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10/20: Open LCS Games Thread


C.J. Wilson

#36 / Pitcher / Texas Rangers

6-1

210

L

L

Nov 18, 1980



CC Sabathia

#52 / Pitcher / New York Yankees

6-7

290

L

L

Jul 21, 1980



Joe Blanton

#56 / Pitcher / Philadelphia Phillies

6-3

255

R

R

Dec 11, 1980



Madison Bumgarner

#40 / Pitcher / San Francisco Giants

6-4

215

R

L

Aug 01, 1989


These are four dynamite facial expressions.

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LETS FINISH THIS SHIT

Yankee Stadium looks like a Wednesday matinee at Petco with all the empty seats

Wake up, NYC. You’re still in the ALCS!

Turns out Yankee fans are just a shitty as everyone else's when they're team isn't winning!
They are all so excited by CC!
I fix for you

Turns out Yankee fans are just a shitty as everyone else’s when they’re team isn’t winning!

How much does TBS pay the frog in Ron Darling's throat
I don't know but few people who shout so consistently loud have that big a lisp
If he stopped talking we could listen to John Smoltz
It's a shame Buck Martinez is no longer part of tbs' A-Team
I GOT YOUR JOHN HANDCOCK LEADERBOARD
When are they gonna put Sager in an actual clown suit?

Actually, they should do that. It might make the pointless game breaks entertaining.

He's no Don Cherry.
Impressive that MLB can make an ALCS Game 5 seem like a midweek game in April
This isn't on MLB, the Giants crowd was awesome yesterday at an even earlier midweek time.

Yankee fans are just being pathetic right now.

I question the wisdom of a midday start time on Wednesday after a Tuesday night game
Ah, didn't think about that part of it.

I’m still going to blame Yankee fans for this though just on principle.

"As Ron Washington said, 'That's the way we play baseball'"

Ron Washington should start doing coke again.

The Yankees know fuck all about offensive struggles or a lineup epidemic.
Oh MY, you are miserable.
Hahahahahahaha fuck Michael Young.
I don't hate the Yankees enough to not hope the Rangers completely fuck this up
I'm looking for this as well.

Thankfully they have Michael Young who can go a long way towards helping them mess it up.

While I've enjoyed seeing the Yankees get their arses hand to them

I would love love love to see Texas throw this 3-1 lead away.

I want to see this series go 7 games.

And I want game 7 to go 30+ innings over a 2 day span. Then whichever team drudges it’s way into the WS can just get destroyed by SFO.

SF... O?

What is the “O” for?

San FranciscO

It is their airport abbreviation.

Okay, that makes sense I guess.
D - FENSE! (clap clap) D -FENSE!
Ron Darling is EXACTLY what Brandon League will be in 25 years.
Seriously - they are both half-Asian, Hawaiian, and the among the dumbest people to have ever picked up a baseball.

Why do we think Brandon League is a dumb person?
Refusal to bring the nasty
Cut his usage of the best pitch in baseball (as measuring by swinging strike %) from 35% to 15% because it got too many swinging strikes.
I'm not sure that was his decision.

You also have to take into account what his pitching coaches are telling him to do.

He knows it's his most dangerous weapon and said that he only brings it out when he feels he needs to.
Your most dangerous weapon can become less potent the more you use it.

But this is probably a conversation for another thread.

Indeed, you can't just crane kick everyone in the face.
You're probably right. I mean it more as a meme than as an actual comment on League's intellect.
Which is why Felix doesn't listen to anyone anymore and bless him for it.
Great coaches know when to shut their mouths, in addition to knowing when to open their mouths.

My high school wrestling coaches produced 3-5 state placers every year. When anyone else was wrestling, they were on their knees screaming instructions or pointing out other options throughout the match.

When the state placers wrestled, the coaches shut their mouths, sat back and enjoyed the match.

He was asked about it and he said in essence "I only like to use my best pitch when I think I have to"

plus there is the rat tail.

I heard our name!
I'm guessing Michael Young was batting and you misheard the announcer
Nope!

Ball was rolling foul and didn’t quite get there so they mentioned the Mariner that blew it out of play.

Lenny Randle!
He wouldn't have had to do that if you didn't over-oil the baselines.

Not everything is a bowling alley you know.

Ron Darling gets a pass for the rest of the series for the Lenny Randle reference.
Leave it to these shitty announcers to find any way they can to compliment a Yankee's fielding ability.
There's a white lines - Ron Washington joke in here somewhere
Unfortunately for Washington, the players closest to the white lines (A-Rod and Michael Young) have very poor RZRs.
Homeruns don't get more Yankee Stadium than that
What's worse? New Yankee Stadium or US Celluar Park in Chicago?

Maybe it’s just because I’m a Mariners homer and I really like Safeco, but dingers in these stupid little league parks just don’t have the same significance to me.

I say New Yankee Stadium.

At least Chicago is “The Windy City” so they have an excuse.

This is one riveting conversation.
Yankee first basemen dropping like flies!
Should be replayed with Yaketty Sax as the soundtrack.
His puma-like reflexes.
Playoff baseball is a lot more interesting when you have a rooting interest

GIANTS!!

What on earth is wrong with Joe Blanton's face?
Looks like passion and grit to me.
It looks like his ears farted and the rest of his face is trying to escape.
Ok that caught me off guard
Sounds cubist.
Intentional walks are stupid.

Did the Yankees not learn that yesterday?

Sorry, did the Yankees not teach them that yesterday.
Well, this game is boring.
So much for that. Bases loaded.
The Rangers are good.

They got infinity times more runs than the Mariners would have in that situation.

FELIX
I MEAN YANKEES
12 months ago this typo would have caused me to end it.
I'm not sure it's a typo if you don't type ANYTHING CLOSE to what you meant.
"Hey Bob Shepherd, since you're old and decrepit and about to die at any moment"

“Could you record your voice announcing me, so I’ll always have it?” I wonder how Jeter went about that conversation.

He probably had one of his serfs deal with it
I keep writing this conversation in my head, and every which way I try it comes out completely tactless.
So yeah, have the serf do it. Duh.
I don't know why that would happen.

Everyone knows that Derek Jeter is the classiest being to ever walk the face of the earth.

The original fist pumper.
In Bob Sheppard's living room:

Servant: Derek Jeter is here to see you sir.
Sheppard: Who?
Jeter: I’m very sorry to hear about your impending death, but I…
Sheppard: What?
Jeter: I wanted to ask you if you’d be willing to record yourself announcing my name, since…
Sheppard: What?
Jeter: Well, since…you know…soon you’ll be…
Sheppard: ’I’ll be’ what?
Jeter: Um.
Sheppard:
Jeter:
Servant: (to Jeter, whispering) He doesn’t remember who you are, he’s very…
Jeter: MAKE HIM REMEMBER

You learn something new every day.

For example, it wasn’t until today that I learned that Thames’ given name is Thepowerfulmarcus. Thank you Jon. The More I Know.

Why is he (in some circles) considered such a great announcer?

I find him mildly annoying.

Didn't you answer your own question?
Because

Mildly annoying= Great announcer
Super annoying= Average announcer
Ohmygodkillme annoying= Bad announcer

Why am I still watching this game?
GIANTS GIANTS GIANTS
'Great times are waiting, grab some Buds...

…that’s what we’ve done here’

Did Joe Buck just admit to drinking while on air? It would certainly explain an awful lot.

That would make me like him more.
Dude, it's Budweiser.
Madison Bumgarner is starting in the NLCS.

Baseball America has rated him the second best pitcher in the Pacific Coast League this year behind only Michael Pineda. I can’t wait until next year. Go Mariners!

Speaking of awesome prospects

Bryce Harper debuts tonight.

Huey Lewis is brutal.
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR!
This game is going swimmingly.
Poor, poor Halladay.
He peaked too early.
In his defense, a couple of those passed balls looked catchable.
I don't understand.
Haha - actually mp passed balls comment was meant for another SBN site!

Whoops!

Traiterous wretch!
The phillies would rather have Juan Ramirez, Tyson Gillies, Phillippe Aumont, and 3 years of Joe Blanton at $8m a year than one year of Cliff Lee at $9m.
At least now we have an excuse for when Cody Ross doesn't homer every game.

Even so, fuck you Blanton.

I also love how the Giants pulled 15 WAR this year (6.0 from Torres, 5.7 from Huff, 2.7 from Burrell) completely out of their ass this year.
So Bumgarner does what Pettitte's been doing for years and people call him out for it?
Rookie needs to know his place.
It is good to know the Phillies do not gain any defense by replacing Raul in left field.
No rally Bumgarner today?
I was waiting for the right moment.
I guess I jumped the gun.

Wait for it…

Is it sad that I could answer that trivia question instantly?

Damn you, David Justice.

So that Bumgarner guy is pretty okay
That'll do!

I feel like I should flag this, but I know I wont.
This thing is fucking cursed.

I’m never posting it again.

When I grow up I want to be just like Cody Ross
You grew up a couple years ago.
Maybe he's been using a fake ID.
Madison (surname) 1989 rank (U.S.A.):

Female: 222
Male: 888

Wait, is surname correct?
Surname is someone's last name.
Maybe you should search for given name?
Yeah, that's what I meant. Given name.
Oh, thank you.

I wouldn’t have understood it was good-natured ribbing, had you not told me.

Price is low on Phillies offense!

BUY BUY BUY!!!

Statistically, bunting with the pitcher in that situation is a good call, correct?
Anecdotally, it is.
Also, holy crap Buster Posey.
Anyone know if the Giants would be interested in Chone Figgins?
How is Victorino not at second base?
I just assumed he was until that next base hit...
@ c_dowley I doubt the regular feed showed it but the CF cam on Postseason.tv just showed the first base coach going OFF on Victorino for not advancing
Well, it all worked out
Casilla later, Madison.
That was not off the end of the bat, Joe Buck.
Santiago Casilla you are terrible
Suck a bag of cocks, Casilla
Now Pitching for the Giants: #666 Sean White
We're going to get more baseball!
This is ridiculous.
BAD RELIEVER
THAT'S NOT WHAT SMALL SAMPLE MEANS JOE BUCK
Small sample describes a set of data that isn't large enough to be statistically reliable. Your offbeat gut feelings and observations about Rollins cannot constitute a small sample.
Santiago Casilla is garbage

Please stop him from pitching

Well at least it wasn't a complete clusterfuck
Tim Allen has stooped to doing voiceovers.

Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

For GM, no less.

One floundering company, one floundering career.

To the unemployment office, AND BEYOND!
How does this rate next to yet another direct-to-video Santa Clause sequel?
Slight upgrade, in my book.
Cocaine is a helluva drug.
Wow that is one oversized chain around Torres' neck
Yay Aubrey!
Right between the wickets. That's the way to go into a catcher.

Thanks Tim.

It was just a subtle shoutout to his wife, that's all.
I have 20 year old memories of stupid sayings he still recites.

And yet he always has new material.

"+3 for flaming Joe Buck. i hate that drunk. really. 3 years as an AM radio board op during cards games will make you understand why he sucks."
oh my god

you know that little 10 second legal ID thing they do at the top and bottom of the hour? at the time (10 years ago), the small station i worked at (which occasionally did royals broadcasts) didn’t have the automatic legal ID/add click over that most people use today. one had to listen to the broadcast, hit the mic slider up, game slider down, say something brilliant like " it’s currently x degrees in downtown _, now back to Cardinals baseball on your ozark sports leader K—-" then repeat the slider move in reverse. simple, right? it gets weird when the people on the game broadcast end don’t say "lets pause 10 seconds for station identification". Buck like to have around 14 refreshing ice cold Bud Lights and stop giving them. all i can figure is that he has a urinal under his desk, because i couldn’t leave to piss until he did it.

now, there’s always some flexibility in the legal id, you don’t break into the middle of a play, or even pitching series, but one time (of many) he didn’t give a legal ID break at the top of the hour. or the bottom. at 48 after, he drops it (just before i piss myself), i do the legal ID, rush to the bathroom and feel the sweet release. at 55 after the son of a bitch did another legal ID. i guess he was trying to catch up. i was crapping, so there was 10 seconds of dead air. about the time i get all wiped up, my boss calls in to scream at me for being so lazy i can’t work for 10 seconds every half hour (i had to cue adds at the top and bottom of innings, but whatever). thus, he sucks.

also fun, he frequently fails to hit the kill switch during commercial breaks, which is entertaining when he’s spewing slurred profanity during an ad for a local bank or somesuch. awesome. a real pro. you have to make SURE you turn the level down, but then he’ll jump back in 5-10 seconds early or late, so you always look like a douche bag even though he’s the problem.

I firmly believe I appreciate Denny more than most people, because that dude really is a class act.

“red bull is amaZing” -Coco Crisp

by grantfunk on Apr 13, 2009 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
Also, wow. I hope this is true.
I don't know if I trust a guy who writes like that.

How am I supposed to believe this guy wasn’t the problem?

As for Joe Buck, his colossal meltdown on HBO gave enough insight into how he operates.

The "famous" Joe Dimaggio?

And the neighborhoods are “districts,” not “areas.” But I suppose I’m venting my anger at these fucks.

No RBI Cody?

He’s finally being a team player.

Cody Ross is pretty damn hot right now. Whoa.
FAIR FUCKING BALL
FAIR BALL YOU CUNTS
HOW CAN YOU MISS A CALL A FOOT IN FRONT OF YOU?!
The ball kicked up white chalk dust when it landed.
SUCK ON THAT, BITCH UMPIRES
I LOVE YOU FAT ICHIRO
What?

no Timmy Cam?

