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10/14: Open ALCS Game 4 Thread




W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2008 - Andy Sonnanstine 13-9 32 32 1 1 0 0 193.1 212 105 94 21 37 124 4.38 1.29


W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2008 - Tim Wakefield 10-11 30 30 1 0 0 0 181.0 154 89 83 25 60 117 4.13 1.18

Stranglehold. Apply one.

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Dude, that's "our" song
Yeah, I am hurt by this.
Felix doesn't deserve sole possession
You cannot use "our song" for another team.

It’s like creating a mixed cd for one girlfriend and then when you hook up with another, using the same mix.

That's only bad if they know each other
No it is never allowed.
What if a gf makes you a mixed cd

And then when you break up you give it to someone else?

I've done this several times.

Never paid any price.

I’m sorry, the mixes I make are so great, so ingenius in their sequencing and variety and quality, that it would be a shame to lose those inspired segues and juxtapositions merely because the girlfriend you originally gave them to turned out to be a psychopath.

Great mixes should start high and only go higher.
Fake Moby totally agrees.
This is gonna be REALLY awkward when Felix 1st pitches against the Rays next season.
My site, my song, my decision
So Matthew doesn't have any power now?

Your just asking to be hackedtaculared

Without any traffic he has no site

better please the people.

I didn't demand it be removed,

just noted that I’m hurt by its use.

We care about your feelings
I am hurt by this.
does this make sense?
This isn't 1998. Creating a mix tape at all is lame.
She's from a different generation.
I want her to tell us about the enchantment under the sea dance again!
I don't think this happened.
Isn't Good Riddance by Green Day mandatory for mixed tapes?
I got choked up when they used it during the Seinfeld finale.
Vitamin C : Graduations :: Good Riddance: Relationships
If you turn it up real loud you can hear them say fuck after the false start
I miss Green Day not being overplayed
Are you kidding?

That song was the posterboy for overplayed

I hate that song

I liked their other work

I liked them better when they wrote about masturbation and boredom.

Write what you know, right?

Also I assumed that we used this song in extreme sarcasm
I was really, really hoping it was the Ted Nugent song Stranglehold.
Who's Boston's game six starter if need be? Do we know if they're going to stick with Beckett?
They can always remove him from the roster

or the could with Masterson or Byrd if he can’t go. If he’s not right their bullpen is going have to absorb a lot of innings.

If they're facing elimination

I could see them going with Lester on short rest with Beckett available out of the pen.

It's not like he threw a complete game yesterday.
More trustworthy than Beckett

and I can’t see them going with Materson or Byrd in an elimination game.

Yes, but you do have to win (god willing) game 7 too.
I have to go to a party but GOOOOOOOO RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYS
Who amongst us will be turning their lights out?
Radio Shack turns off the lights when House is on.
Aren't they closed by 9?
They close at 9 for some retarded reason

but god dammit I want to watch House uninterrupted, so if your coming in it better be worth it.

is that tonight?

gosh. I had no idea.

Until the sun goes down.
oh, thank you VERY much.

now, I’ll be singing that all evening.

Drew hitting leadoff?

I can’t say I disapprove.

Sonnanstine, Lollipops?

Works for me.

This game better be in the bag by 8:00
Pena opposite field again!
LONGO!!!!

BAHAHAHAHA BACK TO BACK BITCHES

This is so incredibly fucking awesome.
IT IS RAINING HITS IN BOSTON
It's unbelievable how fucked the Red Sox are.
Aaaand B2B2B XBHs

This inning is going to leave a really big smile on my face.

It's sort of a shame because I really like Wakefield
But not really
I couldn't have scripted a better way to start me evening.
It could only be better with a nice can of spinach
Wow, holy crap.
This game brought to me with burgers and beer.

I am happy.

I'm listening to the Rays radio feed, and it's great except for this INCONCEIVABLY PAINFUL anti-smoking ad

It’s just an old guy coughing and hacking and wheezing into my eardrums for a minute. Jesus fuck, we get it, smoking is bad. Don’t force me to mute the sound, assholes.

"Kinda like a Paul Byrd."

Except, you know, good.

RAYSSSSSSSSSSSSS
How Andy Sonnanstine ever gets swinging strikes, much less swinging strikeouts, I'll never know.
See, now that was a far better inning than Tim Wakefield's
Did Sager just poke his head out of the scoreboard to do his piece?

I must be seeing things.

This made me burst out laughing in the bar.
Actually two teams go to the world series
Learn how to field rookie.
Pena still should have had that.
Inexperience loses championships
Sometimes so does experience.

