2009 World Series: Game 4
by Gray on Nov 1, 2009 7:31 PM EST
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So the Yankees are up 2-1, and I can't figure out how to get the pitcher stats widgets to display side by side. Exciting, eh?
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First
day of November. And there’s baseball?
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And at least one more game to go!
It really cooled off here today. What’s the weather like up in NY?
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it was very warm during the day
But is supposed to drop to 33F tonight. Still feels very warm, though. I just took out the trash wearing flip-flops, and didn’t feel cold.
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And the football announcers are still talking on Fox...
Will this game actually start on time?
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Game time is actually 8:20
So there’s lots of time for hot air.
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didnt you get the memo re: pitcher widgets?
Lucy down in HR is gonna have some ‘splainin’ to do.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Nov 1, 2009 7:58 PM EST reply actions
Our HR Department completely sucks.
I still haven’t gotten any information on the company health plan.
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i'll summarize it for you
dont get sick. and dont even think of asking Slyde about the Dental Plan.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Nov 1, 2009 8:16 PM EST up reply actions
This Fox guy is trying to get Ozzie Guillen to flip out on live TV...
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I saw Ozzie and immediately thought, "Man I hope he says/does something dumb"
"What the hell are spanks????"
Did you notice how hard that guy was trying, though?
He said something like, “C’mon, Ozzie! Are you saying you wouldn’t blow up at him if he did that?”
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I had it muted, so no
But that’s great. I hope they antagonize him to the point he calls one of them a faggot or something.
"What the hell are spanks????"
Wait a minute.
They asked everyone to remove their hats, and yet the singer is wearing a hat! She’s not very patriotic, is she?
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how dare you!
she’s serving our country!
by Charlie Scrabbles on Nov 1, 2009 8:16 PM EST up reply actions
and honestly
my wife sings better than that. too bad she’s a Commy Jew.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Nov 1, 2009 8:17 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I was about to comment...
She wasn’t horrible, but she wasn’t very good either.
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yeah
more appropriate for a Columbus Clippers game than the World Series.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Nov 1, 2009 8:19 PM EST up reply actions
I assume Fox wanted her because they're
really pushing the military angle this WS.
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i still cant understand where that comes from
what does the military have to do with baseball? or any sport for that matter. there’s always Blue Angels or astronauts at the Super Bowl too.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Nov 1, 2009 8:24 PM EST up reply actions
I think Fox does this more than most...
but in general, I think networks look for some popular cause to push at these major events, and this is the easiest one. It’s hard to argue against “honoring” the military, no matter how irrelevant it is.
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Military don't remove their hats for the national anthem
They’re supposed to salute instead, but I guess if you’re singing it, you’re exempt.
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why are they hitting A-Rod?
i thought Jeter was the Captain.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Nov 1, 2009 8:27 PM EST reply actions
Captain Morgan?
Are you saying he’s drunk?
The man who will one day be President is, at this moment, lying in his cradle, trying to find some strategic way to get his big toe in his mouth.
-Mark Twain
I don't think it was intentional
The word has gotten around that the key to beating A-Rod is to pitch him inside.
Do that with Jeter, and the ball will end up dropping in in front of your outfielder.
Both sides warned, though. That kinda sucks for the Yanks.
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yeah
Can’t plunk him with both sides warned. Boo!
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Derek Jeter won the Hank Aaron Award for the AL?
The Award supposedly given to the best hitter in the league? Is Jeter even the 3rd best hitter on his team?
Definitely a good argument.
BTW, this is an award voted on by the fans
but only stupid fans can vote, apparently.
Definitely a good argument.
Sort of. According to wikipedia...
In 2000, the system was changed to a ballot in which each MLB team’s radio and television play-by-play broadcasters and color analysts voted for three players in each league. Their first place vote receives five points, the second place vote receives three points, and the third place vote receives one point. Beginning in 2003, fans were given the opportunity to vote via MLB’s official website, MLB.com. Fans’ votes account for 30% of the points, while broadcasters’ and analysts’ votes account for the other 70%.
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Also pointed out on wikipedia:
Derek Jeter won the American League award in 2009, despite trailing Joe Mauer in every Triple Crown statistical category, as well as On-base percentage and Slugging percentage. Jeter is the winner with the least and second-least amounts of home runs and runs batted in.
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yes
If you use that old-fashioned stat, batting average.
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which he finished 3rd in the AL in
I’m not upset or anything, it just amazes me that there is any question that Joe Mauer was the best hitter in the AL this year. Only one player in the AL batted over .353. Only one player in the AL got on base more than 42% of the time. Only one player in the AL slugged over .569. Only one player in the OPS’d over .961. All of those players were Joe Mauer (.365/.444/.587/1.031). There shouldn’t even be a motion for an argument.
Definitely a good argument.
Then he actually leads the team...
Of course, he’s third in the the AL in batting average, third in OBP, 35th in slugging, and 20th in OPS. Mauer led the league in batting average, OBP, slugging percentage, and OPS.
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I'm not defending the choice
The question was whether he was third on the Yankees. I would say yes. He leads the team in BA and OBP. He’s not a power hitter, though.
Which means he’s not an ideal DH. Yanks are going to have a tough choice when contract time comes.
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I just picked a random number
just to make a snarky point about how his season wasn’t good enough to be considered the best hitter in the league.
Definitely a good argument.
Incidentally
he was tied for fourth on the team (among qualifiers) in OPS. To give one example, he had pretty much the same OBP as Jeter (.406 vs. .402) but a much lower slugging percentage (.465 vs. .532).
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So is this guy in the Windows 7 commercial
something like 7 feet tall, with a four-foot-tall wife?
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Is it?
I mean, I suppose I do, but I’m not as freakishly tall as that guy appears to be.
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yeah
he’s an ogre. he’s the guy who should have made a million dollars as a defensive end, but he spent too much time in high school playing Diablo and watching hentai.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Nov 1, 2009 9:04 PM EST up reply actions
so far
This pitching matchup is not quite the mismatch it seemed on paper.
Gotta wonder if pitching on short rest is getting to CC.
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i blame Utley
somehow he owns CC like a rented mule.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Nov 1, 2009 9:07 PM EST up reply actions
semantics
you can own something that’s rented?
by DevilsAdvocate on Nov 1, 2009 9:09 PM EST up reply actions
im just trying to be clever, mixing my idioms like that
did it work?
by Charlie Scrabbles on Nov 1, 2009 9:11 PM EST up reply actions
I think so
because “owning” something you rented, probably means you messed it up. Because if you break it you bought it!
Poodle!
Slyde thought you’d given up on this game, now that Werth is un-plunkable.
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No, no
I have not given up, just buried in this paper. I’mn not really sure what I’m arguing about anymore so maybe it’s a sign I should quit. Or maybe now I’m truly doing philoosphy. I’m not sure which
LOL
Glad to see your phosphors. This place is too much of a sausage factory tonight. ;-)
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lol
Btw, I don’t think Werth is ever unhittable. I believe a Werth beaning is now subject to review. If the umpires decide that he “deserved it” no one is warned, or punished. I thnk that rule came in with the instant replay stuff ;)
It's called
the “Poodle Rule”!
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is it really werth beaning werth in the final analysis?
To understand Israel and the Middle East, you must understand Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. -Glenn Beck (former cocaine addict and pedophile.)
if you arent sure anymore what the hell it is you are talking about
then you are DEFINITELY truly doing philosophy. keep it up. and remember, phrases like “paradigm shift”, esoteric references to early Soviet films, and a professional-looking clear-plastic binder are surefire ways to get you an A.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Nov 1, 2009 9:33 PM EST up reply actions
I love the esoteric Soviet film suggestion
I’m going to employ that in the next one of these. Paradigm shifts are always gold. I find that, in most analytic philosophy papers, a few hardcore physics examples are helpful, even if not applicable to anything you’re talking about
woah
see? youre better at this than you thought!
by Charlie Scrabbles on Nov 2, 2009 8:15 AM EST up reply actions
it's like a G.W. Bushism
you’re cookin’ on all cylinders, definitely
by DevilsAdvocate on Nov 1, 2009 9:14 PM EST up reply actions
FTH
Ryan Howard steals?
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Werth is not an attractive man
And is that tobacco in his mouth? Ugh.
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He is pretty ugly (no contradiciton intended)
that facial hair makes an otherwise unremarkable face pretty hilljack-ish to boot
no
but in real time it would have been real hard to see that.
that’s a tough call for the ump looking for the tag and the touch of home simultaneously.
"I have found me a home"
Not a great night for Jorgie
And Damon…he’s gotten pretty terrible in the outfield.
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not bad with the glove but what a horrible arm
i’d say there’s at least five guys on RR that can throw better than him, and he’s a ML outfielder. ack.
"I have found me a home"
I think he's getting bad jumps
And making poor decisions. He stayed back and waited for that ball that scored Howard, when a couple of years ago, he’d have caught it on the fly. I think an average outfielder would have caught that ball he dived for and missed, too.
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Melky's a bonehead
He got lucky.
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Is it still only the fifth inning?
Jesus, these games have been dragging on.
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I think it's just that they're starting so late
That, and there’s a lot more ads than during normal games.
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Is Melky hurt?
He lollygagged to 1B, and seemed to be clutching the back of his thigh.
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Gardner in
That means our backup CFer is…Cherry Hudson, Jr.
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It appears that the Yanks are winning....again.
Charlie Manuel should be fired for starting Blanton.
Next year when the Reds play the Yankees in the series with luck, Dusty will have only great pitchers to start all 4 games that the Reds win…
Until then
To understand Israel and the Middle East, you must understand Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. -Glenn Beck (former cocaine addict and pedophile.)
That's a lie...
Ruiz is not gay and he cna’t hold JB’s glove let alone hist bat or his balls!
BEARCAT UPDATE %th in BCS – 4th in AP
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20091101/SPT0101/311010015/Bearcats+5th+in+BCS++4th+in+AP
To understand Israel and the Middle East, you must understand Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. -Glenn Beck (former cocaine addict and pedophile.)
Well it was great visisting but this time change has me so confused and worn out that I'm hitting the hay.
To understand Israel and the Middle East, you must understand Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. -Glenn Beck (former cocaine addict and pedophile.)
saw that one coming
I trust Joba about as far as I can throw him.
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he seems to be an above average middle relief/set up man
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 Nov 1, 2009 11:28 PM EST up reply actions
alla
?
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 Nov 1, 2009 11:32 PM EST up reply actions
It took me way too long
to figure out what you meant by “alla”…
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I saw a bumper sticker on a truck on the way to work this morning
That said “Bomb Mecca!”. Welcome to the Commonwealth.
"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 Nov 2, 2009 11:19 AM EST up reply actions
why is brad lidge used in high leverage situations?
i mean sometimes Walt is like a prison shower, you know it is gonna happen, but it isn’t a good thing.
Unreal
I thought the game was going to extras for sure. What a rally.
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well you know brad lidge is a game changer.
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 Nov 1, 2009 11:54 PM EST up reply actions
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