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4/23: Open Game Thread, Part 2

Probable rain delay thread!

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I think RRS should try pitching his next start without glasses

like League did for that one appearance

Can't wait to see Sweeney in CF.
What
Hahaha, love the new sig.
Whoa Tui!

Also, Lopez is slow

Holy mackeral!

What a play!

Well that was interesting.
So I'm assuming that the reason Jack Wilson was pulled because he got tired of running after his two dingers
Dude, how do you know these things without watching the game?
I'm a real big baseball fan so I pick these up really fast
How embarrassing is it to get run down by Lopez?
Moore is just trying too hard in all aspects right not.
This expression never made much sense to me
"Do less! No, less!"
He's not relaxing and letting his body perform naturally

Muscling up on swings, and throws, trying to force everything. I’d hate to be in the stall next to him right now.

How do you know this
You can see his ass cheeks clenching.

What haven’t you been paying attention?

That's just how he looks

I see it all the time with guys I coach, it’s pretty common when you’re frustrated. I could be wrong, but that’s just how it looks to me.

It is pretty much what Wak & Moore have said

per Divish

2nd best Lopez faceplant near second base ever

This never gets old
I can't stop watching.
Lucky helmet bounce
I love him
How can't you?

At least he’s interesting.

There is a 66% chance you're referring to someone shitty
My favorite players are Jose Lopez, Lucas French and Alex Liddi

there is a 100% chance I am referring to someone shitty

Why French?

I am a sucker for shitty players too but even i have limits.

Great- I'm running on the backup generator now

Stupid snowstorms in late April- if this weather makes it all the way to Chicago we won’t have a series

Jayson Nix?

More like Gayson Dicks.

Seriously though the guy pisses me off.
Weird because I thought you weren't easily bothered.
Are you allowed to put the ball in your armpit to keep it dry during the rain?
I would imagine that's a balk somehow.
Nix is fixed.
Blowers: "Ryan...didn't really throw too badly tonight..."

No, Mike, you are wrong.

You could tell it was going to be ugly from the first
Let's load the bases again.
To make it 5-4?

Loaded bases with not outs evidently doesn’t mean lots of runs for us.

Dave Sims is REALLY excited for Cliff Lee.
He was so excited he hit a wrinkle in time
So is fucking everybody.

CLIFF LEE WOOO!!!!!!

If its a rainout

does the weather get WPA?

Yes
Really?
Or is this a whoosh moment?
Does for my charts
It makes sense

Because to whom else would you assign it? I mean, Mike Hargrove can’t argue a stop to every game.

There's a poor man's somersault
WOOHOO ADAM MOORE
Go Moore!

Make that starting job yours!

Shannon says there's no fracture in Wilson's thumb.
Good news, good news
Gonna be one helluva bruise.
Probably won't play tomorrow
Our bench is going to be:

Mike Sweeney
Backup C
Milton Bradley (hurt)
Jack Wilson (hurt)

Who could have seen this coming ever?
Not us

Maybe someone with good clubhouse access could have foreseen it by getting player interviews

Well there goes BrianL and DMZ

And Goose.

Outside the Clubhouse was too time consuming.
And who is our emergency catcher? Sweeney?
Good thing Tui is here for that offensive boost.
Is Tui terrible?
Tui has been in what, 5 games?
I just have no read on him as a player.

His AAA stats seem inconclusive and he plays so sparingly.

Yup-- Ap 8-10, the 14th & wednesday
You'd think that if they thought he had long term potential they'd let him play every day in AAA

But who knows.

Sure would be nice if Tui was more than Mike Morse 2.0.
Nononononono
At least Morse got lucky and did well for a while
In the end I think this just made him more annoying.

Due to his legions of adoring fans

I don't know

Who is more annoying, Ben Davis or Mike Morse?

At least Morse turned into Ryan Langerhans
ICHIROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Ichi is so amazing.
Ichibunt!

Been a while.

So, if Lee goes the 30th, and Felix stays on 5 days & pitches May 1st, who goes next?

am I getting stuck with Snell on the 2nd?

Might depend on who they bump for Lee
Not if you take a shower
Did I miss a name pun?
Oh wow I'm tired.
Maybe that'll be the game where Snell finally turns the corner
Wak has only noted that it's Fister's spot, and said that meant nothing.
Time for a Guti-slam?
Its definitely the venue.
Followed immediately by rainout.
YES!
Um, no. That would be bad.
I don't think this is true.
We'd need to complete the inning
I did not know this rule.
Wouldn't be fair if we got more chances to bat
I understand the logic.

I was under the impression that MLB didn’t use that logic.

Me either.

I rescind my YES!

Eh, immediately enough with Lopez and Griffey.
Bases loaded!
Try and make it count this time!
How many times can we load the bases and not score?
We scored twice last time.
OH GOD IT'S JJ
I kind of hope he comes in and just dominates so I can watch it again.
Seriously?

Come on its Guti.

JJ is probably my favorite mariner of this decade (or last decade....i guess)
Come on J.J. channel another SEA turned CHW hard throwing RP...

I was hoping to see that!

good times

Woo our hitter is up!
VINTAGE JJ GRANDSLAM!
I've missed J.J. Putz
ooh. are we going to get a Matt Thorton death spiral?

please please

I think Figgins has 70 PAs and 15 ABs
JJ pitching to Franklin Gutierrez

Amazing

[sorry Megan]

take him deep, Guti!!!!!!

Putz and Thornton in the pen.

Mamma Mia…

Between them and Jenks on the bench, where does everyone else sit?
Perfectamundo
JJ with no facial hair.
Putz in! Game Over!

