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7/22: Open Game Thread, Part 2

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bahahahahaha

Not today, LaHair. Much like your hometown of Worcester, you suck.

Just when we had the makings of a recursive thread, too
Sounds like a wager to me.
Atta way to go you silly monkey
I didn't think it was possible for the Mummy movies to get any cornier/worse.
It could be a mummy covered in maize
fucking fuck shit

I would like to go back in time to medieval europe just so I can undergo an intense multi-year education in weapons of torture so that I could then pray to return to my own time and make use of said knowledge on Mike Blowers.

Cheese grater

Enough said

Let it all out, Matthew.

I’m here for you.

Take comfort in the fact that he probably hates you just as much
I'm taking full credit for this.
Em Ew Bee dot T B
MLB tv just crashed, but I was lucky enough to see us get one 'new' fan.

That kid is going to hate his mom later in life.

I don't take offense to being called a queen.
That sure was some silly defense by our SS

What other team wants in on the fun?

St. Louis.
You want me to get mad but I'm not gonna.
St. Louis has to be lacking in the silliness department
Barton can only do so much
Yuni would walk around the clubhouse tripping over banana peels
I wonder who he'd get to ride on the back of the bike
From what I just saw in the mlb.tv commercial

Barton has silly hair but not a silly face

Yuni could show the Cardinals a whole new world
You know who's no fun at all?

That Colby Rasmus fellow

Silliness is the sixth tool
It would never fly under LaRussa's watch.
Sounds like a fun 90's baseball movie come to life
Except they win in the movies.
Drinking is LaRussa's sixth tool.
Drinking and weed seem to be St. Louis' #1 tool
And also dying
and winning
Byproduct of the drinking, weed, and death
I never liked Josh Hancock.
It was the restaurant's fault
No, it was the parked cars fault.
It keeps him loose for the games.
There aren't many six-tool players in baseball
Jim Edmonds' concussions were silly
His return to play for the 2006 playoffs was nothing short of heroic.
You can't learn silliness

I think it’s the one tool you have to be born with

I hope there are MLB executives reading this
I could be a silliness scout for some team

But those bastards apparently don’t believe in six tools.

"Docked five points, fields with little whimsy"
"His joke telling is at 50, with room for improvement, a potential 60, but it's his face that people are talking about. First minor leaguer I've seen with a 70 face. This kid could make it big, either in baseball or on MadTV"
^ with a sense of humor
We have Aaron Miles and Ron Villone.
Would've been funnier if Beltre's throw hit him in the brain stem
So did Princess Willie's dad die or something?
He's paralyzed Coach.

That’s cold.

Wait, really?
Yes.
Recently?
It's the most paralyzed he's been since 2003.
I missed something.
I have only now realized the genius of this comment
Well, shoot. I didn't know that.

I just said that because Jeff called us “queens” and a king dying is the only way for an heiress-in this case, Princess Willie-to become a queen.

I'm impressed by the level of thought that went in to this.
Humour isn't supposed to be so damned tortuous
Or un-funny.
I figured that was implied

Do try to keep up

I was clarifying for everyone else.
Did Willie Bloomquist's dad die and make you queen?
Just horrible.
Hold me close, Red, it's getting dark.

Cough cough Tell Auntie Em to let Old Yeller Out. Cough Cough Tell Tiny Tim I won’t be coming home this Christmas!

That movie is older than you
'Cept it's not.
And less autistic
STOP IT YOU BIG NANNY
YEAH FROM FEAR OF MY COCK LOLZ
He's paralysed Coach?

That seems a little excessive, but at the same time potentially hilarious.

Comment of the year.
FUCK YOU ELLSBURY
If I were a major league player who did spots for MLB.tv

Every time I hit a home run I would stare the pitcher down and yell “Keep watching, bitch”

You'd also be Brandon Fahey
I wonder if Brandon Fahey runs the bases with children after Sunday matinees
I could A-Rod

I can sway real good

Don't you dare
Doesn't bother me

I’m not a swayaphobe.

I am soothed
It's scary how hypnotic this is
If you added a loop of Morgan Freeman talking over it

We could make millions marketing it as a sleep aide.

No! Kill this motherfucker!
Morgan Freeman makes everything worth the pain
I have a friend who hates Morgan Freeman
That's racist!
I can't stop staring
You need this on reserve in case anything happens to Felix ever again.
A-Rod should do this to pitchers
What do you think he teaches at his camps?
FUCK YOU PED-ROID-A
The letter that looks like a little man with a hat goes tuh, Magglio
Magglio is going to be destroyed, please?
Little man with a hat?
| + _ = T

Morbo reference.

The "L" is pretty bad too.
I was making a condom joke.
Every single one of those pitches was the same
hahaha
He can't even get on base when the ball is thrown directly at him.
Now that's how you aim

take notes, Beltre

Just like toilet training.
I'll kiss your hand to make it better
WLAD!

Call him up and cut hot dog fingers already.

But Strasburg...
Yeah I thought that as soon as I hit post...

I’m torn between giving the young guys some playing time, and tanking the rest of the season. Too bad the Nationals or so bad… Hard to compete with that level of crap, even if they swept us at our house…

YOu stupid bald fuck.
Yes, Mike Blowers, laugh at the Japanese for their strict training regimen...
I hear they train in magic forests
You're thinking of elves...

close, but not quite.

In a cottage cheese cottage?
Next to the make believe trees...
People in the crowd yelling at Vidro to retire makes me smile
They would... but in all serioiusness

if you’re about to retire and you’re only 34… that kind of sucks. I’m going to assume Vidro has no other skills, like ninja skills or anything, so he’s going to spend the next 50 years doing nothing. Though, hard to feel bad for a guy getting paid 8 mil per year for putting up a 600 ops as a DH.

He has millions of dollars

he can retire to a tropical island and jerk off all day

I'd rather play pro sports for an (extra) eight or so years

than have 10 millions dollars.

That's AK retarded.
No way, getting to have a job that's actually fun

is much better than accumulating wealth so you can blow it on crap. You can’t buy a good job.

Yes. Yes you can.
Examples?
You have vast wealth. Do whatever you want to do.
Don't have a job--use the money to travel.

Ta-da, perfect life.

Pearl Jam needs people to follow them.
Did you mean this as a reply to me?
Yes.
I'm over the groupie thing.
God no.

Why would you groupie?

And that's my fun idea.
You said follow.

I inferred.

Not my fault your mind is dirty.
I don't necessarily believe groupie and dirty go together.
Most people just like the music.
I'm not convinced that being an MLB player is all that fun
Funner that most jobs.
Only if you're good at it
Shoot, I'd be in Cairo's position in a heart beat.

I don’t care if I got playing. Just sitting on a major league bench is something I could tell my kids or grandkids. Or if I never have kids all the other old geezers at the retirement home.

I bet Cairo has fun.
Only if you're good at it or play for someone who sucks
Same, too many games, too many road trips and too much booing.

That’s why I said pro athlete.

I'd rather have a robot that prints 20s and makes pancakes.
Not waffles

Fuck you Matthew

French toast is where it's at
Too eggy
Not if you douse them with maple syrup
Pffft. Whatever. Enjoy your plain waffles.
I doubt that Turbo will be able to walk unassisted in 8 years
Hit a homer you fat piece of shit
THIS OFFENSE IS AN ABORTION
[coathanger]
NO I'M USING THE REAL WORD
I like your intensity
THANK YOU GOODBYE TIME TO DRINK LOTS MORE
[trip to the special doctor]
[trip to home depot]
We have regressed back to April.

Strasburg ho!

April wasn't so bad
May?
Yes, May was a wee bit Nagasaki
We have regressed back to May.

Strasburg ho!

I'm sure Kenji knows what that's like.
I'm sure he does not
He was on the team in May

so I’m sure he does.

Solid effort.
Why hello there, Victor!
hay is is Vitor artinez?
I hate to say it... but I kind of like 5 or 6 guys

on the Red Sox…

Just don't start calling caRs, caas

and bras, bra’ers.

The fewer bra’ers in the world, the better, for everyone.

I guess we're still losing huh/
Hows it going tonight guys and Jeff?

Speaking of Jeff, I would like to see him on Scare Tactics. Solid show.

Is Clement really injured? Or did I read something wrong on the other thread?

Why am I not part of guys?

Clement hurt his thumb in the netting.

