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7/5: Open Game Thread, Part 2

This is all thanks to the red hats.

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So that's the Sox's secret...
And therefore also the Angels.
When the Cardinals win the World Series this October they will be crowned Team Of The Decade
Worked for the Phillies....
Theirs is maroon
And Boston's are navy...?
They look awfully red today
Not referring to today or the past couple of days.

Usually, they’re navy.

Yeah I prefer the navy hats because the red clashes with the teal.

I do enjoy their maroon hats though.

Allow me to retort

Let's go DFT!
There needs to be a DTFT tee at the LL shop
Maybe they should wear red hats everyday!
Fuck red hats.
I hope this is the last game we have to wear them.
I prefer Ubuntu?
We should wear the red hats until we lose!
I think Masterson's name would be more amusing if he were black
Or half-black rather
Are you implying black people can't be masters?
I can only assume your racist tendencies made you automatically assume the white half was the master
There's a black reporter on Q13 named James Lynch
Gutz, you've got to hit it out

Junior’s legs can’t it.

*take*

Nevermind.

There's a little bit of red in our logo. Red hats justified!
Aw jeez! Not Batista!
Batista looks expectionally dopey in a red hat.
You know who doesn't? Erik Bedard.
Never trust a Belugatits with the lead on the line!
Or with a baseball on a mound
Who's working out of the pen for Boston?
Justin Masterson
Miguel Batista entering the game and that Taco Del Mar commercial.

It’s like getting Roseanne and Rosie O’Donnell at the same time.

Roseanne is awesome
I have nothing against her
I'm still furious about the series finale but on the whole that was a great show
I've only seen a few episodes
Didn't it have one of those Dallas style endings?
More like St Elsewhere
The whole thing was a book she was writing that had been accurate until Dan had a heart attack.

He died but in the book she made him live and then cheat on her. Also, in “real life” Becky married David and Darlene married Mark. They also never won the lottery, which was a stupid storyline anyways.

ARE YOU FRIGGING KIDDING ME? How how how did I miss that?
You should be happy.

I have never been more upset at pop culture.

Off to You Tube for me.
And Jackie was gay.
Wait, the cop sister?
Yup. The one who goes through a whole passel of men
Huh, I just remembered she played a lesbian cop in a movie as well

Why do weird facts like that stick but I can’t find my car keys

I forgot about that.

That was fucking annoying because Roseanne’s mom being a lesbian was one of my favorite things about the last few years of that show.

Sinker/Slider'd
This game just got slower
More Morrow.
So NESN stays with the 7th inning for God Bless America just like YES.

So far its a NY and Boston thing.

Nice play gutz
That boy got range
There had to be a better catcher than Molina
Don't blame me. I voted for Kodos.
I'd like to see that.
Sandoval!
YES YES YES
Seriously how the fuck is he not even on the roster

.333/.388/.566

3B??
We're talking about cather
Yeah I'm saying doesn't Sandoval play third usually
The pitching staff needs to take the outfielders out to dinner at some point.
Come on Tits
Baserunner on.

Game slowing waaaaaaaaay down.

BAL scores one in the first
He look! Look that Rob!

You can use things other than your glove to stop a pitch in the dirt!

Rob Johnson lets that get to the backstop.
Good job by Langerhans but God damn it Tits get outs
Langerhans is such a stud
Fuck tits you suck
Tits. Fucking Tits.
My God where have you been all my life Langerhans!?
Thank you Ryan!
Crap crap crap.
So uh Mark Lowe or Kelley?
Langerhans is awesome.

I love our outfield now more than I did on opening day.

Stop the bleeding please Wak
Funny that AJ made the AS roster over FGut
Name recognition

If it was up to porn star appeal or defensive ability, Gutz would’ve been in hands down

Too much to ask for a DP?
Depends on what kind you're asking for, apparently.
I hate Miguel Batista.
Good heavens.
BRING IN A LEFTY
This will not end well.
God that was lucky
Bring in Vargas.
I'll remember this when we're inevitably unlucky

Maybe I won’t get so mad

Think of it as balancing out the bad umpiring.
I can't watch
DO NOT WALK THEM LOADED FOR BAY
Please tell me that's not what he's doing
Quit worrying
I'm going to miss Batista next year.
Blowers..."stay away from him!"
Do they keep the Ortiz shift on when he has 2 strikes?
GOD FUCKING DAMN IT
I knew this would happen
SON OF A TAINT
Batista can fuck off and die.
Oh gee I didn't see that coming at all!
Fucking fuck shit!
I. am. going. to. cut. a. bitch.
Well that was a predictable.
Did not see that coming.
Stupid shift fucking sucks
So I assume you missed yesterday's game
The shift sucks because Ortiz hit into it but managed to find a hole?
Not all of the comments I make are serious
In fact, I would say the majority of them aren't
It's more fun to take you literally and then mock you mercilessly.

You could also think about asking rhetorical questions, those are really fun to answer

If anything, we need more guys in the shift
Oh now we get a pitching change.

Makes sense.

I can't wait til Silva has that role next year
Oh yeah I forgot about him so quickly. Sigh
Silva... now that's a name I've not heard in a long time... a LONG time.

Is it wrong to be glad that it wasn't a homerun?
The opposite of that sentiment would be wrong
Once I saw In play, run(s), I assumed it was 6-4.
EVERYBODY MARK LOWE IS IN!

AND THE GAME IS STILL IN QUESTION!

I love the uncertainty our bullpen brings
Please just get Bay
I can't see us winning bullpen vs. bullpen a third time.
Is this one of your serious comments?
Indeed it was!
Eh walk him
Sky is falling everyone.
Throw a fastball down the middle please
OK JUST THROW A DAMN FASTBALL!
HERE WE GO BABY!
Well it was still a fun roadtrip.
Oh sweet. Hey awesome guys.
Wow strike one ump?
Can't wait when you leave, Tits.
Thanks for playing our little game!
Well this game isn't fun.
Here comes the Fagcoby HR.
Gottas love umps
Yay, now Ellsbury gets to have the go ahead rbi.
We're going to walk in the go-ahead run aren't we
The plate is that-a-way, Mark.
THROW A STRIKE
OH YES MARK LOWE PLEASE WALK THE BASES LOADED!
I LIED DON'T DO IT!
THROW A GODDAMN STRIKE!
HE ALREADY DID THAT
WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOIG
DOING
HE'S WALKING IN THE GO AHEAD RUN LIKE A BIG FUCKING DUMMY
OH WAIT THIS WAS PROBABLY RHETORICAL
Are we going to lose on a go-ahead walk?
Flashes of Morrow's first appearance this year
5-4 road trip is much better than I was expecting anyway.
TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE

Wait, wrong team.

Well that is too bad, Morrow doing get the win.
THROW STRIKES!
He's gonna walk...
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NO NO NO NO NO
NO NO PLEASE NO NO
STRIKE THIS MOTHERFUCKER OUT DAMMIT!
We now have to throw down the middle to get a strike called. CB Bucknor is a terrible umpire.

Mark Lowe also sucks.

None of those pitches were strikes
The first pitch was according to gameday.
Yep. Boned.
Jesus fucking Jones where is Kelley
Fuck you Mark Lowe you stupid piece of shit
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
I fucking hate you Mariners.
Heart breakers. Dream takers.
ASDOFUAOSU YOU FUCKIN AOSEFKAOFK
Well there goes the game.
...........

…….

We might lose this game 11-4
Fuck, Lowe!

You fucking slut!

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooo IMPLOSION!
*blaaaaaaaaaargh*

Great pitching!

Best bullpen in the league!
Clearly it is not
But ERA says so!
I want Batista back.
THROW A FUCKING STRIKE YOU STUPID FUCK
Wow, fuck you Lowe.
FUCK YOU LOWE
And our offense is on vacation..adios victory today.
The offense is on a year-long sabbatical
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

FUCK OUR BULLPEN.

Sean White!
Cancerboy is going to get the win.
Nope.

Removed with two outs.

Or one.

I forget.

