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8/11: Open Game Thread, Part 2

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I love Fister

Please continue this in further starts!

Fister will be back for another start thats for sure
This reminds me of Jak's two hitter
His control is much better than the 4 BBs look
Batista?

Why?

Who else?
Ichiro?
Not a pitcher
But he can pitch.

And wants to. And couldn’t be much worse.

Aaaaand he hurt himself after that bullpen session.
It's Morrow vs. Yankees part 2!
Did anyone else notice Fister strutting as he walked off the field?

It made every part of my body happy.

He's almost too tall for the dugout!
Looked more like a limp to me.
For sure, but you could sense it was a limp with purpose.
He went as deep in the game as he could.

Our bullpen needed it.

UMPIRE = WORST EVER
HEY UMP!

These guys need to be sent to Compton in November.

That's a nice time of year for homicide.
There's no way he can keep this up throughout multiple starts.

None whatsoever.

Let’s not get prematurely excited.

FISTER!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

You're totally harshing the Fister mellow, dog.
Someone has to.
No they don't.

We’re not dumb.

Speak for yourself.
Wasn't the one hit an infield one too?
I think South Side Sox had more fun with his name than we did
Oh my God.

You didn’t, Mike.

THATS A GROSS SIGN GUYS
Why does the girl delivering rally fries always have a mic?

Is it broadcast somewhere?

Rizzs' bedroom.
As far as I know, you can't hear the mic in the stadium, on tv, or on the radio.

So I have no idea what it’s for.

To communicate with Sims, I believe.
Ah, that might be it.
Yea but she gives it to the winners to speak? What's the point of that? So Sims knows their names?
Just wait until Garlic Fry DVD night.
I dunno if Sims or Blowers has ever called them by name.

Dang, I’m getting really curious about that mic.

"I want a Fister full of rally fries."

I thought this was a family ballpark?

Of course a person from Federal Way would make that sign.
Step into my Enchanted Forest.
I grew up in Federal Way.

I would make that sign.

Let's make some Wild Waves.
The first Fister related Rally Fry sign.

 Wow.

Wow, that guy made the one bad joke punning on Fister's name that doesn't involve unspeakable acts.
So is he just one of these AAAA guys?

There is no hope for him, never will amount to anything in the big leagues?

I can't believe THEY got the fries..
I can see Fister as a good reliever in the bigs someday

He has a lot to work with.

Sweeney is going to hit something hard into play.
Wearing Ed Hardy finally pays off!
Let's be fair, were they actually wearing such shirts?
I don't know for sure

But they both looked like they easily could have had a closet full.

Sweeny is old
That's bad.

Dead meme?

For old guys like him they need to offer a handicap... like golf

Maybe have him hit from the pitchers mound while the pitcher tosses from 2nd base. Then he and griffey could still hit it out regularly

Sweeney is hitting like an unlucky Beltre.
Unlucky Beltre

redundant.

Put him on the Angels and he has 20+ homers already

Wait, they’re winning again? I like how they’re all Hogwarts Graduates or something.

Adrian was faster yesterday.
Is it unusual that Hit Tracker doesn't have Branyan or Johjima's HRs from last night yet?
It sometimes takes a couple days, I think.
Have they landed yet?
They're still tracking Branyan's HR.
Now someone will get hit
Please Batista...

OMG

No chatspeak, please.
My bad (first day on LL)

There weren’t words to express my anguish.

What about "Oh my god"?
You'll get the hang of it.
Oh my God could have worked.
It's ok, he is going to try really hard tonight

cause if he fails, fister is gonna have a word with him

How so?

Batista has been in the big leagues for much longer and I doubt a rookie telling a veteran what to do would go over well.

OH GOD HE THREW A BALL
OH SHIT
GOD
I always believed in you
MOTHERFUCKER
With Yuni gone, Batista may be my most hated Mariner.
This is an interesting inner battle.
Old style knickers look sounds like something else
Does anybody remember that time Jeff said Fister wasn't any good?
He had four walks and four strikeouts and beaned a guy
He had for walks with an asshole behind the plate.
Adam Jones has at one point in his career had 4 walks, 4 strikesout and hit a guy with a line drive

Does that mean he sucks?