You're elevated.
Why are you part of guys?
Apparently I blend.
Is it because I almost called you sir?
Didn't help.
In my opinion you don't look like a man.
Then don't call me sir.
I never did.
Yes ma'am
I have a horrible sense of deja vu.
I thought women wanted equality.
Guys works.
Y'all works better
I grew up in a real ghetto.

Not Ellie May’s basement. : )

I'm from North Memphis.

People say y’all there all the time.

It's an incredibly meritorious word

People should use it more often.

Rec'd for anachronistic usage of 'money'.
Such words seem more interesting to have him say, as opposed to aluminium.
That's boss.
Another fantastic word.
I cant stand the word along with its brother...

“You’se”...

Y'all and you'se could not be more different.
What on earth is 'You'se' a contraction of?
Nothing, it's another word for you
But not for you, the plural sense.
I have no idea.

Even when I try to say it, I cant ever say it like the people who say it can say it. Um, yeah.

Which is why y'all is better.
I speak too...dare I say it...

Yankee-ish. A girlfriend I just dumped told me I speak ‘all proper’ and stuff.

I never use either word.

You'se is not a plural of you.
I have no idea how its supposed to be written.

I tend to hear it mostly from New Jersey people.

Sometimes, it sounds like there is a T in it. Like Youst. Or Ust as pronounced in the name Ustes.

Southern colloquialisms>>>>>>>>>>Jersey colloquialisms
Things not from Jersey>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Things from Jersey
There are some good things from Jersey.
But not many.
.

How long did this take you to achieve my point?
Too long.

I was just going to do Lauryn Hill and Patti Smith, but Harriet Tubman and Thomas Edison are too cool to not be acknowledged.

Still not many.
True.

New Orleans, Memphis and Seattle all have more.

Jersey can be fun to go to in that you don't give a shit about anything when you're there
New Orleans colloquialisms >>>>>>> General Southern colloquialisms.
I'd like to disagree, but can't.
Excuse me while I make groceries.
What's the difference?
Where y'at?
Unless I am not hearing it right in my head,

I don’t think that can be credited New Orleans.

The New Orleans accent is called y'at and it stems from

The practice of having people ask “Where y’at” to ask someone how they’re doing.

You know more about New Orleans than I ever will.

I will take your word for it.

The local turn of phrases take some getting used to.

It really is quite different from typical Southern sayings.

Advice: Don't take spelling corrections from JI.

And you’se and y’all are not even from the same region. They are not relatives.

Bullshit

I’m qualified to make those corrections.

When you learn how to spell I, yes.
Bullshit

I have a degree.

...

...

Not a big fan of non-sequitiurs?
Sure, if you want to get technical.

This may be the weirdest subthread I have ever been involved in.

Technical is expected around here.

And the weirdness rating of this thread is only about a 3.

Play through pain!!
Thank you, sexy beast.
Greek God of Assface
He never came through on the walks part. Liar.
His OBP is .383.
.070 IsoPa? pbbbbt
It should be .450 for his reputation.

He’s not a Greek God, more like Greek royalty or something.

It'd be kind of fun to have Youk and Bucky Jacobsen

on the same team. They remind me of each other.

Except Bucky's batting stance was a lot less twatty
What a wonderful word.
Aside from the good.
Well 9 homers in 160 AB isn't horrible.
Shouldn't start referring to him as YoukiKe?
Would work better if it weren't old news
It's never old news as long as it's found on the internet!
Justin Morneau's pose is beginning to get on my nerves
Why? It's so majestic
I prefer silly
You must hate white people
He's on the record as such.
I am fond of black impressions of white people
"Hi Bob how are you?"

“Good Tom thanks for asking”

Such as the guy in the Ghost Ride It music video
I hope you don't actually listen to that music
That particular song I do
God you're white
I ghost rode a rental car last June
I have some pussy friends who hate ghost riding

I find surfing on top of the car is the most fun

The one guy on top of the bus only has one move
You only need one move if it's a really dank move
It's not though
I didn't actually watch the video
Give me a minute

Tell me you've seen the guy in his truck going like 30mph doing this

and then jumping off as it slams into a telephone poll. It’s fantastic.

I like the Oakland A's one

Or the one where the guy gets his car stolen

The white guys in the Oakland A's one are remarkably good at the ghost-riding dance.
Classic video.
That's legit if you mix it in to other moves

But, yeah, it can’t be by itself

Not seen: twenty more seconds of the same thing
My bastard neighbors call in noise disturbances for ghost riding
I'd have more respect for terrorists if they had done this on 9/11 with the planes.
Why did I just YouTube that video?

That just ruined a lot of memories when I was in high school. Calling that ghost riding is like Paris Hilton trademarking the word “Hot.”

What about Robert Downey Jr.'s upcoming performance

of a white guy who gets some sort of skin pigment change to look like a black guy for the character’s upcoming film in Tropic Thunder?

White people taste like macaroni and cheese
Morneau looks like John Cena's roids-less brother
Ashley Russell, you never tell me when to join you

I am willing to commit but you have to open up first

DAY GAME WHAT THE FUCK
WHY WHY WHY
I am really really really pissed right now.
Think of it like an East coast bias start.
I'm fine with it.
I shouldn't be deprived of Felix.
He will enhance my work day.
Oh dammit I probably won't be home during the game
The Trade Deadline?
Oh noes, 4 PM
According to my suvioneer cup it is a 1.40 start.
Wow

that’s a new one.

Oh noes 4:40
3:40
1.40 you fools
Either way

I’ll still be at work, just like I am now :(

Sucks for me too, despite being on the EC.

I need to wake up earlier than 5pm.

I know I'm late...but it's in context....cause late is a trend.

Without a thumb how can Clement even swing slowly!?

NO NO NO YOU WAG

He is NOT effectively wild! He’s just wild and he’s been insanely lucky this year making you, since you get outclassed in the intelligence olympics by common garden slugs, think he’s been effective!

I was going to say something but I wanted you to say it.
That sounded like Coach
Rhodes!
SPARTA!
Freeeeeedooooooommmmmmmm!!!!
.

KNIFE ASSAULT KNIFE ASSAULT KNIFE ASSAULT
KNIFE EYE ATTACK

This is something PhilKenSebben would post
Speaking of which
I don't care I am in love with Dan McNinja
I have no idea what that is.

Very disturbing.

It's a ninja with knives taped over his eyes?
I thought it was Venom.

Or one of those Pokemon dudes.

You'd dare stab the American dream?
After the things he has done to my eyes over the years, it is just.
Dustin is by far the worst.
The Dodgers are so streaky

16 runs last night, 1 tonight.

Please no Ray Stevens references.
A-Rhodes 4 Cy Young.
TRADE TRADE TRADE

PRICE PRICE PRICE

I only want to trade him so we can be worse
He would be an upgrade over Flores.
They say they wont trade someone for the sake of trading them...

But im starting to think they should in some cases, particularly Washburn. Washburn off our roster is a plus and any prospect or semi prospect is just gravy, baby.

Holy hell

You are so traded

His career peaked.
Trade Trade Trade!
Good on you Bryan.
LAHAIR FOR 1B!!!
Wait is Matsuzaka still pitching?
Shutout?
That was a mighty silly hit
That was one of the worst swings I've ever seen.
And that's why I don't care.
I wish LaHair had a blog

I want to know what the guys are writing on the ball he thinks is his first hit.

This Ichifucker is pretty good
zzThat was a silly hit.
He ran funny after he hit the ball
Don't overuse the word
Don't be such a fagtron.
TRADE Loafie
GTFO
That's the sign I want to make

LFOJL: GTFO

Game Thread Fantasies Okay

Rec'd because Ari is awesome.
That show is ironic in the highest order.
Because Turtle should be the main actor?
Because it's a show centered around an actor playing an actor

while the actual actor cannot act in the least.

I take it you've never seen the heart-wrenching movie "Drive Me Crazy"
No way, I never would have guessed.

:-/

LLOYD!!!

also, rec

Silva just displayed some silliness
Guardado had silly out the wazoo
Most people don't realize why Jackie Robinson was so unique
Ichiro is declining. Trade him now.
Needs more paragraphs.
It's nice to see his one or two extra-base hits a month
Jose!
TRADE TRADE TRADE
We wont get anything for Vidro!
Oh thank god

Our cleanup hitter is on the way

Jose Vidro is a poor baseball player.
He's making 8 million a year. I wouldn't call that poor.
I should have been more clear.
way to fight off ball four
That was an excellent job of not walking
Orlando Hudson of the Diamondbacks was just carried off the field in the Cubs/DBacks game.

Hit by a pitch on the ankle, went down in a heap. He couldn’t walk off under his own power, couldn’t even stand up. From the looks of it, he may have had his ankle shattered. Likely broken at the very least.

Maybe the D-Backs want to undo that Rauch/Bonifacio trade now? Chris Burke sure as hell ain’t getting it done.

At least this will lower his price in the offseason.
And Furcal's having that surgery too
I can think of a middle infielder they might be able to use
Is it a serious one?
I'd rather unload the silly one
Do we have a serious one?
I'd rather unload the sillier one
I'll bet Harang really knows how to party
You'd never know the lower right was in reverse...

unless you watched the background Dave.

That lady screaming by the bullpen could use a good sexual assault
Did you know that statistically, 9 out of 10 people enjoy gang-rape?
bwhahahahahahahaha
I'm glad you found a good context for this joke.
I have a theory that rape is funny until you've been raped
Robert might test that theory on you.
I'm bringing my rape kit
In his miniskirt.
Whatever. Dressing up like a woman is fun.
I think so.
Every morning must be a blessing.
More of a challenge, really.
You don't appreciate what you have.
A lack of facial hair?
You said it not me.
It's a positive.
There are other positives.
I'm not going there.
*Insert Belgua picture*
I'm pretty sure all my friends think I'm really rapey because I told them all this joke.
I want Jacoby to get fat so I can call him the Ellbury Doughboy
Gaycoby Dicksbury
It's so cute when Pedroia is mad
Pedroia with a retard swing
Dustin Pedroia looks like a douche bag
Is
I was just commenting on how he looked.

If I were to describe how a person who is a douche would look, it would pretty much be Pedroia.

Looks like a dolphin.
I won't post it
I wasnt even going for a response.
You're just trolling for it now
Miguel Batista?

Pedroia looks like more of a douche
.

What the fuck is that
www.hotchickswithdouchebags.com
I like how there's so much astonishment that a question mark is not required.
yes yes yes

agreed

It gets worse.

My favorites are pumpy and the gator
I'm a Wheatstalks man myself.
Oh I forgot about He Just Bangs Bitches and Drinks

He’s amazing

He Just Bangs Bitches and Drinks is the scrote that keeps on douching.
This is the greatest newsflash in the bottom left corner of mlb.tv in the history of newsflashes

I didn’t even read the story, but this

Pudge doesn't hit very well against position players

I don’t like that there’s another silly middle infielder out there.

Pudge doesn’t hit very well against position players

I just read the story and there's not much silliness in it
That was a misleading headline
I'm disappointed now
Perhaps we hold players to too high a standard of silliness
Can you blame us?

I wonder what we would think of him if it weren't for the t-rex running arms
I would think of him the same way

Look fatter
I've found a strong correlation between silliness and fatness. r^2=.8
Why wasn't this photoshopped when the Washburn pedo meme was still funny?
That meme was never funny
It most certainly was.
MY FRIEND DIED FROM BEING MOLESTERED BY JARROD WASHBURN OK?
Sure it was

it just had the shortest shelf life of any meme

Thanks Dave
He could never get away with that at USSM.
I blame the commenters.
And the mods there suck
mor like modsturbators
I enjoy Jeff Nye's work.
LL offers a breath of fresh air
It has.

I was a failure at USSM.

It was when he'd steal their lunch money before he left their house.
He's still a bad hitter for his position.
Could Adrian gaytre be any lamer?
*gaydrian
They were going to kiss but they remembered the cameras
I was waiting for one of the pull out a knife and stab the other.
We're comin' for you, San Diego
HORRIBLE NEWS

The Yankees are looking to send Kei Igawa to us for Washburn.

According to SI.com’s Jon Heyman, the Yankees are looking to send Kei Igawa to Seattle as part of a deal for Jarrod Washburn.

