Great moments in 2008

by Rick House on Oct 24, 2008 7:39 PM EDT in Off-season

Associated Press photo/David Kohl

This photo was taken on Sept. 19 after Jay Hova homered twice in an 11-2 rout of the Brewers. Jay's season was a disappointment considering his amazing first week, but a success considering, hey, it was his first year in the bigs.

Use this thread to discuss your fondest Jay Bruce moment, the World Series, your Halloween plans or your favorite billionaire.

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Friday night without baseball

is so sad.

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Oct 24, 2008 8:14 PM EDT reply actions

Best of Bruce

Walk off.

"I never should have given up the animation rights."

by BobbyO on Oct 24, 2008 9:15 PM EDT reply actions

Didn't see much of Jay Bruce here in NY

Though he did come to Scranton, PA with the Bats at the beginning of the minor league season.

Here he is being chased back to 1B. That’s SWBYankee first baseman Juan Miranda with him.

(He was safe, but ended up tagged out at home by Chad Moeller.)

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Oct 24, 2008 10:07 PM EDT reply actions

best moment

the one game i got to go to this season was Dunn’s walk-off against the Indians on BP bobblehead day.

im gonna miss the big fella.

"If you don't get the President of the United States on that phone, you know what's gonna happen to you? You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company."

by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 24, 2008 11:05 PM EDT reply actions

"Not that I don't feel like I'm part of the team

but when you get that nice celebration coming in the dugout and you’re getting your ass hammered by guys, there’s no better feeling than to have that done."

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Oct 24, 2008 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions

The Greatest Reds Moment of 2008....

….when I heard that Corey Patterson was not coming back for 2009. Now all we need is to get rid of the idiot manager who gave him 366 at bats.

by tonywf on Oct 25, 2008 3:58 AM EDT reply actions

Favorite billionaire

Well we know ’than’s a Buffet fan.

by Brendanukkah on Oct 25, 2008 11:06 AM EDT reply actions

favorite billionaire

i have to admit i smiled a little when i learned that Oklahoma State’s billionaire oil tycoon was losing all of his money and the school is having to stop construction on all the new facilities he was buying for them…

Think of me what you will...I gotta little space to fill

by chandrathan on Oct 25, 2008 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions

OSU has issued a denial

Oklahoma State University Issues Statement in Regards to T. Boone Pickens Investment

Rumors circulating that the funds generously donated by Boone Pickens to Oklahoma State University’s athletic program have been completely depleted and the massive west end zone project will not be finished are, without question, false. They are simply not true.

I don’t know if I buy it or not…

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Oct 25, 2008 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions

I refuse to believe

that T. Boone Pickens is the name of an actual human being.

by Brendanukkah on Oct 25, 2008 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions

It's actually...

…“Thomas Boone Pickens, Jr.”

He originally went to Texas A&M on a basketball scholarship. He flunked out, I think, after one year, and transferred to OSU (then Oklahoma A&M).

I wonder if Texas A&M is sorry they booted him…

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Oct 25, 2008 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions

so's Orson Swindle

the South is a funny place.

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Oct 25, 2008 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Name dropped in American Psycho

by ken on Oct 27, 2008 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions

the report i heard said they were finishing the football stuff

but stopping everything else. including the new basketball practice facility

Think of me what you will...I gotta little space to fill

by chandrathan on Oct 25, 2008 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Top 4 (in order)

4: Josh Hamilton’s home run show, and the thread that resulted on here.
3: Edwin Encarnacion placing his balls in Brantley’s mouth with the walk-off HR
2: Johnny Cueto’s first start. I was giggling the entire time.
1: Janish’s walk off base hit and Freel deciding to knee him in the face afterwards. I realize it wasn’t as much of a “big game” as the other ones, but it was just a lot of fun. As was pretending that Janish was The Answer at SS for a week or so.

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Oct 25, 2008 11:28 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs