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10/7: Open Division Series Thread


Ubaldo Jimenez

#38 / Pitcher / Colorado Rockies

6-4

200

R

R

Jan 22, 1984



Cliff Lee

#34 / Pitcher / Philadelphia Phillies

6-3

190

L

L

Aug 30, 1978



Brian Duensing

#52 / Pitcher / Minnesota Twins

5-11

195

L

L

Feb 22, 1983



CC Sabathia

#52 / Pitcher / New York Yankees

6-7

290

L

L

Jul 21, 1980



Chris Carpenter

#29 / Pitcher / St. Louis Cardinals

6-6

230

R

R

Apr 27, 1975



Randy Wolf

#43 / Pitcher / Los Angeles Dodgers

5-10

200

L

L

Aug 22, 1976


My favorite thing about division series game threads is that it exposes us to pitcher photos we wouldn't otherwise have seen. Chris Carpenter looks like a less attractive Scott Foley.

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I've been digging around my cookies and stuff thinking it was just me
Any timetable for a normally functioning LL?
What is a Brian Duensing?
I think it's to do with trussing a chicken.
Why the hell

Would you put a truss on a chicken?!

PUT LUDWICK IN CENTER LARUSSA JESUS
If LaRussa doesn't run out an all right handed lineup tonight he is a fucking retard
Imagine if Sabathia has a terrible game

We’ll get to listen to Yankee fans bitch about him being so terrible throughout the off season. Yes!

"We're coming in with the best record in franchise history!"

92-70.

Well Colorado, aren’t you just pathetic?

They've only been in business since 1993
My statement stands.
Would have been more accurate four years ago
They've been to the World Series
Bon Jovi sucks
Sabathia looks so pensive in his picture.
I wonder if any other pitcher has been a game 1 starter for three different teams in three consecutive years
Ianetta would have thought that Ianetta wouldn't be playing
Aaaand we're off!
Berman?!??

We have to listen to Berman?

That ball went BACK BACK BACK BACK BACK BACK BACK BACK BACK BACK BACK BACK BACK BACK!
The one game playoff wasn't even on ESPN radio in this market
Which market?
Spokane!

They only carry the games at random, often its just a ESPN sports call in show

They have FM radio in Spokane yet?
You think the second biggest city in the state doesn't have FM radio?

FM radio is everywhere

Sorry, as a Western Washington native it is in my DNA to make fun of Spokane
What the hell is a Zag anyway!?!
Opposite of a Zig.
It's short for Gonzaga
I love that Philadelphia's city flag is Swedish
Let's Go Phillies!
So Todd Helton had a nice comeback year.
Shades of 2007!
Few more singles, few less walks, but yeah.
This matchup too!
It's missing something....

Goddamn the Cubs for not winning the wildcard
God's damnation of the Cubs is well documented
No they're just run terribly
Another example of the Lord's wrath
I do enjoy seeing them fail.
Going to be a hot-dog-wrappers-blowing-around-the-field kind of day

I love October baseball. Hey, wouldn’t it be great if the M’s were in the playoffs? That would be neat.

"Josh Howard much improved defensively."
WHY DIDNT WE PICK TULOWITSKI GODDAMN YOU BAVASI
Well, this is a defensive clinic...
Starting Hawpe against a lefty is retarded
I had temporarily forgotten that Raul was on the Phillies.
Batting Rollins leadoff is stupid
I'm rooting for Philly because:

1. Their unis are cool
2. The Rockies nickname/colors/unis are not cool
3. I hate it when franchises that are newer than the M’s succeed

The Rockies have awesome colors and their home uni is great

but for whatever reason they insist on wearing that ugly black thing with shoulder pads

Jack Zduriencik chat

This should be entertaining.

Jack Z and Sims have the same hat supplier.
Has Pedro logged in?
RAUUUUUUUUUUUUL!
JoeJessica was safe.
I forgot about him. To me he's like vapor.
Moving Rollins to 6th and then bumping everyone up a spot would make all the sense in the world
Rollins is fast!

So he should lead off!

From the Jack Z chat:

“Let’s address Felix. There are several questions regarding Felix’s future with this organization. First of all it goes without saying what a tremendous year Felix had and what he means to this ballclub. The reality is we still have Felix under control for two more years. To address any particular player on the club, specifically with details, would not be in the best interest of the player or the organization. Any time you’re discussing any type of contracts there are three parties – the player, the organization and the agent. What you hope happens is that all three have the same goal.”