Washburn is owed around $14 million through 2009, while Igawa is set to make about $13.5 million through 2011. If the Yankees really expect to get rid of Igawa at this point, they’d likely have to throw in an extra prospect or two. Another option would be for Seattle to include Jose Vidro, but he wouldn’t seem to have any value to the Yankees. If it netted them a top prospect, it would make sense for the Mariners to take on Igawa. There’s always the chance he could settle in as an adequate bottom-of-the-rotation guy with the change of scenery, and the team clearly has money to burn.
-

Rotoworld.

LATE
Not really

the Rumors thread was a complete off-topic disaster.

BEFORE THE RUMOURS THREAD

THE OTHERS WERE ON TOpIC

Why would you make the p lowercase
My keyboard did it.
Is it a clue?

Are YOU the Mole?

Noodle under shift key.
Why do you ask anymore?
I'M NOT FUCKING KIDDING
This one is curious
Almost as good as can ban't.

Or whatever that was.

Why did you spell rumors like Graham
I am a good influence
He took my suggestion of "Needs more 'U'"
That's how it is spelled in my Who liner notes.
It did spiral downward horribly.
I blame the lacking moderation.
I blame the lack of things to talk about that hadn't already been discussed
So the moderation and the authors are at fault.

Nothing to do with us.

At least this was a solid gamethread
ehhh
...nobody threatened to kill jews
It was horrible until I got home
I wasn't 100% until the Cardinals blew the game again.

But what about the Weeks discussion?

I talked about baseball!
You mean, both discussions?
hahahaha
Towards the end I couldn't tell which side Coach was arguing for
The side that got the most attention.
I never could.
I miss Coach but I don't like it as much when he's actually here
bwhahaha
This is a really unhealthy relationship
I knew I should've disabled comments for that post
We can't handle open spaces and freedom.
I like the innocent Coach better
I hate them both.
I don't hate either one

They’re both phenomenally annoying while being vaguely entertaining

You missed the incredibly vague Chapelle's Show reference.
I think new Coach drinks
Really?

I read someone joking about it, but the actual report I ddint see elsewhere.

Being LATE however, does not change the enormous horribleness that embodies this abomination.

If this post were my girlfriend, I'd be in Mexico.
I'll take Igawa only if they give us Jackson or someone at that level.
Why would the Mariners even want Igawa?
They wouldn't
I thought the lesson of the Bavasi era was to *not* burn money and contract years on shitty players

I remember Baker talking about a “bad player + problem contract for bad player + problem contract” trade rumor he said nobody would be happy about a couple months ago, and this would certainly fit the bill. Maybe this idea has been floating around the clubhouse for a while. Which concerns me….as bad as Washburn is Igawa and his contract are even worse, we’d be stuck with a worse pitcher for longer. Better be a damn good prospect they’re offering with him.

"R.A. Dickey, you DO belong."
I like that Jeff could put whatever he wants in the recap because nobody actually watches the games anymore
Dickey was phenomenal today, but once again, Morrow just couldn't slam the door

God damn that Ellsbury and his timely grand slam.

I missed that.
Yuniesky Betancourt tried to turn a double play but instead hit himself in the head with a hammer and yelled "derp!"
That guy that writes Yuniform must be dying inside
This city's only big enough for one middle infielder
That could pose a problem
4 outfielders

Problem solved

It may be too small if that middle infielder is Yuni
Good thing it isn't Yuni
Apparently Craig Wilson is a prospect.
Bahahahahaha you deleted butthol's post that he made so people could congratulate him
explain
He posted an essay he wrote and said he got a perfect score on it and when someone said TL;DNR he begged them to read it
The mods should've edited madlibs into it
I was thinking about it
Did you actually read it?
I skipped to the end not very far into the first paragraph
Was it A quality?
It reinforced my belief that the author and puberty are recent acquaintances.
I wanna read it!
rec'd for tLDNR
What a great thing to post on a site with only one consistent rule of behavior
You should put it in the TOS
I like the TOS the way it is
Put in small print at the bottom: zomg no politics
Congratulate him for what?
So Clement isn't seriously injured?

And more importantly, The Dark Knight was awesome

I just read through both gamethreads and I have no idea who won.

I’ve got a pretty sound guess, though.

We like to keep an element of surprise going.
We caught the Nationals
Nationals have the tiebreaker on us though.

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