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6/17: Open Game Thread, Part 3

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Even if Putz were in

the game would be in question.

The upside here is that Willie's failings can only strengthen Reed's case for playing time

... Even I didn’t believe that :(

Oh hey wait Felix is still pitching
He's not a little pussy Bedard
Hey, I'm injury prone like Bedard

and I resent that, good for him to be safe rather than sorry. No point in risking injury for a lost season.

It's like your expectations just got surprise sexed!
The good kind of surprise sex
To Brian:

Do you know where one can purchase a reasonably priced Rhodes? I really want one. I love the sound.

There's no such thing.
Reasonably priced?

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

LET'S GO MARLINS!

LET’S GO MARLINS! LET’S GO MARLINS! LET’S GO MARLINS! LET’S GO MARLINS!

We do not root against the Mariners on Felix Day
What about in the near future when Felix's team plays the Mariners?
I will still root for Felix
I had that ready.
I thought Rhodes was coming in.

Felix day ends when Felix sunsets off to the dugout.

No

Felix likes his wins.

He doesn't win unless he goes 9 innings.

Let us pray.

When Sexson and Vidro get released who takes their roster spots?

The day of reckoning is near.

The void of relief takes over.
Im lost without Willie-ish TJ Bohn gone.
Loaf with a fucking gun.
Well that's a bit graphic
Cool looks like I'm going to have to avoid LL's front page if I drink
Are you already home?
No I'm still at work

I just wanted to see how many people would say bye to me

+5 gay points
I think you're pulling ahead, Robert
LFOJL is the JI of this secret gay point leaderboard
I'm creeping up on LFOJL in the standings.
Brian's putting up a pretty good fight
I also have the complete works of Phil Collins and Genesis.
LFOJL

Rebuttal?

Not that gay,

just stupid.

The pre-Collins Genesis stuff is awesome.
I don't listen

But my drummer loves them, idolizes Phil Collins, etc, and I know I do not like them. So this fight hath not started as I hath no dog.

Your drummer friend is an idiot if he idolizes Phil Collins.

He is one of the most technically inept drummers ever.

Also, you're a fucking tool for hating something you don't listen to.
I hate them.

Therefore, they are not on my playlist. Sorry if I phrased that confusingly.

Technically inept?
He's horrible.

His technique is awful, he has no grasp over written notation.

Is he one of those drummers that doesn't cross arms?
Even the Collins stuff is awesome up to 1983 or so.

Things get really sketchy after the self-titled album, though.

Yeah, after he went solo his stuff deteriorated.
I must give mad props to Peter Gabriel though, if that makes you feel any better
Why would a 14 year old giving props to Peter Gabriel comfort us?

FWIW, his third album (the melt one) is the best.

Because liking Peter Gabriel is considered in good taste?

Especially for a youngin?

I feel midly indifferent towards Peter Gabriel.
At age 14, I would say you have experienced very little of the music world to know what good taste is.
You would be pleasantly surprised by how much I know

My first concert was Elvis Costello.

I won't pretend to be a music guru, but you missed the point of my post.

At age 14, you studied very little of anything to decide what good taste is.

I understood your point

I was just trying to win some points :/

For the record,

Everyone giving you a hard time about anything and everything is helping you learn what good taste is. You still hang around here, so at least that shows you are maturing with every discussion.

And one day you will wake up and realize that your nickname works against you and it is a major reason why you are treated the way you are.

Well it is quite jading on one's self-image, specially at my age

And I’d rather not be judged for username, but thank you for the words. It does mean something to be told that by someone.

Change your name
You can't do that though...
It's probably not a bad idea to start fresh
Start a new account

it’s not like you’ll be losing any recs

9 recs in all
You will get many recs if you change your name.
Suggestions?

I’ve known no other than butthol for years.

I think it'd be better if he changed his name

and didn’t tell anyone

It's sad you know how many you have
It's pretty easy when they're all on one comment

that he links to in his SBN profile…

If you didn't want to be judged based on username

Pick one less offensive.

As long as everyone agrees Linus & Lucy is a classic song, I'm fine
The DMB version is kickass
ZOMG NO DMB!
Why?
They're awful?

Dude, I just defended you taste, and then I saw this. C’mon.

I love anything written by Vince Guaraldi
I love anything written by Randy Newman.
Randy Newman is an excellent songwriter.

He shouldn’t be allowed to sing, though.

Fucking short people
Nor that either
I'm going to give you your second rec in less than 3 minutes

treat it well

Take that Robert
I need a long night of drinking and posting

before I can catch up to Robert

Are they neck and neck on the leaderboard?
Robert has a significant lead
My main problem is that my shining moments

occurred before recs became popular.

Or it could be that Robert scores a lot of gay points
Yet another contest I don't mind losing
For the record he's beating you by 175
I like to think that my contributions

to the LL community aren’t entirely captured by crude metrics like recs

Unfortunately, as of yet, we have no better way to judge

I can’t wait for Comment f/x

Those would certainly

go on the back of the LL trading cards

Much appreciated
This I may agree with

But he also conveys emotion well, (Louisiana 1917)

His songs convey emotion.

His voice conveys pain.

This is the first semi-agreeing we've ever had
FALSE.

I had great taste in music when I was 14. And as annoying as may at times be, he seems to be on the right track.

The missing word is 'butthol', by the way.
I suppose so. But not if you're just talking about "Sledgehammer" and "Kiss That Frog."

It better be stuff like “Biko,” “D.I.Y.,” and “Slowburn.”

He was never the main songwriter in Genesis

Almost all of their great stuff was either written by Banks/Rutherford/Gabriel/Hackett, or (when they were a trio) written as a group collaboration. The few genuine Collins solo tracks on Genesis albums are mostly shit, with the sole exception of “Please Don’t Ask.”

The collaboration stuff was awesome.
I'm a big fan of Duke and Abacab, myself.
Abacab is a personal favorite of mine.
"No Reply At All" has always been one of my top 10 favorite Genesis songs of any era.

Perfect fusion of pop with art/prog-rock conceits.

Also a great tune.
This is undeniably true.
#1 #1 #1 #1

USA USA USA

Sexson ducks on the throw from Lopez

Thereby negating his only potential positive defensively.

Bedard would have pussied out by now and ran away

Show him what a true ace looks like Felix

Shame on Erik for being responsible
Reverting to fastballs Felix

Back to a breaky thing.

Well, one that he might swing at.
Be more specific next time
This may be the beginning of the end of Felix's good night.
:(
Sean Green!

Not Rhodes!

We should have Morrow come in and start raping
MORROW IS A CLOSER!

KNOW YOUR ROLE, BITCH!

How will that help us win a ballgame?
The Marlins will not be able to run anymore?

How should I know?

Stupid walks
The sun has set on Felix day.

You know that run is coming around to score.

Still an awesome performance
How did we acquire Green?

It wasn’t through the draft, was it?

Came from Colorado for Aaron Taylor a few years ago.
Sean Green

Mild mannerly awesome

CanNOT lol
Alright, I laughed
You shouldn't've
I know

but it’s been an extremely long day

Okay now we can panic.
I wonder if Sean Green has friends
I assume his mom is fond of him
He a dick or something?
That was a hell of a way to misconstrue what I was saying
What were you saying?

Did I miss something?

Are you a butt or something?
No, he's a hole in a butt.

Come on now!

At least they're not making Green face a lefty
I can't believe Sean Green has actually gotten better
He's pretty goddamn fanstastic.
Rhodes...succeeds?

I’m so fucking confused.

Rhodes is supposed to start sucking any minute now, isn't he?
23% strikeout rate.

15% walk rate.
0% home run rate.

Aside form the walks, he’s been just fine really.

His line drive rate is 43%
That was a god damn terrible 0-2 pitch to hey whatever works
Arthur Rhodes three-pitch strikeout?

Does not compute.

Wait, Mets losing 5-1? So a managerial change doesn't automatically make a team a lot better?
When a team defeats the Mets, it's doing God's work.
Is this an appropriate time

for me to ask a completely off topic question?

It's a game thread

as long as it’s not about sex with cartoon characters, fire away

Is there a site out there

that tracks DIPS stats? Specifically I’m looking for DERA.

Besides that, I am looking to create a list of the best statistical sites…

ESPN has DERA but you should never go to ESPN

just use Fangraphs or THT or Baseball-Reference or FirstInning or any number of alternatives.

You call this an OT question?
I'm still learning the ropes here,

man.

They are tough tough ropes

First off, I’ll be way too nice to you. The others won’t.

You got that to look forward to my man.

I also look forward

to calling someone a cum-gargling gutter slut, but the opportunity has not presented itself yet.

Yeahhhh you might wanna hold onto that one until major GTE kicks in and it blends in well.
You just had a chance.
Not if you're me, but go right on ahead
Go that one guy chanting Ichiro's name!
Meatball, 92mph

fouled away.

So where the hell is Jeff Clement?
Learning from the bench like a rookie should! DUH!
Sleeping because he's lazy and doesn't understand the game of baseball
ningwers' response was better than mine
Holy hell

I think that’s my first green comment.

Get it up to 10 for blue!
It goes blue at 10 recs?

I want to see what 100 recs looks like. I bet it is a bunch of psychedelic colors that creates some sort of Magic Eye!

This is how rumors are spread
Let's not get greedy here

I need to learn how to walk before I soar like a big gay eagle.

Robert's the eagle, by the way
But he's not big

lanky gay eagle?

Also, I've decided that "big gay" is a great insult
Is Robert being gay going to hurt his electability?
Hasn't hurt LFOJL's ROY campaign
Hey!
No offense you big gay
lol it takes 1 2 no 1 u r gay now
For all the fucking the man that went on earlier this season

I’m surprised it took this long to come out

That's hard to say

He’s done in recent polling, but his performance on the softball diamond may not go over well with the readers of a baseball-oriented website.

Those of us not present have nothing to go by but his attitude on this site
I heard there are some incriminating pictures of his play on the field.
Who lays down bunts at a softball game?
People who play the game the right way
twice
After already being warned that the second time would result in an automatic out
Fucking bullshit is what it is
Big gay eagles
This is true.
I can't wait for the campaign poster inspired by his new nickname
Sadly, a GIS for "Big gay eagle" revealed nothing

err not so sadly

Morrow hit three home runs in BP

I’m just saying

Well we can move him to DH then
Or have him work out at first
You want to pinch hit Morrow for Vidro?
If only he was a starter.

We’d get to see him hit, but nooooooooooooooooooooo he’s a fucking closer while Putz is injured and Mac is employed.

Allright Brandon...

Don’t suck.

Off topic:

Does anyone else love Alela Diane? SethGrandpa??

M L B DOT T V

GRIN

Swhua!?

Defensive sub for Richie?

Morrow time!
Holy christ...

I do like Brandon Morrow’s 2008 control and command of his fastball…

Nope, that cannot be hit
HIS NAME ISN'T DAN UGGLA

IT’S FUCKING DOUCHEBAG

Kid wastes no time.
With a name like Uggla...

you’d better be good at sports, or something

So Brandon Morrow's talents are wasted as a closer....

....but damn, he would make a fanfuckingtastic closer. No way he could throw fire like this as a starter, right?

Penetrate me Brandon.
You want Brandon to penetrate your butthol?
Pitching smart

Good mix. He’s pitching like a starter throwing bullpen sessions.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Woah, ran it off the screen?
Whoo~c?
Too many OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOs
Good God!

Morrow is good.

M's WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FELIX!!!!!

MORROW!!!!!!

So this Morrow is pretty good, huh?
IF ONLY THERE WERE SOME WAY WE COULD GET MORROW TO START
Yeah, so Brandon Morrow is ridiculously badass.

You cannot hit that. You just cannot.

You can all thank me

for turning off the tv when Felix was in a jam, I’m the real hero. Of course if you’re rooting for Strasburg… then I’m the villain…

I could watch Felix pitch 8 innings and Morrow close it out for many years to come
I could watch Felix pitch a cg so

then watch Bedard do it the next day, then watch Morrow do it the next day, then watch Strasburg do it the next day, then pray for rain and watch it again for many years to come….

You forgot about Aumonts CG SHO
Good heavens
Winning is nice
On Felix Day anyway
Felix Days are the only days that I root for wins -

I figure we’ll do fine with a .200 Win % the rest of the way out.

I want Bedard to do well
.400 just won't get us to Strasburg

We gotta make some sacrifices here, people.

I'll be honest

I’m still indifferent towards Bedard.

Raul hits lefties better than righties!?

WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG!

WHAT?!

RAUL DOES NOT FUCKING HIT LEFTIES BETTER THEN RIGHTIES!

I see the winning buzz died quick
Mentink has that effect.
I'm only happy for Felix

Otherwise, “winning” buzz does not agree with our quest for Strasburg.

FUCK YOU MENTINK

He does fucking not

Oh my god.....

Angie Mantank just asked Raul how he manages to hit lefties better than righties….

LEAVE MENTINK ALONE

I'm sad I didn't get a chance to use this more.

"Raul, you're one of those lefties who hits southpaws better."

Nice.

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIT a sec

Did Mentik just ask Raul about how he hits lefties better then righties? WHA?

I get the feeling Angie just said something stupid...
DID ANGIE MENTIK JUST HAVE BACK SPASMS?
No....those are contractions.
Ok, you win.
No, these're contr'ctions
You're really getting on my Marinerves tonight
Dun be hatin'

Snitch.

I'm sorry, I'll try to make it up toMorrow
What you did there is seen
I hope your face corrhodes
That's a lowe blow.
I had to log back on after that stupid comment.

Seriously, this shit isn’t fucking hard to look up. Even Raul looked at her like she was stupid.

Raul, you're a little odd.
Holy crap

I turn on the game about a minute away from home to hear that Morrow is coming in and I think “awesommmmmmme I can catch the last inning.” Come in, turn on the T.V. and am greeted with that old school scoreboard flashing “Win.”

Brandon Morrow is good.

Thanks Bavasi, you didn’t do everything wrong.

Nikki Z's Mellons.....

I’d motorboat that.

Just don't look up
Her face is fine....
Politely disagree
You have ridiculous standards.....
I think some agree with me here
It's almost like attractiveness is subjective
Is it now?

Where's the Coach roster collage?
In a corner of his room covered in tears and used Oxy pads
Damn it, now I feel kind of bad...
If Coach actually was a real person I'd feel bad
I'll rec away your guilt
This has been a good night for me
I want a screenshot.

I have yet to see this woman!

You're not missing anything.
Thought Brad was gonna go Sutcliffe on Nicole there for a moment.
Gameday needs more pitching highlights.
in the words of the best radio host ever..

GOODNIGHT NOW

Vidro went 0-5 and didn't do anything.

Can we DFA him now?

Yay we win

My fancy is ticklish.

Morrow's never going to start, is he?
Only if you assume that he'll never leave the M's
he'll start closing.
Anyone know where i can find the average batting line for NL pitchers?

I feel like it was posted before but I didn’t see it.

Haha

Jason Giambi has a porn ‘stache to go along with his golden thong!

LATE

REALLY LATE

lol

Oh well, it’s still hilarious.

Marcus Thames v Zito tomorrow.

Should be fun to watch. Thames’ last 8 hits have been homers including a 450 foot bomb to center tonight.

Holy shit, that's amazing.

Two True Outcomes.

Just for kicks, using Baseball Musings' lineup analysis:

Our most often lineup (Ichiro, Lopez, Ibanez, Beltre, Vidro, Sexson, RF, C, Betancourt): 3.933 Runs per game (note that the Mets with a free out every 9 outs have an expected 4.4something)
Our optimal lineup (Ichiro Ibanez Sexson Lopez Beltre Vidro C Betancourt RF): 4.017 runs
Our worst (Betancourt VIdro Sexson C RF Ibanez Lopez Ichiro Beltre): 3.77 runs

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