Look at Wakefield.

and Jason Varitek
Because I'm completely serious.
and old man Moyer
Defense WOOOOOOOOO!!!
How do these dumbfucks not see that Bay hit ~the same as Manny did in Boston this season?

Jesus, they’re not the 85 Cardinals.

I love how snakebitten the Sox seem right now.

With the ominous feeling that it could turn at any moment.

Even Wakefield's outs are rockets.
I've never heard of a crew that cared more about emotion than this one.
Without showing any.
*Disgust for the Red Sox losing
I love my life.
Woo weak game 5 bullpen
This is happiness times.
This is the coolest awesome ever
My God this is wonderful.
AND HERE COME THE RED SOX!!!
Kevin Cash? Homer?

Does not compute.

Meh, Sonnanstine will do these things.
That oughta get the announcers back in the game
How does Pena rank as a defender?
He has always had a good reputation
I believe he's average to above average for a 1B.

He’s not Pujols, but he’s not Howard.

Slightly above average.
To think you got him for nothing

and we paid Vidro millions.

Tried out Hee Seop Choi at the same time too.
Apparently we chose Carl Everett over Pena.
WEEEEE!

Boooo.

What a lazy running catch.
This defense is wonderful.
If Upton were still at SS,

that would have been a double and an infield single.

PSA: I turned out every one of my lights and am running every faucet on scalding

in order to make up for this turn out the lights thing.

turned on, that is.
Don't forget to plug in 100 christmas lights
My neighbors across the street have a bucnch of Halloween lights in their windows that have been on constantly since Sunday.
In order to reduce my water usage, I threw away all my dishware and am using plastic and styrofoam exclusively.
I turned out all my lights, but left my tv running

while I go out on a drive

I was originally planning on driving around aimlessly in the Jeep Cherokee for about an hour or so.

But I’ve been feeling like crap all day, so meh.

It just keeps getting better.
No, because the correct strategy for the offense would be to just mail it in until they're tied again.
It would make the announcers happy to have a "proven" winner to come back from behind!
RAAAAAAAAAAYS
This is a bloodbath.

It’s almost sad.

Remember when Cleveland led 3-1 last year?
Regrettably I do
I gotta say, I never expected this to happen in this series.

I really expected this series to be ALOT closer than this. It’s almost disappointing in a way.

These are the worst playoffs of all time.
The results have been good.

The road to those results have kinda sucked.

It also doesn't help that the schedule for the playoffs is horrible.
The offdays are bad

but at least more of the games are accessible on tv.

Boston is screwed

They have Dike-K sure, but for game 6 it seems they have a lot of options, but none of them pleasant.

I'm enjoying this typo more than I should.
This is satisfying
Oh RAYS never leave me!

Hope you guys are enjoying the post season.

Never have I been bent over so far for the Rays. They have always been my #4 team, but God I hate the Red Sox they suck fecal matter filled booty.

I just can't believe how utterly dominant the Rays look.

It’s simply impossible to get them out, up and down the order. Except for Perez, every player in the lineup has been on base, and every one except Iwamura through hits.

The Red Sox do NOT have a bad bullpen. It’s just that the Rays are that good.

Assuming they win the ALCS, I pity the team that has to face them in the WS.

Not to take too much away from them, but they seem to have had a ton of ground balls get through the infield today.
Jesus, Crawford went WAY outside the zone to get that ball.
More proof that it's simply impossible to get them out.
THIS ISN'T FAIR
Totally fair

This is karmic payback for Boston winning two World Series and turning into a bunch of giant douchebags

FOR ME
What's wrong, Robert?
Why does yet another fanbase get to be happy before me
Well you live in Seattle (or thereabouts) and they're stuck in Tampa, so you can take solace in that.
Yes but I work with a actual rays fan and I already hear enough of his taunting regarding the Cards 06 title
WOOOO

Somebody call House, im suffering from awesomenitis.

Rays pounding 10-1

Ouchiemomma…..

I could eat this game up with a spoon
So, you think the Rays will replace their starters with their bench in the seventh?
I would.

Let some of those guys have some fun.

Longoria was set to pitch in the 15th of the All-Star Game

I think he wants a shot at it now.

No we don't want the Rays turning into a bunch of giant douchebags

Because they’re going to be winning for the next 20,000,000 years and I think they should keep it classy

It is Boston though so tough call

How is that being a giant douchebag?
It's a playoff game and it's good to respect your opponent and how important these games are by leaving your regulars in and acting like Boston could still win
Fuck Boston.
That's why it's a tough call

I’m leaning towards doing it as a giant way of flipping them off

There is a time for sportsmanship.

