Game 157: Reds at Astros
by Slyde on Sep 23, 2008 6:00 PM EDT
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This is probably Volquez's second to last start of the season (he should start next on Sunday). He needs 3 more strikeouts to become only the 9th Reds pitcher to top 200 Ks for the season. He also needs only 8 walks to become the first Reds pitcher to walk 100 batters in a season since Mario Soto walked 104 in 1985. In fact, only two Reds pitchers since 1965 have walked 100 batters in a season - Soto in '85 and Bruce Berenyi in 1983. Volquez's first season in Cincinnati has definitely been unique.
If you haven't noticed, the Reds have already topped last season's win total. They've also clinched 5th place in the NL Central for the 5th time in the last 8 years.
The Astros are still technically alive in the Wild Card chase, but realistically they would have to win out and hope for a miracle. A loss tonight and a win by the Mets drops their elimination number to one. I'd say the Reds should do their part to make this happen, but they are 2-10 against the Astros this season and 6-21 over the last two seasons combined. Maybe if they'd stop pitching to Lance Berkman things would change...
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We only have six more of these left in the season
That’s sobering. For as bad as the year has been, it seems like it went by pretty quickly.
Also, I have to wake up at 5:30 in the morning tomorrow, so screw you Astros for being in the Central time zone!
I'm a little upset that Stella said yes
And that she doesn’t like Star Wars. And that she’s a Mets fan.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 23, 2008 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions
i can't blame her for not liking star wars...
but i’ll go ahead and say that one episode into the season, big bang theory is a better show
by chandrathan on Sep 24, 2008 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions
While you're up that early,
how about chopping some wood for the old hot stove? With just six games left, it’s almost time.
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Sep 23, 2008 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Is DC United playing a game in East Asia that I didn't hear about?
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Sep 23, 2008 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions
are you joining the rowing revolution?
seriously…why so early?
Also, friends of mine are going to the Alanis Morisette concert tonight in Baltimore. Because the one in DC is sold out. Don’t judge my friends, but just be shocked by the fact that Alanis sold out our nation’s capital.
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
I thought only American politicians would sell out in DC
"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
I have to catch a train down to Newport News to check up on the installation of one of our exhibitions
Have you seen Alanis recently? It’s like after sifting through 10,000 spoons, she found her knife. And also a fork. And then ate and ate and ate to get over being dumped for Scarlett Johansson.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 23, 2008 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Honduras, actually
But that’s in the evening.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 23, 2008 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions
lineups, via Gameday:
Hairston CF
Kepp 2B
Votto 1B
EdE 3B
Bruce RF
Cabrera LF
Hanigan C
Janish SS
Volquez P
Keppinger is playing 2B!! Keppinger is playing 2B!! crap!!
"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 23, 2008 6:32 PM EDT reply actions
Jurray for that.
Lets keep 3-4-5 for a while. Lets burn the rest to the ground (after putting Volquez in a flame-retardant suit (and after putting Cabrera in a Pete Rose Gasoline Suit))
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not hate by a longshot
but I don’t think he’s the answer.
Unless the question is “which Reds catcher isn’t awful?”
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have you watched this team at all this month?
Castillo isnt a catcher. i dont think he ever will be as long as Dusty is running things.
"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 23, 2008 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions
"as long as Dusty is running things"
yeah…I think I’m going to go back to being a South Bend Silver Hawks fan.
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not a Cheers fan, are you?
"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
What's the success rate of runners stealing on him?
It feels like he’s done a good job in that area.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 23, 2008 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions
11 SB/5 CS
so he’s caught 31%.
Bako has caught 21 of 74 for 28, and Ross had caught 10 of 34 for 29.
I think we overmeet as a society.
I bet Wilkin Castillo is Johnny Bench's bastard son
But we’ll never know. Although he’s already surpassed his dad as a left fielder.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 23, 2008 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions
wow I offended a whole lot of folks
fine, fine…Hanigan can be extinguished immediately as the bonfire rages. Happy?
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I didn't say I was offended.
Just pointing out that he hasn’t been all that bad…
yet.
I think we overmeet as a society.
I'm gonna have to sit through this game
cause without Roy Oswalt pitching, the Reds have a chance!
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Well, I believe Berkman is playing
So let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 23, 2008 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions
You're probably right
and I am pissed that I can’t watch the Twins/Sox game
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its the ex-Reds-iest time of the year
who else gets frustrated when Casey Daigle comes up on BBRef when you want to find Sean Casey?
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They're skewed because of his callup last year
But Votto’s numbers in September are great. He’s sort of the anti-Dunn in that regard.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 23, 2008 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't want to hear about the Astros' whining
You got one hit in two games. Miller Park didn’t do that.
Runners at the corners, one out.
Will anybody score?
My money’s on no.
I think we overmeet as a society.
Who's homering off our ace to lead off the game?
Everyone knows its Anal Fissures!
Politickin' in God's Country
It's weird that people will talk in the game thread before the game starts
Then once there’s baseball to talk about, everyone goes away.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 23, 2008 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Sorry
I just got back here. Are we winning? It’s important to me that the Reds win 78 games.
"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
are you thinking of someone in particular?
I’ll be back when I’m done reading some Croatian nationalist literature…which’ll happen soon after I learn Croat. fuck me.
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that would be the first phrase i would learn in croat, too
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by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2008 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Obviously
Everyone switched over to Dancing With the Stars.
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my computer power cord died again last night, so i was left with a dead laptop.
can anyone direct me to super cheap Dell PA9 power cord?
by chandrathan on Sep 24, 2008 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
if only there was a place on the internet where one could search for such things.
"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
i have been searching...
i thought the answer to all of my problems was to come and ask red reporters.
so have you found me one?
by chandrathan on Sep 24, 2008 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Hooha two hundred strikeouts Tuesdays!
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Sep 23, 2008 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions
it's like a frat party at Sarah Lawrence College!
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i.e. the field hockey team
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by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2008 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Little known fact
I’m expecting a kid around xmas, so I didn’t always strike out. :)
"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."
If the Mets don't make the playoffs,
I couldn’t imagine Mets fan being happy with Omar’s 4 year extension.
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just like they weren't happy with Mike Piazza's hair extensions
"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
he needs to start walking some boys
or else he’s not going to get the coveted 200/100
"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 the way
Nolan Ryan achieved the 200/100 a record 8 times in his career. Eight times? Eight, Bob.
"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
And Joey Votto hits really well when my fantasy team needs him to in the playoffs
take that Baker’s Dozing (aka ken).
"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
I really effed up
Lohse and Hamels are on my bench tonight. I just don’t have the energy to keep up with these two-week contests.
oooh
that’s gonna hurt. I hope I win by 1 point less than they score tonight.
Did you see that I picked up Jered Weaver? No idea how he is on the waiver wire at this point in the season, but I’ll take it.
"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
Wait it's a 2 week final?
You guys are playing to get your money back, right?
Politickin' in God's Country
I mean, at least the Reds aren't bent over by lefties anymore
now that Dunn and Griff are gon
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FWIW
Wandy has a 5.20 career ERA against the Reds coming into this 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
don't let facts get in the way of feelings, please
Castro PHs for Hamilton for a reason, Slyde
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and I realize that was the WORST example I could've used
but, uh, managers are dumb.
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Castro is intimidating
David Price walked him with the bases loaded yesterday. Cost him a decision in his first big league start.
"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
Price was very impressive
during the AAA playoff game that i saw him play in
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Don't you have to be up by Sept. 1 to be on the postseason roster
(no idea when Price came up)
by Brendanukkah on Sep 23, 2008 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
If someone goes on the DL
Any player in the team’s entire organization can take his place.
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GIEE
d’oh!
"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
whoa!
Grant Balfour had 56 IP with a 1.45 ERA. Dan O’Brien had the right idea after all!
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Good evening gentlmen, - Brendan...
A feisty bunch here tonight, getting all hard about Ryan Hannigan, If he can hit .240-.250 keep his OBP close to .300 and knock in a few RBIs we’d actually have a take charge catcher who doesn’t cost an arm and a leg.
Oh, and yes as far as managers go Dusty is stubborn dumb.
Ibn Khaldoun and Hulrich Zwingli - now that's real reform, Mr. McCain.
Jolbert says take that madville !!
AKA redsfan68 Nobody listens to Andrew
by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 23, 2008 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions
goodness gracious
pitch efficient this time out, too. No such luck to see those 100 walks, hopefully.
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Brendan-The JW Marriott Hotel on Pennslyvania Ave
Nice place? This is where next year’s SABR convention is going to be held.
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I assume so
I’ve never been in it, but I drive past it every day. It’s nicely situated. Two blocks from the White House, a couple blocks north of the Mall. You look down Pennsylvania and you get a wonderful view of the Capitol. It’s right across the street from the Willard, which is one of Washington’s most famous hotels. And the Hotel Washington is next to that, with a wonderful sky bar and restaurant (they’re doing construction on it now, but it should be done by next summer).
by Brendanukkah on Sep 23, 2008 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions
let a brother know if you do
I’ll be slumming in the area as well, most likely
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I'm trying to find jobs outside of DC
But chances are I’ll still be here then. I’ll come out. I love conventions and symposia!
by Brendanukkah on Sep 23, 2008 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions
great place to visit..
but i would need way to much money to live there even in the pauper like standards I’m accustomed to
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by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 23, 2008 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Out of this world scrap
Nick Punto just squeezed home a runner on third and slid safely into first.
Earlier in the inning Griffey dove and missed a flyball, giving Jason Kubel a tripe.
If you ain't dirrty
You ain’t here to PARTY!
by Brendanukkah on Sep 23, 2008 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions
tripe?
Is Griffey now losing intestines?
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Maybe you should...
…either not post at all if you’re going to type inane comments – or at least hire a writer. If you were attempting wit – keep trying.
/reddrox’d
"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."
Keppinger is now 3 for 3...
Perhaps he should play second base more often?
I think we overmeet as a society.
Wha...? Like a sabremetrics Convention ?
Is Tony LaRusa going to be there? We could tip Bob off and he could send Walt to DC to talk to him about managing the Reds and Monkeys will also fly out of my ass on fountain square on Xmas morn.
Ibn Khaldoun and Hulrich Zwingli - now that's real reform, Mr. McCain.
Sabermetrics
but also a lot of baseball history. From what I have been told, the convention is about 50/50 split between the stats geeks and historians.
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Historians are mutually excluded from everything
by Brendanukkah on Sep 23, 2008 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions
and as a history major
thank God for that
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God was a history major?
why didn’t voltaire let us know?
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by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2008 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
no but I think He's graduated....
AKA redsfan68 Nobody listens to Andrew
by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 23, 2008 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions
no,
but I though his ascent into heaven was a euphemism for getting into graduate school
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by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2008 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions
If that's what heaven is like
Then I’m even more comfortable with my decision to lead a life of unrepentant sin.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 23, 2008 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Have fun getting up at 5 am tomorrow
I’ll be thinking of you when I wake up
7 hours later
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by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2008 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
The oath I just uttered in your direction
Is enough to get me the small envelope from the Celestial Office of Admissions.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 23, 2008 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions
My advisor to me, today, after I explained what I had been doing for the past two weeks...
“So what, exactly, have you been doing for the past two weeks?”
I think we overmeet as a society.
I meet with my thesis advisor Thursday
there are a lot of books in my room that are unread, and will remain unread until then.
Thankfully, I’m still undergrad.
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I am intrigued by your xmas proposal
And wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."
99 pitches for Wandy
And nine of them have struck out Bruce three times. I love the kid, but he can be maddeningly frustrating with his strikeouts. Moreso than I ever was with Dunn.
Bruce will soon become the NEW DUNN
Marty’s probably bitching about him already.
Ibn Khaldoun and Hulrich Zwingli - now that's real reform, Mr. McCain.
will he OPS+ > 130?
because yeah, I could live with that. Even if he gets run out of town 7 years from now.
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Well Ken, I can only respond to Mr sMarty with a hearty:
FUCK YOU OLD MAN
Ibn Khaldoun and Hulrich Zwingli - now that's real reform, Mr. McCain.
Ty Wiggington is scary looking
very vapid – kinda like one might imagine a child molester, big and dumb and viscious.
Ibn Khaldoun and Hulrich Zwingli - now that's real reform, Mr. McCain.
I imagine an Anglo Love Machine
Would be brief, awkward, and apologetic.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 23, 2008 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
rec'd
because the mental image of Bill Nighy in a Skinemax production is epic.
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he would also remind his lover
to finish his Latin prep before going out for ruggers.
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by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2008 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Then he'll be back after chapel
to give her a jolly good rucking.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 23, 2008 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions
her?
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by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2008 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions
there was a "his" "her" slip there
and you just missed a great opportunity to build on the “homosexuality at boarding school” joke.
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with Erstad as the PH
this may be the most scrappy 1-2-3 the Reds have faced this year (Wiggington, Ausmas, Erstad)
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is wigginton considered scrappy?
never heard that one. his slugging would seem to disqualify him.
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by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2008 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I would consider Wigginton more likely to
to eat little Johnny’s dog named scrappy. Fucking pedophile.
Ibn Khaldoun and Hulrich Zwingli - now that's real reform, Mr. McCain.
your logic escapes me
Wigginton would be “more likely” to eat a child’s dog (than rape him, presumably) and, by virtue of this, is a “fucking pedophile”?
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by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2008 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Madville:
Truthiness we can believe in.
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that reminds me
(safe link, don’t worry, I’m no battlekow)
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xkcd, for the win sir
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by BK on Sep 23, 2008 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I suppose before he eats the dog there could be some heavy petting
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by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2008 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
No sense getting
Into heavy petting
It only leads to trouble
And bed-wetting
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Man Mountain when have I ever lowered my myself to common logic?
Ibn Khaldoun and Hulrich Zwingli - now that's real reform, Mr. McCain.
That's certainly a snappy slogan...Truthiness we can Believe in!
BTW Bill Nighy is almost exactly one year younger than I but looks more like a cadaver than Ty. 
Ibn Khaldoun and Hulrich Zwingli - now that's real reform, Mr. McCain.
That certainly is a snappy campaign slogan Cy:
Truthiness we can believe in! And you certainly can believe in your ol’ Pal Mads.
BTW Bill Nighy is almost exactly one year younger than I…but he looks more like a cadaver than puffy boy TY.
Ibn Khaldoun and Hulrich Zwingli - now that's real reform, Mr. McCain.
Madville you already posted this...
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by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 23, 2008 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions
is it bad
that I always think that Michael Bourn should look like Matt Damon?
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the same joke
in three less minutes: 300 Mexicans
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by Cy Schourek on Sep 23, 2008 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
But then you have to picture Ed Wade
as Joan Allen last winter, telling his assistants to “get Bourn”
I'm imagining Ed Wade switching places with Joan Allen
And I don’t really see it making much of a difference in either case.
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by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2008 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Volquez's slider has been erratic tonight
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I'm not sure if linking to other Reds blogs is a faux pas
but I got a huge giggle out of this bit
Monday’s announced attendance of 13,565 boosted the Reds’ final attendance to 2,058,632, an improvement of 39 over last year’s total.
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That's not bad
13,565 is pretty decent for a makeup game on a Monday workday.
Hal McCoy said there about 12 people there. Guess he was exaggerating a bit.
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Tejada gets in run down so that Bourn can score
and he doesn’t see it
way to waste your wing man, Mike
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This game is boring...at least my RR comrades are always and continuously clever and entertaining.
Excuse me whilst I procure another RED STRIPE imported lager..
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Beer 
Ibn Khaldoun and Hulrich Zwingli - now that's real reform, Mr. McCain.
I finally had a red stripe a couple of weeks ago
and was completely unimpressed.
I think we overmeet as a society.
indeed, they've already moved on to patronizing foreigners
forward thinkers, that crew
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by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
"You are very ugly!"
[gives man Red Stripe]
“Look at the beautiful man!”
by Brendanukkah on Sep 23, 2008 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Well Gray, Red Stripe is an acquired taste:
The more you acquire
The more you drink
The more you drink
The better it tastes
At least that’s what my son told me when he pawned 2 cases of the stuff off on me.
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I'll pass
it was worth the $2 I paid for it, I guess, but only because nothing else was on special.
I think we overmeet as a society.
location location location
it’s really only good if you are on a caribbean island.
kinda like Corona and Mexico.
Did you know?
If you record the words “hooray beer” and play it in reverse it still sounds like “hooray beer”?
/reddit’d
"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."
Excellent question!
“Today’s poll” on mlb.com:
Which is the most impressive?
A) Brad Lidge 39-for-39 in saves
B) Francisco Rodriguez’s 60 saves
C) Joakim Soria’s 41 saves for last-place KC
I think we overmeet as a society.
gotta go Joakim
also, props on the Reds for the “fuck pithcing to Berkman!” strategy
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by Cy Schourek on Sep 23, 2008 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Joakim has the best nickname in MLB
but I would have to go with Lidge or F-Rod
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my "I believe in Adam Dunn" shirts
were a star-crossed idea. But we need “HOVA” shirts next year. Someone get on my back about it throguh the off season
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by Cy Schourek on Sep 23, 2008 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought only the crew chief was supposed to view the video?
I saw two umpires go down the tunnel…werid.
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if the video was My Dinner with Andre
we’ll know why
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by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2008 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
now there's three in the tunnel...
no wonder its taking so long
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by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 23, 2008 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
In Japan's professional league
you have to have at least ten
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by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2008 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
the ball was struck hard and caromed right to pence
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by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2008 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Game Day has that about 40 rows beyond the wall
by Brendanukkah on Sep 23, 2008 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions
maybe it thinks the game's in GABP
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by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2008 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
done for the night
and only a bit later than Wandy. Lets hope that this is 17, folks. Take it easy.
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It hit the top of the yellow line
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by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2008 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
George has come out...I missed something here..
What happened.
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the ball hit off the top of the yellow
it should be out, right?
"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 23, 2008 10:14 PM EDT reply actions
It bounced off of the seat in the first row, back onto the field
That’s a HR
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
interesting
FSN Houston keeps showing the replay and I keep changing my mind whether it hit a seat or the top of the wall?
What a weird play.
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by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2008 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought so
but you have to remember that it all happens so quickly…
when you’re watching it on slow-mo over and over again
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by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2008 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Fast mo, slow mo, any kind of mo
(Can’t believe they left that phrasing in the Jeter commercial. They had to have known what they were doing, right?)
by Brendanukkah on Sep 23, 2008 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I cant understand
why there is even a question of whether it is out. On replay, the green vinyl under the yellow line is pretty clearly rippled when the ball hits the top of the yellow, which should mean HR.
"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose
by Officer Dibble on Sep 23, 2008 10:15 PM EDT reply actions
Oh
And I have power back now…yay.
"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose
by Officer Dibble on Sep 23, 2008 10:15 PM EDT reply actions
congrats Dibs!
welcome back to society
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by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 23, 2008 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I've actually been back
and powered since Friday, but it took til Sunday around 5 to get me back with internets/cable/phone.
There are still a few people up here in Clintonville that were STILL without power today, so I guess I shouldnt complain too loudly.
"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose
by Officer Dibble on Sep 23, 2008 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
But having said that
I think I will…
How in the hell does an electric company not restore service to an urban area in the United States of Friggin America that was not destroyed by a hurricane or a tornado in an entire freaking week?
AEP has deep problems. And not only are they going to try to reach in our pockets for the privilege of restoring our power in such an ahem timely fashion, these are the same asshats that have a rate increase in front of the PUCO that aims to give them 15% rate increases PER FREAKING YEAR for the next three years.
"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose
by Officer Dibble on Sep 23, 2008 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
As of yesterday
Houston still had ~767,000 people without power.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 23, 2008 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
See my comment above
About the exclusions of people hit by hurricanes and tornadoes.
There is a price to pay for living in Houston, Galveston, Miami, or any other coastal area, and that would be it.
"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose
by Officer Dibble on Sep 23, 2008 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I just read
that the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston only had $100 million in insurance…and is requesting $600 million to replace what it lost.
Um, guys?
I think we overmeet as a society.
Well, since the feds seem to be
passing out free money like Pez on Christmas morning, mebbe they can get themselves some part of that 700 billion bailout.
If and when that little bit goes through with no oversight over the Treasury chairman, they ought to string up any person who voted for it.
"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose
by Officer Dibble on Sep 23, 2008 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
agreed
they need the increase. How else will they make up lost revenue in Ohio for the past week.
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds
I have an idea
Put your customers back on line more quickly to reduce your losses?
Hey, might work!
"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose
by Officer Dibble on Sep 23, 2008 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
It looked liked it hit the seat and then bounced back onto the field
and this review is taking too long. 5+ minutes
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wow
The first instance of instant replay was an A-Rod homer, and it took 2 minutes to decide.
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What I don't get (other than them blowing the call)
is why the umps had to huddle for a few minutes before watching the replay. Just go watch it.
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by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2008 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah.
This new system isn’t going to work if the umps blow the calls after looking at the replays.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
at least the "joys of human error" crowd will be sated
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by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2008 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought there was a clause in the rule
that a random number generator determined if the umps were required to make the correct call or the wrong call to keep the human error people satisfied. Looks like the number came up bad for the Reds.
"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
well sheeeeee-it
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by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 23, 2008 10:17 PM EDT reply actions
Has he gotten thrown out all year?
I think he may be 0 for 156 so far.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
once..
and he got suspended for it..
he’s been a choir boy ever since…
could you imagine what potroast would have done ??
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by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 23, 2008 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
hasn't he been tossed at least twice?
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by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2008 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Are we counting the time Corey did it with the jelly?
Cuz Dusty prefers syrup.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 23, 2008 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I would have thought a pheasant hunter would prefer something a little more gamey
but perhaps it’s already gamey enough?
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by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2008 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
We should send Officer Dibble to clean up that mess.
Some one needs to bee incarcerated.
Ibn Khaldoun and Hulrich Zwingli - now that's real reform, Mr. McCain.
Mad, I would totally
work over Bud Selig with a sack of oranges for free.
"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose
by Officer Dibble on Sep 23, 2008 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
And throw in that douche
that runs MLBAM as an added bonus.
"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose
by Officer Dibble on Sep 23, 2008 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Leave it up to New York
to totally bollocks another thing up for us.
And it took like 6 minutes to decide that?
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by Officer Dibble on Sep 23, 2008 10:18 PM EDT reply actions
I sell outfield pads..
there is no way it would bounce that high if it hit that pad
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that was the outest home run ive ever seen in slo-mo
and these bags still fuck it up. unbelieve-fucking-able
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by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 23, 2008 10:19 PM EDT reply actions
plus it could not have bounced backwards
unless it hit something that would change its trajectory…
like a CHAIR !!
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That would be the appropriate response.
Especially after the bullpen blows this one run lead and we lose 3-2.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
i feel like
these umps are so put out about this newfangled technology that they stuck with their initial call just for the shit of it. bastards.
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by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 23, 2008 10:22 PM EDT reply actions
its not like it affects any pennant races right?
so why not thumb your nose at the new wave? i know its complete speculation and its totally fueled by my outrage, but fuck it. as long as nonsense rules im gonna play this fucking recorder all night long.
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by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 23, 2008 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
houston is still mathematically in the wild card race
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by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2008 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
We get to knock them out tonight if we win.
Integrity of the race!
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
you think the umps know that?
the idiots are probably just lit up enough to be unsure of which city they are in.
"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 23, 2008 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
if they're in the city I think they're in
then they’re probably not lit up at all
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by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
not funny
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by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 23, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
power outage puns off the table
got it
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by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2008 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
to be honest
i was shocked you would even go there
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by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 23, 2008 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
"shocked"
honk honk
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by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 23, 2008 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Fuck it.
Fire all the umps, replace them with robots, at least they’ll get the goddamn calls right.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
if there going to have this...
they should put cameras along the fences to make sure
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by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 23, 2008 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I imagine that will be a go at the start of next season
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by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2008 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
By the way
I’m totally trusting MLB to get video replay right when they can’t even get reliable internet streaming right 4 years in.
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by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2008 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
LaTroy Hawkins..
didn’t he play cornerback for the Bengals ??
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He was one of Brian Cashman's brilliant acquistions
Didn’t last long.
I’m starting to think they’re right: Cashman doesn’t know squat about pitchers. He lucked out with Shawn Chacon and Aaron Small that year, and now he keeps hoping to catch lightning in a bottle again.
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Mo Rivera's getting old
Can we interest them in Coco Cordero? Or maybe Monsieur Monsoon Weathers?
by Brendanukkah on Sep 23, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I think they have their eye on...
…K-Rod.
Or maybe letting Joba close.
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Charlie's right fellows----
The fucking blue suits aren’t going to reverse their calls,,,They are saying FUCK YOU to Mlb, to instant replay and to science…Hmmm one of these guys could have easily been chosen as Sgt. McCain’s running mate.
Ibn Khaldoun and Hulrich Zwingli - now that's real reform, Mr. McCain.
I think the real issue
is Houston’s stupid park that should have been built with a proper fence. But nooooo, they wanted quirks and ground rules.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 23, 2008 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
No they couldn't
they don’t look good enough in an up-do and lipstick
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by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 23, 2008 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I have no idea why Jannish is on the roster, let alone in the game...
Yes he’s agood fielder – so fucking what….he can’t hit for shit.
Ibn Khaldoun and Hulrich Zwingli - now that's real reform, Mr. McCain.
sound like anyone
you hate?
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by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 23, 2008 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Nah.. I don't hate anyone.....well sometimes I hate Dusty....Jannish is a fine fellow I'm sure
but so fucking what – He’ll never be a MLB hitter…HEY WALT/DUSTY today’s SSs need to be able to hit the fucking baseball.
Ibn Khaldoun and Hulrich Zwingli - now that's real reform, Mr. McCain.
I always told my Fleer rookie cards
just to lie back and think of the glory of Stephen England
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by Man Mountain on Sep 23, 2008 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
The Wagon out for the 8th?
Pitch count, GameDayers?
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
no way
Dusty!! my boy!
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by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 23, 2008 10:41 PM EDT reply actions
Kato Matsui must hit into a DP or Edinson may be gone gone gone
Ibn Khaldoun and Hulrich Zwingli - now that's real reform, Mr. McCain.
I'll stop drinking as soon as we win this game...
Although if we win I will want to celebrate
and if we lose I may want to drown my sorrows
Ibn Khaldoun and Hulrich Zwingli - now that's real reform, Mr. McCain.
What a lama ass faggot bunt play...I hate Kato.
Ibn Khaldoun and Hulrich Zwingli - now that's real reform, Mr. McCain.
too many Red Stripes
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by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 23, 2008 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Er...
…I thought cows were the farm animals of choice around here.
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So, if Bray does his job, we can expect to see Coco in the 9th right?
How many days in a row has he pitched?
But not without seeing Weathers first
Ah, so THAT’S Dusty’s plan to rest Coco.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 23, 2008 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
at least he's not beating up Burton
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by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 23, 2008 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Lance Berkman vs. Stormy Weathers
BOHICA, buddy
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
Stormy Weathers starring in "The Danny Graves Story"
Ibn Khaldoun and Hulrich Zwingli - now that's real reform, Mr. McCain.
Phew
What are you saying? That I can dodge bullets?
-No, Stormy. I’m saying that when you’re a good pitcher, you won’t have to.
What I really hate is that Red Stripe bottle do not, I repeat do not have screw off caps.
Fucking Jamaicans can’t do beer right…but in my youth there grew nice leaf.
Ibn Khaldoun and Hulrich Zwingli - now that's real reform, Mr. McCain.
you should buy a landshark bottle opener
they are cheap on ebay
by chandrathan on Sep 24, 2008 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions
that's they grew nice leaf...fucking Jamaican computer
Ibn Khaldoun and Hulrich Zwingli - now that's real reform, Mr. McCain.
Hey Mon ! Thats Racist !
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by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 23, 2008 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Day Oh...Drink all night on de bannana boat
Day Oh!
Well is LLM going to bat for Stormy or what
Ibn Khaldoun and Hulrich Zwingli - now that's real reform, Mr. McCain.
He already did. He made an out.
So did Cherry. Keppinger is flat out at-bat now.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 23, 2008 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh
This Valverde guy must be a hell of a pitcher -
He mowed down the heart of the order
LLM – the worlds greatest pinch hitter
Cherry H. – Greatest player on the Reds (direct quote from sMarty)
Kepp, clownboy praised his ass for about 10 minutes tonight – an clownboy ain’t never wrong
Ibn Khaldoun and Hulrich Zwingli - now that's real reform, Mr. McCain.
Pence certainly has the look of being Ty Wigginton's prison bitch
just an aside….
Ibn Khaldoun and Hulrich Zwingli - now that's real reform, Mr. McCain.
Hey are you in Asheville?
Cuz the no gas in Western NC has me literally stuck at the office until we get some. Fuckin’ Sucks
Politickin' in God's Country
I'm not, but I have to go to a wedding there this weekend.
My reading of the news is that I’ll be able to stop in Hickory, which will give me plenty of gas to make it to Cashiers and back out to Greensboro. Want to siphon some of it off?
I think we overmeet as a society.
Franklin
I did try to make it home as I had no blanket or pillow at the office. Stalled 4 times but managed to start it rolling each time. Finally stalled right on an uphill bend and I failed to get any traction pushing, tore an arm muscle, and it rolled back into a ditch… Where it currently is, having walked back to the office myself. Kind of a emblematic moment of my entire life. Oil Refineries. Go. To. Hell
But hey, at least the Reds won!
Politickin' in God's Country
wow man
between you and Dibs im finding it hard to say who got the worse end of this ’round here. that sucks.
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by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 24, 2008 7:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Siphoning
A lot of new cars have anti-siphon devices on their gas tanks. (Basically, wire mesh so gas can get in, but you can’t get a hose in.)
Might be worth investing in a gas can. (Though “can” may be a misnomer, since most are plastic these days.)
Though if it’s anything like Katrina, gas cans are probably sold out, too.
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Don't say...
…I didn’t warn ya.
And it could get worse before it gets better. Tomorrow the government’s weekly inventory report will be released. I’m expecting it to be…interesting.
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You won't have to stay at your office all that time, will you?
This graph is from last week’s inventory report:
The blue band is the range of normal gasoline inventory. The red dots are where we are now. You can see we were at unprecedented lows even last week. Partly because the price of oil has been so high; refiners didn’t want to make a lot of gasoline with expensive inputs if they didn’t have to. Partly because this time of year, inventories are low anyway, as refineries switch over to “winter blends” of gasoline. And then came the hurricanes.
Interesting is where the shortages happened. This is how it was after Katrina, too. The southeast gets it worst. I’m not sure why that is.
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Yup, it's ugly
The feds don’t update their graphs until this afternoon, but the data was just released, and it looks kinda like this:
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C'mon and this dick out..I want to see assmuss get k'd too
Ibn Khaldoun and Hulrich Zwingli - now that's real reform, Mr. McCain.
Can't they go to the replay to say he was safe?
by Brendanukkah on Sep 23, 2008 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
For now
But I think you’ll see that expanded in rather short order to an NFL-esque challenge system.
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by Officer Dibble on Sep 23, 2008 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Unbelievable
What a weird game.
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by Officer Dibble on Sep 23, 2008 11:10 PM EDT reply actions
For the GDers
The call was safe initially, other umpires appealed, Dusty came out, call overturned, Reds win!
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
apparently the second base ump asked for help
and they called him out. Which he was
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds
Yeah, about time they got one right
Not sure if it makes up for them depriving Votto of a HR in the final week of the ROY race, but it’s something
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
I'd like to thank the Astros and Reds for doing all their scoring in the first inning
and making me stay up an extra eight innings. Newport News better be fucking fantastic.
Ah well
I’m sure the Beltway at 6:00 in the morning will be charming. Time for a swig of Jameson’s (Good Night Juice), and I’m out for the evening.
Night all!
by Brendanukkah on Sep 23, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Unbelievable is right..Reds win again with a cobbled togther team
Congrat to Edinson #17
Hell at this rate we could win 79 fucking games
Ibn Khaldoun and Hulrich Zwingli - now that's real reform, Mr. McCain.
the Reds actually scored more runs
but they cheated votto a 2 run home run
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