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Philadelphia Phillies
@ Milwaukee Brewers

Saturday, Oct 4, 2008, 3:37 PM PDT
Miller Park

Jamie Moyer vs Dave Bush

Sunny. Winds blowing from left to right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 60.

 

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Chicago Cubs
@ Los Angeles Dodgers

Saturday, Oct 4, 2008, 7:07 PM PDT
Dodger Stadium

Rich Harden vs Hiroki Kuroda

Mostly cloudy with a 40-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing out to right field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 65.

 

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It's really great how this place is running an occasional Frank Caliendo ad in the right menu. I think it speaks to the audience.

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Let's go Jamie
People who the rays drafted but were not able to sign version 44763: David Bush.
I don't think they have drafted that many players, much less drafted that many players and not signed them
I would love to see

Frank Caliendo do Rich Little doing Johnny Carson. Meta.

I wanna see himdo Frank Caliendo.
Wouldn't be convincing
who the fuck dresses up as a wall socket for halloween
I'm starting to remember how boring it is to watch Jamie Moyer pitch
I am offended.
He's pretty boring, dude. But still awesome.
Wait, the brewers are winning a game?
so, now after 6 months the Brewers decide to have patience at the plate?
Mike Cameron draws two walks.

is that one of the signs of the Apocalypse?

No, Moyer is just old.
LOLZ MOYER PITCHES SLOW!!!11

I wonder when the commentators will give up on boring us with the same old shit?

If there is a game 4 in the Rays series I am not looking forword to this shit with Sonny.
Dammit, Moyer's getting some great calls on the bottom of the strike zone, gets pulled.

Stupid stupid NL, now I remember why I dislike the NL so much.

The excitement for this game is amazing.
GO GO GO GO GO

KURODA!

Uh oh's for the Brewers.
And the Brewers survive to play tomorrow.

Alright Dodgers, FINISH THE CUBS!

I second that sentiment
I can't believe the Sox traded Manny...
...and it made them better
So now the Dodgers fans sound like they are booing constantly.

TBS needs to fix their sound.

Wooooooo LONEY!
sweep these guys under the rug

like little bugs

Sorry, Lou...

GO DODGERS!!!

Looooooooneeeeeey!!!!

So the Phillies didn't feel like winning that game, huh?
Godammit Cubs
I have to wait an hour before I can start blogging in the cubbies forum.
If you troll there, you're going to get the axe here.
The hills do have eyes.
NO I want o go in and post:

Just a small town girl…
And see who replies.

Sorry I meant 'No I want to go in and post"
I have no idea what this means but I assume it's stupid
Opening lyrics to don't stop believing.

And the white sox unofficial fight song…

How would this not be taunting them?
Um because they shouldn't stop believing?
Still probably not a good idea.

Even good comments can piss people off who are in that kind of mood, especially if you aren’t one of them.

Though BCB is a shitastic site so…..

That place is a dump.
So, in other words

troll

I don't think he knows what that means.
I've never been a troll or at least I don't think I have.
Poor Cubs. A century of pride and tradition.
When I watch on mlbtv

there are no Frank ad, and no viva Viagra songs. Hooray!

All I hear is booing.

Do you get that on MLB.tv? Is it the TBS broadcast or the teams’?

TBS has exclusive rights to this game.
So tell me you hear the constant booing as well.

It makes me think I am going crazy!

ahahaha

nice try Harden

Maple bats kill!
11 groundball outs and no flyouts.

How come we didn’t get Kuroda?

He wanted to play in LA.

For less money too I believe and maybe the huge Asian community down there influenced his decision since he was taking his family over.

There's a huge Asian community here too.
Shigetoshi Hasegawa persuaded Kuroda to go to LA.

1. It’s warm.
2. A better team.
3. Large Asian community.

I don't know what went wrong with the deal.

People thought the Saito and Shiggy factor(but he denies it) was why but I thought he was coming here for sure because we had Kenji catching and Ichi in the outfield.

Because Yuni would negate the positive effect of groundballs.

I was just going through the Ibanez bad defense .gifs and I was thinking about how many runs scored just with those mishaps. Statcorner doesn’t have defensive stats, but I would like to know what they have to say and compare them to the number of runs Ibanez coughed up in those .gifs.

That's true. I remember Batista having been hyped for being a broundball pitcher.
Silva was even more hyped.

And Felix is supposed to be a groundball pitcher when he is pitching like he should. It’s those damn fastballs, though.

You could make the argument that Felix is still ridiculously good

When he get groundball outs.

Oh he is, no doubt.
Casey Blake with the Indians:.289/.365/.465

With the Dodgers:..251/.313/.460

That’s why nobody talks about that deal.

Casey Blake is terrible.
Yes because consistently above average hitters = terrible
My thinking exactly.
I doubt that there is very much involved whenever you post.
Did you forget the word "thinking"?

If so, you’re wrong.

"Did you forget the word "thinking"?"

No?

“If so, you’re wrong.”