This is not that time.

Then lets show those Beaneaters how horrible they are

Let’s fill the outfield with pitchers and the infield with outfielders and let infielders pitch and catch

Let's see if BJ Upton can still play shortstop
Sonnanstine should motion for all the outfielders to sit down on the grass, and proceed to strikeout/groundout the Sox for three innings.
Next Rays homerun should result in a moonwalk around the bases
Cartwheels
Too fast
Upton should do "The Worm" around the basepaths.
I'd prefer to see him take a Rascal scooter around the basepaths.
Would a Segway be better?
Piggyback on Pena.
Red Sox Nation Moccasins
With a band following the hitter around the bases playing Sweet Caroline.
The ultimate insult would be to hit the homer and then not round the bases.

Grab a microphone and say that you’re choosing not to score then run, because you feel it’s not necessary.

I just like the moonwalk
That's a good idea

No reason to get injured jogging the bases

HeHe! That wouldn't just start a brawl that would be played on highlights for the forever.
That could prove to be gif worthy.
What?

Respect your opponent? Act like they can still win?

What the fuck is this? No mercy.

So . . . leave the starters in!
what you said

No Mercy is a giant shellacking, more likely done by the regulars

That would be my only dilemma as a manager in this situation.

Do I want to keep pouring it on even though I’m already up by 10 runs? Or do I want to tell the Red Sox “Hey, we have you beat. We’re gonna play the backups because we know you will not win today.”

I’d probably just put it to a vote and let the players decide.

In play, doome(d).
I could go for an hourlong montage of Red Sox fans looking stunned and frustrated.
How about gifs?

Can we have gifs of stunned Sox fans?

I want high-definition douche.
.

Here you go!

That has to be 'Shopped. Amazing.
No, it's the real deal.
Good heavens there is no way that's real.
I can't decide what the best part is

but the waxed eyebrows are up there.

I like how you can see the goggle marks around the one on the right's eyes.
I'm pretty sure their entire bodies are wax.
I find myself disappointed that that wasn't more runs
***concurred
The Rays haven't really scored enough to satisfy me yet.

Thankfully, there are three innings left.

Yeah, I want to see a 21-1 shellacking
Like game 3 of the 2004 ALCS
I noticed yesterday that Sonnanstine has virtually the same 2008 tRA as James Shields.

Have to say I did not expect that.

tRA: Noticing Sonnanstine is actually quite good since 2007.
I understand why Jeff loves you so much, Andy.
What did I do to be so special?
Andy Sonnanstine is two-hitting the Red Sox.

I WANT TO DIP MY BALLS IN THIS GAME.

FOR THE SECOND TIME IN TWO DAYS!

I really want to get a Sonnanstine Rays jersey

but then I’d look like a bandwagoner. I really should have done it in April

You had your opportunity.

Jeff’s been talking him up for a year now.

I'm wearing my Longo jersey right now and I don't care if people think I'm a bandwagoner.

Because I am.

I'm pretty sure that would have made you a LLemming.
Yes

but there is nothing wrong at all with being a LLemming

It's gross
But inapplicable to the larger world
'

Yeah see I'm still a Blackhawks fan
I talked hockey with a canadian customer for 20 minutes so munch my ass
I fear Mountain Dew disease
My people face AIDS like persecution
In fact the only piece of evidence I have that indicates that I have been rooting for the Rays since the beginning of the season

is a Facebook wall post where I told a Red Sox fan to “watch out for the rays” back in April. And it was to a girl so it doesn’t really count

I mean specifically Jeff and I talking up Sonnanstine since about this time last year
Yes

because it’s all about how you look to other people.

It's certainly a factor

That and US$200 that would have to be pulled from my highway fund

I take back my dating advice.
It still stands
More reason to hate Boston fans:

Ditching their team.

Tomorrow they come back with Rays jerseys. Douchebags.

Bahahaha suck it King.
Stephen King reading a book is hilarious.
IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE THIS EASY

I plan on openly rooting for the Phillies in the WS

That is why they play the games! Ortiz with a triple. Wow!
Now there's something you don't see every day.
AND HERE COME THE RED SOX
This is finally really, really funny.
I would have loved to see them play the infield in.
Damned rookies costing the Rays the pennant.
Looks like Sonny's last inning.
Sweet way to go out, though.
H bhss ycwcd xc kxsc ei mhlshrc Zhrc Ehzshz.
Crap I hate when my keyboard reverts to the other profile for some reason

That should read “I will never be able to dislike Mike Timlin”

*Decoding Error*
My freshman year I rearranged my keyboard in alphabetical order and set up the keyboard profile

I changed it back after a month but for some reason my computer periodically switches back to it

You are a complete retard
Rec'd for bluntness

I was testing to see if I could have two sets of muscle memory where my fingers could type in two different patterns to achieve the same objective

It failed and I was unable to type normally for a while

I am the biggest Corco fan on this site and holy crap i can't get over how insanely pointless and time destructive this is
If you want to do that

just go learn Dvorak.

Dvorak FTW

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_Simplified_Keyboard

I learned it in college and haven’t gone back. I can’t touch-type on QWERTY anymore though. But I haven’t rearranged my keyboard, I just don’t look at the keys.

That's not bad
Biased against left handed people; is pretty gay.
Rational*
The girl I have a coffee date with is left handed
You should mention that she's evil.
I have several times

I sit to the left of her in class and she is left handed and I’m a righty which has made our lives complicated

Who the hell writes during class?
Takes notes I guess

You don’t take notes?

Why would I need to take notes?
Make your baits less obvious next time
I draw pictures of highway signs in the margins during class and do long division

She takes notes though

There is something I REALLY want to say here but I think I would get boxed for pushing the limit

So Flags!

I know where you're going
I doubt that's happened Robert.
I can tell you it hasn't
but I wouldn't mind if it did
It's more of a general question I now have
The *GIRL* I have a coffee date with is left handed

redundant

*sinister
On the off chance, I'm not giving him any clever latin jokes to make.
This is a horrible idea.
Not that bad

If it’s preinstalled on the windows then you can pretty easily switch it around.

And it makes more sense than doing it in alphabetical order where you have to stretch for “A”

Seems based on some odd premises.

Why should you type predominantly with your right hand? And I don’t understand how the bottom row is more difficult to reach than any other key.

I think it depends ont he hands

Mine seem to like the bottom row better

Honestly

If you already know QWERTY, it’s not worth switching. If you don’t know how to touch type, it’s worth learning on Dvorak, you’ll be faster and have less stress. I’ve already switched and lost 3 months of productivity at the time so I’m not going back and doing it again.

Well at least you'll have a funny anecdote for your coffee date.
This is amazing.
Time minus 27 minutes until an all new House
So Frank from "Frank TV" was on Mike and Mike in the Morning on ESPN, today.

He said he asked the marketing department if they would lower the number of TV spots during the playoffs. The head marketing guy told him “No”.
So Frank apologized for all the freaking ads.

TBS has a total of 4 ads to run during breaks.

That’s why we see Frank TV and that damn Poltergeist DirecTV ad every time.

I can't imagine that it's doing anything to help the show's ratings.

I had a modicum of interest last year — mostly because his GW Bush is pretty incredible — but I now refuse to watch it. And I don’t know a single person who has ever seen it.

This just cannot be smart.

Completely agreed.
Impersonators are the cover bands of the comedy world.
His Madden's pretty good.

I also enjoy his stand-up routine that he hasn’t changed in decades.

DRays Bay is insane:

what the hell
card crusher is not funny anymore.
Great idea.

Save some runs for Thursday. While we’re at it, let’s hit shorter home runs.

Willie Aybar, 5 RBIs.

Bahahahahahahahaha suck it Red Sox.

Wonder how many times we're going to hear

“But the Red Sox have been here before….”

Mr. Ay Bar is waging a war against the Red Sox
Ackbar?
It's a trap!

Your tongues can’t repel flavor of this magnitude!

Obligatory

Ieee not 4chan!
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I did.

288×374

Hey, smaller
Really? That's too big?

Really?

Takes up much of the screen because it's tall.
I would prefer smaller height.

the 250 is standard for pics that are more wide than tall.

Is there a height tag?
I believe so

but you can also just keep shrinking the width.

Robot Chicken is utter shit.
I have not watched it other than the Star Wars episode

And I laugh my balls off every time I do.

Here comes the Yank... I mean, Boston.

 It is hard to tell them apart anymore.

I'm going out on a limb and calling Sexdrive a fucking stupid movie.

That at best ends up being half of what Eurotrip is.

Does it have Michelle Trachtenburg?
Fun fact: she was a POTW on House.
Well there is one reason for me to watch that show.
I don't know if it will be that bad. Equal to Eurotrip, but not less than half.
Not that I plan to see it.
Eurotrip wasn't bad.

This looks terrible.

Honestly, I only saw half of Eurotrip.

I really don’t go for those types of comedies anymore.

They shouldn't be running those ads.

It’s baseball. Kids are watching.

Wohooo HOuse is almost on!
So is Ortiz falling off a cliff?
He's been hurt all year

but he’s also not the same guy as he was in ’04.

The Tampa fucking Rays are going to be plying in the World fucking Series

incredible.

That "never been to the big dance" club

sure has shrunk dramatically the last two years…

So.....Texas,Montreal/Washington, and us?
I believe so.
NOT FAIR
Thank God the Cardinals beat them there.
4.91 ERA for Sonnistine

He’s mediocre at best

3.49 ERA for Kazmir

He’s awesome at worst.

It's Edwin Jackson time!
I'm scared.
9th inning comeback!
Booooo!
It's not my fault I slept through the rest of the game and want to watch more baseball
...yes, yes it is exactly your fault.
someone turn off your alarm?
Oh boy time to adjust my antenna
Thank you for deciding this game before 8:00

Tampa is a classy club.

DRB becomes more like 4chan ever day.
The DR should stand for date rape

That place has become scarier ever since they changed mods.

Who's moderating over there now?
P. Brady.
Where the hell did RJ go?
To Editor in Chief?
RJ is still a mod, but he can't keep up with all the bouncing boobs .gifs by himself.
He does his best.
P Brady rglass
Wait yeah what happened to the original mods?
I don't know
But I've browsed a couple game threads

Scary

Too many motivators....
Star Wars kid made an appearance in their thread.
I remember the nineties when that was popular (vaguely).
WOOOOOOOOO HOUSE!
Bullshit
9 run homer right here come on
Shut up already, you're down 9 runs with 2 outs to play with.
God dammit Rays
The RS problem, according to Martinez:

“they haven’t pressurized the pitcher”

bwhahahaha
Followup:

He did it twice again on his XM morning show. You could hear Mark Patrick stifle a chortle the second time.

Called strikeout, walk, walk, called strikeout

Weird

LET'S GO RED SOX! CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP!

Hilarious.

Those are the actual Fenway Faithful. Staying to the very last out.

Wow, that place is empty!

Sit the fuck down, Boston.
The Rays are a win away from an American League Pennant.

Amazing.

Alright fine that'll do
YAY
And a big Sox butt-whupping keeps NOLA from having to stay up into the wee hours to watch the finish!
Well mostly receive texts about the game but yet.
No TV?
No tv and was out.

But this was important particuarly getting to give the updates to my rsox friend.

Ah yes. Rub it in deep.
One win away.

I’ve been so incredibly afraid of getting my hopes up, but this is starting to look really good.

I'm with you, and go Rays,

but it seems like my unpopular wish for a Dodgers/Rays series (Rays win final game) might not become true.

"The Phillies deserve this."

I keep hearing that. How exactly?

HUZZAH
Hey Corco,

quick question… Has the state ever contacted you about your sites? Seems like they would really enjoy having some sort of sponsorship to promote tourism.

They haven't

but if you know anyone working with the state that would be interested in such an endeavor let me know

I dunno, let me see what I can drum up.

I still have many friends in the biz. I can imagine a string of commercials following you while waking up in the early morning, shaving in your car, brushing aside empty paper coffee cups, studying the map, etc.

Anyway, it might be something for you to look into - I could see them doing a string of commercials with you traveling the highways and byways.

That just the former agent for actors in me, though.

Thank goodness Pedroia is short, white and stubbled.

Because if he weren’t, he might have caught some flak for that little camera-shoving fit.

"The Red Sox have been here before."

“Their veterans will prove too crafty for this young Tampa ballclub.”

Too funny.

Ahaha TBS actually shows something of worth.

As Sager walked by in that Pimp-Suit-Minus-The-Hat, Maddon blew a kiss at him.

I've got a soft spot for guys with black-rimmed glasses.

Another awesome shot:

I take it that's the little Kevinator there?
You're all just like the Sox Nation. You don't even stick around to chat!
Worth a 1000 words and all that:

True fan. And a face for writing.
He looks like a orangutan.
He looks like Gollum in that old animated version of Return Of The King

Or am I the only one who remembers that?

No wonder they outlawed Maple bats.
For the record: Matthew, JI, Corco

Lesson duly noted. I shall never mock House again in such fashion.

And the box really has that JI stink all over it. Filthy.

Aha the box smells like JI

I knew it

Bitches all smell alike
I have been boxed since I said that it was hilarious that the Sens lost to Anaheim in Anahem

and that was a long time ago.

I hope you were just boxed as I have been boxed twice since you said that.
I picked an inconvienient time to be introduced to the dvorak layout

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