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8/25: Open Game Thread


W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2008 - Miguel Batista 4-12 34 19 0 0 1 2 100.1 967 1023 1011 480 901 63 90.69 18.62


W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2008 - Francisco Liriano 4-3 7 7 0 0 0 0 34.0 31 19 16 1 23 27 4.24 1.59

I like to think that this is the universe's way of telling us that we've all been bad people who deserve nothing but anguish and misery and crippling, debilitating boredom. All those hours you spent slacking off at work? All those times you screened calls from your mother? All those tickets you bought for a special advance showing of Disaster Movie? Now you have no choice but to pay dearly for your indiscretion. Just remember, you did this to yourself.

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Go watch the Seahawks instead!
I'm gonna watch Haren/Peavy live

I’m not the one being subjected to this.

The last time those two faced off, they gave up a combined 10 runs.
Dan Haren is crap.
Today's transactions include people with the last names of Messenger and Hamburger...
You know, I saw those WHIP totals and thought "Man, Batista sucks!"

It wasn’t until I saw the ERA that I realised the numbers weren’t real.

Frye to Burleson!
This game definitely looks like it's worth my time to watch
You think the Mariners can sign this kid

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/26395346/

I just read that article

It amuses me that his mom called the police when told he couldn’t pitch.

and Vidro is in it!
Free Jericho Scott!

I say let him play with older kids. To hell with the other 9 year olds if they don’t want to play with him.

Possible Danny Almonte 2.0?
The mirror-universe Danny Almonte

Playing with 12 year olds even though he’s too young…

Hahaha you doctored the shit out of his numbers
It's fucking hot here. I'm going to drink some Pacifico and not watch Tits.
I turned down free tickets to today's game.
Well done, sir.
I had tickets a few weeks ago to some pretty decent seats but I couldn't go

I couldn’t give them away.

Wow the posters on Field Gulls are almost as crazy as you guys

First quarter and already over 400 comments

Some of the crazies over at Field Gulls are also crazies here at LL.
Guilty.
In a good way, of course.
Grady Sizemore=30-30
I bet your high school has never produced a 30-30 player.

Sucks to be you, because mine did. Beeyotch.

Your high school also produced a player who shoved you into a locker
He's sucking it up in the Nationals organization, so I'm happy.
Are you

the new butthol?

No this is true.

Steven Souza of the Washington Nationals organization shoved me into a locker my freshman year.

At least you can let it out here.
Was he wearing a frog suit whilst shoving?
I've heard that about him

I know some people from Cascade who told me he grabbed his crotch and growled in front of a Kansas City Royals scout after hitting a home run.

He's a total douchebag.
I've also heard that about Travis Snider from Jackson
I went to middle school with him.

He threw me into a dumpster.

I’ve had bad luck with ML prospects.

I can't believe you've been throw in a dumpster every other day of your life

and it’s never happened to me.

Band nerd.
I was a band nerd back then too

But I was a couple years older than him, so he never messed with me

Scrawny band nerd.
So goes life

At least we get to watch Souza suck balls with the nationals organization. He hasn’t been very good.

Some friends and I threw a kid into a dumpster once.

But then again, he was a smelly son of a bitch to begin with, so we thought it’d make him smell better.

How thoughtful
Mine's produced a two time Olympic Gold Medalist in woman's fencing who also won the first American fencing medal in over 100 years.
So, can we use the END! END! jpg already?
No.

Like on the show, it must must be saved for the worst of the very worstest.

Isn't any Tits start the worst of the worstest?
Not the game where he discovered his magic move that will let him pitch for 4 or 5 more years.
That magic move being Lee Pelekoudas signing him to a 4 year extension, I guess.
Holy crap

That is the funniest stat line ever.

I cant believe you would embellish that much…no way was he that good.

That stat line is unreal.

It is not possible that line belongs to a ML starting pitcher. What is the FO thinking? There must be many. many minor league pitchers who could post better numbers. What is Batista thinking, doesn’t pride come to play at some point. If I did my job that poorly, I’d have a hard going to work.

Im sure Baek had an uglier one...
No matter what Baek's line was his paycheck wasn't close to Batista's.
I get uncomfortable watching New York Vinnie doing his segment.
I get uncomfortable watching New York Vinnie.
You've never seen him in person.
Oh my god I'm so sorry.
He comes over way worse on tv.
Is it just me or are recently traded players reporting to their new teams much quicker than they used to?
Watching lizards on my back porch or watching this game?
Game!
I suggest Beyond Good and Evil.

The best game no one played.

It was on sale

for $5 this weekend on STEAM, and no one bought it. (I kid).

Also what happened to Psychonauts.

You just don't want this game thread to die a painful death.
You will miss baseball when it is gone.
I'm hanging around tonight.
So game thread.
Brought to you by Anchor Porter.

mmhmm good.

Did you eat?

If not, this could get fun.

I'm finishing off a Paseo pork sandwich now.

Sorry to disappoint.

I envy you and your good food and your good beer.
Does anyone have preferences for root beer?
Thomas Kemper.
Fancy rootbeers don't agree with me for some reason.
I love Kemper.
I bought some Henry Weinhard's RB

because it was cheap at WinCo, but I do have a couple bottles of TK remaining.

Anything but Barq's.

Coach

Oh God is Coach opposed to caffeine too?
Isn't this a positive though?
Only if you get to him him accidentally drink a caffinated beverage

and OD

Based on a sample size of Robert

I can claim that drinking caffeine severely impairs your driving.

The texting doesn't help.
How much caffiene?

Based on a SSS of me I’d say it improves mine greatly.

At least it isnt a small sample size

ifyouknowwhatimeanandithinkthatyoudo

That's true. You do drink a lot of caffeine.

So I’m not worried about a small sample there.

Like hell it is
I mean I wouldn't want to see Coach on caffeine.
Barq's sucks though.

Root beer was meant to be caffeine free.

A&W famous freeze
I've always had a soft spot in my heart for A&W.
A&W is better at a restaurant
This is true.
my preference:

1, Henry’s
2. A&W from one of the resturants
3. store a&w

My life is nothing but glamour.
I can tell.
I suspected as much.

My beer is Abita Turbodog.

On a hot night

This is a criminally underrated go to beer
 

I bet I would vomit on contact.
Lets not start this again.

And yes, I know who I’m talking to.

Game, duh.

Seahawks rule.

Rally Frye!!!

I don't watch that sort of thing.
I'd rather watch Friends that pre-season football.
Seriously Kreuger WTF?

You just implied that the Twins use the ventilation system to blow balls fair/foul.

You have got to be shitting me.
Unbelievable

Thank god I missed that while flipping back to the Hawks game
Pre season football is worse than what this will be.
Charlie Frye's success is sustainable!
The only thing I know about the Hawks roster management is

Wallace = flexibility!

but I couldn’t name all the positions ont he field.

Wallace = Bloomquist???????
Tony Phillips?
Yes it is!

Against 4th and 5th stringers!

No twinkie dome?

I don’t know if even pre season football could be worse than Krueger.

What does Guardado offer that you random AAA lefty does not?...
A name fans know?
A Get Out of Blame Free card for the GM?
Shaving cream pies.
Dodgers outhit Phillies 13 to 10, still lose 5-0.

Haha, suck it Dodgers.

I understand this

I think I hate the Brewers more than any team I have ever hated before.

Pennant races kick ass don't they?
The Brewers are a bunch of klansman

who lure 10 year old girls into the back of their vans with candy.

That's harsh.
They're a bunch of no good fuckin cheaters
That's better.
In addition to being white supremacist child rapers
Ok, now you are heading back into harsh.
Its getting depressing

Blake and Manny have stopped hitting.

I didn't have a problem with Manny tearing it up in LA, but Blake was starting to piss me off.
Andy LaRoche

is enjoying Casey Blake’s struggles.

Also Manny cut his hair and has sucked since.

Awwww poor Dodgers.
I hate any team that is run by BIll Plasche
I see what you did there.
The source of Manny's power.
Also 7 games left against the D-Backs

say its not over yet.

I never said it was.

I was just laughing at their current misery.

Meh

I’d love for the Dodgers to make it so that I can go to a playoff game that isn’t in Anaheim, but if they don’t I’ll at least have college football to console me.

I want the Dodgers to make it but I also don’t want Ned Colletti to be rewarded.

Is it just me, or did we just play this team?
oh god, Disaster Movie is real?
I thought Jeff was joking.
I thought so as well.

Like Epic Movie and Teen Movie. I thought it was just a play on that, but no, Hollywood is that devoid of creativity.

Ugh.
I'm contemplating walking around the Fox Studios lot this weekend and shouting at random people to be funnier.
Mauer's 2008 L/R splits are hilarious

Exhibit 1-A why SSS splits are meaningless.

