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10/10: Open NLDS Thread




Joel Pineiro

#35 / Pitcher / St. Louis Cardinals

6-1

200

R

R

Sep 25, 1978



Vicente Padilla

#44 / Pitcher / Los Angeles Dodgers

6-2

220

R

R

Sep 27, 1977


Jeff from a few years ago would've never believed that this pitching matchup could actually happen in the playoffs.

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Snow in Colorado!

What is Pineiro looking at?

Sex Face
I thought he was looking over his shoulder for karma catching up with him ...
I was trying to think of a way to use that angle but gave up
Even the Cards fans are waving white towels? Lame.
Aaron from right now is still unconvinced it is happening.
Well I'll be a son of a bitch
My guess is that Brendan Ryan's dong is either hilariously tiny or frighteningly enormous.
If the Cardinals win then tomorrow has four games in a row!
Nothing like seeing Joel to make Manny feel all comfy
Now look I love guacamole as much as the next fat guy but there's no reason the break the fourth wall
yum. guacamole.
Preach it.
Guacamole makes a fine dinner.
This pitching match-up would seem to tell us a lot about the NL vs AL
You mean the fact that the NL is essentially AAAA?
The best player in all of baseball plays in the NL
Vicente Padilla?
Did they forget that he dropped that ball on Thursday?
Perhaps they remembered that he was one of the main reason they even got to the playoffs
I bet they still get into the playoffs without Holliday.
The point is that he's been tremendous for them and one error shouldn't change the way the fans feel about him.
Oh I agree.

I’m just surprised at the reaction is all.

Good on them.

St. Louis fans are rad.

www.vivaelbirdos.com
All SBN MLB blogs suck except LL, McCovey Chronicles and Royals Review
Gaslamp Ball has some quality stuff sometimes.
I meant more in terms of the community.

Most of the SBN MLB blogs have decent content.

I wonder what we've all had in common!
Bucs Dugout should be better
They would be more rad if they didn't wave those towels like everybody else.
I wonder what dumb thing Mariners fans will do if we ever reach the playoffs again?
The Mariner chomp!
The 'complain to the usher because someone is shouting/standing up' chomp?
I don't even remember the Dodgers acquiring Padilla.
2 days after Texas released him.
He's a step up from Jason Schmidt
The best part about playoff baseball is the great pitching matchups we get to see

Wait

Pineiro was a 4.8 WAR pitcher.
GOD
Actually according to SC he was a 5.3 WAR pitcher!
Like Felix!
No?
Dave Cameron said Felix is a five win pitcher therefore he is a five win pitcher
The verb in was "was"
*in the sentence
You are taking "like" to literally
You are taking "like" too literally
I don't know how to take it any other way
You take it how I want you to take it
How is that?
Not like a little bitch
He's had a fantastic year, yes

Also: Padilla, Vicente

You mean starting Vicente Padilla in a playoff game isn't going well?

I’ll be damned.

Well that unfortunate.
That was

Jesus

Honestly I am thrilled that Joel has become decent.

I never disliked him.

It's not his fault we never thought to teach him to throw a sinker.
Obviously we should sign him for 4 years 48 million.
WWBD

What Would Bavasi Do?

WHAT THE HELL IT'S A 2 WIN FASTBALL!
It's not our fault he's a flaming emo
Brendan Ryan looks like he took a time machine from the 1920s
His neck must have made a stopover in 1978
That wasn't a strike
That pitch could not have been Ethier to take out of the park
The in-game manager interviews are annoying during the regular season, but during the playoffs they are downright rage inducing.
.


He looks like a monkey to me
to me he has always looked like the Looney Tunes' day-dreaming Ralph Phillips
I would appreciate a side-by-side comparison
Yes ma'am

I can see it
I think he might be albino
If I had the ability to capture a screenshot from a cartoon I would ...

about 2.30 min. in…

Print screen + MSPaint?
You can also link to an exact time in a youtube link.

Like this

thank you!

I can barely play you tube on this machine ….

He's checking to see if run support is here yet
What a stache.
Beltre made these much more sexier.
Muse!
WAIT WHAT!
They played Exo-Politics going into a break!
DAMMIT I MISSED THIS!
By 'they' I mean TBS

Muse weren’t actually there, sadly.

oh... But Muse!
I'm liking Aaron Boone on the radio side

he’s had an easier introduction to the booth than his bro— radio, no McCarver, no real pressure…. The first game he was really quiet, but he is getting better each time out (not unlike Bret) and today has been willing to say things like “that was a really bad pitch” and step in appropriately.

He also has the benefit of Producer/Engineer Kevin Cremin.

Ryan's stache slowed him down going into first there.
Ryan Franklin could've done better
WHY HAS PADILLA BEEN SO GOOD WITH THE DODGERS
AAAA
Exactly.... NL is GARBAGE!!!
I KNOW IT FRIGHTENS ME AS WELL
Robots!
He shouldn't've swung at that same pitch two times before
"Only realtors are members of the National Association of Realtors"

thank you for that helpful nugget of information.

And only High School drop outs are realtors.
So Smoltz is still good.
His slider has been awesome so far.
Only in the NL
Not true.
Okay, he's totally hittable in both leagues?

Agreed

If by NL you mean North american Leagues
Yeah, kinda makes you wonder why Boston gave him up only to let Paul Byrd make 5 starts
I am surprised that broadcasters are showing pitch f/x constantly on their playoff streams.

It will make even the casual fan realise that robots are needed ASAP.

Why did I choose to root for this goddamn team?

Fucking Cardinals.

(I’m hanging here tonight since apparently my unique brand of pessimism angers them over at VEB.)

Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, gooooooodbye!
This is just fucking disappointing.

That is all.

I'm happy.
I know

And I’m happy FOR you.
But not for me. :(

Seriously,

Fuck Tony La Russa, fuck Matt Holliday, fuck Rick Ankiel.

I want them all GONE this fucking offseason.

I hope the Red Sox roll themselves out of the playoffs like the Cardinals are doing.
I'm disappointed in the Rockies because I wanted all four series to be sweeps
Fuck that. All that does is make the playoffs even more boring.

That’s why the ’07 playoffs were so shitty

I just want these playoffs to be over as quickly as possible
I'm on the opposite end. This is the only way I can really get my baseball fix this month.
I care more about hockey than these playoffs and I hate being distracted
This is the boat I'm in.
I am disappointed that we won't have four games in a row tomorrow
I have 0 interest in hockey. I've got football but that's just once a week

I don’t give a fuck who wins the world series as long as it isn’t the Angels, but at least it’s a form of entertainment

I also hate things that interfere with House
And House isn't even good!
House is pretty good. The Office and Scrubs are better though.
Scrubs?

Is that still on?

One more season!
The baseball ends and there is nothing until spring training radio

I suppose I could re-watch the 2000 MLB Japan All-Star series, or a double-bill of Curveballs along the way and Kid from Cleveland

Cardinals fans are loud
Jason Motte has a neck as wide as his head
Rick Helling-esque?
It's actually wider.

His facial hair makes for an opitical illusion so you don’t think he is a total mutant.

His gameday smile is cute

I am enjoying this meme and hope that you don't use it for a long time and then bust it out randomly sometime next year.
Cute...

The judges would also accept “retarded” and/or “drunk”

Hey I know this flat billed guy...
That commercial makes me want to throw my Blackberry on THE GROUND!!!
Throw it on the ground over here
In a Yankees vs. Angels ALCS

Who do you root for? I don’t think I will be able to get any enjoyment at all from that series.

Yankees

For the Yankees v. Dodgers World Series!

I cannot stress enough how much I'd like that to not happen.
Yankees Yankees Yankees!
Only if you promise me that they will be sadly humiliated by Torre's Dodgers
Yankees.

but yeah, as soon as the Cards and Twins go out I couldn’t give a fuck. As long as it’s not the Angels.

Angels

Dont want the Yankees to win.

I've gone to more Yankees games than any other team and I quite like the players on the Yankees
And fuck the Angels
Angels, it's their last year of success before they don't win an AL West in 10 years.

I want their fans to lose the World Series and then never see the playoffs again.

I like that way of thinking.
Yankees

I’d rather root for an NL team to beat the Yankees.

A run!

go Cards!

So how many Ex-Ms showed up in this game?
LaRue had a list of all the ex-Ms in the postseason

a few days ago

So only Weaver is missing so far for this game.
I completely forgot about Chris Woodward.
C'mon Cardinals! Extras!

Give Ethier a chance at the cycle!

They're in "slam range"
And there's Jeff Weaver, right in the center of the celebration.
I would like to see the Dodgers win the World Series so Red Sox fans have more to bitch about.
Oh whoops.

The reason is because of Manny.

I called the Padillia shutdown and the manner in which he would accomplish said shutdown!
Can't help it

Thief!
I will treat this as flattery.
going to be the last chance to use it

I don’t expect to see it again unless he pitches in the AL (unlikely) or is around for an inter league matchup vs. the M’s

Well that had to be rather embarassing for Cardinal fans.

First yesterday’s events, then getting dominated by Vicente freaking Padilla in route to getting swept out of the first round? Ouch.

It must have been ruff for some LLers.
Nope, not embarrasing
Ah, the old Idiot Runs Onto the Field

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