Prince, The Replacements and The Hold Steady vs. Iggy Pop, The White Stripes, and The Dirtbombs. WHO YA GOT?
This is an open thread as the Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins battle for dominance of the AL Central. Scott Baker takes the mound for the Twins in the Stay-of-Execution Bowl at the Metrodome. Rick Porcello is pitching for the Tigers.
Go team that will beat the Yankees!
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I think the Scott Baker v. Rick Porcello matchup
is almost fortuitous as the Tigers could have hoped for. If they Tigers don’t win today, they don’t deserve it.
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Cabrera
is a wild one.
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I can't believe he blew a .26 the night/morning before a game.
That is an impressive binge. A lot of people were talking about suspending Cabrera (or benching him for tonight’s game). I wonder if the Reds would do that. Or the Rockies, who are pretty adamant about their players being good Christian boys.
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Also, I don't remember the Reds suspending Ryan Freel
I can’t find any mention of whether or not they did. Someone with a better memory/stronger google-fu?
I know
WTF was he thinking?
Maybe they’d have avoided this playoff if he were, you know…sober.
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He's been in a slump that predates the night of the incident.
And the Saturday night loss was a pretty emphatic one. Plus, I don’t like the Tigers chances without him. Hey, he almost just scored the go ahead run.
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The story I heard was that he was out drinking with members of the White Sox
So, fraternization is obviously a bad idea, but one wonders if it was the Pale Hose Players that took him out in the first place. Kind of a more direct, less fun version of sending a hooker to the guy’s room the night before a big game.
interesting
Yanks and Red Sox fans are known to practice that ploy. Buy the opposing team’s players drinks, or if you’re a bartender, make them extra strong.
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He said he was "focused"
I just can’t buy that he was focused while toasted. I guess the Twins should thank Miguel Cabrerra.. And if the Tigers lose, they can blame it on the juice!:
I am rooting for the Twins, I admit
I’m not even sure why, other than I covet Joe Mauer’s offensive production
Great Header Brendan!!!
Little girl I can’t forget
Smoking on a cigarette
She’s a real teenage Queen
She’s the one who makes me scream
Yeah
Iggy and the Stogges, The MC5, the Amboy Dukes,The Frost…
Yes these were truely the bands of my College Daze…
Speaking of little girls..where the hell is Ash????

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I guess
he should get drunk and smack his wife around often.
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sounds like she gave as good as she got
Maybe she beats him up every day. ;-)
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
it did say they were both beat up
maybe the fight started because she was dissappointed in him leaving 4 on base in a crucial game.
definitely a good reason for punching out your husband!
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Another story
While he was out drinking, he tried to pick a fight with some 300 pound kid and told him he should “work out.”
Hee! Miguel Cabrera calling someone fat!
I don't really care
as long as it’s not the Angels.
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especially since the title
doesn’t make it clear it’s a gamethread.
But two new articles were posted to the front page shortly before the game started, so I guess Brendan didn’t want to bury them with a game thread.
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Yup
I probably should have included “Game Thread” in the title, but it was pretty long already. And there was a ton of stuff going on in the front page already, at least some of it having to do with the Reds. Plus, if those bands aren’t a draw, all the activity going on in here will draw in the curious.
hmm
i don’t know about that.
this is a thread that will actually get activity. It’s where people will want to have discussion. The threads that already have the benefit of being on the main page only have a couple of comments.
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Three games tomorrow?
Ye gods.
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"Nick Punto does the little things, knows when to take that extra base..."
that initial base, however, eludes him yet.
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
Let's go Twinkies
What this game needs is some extra innings.
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by BubbaFan on Oct 6, 2009 6:51 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Clutch HBP
for former Red Brendan Harris.
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Is nobody watching this game?
It’s a pretty good game, dammit.
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I didn't realize
it wasn’t available in all markets.
That kinda sucks.
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Actually, I think it is in all markets
I just don’t have cable at the moment (at least I think it is). It’s an exciting game—and the Twinkies just took the lead!
