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Funny thing about not having any offense. You never see games like this coming. Red Sox and Yankees fans...I'm pretty sure they go into every game expecting to win, even if they're tied or trailing in the later innings, because they know they're capable of putting a bunch of runs on the board at the drop of a hat. But we don't have that luxury, and so we live in constant fear that regardless of the situation, we may never score again. We've been conditioned to believe that this lineup is woefully inept, and so when they come up with a rally like this to storm out ahead, we're taken completely off guard. And in some respects I think that makes it more fun, more exhilarating. Having justifiably high expectations is cool and all, but the emotional gap between expecting to win and winning is smaller than the emotional gap between expecting to lose and winning, so there's something to be said for being in our position. When the team actually comes through, it feels pretty neat.

King Awesome through 27 games: .309/.409/.553, league-best 20 plays made OOZ, best discipline of his life. He's getting fewer pitches in the zone now than he ever has because pitchers are afraid of him, and pitchers are afraid of him because he's really flipping good. How someone answers the question "has Adrian Beltre been a bust in Seattle?" would be a good litmus test for whether or not the person is worth engaging in conversation. This guy is a hell of a player and absolutely deserving of his nickname. Never leave us, Adrian. We wouldn't be able to take it.

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Biggest Contribution: Adrian Beltre, +33.0%
Biggest Suckfest: Kenji Johjima, -23.5%
Most Important AB: Beltre homer, +26.9%
Most Important Pitch: Dellucci single, -22.0%
Total Contribution by Pitcher(s): +20.2%
Total Contribution by Hitters: +27.0%
Total Contribution by Opposition: +2.8%
(What is this chart?)

This calls for a slightly different kind of Recap In Pictures.

 

Star-divide

game begins

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indians take early lead

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johjima double play #1

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vidro RBI double

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johjima double play #2

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vidro RBI double #2

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middle innings

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indians begin 8th inning rally

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indians continue 8th inning rally

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indians tie game

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arthur rhodes escapes the 8th with a tie

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king awesome goes deep

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king awesome goes deep

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king awesome goes deep

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king awesome goes deep

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king awesome goes deep

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betancourt piles on

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mariners win

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Comments

I think I love you...
Ha that's a good recap of the game.

I am going to have to start using these pics whenever similar situations arise in the future, so you may need to do a similar recap for an M’s loss in the near future.

Please don't cut your wrists just for a hilariously awesome picture.

I mean, it wouldn’t be the worst thing ever since it’d be totally reusable, but it still wouldn’t be a good thing.

I'm concerned he has a knife that big....being a Mariner fan and all.
I thought you had to own a knife that big to be a Mariner fan
I keep mine stowed deep in a kitchen drawer, because I know better than to give myself easy access
This is a good policy for not harming yourself

But how in the world do you harm others?

See, there’s always a problem.

I have two hands
Only one?

I have at least three that size. You know, in case I need a backup or something.

That's not a knife

This is a knife:

...

Wait, wer’e you actually expecting a pic of a knife, and not just a bad Crocodile Dundee joke?

THAT'S NOT A KNIFE! THIS IS A KNIFE!

I see you've played knifey-spoony before.
BTW, 4th picture down is definitely your twin Stifler
Holy shit yeah


What's up with that stache?
Must make him look tougher

and just for shiggles…

the Stiffmeister!

Shibbie

Gil Meche was in Walking Tall?
Rundown!

With the Walken. That’s alotta cows.

Best game recap ever.
Best Recap ever.

Vidro’s RBI Doubles, the first knife, and all the Beltre funk had me fucking rolling

Funniest. Recap. Ever.
hahaha

that’s really all I can say, great recap.

Good show

What’s the pink ruffly thing under the M’s Road Jersey though? This question could gnaw at me for hours…

It’s one of these. (sexy mannequin not included)

ahahahaha!

I can’t stop laughing. That was super mega-awesome whoopass funny Jeff.

Pic #5 demands hilarious subtitling /memedom

And sweet gentle Jesus that was one of the most excruciating wins ever. The only part of that game that didn’t hurt was KA’s homerun, otherwise just awful… but hey we won! It’s amazing that this org can’t fill the two easiest positions on the field with someone even remotely competent. Maybe the new kids will bring the offense from terrible to simply bad.

Man now we have all sorts of photo-fodder for GTE.

