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10/22: Open ALCS Thread


John Lackey

#41 / Pitcher / Los Angeles Angels

6-6

245

R

R

Oct 23, 1978



A.J. Burnett

#34 / Pitcher / New York Yankees

6-5

230

R

R

Jan 03, 1977


Opening this up early because, hey, news.

Stung by a rash of blown calls in the playoffs, Major League Baseball is breaking tradition and sticking with only experienced umpires for the World Series.
...
In 24 of the last 25 World Series, the six-man crew has included at least one umpire working the event for the first time—baseball likes to reward newer umpires, plus replenish the supply of umps with Series experience.

Well this should solve everything.

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Veteran grit isn't just for players, you know.
Hasn't it been veteran umps making the bad calls?
Woo! Baseball!

Go Yankees so there can be no baseball for six days!

Yay pre-scheduling!

Morons.

I normally find Colin Cowherd slightly annoying

But he was losing his mind yesterday morning about this subject, saying that the veterans were the problem. I can’t remember the exact thing, but he said something about thinking that guys who were 60 years old shouldn’t be officiating baseball…

Slightly?
He is occasionally informative and entertaining

But his delivery makes my teeth itch. Like the Tom Leykis of sports.

Umps

Considering I really don’t care which of the Angels/Yankees or Phillies win the world series, I would love to see the world series decided by a blatantly blown call by an ump (or a series of blatantly blown calls, culminating with a game 7 blunder). This would go a long way in getting MLB to start trying to find a way to fix the real problem, which is that it is impossible for human umps to not make mistakes.

We’ve already got a system for calling balls and strikes better than umps can do it. Now we need someone to develop a system for analyzing base running calls and catch / no catch, and foul/fair calls in near real time to give umps on the field instant feed back. I have a masters in computer science and I can tell you the latter set of problems are not easy to solve, but it also isn’t at all impossible with current technologies. Just needs someone cough MLB to put up the millions required to develop said system. They do that and hire the right people to do it and within 3-5 years we could have that system in place.

That's a good call
Finally! No more bad calls!! Ever!!
That is so MLB of them to do

Clearly the problem is those young inexperienced whippersnappers

/Bruce Bochy nodding in agreement, drawls stupidly,

“Same thang with players. If’n yuh cain’t trus vetrin grit, wut cain ya trus?”

It's rare you hear a clever drawl anymore.
As rare as excellent umpiring.
You haven't been to Alabama, have you?
This is the big oen
one
Basedball!
IT SURE IS!
Are you sure
Wait a second, no Naps?!
Lackey <3 Mathis
How do I always forget that?
Says the supposed Mariners fan.
Personal catchers are stupid. I'd tell Lackey to go fuck himself.
Make sure you get a video of it.
But it's not like Naps has been tearing the cover off the ball lately, either.
But still. This is all about me.
Napoli is 1/3 of a run better per game.
You must be forgetting how Mathis won the last game for the Angels
This is the game we finally see Swisher on the mound!
I bet after he gets injured in the celebration the Yankees are really going to be needing to use position players
I don't understand
The more Yankees that get hurt in the post game celebration the less pitchers there are
Swisher is a position player
What if all the Yankees that get hurt are position players

Then the number of pitchers stays the same

But then pitchers have to play positions!
Lay off this bit's mine
Boring
I wonder

Could this be heaven?

Terry Francona came out to the mound, but Lopez wasn’t headed to the showers just yet. The call wasn’t made to the bullpen, but to right field. Outfielder Jonathan Van Every trotted in to pitch, and Lopez was sent to right field to deal with the rare circumstance of staying in the fans’ view after being pulled from the mound.
It'll probably happen this offseason
How does this make any sense
Pitcher runs out of gas, huge deficit, out of position players
I love that move.
Especially because Lopez had to run down a ball hit to the corner.
I think you might be on to something!
Noooooooooooooooooooooo
Dear god Teixera looks angry when he bats
He also looks douche-y.
McCarver-

“I don’t think the runners will be running”.

Then call them “standers” or “walkers” you troglodyte.

Thunderstix look really dumb.

Why can’t you people just clap like normal folks?

What's wrong with them?

They make a better noise.

The motion looks silly, and I want to make fun of Angels fans.

In the meantime, I actually want the Angels to win, so I guess life is just strange.

I make a less silly motion trying to get a character to sprint

in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games.

I've never been to a game with the thundersticks

but they seem louder, with a deeper tone, and I think the motion looks pretty cool with a stadium full of people doing it.

I agree with Dave Sims.

Clapping and yelling > thundersticks and towel waving.

Oh hells no Towel waving is awesome
Scarves are awesome-r.
I doubt you see this, as it's awfully late

But you do realize that’s what a Steeler fan would say, right?

I wish they made them shorter. I would feel silly banging together something the size of baguettes together.
I know some gay porn that you wouldn't be interested in, then.
You don't know me very well, do you.
I prefer it to all that fucking towel-waving.
Personally I bring an amplified Tickle Me Elmo to games.
lol at the thought of 45,000 TMEs at a game.
No chatspeak here, my friend.

Thanks!

They all just did their nails. And it hurts to clap.
I can't see the game

but that pitch sequence to Matsui was very pretty in Gameday.

Looked okay from here, too
Called strike? Really?

It’s going to be like that tonight, isn’t it.

Run Chone! Run!
CHOOHHHHWN!
Two-eyes with the RBIs!
TORIIIIII

Ruin some Yankee-fan birthdays!

Okay whatever I don't want to be without baseball for 6 days anyways
The Angels losing in game 7 would be nice.
Suck my rally monkey.
Sounds like somebody doesn't get laid in the early innings
Sweet.

Looks like Burnett is getting his suck on tonight.

So Burnett isn't going to record an out tonight is he
It kind of looks like he's recording one in that photo

And by “out” I mean “poop”.

McCarver Spanish lesson fail

He would be so much more tolerable after a visit to a taxidermist.

FUCKING SHIT EAT A GUN YOU DIESELED COCK MANAGERS
Well this couldn't possibly be more annoying.
What if they go on to sweep the rest of the series
"No one with his type of curveball" is not a full sentence. What is that supposed to mean?
Oh wait I get it
AW FUCK RIVERA
Wait who am I rooting for
I thought you said Yankees?
Yeah but if the Yankees win today there's no baseball for like months
Might I suggest the Angels then?
I like to root for both teams to arrive to the apex of fail.
Theodore Kaczynski
These appear to be the Angels I know.
The Angels you know

Or the Angels you’ve known over the past few games?

The Good Angels!
>:(

Wow, I really hate both these teams.

Yeah, that's the majority sentiment.
Holy shit they were actually going to have Bucknor ump the WS?!?!

No wonder they changed their minds. Although doesn’t Joe West have a reputation for being pretty terrible too?

Oh, Aybar.

Somebody post the aybarbees.gif

Okey doke

Aybar bees

Oh, wow

I remember the first time I saw that. There was a lot of laughing.

That's pretty much how I would act if I were being attacked by giant cartoon character bees.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahaha

I hadn’t seen this before.

I've never seen this. What the fuck is he doing?
I'll tell you what he's doing!

With pictures!

Joe Miller told us earlier that Aybar told him that his family pronounces it Ay-BAR.

Of course, Joe has gone back to calling him Eyebar

So, all I need is love to get a Blackberry?

That’s great since I don’t have any cash.

Love ain't cheap
That woman on the corner of Aurora and 90th told me it was only five bucks.
I told you never to bother me at work
Look

Either put out or don’t, but don’t jerk me around.

Jerking around is only $1.
Oh, there's management now
Take it up with my management
I wouldn't think you'd sign on with an Angels fan.

I feel betrayed now.

I still bleed Mariners teal
Not true, it's red.

I checked.

That's what the guy in the clown suit told the police, anyway.
I only wear it because khakis are too constricting.
5 bucks, they cheating ya man.

I think you could find it for cheaper in Ballard or maybe Tacoma.

I only have $5

Can’t afford the drive to Tacoma. I am also dubious about Ballard “love”.

You seem to be familiar with these services.
My brother accidentally picked her up once.
The good news

Is that we got more baseball Saturday at this rate. And hopefully Sunday!

I thought they fixed the umpiring problem?
I'm pretty sure they fixed the steroid thing at the same time.
Good thing the veteran umpires or here or that would've been a blown call
are, or, whatever
Another brutal call

They should just draw seat numbers and have random fans umpiring. It couldn’t be worse.

Damnit Dale, you fucked up

NW-based ump too.

Actually the best outcome of this game now would be a fight

But both teams just attack the umps

Doug Eddings isn't there, though.

I’d save the uprising for that occasion.