I think that chat is kind of pointless because Z isn't allowed to say anything interesting
Yeah, he's mostly giving non-answers.

I wish I could’ve been at the USSM/LL event.

My first reaction was that he did the same thing.

But that would be wrong. He opened up on a couple of topics, I can’t think of the specific things he said, and a lot of it was body language, tone, and timing. He was pretty funny.

It was off the record too, which this chat is not
I tried to ask him something smart, but I don't know if it'll go through.
The past two questions have been about chemistry and Griffey. Blech.
Yeah, those weren't so much mine.

Is Baker editing these things?

I guess it's probably Robert Wickwire, since he's the OP there.
Sabathia looks like he's admiring a sailboat. Or conceding a debate point regarding Descartes.
I'm still not sure what that look on Cliff Lee's face is.
Reasons I want the Rockies to win:

Denver is awesome, purple is awesome, underdogs, repeat champions are boring.

Reason I don’t want the Rockies to win:

Run by Ned Flanders, they somehow make purple look terrible, they already had their feel-good underdog moment and now they’re annoying.

Jim Tracy is annoying too
Mike Sweeney runs the Rockies?
These are all good reasons.
Repeat champions are boring?

I don’t know, we haven’t had one in 10 years.

Fuck the Phillies.
Why does Phillies' manager have to leave?
Well, alrighty then.
OK that was rad
That would have been an amazing pick-off.
.

Would have been was.

Amazingly bad umpiring today already.
God is not on your side so far today Colorado.
So that's two completely blown calls already
What was the first?

I missed the first couple of innings.

Blown call at 3rd

Torrealba was safe advancing to 3rd but was called out.

Yep, this

And it wasn’t even really close either. He tagged him in the chest while sliding, I think the laws of physics dictate it would have been impossible for him to have been out in that situation. But, umpires.

JoeJessica was called out at third

after he taged up from second on a flyball to Jason Werth.

I may be being an idiot here

but where does that nickname come from?

Joe Torre + Jessica Alba

Torrealba

Maybe they could have had both Lee and Halladay

What now assholes

Torrealba just Rob Johnson'd the first pitch of inning 4.
Jimenez is fucking ridiculous.
That slide was hilarious
I think I may have to skip my next class to keep watching this game on ilemi.com
I really dislike Philly's uniforms.

I think it’s the blue hats.

I don't like any team that has red and blue as their primary colors.
I prefer teams with no primary colors.
And the Pirates.
The blue hat just does not go with the rest of the uniform.
WHY AREN'T THEY WEARING PINK THE INSENSITIVE FUCKS?
I'm going to puke happiness if the Twins win that series.
Rauuuuuulllll!
So Brad Hawpe is pretty awful at defense.
Was that really on Hawpe, though?

I don’t think he played that into a double for Ibanez.

I didn't get a good look at the play, because Postseason.TV's camera angles suck.

I simply assumed it was on Hawpe because holy shit his UZR numbers are putrid.

Ahahahahqahaha
Now THAT was on Hawpe.
It bears repeating.
Brad Hawpe may be the worst player in the majors if a LHP is starting
So Brad Hawpe is pretty awful at defense.
Truer words have never been spoken.
You've got it all wrong. That one Hawpe misplayed was totally because of Todd Helton.
Sure would be nice if Hollywood came up with an original idea sometime soon.
So why does Cliff Lee like Hong Kong so much?
Dexter Fowler is a pretty cool name.
Whitest. Name. Ever.

wait what?

Well there is that guy named Cliff Pennington.
I have no idea what you are all talking about.

Now I feel like those with just gameday during the regular season.

Apparently there is a baseball contest being played at the current time

GO TIGERS oh no that was yesterday.

Utley: A guy who isn't sent stealing enough
That sounded painful
If the Phillies and Red Sox or Yankees are in the World series I will not enjoy watching it very much.
But on the other hand that frees up evenings in late October to pursue a new hobby or something
I'll still watch it, just I won't enjoy it very much.
If the Yankees win the WS I'd be okay with that.

Especially if A-Rod destroys in the playoffs.