Being compared to butthol all the time means that either you’re a moron or there’s no thought behind anything you say.

I've never once been compared to him.

Thanks though.

Actually, Graham.

I’ll take some time off LL.

I’d rather not have pointless arguments.

Yay

Come back when you have developed a filter between your brain and your fingers

Yes because you are privy to ever single complaint and flag made on LL
Andy LaRoche with the Dodgers

.203/.319/.322

So Blake was an upgrade even if his numbers went down. Although giving up Carlos Santana suuuuuucked.

I wonder when DLee hits the market.
Ted Lilly approves of Derek Lee's reaction after striking out

I love this gif
Lou knows how to inspire his players.
Every time I hear that comment the image of Lou going after Rob Dibble runs through my head.
Lou looks so young.

http://www.local12.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=20257

Perhaps it is because it was 17 years ago.
Perhaps.

But I think he was on steroids.

What makes you think that?
I wasn't being serious.

My “Lou looks so young” comment was more of an “Aw, isn’t he cute” comment. His brief interview is hilarious.

How did you ever find that so fast?

The only thing missing on Dibble were the Bosworth lines in his hair.

I just googled "lou pinella rob dibble" and it was in the first article.
Duh. I just realized I typed 'ron'. I7 years ago. Wow.

He was closer to being a player than from 1992 to present day. Suddenly the avalanche of Viagra commercials are making sense.

I'm tired of this shit.
Sean Marshall is one big dude.
A little short?

They have 12 outs to score 3 runs

The Cubs are 9 outs away from a century of Fail.
Stupid Dodgers.
I don't like them.

He's kinda doing the Y-M-C-A dance.
WTF? This makes me want extended cable. Dammit.
The Angels are so giffable
90% of that is Francisco Rodriguez
He does have a legitimate point.
Boy does he ever think so
Along with the Hart "drop"

the case more expanded replay pretty much makes itself

Patience man. 4 years when they revisit the issue, I'll put money they expand the use.
I also enjoyed the Torii-Hunter-hurts-himself-doing-the-angry-jump incident
What the hells is he doing?
umm...

Being hopping mad

by flapping? it's only making me laugh.
I love the Angels
they need to die.
I would like it if they would wait til the 14th inning of game 5 to do so.
If you really wan to show the public that you have surpassed the master

add in some fire

I didn't actually make this one
That was a dumb thing to say
Although it explains the lack of bright beautiful widescreen.
Honesty is the best policy
Except we would fall for your lies.
Weeeeeeeeeee

That team expresses it's anger in the most adorable fashion.
Haha, did he hyper-extend his knee when you landed?
He landed*

Almost pulled a Milton Bradley.

I like how the 1st base coach lands at the same time

And manages to NOT hurt himself like an intelligent person.

There's a lot of weeeeeeeeeeee going around tonight
I could find countless examples of you voicing something contradictory
I don't always follow my own advice
Welcome to Lookout Landing!
What the hell is he doing?

I missed this somehow.

Pickoff attempt on Crisp, he was called safe, Angels were unhappy.
I was dozing in and out of the game last night.

I was awoken by the homerun that followed, though. And then, back to sleep with me on the couch, the lights and TV on all night. I wish I didn’t miss this.

So here's the whole story

My favorite part is how Rodriguez even falls off the mound on pickoff throws

I think the dance combined with the umpire's jazz hands

could potentially make an incredible loop.

That's not jazz hands.
What is it then?
The Macarena.
I saw footage of Macerna worle record day at the Kingdome

that is no Macerena

is to.

put arms out.
put left arm over right arm.
right arm over left.
just stops before we see the rest

No way

There’s definite spinning action.

you said the umpire dumbass.
also yes, my shift key is far away.
I'm talking about the umpire you stupid girl.
hey doesn't spin.
There's a spin fakeout.
-

That is one ugly girl.
Reese Witherspoon?
That's my sister.

:(

Okay maybe not. Apparently it comes from a facebook page.

You are going to get boxed so hard.
At some point these Geico commercials are going to become so esoteric that I'm actually going to have some interest in them
I find the Geico commercials rather amusing, but the TV show sucked ass.
I was watching CBS/CFB most of the night, how did thew cubs screw it up?
They failed to score
How did the dodgers score?
I don't know
So what's worse: Dane Cook commercials during the postseason or Frank Caliendo commercials during the postseason?
Dane Cook, easily.
The Cubs have been outscored 20-5 in this series.
That's bad!
Yeah, it's Lou's fault Fukadome sucks
I don't know who you are Corey Wade, but you'd better get a DP here.
Man he was pounding that outside corner.
The color guy in the WSU / UCLA

makes Hendu sound like Vin Scully

I can't find the strength to catch anymore WSU games this year. Ugh.
If its the FSN NW team

It was Mack Strong.

If it was the Socal team it was probably Petros Papadakis one of the most annoying USC alum on TV.