Isn't this the same Burnett who picked Ichiro off twice in the same game?

That was an insane jump.

MLB's bias is to have a game 6

Wonder if these umps know that.

Hahah I was sure they were going to call him safe back at third
I wouldn't have been the slightest bit surprised.
Now watch the announcers feliate Jeter for that play.
Joe Buck is in favor of replay and booth review umps
I kind of love how much he is harping on this now actually
I fucking love baseball.
Unlike those Sabernerds who spend all their time looking at spreadsheets.
MATHIS! He's out of his mind!
So quick to jump onto the next catcher?
No sir! Just respecting the man's at bats is all
Hmm.

jumping on a catcher.

A girl can't like a good set of Mathis at bats?
THERE'S NO SUCH THING
Alright, pickle pants. Whatever you say.
I hear that pickle's quite a dilly
Hussy

;)

Back in my day you'd have a scarlet letter sewn onto your dress for this
Hester Prynne was respectable as all get out
She would be if she wasn't such a dang hussy
It's all the minister's fault.
Would Rob Johnson be able to do that?

I’m thinking no.

SIT DOWN JETER!

Game 6 baby!

Thus far, this has been a pleasant accompaniment to making up dinners for my dad.
Click click click click click click click click click click Click click click click click click click click click click

Click click click click click click click click click clickClick click click click click click click click click clickClick click click click click click click click click clickClick click click click click click click click click clickClick click click click click click click click click click AAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaarg. Sorry.

Brownie monsters?
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday....
It's my favorite
What's this click thing about?
MLB.tv commercial
I've only been talking about it like all season
I haven't known what it means all season
It's the best one
I liked the one where Brandon Phillips shucks and jives

Shucks and jives?

I bet the comments for that video are just....just super
Why is this entertaining
Same reason why robert is entertaining.
It never gets laid?
Has he ever?
About damn time we got a discussion about my penis started.
I'm glad I'm not the only one thinking about whats in your pants.
I bet it glows
I bet it's jittery
Taqaandan might help
I bet it looks like this.

NSFW

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If Robert got this tattoo I would give him a million rec.
Really?
I would try my best to get to a million

But it would require you documenting the tattoo and then writing a fanpost.

Like I'm going to click any link you of all people think is NSFW
Would that classify as a good story and would you allow me to write an 1000 word fanpost about it?
You really should start to appreciate the sacrifices that I make for this website.
We can't until we see the pics of your wiener.
Or wait was that you
Well now I'm confused.
Like months ago it was done by someone
To see pics of his wiener?
Someones weiner
I talked about my weiner once.
I keep telling him
STOP PRESSING REPLAY
Yeah, right on

Flabbergasted. I’ve never been flabbergasted, not like this.

It's crazy crazy annoying.
"Teams have come back from three games down, but you don't expect it against the Yankees"
True

But you never know.

"That's not a good move usually." Remind when walking the first batter is good please Joe.
When it's Barry Bonds
Well no
I guess he just likes to understate things.
ARod forgot he wasn't at Yankee stadium.
Shit dudes whats happening in this game?
Imagine how good that walk would look in a Mariners uniform.
I'm out. I enjoyed hanging with you all.

See you when I return from vacation in 10 days.

What the hell...?
According to Joe Miller, it is someone who will not remember tomorrow what they did today.
Um. Jon.

Jon Miller.

I was surprised they actually showed him on TV.
You and me both...
Yeah, that would be weird, seeing as Joe Miller has been dead for nearly 100 years.
THAT WAS A FUCKING STRIKE YOU MONKEY
Well, that was interesting.
Let's see some runs.
FUCK YOU.

Go baseball.

Sorry :(
Lackey got jobed, but hahahaha.
Thats one happy boat.
I was thinking that too.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Should've left in Lackey!
I'm not sure if what just happened is irony or coincidence.
Well Lackey isn't going to resign.
OH SHIT LACKEY
Someone's pissed
Maybe if he weren't always such an asshole to his teammates they might not be so quick to blow his lead.
I think I am going to go away for a little while :(
A translation:

Come on coach this is mine!

This is mine!

Are you kidding me this is mine!

Mike: GTFO

Lackey69sofine has left the chat room

I believe that was "are you shitting me this is mine"

Otherwise, yes

GO YANKEES
I can't believe I just said that. Time for catharsis.
I'm sure Lackey is thrilled about that one.
I don't want to know what kind of shit fit Lackey's throwing in the club house right now

But I know it isn’t a small one.

Mr. Oliver has been good… I’m surprised he crapped out on this one

After seeing Lackey's reaction to Scoscia, it felt like fate
This is the only time I've ever felt sorry for Lackey.
So I guess Tex isn't a choker anymore.
AL Manager of the Year right there.
Why didn't Adenhart carry Hunter to the ball?
Was drunk, got lost
I leave for ten minutes and now the Yankees are winning?

What happened?

Danny Glover is off today.
Great, now we have to wait a week for more baseball.
Fuck the game of baseball

Why do I bother paying attention to it?

Well not having baseball for 6 days is going to suck

But HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I loathe this.

It’s the World Series. The fans are going to come. Stop scheduling it for the worst case scenario.

This is not a pleasant anything, anymore.

well, I may done for the winter.

Money always wins.
Like the last 8 seasons?
Where they've been first in the AL East 6 times?
Money wins divisions

It takes some luck to win the Series

I feel bad for the small-market, low-payroll Angels.
The Red Sox had a higher payroll in 2007.

Do your research.

Nothing always anything
Everything never apple juice
Apples, blender, sometimes
Just ask Bavasi
Fuck this SHIT.

Fuck the Yankees.
Fuck the Angels…
But FUCK the Yankees.

I am right now listening to a Yankees fan two floors below me yelling about how fuckin' funny this shit is

And how the Yankees had them right where they wanted them.

I can’t take this anymore. I need the Phillies to slaughter them.

If the Angels manage to turn this around

You have my full permission to throw a rock through that guy’s window.

This happened because of the non strike 3 call.
That was such a bullshit call too.

It’s seemed like he’s been calling a wide strike zone all night and that was right at the knees and 3/4 over the plate. I would be pissed.

It was a perfect pitch

And beyond that, he should have not been pulled…for Darren Oliver…with the season on the line.

Hahahahaha Angels. Although I want them to win so we get 7 games.
This was a poor inning to fire T-shirts into the stands.

Let’s get the crowd riled up!

Please bring Joba in so he can blow this
Your friend Mathis is really my friend Mathis.

.

I committed suicide by shooting myself in the mouth for 18 months and I am deeply offended.
Noooo
Ctrl+Z Ctrl+Z

for now

!

This is you not me btw
Aww you're cute.

If the Angels somehow win the World Series I will buy anyone with over 10,000 comments on LL a beer.

deal, screenshotted
I'd better pad my comment count.
Is it one beer per 10,000 comments because if so you will owe me a six pack
I hope it was all worth it for 6 beers
Surely you mean combined comments
It's the 7th, isn't it time for Angels fan to start heading home?
That's the dodgers.

And don’t act like the Ms don’t do it either.

M's are the worst, if anything.
I would prefer not to be thrown under that bus, thanks...
I'm not.

I think my bitching at Mariner fans is well established

In my experience Angels fans actually tend to linger more than Dodger fans
So that was a really, really stupid use of the sac bunt.

And a really, really bad version of “call the outside strike to lefties.”

Was it really that bad?

Figgins is not so hot from the right side, and it lets the Angels tie it on a hit.

Not terrible but I'm not a fan
It sure as hell seems like -WEXP to me.

But I dunno, maybe I should download GMZ’s manager game thing.

It is next to impossible to judge the merits of any individual bunt
Newest entry

What the hell is Posada doing?
It looks like someone is tossing him a treat
He is NOT A DOG.
Well there goes my theory
Not as good as sad Frankie.

But Posada is amusing.

Nothing will ever top sad Frankie because Frankie didn't move
Is Scioscia weeping a tear?
Uh oh, it's VladdyDaddy.
Oh please Vlad.... please.....
AHAHAHAH YES!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOD WHAT THE FUCK
Jeter has no range.
I HATE THE ANGELS
THAT TIES THE GAME!???!??!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DISREGARD WOMEN, ACQUIRE CURRENCY!!!
I LOVE YOU JACK WILSON
This might be my new sig
You're welcome, big guy.
Derek Jeter sucks at defense!
And hughes did not throw that high.
As soon as I saw where that one was headed in relation to Posada's target

it was like “FUCK”

WHERE'S THAT HUSTLE DEREK
Currently proving that trying hard doesn't equal playing well
WOOOOO JETER RANGE
Wasn't Phil Hughes suppose to be a good starter?
I had a feeling it would go to shit when they sent Burnett out to start the inning.
That's very uninteresting
He looks like an AIDS patient.
I always thought he had more of a burn ward look to him
I never realized he was this skinny.

I can see the outline of every bone above his shoulders.

IT'S THE ONE THAT SAYS BAD MOTHER FUCKER
OH MY GOD!!!!!!!
I DO NOT BELIEVE IT
OH FUCK MOTHERFUCKERS
I am retroactively giving Best Commenter to whoever had the most votes and is rooting for the Yankees
YEEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAA BRING IT YANKEES
IT AIN'T OVER TIL IT'S OVER GIRARDI
Be good and maybe I'll let you lick my sash.
This is why I voted for you
I can't believe I just sold out to the Yankees just to pull this election

A very proud moment for mother, let me tell ya.

You don't get to suck my dick for free anymore.
baseball sucks
more specifically, Phil Hughes sucks
There is no god.
Maicer.... one more.....
COME ON EYEBROWS YOU LITTLE FUCKER LET'S DO THIS
I'd still lick his brows though.
Ok, it wasn't Joba, but that'll do.

MORE BASEBALL

It's only the seventh inning
Yeah, plenty of time. I haven't even activated my beers yet.
I'm having Jolly Pumpkin's witbier

it’s good!

Fuentes still has plenty of time to do work
Whatever, you people are getting far too excited about this.

It’s pretty obvious that the game is going to end after A-Rod hits a 3-run homer to go ahead in the 9th.

Even if the home team got to set the rules why would they allow this?
I didn't say "walk-off" home run, now did I?
"end after A-Rod hits a 3-run homer"

I guess you didn’t say immediately after. I’ll call this a truce.

"to go ahead in the 9th" is the operative clause here.
Yea, but end after is misleading.
The point is that A-Rod will hit a home run and the Angels will lose

and everyone will be happy

EVERYONE WILL BE HAPPY

Good grief.
EXCEPT ROYALCURVE

BUT THERE ARE SACRIFICES A MAN MUST MAKE TO USHER IN THE NEW ERA

You're going on the list.
Nixon, is that you?
Stephen Strasburg got his ass kicked by nobodies
You sick bastard how could you be happy about this
It's not a secret.

I want the Halos to win tonight as well. I want a seven game series.
By many indications you don't deserve to be happy
Jered Weaver? That's cheating.
God our bullpen blows.
God now they're going to retire nine in a row
Only need six, you tard.
Extras!
Then that wouldn't be retiring nine in a row.
I love how Scioscia would rather burn his best starter than trust the pen.
Could be using him on his throw day maybe?
Was it Saunders than pitched in Game 2?
that*

 Because if so that makes sense

WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT
What? No it isn't.
Without the mullet he looks like David Eckstein's beanpole brother.
GOD I HATE BASEBALL
I bet you're extra cute when you're angry.
You can't spell Temecula without cute
huh, you actually can't
but you can spell pacific beach without any of those letters
except "c" and "e"
PB is disgusting
I tried to tell him this.

I don’t understand.

I wanted to live in La Jolla but I got overruled
La Jolla is sterile.
So it will never have children?
Two dudes can't have babies, SB. Not yet, at least.

So it doesn’t matter where you live.

Adoption you insensitive fucker
You two will never truly be happy until you can have a child of your own.
You obviously haven't seen the movie Junior.
But convenient and nice and not dripping with AIDS
Yes.

I would prefer La Jolla to PB.

That's like saying I would prefer Westwood to places

it doesn’t count from you

Parts of PB are awesome.

You just have to head about six miles inland, which kinda kills the point.

Once you get past two miles inland, you're in Clairemont though
Oops, I meant six hours.

Which is about a mile in a half if you’re driving in PB.

I live 1.5 miles inland
Thus awesome!
Good man!
Why would I ever want to live in that bar district?
Why would you not?
Skanks and booze = Huge Win!
Yeah, but you don't want to sleep in it.
Easier to get home with both though.
What does it say about Temecula that PB is a million times better than it?
Yeah I get that it's still a massive upgrade
You could spell it with a lisp
You can't spell it without cute male, actually
GOD
I'm going to go point this out to my boring, single female roommate
ANAHEIM ANGELS BASEBALL MOTHERFUCKERS
We get it already, Droid is supposed to be better than the iPhone.

So show it to us.

If Mike Scioscia brings Fuentes in for the 9th I will laugh out loud so hard that my neighbors will have to call the police to complain.

I can just see Scioscia doing it too. Weaver looks great.

COME BOYS WE GOTTA HOLD ON FOR NICK
Go sample the chocolate out of the garbage
Reggie Willits in to pinch-run just in time to get picked off on some moronic baserunning play.
Why the fuck is Jeff Mathis in the majors
Clearly they should bunt
What is that white stuff on Joba's hat?

He must be doctoring the baseball!

Or douching it
No batting event is more pathetic than the foul bunt.
Every time I see Joba and his hat, my hate towards the Yankees extends just a little bit more

I feel as though I’m not alone, either.

I can't believe they allow his hat to look that way

I thought the Yankees were all about professionalism and looking right.

The Yankees were down one run in 8th inning of a crucial ALCS game in the past
The situation is a wee bit different
Same result though
Cause I'm not crying?
explain
They already hit in the 8th
Your shitting me right?
With a ethnic lefty on the mound for the opponent
GO THE FUCK AWAY, FUENTES.

NO.

AHAHAHAHAHAHA AHAHAHAHAHA AHAHAHA AHAHA

AHAHAHAHAHAHA

Whatever, the Angels will still lose the series
It could still easily happen tonight
When the Angels win the World Series, the worst part will be the movie.
"Saint Nick"
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU
Holy crap, a good game
Most of the series has been pretty good actually
Too much Angels and Yankees.
No actually three of the five games have been very entertaining
The three that involved the Angels losing
ANA-HEIM ANG-ELS CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP
Angels baseball!
Squeeze?
Oh shit it's Willits on third.

It’s gonna be the 08 ALDS all over again.

SHUT THE BALLS UP ABOUT JETER YOU LIMP OLD PRICK
WHEN THE FUCK ELSE WOULD THEY BRING HIM IN
FUCK YOU UMP MAKE HIM THROUGH THE GOD DAMN BALL
Such an aggravating move.

Though I can’t blame him — I’d do it too.

Yeah, I forgot though. GO YANKEES YAY RIVERA
Fuck you Girardi.
DO YOUR FUCKING JOB UMPIRE
I wonder if Nick Adenhart roams the outfield of Angel Stadium.
Actually Nick Adenhart died

so he’s not really roaming anything

Nick Adenhart is dead
No because hes dead because drunk drivers are the modern day cursades
Nope

Its Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I haven't heard a word these retards have said tonight.

I just realized they were talking.

No because hes dead because drunk drivers are the modern day cursades
At least my reply is in the right place
What I like about this post is that it's wrong in so many different ways at once.

It’s almost fun to pick it apart.

Give me your lunch money
Walk into that you honky
GOD DAMN YOU WILLITS
YES YES YES YES YES YES
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Swisher and his laser cannon!
That arm would look good poking out of a Mariners uniform.
That didn't come out right
Hopefully his own
Let us not rule out Garrett Olsen's.
I liked him until he signed with this team. I miss him as a scruffy Athletic.
He was traded to the White Sox, who subsequently sold him for 10 cents on the dollar...to the f*cking Yankees
Somehow I don't feel exactly confident with Bobby at the plate.
FUENTES TIME!

MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF ALCOHOL ON STANDBY

You and me both, sister
9th inning time.

Excitement!

There's no way that could possibly come back to bite them
WHAT A BUNCH OF HORSESHIT
Rivera is such a fucking terminator.
ARod has 2 HR?
Against this pitcher, not in the game
That makes more sense.
Gave me a double take too
I will get this out of the way ahead of time.

FUCK YOU FUENTES YOU SUCK FUCK YOU FUCK YOU

Wait, they really are bringing on Fuentes?

This will end in legendary heartbreak. Legendary heartbreak.

I love you, Brian Fuentes. Pitch like you usually do.
Brian Fuentes is an above-average reliever
Brian Fuentes is New Frankie
He was good before he became an Angel
All closers are bad and should be hated
OH FUCK OH FUCK OH FUCK OH FUCK OH FUCK OH FUCK OH FUCK
BRIAN FUENTES IS A PERFECTLY CAPABLE CLOSER

FUCK FUCK FUCKSHIT FUCK

OH GOD I CAN'T WATCH
THIS IS TOO STRESSFUL
Fuck you Damon don't you lean into that
Well that was not hit very hard at all.
Downnnnnnnn goes the BABIP
holy shit was that ever lucky.
So are Angels fans as scared of Fuentes as Twins fans are of Nathan?
I thought Nathan was awesome?
So did I

But Twins fans seem to hate him. At least the ones I know personally.

NO
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
NOT ALL THE PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARE ROOTING FOR THE ANGELS YOU FUCKS
Walking A-Rod with the bases empty would be batshit retarded

shut the fuck up old man

hahahahahhaha
And now Alex Rodriguez will proceed to shit all over the Angels' souls.
Bonds treatment!
This is the stupidest thing I have ever seen in my life

Way to put the tying run in scoring position for no good reason you stupid fucking retard

Come on come on come on please.....
Whoa
They've done that already this series.
I haven't paid attention
How did that just happen?
I hope Matsui goes yard.
DO IT!!! DO IT!!!!
So I guess A-Rod has arrived
I guess he's a slow as shit too
2-for-3 career vs. Fuentes.

He owns him. I’m confident.

We can blame Japan for this if they lose.
The chances of Arod hitting a homerun =/= the chance of Matsui scoring a runner from first
Or the batter after him if he walks
Wait why pinch-run for A-Rod who is an excellent basestealer?
Because hes not as fast as he used to be.
He's 56-9 in basestealing the past 3 years.
I don't think they were planning on stealing.
Doesn't mean he is going to score from first on a ball hit into the gap.
He's still well above average
Indeed. A-Rod is probably their best defensive option at 3B, too.
But they can't think about extras until they get there.

Harriston is no slouch at 3B.

You have to think about the future.

Ignoring it completely is ignorant.

Its the same as saving your closer for the 9th inning

Because you might need him.

You need to score a run.

And you have 2 outs. Put your fastest guy on the base path.

At what cost?
To win a fucking game?
Or give you a chance to win a game?
No, it isn't.
How is it not?
Imagine Guzman is 1/10 of a second faster first to home than A-Rod.

Is the chance of that 1/10 of a second tying the game more important than A-Rod’s defense or a potential next A-Rod at bat?

But say a ball gets into the gap - ARod isn't going to score on that.

And what you’re saying still isn’t different then saying I might need my closer when we have a lead. And not use him in the most important situation.

And you still haven't answered my gender question.
He's not all that fast, and they need a run to score should Matsui get a doulbe?
But if you tie the game then have to play the rest of it without A-Rod . . .
Can't think about that now though.
THIS IS SO STUPID
THE ANGELS DESERVE TO LOSE
I didn't think I could hate the Angels more but hey, look at that!
WHERE THE FUCK WAS THAT
MATSUI YOU COCK GROUND OUT
I seriously cannot believe Mike Scioscia IBB'ing the tying run on-base with two outs.
More reason I want the yankees to win this game.
Well this is fun.
Jesus

Step this shit UP. I am not in the mood to watch Fuentes shoot himself in the foot here.

But the rest of us are
Define "rest of us", as I'm fairly certain that is a sweeping generalization and therefore patently untrue.
I sold my soul to the devil just to win a prize
take take take
Pinch-hit A-Rod!
Wow, that looked kind of like Felix
OH LOOK THE ANGELS FUCKED THEMSELVES
THIS IS DOGSHIT
You would know?
I do not have a dog as I hate dogs and do not have dogs pooping in/around my residence
But....you ARE a dog.

At least, that is what everyone keeps saying. Therefore, dogshit.

I am not a dog
Someone has lied to me then.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
YOU ASS GOBBLING SHIT STAIN
COME ON BRONX BOMBERS
So will Cano hit a home run or just triple?
Now a single ties it AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
If the Angels lose it will at least be hilariously deserved.
Now they took Matsui out of the game too

Scioscia’s a genius

AHAHAHAHAHA

FUENTES!

baaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha
SWISHER IS SO DUE
FUENTES YOU FUCK I HATE YOU I HATE YOU
LEGENDARY HEARTBREAK
HHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
AHAHAHAHAHAHA I LOVE A GOOD CLOSER MELT DOWN

MAMMA GET THE MARSHMELLOWS

IT LOOKS LIKE I WILL BE DRINKING A LOT THIS WEEKEND.
LOOKS LIKE I WILL BE JOINING YOU
THE ANGELS ARE ABOUT TO CHECK INTO HEARTBREAK HOTEL
LEGENDARY. FUCKING. HEARTBREAK.

Coming up right here. From the guy with no postseason RBI.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
WHAT!?

NO THAT WAS FAIR COME ON

That would've been a funny call to get wrong
I was just going to say this game needs to end on a blown call
KILL MIKE SCIOSCIA
DAMMIT SWISH SEX ME
WAIT UNTIL HE FINISHES THIS AT-BAT
LEGENDARY HEARTBREAK.

C’mon, it’s gotta happen here.

Dammit Swisher

Get a fucking hit.

No I think he should walk in the run.
I'm beyond words.
IF HE HAD MISSED THAT
IT'S GONNA BE A HEARTACHE TONIGHT
Fuck I was hoping he missed that.
I want some Ennio Morricone music with all these extreme closeups
THIS IS TOUGHER THAN IT SHOULD BE
I CAN'T TAKE ANOTHER BEATING
2-2, two outs, based loaded, ninth inning

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH

he's gonna walk in the tying run
Is his face twitching?
I NEED SOME PEPTO
HERE WE GO
HAHAHA HE'S GONNA WALK HIM
JESUS CATFUCKING CHRIST
THIS IS WHY I LOVE BASEBALL
God I love you swisher.
Fuentes is going to walk in a run.
fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
YOU'RE DEAD FUENTES
OH THANK GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
ANGELS!!!!!!!!!!!!
A(@#$JTJDASFL:KJ SWISHER
THAT WAS THE HARDEST SAVE I'VE EVER WATCHED
How much were you moving around? I picture you running around your apartment waving your arms around
No.

That’s happy excited. I was sitting, somewhat twitching.

All's well that ends well?

Assuming that didn’t send you into cardiac arrest.

THANK YOU KINDLY
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
FUENTES YOU BETTER SLEEP WITH ONE EYE OPEN YOU LUCKY ASS FUCKSHIT
CERTIFIED CLOSER WITH PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE
GAME SEVEN

NOW FOR A TIE

We still might get our wish!
At least Eyebrows didn't kill himself
Dying of cardiac arrest.
Scioscia oughtta just punch him in the face right there
But they're going to New York, not Cleveland.
I'd still punch Fuentes in the face for putting me through that
I will hold his arms.
I'll laugh and clap!
I'll give him a wet willie.
Ewwww now I feel sorry for him
?

[insert Bloomquist grit joke involving dirty face here]
What I want to know is what's wrong with his wrist
You can do irreversible damage to your wrist

By hustling too hard.

I HAVE WANTED TO FIND A PICTURE LIKE THIS FOR SO LONG
YOU STOLE MY JOKE THAT I NEVER TOLD
You have my permission to use it in a front page post at some point next year.

Nobody will ever know.

BRIAN FUENTES IS BACK BABY

Bigger!

Er wait.

WRONG GUY STUPID
Whoa John Lackey has a weird-ass voice
He sounds like a friendly troll from a mystical sylvan glade.
Lackey sounds a little like Ray Romano
That's exactly who he sounds like.
I was thinking Kermit the Frog, really....
Something greenish-colored for sure.
DAMN YOU, JUST BEFORE ME
TIME FOR SOME HOOCH, BITCHES!
Lackey sounds like Kermit the frog.
Brian Fuentes is an above-average reliever
Brian Fuentes is an elite stress-inducer.
Easy for us to say!
Timing is everything!
Sure when he was with the Rockies but this is 2009 bub
Shut up.
Not knowing who to root for I found myself nervous for both!
Request: I don't remember Jeff's "Torii Hunter ruining birthdays" post.

Since it was all images, I cannot search for it. Can someone link it?

http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2008/4/18/415698/story-title

That is still the best thing ever.
Wait, another thread with LFOJL and sb IN THE SAME THREAD

I’m so confused.

LFOJL =/= seattlebruin
are you sure
They both love the chick flicks!
The day I find the thread with the two of them and seattlesundevil is the day my mind is blown
I think we need some sort of Lookout Landing historian. Too bad there aren't any.
Needs more Rec's.
That game was very curiously managed
I'm still not sure why they pulled A-Rod for a pinch runner.

Huh?

Well at least this series is exciting.
Well, between the phone call that took place (I assume) during the Angels come-back, and my computer failing to work well with others during the excitement of the 9th inning

I seem to have missed a lot.

Well I'm glad I missed this disaster

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