World Series: Game 4 Thread

by Brendanukkah on Oct 26, 2008 7:18 PM EDT in Playoffs Comment 183 comments

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After a long, tough game in the rain, Game 4 in Philadelphia is going to be pivotal. The Rays need to win to draw even, but if the Phillies win, they have an excellent shot at winning the Series with another game at the Bank, before returning for two more games at the Cowbell Dome, if necessary.

Tonight's heroes/goats will be Matt "Petrarchan" Sonnanstine for the Rays, and "Heywood" Joe Blanton for the Phightins. Evan Longoria failed to make a good throw to the plate to preserve the game for Tampa last night, so look for him to come out with a spirit of vengeance that would dwarf even Inigo Montoya's. He's hitting at least two home runs tonight - guaranteed.

The Phillies have been winning with smoke and mirrors, since they can't ever get a hit with runners on base. J. Ro, Ryan "The Temp" Howard, and Pat Burrell will look to find their offense. They were seen talking to Bagger Vance under the bleachers last night during the rain delay, so hopefully that will help.

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Rays, don't let me down

Bad enough that the freakin’ Steelers have fallen to the Giants.

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by BubbaFan on Oct 26, 2008 7:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

fth?

you like the steelers but don’t like the giants?

you can’t like the steelers and the cowboys…

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by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't like the Steelers

But the Giants are division rivals for the Cowboys. I’m a fan of any team that’s playing the Giants…for the week, anyway.

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by BubbaFan on Oct 26, 2008 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ok

i root for the giants though…

they are quarterbacked by a manning, and they beat the patriots!

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by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ugh

You would.

Bleepin’ Manning prima donnas.

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by BubbaFan on Oct 26, 2008 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

hater!!!!!

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by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And Jimmy Buffett sucks!

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by BubbaFan on Oct 26, 2008 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

no he doesn't

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by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You tell 'em.

My ex-boyfriend also likes Jimmy Buffett.

On the other hand, I hate that guy.

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by andromache on Oct 26, 2008 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i dunno

he sounds pretty cool

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by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

But, Jimmy Buffett sucks co...

/hit by tranquilizer dart in the neck

by Brendanukkah on Oct 26, 2008 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

A1A was my favorite album for a while

what seems like a thousand years ago

by ol Pete on Oct 26, 2008 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

a1a is top three

white sport coat is still the best

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by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Living and Dying in 3/4 Time

by obc2 on Oct 26, 2008 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yes those are probably his best three albums...

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by chandrathan on Oct 27, 2008 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

A-1-A Beechmont Avenue!

"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."

by jch24 on Oct 27, 2008 9:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

World Series Fever

Who else has got it????

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Oct 26, 2008 7:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm feeling a little burnt out

Ohio State lost. Bengals lost. DC United lost. Thank god basketball season is almost here so I won’t have to care about any teams.

by Brendanukkah on Oct 26, 2008 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

basketball is awesome!

blue/white game is saturday!

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by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

All your Big Ten bashing

is making me root for a roof collapse at whatever UK’s basketball arena is.

by Brendanukkah on Oct 26, 2008 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

you must not know much about college basketball

or the quality of the big 10 for that matter…

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by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's Rupp Arena

Named for former UK coach and renowned racist Adolph Rupp.

"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."

by jch24 on Oct 27, 2008 9:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

why you have to be like that?

you’ve admitted in the past that much of that reputation is fabricated…

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by chandrathan on Oct 27, 2008 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Because his name's Adolph

And I know it gets UK fans riled up. Here’s a nice quote, BTW:

“I know there have been a lot of people who thought he was a racist. But I think the times can dictate how people act — where you’re brought up, how you’re brought up. If he was a racist, he wasn’t alone in this country. I’m never going to judge anybody. . . . That’s a long time ago, too . . . You learn from the past, and you go on.”

- Orlando “Tubby” Smith, Chicago Tribune, “New Face Leads Kentucky These Days,” November 30, 1997.

"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."

by jch24 on Oct 27, 2008 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

tubby's so awesome!

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by chandrathan on Oct 27, 2008 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Rec'd

And it needs to go green just so we can forever preserve a UK fan saying Tubby’s awesome.

