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Cincinnati Reds at Colorado Rockies, Aug 24, 2008 3:05 PM EDT


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Cincinnati Reds
@ Colorado Rockies

Sunday, Aug 24, 2008, 3:05 PM EDT
Coors Field

Johnny Cueto vs Ubaldo Jimenez

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing in from left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 85.

 

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W-L ERA WHIP K BB
2008 - Johnny Cueto 8-12 4.74 1.37 142 55

W-L ERA WHIP K BB
2008 - Ubaldo Jimenez 9-11 3.99 1.48 129 78

It's a matchup of young, hard-throwing Dominican phenoms today.  Cueto has been pitching very well of late, but the Reds only have one win in his last 5 starts.  He still needs two wins to get to my artificial goal of double-digit wins.

Jimenez is a couple of years older than Cueto and a much wilder, but his ERA is better because he's only allowed 9 HR compared to Cueto's 26.  He threw 6 shutout innings against the Reds last month in a game in a game where he only allowed 5 hits (2 by Dunn, 1 by Griffey, Votto, and Bruce).  Hopefully the offense can continue to be the juggernaut they've been so far in Colorado.

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People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.

by crolfer on Aug 24, 2008 1:14 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I don't know if anyone caught this last night

but Brantley tried to make a case about how the “Post Dunn and Griffey Era” has made the Reds a better team.

I recall him saying something about how the Reds can score in every other inning now with the young players and “not have just one big inning of getting 4 or 5 runs.”

Not only did his statement not make any sense but the Reds scored 6 runs last night and lost the game still! Must be the ghost of Adam Dunn’s bad influence then.

Norris Hopper's #1 fan!!!

by Zach K on Aug 24, 2008 1:33 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I heard that

And chuckled at the idiocy. I also heard him state at some point recently that this team was “a couple of guys away” from making a run at things. I think he’s either retarded, drunk, or both.

How can such a good looking man be so bad at getting to first base?

by jch24 on Aug 24, 2008 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've taken to turning the volume off

I can’t even listen anymore. I don’t want to hate people, and most of the announcers make me hate.

Overserved and underwhelmed.

by Pops Daniels on Aug 24, 2008 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Seventh!

Dickerson, lf
Cabrera, ss
Bphillips, 2b
Votto, 1b
Bruce, rf
Encarnacion, 3b
Patterson, cf
Bako, c
Cueto, rhp

by CoreyPatterson on Aug 24, 2008 2:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Cabrera at shortstop, batting second

Joe Morgan loves Dusty’s consistacy.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I haven't really been following Olympic baseball

But I just noticed that Jeff Stevens was on the team. Yup, the guy we traded for Brandon Phillips. So does Stevens’s bronze medal help even that trade up a little? No? Ok then.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 2:48 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

3 up, 3 down for the Reds

Think about a possible name change, 3 Fast 3 Furious.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 3:13 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

don't we already have one of those around here?

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

by Cy Schourek on Aug 24, 2008 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Guess I phrased that badly

I was suggesting that the present 3 Fast 3 Furious might want to change his name to 3 Up 3 Down to better reflect the nature of the team he follows.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

right

guess I read that badly. I haven’t been around much of late, I’m working on it.

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

by Cy Schourek on Aug 24, 2008 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is depressing

Going into a game against a team like COL fully expecting to lose.

How can such a good looking man be so bad at getting to first base?

by jch24 on Aug 24, 2008 3:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Mads here...

Nice to see Hobart in the line up – Brilliant Dustbrain
Oh and that great hitting Bako too
And the ever popular CoFlat.

I think I’m going to hurl…

You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.
Dusty Baker

by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 3:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Cueta now doing his AAron Harang imitation

You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.
Dusty Baker

by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 3:24 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm totally spolied

But Phillips couldn’t get there?

How can such a good looking man be so bad at getting to first base?

by jch24 on Aug 24, 2008 3:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

nah

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fielding errors on Votto and Bruce

I’m feeling really good about our young guys turning this into a better defensive club.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Guess not

Jay had his glove turned the wrong way..he coulda caught that one

You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.
Dusty Baker

by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 3:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I thought the game started at 4...

still figuring out this “Mountain Time Zone” thing. 30+ pitches for JC in the first? ruh roah

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

by Cy Schourek on Aug 24, 2008 3:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Votto is raking

Overserved and underwhelmed.

by Pops Daniels on Aug 24, 2008 3:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

And Bruce,

first pitch swinging….popup.