Now begins the downward spiral.
He has a no hitter going!
I wonder if the lizards are scampering merrily.
I dunno but some old lady

kept calling my house in the early morning Re: a captured raccoon in my backyard cages.

It was a wrong number.
Imagine how good the Twins would be if Delmon Young wasn't a lemon.
At least they're not stuck with Matt Garza's ticking time bomb of an elbow

</ fake biomechanists>

I can't find the picture of his elbow.
I was referring to something more recent,

but yes, that picture was disorientating.

I thought I'd take it full circle.
I did find this

The week of the 14th is going to be so awesome
September 7 is going to my best day in some time.
Isn't this best used when Jeff is around?
Doesn't work anymore.

In good conscious, I had to inform him of a headline show down in SD the week after.

So much for tormenting him...
You could have bought him a ticket and mailed it to him
I acquired a new, ultimate Jeff-bait

but alas, I just cannot bring myself to use it.

I’m too nice.

Oh take some risks Matthew.
Please tell me it has something to do with Sens-Ducks
Can we liveblog it?
'we' ?
I think I've got the wrong event/date in my head.
In the sixteenth
After the season is decided on Wednesday,

I’m waitin’ on the sixth myself.

I am recommending this fan jpeg.
It turned green at DRB
Gee, there's a shock.
That was before DRB

stood for Date Rape Basement

Stop you'll jinx it.
Complete apathetic response to that.
Yuni is the perfect two hole hitter
Say what? He was a lousy 9 hole hitter.
There goes Ichiro padding his stats again....
The run down of our hits last night is hilarious.
"Hit too hard"

GOD

Beltre hits it hard right at someone?

Shocking

Please, new gm, use Beltre's bad luck this year to get him to sign a 3/40M extension over the winter.
Or we could find someone who has clue about the strike zone...
It's over there!

::points to first::

Batista has a no-hitter going!
Punto has a stupid name.
Nick?
Ooops.

No, I was going for Punto.

It'd be a great name for a poor fielder.
:(

Damn it, seriously, how did you manage this?

It’s considered “abuse”?

To be fair I was warned
This would be a perfect time to box oyu.

Jeff's not here.
Matthew'll do it for him
Baiting for a boxing is not sporting.
Is there a defence?
Longer boxings than you anticipate.
When do the defense and offense trade sides?
You're trading sides on spelling.
I was slyly referencing Graham in the first comment.
It's tough to know with you.
That's what I said earlier.
TWIS is a boxable offence
I am as clever as I am stupid.
JI told me to
That's a lot of gerunds.
I still don't understand why.
bwhahahaha
Cairo is still on the team.
There is no floor?
Contraction.

That would be the floor.

The Cubs are clearly playing over their heads Blowers.
I think he meant "over their hearts".
If Miguel Batista gets a no-hitter this season will be perfect
Remember when Paul Abbott won 17 games and was our 5th starter?

that worked out real well in the playoffs

Chargers went for 2

no OT woo!

Fuckjob #1
zomg no football
I just tuned into the game

What the fuck Tits is pitching? Oh god why why why?

So he can throw a no hitter
Clearly.
No one likes a woman who talks back.
Hey now...
He wasn't talking about you
Are you trying for a banning too?
This place has gotten touchy ever since

Jeff stopped being a misogynist

Watch it. Note the sig.
Your signature supports JI
I might ban you for getting too bigheaded.
Whatever BS.
It would be a reverse Oedipus
Or a shutout
Just another "quality start" for Batista.
Thanks for being excited enough for all of us Dave
That's an error?
That was a pretty mistake free error
I'm thinking the same thing.
Dave had his Greenies tonight
Screw you Gomez.
Fuck you Gomez
:( :( :( :(- oh wait
I still love you.
Not really right at him if he had to dive...
It was right at him after he dove
Direction, not magnitude.
What a silly single
Followed by a wacky walk
Outrageous out
I would argue that Beltre is sillier than Yuni.
Stupid Gomez
Aim better you silly man.
Nice work there Ichiro
Que?

What happened?

Batista is luckier than most men with girlie hips.
That was an error last time.
Wlad sucks and we should trade him
We can't trade anybody.

No one else wants anyone we want to get rid of.

Unless its Wlad
Sorry for ending that with a preposition.
You'll be sad when he turns into Sammy Sosa
Are you suggesting we have a Sammy Sosa hiding in this lineup?
Old broken down crappy Sammy Sosa.
No
It was a less obvious Robait
In case y'all losers didn't notice before.

Scheduled network outage tonight, 11pm PDT.

But...what will I do?
Sleep.
PDT

Timezones.

Someone who gets to work at roughly the same time as I do can go to sleep at 11pm.
I am not familiar with this concept.

Could you explain it to me?

It's been alluding me lately too.
Sleep has been alluding to you?
As has grammar.
I forgive you, mummy nola.
Oxymoron:

“the ability to hit with runners in scoring position”

Batista is working towards a """"""""""""quality start""""""""""""
So Carlos Quentin hit his 6th home run of the year in one of today's games.
This is better wording.
He has more than that doesn't he?
Suspended game?
Apparently they played a game today that was scheduled in April.
Warnings are scary.
Scary is sometimes for the best.
Warnings?
It's a mod popup ad that won't go away.
Who's being warned?
Those who need a lesson in humility.
It goes away. Hit the button. Hit the button.
Not when I was warned.

I was kicked out of club LL only to find it had been burned to the ground next morning.

The drunk thread is going to get burned to the ground the next morning
The page can always be saved and hosted at Neo LL
Yeah but it's going to be awesome to watch it burn
It will be set afire while we're still in it.
Final Solution.
I wish I could take part in the drunk thread.
I will screenshot the entire thing and use it as blackmail
My idea is better.
We should do it on a school night
Like that would make a difference
Ah now I see the warning.
Liriano has one groundout tonight against nine in the air.
He induces popups
I for one never lost faith in Batista
Have you been paying attention? Or is that more sarcasm that I don't get?
Obviously he's completely serious
I was watching the Hawks game

and I tuned this team out in May

ALWAYS assume sarcasm.

Until proven otherwise.

Well that was interesting.
Oh wow what the fuck
Hit and runs are an idea that even retarded people make fun of.
Wait, that bit of strangeness was committed by the Twins?
Squeeze you fools!
THE ONE TIME WHEN WE SHOULD ACTUALLY BUNT
That will work, too.
I love the squeeze so much
Lame.
Suicide's easy.
The people who try but fail must hate those

who kill themselves on accident.

People that honestly try and fail are doing humanity a disservice.
Also; painless
I've heard that it is also painless.

Furthermore, it brings on many changes. You can take or leave it if you please.

The correct answer is actually

‘What happened to the revolution?’ because Berlin is a badass song.

About time.
Indeed

I draw the line at running off cliffs.
I'd be an umbrella lemming
Wonderful reference.
BOOOO DON'T GIVE HIM A WIN YOU JERKS
MIGUEL CAIRO IS AMAZING
I can't believe we're not losing.
Say it again Sims

“Batista pitching in the 6th inning.”

Batista should stay in the rotation
Yup, quality start, maybe we can get rid of him.
Such poor aim
Aim better ugly
GOD GOD DAMMIT DAMMIT
3 pitch strikeout
DAMNIT must you get my hopes up?
The fact that Nick Punto is hitting and we aren't makes me die a little inside.
I really have a strange antagonism to this guy.
I wish he'd gone out in a more dramatic fashion.
Hit by line drive while running the bases?
As long as it was funny.
Beaned in the chest but called out because he swung?
That would be gif worthy.
For some reason, this would bring me much satisfaction.
It happened to Joel

and I became giddy.

He's like a less bad version of Willie.
I honestly think I just don't like his name.
Es un punto feo
According to google translate and my foggy remembrance of Spanish class

punto = point

Yo se.
Pero suena como una palabra mas ofensiva(?)
En mi mente, es mas como punta.
Pinche gringa
Verdad dat, yo.
Me gusta ir de compras para los zapatos y las camisas se pongan en venta.
Get a brain morans
Ay papi chulo
Hey!
Have you never seen that image?
No.
.

Notice the team allegiances.

Excellent.
It's a JI family reunion!
Bullshit I hate the south
Why do you assume they're in the south?
Why wouldn't I?
Because they're publicly supporting the teams you root for

and it kinda’ looks like Eastern Washington?

Bandana?
Go USA!

Cardinals
Bad spelling

...

This is hilarious.
In his defence, I don't think he's been particularly go USA.
no politics srsly
Hick facial hair
I'm giving up on helping you.
I don't have hick facial hair.
The kid is wearing a Mariners shirt.
.
It took you this long?

by BrianL
It took you this long?
I'm so tempted to post a certain video from A Bit of Fry and Laurie.
I've got it pinned up on my cube wall.
So you decided to tempt fate.
Living on the edge.
Did our catcher just field in an impressive manner?
It amazing what you can do if you mother lays off the booze when you are a fetus.
ahahaha you cheeky bastard
huh?
That Graham fellow hid my jpg
Don't mess with the Jeffie.
Yeah

Opposing pitchers do it enough as it is.

Ahahahahaha
Yes but less so than pop flies.
I look forward to reading what all y'alls warning messages say.
Still not losing?
I'm back, and no Tits for me.

And holy shit Raul.

This game seems quicker than most Batista starts
It's amazing how quickly the games go when you walk less that 2 batters an innings.
nononono, go into extra innings
NO, thanks.
Extra innings has led to Burke pitching in the past
He's already in the lineup.

And I like sleep.

But pitchers subbing in to hit
You gotta let it go.
Score a run!
Don't you have poetry to analyze?
So... losing?
FUCKING SHIT whatever
Lopez is impressing Dave.
It's easy to impress people when you're awesome.
I'm really confused by this game

Easily shopped
Yeah, he was nowhere near that close the second.

You can edit gifs too
How appropriate being against Minnesota.
Guardado?

bwhahaha

It means a lot to us too, Dave.
Is it 2003 again?
Where's our 93 wins?
Bad baseball is more tolerable when you're listening to the Country Teasers.
Yeah I'm watching Doctor Who.
And blogging?
I've got Gameday up on a FF tab.
Fuck this noise.
Fuck these dirty fucking assclown umps in San Diego!
You fuckers are lucky.
Looks like Jamie caught a case of the Jeffies
Mariners baseball!
Who the fuck is this queermo?
Let's hope we don't need to get to know him.
He is a first rate douche.
I bet you the world he has a tattoo that says "Strong" in Japanese on his upper arm.
Well, kick that too.
Things get so much better when you drop by.
I sweat amazing.
You must drink tons of brawndo
It's got what plants carve.
I thought it would be beer and perhaps a couple other substances.
Nah, just beer.
So no awesome?
Beer isn't awesome?
Good punto.

Beer down here, alas, is not.

Have I mentioned I dislike Punto?
I want to kick Randy Messenger in the junk.
Please kick Nick while you do this.
I ain't made of feet.
You have two.
Well maybe if you lined up in a row.
One of 'em would get a little more chin than foot, though,
I don't care; I just have a strong desire to see him kicked.
Why do I always make this spelling error?
I shall blame Fogel if this thing goes into extras.
That's for you!
DO NOT BUNT YOU HANDSOME BASTARD
You tell him.
He's going to assume that it's not a message for him.
C'mon extras
god bunting is stupid
Remember how the first thing we did when camp started was do bunting drills for an entire day?
COME ON JOSE MAKE LOVE TO THE BALL
*IF IT IS IN THE GODDAMN ZONE
Or foul and foul and foul.
Denard Span is the love child of Willy Tavares and Manny Ramirez.
Walk into that you lazy sack of shit
YES MOTHERFUCKER YESSSSS
please still lose quickly!
SIMPLE JEFF BETTER NOT FUCK THIS SHIT UP
damnit, need Clement walk than 1-2-3 DP
If we go into extras again I'm going to laugh.

A somewhat twisted, maniacal laugh, but laughter nonetheless.

You're cruel.
This team caused me to be this way.
I am so conflicted. Punto was an idiot. Yet I want this thing to end.
I want them to bunt with Jeffie
FUCKING HELL

WORST POSSIBLE OUTCOME

I wanna win
I want us to lose.
And you wonder why this blog is perceived so poorly.
Not really, no.
I want it to end.
It's only 9:55
Last year we'd all be hopping mad at a game like this
I AM hopping mad.

I can’t give up and I can’t sleep.

`

Why do they have three corner infielders backing up the catcher?

What a weirdass defensive formation

Can we please have Panther not be a bannable offense?
So in essence you are a Red Sox fan.
Mariner fan
bwhahaha

Jeffie you retard

EXTRAS

Weeee Jeffie
YOU DUMB SACK OF SHIT

THAT WAS STILL ACCEPTABLE

You retard Kenji
get the out and lets go into extras
danka shoen
danke
I'm sorry I never took Russian
schoen
Like I speak French
And anyway,

Danke schoen = Wayne Newton = Las Vegas Gay

BIG GAY PILES OF A GAY
And cue maniacal laughter.
Tonight I hate being a baseball fan.
Ready to embrace American football?
Lofa....

sigh

shutupshutupshutupshutup
What happened to Lofa?
Injured knee, MRI tomorrow.
I have hear knee and I have heard ankle.
Left the game on crutches.

MRI tomorrow.

GOD
Thank God for Hawthorne Thank God for Hawthorne.
That statement right there is what lead to him being hurt, so hush you.
Yeah because we're going to be just fine without Tats.

Fuck this city. I’m so glad I’m taking the weekend off again.

We'll know more tomorrow.

Hopefully he’ll just miss Friday’s game.

Yes, because things usually work out well for us.
No one who should play Friday.

We should forfeit.

That might teach the football fans being so smug about rooting for a good team.
There should be an extra 'for' somewhere in there
Absolutely not. I'll stick with soccer, thanks.
This has been one of the most exciting games in weeks for me
I dare you to fuck this up JJ
so what was here is no longer. Go ahead and refresh.
I'll loose my Jeffies.
It looks that Tits has earned himself his next start.
It's going to suck if this game goes past 11pm.
Go Mariners!
I think it's just you and me
I'm watching a thing on KCTS about portraits.
I'm pro-Mariner.
We're all pro-Mariner.

My version of pro-Mariner actually makes sense.

You're like Ozymandias
Do your homework elsewhere.
...the character from Watchmen
I was giving you credit.
Gaze upon my works and despair
Oh wait I just want the game to go on really long and hopefully have the Mariners win
Free baseball!
Yay!
I'm trying to be positive because the season will be decided in the next two days.
What the hell are you talking about?
If we get swept by the Brewers we are fucked.
But if not the season won't be decided
Perhaps

I think we wil have Pujols aim for Ben Sheets and then JJ Hardy

StL?
Fun fact

The Cardinals were one game out on Sept. 8 last year. This season could actually end sooner.

Where's Cameron when we need him?
Fucking my life
So....

A matchup of Miguel Batista vs. Francisco Liriano results in a 2-2 game heading into the 11th.

Yeah…..

Sample sizes of 1 are meaningful!

Also learned today: Liriano will never get hurt again.

But.....Batista has a """"""""""""quality start""""""""""""
Jason Bay looks kind of like an alien here.

He is from Canada
I think you may have misinterpreted what I meant by alien.
Maybe it could be a Matthew/Graham love child.
Not enough asian
That looks more like this:

Was that your sorority?
I can't believe that logo has stuck.
I like how fucked up those stitches are
I made it in paint!
It's obvious.
They spelled stat with an E

Even I don’t miss something like that

I thought you borrowed it from 1992.
I'm seeing a slightly scarred elf-being.
He looks kind of like Matthew from this angle
He does, doesn't he?
I guess this is what it'd look like to see Matthew wearing a Red Sox uni.
but more sexy
That's...almost uncanny.
The eyes don't work though
I haven't spent as much time gazing into Matthew's eyes as you have.
Love triangle?
Trilovemvirate
Maybe its what a Matthew/Graham love child would look like.
I swear I've heard this before.
I hope Jeff doesn't feel left out.
Jeff has Hyphen.
R.A. Dickey

Because you like your wild pitch specialist throwing in extras.

For Strasburg we do.
Indeed.

There is a bright spot in every dark situation.

Even cancer!
This will be great when SBN shuts down just before we win.
Oh fuck no
We have a backup plan.
USSMariner.com?
We'd kill the servers.
Late.
wrong
I can't refresh.
They're otherwise accessible, drama queen
Only if you are into server jihad.
Extend your goddamn arms when you run
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Question:

How many no hitters (if any) have there been where both teams scored?

42
A number you just vomited up, I presume?
Read more Douglas Adams
It is the answer to everything
Read it all. Love Adams.

Just didn’t get it at first.

But...

Anyone know? I haven’t found an answer on Google.

YOU UNCLUTCH SON OF A BITCH
HE LEARNED TO AIM INTO THE SEATS
[BULLPEN]
You wanted to lose.
My desire to team the team lose takes a backseat when Adrian is awesome.
Team the team?
Sleeeeeeep.
Go ahead, you've earned it

Or something

I can be both sad that they won and happy that Beltre continues to be awesome.
You're messed up.
Yes. I'm screwed up for wanting this team to get better talent in the 2009 draft

instead of winning pointless games in 2008.

How dare you

Jerk

I only wanna win badly on Cardinal offdays

And, given a choice, I’d much rather play .700 ball for the rest of the season than get the first pick.

That's retarded.
Ozymandias Bay
Winning is fun.

There’s no way we can outlast the Nationals anyway.

#2 pick still very valuable.
But no Strasburg.
Maybe, maybe not.
Correctamundo.
The Nationals are inept

And may screw up the pick anyway. They’ll end up with a 5 gallon bucket of taco sauce or something

The failed to sign Crow, not pick him.
Or an urban high school outfielder?

That’s at least my hope. I heard they have plenty of pitching in their system already, they just need hitting.

More likely a college talent

but they need hitting all over the place. They could pass on SAS to take a polished collegiate hitter.

Who know what HS kids are going to mature as well...
And wins are more fun when they matter.
Losing has gotten to me.
This win would be me hugging my computer and screaming last year

This year it’s still really awesome to see Beltre hit a 2 run bomb to end the game in extras

I do not think I will be this excited if we end the year in last place
That's my stance. He hit that and I did a reverse Slow Clap

I clapped fast and cheered, and then slowed down because we won :(

I'm glad you still have a little love in your heart.
[MY CABLE ISN'T WORKING AND I'M WATCHING ON GAMEDAY]
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
BELTRE YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
YAYEYYESYSE FUCK YES
Wheeee

Beautiful.

Still not loving Batista.

That quite the stance.
TOLD YA HATERS
SUCK IT EVERYONE WHO HATES BELTRE
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYdrian!
I like coming home and turning on the TV for that
But...

First round pick?

I think we'll still get at least one first round pick
Whoops - fuck me.

I meant first pick.

"Whoops - fuck me"

Now there’s an invitation which will not cause a stampede.

I hear that all the time in Pioneer Square.

So I did not make the connection between "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" and Hugh Laurie as House until Saturday.
Crazy, eh?
It doesn't help that I'm ridiculously unobservant.
I've been watching his old BBC stuff lately.

Good grief, he is a talented actor.

We fall a half game back on that front.

Seriously, who cares about winning at that point?

We still get it.

Well, until our very own Spygate is revealed.

Well that'd be horribly funny if the Mariners were caught with a spygate.

That’s kind of like how Ryan Franklin sucked and then got caught doing steroids.

Oh my God that ball was slaughtered.
Beltre plays hurt better than most play healthy.
Including himself.
Funny how that works, huh?
"Daggone ball snuck through there" ?

Oh my god, Jim Riggelman thinks it’s 1956.

The Twinkies aren't going anywhere. They need a bullpen.

Have we got a deal for them. Washout and Batista are all yours.

Thier bullpen is fine.
Not if we can beat them.
We should never have tied the game.
OH CHRIST BLOWERS

BATISTA PITCHING THROUGH SUCKING IS NOT STANDING TALL YOU BLOW HARDING MOUTH PIECE AND NO CHANGING ARM ANGLE IS ABOUT AS MEANINGFUL AS CHANGING GLOVE POSTION!!!!!!! NOT AT ALL !!!! GAHHHHHH FUCK YOU YOU GODDAMN LOVECHILD OF A FAS BABY AND A RETARDED LLAMA

I agree with this rant.
BASEBALL IN MINNESOTA IS STILL REAL BASEBALL

DIE IN A MOTHERFUCKING FIRE.

SLOWLY.

Did you miss the part where he implied they use the ventilation system

to blow balls fair/foul?

Remember when Matthew said he'd top a JeffRant?

Well we’re getting closer

I like seeing MatthewRants in the morning.

Especially when they involve llamas.

Whoa that is awesome.
Niehaus senile quote of the day:

“Miguel Cairo, heck of a job. He pitched a pretty good game day.”

Please tell me this wasn't actually said.

Pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease.

/Yogi Berra

Kreuger is going over his keys to the game

First one for Start in the stretch got a check. “Miguel Batista didn’t start in the stretch because the windup was working for him. So, that gets a check”

Krueger is a fucking tool.

Phillips head.

In other news:

*Makes raspberry noise
Is his left arm attached to his inner ear canal by a black triangle?

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