We are seven outs away from being seven over .500
Building up wins for the regression!
7 of our last 8 games of the month are home against Oakland and Kansas City
We always lose to the bad teams
We won 4 of last 6 games last year against two teams that were a combined 54.5 games better than us
Better lucky than good?
This is going to be awful
Supercuts isn't that expensive
Getting drunk with scissors is free
I FUCKING HATE YOUR PARENTS FOR MAKING YOU, MIGUEL.
Hasn't Batista cleared waivers yet?
Fuck you Batista.
Why the fuck are we using Batista? What is the rationale behind this bullshit?
We need a warm body.

His body is slightly warm.

Who else?
I was cool staying with Fister
And we're off!
Batista In, chance of success in jeopardy
Jeopardy? We just got a Whammy.
(Older person gameshow joke)
Everyone regardless of age has seen Press Your Luck
Nope.
You make me sad.
I make a lot of people sad

It’s the only thing I’m really good at.

"Thaaanks fer noticin' me"
Press Your Luck, that was a sweet show.
I WOULD RATHER SEE ABSOLUTELY ANYONE THAN MIGUEL BATISTA

Aside from Silva – MAYBE

Batista blowing this game would be annoying but not surprising.
Great

We are, how you say, fucked now.

Now he has his pants up high.

Everytime now it’s something different. Ego when you’re hopelessly bad and overpaid.

Will Batista ever NOT be overpaid?
Just don't put change in his cup on the sidewalk in two years.
We must be putting him in to get his confidence up

You do that in low impact situations right? Its a one run game. We usually win those… that makes it low pressure right?

Heheheheheheheh.
Holy fuck our shortstop isn't a fat fuck and can catch the ball
That was nice.
Hahaha! They hit it to Wilson!
FUCK YOU BATISTA
Groundballs!

I remember when we paid Miguel 18 million to do that.

I remember when we paid Julio Mateo $1 million to do it.
Yeah but Mateo fisted his wife or something.
I bet he wouldn't have gotten in as much trouble if this were the case
I remember that time his wife wouldn't do the dishes
JOEY CORA Spotting
If socks is what it takes

I’ll go with that…

If it made him not suck I'd be able to tolerate the beard
Socks aren't working.
When I remembered Fister was pitching today I almost cried.

I’d like to extend my apologies to the fistmeister. Hope he gets the W today, despite Batista “pitching”.

Remember when Miguel Batista won a whole SIXTEEN GAMES?!

As if anyone needed any further proof that wins are a meaningless stat…

He was good that year
He was my third favorite starter that year
5.16 tRA
Okay so he was average-ish and earned his contract.

Point is he wasn’t this fuck-all-terrible.

I know pitcher wins are stupid, but I really hope the M's hold onto this one for Fister.
It's so cute how you walk everyone and worry about your pants, Miguel
My god he is awful.
More walks, awesome.

Vintage stuff.

Passing the Rays in the Wild Card standings would be hilarious.
I like Jack

He makes me want to use announcer phrases like scrappy and gamer and squirelly

Whoooooooo!!!

Bavasi contracts are like STD’s: A gift that keeps on giving.

THROW STRIKES ASSCLOWN!
I love the way Batista throws the ball.

He tosses the ball towards the plate hoping it goes in for a strike.

I'm not so sure

he’s not intentionally trying to tank.

He's almost like a minor leaguer with decent stuff that he can't control.
Ramirez always looks happy, him and Mike Sweeney look like they would get a long nicely.
Kenji tried some RJ ninja skills
Ahead on the count for once -- then not
Bring in Lowe for a 4 out hold please
Ummm...strike?
Maybe not, Gameday says outside.
It was outside

But fuck Getz for not protecting the plate

Wak: GET THE FUCK OFF MY LAWN
Sims sounded pissed.
ANOTHER WALK!

SCREW YOU BATISTA!

I hate this son of a bitch so much.
Holy Fucking God.

Get him out of there.

Get him the fuck out.
So does Batista get more than a minor league deal next year by any team?
Dayton Moore, Reporting In!!!

His face looks photoshopped in. Bizarre.
THROW SOME STRIKES KNOBGOBBLER
3 BBs?

Get Lowe, Lowe, Lowe, Lowe, Lowe, Lowe,

This organization must be getting mighty tired of Batista.
I wouldn't be surprised to see him released soon.
Eh, they only have a month and a half left. Why not just wait and use him as a mop-up guy instead?
Because fuck him he's awful
Because there are better mopup guys out there and he is fucking terrible

And mostly he can’t throw strikes, which makes him a terrible mopup guy.

All mop-up guys are terrible. Which is why they're mop-up guys.
They're not all this disastrously bad and we have guys in Tacoma that are more interesting.
Also, if Batista is the mopup guy, what is Jak?
Messenger please
Cram in schlongwaffle
3.71 tRA
Tremendous Roofie Access?
To the windowwwsss, to the WALL
Miguel Batista is the destroyer of wins

He is too jealous to let someone bask in the glory of a win.

Wak should have bent Miguel Batista over on the mound and removed his trousers and fisted him with his fist
As opposed to his foot, which is so hot right now
You can't fist with your foot
That's why it's so hot right now
What every would prompt such as graphic comment?
Oh, now that is just a delicious image

Please, someone who is talented with photoshop get on it.

DON'T DO IT, SCRUFFY/VATINIUS
This is beautiful.
Shouldn't Fister be doing it though?
OK let's make this interesting

If the Mariners are within 30 games of .500 on May 15th next year I get to be a mod for the month of June. If not you get to fist me at the time and place of your choosing.

Wak does some dumb shit with the bullpen sometimes.
Good for Wak.

That was a contemptuous stroll out to the mound.

Okay so maybe he flirts with alot of girls and he shouldn't and there's no excuse for that but he does lots of good work and charity and he's done well this year and I'm going to explore all legal avenues if you don't stop mocking him
Hey sweet cheeks, did he just walk the bases loaded?
Excellent!
This was actually a serious question, stupid gameday wouldn't load fast enough

I was getting ancy waiting to see what the hell was happening

You should try getting antsy. Even worse.
Stop making fun of my lisp
Stop sounding all retardy.
Faced four, walked three.

Cool.

Someone's going to bail out Batista.

And his ERA will just go down.

(not so) SHINY ERA!!!
Saunders almost ended his career.
GUTI GUTI GUTI RUNNIN EVERYWHERE
Whooooo Defense!
THANK YOU, Lowe/Gucci
Just had a Yuni/Endy flashback
I just had a Guti colliding with the fucking wall flashback

And that was 50x worse for my heart than the Endy collision, even though I like Endy.

I love our defence so much.
I love watching this team when we're not hitting
Our offense has been good lately!
Whoever had the idea of reading Miguel his own poetry through the bullpen wall is a genius
OH MY GOD.

I now have a purpose.

I'm doing this
MIKE

WHY FORD

AND WHY NOW

See batista isn't bad. no runs scored. ERA lowered. trade value increased

He should be worth at least a box of otterpops

Maybe the generic kind
False.

Otterpops rock.

I have seen this before from another player
Well that wasn't cool
Godammit Russel
I love Branyan, but speed isn't really his thing.
,

http://www.fangraphs.com/teams.aspx?pos=all&lg=all&stats=bat&type=1&season=2009&month=8

One word: Nyjer
He is so amazing
I wanted him first.

>:(

Mariners are awesome at hitting!
Riggleman!
I wonder if anyone will ever dislike him
No

He only gets the lowest expectation jobs…..and exceeds expectations.

How is "spd" (I assume speed) calculated?
I believe it is some variation of this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_Score

I’ve never really taken it all that seriously, though.

Well based on ONLY the leader, it's 100% accurate.
About Wilson's Batting AVG

It should just be the whole year’s batting average from both leagues, correct (a.k.a. with the Pirates and Mariners)?

What is 'it'?
At Safeco, they sometimes show his average at around .233 and sometimes around .280. He's obviously better than .233.
Depends on what year the scoreboard operator thinks it is

Long ago league stats were kept separate, but now they’re not

You waaaant it alll but youuuu can't haaave it.
If you look at Cedeno's avg. he is now batting something like .360

looks like a heck of a pickup for those Bucs

Yes, I'm positive he'll keep this pace up as well
National League!
He homered again!
He hits sixth for them
I remember when friends were mocking me in May because Reed was putting up a good BA

And how we had clearly lost the Putz trade.

He's been on WebGems a few times too..
Johjima.

I’m sick of you.

I really hope we see Adam Moore next year.
We will
VICTOR MARTINEZ DAMMIT
NO WE'RE GETTING MAUER IN 2011
It's going to take that long to ride here in his Rascal.
RobJob or Adam Moore?
I hope Rob Johnson falls down a well somewhere and is never found.
You know Lassie would find him so quick.

Just our luck.

You just KNOW this would happen.

That's where my mind went as soon as I posted.

The Japanese version though.

American version takes place in Seattle/Western Washington.
I never actually saw it.

But I see now why you chose it.

And is far superior.
Bahahahahahahahaha what the fuck no
Everything American is better.

Duh. They fuckin speak in English.

Sorry, spare me your "oh it's the original one and it's Japanese so it's MUST be better!"

All that psychic bullshit from the original is a bunch of laughable horseshit that completely undermines the horror factor of the film. It’s probably a cultural thing — unexplained psychic phenomena being more plausible to them than us — but still.

To be fair, it's only my opinion.

The above post came off harsh.

I've found that most Japanese cinema is not worth half the hype they receive.
I would argue the complete opposite.
I guess I've only seen the horror movies that have been sent to theaters here or have been remade.

The Ring, those movies about the dead girl that crawls, Suicide Club… none of those did anything for me.

A magnificent .gif for the draft day thread, though
Ha. True dat.
That's a really, really tiny percentage of Japanese cinema.

Like really tiny.

No, katal's right.

A lot of Japanese cinema is pure unadulterated trash only kept afloat by Japanese-obsessed Americans who assume because it’s disorientingly weird that it must be good. Not saying you’re like that.

Don’t get me wrong, Kurosawa is god. But Japanese horror? Not so much.

Just because you don't get and/or like something doesn't mean other people's reasons for doing so are somehow impure and/or lacking.

This whole projecting-motivations-on-matters-of-taste thing is unbearably pretentious.

Yeah, I agree with you. My bad.

But, off-topic.

Well said, acblue.
You probably aren't self aware how much of a dick you're coming off as.
Yeah, this subthread needed to be re-hashed. Leave it alone.
Miyazaki deserves all and more.
I completely agree.
Eh... Howl's Moving Castle was somewhat of a letdown

but the vast majority of his work is excellent.

His stuff blows the shit out of Disney/Pixar.

100%

Isn't Mayazaki part of Pixar though?

Or at least John Lasseter and the American distribution?

He's a consultant.
As far as storytelling goes Pixar is right on par with Ghibli.
Yeah I don't know about this... I love a lot of pixar films but none of them hold a candle to my favorite Ghibli stuff.
Yes thank you for assuming that I am a a pretentious dickhole.

I can see how you would make such a mistake.

That's why I backed up on my earlier statement.
I cannot agree with this.
Moore is 4-for-4 tonight with the Rainiers.
Kenny Chesney doesn't make me want a Corona
Wilson got to that ball.
These double plays are just fantastic
I love Jack Wilson.
I LOVE FAST BASEBALL GAMES
I like games where lots of pitches are taken, many runs are scored, and many dingers are hit
Is that you Average Joe American?
EXACCCCCTLY WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED!
Our beautiful DPs!
These guys sure turn the DP fast.
Whooop Scrappy jack is awesome
Mark Lowe has thrown 2 pitches this inning.
I think Dye is feeling Rios breathing down his neck.
Rios will probably play center
Thus ends our chance at having one of the most retarded one-hitters ever.
Holy shit we had a one-hitter
We're still in the running

for the Most Retarded 2 hitter ever.

Let's do this thing.
Two outs on one play is a good deal
So many DP's.
At opportune times
So much fisting, too. What a night
Lowe is quickly becoming my favorite reliever
It would make sense to hit thome

then when they retaliate by hitting 2 of our guys we have runners in scoring position

WILD CARRRRRRRRRRDDDD
Yeah, so Mark Lowe is dominant again.
I LOVE MARK LOWE WHEN HE IS GOOD
I bet Mark Lowe is so sleazy
HE GONE!
Tony Reali?
And no, Hawk Harrelson

Pure Evil

No. Tony Reali is cool, while Hawk Harrelson is the most annoying man on the planet
Mark Lowe

4 Outs
10 Pitches

Nice.

Miguel Batista

2 Outs
19 Pitches

Go away.

Woooo get your K's at Lowes
I like this for some reason.
2 hitter is alive!
Be nice to get a cushion
So do the peripherals match up with what my eyes see? That Mark Lowe

has gotten really good the last month or two?

It would appear so, yes
How long until we get a mechanical explanation?
He's pouting his lips out a tad more before every pitch.
5 years from now...

I will turn to someone (possibly a random stranger) and say “Remember when the M’s shut out the White Sox with Doug Fister? Hilarious.”

Tit's book

is going for $0.01 on Amazon

Jeff apparently likes to waste money
It would go for more if he actually titled it

“Tits Book”

This would be a most decieving title
Like that time Bart, Nelson and Milhouse paid good money to see "The Naked Lunch"
I can think of two things wrong with that title.
What's up with the debate going on in the comments section of the English version?

So much drama!

It couldn't be that woman again, could it...
I wonder how many times Robert will link back to J/M/G comments re: Mark Lowe
I have always said that he has the stuff to be better
Holy fuck! Fister is Guy Pearce!

Memento photoshop now.
I don't think glitter heels

Go with that jersey.

Holy fuck! I look like Guy Pierce now?
The Condor?
Something about how he flew up and stole a homer

or hit his walkoff and flapped his arms around the bases or something

It was Lee Tinsley's notion
"The Condor"?
Holy shit if we hold on we're only a game behind the Rays.

How the fuck?

IMAGINE IF WE HAD TRADED FOR ZOBRIST
HE SHOWED THE HOME RUN PART OF HIS GAME GOD DAMMIT
These White Sox seem to like getting out.

I’m glad we can do that for them.

If you watch on WGN you get to see the game unfold a second sooner
So John Danks has sorta been owning us.
But we're beating him!

Guy is in line for a LOSS!

The White Sox broadcast has a segment called "Moving Forward"

Featured tonight: Junior.

I hear the train
GOOD NEWS!

You’re not deaf!

Right ear's not so good
BAD NEWS.

Tumor!

Danks domination. Wow.
Aardsma in! Game terrifying!
This is accurate.
Danks was absolutely dominant tonight.
Who wants an Ervin fastball update?
Hey Texas Rangers

“Danks” for trading John! I’d hate to see him three-four times a season.

Earlier in the season against us

4 IP, 8 H, 5 ER.

Did that graphic just say "The Green Lantern?"
HOLY SHIT - no kidding?
Well that scared the shit out of me
Jesus Christ DA
YES YES YES YES YES YES
HOW MANY TIMES CAN IT HAPPEN
Thank fucking goddddddd

Guti Guti Gutiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!

And there's the deep flyout.
Control over keeping the ball in the park!!!!
"DAT GUMMIT"

-Hawk

Long fly balls wooo
There's parks that won't hold all his long outs, crap
I want to hear Hawk's bitter disappointment

Is he on the WGN tv feed?

Yes
Now I don't want to risk it

the Sox still have some fight in them and I might be subject to hearing Hawk call them taking the lead.

Take the risk.

This way he’ll build his hopes up before his crushing defeat!

Sorry.

I was wrong.

Shiz
This sets up the Wilson DP.

Please?

Oh fuck no.

Carlos Quentin.

Nothing like keeping it interesting, jeez.
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Stop doing Pierzynski favors!!!!

Shit.

So many walks.

Walking Pierzynski is a unique strategy
DP DP DP DP DP
This could be bad.
Probably a guti beltre doubleplay\
Carlos = the one guy who scares me in Chicago's lineup
So I feel really awful about this.
A non-fastball might be a good idea
Paint the corner

upside his head

Phew!

That was better than I expected.

This is not cool.
Aarrrrrrrgh!

I see a repeat of July 8th coming.

OHFUCKOHFUCKOHFUCK
This won't end well.
Well this is a precarious situation
I bet they wish they still had Griffey
They wouldn't have had to eat Rios' contract
I like how Kenji's glove was positioned right down the middle.
Happy Ramirez... DP
Thank God they dumped Uribe

This is existentially terrifying.
Just getting the tough guys out of the way

now it should be easy sailing

So I feel we may be doomed.
Doom on you for dooming
Whatever, it was fated to happen.

I just picked up on the vibes.

No Kotsay please.
Alexi and Sam Cassel are from the same alien planet
Chris Bosh is a dinosaur.
Jason Blake is also from that planet.

Fuck.

Was that Chris Shelton?
Unfuckingbelievable
I don't find that hard to believe at all.
Well fuck me.
POP GOES THE MOTHERFUCKING WEASEL
FUCKITYFUCKFUCKFUCK
FUCK

In play, runs

Wow, epic fail.
Well, that finally happened.
I hate this so much.
FUCK ME FOR TUNING INTO WGN FOR THAT

AND FUCK YOU DAVID

You could see that coming...sort of.
I can only imagine the stroke Harleson is having

WHY GIVE HIM THE PLEASURE? WHY?!

Maybe it will kill him.
If it kills him it's more than worth it.
KILL HIM WITH GLEE
I'd prefer fire
YYYYYYYEEEESSSS YEEEEEEESSSSSS YEEEEEEESSSSSS YEEEEEEESSSSSS YEEEEEEESSSSSS YEEEEEEESSSSSS
He could not have done more to ruin that moment.

I mean really, it wasn’t him that tossed a perfect game.

I think he was looking fastball
I was afeared of that.
One of the biggest disappointments of my life.

Bottom 9 better be damn good.

Danks will pitch and we will cry.
Saunders flew up the wall though

That is why he is the condor

He is really fucking tall.
I think we had that coming.
Oh maybe
I thought I'd be more mad. But I'm kind of like, 'a-yup.'
We only need two
You know, Hawk is bad enough as it is

But for the nasty white sox to score 3 in the 9th against US?! It makes me feel like I’ve just been raped by an old man.

They won a World Series!
DA has no control tonight. He's not even coming close to Kenji's glove.
Five games over .500!
Get this hack out of there
Mark Lowe for closer!
Oh and the Red Sox win.
Aardsma

Fuck you. I hope you get traded to the Mets.

Why the mets?
Really?
Sorry, I forgot for a second.
A good history with trading them closers
Curse of the JJ-pie
They take all the bad closers.
Because screw Aardsma.
I believe it was a reference to a rather famous trade in which we traded our then closer to the Mets.
He loses the case!
Like Atticus Finch?
And the M's get the lethal injection
Held for contempt.
Pitching fraud
Walking Pierczynski was a very bad sign
Yes Dave, he certainly lost this case.
Playoffs?
I guarantee we come back in the ninth
So much for that.
worked on Friday
We're only going to be 15 in front of the Royals
Well, sorry, kid.
At least Danks isn't pitching the 9th?


Isn't that Jenks that is the closer?
This is why I always feel nervous as hell whenever Aardsma is closing a game.
Now it is 100% out of his system!
I knew that regression was coming!
I got home from work in time to catch the end of the game...

and all I got to see was DA channel his inner Batista. Awesome.

WPA on Ramirez's Homer is

.628 according to Fangraphs.

Aardsma still does not make me nervous
I'm pretty sure we just missed Sims singing
IS THAT WHAT IT WAS?
Swing Low Sweet Chariot
What?

Did anyone hear that really weird noise for a second when the feed went from commercials back to FSN just now?

Dave Sims singing?
The difference between us and the Angels

Last night when Bartlett hit the deep shot to deep left and it would’ve been gone, but it was caught right at the wall. Yup.

You mean like Konerko's fly out?
In the 9th with the game on the line

I should have clarified.

The game was on the line for the fly ball that was caught too
Just let me be upset!

Jerk!

That may be Fister's only opportunity to ever get a ML win
Oh yeah we're not hitting yet
Catch the fucking ball your greasespot
I kind of really hate Jose Lopez.
Kelly in

Game o-bleak.

Kelley

I’m a jackass with spelling tonight.

"There isn't a man on third Pods!"
"Ichiro would've been on third Pods!"
Oh, is that what he said?
I think he said both.
Branyan funk blast to tie or win the game?
He's up next and we're two down.
I thought it was Lopez
My bad.

Still unlikely though.

Well fuck, they aren't going to hit shit off of Jenks.

This is gay.

They should try and distract him with pie.
It probably worked well for Rick White.
I think Rick White

Was constantly distracted by pie.

Jenks has to be too

people just haven’t tried

Jay-sus CHRIST!

It’s like someone put a bunch of sausage in a t-shirt!

Not hitting shit is gay?
Depends what context you are looking at it.
I would think it would be the other way around
This is true, it's all in the context
I finally realized why Ramirez looks familiar.

He looks like a Kenyan miler.

PH Langerhans for Sweeney!
Or Griffey!
Crazy enough to work!
I know we're not going to win the wild card, but losing still sucks.

That’s one problem with your team being decent all year. A year ago this wouldn’t have phased me at all – it may have inspired glee, if anything.

I was hoping that I could be hoping for a sweep tomorrow.
Since I am going to the game tomorrow.
We had to get back within 4.5

Just so we could have our hopes crushed again. At least that’s over now.

Losing inspires glee with you? Well good news

Haven't scored a goal in three games!

Four if you count the friendly!

NO!!!

Losing only inspires glee when Strasburg is potentially waiting at the end of the rainbow. The Sounders’ losing ways when they’re away from Qwest must stop NOW.

Thank god we won the bid for the cup final even though we submitted an inferior bid than DC
I hate that we're going to lose to DC in three weeks.
Why am I not surprised that the M's lose when everyone makes a big deal about the WC.
Ryan Frankin's facial hair is somehow more surprising
Oh ok that's only a strike for the White Sox
Fucking swing you fat useless piece of shit.
WHY THE FUCK IS MIKE SWEENEY BATTING?
Because this game is done.
Jenks looks like a giant leprechan
DA looks like he doesn't get much sleep.
Look how hard Sweeney runs through first
*Blasts Toca's Miracle*

We need one right now

I enjoy Felix giving D.A. the death stare
Jenks looks a fatter James Hetfield.
I can't believe we're losing
Season over for about the 40th time

The Angels are going to lose 14 games the rest of the season, tops.

I'm pretty sure everyone has given up all hope when it comes to the division
Fail you fat hunk of pig fat
at least we have a good shot at winning tomorrow

We kill teams in the rubber game

Yes!

Still aliv!

Fuck you, Mariners.

False hope indeed!

AND HERE COME THE MARINERS!
Tying run to the plate!
I NEED A GOOD MASTERBATION

DO IT, MUSCLE

BRANYAN FUNK PLEASE!!!
Russell gets to hit
Here we go now.
Wow. Russell Branyan as the tying run. I have to figure that at least brings our chances up at least half a percent or so
And this....is my BOOOMSTICK
Beckham's reaction sucks.
He's been playing third for like ten minutes.
If Sex cannon goes deep here Jeff can fist Poochie
Does Poochie know this?
Yes
You lucked out today, looks like...
OK but I'm not playing for the plane tickets
And by here I mean the rest of the season
well this is certainly better than his walkup music from Saturday
Swing really hard, Branyan.
Everyone put towels over your heads.
Fuck over Hawk again Branyan

PUT IT ON THE BOARD FOR US, FUCK YOU HAWK!

Jenks sticks his butt out a lot
Has he been talking to Adair?
Muscle vs. hard throwing righty

Giggity

This game is gonna end with Griffey.
...standing on deck.
Trade Aardsma in November please, Jack.
That's just silly.

He’s still been excellent and he’s still dirt cheap.

That means we can get a better haul than we would otherwise.

I’m just venting.

Though a closer who throws a second pitch would be nice.
Ends with a loss.
Well fuck.
Well that isn't fun
Cunt bucket cock fucking dick fisting ass licking bullshit
Shutup Hawk.
What a load of shit this game was

I fucking hate the White Sox. FUCKING HATE THEM!

What an arse of a game to lose :(
The M's outhit the Sox, right?
Yes they did.
Yup, 8-5
Thought so.

I lost count towards the end, there.

Two outs? So what!
That was painful.
AJ PIERZYNSKI I HATE YOU SO MUCH!!!!
Well fuck.

10 minutes ago I was having a good day.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Poor DA, I feel for him.

Regression is a bitch
I feel more for Fister
I agree completely.

He may not have pitched a gem, but did well enough to earn the win. DA just pitched like an asshole.

Two outs, now what?
Fuckedy fuck fuck.
Aardsma just needs to bear down and keep his hard hit deep flyballs in the park.
I hate Alexi "Horse Face" Ramirez. Go break your leg, loser.
I love him for being different
He loves you back.

I don't get how he has 13 homers.

The guy weighs 185 pounds.

He's like Alfonso Soriano back when Alfonso Soriano played the infield.
Quick Wrists
His legs are like twigs!
Like I said.

I hope he gets deported back to Cuba. >:(
Can't.

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/cuban_colada/2008/03/no-change-in-ma.html

If they "find" a pre-existing crime that he committed in Cuba they will!

Crosses fingers

And stupid ballpark!
I love you, Coach.
He looks more like an alien than a horse
At least Branyan gave some hope there at the end as the tying run.

Sure wish Griffey had got a chance though.

It's was only hope

If there was a fence in the sky

Yes, I understand, I meant just having the Muscle step into the box as the tying run.
I hope Shawn Kemp jumps Hawk Harleson tonight

Along with Fraiser and Tom Hanks and that bald dude from Almost Live.

John Keister?
Not his real name
Yes it is...well, at least it's his legal name.
Well, I guess he's insane then
Would you deliberately choose that for a name?
Fraiser jumping Hawk Harrelson would be interesting.
Niles jumping Hawk would be hilarious
That seems like it would more likely be out of passion than anger, though.
Frasier is awesome
Defeat :(

Is that Howard Lederer?
No this is not Howard Lederer

Howard Lederer was fat

The similarities, though:

Holy crap it's him! Good call
Kevin Dillon?
Johnny Drama but yes
I'm sticking with Lederer!

There is no way you can convince me otherwise!

Howard Lederer doesn't make any sense with the caption
A reference to my favorite poker player?

Makes perfect sense for me!

Sweet, now I can watch baseball! Koshien is on tv
Sad to waste a great start by Fister (and some nice game calling by Johjima. Eat dirt Rob).
.

Photobucket

Omigod this is awesome!

Where does it come from? Wow.

It's the fabulously named Izzy Alcantara, right?
Here's the whole thing, quality sucks.

Pitcher throws his mitt, don’t think I’ve seen that before either. Link.

He just wants to umpire.

I love this pic also. Was a terrible loss, but some great pics.
Jesus, that Wakamatsu commercial is horrible.
RedSox.com has "jacks off" in its headline
Man up Mariners.com. Use "Feltch" in yours.
Heh. heh heh.
Someone must've Googled "Fister gif"
About five billion times. Oh, you're talking about baseball?
I find the pair of photos for tomorrow's starting pitchers on that page to be oddly twin-like.
Oh, that Larry Stone

“Game thread, Aug. 11, Mariners vs. White Sox, Fister of Fury edition”

Could be worse.

It could have been Blaine Newnham likening the game to a scrappy effort by a young paraplegic child who almost excelled at pole vault. Heartwarming.

I vaulted (poorly) in high school and was once bested by a girl with only one leg.
Was her name Peggy, by chance?
No it was Hopalong Cassidy dipshit
No classic movies,

You know this argument always drops to who saw Goonies first. Some day you’ll get laid.

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