Overserved and underwhelmed.

by Pops Daniels on Aug 24, 2008 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's already Fall in Ontario

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

what we just saw there

was using your speed to get an RBI. I hate the new Reds.

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

by Cy Schourek on Aug 24, 2008 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Guessing:

Marty/Brantley bitching that Edwin hit that line drive too hard to score Votto

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 3:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

caught in a run down

don’t i look silly

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, I thought you were just relaying what happened in the game

If you were making a prediction, kudos to you sir. Not that it was incredibly hard to call, but still, kudos.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

no

as I soon as I saw Corey on with the bases clear, i started typing.

He’s just that fast!

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

did one of the announcers say that?

Isn’t that why we got a speedster? Geez, not that the Rockies announcers are any better, they’re extolling praise on Corky Miller.

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

by Cy Schourek on Aug 24, 2008 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah,

the one named Marty.

Tanzen!

by Verka Serduchka on Aug 24, 2008 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Damn

Good call.

How can such a good looking man be so bad at getting to first base?

by jch24 on Aug 24, 2008 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did I see this wrong

or did Votto bail on that ball?

It looked like he could have snared that.

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

alright, who had "Dempster will have 3x the wins of Harang"

in their before-season bets?

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

by Cy Schourek on Aug 24, 2008 3:48 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

At least CP getting picked off

means Bako gets to lead off the inning.

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 3:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

bako, cueto, dickerson

i’m surprised the rockies didn’t just forfeit this game to avoid having to face that.

Opinions are like noses, and yours are too big.

by chandrathan on Aug 24, 2008 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No, last week.

Overserved and underwhelmed.

by Pops Daniels on Aug 24, 2008 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

sho' nuff, later

Overserved and underwhelmed.

by Pops Daniels on Aug 24, 2008 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Resent just now

Let me know if the link and picture work. That google maps shit is fairly cool.

Overserved and underwhelmed.

by Pops Daniels on Aug 24, 2008 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

We start at 4 p.m.

Dinner will be served at 6-6:30. (Cuisine by Jean-Robert, no less). We are expecting in the neighborhood of 75 people.

Overserved and underwhelmed.

by Pops Daniels on Aug 24, 2008 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Quick poll

Did I fuck up my knee by:

A.) Sprinting on the beach, hitting some soft sand, sinking my leg into the sand up to the knee and falling on my face;

or

B.) Participating in a mosh pit on some stadium concourse after spending nine hours driving.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 3:57 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I go "A". I don't like sand.

but it could be worse. After racing in a public fountain last night, I found out that I cut a hole in my foot.

There is a 100% chance that I have like, scabies, legionnaire’s disease, or some other disease from that.

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

by Cy Schourek on Aug 24, 2008 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

In the DC area?

AIDS. Higher rate in the District than most African nations. HI-fiVe!

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

Cueto pulled

no reason given yet

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 4:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Rox announcers said he was just hanging out on the bench

no big deal.

only they were showing Edinson Volquez

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

sore right tricep

according to the Rox fellas.

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

by Cy Schourek on Aug 24, 2008 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice long redundant discussion between George and clownboy

over yesterday’s Rockies bunting session. Bunting = Playing the game right = winning, so say the boys.

You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.
Dusty Baker

by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 4:20 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I just read your sig line

and my head hurts.

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

by Cy Schourek on Aug 24, 2008 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dusty's philosophy is similar to a Zen coen -

What is the sound of one bat bunting….

You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.
Dusty Baker

by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cueto

“Soreness in Right Tricep Tendon”

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 4:23 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

strained tricep tendon?

that sounded like no big deal until he said ‘tendon.’

by Brian B on Aug 24, 2008 4:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Patterson will get on base 50% of the time if would just bunt every time he's AB

direct from George ’Partial lobo" Bland to RR.

You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.
Dusty Baker

by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 4:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Grande is part wolf?

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

shorthand for lobotomy....

You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.
Dusty Baker

by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Holliday singles

There goes the no-hitter.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 4:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

clownboy" I'd rather see the Reds get ab average SS than move Phillips to SS.

You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.
Dusty Baker

by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 4:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Would you rather have a C Dick hit a HR or bunt George?

This kid’s looking like a keeper.

You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.
Dusty Baker

by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 4:42 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Dickerson destroyed that ball

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 4:42 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Dickerson HR

that’s nice.

