2009 MLB LCS: Day 1
by Slyde on Oct 15, 2009 6:05 PM EDT
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Excellent pitching matchup tonight, though you wouldn't know it by looking at their records. The game time forecast is for sunny and 75-degree weather, a stark contrast to the 48 and rainy we have in Cincinnati. Good thing we don't ever have to worry about baseball here this time of year.
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I bet
they were trying to do what this guy did.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
i mean sometimes Walt is like a prison shower, you know it is gonna happen, but it isn’t a good thing.
justin'd
i want to pat you on the back and tell you “one day, you’ll figure it out” but we both know that wont happen.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 15, 2009 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
The good news
Bubba Crosby got his photo in Sports Illustrated!
The bad news: it’s in the MLB Postseason Bloopers feature.
At least Mr. Corcoran correctly puts the blame on Sheff, not Bubba.
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i dont know
sounds like he blames yer boy: “but Gary Sheffield, tracing the ball while looking over his shoulder and away from Crosby, who didn’t appear to call for the ball, made a leaping attempt for the catch.”
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 15, 2009 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions
nah
Look at the name over the photo. The person at fault is listed there on all the photos.
Bubba should have called the ball, but there was so much noise in that corner there’s no way Sheff could have heard him. They all had those thundersticks, and the noise was deafening.
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He stayed in the game
and played very well. He was also the one who jumped up and threw the ball back in. Sheff didn’t bother to get up (though he stayed in the game, too).
Afterwards, they both said the usual things.
“[Kennedy] hit it well,” Crosby said, “but as soon as he hit it, I knew I had a decent chance at getting there. And I’m sure Sheff felt the same way, because he got there, too. We got there at the same time, and I don’t really know what happened after that. The ball came down at impact, we collided, and that was it.”
“That’s a tough play,” said shortstop Derek Jeter. “And it’s just one play.”
Asked if communication was a problem, Crosby waved the notion off.
“Whether or not either one of us called it doesn’t matter,” he said. “With the [crowd] noise out there, there’s no way we’d have heard each other anyway.”
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Bubba, assumning the Yankees make it to the World Series
would you rather them face the Dodgers or the Phillies?
At this point
I’d be happy to see them get past the Halos. The Halos have been the Yanks’ nemesis the past few years.
The media will go crazy if it’s the Dodgers vs. the Yankees. Not only do they have an old rivalry, from their Brooklyn Trolley-Dodgers days, there’s the whole Torre thing. (A lot of fans still think the Yanks treated Torre very poorly.) And if the Dodgers win…oy.
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That would be a media frenzy no doubt (if the Dodgers won)
The Angels are great, but I thijnk it would be a bit uninteresting if it were LA vs. LA. It would be interesting for the city, and that area, but Dodgers vs. Yankees would be more inetresting overall. I’m, rooting for the Phillies right now, partly because I want to believe a team that beat us so badly really is that good and, also, LA won the NBA finals, so they should be happy ;)
A Freeway Series
would be pretty boring for the rest of the country. As the Subway Series in 2000 was.
The Phillies and the Dodgers both have good teams; I don’t think either has a particular advantage vs. the Yanks.
But the story would be much more interesting if it was the Dodgers vs. the Yankees.
I’m kind of dreading the media frenzy, though.
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I wouldn't be against the freeway series
mostly because I dislike the Yankees and the Phillies something fierce. And also because I think it would be great fun if they billed the freeway series as “Hispanics vs. Whites” or something along those lines.
"And then there was the USAID guy in Kandahar who drove a giant pink Cadillac, which the locals set on fire one day. If you wanted to destroy something symbolic during a riot, you just could not do better than that. Good stuff." - Ghosts of Alexander
And come to think of it
Yankees-Phillies would be pretty boring to most of the country, too.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
i think anyway it matches up
is going to be boring for the rest of us.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 15, 2009 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions
kinda surprised they're leaving him in
They’ve got a great pen.
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Oddly enough
the NLCS and ALCS alternate between TBS and FOX for a few more years.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
i realize most everyone, cept you, has cable/satellite
but the ALCS and NLCS should be on broadcast TV dammit.
"I have found me a home"
that is sad
but i’m not watching the game so i guess i’m part of the problem.
i mean sometimes Walt is like a prison shower, you know it is gonna happen, but it isn’t a good thing.
by justin007000 on Oct 15, 2009 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions
shouldn't you be
scarfing down hamburgers somewhere?
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we almost lost one member of our undergrad population, he feel in the el tracks
and even if i weren’t engaged i find myself with much less free time, generally i post on here because i really should be studying or writing or researching, but this internet connection is too distracting.
i mean sometimes Walt is like a prison shower, you know it is gonna happen, but it isn’t a good thing.
by justin007000 on Oct 15, 2009 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions
never going to happen
i’m going to teach at some level or another, whether it be high school, jr. college, or college.
i mean sometimes Walt is like a prison shower, you know it is gonna happen, but it isn’t a good thing.
by justin007000 on Oct 15, 2009 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions
actually he didn't even miss class
he was lucky and didn’t touch the electric rail, and a driver saw him on the tracks, stopped the train, and shut off power. He only had a few bumps and bruises.
It was his 21st birthday.
i mean sometimes Walt is like a prison shower, you know it is gonna happen, but it isn’t a good thing.
by justin007000 on Oct 15, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
very i'm guessing
i only found it because it was in the school paper.
i mean sometimes Walt is like a prison shower, you know it is gonna happen, but it isn’t a good thing.
by justin007000 on Oct 15, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
or felling, either way
"And then there was the USAID guy in Kandahar who drove a giant pink Cadillac, which the locals set on fire one day. If you wanted to destroy something symbolic during a riot, you just could not do better than that. Good stuff." - Ghosts of Alexander
by Cy Schourek on Oct 15, 2009 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
no clensing of the gene pool
he is free to drunkenly reproduce with some idiotic sorority girl, and have a stupid drunken baby just like himself.
i mean sometimes Walt is like a prison shower, you know it is gonna happen, but it isn’t a good thing.
by justin007000 on Oct 15, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I was listening to a discussion of football ratings in general brought about I think by the Monday night killer ratings, and the guy said that there was a college football game on against one of the Rockies games and drew better numbers.
I'm sure more people are watching this
Than saw Johnathan Bornstein’s miraculous goal.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 15, 2009 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions
those eyebrows
It’s Joey Votto, in about 20 years!
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I know, he looks creepy as fuck
Like Johnny Bench’s weaselly cousin or something. But did you read the testimonials of the people who dreamed about him? It’s almost uniformly an incredibly happy or soothing dream. Any initial fear is completely erased.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 15, 2009 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah
Some think he’s the face of God. (No wonder I’m an atheist.)
One guy said he’s straight and has never had gay fantasies, but dreams about having sex with the guy, and he’s great.
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didn't Anne Rice do that?
And there’s really an astonishing amount of Jesus/Judas slash out there.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
that picture is creepy!!
Votto in 20 years won’t be as creepy, but I will be disappointed if he’s not a) managing and b) sporting some ugly facial hair
I bet
if his hair’s receding like that, he’ll sprout some facial hair to compensate. Seems to be what men do. At least until they start going gray. Then they face the choice of Just For Men or shaving, and most shave.
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I don't think of it as growing facial hair
I just think of it as my hair migrating.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 15, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I think I’d rather have something in a little red dress. And no, I don’t mean Mrs. Red or whatever she is called.
I'll take...
…the shortstop boy band!
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i'm tired of you degrading men on this site...
i mean do you ever see the males on this site putting up pictures of attractive women?
i mean sometimes Walt is like a prison shower, you know it is gonna happen, but it isn’t a good thing.
by justin007000 on Oct 15, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Tripe soup?
He’s a vegetarian!
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it's from SI
The centerfold for this article.
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Rey Ordonez
The guy in the Jays pants is the other Alex Gonzalez. And the guy in back is Edgar Renteria.
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nice chains, too
"And then there was the USAID guy in Kandahar who drove a giant pink Cadillac, which the locals set on fire one day. If you wanted to destroy something symbolic during a riot, you just could not do better than that. Good stuff." - Ghosts of Alexander
by Cy Schourek on Oct 15, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
so do you read What Would Tyler Durden do or what?
"And then there was the USAID guy in Kandahar who drove a giant pink Cadillac, which the locals set on fire one day. If you wanted to destroy something symbolic during a riot, you just could not do better than that. Good stuff." - Ghosts of Alexander
by Cy Schourek on Oct 15, 2009 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
this post season may have been boring, but it still has left a few lasting memories
i mean sometimes Walt is like a prison shower, you know it is gonna happen, but it isn’t a good thing.
i can't remember who posted that picture on here originally, but i love it soooooooo much
i mean sometimes Walt is like a prison shower, you know it is gonna happen, but it isn’t a good thing.
by justin007000 on Oct 15, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
the picture i just posted
i mean sometimes Walt is like a prison shower, you know it is gonna happen, but it isn’t a good thing.
by justin007000 on Oct 15, 2009 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I think
it’s hosted on Facebook. If you’re not a member of Facebook or not logged in, it’s invisible.
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I'm both a member and logged in
And yet I see nothing.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 15, 2009 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
now?
i mean sometimes Walt is like a prison shower, you know it is gonna happen, but it isn’t a good thing.
by justin007000 on Oct 15, 2009 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Yup, there we go
The movie version with George C. Scott is Oscar-worthy.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 15, 2009 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
It was rather amazing
sort of reminded me of the Cubs playoff game where I think there was an error by every member of the infield in one inning.
then he must be seeing it
In his cache.
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because she's dating the only guy on earth quippier than you
"And then there was the USAID guy in Kandahar who drove a giant pink Cadillac, which the locals set on fire one day. If you wanted to destroy something symbolic during a riot, you just could not do better than that. Good stuff." - Ghosts of Alexander
by Cy Schourek on Oct 15, 2009 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
The other Jon Favreau!
Surely, like millions of my potential children each night, he shall die by my hand!
by Brendanukkah on Oct 15, 2009 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
8-6!
I guess they’re not dead yet.
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"Eight straight hits to lead off teh 8th" says Joe Buck
How horrible is the Philly bullpen?
Think they might want Cordero in the off-season?
by Dave from Louisville on Oct 15, 2009 11:39 PM EDT reply actions
If they hadn't just given up three runs, they'd be winning now!
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
giving up a 3 run homer is usually bad
by Dave from Louisville on Oct 15, 2009 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Lidge wanted to make this game interesting,
but Blake wouldn’t let him.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
I am the best man in a wedding tomorrow
Any great ideas for my toast?
"What the hell are spanks????"
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