…wait

Not what I expected from someone named Adam Moore.

Adam Moore Photography – Black and White Darklands

Here comes Franklin!

It's the battle of the trade partners.
Forgot how ugly JJ is.
How can you say that

HOLY SHIT

Is that actually him? This is amazing.

He really has changed very little...

just draw a little soul patch there

little thought balloon about how much he hates Ichiro
Ichiro really did look amazingly happy after the grand slam.
I never thought I could possibly feel better about that trade.

Do it Guti.

I haven't looked forward to a one on one matchup this much since Felix vs Bonds.
I'd rather have Putz shut us down than Thornton

I don’t think I’ve ever come around and recognized he has become a good pitcher and I’d rather not have to.

The Padres are 10-6 with a +19 run differential
+18
Clearly your living in Sand Diego was poisoning the team.
Chase Headley!
I still don't understand
+17
Looks like you picked the wrong bandwagon to hop on.
Goatee vs. Goatee
Better than Goatse v. Goatse
Ugh, now you can throw the split
I'm going to throw Putz through a wall in he gets out of this.
I dunno, he's a pretty big dude
I've already got the Putz cockpunch ready!
It'll work either way... kind of.
Just came in. What haapen to Jack and Milton
Bradley's stil resting, Jack got hit in the thumb while fielding a ball.

X-rays showed no break.

Milton's been out since Wednesday

Jack had a ball skip up and hit his thumb. Not broken though.

Putz was a douchebag that shit talked Ichiro after 2008 to Larry Stone...

I have no sympathy for him.

I'm calling that a draw.
Don't worry, Lopez will save us!
Oh God not this fat toad
Hideki Irabu?
Jose Lopez is so boned.
Dang it Jose, get a hit with runners on for once!
Lopez vs Putz

Not quite as exciting.

You can act like a cleanup hitter any time now, Jose.
This guy's such a putz.
No way we don't come back against this guy.
LET'S-GO-MAR-IN-ERS!
Smash this putz!
ahahahhahahahah
putz
See, it's funny because that's his name.
Fucking Lopez had ruin this throwback
REDEEM YOURSEL, LOAFIE
This game is done now.

Time to watch Oakland.

That's the spirit!
Never felt better to be wrong
Make me like you, Jose.
YOU DID IT, JOSE!

YOU GET A FIVE GAME PASS UNTIL MY HATRED BEGINS ANEW

I LOVE YOU LOAFIE
Second AB with bases juiced for Jose
Just walk Lopez.
That would be a minor miracle

I’d rather see that then a grand slam

A grand slam is pretty cool though
2-0 Lopez?

Figgins-“incarnate”

Lean into it, already.
Come on, give us a fielding error

thats our only chance.

Lopez just looks lost up there right now
OH GOD I LOVE BEING WRONG
Can you say 8 LOB for Lopie?
Nope, I can not.
Lopez can't hold his swing twice in a row apparently
YEAH WEEEEE DID IITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!

Whoops, forgot about the height
Well, JJ IS very tall
For this occasion, it's fine.
I have never loved this picture as much as I do now.
LOPIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOOGOGOOGOGOGOOGOGOGOOGOOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOOGOGOGOG
HAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAA
DRINK IT UP BRUIN!!!
JOSE LOPEZ!!!!!!!
FUCK ME HE DID IT
I STOPPED WATCHING AND THEN THIS HAPPENS?
I LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Are you going to be sloppy drunk within half an hour?
I HAVE BEEN DRINKING FOR AGES
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HOLY SHIT HE DID IT!
JOSE LOPEZ DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE JOSE LOPEZ
OH MY FUCKING GOD
Warning Track Home Run!!!!!!
HOLY FUCK HE DID IT

THE FAT LITTLE FUCK DID IT

I love this stadium.
WHAT THE FUCK!
LOAFIE SLAM YES!!!!!!!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HOLY SHIT HOLY FUCK D;A;LIEJG;LAG;ELAJG;
sadkds/.aadsgk/l.adsmk/.mag/madgs,m/dga,m/.,m/.adgs
HOLY SHIT LOPEZ
What...

just happened…?

That was such a typical Lopez homerun

Out by like 3 inches

Customized for the stadium!
More than 3 feet fair!
YES YES YES YES
LOPIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well that was a Loafie slam if there ever were one!

Gone by an inch!

A VINTAGE JJ PUTZ GRANDSLAM!
OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDDD
HOLY FUCKING SHIT

REDEMPTION!

HOLY FUCK A GRAND SLAM NO FUCKING WAY!!!!
Holy shit-finally game thread spaz emotion worthy event!
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?
What happennned???!!!!
You can't read the comments above you?

Not trying to be mean but it was mentioned twelve times already.

That's an inning ending flyout in Safeco.
Ichiro looked very happy at that result.
I KNEW YOU COULD DO IT, YOU LITTLE MEXICAN!
That was the weakest grand slam I have ever seen.

Ha ha ha ha. I love it.

GRAND SALAMI!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOO WE WERE WRONG LOPIE! YOU ARE THE BEST!
I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING
FUCKING LOPEZ!!!
He will forever be our 4 hole hitter!!!!
RAIN! QUICK!
Griffey needs to fail quickly due to his knee acting up.
I wish I was watching to see JJ's sadface.
He went for impassive.
This has got to be the best moment of the season so far.
Guti's game-saving catch in Texas is still the best.
My favorite so far is Milton's three run home run off the A's second home game of the season.
Ha, ha, remember when Kenji homered off Jarrod and his Dolphin last year?
This isn't quite on par with that.

it was still amazing though.

I LOVE YOU LOAFIE
YOU ARE MY FAVORITE PERSON EVER
EXCEPT KERMIT
Well, obviously
I LOVE JOSE LOPEZ
So do I, sweetheart. So do I.
I LOVE JOSE LOPEZ
HUGS
THIS IS THE BEST DAY EVER
I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU
THIS IS LIKE CHRISTMAS WITH JOSE LOPEZ
I WANT TO BUY YOU PRESENTS TO COMMEMORATE
I WANT TO BUY A LUCAS FRENCH JERSEY NOW
YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN, SISTER
SIT THE FUCK DOWN JJ
I leave to do math homework

And low and behold Loafie hits a grand slam. Is this really happening?

YOU BEAT PUTZ, NOW BEAT THORNTON!
I can't fucking believe it
That sucked the life out of Hawk
If only it sucked it all.
HE'S DEAD?

PARTY IN THE STREETS!

RYye bread And mustard????!!!!!
Celebration orgy?
The end of GriffLent against Thornton would be great
That pitch barely got out

Barely got out of U.S. Cellular

GRAND SLAM EDITION!

YES YES YES YES YES YES !!
.

I still can't believe he signed that.
Whoa I missed this.

Nice work.

I never gave up hope with Lopez
BULLSHIT
I didn't. And that's the truth. You little shit.
I LOVE YOU
YOU ARE LIKE THE GIRL VERSION OF KERMIT
HOLY CRAP IT'S THE BEST COMPLIMENT EVER

Also, it’s wrong :(

You're a boy version of Kermit?
No. I just don't hold a candle to Kermit.

I know it, you know it, we all know it. It’s sweet just the same though.

No I am sure of this
SO YOU WERE THAT LITTLE EMO BITCH LAST FAN OF JOSE LOPEZ?
Here we go

http://www.lookoutlanding.com/search?advanced_search=true&all_these_words=go+lopez!&any_of_these_words=&btn_advanced=Search&created_after=&created_after_freeform=&created_before=&created_before_freeform=&order=date&results_per_page=10&scope=community&search_user[username]=robert&this_exact_phrase=&type=Story

Did Sims just throw out a Ren and Stimpy reference?!
...he...did.

I’m speechless.

One of the many reasons he is so awesome
I love this man.
I think that makes Lopez's WAR a solid 0.0
w00000t
I hope Dave called that

Anyone have a recording?

I'm actually glad I was watching the White Sox feed when that happened.
The silence really did make it better
THIS IS WHAT YOU GET

FOR TURNING YOUR BACK ON THIS MANLIEST OF MEN!

LOPEDOG DIRTY SHAME.

Woooo Thornton time!
If Griffey homers off Thornton Grifflent should be cancelled.
It... would be
My impression was you'd quit it until Griffey homers then GriffLent returns after you do what you gave up
You give up something until he homers.
Good God, we're not crazy.
Matt Thornton Time!
C'mon Matty gimme a he gone
Does this still mean White or Colome is coming in?

Please no.

HE GONE!
AHAHAHAHAHAHA
YOU ARE FUCKING TERRIBLE
I'M REFERRING TO GRIFFEY
I am going to pretend you were talking about Hawk and leave it rec'd.
I assumed it was Hawk

but whatever, I’d have rec’d it either way.

How do people listen to him?
He's fun and amusing
Matt Thorton is a worthless ass clown who Giambi destroyed many years ago

Chicago actually just used his body to cover a pitching robot.

Damnit Hawk just said the White Sox are going to come back and win this game :(
It kind of feels like they will

We really don’t deserve this game

What would be more depressing;

losing the lead immediately here in the 7th, or losing it in the 9th?

This inning.

Because I want this high to last a couple more innings.

FUCK YOU IT'S JOSE LOPEZ DAY WE'RE WINNING THIS SHIT
The 9th.

After the Sounders getting fucked yesterday, I can’t handle any more late heartbreak

David Aardsma in this stadium!
FUCK YOU IMP DONT BRING THAT FUCKING SHIT UP

THIS MEANS NOTHING COMPARED TO THAT

Also we can't tie in Baseball
That was a ridiculous inning.
GET OUTTA HERE GRIFF

Oh look

Griffey struck out

Well I failed two midterms today but this takes a lot of the sting off

If only it was Griffey, then I could masturbate to relieve some more of the stress

JOSE LOPEZ!!!!!!!!

JOSE LOPEZ!!!!!!!!JOSE LOPEZ!!!!!!!!JOSE LOPEZ!!!!!!!!JOSE LOPEZ!!!!!!!!JOSE LOPEZ!!!!!!!!JOSE LOPEZ!!!!!!!!JOSE LOPEZ!!!!!!!!JOSE LOPEZ!!!!!!!!JOSE LOPEZ!!!!!!!!JOSE LOPEZ!!!!!!!!JOSE LOPEZ!!!!!!!!JOSE LOPEZ!!!!!!!!JOSE LOPEZ!!!!!!!!JOSE LOPEZ!!!!!!!!

You are so precious
For some reason I thought of this

http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2009/9/21/1047312/things-jose-lopez-has-in-common

I THOUGHT OF THIS

THINGS-JOSE-LOPEZ-DOES-THAT-ARE-AWESOME – EVERY FUCKING THING

You sure do change your opinions of players rather quickly.
FUCK YOU
JOSE LOPEZ IS AWESOME
Jose Lopez is awesome and a potential 13-15 WAR player from 2010 onward
Favorite

Both Jose Lopez and a Southwest Airlines honey roasted peanut share the same knowledge of the strike zone

Woo, Sean White!
I'm late, but I like what happened.
Oh good, it's Sean White.
Wait, what? White?
Nice alliteration, Jeff.
Needed a "why?" at the end
GOD YOU JUST MISSED JUAN PIERRE
YOU GOOD FOR NOTHING SHIT
YOU ARE THE OPPOSITE OF JOSE LOPEZ
You are so cute when you're happy
I'm really sick of seeing Sean White pitch in close games

We have Brandon League and Mark Lowe.

