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4/21: Open Game Thread, Part 2

I wonder if Dave Trembley will choose to keep living in Baltimore after he's fired.

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STEP ON THEIR THROATS Ms!
What's Cal Ripken Sr. up to these days?
I hear he wants to play again
He's a little old for that.

He’s got to be pushing 80 now.

Him and Ripken Jr have the itch to play again
And Sr. is dead anyway
Clawing at the inside of his coffin.
He's been dead for over a decade.
He is due for a homerun.
Jack Wilson has a WPA of .310 for this game.
Rye Bread and MUSTARD!!!
Say that was a ton of two out hits

just realized

That was not a Change-up Dave.
It was 71
It was a curveball.
sb, you can't get Stone Smoked Vanilla Porter very often.

Accept it, move on.

I have never, ever had it
Then you have a sad life and and need to line up for it.
I even know people who work there and I have never, ever had it =(
The fact that I have had a Stone you have not is like Steve Jobs holding a deed to a piece of property Bill Gates is really keen on
I forgot I did that.
The worst part is that I noticed last night and still can't be assed to change it.
Aw that sounded so nice
Wow he just fucking missed that.
Damn, 20 more feet Guti.
Ahhh

nice try guti :(

Just got under that one

He had a pitch to smoke

Almost sex....Almost.
Thats what Robert says.
Damn, too high.
What do you mean too high?
Got under it too much.
Oh well, got 4

I’ll take it happily.

Safeco out.

Happens to the best of us.

Is Guti's average below .400 now?
.400 exactly!
What a failure.
No, right on the .400 mark
I think at now

maybe

OK seriously who the hell is this Lou Montanez fellow
A baseball player on the Baltimore Orioles.
Some fuckin' cuntbag
DAM IT SAFECO!
I think the better question is whether or not Dave Trembley will choose to leep living.
I think he might jump out of the plane on their way home
I dont think he has a choice
He could probably find another job in the game
O's fans hate him more than we hate Rob Johnson
Now THAT is saying a lot
I don't hate Rob Johnson

I just don’t want him to play anymore.

What's left of their fan base that is.
His daimyo will allow him to commit seppuku
They travel by plane?

That must must be quite a comedown for him after spending all those years on the Enterprise.

Really Jack? Really?
I still love you!
I think he definitely dove over the ball.
Haha Wilson man .... nice try.
The Blue Jays deserved to win with those awesome uniforms.

Fuck everything that came out since the 80s AND YES THAT INCLUDES THE M’S UNIS BRING BACK THE TRIDENT

Yes, bring back the Trident!

The Trident was the shit.

At least a freakin throwback day.
Christ, football teams wear new unis every game (and I mean NFL teams)

So why not the Ms.

The seahawks looked horrible. Just plain horrible.
At least they don't put a drop shadow on their numbers

the way SOME teams in the NFC West I won’t mention do.

I have no idea what was going on with the hawk jerseys it was just terrible.
Ehh...no
Just for that I'm gonna push for the trident AND the pullover now.
"Brick killed a guy. Did you throw a trident?"
I hate this logic.
Ya gotta stttreeeeeeeeetch for that one, Jack
oh no! his offense is good now so his defense is bad!!

arrrggghhh

The curse of Seattle... happened to Lopez too
Ya and Beltre....Wait.
Please capitalize.
Yay KKK

Less yay Rob.

Sit down newb!
FUCK YOU ROB JOHNSON
What are you doing Rob Johnson
hahaha oh well you are just hopeless
DAMN IT ROB DAMN YOU
OMG ROB JOHNSON YOU STUPID FUCK
DIE JOHNSON DIE DIE DIE DIE
What the fuck are you doing Rob?
DAMMIT ROB STOP TRYING TO DESTROY THIS TEAM
GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY GAME YOU FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT
Ok now I hate Rob Johnson.
Don't fucking spike Felix you shit.
Felix kicked Rob in the head!
Never mind fuck you rob.
That's the final straw Rob.
ROB YOU FUCKING RETARD
HOLY FUCKING SHIT WHY DO OUR CRAPPY FIELDERS ALWAYS HAVE TO TRY TO HURT OUR GOOD PLAYERS

THIS IS SOME FUCKING BULLSHIT STOP KICKING FELIX IN THE HEAD

DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE
I'M SERIOUSLY GOING TO KILL THAT FUCKER
OH MY FUCK ROB JOHNSON I AM GOING TO COME TO YOUR HOUSE AND SLIT YOUR FUCKING THROAT
ROB JOHNSON IF YOU INJURE FELIX WE WILL KILL YOU
WHAT THE ASS ROB JOHNSON I WILL COME FOR YOUR SCROTUM AT NIGHT AND BASH IT IN WITH A RUSTY NAIL AND BLEND IT UP AND MAKE YOU DRINK IT
Rob you dick
Felix needs a new personal catcher
IF YOU HURT FELIX I WOULD HAVE GOT A LOAN, FLOWN TO SEATTLE AND FUCKING KILLED YOU
SERIOUSLY ROB JOHNSON IS CLEARLY A DOUBLE AGENT IN THE EMPLOY OF THE ANGELS
Felix's good. We're cool Rob Johnson.
Great here is this Montanez fucker.
Wait, what happened?
Remember Yuni and Endy chavez?

that but with Rob and Felix

only felix is OK
And it had nothing to do with his knee

And Felix ducked and turtled.

And Felix was playing the role of Yuni
Oh God I really liked Endy. FUCK YOU YUNI.
Rob Johnson attempted to kill his only friend in the world.
Robbie tried to Yuni Felix.
I WILL COME AND KILL YOU MYSELF ROB. FUCK YOU.
I FUCKING HATE YOU ROB JOHNSON!
LOPIE LOPIE LOPIE....
I bet Rob Johnson and Felix won't be best buddies anymore after that!
Rob Johnson needs the Carlos Beltran treatment
Oh fuck, Montanez is at the plate.
SOMEONE ICE ROB JOHNSON

PLEASE

Just break his legs

Except I think someone already did.

Tried that.....

Arms???

So what's the general opinion around here on Rob Johnson?
Fuck Rob Johnson
Fuck Rob Johnson
Fuck Rob Johnson
Everyone either loves him or loves to hate him

Either way everyone loves something about Rob Johnson

I'd really just rather he disappeared and never was seen ever again
That person is dead to me.
Fuck Rob Johnson.
I thought I could like him a little just for this game but Fuck Rob Johnson
I want to put his head on a stake and loft it in the air while yelling a triumphant battle cry.
And I would like to see it.
"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is, ‘(Expletive) Rob Johnson, then don’t say anything at all,
Anyway, fuck Rob Johnson
I have nothing to say.
He sucks ass.
MY GOD FELIX ADAM MOORE IS BETTER AND WILL NOT TRY TO KILL YOU MAKE HIM YOUR PERSONAL CATCHER INSTEAD
Just hit Wiggington.
Ladies and gentlemen, Rob Johnson, in a nutshell.
ICHI CAN OF CORN
Hurray.

Fuck you Rob.

wow rob. go die.

Just got home from a late shift flip on the TV and robo suckass rob is trying to kill felix now? WTF how long do we have to suffer this dipshit.

Please capitalize and no chat speak.
ALRIGHT NOW SOMEBODY GO INTO THE DUGOUT AND CUT ROB JOHNSON'S FUCKING FACE OFF
Like in Face Off?
I seriously fucking hate Rob.
Baltimore has a kickass aquarium so he might.
OUR CATCHER IS THE OPPOSITE OF THE ORIOLES CATCHER
Above average so far on offense?
Rob Johnson is not black
MATT WIETERS IS BLACK WHERE IT COUNTS
Neither is Weiters.

Not sure where you were going with that.

We're out of that yay!

NO THANKS TO YOU ROB FUCKING JOHNSON!

OUR CATCHER IS FUNCTIONALLY RETARDED
I'm not sure he's functional
Why does everyone want to have sex with Rob Johnson now? Is King Felix that much hated on these boards?
If you lay a finger on King Felix

I will hurt you.

He's not Japanese or Hawaiian I think he's safe.
Rob Johnson, I hope your descendants all look like Jack Wilson
So anyone with talent.

That clip of Izzy drop kicking that catcher after getting beaned with a ball in the minors. Please put Felix as Izzy and Johnson as the catcher. Thanks!

By the way, that play was more Felix's fault.

Don’t make Rob Johnson jump over you.

It's never Felix's fault. It's always Rob Johnson's fault.
Fuck Rob Johnson
Phil Hughes has a jinxable event through 5 against the A's.
He's opened an umbrella in-doors?
As does Justin Upton
You mean a NO HITTER???
Yeah! Jinx the SHIT out of a Yankees no-hitter!
If Felix gets hurt on that play, I think Lookout Landing, USS Mariner and Twitter would have all crashed
Ask Rob about how'd he feel about that.
Also, Rob Johnson probably gets murdered tonight
Don't be silly he has a RBI
More like explodes in a fiery ball of rage
USS Mariner is powered by Fangraphs!
There is no server big enough to handle the comments if Rob hurts Felix, not even in the CIA or NSA
We brought down Twitter during the Winter Meetings

Fangraphs wouldn’t stand a chance.

Oh man, that was so great.
I thought it was a joke, at first.
I was so proud of us.
Crowning achievement
Twitter goes down every five minutes
Stop trying to ruin it.
CLIFF LEE WHOOOOO!!!
USS Mariner would have possibly brought down Fangraphs in the process.
How close can you get to Rob Johnson?
You know I'm from Montana

So I can’t help you guys out there.

He just tried to kill Felix...

Gotta keep you priorities straight.

tough to argue with that

Though Felix needs to get his ass out of the way. I’m worried about him doing something crazy in the field to get hurt than Rob hurting him. Like standing in the way of a sliding base runner

Just get Rob when he goes to visit his parents
We could send him back to Butte.

Seriously, is there any punishment we could deal out worse than that?

Adelanto, CA
Been there.

Butte is worse. I’d rather get stuck in Sierra Vista AZ than go back to Butte.

He'd be able to hit there though.
Is this THE Ryan Divish?
NO IT'S THE OTHER RYAN DIVISH
I don't know that there are any other Ryan Divishs out there

I’m the only one I know of.

I believe it's Divishes
Other posters seemed to confuse you with Yu Darvish earlier today
And yes, My post was a joke
Isn't there a Divish who pitches in Japan?
Not that I know of. There's a Darvish.
I almost responded to this comment with a jackassy stab about how people are stealing from twitter now but then I saw who wrote this.
I try to monitor the most entertaining game threads in baseball

plus you can say fuck and not get into trouble

Pleasure to be of service!

I’ll give you a dollar if you can get Felix to say Robert instead of Rob tonight

We encourage it, more like.
You're welcome.
So sorry you had to see this.
Is there any chance you could sneak a sniper rifle into the press box?
LET'S DRESS ROB JOHNSON UP IN A DAVE TREMBLEY COSTUME AND SEND HIM BACK WITH THE ORIOLES SO THAT THEIR FANS WILL KILL HIM
Hey, Lopez with a ground out.
What a surprise
Rangers lost in 12 innings
Kotchman!

I like him.

Kotchman still doesn't realize how slow he is
Kotchman is a cool guy
We're getting better at running the basepaths!
Can we now put Kotchman in the 4 spot now?
And murder Sweeney?
Kotch!

Yes, do more to make us forget the terrible Rob Johnson.

And he GIDPS on the first pitch
Literally the worst possible result
Sweeney GIDP time!
SWEENEY.

CAN YOU TAKE A FUCKING PITCH YOU FUCKFACE.

Thank you old man DH
GEE SWEENEY I'M SURE GLAD WE STILL HAVE YOU AROUND
3 AB's

4 PITCHES. JESUS SWEENEY

FUCK YOU SWEENEY...FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK
I love how the Orioles took roughly 25 minutes turning that double play...

and still had Sweeney by a good 15 feet.

Fucking Mike Sweeney.

Gone by end of April.

We can only hope
Way to work the count Sweeney

You useless fuck

Man that .500 BA sure was fucking awesome in ST huh Mike?
Sooooooo can we cut Mike's Weeny yet?
I see what you did there.
Childish, I know.
Yup, gotta get Sweeney some playing time
First pitch Sweeney!

If Rob is gonna start hitting someone has to pick up the sucky slack.

Someone take out Sweeney's leg so he can be a full time mascot.
I WOULD RATHER HAVE TEN MIKE SWEENEYS THAN ONE ROB JOHNSON
That's a tough one actually...
But Mike Sweeney can't catch!

wait

HE CAME UP AS A CATCHER

IF WE HAD TEN WE COULD KEEP REPLACING THEM WHEN THEY BREAK

Nice job Sweeney.

Go away and give us Langerhans back.

Well, if we're lucky...

Wak will actually catch on that Sweeney isn’t an asset.

He should've caught on long ago
Back to Felix!
Sweeney had better be cut after this game.

Rob Johnson too, but in a different way.

So does that mean that Sweeney has made 4 outs on 3 pitches?
Why did we give Sweeney a roster spot?
"He earned it with his performance in Spring Training and the end of last year."
Canucks tie it up. Short-Handed.
I want to see how many pitches Sweeney has taken this season.

13 ABs now.. right? So like 25 pitches maybe if I’m being generous?

DEAR MATT WIETERS

PLEASE GO JUAN MARICHAL ON ROB JOHNSON

Justin Heyward.

Really Dave?

Niehaus called Nolan Reimold

Nate Reimold all game yesterday.

The Orioles have seven hits and one run.
Wow Felix sucks
He's no Fister, that's for sure.
Felix needs to quit this whole fielding thing.

My heart can’t stand it.

