2009 MLB LCS: Day 7

by Slyde on Oct 21, 2009 7:37 PM EDT in Playoffs Comment 142 comments

Next Game

Los Angeles Dodgers
@ Philadelphia Phillies

Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009, 8:07 PM EDT
Citizens Bank Park

Clear. Winds blowing out to right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 65.

	W-L	ERA	WHIP	K	BB
2009 - Vicente Padilla	4-0	3.20	1.22	38	12

	W-L	ERA	WHIP	K	BB
2009 - Cole Hamels	10-11	4.32	1.29	168	43

This might look familiar. A little over a year ago, the Phillies led the Dodgers 3-1 in the NLCS and sent left-hander Cole Hamels out to the mound to close out the series and send the Phillies on to the World Series for the first time since 1993. The Phillies won the game 5-1 and Hamels was named the Series MVP. The difference this year is that the Phillies are at home, but the lead is still 3-1 and Hamels is back on the mound trying to close it out. Can they close it out or will the umpires screw up enough tonight to send it back to LA?

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First!

I was wondering if there was even going to be a gamethread. The interest has been underwhelming of late.

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

by BubbaFan on Oct 21, 2009 7:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

It's that time of year

We usually have a large dip in traffic in October and November. The average fan has already moved on to other sports.

Definitely a good argument.

by Slyde on Oct 21, 2009 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not us stalwart mods, though

Cough, cough.

by Brendanukkah on Oct 21, 2009 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So is anyone keeping up with the Manny shower drama?

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Oct 21, 2009 7:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I don't see what the big deal is

Shoeless Joe Jackson missed it too.

Definitely a good argument.

by Slyde on Oct 21, 2009 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i have not

what happened?

by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 21, 2009 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

alright, i'll just go look it up then

jeez

by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 21, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just Manny being Manny

It’s not as bad as when he thought he’d been taken out of the game, and came running out half-dressed when he found out he was supposed to play left field.

Or the time when he disappeared from the outfield while the pitcher was about to throw, and revealed he’d been inside the Big Monster, peeing in a cup

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

by BubbaFan on Oct 21, 2009 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

what channel is the game on?

i heard a report today that Super Ballplayer Keith Hernandez was sitting in the clubhouse smoking a cigarette and drinking a beer, shirtless, when Mookie Wilson hit the ball that Buckner muffed in the ’86 WS.

I’d say this is a non-issue.

"I have found me a home"

by obc2 on Oct 21, 2009 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

TBS

At least, it’s not on Fox. But Glee is!

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Oct 21, 2009 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

score!

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by 'tHan on Oct 21, 2009 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i'm all about knocking Fox!

"I have found me a home"

by obc2 on Oct 21, 2009 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Too easy, pass

"What the hell are spanks????"

by jch24 on Oct 21, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

TBS?

for a NLCS?

really? not even broadcast televison?

"I have found me a home"

by obc2 on Oct 21, 2009 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hi kids

How we looking?

"What the hell are spanks????"

by jch24 on Oct 21, 2009 8:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

look at my horse, my horse is amazing!

Definitely a good argument.

by Slyde on Oct 21, 2009 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

'tHan just sent that to me

WOW. Fucking win.

"What the hell are spanks????"

by jch24 on Oct 21, 2009 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cole Hamels is looking like a male model

Vicente Padilla is…confident enough in his masculinity to wear a pink shirt.

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

by BubbaFan on Oct 21, 2009 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Shouldn't he be changing diapers or something?

"What the hell are spanks????"

by jch24 on Oct 21, 2009 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

...or shooting out a Mexican strip joint with Antonio Banderas

by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 21, 2009 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

heheh, well played

Sorry for not sending you flowers for Sweetest Day by the way, I totally spaced.

"What the hell are spanks????"

by jch24 on Oct 21, 2009 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

our love is more evolved than that J

i forgive you

by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 21, 2009 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

warning

he’s not as fertile as he used to be

"I have found me a home"

by obc2 on Oct 21, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

easy.....

If it wouldn’t fuck up the thread and make people angry I’d delete that. :)

"What the hell are spanks????"

by jch24 on Oct 21, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

you delete more than any other mod

"I have found me a home"

by obc2 on Oct 21, 2009 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

gray'd

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by 'tHan on Oct 21, 2009 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dude, I'm nothing like him!

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Oct 21, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I also drink more than any other mod, shake my moneymaker more than any other mod, and have more legal paperwork than any other mod.

"What the hell are spanks????"

by jch24 on Oct 21, 2009 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

that's only til tHan becomes a mod

then you’re toast, son

"I have found me a home"

by obc2 on Oct 21, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

True, he's a wild one

He just sent me a flash video that features a horse penis.

"What the hell are spanks????"

by jch24 on Oct 21, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

he should change his screen name

to: Equine Dong

"I have found me a home"

by obc2 on Oct 21, 2009 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You wanna watch?

Here ya Go

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by 'tHan on Oct 21, 2009 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cole Hamels does look like a male model

but Padilla is not so lucky. His gameday pic makes him look worse than he atcually is, though.

by Red_Poodle on Oct 21, 2009 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He's like Eddie Munster, raised on the Jersey shore

by Brendanukkah on Oct 21, 2009 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dodgers lead.

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Oct 21, 2009 8:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Why are women so crazy?

I expect an explanation, BF. :)

"What the hell are spanks????"

by jch24 on Oct 21, 2009 8:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

We have to deal with men

That’s enough to make anyone crazy.

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

by BubbaFan on Oct 21, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs

Hate to do it, but rec the girl

"What the hell are spanks????"

by jch24 on Oct 21, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't recommend attempting a relationship with a man.

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Oct 21, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

horse penis'd

"I have found me a home"

by obc2 on Oct 21, 2009 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

what i want to know is

why cant guys just, you know, be with other guys? like, do the things you’d normally do with a chick, but with your buddy? it just seems so much easier.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 21, 2009 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ew that's dirty!

Definitely a good argument.

by Slyde on Oct 21, 2009 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do ya think so?

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by 'tHan on Oct 21, 2009 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

What do they call that?

"What the hell are spanks????"

by jch24 on Oct 21, 2009 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hot?

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

by BubbaFan on Oct 21, 2009 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs

rec'd!

it’s like lesbians, but in reverse!

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by 'tHan on Oct 21, 2009 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Manny being Manny?

by Red_Poodle on Oct 21, 2009 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Utley has reached bases safely in 25 straight postseason games, tying Boog Powell’s all-time record. #Phillies

Definitely a good argument.

by Slyde on Oct 21, 2009 8:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I don't think this is twitter.

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Oct 21, 2009 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

sorry, I just copied that from Twitter

forgot to drop the hashtag

Definitely a good argument.

by Slyde on Oct 21, 2009 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i love hashtags

they are like slashies and apostrophes

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by 'tHan on Oct 21, 2009 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

what's Twitter?

"I have found me a home"

by obc2 on Oct 21, 2009 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, when a text message and the internet really love each other....

They get together and have rough sex, resulting in Twitter.

"What the hell are spanks????"

by jch24 on Oct 21, 2009 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This isn't an explanation, but I liked this from Poz the other day

“Tweeting on wireless service on a plane to LA. If I told someone that 100 years ago, they wouldn’t understand one word.”

Definitely a good argument.

by Slyde on Oct 21, 2009 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

if you had told someone that 5 years ago

they wouldnt understand it.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 21, 2009 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think people would have guessed what it meant to have wireless service on a plane

the tweeting is the only new thing.

Definitely a good argument.

by Slyde on Oct 21, 2009 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

meh

on a plane i quaff adult beverages and flirt with ornery girls.

tweet, my ass

"I have found me a home"

by obc2 on Oct 21, 2009 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'll pass, but TWSS.

"If it wasn't this, it'd be something else."

by ZJiff30 on Oct 21, 2009 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also, it had no subject...

so I have no idea what it’s about.

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Oct 21, 2009 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm surprised that you didn't delete it

Definitely a good argument.

by Slyde on Oct 21, 2009 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wait a bit...

and Jeremy will.

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by Gray on Oct 21, 2009 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i hate that guy

Mr Delete

"I have found me a home"

by obc2 on Oct 21, 2009 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ZOMG, you can't use my real name on the internet!

People will know who I am! I should TOTALLY delete this comment.

"What the hell are spanks????"

by jch24 on Oct 21, 2009 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Huh

Boog Powell did something other than open up a BBQ stand. I’ll be dipped.

by Brendanukkah on Oct 21, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

shoulda listened to Poodle

and plunked him.

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

by BubbaFan on Oct 21, 2009 8:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

To paraphrase Austen,

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that Jayson Werth should be beaned in any dangerous situation

by Red_Poodle on Oct 21, 2009 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Too bad Torre didn't listen to you

He might be winning the game now if he did!

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

by BubbaFan on Oct 21, 2009 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

They probably would be

I am surprised to see how low his AVG is though. Maybe Torre didn’t have enough respect to break out the bean ball ;)

by Red_Poodle on Oct 21, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

4-2 Phils, fyi

"I have found me a home"

by obc2 on Oct 21, 2009 8:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

4-2 good guys!

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by 'tHan on Oct 21, 2009 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

hear those crickets?

"I have found me a home"

by obc2 on Oct 21, 2009 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

TWSS

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Oct 21, 2009 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gunga Galunga

"What the hell are spanks????"

by jch24 on Oct 21, 2009 9:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Pardon?

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Oct 21, 2009 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, you're about to learn who you're gonna call!

…Ghostbusters.

by Brendanukkah on Oct 21, 2009 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Apparently Ong Bak 2 comes out this weekend

Excellent.

by Brendanukkah on Oct 21, 2009 9:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

YESSSSS, TONY JA WILL KICK YOU IN THE FACE WITH BOTH FEET.

AT THE SAME TIME.

IAN! I'm on traain!

by andromache on Oct 21, 2009 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wait, who's pitching?

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Oct 21, 2009 9:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

for that matter...

who’s playing?

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

by crolfer on Oct 21, 2009 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sherrill. In the 4th

This does not look good for the Dodgers.

"If it wasn't this, it'd be something else."

by ZJiff30 on Oct 21, 2009 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm not joking. And don't call me Sherrill.

"What the hell are spanks????"

by jch24 on Oct 21, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dangit, I wanted Torre to beat the Yankees in the WS

"What the hell are spanks????"

by jch24 on Oct 21, 2009 9:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

a GS ties it

and Manny has been known to hit one or two

by Red_Poodle on Oct 21, 2009 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

my goodness

Hudson crushed that ball

"If it wasn't this, it'd be something else."

by ZJiff30 on Oct 21, 2009 9:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

What's up with Cole Hamels?

he hasn’t been as good recently.

by Red_Poodle on Oct 21, 2009 10:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

facing a team of good hitters

tends to do that.

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

by BubbaFan on Oct 21, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And this game has slowed to a crawl.

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Oct 21, 2009 10:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

almt as slow as this thread

Sheesh, where da party people at?

"What the hell are spanks????"

by jch24 on Oct 21, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

someplace where there's a real party, probably.

which would explain why I’m here.

"If it wasn't this, it'd be something else."

by ZJiff30 on Oct 21, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

we can bring the party here

for starters, there needs to be a chimp

by Red_Poodle on Oct 21, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

fake!

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Oct 21, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

shooped!

"What the hell are spanks????"

by jch24 on Oct 21, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I hate to bring fake chimps

but it’s all I got

by Red_Poodle on Oct 21, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think this might be non fake

and a more partying chimp

by Red_Poodle on Oct 21, 2009 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

fooled me

I thought it was Andrew who posted that.

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

by BubbaFan on Oct 21, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I didn't even look at the name until I read your reply, I assumed it was him

"What the hell are spanks????"

by jch24 on Oct 21, 2009 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like how I lost two letters there

I’d love to blame my phone, but I’m not posting from it.

"What the hell are spanks????"

by jch24 on Oct 21, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I didn't even notice

but I mentally correct typos which is why I post so many (I think that is a decent excuse for now)

by Red_Poodle on Oct 21, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I sorta kinda figured it out

Facebook chat does weird things to Firefox at my house. Of course, my Firefox install is pretty well fuckered, so there’s that too. When someone sends a message to me in another tab, I lose the ability to type in a RR text box.

"What the hell are spanks????"

by jch24 on Oct 21, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I always have trouble with Firefox

but I mainly use it at the work comp.

by Red_Poodle on Oct 21, 2009 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not looking good for the Dodgers

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

by BubbaFan on Oct 21, 2009 10:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

They should really try to stop giving up runs.

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Oct 21, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or they should score more

Which is looking more possible with Chan Ho Park on the mound.

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

by BubbaFan on Oct 21, 2009 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa

Does that WORK?

"What the hell are spanks????"

by jch24 on Oct 21, 2009 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey gang - Well another great night for the BAMM team

Yep we’ve now taken over the league lead at Stone’s Lanes.
Tonight’s score by your RR representative:

160
176
191

The more I drink the better I get.

So i see that BubbaFan has thrown Joey over for Cole Hamels
he’s a looker alright – goofy fucker

And he’s married – what a lovely couple
Ms. Brain Dead 2008 and Goofy

Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....

by Madville on Oct 21, 2009 10:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Hamels is quite a looker

but I think Bubba was just pointing out that he is a male model—not necessarily making an evaluative claim about Joey V’s relative merits ;) If there was a baseball Mr. Universe, contest though, I think Joey would edge Hamels out in the homerun competition.

In any case, we need to get the Reds in the playoffs so we can continue to post pictures of Dusty looking silly, Jonny Gomes and, of course, Jay Bruce’s hair.

by Red_Poodle on Oct 21, 2009 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

All I'm sayin' is, Poodle...

These people look really stupid. Braindead…look at her dress for Christsakes…
BubbaFan would never thow Joey over for this dork…especially after realizing how insipid his taste in women is.

Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....

by Madville on Oct 21, 2009 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs