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5/11: Open Game Thread, Part 2

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Looks like Guti's asleep.

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FUCK ME HARDER SAUNDERS!
Jeff, you suck at closing threads
I'm spectacular at closing threads
Which is exactly what I meant.
You are the Apple of LL Mods
Effective and dominant?
Closed source and lacking memory
Also once faked cancer for good PR
I forgot to blog about it
You know it's May Sweeps time
Hey everybody, sad news :(
Only works if you file it under Good News
"By The Way"
I wonder if I can get it picked up by Google
Are you going to become a superhero through the Make-A-Wish foundation?
I'll donate my pancreas to you.
What if I don't have cancer on my pancreas
That would be real shitty luck for you, huh?
Seems more like bad luck for you
I don't even know what a freakin' pancreas does for you.

Can’t be all that important.

I'll paypal you $5 for yours
Makes your hormones!
Really? I need my hormones.
I would have double the Langerhanses
See people?

This is funny.

WHAT

I CAN’T HEAR YOU OVER THE ROTOR

This is my favourite comment by anybody ever.

Ever.

Smooth, hairless, and porcelain white?
WE LIKE MIKE!

WE LIKE MIKE!

ULL
What does that mea?
It means his name is Michael, not Mike.
I'm channelling Matthew.

Saunders goes by Michael, not Mike.

Good throw should have nailed Robo Rob there.
This is the first time anyone has thought of nailing Rob Fukcin Johnson and lived to tell about it.
Yay, the Oi is back!
Michael Saunders is like jesus only cooler
Saunders! Here to stay!
You know your team suck

When you allow fatass griffey to score

Gotta love that skinny canadian.
Saunders is the grrrrreatest!
So Wieters remembered he is not Robo Rob.

Dammit.

Rob Johnson has been good at throwing out base stealers in the past
Really?

I seem to remember him being worse than Kenji last year, and given his other skill sets being, well, lacking, I assumed it was just another hole.

Kenji was fantastic at it
Still is, in the few games I've seen.
I'm a big Kenji fan.

No need to tell me. I just didn’t realize Rob was at least passably good at it. Confirmation bias rearing its head, I’m sure.

Saunders :(
Griffey looks like the Uncle on Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Kind of.

Uncle Phil?

You crazy.

You're right

it must have been someone else. Hmm….

I'd go with Carl Winslow from Family Matters.

Griffey needs to pack on just a few more pounds though.

Carl Winslow and Uncle Phil had sex once and it created a black hole in the center of the universe.

This is why you exist.

This is not a happy image.
I can see some resemblence to him.
Fat black men all look alike.
Cue Seinfeld line

I’m paraphrasing but, “Do we all look alike to you Costanza?”

There's no way they can demote Saunders now.

Or Langerhans or Wilson for that matter.

Bye bye, Sweeney.

I really do feel bad for Griffey

It’s gotta be tough to come to terms with no longer being good when baseball has been your entire life for 20+ years. He really needs to though.

They mentioned that on MLB Tonight

I feel bad for him too.. but not that bad.

Correction.

…when baseball has been your entire life for 20+ years.

Eventually, Jr. is going to be an owner of the M's, too.
Because we need another owner who doesn't watch the games
40 counts as 20+
This is true.
I'm just tired of him now.
Based on his prior comments about stepping aside for a better hitter, I think he's come to terms with it.

It’s management’s job now.

Awwww hit in the face...
So who else can we call up from Tacoma Mr. Z
God I love Poe. Kudos for the reference.
Well it is Baltimore...
I am aware of that.
Gameday is messing up.
We appeared to have scored more than 2 runs.

I am confused.

Angels and Orioles
And oddly enough without a lot of home runs.

There was one by Saunder which was fantastic.

And two on Sunday.
Cliff Lee is just showing up Doug Fister at this point
Pitch to contact?

Outrageous!

"you think you have control? this is control"
Does anyone else really love the drunk driving ad .gif that's been showing up lately?
Haven't seen it.
I do love the blond girl that's photoshopped into every ad

Yes, I would like to hear more about acai berry, stomach flattening and iPads for 80% off

Oh?

We’re talking about ads on LL? I don’t even pay attention to them. Time to refresh I guess.

I've never seen an ad on LL

Well, once or twice when I’ve used Chrome.

I'm running Chrome with AdBlock.

I turned it off to look for this blonde girl and drunk driving ad. I see neither.

I see more of the acai betty ones than you could possibly imagine and it's always the same chick
I like the nickname for her.

Acai Betty.

They're everywhere!

I didn’t know acai berry was that much of a fad. I’ve had it once in my entire life. In a beer.

I don't even know how to pronounce acai
There's a cedille on the c

So it’s probably something like ah-sy-ee.

Here you go

link

It took me about 10 seconds to realize you were makin ga joke and not trolling me.
Think about how often you'd see them if 80% of your Google searches were related to supplements and health food!
She's a French newscaster.

I forget her name, but she seems to be everywhere these days.

She was big on the internet several years ago, I think
Good to see she's back in the limelight
*acailight
GOD WHAT IS WITH THIS
Yeah, I remember that, but this new renaissance caught me by surprise.

Pleasant surprise, I guess.

I got curious

Google says Mélissa Theuriau

I'm seeing a lot of cougarlife.com

on SBNation sites lately. Creeped out doesn’t even begin to describe it.

I haven't been able to watch Cliff pitch this year,

But is his game pace as fast as gameday makes it seem?

Yes indeed.

He likes to work very quickly.

Cliff Lee doesn't fuck around.
WOO

WOO WOO WOO

Well hey Hanger
What?
Well hey Langerhans that was neat.
Oh Dave Sims

“Casey Kotchman has to be envious”

Langerhans made a very nice play there. Damn.
Strike

StrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrikeStrike

Cliff Lee is awesome.

Most watchable pitcher we've had in years!
Langerhans is actually a decent first baseman
Langerhans is just awesome at everything
He isn't right or left handed,

he’s Langerhanded.

Langerhans is the greatest.
I kind of feared he was going to look as bad as that one time we played Jamie Burke at first.
Different quality of athlete
Ichirooooo!
Ichiro looked a little slow out of the box there.
He probably doesn't want to slip
It's wet and we're up by six
I knew negative runs were possible
I'm from the future
Hey Fogel come check out what I did
Pretty cool
I am residing there today as well.

It’s neat, I guess. I just expected more.

We should've spent all our time on science instead of blogs
WE DIDN'T KNOW
Please don't change your behavior though

I would like to return

But you're from the future.
It's all very complicated
Obviously went to the future too late.
Our poor grandkids

My favorite one!
There are many to choose from I think.
My favorite one.
Figgins PLEASE hit
Figgins, swing the damn bat and do it with authority.
Well, at least it was solid contact on the ground.

I can’t complain if you hit it hard.

Figgy Figgy Figgy

Oi Oi Oi

I'm starting to hate you again Figgins.
You spelled adore wrong.
It's been so long since we scored lots of runs I've forgotten how to spell it...awe-fence?
'He'll get some high fives for that one, that was good team beaseball'
GOOD JOB CHONE YOU GROUNDED OUT TO SECOND
Blowers: "That's what you wanna do, the little things, makes a difference."

Sims: “That’s what we see.”

Argh!

It worked!

http://twitter.com/BradAdamsHair

What worked?
What about Bill Krueger's hair?
What about Bob Costas' hair?
I don't really understand

but I obligingly find it humorous.

If you don't follow me on Twitter this doesn't make any sense
Following.
It already has more followers than NotDonWakamatsu :(
Frabklin!
I keep wondering this...

Is Frabklin frabjous?

I don't know what frabjous is

Frabklin is just a typo someone made that I thought was funny.

On the frabjous day, Alice slays the Jabberwocky
Shit, I feel bad for not remembering that

It has been at least a decade since I last read it though.

That's not from the book.

That’s from the recent movie which was not good.

Favorite shirt I own:

Big pet peeve of mine, so sorry Jay:

The poem is Jabberwocky, but the creature is the Jabberwock.

That's okay.

I thought I was screwing that up but didn’t pull out the book to double-check it.

Callooh! Callay!

I think Guti wields a vorpal sword

Frabjous is a nonce word from Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky"

I think the “dictionary” definition is “fabulous and joyous”.

GIDP time!
People are pretty fucking accurate tonight.
How fucking predictable. Christ, Loafie.
Squeeze
I thought you didn't want to touch anyone on this site.
Because that's what happens otherwise
I'm constantly surprised at how slow Lopez is.
I guess it was greedy to expect more.
God we should have traded him while we could
When was that?
After he somehow hit 25 HR's
I'm pretty sure God has a no-trade clause in his contract dude
You're thinking of Jesus
That was a phenomenal play by Lopez
Everything about it was great.

Put some muscle into the throw.

I wish he would take his bat out of his ass
Loafie continues to impress at 3B
Top of the UZR leaderboard for a reason!
At least his defense is pretty good.
That was impressive.
Lopez looks sooooo much better at third than he did at second.
DP TIME!
Im down
Just don't let the balls touch.
Jesus, my mind's eye.
Charge!!!!!!!
CLIFFORD!
I believe that it's Clifton.
BIG RED DAWG
Stop that, Krueger.
Someone else actually uses Werewolves of London as their walkup music?
I think that was just fans howling
Better than using it for their big summer hit like Kid Rock did.
These are some well timed Ks
He caught it?!?

Not watching it on TV, anyone see if that was skill or luck for Robo Jobo?

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww :(
That is one of the gayest hits of all time
Gay people are often in superior physical shape
And they smell good, too!
But are they good at baseball?
They have their own league!

First Homo Leagues Player Shatters MLB Sexuality Barrier

The very fact that I didn't immediately realise this was a spoof is pretty damning of MLB's past.
Don't forget that their fashion sense is generally top-notch.
I've never seen Ichiro's wife
.

He actually doesn't have a Lolita fetish like other Japanese men.

I read somewhere that his wife is way older than him.

Seems annoying
For an actual wife...
I thought that was in their job descriptions.
Shockingly, that's not her.
Like I have any idea what's going on
Damn, I've been duped.
This is his wife.

Oh and there's some asian chick in there too.
What a bitch!
I was just going to write something similar

Damn for me not writing quick enough.

Awww Ikkyu is adorable.
gayy
They do have good fashion sense.
I think Ichiro is just a big ol queen
go home and use these terms

unless you are a 2nd grader, then this is OK…

Damn it all.

You suck Orioles. You don’t get to score runs off of Cliff Lee.

Atkins, everyone.
Damn, almost got outta that jam.
Way to get out of it

Clifford!!

That yellow dress is the most fantastic thing ever.
Garrett Atkins is amazing

That is quite the decline!
What happened to him?

Seems like he took the “peaking around age 27 season” a little too seriously.

Sean White time?
Damnit

I thought that was going out

So if Jack Wilson is feeling better within the next few days

should Wak consider giving Lopez or Figgins a day or two off and inserting Josh into their spot?

I get the feeling Jack Wilson won't be feeling better in the next few days.
He's got a bad case of the ugly
Eric Chavez went deep

COME ON JUNIOR

Griff lent is one of the dumbest things I've ever done.

God what the fuck were we all thinking….what….the…fuck…

I admire your commitment

At least you’re not a quitter like Robert.

SO glad I didn't get in on it.

I’d miss my hotsauce.

Gross
You're kidding, right?

Hot sauce on eggs is amazing.

Hot sauce with basically anything is amazing.
Ice cream.
I'd eat it.
I love you

Based on this.

I thought you meant a different hot sauce
Hot sauce is Mexican ranch.

It’s good on everything.

That's salsa

not hot sauce. Hot sauce isn’t Mexican

Cholula?
Cholula is mild hot sauce

Not salsa.

But is Mexican
Which would mean something if I said there aren't any hot sauces made in Mexico.
These quasi-Mariners continue to impress
I like the word quasi.
I like the band Quasi
I thought Griffey got a hold of one.

It went 150 feet.

That looked like a patented home run swing from Griffey.
Man Griffey hammered that one.
Oh Griffey.
Sabermetrics 101?

FSN is stealing Graham’s bit.

They should read out his posts on air.
Or, they could give him a job on tv. Graham probably would like that better.
He's English.

He will therefore sound super-intelligent.

Damn you, Lugo.
Griffcorpse is really getting ripe
Somebody's gotta check him for maggots
A good job for Fogel.
Cliff Lee's still going?
I'm suprised as well.
So what Gamecast is telling me

- Cliff Lee hasn’t struck anyone out
- Loafie has been bad
- Michael Saunders clearly needed to get out of AAA
- Josh Wilson is still good

I think Cliff Lee has at least two strikeouts.
Cliff Lee has K'd two.

Otherwise, fairly accurate.

"Loafie has been bad"

You needed to look at Gamecast for this?

Look out or I'll ban you =(
Loafie has made some nice plays at 3 bag.

But he’s been abysmal at the plate.

This is like when Christy Mathewson told the other team he was only throwing fastballs

and then tossed a 1-hitter.

Also, it's like anytime someone else faces the Mariners
It's also just like when Doug Fister pitches
League up heading into the ninth!

Progress!

I know it’s not a save situation but still…

So then it's not progress
And it's not really in a close game either
Now this is progress
What's the LI right now?
Was 1.73
So that's not a bad time to bring in a quaity reliever, right?
With a 4 run lead against the Orioles?
Yeah, I got ahead of myself.
Fuck you, Adam!
Now drinking: New Belgium Biere de Mars

it is good!