I've been sitting here the whole time
looking for the pitcher in the btting order and realized i’s an AL game. I’m blaming that on the fever too
Holy cow!
Twinkies take the lead on Orlando Cabrera’s 2-run homer.
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watchnig this
reminds me of that horribleMts shutout in 1999. That game should have been more like this one
The only home team to lose a one-game playoff
in the wildcard era, I believe. Depressing.
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Oct 7, 2009 7:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Joe Mauer is awfully cute
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I'm glad you brought it up
because he is, and that batting average is even cuter. That guy is an incredible player
Not to mention he's a catcher
The hardest position to fill.
He’s gonna look great in pinstripes.
And I wonder if the Reds regret cutting Brendan Harris loose.
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lol, thanks for mentioning that
now I know the next time I’m at a game, I’ll be inadvertently staring at Ryan Hanigan’s thigh
I went to a Dayton Dragons game this past spring.
Let me just say, the day Kevin Coddington makes it to the big leagues will be a great, great day.
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and here I thought
Posada just had a big ass.
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BYB is on their 5th game thread.
Huh. I guess people cheering for a possible playoff team actually care.
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Magglio!!!!!!!
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
how is inge representative of the struggle of detroit?
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
A. He is a white dude.
B. He has giant tattoos of his sons’ names on his forearms.
C. He once had facial hair that looked like a Brazilian.
That just SCREAMS the struggle of Detroit to me.
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So I finally purge Thom Brennaman from my eyes for six months...
…and I am forced to listen to Chip Caray? He’s only slightly less annoying.
Keep your shit off my whimsy.
Wow, Nathan got two outs by throwing 1 strike.
Which was called a ball. Outside of the plate has been a ball all night.
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Well, I think we found out what happened to GG
"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san
by BK on Oct 6, 2009 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions
That call was turrible
"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san
randy marsh may do a bang up job as a geologist
but he sucks at calling balls and strikes
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sweetbabyjesus what a game
"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san
If it was the Reds playing in the game
I wouldn’t have any fingernails left.
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he pisses pure detroit
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 6, 2009 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
narronesque
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
Free baseball!
If the game is still going on tomorrow night, will the Yanks have to postpone it?
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Although I tend to root for Detroit because of its superior Music scene and history, in the final analysis I----------------
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he's had a great game
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
WOWWW
"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san
you've got to play that for a single
and keep it front of you. really bad mental error
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
Ev'rett, hacking
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
shoulda kept him
instead of signing A-Gon.
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Don't let the 11 or so people who voted to re-sign Sea Bass in the poll see that ;)
"I heard he punched Cowboy in the face, grabbed his own balls and said: 'Clutch this.'" ~ obc
by Ash on Oct 6, 2009 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Holy freaking shit
"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san
5-5! Holy crap! Go Twinkies!
(…it took me like 20 minutes to find this thread. Just sayin’)
"I heard he punched Cowboy in the face, grabbed his own balls and said: 'Clutch this.'" ~ obc
no, it's not
/counterpunto
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
well done
I guess I got a little ahed of myself, because I htought a groundout or a sac fly could do the job!
he's certainly good at that
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
This game has had everything!
Now the winning run gets thrown out at home?
Awesome
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caray blew the call!!
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
That won't be the last thing he blows tonight.
I hear Paul Molitor may be in town.
Keep your shit off my whimsy.
by PeteyHendrix on Oct 6, 2009 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Who the hell said "base hit"? freaking tease!!
"I heard he punched Cowboy in the face, grabbed his own balls and said: 'Clutch this.'" ~ obc
I hear it's the best thing since The (American) Office
"I heard he punched Cowboy in the face, grabbed his own balls and said: 'Clutch this.'" ~ obc
by Ash on Oct 6, 2009 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed.
"I heard he punched Cowboy in the face, grabbed his own balls and said: 'Clutch this.'" ~ obc
by Ash on Oct 6, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions
If the Twiknies can keep it together
Mauer might get a chance to hit the gamewinner I was holding out for
you know, casillas might have got under that tag
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
Odd that they would schedule a playoff game
the night before opening day…
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I blame Brett Favre
The NFL refused to move the Vikings game.
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Nice throw by the guy who fucked up the single into a triple.
Who god’s name are the announcers…holy shit they suck. These guys must have gone to the tHom B. school of irrelevant meandering…Chirst on a Twinkie…plus the guy was safe at home…
The pitcher for Detroit’s name is Rodney Rodney…pretty sweet…
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And he wants...
…a SHRUBBERY!
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it goes like this...
“I take batting practice; I take infield practice…”
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
Brendan Harris
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
Ryan Freel is probably on one of these teams, right?
"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san
by BK on Oct 6, 2009 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions
im rooting for the Twins
anything to prolong the HHH Metrodome’s baseball life.
what a gem!
"I have found me a home"
i have to admit
this is the best baseball game ive seen in a long time
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 6, 2009 9:11 PM EDT reply actions
the game where the Reds beat the Cubs in extra innings this year
was best material. no doubt.
"I have found me a home"
the Rosie groundout gamewinner?
The Twins could have used someone like Rosie to do that last inning!
Let's trade them Rosales for Mauer!
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and Brendan
how did you write up that title and not mention the MC5??
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 6, 2009 9:11 PM EDT reply actions
they called other white people "honkies"!
They were fo’ real!
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
The Dirtbombs have more than one good song
And I could have just said Motown and shut everybody up about everything.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 7, 2009 12:55 AM EDT up reply actions
Sonic Smith-Wayne Kramer...Kick ou the Jams MF
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If US means me and you, I think so
Kinda depressing, really. Makes me feel old.
Sig lines are for suckas.
what a play by granderson
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
look out for Don Kelly
nothing strikes fear into the hearts of an opposing pitcher like the name “Don Kelly”.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 6, 2009 9:26 PM EDT reply actions
Ruh-roh
That might be the game.
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Brandon Inge has 24 rbi with the bases loaded
thats a lot more than Ryan Hanigan
"I have found me a home"
Tigers just got jobbed
"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san
Another amazing defensive play
"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san
don't you dare walk him
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Daaaaaaamn
"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san
I was going to say
Delmon Young with the walkoff, but they’re IBBing him. Chickens!
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I'm gonna guess 12th
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by BK on Oct 6, 2009 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well lookee there...
I guess it is! I’m right!
"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san
by BK on Oct 6, 2009 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow. Great game, times 15.
"I heard he punched Cowboy in the face, grabbed his own balls and said: 'Clutch this.'" ~ obc
Where you been girl?
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Nowhere and everywhere. Just busy.
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by Ash on Oct 6, 2009 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions
and Spartans, apparently.
"I heard he punched Cowboy in the face, grabbed his own balls and said: 'Clutch this.'" ~ obc
by Ash on Oct 6, 2009 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions
she couldn't find the game thread!
’Cause Brendan hit it under a goofy title on the sidebar. Like burying a perfectly good burger in grape compote.
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No, she's invited me..even sent an autopgraphed photo but after all I am a married man

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The thread title totally makes sense
Screw everyone.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 7, 2009 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions
i dont know what they are complaining about
a fanpost with over 100 new comments this evening should grab anyone’s attention. especially if they look at the frontpage and dont see a game thread. their loss.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 7, 2009 8:10 AM EDT up reply actions
it only started getting a lot of comments late in the game
It was deadsville here for the first few innings.
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yeah im just sticking up for my fellow mod
Ducks Fly Together!!
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 7, 2009 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions
The RR clique strikes again!
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TWINS WIN
unreal, just unreal
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They're interviewing
the Cabrera who didn’t get drunk and punch out his wife.
He said it was the greatest game he’s ever played in.
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by BubbaFan on Oct 6, 2009 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
That HR was a rope
But good game for the fat Cabrera too.
by ken on Oct 6, 2009 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
"the Cabrera who didn't get drunk and punch out his wife"
Do we know that for sure?
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Also, thank you, Twins for proving Steve Phillips wrong.
"I heard he punched Cowboy in the face, grabbed his own balls and said: 'Clutch this.'" ~ obc
what did Steve Phillips say?
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He took the Tigers in the 1-game playoff.
"I heard he punched Cowboy in the face, grabbed his own balls and said: 'Clutch this.'" ~ obc
by Ash on Oct 6, 2009 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Austin Kearns?
"I heard he punched Cowboy in the face, grabbed his own balls and said: 'Clutch this.'" ~ obc
by Ash on Oct 6, 2009 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions
That alone
is probably reason to have picked the Twins.
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I think subconsiously that's why I did!
"I heard he punched Cowboy in the face, grabbed his own balls and said: 'Clutch this.'" ~ obc
by Ash on Oct 6, 2009 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Twins players going crazy with the fans
I’m so jealous right now.
"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san
it's not gonna happen if an Adam Rosales is on the 25-man roster.
"I heard he punched Cowboy in the face, grabbed his own balls and said: 'Clutch this.'" ~ obc
by Ash on Oct 6, 2009 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions
or the 40 man roster or the 125 man roster.
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What!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You know I love Rosy….high socks, goofy grin, intensity personified.. he’s just not very good…and if we have to resort to a player with his actual playing ability…well then 4th place here we come…again
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Real Fucking baseball...wow
Well I’m rather sad that that beady eyed phedoliphilic looking Ron Gardenhire wins over the the stately Jim Leyland…Craig Sager must be Ron’s Dugout-Bitch..
But hey what a game….someday …..someday……someday ,,,,it will be our turn again.
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If you ever been wrong I hope...no I pray to 'tHan' (who I am now following) that it is about this prediction.
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
i hate the Cards
but they have front line starting pitching, the best player in the game + Holliday/DeRosa.
just a hunch
and they have ash’s favorite closer ever, mr franklin
"I have found me a home"
I really think the Cards have being playing badly lately though
those losers dropped three to the Brewers which killed our third place finish hopes!
I really do not like the American Office
People, please. We're all frightened and horny, but we can't let some killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring
But TBS really, really, REALLY! wants you to like it.
“YOU’RE GONNA LIKE IT. We’re going to put it on 6 hours a day until you LOVE IT!”
Emphatically anti-grape compote since 2009!
We all love Frank Caliendo after the 2008 postseason, don't we?
Is he even still on television?
by Brian B on Oct 6, 2009 10:07 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I like to think it's more of an American-style Andy Rooney kind of spleen
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by Man Mountain on Oct 6, 2009 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Well I'm bummed having sided with the Tigers after tuning in in the ninth
Currently, Bud Selig is drawing up a plan to have a one-game playoff in every division and wild card regardless of the teams records. It’s popular! The fans want it! Look at the ratings!
by Brian B on Oct 6, 2009 10:04 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I feel your pain Brian...after not caring much one way or the other as the gaem went on and on and on
I began to really feel uncomfortable to have to look at Ron Gardenhire…fat, beady eyed and creepy.
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As matter of fact...now that you mention it ,,,,,

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by Madville on Oct 6, 2009 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
WHhy do games like this,
end like this for us?:
end like this for us?

(sorry picture was bigger than I thought!)
Nice thread...I just realized that we had commentary from 4 women on this thread
4 women, Ron Gardenhire and a Picture of MJ.
Wow.
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4 women
explains the little detour about catchers’ physical attributes lol, but you’re right, a pretty well rounded thread all around
I’m also happy because I’ll be able to give Mauer love for a little while longer anyway. He’s my “Joe” away from home ;)
WHERE IN THE LIVING HELL DID THAT QUESTION MARK COME FROM? I'M NOT HISPANIC!!!!!
Sig lines are for suckas.
lol it's more interesting
he is another “Joe” who can hit well, so it’s easy enough to make the transition. Let’s hope next year the Reds get far enough that I don’t have to look for other Joes to root for at the season’s end of the regular season

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