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10/11: Open ALCS Game 2 Thread




W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2008 - Scott Kazmir 12-8 27 27 0 0 0 0 152.1 123 61 59 23 70 166 3.49 1.27


W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2008 - Josh Beckett 12-10 27 27 1 0 0 0 174.1 173 80 78 18 34 172 4.03 1.19

Maybe try hitting the ball this time.

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I hate this town so much.
All right, Kaz, let's go.
This game sucks so far too.
It's inevitable, isn't it?
I need to root for teams that have more experience and don't choke
At least the Rays are going to be good for years to come.
Speaking of,

It looks like Bay’s lack of experience in postseason and other big games is hindering him in these high-pressure situations, as many predicted.

God that trade pissed me off.

He should be a Ray.

WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
LONGORIA!!!!!!!
ahahahahahahahaha

Suck it socks!!

Holy shit Longoria!
God damn did he ever need that one
Maybe Longo heard the TBS crew ragging on him for "slumping badly in the playoffs."
There are few things harder to watch than a Carl Crawford at-bat.
That inning lasted more than a half-hour.
Rays need to score some more here

This game is absolutely a must win for them.

Dustin Pedroia?
That's just embarrassing
I dunno

His size kind of belies the power he has

I didn't realize he hit 17 home runs this year
Neither did I

I was just quoting the announcer

Did the announcer say "belies"?

Is the announcer Gomez?

OH NO

Munchkin power

I think my soul is being destroyed. Ripped out of its body like a Shang Tsung finishing move

FATALITY

The strike zone, according to Gameday, is also vacuuming my soul out of my body.
That catch was disgusting!
And that one as well!
Three disgusting catches in a row!
It's a good thing this won't get old ever
Jason Bay's Gameday photo disgusts me more than Greg Maddux
Remember when Kazmir used to get ground balls?

That was awesome.

and strike guys out.
Yeah, that never went away.
Less than 30% this season.

This is bad news.

He's a regular Felix Hernandez
Huh Kazmir has been roughly average this season
Well at least Felix is still over 50%

Kazmir went from about 42% every year to 29%.

Both lost around 10% though
WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UPTON
What song is playing?
Is it the usual one?

I’m watching hockey.

It sounded like a metal song

like the type of song I wouldn’t play for BJ Upton solely based on his skin color

How often am I going to have to deal with blackouts?
This one came as a surprise to me
woooooooo snake eyes!!!
LAZY BOMB!
It sure did take it's sweet damn time coming down.
BJ Upton has 44% as many home runs in the playoffs as he had during the season
This is amazing.
He saved them up for the playoffs.

Whats the use hitting regular season homeruns? That selfish and unclutch like GAYROD LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

I'm going to guess that 9 HR is not Upton's true talent level
"But Joe Maddon likes his ability to hit sharp groundballs with two outs and runners in scoring position"

I’m sure that’s exactly what it is.

TAMPA BITCHES
WHy is jacoby playing RF?
Because Crisp is really good too
I'm excited for the announcement to come that Josh Beckett pitcher hurt in the playoffs

and Jeff’s frontpage post once again exclaiming “PITCHING HURT IS STUPID!”

I'm pretty sure Kaz is pitching injured, too.
Ha, I just came back to this thread precisely because I was hoping to see somebody mentioning this.
Judging from comments I take it we're happy with the Rays tonight.
Not as happy as we could be.

[all eyes turn to Carl Crawford]

This I got from the Teej comment.

Really, why bother watching?

The Rays have been pretty magical this season.

They could go down by 6 and I’d still be watching just in case.

I meant watching a game as opposed to watching comments.
I'm still overwhelmingly pessimistic, but they're winning.
Run out and punch him in the face, Shields!
I can get behind this.
Crisp was smart turning himself into a switch hitter.

Not that he is great at switch hitting, just that allows him to get more playing time.

I wish we had someone as lazy as Upton on our squad...
We have a player nicknamed "Loafie"

what more do you want?

Sorry.

Heard somewhere that “lazy” is code for black jesus.

YOU CAN'T HAVE HIM AND I WILL STAB YOU IF YOU TRY.
Jeremy Reed and a bucket of chicken...

Extra crispy?

Oh I missed that whole stabbing thing.

Nevermind.

This is getting silly.
Cliff Floyd

Pile it on!!!!

