Game 159 Thread: Cardinals at Reds
by Slyde on Oct 1, 2009 10:30 AM EDT
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St. Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds, Oct 1, 2009 12:35 PM EDT
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The day after John Smoltz was upset for not having his balls properly rubbed, the Cardinals send their ace out to try to salvage something from this series. I'm sure you don't need a recap of Carpenter's career of dominance over the Reds, so I'll just point out that this season he has made 3 starts against Cincinnati and thrown 23 innings, allowing just 4 runs while striking out 18 and walking only one. BUT, he has never faced Scot Rolen's Reds™. He hasn't faced the team that has gone 25-11 in its last 36 games, averaging 5.1 runs per game in that span. It's a whole new ballgame now...er, probably not.
Remember a couple of days ago when I talked about how Bronson Arroyo has been successful because of the defense has improved behind him? Let me introduce you to Kip Wells. While Arroyo's DER (Defensive Efficiency Ratio - the number of balls in play turned into outs) was a fabulous .742, Wells' DER is even better at .786 with the Reds. Suffice it to say, neither number is likely sustainable, but I think this demonstrates that even a mediocre pitcher can look good when there is a top flight defense behind him. It's a helluva lot easier to pitch when balls in play are turned into outs instead of doubles.
Just four more games left in the season, and honestly, this last month-plus has been really fun, so I'm kind of sad to see it end. I'm still not overly optimistic about 2010, but I've enjoyed watching winning baseball for once. And the Reds are just one game back of the 3rd place Brewers, who are up against the playoff bound Rockies and Cardinals in their last 4 games. We've got a shot.
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get pucked
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
by Man Mountain on Oct 1, 2009 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Reds are 9-28 in October since their last World Series win
Definitely a good argument.
by Slyde on Oct 1, 2009 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Google Wave released today
anybody got an invite?
Definitely a good argument.
by Slyde on Oct 1, 2009 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
definitely too soon
Definitely a good argument.
by Slyde on Oct 1, 2009 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
The Throwin' Samoan
still hasn’t heard from his family.
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by BubbaFan on Oct 1, 2009 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kip Wells again, Mom?
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
by Man Mountain on Oct 1, 2009 10:37 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Does Stubbs get beaned?
rules of baseball and all that.
by ol Pete on Oct 1, 2009 10:52 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Beaned for what?
Being awesome!!
That's what she said.
by adaircam4 on Oct 1, 2009 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pr' much.
Smoltz took exception to him stealing bases in the third inning, but that’s because he is cranky and old, and Stubbs was on his lawn.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 1, 2009 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Something tells me that Smoltz needs to retire
and become a cranky broadcaster…
Stubbs is trying to win a roster spot… Smoltz is a prick. End of story.
People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.
by crolfer on Oct 1, 2009 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stubbs was only following orders
Smoltz rightly blamed Dusty, not the kid.
That said…I pick Nix for the beaning target. He’s the one who hit the salami.
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by BubbaFan on Oct 1, 2009 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hitting the salami while not properly rubbing the balls
Bad form.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 1, 2009 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
don't you have a Maloney sandwich to eat or something?
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by BubbaFan on Oct 1, 2009 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No way the Cards have Carp bean anybody
can’t risk getting suspended before playoffs. But as soon as he is pulled, don’t put it past TLR to have a minor league guy not part of the post season team to throw at Stubbs. I have a feeling the Reds are fired up from the Cards accusing Arroyo of cheating. Today could turn into a beanball war, especially late.
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by MixFMKyle on Oct 1, 2009 11:42 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I doubt there are any beanings
in the grand scheme of things, what Stubbs did was nothing. I think Smoltz was just frustrated at the time and wasn’t happy with the steal. I bet the Cardinals would have done the same thing in that situation.
Definitely a good argument.
by Slyde on Oct 1, 2009 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What was his objection to the steal?
I did not see this game.