Hello Mateo 2.0.
Win vulture?
RRS is lucky as hell to not be getting the L.
That made my nether regions pucker
Good thing we got Brandon League
Wak's saving him for the 8th

When we’re down by 2

Juan Pierre's tiny head would look funny in those new helmets.
The best part of that slam is that it will be forgotten once we lose this game.
YES!

I totally kinda expect us to lose. We always do in Chicago.

THAT IS NOT TRUE
MY ALCOHOLISM WILL ENSURE THAT IT LIVES FOREVER
FUCK YOU SEAN WHITE
FUCK YOU SEAN WHITE
WHY MUST YOU GIVE WHITE IMPORTANT INNINGS, WAK?!
Got to save your closer and set up man for the 9th and 8th respectively, dude.
League, Lowe, Aardsma.

One of those three is not our setup man or closer and better than White.

Maybe White has pics of Wak fucking a bat boy or something
Did he steal them from Rob Johnson?
Maybe it was Rob Johnson.
Would explain a lot.
Yes. Yes it would.
Actually...yes it would
He hasn't pitched since sunday
Pray for rain now?
Inning still needs to end or it reverts back to the last inning completed
NO MORE SEAN WHITE!
Rain please. RAIN!!!
I think someone needs to explain this.
Where are those pitches?
Not even close according to gameday
Sean White you piece of SHIT
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiit.
Quick, quick, take him out now!
Get off the fuckin' mound.
BRANDON LEAGUE!
Haven't had one of these games in a while
Here comes the part where we lose.
Wak's decisions are starting to piss me off.
Our WE% is below 50%
No it's not
Moron
Boy is there egg on my face
Hey wait a minute, this guys a big fat phony!
Yes it is
Now it is neither above nor below
Almost as if the game were tied....
Don't we have less than a 50% chance of winning this game because we are the away team?
Fuck you and your revisionist WE history
I WILL FUCKING KILL YOU WAKAMATSU
NO MORE SEAN WHITE
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST
HE IS THE WORST ONE
THE BLURRRRSSSSTTTTTTTTTT
THE FUCKING WORST
You are so cute when you're upset
HOW MUCH BEER HAVE YOU HAD?
ONLY ONE
(but it was a 750 of a 9.5% Dupont saison and then JOSE LOPEZ HIT A GRANDFUCKINGSLAM)
AND THEN TURNED A DOUBLE FUCKING PLAY
So you were cheating?
I've been drinking for like two weeks

it’s the only thing that could wash away the suck from Jose Lopez’s hitting

So that home run meant nothing
Nothing that he'll remember.
I decided to open my bottle of Cuvee de Tomme when he homered
But then I didn't cool it properly =(
My house is out of the Griffey challenge as of today
FROWN
I AM WORKING 50 HOURS A WEEK AND LIKE DRINKING TILL 2 AM I NEED CAFFEINE

And I sent my roommates a random “GRIFFEY!!!!@!!!!! daa” text today so they assumed that he homered and got taco bell and hot sauce

It is the multiplier effect

Beer + Lopez Grand Slam

The funny part is that by tRA so far this year, he's been the third best RP in our pen!
What does Wak see in White?
Something that does not exist
I think we can abandon this now, bring in League.
Jesus Christ have you figured it out yet Wak?
This is fucking retarded
WE have a fully rested bullpen dammit Wak!
yeah brandon league
Hahaha...no one else is up throwing!
I like it when we use our shitty pitchers less often.
God Sean White sucks.
TIME TO START DRINKING AMIRITE
I THOUGHT YOU WERE ALREADY?
JUST SAY "YEAH UR RIGHT DUDE" AND OPEN A BOTTLE OF GIN!
HEY LOOK ITS ONE OF THE GOOD ONES
Old friends....Only person I would rather hit a Grand Slam against is Sean White, after we get rid of him.

Wow Putz looks a lot bigger than he does ingame...
I loved Jeremy Reed :(
Jeremy Reed has incredily blue eyes.
Jeremy Reed looks like he should be wearing a wifebeater.
It was better when he streaked his hair
Me too :(
Jeremeny Reed shouldn't have had the mind of a poor 16 year old girl on the first day of school when all the other girls had brand new Louie Vatton purses
Past tense dong for brains
I'm drunk so shut up
Well you are awake so I could have guessed that
I'm so glad the MLB Network game's the Chicago feed

I fucking want Hawk Harrelson to fucking choke on it once the M’s win

You can switch to Sims/Blowers

if you want (on the internet feed).

Provided you have the good version of MLB.TV
White might get out of it!
YEAH! GO WHITE!
SEX

SEAN WHITE IS A CRAZY MIRACLE

Hey that pitch sucked less.

More like it!

IS IT POSSIBLE WAKAMATSU KNOWS SOMETHING WE DONT?
I'm sure Wakamatsu knows a lot of things we don't

Like the reason he won’t buzz his head

Maybe he is a monk
What was the WE for the White Sox before the Lopez slam?

80-85%?

0% BECAUSE LOPEZ WAS UP
What's wrong with Sean White? He have Parkinsons or something? His pitches are all over the place
HE SUCKS
JESUS IT'S THAT OBVIOUS
The button you are looking for is below the Tab and above Shift
I ALREADY PRESSED IT
GOD SEAN WHITE BE BETTER
Rich Harden sucked again
Boy hindsight sure makes me love that the Rangers signed him.
Excellent.

Yet the Rangers are still winning.

He has almost 1/4 of the walks he put up all of last year already
Is Gameday wrong or are none of these pitches anywhere close to the strike zone?
His intentional ball was closer to a strke than his 3 unintentional balls
Nah, they all sucked

The fourth one was intentional, though

Yes, Wakamatsu sees the light!!!
GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE YOU FUCKING TWAT SEAN WHITE
League time bitches
STILL BRING IN ANYONE THAT IS NOT SEAN WHITE
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT
BUT HIS ERA IS 0.00!

HE IS GOOD!

Hi guys
Good evening
Hey bitch
God dammit Griffey
If Robert gets to quit the challenge you should get to too
shut up shut up shut up shut up
You made your bed good sir
This is when he tells me that he Eiffel towered Hayden Panettiere
You have no idea how much you owe Griffey
I'm just going to start telling your stories as mine since they basically are
That would be believeable to someone who has never seen/interacted with you through any medium
I can be presentable at time
If it wasn't intentional that you didn't use the plural of 'time' then some higher power ensured that typo
If by higher you mean a tumor in my brain then yes
I would be so pissed if you got a tumor in your brain right when I wasn't around to mock you
I've had it for a few years so I should last another month or two
GO GRIFFEY GO
I choose you!

You ch-ch-choose me?
Thank goodness!

Rolaids Relief Moment – Wak removing Sean White from the baseball game.

Yay no more White
That was a heart attack while it lasted
Chicago is going to be 20,000 Leagues under the sea.
Boo for missing Loafie's grand slam.

Yay for missing White’s suckage.

(Hi guys!)

sean white is awful
Wait Andruw Jones still blays baseball.
Jesus a 95 MPH sinking fastball
Do not hit the ball to Tui. Do not hit the ball to Tui. Do not hit the ball to Tui.
Okay League, now throw the unhittable one.
The White Sox may have been awful at hitting this season

but their lineup and ballpark terrifies me.

Does League have a tatoo of an eagle on the back of his neck?
Probably
It looked kinda tribal

Is he part native american.

He's of Japanese desent
Am I being stupid or does this help it make sense?
It might be a totem pole
Does League always come from that low of an angle?
Oh man, Pipeline Porter is like iced coffee with alcohol in it
Wow I need to get some of this then.
Is that the unhittable pitch?
Run for your life Rios
Oh Shit...............
Good lord he's got lots of movement on his stuff
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
GOD DAMNIT.

Would of been fucking amazing if he caught that.

I don't even know what to say
Damn, that was one majestic dive
He levitated. Again.
Eric Byrnes has a future as an MLS player
As long as he doesn't play for Seattle
Great piece of hitting
WHY DIDN'T YOU EXPLODE WHEN YOU HIT THE GROUND!
FUCK. FUCK. FUCK.
Whoa...Fast recovery from the dive by Byrnsey

I think that hit his glove though

You have to hand it to Eric Byrnes

That was definitely him doing his VERY best out there…

TRY HARDER BYRNES
Love the effort though you crazy bastard
that was actually a decent pitch too

but where the fuck is the splitter?

Fuck Sean White.
Oh, and fuck you Wak.
Oh, there goes White's 0 ERA.
Blessing in disguise. Now Wak won't turn to him in close games.
Now with the grounder.
Lopez throws a mean 2 finger fastball to 1B
Stealing this game is proving to be a tad difficult.
ITS POSSIBLE TO STILL WIN THIS GUYS
It IS possible, yes.
Hey, the upside on this is that Sean White can get the win!
No he can't
If the Mariners score again he can, right?
He didn't finish the inning
Oh, right. Missed that part.
Someone sold their soul for that Lopez grand slam.

Do we have another volunteer?

Sorry I gave mine up for RA Dickey making the ballclub a few years ago.

I chose poorly.

Gave mine up for pogs.
Fuckin shiny slammers

how can you avoid that

This is your fault, Wak.

You should know by now that Sean White is a terrible terrible pitcher.

Where did this opinion come from?

He’s not great or anything, but it really seems like people are assuming he’s Miguel Batista-bad.

Opening day fuckup, I presume
People hated him before Opening day
Because he's not as good as Shaun White?
Come on rain,

I’ll take the draw and call it good.

This isn't an all-star game
Why? We're winning this!
I agree with Matthew
Wouldn't they just complete the game tomorrow?
Wait, is Wilson hurt?
No he had to catch a plane to Tupelo for a fishing vacation
Heartsick

Misses Josh

X-rays came back good

Nothing serious

Yes

Hurt his thumb, no fracture though

No he's on maternity leave
Oops I mean she
With Nicole Zaloumis
Sheesh, I wasn't home and didn't know what happened. Come on now.
Are you saying I'm lying?
Yep. I'm callin' you out, partner.
Casey dinger would be fun.
Excellent pitch selection
But those pitches look so good!
Hey Casey.

What the hell you swinging at?

WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT SWING
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Casey really does look clueless against Lefties...
Infield pop-up.

Awesome. Nothing like putting the pressure on em.

What are you swinging at Willis?
I'm glad we're being patient and waiting on a pitch we can drive.
And nice patience there Byrnes
NICE POP-UP HIT ASSHOLE.
Classic, Eric.
Classic Eric.
I like random commas....,...
His "FUCK" was a little fainter than usual that time
I would like to see more pitches.
ADAM MOORE

Time to become a legend

Never understood why we traded Thornton.
What, you don't like Joe Borchard?
He sucked
But he had a lot of raw talent.
So do lots of people
You could say the same about Jesus Colome
You don't understand why we traded a reliever who walked like 7 guys per 9?
I do miss Morrow.
He also gave up a lot of home runs
Oh and a 2HRper9Ip!