Wooooooooooooooooooo!
Crisp tried to climb the fence

that ball was still like ten feet over his head

I was waiting for it to bank of the wall behind the fence and hit him in the face.
It's good to see teams manufacturing runs instead of sitting back waiting for the three-run homer
Floyd killed a rally.
Now that Manny's gone, the Red Sox don't hit homers anymore.
The Rays are stupid

they can’t even wait to get men on base before hitting a home run

Beckett's throwing BP balls here.
This is great.
Wow that stadium is loud
Today is the second greatest day of my life ever
I will refrain from baiting you.
Is Pedroia from Idaho or some shit?
Toledo beat Michigan at the big house
Ohio State looked terrible today though.
Are you fucking joking me?
Pedroia AGAIN?

Holy crap….

M-V-P! M-V-P! M-V-P!
What the fuck is this crap?
That's five homeruns today.
Damn you Pedroia
"Who says they can't win with Power?"

Huh?

Well it's not like they have a powerful lineup.

I mean they’ve got 29 combined from Manny and Bay, and 29 with Youkilis, and 23 with Ortiz, 19 with Drew, 17 with Pedroia, and 17 with Lowell. They’re obviously a small ball/run manufacturing team

If the Rays lose this game, I'm rejecting God and all his works. Including myself, I guess.
Dustin Pedroia is the most annoying person alive.
He really is.

I’m amazed he’s not on the Angels.

So are they using all their homeruns in one game?
Oh Jesus.

Youk…

Jesus H Christ.
I want to die.
So this game totally sucks now.
I'm already working on the assumption that the Rays will give up the go-ahead run soon enough.
Fuck off, Earth.
Just watch: Balfour will now suddenly, after 162 games and four postseason appearances, suddenly turn back into a pumpkin.

One run at least.

You are at fault for this.
I want to fucking kill you.
........

………

Did I call it? Did I call it?

I want to cry.

Oh you will. You will.
FUCK EVERYTHING
Start with Pedroia
I just worry that he would enjoy it which would defeat the purpose and humiliate the wrong party.
That's a rather clever way to call him gay
This is amazing.
SEVEN Homeruns

Motherf…..

What the fuck, man.
What the hell is this?
So where's Jason Bay's SI cover?

Oh, that’s right, he doesn’t have dreadocks.

Fuck this game. Fuck the Red Sox.

Keep it in the park, assholes!

Ok, Madden time. I don't need to be any more angry about sports, at least in fake football teams I like can win consistently.
You could always go watch the LSU/Florida game and hope to see Tebow tear both his ACL's. Thats what I'm hoping for at least.
I wanted to trip every single person I saw wearing purple and gold today.

God LSU fans are idiots

Can't argue with that last statement.
This is the worst game ever because Dustin Pedroia homered twice

I fucking hate him so much.

Great. Now a walk!
Jesus Christ, if Balfour walks JASON VARITEK I will weep like a child.
I am weeping like a child.
This wouldnt't be happening if we weren't rooting for the Rays
Scrappy is everywhere.
,

So true.

and rec’d.

Pleasure doing buisness with you kind sir
Well let's just root for the Red Sox then
I came into this series fully expecting the Rays to lose.

That and my love for Jason Bay helps soothe the pain a little bit.

Well this isn't working out as like it was supposed to.
Balfour is not thrilled today.
If I performed at work like he did today it would go something like this:

Boss: Can you make 10 double-sided photo copies of this report and assess the future allocations for me?

Me: Sure will.

I then proceed to microwave a box of paper-clips and then use my bosses long-distance calling code to make a death threat to the white house.

That’s about what Balfour did today.

Gameday sez that the home plate umpire has been hilariously bad today, particularly in the Varitek at-bat.
what I love about post-season baseball

is that runs are at a premium, as the pitching is so much better.

I'm watching the AFL peo Javlinas on gameday the Rays aren't playing well at all.

Gaby Hernandez is doing well so far 2 IP no hits or walks 2 SO.

And I’m also watching Cloverfield and man does it suck.

Carlos Pena is like the the anti Pedroia, as his gameday picture makes me happy as opposed to filled with rage
TIE GAME!!!!!!
SCORE YOU LAZY FUCKING ASSCLOWN

YESYESYESYESYES

Lazy small ball
This game is just nuts!
Wow, he scored from first on a single?
no, I'm dumb, I missed the steal
OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes.

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And it was a triple!!

Single from the cycle!!

They didn't seriously give him a triple, did they?
Damn ruled a double...
Well it surely wasn't a triple.
Well fuck me.

I didn’t see the bobble.

Nevermind, there was no bobble.

