL
by hinduplaya on Oct 16, 2009 1:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Happ is gonna blow it
He’s all over the fucking place.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 9:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, thankfully not.
Hudson got his pitch, he just fouled it off the ump.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Okay
At the recommendation of someone in the morning thread, I’ve changed the LSB tagline.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 15, 2009 9:41 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Who's RG?
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
by AirJordan on Oct 15, 2009 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Grandpa Urine
Aka Galloway, and likely Josey Wales.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The use of "YMCA" by RG there ...
is there a homosexual connotation built in with that?
Did we all just get called a bunch of fraggots?
by shroomer on Oct 15, 2009 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This stupid BMW commercial really has me wondering
How the fuck you can have an 80-minute standing ovation. WTF?
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 9:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That MLB Network commercial has me wondering when Uverse is
finally going to pick it up…
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Oct 15, 2009 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Google tells me that apparently this 80-minute ovation
Was for Placido Domingo after singing Otello on June 30, 1991 in Vienna.
Whoever the fuck Placido Domingo is.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's one of the Three Tenors
You philistine.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 15, 2009 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Unfortunately....now The Two Tenors....
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Oct 15, 2009 9:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you do a search...
…on Google for the last sentence you typed (and you put that in quotes), there are no hits returned.
Congratulations. You’ve just typed something no one else in the history of the internets has ever typed.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 15, 2009 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol
I’m a legend!
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 10:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're a Philistine
for not knowing who Domingo is. Now go look up Philistine.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Oct 16, 2009 10:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was outside.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 9:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
sep at birth?
Ron Darling and Richard “Tom Zarek” Hatch.
by shroomer on Oct 15, 2009 9:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I just wanna know why James Woods' voice is coming outta his mouth
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
x
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Oct 15, 2009 10:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I finally watched that "Caprica" backdoor premiere the other night
It was interesting, but I dunno if theres a series there.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 10:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know, listening to Buck Martinez
You honestly expect him to look 1,000 years old.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 9:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Antonio, you stupid Bastardo
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 9:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ahaha
I see what you did there! You tried to make a funny!
Not so much though.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
by AirJordan on Oct 15, 2009 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, I was trying to make an ESPN headline
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 10:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or a David Pinto blog post title
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 15, 2009 10:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That dude relishes his post titles - ha
by shroomer on Oct 15, 2009 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chan Ho!!!!!
Sporting the beard…
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Oct 15, 2009 9:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Whats next, is Ryan Drese going to come out of retirement to win a playoff game?
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Oct 15, 2009 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chan Ho with a playoff beard???
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 15, 2009 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's a pretty good one too
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
since when did the ho toss
96 mph heat?
by erikj07 on Oct 15, 2009 10:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Since he was back in Dodgers' Stadium...
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Oct 15, 2009 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who is this man
And what has been done with The Ho?
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 10:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
i remember the day he got traded
and he was supposed to pitch on korean night or something on the road and there were a bunch of people with signs for him.. and then Kam Loe pitched instead, woo.
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Oct 15, 2009 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ya think there were some question marks above those people's heads
when Kam walked to the mound?
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Oct 15, 2009 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kam Loe was fun
if only for that snake of his.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
by AirJordan on Oct 15, 2009 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm surprised the announcers haven't mentioned we've got a battle of the beards here.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 10:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Then again, Josh Lewin isn't among them.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Email the booth!
Oh wait
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
by AirJordan on Oct 15, 2009 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What?
Katie Holmes and Kelly Preston are fighting?
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 15, 2009 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
well done...
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Oct 15, 2009 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
AJM is rolling tonight
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
DANG!!! THAT WAS QUICK!!!
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Oct 15, 2009 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Where the wild things are"
The latest edition to the long, long list of books you really can’t believe they bothered to turn into a senseless movie.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 10:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs
ffffuuuuunnnyyy movie….
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Oct 15, 2009 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I laughed out loud more than my kids did....
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Oct 15, 2009 10:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hint: to make money
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Oct 15, 2009 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
next on the list "The Giving Tree"
with Jim Carrey as the tree…
by MikeEl on Oct 15, 2009 10:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know what I can't believe isn't a movie yet
Are those “Castle in the attic” books. I used to love those as a kid. Always thought they where tailor made for a movie deal.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Boxcar Children was the bomb
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
by AirJordan on Oct 15, 2009 10:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was more of a McGurk fan, myself
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I liked the McGurk mysteries
Also the Three Investigators.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 15, 2009 10:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Encyclopedia Brown.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Hank the Cowdog > Encyclopedia Brown and the Boxcar Children
"Feldman and Feliz and and pray for…infectious disease?"--TheJeezus on Sep 9, 2009 1:01 PM PDT
by WestTxAg06 on Oct 16, 2009 6:49 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Oh man, I had forgotten about those
I used to laugh my ass off reading those things.
Only thing was, I never found a library out here that had the entire series, which sucked. The novelty kinda got dampened after I had checked out the same 9 or 10 titles over and over.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 16, 2009 7:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I used to read...
“You Be The Jury,” which was similar in concept to the Encyclopedia Brown stories.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Oct 16, 2009 9:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cold blooded
They lived in a boxcar by themselves with no parents. I mean what more do you want?
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
by AirJordan on Oct 15, 2009 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I almost feel like I missed out
on the good children’s books, because in second grade I skipped straight to the “big kids” books, starting with Jane Eyre.
I did love the Boxcar Children, though.
"I think I'm going to name my new car Scooter, because it dominates on the road." - mikeyoungfuturehof, 9.10.09
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
by lisa w on Oct 15, 2009 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No
I just started Foucault’s Pendulum. Then I have a whooooole lot of complete trash (I mean, Jackie Collins/Judith Krantz trash, plus the new Outlander book), and a couple more biographies, before I can think about picking up something else, too.
"I think I'm going to name my new car Scooter, because it dominates on the road." - mikeyoungfuturehof, 9.10.09
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
by lisa w on Oct 15, 2009 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And then
even worse, I’m planning to re-read the Kushiel’s Legacy series (and man, that is some very thinly-veiled smut!) and pick up the new one.
Even so, with no baseball I should be done with all of it in less than a month :P
"I think I'm going to name my new car Scooter, because it dominates on the road." - mikeyoungfuturehof, 9.10.09
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
by lisa w on Oct 15, 2009 10:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You make me feel like a slacker
It took me almost a month to get through “Against the Day.” Although it was over 1000 pages.
I’m trying to figure out what to read now.
Since I have the flu, maybe I’ll get the unabridged version of “The Stand” and plow through it, and scare myself half to death in the process.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 15, 2009 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I loooooove The Stand
I re-read it at least once a year. I just finished it again a couple of weeks ago.
I try never to abandon a book once I start it, which sometimes leads to a long layoff if I can’t get into something.
"I think I'm going to name my new car Scooter, because it dominates on the road." - mikeyoungfuturehof, 9.10.09
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
by lisa w on Oct 15, 2009 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
See
I generally have 2 or 3 books going at one time.
I have my “car book,” which I read at lunch, or when I’m waiting at the Walgreen’s drive thru for a half hour or whatever.
And then I usually have a couple of different books that I’ll be reading at the same time when I’m at home, switching back and forth depending on my mood.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 15, 2009 10:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not very good at multi-reading
I can only do it if they’re extremely different from each other. For a long time I couldn’t even do it then.
"I think I'm going to name my new car Scooter, because it dominates on the road." - mikeyoungfuturehof, 9.10.09
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
by lisa w on Oct 15, 2009 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you like Noir at all I would recommend March Violets
by Phillip Kerr. It’s very engrossing and is from the vantage point of a PI in pre-WWII Berlin.
by MikeEl on Oct 15, 2009 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Smut books...
my wife has been on a smut book kick lately. She has been going through about one of those a day for a solid month now. Not a tough read, I’m sure, but she works 50 hour weeks for cryin’ out loud. I don’t know how she does it. She’s like a machine.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Oct 15, 2009 10:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some of my favorite books
are absolute trash. They are generally pretty quick reads – I go to them when I want to turn my brain off for a while :)
"I think I'm going to name my new car Scooter, because it dominates on the road." - mikeyoungfuturehof, 9.10.09
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
by lisa w on Oct 15, 2009 10:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah...
that’s what she does too. It’s a good release for her. I do give her a hard time about it sometimes though.
But what do I know. I read boring shit like Gibbon’s “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.”
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Oct 15, 2009 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The book I'm probably about to start reading
“How Rome Fell”
Most of what I read can be classified in one of three categories:
1) Sci fi (harder sci-fi, not that Star Wars crap)
2) Biographies
3) History
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 15, 2009 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What are you favorite Sci Fi books?
Any good ones come out lately? There was a period in there where I read a bunch, but med school has left me just trying to finish off series that I started years ago…
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 15, 2009 11:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I generally find an author I like and stick with him
Greg Egan, Charles Stross, and Alastair Reynolds are probably my top picks right now. Egan is probably the geekiest of them.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 15, 2009 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sadly...
pretty much the only category I read is 3rd you listed.
And I don’t do that nearly as much as I should.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Oct 15, 2009 11:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
In honor of that movie coming out now...
…I tried to make Weezer’s “Buddy Holly” tomorrow’s video, but it was a no-embed video.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 15, 2009 10:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ya know, George Sherrill is the only fat dude I've ever seen wearing a retarded flat bill hat
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 10:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
IBANEZ
WOOOOOW
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 10:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow....how about Ibanez?
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Oct 15, 2009 10:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I would say roids but I don't want him to hurt me.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
by AirJordan on Oct 15, 2009 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Moving from Safeco to Citizens Bank Park seems to have worked wonders for him
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 10:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Holy shit Ruiz
How the fuck do you get doubled off on a routine fly ball?
What a dumbfuck. Slow one at that.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 10:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
OT : Hahaha...
you know who isn’t reading this blog?
Football players for Florida St.
Wow.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Oct 15, 2009 10:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Guess this also explains why most ex-athelete announcers suck so bad?
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 10:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"In their defense, second-graders are very advanced these days"
Good lord.
"BIg whoop, wanna fight about it?"
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
by lost in space on Oct 15, 2009 10:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is....
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin
by txranger7 on Oct 15, 2009 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Madson looks like shit again
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 10:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Mary Hart does not know how to use
her rally towel….
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Oct 15, 2009 10:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Must have lost her instruction manual.
"BIg whoop, wanna fight about it?"
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
by lost in space on Oct 15, 2009 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think this has been talked about yet...
..but so much for the Abreu being a nice cheaper option for the DH/backup OF/High OBP role. He turned down 2 years, $16 million. He’s obviously been worth more than that this year, but I’m not sure how confident I feel in giving someone who will be 36 in March a 2-3 year, $9-10 million per year type contract.
Linky
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 15, 2009 10:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Trying to extend a guy (and having him turn it down) right before the ALCS?
Interesting timing.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
if he has a big ALCS and (maybe) WS
his price tag could go even higher because of the national stage. (see Beltran)
by MikeEl on Oct 15, 2009 10:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep, which is exactly why Abreu shouldn't be signing any extensions before that
Hopefully he’ll take this as a cheap attempt by the Angels at lowballing him and not resign there.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He was jesus for the Stros that year.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
by AirJordan on Oct 15, 2009 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Meh
It was a given that Abreu wasn’t going to be a cheap option for 2010.
The Rangers need to go find the 2010 version of Abreu this year, or Bradley in 2008.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 15, 2009 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nick Johnson
Or Jim Thome. My top 2.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 10:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know that Thome will be cheap
I do think Nick Johnson getting a Milton Bradley 2008 contract is both doable and very reasonable for the Rangers.
I could be completely offbase, of course, and he doesn’t help the overly-lefty nature of the lineup, but I’d be down with him here for $5 million.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 15, 2009 10:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Johnson has those freaky reverse splits though
And lefties do well in the RBiA.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's too easy
It’s gonna be a former Angel great. One guess-Go
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
by AirJordan on Oct 15, 2009 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're probably right
JD luvs him some trash heap veterans.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know if he's trash.
I think he’d be a good fit here myself.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
by AirJordan on Oct 15, 2009 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, due to his injuries he looks like more of a project in the Jones/Sosa mold
But unlike Jones and Sosa, he probably could really help with the offensive approach if he returns to form. I certainly wouldn’t object to him coming here, but there’s a good amount of risk with him.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which former Angels great are you talking about?
by MikeEl on Oct 15, 2009 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Troy Glaus
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok
I was concerned that you might have meant Vlad would help improve this teams approach at the plate.
by MikeEl on Oct 15, 2009 11:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol, nope
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hawpe
What would you give up for him? Would Kiker be enough?
by WhiplashWhiteside on Oct 15, 2009 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hawpe's getting kind of expensive, and we'd only have him for two years
And I don’t think Kiker would do it, certainly not alone. He’d be a good fit here in the immediate sense, but I’d rather have Seth Smith.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
nothing
Don’t want him.
Don’t need another guy that can’t hit lefties.
by MikeEl on Oct 15, 2009 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We need guys who can hit and walk.
Brad Hawpe can hit and walk.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 16, 2009 2:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Madson apparently still hasn't recovered from that 8th inning in Colorado the other night
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 10:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow
Manny is up as the go-ahead run.
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin
by txranger7 on Oct 15, 2009 10:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Another damn ground out to end the inning.
"BIg whoop, wanna fight about it?"
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
by lost in space on Oct 15, 2009 10:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Reminds me of a Waffle House waitress
Not that there’s anything wrong with that… mmmmm, waffles…..
"I think I'm going to name my new car Scooter, because it dominates on the road." - mikeyoungfuturehof, 9.10.09
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
by lisa w on Oct 15, 2009 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some linkage fun
Meredith Vieira wants some Navy guy on millionaire
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
by AirJordan on Oct 15, 2009 10:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I like her
I’m disappointed the rumors of her posing for the bunny mag turned out to be false.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 15, 2009 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah I mean when you can get Marge Simpson...
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
by AirJordan on Oct 15, 2009 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Marge Simpson thing is creepy
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 15, 2009 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Very creepy
I saw something that said this was aimed at attracting younger customers. That’s just wrong.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
by AirJordan on Oct 15, 2009 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hugh Hefner
The Al Davis of publishing.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 15, 2009 11:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ron Darling is a moron
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 11:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Can't believe these "fans" are leaving
If this was the Rangers I would be there in my seat 30 minutes after the last out either cheering or crying.
"I think I'm going to name my new car Scooter, because it dominates on the road." - mikeyoungfuturehof, 9.10.09
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
by lisa w on Oct 15, 2009 11:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Gotta beat that traffic!
Actually, it’s an ingrained reflex for most SoCalians.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 11:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yay Phils
I dunno how much longer they can keep it up if their bullpen keeps going like this though.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 11:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Lidge feels comfortable out there this postseason
Ha.
I guess that means he’s gotten used to giving up boatloads of baserunners?
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
by lonestarJon on Oct 15, 2009 11:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Padilla conned Jon Daniels
Padilla wanted out…he fooled the gullible and clueless JD into releasing him, and here he is on a possible World Series team.
When will you chumps realize that JD has not a major-league clue?
by Clueless on Oct 15, 2009 11:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
btw...Daniel Gutierrez
pitched 3 innings in the AFL today
no hits, no runs, 2 walks. I likey
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 16, 2009 12:27 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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