I wanna see Guti back off for Tui
The only reason Felix gives up singles and walks is to allow the defense to practice double plays.
He's such a team guy.
Fister would have had that one.
Why are these baseballs flying in the air all of the sudden
BECAUSE ROB JOHNSON
Gotta get Sex some action.
Damn, that's just a mean pitch to throw to Adam Jones.
It's like Felix is just saying, "Bitch, you are Corey Patterson. Go act like Corey Patterson."
Thats a mean pitch to throw to anyone.
The A's are making Phil Hughes look good
Yeah, Adam Jones had no prayer there
SIDDOWN, JONES!
AHHAHAHAHAHA FUCK YOU ADAM JONES
BRING THE PAIN
See ya later bitch
Glad we got ridd'a that guy...
TOO BAD WE COULDN'T HAVE TRADED ROB JOHNSON TOO
I think Adam Jones would really aggravate me if he were still a Mariner.
We'd all be pining for Cleveland's awesome and incredibly sexy right fielder.
He would be playing with much much much less pressure.
Hmm. Dave Trembely sez it is all Rickey Henderson's fault.

Jones entered Wednesday night 6-for-27 (.222) on the current road trip and 0-for-8 in the series against the Seattle Mariners, his old team, his average dropping to .215.

“He’s swinging at way too many bad pitches,” Trembley said of Jones. “I probably did him a disservice by introducing him to Rickey Henderson the other day in Oakland. I told Rickey Henderson, ‘I’d like Jones to impersonate Rickey Henderson a few times and get us on the board with a leadoff homer.’ Rickey Henderson is the best in the world at doing that, and I think Jones is thinking that he’s got to do that. He’s a great kid. If they throw him a strike, he’ll do what he can do with it. But you can’t do that if you’re swinging at pitches in the dirt or over your head.”

Great coaching.

Tell him to swing for the fences every time. Great move dipshit.

Yeah, let's make him impersonate a guy with one of the most unique skillsets in history.

What could possibly go wrong?

Trembley before the game

"It’s time to dial it up and get this thing going in a positive direction and quit accepting it and saying ’it’s ok’ because it’s not ok," he said. "It’s not ok at all. I’m tired of covering for people. I’m not going to cover for them anymore."

"I’ve been in a position where I’m a really nice fella and I’ll cover and I’ll get questions point blank and I feel like I’m a damn presidential press secretary sometimes instead of telling it what is it, I have to smooth it over," he said. "I’m not smoothing it over anymore. Everybody here is intuitive enough. I love the players. There are people that want to see them fail. I’m not one of them. I don’t want to see them fail. I want to see the Baltimore Orioles succeed. I know the odds are against us but I think we can do it. I think we can do it. That’s how I feel."

Saw that quote in the Times article

Rizzs said something about him calling out the pitchers using expletives. Happen to have an uncensored quote handy?

Remember when Squinty McClusterfuck went on that scripted tirade?

That was adorable.

"We need to buckle down" was my favorite part about that.

It was the classic “my job is already gone and I’m just trying to save face” meltdown.

I wanted to pat him on the head and pinch his cheeks
no, I don't. I wasn't there for that.
He sure was in a good mood today
I feel guilty about it

But I get a sick sense of satisfaction from knowing that it may have been a recent loss to the M’s that caused a manager of a struggling team to finally crack.

Rickey Henderson also drew a shit-ton of walks.

Which he did by having a tiny strike zone and being selective as fuck. Yes, let’s take from that “try to hit more homeruns”. I’m starting to see why O’s fans hate the guy.

more from the Sun article

Jones acknowledged that he has been trying too hard to make up the offense lost with leadoff man Brian Roberts on the disabled list.

“Maybe, sometimes, I’m in my own head,” Jones said. “I might be trying too hard. I’m just trying to do too much instead of just having a simple approach. [Nick Markakis] is the same way. Me and him talked about it today, and we are trying to do too much, just really trying to pick up the slack. We just need to go back to the simple approach that got us here. We just need base hits. I think some guys are trying to get the big hit rather than just a hit.”

HEY GUYS YOU KNOW WHO SUCKS?

I’LL GIVE YOU A HINT: IT STARTS WITH “R” AND ENDS WITH “OB JOHNSON”

Mike Sweeney
Pork rinds?

Pork rinds.

Rabbid SOB JOHNSON?
Mike Sweeney?
Griffey
Doesn't start with R you idiot.
NOT JACK WILSON!
You are incorrect
So, this ad is telling me that male models of a certain age use Cialis.
DID NOT NEED TO SEE THAT MILLWOOD PICTURE
That looked smoked
An out, but don't we all agree Tui should get more ABs?
In Tacoma?
Burns. Sweeney.
Tui's only had twelve at-bats this season.

I don’t think that he’s entirely finished developing as a hitter, as he was really up and down (though slightly gimpy) last season, so I don’t think it would hurt him exactly.

I just think he looks good at the plate.
So good he's stuck out in half the AB he's been in this year.
Tui's smoked it twice in a row
PLEASE HIT HIM IN THE HEAD AND KILL HIM MILLWOOD

I WILL GIVE YOU A HUG

EVERY TIME HE COMES UP TO BAT I WANT TO THROW THINGS.
Try a jack and coke.

It helps.

NOW MY WALL IS ALL WET AND SMELLS OF ALCOHOL

BAD ADVICE

Time to start licking the wall.
That seems like an odd reaction to productivity
Rob Johnson?

A hit tonight does not equal productivity.

Especially at the expense of kicking Felix in the face
The Orioles players are ugly
Makes sense, their fanbase tends to be ugly
STRIKE HIM OUT MILLWOOD!
OR HIT HIM IN THE FACE!
OR HIT HIM IN THE FACE THEN STRIKE HIM OUT!
What the fuck is this?
Sorry, my fingers just started moving when I saw Rob Johnson... really sorry... don't know what came over me
It is generally good practice to wait at least 10 seconds before you post a thought, then decide if it's still a good idea
Some people just stop after step 1
That would be the preferred option
LL is getting to edgy for myself
Do you want the Mariners to win?
FUCKIN MARKAKIS
nuts to this I say!
MARKAKIS WHY ARE YOU A DREAM KILLER
That GEICO quote told us nothing.
In line with their commercials.
Jack double to lead off the

7th then.

Whoops

thought Rob made the 3rd out.

ROB JOHNSON HATES AMERICA
HOW DID YOU DROP THAT ONE?
So I havent been paying attention

I guess the game has gone like this:

1)Rob Johnson fucking sucks
2)Sweeney fucking sucks
3)We all have Kotch boners.

par for the course, right?

Rob Johnson has been good so far
Insert Felix for kotch
Guti as well but thats pretty much permanent.
1A) Rob Johnson is damned lucky.
We also love that gremlin fellow playing shortstop.
Don't feed him after midnight!
Suddenly I am glad we have a stadium with a retractable roof.
You missed a few

1. Rob Johnson fucking sucks
2. Rob Johnson fucking sucks
3. Rob Johnson should get the fuck outta here.
4. Sweeney fucking sucks
3. We all have Kotch boners

"Man this kid is some kinda pitcher."

Rizzsy Rizzsy Rizzsy.

And I can hear in my head exactly how he'd say this
Felix could have a complete game.
Weren't we just discussing jinxes?
Oh no what have I done
You are going to post again
Speaking of which we really need to work on Phil Hughes NO HITTER.
ROB JOHNSON KILLED MICHAEL JACKSON
I KNEW IT! I KNEW IT!
Rob Johnson's black now?
Felix has become everything we could have ever wanted from him
Not as promiscuous
Bitch gotta have a family before he can cheat on them.
He could still go all Tiger Woods. Theres time.
Felix is getting a shit ton of ground balls.