And of course Soriano swings at the first pitch.
God damn you Soriano
Ok

this is why hitting Theriot second is retarded.

But he's THE riot!
Ron Darling is a retard.
Walk into that you hick
Six. More. Outs!
I enjoy those highlife commercials even though the beer is crap.
Oh man Marmol mixed his pitches there, beautiful.
I LOOOOOVVVEEEEE THIS TOOOOWWWNNNNN!!!!!
yes yes yes
The Cubs need to tie it so the Dodgers can walkoff in the bottom of the 9th.
Why the fuck is Manny still in the game?
Hey, leadoff hitters produce runs too
What happened?
Derek Lee leadoff double.
Manny pull a Raul fielding it?
No. Ball was crushed, bounced off the wall.
No

but I think it’s the other way around.

4 outs!
why are you a dodger fan when your other team is the dbacks?
I'm an anti Cubs fan.
Hmmm. This seems a silly stance but ok.
There are some things that need to remain static in baseball.

The Cubs not winning a World Series is one of them.

That and the Cubs are the Red Sox of the National League. It’s good for baseball if they continue to lose.

How bitter of a person do you have to be to count down outs to a team's hundredth year of futility?
If I were bitter, wouldn't I be rooting against the Dodgers?
No

The Cubs losing is bad for baseball, it’s the same old shit all over again and that’s boring.

Because the Red Sox winning was so good for baseball
It wasn't?

It was bad more me, but it was a godsend for the sport.

I root for them to go to the Series.
I could settle for them going to the Series, as long as they lost it in heartbreaking fashion.

But being humiliated by a team that won 13 games less than they did in the regular season is good enough.

Agreed on all points
They can still go to the WS .
I'd rather get them gone early
Besides I am rooting for Dodgers-Rays
This could be a problem.
It's hard to be so incredibly wrong but you just succeeded.
This would hurt my feelings if I ever took you seriously
I'm sure this is a lie anyway.
Says the person who claimed Pujols 03 > Bonds 03
I said Pujols may have been better than Bonds that year

Based on a cursory look at wOBA, which was broken. So what?

Because it was so batshit insane in the first place
It led to wOBA being fixed, which made me happy
Which in turn also made me happy because wOBA is a useful tool
Look, you both agree!

nOW GO drink and be merry.

I bet you've done enough for the both of us.
No, caps got stuck. Was trying to fix that shift key issue.
I believe this 100%.
This Wade guy is pretty dang good.

Never seen him pitch before, let alone heard of him.

Ot would be pretty awesome if the Cubs tie it after Torre has churned through all these pitchers
K! THREE MORE OUTS!

And since I have to leave for work, and I’m assuming the Cubs will go down easily in the 9th, I just wanna say one more time:

ONE HUNDRED YEARS! CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP!

Man alive thats a lot of fastballs up in the zone!
Eck had his moments

I don’t think it hurts as much as it might.

Climbed the ladder, awesome. Some nice pitching here and there today.
Dun dun dunnnnnnnnnn.....

The clock is about to strike midnight on the Cubs.

At least this is proof baseball isn't fixed like the NBA is.
BOOM bye bye Cubs.
Sad.
I was rooting for Lou, kind of a bummer.
Whose failure is more tragic?

Mets or Cubs?

Mets

Cubs will probably be back next season

I don't think you know what that word means.
Uh...

Okay, asshole.

Knock it off
Just change your username to Graham before you post

Then you can say whatever you want.

Neither of those teams failures is the least bit tragic.
So Broxton is basically unhittable
Looked like chubby Morrow
reliever version
I am happy that Al Yellon is sad
As is/was Saito
Also, fuck the Dodgers

they are somehow run worse than the Cubs

I can't wait for Manny to sign with the Yankees
At least there'll be baseball tomorrow

hopefully one of these series goes 5.

May it be those giffable Angels
Hopefully whoever moves on

will have their staff in shambles.

So you're saying you're cheering for the Angels?
Only if they do something giffable
Still a bit traitorish.
I'm switched sides mid game

I want that series to go 5, and I want the loser to have their resources exhausted.

I still don't want them to win
Maybe when the Cubs finally win a Series we can become the new them
I was thinking about this earlier.

But we still have to get through Cleveland first.

We need more curses
Thanks for the happy thought, just what I needed. Waaaaaa.....
We're in line behind

Cleveland, Houston, and Washington*

Texas* as well
There's still that many? I had it in my head that the list was shorter than that.
This could be tough
We're still behind Texas, but Washington doesn't count

because their fans are new to the party, however if you could find someone who was a diehard fan of the first two Senators and is now a Nats fan…

Though Houston and Cleveland have both been to the series lately

so one could make the argument that we’ve leapfrogged them.

This

Has been a great day.

GO DODGERS!

A Century of Fail. Fantastic.

Now die Dodgers die!

To paraphrase that annoying slogan that Cubs fans came up with over at Fark: Cubs are finished. Book It. Done.

One more image and then I'm done laughing at the Cubs.

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