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Oct 1, 2009 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
it looked like he wasnt pleased with it because he thought it was the Reds piling on
up 6 runs in the 3rd inning. Dusty yelled from the dugout, and i quote, “it’s the 3rd fuckin’ inning!!”
i agree with Dusty.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 1, 2009 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right on, Dust
But why did it take 5 months for him to get fired up?
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Oct 1, 2009 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I lost
a lot of respect for Smoltz after that..he was always one of my favorite pitchers..I guess playing for the Cardinals will do that to a player.
That's what she said.
by adaircam4 on Oct 1, 2009 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe we can blame it on the Red Sox
Not that I’m real keen on the Braves either.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 1, 2009 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Never really liked the Braves either
Smoltz was one of the few guys that I like, along with Maddux…always hated Glavine for some reason.
That's what she said.
by adaircam4 on Oct 1, 2009 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nike glove
Nice.
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Oct 1, 2009 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes it is a nice glove
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
by Madville on Oct 1, 2009 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here is a pic of Arroyo last night
by FlimtotheFlam on Oct 1, 2009 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
only tiger eyes
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
by Man Mountain on Oct 1, 2009 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah- that baseball doesn't look properly rubbed
Seriously, quit bitching. Grow up- You guys lost to the Reds… boohoo
People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.
by crolfer on Oct 1, 2009 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bitching?
I am going to the playoffs. But something was definitely up with the balls yesterday. Even your club house attendant said so
by FlimtotheFlam on Oct 1, 2009 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
boo hoo
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by crolfer on Oct 1, 2009 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
when you put it that way...
People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.
by crolfer on Oct 1, 2009 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just remember
You’re not an alumni yet, crolfs.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 1, 2009 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
When you put it that way...
People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.
by crolfer on Oct 1, 2009 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You have a long ways to go kid
there are parties and parties and parties before you sleep
and miles to go before you……..Uh (fill in the blank)
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by Madville on Oct 1, 2009 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
cliff dive?
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by crolfer on Oct 1, 2009 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
waaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh keep crying douchebag.
by GrooveLeg on Oct 1, 2009 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
woah guys
enough of the name-calling
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 1, 2009 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i wasn't all that serious.
this is how i joke around. my bad. i don’t even care about the whole thing really…
by GrooveLeg on Oct 1, 2009 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
what did the club house attendant say?
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by BubbaFan on Oct 1, 2009 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
interesting
But not convincing. Probably just sucking up, since half of Cincinnati expects La Russa to be their next manager.
I thought Arroyo’s comment that the Reds never use a lot of mud was more believable.
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by BubbaFan on Oct 1, 2009 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Maybe I won’t send over our lineup (to the Reds’ clubhouse)," said La Russa, half-smiling. "It would just disappear like the mud balls did."
What?
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by crolfer on Oct 1, 2009 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
la russa is kinda a dick
also, he drinks when he drives
What do you mean, "blank slate"?
by boobs on Oct 1, 2009 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
technically
I think he drinks then he drives and then he falls asleep.
Definitely a good argument.
by Slyde on Oct 1, 2009 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm, how come
the Cardinals relievers didn’t seem to have a problem with the balls?
My fantasy football team this year? Lippincott's Shorts
by cesarhernandez on Oct 1, 2009 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've got baseballs, who doesn't have baseballs laying around? Tony LaRusa?
The attendant told La Russa, "I want you to know something. I had nothing to do with those balls last night. I’m the one who rubbed them up, but I had nothing to do with them. I don’t know what happened to them after they were over there but you look at them today and they’ll be the same."
La Russa said, "You mean the same as what? yesterday?"
La Russa then showed the attendant two balls he had saved from the previous game and said, "Do they looked rubbed up to you?"
I wouldn’t put it past LaRussa. “Oh yeah, here’s the balls from yesterday!”
by mdccclxix on Oct 1, 2009 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is it against the rules to put pine tar on your hat?
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Oct 1, 2009 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for the clarification, chet
Now to business. What shade of powder blue are those hoodies?
Yeah, those guys and the Cincinnati Reds. They're a terrible football team. / Because they're a baseball team? / Exactly. You know who's the worst football team? The Philadelphia Flyers. - Best Show
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Oct 1, 2009 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank you
I’ll take a gross. Send them to 123 Main Street, USA, c/o Jeffshaw Sabocasey, WKRP.
Yeah, those guys and the Cincinnati Reds. They're a terrible football team. / Because they're a baseball team? / Exactly. You know who's the worst football team? The Philadelphia Flyers. - Best Show
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Oct 1, 2009 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You told me your name was Joe Everyfan!
by Brendanukkah on Oct 1, 2009 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was a strange time in my life
Prague, the late 1970s. The Crimean war had just ended and I was a middle reliever for the Houston Colt 45s. I was a different person then, in more ways than one.
Also, WKRP is a terminal degree. So respect it.
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Oct 1, 2009 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The question is;
Is it against the rules to put pine tar on your dong?
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
by Madville on Oct 1, 2009 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also, Laynce Nix was putting scuff marks on the outfield seats
For shame, Laynce Nix! For shame.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 1, 2009 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
might be against the rules
But I have a feeling everyone does it. Even more so than ’roids.
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by BubbaFan on Oct 1, 2009 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
eh
Hats get dirty over the season, right?
Definitely a good argument.
by Slyde on Oct 1, 2009 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes
Bronson sez,
"That’s what happens. It’s from playing in every other park where there’s so much mud on the balls that that black stuff comes off on young fingers every time. I guess he said I went to my hat time every time. Yeah, I grab my (crotch) and do 8,000 other twitches. What you want me to do about it? That’s how I pitch."
Yeah, those guys and the Cincinnati Reds. They're a terrible football team. / Because they're a baseball team? / Exactly. You know who's the worst football team? The Philadelphia Flyers. - Best Show
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Oct 1, 2009 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That stuff on his hat came from his crotch?
Eww.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 1, 2009 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
(Crotch) you mean
I wonder what he actually said. At some point, Arroyo went out of his gord. I hope he never gets help.
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Oct 1, 2009 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
young fingers?
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by BubbaFan on Oct 1, 2009 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That is absolutely horrific.
IAN! I'm on traain!
by andromache on Oct 1, 2009 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fay'd
Also, Polanski’d?
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Oct 1, 2009 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dave Duncan sounds pretty crotchety...grumpy even.
The Cards are on a losing streak and he implies that Bronson would cheat?
Schmoltz and Duncan have to deal with kind of adversity everyday in different parks with different ball rubbing approaches. What a couple of whiners.
I noticed while watching at the lanes last night that Bronson certainly likes to ‘rub’ his own balls..adjusting the package 2 and sometimes 3 times before each pitch. that’s creepy enough to distract any hitter.
Nice to see Dusty giving some shit to the fucking Cards…you know the Cardinals would ‘never’ steal a base that late in the game with a decent lead.
I fuckin’ hate LaLoser..he’s a prick when he wins and whines when le loses and he’s infected their entire organization.
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
by Madville on Oct 1, 2009 11:59 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
bronson had pine tar on his dong.
duncan said so.
by GrooveLeg on Oct 1, 2009 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The thing is already curved
what more does he want.
Wear something sexy to my funeral.
by Pops Daniels on Oct 1, 2009 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
a screw
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
by Man Mountain on Oct 1, 2009 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
"le loses"?
Looks like someone else is infecting the organization
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
by Man Mountain on Oct 1, 2009 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fuck 'em up, Redlegs
Show them why you should never pick a fight with an ugly man.
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Oct 1, 2009 12:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Has Pujols said anything about yesterday's game?
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by crolfer on Oct 1, 2009 12:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It is true he has tar on his dong...
Bronson takes the capsules and crushes them with an Baluba medicinal stone and adds a ‘special’ thickening agent.
When correct consistency is produced he smears it on the appropriate place and presto – he’s almost unhittable. Always trying new ‘supplements’ that are yet to banned. Bronson is a leader in baseball science.
http://www.herbsgardenshealth.com/images/Ladies_Supplements_Pics/Premier_Health_Dong_Quai.JPG
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
by Madville on Oct 1, 2009 12:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
A little something
Definitely a good argument.
by Slyde on Oct 1, 2009 12:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
They're probably saying, "Holy shit, it's Kip Wells and Scott Rolen's Reds!"
“Yeah, I’ll bet that’s what they’re saying.”
by Brendanukkah on Oct 1, 2009 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey isn't that the bear that the kid was flying around on that god awful movie
“The Never Ever Ever Ending Story?
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
by Madville on Oct 1, 2009 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
its not a bear
its a luck dragon, and its name is Falcor
What do you mean, "blank slate"?
by boobs on Oct 1, 2009 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
by Madville on Oct 1, 2009 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
who puts honey on the bottom of his hat...
People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.
by crolfer on Oct 1, 2009 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ITS NOT A BEAR
What do you mean, "blank slate"?
by boobs on Oct 1, 2009 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
it definitely was a dog/dragon
Definitely a good argument.
by Slyde on Oct 1, 2009 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Look alikes - well it thought it was a bear and the olsen twins are Aliens
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
by Madville on Oct 1, 2009 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ITS A GODDAMN LUCK DRAGON
What do you mean, "blank slate"?
by boobs on Oct 1, 2009 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
In other news
I just learned that if cookies and brownies are substitutes and the price for cookies goes up, then…
I am flipping burgers for taco bell…
Gotta love multiple choice stuff…
People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.
by crolfer on Oct 1, 2009 12:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Butter and guns!
IAN! I'm on traain!
by andromache on Oct 1, 2009 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I learned all about that from the liner notes from Prodigy's "Fat of the Land"
Ah, high school in the late 90’s…
by Brendanukkah on Oct 1, 2009 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I especially liked it when he sings
Oh, Lawd, I’m on my way)
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
by Madville on Oct 1, 2009 12:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm in the middle of class... pretty sure I won't be able to watch that without laughing and making everyone watch me...
Just judging by the title…
People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.
by crolfer on Oct 1, 2009 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good guess.
Save it for later.
"If it wasn't this, it'd be something else."
by ZJiff30 on Oct 1, 2009 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's one of my favorite things ever...
by GrooveLeg on Oct 1, 2009 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol i love how it seems like the dispatcher knows a lot about pot
by GrooveLeg on Oct 1, 2009 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hate you guys...
I’m really tempted to click on that, but know it would be a terrible idea
People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.
by crolfer on Oct 1, 2009 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
do it
if the professor says anything, just say “my tuition pays your salary!”
they love that kinda stuff
Made from 100% Recycled Awesome,
by 'tHan on Oct 1, 2009 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha- I bet
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by crolfer on Oct 1, 2009 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's incredible
I had the exact same thing happen to me 10 years ago. For the first time I feel connected to my generation.
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
by Man Mountain on Oct 1, 2009 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
its happened to me too
in a noodle town
What do you mean, "blank slate"?
by boobs on Oct 1, 2009 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Game on!
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Oct 1, 2009 12:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Cowboy going all forensic on us
with a side of some ol’ brown sugar applesauce ribs
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
by Man Mountain on Oct 1, 2009 12:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
1,2,3... that's right...
Now for the bats.
People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.
by crolfer on Oct 1, 2009 12:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Here I am.
Are we losing yet?
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 12:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
This game's on TV!?
Who knew?
"If it wasn't this, it'd be something else."
by ZJiff30 on Oct 1, 2009 12:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
hopeully when I go back to the dorms between classes it'll be on...
People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.
by crolfer on Oct 1, 2009 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What's this?
nobody on, 2 out for Votto… who’da thunkit
People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.
by crolfer on Oct 1, 2009 12:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Quiz time- be back later
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by crolfer on Oct 1, 2009 12:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
love how Pujols and Holliday
are showing class and asking the ump to check the balls.
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by MixFMKyle on Oct 1, 2009 12:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
let's check Cardinal bats!
"If it wasn't this, it'd be something else."
by ZJiff30 on Oct 1, 2009 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
or brains!