If he keeps this up all year . . .

Damn.

96 in the 7th.

That's Felix~
Gameday has him at 80 pitches through 7
MPH would be my guess
Whoops, I guess either number is good
I think he meant speed
I know this is off-subject but have we heard any new news on Rafael DePaula?
He died this afternoon

:(

ROB JOHNSON KILLED HIM

AND THEN RAPED HIS CORPSE

And used his blood as lubricant
Not lately.

We’re still frontrunners, he’s still working out for everyone.

Felix looks bored
FELIXXXXXXXXXX!!!!
Phil Hughes good through six with a reasonable pitch count

Justin Upton will get his chance either this inning or next inning

Upton doesn't play for the A's
Chance for what?
Sombrero de Oro
Yeah?

How is that historic?

It might be the game that shakes his confidence

leading to a free fall in his career which causes him to wash out of baseball and become a homeless person and we all have to sit and wonder what might have been with such a excellent young player with seemingly endless potential never fulfilling that dream. Or he might shake it off as a bad game, who knows?

Justin Upton?
More importantly he has a NO HITTER going.

This isn’t working for me.

Alright...

Please shut the fuck up.

Complete game for Felix?
So, Mr. Hughes is trying to throw a no-hitter, eh?
Don't worry, someone will jinx it soon enough
YEAH JINX THAT SHIT

NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER

NO HITTER.

NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER

You do realize the Yankees winning today could put us in first place, right?
What does this have to do with NO HITTER???
So, we're seriously rooting for the A's to succeed?

Seriously?

Why?

To get a hit.
I guess I don't get it

As long as a team is playing against TEX, OAK, or LAA and them winning won’t hurt us, I am rooting for that team to prevail in every way.

No, actually, you do get it
Because this website has become infested with 3rd graders

or people that think at a 3rd-grade level

So you say that the only way the Yankees can beat the A's is if they hold them to no hits?

You have a lot more respect for that lineup than I do.

God just shut up

Shut. Up.

The way I see it

Hit = baserunner

Simple as that.

Who gives a shit?

The A’s losing=good for us.

.

Yeah, you're overusing that.

It’s a little like mid-90s pop music.

There is no amount of overusing that in your case
You're overusing the Post button.
You are hardly one to complain about repetitiveness.
Is that supposed to be a bad thing?
I want the A's to lose, totally.

I don’t want the Yankees to get a no-hitter.
I think we can work something out.

They don't need a no-hitter to do that.
I can root for an Angels loss and a Yankees loss at the same time, can't I?

Even if it’s not physically possible?

Also, I forgot to mention...

NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER NO HITTER

You seem to be confused
You're just the worst.
People that comment here are retards
That's for sure!

http://www.sbnation.com/users/j-man

Wow.
I want to job shadow him on SBN bring your kid to post day.
It must be purged with fire

Sweet, cleansing fire.

BURN THE TREE
JINXES YOU SAY?

ROB JOHNSON IS STILL ALIVE ROB JOHNSON IS STILL ALIVE ROB JOHNSON IS STILL ALIVE ROB JOHNSON IS STILL ALIVE ROB JOHNSON IS STILL ALIVE ROB JOHNSON IS STILL ALIVE ROB JOHNSON IS STILL ALIVE ROB JOHNSON IS STILL ALIVE ROB JOHNSON IS STILL ALIVE ROB JOHNSON IS STILL ALIVE ROB JOHNSON IS STILL ALIVE ROB JOHNSON IS STILL ALIVE ROB JOHNSON IS STILL ALIVE

Nice
No.

No it isn’t. Not in the least.

I think that was the point
Seriously, dead meme.
Is there any particular reason we wouldn't want him to no-hit the A's?
It's the new trendy thing in baseball
Which one? Flirting with no-hitters or jinxing them?
At this point, what can be said?

It’s good to be on the King’s side.

Detriot should

man up now.

Haaa, Millwood is a pro
Pitching the game

of his life.

HOW THE FUCK IS IT POSSIBLE TO SCREW UP RICE-A-RONI

:( :( :( :(

Having the attention span of a gnat in rendering factory
Being high usually does the trick for me
what on earth
It's like mashed potatoes
I've seen instant mashed potatoes messed up

like the time my idiot roommate put the mix in the water and THEN boiled it

Forget to out the seasoning in there...

I’ve done it.

It's because you suck dicks.
Why don't you help him
I was not at home until like 10 seconds ago.

I would have helped him though, I made his first batch successful.

Hey the rice-a-roni on the stove is fair game if you want it.
Did you remember the water?
I TOLD YOU NOT TO MAKE IT
I LOOKED AND I REMEMBERED IT BEING REALLY TASTY
Really? It only reminds me of the worst memories of college.
Even San Franciscans don't think it's a treat
Don't forget to brown the vermicilli first!
That's a new take on the walk-off celebration
Our offense sucks when it doesn't score runs
Oh no Guti's under .400

Dam it regression!

Detroit only 1 run back on LAA and Oak is still losing

Weeee!

I feel like we're one more really terrible comment away from good LL going all Enola Gay on bad LL.
It's getting fucking close. These gamethreads have sucked ass all season long.
They're always a little bad at first but holy hell this is unbearable
I understand that the first week is always crazy. But I though we'd be past that by now.
This needs a fucking Grahamocaust
Too much strong beer.
Next time give him Mike's Hard Lemonade
I miss that stuff
It doesn't have caffeine
I know but it still was tasty
I'm saying you can have it dumbass.
I get really disappointed with myself when I think of buying it so instead I buy beer.
You are awesome
I'm really hoping somebody brings one home so i can steal it but I have trained Kirk well and Fuzz drinks Bud Light
How could Kirk bring one home anyway?
I buy it for him
Your logic is weird.
I'll steal it?
I suppose I could buy it for him considering that I came out alright
I train myself well.
If you come down to SD, I have three fridges solely devoted to beer

the worst one has Stone and Full Sail six packs in it

GOOD BEER ISNT THE PROBLEM

THE PROBLEM IS THAT I WANT SHITTY MALT LIQUOR

I am brewing my own beer as well, you can drink that
Rogue Mocha Porter on the other hand...
It's really testing my patience
If it makes you feel any better, there are a disturbing number of comments in the mod queue at USSM right now that I just can't bring myself to sift through

It’s not just LL.

Not sure how you do it over at USSM

I would’ve gouged my eyes out by now

We have lots of awesome regulars that make it feel worthwhile, basically.

And actually, the regulars do help, some. Not quite as, uh, aggressively as here. But people like joser and msb are worth their weight in gold.

Anyway, don’t want to turn this into too much about USSM, but I wanted to see if I could make Matthew feel a bit better.

