Lookout Landing

Volquez

Had the fourth lowest xFIP of any starter in September. He’s the worst of the bunch, but he’s still pretty darn good.

davidcameron - October 6, 2010 reply

I couldn't figure out which one doesn't belong

I think it's Cliff Lee because of his hat.

He's wearing the right hat,

he’s just playing for the wrong team.

JY - October 6, 2010 via mobile reply

CC didn't receive the no smiling directive

CC always looks like he just got an invite to an All-You-Can-Eat par-tay.

Or like he just nailed your sister.

Or is about to.

"Now" not "know"

What the hell Thingray….

Flagged for nightmares

Anyone know if this is on radio,

and if so, which station(s)?

My guess is that it is on your local ESPN radio station

710 in Seattle then I think.

I think 710 isn't airing the first game

but will be airing the later games.

The Rangers/Rays game isn't on 710 or 950.

I don’t think we have a local radio feed.

ESPN.com has it online.

For free?

I might go check that out.

Not sure, I just noticed it on the front page.

Damn.

Looks like it’s just a link to your local ESPN radio affiliates. 710 isn’t carrying the first game (for whatever reason), so it looks like I’m out of luck.

I'm watching it on a link from myP2P.eu

but you need to download a program called StreamTorrent to do it.

Probably not allowed here at work.

They get grumpy when we download things.

Yup.

MLB found the link that atdhe uses and banned it, and one of the other sites posted just gives me all the ads around the edges but not the feed.

No problems with my link.

I think I'm stuck with something like Gameday, or just getting updates on here or the radio.

I'm elated that tbs brought back Buck Martinez

I still don't really understand the "Hate the Rays!" fad here, but I will fully jump on that bandwagon if I hear any Vuvuzelas or Cowbells today.

The Rays are so 2008. It's the backlash.

I’m still rooting for them, though.

Eyebrows - October 6, 2010 via mobile reply

Rays and Giants!

I second this. But I'd be okay with Cliff going.

Fuck that, that means the Rangers are going which is bad for us.

I don't think I agree with this argument other than the added revenue more playoff games will bring.

The Rangers are already going to be appealing to free agents because they are a team on the rise.

The worst season the Angels have had before this season was 2003. I am just not convinced that winning a world series will dramatically alter their 2011 season. But I could be wrong or missing the point.

The point isn't 2011 I think, it's the long term effect of added revenue. Which is bad.

Honestly, I'm going to root for the Rays in round 1 but if the Rangers beat 'em, I'll probably root for them over Yankees/Twins.

Overall, go Giants.

Since the Yankees are my second favorite AL team I will root for them

You're a fag

Whatever

I'm rooting for the Rays as a virtual default

I like them less than all the NL teams, but don’t want the Rangers to be successful and like the Rays slightly more than the Yankees

Ugh.

It’s not a fad.

You sound so indie right now

Movement, then.

It's not anything.

Some people just don’t like the Rays.

It's not a fad, I don't hate the Rays

but, they’re kinda boring, they lucked their way to the best record in baseball, and their fans don’t show up to their games

If you win a World Series, bring in some money, buy a stadium that's not unreachable for fans... they will come.

That must be why the Marilns are frequently among the league-leaders in attendance.

Marlins never tried to build a franchise. They go "Hey, look at us for one year!" and then 5 years of sucktitude.

Plus they play in a shitty stadium.

Florida baseball!

CMC_Stags - October 6, 2010 reply

They were more fun when they were a relative unknown.

Their fans suck, I don't want any team to win a championship before the Mariners do, and they caused DRays Bay to exist

Roy Halladay doesn't fit.

He’s too white.

JLProck - October 6, 2010 reply

David Price doesn't fit because he's too black?

I always wonder what CC is looking at in that headshot.

Obviously there’s something good just to his left off camera.

Drew_D - October 6, 2010 reply

Fourth in the league in stolen bases!

MARINERS!

RAYS RAYS RAYS RAYS RAYS

Eyebrows - October 6, 2010 via mobile reply

NOT RANGERS NOT RANGERS NOT RANGERS

Atdhe does have the Rays Rangers going...

But the commentary’s in Spanish.

theslothking - October 6, 2010 reply

That should be fun

gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal

Oppo tacos for everyone!

d0nkey - October 6, 2010 reply

I have a feeling that Rangers fans won't end up feeling the same way about Cliff Lee as we do.

They don't deserve him.

Foul tip?

That's what they're arguing about.

Didn’t look to me like it actually happened.

Rays radio team is still bitching about it.

Eyebrows - October 6, 2010 via mobile reply

Don't make Cliff angry

you don’t want to see Cliff when he’s angry

Aw man

Poop.

Eyebrows - October 6, 2010 via mobile reply

Absolutely absurd.

One run, that's all Lee needs right?

Now he's got 2! Game over, man!

Time to go get some lunch.

Oh well

Just have to hope Tampa wins the rest of the games.

I will bet you a billion dollars that they don't win the remaining four games.

Eyebrows - October 6, 2010 via mobile reply

Jeff Francoeur, playoff hero

five game series make so much sense

The one that doesn't belong is the snaggletooth right?