I must've not been watching.
He deserves it

He did have cancer, remember

Wait, Jon Lester had cancer?
Josh Hamilton did COCAINE!
GOD DAMMIT REMEMBER THE MESSAGE OF THE HELMETS!
Mark Lowe makes me sick.
Rick Rizzs has his disappointed voice at full tilt. I HATE that voice.
Are we allowed to take up a collection to hire someone with a crowbar?
I suggested that the other day for Rob Johnson
Everyone seems to be upset.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
There's nothing more assonying than a bases loaded walk

What the fuck Lowe

Karma for Saito
WE WON THE SERIES!
First time @ Fenway since 2001
Ok, if the bases are loaded, why do you bring in Mark Lowe?
The bases were not loaded.
Just two on when he came in
If the bases are not loaded, why do you bring in Mark Lowe?
We took two of three at Boston!
But 3 of 3 was so close :(
Mark Lowe is drunk
SHAWN KELLEY PLEASE!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I'm having Jose Mesa flashbacks.
So Cancer Boy beats Diabetes Boy.
Ok the fuck the fuck the fuck!
This is way worse than Saito's meltdown yesterday

You’re fucking pathetic Lowe

To Double AA you go, faggot.
THE NEXT TIME SOMEONE USES THE WORD FAGGOT IN ANGER I AM POSTING THE MOST DISTURBING GAY PORN I CAN FIND
I would prefer hardcore gay porn, honestly.

This is getting ridiculous.

OH IT WILL BE HARDCORE FUCKING BELIEVE ME
I support this.
Like there's anything else to watch today
Get that link ready.
So pitches one and three were strikes according to gameday
STALL AND GET HIM OUT OF THERE
ARE WE REALLY DOING THIS RIGHT NOW?????????
Kotsay was a dummy for swinging at that.
Way to showcase him for a trade, USSM!
You are a Massengill, Lowe
I'm disgusted.
Why do you bring Beluga tits in with a one run lead?
Who else do you bring in?
Kelley? White? Lowe before there are runners on?
Maybe

But White has been terrible, and you need someone to pitch the 8th

Lowe in the 7th Kelley in the 8th AARDSMA'D In the 9th?
Time to go do something else.
Worse than a walk!
Dan Wilson has left by now, I'm sure.
And there's your ballgame
K well thats the game
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Well, hosed.

Shitfuckratdickcuntmotherfucker.

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PULL HIM OUT OF THE FUCKING GAME NOW.
How's that feel, Lowe? Pretty good?
FUCK MARK LOWE.
SO Mark Lowe finishes what Miguel Batista was gonna do GREAT FUCKING GREAT!
HEY CB BUCKNOR IN CASE YOU WEREN'T PAYING ATTENTION FOUR OF THOSE PITCHES WERE IN THE STRIKE ZONE
The hell they were. Which zone are you looking at?
Gameday!
Gameday says that the balls were all perfectly acceptable ball calls.

I just got in, so maybe I’m missing something. Is the ump using an inconsistent zone?

Yeah the balls he were throwing are borderline bt he's giving the calls to the sox.
Gameday showed 1 and 3 in the strikezone for me.

Those were called balls. Pitch 4 was swung on and missed. Kotsay should be struck out.

1,3, and 4 are clearly out of the zone

and remainder were in

No mistakes by the umpire

To Kotsay?

No they weren’t

They did not look like strikes at all
I see two pitches in the zone

one that was just outside, and another that was hit into play.

Oh well. Just got back from vacation to this.

Should’ve stayed in Montreal.

Another series victory where we come out with a negative run differential
2 outs

2 OUTS!

2 FUCKING OUTS!
Well, time to wrap it up, 5-4 road trip is still a success.
Everyone is way too upset about this. Seriously.
DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND THAT OUR PLAYOFF CHANCES ARE FALLING APART?
I agree with this sentiment
Fuck you, too
BLOW IT OUT YOUR ASS
GO FUCK YOUR SELF WITH A RUSTY BRISTLE BRUSH ATTACHED TO A CERATED KNIFE
We're just mad because we weren't supposed to win this game, then we looked like we were gonna steal one, and now we're shitting the bed.
Nice job Lowe, go trim up your awesome facial hair
SELL SELL SELL SELL SELL SELL SELL SELL
For everything upsetting, Wak looks like a true badass in those sunglasses
There was a shot of wak in the dugout yesterday with Kenji preparing with a bat behind him

and all I could think was ‘Yakuza’

He just has no expression.

He looks like a great hit man.

So, Mark Lowe blew a game while Roy Corcoran saved one.

Huh.

Well, to be fair Mark Lowe is bad.
But not as bad as Corco.
I like Corcoran so much better right now.
In a day or two that may/may not change.
It probably will
Call up Fields and hold a public execution of Lowe and Tits.
Fucking Batista
What the fuck is so hard about putting the ball in the strike zone. I would have much rather he threw strikes and got his then this shi
Obviously he did not throw all balls on purpose.
Gameday thinks he did put the ball in the strike zone.
It really really did not look like it on TV
It didn't look like it on Gameday either
Knee high on the outside corner? That's a strike to me.
Which AB are you talking about?
Kotsay's single.

I’m using the At-Bat app on my iPhone, which plots with pitch F/X as far as I know. On the online version, they look much more borderline. I’d say 1 is still a strike though. Even though 3 was clearly outside on the MLB.com version.

Are you sure you're looking at the right AB?
For Chrissake

The guy was all over the place. I know we’re all for computers, but if he has no idea where the ball is going, you can’t argue with not getting a borderline call.

Yes you can. Strikes are strikes.
(though I'm not talking about this particular at-bat)

I just think the whole idea of punishing a guy who can’t throw strikes is retarded.

Not to mention sadistic.
Yes but these weren't.
Ow, my ass!

Hm, I guess one isn't as close as I thought.
But if you're using humans, for better or worse

There comes a point where a pitch could reasonably be called a ball or a strike. If a pitch is on that border, it’s going to be called a ball if the guy hasn’t thrown anything else close.

Which is stupid.
If a pitch falls in a location that is described by the rulebook as being in the strikezone

it should be called a strike.

So there's no such thing as a borderline pitch to a human eye?

I call bullshit

Replace the human element.
No, but guys who are having control issues should not be given a smaller strike zone than someone who has his command.

That’s ridiculous.

But it sure seems to happen.
This is what I'm saying

Given the system we have now, it happens to everyone. Acting like we got robbed is ridiculous.

I have no idea why BJM is pretending otherwise.

Gameday clearly indicated they were balls.

Pitch one still looks like a strike to me, which would make Pitch 5 a strikeout pitch.

But it is a borderline call.

and got hit*, wow I'm having trouble typing today
No fucking way.
ALRIGHT KENJI!
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!
Bahahahaha, this is just getting fucking retarded now
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!

This fucking team.

It's a freefall!
Well that's neat...
I do not love Johjima.
I LOVE IT WHEN YOU STOP BY
A nuclear explosion is about the only other thing that could go wrong, Sims.
We play the Orioles at home tomorrow!
This is just to make the sweep all the more dramatic
Now this is bullshit. See ya next time, dickpolishers
This is about as good a time as any to meltdown.

Let’s get it all out of the way.

Awwww, that was just getting fun.
AHAHAHAH THIS WILL TEACH YOU DELUDED FUCKERS FOR THINKING OF THE PLAYOFFS
WE HAVE CONCEDED TWO RUNS ON WILD PITCHES IN THIS SERIES!
Chris Woodward will save us!
So where's that fellow who was gloating about calling a sweep a few days ago?
Housesitting for Felix
Remember when we were one out away from getting out of that with the lead?
Passed balls and wild pitch calls are retarded...

how is that one a passed ball, and the two Rob fucked up a little while ago wild pitches…

Dear Mark Lowe:

Sean White just threw a wild pitch and still was better than you. Go home and cry.

At least it was swift.
That pass ball was necessary to elude the save situation.
WE WON'T SEE PAPELBON WE HAVE A CHANCE!
I can't believe Michael Young is an All-Star
I can never believe when anyone gives him any type of complement.
That spot could have gone to Langerhans.
ADAM JONES WILL CRUSH US!
Giant rally time!
They only give passed balls to Kenji.
Ironically, it helps his CERA!
Langerhans will fix this.
Balitmore 3, LAAoA 0!

Not that they haven’t had the lead in every game of this series

Well, the bullpen IS big on doing things together as a united group....
Someone call Jim Jones!
Nope, this game is lost.
What a wonderful road trip. Rest up M's and please don't lose to the Oriole tomorrow.
Mark Lowe can't manage to be good for more than a week at a time.
Scoring 5 runs of Papelbon is gonna be awesome.
Why would they bring Papelbon in?
Especially when the Ms are being baffled by that 12 year old out there on the mound
When we load the bases with 0 outs it will be a save situation.
This is extremely optomistic

Being as though we don’t draw walks

Optimistic*
It's also assuming White doesn't give up any runs in the 8th, which I doubt happens.
Holy shit it's happening
Scoring 3 would be funny
Now that I think about it the only pitcher that I would trust in the situation Lowe was in would be Kelley since he throws strikes why Wak didn't bring him in depresses me.
Which is funny because bringing Kelley in almost cost us the first game of the series.
Nick Green wasn't at the plate though
I wouldn't trust Kelley more

Lowe or White was probably the right move.

I love Kelley, but his command is definitely not 100% and probably won't be for another 2-4 games
Wow, they're really living up to their nickname today.
What nickname? The shitty bullpen?
The Ministry of Silly Walks
Ministry of Silly Walks.
I would argue that most of the walks were far from silly.
Infuriating is probably a better word
I think any walk with the bases loaded qualifies as silly.
So how's Josh Fields looking?
Not good.

Besides all the strikeouts.

What's his ETA looking like
He could be a September call up.
C'mon Whitey! DP!
Thank you.
At least we won't have to wear red hats any more
Good, I fucking hate that fucking ass face.
Just look at the Angels' box score to relieve some stress.
Thanks for jinxing it
The Double Play!

Just what the doctor ordered….last inning.

RALLY TIME!!!!!!!!

LETS GO RONNY!!!!

Drayer's updated her blog

which is more entertaining than what is currently happening

Halman

6-10, 4 HR’s, 2B in the last two games. Certainly would be cool if he could rebound from his disaster of a first half.

Maybe the bullpen was just trying to make Dan Wilson feel at home.

Imploding for a loss, and all that.

Oh, the traumas of my childhood.
He beat that by a step!
The umps want to go home.

Human element, and all.

I will quit baseball if they take the umps out and replace them with robots.

It wouldn’t be baseball without them, Dammit, man!

They can stand there and do their amusing little schtick as long as the calls are being relayed to them by computers!
Get on base you sexy motherfucker
I thought he was safe
Safe, Damnit
We always lose when we get the lead.
I 100% believe this.
This would leave us without a win

I like it

Not in games where Jose Lopez wins it at home with a walkoff.
That would still be us getting a lead
We are not 0-81
Not everything Poochie says is serious.

;)

No I think you are both mistaken
I find that quite hard to believe
Road trip over, what a relief.
SUCCESSFUL ROADTRIP!

Successful roadtrip! Successful roadtrip! Successful [pauses, stifles sob] roadtrip!

4-3 Baltimore over the Angels...it was 4-0 10 seconds ago,
Much like last night's game >:(
The Orioles suck.

I sure do hope we beat them.

2.5-3.5 games back after that trip, with the Angels and Rangers playing each other next!

We just got finished with the Road Trip from hell.

And lose, at most, a game in the process.

In the standings that is.
Weren't we 3.5 back at the beginning?
Nope, nevermind.
I can't believe that crack head is the starting CF for the all-star game
Discussion on the postgame of the 'snubbing' of Aardsma & Branyan

Hassleman is more sanguine than Pittman on the subject

I thought at least Branyan would get a mod.

O well, I am pretty sure if someone gets injured, that Branyan should be next in line.

I fully support making Russell Branyan a Lookout Landing mod.
Wait till September!
Here is a question.

If you were standing in the video store, clutching a handful of dvds and visiting with one of the clerks, and the other clerk asked you out of the blue, “say [your name here], do you still have Sports Night out?”, wouldn’t you ask more than “It isn’t due yet, is it?”

If the pleasant-looking person also standing at the desk then added, “no, I was wondering when they would be returned”, wouldn’t you at least turn towards said desk (if not actually make eye-contact with anyone) and say something like"Gosh, what a funny show" or “Almost done with volume one” or even, “Wow, what a coincidence”?

I'm confused
I'm venting.
I bet I know where you could get it.
I bet I do too.
et viola.

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