You also don't have the regulars to help police either =(
I like to think that we can shape people into solid contributors without resorting to hostility and bans

but 2010 is really challenging that lofty goal

I think that experiment has failed miserably
I think we're closer than that
Theres an annoying subthread a few up that could use closing.
Clicking the x in the corner of your browser should do the trick
Alt F-5 also does the trick.
Suicide bombing seems quicker.
Suicide bombing seems quicker.
Or I could just out myself as a baddie.
It's new screenname syndrome

also, the interface has seemed kinda slow all year, I keep double posting too

Though I'm fairly sure it's because LL is destroying servers
A suicide bombings is rarely successful twice.
It seems like it's usually better during road trips, when the good regular posters aren't at the stadium.
Ichiro, Guti and Ichiro: 0 for 10

Rob Johnson is our catalyst and Jack Wilson is our RBI guy. Bizarro Mariners!

oops. Ichiro, Figgins, and Guti.
If anyone could be two people, it would be Ichiro
Yeah. We must be in some alternate universe.
FREDDY!

Loved that guy!

What the hell is with all the close No hitters?

Hughes of the Yankees is working on one now as well. Are all the teams working on getting one before the all star break this year or something?

You don't say!
.

:( Just got finished with college HW.

Didn’t realize what had been going on throughout the league. I had the Spurs/Mavs game on and only just noticed what was going on.

Haha, that wasn't meant for you
This was not meant for Jamkel at all
Whew...

Its past midnight here, and I’ve been up since 4. After working on Neutron interaction theory, I feel a little burnt out.

No, you're cool.

Stay around. We’re not that scary, honest.

:D Thanks.

I try to follow my Mariners when I can. Can’t always get on the game threads, but I try to pay attention to the Score and developments as I can. Its difficult with teams in every time zone to pay attention too.

How many pitches is Felix at now?
88
66 strikes 22 balls

Yay funny numbers

Only 87 pitches so far.

Go for the CG!

What is this camera angle?
I wish more ads used a slide whistle
In all the excitement I hadn't realized that Felix is close to a complete game
Come on Detroit.

Score more runs!

Markakis has that fucking annoying inside-out swing going tonight
Top 8

It’s wave time at Safeco, isn’t it?

Just about.

Yay Orioles! Score some runs!

Wait what?
They're doing the wave while the Orioles are batting.
Thanks a lot, Markakis.

Real mature.

Damit Markakis
Killing dreams is his thing, apparently.
Supposed to rain all series in Chicago.

Boo.

At least it won't snow.

Hopefully.

Thats Cleveland!
I know that.

I’m just saying look at the bright side.

Gotcha.

I’m a pessimist.

Man, way to help Felix by hitting a ball in the dirt.

Jesus, the O’s are pressing.

95 pitches... he's going for it
Baltimore makes for some really quick games.
BAD DEFENSE WOOHOO
Hahahahahahahahaha
Ty Wigginton.

Major League Third Baseman.

Ty Wiggington is hilarious at 3B
He's kind of always been fat and bad, even when he was a 2B

Apparently he was a 3rd baseman back than too, whoops

I swear I remember him playing 2nd with the Rays

Well, that's a new way to lose a no-hitter.
That's hilarious.

Waiting for all the Yankees fans to start complaining that it was an error.

What happened?
There was a hit.
That doesn't seem new.
Never mind, Sims just explained.
Ball was hit to the lower part of Phil's body.

Then it rolled towards the batter’s plate and Hughes couldn’t find it.

Woo hoo!

I’m serious. If the A’s beat the M’s by a game in the division race and the Yankees lost 90 games, I would consider it a good season.

That's fucked up
WHAT THE FUCK IS THE MATTER WITH YOU
I'm a big M's fan but I hate the Yankees more.

Sorry guys.

Take a break.

Seriously, just walk away for the rest of this game.

Because right now, what you are doing is considered trolling.

Keep it up and your vacation will be permanent.

THEN YOU ARE NOT A MARINERS FAN WHAT THE FUCK
Beat me to it
I seriously don't fucking understand this logic at all
If your Yankee hate has overcome your love of the mariners you can leave.
You're an idiot
You sir need to stop.
Who are you and why are you trolling?
Then you would fit in at Athletics Nation in more ways than one now wouldn't you
MagicMike? Is...is that you?
I wish you were at Pearl Harbor with Kurt Suzuki.
You are the worst fucking poster ever
.

You can knock that off any time, seriously.

I understand that’s not a popular thing, but I don’t like the Yankees. Live with it.

You've made your point

But you are seriously at the end of your rope

Take a goddamn hint.
I think I know a place you might fit in better.

http://www.halosheaven.com/

He's not the one that needs to worry about stopping anything.
Best thing you can do now is just leave.
I have a feeling that you're done.
"3B" indeed.
That Ty Wiggington sure plays a mean 3B.
I've missed Matt Kata.
Hahahaha that was some Bill Buckner shit there.

Do the O’s have Calvin Schiraldi in the pen?

HIT for Chavez!
HUGHES JUST LOST IT
WHY ARE WE CHEERING FOR THIS

THEY’RE PLAYING THE FIRST PLACE OAKLAND ATHLETICS

HITS BY THE A'S ARE BAD FOR US
YOU DONT NEED A NO HITTER TO WIN
HITS LEAD TO RUNS
CORRECTION

HITS WITH RISP LEADS TO RUNS

Home runs aren't hits?
A HITTER CAN GET TO A SCORING POSITION VIA A HIT
Common sense

Use it.

WE aren't,

jackasses are.

The jackasses need to stop being jackasses.
Plus, why not root for good baseball?

Phil Hughes was close to doing something relatively historic, and in a good 10 strikeout fashion too.

With only one walk

I really can’t complain about that.

DO YOU PEOPLE NOT REALIZE IF OAKLAND LOSES WE ARE IN FIRST PLACE

SERIOUSLY, FUCK

Wow...

Especially considering how bad we were to start off with. I’ll take first any time of the year so long as we end up there as well.

TIED FOR FIRST, WHATEVER
Will everyone stop freaking out?

The Yankees can still win…

And there's a nut shot

Almost made him puke.

So does Trembley get fired tonight, or do they wait till morning?
It's not the Mets, they'll wait til morning.
Off his chest?

THAT SERIOUSLY JUST FREAKING SUCKS.

Comebacker off Hughes' chest

Wow, that really sucks.

Would you call Lopie 'burly'?
He's more 'cuddly'.
so fucking rec'd
Dave N called him burly, and I had to look up to see who he was talking about.
WOOO GO OAKLAND BEAT THAT TEAM IN THE OTHER DIVISION THAT WE AREN'T DIRECTLY COMPETING WITH
Seriously, can we all stop rooting for Oakland now?
Not being serious.
No worries, I was agreeing with you in spirit
I agree.

But its also nice to know that I won’t have to listen to the Yankee bullshit for a week straight.

Who the fuck cares?
Seriously.

WE COULD BE IN FIRST FUCKING PLACE WHO CARES IF THE YANKEES WIN ONE FUCKING GAME JESUS CHRIST WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE

And you still will.
Divish says no action in the pen. Felix is going all the way.
Aardsma just got up.

I imagine he comes in if Felix has trouble?

Felix will not have trouble
What's the attendence tonight?
~18,000
Hmmmmm.......

Not to great for Felix Day. But I guess it’s the Orioles.

It's better than the 14 and 15k that were there the past two nights.
Is part of the reason for the low attendance

that the season ticket numbers are lower this year?

That might have something to do with it.

But attendance numbers always lags behind a team’s success. If/when we stay in contention throughout the spring and summer (and with warmer weather), the numbers will come up.

Sweeney didn't hit the first pitch!!!!!
Fuck this gamethread.
Well this gamethread has certainly been an adventure
The Detriot one was better
A terrible, terrible "adventure"
Garbage Sweeney.
A's crowd has a "Yankees Suck!" chant going

Normally, I’d agree.

Why not now?
Because the Yankees winning today helps us.
Oh I thought you meant like on a normal day
Because they are playing a division rival. How is this so difficult to grasp?

Also, the Yankees don’t suck.

Some people can only hold one thought in their head at a time.
No they don't. But its the symbolism that counts.
The enemy of our enemy is our friend.

At least for tonight.

At least being in first place will be worth sitting through this awful, awful gamethread.
I wouldn't even bother sifting
Could have done it without the thread.

Still Woooo First.

Couldn't agree more.

I think everybody spent more time attacking trolling posters than talking about the game. But Go Felix! One more out!

IT HAD TO BE DONE
Wooo CG Felix.

Gooooooo!

GO FELIX!!!!!!
Tell you what, good LL posters

if y’all go to the donations link right now and send LL some money exceeding $250 total, I will go on a ban spree.

God, if I wasn't dirt poor right now I totally would.
Count me in.
I'll personally give you some monies.
You already owe me monies
Well those were the monies I was going to give you.
I will donate you the bottle of your choice from my collection over the July 4 weekend if you do this
Bottles of Lost Abbey Framboise and Red Poppy 2010 if you do it
I'm in for 10.
Soon as my bank stops fucking with my accounts you will have some money to go towards this wonderful cause.
I'll be damned, there is in fact a donations link, and it's not particularly new
Quick question

Is Felix actually throwing 94 MPH sinkers? Or are those fastballs that just have good movement?

Good movement I believe.
Felix's two seamer is so nasty that pitch f/x can't keep up.
Based on its constant rise in velocity

It might have been a change-up

Fucking Beautiful, Felix.
So beautiful I had to capitalise it.
Wow, that pitch was filthy
Good lord that was a nasty pitch.

Felix is so sexy.

WHEN LEE COMES BACK IT WILL BE LIKE ...

….. HAVING TWO FELIX DAYS IN A ROW!

Except it will be Felix Day and then Lee Day.
My brain cannot comprehend
In a good way!
Other handed Felix day!
Lee-fix day?
I can't figure out if this is idiotic or brilliant
Alright here we go. GO FELIX LET'S FINISH THIS!
1 OUT TO GO
One more out!

Felix!

So this Felix guy is pretty good
I'm confused

“Guy” implies mortal….

Love that 3 lefty dugout chat.
On the pregame, Vargas and Fister were both raving about talking pitching with Lee

You got the impression that they shadow him constantly

Where the fuck was that pitch
Garrett Atkins looks like a Mike Myers character
The comedian, not the LOOGY
So he looks like Mike Myers?
*Mike Myers in a fat suit
Felix hotness!
Damit Atkins! What the hell!!!???
Jesus they dont give up easy huh
One more, go get em Felix!
Pure HEAT!
Pure CURVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
grrrrrr.... crappy Internet

That was so delayed.

That's the first time I've heard Blowers say "no doubt about it" this year.

There’s no way it’s the first time he has though. I think my brain blocked it out after last season.

Boy, Johnson called a great game!!!

Kidding

ONE MORE FELIX.
K THIS BITCH!

Throw the nasty curve!

WHAT A GATO/KAT SIGN?
Felix the Cat?
Yes. That person needs to go away.
I hate that that seems to be catching on

It is the worst thing ever.

He's King Felix and that is the perfect nickname dammit.
No

at this point he is simply The King. There is only one

I think that's what Brian was saying
This is acceptable.
Wait, are people really calling him Felix The Cat?

Bloody hell.

Krueger started it.
Fuck that guy.
Some try.

Kreuger, for one. Mitch Levy seems to have given up on it.

Why the fuck do we want to compare Felix to a goddamn cartoon character and not royalty?
Krueger's thought process:

‘His nickname came from the blogosphere, therefore it’s bad’.

Krueger also thought one of three keys to winning tonights game was to not lose

One of three.

No -shit- Krueger.
Bright guy that Krueger.
Seriously.

DOES FELIX LOOK LIKE A FUCKING CAT TO YOU, BILL?

But his name is Felix! Get it? Felix?
El Gato and Felix the Kat.

It’s awful

Just stop trying to resist Baltimore.
SIT DOWN BITCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FELIX IS OURS AND HAHAHAHAHAHA ON THE REST OF YOU
MARINERS WIN MARINERS WIN MARINERS WIN

KKKKKK

COMPLETE GAME!!!
WOOOOO FELIX GC!!!!
*CG
FELIX IS SO AWESOME HE GIVES ME TEMPORARY DYSLEXIA!!!
Ptu Fleix's ckoc ni me
This game was fantastic

FELIX WOO!

Oh oops.

That was supposed to be a subject line.

GOD YOU ARE RUINING LL
I'M SORRY AARON. DON'T HURT ME.
Felix, tell the Orioles to roll over and play dead.
Game over!

Felix Day Victory!

Ewwww

That last pitch was filthy. DIABOLICAL.

SEXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
FELIX DAY IS A GOOD DAY

THREE

WOOOOOO FUCK YES! FUCK YES!!!!!
ALL HAIL THE KING
Thank you Felix! Thank you Jack Wilson!
Well that was easy

SWEEPY SWEEPY

He made that look way too easy
Felix actually looked mediocre tonight.

I love Felix.

Maybe thats unfair.

He did allow very few non-groundballs.

18 ground balls, 11 balls in the air
He has to let Guti catch some.
6 Ks and no walks is pretty good.

It’s not Felix on top of his game, but it’s not like Felix fell apart or anything.

Perhaps, but a 1 run outing is nothing to sneeze at.
An unearned run at that.
I love this team.
WOOOO YESSS SWEEP!
FELIX IS OURS AND HAHAHAHAHAHA ON THE REST OF YOU
Game over, gamethread over.

It’s been a journey.

GET DA BROOMS OUT!!!!!

Complete game by Felix and sweeping a clearly inferior just like we should. Fuckin’ a.

IS FETT ALIVE?
HI
DAMN
IF I DIE YOU DIE
You would only be giving me what I want on both fronts.
As Griffey has yet to hit a HR, I am bound to leave you be and not escalate this thread
If he dies, he dies.
FIRST PLACE BITCHES MAYBE
FUCK YEAHHHHH!
PLAYOFFS?

The Orioles, ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE!!!

Why in the hell are they interviewing Johnson?
His happy-go-lucky attitude?
Wilson has had his turn.
Talking to Tui on the radio side.
Beware! Rob Johnson' Angry!!!
Rob Johnson, taking out his anger at the plate....

….and on Felix’s head.

PLAYOFFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rob Johnson, don't smile when saying I got it, I got it. You can't catch for SHIT.
And don't come within 500 feet of Felix again. EVER!
Noooo A's might actually steal this one from the Yanks.
Just get the ball to Rivera please.
Damnit!

Would of been a complete game shutout! THANKS TUI.

First thing he said.

He was not happy with himself.

Question:

Why do some of you suck so much?

Question?
Rhetorical, perhaps?
I don't think I suck.

I could be mistaken however.

Seconded
Which part?

This is very important.

Your opinion matches mine

And I don’t think you suck either.

Get angrier!
I'd lake to see a banathon
It's Felix day and I was happy

This thread has made me less happy

At least you didn't witness most of it live
If this holds up another week, I'm organizing a damned LL Commenter Survivor
Lookout Landing: The Reality Show

Shudder

Does it come with a 22 dollar cash prize?
This thread damn near ruined Felix day.
I was so upset that I didn't get to a complete game shutout by Felix

Fuck almost all of you.

What happened? I can't follow both the game and the thread.
It just occurred to me that that the mods have to do exactly that.

That would ruin it for me. I’m never commenting during a game again. Sorry guys, I don’t want to ruin anyone’s enjoyment of the game. Especially not on King Felix Day.

There were only a small handful of people that made today's thread intolerable.

The problem is, those people were incredibly vocal and couldn’t take a hint. So long as you’re respectful to everyone else, you’re going to be fine.

I'll go back and read the thread. I'm not lazy.

Maybe people will settle down once, once what, this season is going to be this season. Hopefully, we continue to do what GMZ built this team to do. We want playoffs. I have nothing to add – let me go back and read what is so annoying.

OK, Read the thread. I definitely don't want to partake in game threads.

I’m sorry the moderators have no choice. I wish them well and I hope that it gets better as the season progresses.

You should partake in game threads, they're a lot of fun

we just want them to be better

After reading them, I don't blame you. I'm guessing all the

regulars want them to be better. I don’t think I could add much to their quality.

You've got it right!

Hey new posters, stop posting fucking asinine comments that none of us want to read. Be funny. Be creative. Otherwise, shut the fuck up.

But!

And this is an important but! Lurk from time to time, get an idea of what works and jump in when you feel comfortable.

You’ve got the right idea, TrustBaseball, in that waiting until you have something to add is a good thing. But don’t take that to mean you never will.

If you're a new poster, even if you're not adding something good at the start, we don't care that much

as long as you’re respectful of others and follow the site rules – as long as you make progress towards being a good poster, it’s fine. Just don’t be a horrible one

You seem to get this, which already makes you a better commenter than they are.

Really we don’t want to chase you away. As long as you’re respectful to others you’re going to be just fine here.

Thanks guys, I'll do my best.

It’s certainly nice to get a warm welcome. I’ve been lurking for a long time and I am outside your general demographic. I’m an old woman and I won’t abuse the invitation to post. Thank you.

Son of a bitch

What’d we say about the A’s?

Dont worry 2-1 on the top of the 9th
That doesn't make it better

And I don’t understand why you think it does

Its better than a tie game

and you never know if they will score more in the 9th

Which happens to be one run more than before the nohitter.
Come on Detroit!

Do somethin!

Anaheim only has 3 hits and you're losing!
Phil Coke looks like Kenny powers

At least his MLB.com picture does.

Domination is so much fun.
I know

It’s a real comedown in the other half of the inning.

So gamethreads have been bad this season

Or so I gather, since I’m pretty new to LL. What do good gamethreads look like?

,

http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2008/6/23/557477/6-23-open-game-thread-part

I totally forgot I made this

I haven't seen this since 2007, awesome!
Fun to read now, not fun to watch
That explains a comment about cats from almost two years ago.
The opposite of this one?
Ones without Johnny Slick and assorted other annoying people
The lolcat gamethread
They:

A) are more back-and-forth instead of reaction focused
B) filled with people that don’t post stupid opinions
C) funny

Yeah, I can see there are fewer postgasms whenever something happens
Fewer people means less reactions.
It's A that makes me most sad

Posting a player’s name in all caps each time they do something is so boring.

I still get excited whenever something happens and want to make an excited post in the gamethread

but I also want to participate in the discussion that’s going on.

What’s frustrating/disturbing to me is that it seems like a lot of the good game thread banter is now taking place between regulars on non-LL channels. IT might be nice if everyone came together and bantered in the gamethread one day instead. Perhaps the Lee start or the next Felix day.

Well, I've still enjoyed following the game threads

Better than staring at Gameday, to be sure. I suppose I should invest in MLBtv

Gamethreads can still be fun

but we have high standards here. We want people to make good posts.

Dammit am I going to have to twitter
I don't know why you guys are letting this thread get you down

I’ll be cracking open a fresh 6 pack to commemorate the first sweep of the season. Good times!

Mariners!

I can't imagine alcohol would have made this any better.
Gamethreads are supposed to be fun.

To this point, they have ranged from barely tolerable to fucking awful. It’s annoying.

I'm going to have to babysit this weekend's, I'm sure

Watching the thread rather than the game will put me in a wonderful mood

And since they are pretty much the only thing I can participate in now I am getting very, very cranky
I'm sticking to our SSS mantra

Still a lot of new posters around, and we haven’t quite separated the wheat from the chaff yet. Plus, something I brought up earlier, but I think a lot of it has to do with the first homestead of the year, and most of the regular posters are at the stadium.

I think things should improve pretty soon. I hope.

Damn. Sorry to hear that.

I was under the impression that trolls just got automatically banned to prevent things from getting out of hand.

It's not trolls so much as well intentioned people who don't know they're annoying
That and those people starting to troll when they are told that their posting is against site rules and/or not necessary
Please flag more in these threads

I’ll go through them and start banning if I have to

Absolutely.

This is a habit I’m trying to get in myself, and is much more productive than 10 straight comments of “SHUT THE FUCK UP.”

It's really therapeutic, very nice stress release.

I’m not sure if there’s a proper flag comment, so I just pop off a rant and try to be humorous about it. Write them in the voice of different people. Tends to be R. Lee Ermey more often than not.

Your flags are amazing
Best in the network!
I know I am more of a recent poster here, but do you think the mods should be more "blunt" in keeping people in check?
When they do that people that suck complain about them being mean.
But they have enough reasons to justify it though?

Feel free to tell me when I crossed the line, by the way

I have a hard time being any more blunt than I have been
Never Mind. I shouldn't have asked.

Good game you all.

Yes I believe they should resort to beatings with blunt objects at this juncture
Which makes it exceedingly hard to correct them while being nice
Not really trolls either.

Johnny Slick started off okay, but soon got obnoxious, and didn’t know he was obnoxious and kept posting obnoxious shit until we got tired of it.

We've worked very hard to create a community here over the past few years

it’s very frustrating to watch people come in and disrespect our rules and customs in gamethreads, which have traditionally been among the best threads on Lookout Landing.

We don’t ask that new posters don’t post – in fact, it’s the opposite. We just want people to post better.

We've had 2ish good ones
In reply to http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2010/4/21/1436072/4-21-open-game-thread-part-2#35465777
Opening day was alright!
I would say Saturday's was good

Mainly because everyone was all over the place

3-1 Yankees.
Potentially in 1st place at some point after opening day?

This is wonderful.

Now, if Brian Fuentes can channel his inner Brian Fuentes...

Maybe the Tigers can pull one out against the Angels too

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I LOVE MIGUEL CABRERA
Me too!

I can’t believe they don’t like him in Detroit.

Isn't Fuentes on the DL?
Not unless Cabrera just sent him there
He was on the 15-day recently

Was eligible to come off today

Okay, that's what I thought. Welcome back Fuentes! Keep doing what you just did!
So I see from reading the postgame comments that my presence in today's gamethread was sorely missed
Way to screw the pooch
Once I realized NY is in the blackout restriction area I bitched out and just listened to the audio while working on my thesis
What is the thesis of your thesis?
I was going to answer this

Then I realized it could be a wedge that opens the door to a politics/religion subthread

"The Air Force and You: How to be a nancy boy"
Well generally a thesis has to be somewhat debateable
I'm sure there's more than one way to be unneeded
Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash: the more the Navy changes, the more it stays the same.
http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2010/4/21/1436072/4-21-open-game-thread-part-2#35468022
You are nothing without being able to mock me.
I probably have a higher rec/comment ration on non-Robert mocking comments
Vomit on anybody lately?
Not that I recall!
So have you had any good soda lately???
I don't miss soda in the least.
It really is freakin terrible for you.
A's broadcast is flipping the fuck out over the fact that Jeter very obviously went around for strike 3 on back to back pitches, but neither were called.

The 2nd lead to a walk,

I don't get why they're still playing.

Does Rivera still actually have to pitch?

Don't they know that Jeter never does anything wrong?
That game won't load for me

still, I switched just in time to see Cabrera take Fuentes deep.

The Tigers have a guy named Don.

I didn’t know there were people under 45 named Don.

Maybe 30 year old rookies are the exception?
I made this observation days ago
When we played them and it was topical
Some of us like to take things slow and draw out the pleasure over multiple days
Cabrera homers off of Fuentes, tie game in Anaheim!
Angels Tigers TIED
Miguel Cabrera owed us that one.
Fuck three-way ties for first

Now I am feeling greedy

I google image searched for "Fuck three-way ties"

NOT RECOMMENDED.

I'm halfway tempted to try it, now
Or way totally recommended
A small bit of thought before Google searches is always a good thing.
SafeSearch: Off

Life on the edge.

I learn something new every time I type in a strange phrase on GIS.
I googled 'K9' (Doctor Who's robot dog) a few days ago

Pretty sure a few of the things I saw were illegal.

Fuentes is losing his job at a remarkable pace
As long as the Angels continue

To try and close out games with Brian Fuentes and Fernando Rodney, I will be content

I kind of want him to keep his job, but at the same time be terrible

so his option vests

Luckily Rodney hasn't been much better
He can't help it!
And the Tigers take the lead!
YES YES YES
Games finished are counted for losses too
Brian Fuentes gives me hope.
2 OUTS TILL FIRST PLACE!!!!!
I'm massively annoyed at seeing San Diego's and San Francisco's logos next to one another
Walking Gerald Laird in four pitches is a good way to stay the closer on a playoff contender
Pick-off?

Dammit.

Tigers go ahead anyway!

WOOOOOOOOOO!

4-3 Tigers!
Tigers take the lead!
According to gametracker

He golfed the shit outta that pitch.

Hendrick Sendin sorta looks like a skinny Bucky Jacobson.
Wow

that is just an epic failure on your part

I am buzzed and the world's worst hockey fan.
I think he looks like Ian Snell
I think he looks Like Daniel Sedin
This is not the ideal time for Rivera to start showing his age.
Mariano Rivera picked a bad week to stop sniffing glue
Dammit Mariano, now is not the time.
"This guy's a cut above as far as stuff goes!"
Quit it Mo. Quit it Quit it Quit it.
Dang, but Aaron Boone looks like his dad.
I can't BELIEVE I was missing the Angels game.

GO TIGERS!!

Come on Chavez you're not good any other time,

Now is not the time to start

Ramontiago! with the go-ahead RBI!

This is, game thread aside, the best night of baseball all week.

I'm quite enjoying the thread
Its calmed down since the game ended
1 more out!
Nothing could make me happier after a Felix CG than the A's and Angels losing.
Add Texas losing as well
I agree.

This will get me through the off day.

Ah shit I forgot about that.
Not a Hawks fan I take it.
I live in Atlanta.

Yet don’t care about the Hawks.

Although, Braves playing the Phillies.

So technically not an off day for me.

I think he meant Seahawks.

And was referring to the draft tomorrow. Maybe?

Hah. Yeah, I don't care about the NFL. At all.
Could've been the Blackhawks too

bit more of a stretch, that one.

First time abbreviating "Seahawks" has backfired.
Don't care about the NFL.
Wow I forgot about the draft.

Pete is kinda ruining it for me.

I feel your threshold for maximum happiness is below average
A's down.

Angels to go.

WOOOOOOOO FIRST PLACE
First place!
IN PLAY, OUT(S)!!!
I love this line
It seems to me there was no probability of more than 1 out on that play
Beautiful word(s)
I regret saying one of my complaints about LL was people can be hard on the newbies.

The Mods’ patience must be worn out by now.

Jeff showed remarkable patience in the 9-7 Chart thread.
Jeff is a softie
I'm about to stop trying
First place wooo
FIRST PLACE! YEEAH!
Yay first place!
Come on Valverde you crazy bastard.
Ok Tigers put down the Angels.
First Place, doesn't get any better than that. Thank you, FELIX!
If that's an 84 MPH fastball oh dear.
I really hope pitchfx is off
Well now it just registered a 94 MPH fastball
It has to be calling the other pitch wrong
Well now it just jumped back to a 84 MPH fastball.
Pf/x must be off
Just got shut off

The movement on the 84 mph pitches was way different than the 94 mph pitch, too

Kendry Morales looks like someone who should get killed ealy on in a spaghetti western
Good call
I want a gif with sound

“I am the vinner”

So I heard were in first place
Angels lose!
FUCK ERIC BYRNES!
Mariners are the only AL West team to have won today!

I love it when that happens!

Suck it, rest of the AL West!
I couldn't be happier!
WE'RE ON TOP!
Well its about time to be hitting the old sleepy time

Stay classy, LL.

Angels lose. First place in late April, minus Cliff Lee, with the White Sox and Royals coming up

How fucking sweet is that?

Very.

Very fucking sweet I’d say.

Pretty fucking sweet
I am scared to believe big

But I’m starting to become more comfortable with the idea.

It is as close to being the best case scenario as any fan thought possible
I LOVE YOU TIGERS!
Nothing like sucking against us, then beating our division rivals...
Beautiful

Only 53 more Games Finished until Fuentes option kicks in. Oh, how I wish Matt Capps were a free agent next year so the Angels could make the same mistake every off season!

Hey assholes

post better

No can do boss
I'm going to ask Poochie before I do anything.
There has been a correlation between Poochie's presence and the goodness of gamethreads
Should have gotten him neutered
I could try to fill in for him but I don't know if it would work
I always imagined ac as his eventual replacement

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