IN FUCKING SAFECO!

As a lefty, no less
Hindsight it was horrible at the time of the deal on the other hand...
At the time I was amazed someone was willing to give us something in return for him.
He was bad when we had him.

White Sox traded for him because the pitching coach saw something that he believe he could fix.

Wetteland could of fixed em!

Need a hot tub time machine.

Doesn't it always work that way?

Guy who didn’t make the great play to end the inning is up first to make the popup.

That's not how it always happens and that's not how it happened
I was going for irony.
This is doing nothing for my ongoing hatred of Matt Thornton
My hatred is increasing
C'mon 1st HR for Moore

Would be a good time here

When wouldn't it be a good time?
When we're winning 8-2
Goddamnit, someone hit a home run for the Mariners

so Hawk has a heart attack in the dugout.

Well that was embarrassing.

And basically negated the Lopez slam.

NOTHING negates that. NOTHING
I believe the run we gave up in the 7th does.
Way to look at the big picture.
It was kinda pre negated by the RRS suckfest.
Can you prenegate things?

This is an interesting thought.

You can pregnate things
Whoops

I seem to be missing letters

coughZaloumiscough.
Was this question for a particular person?
We're tied.
We were losing by 3 before it happened.
Then he hit a home run, and we were up by one.

Then they scored a run in the bottom of the inning and now we’re tied.

But how does giving up a run negate a grand slam?

I know we’re no longer winning, but we would be losing if not for that Lopez Slam

It has been mathematically negated.
Before the grand slam, we were losing by 3. We are not losing right now.
Your assertion was that nothing can negate Lopez's grand slam.

And I have proved mathematically this is not true. I never said I was arguing the emotional aspect of the grand slam.

Something that happened before the grand slam cannot "negate" it, if you want to get this technical.

The grand slam negated RR-S’s mediocre start. RR-S’s mediocre start did not negate the grand slam. Get the order right.

And the “nothing can negate Lopez’s grand slam” remark was purely on the emotional aspect of it, so this whole argument is pointless.

Now you get it!
But "we're tied" still does not negate the slam
Spoke too soon.
Forget it this is getting terribly off topic
Atta boy, champ.
So what do you think of Byrnes right now?
He's dead to me.
Who isn't dead to you?
Larry Stone
Long live Larry Stone
So after search started working, I looked to see if I had actually said that phrase it regard to Baker.

and no I haven’t. In fact, before today, I had only said it once here. and it was this terrible terrible comment in 2006.

Oh my.

Probably should have just kept that in the past.

More proof to Matthew's earlier point that alot of us were complete retards when we started here.
If Eric Byrnes got hurt in this game I have literally no idea what Wak would do
Didn't Rob Johnson play occasional outfield in Tacoma?
A few games, yes.
I'm not sure they'd put their backup catcher in the field.
Nope, but the might pitch him.
Tui to left, Figgins to short, Lopez to 2nd....oh shit.
Just put a pitcher in left, la Russa style.
I think Vargas played the field well in college
Tui to left, Sweeney to third, either Chone or Lopez to second?

Maybe just Sweeney in left.

Shawn Kelley in left!
Sweeney to 1B, Kotchman to LF?
Kotchman might be able to play 3B.

I know Don Mattingly did on a couple occasions.

That would be ugly

I can’t imagine that’s anything more then an emergency option

I know it would be a disaster

but what about Jr in left? Has Wak/JZ completely ruled out playing him at all ever?

I can't imagine he would be better then Kotchman out there, which I suspect would be what would happen

No reason to forfeit the DH for what would likely be a marginal upgrade

Oh yeah

Somehow I forgot that Mr. Jr. was in fact actually playing in this particular game of baseballs. I even forgot about his funk FC RBI!

He would literally die
So Matthew and Jeff and Graham are all dead to you?
I want a 20 inning game

Since we don’t have a bench

That would be a fun way to start the series.
They'd burn through their whole bullpen too

So it’s not like we’d be at a disadvantage

Mike Sweeney does have catching experience.
They say Vargas is a good athlete, maybe he can play the field
It would be nice if we swung at strikes
HAWK HARRLESON CANNOT BE GIVEN THE SATISFACTION OF A WIN!

It’s like if the annoying guy next door fucked your wife. Unacceptable!

"He Gone"

gets old really, really fast.

How does it get old

When it sucked horribly to begin with?

He got to utter that expression on 1119 separate occasions last season
Than was a nasty pitch
Cmon League we basically gave up Tim Lincecum for you!
You are the type of person who haunts my nightmares.
I think he's being sarcastic though, unlike the usual types.
Yeah

I haven’t really mastered how to be sarcasm on the internet yet

The exclamation point usually works.

You tried your best.

There's not really any way to do it effectively.

Glad to hear you’re not really one of…them.

Thats like a double negative.

I believe the expression is “haunt my dreams” as Rick Adair would say.

That would be the splitter, then.
Haha, Ramirez asking for a foul tip and the umpire just ignoring him.
Neat there was the splitter.

Let’s make League 3-0.

HE HITS LIKE A GIRL TOO
I think Donny Lucy really is a chick
Thanks Ozzie for returning the favor
Mark Teahen got fat
I know it's a small sample size, but White's ERA is almost a full run lower than League's

I don’t know about this bullpen management

Good shit, man.

That was a really good laugh.

Ahaha he had a 0.00 ERA prior to tonight
I would like this bespectacled fellow more if he hadn't allowed that double.
That was great hitting
I'm watching Gameday.

I can’t really tell.

I find his lack of K's disturbing.
But his lack of BB's very nice
It was a good pitch.

Rios just put a good swing on it.

Ichiro will win this.
Figgins gets his first HR here.
I was pulling for you

Only 6 career HR’s against LH though

I come home and flip on mlb.tv and realize I'm blacked out, but HOORAY THE GAME IS ON TV!

Then I realize it’s Hawk Harrelson. Fuck my shit.

Did anyone notice how Teahen was planning to swing...

And only managed a blooper back to League

That's because League is awesome.
Good job killing the clock there League,

almost through regulation time…

2 and a half minutes is it?
These jokes wont get old
Neftali Feliz just blew the save in Texas
HE'S MORTAL AFTER ALL!
After getting two outs to start the inning with a two run lead
So, so great
Things are looking up!

Or prenegated!

That's gotta be heart breaking.
Haha what a dummy
That's okay Tui, you're still getting post-game ice cream.
Someone should go down to the bullpen and make a recording while Tui is at-bat.

I know we’re more .gif oriented, but I think it could be valuable.

Chone Figgins go-ahead HR right here
Ichiro is trying to drive me crazy tonight.
He's that good...he can afford to get out to drive you crazy.
Figgins is two different hitters?
Pepe!
Figgins is Z ripping on Bavasi ripping on the blogosphere
Please don't put Aardsma in.
Definitely gonna be Lowe.
What if a pitcher was actually named Belly Itcher?
Blow me, Hawk Harrelson
Where the hell did this come from Matt?
WHAT THE FUCK MATT THORNTON
What other LHP can hit 99 mph?
Billy Wagner
With his non-dominant hand!!!
Ardolis Chapman
I think Aroldis Chapman will be like what Matt Thornton was before he learned where the hell the ball was going
Cory Lidle
he was a right-hander.
Is!

I just blew milk all over my laptop.
whoops.
Which is strange, because he has a twin and usually one of the two is left-handed.

But his brother was a catcher and that kind of confuses matters.

Hahaha, awful.
That one soft-tossing lefty
Fuck off, Thornton
I hate Matt Thornton so much.
More proof that baseball overtime is worse than hockey overtime

I’m about to fall asleep

Not in overtime yet!

Just got a few more minutes to get through… Should be just a formality though

Is this a Sens bait or a Sounders bait?
And it hasn't even started yet.
That's how bad it is.
Less Thornton.

More run support.

Vargas still looks like a scared child/lesbian.
Maybe he should hook up with Cha Sung Baek
I mean, I can take homer announcers,

but these two are just ri-goddamn-diculous.

Wow.

Mark Teixeira just DESTROYED the Angels catcher. (Not Napoli)

Out of the game injured.

Of course Napoli isn't playing.
I sure Mark is going to be DRILLED by someone tonight.

Mark would’ve been safe without the bullrush.

I bet he will.

He has a hot wife right?

His wife is very plain and boring
Must be thinking of someone else.
I must watch this later
Well, Napoli will get playing time now.

Eyebrows will be pleased.

Catcher by default!
We said that after Mathis
I think it is Mike DiGiovanna's fault

look

Wilson? Is that right?
Yeah.

His first start.

I wonder if the radar gun is off.

Thats some high heat for a cold rainy night.

If it's hot, then boy that makes RRS look really bad
Oh wow good point.
Mark Lowe and Thornton throw really hard
Aardsma in this ballpark scares me.
That's the first thing I though of after Lopez's slam
Slider of dooooooooooooooooooooooooom!
Dave Niehaus loves the sliders...
Pitch F/X is broken.
Adam Moore looks very adept at blocking balls

Lowered standards!

Mark Lowe does pretty twirls
Ranger's announcer: "You know, against Mark Lowe, Andrew's had a very good run..."

Graphic: “Jones vs. Lowe: 3-4, K”

Rangers?
I wasn't talking to you
That guy is not doing his job.
Why are the Rangers announcing the Mariners/White Sox game.
Feliz blowing the save was too depressing
I don't understand how Mark Lowe can have a career threatening injury and then comeback and throw 98 MPH without discomfort
Witchcraft.
All pitching is discomforting
I don't understand how he doesn't strike more people out.
He did have experimental surgery.

So there is that. Or maybe he had the good kind of diabetes. The one that makes you not suck.

Isn't his ass in his arm now?

That probably has something to do with it

That sure was an ass thing for an arm to do right there.
I think I jinxed it
Is anyone else getting subliminable Brad Adams on MLB.TV?
Wow fuck me.
SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well fuckbeans
This sounds alot what a girl with a lisp would say
Actually she would probably say, "No Robert, I'm not that drunk."
Welcome back!
D'awww hamburgers
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Guys we lost
thanks couldnt tell

fuckity fuck fuck

Why did it have to be Andruw Jones
I don't think Jose Lopez did anything tonight
I saw that coming from a mile away.
Told you fuckers.
that fucking negated the lopez slam
Jose Lopez hit a grand slam?

I don’t believe you.

Well that was about the worst thing that could happen.
Hey, Fuck Andruw Jones!!!
NOOO! Happy Birthday Andruw.
He showed he couldnt hit the fucking fastball so he throws a HANGING slider.
Matthew was right
Shitburgers!
PUT IT ON THE BOARD

FUCK NO NO NO DAMMIT

kmwlkmfrkwlmflwkfmlwmfkwifjiojoiwfjojwoifjiow
Sorry about the lack of the capital letter at the start.
We're not in Safeco

Fuck

Right down the fucking middle.

Great job Mark.

There were so many could-have-beens in this game
HAHAHA that was funny

Just when we thought all hope was not lost, it was lost.

Good thing Lopez hit that grand slam.
NOW it is negated
But emotionally, no it is not. Still nice to see him hit it off Putz
Where is the WE% chart?
Stop trolling
Gamethreads were better when we the problem.
Preach it negro
Prenegated!
This doesn't really need to continue.
I don't intend to keep it going.
Thats so fucking lame

Nice of the ump not to call a couple strike threes there. Since Tampa raped them they’ll rape us, GOD!

None of them were strikes
But still!
I was miffed that Jones didn't offer at the sliders off the plate

and I got a bad feeling around pitch number 7

Jose Lopez hits a slam and we lose.........
Could use less of these walk-off wins against us
We could use more wins on the road.
You mean David Aardsma got murdered by a HR in one of the HRiest parks in the majors?

Huh.

That's not at all what happened
No, we don't mean that.
Yeah, Aardsma was murdered by a HR

Hit him right in the head

Boy he didn't even pitch and he's getting undue credit.
That's the DA for ya
Whatever, this one's all on Wak.
I would argue it's partially on Mark Lowe and RRS.
No it's not
Well, a bit of an exaggeration but still. Sean White?!

I can’t get over how bad he is at a bullpen.

Sean White is not a bad pitcher
Does Wak not have a raging boner for him though? He is being used horribly so far this year.
By throwing him in the 7th inning?

You people are way over-reacting.

Of a one-run game with League and Lowe available?

It may not be the worst move ever, but it’s not good when you have much better relievers at your disposal that are rested.

I agree, but

there’s a grand canyon between sub-optimal and worst decision ever.

And plus it was Pierre and 3 righties
And White's a GB guy which is pretty handy in this park
Listen here Baker...

But seriously, I’m not blaming this loss on Wak. But he’s had me dumbfounded with his decisions. You can’t do League, Lowe, and DA in a one run game?

I'd rather have seen White out there than Aardsma.
He's not?

It looks like only FIP likes him. xFIP and tRA don’t seem to think much of him.

His tRA was above average last year
Is that above average for a reliever or starter?

Not being snarky, just don’t know if tRA+ has different averages for both.

It does.
Well then I stand corrected.

He sure is frustrating for slightly above average though.

At least Texas has the bases loaded with one out in the 9th.

Oh wait.

Angels have 1st and third with no outs

but Matsui just hit into a double play.

We lost at the last second?

How is that even possible?

Being the home team, Chicago got to make the rules
Then why didn't they let us have a DH?
The clock was at 2 seconds, Lowe should of never pitched it!
This team is not built for the road, sadly
Its that crazy sudden death overtime thing
You are about as funny as Johny Slick
Thank god I get to make the rules
I declare this a Lincecum game thread
Jose Lopez will not be forgotten
Wouldn't Jones be a nice DH at this point?
Annnnnnnnnd Texas wins.
They are still 7-9
Wow

When things start going to crap they really go fast.

Angels just tied it up on the Yankees
And now they have the lead
You can stop now, I get the point.
Bad things!
At least I didn't have to listen to Hawk's call.
Thank God for that, at least.
The M's would have won if they had "Pulled the string" and "Way back machined"

Thank god Bill Krueger is around tell us these things

Woah it's DMZ
Apparantly you missed my hilarious earlier joke about soccer players taking dives

It was the height of humor

HA!

Get it? You juxtaposed height with dives, which is an activity that brings people closer to the ground.

Now that’s good writing!

One of his keys every game seems to be "don't lose" now.
It's flawless logic.
Well, good night guys.

I"m going to go suffocate my broken heart with pizza.

Hey theres still the seahawks
You didn't hear?

They are moving to LA

I instantly dislike you
Isn't drunk posting frowned upon??
For people who aren't funny drunks
When I hear "funny drunk"

I think along the lines of slapstick humor.

No it's mostly homosexual innuendo
Drunk Robert doesn't really behave much differently than sober Robert

At least as far as posting is concerned.

So, hockey!
Hey! the story of William the Bloody is on LOGO's BTVS lineup
One of the greatest episodes ever.

What the fuck is LOGO?

A gay-friendly channel I didn't know I got until I tripped over a Buffy episode

they tend to run several episodes in a row, in a vague chronological order

Any guesses on the picture attached to the WE chart?
Burrito
That's your answer for everything
You should have seen the look on my pastor's face when I was giving my wedding vows!
I feel it would work better in confession
Or at the Wailing Wall
Whispered quietly.
Does the wall ask questions back?
Pretty sure it just bitches at you
The Socratic method is very effective
I think it would ask what kind of fixin's you'd want.
I wouldve guessed JJ cockpunch but that kinda got ruined.
Working the Magic card into it would be nice too.
God dammit did that whole thread just get killed or hidden

I demand access to the secret comments

I still see them
Your comment did go green, however
green and hidden

that’s the life

Le sigh
seriously

you get the satisfaction of going green, without attracting all the attention and jealousy of earning acclaim in public

Actually this is an excellent point
You went green

But without selling out and going mainstream. You’re hip.

he's right

it’s indie as all hell

you should release that comment on a split 7' single
fett, not me

these threaded comments are fucking disorienting

Feelings of nausea can persist for 3-6 hours after participating.

If accompanied by vomiting or temporary blindness, consult a physician.

Yeah it sucks to see what comments are replying to
recommended for insight
If I could describe myself in one word it would definitely be indie too
So here I am just sitting in a thread by myself, talking to myself--

—that’s chaos.

Deep.
Talkin' with myself and feelin' old ....

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