Lookout Landing

Yeah, Cal's a looker.

How's his chuckle, any idea?

No clue, but I'm betting he's got one of those deep and quiet chuckles.

Probably, bet his baby blues have an extra sparkle too.

Guaranteed.

Wow

I just looked at both of them, I mean really looked at them.
Not my thing. Nossir…

While all of them look like they smell, Vlad is the one who looks proudest of it.

skjes - October 20, 2009 reply

That's the happiest Rastafarian I've ever seen

Subject line and please don't steal comedic bits from authors.

Matthew - October 20, 2009 reply

Understood, and apologies. Won't happen again.

skjes - October 20, 2009 via mobile reply

These five people were each photographed staring at one of the following five things:

A mirror, a piece of coconut cream pie, an adorable puppy, a piece of copper wiring and direct sunlight

Can you match each player to his object? Here are some clues!

Scott Kazmir enjoys going to the beach.
Vladimir Guerrero is more of a cat person than Joba Chamberlain, but less of a bid person than Jeff Sullivan.
CC Sabathia is not fond of Oreos.
Sally is taller than Susan, who is shorter than Slyvia but taller than Stephanie.
The correct answer is 9.

Matthew - October 20, 2009 reply

Your gift is that your coments usually me feel extra stupid

COMMENTS

(excuse: I lost my “m” key)

Uh? What?

Kirk - October 20, 2009 via mobile reply

Don't ask

I can't decide if I hate the Yankees because their fans are in their opponent's park in the postseason

or the Angels because their fans and their dumbass thunderstix can’t fill their own damn park with their own damned fans.

Can't hate on a fanbase for showing up.

You have to with the Angels and their fans. If you want to keep the opposing team’s fans out, buy the tickets.

to go with*

I hate the Red Sox for showing up.

Only because most of them are faux fans.

Either they have never traveled/live to Boston or were not fans of the Red Sox until 2004. With Yankee fans, most of them have traveled/lived in New York or have been lifelong fans.

I think a lot of those since '04 Boston fans had been Yankee faux fans before then.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the balance of power has shifted after the Red Sox got booted out of the playoffs.

Ok now this is crazy talk

Robert - October 20, 2009 reply

Matsui needs to opt out of his contract.

I'd take him for $5mil/year.

svart aske - October 20, 2009 reply

You should definitely just buy a nice house with that $5m that you have.

It would be a better investment.

Or give it to me.

For 5 million a year I'd give it to him.

Twice.

CapSea - October 20, 2009 reply

Today, Kazmir looks like he has been practicing his faux-french accent, and in a moment will take a drag on the cigarette held pinched between his thumb and forefinger

On the other hand, CC's picture was obviously taken as he smelled some oh-so delicious cinnamon rolls.

Good grief.

Yeah, I thought I was done watching Miguel Batista.

This is brutal.

I'm amazed that he just got out of that

You know, the Angels punied out as the season ended.

They don’t seem to have perked up too much since then.

That's Pat Sajak back there again, right?

I just keep watching him all game.

Sweet.

Hey it's your boy Naps with a chance

... uh, to do stuff

Thanks anyhow...

I never realized Vlad was so beautiful.

Jack Moore - October 20, 2009 reply

Okay, Naps.

Make us hapoli.

A job well done, I say.

I was happy with the outcome.

Did I really just hear a fan say "aww come on blue" at a ball in the dirt?

Most likely.

The thing is, people say that, but they're usually not sitting close enough to home plate to have the microphone pick them up.

When you’re that close, you should easily be able to see that, you know, the ball is in the dirt.

You would think that, sure.

But I have a theory that the knowledge of the game is directly related to the proximity of the seats to the field….

Hey the ump has the best seat in the house!

My point!

You’re making it for me!

Captain Obvious strikes again!

Sorry

No, no

I was messing with you, actually. ;)

So I just now turned on the game but I am of the impression that Kazmir has been God awful.

He has been Scott Kazmir.

Walk walk walk walk luck.

Eyebrows - October 20, 2009 reply

Oh and those.

Eyebrows - October 20, 2009 reply

Remember when he was young and good?

What the hell does the ump want the catcher to do, lay down so he can see better?

That exchange with Scioscia really pissed me off

Who's behind homeplate tonight?

Jerry Layne

drblacknwhite - October 20, 2009 reply

They have a microphone on him, he was talking to Scioscia about not being able to see the strike zone so well.

The catcher was blocking his view, he wanted him to get lower.

Yep

And he’ll call all the balls and strikes correctly as they’re supposed be called.
Until he doesn’t anymore, randomly and without reason.

Unofficial Brooks strike zone for both teams, all batters

Yeah, looks like a craptastic strike zone tonight.

You know what though? He calls the bottom of the zone spot on

That's something, anyway.

WOO YANKEES

stupidquestions - October 20, 2009 reply

Clutch slide

I love Nick Swisher; he needs to do something good here.

Jack Moore - October 20, 2009 reply

This Melky guy looks to be a blossoming superstar.

MELKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yep.

Really? Bullpen? You think?

Oh man he got him

OOHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

BOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Woops.

Do I need to go to sleep again?

What the fuck?

stupidquestions - October 20, 2009 reply

Shut up fans don't you know the value of the human element

He wasn't out by a foot, Joe.

Maybe 6-inches, maybe.

This is like a cauldron-sized amount of bullshit.

WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING, KAZMIR?>!??

I like how they do the zoom up thing and the grainy picture makes it more difficult to tell.

GOD DAMN IT SWISHER WHAT THE FUCK

GOD DAMN IT TIM MCCLELLAND WHAT THE FUCK

Hahaha

OOHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

BOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Make up call.

I don't understand why things like this are considered acceptable.

Two wrongs don’t make a right.

Agreed

People can justify it by saying the run wouldn't have scored because the catch would have been the third out.

And nobody would have been on third base in the first place.

But yeah, I don’t agree with it.

It just makes the umpires seem more incompetent.

Aw Nick...

Cano was definitely safe. Never got touched.

Maybe Jeter has Derek Jeter Disease and doesn't know it yet.

Why isn't that a reviewable play, by the way?

Partial instant replay just doesn’t make sense. It’s gotta be all or nothing.

YES!!! Just what everybody was afraid of when they allowed HR replay

Well honestly, it's like saying "Hey, we only want the exact right call in this one situation."

That’s silly. Shouldn’t we want the exact right call in every situation? And if not, if we’re not utilizing technology to it’s capabilities, shouldn’t we be ok with the calls always being unreviewable? At least give them two challenges or something like football? It doesn’t make sense to allow umps to decide games. Scioscia should’ve been able to challenge the Swisher pick off, and Girardi should’ve been able to challenge the tag-up.

Depends on your perspective to the game I suppose.

Baseball is like life, it isn’t perfect. Sometimes it’s frustrating. There’s no getting everything perfect

Still, if managers get 1-2 challenges a game, imperfections would happen. Managers would have to pick their spots.

I don’t see why that would hurt.

I don't either.

Glad we can agree, then.

Wow Mclelland sucks

It's pretty hard to make that call when you're not even looking at the runner at all.

Yeah I would think so

It's the only way can do it, though.

You have to look at when the catch is made and then peripherally judge when the runner left the base.

He obviously didn't see the runner though

You can’t call him out on a play like that when you weren’t even looking. You have to assume he didn’t leave early, because that’s the case the majority of the time.

What do you mean he didn't see the runner?

He was positioned so the runner was peripherally in view as he was watching the catch.

To me it didn't look like he was in a position where the runner would be in his peripherals

I could be wrong, but it seemed like he was just guessing.

He wasn't perfectly aligned, but he was in good enough position.

He was standing in front of Swisher, kinda hard to see him there.

See who?

Hunter making the catch?

Hard to see Swisher and when he leaves the bag when Swisher is behind him and to the right.

Plus on the replay you can clearly see McClelland has literally no attention on Swisher.

I would have to see the replay again, but it appeared the umpire was in foul ground with Swisher just off to his right.

I recall him straddling the foul line on the left side of Swisher, but the replay isn't on Gameday.

We'll see it later.

But I think the bottom line is that it was a make up call more than a judgment call.

The logic behind a make-up call is still retarded.

Indeed.

Yeah that's what I thought I saw. Looked like Swisher was behind him.

Stand closer to the coaches box where you can see the catch and the runner in your peripheral vision then

Oh good, Joe Morgan's doing color commentary on the radio

I just tuned in. I am now looking forward to some fine insight.

If you want some real, fine Joe Morgan insight

Right here.

How's baseball doing?

Baseball 3, umpires 2

Not good, Fogel

Aw

Yeah

Awwwww Yeah

God I hope CC chokes in the WS.

svart aske - October 20, 2009 reply

He'll eventually find a t-bone he can't handle.

Aw. I feel a little bad for Kazmir.

YES!

What the eff A Rod

YAY AROD!

joof - October 20, 2009 reply

A-ROD!

What a choker.

Whatever.

That home run did not tie the game nor give the Yankees the lead.

Just more evidence he is unclutch.

So this is how it's going to play, huh?

I hope Raul eviscerates Jeter with a bat.

A-Rod is awesome.

For those that think that call evens out

Swisher called safe on pickoff: -4% WPA
Swisher called out on sac fly: +10% WPA

That's pathetic

Go Yankees!

How could Posada not tell that was going to drop in?

Hunter sold it well?

What a terrible play by Robinson Cano.

By both of them

Once posada sees him there he needs to stop.

Whoa they should both be out.

Jorge Posada is mentally challenged

What the fuck kind of base running was that?

joof - October 20, 2009 reply

AHAHAHAHAHAHA!

That's clearly a double play why are they not calling it

Cause they're more challenged then the runners.

What the fuck?

Eyeball Kid - October 20, 2009 reply

UMPIRES STRIKE AGAIN!

Wow, Tim McClellan is an absolutely awful umpire

WHAT. THE. FUCK

Huh.

This is getting ridiculous.

Who paid who to have the Yankees in the World Series?

Has that kind of shit been going on all game?

Eyeball Kid - October 20, 2009 reply

Well, these same umps cost the Yankees a run.

It’s just bad umpiring, it’s not really bias. Just bad.

Seems the Yankees have had the majority of calls the entire series.

But yeah, it’s getting out of hand regardless.

I hope it gets worse. I hope it gets so freaking bad it forces the umpires union and MLB to do something about it.

The more high profile bad calls in the playoffs the better. This playoff system with the umps is dumb.

Another thing: how did CB Bucknor get to be a postseason umpire?

I thought they rewarded the best umpires of the year. CB Bucknor is pretty consistently one of the worst umpires in the league.

They don't though, they implemented a new system a few years back.

Umpire crews can’t work consecutive series and I don’t think they can work consecutive WS. It pretty much guarantees nearly every umpire crew gets to rotate into a post season series. If I remember correctly it came about shortly after MLB broke the umpire union.

That's really stupid sounding.

Award people something based on merit? BAH!

Clearly nobody paid the umpires because they've given the Angels a 5% WPA advantage today

I'm waiting for McClelland to toss a grenade into the Angels dugout to decrease those odds.

NAPOLI!!!!

That's my Naps!

Wait... I just saw that play. Uh....

Funny thing is even Cano knew he was out and was walking off.

My stars.

And mine

And everyone else’s. What a load of horseshit. He had both of them.

East coast bias

This is beyond piss-poor.

This is just absolutely shameful.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/oct/19/liverpool-sunderland-beachball-replay

It's up there with Mike Jones debacle at Anfield last weekend.

It's pretty damn bad when Buck and McCarver are even calling bullshit.

And Miller and Morgan, quite vehemently.

Yes, they were surprisingly frank

Awesome. The crowd is chanting "BULLSHIT! BULLSHIT! BULLSHIT!"

HA!

Awesome. Didn’t hear that one on TV….

HAHAHAHAHA THE TEAM OF DESTINY SUCK IT LOSERS

Why do you hate my freedom, Kermit?

I don't, I hate the Yankees and you just couldn't hear my sarcastic tone of voice.

Waitaminnit

I thought you were talking about the Angels, since the Angels are, in fact, losing.
This conversation might have worked better at a bar…

The Yankees got that muffed call on the DP when I said that, but maybe I didn't get it right

The video crapped out and I was switching to radio and didn’t hear it live. Had to put it together from the announcers after the fact and comments here.

I think we're just talking in circles.

It’s all good. Some day, we’ll all get together and laugh about it over a beer…

Blown DP: 1.3% WPA

Umpires still favouring the Angels

One of the most amazing umpiring fuckups I've ever seen live.

The umpiring crew is very, very lucky that it ended up not mattering.

esoteric - October 20, 2009 reply

It might still matter.

More pitches, an extra out that might give a better hitter another opportunity, etc.

Teixeira vs. Kazmir with two on after Swisher makes it 4-0, for instance.

Whoa, just noticed the Jeter/A-Rod pictures at the top of this thread

Did they both get them taken after not sleeping for 40 hours or what? Jesus.

They are not attractive men.

Well, they're no Franklin Cutierrez's. That's for sure.

Franklin Cute-ierrez

I like it.

I wish I could take credit for inventing it

Actually, nevermind

That would make me look pretty gay

Oh no horror of horrors

You're not one of them queer supporters are you

HOMO-SECKSHULS!!!

Agreed

Plus, it's a man crush

There’s a difference….

Every Mariners fan is gay for Guti

at least they should be.

ChristopherA - October 20, 2009 reply

That would be difficult for the women.

Incorrect.

But the rest of the world! They wouldn't understand!

Who are you to judge me!

I mean guys that are into that kind of thing. Oops

WOOOO COMEBACK

Yay!

5-1

The crowd goes wild!

Someone needs to...

Go, Kendry, it's yer birthday!

Jump fatty!

!!!!!!!!!!!

HappoliNappoliHappoliNappoliHappoliNappoliHappoliNappoliHappoliNappoliHappoliNappoliHappoliNappoliHappoliNappoliHappoliNappoliHappoliNappoliHappoliNappoliHappoliNappoliHappoliNappoliHappoliNappoliHappoliNappoliHappoliNappoliHappoliNappoliHappoliNappoli!!!!

What's he do? What'd I miss

Oh, that! AWESOME

Single down the LF line

Thanks. Was having trouble finding it using rewind, but finally got there.

Yeah, the hitting and the singling and whatnot.

Also, I just wanted to string that altogether while I had the “Chili’s baby back ribs” song stuck in my head…

Hey CC, it's Erick Aybar. Put the ball in the strike zone

Why the fuck was that guy doing the tomahawk chop

I'm amazed they didn't call Napoli out

I had no idea Sabathia had full sleeves

Has to keep his giant ham arms warm somehow...

Ok, if you're a celebrity going to a team's playoff game, at least wear the team's hat or something.

Or the opposing team’s hat. Something baseball related, anyway. If you don’t care, why are you there?

Status

That’s all most of them are ever there for.

I have a hard time believing this.

Ones status generally isn't elevated by making an appearance at Angel Stadium

Depends on the celebrity?

Unless we're talking Mike Birbiglia I stand by my statement

Kevin Federline's feelings are very hurt now.

So who's going to explain the hilarious umpire mistakes to a brother who's been on the road?

Where did your brother go?

Mom said he was sleeping

McClellan called Swisher out for leaving too early on a sac fly, despite the fact that he clearly didn't and McClellan wasn't even looking at him

Then later, Posada got caught in a run down between 3rd and home. Cano was advancing to third while the rundown was happening, but he wasn’t on the bag, so Napoli tagged them both, and they were both obviously out, but McClellan called Cano safe. I think there was one more but I missed it.

.

Swisher was picked off and called safe, Swisher was called out for leaving third early on a sac fly when he didn’t, Posada caught in a run down between third and home, Cabrera tries to take third, both runners tagged while not standing on the bag but only Posada called out.

Thanks guys

I aim to please

there is also this blow by blow account

here

This is shitty announcing

I wish you were announcing

I doubt that would be very good

Believe in yourself!

Chika chika yeah

"Alex Rodriguez used to have a gaping vagina by October but this October his vagina is less gaping and he's reaping the benefits"

Yes?

Yes.

What special October switch did Alex flip to make his vagina not so massive and emasculating?

Gihyou - October 20, 2009 reply

Maybe the surgery wasn't on his knee

Or hip or whatever it was

It was only by not flipping any switches that Alex's vagina was able to shrink

That's really wonderful

Explain

If a vagina becomes accustomed to penetration its walls will expand to better accommodate the intrusive erection or cucumber

Abstaining from authentic or simulated intercourse will with time allow the vaginal walls to return to something approaching their original dimensions.

It's fucking magic

Like a drawstring purse!

Okay so you're saying that nobody ever turned Alex on

Acting like a prude all year has allowed Alex to experience October magic

Look its your own damn explanation

I said I'd be rubbish at this announcing thing

I don’t even understand the things I say

Oh so it's a vibrator joke

That's a bit more then I wanted to know

Girlfriend not putting out?

So does Alex have a big vagina or a normal sized vagina?

I fucking swear, vagina is worth a minimum of 3 recs all by itself.

Don't give away the secret

Vaginas aren't really a secret.

Then why are ladies always trying to hide them?

Are you kidding me? They give that shit away for free

FOR FREE!!!

All dogs have to do is go under and look up. I don't see why you're complaining

It's illegal if we don't.

No they usually hide them inside as well

Look if you want some peanut butter all you have to do is ask

Vagina vagina vagina

9 recs minimum, automatic

Well shoot, I completely over estimated the power of the vagina.

If you saw three Vaginas in front of you, you'd be too distracted to rec too.

CapSea - October 21, 2009 reply

Wooo

Yeah!

Rally time!

Were those guys panhandling?

I was also wondering what the deal was with the shaky hats...

It is a rally hat thang.

They wiggle them?

Is there some sort of rally electric current that is generated?

Powers the rat incinerator

What the fuck is wrong with Posada?

Way to go Posada.

joof - October 20, 2009 reply

Come on Howard

Teixeira seems to catch everything

It's almost like he is a golden gloves man

This is such bullshit

I know right

WHY CAN'T THERE BE ONE GOOD SERIES

UGH

THIS ONE HAS HAD TWO GAMES GO INTO EXTRAS

WE NEED GAME 7 EXTRAS

There have been several really good games

Twins vs Tigers
Twins vs Yankees game 2
Angels vs Sox game 3
Angels vs Yankees games 2 and 3
I haven’t been up on the NL games, but they Phillies have won a bunch of close ones.

But, you’re correct, no exciting series yet.