Lookout Landing

Isn't this guy on TBS also off of the NESN broadcasts?

Isn’t that like having Blowers covering the M’s during the playoffs? Isn’t that going to piss opposition fans off?

EnglishMariner - October 11, 2009 reply

You are correct, sir.

“Don Orsillo, Sox play-by-play voice for the past nine years on NESN”

This OPS thing might just catch on!

TBS and their fancy baseball sabermetrics.

Maybe next they will explain to us what a Tivo does

And why the Umpires could use it.

If the sound is down, that used-car ad looks like a commercial for e-Harmony.

It warms my heart that several Angels finished within 5 points of .300 but did not reach .300

Hendu!

No one under 30 will understand why he threw out the first pitch

Not "a little luck" in my book.

Gutz jogs to that ball.

Lame

How long has Dustin been working on that playoff beard?

The entire season?

This went from 'eh' to 'suck' pretty quickly...

I'm sure we'll be hearing all about the Angels ability to come back, soon

When they go back to LA for game 5?

Morales time!

Thanks for teasing me with 15 minutes of the Vikings game FOX

Bunch off fucking communist nazi assholes

Yeah what was that?

Who the fuck watches Chiefs-Cowboys?

People who want to give Osama Bin Laden a blow job

Those people are currently watching the Giants bend the Raiders over Ben Roethlisberger style

Can you tell Buck is a former catcher?

former?

J.D. !!!

Well, shit.

Aww, pooballs.

"Bay has become a very good leftfielder"

Well if you had Manny in left field for 8 years,

Jason Bay might seem like a good left fielder

Just like Griffey seems like a good DH!

Pedroia is from Woodland, CA. About 1/2 hour from where I grew up.

It’s the only way I can justify rooting for the Sox outside of Angel hatred.

Bballpitcher2 - October 11, 2009 reply

Rally time!

Fuck that monkey.

I’m getting 2002 Flashbacks…
Oh God, here they come…
The nightmares are back!

Bballpitcher2 - October 11, 2009 reply

Go Angels!

Speaking of rally monkeys

Is there any way that we can collectively beg SafeCo to stop with the Larry the Cable Guy thing during rallies? It’s a trend I really hope they don’t bring back next year.

These shadows are going to kill this rally.

4 straight walks?

gay

Fiddlesticks.

Are we winning?

No.

We're never going to make it to the World Series, are we?

Not with an attitude like that we aren't

So you're saying we can do it this year!

Go Mariners!

Goddamn the goddamn motherfucking Angels

I want Alex Rodriguez to hit six homeruns today

I want Alex Rodriguez to hit such a mammoth home run that it ends the other series

So we basically agree

"Now that the Twins are in the postseason, (Joe Mauer) is leaving nothing to chance."

Umpire Phil Cuzzi begs to differ.

The only logical conclusion:

Phil Cuzzi hates sideburns.

Maybe Phil Cuzzi hates white people

the crew chief's "explanation"

“The challenges in working foul line: Number one is, we don’t do it a lot. It’s a tough one to practice,” Tschida said. “Your first movement is always to get out of the way because we’re not accustomed to having fielders come from the side. … So getting into a position is a little bit foreign. It’s a little bit uncomfortable, and I don’t offer that as an excuse for an incorrect decision, but it can contribute to the call becoming a little more difficult.”

The crew chief's "explanation", summarized

Umpiring is difficult.

Huzzah the Angels are losing!

No, Angels! No!

I think we need a Jeter-Pedroia man-crushin' clutch-off

By "clutch off" do you mean "bury them both head first in concrete"?

That's not what I thought of

I do...

Robots?

Insult to injury

“Phillies left-hander Jamie Moyer is recovering at a Philadelphia hospital from a blood infection. Moyer’s wife, Karen, said in an e-mail to The Associated Press on Saturday that her 46-year-old husband is fine now after an infection following abdominal surgery. Moyer was expected to stay another night at the hospital. He had surgery last week on tendons in his left groin and lower abdomen.”

It's painful just to read that.

I think I would be rooting for Philly if he were pitching

I still hope he pitches up to his 50's

Holy shit!

I never heard anything about this -was it a baseball-related surgery?

Yup, he came off the mound limping

torn lower abdominal muscle and two torn groin muscles.

Oh, wow

Poor guy. Ow, ow, ow. :(

The had photos of him being helped down into the dugout... such an unaccustomed sight for Jamie

That makes me sad

And I never knew him in his heyday. :(

Vlad came back from 0-2 to walk

Let's go!

I can't believe I am rooting for the Angels.

QUIT PUTTING THE BALL IN PLAY

Nice pitch to swing at there Kendry

Neither of those pitches were strikes.

He hit that ball pretty hard...

Imagine if it had been anywhere near the strike zone.

Whoa

For a second I had looked away from the TV, and it sounded like a Sounders game. Weird….

Billy Wagner is still awesome

huh

Take Pap down

There's a gynecological joke in there somewhere

I’m just not quick enough on the draw to make it…. :/

annoying and uncomfortable???

Smear Pap

That'll work.

If only his last name was Speculum….

It might be going too far to point out a physical resemblance

Toys in Babeland awaits your phone call and subsequent marketing conference...

And cold

And slightly embarrassing.

Oh my, ladies.

Tee hee!

MOTHERFUCK YEAH

FUCK YES FUCK YES!!

Yay, Angels!

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

GODDAMMIT

Oooooo

It’s quiet in Boston now…

HAHAHAH!

x

I don't wanna sound gay or nothin'

But that actually made me laugh a lot.

Two years later and I finally get my propers

Ew

Nice move there.

Kinda surprising out of a reliever.

Jesus fucking Christ you assclown, just get the damn out.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

NOOOOOOOOO

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EYEBROWS CALLED IT

GODDAMMIT

QUIT RUNNING THE BASES LIKE A BUNCH OF ASSHOLES

Suck it Reggie.

Wow Willits, you fucking clown.

If the last one wasn’t enough to keep you close what the fuck was it gonna take.

Bud Light Golden Wheat?

Say, Papelbon has now given up a run in the post-season.

But his postseason is ERA is still so low!

I hope we trade for Willits

Why?

For funsies

I can't argue with that.

What a retarded looking dive too.

Ha ha Napoli got hurt.

Napoli is the Angel I like

ME TOO

Pretty much a perfect spot there...

~

Seems like you could make a better wish

Seriously

You could at least kill one of their starting pitchers

I like Willits

now

Joey Gathright is fast.

Something about catchers not being able to throw runners out in the playoffs...

Insurance!

fuckin Angels

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Sad :(

Better luck next game!

Go Cardinals!

They were eliminated

Idiot

Oh yeah

Why do I remember not!

I guess you're just retarded

Ouchie >:(

Better than being a fucking dog

JUST LET IT DIE ALREADY

The new angle is that you are not a dog!

Arf arf arf

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK ANYMORE

This comment makes me pant!

Freeway series!

Woooooo

Rooting for the Red Sox is like rooting for Hitler circa 1939

So is this series like the invasion of Poland?

Maybe the Yankees are Russia?

The Angels are clearly worse than Hitler

I can't fathom how they are worse

I cannot fathom anyone not hating the Angels more than the Red Sox

The Angels are the 2008 Rays compared to the Red Sox

This is insane

I scoff at this notion

Agree to disagree!

Surely the Angels have not killed millions of people

There's no way such a thing could have been covered up so effectively. We'd have heard about it, wouldn't we have?

Sheeple, man.

Fuckin sheeple.

I find no evidence of this and find it shocking that you would say that considering every single member of my family was personally shot by Hitler

Clearly

Stop using crap renditions of old songs!

Better than using the original!

I remember when buying a new Nissan was a bargain, the best I ever had

That sounds vaguely like a song I know

Your head should be examined, mister.

The crap version doesn't remind me of a version I actually like being use to hawk bullshit

Looks like we need back to back dingers or for the left fielder to drop a flyball followed by a walk, a single, a walk, and a single

I believe you mean we need another strike.

If I rooted for the Red Sox I would no longer be a human being

Who says I'm rooting for the Red Sox? I'm simply rooting for the Angels to lose.

TAKE

YELLOW LIGHT

PROTECT

Shouldn't they be chanting BEAT L.A. ?

Go-head run to the plate!

Uh oh's.

Spaghettio's

Come on Abrehoo send this game into extras

I wish the corrupt ref from the sports diner commercial was an umpire

PUT IN MAHONEY

I would be all over that

They would never be able to keep that under wraps, surely he would be fired once a diner employee blew the whistle

They have video evidence!

No they do not

He's clearly on their monitor they just need to rewind their DVR

They do not have DVR

If they have a cable box then they likely have a DVR

They do not have it so that they can keep it under wraps

Then how do they receive the game?

They have cable but not DVR

It is not a hard concept to understand and I am sure you would comprehend it were you not so dense

Wow what a bunch of cheap shysters

What if someone records the screen with their cellphone cam or the audio with their mp3 player?

Those are all confiscated at the entrance

Do they do full cavity searches?

Yes

rawr

I like this resturaunt

I believe this is the sound a feline makes

SWING THE BAT LIKE ITS 1999

Abreu is their best?

Aw nuts

Jesus fucking christ

Stupid wall

Damn insurance run

"Bay has become a very good leftfielder"

Indeed

Base hit please

Fuck the Red Sox.

Let me rephrase that, fuck the Angels, but a little bit less than the Red Sox.

I would pitch to Hunter

I honestly never thought I'd see anyone getting IBBed to get to Guerrero

THIS MAY NOT BE A WISE IDEA!

Takes away the squeeze

SEE THAT WAS NOT A WISE IDEA!

Red Sox blowing this would be awesome.

Vlad is now a walk machine so watch out

KABLOOEY!!!!!!

ANGELS BABY ANGELS

ANGELS!

Holy nuts

Aw man

The Red Sox must have traded for A-Rod, because they just choked big time.

A-Rod hit a game tying homer of Joe Nathan in the ninth two days ago

Woosh

They tried to trade for him five years ago but haggled over a few million dollars

In hindsight it was a huge mistake since they Yankees got Texas to pay much of his yearly salary over the next few seasons

I've never been so excited for an Angels comeback.

Pretty much exactly right

Too bad Papelbon didn't hang his head in shame

K-Rod style?

Still saw some potential .gifs!

They'll never beat the Orgazmo/Pap picture

NOT A GIF

I could make it a gif!

This changes a lot

I know right

Now you are technically wrong and that is the best kind of wrong

Now we can point to this as a time he was wrong!

He was also horrifically wrong about Matt Holliday!

I can't believe we read the content of somebody who is not right 100% of the time

I know the content of this site is pollution my widescreen HD LCD monitor so that's why I troll constantly

Holy shitballs! Did that actually just happen?

Oooooo. Little Paps is angry! Grrrrr!

What dance do you do, in shame and sorrow?

I don't know

But it’s probably done in long pants.

I'm visualising Numfar's dance of sorrow.

I never watched that show

But the dance of joy looks an awful lot like what Papelbon did anyway.

Hee!

So.........let's go Yankees?

TWINS

I just put 1 pound on the Twins to win the WS.

80/1, why not?

It's funny how a game like today's can be a clarifying event.

I just realized that, no matter how much I hate the Angels, I hate the Red Sox much, much, much more. Because I find myself in the position of cheering happily for Vlad & Co. here.

And the fact that it’s a 3-run two out 9th inning comeback to complete a humiliating sweep is just that much more sweet.

Still, I want to see a Twins/Rockies series.

I will be rooting for Anaheim to beat the Yankees as well!

Gross

I could go my entire lifetime and never see another Yankees championship

Plus A-Rod can't win one until the Mariners do

My dad's getting up there in years; I suppose if the Yankees win it would give him one last opportunity to be insufferably smug about baseball before he shuffles off.

That’s how I’ll be spinning a Yankees WS win.

QUICK SOMEBODY POST THE .GIF OF PAPELBON'S 'STUPID FACE'

Nevermind, someone already did. Good job.

To be specific: good job, JI

Not a .gif

It could be!

Could be if it wasn't an animated gif

Fuentes.

Oh goodie.

Yeah, watch this shit see-saw back to the Sox.

I root for the tie in games like this because I do not like to see either team win

If you reach inning 30 JD Drew might pitch!

Madness!

Nah, Boston is clearly the greater evil here.

It’s not really a tough call. Just like in World War II you could acknowledge that the Soviets were rotten, evil motherfuckers whilst still strongly preferring them over the Nazis.

Actually, the Soviet/Nazi paradigm explains the way I feel about a lot of postseason baseball matchups.

Why do we keep referring to World War II

Because, pace George Carlin, BASEBALL IS LIKE WAR

Its what the only thing I was taught in history class and referencing the Dominon War from Stat Trek is a bit too nerdy

So the Angels are the Shapeshifters and the Red Sox are the Romulans?

Subthread closed.

Please, I beg you.

See this is why iI didn't do that

And if we kill Terry Francona, but make it look like the Angels did, we get the Red Sox to join our side?

I would argue that while your paradigm is accurate, the sides are obviously reversed.

As I said earlier, today's game was very clarifying for me -- even I wasn't sure which team I disliked more.

Now I can answer the question confidently: the Red Sox are my least-liked team in Major League Baseball.

The Mets used to rank up there but now I mostly feel sorry for them.

One out to go!

The TBS broadcast is screwing up the score!

It showed a 7-7 tie, then a 7-6 Sox lead!

TBS are Sox homers, obviously.

Well crap.

At least we won’t have a Yankees/Red Sox ALCS.

Well that was unexpected

Poor Bill Simmons.

Imagining Bill Simmons' tears = yet another reason I root against the Red Sox

Bill Simmons predicted this would happen

That was more satisfying that I expected.

DIE RED SOX DIE BWAHAHAHA

Now I need to see the Twins polish off the Angels in the ALCS.

Yes, the Twins. Gonna take some doing to get to that.

Ya think?

Never underestimate the nefarious powers of the Metrodome.

I fully expect the Twins to take at least one game in this series before going down. That stadium fucking refuses to die.

Oh yeah!

I completely spaced that they’d be going back to Minnesota.
Maybe I have a bit of hope for them now…

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SUCK MY BALLS BOSTON

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YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!!

SWEET BABY JESUS!!! WEST SIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE!!!

TBS announcing team sounds annyingly sad.

*annoyingly

Maybe they get commission if the rating go high enough

Our series lost was less painful!

LET'S GO YANKEES

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I should hate Torii Hunter. After everything, I should loathe Torii Hunter. He's an Angel, for fuck's sake.

But I don’t. Still kinda like the guy. Overpaid? Well that’s not my problem, I just like him is all.

Red Sux has to be one of the worst derogatory nicknames in all of sports

White Sux would be worse if anyone used it.

Alot of the derogatory names they use are retarded.

Sawx, Sahhx, ect.

Yank mes?

That's horrible as well.

So is Yankee$

Asstros?

Anaheim A-holes?

Cincinatti Deads?

Coloroado Cockies

Texas Rump Rangers

Tampa Bay Gays is pure gold though

Arizona DBags.

….well I actually kinda like that one.

Marinerds?

I seriously once heard someone use this, and he absolutely intended it as a devastating insult.

Isn't that name of Deanna's blog?

Yes!

If only Kaz Matsui still had his anal fissures...

cwel87 - October 11, 2009 reply

I hate Stealers

I AM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW

I AM TOO AS WELL

IT'S SO HARD TO TELL WHEN YOU TWO ARE USING INTERNET SARCASM

Fuck this shit, I'm going to Calderon's blog

Let us know if there is anything new

I bet there is

They won because I Rally Monkeyed at all the key moments

Good job!

The Angels and the Dodgers are in the Championship Series

Ruh-ohs.

If New York gets one, California gets one

Oakland/San Francisco didn't count?

One I'm aware of

I vaguely remember that one!

Oh, it happened in 1989.

Does Angels / Giants not count either?

Not close enough

Just wondering

If they meet in the WS I want the Angel fans to chant BEAT L.A,

I find it easier to remain pleased if I don't go to HH

Ignorance is bliss!

Doesn't that always apply?

Today provides a reminder that yes!

Well duh

You should have changed the site logo to HH's logo!

ANYTHING BUT THE SEXSON LOGO

It's harder to change the logo now

How much do you hate the Yankees?

Not a lot

I will continue to root for the Angels and you are welcome to copy me

I have my own reasons

You are an embarrassment.

.

I'm rooting for the Yankees but like hell would I want Boston to be happy and Ms. Jeff upset

Its weird that your girlfriend's name is also Jeff

No I think his last name is Jeff and she is taking his last name

His name is Jeff Jeff?

His first name is Jeff?

Isn't it?

I've not seen any evidence that it is his first name and not last name

Come to think of it you may be right

He could be like Mario.

joof - October 11, 2009 reply

Year I hear ya.

Maybe while she’s sleeping you can sneak into her purse and get your balls back.

They're not in her purse

Then where are they?

I couldn't fathom a guess!

God I hate the Angels

but Jonathan Papelbon giving up three runs to eliminate the Red Sox? That’s fucking hilarious.

Eyeball Kid - October 11, 2009 reply

This is pretty much where I stand.

Seconded.

w00tah - October 11, 2009 reply

Carl Pavano looks like he is made of clay

He looks like a bad Vegas magician.

Go Hawks!

!!!!!!!!

Fucking gay

I hope the Yankees take a giant shit on the Angels.

EnglishMariner - October 11, 2009 reply

The rally monkey may throw it back.

My playoff hopes...

Rockies > Phillies
Rockies > Dodgers
Angels > Yankees
Rockies > Yankees

Impossible

Shit, Rockies > Angels

I want to see the Angels make the WS, fail, and then not make the playoffs again for 10 years.

The Yankees are going to rape the Angels

And I’m really happy about it

I see no reason to think this.

Me too. I was thinking this before, but as soon as I watched the Yankees this postseason I immidiately hated them with every fiber of my being again.

Yes.

I do not want them, or their ownership, or their fans to be happy.

Fuck I hate the Angels so much more

Not me.

On a scale of 1-100, my hatred is something like...

Yankees: 100
Angels: 80
Red Sox: 75

I'm sure there's wishful thinking involved

The Angels are really good and the Yankees are really good and over <=7 games there's little difference

This was a prediction

I'd like to see an Angels-Dodgers series

So that Angel Stadium can be flooded with blue and everyone can be reminded that no one really likes the Angels.

Fuckmikereilly - October 11, 2009 reply

Lots of people like the Angels when they're good

They're incredibly popular as a matter of fact

Not as popular in LA as the Dodgers.

Which is what they always strive to be.

Fuckmikereilly - October 11, 2009 reply

They aren't an LA team.

Their name says otherwise

Lots of people like Disneyland too

lemonverbena - October 11, 2009 reply

One of these days we're going to need to throw Andy Pettitte back into the Stargate

OlSalty - October 11, 2009 reply

Go Yankees!

Agreed!

Johnny Damon is a cool guy!

Go Twins.

If the yankees sweep, then the ALCS doesn’t start for five full days. If the ALCS ratings drop, it will be suggested that this was due to the long break between the division series and league championship. Major League Baseball then may try to remedy this by shortening the length between games in the playoffs. This will negatively affect the Mariners, as once we finally return to the playoffs we’re going to want as many days off as possible, since that will maximize the number of potential Felix starts.

I would dearly love to see Carl Pavano humiliate the Yankees tonight.

That would be at least three different varieties of ironic-awesome.

Turnabout is fair play

I was hoping you'd found some great sad-Papelbon footage or pictures.

Aw. Napoli's happoli!

You get a rec for that one, Missy.

Man this place is dead.

It’s almost as if interest in the earlier game was driven by hatred for the Angels and Red Sox or something.

Nah. I'm here, and I plan on exhibiting some serious GTE.

I'm done writing my paper now

Who are we gonna fuck up next?!

THE YANKEES

YES!

Hold on, waitaminnit….

Those white fingernails look stupid.

COME ON TWINS!!!!!!!!!!

I want to root for both teams so instead I will root for extras!

Keep the baseball moving!

I like your attitude!

This is close enough to what I was looking for to count.

Thank you.

AHAHAHAHA

Pavano just struck out A-Rod swinging.

Back to “playoff goat” status!

How about that!

Wow. Did it again.

Wheeeeeeeee Pavano!

Apparently Carl Pavano brings his A-game once every five years

Timing is everything.

Delmon Young is one of my least favorite players in baseball

I want him to realize his potential

I wish I realized mine

You want him to actually succeed in murdering a significant other?

No I want him to become a good major league player

Wait who the fuck puts avocados on a burger?

Every time I see that commercial it puzzles me in a new way.

I have put avocado on a burger before. Not often, but I've done it. It's the hot dog with avo that's the real head scratcher for me

I think the shadowy avocado lobby needs to sack up and face the fact that avocados have, at best, limited uses

Guacamole and that’s about it.

Avacado has many uses in addition to guacamole.

Lies.

Truth!

Sandwiches! Quesadillas! Cold salads!

Also sliced as part of a burrito.

And many others.

Okay, I shall accept 1.) salad and 2.) Mexican foods as proper uses for the avocado

And note that guacamole falls into the latter category.

Avocado, turkey, bacon, tomato and swiss is a divine sandwich.

Good heavens yes.

Also good in a grilled cheese & green chiles sandwich.

Really any sandwich with white meat or no meat is enhanced by avocado

This conversations make me miss food

*These

Eating disorder?

I need a supplier

Avocado ice cream is delicious.

The shadowy avocado lobby has annoyed me for the last time.

Yeah that one is significantly weirder.

The Avocado Burger at Kua’Aina is one of the best burgers I have ever had.

See I like my burgers to taste like burgers

It did. A delicious one. I wouldn't have an avocado on a burger every time, but this was a pretty delightful one.

Like everybody

You must be some kind of freak living in Southern California.

Swish!

Oh Nick Swisher, you're so high.

The eventual swinging strikeout made that extra-wonderful.

Goddammit there goes the perfecto

I like how an involved discussion about avocados and the shadowy avocado lobby has taken precedence over talking about the game.

Carl Pavano has struck out 5 batters through 3 & 1/3, all of them swinging. Odd.

Ooh, and his first called strikeout of the night comes against Teixeira.

Nice. Six on the day so far.

Yeah, who would have thought a gamethread would go off-topic.

Not me

PAVANO!

So when did Nolan Ryan come out of retirement and sign with the Twins?

.Taylor - October 11, 2009 reply

Man Pavano is just mowing them down.

If this game is played on real grass instead of turf he’s still got a perfect game.

Of course Andy Pettite is STILL pitching a perfect game himself.

But that’s less noteworthy or admirable.

Hahaha damn

BACK TO THE STORE -- YOU'RE OUTTA HERE!

HAHAHAH FUCK YOU ROBBIE CANO

Wow. Carl Pavano with 8K on the night so far.

I was wondering when someone was going to bring up the 1991 game.

Although I would prefer the Yankees win this series, Pavano owning the Yankees is too delicious not to root for.

Why prefer the Yanks?

Genuinely curious. Seems hard not to like the Twins from where I stand.

(Though I stand in the Midwest.)

I like the Twins fine and in a perfect world I would want them to win

but I don’t think they stand a chance in hell of beating the Angels in a seven game series.

And also I want A-Rod to get every chance to hit well in the playoffs.

Mauer!

YO Joe!

JOE MAUER YOU SEXY BEAST!

MAUER!

DUCK YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MAUER!!!!!!

FINALLY. A RUN.

Man, Pettite made Cuddyer look like a little-leaguer

Two swinging strikes on balls up around his eyes.

Pavano vs. Tex/A-Rod/Matsui

In the 7th. Oh god.

Oh Jesus

EXTRAS

WAY TO STEP IT UP FOR BASEBALL CLUTCH ROD

Oops.

What a fucking choker.

FUCK! DAMN YOU A-ROD!

Mother FUCK.

Fuckin' A-Rod.

Everything he touches turns to dust.

He needs to touch Kate Hudson more, apparently.

I would love to see her crumble to dust like the vampire harpy she is.

Better watch out

You might get a warning.

Sextras?

GODDAMMIT POSADA COULDN'T YOU JUST BE HAPPY WITH THE TIE

Fuck the Yankees. They're killing Bambi.

Good God

Mariano Rivera will blow the save on a walk-off HR from Joe Mauer.

If this happens I will publicly convert to the mainstream religion of your choice

Scientology.

.Taylor - October 11, 2009 reply

Only a little while longer til we find out!

Wow. Yankees, you know how to make 50,000 people cry with almost no effort.

The good thing about MIN losing

About the only good thing, would be saying goodbye forever to baseball in the Metrodome.

Reminds me of games in the Kingdome, good times but a horrible facility (shudder).

Hahahaha Jason Kubel is funny.

Ah, yes its Joba time

Let’s go Twinkies, f-k the Yankees!

FUCK THE YANKEES!

Go Yankees!!!

Am I the only one?

No

Yes, traitor

No good baseball fan roots for the Yankees (unless they are actually a Yankees fan).

Bullshit

Sorry, hate the Yankees

Put them in the same category as the Lakers, the Cowboys and ND football, always want them to lose.

OH NO DELMON YOUNG IS HURT WHAT EVER SHALL THE TWINS DO

THAT ACTUALLY HELPS THE TWINS WIN!

Bahahahaha Delmon Young just hit himself in the nuts with a foul ball

I was hoping the umpire would grab the bat and take a swing too

What the fuck is on Joba's hat?

Salt

Cue the appearance of saltisntcheating on the Times blog

Wank.

Jeter spunk

No

That’s what’s on ARod’s hat.

The Twins announcers

Are talking about the fact that Young apparently refuses to wear a Cup because he doesn’t think it is comfortable. Dumbass….

Who does that remind us of?

So that's what it takes for Young to get a hit.

I think we just saw the cockpunch effect work in real time

Hurts so good

Nice double Delmon..

Brendan Harris will come through.

I know it.

Apparently I don't know what I thought I knew.

A-rod almost fucked that one up

Nice recovery though.

OH MY GOD JETER COVERED THIRD

HE DID EXACTLY WHAT HE’S SUPPOSED TO DO IN THAT SITUATION LET’S FELLATE HIM VERBALLY UNTIL BEING GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO FELLATE HIM IN A LITERAL SENSE

And still you're pulling for the Yankees.

It's not Jeter's fault he gets praise he doesn't deserve

This is true, but truth doesn't mean much in this situation.

If I were the hitter I'd tell the ump that stupid necklace on Joba was a distraction

They're all the rage

CJ Wilson just loves ’em.

That's because baseball players are retards

ALL of them?

There was that one guy but he retired.

This jack ass Punto sort of just punched the point home.

Yeah.

Not too happy about this whole situation right here…

No worries though, Darling just informed me it's because they're unaccustumed to playing in the post season

hahahahaha. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

The percentage is high enough that I am comfortable with my original statement.

Well shit

Only 2 chances left for the Twinkies.

Morales looked completely overmatched there.

Unfortunately, the Twins are going down.

Let's all make useless predictions instead of actually tracking the game.

.Taylor - October 11, 2009 reply

You must be new here.

You must be new here.

Come Phil! Give up 5 back to back hits and a couple HRs!

You can do this!

How often have the words "Nick Punto leadoff double" been said in sequence?

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhh

WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU PEOPLE FUCKING DOING?!?!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH

Somebody get me the "bad baserunning" jpeg

Well that sucked.

Honestly, the Twins deserve to lose.

You can’t do that shit and expect to get anywhere in the postseason.

I don't really care who wins these games. I just want to see all the bullpens fall apart.

This will only make our bullpen seem better when the winter meetings start. I want a serious bidding war for Lowe and Aardsma.

And nothing makes people more desperate than failure.

.

Thank you Graham.

I’m going to step away from the TV right now to avoid breaking it.

That probably wouldn't have scored Punto anyway

You can't get anywhere in the post season without a veteran with post season experience.

Minnesota needs Ichiro to pinch hit

For Mauer?

Oh hell, nevermind.

Hey that was the pitch Ichiro hit that one time

Lame and weak.

svart aske - October 11, 2009 reply

I can't wait until the Yankees win

Care to explain the pro-Yankees kick you're on? Anybody? Bueller?

I’ve been gone a lot recently and I probably missed something here.

My guess is it's an experiment to see how many of us jump aboard the Yankee train with him

The Twins probably won't beat the Angels

Knocking out the Angels is of paramount importance

No, no it is not.

They absolutely cannot be allowed to win the world series after the Adenhart incident

Get to it and lose?

Lose it for Nick!

Too risky

They don't have to win the WS, the Yankees can't go though

The Yankees will never be a team I like but they don't really bother me at this point.

Too sanguine for me

They haven't won the world series in nine years

So?

Germany went 25 years between starting World Wars, what's your point?

And they're still better than France

On this we agree.

And: well done completing the analogy to make the argument.

I saw them win it four out of five years and I celebrated like my own team had won when the Diamondbacks beat them in 01

I never want them to win another WS as long as I live

The Yankees are awesome

So, what'd I miss?

Idiocy.

Punto is dumb

Is the Rockies-Phillies game still going to happen?

Yeah its going to be super cold though

Holy shit it's 28 degrees.

So much for canceling last night’s game to avoid unpleasantly cold weather.

Wasn't it supposed to be warmer mid-day? they couldn't move the game up?

Broncos played at home at 1 pacific, not sure they wanted to compete with that.

These playoffs suck ass.

Wait the ALCS isn't going to start until FRIDAY, even with a sweep today!

Can anyone explain to me why that isn’t total bullshit?

Schedules aren't as flexible as you imagine them to be

So why wasn't Nathan starting the 9th?

Because A-Rod would crush his soul

It looks very, very cold in Colorado.

Below freezing prior to game time.

Hope everyone brought their snuggies

These walks are really embarrassing.

Three walks. What.

Anyone else here amused by the irony of the scrappy "fundamentally sound" Twins ballclub losing on baserunning gaffes and walks?

Punto almost made me forget about this umpire crew. Maybe, it's a close thing.

Would have liked to have seen this series without these umps. Bucknor in particular.

The World Series is going to be Colorado vs Anaheim.

The question is, who is god going to be rooting for?

I thought they said it was too cold to hit homers.

He was trying to get warm

Ballgame

The Twins have been completely outclassed in this series.

$250M vs $70M outclassed?

Jerry Hairston Jr. is about to show them whats up.

I wish.

No

Poor Twins.

This is a pretty shitty way for baseball in the Metrodome to end.

Gotta say, the end was ugly and pathetic.

It is the best way for baseball in the Metrodome to end.

A crushing, preventable loss is perfect.

winningugly - October 11, 2009 reply

The Phillies are the least interesting or likable "good" baseball team in the game.

They have no personality to speak of, no identity, nothing I can latch onto. At least the Rockies are sort of exotic since they play on the moon with moon physics.

What?

wacky country uncle for a manager!
a pitcher named Bastardo!!!
flying Hawaiian!
Chase Utley!!

Rauuuuuul!
Dobby the Bench Elf!!!

um, Cairo!?

They use to have Jamie Moyer,

they kind of still do (but not really). It’s why I rooted for them last year.

Ryan Howard is not a bad place to start watching.

Also, if you are a psych major, you could do worse than having Lidge as your lab rat. He is fascinating. He chokes! He’s good! He really chokes! He’s REALLY good! He’s REALLY bad!

See? It’s fun.

winningugly - October 11, 2009 reply

Well the two teams I was interested in see in the WS are now out. So I have lost most of my interest in this post season.

You were pulling for the Cardinals and the Red Sox?

Weird.

He likes red.

ALDS sweeps are so boring

With windchill the outdoor temp is 37 degrees in Minneapolis. Their new stadium is going to be awesome.

Still better than Denver.

And it’s 37 right now where I am: it’s surprisingly bearable.

The fact that that stadium is completely outdoors is such a joke

Ridiculous

I can't wait for a Twins-Rockies World Series where it stretches into mid November because multiple games are postponed because of snow.

Don't forget how both teams have no off days in the second half of the season because of snowouts in April

They survived 20 years before the Metrodome that way

I'm really surprised they didn't spring for one of those fancy retractable roofs

Attendance numbers in the spring and fall are going to be interesting to follow.

Let alone the messed up schedules due to inclement weather.

Carl Pohlad owned the Twins

well

Classy, Twins fans.

I'm not watching anymore -- what are they doing?

Oh, just standing ovation when they had the Yankees at 2 strikes / 2 outs.

Even though they know they’re losing.

No, that's probably the Yankee fans.

Well, they're not so classy now...

I think the Rockies are going to shit all over the Phils tonight.

Cool!

.Taylor - October 11, 2009 reply

Haha they showed the fan on the field

A streaker! And they actually showed him for a moment!

Is it still called a streaker if they're full clothed?

Run dummy run!j

Delmon Young ending their season would be fitting.

Funny how the Tracy magic didn't work so well in Pittsburgh

Sad.

Guess I’m rooting for the Yankees in the ALCS. Goddamnit.

Oh hamburgers

J.A. Hapless?

I hate those rotoscoped ads.

The Yankees won!

Felix Rodriguez of Seattle?

What?

Niehaus is on the broadcast?

F-Rod.

w00tah - October 11, 2009 reply

Ken Rosenthal thinks there's no way in hell Pujols resigns with St. Louis

hmmm

yes yes yes

He's been tooting this horn for quite a while

Surely a lack of Pujols would automatically take St. Louis out of contention?

At least they have that Wallace fellow in AAA to step in when he leaves

No I think they would bring Ryan Howard home!

His reasoning is kind of wishy washy but his rumors are usually the most reliable

Even if both sides are well-intentioned, the odds of the Cardinals keeping Pujols beyond 2011 probably are not good.

Let’s say Pujols views Alex Rodriguez’s 10-year, $275 million contract as his benchmark, even though it was a free-agent deal signed in a better economy.

Let’s say the Cardinals view an eight-year, $160 million deal as more realistic, even though Pujols would start his next deal at the same age that Rodriguez did, 32.

If you were Pujols, how much of a discount would you give?

Pujols has every reason to want as much as A-Rod, if not more. At the end of his current deal, he also might want to join a big-money team that would operate with fewer financial restrictions than the Cardinals.

In short, the Cardinals cannot count on keeping Pujols or operate out of fear that he will depart.

If I were Mozeliak, I would try to re-sign Holliday, but not go beyond a certain limit — say, five years, $90 million. High-revenue teams such as the Yankees, Red Sox and Mets are likely to push the price higher, and the Cardinals cannot realistically commit $300 million to two players — $100 million for Holliday, $200 million for Pujols.

I guess he probably wouldn't play for Seattle

Maybe he wants to play for his hometown Royals

By the grace of God!

So why did they switch from Pedro to Happ anyways?

Can’t say I’ve followed this series closely.

Rockies are worse against lefties

And Pedro is old, and it is cold there.

FUCKING RAUL GODAMMIT

Holy shit Pavano destroyed the Yankees and he still lost

Dobbs!

THEY ALWAYS GET BETTER AFTER THEY LEAVE

FUCKIN REAM THIS FAT FUCKIN FUCK

Extras!

Holy moly that was crushed

Usually you hear how the cold deadens the ball, looks pretty live tonight

Maybe altitude cancels it out

Maybe I didn't think about that, so there

How do you put avocado on a hot dog?

Throwback player of the day, this guy looks like Goose Gossage taking the hill.

So I can't get over the fact that the game in the coldest climate started at 8:00 local time when there was a four hour gap between games today.

I mean, sure, the NFL but there was a game tonight too.

They didn't know whether or not there would be 4 games

RABBLE

RABBLE RABBLE

The Rockie game was also the furthest west

tRA likes Contreras

tRA and Contreras, sittin' in a tree

f-u-c-k-i-n-g

That would be uncomfortable

FLAPS!

I'm really glad that Joe Simpson is no longer our color guy

WHERE'S YOUR MESSIAH NOW

fuckin Raul dog plastic motherfucker

What was with the 2B ump grabbing that ball and giving it a look

Nice job chunk style

I HATE YOU SO MUCH

Spilborghs has never played the infield

Well, unless you count 3 games at 1B in AAA in 2007.

But yeah, these announcers are shit.

Holy shit that was a great play

Good grief that was pretty

That was not pretty.

When the Rockies aren't wearing their ugly uniforms they look pretty damned well dressed

Jeez, Eyre

Right between the wickets.

If this is the only series still going then why the fuck are they playing a day game tomorrow?

Weather presumably

And because they have to go back to Philly…

I want to see snow on the field sometime during this postseason.

Naturally I’m pulling hard for the Rox now.

Last night's Sports Center was awesome

A bunch of diehards camped out in front of the stadium in the middle of the snow….

Darn, missed a lawn dart opportunity.

w00tah - October 11, 2009 reply

Tied!!!

There's no way the Phils win this game. Mark it down.

If they do

About 5% of their fan base will see it. This won’t end until about 2 AM east coast time.

We're doing it!

I am rooting for the baseball!

If this game goes into extras how many people in the stands do you think will wind up in the ER with frostbite?

It’s down to 24 degrees there now.

It's just gotta keep on moving!

Is it about never giving up?

BS PHILLY!

Another blown save for the Phils.

Is it a save situation yet?

I honestly don’t know this, and I’m actually a little embarrassed not to. At what point does it become a save situation? 9th inning? 8th inning? I understand the scoring/runners rules but not the time frame ones.

Yes

7th or later.

Took me long enough as a serious baseball fan to find that one out.

But that’s probably because SAVES ARE A STUPID STATISTIC.

Naw, really there’s no damn excuse.

That kid wax his eyebrows much or what

Major props to the Rockies fans

For sitting out there in the ridiculous cold tonight. We salute you.

I would watch a Mariners playoff game on Pluto

Even though the flight costs to there are outragoues?

It's the travel times that are the real killer.

I would almost enjoy it more in a perverse way.

To say “yeah, I was at that Mariners playoff game WHERE IT SNOWED THE WHOLE TIME DOOD.” If they won, it would be one of those “I can’t believe I was there for that surreal awesome shit” experiences.

True dat

Would be like going to a football game in November when it rains the entire game, or the Seahwaks game a few years back in the snow, so awesome.

Me too

But the folks in Denver are still making ridiculous noise even as close as they have to be. Impressive.

QUESTION: What is the singular of "Rockies?"

A “rocky?” A “rockie?” Both possible answers seem, upon first impression, to be gay.

I think it's a 'Rockie'

But yes, it sounds very stupid.

That can't be right, because the adjective is spelled "rocky."

It’s got to be “Rocky,” but that’s just insufferably stupid, so I’m left unsatisfied by my options here.

There are two players in this intro wearing Rays hats and the Rays are not in the playoffs

I thought we LLoved the Rays >:(

I still like them!

One hit wonders.

I love all teams that operate on low budgets!

That may make you the only Royals fan left.

No one would feel bad for the Royals if they didn't have a tremendously loyal fanbase.

Those poor sucker midwesterners...they always show up to support their shitty teams.

This is quite the fun game to follow.

Gameday says it is 28 degress.

EXTRA BASEBALL

Make it happen.

I wonder what the coldest baseball game ever played is?

At the beginning of the broadcast they said the coldest Rox game was 27 degrees back in 1997. This one will probably pass that if it goes into extras

Beyond that I have no idea.

Wait remember when Hargrove got the Cleveland game called due to snow one pitch before it became official?

That was probably pretty fucking cold right there.

Ah, the day Mike Hargrove redeemed himself.

Its 27 right now

In Denver according to Weather.com.

It is the coldest game in playoff history, tying Game 4 of the 97 WS in Cleveland.

Gametime temp for both was 35, although I thought on the broadcast they said it was 31.

Surely Miguel Cairo must pitch

I don't see why not

Matt Stairs is a baseball player!

He is getting strike zowned!

More useful wood-associated thing: Matt Stairs, Johnny Bench, or Chris Carpenter?

Kerry Wood?

Now or at their peak?

As wood-related objects, not baseball players.

I think Matt Stairs is our surprising dark horse winner, also Chris Carpenter may slip by on versatility.

Johnny Dickshot

I wonder how wildly inaccurate pitchtrax is

Very!

None of these pitches have been strikes.

Well that looks generous

Look at the ass on Stairs, he’s like the white Griffey

I believe the scientific term is steatopygia

NICE K MY MAN

Not one pitch in the strike zone.

This game is never going to end.

That's the spirit!

Because it's about nevah giving up.

Nevah evah.

And why I'm harping on a three year old commercial for Dick's is beyond me.

Yeah like both our long ones against the White Sox this year

So awesome. The first one was on my B-day, nice B-day to see the Ms win that.

Still tied!

SWING AND A MISS!

SIT DOWN MATT!

Durbin time!

Not the greatest pitcher for them but probably better than Lidge right now.

I wanna see Brad Lidge!

Yeah then the Rockies will win for sure

God, how he can go from being da man to being so awful in one year is beyond me.

[insert Pujols .gif here]

I’d do it but I don’t have it anymore since my computer crashed.

Brad Lidge is either terrible or unbeatable!

x

God damn that's a fine gif

Personally I think the Podsednik homer broke him

Because it's no great shame to give up a homer to Albert, but Scotty Pods...

That guy has had so many lives

And so many ups and downs as a closer.

He once struck out 157 batters as a closer

I can't wait to see Lidge in the 9th.

Can’t.

Wait.

Fuck, late.

Street up in the pen

Last reliever for the Rox, they only have their fifth starter left after him.

!!!

KEEP GOING! GO GO GO!

Compare: Clint Hurdle's bullpen management at the 2008 ASG vs. Tracy's bullpen management in Game 3 of the 2009 NLDS

Jim Tracy is terrible at strategy

Brad Hawpe on for defense!

His fifth starter is unnecessary and can pitch a lot.

Hopefully this game is at the halfway point

Phils have

Bastardo
Kendrick
Lidge
Myers
Pedro

They actually have two starters left

Extra off day means their game 4 starter originally could go if need be.

All these extra days off are annoying, really reduces the value of good pitching management.

Although this was due to weather

E.g. Lee is starting tomorrow for Philly, otherwise he wouldn’t have started until game 5.

Well that sucked

Holy shit Huston Street is good

He is

Another Oakland player who escaped that city and proved he was awesome.

Like Mark Mulder!

Barry Zito!

LIDGE IS IN THE PEN!

Woot!

Nice bunt

Very very nicely done.

If this game ends before the 12th I will root for the Dodgers in the NLCS

FUCK YOU HOUSTON

The city?

The basedball player

A city can't play baseball!

Chase Utley appears to be a good baseball player

Give me a moment

By golly it checks out!

He sucked ass down the stretch

Apparently his clutch numbers are not so clutchy

Yeah, the Colorado radio guys

Are screaming for runner interference. Not going to happen.

They should argue the ball hit Utley in the box

That did happen

Not great umping this year

That call, the missed foul call on Mauer…

Jesus, suddenly the Phils might win.

GODDAMN YOURE FUCKING EVERYTHING UP FUCKNUTS

"Fuck yeah, Jimmy!"

Luckily it’s after safe harbor!

Well shit.

Don't worry, Lidge is warming up

the Rockies might even win in regulation

Lidge time!

Ironically, if he fucks up I will love him

Brad Lidge is going to have a lead

That means fail!

This is why you never bring in a closer if he can't get a save

Hee hee, its Raul Ibanez

Time to f-k up former Mariner. Tou couldn’t be this good when you were with us, so f-k you.

You know you can say fuck here right?

Forgot

Some other blogs I’m on you get warned if you swear.

FUCK LIDGE!

But he shouldn't, in case children in Iraq are reading this

it might be past their bedtimes here, but it’s the middle of the day over there

FUCK THEM!

Giambi as PH here?

I think it might be a good idea.

You think anyone in the Philly dugout actually has confidence in Lidge right now?

He didn't blow a save during the playoffs last year

He didn't blow a game during the regular season last year, but did this year

The trend is not good

Of course that just means he'll mow through the Rockies easily.

Lidge will blow the save when Gonzalez hits a bloop fly-out to Raul Ibanez, who makes a hilarious misplay and boots the ball, allowing CarGo to score on a 2-run inside-the-park home run.

Because Brad Hawpe is so fleet afoot?

But you don't understand just HOW badly Raul is gonna boot this ball...

Well so much for that

Nope

I haven't been right for months.

You're a Mariners fan

We’re not sane, and that’s a wonderful thing.

GREAT AMERICAN LAGER!!

Perhaps they mean great as in large or immense.

Perhaps they use it in the pejorative sense.

I think they use it in a sarcastic sense

I don't think you try to be sarcastic in your own advertisements

Great Brazillian more like

They are being bought out by some Brazillian company.

Belgian

Huston Street sucks

SSS

*HSS

Maybe Colorado should cork their bats with Adenharts ashes like LAAA does

The Rockies' mascot looks like it just walked off the set of Barney

Baserunner!

Tying run on base!

And here comes this fat old washed-up ’roid cheat.

And so it begins!

God Giambi is so sexy

Nevermind

he broke out the Just For Men and now he looks generic

Double time!

Let's Go Giambino!

Huge

Yeah baby!

STEAL!

Let's go single!

Giambi doesn't hit singles!

Fuck!

Way to go Jason.

FAILURE

GIAMBI FAIL!

Good work Giambi you asshole

Time for Helton to be da man!

LETS DO IT!

Todd Helton for the win?

Why didn't they just DH Giambi?

This game is played in the NL

I thought the home team made the rules!

Face of the Franchise!

Go Todd Go!

Helton should have put on a Pujols jersey to play mindgames with Lidge

Not a strike.

Nice terrible called strike, ump

The original Rockie

Needs to deliver here, their first ever pick.

Well that should have been ball four.

ROBOT UMPIRES PLEASE.

This ball will not be close to the zone

Your feed must be ahead of mine

Troy Tulowitzki, I believe you can be a hero.

TULO TIME!

Let’s go Troy!

Fine, Tulo!

EY Junior pinch-running

Let’s do it!

I don't think I'd pinch-run for Helton there...

maybe if it was the tying run

Word

Seeing Giambi play first would be neat

Eric Young Sr. must have sired him when he was in high school

TULO YOU GOAT

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Well shit

FUCK PHILLY!

You stupid asshole

Damn

Even though we didn't get extras! the real winner is baseball! What a game!

ITS ALL STREET'S FAULT!

YOU SUCK HUSTON!

what

Nothing

Just venting.

Go Phils!

Hey was that a defensive sub in LF for the Phillies?

Yeah, they're not too stupid

They signed Raul to a 3/30 deal in a depressed market

The GM is probably responsible for that piece of stupidity

The manager isn’t quite as stupid

The manager used Brad Lidge as his closer

Okay maybe he's stupid

I’m just saying he’s not utterly, without fail, always stupid

He's been worth the first year!

Just like Richie Sexson

Yay!

Richie was very good in his first season and I liked watching him hit

I hope Raul destroys the Yankee pitching, but all those LH'ers doesn't seem too likely

Luckily the Angels have many right handers

Whatever, Darren Oliver will own Raul.

Ben Francisco

ROCKTOBER WILL LIVE ON

Failing that

Go Dodgers?

(I hate the Dodgers)

Yeah

No love for the AL team this year.

Fuck this

4 hour game

Even longer than the Dodgers-Cards game 1.

We needed to be told to eat avocodos and watch some show with a fat Ray Romano 800 times

TBS/TNT comercial breaks suck

In both basketball and baseball, noticeably longer than other networks.

Oh and don't forget that George Lopez is going to change Late night

I've just been thankful it's not Caliendo.

How could I?

At least Tyler Perry doesn’t have a new show this month

And Scott Bakula!

And some black dude I have never heard of!

Goose - October 12, 2009 reply

That's the guy from House!

Poochie - October 12, 2009 reply

Excuse me?????

Andre Braugher????

Homicide, if nothing else.

msb - October 12, 2009 reply

I want the Twins to win it all

In 2032.

rut-roh

What?

I don't know if you know but the Twins were eliminated earlier today

YOU'VE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME

Dogs can't kid

LET IT DIE

It's fresh because I flipped the new fresh version on its head and made it even more fresh

All of these games are teases