Hard to say

CC’s the only one who is smiling. Price is smiling too, but it’s a rapey smile, not a genuine one.Halladay looks like he never wanted to be in the playoffs in the first place.

Cliff Lee is going to strike out something like 16 batters.

Every time I see a baserunner on, I think “Oh, that’s okay, Cliff’s just going to strike out the side anyway.”

I'm surprised he's not no-hitting them like the rest of MLB has

Speaking of no-hitters

best pitcher in baseball history to never have thrown a no-hitter?

Felix?

I don't think Pedro or Maddux had no-hitters.

Jed MC - October 6, 2010 reply

I don't think Pedro has either. But he was like 1 out away from a perfect game once I think.

Its amazing that anyone got a hit off of him in the late 90's and early 2000's.

Pedro had a 9 inning perfect game which he lost in the 10th

That's right.

Clemens never had one I dont think

I mean I do think.

Whatever.

Clemens doesn't deserve one anyway.

Oh absolutely but neither does Dallas Shiteyes Braden

and much as I despise him he was pretty fucking good.

Just goes to show you how much luck goes into a no-hitter or perfect game.

Clemens? Maddux?

Felix

Volquez

According to Rob Neyer, it's Don Sutton

Link

I don't think he was saying Sutton was the best pitcher never to throw a no-hitter.

Just the most likely pitcher never to throw one.

ThomasG - October 6, 2010 reply

The most likely pitcher to never throw a no hitter....

Luke French?

Fister

Awww... Fisty.

He came close this year.

Moyer never struck me as a "no-hitter" kind of guy.

The important question is when do the Giants play?

Sundays

Not today :(

Pretty tight zone today, no?

I fucking hate Nelson Cruz

Now that's a dinger.

How is that Cy Young pitching, BWAA?

this guy sucks

David Price can pitch in pressure-packed situations!

Pitching against teams from the AL East was too easy.

Cy Young did a lot of losing too.

Not a single loss in a division series

He knew how to win

Well this is over

when do the Giants play?

Tomorrow :(

That game was kind of fun while it lasted.

Anyone want my mlb at bat account?

I’ve been too busy to watch baseball latley and figured I would give it to someone who needs it.

First to email me gets the password jasonweaver2@gmail.com

LeftArrow2 - October 6, 2010 reply

I would love it but I probably shouldn't be watching during classes... and when I'm at home I don't mind going thru streamtorrent.

lailaihei - October 6, 2010 reply

It is the at bat so you would only get gameday and radio broadcast.

LeftArrow2 - October 6, 2010 reply

When I'm home I just watch on TV.

It's gone now.

LeftArrow2 - October 6, 2010 reply

5-0 Rangers now?

Is that what I just heard?

It is.

That is correct.

Game over with Cliff pitching.

Entering the bottom of the 6th, TBS used a shot from one of the catwalks at the Trop.

There was a lot of drawing in the dust on the back of the lights up there, but I didn’t see any penises. How likely is that?

How likely was it that you were looking for penises?

I don’t know you that well, so I’m not really sure.

Well, this is an odd comment.

Cliff Lee gives up a run

Huh.

He's just being nice.

That’s how he rolls.

A solo HR when you're up 5-0... no big deal.

Cliff knows how to pitch.

Giving the illusion of being hittable.

Brilliant.

The ol' bait and switch.

Kazuhiro Sasaki just got a mention on the broadcast.

Have to take those Mariner references whenever we can get them.

Something like >The Rays fall reminds me of Kazuhiro Sasaki's starcase accident< ?

Neftali Feliz broke Sasaki's rookie saves record.

Ah.

Also

Speech marks work as a replacement for quote marks.

''Ah, like this?''

Hmmmm, the 'preview' button says that regular quote marks are working again

Yay!

"Really?", I cried.

This ump is doing Feliz no favours.

Yay, AL West!

Al West is a stand-up guy.

He roots for the Mariners AND Rangers.

seiferguy - October 6, 2010 reply

You'd expect him to be divided on the matter.

Rangers victory confirmed 6 innings later than it could have been.

Go Reds!

Well this was naive.

I hope the Phillies take the series in five, and all five of the games take 20 innings.

Joe Metro - October 6, 2010 reply

That would force Dusty Baker to use a relief pitcher.

Ok, enough whining.

I spent the whole 10 bucks to get the post-season.

Now I just have to get used to it going dead-silent when the ads come on.

The silence is so much better than adverts which are three times as loud as the broadcast.

Hahahahahahahaha

ROY!

I'm really upset the Rangers didn't lose 12000-0.

The Reds might!

Still no live radio, the jerks.

They keep checking in on the games, but no broadcast.

Psssh, who ever heard of listening to a BASEBALL game of all things on the radio?

The Groz said it has something to do with commitments to local advertisers.

Apparently they can’t carry the game and run their own ads during the breaks or something? I’m just guessing here, since I only heard a portion of his explanation.

They'll go live to the evening game, apparently when they'd normally go to the national feed.

I suppose that makes sense.

I would completely snap a radish if my local station didn't have all the games.

Working out in the field all day listening on my awesome Radio Shack transistor. Don’t they know the first two days of the playoffs are the greatest days of the year? Better than Halloween, Christmas and New years combined. 3 great games a day ! Wheee!

wazzu93 - October 6, 2010 via mobile reply

Dobber is still a very good cheerleader.

With Sweeney in the clubhouse too its like "Bring it On 8: Phormer Mariners"

Do people actually drink Fosters?

I’ve never actually seen anybody drink it, and every Aussie I’ve talked to has nothing but scorn for it.

As a last-resort or if somebody else paid for it.

What kind of person would buy another a Fosters?

Me if I didn't like you.

Remind me never to incur your wrath.

I always imagined that

Aussies would think of Foster’s the way people in the US think of Budweiser.

And Belgians think of Stella

why do people think Stella is good again?

Don't they own AB now? Or is that another Belgian company.

Do they still play the Bud jingle in between innings in St Louis?

It looks fancy?

It is reassuringly expensive.

Nobody drank it when I was there.

Victoria Bitter and XXXX were the popular cheap beers.

Jed MC - October 6, 2010 reply

Christ I'd rather drink Fosters than XXXX

I don't always drink piss,

but when I do, I prefer XXXX.

TBS isn't making me hate Conan yet

How about now?

First baserunner for Cincy

Halladay has been dealing

Take him out.

Did I ever mention I despise Phillies fans?

Because I really do.

WAAAAAH!

You can’t see me, but I’m rubbing fake tears away

You can't troll the guy with the troll face avatar.

The whole towel-waving thing is just awful.

It is a long-held tradition for a lot of teams.

I know Pittsburgh teams like to do it

Which just serves to reiterate my point.

HOLY CRAP! THE ANNOUNCER MENTIONED THE NO HITTER!

WHAT AN EVIL MAN!

Hey Halladay! No Hitter!

Nice route there.

adventures in fielding

I really wish Halladay would give up a hit so I could stop being interested in this game.

Shit's gettin' real

YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE ME A FUCKING CORONARY, ROY

Craig341 - October 6, 2010 reply

Did you guys know that Conan is coming back, but not on NBC, but to TBS?

I'm guessing they're running tons of ads for it?

Tons is such a... underestimate.

It actually hasn't been that bad.

We are well below the Frank TV saturation point.

I don't know about that, but it helps the commercials aren't actually that annoying by themselves.

They've all made me laugh, and there haven't been a lot of them.

I also love Conan

Also not as bad as "THERE'S IS ONLY ONE OCTOBER!"

It was a bad enough idea without Dane Cook.

The Phillies are gonna pinch run for Raul, right?

Raul made it all the way to third!

I wonder what the Philly fans would have done if they had pinch hit for Halladay?

In the same way that explosions are so interesting.

If Roy Halladay pitches backwards, then by gosh our guys should too

Well this is interesting.

Also, damnit Rays.

It's Criff Ree, what are you gonna do.

The San Diego Padres scored like 7 runs off him in one game. The Rays should be able to do the same.

We scored 15 off the Padres once, they would have never stood a chance

Fuck that game!

How terrifying would the Phillies be right now if they had kept Criff.

How awesome would a Halladay-Lee game 1 be?

Halladay's first postseason start is going well.

This is surprising, because everybody knows you need post season experience to do well in the playoffs.

Edison Volquez proves it.

Sike.

You need WINS to do well in the postseason.

What would happen if Doctober faced Rocktober?

Someone would get kicked in the Cocktober.

Impossible, since there is only one October.

Eyebrows - October 6, 2010 via mobile reply

That's what they said last year

But October isn't Doctober nor Rocktober.

I wonder who will be Mr November?

Aubrey Huff

Sweeney.

Target Field

After it gives the Phillies the World Series when all the games in Minneapolis are snowed out.

Matt Berninger.

I don’t know why everyone’s fucking this one up.

I didn't know you were Dane Cook!!!

If Dane Cook made gifs like Eyebrows I would merely loath him instead of want him to be raped to death by dickwolves.

Penny Arcade reference!

Halladay may be the only better pitcher on earth then Felix, IMO

He's a perfected Felix.

I think Dave called Halladay Felix with elite command in a fangraphs chat.

Sure did and it certainly holds water. The only big seperation in numbers is K/BB and Halladay is other-worldly right now.

This is why I'm almost rooting for the Phils.

Halladay has spent so much time lost up in Canada that it would be nice to see him get the attention he deserves.

That's where I'm coming from

I don't like the Phillies as a team, but I like a lot of their players.

Exactly... though post-all star break Felix this year was pretty much perfected Felix

I hope it can get even better!

I've thought Halladay has been the best pitcher in baseball for years.

But Felix at his age is fucking awesome. He might end up HOF

Logan Ondrusek?

Now they’re just making people up.

Eyebrows - October 6, 2010 via mobile reply

Quit dicking around Phillies and make some damned outs

Can we please just get back to the compelling part of the game.

Fuck you Dusty

Why the fuck is Gomes playing

This is just not fair

Roy Halladay is good.

That's the understatement of the year.

Fuck that, I want to make the understatement of the year.

The Mariners are bad.

I'm not even sure that beats the first one.

I'm convinced that the Mariners faced Roy Halladay every game. It's the only way the numbers make sense.

They just showed the last out of Halladay's perfect game this year

And Halladay was just walking off the mound, like, hey, no big deal, while the catcher ran over with a huge smile and jumped up and down.

Where the hell is my MLB free live look-in?

Joe Metro - October 6, 2010 reply

Holy fuck

Wow

Hm.

I'm pissed he gave up the walk

No kidding.

Holy fucking shit.

Halladay mowing them down.

Holy shit.

TWownsU - October 6, 2010 reply

Absurd

Just fucking absurd.

Roy Halladay is pitching perfection.

Fuck yeah

Halladay represents our appreciation in greatness.

of*

It's amazing what his rate numbers would be if he sacrificed efficiency for sheer dominance

Holy fuck Halladay.

Glad I turned on what I thought was going to be a blowout NL game

Its still a blowout.

Might as well be 20-0

Halladay just walked off the mound as if he had just completed the 1st inning.

Has Halladay been this locked in all night?

Just got back from work and this is the first inning I’ve watched. He looked pretty fucking unreal right there.

I've caught three innings but that was probably the sickest one so far.

I haven't been watching the game, but as you can expect in a game with 1 walk.. yes.

Halladay is curbstomping them.

Cement snacks.

When can we start calling curbstomping, "Giving them the Ed Norton treatment"?

Ed Norton didn't actually curbstomp that guy

What? What did he do?

He was an actor in a movie

Oh you. You tricked me.

Watch American History X

I should really do that considering I just said "Giving them the Ed Norton treatment"

I didn't realize you made the original comment, and you seemed confused. Just more LL sarcasm I should have adjusted to by now.

There's no sarcasm on LL.

Exactly

Yep.

Unhittable. And getting stronger as the game goes on.

That was about as sick of an inning as I've ever seen.

They don't have a fucking prayer

He looks like he's getting filthier and filthier as the game goes on.

My favorite part of this game is how Halladay also has an RBI.

As they discussed Roy going into the clubhouse to ice

the dugout camera looked down the stairs and found a pair of legs, zoomed in— and as the pants suddenly dropped to the knees, zoomed hastily away…

HAHAHAA!!

But wait, he’s icing between innings?

I don't know, can we trust the talking heads?

Seems odd.

I’ve never heard of a pitcher icing before he was out of the game.

His gigantic depleted uranium testicles.

Refilling his veins.

Halladay is enjoying this pitching performance a little too much.

It's probably just some kind of swamp ass situation

I think Halladay is immune to swamp ass.

It must be flood butt then

It would no longer be funny if Raul blew the no hitter on defense

Do they have anyone to sub for him?

Sure

Ben Francisco and Dom Brown.

thanks Raul!

H2O?

Lame

They've only had a couple months to work on a nickname.

Raul smacked the catcher's head with his bat, on a swing in that last at bat

Second time that's happened today.

Can’t remember who did it earlier.

So, will the Dave Sims haters freak out because the TBS announcers keep mentioning the no hitter?

I have the strange feeling that announers mentioning no-hitters may not, in fact, have any effect on whether they're completed or not

Get right out of town! Everyone knows jinx's are real. That's science.

http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2010/10/6/1734412/10-6-open-playoffs-game-thread#48633879

=o

I am so glad Tim McCarver and Joe Buck are not ruining this game.

Too bad it's been jinxed a dozen times

They would NEVER!

I hate that selfless, level-headed gekko

Cincy with a 2% chance at the start of the inning

It's weird I feel like there is almost no chance he won't get it

I like how blase' they are about all the first pitch strikes.

Cairo better not fuck this shit up, that would also not be funny

Is he still in baseball?

Well, he just

made an out in baseball. So your prepositions may need adjustment.

Miguel Cairo!

Cairo as a pinch hitter?

Okay……

Fun!

.290/.353/.410!

He's like, double the M's slash line!

Too bad we didn't have a Willie/Cairo DP combo

He'd have been our best hitter :)

I want to make an anatomically correct, life sized version robot of Roy Halladay.

To pitch for the M’s of course is what I mean.

Hey guys anything exciting happening

Raul is 1-for-4

Nah, just some boring NL game.

Uh....

How do you define exciting?

Opposite of Mariners

Eyebrows - October 6, 2010 via mobile reply

The Reds' performance today would not be the opposite of Mariners.

James F'n X - October 6, 2010 reply

Woo!

ONE MORE TO GO!

Come on Doc!!

I have a piece of a game-worn Roy Halladay jersey.

I am going to make a tea out of it so I can be closer to him.

Eyebrows - October 6, 2010 via mobile reply

You haven't made love to that sweet peace of cotton?

*piece.

Praise to you, Lord Halladay!

My word

It took me 19 years of my life

But I’ve finally witnessed a no-hitter

UNFUCKINGBELIEVEABLE!

The best pitcher in Major League Baseball!

EVER

Good God Almighty.

YES

Wow

That was the best pitched game I have ever seen

HOLY FUCKING SHIT ON A BAGEL

Alto - October 6, 2010 reply

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Two no hitters in one year

amazing

Congrats to you sir Halladay.

Philly fans… you didn’t deserve that.

YOU DON'T DESERVE ROY HALLADAY

Holy christ. That was awesome

And I thought Cliff Lee was good today.

Well Lee's K/BB in the 2010 playoffs is an even infinity.

Cliff Lee WAS good today.

Jon S. - October 6, 2010 via mobile reply

I loathe that this happened but damn. Impressive.

Torrid - October 6, 2010 reply

Sweeney gets a nice hug in

Felix Hernandez may be The King, but Roy Halladay is a God.

It's amazing that he doesn't have more Cy Young awards.

Hey! Jamie!

and Sweendog doling out the hugs.

Reading through, this saddens me how much I was excited by this.

Closest the M’s have been to the postseason in a while. :(

Robert Lintott - October 6, 2010 reply

Absolutely nuts.

Halladay outhits the Reds.

Roy Halladay is ridiculous.

TWownsU - October 6, 2010 reply

And just like that everybody in Philadelphia has forgotten about Cliff Lee

Be weird if they run into him later

I forgot about Cliff Lee on July 9th.

Only threw 104 pitches. Jesus

With 8 K's.

That’s efficient.

The seventh inning was the best example of his efficiency.

2 Ks 1 Groundout.

7 pitches.

Llewdor - October 6, 2010 reply

So, just as he started pitching to the final hitter, up walks my supervisor, to have a chat about something we are working on.

You should have told him/her to shut up and watch what Roy Halladay was working on.

Greatest pitching performance in playoff history?

I know Larsen threw a perfect game, but I bet this was alot more efficient.

Dude, the bloody sock game.

It’s harder to pitch in the AL East under the bright lights of the Red Sox Yankees Rivalry. How could this possibly compare? It just can’t.

That was gutsy as hell,

but I don’t think the pitching performance itself was nearly as spectacular.

I think I was being too subtle.

Was that the humor thing I keep hearing about?

A wise guy, eh?

Nyuk nyuk nyuk!

Yeah, but looking back on it, it looks like a million pieces of sports writing I've seen before.

And that makes me angry.

I think Roy Halladay's nickname should be "Leviathan" from now on.

I think Doc Halladay is perfect.

Was the walk a real walk?

There were 4 balls, and the batter took first base

Ha.

Not really sure that's what msb is asking

If it was a real walk or a ump screw up.

I'm just opening Gameday to find out!

What inning was it in?

5th inning.

Watching it, it looked like a legit walk.

Yeah.

Ball two looks borderline but to complain about that would be unbelievably picky.

The ump helped him out a little with a wide strike zone, too.

It was.

Eyebrows - October 6, 2010 via mobile reply

Amazing game. God damn I miss meaningful Baseball.

Happybelly - October 6, 2010 reply

This was fun

Okay, Sabathia. Your turn.

This was both Holladay's and Mike Sweeney's first playoff game.

Halliday had a little more to do with the outcome, though.

He just threw a fucking no hitter. Show some respect.

HAllAday

Thank you.

And Joey Votto

Why does everyone forget about Canada?

Looks like FanGraphs was right--it'll be Phillies in 2.

I think Ruiz was trying to make out with Roy there after the out.

He's only human.

Ruiz that is.

Roy Halladay is so much more.

This continues to be one of the most incredible years of baseball I've witnessed.

I wasted the whole year watching the Mariners.

Wooo!

keithlaw
Um. #stoptalking RT @johnfayman: Cabrera: “He and the umpire pitched a no-hitter. He gave him every pitch. … we had no chance.”

Oh boy

Right then Twins/Yankees

Top that.

Well, if one of the starting pitchers is on acid, it could happen.

C.C. would probably need a LOT of acid.

TBS now saying Target Field may be the best in baseball.

1.) It doesn’t have the best ROOF in baseball.
2.) They’re weather is bad.

I realized my "their" error immediately as I pushed post. Whoops.

I thought that when the ball hits the bat a second time, it becomes a foul ball.

Actually, I’m pretty damn sure. They should have had to end that at-bat again.

theNmarie - October 6, 2010 reply

Rule 6.05 (h)

After hitting or bunting a fair ball, his bat hits the ball a second time in fair territory.
The ball is dead and no runners may advance. If the batter-runner drops his bat and
the ball rolls against the bat in fair territory and, in the umpire’s judgment, there was
no intention to interfere with the course of the ball, the ball is alive and in play. If
the batter is in a legal position in the batter’s box, see Rule 6.03, and, in the umpire’s
judgment, there was no intention to interfere with the course of the ball, a batted ball
that strikes the batter or his bat shall be ruled a foul ball;

The correct call was made.

Ah. Thanks

theNmarie - October 6, 2010 reply

Does anybody else want a Roy-Toy?

perfectstrat - October 6, 2010 reply

Okay I call BULLSHIT.

Why in the hell is Jon Miller announcing the friggin’ Yankee-Twins series instead of the Giants-Braves?

Yea that's terrible.

Is he doing ESPN radio?

perfectstrat - October 6, 2010 reply

He is indeed. With Orel Hershiser.

And they are being measured and knowledgable.

I hardly know where to look.

I want Liriano to throw a perfect game.

Siddown Jeets!

"He's just a big ol' workhorse, loaded with talent."

/fat joke.

Curses.

I was just thinking "huh, somebody on LL is unhappy now."

Did the Sounders win?

They sure did!

Hot Damn!

Theres gonna be some drunk posting tonight!

There was surprisingly little last night

which is when the match was.

For some reason I though it was today.

Never the less, good stuff. Woo Seattle sports.

Jim Thome gets lots of hits.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CUDDYER!!!

Michael Cuddyer is a player I have absolutely no emotions about.

He is the “Jason Kubel” of the Minnesota Twins.

I felt much the same until just now.

But, Cuddles Mc Dimples!?!

Is a fantastic nickname but one I don't think I've heard before

It is an old Batgirl nickname from long ago.

oops.

McDimpley

That was a nicer time.

A time when Carlos Silva and Torii Hunter were still in Minnesota.

in honor of the Twins in the playoffs

I had to re-watch Oh Five today

That was fantastic.

Donde esta ... Blancooooooooo

Isn't Jason Kubel the Jason Kubel of the twins?

I was thinking much the same thing.

They are the same thing.

Owned!

CUDDYER!

woo hoo!

and, I’m referring to a baseball game, not fussball.

That's what I'm talking about Cuddyer!

seattle_since_81 - October 6, 2010 via mobile reply

Eat that CC.

Why couldn't the Mariners have gotten Hardy?

Because the Twins got him!

The Brewers wanted Carlos Gomez more than anything we did or didn't offer

"No matter what [Jeter] hit this year (numberwise), that's why he's so good!"

♫ Once they had a Jeter love ... ♫

Last year was clearly a fluke

what choker.

K for Arod with 2 on base!

This has nothing to do with Josh Wilson.

bagsflyfree - October 6, 2010 reply

Apparently they feel no one in America will have seen Target Field before

They felt the same about the Rangers.

In their defense, at least Target Field is still new.

O-dawg!

Rob Johnson'd!

Bahahaha

"The Yankees look out of sorts." Awesome.

Sabathia and Price have been doing a smashing job on the big stage!

"This is the year of the pitcher. It's also the year of the manager, so many managers have done a great job this year"

I wonder if that includes all of the managers that were fired this year.

I cracked up in the after game comments from Charlie Manuel when asked about the no-hitter.

“It was great managing.” Then he starts cackling.

I don;t know why we are surprised, after all, the Yankees are the David in this Daive & Goliath story.

Alex says so.

Greg Pirkl Lives - October 6, 2010 reply

Edinson Volquez really looks like Lucky from King of the Hill in that photo.

Today's Reds game was the first game that a team that had Bill Bavasi on the payroll has ever played.

The first game? Seems doubtful, since he played hundreds of games on the Mariner's payroll just recently.

First playoff game.

They always get better after they leave

Even the Angels?

I'm pretty sure they made it when he was in charge in 1995

joof - October 7, 2010 reply

Harden DFA'd?

Woo Twins!

Great time of year to peak against the Yankees :)

WHAT?

Smoltz (or is it Darling) is talking about how the Twins’ .300+ BABIP shows that they have the right approach at the plate.
Repeatable kills!

Smoltz has mentioned it a couple of times, though not by name.

Progress!

The average BABIP this year is .297.

Are the Twins zombies? Usually when you kill something, you don't have to do it repeatably.

Who's the guy that was just saying that he thought Halladay might have had some nerves coming into his first playoff start?

He sounds like James Woods and it’s quite distracting

Nonononononononononononono stop this Cisco

At first I thought there was a bad commercial.

Then I thought you had some sort of gardening issue.
Then I remembered that the Giants weren’t playing today.
And THEN I figured out what you were talking about.

Rec'd for NW gardening issue.

Cisco is TERRIBLE.

But the reference, which Professor probably doesn't get, is hilarious.

This is correct on at least one count.

Cisco is a NW gardening guy-kinda out there.

With the broadest Wiscaansaan accent you ever did hear.

I think I'm finding this more amusing because in my head I'm picturing Sisqo.

Blame msb and her Twins' nicknames link.

That would require blaming Batgirl by proxy, so no can do.

Yup.

I will never stop missing her.

Nooooooooooooo

http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/

.

Perfect.

I'm disappointed they don't own other domains with a differing amount of O's

Fuck fuck fuck

Well fuck a duck.

This is terrible.

Yeah this sucks, giving CC a lead.

It's alright, if they keep it close they can just hit another grand slam off of Rivera.

I hear that's how he gets his wins.

He also gets wins by pitching in big games.

I think that’s it.

WHAT KIND OF FAGGOT SHIT IS THIS

The worst kind.

Wait now you want the Yankees to lose?

I HATE THEM THEY ALWAYS GET THEIR WAY

Their goddamn playoff jackassery always sets me off.

FUCK

That's not true.

They missed the playoffs in 2008. And don’t get me started about 2004.

That's the exception that proves the rule

I really don't get that Directv commercial, with the rich guy.

The tiny giraffe is fucking awesome though.

I was just typing that.

Why doesn't Scruffy's Criffcowspider load anymore? :(

Still there for me.

Dang it! I only saw it my mobile this afternoon at work-laughed my bloomers off.

THANKS CAMERAMAN YOU ENFEEBLED DOLT

HORSE TESTICLES

POPPYCOCK

Wait, Kerry Wood is a Yankee?

Deadline deal.

CURSE JIM THOME'S OLD LEGS

It was all uphill to third for Thome.

Jim runs like the wind.

Very elegant roll form Gardener I must say.

Gardner even.

This is your fault, Cisco people.

MORE LIKE CC SOGAYTHIA

CC giantfuckingbloomersIcanhidethreesmallchildreninthereSIA

Hey CC!

One man to a pair of pants out there!

(got to recall all the Silva heckles)

CC's bloomers have their own zip code.

Eating the opposing team results in a lot of wins.

Alt: CC Sobathhouseya?

This one's a work in progress

I chuckled.

TAKE TAKE TAKE!

DON'T SWING EVER

DO NOT SWING!

Good job!

Snicker snicker

YES!!!!

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEe

TAKE THE FIRST PITCH!

Good job!

teehee

LOOOOOOOOOOSE

CC Sabathia pitches in big games.

Games are bigger for CC Sabathia having pitched in them.

This is also true of trousers.

Imagine what he would look like without the vertical stripes.

BOLLOCKS

Well crap.

Goddamnit Francisco.

What the fuck.

Sonofabitch

FUCK YOU JESSE CRAIN

Fuck.

CC SABATHIA IN LINE FOR THE WIN!

FELIX WOULD HAVE LOST TWO INNINGS AGO!

FUCKING SHIT FUCK

Jesus Christ that was a terrible pitch.

Fuckity Fuck FUCK

FUCK THIS SHIT

Well at least this means the Yankees will get to beat the Rangers in the ALCS

Fuck that.

For me, the best result of that series would be a 7 game shit fest of completely unwatchable baseball that ends with both teams contracting syphilis.

Brian Fuentes is a Twin.

This informs me of how much attention I have been paying to the baseball season.

I saw his first relief appearance as a twin.

What the Angels received in return was the sweet sweet prize of not having to pay Brian Fuentes

How many pitcher could you name in their minor league system right now?

Kyle Gibson

Is he on the MLB team?

A very cursory inspection says no.

Not many.

I don’t pay as much attention to other team’s prospects as people seem to think I do.

That's right, A-Rod would never steal in the 7th inning with Cano up in the regular season.

Never.
Ever.

.

heh.

Haahahahahaawwww:(

If the WS ends up Yankees/Phillies I will quit baseball

FOX would have a massive orgasm.

At least stick around to watch the Yankees lose.

I'm not sure that would be better

It would for me.

Some of the things I overheard in bars when the Yankees won last year were agonizing.

Well yeah it would be better but not by enough

It would likely keep me/Faux/Bearskin Rugburn/BRKLYN M'S/whoever else from getting crazy and/or violent.

JY - October 7, 2010 reply

The Yankees have a player named Boone.

Heh. He kinda looks like a Boone.

Aaron and Bret don't look much alike.

Big Jared - October 6, 2010 reply

Nor do they have anything to do with Mr Boone Logan.

Aaron is starting to look very like his father.

Delmon Young being good is kinda weird.

Former #1 overall pick...

THOME TIME

DAMN IT JIM

He's a Doctor not a.....oh wait.

Big Jared - October 6, 2010 reply

So far Smoltz has mentioned BABIP and HR/FB

Is he a color commentator on the tv side now?

Yep.

Rally time bitches.

YES

GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO

Oh great, the Mariano Rivera Slobberfest.

Yeah but he's the best relief pitcher ever by a light year

I know, they don't have to keep telling me.

Perhaps this is why he doesn't seem to be aging.

BALL FOUR SHITEYES

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=6723731

Twins need Ichiro right there.

I'm not averse to loaning him out for the series.

Spans should not have swung at all.

*Span

Fuck

So Halladay spends 12 years being glorious and pitching for a nowhere team in the same division as the Yankees

Finally gets traded to a contender and throws a no hitting in his first fucking playoff game and I miss it? Ho-lee shit.

Anybody have any ideas on how to see this game complete without buying into MLB packages? iTunes selling replays? Anything?

I missed it too. It's bullshit.

I knew they were playing games early, but looking at the time stamps as I caught up was infuriating

Noon? Jesus

3 games a day the first 2 days-Blissmas.

Yeah, and mostly during business hours on the west coast

Not helping, dude

-tte

Dudette-and whee for working outdoors.

Same here but earbuds or radios aren't allowed.

Safety first!

So solly-I would call in sick-best days of the year. :)

$10 for MLB.com (including archives) through the post-season.

Ok, that doesn't sounds so bad

Thanks

They get to show the games?

I'm not sure what you mean, exactly.

$10 gets you a month-long mlb.tv subscription where you can watch the games live on your computer, PS3, etc. and see the archived games whenever. I don’t have it right now but I did last year.

You can't watch playoff games live, I think.

You can, but with alternate camera angles.

The angles are interesting!

They are!

you get the audio, but the cameras are separate, and you don’t get them edited as you would for broadcast

It's something to get use to, I'll say that.

This was what I was asking.

Here's what it keeps prompting me with when I open mlb.tv:

U.S./Canada Users – Postseason.tv
Experience playoff baseball a whole new way with live post-season multi-angle, comanion coverage (no blackout resrictions)

So you’re not getting the actual TV coverage, but it is live.

It was----SPECTACULAR-even on the radio and rooting for the Reds.

They're giving him the 3B line, take the bunt

word up thome

THANKS SHITEYES

Suck it Cano.

Well now.

Come on person my age.

Persons

Aww....

Dammit.

Fuck

Thome, you ruined it.

Fuck. That game didn't end, it deflated.

I'm trying to find a way to turn this into a joke about Sabathia.

He hasn't aged, he's inflated?

I guess today was still amazing.

I'm kinda sad that Halliday outshined Cliff Lee so much, because Cliff was AMAZING.

Cliff was Cliff FUCKING Lee today. I hope the Rangers lose the rest of the way, but

Cliff was AWESOME.

It's gonna be Yankees-Phillies, isn't it?

You're just no figuring that out?

Now, even

Bite my ass, Twins can do this thing

Exactly, Twins can do this thing.

It’s the post season. Anything can happen. That’s one thing we know for sure. There are no limits to the surprises the post season can bring. If we could have gotten there this year with Felix and Lee, we could have won the whole thing. It is anybody’s game at this point.

No!

Please.

October in New York is time to put the headphones on and stop paying attention to Facebook.

Booooooooooooo

I swear to God I will break something tomorrow if Joe Morgan is doing the Giants game.

FOR KERMIT

TX/TB 11:30 am (West coast)
Reds/Phils -sonsabitches have extry day off
NY/Twins-3:00 pm (West Coast)
GIANTS/BRAVES woo hoo 6:30 pm (Best Coast)

Thanks!

Also I didn’t know you were ’ette. Apologies for the mistaken gender deal up thread

No worries-it's a sausage fest here mostly.

The 'ette posters are usually recognizable in the community though.

Yeah but Melenious and Lisa could kick the crap out of half these guys an a straight up fight.

So they have that going for them

Exactly my point.

fight! fight! fight! fight!

You too, my darling!

I'll try to be more girly in my posts-tee hee, you're so strong. Plus, maybe you guys know them for longer than 9 months and in person.

Girl, you were in my sig line for like, ten months.

I see she also brings out the sassy tv minority in you.

http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2008/6/22/556684/the-girls-of-lookout-landi

If you happen to mean the Fresh Prince, you are motherfucking correct, Madam.

kevin_ess - October 7, 2010 reply

So bummed I got dumped :P, once agin.

wazzu93 - October 7, 2010 reply

SAY SOMETHING FUNNY AND RELEVANT TO THE TIME.

kevin_ess - October 7, 2010 reply

They also had the benefit of this:

NOTE: Also in that link, some awesome OT threads for the archivaLLists.

Faux - October 6, 2010 reply

This was (and I ALWAYS reserve this term for truly the right moment) epic.

Minnesota should not be allowed in the playoffs

Let a team in that actually wants to win. I know, I sound ridiculous, but christ you’d think being raped by the Yankees 500 times is enough.

OceanBird - October 6, 2010 reply

I know right? I'm so tired of teams making it to the post season and then just rolling over for the Yankees

Just toot toot tootin’ that ass up in the air. Way to go Twins, gotta act like you want it.

From hearing the score, what the fuck assholes.

I have never hated anything as much as I do yankees and yankee fans. I want them all to die horrible, slow (but not too slow), agonizing deaths, preferably lockjaw or something that ate their voice boxes first so they’d shut the fuck up.

Every last one.

Faux - October 6, 2010 reply

So, imagine the Phillies had they kept Cliff Lee and added Doc.

Then we wouldn't have the Smoakster. =(

joof - October 7, 2010 reply

And fuck you guys. He's going to carry us on his shoulders soon.

kevin_ess - October 7, 2010 reply

That would mean we didn't get Cliff FUCKING Lee and I wouldn't have his M's Jersey.

This is like the worst scenario possible. No one can take away my Lee jersey or the fact that we had him. I will always remember 2010, as the year we had two (2), count them, two (2) CY pitchers to watch and a totally worthless season. This year must always be remembered for it’s futility. This year surpassed all previous years for the M’s futility. I’m hoping that means nothing ever comes close to this again.

Reply fail to msb. Sorry.