"I believe Oswalt acted alone."
by Brendanukkah on Apr 27, 2009 10:19 PM EDT
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PrintThe Reds faced Oswalt. You know the drill.
Goat of the Game
Francisco Cordero. SoSo gave up three runs in the 9th inning to blow the game.
Key Plays
- The Reds couldn't string hits together. They had eight hits and two walks, including two hits apiece by Alex Gonzalez (who's rounding nicely into form) and Unstoppable Joey Votto ("I'm the Joeggernaut, bitch!" -- nah), but only managed to produce one run.
- Cueto was nails again tonight, going 7 innings, striking out five and only walking one. It was a better performance than Oswalt. His only mistake was giving up a home run to Lance Berkman, which I guess means he's officially a Red.
- Chris Dickerson was removed from the game after doing a heada into Tejada.
- Only 12,365 in attendance tonight. To put that in perspective, 14,832 people went to see the Los Angeles Sol beat the Washington Freedom on March 30. Yes, those are women's professional soccer teams.
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you know if Corderro pitches every month like he did in April
I’ll take it for the rest of the season, including tonight’s game.
Bloop
Yeah, that attendance number is pathetic
It’s a beautiful evening in Cincy. Then again, if they know that they’re going to be subjected to BP and Edwin in the lineup facing Oswalt…
"I can eat mayonnaise with a spoon." - Jeff Brantley
i went to the game on friday...
spent $ 100.00 on 3 field level tickets
15.00 on parking
40.00 on food & drinks
$ 155.00 for a family of 3…. I should be able to afford another game by July
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by nlt-andrew68 on Apr 27, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
ya gots to do it different
get you some half off from udf, bring chipotle to the stadium, and park in newport
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by chandrathan on Apr 27, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I know it can be done cheaper...
had the kids with me…
the lines at the ticket window stretched to the 4th inning..so i bought from a scalper
and they pestered me mercilessly for whatever was being hawked…
we needed tHan’s gym bag of Big K cola !
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by nlt-andrew68 on Apr 27, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
on a night like tonight you shouldn't pay face value from a scalper
you should be well under face actually. If you don’t like his price walk away, chances are he will follow you until you get him down to the price you want.
Bloop
by justin007000 on Apr 27, 2009 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
it was friday night...
so it was a seller’s market. I would have been ok with what i spent, had i not had to witness 7 walks in 2 innings !
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by nlt-andrew68 on Apr 27, 2009 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
oh i misread
i thought you went tonight…
Sorry for hassling you.
Bloop
by justin007000 on Apr 28, 2009 9:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Diet Big K Citrus Drop and a backpack full of sharpie's
that’s the way to do it!
I still think you were robbed on the rally game
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by chandrathan on Apr 27, 2009 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
i agree...
and the fact we lost like we did makes me feel even worse….
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by nlt-andrew68 on Apr 27, 2009 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I miss the backpack full of Sharpie's.
I expect it to make an appearance in the ’burgh.
"I'm going to kick the fire with cheese!"
i might have to dig it out so i can load it up with some citrus drop for the trip!
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by chandrathan on Apr 27, 2009 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
maybe it will still have some melty little snickers in it
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by chandrathan on Apr 27, 2009 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
are they doing baseball bingo this year ???
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by nlt-andrew68 on Apr 27, 2009 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
they weren't the one game i went to
but i’d say it’ll come back later in the summer
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by chandrathan on Apr 27, 2009 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
baseball bingo of course....
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by nlt-andrew68 on Apr 27, 2009 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
reds rally game
like 40 or so cards
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by chandrathan on Apr 27, 2009 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Drawing on the first person to pass out!
"I'm going to kick the fire with cheese!"
by Ash on Apr 27, 2009 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
I went to a terribly creepy Kewpie fanatics gathering Saturday
Spent $5.00 on candy and a slushie
Spent $1.25 on coffee
$6.25 for a Saturday of being creeped out by evil drawings of the thing that is my high school’s mascot and singing a terrible song from the early 1900’s about it…
I can’t mentally afford to do that again.
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No pictures?
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by PeteyHendrix on Apr 28, 2009 3:40 AM EDT up reply actions
when you go to a weekday game in april or may
buy a ticket from a scalper, park on fountain square, and pack a soft cooler with coke and water. How did you spend $15 on parking, I thought the “offical reds parking” by the stadium is only $10.
Bloop
by justin007000 on Apr 27, 2009 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
and two dollar parking in newport
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by chandrathan on Apr 27, 2009 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions
$4 at fountain square
and conveniently near Rock Bottom.
