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7/21: Open Game Thread, Part 3

So this is happening.

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Guaranteed win if RRS started today... no way could he have squandered 6 runs of support
This game would have been entirely different

in every way imaginable if RRS had started.

Guti wouldn't be hurt for 1
I just realized that we have a better record than the Tigers.

I am pleased by this development.

It annoys me to be honest, knowing that we'd be in first if we were in their division.

This must be how feels to be a fan of the Rays/Jays/O’s.

Yeah, it really seems odd to me whenever I hear that the Yankees are still like 4 or 5 games behind Boston.

That division is real tough. Then again, we have the goddamn Angels winning every game they deserve to lose.

Thats even more weird because they're tied.
I heard it a while ago.
The Yankees are tied at the moment I think

but yeah, it’s definitely annoying knowing that the two teams aren’t legitimately good like in the ALE.

*two teams above us.
If we finish this, I may explode.
If you do, please record it.
Dammit, knock it off!

haha! That’s the second thread change I’ve been replying in the middle of….

So I think they forgot the last letter on Ni's jersey
Bring him... A SHRUBBERY!
Cut down the largest tree... with a HERRING!
Icky Icky Fertang.
Also, woo 11 hits.
We're going to win this game by a field goal. Mark my words.
Basketball or football?
Time for one of those Lopez clutch homeruns.
'Nother stolen base please.
This game is just fucking unbelievable

If we win this I’m going to be happier than I’ve been all season. Just the sheer relief about everything would be overwhelming

Getting your hopes up is a perfect way to have them crushed
I'm going to be relieved anyway

Winning would just be the cherry on top

A new best name in baseball?

Fu-Te Ni from Pingtung County.

Just for the hell of it

Someone needs to post pictures of Hannahan and Jeff next to each other.

Lopez stop wasting time. Just Homer it!
THIS HAS BEEN A MILLION LINE DRIVES FOUL
Fuck

Well, we’re right back in it at least.

He could have thrown that one to Canada and Lopez would have swung at it.
Man that was clutch
Kansas City has the lead!

I note it because it might be the only time all night

In Game 1 they had it for literally three minutes
They had one in the earlier game.
They had the lead earlier in the first game tonight,
Kansas City has Back Spasms.
We better fucking win this game.
I am already happy.

Gutz is okay and we scored more than 4 runs. I couldn’t ask for much more. Except a competent starting pitcher.

What good is scoring 4+ runs if you don't win?
Slumping? Come see the Mariners.
WOW

What in tarnation is going on?

HP umpire Paul Nauert gave Raul Ibanez his first-ever ejection 3 years ago.
I have it giffed!
It's entertaining to use The Google and search Nauert and Mariners.
Old Shawn Kelley is back <3
You were saying?
I'm banning myself for the rest of today
Definitely back
Kelley looks pretty good.
Except for that one pitch which was totally ass
Franklin Gutierrez is saving baseball in Seattle.
That was fun...
I knew we were gonna need to score 10 runs to win today.
The ump ate that foul ball to the face..
Larry Stone

links to the USA Today article on Taryn Griffey’s star-studded AAU team

Delino DeShields’ dashing daughter Diamond DeShields is 6’2" and 14 years old.

How did Delino DeShields produce a 6'2" daughter?
He had intercourse with a lady
Must have been one giant lady.
My assumption is that the former Mrs DeShields is tall.
Diamond!
She won't even have to change her name when she ends up at the Teaser Pleaser
after Neil?
He should have just called her Neil then.
Cliche
Delino Jr. and DeAngelo and daughters Diamond, Denim and Delaney.
Dry your eyes
There was a PHENOMENAL article on DeShields in the Washington Post two Sundays ago

Here it is, well worth the read.

"All of a sudden, daddy's home every day. It's a big adjustment for everybody. Did it cost me my marriage? That [transition] alone didn't, but it had a lot to do with it."

Well, that and the 7-year affair that your wife found out about.

Can't talk about that in a nice little feel-good Sunday piece!

LA LA LA LA The WaPo CAN’T HEAR YOU!

I think SBN is going kablooey, like Gutz's elbow did not do
Well now it's fine

That was weird.

Well, our pitching just sucks today.
Hopefully our offense decides to put up a few more runs soon.
4 straight innings we've scored, why not 3 more?
Folks, I don't think we can win today.

Not with pitching like this.

(Set your expectations low and then when something good happens it feels even better.)

Ryan Langerhans with the 3-run hr.
Needs more Shelton
Where the fuck was the shift?
Hasn't been on for Griffey all night.
I just got here, so this is the first time I noticed.

I can’t believe the one time Griffey hits it opposite field on the ground we are playing against a team that doesn’t use the shift.

I can't believe anything that happens in this game.
Holy shit we're doing this
What a legend.
With home runs
WLADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
And WLAD ADDS more hope to this world!!!!!
Wizzle wozzle.
WLADTASTIC!!!!
AHAHAHAHAHA WHAT IS IT WITH THE KIDS TONIGHT?
They're alright

;)

45 years later that song still kicks all kinds of ass.
Sometimes I must get out in the light.
This is rather comical.
It would be sad if there were no home runs until the cleveland series :(
Our crap is awesome
WLAD LIGHT TOWER POWER!
Okay so we only need 3 more of those
They just won't fucking give up, it's a beautiful thing
I bet they try even when they produce poor results
We're going to lose by 1 run
More solo homers!!
Wow, he has some wheels.
Oh that was retarded.
WHY LANGERHANS?!
It's going to be funny when Hannahan hits his 3rd homerun tonight
Home run chalice, Dave?
BUNT? YOU HIT A FUCKING HOMER EARLIER IN THE GAME YOU ASSHOLE
If joh hits one here I'm calling an end to the work day and going to have shots
I can't see anything wrong with that decision by Langerhans

other than the fact that he’s slow as fuck.

And is a terrible bunter.
He can't be that slow if he plays a plus OF
Is he slow?

I thought he was quick based on his defensive prowess.

I suppose not

But for a lefty he sure didn’t get down to 1st base very fast.

This game seems somewhat amusing.
Power pitch, please.
Can't wait to see who the Cardinals give up for Washburn.

Seattle Mariners and Los Angeles Dodgers also on hand for riveting rainout b-t Memphis and Nashville.

The Cardinals have no use for Washburn
You just don't want Was on your NL team.
Washburn^
Actually they have no use for him
Must be some sort of Rasmus for Rob johnson deal.
Oh wait, that joke doesn't work if they're in Memphis.
I find it extremely unlikely they'd trade one of the most valuable players in baseball for a light hitting catcher
Is it that difficult to click the fucking box so the link opens in a new window?
I always right click/open in new tab just to be sure.
I do too.

However, I do it on my mouse pad. Sometimes the two-finger click doesn’t register for a right-click.

Also

don’t comments stay marked if use the ‘back’ button?

It backs you up to the point you first logged into the page
And any comments made by you don't appear, and thus any comments responding to them.
Ah, ok

Never mind then.

It's basically a real pain in the ass, and like someone great once said

“I use the shift button because I don’t trust any of you fuckers”

Beggars can't be choosers, but

It would help more if the HRs weren’t solo shots. Just throwing that out there.

Hey guys Yuni is batting for the Royals against the Angels.
Really? Let us know when he pops out.
Who is leading that game?
KC for the moment
Royals 2-0.

Yuni just sac flied.

Oh hey, Corco. This should end well.
Corky?

I thought we wanted to win.

So 4 homers from 3 guys who combined for 4 total HR before today

Not too shabby.

I think its time to acknowledge the elephant in the room.
Kenny can't help it if he's a fat ugly chick.
Im on the South Beach diet.
That doesn't mean you go around sampling food from all around Miami.
Rob Johnson needs to start riding that Elephant too.

HAHAHAHAHAHA.

ROY.

So what's the problem?
THROW STRIKES CORCORAN GOD DAMN YOU
Corcoran can't throw strikes?

I’m utterly shocked

this is gonna be a shame of of a game to lose
Roy Corcoran has six strikeouts and seventeen walks
An incredible statistic.
Not to be picky but I believe those are 2 statistics.
K:BB

That would be 1 stat.

But that's not what he said.
This is a worthwhile argument.
That's bad!
But he got out of the inning without giving up a run!
That's luck!
But the frogurt is also cursed!
Holy balls that is terrible.
Jesus

Can we just set Raburn on fire?

I love how Corco throws the ball like a dart hoping it goes where he wants it.
I wish RRS had started this game
Pitchers should throw batting practice to Brandon Inge during games.
That was a beautiful turn by Jose Lopez.
I just looked for the like button. Dammit.
It's says Rec.
Caused momentary confusion
JOSE LOPEZ!
Bailed out.
Tricky little move there by Lopez!
Wow that was a great turn...
Wow how did he even do that
Nice play Loafie.
Even if we lose this game

it has still been entertaining.

I guarantee victory
I'm monitoring this closely.
Hey so this game got a ton more entertaining between when I left work an hour ago and now
I've always hated Gerald Laird.
Please bring in Sean White or something after this inning

I feel like Corcoran is incapable of pitching two scoreless innings

He doesn't even have one yet.
Adam Everett's head is too big for his neck.
FuckyouLairdFuckyouLairdFuckyouLaird
So why the fuck is Corcoran still on the team
Comedy relief?
He's stress not relief.

Oh wait.

Pity for cracker southerners?
Home run, single, triple, home run

This is how I see the upcoming order in the lineup.

(which, of course, will be wrong)

So Boston can't score in Arlington.

Fuck

Boston can't win against the AL West at all.
Not before october anyway.
Doesn't sound like a Boston problem.

It must be that fine pitching of Texas!

But they're 100% terrible.
That stupid blogger who said Texas' pitching was obviously horrible just doesn't get it.
That's because he doesn't watch every game!
Watching every game is the only way to identify pitching talent.
Brandon Lyon

Flukishly low BABIP, high strand rate, decrease of K’s, increase of BB. Pleeeeease choose now to regress.

I don't normally drink on weekdays

But I’m damn close.

Oh good God, this^
Is anyone willing to explain to me how we have 4 homers from Hannahan, Langerhans, and Wlad?
Regression!
I'm going to go with voodoo
Voodoo is probably better
One of my favorites.

Beautiful
llustration by David Wheeler.
Oooo! Shiny!

Can I find one in Pierzynski?

Ask Vatinius
Gutz is channeling his sprit?
Yeah why isn't Cedeno on that list?
There's a nice picture explaining it above.
Wind tunnel!
If we win can we say he single Hanahanded them the loss?
Don't give Chris Berman ideas.
Berman's call would be like "It looked like the Mariners were out of it then Jack lended a Hannahan and BOOM! The Mariners only down by two!"
What Hannahappened on that last AB? Come on Jack.
Brandon Lyon sucks, right?
real inconsistent
Numbers are real similar to their closer Rodney
Lucky.

And still not that good.

But :(edeno.

Hit a home run, Ronnie.

Everything else has happened today.

Whoops a doodle
Is Jeff Clement catching?

That would seal the deal on unlikely events.

Nope.

DH, but Tu is at third and Moore is catching.

and Cintron is at short.

Perfect time for an Ichiblast
Ronnie just seems so glad to get out of there when he stikes out looking
I believe in Ichiro.
This isn't looking so good
Damn, just under it.
So Branyan, Lopez, and Griffey?
Homerun, Homerun, Groundout.
So...

HR, single, walk?

Groundout, groundout, K.
K, single, game-ending DP
This game has worn me out.
Clete. Hacking on other peoples names is awkward, but Clete
Maybe he's a Cletus?
Nope, born Michael Clete Thomas
Why the fuck did he choose to go by Clete than
Michael Thomas is pretty generic.
Sounds pretty good when you read the whole thing
I wish he went by Cleat
Cletus would be too hick-ish by far
Some folks 'll never eat a skunk but then again some folks 'll: It's Cletus the slack-jawed yokel!
Possum is the best, sometimes you get those extra snacks in the pouch
I love me some possum
Their tails are offputting
And the smell.
Who the fuck smells possums
Sometimes smells carry.
Who does anything with possums other than run them over
.22 to the head?
Pick them up after and cook them?

I’ve actually seen this done, just once but it was enough

Road kill cafes: from your grill to ours.
Chewy
Ew
I don't even doubt she tried one
Daddy used to bring home lots of critters fer supper.

Possum, doves, elk …..

One, singular Clete?
Right fielder for the Tigers
Carrying on a Tigers tradition

Albeit late and in a lesser form.

Clete Thomas sounds like a globe-trotting foreign correspondent.
you know whats funny...

If gutierrez catches that ball in the second we’d be tied now.

Yeah that's fucking hilarious
haha your humors hilarious
i'm sorry if my humor is a bit cynical
Question:

C-Nage = Clint Nageotte?

You have something there
Nice.

I really liked Clint back in the day. For a while there, I thought that with how many sliders he had thrown over his career, his elbow must be indestructible or something, but then we sadly discovered this was not the case.

Are you actually Clint Nageotte?
That would be wonderful.
He just sweat through his shirt.
I was unaware I had more than one humor.
Winner and still champion.
This wasn't a fair fight.
It's the vapors that bring out his humors
The most amazing thing is that apparently all your humors are hilarious.

Instead of just say one of your humors. Nice job!

Who says humors can't be singular?
You have Blood, and Green and Black Bile, and one other one I don't remember.
Phlegm!
Beat me to it.

Indeed, phlegm.

You have four according to Galen.
Fraklin's humorous isn't hilarious. It's what got us here.
Nothing against Franklin , just thought that it was ironic...

oh and late

Someone already made a humorous joke?

How in the hell did I get beat to the orthopedic joke?

Because it's spelled humerus
Well balls.

I tried. And you know, that makes me just as good as Rob Johnson.

I don't get it
Is it irony?
Yeah
You guys at LL sure are the fiesty type.
Be good, Sean White
Boy if only we had a lefty
Not blaming him though
Beltre looked pissed at Felix
Before the schedule came up, it looked like he was going to say i'm kiddin.
How dare they cover up Erik seat dancing with the calendar.
That scared me
I know what is going on.

There is a lunar eclipse going on right now where I am in Korea.

You lucky bugger
Yeah, screw the moon. Who needs to see that?
A lunar eclipse? I'd like to see that
I was trying to help :(
Good bedside manner, Doc!
I was concerned the 'lucky bugger' came off wrong?
Anywhere near Gunpo?
Seoul.
So my niece is a little south of you--
Hey!

My aunt is actually in Korea!

Just touring?
Bullet dodged
Griffey with the 2-run tying triple.
Score runs please
Rally puppy time!
I don't ever remember us doing anything productive against Rodney.
I don't remember not doing productive things against Rodney.
God dammit Boston and New York

Why do you win against everyone except the teams we need you to beat? It’s the only time i ever root for you.

I think they're picking up on the fact that you only love them when you need them.
I demand a victory. Please get to work, Russ.
Fernando Rodney is such a big bitch.
Lopez will own you now!
YOU FUCKING DIRTBAG GO BACK TO WHEREVER YOU ARE FROM
As long as he's not hurt I'll take it!

Tying run to the plate!

FUCK YOU RODNEY
Take it for the team.
Lets go Loafie!
Yeah a few more of those in non-vital areas, please
That looked outside
Just a bit
What happened to Zumaya?
I think he's on the DL. Again.
Turns out that was real fire he had on his forearm
I swear to Gutz, Loafie
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

HOLY BALLS THAT WAS LUCKY CHARMS

Ahahahahahahahaha
TIME FOR GRIFFEY TO FUCK IT UP WOOOO
This is too interesting.
YES!!

WE NEED YOU GRIFFEY. My God I’d feel so much better about this if Gutz was on deck

I can't watch
This will be extremely disapointing if we dont win.
This feeling.. is it hope?
For me, its panic about possible false hope.
DON'T SWING YOU OLD FART
IT'S GRIFFEY TIME!
SAVE BASEBALL AGAIN YOU OLD BASTARD
Will you be my official spokesperson?
You will be yelling a lot
Oh dear oh dear.
Id like a sacrifice.
Base hit ideally
Unless you mean a human sacrifice for the purposes of guaranteeing a win. Present yourself
AHHH WHAT ARE YOU DOING
Boy he sure got a hole of that one.
STOP SWINGING CHRIST
No, you stop whipping christ.
WE HAVE THE TYING RUN ON 2ND BASE WITH 1 OUT

PLEASE WLAD

That is good enough!
Well that'll work I guess.
That's like a bunt!
That wasn't the worst thing that could have happened there...
How was that not a dp
Eh could've been worse
Time for a double down the LF line.
Better than nothing
Redeem yourself.
COME ON BALENTIEN!!!!!!!!!!!
Wlad looks PISSED.

I love it.

I'll lick the mole if you double
Could be a good T-Shirt
This inning has been all kinds of lucky
NO

That was a horrible swing

JUST GET A SINGLE
Good baserunning.
Not sarcastic. Branyan's run is unimportant
Hines scares the crap out of me
For a change.
NOOOO DAMN IT NOO
WHAT ARE YOU DOI*NG!!!
LOAFIE PAID ATTENTION!!!!!
Bruce Hines probably just started yelling "NO! NO!"
So Wlad can't lay off the slider apparently
Dumbasses tend to have that problem
So do fat people

Damn you White Castle

That was probably smart
Actually that was probably good that he held up
Need two runs.

Good job, Branyan.

Gameday is too slow!
GOD DAMMIT WLAD
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
YOU STUPID BLOCKHEAD
What in the fucking fuck was that Wlad.
HOLY CRAP WLAD
WHY IN THE NAME OF FUCK DID YOU SWING AT THAT YOU UNDOMESTICATED PILE OF DOGSHIT?!?!?!?!
WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU SWINGING AT?!?!@?!?!?!!?!?EE?!#ER?@#RW#EWFTWF
ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS WLAD
WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU SWING AT THAT YOU PIECE OF SHIT

GOD DAMN IT

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.............
and Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.... again.
GODDAMN IT BALENTIEN WHAT THE FUCK MADE YOU THINK YOU COULD REACH THAT
NO IT IS NOT TOUGH TO LAY OFF THAT PITCH YOU FUCK
It is when you are a crappy hitter and they set you up with the Fastball like that.

Wlad’s brain was confused by the pitch sequence.

Yeah that wasn't an obvious mismatch
Fuuuuuuck me with a spork
Oh hamburgers
That was annoying.
As predicted.
I had no idea I'd be this frustrated if we lost this, fuck you Wlad
YOU'VE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME
Actaully had Branyan scored and out could have brought home a run
Yeah I neglected that fact
Although Wlad's out..
Flyball hitter
Mo mo moron
(But yes, you're right)
OMG your right
Wlad would have ended up striking out anyway probably

That AB was terrible

Seems helpless if the pitcher has a slider. I dunno, might be a problem
This was a tough loss.
FUCK THIS GAME...I HATE THIS COCK SHIT SO CLOSE
Fuck just missed it
Well at least Langerhans killed the hope quick
UGGGGGGGGHHHHH
Cut his ass.
FUCK YOU, OLSON!!!! YOU BETTER NOT START EVER AGAIN.
Go break your shoulder and face Wlad.
Well rape my fucking ass.
So Um Olson struck Ordonez out on the pitch before the grand slam.

FUCK YOU UMPS

Paul Nauert.

The Mariners Friend.

This is a crushing blow
Angels tied it up.
We had SOOOO many chances
How I missed this game when it was 8-1 and didn't give a lick.
I'm going to make myself feel better by rationalizing that both Lopez and Griffey hit double play groundballs
Fuck the Royals for being such a piece of shit team.

Fuck the Red Sox for only winning when I really don’t want them to (like in the playoffs).

Fuck Fernando Rodney for being such a little cunt.
Fuck Garrett Olson before Fernando Rodney.
I can't believe Griffey killed baseball in Seattle.
SELL SELL SELL!
A bit upsetting but really, I'm surprised it was a close as it was.

I’m proud of them for that.
The offense.

Disc 6 of Freaks & geeks is calling.
I feel bad that you're almost done with it.
Then you wait a few months and watch it over again. It's not a great system, but it works.
Sam just asked Cindy to the party ...

A little time-warpy to pause the dvd player and find Bones on TV.

I think it is going on the 'buy' list.
Gutierrez is fine! Look at it that way. And we have Felix pitching tomorrow!
We're quickly losing ground.
True. But it could quickly turn around again.
But how often are we going to keep saying this?
Until it is obviously impossible.
We're still well within striking distance.
5.5

That’s on the verge.

Still have six games left against the Angels
All of this would be easier if we played them sooner.

I wish we didn’t have to wait so we could actually make up some damn ground.

Makes that incredible +10 game winning streak we're gonna have all the more exciting.
If the Angels win again, we're 5.5 back
If we dont take these last 2 then...

It will probably be time to sell.

But how often are we going to keep saying this?
Until it doesn't happen

We said it after game on in Cleveland, then we won 3 in a row

And Game one against the Rangers.
We just took 3 of 4 of the first series of a road trip.

What do you want? For us to sweep every damned series?

Excuse my ignorance, but was that to me?
I don't even know
I'm just being realistic.

We lost a game and a half to the Angels today and we really can’t afford to fall any further behind.

Even if we do

Angels have Royals again tomorrow and then an off day I believe? Best case scenario is 4 games back again, more likely is 5 even if we win the last two.

Don’t mean to be the pessimist, but SELL SELL SELL.

In 2 days there will still be 8 days until the deadline
Does anyone honestly see us climbing out of this hole?

Sell on Washburn before he implodes.