Thanks Jeff!

Picture #6 FTW

If any one of these makes it into the LL image collection it’s that one. “Vidro’s 2nd RBI double.”

Instant classic

You should do more photo recaps of GTEs…

This could potentially be a great contest – Best GTE Moments (IN PICTURES!)

As long as EnglishMariner is prohibited from entering
Why would she be prohibited?

I should make some using my macbook webcam. I will next time I am able to sit down and watch a game.

Unless you're being sarcastic here, uh, English Mariner is a dude

I don’t want to see him fucking the man or any sort of “Fuck my pussy” GTE from him.

For some reason I thought EnglishMariner was a woman

I thought I saw people referring him as a woman, maybe I was hallucinating. So if English Mariner sees this, I apologize.

He once said “fuck my pussy” during a game thread. In the ensuing hilarity it’s not surprising you got the impression he’s female.

He should be prohibited because I'm afraid he might kill himself on camera
LL snuff flim thread!
Wait you guys don't actually think about those types of things?
It's not about that

it’s about my website having photographic evidence of somebody’s death. I don’t want to deal with all that bureaucracy.

I am suspicious of anyone who genuinely cares for another human being.
Very cynical outlook on the world

But I feel that you could be right. I wouldn’t want someone committing suicide over the Mariners, whether they take pictures or not.

Something morbid this way comes

Very few people who attempt suicide by slashing their wrists are successful, largely because they don’t know what they’re doing. Not that this is any comfort.

Wait, why am I bring this up? The Mariners won! Woo. Now if only the Avs will save face…

I think you have to slash vertically not horizontally.

If you slash vertically on the vein, then you could possibly die. If you slash horizontally, you just look emo (definition of emo: stupid). I hope English Mariner (or Jeff) takes note of this.

Forget other human beings, I care about me

and having pictures of someone committing suicide wouldn’t do me any favors.

It would definatley shut LL down for an hour or two.
So...

SBN RAM problems – LL shuts down for twelve hours or so
Person commits suicide and posts photographic evidence – LL shuts down for an hour or two.

wooooo go Mariners!!

wait,

how would that person be able to post the photos?

Iono. I tend to blame F'nA's
I noticed you drank to celebrate

I drink when our 6-9 hitters come to bat. When they’re OPS-ing sub 700 or or even sub 600, it’s time to twist open a few bottles…

I can't stop laughing at the "indians tie game" picture.
Yeah

I wonder who exactly he is wishing death upon.

Everyone not named Felix, Ichiro or KA
Yeah that was one of the funniest pictures I have ever seen

Same with the knife appearing in the continued rally one.

Hahahahaha this was actaully the best recap ever

Like today's game, victorious recap is victorious

I saw the game on the big screens at the restaurant. I saw them scoring runs in the 9th and wondered who the hell dropped LSD in my root beer.

My hat's off to you, sir

You’ve outdone yourself

Most impressive.
so the question must be asked

Did you plan on this kind of a recap before the game? If not, were the pictures (gasp) staged after the game? Or do you just always take a mid-game photo shoot.

Let's just say I'm good at summoning past expressions
Good enough for me
It's amazing that you can take pictures of yourself at home while you are at work.
wait,

in the “arthur rhodes escapes the 8th with a tie” pic, are you looking up to the heavens thanking it for the divine intervention or are you looking for the knife from the previous pic that you might have thrown in the air? Dangerous either way. GTE and sharp objects don’t mix…

LL HOF

It loses its luster when we add to it everyday.

Jeff should be less good.
I blame F'n A's
I blame F'nA's for everything except Calvinball
I am picturing a big mojo's risin' symbol somewhere in this pic

Unfortunately I don’t have photoshop, so I am unable to do this :(.

Johnny Mac Awake; Game More Fucked.
Done

Well Done.

This is fanshot worthy

It's all about Microsoft Paint.
Awesome recap

Reminds me of emotioneric.com

Great recap

But why is Beltre using Zito’s golden crown and scepter?

Love it how the M's extend Johjima's contract

but will probably let King Awesome walk after next year. :-(

Let's not talk about this.
Is there any ground to fear that, though? Who the fuck would even replace him?

Tuiasosopo? A flash-aged Triunfel? If we lose Beltre and sign kneeless scrapheap #3, someone is going to burn down someone’s trailer.

Dude, don't even suggest that

King Awesome will stay healthy his whole contract! (But incase this isn’t the case, there is Joe Crede and Brandon Inge)

No one's suggesting that Beltre won't be healthy - I'm referring to the kneeless scrapheaps

that Bavasi has a such a boner for every offseason.

No cause for concern here

Beltre will turn 31 in his first season after his current contract expires, which is exactly the sort of age that the current Front Office levitates towards. I think our prospects for watching King Awesome man the hot corner well into the future are rather promising. Unless Boston decides to take a stab at him. Then we’re buggered.

Problem is, as Bavasi does

he’ll wait until Beltre’s value is at its peak and THEN extend him when with just an ounce of smarts and/or foresight he could have possibly got Beltre to extend for 3 to 4 years at his current salary.

This takes some balls.

Well done.

No matter what people say about me, we still have that picture of Brett
You're god damn right we do :)
I am forever thankful
It was my assholishness that goaded him into taking it.
I am forever thankful
Sometimes I help more than I hurt.
That's true.

god damn now I don't know which one I like better
One's ironic.

The other is scary. I’ll leave it up to you to decide which is which.

Brett's by a mile.
There's just something sexier about a fat guy whose lighting is as bad as most pedophile's basements.
...and it's clearly not staged
...

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I fucking hate block quotes
Shit, dude

that was absolutely amazing.

It’s like someone on your tv just lost their top…

Hmm

This does leave him open for ‘you make the caption’ barrages.

"After Subjecting Himself to Years of Mariner Games..."

”...Jeff, Now a Masochist, Watches 2girls1cup.”

Silva.

Those things are huge.

Take 1

I approve of this
Excellent

I seek approval.

First Ballot Hall Of Fame Recap

Well done sir.

More than made up for the Avs being put on life support.

Okay folks, it's time to start a Shopping Meme.

Ever see those gaijin 4koma, aka “the reaction guys”? Here we go! Here’s your template

THE SKY IS THE LIMIT!

Photoshop oppurtunites are endless. My first submission:

This could actually be useful

for the next time someone wants to start a tuna hotpockets thread

Wait, what?

There are tuna hotpockets? Seriously?

No.

(do the math in your head)

But...

If you think about the Hot Pocket “flavors” that are real…I mean, Tuna certainly wouldn’t be a stretch. It’s all soylent green anyway, I suppose.

Get your head in the gutter.
Oh.

Right.

as it is currently straddling the line

I now nominate this sub-thread for closure.

"No Politics"
"No one cares about your fantasy team"
Just because it's a Colbert parody doesn't mean it has to be politically related.
This is a joke, right?
I just realized what you were saying

:looks up, waves:

Hi Joke! I missed you!

Needs a less fruity font.

or how bout

“NO POLTICS”

or

“ZOMG NO POLITICS”

Font would have been fine if it were not for the "I"

Most other fonts failed, though.

You could make up a whole arsenal.

“NEXT PERSON WHO LINKS TO HH GETS STABBED”
“DESPITE WHAT YOU THINK YOUR FANTASY TEAM IS NOT REMOTELY INTERESTING”

I like where this is going
And also

“No Religion (yes, Scientology counts!)”

Any tangents are up to you.
It could be on the login screen instead of that retarded default avatar pic.
class-action lawsuit guy

THAT IS VERY CLEARLY A BOTTLE OF BEER

):<

that can be fixed in photoshop
I blame you guys for the idea, but I blame myself for giving you the opportunity
You had to there was no way

this wasn’t going to happen.

Way to omit, stupid
You just now noticed this problem?
It's not a chronic typing problem if what you write would be accurate if the words were different
Nice sentence structure Champ.
Blame Malcolm in the Middle

it’s their quote with a little creative editing.

You watch Malcom in the Middle?
I used to
Good luck with that.
Practice makes perfect.
needs more recs
You're just practicing
Fix'd.

too drunk to [smurf]?
Knew I forgot something.

Be right back.

There we go.. all better.

I'm clearly not understanding this joke.

But it has a smurf, so I approve.

This is too much fun... !

needs Ballgame photoshopped into it
Oh, Jeff's got Ballgame.
Biff Rockballs
SUBTHREAD CLOSED
This will be the ultimate test of restraint

RE: mod superpowers

Beltre broke USSmariner.com
that was great
I'm supposed to be working.

TOO ACCURATE

DELETE

TOO ACCURATE

Huh... so I shop one implying fellatio

And you decide to just flat out polish Jeff’s knob.

I am positively terrified of what this thread will look like in the morning
you should be
Hell I'm done.

I’m sure I could come up with more, but I got a headache from laughing too hard.

For some of us it is morning

Indepently I verify that you should be terrified

For some others,

it is afternoon already.

What in the blue hells

Just when one thinks it can't get any funnier
This...all of this...is why this is the greatest website ever. No contest.

I love you all in a purely platonic sense.

LL ties with USSM in my heart

But while USSM is more of a teacher/parent, LL is more like a big brother or a cool older friend. It’s too bad there are no pics of Dave Cameron floating around, you could make a sweet Dave/Jeff pic.

Or in pitching terms, I would say USSM/LL is a good one-two punch! Geoff Baker is like Carlos Silva, he is right sometimes, but also wrong other times. and Detect-O-Vision and Baseball Insider are Wasburn/Tits.

I think there are.

check th eLL/USSM feed recap

And how do I get there?
search the archives
What date should I look for?
try zooperstars

or sometime in august

No Luck

I guess I’ll just have to wait until this year’s USSM/LL Event.

Edit
Baseball Prospect Insider
2nd submission

This thread is fucking awesome
Well Done brother.
YES YES YES
Unlike Jeff, I am positively excited to see what this thread looks like in the morning.

Good night all.

more mspaint fun:

I have your IP and email address

prepare to rue me having your IP and email address

Boooooooooooooooooo
King Awesome has a great game

I had awesome beer.
I feel asleep after said awesome beer.
I woke up to this thread.
Today has been the greatest day in awhile.

That looks way crappier than it did five minutes ago.

Fuck it, I’m going to bed.

A for effort.

I have to get photoshop tomorrow, for future purposes. Stupid macs don’t even come with a paint app.

This is epic

Jeff I hope you anticipated what you were in for

We have a winnah!
I have a feeling we are going to be using this pic alot in the future.

This is fucking awesome
Except shouldn't it be Trix?
Ah, shit, you're right.

I hate that cereal. Oh well, I made it on MSPaint. Not worth changing.

They're illusions Michael

Tricks are something a whore does for money

Or cocaine.

Thanks Librocrat

Just loading us with more arsenal. I think Jeff should be prepared that these pics aren’t going to go away anytime soon.

I had better ideas, but I couldn't get them to work. In the morning my brain will be fresher.

For some reason

this might be my favorite one.

The snowy hat picture

I can’t stop laughing. Especially with the blood squiggles.

It just continues! My oh my!

Not sure I get this one myself, honestly.

I am amazed nobody's made a craigslist posting yet
THAT's what we forgot to do!

I’ll wait for Brayden and seattlesundevil to get on

You will be murdered
It would be worth it
I'm worried

there’s actually a remote possibility he could find me

LL event in SD

you are cordially invited

I'll be expecting my invitation in the mail any day

and a letter bomb along with it?

Jeff in his mid 30s....

MISSING PERSONS REPORT!

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS PERSON?

Name: Ryan Rowland-Smith
Age: 25
Height: 6’3”
Weight: 240 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics: Awesome glasses, Australian accent, may have Ron Villone’s talent with him
Last seen: SafeCo Field pitcher’s mound, Wednesday April 23, 2008.

IF YOU SEE THIS PERSON, PLEASE NOTIFY JEFF SULLIVAN @ WWW.LOOKOUTLANDING.COM

(yeah, I know it isn’t Jeff, but I’ve been wanting to do this one for a while now… and yes, 7 man bullpens mean you wont see RR-S pitch for WEEKS AT A TIME apparently…)

You're like a fortnight late
How does this post fit with the rest of the thread?
What? It's been done?

I missed it.

Ryan Rowland-Smith rocks his face off a milk carton

...but I miss Chris Snelling.

This is fucking awesome

Best recap and best thread ever. HOF now.

ok that was totally not what I expected here this morning

Beltre, by the way, is hitting 340/436/660 on the road. With a torn ligament in his thumb.

Bloody hell Jeff

Well done.

No other sport blog in the universe has anything on this place.

I spent half an hour on a Picture Story with a Faustian Theme

But then I realized that the story’s conclusion would get me banned, my village razed and my breakfast made out of my dog’s entrails.

So I’ve decided to restrain myself.

Ah screw it, I'd rather get the banhammer than waste half an hour...

That was f-ing hilarious
Funny stuff here!

That made me laugh heartily, maybe even guffaw.

HAHA

This thread is making me hysterical.

best.thread.ever.
Holy shit, guys

I don’t know how you did it, but you made one of the funniest posts I’ve ever seen even funnier

Dear God I hope someone gets this.

HAHAHA

I like it

You broke out the Tripel!

Personally I prefer the the dubble. Unfortunately the only place locally I knew that stocked it doesn’t get it anymore.

This is an awesome way

to start the day. Thanks to Jeff for an awesome recap, to photoshoppers for an awesome job, and especially to King Awesome for making this all happen…awesomely.

FYI

King Awesome’s BR page is down to $63.

LookoutLanding >>>> Fark
Most definitly.
Is it too early to nominate this thread for the LL Hall of Fame?
No, never

but I do think we need to stop adding things to the HOF every other day.

Then of course, it’s not every day someone asks you to prove that the home team can’t change the rules of baseball at will

Anyone care to try and save this thread and email it to me or something?

I can’t see a lot of the pics – anything by Brett, JI, BrianL, a few others

Or is it just something in my FF options? For the record, I’m at work so…

I'm at work and a few of them are blocked for me too

but they’re fine at home.

I'm excited to see what happens when I get home then

should be lots of good CL material by then

The 3 Stages of Sports Fan

Bugger

Good show! Unfortunately, I’m going to remember this in place of a really important formula for my Math Final.

By god, you nailed it
Shit, this is funny stuff.

Please, Jeff, keep the pictures coming. Hell, we should all start submitting ourselves on a regular basis.

I got so upset yestereday when my internet went down and I lost the hidden subthread.

I hope you’re happy, Jeff

I knew wire cutters would work

We’re safe again.

You can take away my internet, freedom, family, and friends

but you can’t take away my memory. I knows what I seen

men in black are on their way.
Why is it always black? Why can't you send anyone in tan suits?
Pink. They should wear pink suits
Time to re-open comments and go back to that subthread

I have more things about abortion I want to tell you

I'm here now too!

make it go away!
Jeff joined the cast of Moonlight?
You know, for a while there I thought this community lost it's ability to be funny.

I thought maybe it had lost it’s charm.

But by god I think this thread has revived it. We needed this.

Well done everyone.

there has been a lack of photoshops this year

Someone should make one where we’re throwing Kenji under a bus.

take 1

I need a better Kenji

that doesn’t look half as good as it used to

take 2

ehh, unless someone actually has a photo of someone trapped under a bus this idea is beyond my skills.

Ok I just copied + Pasted a real CL ad and changed it around a little

But I think it totally works. (I didn’t actually post it, I am scared of what Jeff would do to me if I did). Here is goes…

Any ladies interested in watching Iron Man on Friday? – 23 (San Diego)
Reply to: pers-662423982@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-04-30, 11:51AM PDT

Hello women,
So I was thinking most people usually read this because either they are bored or just trying to get a laugh. Well this Friday I will be going to watch Iron Man most likely in San Marcos with my friends and I was wondering if someone would like to join me. Here is the catch. The following are some questions that I would like to get answered. The one with the most correct answers gets that ticket. Hey it helps past the time by and also it allows YOU to get to know a little bit about me :) Figured it would be something a little different.

Question 1: What was Thomas Cat’s first name before it was changed to Tom (Tom from Tom and Jerry)

Question 2: What ethnic food is Pho?

Question 3: Who is Jay Buhner?

Question 4: What do you look like? (Free points here :D )

Question 5: What do you like to eat? (Also free points :D )

Thats it. Pretty easy I would think. Also if you are wondering about the picture, I just happen to be a big Seattle Mariners fan (you would understand if you were from Seattle). This just happens to be the best one of me.

  • Location: San Diego
  • it’s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

PostingID: 662423982

I thnk it'd be funnier with this pic

but that’s just me

Jeff's O face?
Jasper.

Tom and Jerry is an awesome cartoon.

I was tempted to flag your post just so Jeff would see it sooner

but I recommended it instead

Jeff digs pho?

I Jeff hates pho?

I Jeff hates pho?

What?

What's wrong with Pho?

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