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

by Cy Schourek on Aug 24, 2008 4:42 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I haven't really been around recently

That’s Dickerson’s third home run? Not too shabby.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 4:44 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

He's been damn good

his strike out and walk rates don’t bode particularly well for the future, but so far he’s getting on base and hitting for power. Can’t front that.

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yes you can

ask the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Adam Dunn

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

by Cy Schourek on Aug 24, 2008 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

FWIW

and that isn’t necessarily much, but Dickerson has a higher OPS+ than Dunn since their respective changes of scenery

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

O RLY

that’s actually kinda interesting.

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

by Cy Schourek on Aug 24, 2008 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Why is Hobart on this team?

Anybody know what’s going on with Gonzo?

You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.
Dusty Baker

by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 4:44 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Gonzalez is out for the season, I believe

And even if he’s not, at this point it makes sense to keep him out, because insurance will pick up his salary if he doesn’t play any games.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

What the prognosis? Is he recovering...

He’d be an upgrade on any of the in house SS candidates if healthy

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Dusty Baker

by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Still rehabbing that broken knee

Which doesn’t make me feel especially good about his prospects for next season. Even though he had a bit of pop last season, we brought him in for his defensive prowess. That was already questionable last season, but counting on the man for his defense after he missed an entire season with a bad knee doesn’t fill me with confidence for 2009. I’m not really sure that he really would be better than all of the in-house SS candidates. At the very least, it doesn’t seem prudent to rely on him 100% for next season, and the higher-ups have to realize that shortstop has been abysmal for us this year. I just no longer see the harm in at least looking at what Phillips can do there.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed

You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.
Dusty Baker

by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

This ab EdE has shown patience = good AB

He gets the base clogger…now bases jacked for Corey

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Dusty Baker

by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Great AB by EdE

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 4:54 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

psht, this is the new Reds

only bitches take pitches.

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

by Cy Schourek on Aug 24, 2008 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Will Copat Bunt?

Not this time…

You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.
Dusty Baker

by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 4:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

How does a ground out to first base tickle you?

It’s a testament to Corey that he still manages to amaze me with his ineptitude. I know he’s terrible, but he does things so badly on such a consistent basis as to truly be stunning. It’s even passed the level of farce. It will take a greater mind than my own to properly contextualize the Corey Patterson era in Cincinnati.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Speaking of guys to amaze me with their ineptitude

Gary Majewski is now in the game, ladies and gentlemen.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Last night

When CoPat came up, I looked at my girlfriend and said, “I got twenty bucks that says this guy strikes out or grounds out to the second basemen”. She almost took the bet until she saw his name come up. Then she said, “Wait, isn’t that the guy who always gets out? No way!”.

She doesn’t even like baseball.

How can such a good looking man be so bad at getting to first base?

by jch24 on Aug 24, 2008 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

As someone who has lobbied

for Patterson to be removed from the top of the order, I would like to aplogize. He’s much more frustrating to watch with men on base.

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 4:59 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

The person who should apologize is noy you MM....BUT DUSTY FUCKING BAKER

Speaking of ineptitiude, Dusty is a man who’s ineptitude precedes him.

You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.
Dusty Baker

by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rox pulling a white out today

Iannetta
Atkins
Barmes
Tulowitski
Stewart
Holliday
Podsednik
Hawpe

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 5:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Time to make din din

God Bless my Dinner

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by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 5:16 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

As soon as you set the table

Corey Patterson will find a way to end your dinning.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Chris Dickerson hits home runs and strikes out

Thanks for the effort, kid, but it’s just not the same.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 5:20 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

And there we are

Three strikeouts for Jolbert Cabrera.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 5:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

He throws hard

But I dunno about 98.

What baffles me is we hear about the 96 mph fastball and hammer for a curve, yet he can’t be effective as a starter? Does his changeup suck that bad?

How can such a good looking man be so bad at getting to first base?

by jch24 on Aug 24, 2008 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yes

It’s wildly inconsistent.

Overserved and underwhelmed.

by Pops Daniels on Aug 24, 2008 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Changing up speeds on a changeup?

The man is clearly a genius and unappreciated in his own time (except by shortstopv2, who was apparently taken up by the Rapture and didn’t leave a note).

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Coors gun had Jimenez

touching 100 mph quite a few times. I’m guessing it’s running fast today.

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The side strikes out swinging...

nice.

