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6/27: Open Game Thread, Part 2

It's going to take at least three more runs for me to be comfortable handing this game off to the bullpen.

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Cedeno can't possibly be this bad, can he?
He is quickly getting past the point of "give him consistent AB's and he will produce"
He is in the position of send him to single A and have him work his way back up the system.
Please go at least 7 Felix
I didn't realize he'd been that good on the road.
Hey 3 hitter, nice game
Felix's balls must weigh 20 pounds each.
Not when I'm done with them
How would he be able to stand upright?
Strong midsection?
Made of adimantium?
Genectic predisposition
Because his cock acts like a tripod
How would he stay aroused 24/7?
He watches himself pitch.
when he becomes aroused it sticks out so I don't see your point
I don't think you know how a tripod works.
The third leg on a tripod doesn't stick straight out
So you're saying he's constantly at half-chub
Seems equadistant

Right but his gigantic balls cause his enormous dong to rest farther from his body
This conversation is fascinating
They're going to start dragging in geometry, next.
Euclides was Greek so clearly he was into other dudes.
This subthread is offensive to heterosexuals and astronomers
I think you need to draw a picture
There's already one in my head
My paint skills are pretty bad.
Because they are resting on someones chin?
Quit pretending it's not Robert
If I knew him better I'd have gone for it
Holy shit... 94 MPH 2-seamer?
So when Felix mies his pitches, he is nearly unhittable
Mixes even.. Even I have the occasional typo
I am sad I didn't see a .gif as the first comment when I came over here...
That is like the fourth time Rob Johnson missed a kinda-easy ball...
Is it to early to say...

Possible Cy Young considertion?

Much as I hate to say it, he's going to need to win more games
He probably needs to got 19-4 or so unless we make the playoffs
He's on pace to win about 15.
Won't get the job done
will probebly need more wins for consideration, unfortunately

God I hate that stat.

Right now I don't think anyone is close to Greinke in that race
Greinke has kind of fallen off the last four or five starts

and Felix has just gotten better. He’s legitimately in the race if he wins 20

Isn't the rule of thumb it's the guy that gets off to the fast start has the reputation?
I'd agree, but if the M's make the playoffs, it could make things interesting

especially if Felix ends up with similar wins and ERA to Greinke.

God, why am I discussing wins and ERA like they matter… =(

Because a lot of people think they matter
Because we like to see Felix happy?
Because they matter, I know what you're saying.
Individual awards mean nothing to Felix, it's all about team
God Rob, use your body and block the fucking ball

I don’t care that there’s no one on base

Way too many 3-2 counts, but damn Felix is dominant.
It's fun when they aren't sitting on his fastball and he just blows it right by them...
I enjoy when Felix leaves the mound before strike three is even called.
93 pitches

He’s got at least seven in him.

that stupid hit and run...
"It's going to take at least three more runs for me to be comfortable handing this game off to the bullpen."

It’s your own fault for crunching the numbers.

Felix is an extremely apathetic looking batter.
Good, he doesn't need to be running the bases
That's concentration.
God.

7 straight multi-hit games. Whats the record?

Ichiro is awesome.
ichiro locked in. think he can break his own record?
So Ichiro.

Outside chance he bats .400 this year?

God damn you, beating me to it.
He probably bats too much to do it
I never understand this argument.
Over a longer period of time, guys tend to trend toward their regular skill level.
Better shot if he only had 10 ABs
Gotta get walks.. Going 1 for 2 with 2 walks is better than 1 for 4
The more at bats you get, the more you approach your true talent level and the less wild variation you have
Instead of taking more walks, he hits into outs.
OK, so we assume that no ones true talent level is a .400 hitter

thus a batter needs to get lucky in order to hit .400 for a season. Basic statistics shows us that over a large enough sample, you should regress towards the true probability – the smaller the sample, the greater the chance to be lucky over a small sample and hit .400 for a season

I understand this.

But Ichiro only probably gets ~100-150 more AB than other hitters. Over the course of hundreds of at-bats, is it really so significant that it means he’s less likely to hit .400 than say, Mauer? Especially if his BABIP is higher than most hitters?

I'd say yes.
That's roughly another quarter season of at bats

that’s a HUGE number of extra at bats – he would need to get between 40 and 60 more hits than other hitters in that scenario.

So if Joe Mauer has a great season and gets 205 hits and hits .400

Ichiro needs to set another new ML hits record just to keep pace

Yeah makes sense.
Ichiro has a lifetime BA of .333 to Mauer's .324

I don’t know the math but I’m pretty sure that the extra AB’s cancel out that advantage.

Pft.

Mauer is already batting .400

He's down to like .394 now.

Nobody beats the Ichiro.

Very, very, very outside.
My goodness Ichiro

.376

sooooo...

>.>

<.<

.400?

That BABIP is going to regress eventually.
Not necessarily

I think Jeff or Matthew pointed out a ~.390 BABIP in 2004

Is that about where he is now?
A little below, I think
Sure enough.

For some reason I thought his BABIP was north of .400.

His career babip is really high though
.358 != .391
Yeah but it's not as huge of a difference as you would expect
But yes there's no way he'll hit .400
Not so much.. You need to walk a bit for that - Ichiro doesn't much do that
Absolutely
He's the only player in the majors I think is even close to capable.
Hitters like Mauer have a better shot.
Barry Bonds was the most likely player to do it

and if he can’t do it nobody can.

No one has even hit .390 in modern baseball given a full season’s worth of PAs, and .380 has only been done once.

I think being a catcher actually helps Mauer in this case

because it keeps his ABs to a minimum. Plus he’s very patient

Mauer's case is help by him missing a month

But it would still hold true that no one has hit that high given a full season’s worth (145 or so starts) of at bats

I'd be impressed if any player with more than 450 PAs managed to hit .400 for a season
Gwynn hit .394 in ~110 games
And that was really impressive
Jesus christ.

Ichiro is going to lead us to the playoffs.

Ichiro is the Japanese Jesus Christ
Anyone know how many hits he'd be on pace for if he hadn't missed those 8 games?
Probably the same, with the way he hits in April
I don't think he would have gone 0 for 32 in those games
a beltre bomb before he leaves would be nice
agreed
A Griffey bomb before Beltre leaves would be nice.
That ship has sailed.
...but another would be great.
Good to see him get a hit in his last game...
Hey, he could be back in August
I meant before the surgery...
I'm just trying to be hopeful
Griffey time.
How do I get that tie?
Amazing

Fuck you...I was in the middle of uploading this image...
I want the credit damn it!
I posted this a month a ago
.

I like my tie jps to have a yellow background with a blue background behind it thank you very much...
Owned
Your breath smells like ballsack
And it was a lot faggier
Wrong
Ten grand would shut me up
You'd just have to flip it to Steve Allen anyways
You stole my comment
Fancy
It's a beauty.

I’d like the Wak tie, too.

I really wish we could get a little more insurance
Geico would be happy to help you out.
Felix is already at 93

so much for going from Felix straight to Aardsma. The 8th is not gonna be fun.

Felix is a horse.

No reason to think he can’t get through the eighth.

unless he somehow gets through the 7th in, like, 8 pitches, I think he won't be seeing the 8th.
Oh snap, I thought we were going into the eighth.

Nuhrmind.

If he could have a really quick inning here there'd be a chance
It's not like he's a rookie on a pitch count.

They probably don’t want him throwing more than 115 or 120, but that’s a lot of pitches away.

God, we need Kelley back so badly.
Fucking Scrappy
What is his timeine?
On 2nd thought, pitcher's spot coming up next inning. He'll be done after this
Only coming up if there are men on base though
Oh we're probably in luck than
Yeah because we have such better hitters on the bench
You know that won't matter in terms of whether or not they PH for him

Especially with his PC over 100

Defensive Substitution woooooo
So Felix has slowly gotten better and better tonight
How many line drives?

I only remember 2 or 3

One
Really?

am I inventing line drives in my head?

Yes
Maybe it's two if you count the one Ichiro dropped
I thought that was a line drive
Probably was

Gameday just doesn’t call it anything.

10 GBs, 3 FBs and 7Ks against this lineup is really fucking impressive
Rob is so wonderful and masterful.
SIT. THE. FUCK. DOWN.
fuckin cy young out there
Tribute to Michael Jackson in the background.
They've been playing don't stop till you get enough a lot over the last 2 nights.
Not a good night for Ichiro in the field.
Because of a ball lost in the lights and a sinking liner that was knocked out of his glove by the ground?
Yep. Terrible!
It's pretty bad for Ichiro
I didn't say terrible.

He just usually comes up with those.

Ichiro is trying to make up for that E...good hustle...
Yikes Ichi

good effort though

Does that count as an actual dive?
Who the hell is Mitch Jones and why doesn't he get a baseball player's name?
He's a veteran, according to Scully.

So confused.

Man Ichiro's sucked tonight.
Well defensively
How badly did he misplay the first drop?
Doubt he ever saw it after apex
It was pretty ugly.

But it looked like it got caught in the lights.

Though that was a dive!
That was in there...
Two Ichi misses

what the fuckballs?

I wouldn't call that a miss...
maybe...

but you almost expect Ichi to make those.

Ichiro's having a tough night out there.

Almost had that one.

Welcome to the game Mitch Jones - meet Felix.

Now go away.

Dear Mitch,

I am sorry that I struck you out. I am sure your family still loves you.

Keep your chin up
Have a nice day
Give Felix the 8th, Wak!
With 106 pitches?
Sure.

Give him no more than 120.

If they were going into the 9th maybe but I don't see the point
I said this last time at 101 and he gave up a two-run homer.
if thats his night

another great performance by felix

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Huh. This wasn't playing this morning.
Is there swaying? Tell me there is swaying
Who else misses the silver hats?
What silver hats?
From the Edgar commercial worn circa 1998.
No one else in the entire world
I think I'm one of the few people that loved the teal-brimmed hats.
I Do

I like to see teams use colors other then White, Grey, Blue, and Red.

I liked them.
Felix better make the All-Star team.

With a decent offense he’d have at least 10 wins going into tonight. Stupid overvalued W-L record.

Hopefully Wak will make a case for him.
it should be a lock i would think
Please capitalize where appropriate
With the Yankee offense?
I don't think any of those minor leaguers Edgar is tutoring stuck with the franchise,
Wasn't one of them Pineiro?
Mota looks like Arthur Rhodes
Yeah they all look alike don't they?
For a second...

I thought Yuni was pitching.

Yuni is Cuban
Lopez is sooooo sloooowwwwww
Have you seen Kenji or Griffey run?!
I wish Lopez was a bit faster. =/
what
traitor
You said he sucked a couple days ago.
"God Jose Lopez sucks"
He's kinda slow for a second baseman.
GOD DAMMIT ONE MORE FOOT
Would give him 24 inches

rawr

LAWLZ, PENIS!
This is where Fogel would come in handy
Either to the left or up.
Sooooo close.
Dammit so close!
a foot to the left, thats gone...
Three feet to the left and its 5-1
Have I mentioned how sexy he is?
That's a shame

I wanted to try out the Gay Bash meme

Stupid Fence.

I thought it was gone. =(

BULLSHIT

ten inches higher or ten inches left and that’s a homer

Can't hate on that. Nice swing, Gutz.
Jesus, Dave just called that a homerun I just about launched into the ceiling
That boy has got some legit power
I had already typed out "FUNK BL"
Yes Vin we get it he's from Montana
Seriously, I love the guy to death but he's mentioned it like five times.
Has he made a Butte pun yet?
And Rob Johnson at the plate...
Felix is going back out apparently
Felix headin out for the 8th?

Nobody up in the pen

I hate having a black hole in the lineup after Gutz
Felix coming back for the 8th

101 pitches? NOT SURE IF WANT

PUSSY
Correct me if wrong

but the last time felix went back out at 101, didn’t it end badly?

We won the game, so no.
Felix hasn't homered yet.
Pinch hit damn it
Or that works

Felix getting a hit would be hilariously awesome

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
Felix out there in the 8th shows the confidence Wak has in the setup guys eh?
Well that's something
MUWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Here comes a 3 run HR
Haha, IBB to Cedeno
Please let the King bat!
Awesome, that's fear right there
So this is silly.
Pinch-hit for fuck's sake.
That would be hilarious
Intentional walks are almost always stupid
Especially when they're issued to the pitcher

or a guy that hits like noe

Pujols should be walked 100% of the time.
I would welcome it
OH MY GOD I JUST DIED LAUGHING
That location is fine. pitch was fucking disgusting
What the fuck happened here?
This makes so much sense it's almost sickening
Is this really worth Felix pitching the eighth? I can't decide.
Who walks Cedeno to get to Felix?

Ha ha ha, Cmon 3 run homer.

Id be shocked if he swings the bat
I can dream, right?
Trying to force Wak to pull Felix for a pinch hitter or am I wrong?
Not a far fetched idea at all.
You know at this point in his life Rony almost wanted to swing at those
I feel as if I would rather have faced Cedeno there
Well that's the best thing I've seen all week.
That was it Felix
Ten of Gutierrez's last 23 hits have been for extra bases
That wasn't a strike
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Hack, dammit

FELIX DON'T NEED NO INSURANCE
He's like Casey
I love how that IBB means Ichiro will lead off the next inning
Oh well

I feel cautiously optimistic that Felix can cruise

How could I become the best umpire I can be in one week?
So I just check on the game

Felix has 106 pitches and they don’t pinch hit? What the hell, Wak?

I don't know

he also may have been the best option to hit there

Something to do with Felix's 20 pound balls
please say that's a typo.
See above
Ok, I'm missing somthing, aren't I?
maybe that's why he couldn't walk.
I'm a little pissed, but hey, whatever. Felix can get through the eighth.
GOD I FUCKING HATE JOURNEY
Sing it sister
They better stop believing.
Maybe it's just the camera shot.

But it looks like the bullpens are in the middle of a Christmas tree lot.

Ump has a bit of a wide strikezone tonight
Sit your bitch ass down
Mmmmmmmmm

So good

SIT THE FUCK DOWN
Ok, WHY is Gutierez the only player name that Sims feels compelled to overenunciate?
I'd go off on another Dave Sims rant.

But that might get me chewed out again.

Pretty much yeah
Yes, it would.

Hating on commentators is already trite, but it’s an even bigger foul when you hate on someone as awesome as Sims.

I never really notice.

People complain all the time, though.

Because it's fun?
He says that's how Gutierrez told him it was pronounced. Sims asked Frankie about it.
He's trying to roll the rr, and failing miserably.
Why hasn;t he asked any other players?
I guess that's why he is still in.
Go Felix Go!
Hot.

I’m a little aroused.

Daaaamn

Wonder what the vertical movement on that one was

So Felix is pretty good.
Goodness. Felix... Wow.
bahahahahahaha

AMAZING

Oh my God Felix I love you.
Rick Griffin to Wak: "I think he can go 10 innings."
He's a big, strong kid.
Holy fucking lovely Felix
BAHAHAH

Just fucking amazing.

Take that neigh sayers!
I love when he starts walking off before the umpire calls anything.
Felix is awesome.

Just plain awesome.

I don't want to think about what my life would be like if not for Felix Hernandez
A barren, sterile existence that ends in your death
So wait how is that different?
.

So more yellow?
We'd be the next Rays?
More like Gays amirite
Hmm, I don't believe there are any homosexuals on the Tampa Bay Rays.
You are correct sir!!
Gutz traded to Atlanta.

I don’t think I could handle that.

I could kick that pirate's ass
Hey!!!!

I resemble that.

Jesus Felix.
I like it

King is no longer adequate

So... anyone want the 9th?

I do.

Going past 120 scares me

He’s too sacred.

I'm cool with Aardsma.
Well, he's done.

At least I got my 8th.

Now that we can go straight to Aardsma, I'm OK with Felix calling it a night.
I think we can let the aardsma express carry this one out
So about this Felix guy...

Apparently he’s pretty good?

Felix is a beautiful pitcher to watch pitch.
Fastball, curveball, slider for the K, holy shit
What are our odds of winning tomorrow's game and taking the series?
Not good, but oh well
What if Carp and Branyan both start?
Not good but I'll honestly be content just winning this one.
Vegas has us as 3-1 underdogs I think.
Well when a team can win on a little league HR *coughcoughAngelscoughcough* anything's possible.
Actually they won on a big boy homer
Very big boy.
Well they won by one and that play happened...so I'm still counting it.
So hey Ichiro is batting .376 now.
Felix needs a promotion.

We need the pope to declare him Holy Roman Emperor.

Nah...because that empire fell...
Oops...misread that...
Felix wouldn't let the new Empire fall.
Damn I wanted him to get a 4th hit
I can't believe Garrett Olson is starting tomorrow
Get your own jokes
This isn't a joke
His turn comes once every five games
Six?
Hmm

Game, Game, Game, Game, Game

Am I missing something?

No, you're right
Yup he's a man
RUSSELL!!!!!!!
RUSSELL!!!!!!!!!!
And now my day is complete
EARTHQUAKE
This day has taken quite the 180
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
RUSSELL YOU SEXY MAN BEAST YOU!
RUSSELL THE MUSCLE!
BIG SEXY RUSSELL!
Holy balls

When he hits em they’re way out

RUSS RUSS RUSS RUSS RUSS RUSS
Hot damn, Russell Branyan is un fucking believable.
Well that was nice.
OH SEX!

NO MORE SAVE OPPORTUNITY!

FELIX! FELIX! ALL HAIL KING FELIX!

.

we need a branyan version of this
Don't fuck with perfection
It couldn't possibly be better
Unless it was Branyan instead of Sexson
It's too bad that Trey Parker doesn't shop Butters into season one of South Park in order to enhance the re-runs
Butters make everything better.
Who is responsible for this?
We certainly do.
This one does just fine, thanks.
BRANYAN THE MANYAN!
This game is like a zillion times better than last night's game.
I love how that man continues to hit lefties.
COME ON ADRIAN GO OUT ON A HIGH NOTE
Yeah I'd really love for him to do something good in this last AB
I wish I could find that picture where he looks stoned out of his mind
Russell likes playing every day.
What was the hang time on that?
Am I the only one who doesn't want him to go to the HR Derby and mess up his swing?
I like how the Home Run Derby AL ballot includes Branyan and Ichiro
He already has a upper cut swing

so I don’t think it will matter.

One more time against a lefty.
HE RUINED THE SAVE CHANCE!
This is now the second best game this year...

Ichiro’s granny game still tops the list for me…

I will miss the twinkle toes, Beltre.
How about one last appeal to first?
Are we leaving him behind in Chavez Ravine?
Yup.

Well, almost. He’ll stay home in LA and then visit Old Doc Yocum.

That swing looked like it hurt
I want one more appeal
If Beltre were actually hurt he wouldn't be playing
Damn :(

Bye Adrian

GODSPEED BELTRE
I saw Jeff's comment about Branyan as trade bait.

I was a little surprised to be honest. I know the stats don’t have good things to say about him putting up another year like this, but I would have thought you guys would be more militant about keeping him around given the season he’s having.

Matthew wrote that
And also Branyan's a free agent this winter

if we want him back we can get him back.

And didn't he say something about wanting to resign after this year?
Not as far as I know
Not if he signs an extension with whoever you trade him to.
You all look the same to me.

/Morpheus

It's more about the team having some other 1B options available

Along with having deficiencies in other places.

This

Both Carp and Clement are ready at 1st. If we can get a shiny, young, good SS Trade him.

But if you trade Branyan you're completely deficient in the Totally Awesome Home Runs department
Not to mention the Brawny Branyaness department.
He's awesome but if we're not in contention and can get something shiny for him then we should.
I would think about extending him at this point.
It would only be fair to offer to extend him as much as he extends us
So 11 inches?
lol extenze
i dont need that fagot shit
33 year old TTO first basemen scare the beejesus out of me
True, but his skillset seems to have changed and it may be worth rolling the dice to get him cheap for a few years

If nothing shiny is offered.

I don't disagree
We're a little defeatist around here, if you haven't noticed

and probably more importantly, with Bedard, Beltre and Endy out, our playoff chances look a lot worse than they would if everyone was healthy

Oh, I understand that part of it

I just figured that after the Richie Sexson debacle you’d be more protective of a 1B who can actually hit.

Sexson could hit until 2007.
If we can't resign him and we're not making the playoffs, it makes a lot of sense to see what he's worth
Richie could hit when we first signed him

And Russell is 33, so we would also want to make sure we didn’t make the same mistake again by giving him too much in his declining years.

True.

On the other hand you guys are the first people to give him a real chance at a starting slot, and he’s playing the right position to have some longevity. You could probably squeeze another 2-3 good years out of him before he starts to slide.

I’m not saying you guys are WRONG about him by any means. He could Brad Fulmer on you guys at any time- I’m just surprised that given the amount of team carrying he’s doing at the moment, you’re not more attached to him.

People around here are plenty attached, they're just being realistic.
We're very attached to him but it would be silly not to trade him if we fall out of the race and someone offers a shiny prospect
You guys have anyone particular in mind as far as prospects go?
Carp or Clement.
Oh you mean who to get in return if Branyan is dealt?

No idea.

Rosterbation is frowned on around here.
Not really

but if there’s anything valuable and we’re in a selling position, you have to take it and just assume that Branyan will be available again in November if you really want him back.

Okay then. I think I understand now.

Thanks for taking the time to talk with me about it.

It depends on how favorable the contract terms are whether I'd be in favor of it, really

I’m not saying I would be opposed to it, but I also would really like to restock our farm system as much as possible before we lose a lot of talent to free agency this offseason, and since we have a lot of depth at 1B if Branyan can get us a nice return I think it’d be worth it to ship him off.

With Beltre going down we're running out of trade pieces
Fuck Matt Kemp
We'll miss you Beltre, come back soon.
Apparently we are trying to wreck Matt Kemp
Or the center field wall. Whichever comes first.
Brent Leach seems like he's good
I was thinking the same thing.

He’s fit in with our bullpen.

Too left-handed
Aardsma time.
Charizaardsma!

what the hell
Seriously people.
I'm not following.
Blastoise Here

Charizard is for pussies.

I love this.
Not a fastball!
Angry Jose Guillen just got hit in the face with a ball as it came off the wall...
Is he angrier?
he looked it as he was checking to see if his nose was broken...
GUTZ you are amazing
DTFT
I like that one, all left handed
YOU AMAZINGLY SEXY FLIER
I'm beginning to think our relievers have an ability to produce really long fly balls

that don’t leave the yard.

Did Rob just get cup-checked?
More importantly, did he win?
If he lost, would he have to go back on the bereavement list?
James Loney is a soldier, a fighter, a ghetto survivor

or at least that’s what it sounds like when you walk up to “All the Above”

Aardsma throws haardsma
Sims made some comment about an aarduous road trip....
I don't know if that was a pun

I think it’s just a word

Oh it wasn't.

I was just enjoying the sound of it.

Does anyone else not like Russell Martin?
I wish he played for us.
He gives a bad name to Russells everywhere.
Please get one more out David

Let’s not make this game terrifying

NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR SILLY WALKS
Uh oh, bad Aardsma is back.

Silly walks are not good.

Last Beltre pep talk!
Get back, Loretta.
These closers always get strange when it's not a save.
Just saw Vin Scully call of Griff's homer on MLB Network

I can die now

That good?
I now want to check it out.
Meh.

Nothing spectacular in my opinion

For the record, I am not a big fan of Vin Scully.

He is a great storyteller, but I want to fall asleep by the 2nd inning.

You're not sleepy, you are hypnotized
He makes every baseball game a pleasant float down the river.
Sounds good to me.
Of course.

I love Vin Scully.

I kind of expect sepia toned players wearing flannel uniforms when I hear his voice
His voice is smooth like butter, I'm not used to it after Niehaus' rasp

You watching that on regular MLB highlights or a premium paid version? It’s not showing when I log into the M’s game highlights.

Premium through Gameday.
MLB Network Roundtripper on the cable television
I have to say it made me warm inside.
Beautiful swing, and yes, I love Vin
Come on now Aardsma...
HACK KEMP HACK IT
Whew he got it!
That was a breeze.
WIN WIN WIN

WIN AGAINST THE DODGERS! That wasn’t a save by the way Dave

How can he get by with those?
That was a fun game.
Interleague naysayers, go fuck thyselves
Is FSN going to air a tape delayed Sounders game after post-game?
They play tomorrow
That's right, thanks.
USA-Brazil at 11am Pacific
It's hard for me to dislike Jose when I listen to him talk
It's hard for me to dislike Jose because he is awesome
Except that's not really true.
Jose Lopez is a three bagger
No, we will not call him the Big Cat.

Stop it now.

Isn't that Andres Galarraga's nickname?
Yes.

and he was.

Yes, it was.
It was Johnny Mize's nickname before Galarraga

and Ralph Johnson before Mize.

Besides ...

Felix was never a cat. Maybe a puppy when he first came up ….

Whoa looking at gameday, how did Kemp not rock the shit out of Aardsma?
Whoops, stupid stupid

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