Bloop
by justin007000 on Apr 28, 2009 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions
is that any closer than newport?
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by chandrathan on Apr 28, 2009 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Slightly, but I don't think I've ever paid 4 dollars there
I usually look for the lots anywhere from 5th and up, near Main, it’s only a few blocks from there and 1/3 of the price of the lots right near the stadium
"I can eat mayonnaise with a spoon." - Jeff Brantley
also
if you park there, you can’t stop by bar louie on the way to the stadium
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by chandrathan on Apr 28, 2009 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions
True, but you can stop by Rock Bottom
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by BK on Apr 28, 2009 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions
roody poo
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by chandrathan on Apr 28, 2009 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions
kentucky derby'd
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by chandrathan on Apr 27, 2009 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm trying to remember how much it is to park in the Stadium
might even be $20 now. Ugh.
"I'm going to kick the fire with cheese!"
it was on 3rd street..
they waved me in..by the time i figured it was $15.00 it was too late to turn around…
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by nlt-andrew68 on Apr 27, 2009 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
I park at the Freedom Center for 12 bones
in the garage
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The Levee...
Save money and try to keep from being blown off the damn bridge!
"I'm going to kick the fire with cheese!"
if I ever go to GABP
I definitely want to walk across the bridge. I love bridges.
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my favorite bridge is the mackinack
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by nlt-andrew68 on Apr 27, 2009 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't know that I have a favorite bridge
But I would like to see the Roebling Bridge. The Roebling family were big names at my alma mater. Their name was all over campus.
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The Roebling is fun
But it’s not the same to walk across as it used to be for Riverfront Stadium. If they ever do anything with the money pit between the stadiums it would be a good walk again.
I miss the old days of the internet when men were men, hot girls were middle aged men, and hot underage girls were FBI agents.....
you haven't been to the stadium this year?
there’s a skeleton of a structure on the ground there now. they are building the project. should be fun to watch the progress through the season.
I walked across that one last winter
I also have a rivet from it. No, I didn’t pry it off the bridge. My sister gave it to me. She bought it in an antique shop.
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I know that bridge well
They’ve been trying to turn it into a pedestrian walkway for years.
It may finally happen, courtesy of the economic stimulus bill.
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This is that bridge
from the riverfront park below:
They actually do open the bridge one day a year, for guided walks. St. Patrick’s Day. You can’t go all the way across, because the walkway is not finished. (They limit everyone to one green beer, to make sure no one falls off.)
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little known secret
if youre willing to park at new port, check out the sawyer point lots! They are free, sometimes available.
Works great for parking for when you want to see a movie at the Levee too, especially on a friday or saturday night when that garage is full.
I went Friday also
park on Main St between 4th and 5th st - $8 garage parking. or park at the levee for $5 and walk across the Taylor Southgate bridge…the kids love that.
bring your own food and drinks to the ballpark. each person is allowed to bring a soft sided cooler. your food cost is greatly diminished.
but your biggest cost was the overpriced ducats. almost any other weekend you can get tix for well under $20 each.
"I've actually never had a drink before, tonight I might try it out. We'll see."
—Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw, on turning 21
you can get 4 tix for $20 total at the ticket window
and kids don’t care where they sit in a ballpark – they just like to be there.
so we’ve decided that four people can go to a ballgame for $22 total plus whatever the food they brought from home costs.
problem solved.
i enjoy the titles of these threads
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by chandrathan on Apr 27, 2009 10:26 PM EDT reply actions
yup
"All we have to do is catch the ball and not run the bases crazy." - Brandon Phillips
by PeteyHendrix on Apr 28, 2009 3:41 AM EDT up reply actions
"Someone needs to dress Osama bin Laden up in a Reds jersey and send Roy Oswalt after him. "
That’s going on my facebook status.
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you are a man of your word
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by chandrathan on Apr 27, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Fya says
he’s pretty sure the lineup will be different tomorrow, but I’m not buying it.
Of course, his brilliant solution is moving Ramon up to EdE’s 6 spot.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
We can't have Hernandez playing third base!
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by crolfer on Apr 27, 2009 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
/green'ed
"All we have to do is catch the ball and not run the bases crazy." - Brandon Phillips
by PeteyHendrix on Apr 28, 2009 3:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Dickerson will be out of it, I assume
Whether he has a concussion or not, he could use some time off.
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Wonder if Gomes will come up?
Or maybe even Rosales?
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neither Gomes or Bankston are on the 40-man roster
They aren’t the kind of guys you just pop up to the big league squad at a moment’s notice.
"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty
I still have a massive bruise on my hand
from trying to snag a foul line drive yesterday
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looking at the Bats box score
Rosales played 3B, and stayed in the entire game, so it appears yesterday was just a day off.
In fact, all the starters stayed in the whole game. No one was removed early, as often happens when there’s a call from the big club during the game.
Gomes did not start, but he did pinch-hit late in the game.
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Anyone think Edwin may still be hurt?
Remember, Edwin had a Wrist and a Shoulder injury in Spring Training. Well the Fay reported this nugget:
Look, I love EdE, and the fact he wants to stick out the injury. But if it is hurting him to throw, surely he is doing something different on his swing. If he was hitting at all, I could see trying to play thru it, but he is not. Maybe give him a DL and a rehab stint? Give him 5 or so days off, let him do a rehab, and get him back on track by mid May.
The Reds have Rosales and Wes Bankston raking at AAA. Bankston has played 1B, 3B, LF, and RF this year.
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from your sources?
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by chandrathan on Apr 27, 2009 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
cancer's an std?
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by crolfer on Apr 27, 2009 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
and
get your sister immunized
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by chandrathan on Apr 27, 2009 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Trust me... that's a cancer she won't be getting anytime soon.
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I could make many comments...
but I guess none would be appropriate.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
go for it... I don't get a long with my sister.
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how old is she?
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by chandrathan on Apr 27, 2009 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
ha
having a younger sibling is tough enough.
I can’t imagine that sibling being a girl
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by chandrathan on Apr 27, 2009 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
When I taught HS...
I had several students who were pregnant by 15.
Just sayin’.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
I go to Hickman... I'm used to pregnant high schoolers
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That said, I was between two sisters...
one a year older, one three years younger.
Needless to say, I escaped as soon as possible.
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What's wrong with...
being between 2 sisters?
Sounds like a great thing to me, unless you’re related to them…
by Highlifeman21 on Apr 28, 2009 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions
I swear to god I wasn't there
I miss the old days of the internet when men were men, hot girls were middle aged men, and hot underage girls were FBI agents.....
Was jch a student there then?
I want to be there when a trailer full of coffins slams into a an ambulance full of terminally ill Bolivians. Or when the Reds win a WS..whichever comes first....
Block quote didnt take...but it was from CTR not Fay
As for Encarnacion, Baker thinks it’s just another slow start.
“His timing’s off, he’s not tired,” Baker said.
Encarnacion’s injuries in the spring threw off his plans.
“I guess he’s a slow starter, after three years in a row,” Baker said. “We wanted to get him as many bats this spring more than he ever has before, like I did with D. Lee when I first got there because he was known as a slow starter. D. Lee went on to win a batting title and 46 home runs. I wanted to do that with Edwin, but I couldn’t because he hurt his wrist and then he hurt his shoulder, which didn’t help. He couldn’t play in spring training as much as I wanted him to.”
Baker pointed out several Hall of Famers were slow starters Eddie Murray (.271 career in April, .287 career) and Ryne Sandberg (.230 in April, .285 overall).
“Some guys are April, May hitters and in July you can’t find them,” Baker said. “Some guys it takes time to get their timing going — going to AAA isn’t the answer. John (Fay) might think it’s the answer, but I don’t think it’s the answer. He needs reps.”
Baker said his shoulder doesn’t hurt when he swings, but does when he throws.
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let him start slow in AAA then....
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by nlt-andrew68 on Apr 27, 2009 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah
Sounds like a rehab assignment would not be amiss. Someplace nice and warm, like Flordia.
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Sometimes Dusty makes sense
I like Fay as the advocate for his position rather than a reporter. Fay, the asst GM, and sMarty’s caddy….I wonder how those two volunteer jobs pay?
Excuse me, Mr. Baker.
Over his career, June has been Edwin’s “best month.” Here are his career average stats in June:
.292 / .389 / .492
Here are Edwin’s Aprils:
*2006: .288 / .387 / .550
*2007: .221 / .294 / .260
*2008: .287 / .374 / .564
Here are Edwin’s Mays:
*2006: .242 / .343 / .396
*2007: .286 / .366 / .476
*2008: .172 / .228 / .247
Dusty remembers the most recent “early month” of Edwin’s and remembers that he was lousy and then just lets the diarrhea fall out of his mouth.
"I wanna listen to Elephants Gerald."
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 28, 2009 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
And I took a quick look at Derek Lee's splits from the seasons that Dusty was in Chicago.
There didn’t seem to be any particularly ugly Aprils or Mays.
But I guess by 2005 Dusty had it all figured out and got D Lee a lot of Spring Training ABs so that he could do this.
"I wanna listen to Elephants Gerald."
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 28, 2009 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Dusty certainly seems to be on EdE's jockstrap
Which isn’t that big a deal for now, but if it means that in a year or two he’s blocking someone like Frazier or Francisco, or we keep him and trade an Alonso, you can color me pissed.
Isn't there a slanket somewhere you should be filling with your farts?
Derek was supposedly a bad starter when he was in Florida
his first year with Dusty was his first year with the Cubs.
I know this because I spent so much money on him at the fantasy auction people thought I was nuts. When he exploded in April, people thought I should up with the “I told you so’s.” I believe the term asshole was added to that pretty liberally, as well.
BK
You were asked a question somewhere in a game thread.
Go find it and report back to me!
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Oswalt didn't act alone
Berkman was on the grassy knoll.
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
by Stephen Higdon on Apr 27, 2009 10:55 PM EDT reply actions
where's Jack Ruby when you need him ??
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by nlt-andrew68 on Apr 27, 2009 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
At AAA
Rosales – .426/.471/.770 4 HR, 13 RBI In 61 AB
Bankston- .346/.404/.750 6 HR, 17 RBI in 52 AB
Gomes improving some, but is nothing close to Rosales and Bankston. I call them both up, DL Edwin and DL or Option Chris Dickerson
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Bankston is not on the 40-man
And I think the 40-man is full. They would have to DFA someone, or put someone on the 60-day DL to clear a spot for him.
I guess that means Rosales has the edge, since he’s on the 40-man.
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BF on it like dirt on a hippie!
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by PeteyHendrix on Apr 28, 2009 3:47 AM EDT up reply actions
i don't konw
lets give Dickerson a little more time, maybe he will start to turn it around, he looked alright before his injury.
Bloop
by justin007000 on Apr 28, 2009 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions
wow... I'm using RR too much...
I definitely just “rec’d” one of my friends’ statuses on facebook…
They seem to be slightly confused.
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if they say anything
respond with “i don’t get it”
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by chandrathan on Apr 27, 2009 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
keeping score question...
when a player hits a single its marked as a single line _
lets say next player grounds to second 4-3…runner advances to second
next batter singles and runner scores from second
how would this look on the scorecard ??
do you circle the run on the original batter or the batter who gets the RBI ?
Nobody listens to Andrew
Score so it makes sense to you.
I’ve seen so many variations, and have over time developed my own way of scoring…
I write FC 4-3, and move the runner up to second. I circle the run on the runner that has scored.
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thanks...
thats what we did, we kind of made up our own way…
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by nlt-andrew68 on Apr 27, 2009 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions
That's the way to go.
The only thing I have yet to really perfect is what to do when a team bats around. Never enough space for that.
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Not a problem you will face keeping score for the 2009 Reds
by timb116 on Apr 28, 2009 8:54 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
i knew ash would know
she’s never had any problems scoring
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by chandrathan on Apr 27, 2009 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
yep
with that i’m going to bed
night folks
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by chandrathan on Apr 27, 2009 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions
put her in for EE then...
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by nlt-andrew68 on Apr 27, 2009 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Only 12,365 in attendance tonight. To put that in perspective, 14,832 people went to see the Los Angeles Sol beat the Washington Freedom on March 30. Yes, those are women's professional soccer teams.
So who would you rather watch?
this
Or THIS
or this
I want to be there when a trailer full of coffins slams into a an ambulance full of terminally ill Bolivians. Or when the Reds win a WS..whichever comes first....
im not down on this loss
didnt get to follow it, but I like how cueto’s pitching.
It’s rough against oswalt and our bullpen was due for a loss, so meh. Hoping for some batting turn-around against wandy.
Oh really?
Against this Wandy?
Isn't there a slanket somewhere you should be filling with your farts?
This sums it up for me
We know that there’s no room for error with the offense. When two key hitters are slumping like EdE and BP, we’ll struggle to score. We don’t necessarily know what to expect from Cueto, so it was great to see him throw peas at the knees.
Also, is it too early to start thinking about flipping Arthur Rhodes? Before he forgets to pay the geriatric reliever witch?
you kidding?
ive already had dreams of trading Rhodes and Weathers in a package deal for a young SS and a few young pitchers.
Consider the Eskimos.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 28, 2009 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
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