I just saw the whole thing on the replay.

And he took third on the throw.
LATE
REINFORCING
MY TEMPORARY INANITY DOESN'T NEED TO BE REINFORCED, ASSHOLE
You sir are incorrect.
Remind anyone of 95? haha
Months ago.
I just meant on that play..'double' into the corner...Pena chugging around 3rd
YES Longo can hit for the cycle!
I less then 3 Longo
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE
YESSEYSESYESYTESZSYEAYTSDYTAS
ahahahaha

It just keeps piling on.

It just continues?
Mariner exclusive.
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
My question is, what the fuck was Francona thinking letting his starter allow 7 runs in an ALCS game?
Make that 8 runs.
Are you gonna go Longoria gonna go home?
Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaays
IT'S BLUE TODAY!
Newscast from my first day as Mariner GM:

In an unprecedented 26 man trade, the Seattle Mariners traded the 25 man roster to the Tampa Bay Rays for third basemen Evan Longoria.

You could have probably gotten the deal done for Felix and Beltre
...For 8 years of Longo?
But was later rejected by Washburn.
This game has been on a ridiculous rollercoaster ride AND ALL IN THIS ONE INNING.
This game could go five hours with no extra innings.
And we thought yesterday's game was long!
Oh, I was going to ask you:

Have you seen the ads for Max Payne? The guy doing the voice over is Marlo from The Wire, and they show his face once in one of them.

It’s cool to see those awesome actors get jobs other than 90210.

Don't have cable, don't watch much TV anyway, so haven't seen the ads.
The inning is over wow.
bahahahahahahahaha
This game is going like a house on fire.
Houses on fire burn quickly.

This game is slooooooooooooooooooooow

I meant in other ways besides that.
You know what would be really nice? A 1-2-3 inning.
Haha fuck you Ellsbury
The 5th inning began at 9:52 PM EST.

It ended at 10:46 PM EST.

Ye gods.

Late, but:

We need a gif.

NEED.

If I haven't giffed him by now...
The blue one he is sporting today is my favorite.
SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP
If Pedroia hits another home run I'll do something regrettable.
Youkilis giving Pedroia a run for MVP?
Youkilis has been better.

You could give Pedroia the edge because he plays a tougher position, but Youk’s got a great glove himself.

Pedroia's offense is very much the product of playing at Fenway.
And a BABIP of .356 at home.
Some of which we can probably credit to the Monster.
Ron Darling needs to die
Swing harder, Dustin.
Where's Putz when you need him?

Fastball at Pedroia’s wrist.

It would be the greatest LL GIF of all time.
Photoshop away

It's just not the same unless it's for real.
Needs more fastball to face.

With a couple of teeth flying.

Also, tears.
And his left leg falling off.
Also, spontaneous human combustion.
Several flying axes to the groin then combustion.
And dome implosion.
.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xLzTKQ4-qU

Not sure how to fix that last part.

Just copy and paste.

I did. Nice video.
The Kingdome may have been ugly as sin

but video makes me sad for some reason.

1995 sealed the dome's legacy.

But the indoor fireworks and loud crowds blow Safeco out of the water.

How can someone listen to Ron Darling talk for 10 consecutive seconds and not want to rip their ears out?
He was the Nats TV announcer for all of 2005.

It was painful.

As I said yesterday, this is the worst collection of commentators I've ever endured.

Ever.

Naturally they are the #1 tbs broadcast team
Weeeeee I need to leave more often.
It's really only the sixth?
I know...

what a game.

The 5th inning was 52 minutes long.

I’m not joking.

I wondered how I left in the fifth and was gone for an hour and now it is only the sixth.
"Excellent curveball"

:cue awful curveball:

I have no idea how the Rays get this to the ninth without using the ass of the bullpen
Bradford for two...And then, uh, shit.
Bradford against good lefties?...

Might have to pull him in a high leverage situation.

We're past that part of the Sox lineup, though.
Lineups turn over
Drew on the bench

Three lefties due up shortly

You said good lefties.
When lefties face Bradford they become surprisingly dangerous with runners on.
.401 OBP against lifetime
And then...Price?
Perhaps

Which guy is being held out for extras?

I liked the ALDS better because Pedroia OPS'd .318. Now he's OPSing over 2 =(
It's not that complicated you nit wits
Joe takes an odd approach to sabermetrics.
God this game is annoying.
THANK YOU.

Now: more runs. Please, more runs.

Do that many men that do stuff together and take pictures really have an enlarged prostate?
Those sorts of activities actually CAUSE enlarged prostate.
I love grilling late evening shish kabobs when it's freezing outside.
Does Jason Bartlett ever put the ball in the air?
Only when he's throwing to first.
Rays are 0-1 in games where he homers
He has one homerun on the season, and I'm assuming it was not of the Sojo v Langston variety.
23.4% this season.

Though that is a career low.

Lazy
Lollygagging motherfucker.
BJ Upton is too lazy to swing
My girl was asking earlier why Upton never hustles.

I think it really is just the way he runs. Long legs or something. No matter how fast he’s running, he looks like he’s jogging.

Oklahoma State beats Missouri!!

Ahahahahahahahh!

Heisman my ass!

Chase Daniel is just a non-bipoler Matt Grothe.
I just hate the hype surrounding most of these quarterbacks.

No credit ever goes to the offensive line or the wide receivers who do the hard work. Then these quarterbacks get drafted and suck ass in the NFL. They are all just a product of the team around them.

Daniel's pretty awesome, though.

He’s a system quarterback, but he throws a great ball.

He's also 5'10"

Not going to survive in the NFL. But I do agree he throws a strong, crisp ball. Maybe he should look into pitching.

Yeah, he's definitely a long shot for the NFL.
There are roughly 30 men on Earth good enough to be an NFL quarterback.

Doesn’t mean some of these college kids aren’t awesome in their current environment.

I would say that number is really around 10.

And it’s not they are bad, it’s just that their teammates get no credit.

Linemen, definitely. But receivers usually get more than enough credit.

For example, Daniel’s best receiver is also a Heisman candidate.

Work time.

Please win Rays.

Not a stirke

and holy god TBS’ pitch trax has no idea where the strike zone is.

I'm pretty sure all those things run off the same (bad) technology that Joe's Tracer uses.
Yeah, I just thought of that.
But it's in the square.

It has to be right.

That was one shitting pitch too.

66 MPH change that just kinda floated up there. How in the hell did Varitek not destroy it?

Varitek is terrible
I know, but hell I would of put that thing into the gap for a double.
No you wouldn't
Are you sure?
Result speed

59.8 MPH

 hahaha

It's like that scene in RoY where he just underhands it in the end for a swing and a miss.
He totally balked after he IBBed Howard Johnson
It's the cubs.
The Cubs are allowed to make blatant multiple balks?
Yes.
You have to stop with the kinds of arguments
Jenny Finch for right-handed specialist.
Jenny Finch would fuck people up.
She'd fit right in with Shields and Balfour.
Damn

There’s little league pitchers that throw harder then that.

In fairness

the result speed isn’t the gun reading, the gun reading was 66 or whatever Goose said

Gameday also says 66.
Lazily hit to Upton?

Oh the irony.

E-1

Well the Bradford almost went 1-2-3 to those lefties…

Maybe Crisp could get some more playing time if he stopped doing methamphetamine.

Such a tweaker.

Bradford's gameday photo is frightening
Well the Rays were fortunate not to have to change pitchers that inning.

Wheeler for two?

Price is ready.
May God help him in facing the heart of the Sox lineup.
Pedroia won't be fun.
If I were a pitcher, I'd aim at Pedroia every time he came up to bat.
Price was warming this inning

I suspect Maddon brings him for the 8th.

Talk about baptism by fire.

When you are running this low on pitchers

I think it’s a bad idea to yank a guy after one when it’s this close, epically a guy like Price who can go multiple innings. They should ride Wheeler as far as they can before they go to Price; saves be damned.

I was actually thinking they would ride Price to the win.

I trust him more than Wheeler.

Agreed.

Though having tomorrow off helps.

THATS WHY III LLOOOOOOVVVVVEEEE THIS TOOOOOWWWWNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!
You've been waiting for this.
I'm still trying to decide if it's worse than "This is our country"
Not even close
They need to put it in a Chevy commercial.
With stock footage of MLK
Even when he gets out he's so fucking awesome.
I'd like to reiterate: Lowrie is not a shortstop.
I'm a bit surprised they don't replace him.
By all accounts he's a fair hitter.

He just doesn’t have the skills to play short. If he really starts hitting, though, I’m sure they’ll be cool with his below-average glove.

I mean late in the game.
Oh, OK.

I guess because Lugo is also bad?

As far as I know.
Price Down, Miller up.

Wait, what?

They're holding Price out for if the game is tied.

