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4/28: Open Game Thread, Part 2

The non-ex-Mariners are killing us today.

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Great inning boys!!
We can still do it!
This is what you get for not adding on when your No. 2 hitter triples with no outs
I just woke up.

Since it’s tied, I apparently missed nothing.

Oh how wrong you are...
I hate this Jimmy John's commercial

but it’s better than any other sub place’s commercials.

That's an awfully low bar to clear.
Subway can die a fiery death.
My goodness yes.
Yay bullpen!
You're not fucking kidding.
So how long until Rob Johnson is realized?
Huh
Rob Johnson is a concept.
Released.

I was thinking about something else and it completely messed up my typing.

I realize him every day.

SO HARD

Self-actualized?
Confusion is everywhere!
SNELL IS BACK!
As much as I hate to say it.

I kind of agree.

That was not a sharp inning from RRS by any means...

…but all 4 of those runs are on Ichiro.

I agree. RRS can't be hitting and walking guys, but that inning is over at 5-1, if Ichiro

judges that ball properly

By the sounds of it all sorts of people have had problems judging flyballs today because of weather conditions.
The wind is raising hell for all outfielders today.
Yeah, but he gave up on that ball. Figgins had not shot. I would have liked to have seen him just

sprint and see if he could get near it, as opposed to just jogging and starting at Figgins

If Ichiro is having a hard time reading it because of wind I'd prefer he pull up and keep it in front of him.
It was a little bloop, not like it was gonna do much damage if it go by him. It would have bounced

a foot or two

Yuni / Endy situation all over again
Bullshit.
Ichiro should have caught that ball. End of story.

We all love him, but that was inexcusable for a 9 time all-star.

I don't know if it's inexcusable, but it was not a good read/attempt
Not inexcusable for a good chunk of MLB outfielders, but for Ichiro...

…it’s inexcusable.

For some reason it's hard to take you seriously with that username.
I was just thinking the same thing.
Jesus Christ, talk about overreacting.
Let's say Lopez didn't get to a routine popup...

It would be: OMG I HATE LOAFIE…FUCK YOU FATASS!

But when Ichiro doesn’t do something right you would never know unless you were watching the game. He should have caught that. I don’t know how you

... can fight that.
No, it's because it was an in between play.

I’m guessing that Figgins called for it and Ichiro didn’t want to run into him. Also the wind has been a bitch all day.

Lets say Lopez didn't get to a Popup right inbetween him and Milton Bradley.

It would be, “DAMN. The royals are playing Angels baseball.”

I would hardly expect such optimism on a game thread for Mariner fans.
That's optimism?
It's certainly not pessimism. Or negative. Or profane.

As close as you can get to optimism when something doesn’t go the Mariners’ way.

I am 100% sure that there would be cries of, "DAMN, FUCKING ANGELS BASEBALL."

Or “FUCKING BLOOPERS FUCK!” If it was right between them, as the Ichiro Chone one was, only the people who had an axe to grind against Lopez would be whining.

That was just a lucky bloop
Does RRS have options left?
The BB and HBP were annoying, but otherwise I thought he pitched ok. Certainly not 4 runs bad.
Without actually looking I really doubt it
We're getting a pinch hit Griffeydong today
DO NOT TOUCH HIS FACE.
Especially with his balls!

amirite?

Sex coated Sex with Sex filling.
Well Guti isn't having a good day
Don't worry guys Lopez is up
Why couldn't we just havea blowup nice and easy win.

This is not how I wanted to go into Cliff Lee Friday.

The game isn't even remotely over yet.
Our bullpen is definitely better than theirs
But they have 8 pitchers and we only have 7!
Strength in numbers right!
I know it's not over but tying it raises my blood pressure.

I just wanted a nice and easy win. We RARELY get those.

I cannot believe we are going to lose this series
The game isn't even remotely over yet.
Really? I thought that was the top of the 9th just now
Also I thought we were losing 11-6
What game am I watching
Good question.

Hope you work that out.

Thanks I'm gonna go do some research
I thought this was the Royals' bullpen
And we go like kittens in the 7th
HEY GUESS WHO HAS THE WORSP FIP IN BASEBALL!!???
Why do you keep doing this?
He's a dick.
I want the 5 best starters in the rotation.

Not a guy that had the worst FIP, even before getting shelled tonight.

One month, lefty, yadda yadda.
Just saying, I don't want RRS to have some sort of immunity because of Wak's "Belief System".

It’s like just because Snell is new he didn’t get the benefit of the doubt, even though he has a had a couple really nice seasons.

It's been a while since Snell had a decent season.
It's not immunity because of his belief system

It’s because he has been good more recently than Snell.

Because Snell is going to the bullpen and RRS is not.
Yeah, Snell has been a real ace.
Hey, if both guys are going to be wild, Snell is much better.
Ian Snell has been pretty bad.
By the end of the season...

Carlos Silva.

His FIP is never that bad

because FIP doesn’t take into account line drives.

IS IT RRS?!?!!?!?!
Francisco Liriano?
Guess who also had a 4.20 FIP last year and a 4.53 FIP last year.

Calm the FUCK down.

FIPFIPFIPFIPFIP
This feels like the type of team that has to almost never lose when they score 5 runs, since they're so based on run prevention.

Games like this, whether we win or lose, are just extra annoying.

Man, those 88 MPH fastballs down the middle are tough.
Jose Lopez looks awful.
Wow dropped 1.5 runs of his ERA. Good job M's.
We pride ourselves on being a team pitchers pad their stats against.
Royal Stadium looks nice
Its a nice place

Too bad the team sucks so much.

If defense could literally take runs off the board...

I would be confident in our chances today if it were possible.

Yeah we should get a run for every double play
Taken off, I mean
Nice scoop Kotch!
Clay Hensley had a fun appearance

K
K
HBP
K
K
K
K

Peguero had him self a day as well.
Nicely done Yuni.
.

Why?
If you have to ask, you'll never understand.
Ok Jeff, I'm all ears...
I guess he's still playing
Proof, elves can play baseball.
He hit a walkoff HR about a week ago!
I love him
Glad we got the black twin.
I hate him
Dogs don't have feelings
That was a wonderful moment.
Scott Podsenik is mighty pissed off for a guy who sucks
Clearly he is the best hitter in baseball.

Look at that average!

That was an awesome face and helmet toss
Toss-face?

No way I’m googling that.

I think he's realising that .400 might not happen.
Well that was neato.
Bradley would have been tossed and fined
Butler was HBP and almost hit by a bat apparently. Good game for him...
Come on Milton

You’re due.

Just got home from work and listened to it on the radio.

Am I the only one with co-workers that hate baseball? They are strange folk indeed.

Love you Milton
MILLLLLLTTTOOOONNN!!
Milton, most interesting player in baseball.
He doesn't always drink beer

but when he does, he prefers Dos Equis.

MILTON!

Love that wind…

Bradley points the wrong way after a good hit.
Milton hits the ball hard.
Ah crap, Dave called that like Pods caught it for a second.

Announcer deke

It was tricky looking.
Very surprised when he announced Bradley on 2B
What the hell is in Podsedniks back

Did anyone see that weird brown thing?

Looks like the fishing hat from The Sandlot...
Sunflower seeds, maybe?
Bradley OPS now over .700!! .708!
Only too bad it wasn't a touch farther or that would have flown out of there
Brad Thompson?

Seriously???

We have a professional hitter up

What more could we ask for?

BUNT, YOU FOSSIL
Maybe we can have a one day Sweeney cease fire if he gets the RBI here.
Pass
It is an off day....

He’s not going to do it anyway.

I'll give him a one day cease fire if he hits a homerun here
And the one day will be the day he gets off this team
Nope

because that would make him harder to cut.

He's not getting cut, so maybe we can have him be productive?
Quite an assumption - he isn't Griffey..
Dave's call of the ump picking up the wrapper was hilarious.
Dave Niehaus with a beautiful call of the stalking of the hot dog wrapper.

He may be getting old and he may be making some mistakes, but that guy can make even the most uninteresting things fascinating.

He STALKS THE CELLOPHANE and steps on it.
STOP SWINGING AT EVERYTHING
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Whoopsadoodle
This isn't nearly as entertaining as a Corco accidental copy'n'paste post.
Find the significance!
I'm going crosseyed trying to align the columns in my head.
Win expectancy?
Nope!
Wait a second how do you get to turn a fuck up into a game?
A certain sequence of pitches

although I haven’t a clue which ones.

If I unfocus my eyes

it shows Casey getting moved to 4th in the batting order?

I think I see a sailboat
Not a schooner?
I don't think so...wait...no.

Just a sailboat.

I schooner is a sailboat, stupid!!!

Oh Mallrats, sch a terrible yet endlessly quotable movie.

Pitch FX?
Finally
And you think I don't pay attention around here.
Then again this is way more coherent than a Corco accidental copy'n'paste post.
Griffey didn't hit a home run yet.
I agree completely.
Very useful information, Jeff!
I agree with your reasoning but disagree with your conclusion
I disagree
You're obviously misreading this.

It clearly says right there on the 16th line Gutierrez is Sex.

HIDDEN THREAD
It's the code in which our Banan overloads use to communicate with us.
Banana.
I thought Banan was a scifi reference I was missing
It sure sounds like one.
So is this Brandon League in the 7th?
Yes!
Where did you get this? It looks different to what's on MLB's site.

Close-ish, but really, noticeably different.

A secret place!
But is it a....wrong place?
I will never understand the new math
God, stop hacking
"Productive AB"

Hit it about 10 feet

Moved the runner up right?

Now a sac fly scores a run.

Thompson looks quick.
Sweeney needs to learn some patience from Lopez
Atta boy Sweendogg
At least he moved him over
Like Griffey would have had any trouble hitting one to the right.
Why no Griffey?

Wakamatsu’s refusal to use pinch hitters has always baffled me, considering the rosters he’s had.

Because it's Griffey.
Pinch hitters should generally be better at hitting than the guy they're replacing.
Runner on thrid with less than 2 out

equals a run, right?

About 70% of the time

it works every time.

Not for the M's in recent memory.
More shots of that bag from "American Beauty" please.
So does Hillman use relievers in sets?
Dusty Hughes is strangely intimdated by Casey
Dusty Hughes looks like Gil Meche
He doesn't look anything like you
Seriously guys
I think they also look like Doug Fister and Ian Snell.
So you look like Dusty Hughes?
He's from Tupelo Mississippi
Please not Rob Johnson.
Damnit he knew Rob Johnson was up next.
Set up nicely for the Rob Johnson DP!
That seems like a bad time to take a walk.
Love when LOOGYs walk their guy
Time for a squeeeeeze.
Nicely played by KC

Now Johnson is going to fuck this up.

Squeeze is WIDE open here.
Be a hero Rob

Retire

Thank GOD Rob.
That'll work.
That's right's bitches
I'll take it!
WHOO! RUNS! SWEET BEAUTIFUL RUNS!
I like the new Rob.
You're right.

He’s just been fantastic today. Strikeout, GIDP, passed balls. Brand new Rob Johnson.

It was kind of sarcastic.

Because he hasn’t been totally useless and takes pitches.

That doesn't sound like sarcasm

That sounds like a weak point that you are trying to back off from.

No I mean Rob has made real improvements with his approach.

But improving from what he was last year isn’t anything special.

So again, not sarcasm.
He's still totally useless

The fact that he takes pitches means something, but he was already so shitty it doesn’t make a difference on the overall player

So then it wasn't sarcastic
Well normally saying "New [insert player]" would mean they are performing.

For Rob it means he isn’t a total useless hack, which is new for him.

So what you're saying is

that it wasn’t sarcastic.

The new Rob?

The one that is exactly the same as before? Except somehow still unable to catch a ball?

Hey, he hit a homer in the opener.
I mean offensively.

He’s come to terms with sucking. He’s been taking more pitches. New Rob isn’t any good, he’s less bad. But he has a .366 OBP and takes more than 4 pitches per PA.

You are taking small samples too seriously.

And that still doesn’t sound like sarcasm.

Beat me to it..

Fighting a losing battle here.

I can't find the article, but it was shone that only about 25% of the population knows what sarcasm is.
I remember this from high school, where someone would say a clear insult and added "I was being sarcastic."
Shown?
Well, we do have a Chone on the team.
That was unfortunate.
I only mentioned it because I don't think I've ever seen it before.
Absolutely an error on my part.

Not even sure how my brain went there. Listening to too much rap I guess.

Or thinking of our great 2nd baseman.
For some reason this sub thread reminds of that Steve Martin scene where he hitchhikes to the end of the fence.
Whatever. If you've been watching Rob hit this year it's pretty clear.

I’m not the only one to notice it: He is taking a lot of pitches because of his approach, not some fluky series of events that raised his P/PA

This may come as a surprise but this is still not sarcasm.
Yeah, I clearly have not been watching him hit this year...

And still not sarcasm.

'If Milton has to, he's gonna run over Kendall. Or certainly try to'.

I want this to happen so much.

That'll be fine, too.
Just reminded me

Sheffield broke for the plate and first baseman Kevin Young threw home, where Kendall tagged out Sheffield cleanly but solidly as he came in standing up. Kendall objected to Sheffield knocking off the catcher’s helmet while getting tagged out at home. Kendall used what umpire Jerry Crawford termed “baseball words,” and Sheffield reacted violently.

The two players began to tangle and the benches and bullpens emptied.

“He came by and slapped me in the head and knocked my helmet off,” Kendall said. “I mean, if you’re going to run me over, then run me over and I’ll tip my cap to you. But he slapped me in the head and I thought it was a weak play. A couple of words were said and that was it.”

Sheffields forearms might be bigger than Kendall's neck.

That would have been fun to watch.

Congrats Rob

You didn’t fuck up.

Slap hands! Slap hands!!
That'll do Rob. That'll do.
Rob knocks in a run?

Miracle!

Hey he actually gets an RBI this time
Got robbed.

I mean he got the run in last time.

Big Bad Randy Johnson!
I got one of those
I just realized I react to runs as the Fremen would react to finding water.
Mariner fan dread, exhibit #264

Rob Johnson hits a long fly ball to left with less than two outs and Milton Bradley at third. Mariners fan dreads this situation because clearly Bradley will blow out something in his knee and flop to the ground making it a double play and ending the inning.

Shut it!
Hey, we scored the run and Bradley didn't limp.

We’re okay.

Wow.

I thought the exact thing on that.

“Please don’t get hurt, please don’t get hurt.”

Mariner fan dread, exhibit #1

Instead of hitting a sac fly to left, Rob Johnson grounds into a double play to end the inning and the score remains tied.

Not even close to #1.
  1. would probably be a certain latino pitcher not pitching because of…never mind.
But see, that's the EXPECTED result.
It'll be awesome watching Sean White try to protect this lead.
Were they really playing that Bloodhound Gang song?
Wilson

you can be a hero too.

Well I'll be sodomized on Christmas
Santa's naughty list?
Merry Christmas!!!!
How Lowe can we go...
Here we Lowe again.
I guarantee victory
Heh, Todd Helton just scored on a sacrifice fly to first base.

That is just as terrible as Lopez’s double to second base.

It's Lowe!

And not White!

Little victories.

We have a black Lowe?
Great first pitch
Wow that's wild
Fat Butler not happy
One run games

Fuck em.

Did we lead the league in 1-run games last season?

I think we are going to do it again.

Later Guillen!
Nice strikeout for League.
Dude, are you even watching this game? Lowe's pitching, idiot!
It's the bullpen guy
That was a great K pitch from Lowe.
And the heart attacks begin...
Fucking christ they pull League and Lowe gives up a single on the second pitch.
What?

Lowe pitched that entire inning.

And he had 2 outs before he gave up a single.
I think you should keep going

He clearly doesn’t understand.

You have him around your little finger
Get this fucker out please

I hate Kendall.

Jack Wilson is a good shortstop
Jeter who...
This only really works if you use the first name.
Or you compare him to other good shortstops, not just someone with shitty range who makes that play to compensate.

Jack makes that play because he has the range, Jeter never gets there.

What's a Jeter?
I believe it's a former basketball player for the University of Portland.

He was a diminutive point guard who went by the name Pooh and played from 2002-2006.

Is Callaspo that much slower than Gordon?
JACK MOTEHRFUCKING WILSON!!!!

I FUCKING LOVE YOU YOU UGLY BASTARD!!!

Defense is cool
Wow! Jack Wilson!
What a tutu he was wearing!

Dave Niehaus, Hall of famer.

Bahahahahaha

“Jack Wilson with the pirouette… What a tutu he was wearing!”

I love you so much Dave.
Me too! Also I'm getting tired of 2nd place all the time.
So awesome.
Jack Wilson is mighty fine.
Hello Sportcenter Top 10 plays
"Ballet!.... Jack Wilson high in the air!... what a tutu he was wearing!"

That was a great call by Dave

Just a really good play!
That was sweet!
"What a tutu he was wearing!"

I love you, Dave Niehaus.

That play better get thrown onto MLB At Bat.
I'm waiting for the little red circle by "Highlights" to pop up.
Base hit Ichiro hits base hits.
ICHIRO!

Helping us get some insurance.

Did Blowers just confuse David Aardsma with Brad Ausmus?
I think he called him Brad Aardsma
Yeah, I was just wondering how he got there.
We are going to need a GIF of that

from smart internet people.

It will be several hours
But this is a specific request for a .gif. I demand expediency!
cannot wait

i wish i knew how to do it myself.

Play a little add on
Hughes is wild right now
Why do we not bunt here?
It's a negative play

Particularly with a high OBP player batting.

I was thinking the same thing
Seems like Chone has been at least showing bunt every AB.

Except when I thought he should have been.

Dusty Hughes is a great name.
Sounds like a painting.
Sounds like a name for an oil pastel shop or something.
Question:

I’m keeping track of the game on Game Day and I just discovered that each pitch has a release speed and a result speed. Lowe losses some where between 8-10 MPH on his fastball for each pitch. If Lowe were throwing a really good change would the release be in the upper 90’s and the result be in the low 80’s? Or am I just retarded and should ignore the two numbers?

In pitchfx, they measure velocity near release (a standard spot like 51' from the plate) and near the plate.

A pitched ball slows down considerably between the hand and the plate, and that’s what you’re seeing – both numbers.
In general, any velocity reading isn’t taken where the ball crosses the plate, but when it’s released, so the upper 90s numbers are what you’re used to.

Got it. Thanks.
Damn I hate these early games
I love them myself
Seriously.

I’ve had to watch this game in class.

Sounds more entertaining than class.
We had our final review today, so I probably should have listened.
But its a one run game!
Haha, I know. That's why I didn't listen to the review.
My students are being quiet, because they know I'm engrossed in something over at my desk

and they don’t want me to pay attention to them.

I'm watching at work

MUCH better than doing work.

C'mon Gutz, please avoid the golden sombrero.
Goddammit.
Does being right ease the pain on this one?
Not in the least.
So can this Peguero guy hit ML pitching?

We could use a DH.

I doubt it very much
This is a random question but...

Does mobile commenting on LL work if you sign in via facebook?

Yikes Guti.

Not your day.

He looked at a cockball for strike three yesterday, too.
Four K's for Guti.

He gets a free pass though, because he’s Guti.

Oh Guti, good times.
Rough day for Frabklin.
Weak HR time.

DO IT

Time for a professional AB!
Anyone else on the radio hear this heckler?
Only person in KC making noise
You can hear him a bit on the TV feed too.
Can hear him on mlb.tv
Someone is yelling about Lou Piniella.
Heckling Milton.
Bradley should foul the ball of that dude's face.

That will shut him up.

Haha at the fan heckling Milton.

“Lou Pinella says hello!”

This is an excellent example of a poor heckler
"Lets go, rally killer! Lou Piniella says hello!"

Dang… I LOVE MILTON!

I love hearing the hecklers over the radio...
"Lou Piniella says hello"

Who knew hecklers had those kind of connections?

Hahaha Bradley shushed the heckler.
Actually shushed him? Please say yes
Absolutely
He's just the best
That's the way that Rizzs described it.
I'm making cucpakes right now. I think I'll frost them into Milton faces
Guti's boyfriend break up with him or something today?
Solid contact!! What a stuf!
Come on Milton

Give it a ride and let’s put this one beyond doubt.

So badly want Milton to hit a HR here.

Just so I can see the reaction as he touches home plate.

Oh. Milton's up. So there's hope.
Milton Bradley is enjoying a conversation with an umpire
Sweeney! I BELIEVE
"Bases loaded for Mike Sweeney."

If I were a pitcher, this would not strike fear in me.

PH GRIFFEY GODDAMMIT
Who would play shortstop if Wilson got injured?
Dang. Wanted him to blast one!

Oh well. Come on Sweeney. Don’t hack.

Um... I think there should be a rule that Bradley always has to swing if Sweeney is on deck.
MIKE SWEENEY
Good hack buddy
Go out with a bang Mike.
Walk this way....
Milton BBradley!
It'd sure be poetic for him to hit a grand slam here

just sayin’, I wouldn’t mind

Or whatever

that works too

He's swinging at good pitches, this is a great sign.
SWING SWING SWING SWING SWING SWING
I can't wait for the outcome of this!
Don't swing. Too late.
Sweeney hacking of course.

Fucking A.

HIT A HOME RUN AND DIE FROM IT
At least that one was in the zone
Come on Sweeney, end your career at Kauffman with a bang
Or not.
In fairness we didn't mic his knees
A+ for effort, Mike.
Thats okay sweendog
Hereeeeee we gooooo again
Unacceptable.

Sweeney may be hitting the ball more solid when he does but I’d still rather have Griffey.

Honestly, I'd rather have Sweeney at this rate. I think if he had more at bats, he would be fine.
Because there's not a solution where neither one of them plays
I think they both blow ass
They do.

We just have nothing else of worth.

This is such an ill-informed statement
Who do we currently have sitting in the dugout that could do any better?

Don’t say Byrnes or Tui. Cause they cannot.

Tacoma
Sure, maybe they can meet us back in Seattle.

But that would not help today.

Thanks Sweeney. Carp couldn't have done that.
My heart can't take this. I'll be back after the game is over
Can we just bury Sweeney at Kauffman?
I'm in favor of this
What is our record on one-run games this season again?
On the road

Suck.

Maier, Willie and Yuni

Let’s get the first one.

Knew we should have PH for him
David Aardsma is pitching in a one-run game. The wind is blowing out to left.

What could go wrong?

He could walk Mitch Maier and then give up a walk-off home run to Willie Bloomquist
Nah, he's gonna walk Ballgame and give up a Yunibomb.
I wouldn't mind a quick and painless 1-2-3 inning here DA.
Yeah would rather not have the lineup turn over
Well I'm concerned
This sounds entirely too reasonable, how is that caffeine thing working out?
It's going to both kill me and make me stronger
Why? League has been pitching so well.
Im predicting a SO, a long fly to the track and a diving stop by wilson to close it out.
It's always nice to win a couple games on the road with your worst starters.
Yuni's going to hit a walkoff against us
That's that taken care of.
Sorry if this was covered already but

Do you guys remember when Rizzs used to refer to Willie as “Boom boom” Bloomquist because he accidently hit a home run at some point. Talk about one of the least fitting nick names.

Nope, doesn't sound familiar.
I thought it was because he was a terrorist.
White people can't be terrorists.
Bloomquist's not white.

Idiot.

Unibomber? McVey? Mohammed Mohammed?
Light skinned Arabs.
Got anything in that toolbox besides a FB, Aardama?
Funny time to ask this.
1 more out!
And thats why we didnt resign WIllie
There are many, many reasons we didn't re-sign Willie

Mostly because he’s not a good baseball player.

But his avg/slg ratio made him such a novel curiosity.
Fuck you Mike Sweeney!
An odd place for this comment

but I agree completely.

Yeah! Why aren'
t you sitting on the bench better.
Please don't get to Dejesus. He's fucked us over before.
Nobody fucks with DeJesus.
Apparently, that's not what "De" means.
AHHHH I CAN'T SEE
What the fuck was that
Why are you taking pitches now?
What fucking retard is spraying the camera?
Awesome fountain cam FSN.
The fuck is going on with that camera?
Did they just stick the camera in the fountain in centerfield?
Is there any reason to throw a strike here?

I’d pitch outside until 3-0

He very nearly did.
How satisfying.
PERFECT ENDING
What the fuck was that on the camera?
The waterfall at the stadium
So that camera is poorly placed.
YESSS!

Suck it Yuni!

CASE CLOSED!!
MARINERS WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN
Suck it Betancourt
Yay we win

.500!

The DA indeed closes the case.
So predictable!!!!!!!!!!!

Swing batter.

Hello .500 my old friend

Its good to see you again!

GO Ms!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Salvage road trip! I will take .500 with Lee!

Yes. If you had told me that the Ms would be at .500 when Lee returns I would have been pleased.
Err.. Without Lee

You get the idea.. game ending GTE to blame!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
YES! YES! YES! M'S WIN!!!!
CLIFF LEE!
CLIFF LEE!!!!!!
CLIFF LEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cliff Lee.
CLIFTON PHIFER LEE!
CLIFF FUCKING LEE!!
CRIFF REEEEE!
You're the best : )
Oh dear. I just got a glimpse of some worrying Bedard facial hair.
Melenious might have just gotten a new crush.
She's already taking a liking to Fister.
SHHH!
A google image search for Doug Fister is blocked as pornography.

Awesome.

Poor Patti Mayonnaise.
Hm. Something tells me I shouldn't google image this.
Should be fine.

It’s from this. Although I’m sure Rule 34 is invoked somewhere (but I’m not going to go looking).

I just ran an unfiltered image search

and the frist 10 pages showed nothing at all pornographic.

Though there was one picture of [ZOMG No Politics!]

You definitely missed something on the second page
And also things on like every other page
The Fister search was surprisingly more tame than Patti Mayonnaise.
She thinks he's gross
Gross is a tad bit mean, but yes, he is unappealing.
I thought we had this discussion and decided it was preferable.
It is.

But not the way he had it. It was one of those thin lines of hair that follow the jawline to the sideburn. I pray it was an optical illusion

Whew. I had already changed my shaving habits based on the opinions of the LLadies.

I don’t think Bedard is Italian or a Mexican gangbanger so I’m guessing it was just shadow.

Please tell me it was a pornstar 'stache
Maybe he'd let you shave him
I'd like to see this.
Oh I'd shave him good
Extra lather?
It's best if I avoid going further with this.
Nah, that's all you RC.
Yeah, isn't Bedard rockin' some crappy goatee now?
He's been growing a beard.

Hopefully it is just a DL thing.

Playoff beard!

He is Canadian after all.

Isn't he Ottawa?

Or is he a Hab man because he’s a Francophone?

.

“Bedard admits to being media shy, didn’t learn to speak English until junior college and favors the Ottawa Senators hockey team over the nearby Montreal Canadiens. "

My favorite part of that quote is when Jeff put it in a story Google Ad Sense put a "Buy Montreal Canadiens" ad with it.
Good man.

But this rules out my theory.

I will rec this every time I see it
.

"Bedard admits to being media shy, didn’t learn to speak English until junior college and favors the Ottawa Senators hockey team over the nearby Montreal Canadiens. "

You are far too predictable
I could just go back to trolling you guys if you want.
Too predictable
I miss my caffeine :(
That's such a nice way to win a game
I am now able to enjoy the rest of my day.
Wak just patted Rob Johnson on the head.
"We've seen Yuni chase those in the past."

Story of his life.

This is why I like day games

We win, I get to smile the rest of the day.

AND it wasted 3 hours of work in the middle of the day!
Are we the only team who interviews players for game winning sac flys?
Non-walk off sac flys

Yup.

"How did you manage that sacrifice fly?"

“I fucking missed.” Be honest.

Rob Johnson with the interview!

He looks like a crappy version of Robocop.

2 road wins! In a row! Suck it, America!
I wish Rob Johnson didn't seem like such a nice person

It would make me feel less bad for hating him.

So with this win the team went exactly .500 without Cliff Lee.
And half our line up hitting like doo doo. Speaking of which, Johnson and Wilson have been a surprise.
We should be 13-9 right now, or at least we easily could be.
We have also won many games we did not deserve to win.
This is a pointless thing to say.
Well he refuses to lose, so.
Pythag is 12-10.
I love when people do this..

If EVERY break went our way and nothing bad ever happened against us, we would be in the playoffs!!!!

I do like hearing happy totals.
I'm sad I missed 2/3 of the game.

Made me less emotionally invested in the game. Why are they having a day game in KC on a Wednesday anyway? This is the least amount of a game I’ve watched all year.

Just an FYI, this is sort of considered LLLJ.
Hamels vs Lincecum.

Combined 18 k’s, bottom 6.

A big part of me wishes we'd gotten Hamels instead of Lee.
Started reading this and expected a Morrow reference
Nahh
Lee is a better pitcher

Hamels has a better contract.

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