Time your time there AJ
Time your time eh
You fool!
This is how we say it in the future
Don't give away our secrets!
Whoa, who was that next to Vargas?

Not Alonzo Powell, the other one.

I'm pretty sure we have only one Alonzo Powell on our team.
Good thing I didn't say anything to lead you to believe otherwise.
I would guess that the guy sitting next to Vargas was a clubhouse attendant
That's what I was wondering.
We come again...
Snoqualmie again!
Save situation!
Further proof that saves are retarded
Some fancy double plays tonight.
Figgins sure likes that tag out DP.
Gotta get close to them if you want to pick their pockets
BRANDON FUCKING LEAGUE

I love this man. I can’t wait until he is the closer.

We are clearly out of Baltimore's League
Cliff Lee smiling in the dugout

Warms my heart.

League with a shutdown.
I keep forgetting about that.
Rick Adair looks like he's completely uninterested in what Rob Johnson has to say.
Michael Saunders.

He’s Canadian and I love him.

9th inning already, I love it.
I want a Michael Saunders snuggie.
I'll have him autograph my snuggie when I see the M's in June.
Serious, a snuggie night at Safeco would be a sell out.
LOLCAT SNUGGIE NIGHT
Hipsters galore.
No, for hipsters you need three wolf moon.
True.

And this is why we can’t have nice things.

Saunders and Wilson

Great additions from Tacoma.

Oh good, another possible foot injury.
Who? What?
Saunders fouled a ball right off of his foot.
Saunders fouled one hard off his foot

Looked like he was still moving gingerly.

BASE HIT FIGGINS
Good for Figgy!
FIGGY FIGGY FIGGY

OI OI OI

I feel like

Ichiro vs. a submarining righty = guaranteed hit.

Our 3-4 hitters are 0-9
Saunders & Wilson make up for it though
At least Guti got a walk, though.
That, and he hasn't looked totally lost either
Does anyone else think that guy in the stands looked like RRS?
Please I beg to Don Wakamatsu

To put Lopez 8th on the elineup. His swing is killing me. Pleaseeeee.

eLineup? ELECTRONIC LINEUP!
STOP KILLING YOURSELF
You're killing yourself?
Brandon League with his first Mariner save!!

Hopefully the first of many.

Then we could say something like

We had a closer (Morrow) who was replaced by another closer (Aardsma) who was replaced by another closer (League) who was traded for a closer (Morrow).

TO CONFUSE PEOPLE.

Josh Wilson!

Nice way to end the game!

Josh Wilson looks good.

What the hell?

Josh Wilson is a not bad defensive player
Taken in conjunction with his offense, he is presenting as an all-around player.

What the hell?

He's playing a bit over his head but I don't care RIDE THE STREAK!
It's been like four games.

What’s hard to understand?

Nice play Josh Wilson
This is cool

The game is over before 7

I love living on the West Coast.
The game is over before 10!
The game is over before 3!
Where the hell do YOU live?
What's New York + 5?
The game is over before 4!

Time zone diversity is fun.

The game is over before 8!
Huh, game's over.

And we won.

Winning seems easy.

I can’t fathom what all the fuss is about

It's all about chemistry right?
I could do this
Woah, hell of a play paperboy.
Good win tonight.
STREAK! STREAK! STREAK!
Consecutive wins!
Sweeney hugging people.

What a clubhouse guy.

Just wait til he gets into the clubhouse

He’s gonna fuck somebody up for the good of the team.

You can't hear what he's whispering in their ears.
You and me.Parking lot. Fifteen minutes. Be there.

Or be sorry.

It's soft and tender.

So full of love.

"Hey...it was me who ratted out Griffey. Pass it on..."
If we could just play the Orioles all year, our record would be KILLER.
Am I mistaken, or did Josh Wilson play a helluva defensive SS tonight?
Home Run Streak!
Oh Krueger

“Yeah it’s a bandbox, but that’s a long way out there to center field”

“Yeah the Orioles were a little bumblin stumblin, but…”

I feel unsafe relying on Josh Wilson for offense...

But I’m not complaining.

Awkward moment in the post game show.
Care to describe it for those of us without access?
Long awkward silence between Kreuger and Mueller.

Then it goes to her shot with a couple seconds of awkward silence and then she starts to read the script. However, the video was delayed and its just a shot of her reading her clipboard.

On ESPN they just called Yuni one of the best defensive shortstops in baseball

:(

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