I think we overmeet as a society.

by Gray on Aug 24, 2008 5:50 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Affeldt Gets Her Done

How can such a good looking man be so bad at getting to first base?

by jch24 on Aug 24, 2008 5:59 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Yorvit Torrealba is no match for Scott Podsednik's grittiness

And is Pods hurt or something? Why was he pinch hit for?

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 6:00 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

knife, spoon, familiarity

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

JTM

Started by a JackMass.

How can such a good looking man be so bad at getting to first base?

by jch24 on Aug 24, 2008 6:00 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Dang

Colorado’s upper deck looks a lot like ours.

How can such a good looking man be so bad at getting to first base?

by jch24 on Aug 24, 2008 6:00 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Bruce with hustle

His last four strikeouts come off the books.

How can such a good looking man be so bad at getting to first base?

by jch24 on Aug 24, 2008 6:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Totally OT

My fantasy football draft starts at 8:15, I pick 8th. Suggestions? This is a keeper league with the following guys unavailable:

Stephen Jackson
Marshawn Lynch
Adrian Peterson (MIN)
Brandon Jacobs
Ladanian Tomlinson (me)
Tom Brady
Carson Palmer
Reggie Bush
Peyton Manning
Ben Roethlesberger
Joseph Addai
New England Defense (funniest keeper I’ve ever seen)

How can such a good looking man be so bad at getting to first base?

by jch24 on Aug 24, 2008 6:06 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

"Managerial chess match won this time by Clint Hurdle"

Per Grande.

I’d take three day old bread in a managerial chess match vs. Dusty Baker.

How can such a good looking man be so bad at getting to first base?

by jch24 on Aug 24, 2008 6:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Inspired by "Dustin Diamond Teaches Chess"

Baker will put out a DVD called “Dusty Diamond Teaches Baseball Management.” And it will be just as useless. Unless you put it in the microwave for three seconds. Then it’ll be kinda cool.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Patterson will make an out on the basepaths

ashbakerlovepheasant

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 6:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

The gift has left you

It’s back to peddling cheap wares at the county dair for you.

How can such a good looking man be so bad at getting to first base?

by jch24 on Aug 24, 2008 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I am a Kilrain, I'm fightin' man

and I come from County Dair!
The Brits would hang me for a Fenian
so I took my leave of there.

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

so

How’s CoCo going to blow this game?

Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on Aug 24, 2008 6:10 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm going with the long odds

And say WP.

How can such a good looking man be so bad at getting to first base?

by jch24 on Aug 24, 2008 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

By sending in Weathers instead

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

sonofa.....

First man gets on base, I’m calling it right here.

How can such a good looking man be so bad at getting to first base?

by jch24 on Aug 24, 2008 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

TA DA!

How can such a good looking man be so bad at getting to first base?

by jch24 on Aug 24, 2008 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cordero's wife is in labor

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 6:13 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

odd

I picked her for more of a Liberal-Democrat

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Defensive replacement at catcher? Wow.

So Bako can’t hit, and now he’s being subbed out for defensive purposes in close games. He’s a lock to be back in 2009, right?

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 6:14 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

weathers balks

mmm, veterany

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 6:17 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

ARGH

How can such a good looking man be so bad at getting to first base?

by jch24 on Aug 24, 2008 6:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Absolutely UNBELIEVABLE

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 6:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Well it is the Reds

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by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

So, the EPL started up without me realizing it

Fulham beat Arsenal today, 1-nil. Pretty impressive for the former Team America.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 6:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

"Throwing error"

What did he do, throw it in the stands?

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 6:20 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I thought the throw was okay

It bounced high, EdE tried to grab it and slap tag at 3B. He missed it and it kicked into the dugout.

How can such a good looking man be so bad at getting to first base?

by jch24 on Aug 24, 2008 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It skipped off EdE's glove

and got passed TWO defenders backing up 3rd.

The Rockies have scored 0 earned runs today

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

5 errors???????????????????????

is this the Little League series I’m watching?

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by gejoe on Aug 24, 2008 6:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Check your TV

If it’s set on ESPN, then yes.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

make that six

maybe

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by jch24 on Aug 24, 2008 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Five errors on the day, two by Bruce, and the game is still going (possibly to extras)

I’ll refer you back to the trading deadline when I was screaming my head off to trade Weathers.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 6:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Ummm looks more like Colorado is going to win

While we commit 6 errors and a wild pitch and of course a Stormy balk

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by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I agree

but the balk was kind of bullshit. actually very bullshit

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

So was the 1st BP error off weather's glove

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by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I thought he did...my bad

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by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

need a PBF big time!

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by gejoe on Aug 24, 2008 6:24 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I could use a PBR about now

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by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bases loaded, Stormy on the mound....

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by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 6:26 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

C'mon, GITT

(also a good nickname for Weathers)

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 6:26 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

For God's sake

don’t let Turdshitsky beat us!

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by gejoe on Aug 24, 2008 6:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

SUCK IT, TULOWITSKI

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 6:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

If Taveras causes the Reds to lose

It’ll be like looking into the not too distant future.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 6:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

BONUS BASEBALL!

How many errors will we end up with? Who knows?

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 6:29 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

WOW

Weathers is awesome

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by gejoe on Aug 24, 2008 6:29 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Good job by Weathers to keep it together

can’t believe I just typed that

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 6:29 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

For the love of God

5 errors, a passed ball, 2 wild pitches, and a balk (and we only have 4 hits)

How have we not lost!

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by gejoe on Aug 24, 2008 6:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

what a bizarre game

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 6:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

nice AB by Hanigan!

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by gejoe on Aug 24, 2008 6:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Hanigan walks

dickerson will most definitely be bunting

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 6:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Once again the Bunt sucks hind tit

Maybe C Dick can steal a base?

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by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 6:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

or 3

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by gejoe on Aug 24, 2008 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

or get thrown out

that would complete this absurd exercise.

and Cabrera gets to hit while the bench is full of pinch hitters

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hobart gets to play while the youngs guys sit arouns and pick their butts

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by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

but they're all right handed

so what would be the point of pinch hitting with any of them?

Oh, wait, there’s always LLM…but then we’d be out of catchers!

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by Gray on Aug 24, 2008 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rally cap.

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by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 6:40 PM EDT reply actions   1 recs

Ths game makes me want to hurl

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by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 6:41 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

3 questions:

1) this game is still happening?
2) 5 errors?
3) David Weathers?

Tanzen!

by Verka Serduchka on Aug 24, 2008 6:41 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

1) yes
2) that doesn’t really tell you how bad it’s been
3) Cordero’s wife is having a baby.

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

1) ugh
2) this doesn’t surprise me
3) then make it a short inning, Coco

by Brian B on Aug 24, 2008 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did anybody catch that interview with the head of the IOC?

Part 3, played sometime today (when I happened to turn on the TV), dealt a lot with baseball and softball being dropped. And the guy never really provided a decent argument for dropping them.

Blah blah something about steroids, blah blah the US always wins…since, you know. Neither of those happens in other sports.

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by Gray on Aug 24, 2008 6:42 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I know.

I think we overmeet as a society.

by Gray on Aug 24, 2008 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Since they always win, after all.

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by Gray on Aug 24, 2008 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Tennis anyone?

Overserved and underwhelmed.

by Pops Daniels on Aug 24, 2008 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

He thought they celebrated

their gold medal wins in an admirably demur manner

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

He also claimed not to have complained

about Bolt’s behaviour before or after the race, but was just bitching about how he put out his arms before he crossed the finish line.

I think we overmeet as a society.

by Gray on Aug 24, 2008 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

there are seven

including baseball and softball vying for 2 spots.

Yet they still have the freaking modern pentathlon

.

I think we overmeet as a society.

by Gray on Aug 24, 2008 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Modern pent is badass.

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

by andromache on Aug 24, 2008 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, P.S.

I watched the Rhythmic Gymastics group competition today. Holy shit! That’s cool as hell! I don’t really know how much it counts as “sports,” but it’s damn entertaining to watch. I will never complain about it again.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

it bored me to death

all two minutes of it I watched

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by gejoe on Aug 24, 2008 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

dead in two minutes?

like Iocane powder!

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

the great unheralded

spending years between Olympics honing their craft. Up early, after work, on weekends undertaking high-resistance training. You, sir, are the man for whom the Olympic torch burns.

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, and softball has an "unfortunate reputation"

as being like baseball for women, which he said over and over again that it’s not.

Wait, it’s not?

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by Gray on Aug 24, 2008 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is Weathers still in to get the loss?

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by Gray on Aug 24, 2008 6:42 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

ruh-roh

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by gejoe on Aug 24, 2008 6:46 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

hip hawpe hoobray

2 outs

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 6:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

don't we need 3?

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by gejoe on Aug 24, 2008 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lefty in to face Votto and Bruce

Will Phillips be brought in for Votto?

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by Gray on Aug 24, 2008 6:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Bruce is due!

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by gejoe on Aug 24, 2008 6:59 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

for a swinging strikeout?

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by Gray on Aug 24, 2008 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Let's not overlook that facet of the Reds' suckitude today

13 strikeouts, including four by Bruce and three by Cabrera.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

we'll show 'em

just cuz Dunner’s gone, doesn’t mean we don’t know how to strike out around here!

by bbjones on Aug 24, 2008 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

thew = the

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by gejoe on Aug 24, 2008 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

If you call the Bungals football - it is the last preseason game for them

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by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

football means college football

and thursday means Alabama-Clemson

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

awesome!

i’ll be watching that!

go bama!

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by chandrathan on Aug 24, 2008 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's O bama

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by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 7:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I sat through some NFL preseason last night

and god, the Panthers broadcasting teams sucks.

And so do the Redskins.

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by Gray on Aug 24, 2008 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like their radio guys a lot

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by Man Mountain on Aug 24, 2008 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

One nice thing

was that they would argue calls that went in the Panther’s favour that really shouldn’t have.

Many announcers never do that, and it’s annoying.

I think we overmeet as a society.

by Gray on Aug 24, 2008 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pshaw!

Saturday, Aug. 30 is Ohio State versus Youngstown State in the Tressel Bowl. I am infinitely more excited for that than ’Bama-Clemson.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

start of NCAA football season, right?

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by Gray on Aug 24, 2008 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

UC starts Friday I think

They have the longest schedule in the country by days, or some shit like that.

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by jch24 on Aug 24, 2008 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sunday is the only day you should care about!!

When your precious pussycats get stomped into powder by the heroic Cardinal football te — ah fuck it, I can’t even pretend to care about football at this point.

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by jch24 on Aug 24, 2008 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

You see that UK got a top flight qb commitment this week?

he was originally recruited by louisville. and kragthorpe thought it would be a good idea to take him to lexington last year to see the UK/Louisville game. of course, uk beat louisville, and he decided he’d like to be recruited by UK. great coach you guys have over there….

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by chandrathan on Aug 24, 2008 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

As long as Petrino eats shit and dies I'm happy

Please note – I don’t fault him for taking the money. I would do the same thing. But I wouldn’t lie my ass off in front of several cameras, saying I want to stay, 24 hrs prior to bolting. He’s a douche.

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by jch24 on Aug 24, 2008 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Like I said

I understand him finding $24 million dollars irresistible. Just be somewhat honest about it. Then again it seems to be a personality trait of a lot of coaches.

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by jch24 on Aug 24, 2008 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

sounds like a coach with a similar name to his...

it was like that during his whole tenure though. petrino is a snake

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by chandrathan on Aug 24, 2008 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yup

My favorite Petrino idiocy was the Auburn fiasco.

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by jch24 on Aug 24, 2008 7:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bruce with a bad case of Donleyittis

Time for EdE to deliver

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by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 7:00 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

EdE's not due!

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by gejoe on Aug 24, 2008 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Corey Patterson on deck

sure, why not intentionally walk EdE?

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by Gray on Aug 24, 2008 7:01 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

2 out BH for Corey to fail in the clutch - again

God I wish I were wrong

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by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 7:03 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Right again damn - KK H K

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by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 7:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Crappy Mood

Man, I’m in a crappy mood and this game doesn’t make it any better..

Hey folks.. First game thread post in awhile.. How’s shit?

Need some more folks for my golf outing.. http://duffersopen.org/ ..

Drinking Barefoot Pinot tonight.. That’s how bad of a day it is..

Hey, if I had some place to go I certainly wouldn't be in 'Cleve-Land'. -H.T.Duck

by snohio on Aug 24, 2008 7:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Make that two, please

My kids are pulling a Lord of the Flies on me today/tonight.

I feel like I’m filming a Trojans commercial today.

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by jch24 on Aug 24, 2008 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

USC ?

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by Madville on Aug 24, 2008 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

If only.

Playing a little Monday Morning QB??

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by snohio on Aug 24, 2008 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

like
this one

?

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by Gray on Aug 24, 2008 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yessir

That’s the one that came to mind.

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by jch24 on Aug 24, 2008 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That would be wise..

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by snohio on Aug 24, 2008 7:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Make sure

she is 18. You know like their gymnasts.

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by snohio on Aug 24, 2008 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs