ALCS Game 5 Game Day Thread
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 22, 2009 6:15 PM CDT
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Let's do this
I expect this game to be annoying as all hell.
However, I expect the pre- and post- game coverage of the WS to be immensely entertaining now that they’ve hired Ozzie Guillen. Think there’ll be a tape delay there?
"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 22, 2009 6:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
wow, didnt hear they got guillen. might have to actually watch
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by 34express on Oct 22, 2009 6:47 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Over / Under on hearing the phrase "Big Strong Texan?"
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Oct 22, 2009 7:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
i bet teix is near the top of the league in called out looking annually
is there a way to find out?
by tyd3311 on Oct 22, 2009 7:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ew
I’m about to eat dinner – I didn’t really need that closeup of Lackey.
"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 22, 2009 7:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Burnett looks to have meth-mouth.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Oct 22, 2009 7:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Which would be?
The white color of his lips?
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
by TxStCa on Oct 22, 2009 7:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What kind of contract does Vlad get this offseason?
by tyd3311 on Oct 22, 2009 7:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Vlad would be lucky to get much more than half that.
He’s getting old, production is dropping, and he’s been injury prone the last several years.
by MikeEl on Oct 22, 2009 7:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No way
He’s coming off a 794 OPS, will be 35 next year, and is largely limited to DH.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 22, 2009 7:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
35 next year
Haven’t there been some questions about how old he really is? I think I remember him slipping up in an interview and giving his birthdate as a couple years older than what the Angels media guide had listed.
The dude looks and moves like he’s 40, and that violent swing of his just doesn’t seem like it will work with the body he has now. I don’t expect any bounceback from him at all, my bet is that he’s basically done.
"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 22, 2009 8:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, he let it slip he was one year older and its now listed as such in all media.
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by DSheppard on Oct 22, 2009 8:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
he'll get half that, at most
I’d guess 2/18.
"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 22, 2009 7:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
David Ortiz is getting $12.5, is one year younger and is on the same career curve
C’mon
by oc on Oct 22, 2009 7:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
if David Ortiz were looking for a contract right now
he wouldn’t be getting that.
by MikeEl on Oct 22, 2009 8:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Except Vlad has hit .295 or better in every single year he's played since his rookie season
by oc on Oct 22, 2009 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
avg obp and slg
have all be in consistent decline each year since 2007. Before last year you could have said he hit better than 300 every year. Last year’s slg of .460 was also the lowest of his career.
by MikeEl on Oct 22, 2009 8:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
..which he signed after a great year im sure
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by DSheppard on Oct 22, 2009 8:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
for the record I think vlad will be a quality DH for whoever next year
some people seem really down on him.
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by DSheppard on Oct 22, 2009 8:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think he can be a solid DH
but don’t expect normal Vlad-like production from him anymore.
by MikeEl on Oct 22, 2009 8:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hmm
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by DSheppard on Oct 22, 2009 7:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That was a rocket, by Vlad.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
by TxStCa on Oct 22, 2009 7:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh man I hate the Angels.
"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 22, 2009 7:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
i love it
i dont care if it’s the angels, i just want the yankees to suffer
by tyd3311 on Oct 22, 2009 7:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm saying go Angels for this game
I want these teams to just wear each other out to help the Phillies out any way possible. 7 games with plenty of extra innings. Maybe some non-career ending injuries.
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 22, 2009 7:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Dude what just happened?
I turned on the TV to 0-0, opened my mail and now it’s 0-4!
There’s no crying in baseball but pedicures are fine! --- BigGuns
by RachelB on Oct 22, 2009 7:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
And I like seeing Burnett going down in flames
So, you think you can just buy championships, do you?
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 22, 2009 7:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Even if they do lose this game they sitll have an overwhelming chance of going to the WS
and a probably greater than 50% chance to win it once they get there.
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by DSheppard on Oct 22, 2009 7:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's why I'm hoping for a long, drawn out series
Give the phillies the best chance possible.
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 22, 2009 8:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So.. Lackey, Abre, Vlad and Figgins all possible FAs.
Am I missing anyone?
Maybe they will actually struggle one of these years.
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by DSheppard on Oct 22, 2009 7:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I predict they will resign Boober and Figgins
by oc on Oct 22, 2009 7:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I actually think they resign Lackey and Boober
and let Figgins walk
by tyd3311 on Oct 22, 2009 7:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cause Kazmir is no bueno
I think Luke French has a lot of potential. TORP potential.-Dstar
by sprite on Oct 22, 2009 7:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
they won't re-sign Lackey or Figgins
The Angels seem pretty good at letting their older players go just before they begin to decline, (Percival, Glaus, Anderson). With Figgins, they also have Brandon Woods waiting in the wings to replace him.
by MikeEl on Oct 22, 2009 7:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No way they let Brandon Wood play
They hate him for some reason.
I think Luke French has a lot of potential. TORP potential.-Dstar
by sprite on Oct 22, 2009 7:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So MLB, needing something to fill the time between now and next week, will undoubtedly let this one go to a Game 6
And possibly even a Game 7.
Let the Yankees win it in New York with their fans. Of course
by oc on Oct 22, 2009 7:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I disagree
they need the Yankees in the World Series, it’s just to big a risk to let it go 6
by tyd3311 on Oct 22, 2009 7:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Would you like to participate in the LSB Smoke-Out?
by oc on Oct 22, 2009 7:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
what does a guy gotta do
to get invited?
"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 22, 2009 7:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
For real
I gotta Chappelle show Prince avatar and no invite?
I think Luke French has a lot of potential. TORP potential.-Dstar
by sprite on Oct 22, 2009 8:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
In fact, you are one of the ones I would definitely want there
by oc on Oct 22, 2009 8:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love you too
I think Luke French has a lot of potential. TORP potential.-Dstar
by sprite on Oct 22, 2009 8:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
At the LSB Smoke-Out, it is most likely me, you and Joey who are blazed out, listening to Dre while the other guys are on the couch watching the game and eating pizza
by oc on Oct 22, 2009 8:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll bring the Salt & Vinegar chips.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Oct 22, 2009 8:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He said salt and vinegar not vinegar and water
Apologies to all the ladies.
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 22, 2009 8:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
OT: Strasburg rocked in AFL today
2.2 IP, 7 H, 8 R, 7 ER, 1 BB, 4 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 22, 2009 7:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
it's not college any more
people can hit the fastball, and won’t chase his junk way outside.
he’s still going to be good, and this will be good for him. professional hitters are much MUCH different that College kids who wail at his sliders a foot off the plate.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 22, 2009 7:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
but look at that k/9!
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by DSheppard on Oct 22, 2009 7:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
speaking of which
Percentage of batters struck out should be used more.
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by DSheppard on Oct 22, 2009 7:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
that would make sense for a new category
but K/9 is still a good scale for a pitcher. That’s why baseball has so many categorical stats—so you can quantify a performance properly. Gotta love sabremetrics. K/9 is a small part of the picture.
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by NothinG on Oct 22, 2009 7:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
True of course
I’ve just noticed people not having it in proper perspective at times.
Like when Feliz had the insane whip before he struggled a bit, his k/9 wasn’t that far apart from other good relievers, but he had faced significantly fewer batters to get them.
Just a thought.
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by DSheppard on Oct 22, 2009 8:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
so how about that
another missed call by the Umps…
Damon…clearly was safe at first
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by NothinG on Oct 22, 2009 7:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
story on Yahoo! about switching up the umpires for the WS because the umps suck.
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by NothinG on Oct 22, 2009 7:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Danny Gutierrez
Hanging out in the locker room about to drop a duece after 23 amazing flavors of protein.
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by oc on Oct 22, 2009 8:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
lol
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 23, 2009 12:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lackey's pumped up face cracks me up...
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
by TxStCa on Oct 22, 2009 8:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
There's a huge announcement about LSB coming tomorrow
It is at 10:30 a.m.
Already pre-scheduled and loaded into the post-queue.
You have been warned.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 22, 2009 8:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Josey is now a mod?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Oct 22, 2009 8:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmmm.
"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 22, 2009 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He said two nights ago that we we were at 992,000
by oc on Oct 22, 2009 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Take a guess:
Have we had 8,000 posts in 48 hours?
by oc on Oct 22, 2009 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
2.777777777 posts per minute?
Seems plausible
by tyd3311 on Oct 22, 2009 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is likely your Friday morning headline
by oc on Oct 22, 2009 8:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dont think so
i’ve thrown some numbers together
from Sept 24th to October 20th, roughly a 29 day period, LSB averaged ~.34 comments a minute.
by tyd3311 on Oct 22, 2009 9:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Basically
If the rate over the last month holds, it should take about 2 more weeks.
by tyd3311 on Oct 22, 2009 9:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
or some restructuring of management. AJM takes JD’s job
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by NothinG on Oct 22, 2009 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
maybe there will be a prize for the millionth comment...
on a side note, does that include fanshots/fanposts?
by MikeEl on Oct 22, 2009 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
a comment is a comment is a comment
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by NothinG on Oct 22, 2009 8:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It will be something stupid like icouldusesomebaseball saying '+1'
by oc on Oct 22, 2009 8:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
or a Josey comment
He has the commenting volume on his side
by MikeEl on Oct 22, 2009 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
what a tease?
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by NothinG on Oct 22, 2009 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You, Rev, and Jeff are doing a cage match?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Oct 22, 2009 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dshep drew something....
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
by TxStCa on Oct 22, 2009 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
=*(
.
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by DSheppard on Oct 22, 2009 10:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry dshep....your drawings are awesome.
I just tried to be funny.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
by TxStCa on Oct 22, 2009 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This better not suck
I hate change so much.
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 22, 2009 8:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This.
"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 22, 2009 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It better be something cool.
Like we are now the Official Blog of the Texas Rangers and everyone gets free tickets!!
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
by TxStCa on Oct 22, 2009 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have a feeling we're not gonna like this.
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 22, 2009 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought network policy was...
…not to show these guys.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 22, 2009 8:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Who? I'm just listening on the radio
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 22, 2009 8:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What did he do?
When I turned to the game, he was already standing there wet with a “everybody check out how awesome I am” pose
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"-Wayne Gretzky"-Michael Scott
by ReallyCreativeScreenName on Oct 22, 2009 8:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ohhhhhhh, streaker
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 22, 2009 9:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which is stupid
I want to see it. I am the viewer. I want to know what’s going on. It’s my right to know
by tyd3311 on Oct 22, 2009 9:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"This is mine, coach"
It’s about to be your no decision when the Yanks hit a grand slammer right here
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
by TxStCa on Oct 22, 2009 9:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Go Yankees???
What are you, an American League umpire?
I just got here but I still hate the Yankees
by Mark from OC on Oct 22, 2009 9:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
unbelievable....
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Oct 22, 2009 9:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Not really
One call can make the difference in the game. Good call or not, it can make the difference.
by Mark from OC on Oct 22, 2009 9:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's all I could think to say because I changed the channel
to watch Stormchasers….I change it back and the Yankees tied the game
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by GhostofSteveFoucault on Oct 22, 2009 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow.
Yankees and Phillies huh? Damn.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
by TxStCa on Oct 22, 2009 9:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
An all East Coast game
ESPN will be happy
by Mark from OC on Oct 22, 2009 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm deleting the At-Bat app after this game
by oc on Oct 22, 2009 9:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
To rebuy it next year?
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by TxStCa on Oct 22, 2009 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I will root against the Yankees
But I won’t watch it, either.
by Mark from OC on Oct 22, 2009 9:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't want to watch it
but I probably will because I’ll be desperate to watch some 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 22, 2009 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Go watch some little league baseball
I would rather watch that with neighbors who have kids than watch the East Coast series.
by Mark from OC on Oct 22, 2009 9:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good call.
I’m going to look into that.
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"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 22, 2009 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll have to go with softball
Because the neighbor’s girls play that. Too bad the non-affiliated minor league teams / independent leagues don’t play in the regular baseball offseason. There would be some money there from those of us who have to have our baseball fix.
by Mark from OC on Oct 22, 2009 9:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
unless you don't know anyone with kids
then it’s just creepy, you watching a bunch of kids you don’t know…
by MikeEl on Oct 22, 2009 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good point
Make friends with people with kids
by Mark from OC on Oct 22, 2009 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
can't bear to watch it...
can’t stand to watch it…
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by GhostofSteveFoucault on Oct 22, 2009 9:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why not?
It’s the last baseball we’ll see till March.
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 22, 2009 9:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I bet the winter / instructional leauges would have a TV audience
ESPN “the Ocho” should look into that
by Mark from OC on Oct 22, 2009 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed.
Better than streaming fucking poker games.
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 22, 2009 9:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Those get high ratings
They aren’t going away.
by Mark from OC on Oct 22, 2009 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
now
that’s a meltdown if I’ve ever seen one
TAG doesn't give a shit about you
by stammer on Oct 22, 2009 9:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
So was that the right call pulling Lackey?
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by TxStCa on Oct 22, 2009 9:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
In hindsight obviously not
But no way the Angels manager could see in the future
by Mark from OC on Oct 22, 2009 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just getting in
What’s going on?
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by lonestarJon on Oct 22, 2009 9:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
HUGE Scioscia fail
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Oct 22, 2009 9:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Angels lost 4 run lead after giving up 6 in top of 7th
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by GhostofSteveFoucault on Oct 22, 2009 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Awesome.
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 22, 2009 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
WTF did he leave Burnett out there????
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Oct 22, 2009 9:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Okay
Boost mobile just took the lead in the “stupidest commercial on TV” runnings.
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 22, 2009 9:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
You hardly find quality like this anymore
by tyd3311 on Oct 22, 2009 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I squashed a mosquito last night, too
But I never saw that commercial before.
by Mark from OC on Oct 22, 2009 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uhhhhh
Wow. That was 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 22, 2009 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That is such greatness
This was probably my all time favorite series, though.
by tyd3311 on Oct 22, 2009 9:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I changed the channel for one inning
WTF happened
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 22, 2009 9:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Same as the rest of the post season this year
Umpire wasn’t paying attention
by Mark from OC on Oct 22, 2009 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
awww crap
There’s no crying in baseball but pedicures are fine! --- BigGuns
by RachelB on Oct 22, 2009 9:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow!!!
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Oct 22, 2009 9:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I swear, everytime Guerrero is at the plate, McCarver repeats the phrase "notorious bad ball hitter"
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 22, 2009 9:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Broadcasters like him are so cliche-ridden
that they think the players really do ‘take it one game at a time.’ and ‘the good lord willing, things will work out.’
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 22, 2009 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Two baseball groups that need to be taken out to the back 40 and put down (and replaced by younger, more intellegent stock)
Managers and color broadcasters.
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 22, 2009 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yup
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Oct 22, 2009 9:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've got elvis eyes
Been conditioned to assume that was a routine groundout. Jeter barely snailed into the screen as the ball rolled past second.
by bigskinny on Oct 22, 2009 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
That gave me MY 2008 deja-vu
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 22, 2009 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fuck Girardi
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Oct 22, 2009 9:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
If they lose it it's him
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Oct 22, 2009 9:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Him and Jeter's lack of range
Heh.
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 22, 2009 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
tie game
i hate the Angels
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 22, 2009 9:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hate the dumbass Girardi
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Oct 22, 2009 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So the room evens out
Because I hate the Yankees. Although I know most people here love them when they are playing the Angels.
by Mark from OC on Oct 22, 2009 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i REALLY hate the Angles
I don’t see how it can be a contest. As a Ranger fan, I cannot find myself to ever root for a division rival that is filled with such doucheness its beyond me
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 22, 2009 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i still vividly remember the playoff series'
id root for the Angels any day of the week
by UNTJosh on Oct 22, 2009 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I remember those
our bullpen sucked one year, then our starters sucked. that was frustrating, but I don’t hate the Yankees because of that. I would hate the Yankees because they buy whoever they want and hike the price up on most other FAs as well, much like what idiot Hicks did with Arod and jacked up salaries because he gave in to Boras.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 22, 2009 9:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know
If the Yankees had been winning World Serieses recently, I might feel differently.
But they haven’t won it all in a long time…Anaheim has won more recently.
And I’d like to see ARod on a WS championship team.
So I’d rather see New York win than Anaheim.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 22, 2009 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Oct 22, 2009 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The only way I want to see ARod on a WS championship team
Is if the Yankees trade him to the Rangers.
Oh, wait.
by Mark from OC on Oct 22, 2009 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I won't be heartbroken if they make the Series.
I just don’t want Teixeira or Arod to win one. It’s petty, but I don’t care.
by UNTJosh on Oct 22, 2009 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why not Teixeira?
Aren’t the Rangers a lot better off because they traded him?
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 22, 2009 10:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's a smug asshole.
Nothing more or less. I realize that doesn’t make him any different than 90% of professional athletes, but thats my reasoning.
by UNTJosh on Oct 22, 2009 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So basically
a lot like Kinsler.
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
by DJCahill on Oct 22, 2009 10:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
pretty much, but if him winning one means the Rangers do
I’ll allow it
by UNTJosh on Oct 22, 2009 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
actually Teix isn't as bad
"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 23, 2009 7:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
As DShep said the other night
Pretty much all baseball fans are conditioned to hate the Yanks, but as a Ranger fan I personally dislike the Angels.
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 22, 2009 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
In all other pro sports there isn't a team I hate
But in baseball, I am a Rangers fan first, and hate the Yankees second.
by Mark from OC on Oct 22, 2009 9:52 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
well said...
Kudos!!
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Oct 22, 2009 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
dangit.
There’s no crying in baseball but pedicures are fine! --- BigGuns
by RachelB on Oct 22, 2009 9:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Sigh
Damn Yankees.
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 22, 2009 9:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Well this just got interesting...
and a girl I am “talking” to is a huge Yankee fan. Is that a big enough to flaw to overlook?
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
by TxStCa on Oct 22, 2009 9:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
As long as your kids aren't Yankees fans then it's ok
You just have to start from birth telling them about the evils of the Yankees.
by Mark from OC on Oct 22, 2009 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This
@keithlaw If you’re generous, Burnett was, what, the fourth best option to start the inning for the Yankees?
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Oct 22, 2009 9:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
BAM
lol.
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 22, 2009 9:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Watching Girardi "manage" gives me chills to think about what Wash would do in the postseason.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Oct 22, 2009 9:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
that inning would have been started by
Kris Benson
by bigskinny on Oct 22, 2009 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
One would think that watching this...
…would make people realize that the difference between Wash and the “great” managers isn’t all that great.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 22, 2009 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think myself all managers suck
Just by varying degrees.
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 22, 2009 10:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not having Rivera warming up
is an example of this
by UNTJosh on Oct 22, 2009 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jetes.
Take a seats. ( I Rhymed.)
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
by TxStCa on Oct 22, 2009 9:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
OT. I just came across Ryan fuck Sweeney's annoying as hell walkup music.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Oct 22, 2009 9:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Tex pulls an Ian Kinsler
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 22, 2009 10:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Fast Freddy Guzman?
I’ll be damned.
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 22, 2009 10:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
LOL
Just saw this posted on anther board for an proof Arod is gay type thing
by Sharky on Oct 22, 2009 10:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I believetThe one that was posted here a couple days ago was better quality.
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 22, 2009 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
watching Jeter's reaction to that is priceless
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 23, 2009 12:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Earn your keep Swisher.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
by TxStCa on Oct 22, 2009 10:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ok so while I'm here, lets talk baseball
If the Yankees win, they so bought the pennant, nah mean?
Dont liberal sabremetrican nutbags actually argue the rich teams cant buy pennants in baseball? Yeah, they’re factually insane, unless you categorically state good players dont matter..which might be true in football lol, but not baseball.
But yeah, part of me still expects the Yanks to choke somewhere yet, nah mean? Just half expecting it.
I’m not as anti-Yank as in years past though. I like Tex, and even Arod, I’m almost rooting for.
by Sharky on Oct 22, 2009 10:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
A walk would be hilarious
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Oct 22, 2009 10:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
walk in the tying run!
I dare you!!!
There’s no crying in baseball but pedicures are fine! --- BigGuns
by RachelB on Oct 22, 2009 10:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yankees lose! Yankees lose!
I hope everyone knows that I hate the Yankees
by Mark from OC on Oct 22, 2009 10:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
drop it drop it drop it
damn.
oh well they will still win and now there isn’t as much of a layoff between series.
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Oct 22, 2009 10:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Haha
“That wasn’t a walk, let’s be honest” Lackey.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
by TxStCa on Oct 22, 2009 10:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Lackey
“That wasn’t a walk. Let’s be honest.”
He has a point, another reason to hate the Yankees is that they get all the calls by the umps. Especially against the Rangers.
by Mark from OC on Oct 22, 2009 10:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
A-Rod onion article
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/a_rod_cant_wait_to_someday_tell
Not great, but not bad..
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Oct 22, 2009 10:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
lol
it’s always sunny
tonights episode used the phrase “to have a catch”
by tyd3311 on Oct 22, 2009 10:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I think I'll send kinsler a copy of that letter
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Oct 22, 2009 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
DJ MBENGA BLOCK PARTY!
I think Luke French has a lot of potential. TORP potential.-Dstar
by sprite on Oct 22, 2009 11:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"I think our friendship will be a homerun"
…and fuck the phanatic
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"-Wayne Gretzky"-Michael Scott
by ReallyCreativeScreenName on Oct 23, 2009 3:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
tonights episode was hilarious
greenman fighting the phanatic = awesome
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Oct 23, 2009 8:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
phrenetic!
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Oct 23, 2009 9:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
damnit...
There goes another xbox360.
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Oct 22, 2009 10:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Final OT post of the night
watched 4 seasons of curb your enthusiasm this week.
i approve.
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Oct 22, 2009 11:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
So that link I gave you worked, huh?
Cool.
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 23, 2009 5:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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