Side story – When I went to the UK-Louisville game last year in Rupp I nearly shat myself when I saw a guy walk in and past us in a U. of Minnesota cap. Cracked me the hell up.

"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."

by jch24 on Oct 27, 2008 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

let it go green but i'll say anytime you want me too

tubby smith is a great person, and is the ideal person to have as the face of your athletic program.

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by chandrathan on Oct 27, 2008 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ah, the Blue/White game

The one game UK is guaranteed to win…..maybe.

"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."

by jch24 on Oct 27, 2008 9:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

well, our coach would win a game of "who's more southern?"

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by chandrathan on Oct 27, 2008 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

There are no winners in that game

by Brendanukkah on Oct 27, 2008 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

that's racist!

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by chandrathan on Oct 27, 2008 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah no kidding

That Bucks loss was painful in its ineptitude. I’m with ‘tHan on basketball, all I’ve got in sports for the foreseeable future.

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Oct 26, 2008 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I didn't see the United-Crew game

but looking at the shot chart on Soccernet… it looks like DC should have at least gotten a point out of it.

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Oct 26, 2008 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

They needed all three

And yes, they dominated the game, but they hit the post twice, and Boyzzz Khumalo managed to hit the crossbar from six yards out. When Tom Soehn inserted Gonzalo Peralta for Bryan Namoff, and the announcers said he’d be playing in the middle, I thought “Uh oh.” A minute later, the Crew were on the board, with some blown defending by Peralta.

by Brendanukkah on Oct 26, 2008 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

cough it's Andy Sonnanstine cough

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Oct 26, 2008 8:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I was just concentrating on spelling his last name correctly

You want a competent game thread put up? You can put it up yourself.

by Brendanukkah on Oct 26, 2008 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And making a poetry joke.

Very accessible.

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by andromache on Oct 26, 2008 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was going to if you or Rick hadn't.

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by BK on Oct 26, 2008 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

snicker.

Sonnanstine’s gameday photo is funny-lookin’.

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by andromache on Oct 26, 2008 8:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

haha

the rays can’t play defense

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by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 8:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

and apparently the umpires are still awful..

Baseball needs instant replay very badly

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by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Rec'd

Maybe they could do a challenge system a la the NFL.

"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."

by jch24 on Oct 27, 2008 9:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Boo

He was out!

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by BubbaFan on Oct 26, 2008 8:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Are you f'ing kidding me

Such a bad call.

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by BK on Oct 26, 2008 8:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I for one...

…welcome our new robo-ump overlords.

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by BubbaFan on Oct 26, 2008 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i hate referees as much as anything in the world

i wish they could all be replaced with robots

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by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not too much damage though

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by andromache on Oct 26, 2008 8:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

should be no damage

That ump must be blind.

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by BubbaFan on Oct 26, 2008 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's a smoked sausage!

by Brendanukkah on Oct 26, 2008 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

payback for the runs the rays got last night on their blown call

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by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Bengals keep their perfect season intact

but I am worried about the Chiefs in Week 17

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by xjjeep90 on Oct 26, 2008 8:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

and Joe Blanton has a foregin substance on his hat bill

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by xjjeep90 on Oct 26, 2008 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

international substance...

if anyone gets that reference, they can be my new best friend…

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by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

What sort of a name is Chase?

Yuppie name? Old money name?

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by Gray on Oct 26, 2008 9:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Freaking awesome secondbaseman name?

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by andromache on Oct 26, 2008 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ya think?

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by Gray on Oct 26, 2008 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Chase"

is the type of name I call “California trendy.” The kind of name heroes in bodice-ripper romances have. The kind of name the handsome young characters in soap operas have.

There used to be a joke about Japanese Americans, and how they name their sons after weapons. (Lance, Dirk, etc.) Those are “California trendy” names, if a bit older than “Chase.” The east and south are more likely to choose more traditional family names, or Biblical names.

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by BubbaFan on Oct 26, 2008 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sweet closeup!

Of a glove jammed up his ass, no less.

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by Gray on Oct 26, 2008 9:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Now might be a good time to throw a strike or two...

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by Gray on Oct 26, 2008 9:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ruh roh.

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by Gray on Oct 26, 2008 9:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

ruh roh again

by ol Pete on Oct 26, 2008 9:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Aki so close to making a play again

by ol Pete on Oct 26, 2008 9:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Nice hit

by our future left fielder.

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by BubbaFan on Oct 26, 2008 9:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Carl Crawford? Is he a free agent after the season?

by ol Pete on Oct 26, 2008 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

probably not

the Rays have an option. But we had a guy here back in january who was certain that all the Reds needed was to get rid of that bum Adam Dunn and replace him with Carl Crawford and they’d be a winner.

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by Slyde on Oct 26, 2008 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

By "our", you're talking about the Reds, right?

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by BK on Oct 26, 2008 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

That’s the Reds’ ticket to the World Series, right? Replace Adam Dunn with Carl Crawford?

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by BubbaFan on Oct 26, 2008 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Spot on.

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by BK on Oct 26, 2008 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ruh roh.

Ryan started the fire!

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by BK on Oct 26, 2008 9:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I thought it was always burnin' since the world's been turnin'

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by Slyde on Oct 26, 2008 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

in the middle of the night...

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by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No. Evidently, it didn't start until a temp left an english muffin in the office toaster.

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by andromache on Oct 26, 2008 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

damnit

I can’t believe I missed the reference. I’m am shamed.

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by Slyde on Oct 26, 2008 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm am shamed

I’m am not drunked tho.

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by Slyde on Oct 26, 2008 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

it wasnt an english muffin

it was a cheesy pita. god…

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by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 26, 2008 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

My only option now is seppuku.

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by andromache on Oct 26, 2008 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just in case you forgot how to do it....

seppuku

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by BK on Oct 26, 2008 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

not your only option

you could run away and join the alternative circus.

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by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 26, 2008 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hinske

Another Red Sox reject.

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by BubbaFan on Oct 26, 2008 10:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Anyone else think this new Jim Carrey movie has the dumbest plot ever?

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by BK on Oct 26, 2008 10:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

plot?

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by Gray on Oct 26, 2008 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

close

pretty much like Liar Liar….

by obc2 on Oct 26, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

isn't it just Liar, Liar but with him saying yes to everything?

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by xjjeep90 on Oct 26, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

allllllrriiiiiigghttty then

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by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

the home plate umpire has a bug up his ass about something

man i hate umpires

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by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 10:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

is Hallion surprised that people would complain?

Another goofy morphing strike zone. You constantly hear people talk how awful it would be to have automated balls and strikes. I think the opposite.

by ol Pete on Oct 26, 2008 10:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Blanton? Seriously?

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by Gray on Oct 26, 2008 10:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Hey, would Joe Blanton

homer?

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by Slyde on Oct 26, 2008 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

joe blanton with a homerun!

he’s a former university of kentucky pitcher ya know

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by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 10:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

dontcha know?

you betcha!

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by Gray on Oct 26, 2008 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

maverick

goose

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by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

evenin' folks

the Phils are really sticking it to the Rays, huh?

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by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 26, 2008 10:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Blanton has really been throwing rocks tonight

and to think, we could have had him last spring if we would have just given up Johnny Cueto. to wit:

Blanton’s 2008 postseason record – 1-0 (and looking to win another tonight)
Cueto’s 2008 postseason record – 0-0

any questions?

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by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 26, 2008 10:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

how's your cat?

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by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

he's doing well

thanks for asking

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by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 26, 2008 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

unlike the rays

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by Gray on Oct 26, 2008 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

that's nice to hear

i wish him well

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by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

he appreciates that

and i do as well.

how’s your kids doing?

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by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 26, 2008 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

just have one

and she’s doing great.

she just got her first molar, and had a little bit of a reaction to the chicken pox vaccine

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by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

hmmm...i dont know where i got that you had a boy and a girl

my bad.

they have a vaccine for chicken pox now? i thought they just told you to get it early because its hell when you are older. like send them over for a play date with the sick kid.

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by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 26, 2008 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

she got the vaccine

and then had a bit of a rash a week later. no itching or anything. the dr. says she won’t have to worry about getting chicken pox now…

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by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

hey thats cool

one less thing, right?

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by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 26, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

except that the Chicken Pox vaccine isn't as good as other vaccines

it definitely lowers the risk of getting the Pox, but it doesn’t eliminate it like with other vaccines. The good news is that it appears that when vaccinated kids get the Pox, it tends to be mild in comparison to non-vaccinated kids.

/needs to stop talking to my wife.

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by Slyde on Oct 26, 2008 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

talk to Jim Carrey

He has to tell the truth about vaccines, or say yes to them or something.

by Red Menace on Oct 26, 2008 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

why is Hallion doing this?

Anger at being criticized?

by ol Pete on Oct 26, 2008 10:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

How about that ridiculous overreaction on that last K by Jackson?

He’s the Ed Hochuli of baseball.

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by BK on Oct 26, 2008 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

After 4 1/2 innings...

Mad Men has a perfect game going. Cuban Missile Crisis sex was hot.

by Red Menace on Oct 26, 2008 10:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

that guy from that show

hosted SNL last night. all the references were lost on me. it was kinda lame.

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by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 26, 2008 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I need to catch it online

The Simpsons Treehouse this year is supposed to have a Mad Men segment, so prepare for more lost references. Jon Hamm is officially the coolest cat in the world right now. He’s like James Gandolfini in ’99, but with more street cred because no one is watching.

It was actually through 7 innings the last time I posted. Limited commercial interruption meant the show ended at 10:50. That was the only disappointing thing about a phenomenal finale. Now time for the cast wrap party. Pass the scotch…

by Red Menace on Oct 26, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

hmmm

i dont watch the Simpsons either. in fact, i havent watched it in like 7 years. wow, i cant believe its been that long. but yeah, ive heard Mad Men is pretty good.

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by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 26, 2008 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like this article

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/24/mad.men.splash.ap/index.html

It argues that although few are watching Mad Men its influence is still everywhere because it’s watched by “the elite intellectual minority, the people that are writing and about talking about culture.” Also Bill Simmons.

by Red Menace on Oct 26, 2008 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

you just wanted your name associated with "the elite intellectual minority"

didn’t you?

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by Slyde on Oct 26, 2008 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

fat chance of that

he’s a libertarian. ZING!!

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by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 26, 2008 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought librarians were smart

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Oct 26, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

sexy in that librarian way

by ol Pete on Oct 26, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

mad men

apparently it’s got that guy from desperate housewives on it…

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by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

which guy?

you mean the guy from Ed?

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by Slyde on Oct 26, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ooohhh...

all i know about ed is he was on scrubs

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by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not that guy

the other guy

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by Slyde on Oct 26, 2008 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

you mean the chick from Happy Gilmore?

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by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 26, 2008 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

she is/was on something i watch

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

by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Weeds?

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Oct 26, 2008 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

that's it!

thank you

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by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

no

the guy that almost married her

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Oct 26, 2008 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Matt LeBlanc

by Red Menace on Oct 26, 2008 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

not the monkey's best work

"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 26, 2008 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

chimps aren't monkeys silly

by ol Pete on Oct 26, 2008 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

that's why he didn't say chimp

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Oct 26, 2008 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

/wink

"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 26, 2008 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

needs to be some sort of symbol or phrase

to save time typing out “went over my head” all the time

by ol Pete on Oct 26, 2008 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

you played an excellent straight man

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Oct 26, 2008 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's what she said.

This place is like a sexy preschool.

by Gray on Oct 26, 2008 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You're watching Evan Longoria on the wrong channel.

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Oct 26, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So tired of Fox having them sing GBA in the seventh inning...

ugh.

This place is like a sexy preschool.

by Gray on Oct 26, 2008 10:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

you and me both brother

whatever happened to “take me out to the ballgame”? do they not care that half the dudes playing arent from here? why am i yelling about this? am i yelling? i feel like im yelling.

"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 26, 2008 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

if the Brewers made it this far

I wonder if they would have tried to integrate the racing sausages into GBA.

by ol Pete on Oct 26, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i think that should be a league-wide thing now

watching people in silly costumes race around the stadium is the coolest. i love the sausages, but with all due respect, the presidential races in Washington is cooler.

"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 26, 2008 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Does Milwaukee have a sausage that never wins?

Like Teddy never wins. Last game I was at, he got distracted by a man in a panda suit (hey, who wouldn’t?). And if the chorizo always loses, is that racist?

by Brendanukkah on Oct 26, 2008 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The chorizo gets to win

during Hispanic History Month.

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by BubbaFan on Oct 26, 2008 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Doesn't that start on September 15?

He gets two weeks in which to win, and hope the Brewers make it to the playoffs? (You got lucky this year, Wendy Selig!)

by Brendanukkah on Oct 26, 2008 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

On the other hand, it harkens back to a simpler time of US ethnocentrism.

You know. The kind where we don’t bomb Syria.

Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.

by andromache on Oct 26, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

hey

we’re almost done in Iraq. We gotta start shit somewhere else if we’re going to maintain our presence.

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Oct 26, 2008 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

did we bomb Syria?

i havent watched the news in a few days.

"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 26, 2008 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

When I looked it up in google news, that was pretty much the exact headline of the second article it came up with.

Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.

by andromache on Oct 26, 2008 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081027/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_syria_us_raid

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Oct 26, 2008 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lord help us

this doesnt surprise me, but that doesnt make it any less galling. when is election day again?

"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 26, 2008 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

you're in a battleground state!

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by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Isn't there a national security directive that says they can suspend the election.

…in a national emergency?

Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.

by andromache on Oct 26, 2008 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

sure is

/turns grey

"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 26, 2008 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

absolutely

by ol Pete on Oct 26, 2008 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

maybe Dick Cheney just realized that

and that’s why he had his recent heart issues. The excitement was overwhelming.

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Oct 26, 2008 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wouldn't worry about that

The elections went on as scheduled during the Civil War and the World Wars. I doubt Syria rates enough to suspend elections now.

However, some analysts fear that Israel might attack Iran just before the election. Or maybe after. They’ve made it clear that they won’t allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons.

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by BubbaFan on Oct 26, 2008 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do they still use electronic voting machines?

by ol Pete on Oct 26, 2008 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nah it can't happen

Ending the world just because you don’t want to lose control of the government for a few years… It can’t happen… right?

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Oct 27, 2008 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's not the reason

Israel sees nuclear weapons in the Middle East (in hands other than their own) as an existential threat.

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

by BubbaFan on Oct 27, 2008 8:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

silver lining

I had to flip the station and Pretty Woman was on. A few moments of a young Julia Roberts in a racy outfit eases the pain.

by ol Pete on Oct 26, 2008 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

[insert a lame canada joke here]

www.crosleyfieldterrace.wordpress.com

by xjjeep90 on Oct 26, 2008 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

this should be a 7th inning stretch in Tampa Bay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt_m7qooZfo

by obc2 on Oct 26, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

nice double play

by ol Pete on Oct 26, 2008 11:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

i think the phillies are gonna win

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by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 11:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

the baseball game is turning into an Italian mob hit

and Ray just got whacked.

"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 26, 2008 11:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

that's racist

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

by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

what's wrong with being racy?

This place is like a sexy preschool.

by Gray on Oct 26, 2008 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sox/Rays was a good series

It was fun watching the Dodgers club the baby bears to death. Other than that, not much. Brewers and Reds had a bunch of more enjoyable games this season.

by ol Pete on Oct 26, 2008 11:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

i would stop pitching to the temp

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

by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 11:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

So you think they're going to send those balls to the "Mmm" Hall of Fame?

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Oct 26, 2008 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I just realized how he's hitting so many home runs

his home runs are being counted at the ballpark as well as in the online version of the game.

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Oct 26, 2008 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

its a stretch

but ok

"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 26, 2008 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah, I know

it’s late and I spent half of today driving through Western PA.

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Oct 26, 2008 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

bunch of old racists there...

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

by chandrathan on Oct 26, 2008 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

when did the Rays get a time machine?

cuz this looks an awful lot like last year’s team all of the sudden…

"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 26, 2008 11:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Rocky theme

drink!

"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 26, 2008 11:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs