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10/16: Open LCS Games Thread


Phil Hughes

#65 / Pitcher / New York Yankees

6-5

240

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R

Jun 24, 1986



Colby Lewis

#48 / Pitcher / Texas Rangers

6-4

230

R

R

Aug 02, 1979



Tim Lincecum

#55 / Pitcher / San Francisco Giants

5-11

170

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R

Jun 15, 1984



Roy Halladay

#34 / Pitcher / Philadelphia Phillies

6-6

230

R

R

May 14, 1977


Not gonna lie - I'm more excited for this night game than I've been for a Mariners game in, what, years?

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The Claw and Antler thing is the stupid thing ever.
I liked that it went up against the Cowbelling Rays
My hands are shaking just from thinking about tonight's matchup...

Ho-ly SHIT!

Meanwhile, that game hardly anyone cares about is already on.

I’m sure last night’s game was thrilling, but the outcome left me irritated and I didn’t even want the Rangers to win.

Josh Hamilton fouled a ball off of his face
You know a way to stop nosebleeds is to shove cocaine up there.
Well that was pretty stupid Posada.
Is there a free radio stream of the game?
Well, I'm pretty sure it's on ESPN radio.

But for some reason I am getting horrible reception on that station today…
I’m not sure about an online stream. But here’s Gameday.

I wish I could enjoy this more.
I've got a bad case of indifference.
I hate both of these teams and their fans so much.
Ditto.

Screw the American League.

It's like rooting for Genghis Khan over Hitler.
So what inning will the Rangers blow this lead? 6th? 7th?
Who cares.

What inning will a run be scored in the Phillies/Giants game, is the more interesting question. I’m gonna say the tenth inning, after Lincecum and Halladay both pitch nine inning one hitters. In an effort to protect their arms, they will be taken out of the game and replaced by relievers, who will immediately give up 3 or 4 runs.

The Yankees have the Rangers riiiiight where they want them.....
I'm a bandwagon Rangers fan because of Lee

But if the Rangers manage to lose this game I’m gonna lose my mind.

Aww man, Joe Morgan on the radio

At least this means he won’t be on for the evening game.

And he has been chock full of Joe wisdom.
He doesn't broadcast, he's giving a baseball clinic.

Worst kind of color commenting

a BAD baseball clinic, amirite?
Most of the patients seem to be dying.

he should be sued for malpractice.

"This ballpark shoots balls in the gap... balls spray in every direction"

Que?

SOMEBODY GET A CRASHCART WE'RE LOSING THIS ONE
*bwoop* *bwoop* *bwoop* *bwoop* *bwoop*
He's a solid wall of noise and it's all stupid
Oh god Morgan, don't let a home run interrupt your inane babbling
I'm just going to put all this in a flag and spare the GT

My apologies everyone

Are they still playing baseball? They've stopped talking about this game

Oh god. I’m dying. Yes. I am dead. My goddamn cat is now homeless.

The pitcher has to throw strikes! Thank you Joe!

Maybe they should throw some motherfucking curve balls, eh Joe?

I have learned there is no such thing as a fast runner or a slow runner.

According to Joe Wisdom you either: run well or don’t run well.

So, did Olerud run well or not?
Jon Olerud does not run well. He reminded of the Storm Troopers in the original Star Wars movies.
Hmmm...

A friend of mine looks like her knees are going to knock together when she’s sprinting. Does that mean she doesn’t run well?

Ian Kinsler also resembles a LOLcat.

Or at least his gameday photo does.

I have just LOVED watching Swisher run around like a bumbling idiot today.

And strikeout, too!

Can we just call this one good, and go start the NLCS game now?
Seriously, this game started 2 hours ago and the 6th inning is just starting.
Oh, noes! Love the nervous cheering of the crowd..
One my favorite Indian snacks. Papada..
The only this more disheartening than listening to Joe Morgan, is know that I have to listen to Joe Buck tonight.

Fuck that noise.

Anyone know what they're chanting at Arod?
Something warm and fuzzy I'm sure.

Do Rangers fans realize they traded Arod? Fucking idiots.

They still owe him 10 mil, according to Rick Suttcliffe..

It's Arod's fault he was offered 23 assloads of money and said yes?
Everything is Arod's fault.
Asshole.
Just askin'. Gahhhd.
I knew something like this would happen; still played into your joke.

:(

I know, I regretted it.

It was funnier in my head and it should have stayed there.

No, wait!

I was serious when I asked in the first place. I wanted to know what they were saying. The second reply was the bad reference/joke that I regret.

Whatever.

I know Texas have deer (antlers), but I don't think of bear (bear claws) when I hear 'Texas'..

Guess I have to google in order to become smarter..

The Ursus AmericANUS “..At least two subspecies of Black Bear are thought to occur in Texas: the Mexican Black Bear (Ursus americanus eremicus) and the New Mexico Black Bear (subspecies U. a. amblyceps). Both are found in West Texas in desert scrub or woodland habitats within scattered mountain ranges, predominantly the Chisos and Guadalupe Mountains. Both subspecies are state-listed as endangered in Texas..” – Parks & Wildlife

Cliff Lee brings the big trophies!

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Send Oliver back to the orphanage! He sucks!
I've found myself unconsciously rooting for Texas when I told myself to root for the Yanks.. It's just so hard to do..
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More evidence of just what a dynamic community LL is and why I’ve enjoyed visiting here for years.

I wouldn't trade a playoff victory to have the Yankees comeback and win this game but I would gladly trade ten more losses in a nonplayoff year for it.
So I'm over in England and managed to get ,

Dogfish Raison d’Etre and Faison Peche for the game….. they any good? As I have no idea!

Dangit. I thought first pitch was 4:30.

I may get to see even less of this game than I thought.

Via Bill Simmons tweet:
Kudos to Gene Simmons. He’s done an outstanding job announcing this baseball game with Ernie Johnson and John Smoltz.
Is the interesting game gonna be bumped to TNT?
the NLCS is on Fox
Oh, dang. Thanks for reminding me.
Aww, they're so cute!
Those are some pretty old boys in the back of the choir
Halladay is first in the batting order tonight?
Gameday has him at 9th wit Victorino as the leadoff man.
Retweet from Sullivan from someone named TimKawakami

Trying to link the twitter post, but I can’t make it work.

He didn't say that the lineup was in reverse order, he said that they were introduced in reverse order.
Oh. After this Joe Morgan experience I'm lucky if I can tie my shoes.

Seriously, I literally feel dumber now.

Tim Kawakami writes for the San Jose Mercury.

Shoot. I just noticed you need to add a subject line to your comments as well.

Mea culpa.

Tim McCarver is a national treasure

Bury him and draw a crude map.

Denzel Washington made a movie about training a guy to drive trains

Okay we get it, you were in Training Day.

Tell me more about Tim Lincecum's upper thigh you decrepit bastard
Let me be the first to jinx it

NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER

hahahhahahahahahahahahhahahahah yes yes yes yes yes
YES YES YES!

GIANTS!

Wow. I don't think that was a strike.
Baseball's a funny sport...
HOWARD POWER

might be the most uncreative sign ever

Howard powered s what it said

still uncreative

I thought it said 'Howard Power'd', but yeah.. agreed.
HUGE strike out..
Giants broadcast says next time Uribe needs to hit Werth in the face with the throw if he comes in high like that again.
The fuck? Cody Ross?
Hahahaha

waivers….

I dig Cody's high socks..
Holllly fuck yes

GO GIANTS

Anyone able to look up quickly the last time someone hit 2 HR off of Halladay in a game?
Baseball Reference says Corey Hart in

this game.

Disappointing
Dangle and Reach!?
It's a new law firm.
Roy Halladay is pissed.
It was a great pitch but a tough call.

can’t get upset over those.

Halladay got squeezed..
Ibanez taking pride out there
.

It's been a while
I'm disappointed no one in Philly kept up the Raul gif tradition.
Interesting.

This .gif killed Chrome twice now, but FF has no problems.

I'm using Chrome and having no problems.

I know .gifs are discouraged in the gamethread but I figured it wouldn’t be a 1,000+ comment episode and thus an exception.

Well this is quite a dissapointing performance by Halladay.
Ibanez...CAN'T make the play

Fuck yeah Giants
Christ this ballpark is small
Timmy has the most hideous hair in baseball.
Giants are a bunch of loose idiots
Carlos Ruiz had a .400 OBP this year with more career walks than strikeouts.
I had no idea he had a 4 WAR season.

Higher than Howard and Rollins, and about equal to the two of the combined.

There have been a few guys during this post season where I've looked up their stats and been surprised.
Way to hustle, Tim.
Nice one Raul. Good to see you keeping up the old ways.
"Well played by Ibanez"
So do the fans in Philly actually think the whistling is going to affect Lincecum?
I don't get the whistling.
They might think he's a woman.
Understandable. Have you seen Philly women? :D
...Let's not go there.
I think it's because they think he looks like a 'girl'..
'cause he's girly. Geddit?
Dumb
'cause of the long hair.

Is it smart of funny yet?

Did they used to whistle at him too?

He looks like Jim McMahon.
Its the snub nose, I think

and the stupid bandana

And the business in the front, party in the back.
That front is hardly 'business'
Well, Philly ...
That kid's gettin' laid tonight!
That was a messed up comment.
Yes he was. He was really amazing, though. Not one mistake and his tone was great.

A fifth grader that is probably better than most high schoolers.

I sure hope we're talking about the trumpet now.
I should have seen that coming.
Ever seen Frankie Boyle?
I was startled when I came back around the corner and saw him
Seriously, that guy dies his beard darker? Hilarious.
I don't like closers in the 8th.
Why?
Just get a sense they're not mentally into it. It's not their time..
You use your best pitcher when the game is one the line. The inning shouldnt matter.
Guess they need to change his title to 'pitcher' from 'closer'. ;)

It also might force an interesting decision in the NL..

Wide strike zone much?

Jason Werth is a white trash Ronald McDonald
Oh shit it's Cody Ross.
He just looked like Stewart, "look at what I can do" from Mad TV getting out of the way of that pitch.
I love it when McCarver is explaining how a player is so good because such and such, then a moment later the player does the opposite and McCarver quickly praises the other player and explains why they are so great at doing such and such.
I'd like to see it snowball into catastrophe after catastrophe until nothing is worthy of commentary.

Just once.

Then Joe Morgan would manage to to spin it so it was the fault of the goundskeeper and blow. your. mind.
Uh ohs, Brad Lidge melt down.
Pablo Sandoval is on deck

Evacuate beneath deck.

I get feelings of Ardsma with Wilson..
I like how the ballgirl made no attempt to catch that

Just picked up her chair and moved out of the way.

No Sweendawg tonight =(
You think Manuel waited until there were two outs to send in a pinch runner, McCarver?

Thanks for making that clear to us.

I see a green light coming
That can't be the same Wilson Valdez on first base can it?
It is.
I thought he was dead or something.
Luis Ugueto is no longer in affiliated baseball.

But he is playing for the Cardenales in Venezuela, biding his time for the inevitable triumphant comeback.

Seriously, we’ve seen Wilson Valdez and Oswaldo Navarro play games in the big leagues this year. What the hell.

Neat, Giants.
M-m-m-m-m-machine!
Ha,ha. What does Wilson do after he wins the game? Is that the heavy metal arm cross solute?
There's an interview where he explains it, and I would find it and post it here but

WOOOOOOOOOOOO GIANTSSSS

It's a salute to his appreciation of MMA fighting, a tribute to his Christian faith, and a rememberance of his late father

Here is an article that mentions it, and talks about Wilson.

PUMPKIN NINJA!
This game was so frustrating to watch and without looking I'm blaming the home plate ump's strike zone

It appeared to be fuzzy at the edges. Inconsistent. 6th inning, Halladay was covering home plate after he gave up a double, I swear he said “I had him out”. He said something just prior to to that that stood the ump up straight, “fuck you”? Either way, lousy strike zone, had both pitchers blue balled at the corners. B.S.

Bing bang boom. Normalized both LH/RH for Darryl Cousins

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Burrell, 6th inning

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Screenshots courtesy Brooks Baseball Pitch F/X Tool.

I’m donating to their site, ASAP. Nice piece of work

Heh.

The notoriously tough Philly fans came up with a unique way to mock Lincecum instead of the usual boos. They serenaded him with whistles when he batted in the fifth and seventh, presumably poking fun at his long, shaggy hair.

“I must have a really nice butt,” Lincecum said. “I was hearing a lot of them.”

They did a bit more than that..

Signs behind dugout get personal with Tim Lincecum.. Not sure if Philie fans understand when ‘funny’ becomes ‘asshole’..

The "Fix your teeth" and "Wanna Smoke?" signs are kinda funny.

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