Miller will probably face Ortiz and only Ortiz

Wow, so this is going to be an utterly terrifying 8th inning.
So wow, the Rays are totally fucked with Miller coming in, aren't they?
No, not really
Trever Miller in, My will to live out
Why Miller? Why? Why? WHY?
Good against lefties, disposable.
Not good enough.
He had more than a stikeout per inning and held lefties to a .612 OPS

Who the fuck else are they gonna use?

"One of the hardest things to find in baseball, left handed pitchers who can get left handed hitters out."

….wait what?

...Does he mean a LOOGY?
Crap crap crap crap
So... why Miller?
I'd rather he faced Ortiz than Wheeler
Price.
That's a retarded strategy

Price for one batter?

Wouldn't be for one batter
Yes it would

Like they’re going to not use Wheeler against Bay and Youk

Not enough experience for two.
This game has given me a stress headache
Dan Wheeler vs. Kevin Youkilis, who has hit .377 with RISP

Boned.

Walk Bay.
There ya go!
...you just can put the winning run on first with two out with a decent hitter on deck.
Jed Lowrie?
Lowrie is an OK hitter.
Decent hitter, can put one in the gap, platoon advantage
And almost did.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
AAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
Well this just got more interesting...
So that was the worst possible outcome.
Bay homer?
Dome implosion.
That would have resulted in one more run scored
A bay walk not far from the park?

QUIT EAR FUCKING ME TBS NOW IS NOT HTE TIME

Is fogel doing the broadcast and punning again?
Strikes, motherfucker, do you throw them?
Wheeler's BABIP against this year = .190
Yeah, I was expecting his demise any time now.
He's still an ok option

just not a guy I’d want pitching in… you know… this situation.

Aaand an outfield line drive to end the inning.

Beautiful pitching, Wheeler.

That NBA 2K9 ad with Kevin Garnett just promoted The Cool Kids!

Even if the Rays lose, I think I’ll be happy for the rest of the night.

They better win before Pap comes in, I bet he's got two innings in him

while the Rays have used their good relievers up already

Something I just noticed.

We haven’t see RSN rear it’s ugly head. I haven’t heard any “Let’s Go Red Sox” chants.

Gotta admit they did a pretty good job of keeping them out of the stadium.

They’re there, obviously, but it’s not half the crowd or anything.

He swung at ball four.
Zobrist would have been our cleanup hitter.
He's no Vidro.
.250 ISO
Goodness.
God damn the Rays have a good bench.
He is not as good player, really.
Well no, I doubt he's really a 30 HR talent
Okajimer is looking solid.
Wheeler again?
He's their closer
Is Eric Hinske dead or something...?
Didn't make the roster
Why?
E-Jax
Injured?
Just overlooked.
This comment makes no sesne
Oh come on, that can be said of all my comments.
This is your biggest problem.
Would you have taken Hinske over Jackson?

If you had the choice between the two?

Yeah I realize that
Can Zobrist really play right?
No, but that hasn't stopped Maddon before.
He's played the OF before

…How good he is?…

Imagine Eric Hinskem with Johnny Damon's arm.
He has to be faster than Hinske
He has worst instincts in the OF
And Hinske doesn't?
Worse than Hinske.
How about Perez?
Good old Eduardo....
I'll miss Asdrubal Cabrera.
How on earth could you think I was referring to Eduardo Perez?
I was kidding.
Either one.
...And we've reached our Perez quota for the month!
I'll be your oop if you be my alley
Remember when B.J. Upton was one of the worst infielders in baseball?

Amazing what a position change can do. I don’t even blink when a ball is hit out there.

I can't believe Hanley Ramirez plays SS
Yuniesky Betancourt plays shortstop
He's no Hanley
Purely anecdotal, but I hear he's much better this year.

Some metrics seem to reflect it, too, but SSS and all that . . .

Dumbass
A million space pardons.
Haha
I thought I remembered seeing an ATHF avatar or two next to your name.
And then he fucks up a flyball that turns into a double.
You were saying?
That's a bad 0-2 pitch!
Right down the mother fucking center

Jesus fucking christ

Oh what the hell....
God dammit, B.J.

You’re making these lazy jokes way too fucking easy.

Upton is poor at judging fly balls.
I can't believe this
NO COCKBALLS DOWN THE MIDDLE PLZ
WALK OFF TIME BABY
Shellsbury just swung through an 89 MPH FB right down the middle
TIME FOR YOU TO REDEEM YOURSELF BJ!
I bet he wins it on an inside-the-parker.
Wheeler better be done
END IT NOW TAMPA BAY!
No Papelbon?

I like it!

Woa that was weird.

“They’ve had the mag…ic…al season.”

That was ball 4.
Gameday has finally given up the ghost altogether.
Was that Brandon Fahey in a Rays uni getting that foul ball?
Youk fields like player A
a1
Sigh.
MVP! MVP! MVP!
Winning run is on!
Funniest. Bobble. Ever.
ha ha ha ha haaaaa
One of you make a gif out of that error
Politeness helps in gif requests.
Just so you know,

gif requests are a big no-no here.

Don't ask for gifs.
Furthermore, it wasn't an error. Bad hop.
M-V-P ! M-V-P ! M-V-P !
Masterson's socks are so gangster.
Yeah, well Varitek doesn't throw that well to begin with
That was ball 3.
I imagine that Masterson's release point makes it more difficult to judge balls and strikes
How can Chip Caray repeatedly say "fisted"

and not giggle even once?

It's old hat to him.
Same with Sims and his "well stroked"
Goddamnit Pena END IT HERE!
...Why not just start the inning with Papelbon

They used Masterson on only two batters.

That’s a noticeable tactical error

Masterson's socks are so ridiculously gangster.
What?
You don't love his socks?
No, what the fuck is "gangster"?
I gave the first one the benefit of the doubt hoping it was an ironic musing.
It was.
Now that's gangster.
A noun-turned-adjective that failed to humor you.
I love it as an adjective and have for a long time.

But I’m having a hard time applying it to socks.

Shouldn't it be spelled "gangsta"?
That would make me look unhumanly douchey.
*Inhumanly
No, that would make it normal

and not like this

I love that blog.
Probably, but I find it quite annoying.
Sit the fuck down Carlos...

>:(

Damn....
Extras!
I didn't want extras.

:<( )

Wonderful creativity; you're getting better.
Holy shit what is with these 150 decibel FOX Reality Show commercials

No one watches that goddamn channel stop promoting it

I didn't even know there was a Reality Show channel.

Disgusting.

FOX Reality Channel

I get it

It makes me wonder why I bother with my current job

When any douche-faced moron can get instantaneous fame by participating in these inane excuses for entertaining programming.

Radio Shack is just my holding pattern till Fox comes a calling
This one I might watch.
On a lighter note, I'd say the probability that Jonathan Papelbon stars in some reality show after his career is finished is 100%
Already happened

Oh my goodness.
That seems like it would be a fun picture to shop Jeff's face onto
And Eliza Dushku.
I thought Jeffing wasn't allowed anymore.
JI is bulletproof
Only because he supplies the gifs
I feel confident in my comment immunity as well
It goes deeper than that.
Blood like mercury.
And I'm drinking just enough to make it so!
weeeeee

So awful it's hilarious

Use the Jeff in and Angel hat shop as a ref for the 2.0

i've had a few sips so im sorry

did any won notice the two sets of ears?

This looks like the work of broberto after half a beer.
Nicely done

Obligatory rec.

ASS-FUCK TWINS!

WOOOOOOOOOOO
I've used up way too much emotion in this game.

Extras?

Fuck Pac-10 officials.
If anyone knows a pac-10 official..I will kill that official to make a point. I swear. Kill.
That was a great call
Unbelievable...I can't even put into words. I don't think they even touched each other. haha
He never touched him. It was fantastic
And the worst part is the slow motion replay where the guy is looking right at the play 2 feet away.

And he doesn’t throw his flag for like 3 seconds.

I’m just tired of the pac-10 official living up to their horribleness

For those without Pac-10 action, can we get an explanation of what happened?

(Even though I readily admit there needs no further explanation of why Pac-10 suck)

Fade route..Oregon CB turned and jumped with the receiver and caught it in the endzone for a touchback.

They didn’t even touch each other…but the flag was thrown like 2 seconds late.

Oregon picked off UCLA in the endzone on a terrible fade throw

the Oregon CB was flagged for PI despite never touching the reciever

Which is amazing because every fade route has contact...this had zero.
OU must have had trouble sitting down after today's game too.
That 5th inning was epic.
Wheeler is still pitching?
I imagine they will ride him as long as possible
Until ortiz comes up.
*fingers crossed
He has decent career numbers against Papi.
Pitch Trax is laughably horrible that was clearly over the plate
I hate Youklis
I hate walks too. And high OBP.
He doesn't walk that much
His BB numbers have declined over the last few years.

91-77-62.

He walks a good amount. Just not as much as advertised.
He could have been an A.
Too much facial hair
Giambi had a boatload whe he was there.
He was the best hitter on the best team in baseball this year.
Holy crap, Upton

stop that

Upton is scaring the hell out of me out there.

Come on Rays, I have to leave in 10 minutes. END IT ASSCLOWNS!

Radio!
Station?
ESPN Radio
Although KJR's signal blew when I was over there in August
Last time I turned it to that it was talking about college football.
That;s a bummer it's on ESPN radio here.

Morgan and Miller

At some point within the past 15 minutes, the design of StateCorner changed.
....Was that change needed?
See the left side of the page.
Oh, MINORS, FUCK YES/
beta --> 1.0
The hills have eyes
StatCorner, too.
Out of Beta.
Looks pretty.
The fancy "S" is nice.
It's pronounced

“E-tat corner”

SigmaTauAlphaTau corner
Yep, I like the logo.
Oh man, I love that they list wOBA right next to BRAA now.

So you don’t have to click on every player link.

And team tRA! And park factors!

I’m sure a post will be up soon about this, but if Matthew and Graham are reading this, you guys are awesome.

Yeah. Fantastic work guys. Wow.
They always had park factors.

I want lefty/righty park factors though

That would be useful
ahem

It was longer than 15 minutes ago.

But thanks.

Did the URL change? Statcorner's one of my homepages, and not showing up.
URL stayed the same
I swear I had just looked!

But yeah, awesome.

My favorite part is where wOBA is scaled to OBP, but Felix has a 1.950, giving him almost double the max scale of OBP
Longoria is missing the sixth, and most important tool

Grittiness

I'd take Willie over Longo anyday.
And the seventh, experience
And the eighth, an auger
And the ninth, Knowing what pitch is coming before it's pitched.
If I'm ever feeling down, I need only read that article for a good laugh.
Jesus Buck,

it’s not like the final score was gong to be 24-21

How did he make contact?
Someone just got their wish
It missed the catwalk
Yeah, Paps, like Pedroia needed direction on where to throw the ball.
Natural born leader
Hit him harder, please.
Not high enough

Aim higher

I bet they try to squeeze a third inning out of him.
Only 18 pitches
What the fuck Wheeler STILL!?
Well, once upon a time he was an awful starter for us.
Paul Byrd and Mike Timlin warming up?

Pleasepleasepleaseplease make it to the bottom of the 11th, Rays.

I don't think they can't make it to the bottom of the 11th.
Papelbon should be able to handle another unless he was injured from the line drive
This game is Extras! and Rays! and I cant even watch

:(

I can't believe Wheeler is still fucking pitching
*43 pitches and counting
He's been pretty decent.
Here's comes Mr. Price.
David Price after 4 warmups. This is good for his arm.
Here we go

Price!

If David Price fucks this up, he was a waste of a 1st round draft pick and will be a failure for the rest of his life
And if he doesn't fuck this up,

he clearly belongs in the bullpen

I think he might make a better starter
He's being sarcastic.
So is he.

God.

Are you sure?
Possibley?
You need to fix your sarcasm dectector
Does the machine have friction, or does the friction have its way with the machine?
This is what I say to this comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lich59xsjik

You get that I was paraphrasing Thoreau, right?
You know

it’s really more of a Coach-Butthol hybrid than a 100% butthol clone

I am male, thanks.
I'm so confused.
You would be.
BOOM HEADSHOT

`

Guys have buttholes too
There's a bit of QSouther in there too
The archives would suggest that's not a compliment.
Coach-hol?
buttoach
buttroach
Aaaaand end subthread. (pleeeease)
Coachole
1part in the stink 1part in the stink
It's ok we are just picking on you because your different
:)

I’m fine with that.

(pronounced)

But-toe-chay

Needs more french
I automatically think Italian for some reason.
You guys are good estimators.
Kim Niggy?
.....Borderline racism.
Borderline?
your face is borderline racist
you're face is borderline racist*
Non-borderline ignorance of previous jokes.
=O

Did that not post on my comment?
I did not see it.
Is english your first language?
No. Me and Slurvey get killed in that regard.
Slurvey and I.

:)

I always mess up grammar, sorry.
I'd call it 80/20
I give him an 80 in sarcasm. He's only a 30 in speed though, with a 20 in hitting.
But 100 in grittiness.
I'm a fast motherfucka
I'm talking runspeed, not what happens with the ladies.
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
That's so gangsta!
If only the Rays were also run by idiots.
The new Kenny Rodgers
Fucker ruined in 1999 NLCS
Translation please?
My dad was so pissed
Me too, I loved that team

and hated the Braves

Got us Johny O!
Wheeeee
Johnny O was a very important clog in our 2000-mid03 teams
That he was
i'm just like coach, a expert on the mariners

ask me any question

Where do you live?
Maple Valley
OK, I'm out. You win.
Price tag: free
8.5 million dollars*
Shhh.

The Rays are made of magic. Don’t ruin the moment.

David Price was the worst First overall pick ever.

What a waste.

David Price is a pile of crap
The new K-Rod?

More like Gay-Rod!

This guy can't handle the late inning pressure

Would make a shitty closer

PRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE!!
I can't believe Mark fuckin' Kotsay is the Red Sox everyday firstbaseman.
At least their no-hit first basemen can play defense.
...in the outfield
Even better!
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Not a strike!

:<)

Price got lucky

He was sweating bullets out there

He did look frightened, but: Walk, strikeout, ground ball.

I’ll take it.

I would have soiled myself in a spectacular fashion.
I came close to doing so on my couch.
YES! Timlin!
Timlin?

Seriously?

Francona has thrown in the towel

BUT VETERAN PRESENCE.
Who else were they gonna throw?

I just thought that, unless he was hurt, Pap had another inning in him

Wow, I didn't realize Timlin had 4 rings.

He’s not really associated with it often.

Well 2 Toronto, 2 Boston, right?
He wasn't even good on those Blue Jay teams
Mike Timlin is so so sexy
Does Tampa have a catcher lefto n the bench?
Michel Hernandeaz
Their gum chewing was perfectly in sync.
Why bunt again?
This is stupid

Zobrist has power, he has the platoon advantage, Timlin blows…

Zobrist is awful.
Wrong
Uhhh
Dude had 22 extra base hits

He may/ may not be a regular but he’s not that awful

Zobrist is pretty good. Decent, i guess.

Fernando Perez needs to pull off another one of these to end the game

Best. LCS. Finish. Ever.

What, seriously, Farrell?

Maybe you guys should be angry that you put Mike Timlin into this game

2 on, nobody out.
Binting here actually isn't a horrible idea

but TImlin still blows so I can’t say I’d do it myself.

Oh my God this is going to happen.
I am happy with this situation.
WOOOOOO

RAYS RAYS RAYS

BOSSMAN SLAM! BOSSMAN SLAM!
Chances are Timlin gets a DP miraculously.
Uh... no?
Uh...kidding?
I got the joke
Shit's gettin' real now
No ground balls, you lazy fuck.
He has to run when he hits those.

Well, jog.

I was going to make dinner after the game.

Now my dinner is pretzel crackers and cream cheese. Upton better fucking end it here.

God dammit Upton
Those were belt high
Buck Martinez' insightful advice:

Don’t hit it on the ground

"Fisted"

Seriously?

Sitll?

In computer securitues class, all my teacher talks about is fingering people.
Should have squeezed.
WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RAYS WIN! RAYS WIN! RAYS WIN! RAYS WIN! RAYS WIN! RAYS WIN! RAYS WIN! RAYS WIN!
YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
SACRIFICE FLY WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYS
WHAT THE FUCK YOU GONNA DO BOSTON?
When Tampamania runs wild on you?
VICTORY!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

Holy shit homedude flies.
OH SHIT FUCK SHIT AHHHH SO AMAZING YES SHIT
gif please.
gif request?
broberto is allowed.
Was this longer than the Sox / Angels game?
Yes, I think.

Not in number of innings, but actual length, I think so. I might be wrong though.

This Sager outfit is conventionally amazing.

He can do it all.

I have never been more excited for the post game interviews

I'm waiting for the all black goth look
He's so amazingly awesome.
BLOUNT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TD DUCKS!!!!!! GAME OVER...AND RAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYS!
Thank god they won this must win
Yeah, I like how this 'must win' makes the next game not must win..interesting.
Tim Kurkjian just wet himself with that finish.
Gammons just wet himself. He's old
Price wins the game..he's now officially a veteran
He's been through wars.

WARS!!

I'm still coming down.

What a game.

I was watching this game at my friend's place.

Let me just say WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Has nobody said 'lazy fly ball' yet?
Yesterday, maybe?

I know it’s been said a few times.

Why why why did I go to bed?

Weeeeeeeeeeeee RAYS!

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