People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.
by crolfer on Oct 1, 2009 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And...
now we’re behind.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 1:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Arroyo fights back
"That’s what happens. It’s from playing in every other park where there’s so much mud on the balls that that black stuff comes off on young fingers every time. I guess he said I went to my hat time every time. Yeah, I grab my (crotch) and do 8,000 other twitches. What you want me to do about it? That’s how I pitch."
The real question is what word did Arroyo use rather than “crotch”.
The Reds need a new manager, one like Putin.
by justin007000 on Oct 1, 2009 1:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
format fail
The Reds need a new manager, one like Putin.
by justin007000 on Oct 1, 2009 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also
I already posted this farther up the thread fail.
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Oct 1, 2009 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Including the crotch comment
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Oct 1, 2009 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, this is going well.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 1:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
COMMON
Don’t try to tell me that Kip Wells is the best guy we have to start here.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 1:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Micah Owings is warming up in the bullpen...
Why the hell couldn’t he have started the game?
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
"If it wasn't this, it'd be something else."
by ZJiff30 on Oct 1, 2009 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly.
To whomever decided that Kip Wells should start over Micah Owings, I say:
Fuck you.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm fine with Wells being in the bullpen now...
but we know by now that he’s simply not a major league starter.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chris Carpenter just hit a Grand Slam.
Kip Wells, you’re a turd-burglar.
"If it wasn't this, it'd be something else."
by ZJiff30 on Oct 1, 2009 1:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
His first career HR.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stop running it up, La Russa
It’s the first inning for fuck’s sake
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
by Man Mountain on Oct 1, 2009 1:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
There's going to be a brawl this game. I can feel it.
"If it wasn't this, it'd be something else."
by ZJiff30 on Oct 1, 2009 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just a nice low line drive
into the left-field stands
My fantasy football team this year? Lippincott's Shorts
by cesarhernandez on Oct 1, 2009 1:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Too bad Jay dropped the easy ball in left
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by Madville on Oct 1, 2009 1:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Jay isn't in left.
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by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, Kip Wells certainly does suck
Yeah, those guys and the Cincinnati Reds. They're a terrible football team. / Because they're a baseball team? / Exactly. You know who's the worst football team? The Philadelphia Flyers. - Best Show
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Oct 1, 2009 1:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Now he's throwing at the ump.
Jesus, Kip.
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by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 1:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Let Kip face Pujols... bean him with a tarball...
Then he can get thrown out and suspended.
"If it wasn't this, it'd be something else."
by ZJiff30 on Oct 1, 2009 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I feel less bad about going to lunch
And pretty soon I’ll have to set up a projector and sit through a webinar about our Employee Assistance Program.
That won’t be fun either, but did Chris Carpenter seriously just hit a grand slam? Jesus.
-Scrabbles
by Brendanukkah on Oct 1, 2009 1:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Webinars are the lamest shit of all time
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by chesirecat on Oct 1, 2009 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And then took out the home plate ump.
Is that what you call the counseling program for employees?
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by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess I'm not seeing what there is to learn.
Does that really need more than a page or two in the employee handbook?
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by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's a new program
This is basically just its introduction.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 1, 2009 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also while at lunch
“Rio” by Duran Duran came on my iPod, and I kicked myself for not realizing earlier how well Arroyo fits in that song.
“And when he shines, he really shows you all he can. Arroyo, ’royo dance across the Rio Grande!”
by Brendanukkah on Oct 1, 2009 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You were saying "Jesus." a lot today.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 1, 2009 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ooohhhhhhh
sorry, im a little slow on the uptake. i just finished a webinar on swine flu prevention.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 1, 2009 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Janish?
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Oct 1, 2009 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hope the Cardinals get bulldozed in the playoffs for pulling this weak whiny shit in a meaningless series.
Also, Kip Wells, thank you for removing yourself from any discussions about the future of this team. Now go fuck yourself.
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by chesirecat on Oct 1, 2009 1:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Jesus this delay is taking forever
I used to ump….it shoudn’t take this damn long for an ump to change into the gear.
My fantasy football team this year? Lippincott's Shorts
by cesarhernandez on Oct 1, 2009 1:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm kind of surprised that FSOH didn't go to commercial.
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by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
and miss
the Cowboy giving the most rambling, incoherent breakdown on the Philadelphia Phillies imaginable?
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
by Man Mountain on Oct 1, 2009 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I loved that.
How many words did it take him to say that he thinks the Phillies are good hitters?
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by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Christ on a hubcap that wait was terminal
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by Madville on Oct 1, 2009 1:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That Kip Wells is a pretty good pitcher, huh?
Wear something sexy to my funeral.
by Pops Daniels on Oct 1, 2009 1:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Rolen got the bean ball
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
by Man Mountain on Oct 1, 2009 1:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Scott Rolen just got hit?
Let the punches fly.
People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.
by crolfer on Oct 1, 2009 1:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What's this beanball crap on Rolen?
Some kind of dumb retribution? Wells was terrible. It’s not like he meant to do that.
My fantasy football team this year? Lippincott's Shorts
by cesarhernandez on Oct 1, 2009 1:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
As good as Carpenter is
I am pretty confident he meant to do that.
My fantasy football team this year? Lippincott's Shorts
by cesarhernandez on Oct 1, 2009 1:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Let's punch him
People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.
by crolfer on Oct 1, 2009 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or maybe not
after an outside curve to Bruce…he stared at the baseball he got back…not enough mud on it, perhaps?
My fantasy football team this year? Lippincott's Shorts
by cesarhernandez on Oct 1, 2009 1:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Time to remind everyone
that Dusty Baker eats white toddlers.
Wear something sexy to my funeral.
by Pops Daniels on Oct 1, 2009 1:31 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Yep, that's racist.
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by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Once again the complex machinations of Dusty's hitting tactics are revealed
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by Madville on Oct 1, 2009 1:34 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
This game is over
Only question now is if Carpenter throws a no-no.
My fantasy football team this year? Lippincott's Shorts
by cesarhernandez on Oct 1, 2009 1:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Not a chance
I just posted Dusty’s How to hit in the Majors chart and emailed it to the little Gnome guy in the dugout to pass out to the hitter.
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by Madville on Oct 1, 2009 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And Micah breaks up the no-no.
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by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey Gang
Looks like Owens may have found his niche. I know some folks want him to start but I think he’s gonna be more valuable out of the pen. Esp. in long relief cause he gets to hit..
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
by Madville on Oct 1, 2009 1:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He'd get to hit if he started, too.
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by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If he lasted more than 3 innings yes.
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by Madville on Oct 1, 2009 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wells didn't last three innings.
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by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whoa, Owings has a lot of facial hair now.
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by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 1:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
it's just the accumulated mud of a long season
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
by Man Mountain on Oct 1, 2009 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
No more no-no
now it’ll be just a run-of-the-mill shutout loss…
My fantasy football team this year? Lippincott's Shorts
by cesarhernandez on Oct 1, 2009 1:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
run-of-the-mill?
dude, 8-1 blowout wins have become run-of-the-mill now. check your program.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 1, 2009 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fisted into right.
Drink!
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by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 1:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i heard it!
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
by Man Mountain on Oct 1, 2009 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey MM
Do you have any interest in the Oct 30 Holy Ghost Tent Revival show at Local 506?
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by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes i do, as a matter of fact
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
by Man Mountain on Oct 1, 2009 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stubbs...
Sigh.
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by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 1:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
How'd owings get picked off at home?
"If it wasn't this, it'd be something else."
by ZJiff30 on Oct 1, 2009 1:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Wha...?
Stubbs got picked off at first. Owings is still at third, and now Sutton’s on first.
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by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yahoo's f'ed up then.
It said Owings picked off at home, catcher to first. And Stubbs was on first. That didn’t sound right, so I was confused.
"If it wasn't this, it'd be something else."
by ZJiff30 on Oct 1, 2009 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, it was catcher to first.
But the pickoff was of Stubbs.
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by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
that makes much more sense.
Thanks, Gray. Glad we have knowledgeable, helpful mods around here!
"If it wasn't this, it'd be something else."
by ZJiff30 on Oct 1, 2009 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i love how much that's eating at justin007000
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
by Man Mountain on Oct 1, 2009 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i imagine eventually
justin will run off to the other side of the internet and start his OWN Red Reporter, and it will be SOOO much better!!
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 1, 2009 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Matt Maloney: Glavine or GLAVEN?"
by Brendanukkah on Oct 1, 2009 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i was this close to posting a pic of Jerry Lewis' Nutty Professor on Yom Kippur
but instead i went with Koufax.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 1, 2009 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just a persoal aside
Thans ‘tHan – you’re da man.
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
by Madville on Oct 1, 2009 2:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
no problem
i hope it was helpful
Made from 100% Recycled Awesome,
by 'tHan on Oct 1, 2009 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well...
I’m gonna get a power nap before my last class- Biochem lab… Peace
People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.
by crolfer on Oct 1, 2009 2:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
You know crolfs I was just surfing the net
It is what I do when blathermounth and clownboy are on the TV.. and I ran across this delightful surfer…
FAofthe G – after all the season is almost finished
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
by Madville on Oct 1, 2009 2:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I just noticed some unfortunate facial hair
on their shortstop.
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by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 2:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Corky Miller
really sucks.
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by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 2:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Thanks, Cowboy.
“Ice cream: that stuff melts.”
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by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 2:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Today's Cardinal's starting team has got to be among the top in the league
unattractive players starting with Chris Carpenter and ending with LaLoser
YEP
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
by Madville on Oct 1, 2009 2:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
so
What happened to Kip?
Injury or suckitude?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
by BubbaFan on Oct 1, 2009 2:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The latter.
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by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well you cannot, just can't win 'em all
Time for the Madster to roll on to work for a while
Go Reds – and Gray for you buddy
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
by Madville on Oct 1, 2009 2:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
it's like deja vu all over again?
People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.
by crolfer on Oct 1, 2009 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well damn
there goes the 80 win season, huh? Can we start trying to injure them or something to keep this interesting?
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by chesirecat on Oct 1, 2009 2:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Is it really still only the sixth inning?
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by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 2:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Roar?
People always asking, 'Uncle Jemima, why you sell booze?' I say 'sell whatchu know' and I knows about booze.
by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Oct 1, 2009 3:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
No Roar.
People always asking, 'Uncle Jemima, why you sell booze?' I say 'sell whatchu know' and I knows about booze.
by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Oct 1, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank goodness
That run differential was getting a little too close to mediocre. Can’t be messing with the pythag.
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by chesirecat on Oct 1, 2009 3:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Just got done with my webinar
I can have unlimited calls to a counselor – any time of day! Oh, you better believe that’s getting abused.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 1, 2009 3:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
how you doin'?
Definitely a good argument.
by Slyde on Oct 1, 2009 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
how YOU doin'
Nobody listens to Andrew
by nlt-andrew68 on Oct 1, 2009 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
webinars are teh suck
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by 'tHan on Oct 1, 2009 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Have we lost yet?
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by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 3:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Another HBP?
What do we have to do to get a bench-clearing brawl around here?!?
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by Gray on Oct 1, 2009 4:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
this is why the pythag theory sucks
we’re just another .500 team over the past week in run differential now..
"Live every week like it's shark week. And dress everyday like you're gonna get murdered in those clothes." - Tracey Jordan
by RedinWrigleyville on Oct 1, 2009 4:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It doesn't suck
it just doesn’t work on a small sample like a week. It’s not intended to work that way.
Definitely a good argument.
by Slyde on Oct 1, 2009 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
excuses excuses
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by 'tHan on Oct 1, 2009 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I need no excuse for this breakage of rules
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
by Madville on Oct 1, 2009 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
like i always say
mads for mod!
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by 'tHan on Oct 1, 2009 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
thats quite the wardrobe malfunction...
Nobody listens to Andrew
by nlt-andrew68 on Oct 1, 2009 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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