Lookout Landing

The Rays would like to politefully submit their rebuttal.

Joynerd Gonzalez

Kenneth Arthur - October 12, 2010 reply

Pretty good, but probably pronounced "Hoy-nerd", right?

Lanky - October 12, 2010 reply

I hope Andrew Laughter never smiles.

Because irony is funny.

It pains me but I have to root against Cliff Lee.

No I would not feel good about the Rangers' chances of winning if Ron Washington was playing

I don’t care how fired up he is.

If history has taught us anything, post-cocaine Rangers are MVP caliber.

abender20 - October 12, 2010 reply

How many tattoos does Wash have?

abender20 - October 12, 2010 reply

I love this photo of Cliff Lee

It looks like someone has just said to him

“Cliff, do you realise that you still have a Mariners hat on?”

And this look is his reply

pakipaki - October 12, 2010 reply

Fuck.

Heads-up play from Andrus.

Well Texas, this game is what you traded Cliff Lee for.

Well that was weird.

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYSSSSSSSSSS????????????????????????

NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.

joof - October 12, 2010 reply

YYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS

ChelseaMariner - October 12, 2010 reply

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Bengie should really lose some weight...

Or maybe it just lets him confuse catchers...

I look foolish now

Less cowbell

They had an urban cowboy trip

?

When are the masses going to realize that Kid Rock is fucking terrible

sanford_and_son - October 12, 2010 reply

I thought they already did.

I haven’t really heard anything about him in the past 4 years or so…
Am I just lucky?

nemo1 - October 12, 2010 reply

He pops up every now and then and it's always hilarious.

The best was his National Guard theme song that used to play before movie previews a couple years ago. Holy shit.

He was all over the place last year with

~~that cover of Werewolves of London~~ All Summer Long.

TBS is using one of his songs as their theme for the postseason.

He's like AC/DC to me.

Ear candy. No substance, but okay in the right situation.

Thingray - October 12, 2010 reply

How can something be deemed "ear candy, and also described as having "no substance."

Ear Candy = Radiohead’s Ok Computer
= Zeppelin’s IV
= Arcade Fire’s Funeral
= Sonic Youth’s Daydream Nation

.

Here we go now.

Wow, terrible throw.

Woo!

sanford_and_son - October 12, 2010 reply

Well that was some kind of throw.

A bad one.

joof - October 12, 2010 reply

Good lordy!

Cliff Lee: Damage Limiter

Fucking hell, Tampa.

Fuck

ChelseaMariner - October 12, 2010 reply

Holy crap that was a terrible throw.

So Nelson Cruz tries to make up for being lazy and scores because of it

"Stupid" is probably more accurate than lazy

Dammit Shoppach.

Fuck you, fuck your cokehead manager and fuck your stupid antlers

I was just gonna call Cruz a retard

But he decided to turn that into a homer himself

Kudos to Cruz for making up for his cocky homerun walk.

A good throw and he's out.

True

Coulda, shoulda, woulda

He lucked out

Better be lucky than good

Better rich than stupid

Why would you steal third with two outs?

No guts no glory

Ah yes, of course.

Boooo Texas but still love you, Cliff.

Great stat from Dan Schulman; “7 times in the history of baseball a pitcher has gone more than 7 innings, struck out at least 10, and walked no one in a playoff game. Cliff 3 has 3 of those 7.”

Make that four of eight times. Wow.

ICANHIT - October 12, 2010 reply

I can't decide if Bobby Valentine sounds like Joe Mantegna, Ray Romano, or Kermit the Frog.

But I like him.

Is he Fat Tony?

Also a good one.

And Google tells me Fat Tony is voiced by Joe Mantegna, so yes.

That was the joke

Let me just facepalm myself.

He's definitely a Romano

Lets go Zobrist!

joof - October 12, 2010 reply

Cliff Lee is so good I will just die if he's a Yankee, Ranger, Angel or Philly next year.

Or Red Sock.

Well then I hope you have life insurance

WHAT THE FUCK RAYS

AGAIN?

Well crap. How does Guerrero beat a play at the plate?

Oh my good god

ChelseaMariner - October 12, 2010 reply

I am rooting for the Rangers...

And even I think both of those calls looked bad…

The Rays are complete clownshoes in this game.

If Price had his foot on the bag Kinsler was out.

Can’t tell if it was or not from that angle though.

Me neither

Vladdy definitely could’ve been safe, though. Hard to tell.

The Rays are boned.

David Price is a fucking moron

OceanBird - October 12, 2010 reply

So was that really a steal of home for the first run?

I could only sort of hear it in the car, driving the Aged P to dinner…

No, Andrus just didn't stop at third.

And the Rays decided to not pay attention.

ok, thanks.

No, scored from second on a groundout because the Rays are dumbasses.

Cliff Lee keeps hitters guessing?

what a novelty!!!

Cliff Lee is in Cliff f'ing Lee mode

And please always use the picture of him wearing the Ms cap. I want to remember the good old days.

Jeff doesn't have a choice in the matter of which cap to use.

Good!

As soon as Upton stole 2nd, he just went into lockdown mode.

Amazing.

CRIFF REE

CONFRICTING FEERINGS

EXACTRY :(

They'll probably give the Cy Young to Lee just to make Seattle feel worse.

Fuck you Cliff Lee

So you are still siding against the Rangers.

Yes

Was that Bret Boone in the crowd?

Hmmm... that made me curious about what he was up to...

So I wiki’d and got this.

On March 9, 2010, he was named manager of the Victoria Seals of the Golden Baseball League. On May 27, 2010, the Seals announced Boone was leaving the team permanently to deal with “family matters”.

He makes me sad.

Doesn’t seem to be enjoying his post baseball life much, like he’s lost. The picture of him sobbing at his locker is burned in my brain. :(

That was really hard to watch, as bad as he was playing.

And then there were the issues of the following years, like him calling into the local radio shows obviously drunk. He got straightened out, from what I remember reading a while back, but he went from the top of the world to unemployed in pretty short order there/ I can’t say that there’s anyone I can think of that would have handled something like that well.

Its too bad that AA outlawed steroids too.

C'mon get a fucking clue you stupid Rays!!

Rangers and Yankees in the ALCS would be terrible since I hate both teams. Yankees are Yankees and I don’t like the Rangers’ lax attitude toward cocaine.

I hate these two teams so much I would even prefer the Red Sox over them.

NeighborTom2 - October 12, 2010 reply

I can't believe your go-to reason for disliking the Rangers is their policy on cocaine.

Agreed...

It’s a good thing he wasn’t a baseball fan in the late 70’s and early 80’s… he would have to hate every team!

My rooting interest shift to good baseball in the NL for the rest of the week.

It’s really hard for me to decide whether I want the Rangers to take longer to get the WS or if I want to see the Yankees out of it so I don’t have to deal with that bullshit everywhere I go for the next few weeks. I’m tempted to go with the Yankees just to see them get steamrolled by the Phillies.

What??

I hope someone gif-ed that shot of Smiling Cliff Lee sprinting off the field after the 7th

I think you imagined it

The Rangers don’t make him smile.

He was smiling because he was fantasizing about playing for Seattle in the playoffs instead.

That phone number on the advertising backboard is highly appropriate.

Rays gonna win it in the ninth

I was just about to post the same thing.

Do it, Rays!

katal - October 12, 2010 reply

Game Over.

Well fuck.

Wow. Rafael Soriano just got shanked

Well, that about does it.

Good job Tampa Bay, you allowed the Rangers to win a playoff series.

I didn’t dislike you really before, but this, combined with your embarrassing fan support, makes you a joke.

.

w00tah - October 12, 2010 reply

so awesome

I feel like flagging this out of frustration.

But I won’t.

Ex-Mariner Rafael Soriano!

Can't wait to see Boras explain that away.

katal - October 12, 2010 reply

This is one series where I don't mind who wins!

One thing I really don't like about the Rangers is they can't decide whether their team color is blue or red

Well then, as far the ALCS is concerned, let's go Yankees!

Fuck the Yankees

Anyone BUT the yankees…

I can't root for the Rangers to go to the WS.

I can, totally.

Lee vs Halladay? come on, who doesn’t want to see that?

We'll get to see Lincecum/Halladay, good enough.

Oh yeah. That would be cool.

Yeah, except for the whole they're our division rival thing.

Division rival? Really?

We were 30 games out of it, next season is another season, and I am rooting for Cliff Lee, because he is awesome, and I am still in love with him even though he is no longer a Mariner.

Part of the reason why we were 30 games out of it was because the Rangers were 30 games better than us.

Just wait till the Phillies play the Yankees in the World Series next year!

Ugh.

I hate doing it, but yeah, go Yankees.

Wilder. - October 12, 2010 reply

This is like Red Sox/Angels last year :(

Agreed!

That Conan ad was funny the first time, not funny the 2nd time.

Unfortunately, unless it's the superbowl,

Ads are made and paid for to run more than once…

I read somewhere that the Rangers have their own entire minor league

Fett42 - October 12, 2010 via mobile reply

ALRIGHT HERE WE GO RAYS

BJ to the rescue

Swinging at the first pitch.

Lazy fuck.

If he was lazy, wouldn't he just not swing at all?

Thanks for showing up today, Tampa.

I just won 5 dollars!!!!!

Hey this was the most money I’ve put on a game.

LeftArrow2 - October 12, 2010 reply

Well I hope Justin Smoak was worth this to you Texas.

Because the Yankees are going to destroy you.

ghostofErikThompson - October 12, 2010 reply

He was...

Thanks!

ghostofErikThompson - October 12, 2010 reply

We all win!

I can't wait until I need a passport to visit your state.

I’m hoping Turkey invades you.

But truly, thanks for the Smoak!

kevin_ess - October 13, 2010 reply

And they're going to name your home Chicken. Because it's a bit smaller.

kevin_ess - October 13, 2010 reply

But I live in California...

(unless that is what you meant)

ghostofErikThompson - October 13, 2010 reply

Now the Rangers will go into bankruptcy a second time to resign Cliff.

Was it back or the heat that got to Lee in Texas?

I don’t think it was both.

LeftArrow2 - October 12, 2010 reply

Cliff Lee helps the Rangers make history.

We need to find more playoff pieces to sell the Rangers so we can raid their farm system.

We have’em right where we want’em.

Next year - Rob Johnson for Martin Perez and a possible criminal

I can't find my 1996 Yankees World Series Champions tee shirt but I could I assure you that I would be wearing it right now.

So, uh, Rangers or Yankees?

Yankees

Yankees, 4-2

With Lee getting both wins

Lee is pitching game three, which means he would likely pitch game six.

Him winning game six would negate a 4-2 Yankees series win.

Wilder. - October 12, 2010 reply

If they again refuse to pitch Lee on short rest again though, he would pitch 3 and 7.

Which also negates that particular scenario, but worth noting.

If I'm being realistic about it....

I see another Yankees-Phillies series in which the Yankees get mercilessly outpitched. That’s kind of what I’m hoping for at this point. I don’t want the Rangers in, and I have a hard time seeing the Giants pull ahead of the Phillies even though I would like them to.

Cliff Lee smiling in a Texas uniform

TWownsU - October 12, 2010 reply

Playoffs!

The Tampa Ray fans do not deserve another playoff appearance ever again with their embarrassing showing this season.

Pathetic.

But then we are stuck with the Red Sox and Yankees

At least their fans, no matter how a aggravating they are, show up to support their team.

Toronto's getting better

(though I realize this has been said before. But they’ve won the WS twice.)

In the early 90's when the Red Sox and Yankees were both generally terrible?

Well, yeah

Let's go Baltimore!

Agreed!

Mass exodus one out from the end.

I don’t care the score. Unacceptable.

Yep, you never leave a playoff game when it is still going. Ever.

Agreed!

I'm perfectly happy with them eliminating the Yankees or Red Sox every year

And then losing in the first round.

Every. year.

Forever.

Stupid shitty Mariners offense.

Wasting Felix and Lee.

w00tah - October 12, 2010 reply

Yay!

Game 1 – SF @ PHI Saturday, October 16 FOX 7:30 PM ET

I was sure I was going to get done out of watching that one!

The Giants are the only remotely likeable team left in the playoffs.

I like the Philly starters

Halladay is awesome.

Still love Moyer (who won’t play), and would love to see Sweeney get a title if he actually contributes something.

On the Rangers, I love Cliff Lee, and Elvis Andrus is fucking awesome.

On the Yankees…err…Mariano Rivera is still pretty cool, I guess.

Ahem-Sweenhugs contributed already-first ever playoff hit for him the other night.

A good bit of this goin down as well.

and some people don't even like linececum

mostly old people

boyonthedock - October 12, 2010 reply

But the sentiment that he needs a fucking haircut holds regardless of age.

Indubitably.

God, thats a pretty douchey word.

You can pull it off if you're wearing a smoking jacket and have a pipe in your hand.

My monocle is in the washer.

You can still act like you're reading your well used copy of War and Peace.

How in the hell did she swallow it??

I feel like you should have a rimshot attached to all your posts.

I assume this is a bad thing.

Nah, you keep it fun.

Sir, I cannot begin to fathom what goes through the minds of common folk.

They're my hands-down choice, and always are my NL team...

But damn, Cliff is fun to watch. Easy choice to root for the Rangers vs the Yankees. Anyone over the Yankees. Anyone.

Rachmaninoff - October 12, 2010 reply

.

>:(

At this point, I'm on the "anyone but NY" bandwagon.

If Texas makes it to the World Series, I’ll root for the National League, but I just can’t prefer NY making it to the Series for ~8th time in my lifetime. If the Mariner’s don’t win the World Series, I don’t want anyone to. But since that won’t happen, let some fanbase like SF get put out of their misery.

quacker27 - October 12, 2010 reply

Fuck the AL side of the playoffs.

What a clusterfuck.