Good goodness do these announcers blow

In the middle of a crucial at-bat, immediately before Sandoval took the lead back for the Giants, the announcer’s comment was, “one of five children.”

Not extra baseball!
Antonio Bastardo

All Name Team, amrite?

The WE chart for the last two innings is pretty sweet.
That was kind of cool.

Like at Sounders games how the crowd sings the national anthem.

Phillys can't catch a break with Cody Ross.
Phillies either.
Will Clark = Nolan Ryan with hair?
Pat Burrell = Will Clark

It only works when he is wearing an SF batting helmet and sucking a wad of chew but damn if it isn’t there.

Thats a lot of gum chewing.
Abilify?

Really great name idea, drug company.

FUCK YOU ROMO

SHAVE THAT BEARD OFF YOU DON’T DESERVE IT

Are you talking about Fidel Castro there?
I knew he looked like somebody!
I hate Jason Werth.

STOP TALKING ABOUT THE FUCKING SLIDERS!!!

The Phillies can do anything they want with Rollins at the plate?

They couldn’t before?

It's hard to tell the difference between Sandoval and Uribe.

One of them is a major league shortstop.

Sweendog mention on the radio. :)
I love living vicariously through traded Mariners.
Hey ho!

Mariners were also one of the answers to the tv trivia question….Who are the 3 teams never to make a WS appearance? :(

I referred to that earlier.

Took me three seconds to answer. :(

Will there be a Sweendog plate appearance?
Possibly. Soup mentioned him as the alternate to Ibanez pinch hitting.
I love the slow motion swear words.
Whoa damn. That was a great throw/pick combo.
Too bad he forgot to do the Jeter Jump.
ROY! ROY ROY ROY!
Or, a high-leverage off-day work session.
I love it when starters come in to relieve

Though I question it in this case…

I think they're trying to steal an inning or two.

They’ve already used four relievers in this game.

I always think of Black Jack McDowell.
Oswalt coming in.

Fun stuff!

Tonight, Jeff will forget the Rangers/Yankees game.
Supposedly Oswalt had already thrown his side session today.
He'll get another day on Friday.
There's an awesome name: Dusty Rhodes.
This is an overweight but unrelated Dusty Rhodes:

OH MY GOD! OHHOHOHOHO
Are we watching the same game?
how'd you know?
BUSTER POSEY IS SO GOOD
Oh shit Cody Ross is in the on-deck circle.
My pants are already off in anticipation!
He won't get up.
Well I'm getting up.
I don't need to know that.
Eyebrows wasn't around to say something similar.

I was pinch-hitting.

Shouldn't the infield be at double-play depth?
DON'T NEED A HOME RUN!
I want 7 games-great series so far.
FUCK THAT NOISE IT HIT HIM!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
I don't know how that happened without Cody Ross.

I’m pretty sure that the pitcher was just terrified of him in the on-deck circle.

Ibanez throws him out
Sure he does

Thanks

I literally almost choked to death laughing at that.

Have rec'd before, will rec again.
This is my favorite gif of all time
This is my favorite gif of all time

Whoever gets me the bernese puppy gif first gets two rec's.
Rally puppy!
I like rally puppy with Jeff kitty.
That one may take a little longer to find.
There we go.

I do requests.

Cutest puppy ever.
She's rather big now from the more recent photos Scruffy has posted.

Which is to be expected from a Bernese.

where's the link to that video?
Lawndart is the best thing ever, and I love Ibanez.
AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
WESTERN DIVISION WORLD SERIES!!!
Aw dammit, I'm going to be too busy drawing Robert's eternal ire to watch game five tomorrow.
Stupid question.

Why is the Giants home dugout on the third base side instead of first?

Better view of the Bay.
I think that's actually how it is for most teams.

The Mariners are in the 1st base dugout at Safeco because that was the biggest one, but it’s normally the other way around.

I should say biggest clubhouse, not dugout.
Google rocks. 19 teams with 1st base side, 11 with 3rd.
Ah, good stuff.

I just remember hearing that anecdote when Safeco opened, wonder if the numbers have changed since then.

Probably because the nicer clubhouse was designed on the third base side of the stadium.
Post game show:

Giants fan – We’re going to New York and we’re going to kick ass!
TV Guy – It could be Texas. Moving on…

Hey now, if he wants to fly to New York and beat up random people, I don't want to discourage that kind of thinking.

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