I was trying to work up excitement for any of the playoff teams while I was on the treadmill at lunch

and I decided that I cannot. I’ll still watch because it’s baseball, but it’s very freeing to not give a damn who actually wins a game or a series.

I'd like to see the Cardinals win.
Sure why not!
It would cement "team of the decade" status for them
They were my team until I was ten and their AAA team is in Memphis.

Pujols is rad, their fans are awesome and they are by far the least annoying perpetually-competitive team.

I have no such attachment to any team in this postseason so that's as good an argument as any for me

Go Cards! Until someone has a better story!

I want to see a Mauer/Pujols World Series.
Hoping for some really great pitching matchups, other than that, after the ALCS interest level is very low.

And I’m in the boat of the ALCS being pretty meh this year.

Nice job CarGo.
That was some entertaining camera work/defense
This is some of the worst outfield defense I have ever seen.
The Seattle Mariners they ain't.
The wind was blowing at like 26 mph earlier

not that that’s an excuse but it was quite comical watching guys take routes to balls while I was at the gym.

Four world series games are scheduled for November
And I hope on that basis for a PHI/BOS World Series
lame
You could at least pick Colorado
Chances for crap weather in Philly are much better than Colorado in November
COL would be good too

if they get one of those monster fall blizzards.

Well this game is over.
Fuck this, I'm gonna go to taco bell and get a couple Chicken Ranch Gordidas and hype myself up for today's 2nd game.
I'm going out to grab a bite as well.
They're only 99 cents and pretty damn good.

It’s my recommendation.

But for a quarter more I can get an awesome taco
Tacos are the worst thing taco Bell serves
Which is saying something
I don't buy tacos from Taco bell

$1.25 is the going price for street tacos.

Spend the extra money as long as it's not spent at Taco Bell
Make sure you get some churros because it would be a shame if you didn't have some sort of dessert.
Don't they call them "cinnamon twists" there?

I think being to ethnic would scare of a large part of their clientele.

I have no idea, I haven't eaten at Taco Bell in almost a decade.
I like the wheel shaped ones
those may in fact be waffles
Sharks:

well known for stepping up.

I'm always surprised that Gary Glitter is still played in a country as wholesome as America.
The NFL banned his music from stadiums a few years ago I think.
I think the majority of America missed the bulletin.
Not as hilarious as "We Will Rock You"
If this were a deciding game Raul Ibanez would likely be named MVP.
MVP! MVP! MVP!
Berman is such a shine-artist.
Why is there a blazer and white shoes in the Philly dugout?

Is that a Harry Kalas tribute or something?

With a little research

I could have answered my own damn question.

Well you did didn't you?

Good guess though.

It was either that

or Raul Ibanez was late for work and had to change in the dugout instead of the clubhouse.

It feels like I'm watching a spring training game on Postseason.tv
Have you tried to watch via the archived games?

Try this and click on ’today’s games’.

Today it actually worked directly to get the normal feed

I guess only for international viewers though.

So it does.

I didn’t even try after it didn’t work yesterday.

Yeah, doesn't work in the US.
If the Phillies pen coughed up this game it would be the best thing ever
ESPN's gamecast now has odds on scoring events happening at the bottom of the window.

Chance of scoring 1+ runs this inning (0 outs, bases empty): 30.53%

YOU STATHEADS ARE RUINING THIS GAME WITH YOUR SPREADSHEETS oh wait no that’s kinda neat!

Now if they could just give me the odds on LaRussa DWI or one of the position players engaging in some spousal abuse.

Then you’re really on to something.

As far as I know they've had it all season.

I thought it was cool, but I rarely needed a gamecast/gameday window with MLB.TV. And with MLB.TV and LL game threads open, I was already using too much CPU power to run anything more.

Berman & Sutcliffe on AL Manager of the Year.

it was Scioscia until the last 20 games, and now they think it is Gardenhire.

I just realized they place a lot of importance on what is directly in their field of vision.
Like horses.

Take the blinders off and see how they do.

Does that mean that if Berman is wrong about something

we can send him to the glue factory? Please?

Or dogs, which way did he go George, which way did he go
I'd rather have him put down to be honest

it’s just better that way. For all of us.

Cliff Lee is pretty good.
What is this shit? Why haven't we played for three straight days?
All-Star break
They have two of those now?
Better Teams Fall League
Oakland's not ready yet.
Someone should wake Beane up from his nap
Fun Fact: I have Ubaldo Jimenez's autograph on Randy Johnson's Bobblehead box.
Fun fact: I have Paul Westerberg's autograph on a vinyl copy of KISS Alive 2
So while I clearly prefer the Twins to the Yankees, I also greatly prefer the Yankees to the Angels and Red Sox.

I cannot fathom the Twins being able to beat both the Yankees and LAA/Boston. So I am torn.

I hate the Angels more than anything else in the world
As do I, which is why I will be rooting for Boston.
I am rooting for the Mariners to win the World Series this year

I also want them to win the Super Bowl

First and down! Special .... teams! Um.
Awww.

Adenhart or it doesn't count
Close enough?

it brought a tear to my eye.
I hadn't realized how huge Adenhart was.
he was huge until the van hit him and then he shrunk quite a bit
Godammit why am I laughing at this?

They’re building my bench in Hell now…

This is the worst Paintshop in LL history

Or maybe the best ever
I don't know whether to laugh, cry,

or send this to that Painter of Light guy for a special limited edition print.

GO DUENSING!
WOOOOOOOOOOOO DUENSING!
Is it

Doon-sing?
Dwen-sing?
Doonzing?

TBS said Dunsing

so I’m going with that.

Works for me.
Isn't TBS the Donny Don't of baseball broadcasting?
They all have knives?
Fucked if I know

but I haven’t heard any other pronunciations. I suppose I could check the video highlights on MLB.com but I can’t be arsed.

Maybe "den-sing"?
Twins Radio guys

are going with Donesing.

Of course they can’t pronounce Ichiro right so eh.

damn furriners and their crazy names

why they can’t all be named Smith, Jones, or Thompson is beyond me.

Or Agbonlahor

Just good old English names

I just wonder if Joe Bloggs is bitter that his name has been co-opted for a communication medium
Has anyone ever met someone whose surname is Bloggs?
Not that I know of.
Dwensing has been my guess
Doon-sing

Dünsing

The umlauted "u" is actually closer to an "eh" sound.

But with a more rounded mouth.

Then it's that.
Actually, what I just said is completely wrong.

It’s the umlauted “o” that get’s the “eh” sound. The umlauted “u” is more of an “oo”. You were completely right.

I’m a fucking idiot. My last name is Hatzenbuehler, which was originally Hatzenbüler

Ok, that's what I thought. Don't worry about it.
I always thought that was a "you" sound
Yep, you're right.

For some reason I couldn’t think of a way to phonetically illustrate the sound. It turns out, there’s a word in the english language that works.

I need to bang a slump-buster, obviously. It’s been a rough couple of posts.

So the other game started.
AAAAAAAAAnd off-running!
Yeah, wanna bitch some more about being snubbed when Burnett pitches, Posada?
Joe Mauer sucks
but oh those dreamy sideburns
Too bad the M's don't have a dreamy mansicle lefty catcher that hits a ton
I'd stop being a casual fan and go to the occasional game if that were the case
It's too bad that your face sucks
Mmmm.... tell me more!
Ewwww.

Properly chastised for trolling, yes indeed.

I'm hoping to get a black lefty catcher.
Van Jones has come available
He's not left handed.
Does he know something you don't know?
Aaaaaaa Roiiiiiiiiid.....
A-Roid with RISP = fail
Why not go for the whole enchilada and say that he chokes in October when you call him a-roid?
Choketober!
There's only one Choketober!
Is there evidence to the contrary
Yes there is!
If there was would you care or is your opinion already set?
Probably I wouldn't care
Then I won't bother getting you the proof which I assure you does exist!

Thanks for saving me some research time.

I wanted Alex to Stay-Rod much more than I did Griffey, so I heckle him like a jilted lover at every opportunity
So we're all Twins people here, right?

And Phillies? Am I on the right side today?

I'm still holding out hope for a late Mariners charge but I think time is running out for them for 2009
which is a long way of saying that you should feel free to have your own opinion as to who you want to win
Oh, I do

It’s just that I may have been the only one here who wanted the Tigs to win yesterday. ;)

I was with you for Motown
Yay

Unfortunately, the team was not. :(

Hyphen and Morrow are out checking out the new Halo

So I think they’ve decided not to go to the playoffs….

Can you play Halo and watch a game

or would you get killed a lot?

Killed, I'm guessing.

I can’t play Halo at ALL, so the question is moot for me. :/ I tried it once, and I couldn’t make my robot move very well. :(

Twins and Cards for me.

And yes, Phillies against the Rockies.

Conditioned to root for the underdog, so I'm with you on the Twins.

Name recognition with the Phillies and think Raul would look sexy with a ring so sure.

Ok, so I'm NOT the only one

Who normally goes underdog.
I think Raul needs a ring, sure why not? The other alternative is, as Positive Paul says, GS52…

If Raul got a ring he'd probably just drop it once he got his hands on it anyway
Forgot about him, don't take this the wrong way but I don't care much for bullpen guys.
You're allowed.

But this is ex-Mariner pride, more than bullpen anything…
I wonder if there is a pill that can rid me of my unnatural liking of relief pitchers. :/

Alex Rodriguez!
Aaaand you lost me.
Ex-Mariner pride!

Unless he is someone you would like to forget about.

I've just had enough of him, is all.

There is such a thing as oversaturation.

Or apparently pitchers who wear their hats all douchylike
There's that

At least he doesn’t leave the fucking tag on.

If sure he would if he could
I dunno

Sherrill seems like a non-tag guy to me. I could be wrong.

He did it first.

He did move to douchyville, douchyville moved to him.

He should have abandoned them
(Actually, I agree with you on that)
I'm rooting for, in order...

Rockies
Cardinals
Twins
Dodgers
Angels
Phillies
Yankees
Red Sox

I may wind up Red Sox

Depending on what happens. I would really like to see the Yanks eat it. But that’s just me.

I loathe most all Red Sox fans and they've won too much recently.
The thing is, another World Series wouldn't make the Sawx fans any more annoying.

A Yankees win would probably cause some Sawx fans to jump ship back over to Jeter’s side… and if someone in the NL wins, we don’t have to deal with the jackass fan base showing up for a series or two a year next year.

My Red Sox fan friend

Is not a bandwaggoner, nor is he annoying, so I’m good with my choice – but I am more than familiar with your point.

Hey if the Yankees somehow get creamed by the Twins they might need another $20 million a year pitcher
I just hope they can scrape up the money somewhere the poor dears
Why sign another pitcher when they can just trade for Felix Hernandez?
SHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
Theo'll get him first
What do they have to trade for Felix?
Money! I want a 4 team trade this time.
Cano, Gardner, and $20 million?
Like I know anything about trades.

I’m rooting for bunts and suicide squeezes.

Jesus Montero
Do you think Cano, Gardner, and Montero would do it?

I’m not sure GMZ pulls the trigger on that.

Beats me.
Montero is a special bat, but almost certainly not a catcher.

If he was guaranteed to stick at catcher, it’s probably enough. He’s not, so I doubt it.
That’s just me, though.

There would be other fun considerations too
True, but their system isn't very fun.
They have enough to start a conversation
Indeed.

But I think a deal with the Yankees would involve either a lot of money changing hands or a 3-way deal.
We all know Cashman likes to go overboard, though, so I wouldn’t mind a deal that puts Felix in pinstripes.

We don't need Melky Cabrera anymore.

Even though he is such an awesome prospect.

/things that go through the mind of a Yankees fan

I wouldn't count on that if I were you.

jackass fan bases will always show up.

I'm passivley hoping the Yankees win.
You can actively hope for it if you want!
I can't be assed to do so
fair enough.
YES TALK ABOUT FELIX MORE
Mariners mention! Where the fuck did that come from?
This postseason doesn't have enough Dane Cook!!!
I'm hoping for a Gallagher October campaign.

He could smash a baseball with a sledgehammer, which would be WACKY

I respectfully disagree.
Delmon Young would be pretty decent if he had Jose Lopez' pitch recognition.
Where's the wind tunnel?
It was in Philly, hasn't made it up the shore yet
Waiting for Mauer to come up with the bases loaded.
I thought Tolbert was a hero.

Fooled me.

Too early in the game for heroics

he likes to hero it up when it counts.

What did I miss?
Well...

Nuke’s scared because his eyelids are jammed and his old man’s here. We need a live… is it a live rooster? We need a live rooster to take the curse off Jose’s glove and nobody seems to know what to get Millie or Jimmy for their wedding present. Is that about right?

Candlesticks always make a nice gift
let's get two!
I like that commercial about Pujols because it's so true.
Which one?

The ESPN “The Machine” commercial?

No, although that is one of the best ESPN commercials ever.

This one is about how you’ll tell your kids about how fucking awesome Pujols is.

Oh yeah!

I saw that last night. Good commercial, I give it a thumbs up.

Tim Tschida always wears an NHL ref shirt

under his umpire stuff.

The next time he calls icing on a 3-2 count I'm going to be really upset
Wow that was up but talk about frozen
How many pitches do you think they'll let Deunsing go?
They will let him throw until his arm falls off

because they went through seven guys last night.

I think if it's close, they'll pull him after 7 or after 100ish pitches.
Sabathia had a "did I just let Nick Punto get a base hit?" look on his face.
WOOOO! PLAYOFFS!

Go whoever plays against the Yankees, Red Sox, or Angels!

way to take a stand!
So... the Twins.
This guys voice reminds me of James Woods
Shut up Darling shut up Darling shut up Darling
Thats who that is, good gravy that was annoying.
Listen to Ron Darling say "Nick Swisher" and tell me he doesn't have a brain tumor
He sounds like Lou Holtz
Lou Holtz is one of the best arguments against having HDTV that I can imagine.
Jack Wilson?
Does spit fly out of the TV when on high definition?
Wow, didn't realize Denard Span was a 4 WAR player this year.

But the most surprising thing is that it was mostly due to his offense, not his defense.

Baserunners!
Woooo! Go Twins!
So Sabathia still sucks in the playoffs.
They said it couldn't be done!
Wooo! Hesitation fake out!
WTF were you thinking, Mauer?
Joe Mauer for White President
WHEN DID WE GIVE THE YANKEES ROB JOHNSON!
If Rob Johnson could wOBA .382 I would complain about him far less often
At least he isn't ugly like Posada

So he’s got that going for him, I guess

Rob Johnson'd!
Whoa man be still my beating heart
This is why Burnett wants Molina to catch him.
A base fly ball!
Is it so hard to differentiate between a base hit and an out?
"A base.... fly ball I should say..."

Skip Caray, ladies and gentlemen

Wow, Gardenhire should be a TV broadcaster when he retires from managing.

Also Melky Cabrera is a fagmo.

Joe Mauer sucks!
That ball was hit pretty well
That's why they pay him the big bucks
:( Dissapoint.
Fuck Mr, November.
That kid might have a future in this game
UUGGHHH.
A-Rod: "Can I touch you? Thanks."
Freaking clutch bastard
I don't recognize fuckface without his grizzly beard
Fucking Jeter
The top half of the Yankees lineup is just vicious
Alright whose ass do I kick
Goddamnit Cabrera
I think the Twins need a little nap
They'll get a dirt nap

If they lose this series.

Good thing the Twins have a well-rested bullpen in case Dunseing gets in troub---oh, shit
Deunsing is their ace in the hole so he doesn't need their stupid backup.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Yay Mr. Anti-Clutch

Remain Seated

Actually he has to go play third base now.
Maybe they could bring him a little 0-for-29 dunce chair
I think having a chair on the field of play might be illegal
Even between innings? How draconian
So if you are going to keep saying this eventually someone is going to call you on your shit.
Was Ernie Johnson wearing tap shoes in that commercial?
Caray just said "Jared Jeter."
God, Darling is insufferable.
Why can't they just get Vasgersian to come over from MLB Network?
Everyone here loves Vasgersian, right?
Vasgersian is awesome.
My favorite non-Mariners guy.
I don't know but he can't be any worse than these two.
I know who he is, but I haven't heard call a game.

Wasn’t much fond of him on MLBN, but he might better at announcing.

heard him*

be* better

What a shitty relay throw.

Cano was toast.

What a shit throw.
Fuck the Yankees.

There. I said it.

Well it's about time someone did.
Whoa man careful all the way out their on t
hat limb
I am embarrassed.
I adore you regardless
Seconded.
Whoa whoa whoa there, easy on the gas hot rod

That’s a bit heavy on the homo eroticism for this joint

You're just jealous.
Yeah well my face sucks so I've got that going for me
Hat limbs sound awesome so it's all good.
I finally bought this shirt this year

http://www.bustedtees.com/jesushatestheyankees

Sure, everyone hates the Yankees now, but I liked it anyway.

Looks like you get a chick with your shirt order.
I think the Yankees, may in fact, be a better team than the Twins.
hat limb
Best internet meme of all time
Everything's coming up Aaron!
Cano had a higher wOBA than any Mariner.

Cano is 8th by wOBA on the Yankees.

WHO WANTS TO WATCH THE RED SOX AND YANKEES IN THE ALCS

I CAN’T WAIT IT’S GOING TO BE SOOO AWESOME HAHA WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Sigh.

When does the Cardinals game start?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Fuck Godzirra!

Sign him!
I think of him

A lot like I think of Guerrero; made of dry sticks and duct tape. Sure, he can hit, but for how long? For…how…..LONG?!

He'll be fine as long as he doesnt set foot in the field.
You want to just set him in the front row

And let him swing at stuff over the dugout?

Your face is different in this post than the last one and I was confused.
I looked far too disingenuous in that photo

So I changed it. I didn’t realize I had even used that other photo, and I had a used-car-salesman smile in it. Ew.

Well only new posts refresh avatars I guess, which is something I didn't know.

But probably would have guessed if I thought about it.

Yeah, it didn't really occur to me...
Figures. Crap
Liriano now sporting the fabled infinite ERA
I'm confused

I think my bandwagon left without me. :(

Remember when Liriano used to be good?
This game is not going to be over before I have to go into class. :p
Matsui would be a pretty good free agent pick up.

But you know some fans are going to bitch about ’em sneaky Japanese ownership.

I'm all for it.
He's my fav of the high OBP injury-prone 1B/DH FA group.
Is he type B?

Or are the Yankees even going to offer arbi?

I believe he is type B.
At least, that's what that Elias fellow says...
There's not much of a chance of the Yankees offering arbitration

Even if he does, signing a type-B doesn’t really have a negative consequence for us, as they only get a comp round pick, and not our first rounder

I am already bored of the Yankees.
This game became very abruptly sad. :(
Anyone get any questions in on the Jack Z chat for the times?
Yeah, but they were both deflected and not answered specifically.

I’m “Eric D”

The org is pretty tight-lipped about anything that means anything.

Which is good, but annoying at the same time.

It was kind of a pointless chat. Z mostly gave platitudes and non-answers.

In other words, he didn’t say anything we don’t already know—he wants to acquire good players, Gutz exceeded expectations, he liked Griffey’s leadership, etc.

PLEASE a bases loaded op for Mauer... PLEASE
Watch this wagon burner hit a homerun
So... will TBS switch over to the other game at 6:37?
Gardenhire is an idiot.
Non-Mariner games are really freakin long.
I wish I was Joe Mauer. Don't you?

I' want to be Joe Mauer

For the side-burns alone

Well this game blows.
Girardi managing this like a one-run game.
No kidding. 5 run game, nuke that bullpen.

Doesn’t make a lot of sense

All of the pitchers haven't pitched in a since at least Sunday.

And Game 2 is Friday, day off tomorrow.

Not bad move.

I just realized I read that as Gardenhire, not Girardi.

So yeah I can follow that logic

I don't think he can lose this series if he tries.
C'mon, Mo can be had--

hit one out!

Walking Pujols already?
He hasn't hit the ball remotely hard for three weeks
Seriously IBBing Albert Pujols in this situation?
That was a ball.
Five balls.

Fuck baseball

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

Somebody dropped a camera at the end of the Yankees game.

Fuck the Yankees.

Let’s go Cards!

Cards/Yanks would be a pretty good WS.
Here we go, baby!
I'd like the radio feed to switch back to the game coverage, and away from postgame stuff.

I really don;t care about the Yankees.

.

JeterJeterJeterJeterJeterJeterJeterAlexJeterJeterJeterJeterJeterJeterMarianoJeterJeter.

So just like the rest of the broadcast?
Kemp baby!

Woo!

The difference in the game

Orlando Hudson.
What of him?
Should be starting.
Oh right, yeah.

I got him confused with Orlando Cabrera in my head.

Belliard has been awful tonight.
What a clean-cut type young man.
It's going to be Dodgers/Yankees isn't it?

:(

I can take Dodgers/Yankees if it means Torre rubs the Steinbrenners face in it...
I don't want to hear about that storyline every time I open my ears!

Oh god…
That’s what is going to happen, isn’t it?

I am still rooting for a Twins/Cards World Series.
That's my main objection.

That and I dislike both teams.

I refuse to believe that hurt as much as Ethier would like me to believe it did.
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST HE'S NOT OBLVIOUS HE'S JUST NOT A RETARD
Holy crap, that was retardedly awesome.
WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU THROWING YOU DUMBASS!
I was trying to figure out how to type the arc of that ball....
That was amazing.
So Ronnie Belliard is a precedent for rotund second basemen on winning teams.
And Schumaker is setting a precedent for OFs converted to second basemen on winning teams.

Ackley anyone?

WEAVER WARMING UP

GAME OVER

"I'm clutch in the playoffs guyz"

Aw I missed it

Go Cards!

Jeff Weaver!
Please homer Ludwick.
What sort of America is it that allows Jeff Weaver to make the playoffs while Felix sits at home
Well MLB.TV picked a perfect time to crap out.
that's because TBS is crapping out too
That's alright then.
Sounds like TBS thinks they are having technical difficulties ....
Wait, did they just make a Jeff Weaver is drunk joke on the broadcast?
This postseason will be like a visit from Bad Mariner Rotations Past
It's ok. Weaver will get 1+ innings more to "do work"
So after seeing Schumaker make a decent 2B, I'm not so opposed to trying out Ackley there.
Anyone?
I wouldn't mind either.
He'd probably spend more time in the minors though.
I wasn't expecting to see him until at least september

It wouldn’t take him more than a season to adjust to playing second would it?

Schumaker went from never playing 2B to being ~average in 2-3 months.

Ackley is probably at least as good of an athlete, I don’t think it would take him more than a season.

And if it's not working out after 2-3 months, stick him back in the OF and let him finish the season there.
CF is more valuable than 2B.
Not if you have a good centerfielder but do not have a good secondbaseman!
How do you figure?
My guess would be that CF has better high end talent, but 2B is stronger across the board
Was that the Daily Double sound effect?
Shiiiiiiit.

Carpenter is not sharp tonight.

DAMN Randy wolf has really blue eyes
To bad Jim Wolf doesn't get to ump the postseason
I bet he's hung like a horse too
HEY GUYS ITS JI

JIM THOME

So... how about bringing Glaus in on a one or two year deal next season?
Pear sighting!
I'd forgotten he was with LA
Ryan somehow got hold of Rollie Finger's mustache
I've been admiring it all game.
Me too, it's like I didn't even miss 70s baseball.
A. Boone over on the radio side just said he was talking with Jo-El, and that he wants Ryan to be his SS forever and ever.
Hey, George could have walked Albert.
Well this isn't going well.
I really really want to see Broxton bat.

Please no DP.

So the excitement level of all today's games combined is no where near that one-game playoff
This three-game thread has roughly half the comments that the DET/MIN one had.
There will be other good games, just today sucked.

And all the teams I wanted to win, lost =(

Do they have to play that goddamn Iron Man riff after each pitch?
YES DAMMIT PUMP IT UP!
WHERE'S THE RIFF THAT TIME? HUH?
I love that riff

in fact, I’ve muted the game and put the song on.

It's goddamn retarded when they play AFTER EVERY FUCKING PITCH BROXTON THROWS!
Didn't this game start at 6:30-ish?
TBS Sucks

Actually all major pro sports events have too damn many commercials.

I noticed this earlier. Mariners games were really fast for some reason.

We were spoiled

The early part of the season there weren't any lefties in the bullpen.

I kind of liked that, no matchups in the late innings. I’m not sure if that explains it, but off the cuff I remember thinking that at the time.

Weak offense and good defense make for quick innings.
We must have had like 25-30 pitching changes today (and one complete game).
Woo

Dodgers win!

I hope the exact opposite outcomes happen tomorrow.

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