I don't think we have a great chance, but we might as well wait until the deadline or a day or two before

No reason to sell when we have another week to close the gap a little bit

I'm fine with moving Washburn and/or Bedard if it doesn't hurt this year's team but going into full-on sell mode at this point is nuts.
Bedard's coming with me.
Actually I want to trade Washburn yesterday but I think you know what I mean.
This optimism makes me feel better
Anything 5 or more, I say sell

And I think, even if we win these next two, we’ll be there.

We can’t really do full-on sell mode anyway. I just don’t want to wait too long on the fringes of a pennant race where we’re making no ground to the point that our return is diminished.

The difference between 5 and 4 can be made up in 1 day
This is irrelevant.

We’d still have to make up 5 games over the Angels over the last 70ish games.

You make it sound like that's insurmountable
That isn't as tough as you are making it seem.
It's not very easy

If they go .500 we have to go .580ish. And asking the Angels to go .500 seems like a lot lately. This all doesn’t even take the Rangers into account.

Yeah, and asking our .500ish team to spend the rest of the year

at .580ish is asking alot.

One really good stretch for us, and/or one really bad stretch for them, and it all looks different
The depressing thing is

We are in a pretty good stretch right now

3-2 since the break while the Angels are 5-1 since the break

Rangers also 3-2

Last 9

M’s 6-3, and we’ve lost 2 games in the standings in that time.

All that this proves is that the Angels are outperforming expectations.

It’s still a long-shot and I don’t think anyone is denying that, but punting should not be an option at this point.

And there's no reason to think the Angels are going to continue to play this well

Especially missing Torii and Vlad

Nobody is saying punt the season

but I think it’s time to get rid of a few players. Namely Washburn and Bedard.

You're probably on the same page as everybody else

Or quite a few people, perhaps even the majority. Seems like the majority believes either of those pitchers could be flipped for player(s) and the team could potentially improve. Depending on the player(s) and their respective positions.

Again, I am fine with trading Washburn and Bedard if we get MLB ready talent in return for one of them.

I would be fine with that if we were in first place. I do not want the team to make itself worse (by trading Branyan or something) unless they are out of the race on July 31.

I think 8-10 games back should be the sell point.
Drayer update

not much more on Guti, but a bit about Olsen & Washburn

She's fantastic.

The stuff about Wash is entertaining. I like that his kids get to brag about being “buddies with Ichiro” to their friends.

Time to watch the Sounders

:/

Wow, it's free on the website; I think I'll watch it too

It’ll be nice to watch them without my Chelsea goggles on.

Yeah this is the first time I've watched Seattle in a few weeks

since I only get to see them when they’re on ESPN or playing an LA team.

Lame

1-0 Houston

Man, it would help if the Sounders could finish...
There we are!
2-1 Sounders!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
And the Angels are winning.

God I hate Bobby Abreu.

Porcello vs. Olson was a shit storm waiting to happen in the first place.

I’m just happy that Gutierrez isn’t fucked, Felix is pitching tomorrow, and the offense was actually pretty solid. 5.5 games back would be awful, but taking 2 of 3 might put us right back into the spot we were in going in to today….it’s a shitty loss, but it could’ve been an abysmal day, instead of just a bad one.

I like the new header, by the way. Or whatever it's called.
Calling card?
Sure. Calling card.
That better not be an exclusive or.
Well

Could you guys imagine winning a game like this and LOSING ground in the division? Well, thanks to the Angels sweeping the doubleheader, it could have happened!

The Angels have a 1 run lead in the sixth inning, and the Royals have the tying run in scoring position with 1 out

Seems a little premature to declare it a sweep

And by this I mean

The doubleheader isn’t over yet, but the Royals.

Justin Speier is pitching
Satchel Paige could be pitching

But it’s still the Angels we’re talking about

Satchel Paige is dead.
Holy shit.
This is quite an enjoyable turn of events.

Yuni is coming up soon…

Only if Ryan Freel gets on
Given Ryan Freel's ability to hit the ball, this seems unlikely.

It’s okay. Yunibomber will rear his head next inning.

Drayer just said that she was amazed at how good Guti looked in the clubhouse after that hit--

it is wait and see on how much his elbow & knee swell overnight

Wow

The fact that he could actually play tomorrow is amazing.

Moving around pretty well, not groggy, a good cut over his knee that they closed with a butterfly bandage ...

She (and Franklin) both think it will be a couple of games.

Franklin always looks good.
Well, the Royals are done pretending to try and win this thing.

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