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NL/ALDS G2 Open Thread (10/2/11) : Tigers-Yankees, Diamondbacks-Brewers, Phillies-Cardinals

Jerry Hairston is the Miguel Cairo of Chris Styneses.

DSG2: It's a sports-drink based on a video game. Three games today, with the Rangers and Rays idle (series tied 1-1):

DET @ NYY (Yankees lead 1-0)

3pm, Yankee Stadium

Max Scherzer vs. Freddy Garcia

TNT, Postseason.tv

Yankees and Tigers lineups here, with Rob Neyer's take

ARI @ MIL (Brewers lead 1-0)

5pm, Miller Park

Daniel Hudson vs. Zach Greinke

TBS, Postseason.tv

STL @ PHI (Phillies lead 1-0)

8:30pm, Citizens Bank Park

Chris Carpenter vs. Cliff Lee

TBS, Postseason.tv

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Scherzer, Hudson and Greinke are all making post-season debuts. Lee made his debut in '09 in his first non-consecutive term as a Philly. Garcia and Carpenter are old hands, having debuted in the playoff in 2000 with Seattle and 2005 with the Cardinals, respectively. I'm sure most of Reds Country is hoping Carpenter's hand is especially old today, as he pitches on 4 days rest after leading the NL in innings pitched and batters faced this season. But as sure as it won't surprise me if he gives David Friese a between-innings lecture on always positioning himself in the path of the line drives he's giving up, it also won't surprise me if he's lights out.

Probably Unrealistic Future Reds Watch:

Rick Porcello, Tigers

C.J. Wilson, Rangers

James Shields, Rays

Far More Realistic Future Reds Watch:

Ramon Santiago, Tigers

Rafael Furcal, Cardinals

Willie Bloomquist, Diamondbacks

Brad Penny, Tigers

Bartolo Colon, Yankees

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Really want to see Detroit even things up today

I’d hate to see NYY get fully rested before taking on whichever team emerges from the other series. Cabrera’s hit a 2R HR in the first to give Detroit an early lead. If they can take this game with Verlander going in the next, it should be interesting.

by ken on Oct 2, 2011 3:19 PM EDT reply actions  

Especially with Burnett starting Game 4

Mgr., Red Reporter

"Every office I've been in, there has been a guy with weird scars that he needs to explain to you—'it was one of those old Xerox machines, with a lot of razors in it'... or a pale person with a novel of supernatural erotica that keeps getting left on the printer. Major League lineups need those guys, too." - David Roth

by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Oct 2, 2011 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

He still plays baseball?

I thought he was selling fruit on the side of the road.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 2, 2011 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

Nope, that would be Montero

/racist

"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow

by jch24 on Oct 2, 2011 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

For the mental image of Van Morrison alone

this might be one of the funniest lyrics in rock music (from “Sweet Thing”):

And I shall drive my chariot
Down your streets and cry
“Hey, it’s me, I’m dynamite
And I don’t know why”

It also vaguely gets me pumped up, as if it wouldn’t be out of place in a hip hop anthem.

Mgr., Red Reporter

"Every office I've been in, there has been a guy with weird scars that he needs to explain to you—'it was one of those old Xerox machines, with a lot of razors in it'... or a pale person with a novel of supernatural erotica that keeps getting left on the printer. Major League lineups need those guys, too." - David Roth

by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Oct 2, 2011 3:24 PM EDT reply actions  

My wedding song

And I still don’t know why.

by ken on Oct 2, 2011 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

Cuz you're


?

For some reason, there are a lot of images of Jimmy Walker and Anne Coulter on a red carpet.

Mgr., Red Reporter

"Every office I've been in, there has been a guy with weird scars that he needs to explain to you—'it was one of those old Xerox machines, with a lot of razors in it'... or a pale person with a novel of supernatural erotica that keeps getting left on the printer. Major League lineups need those guys, too." - David Roth

by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Oct 2, 2011 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

Max Scherzer against the Yankees ... worries me.

But a little Miguel Cabrera action always makes things better. Man, that guy is super good at baseball.

Is there a mod so powerful he can ban himself?

by andromache on Oct 2, 2011 3:25 PM EDT reply actions  

His control so far is concerning

If he can survive five innings, I’d take it.

by ken on Oct 2, 2011 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions  

He's their very own Tiger Eyes

except he actually gest strikeouts

"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."

by Cy Schourek on Oct 2, 2011 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

Not very well this year - but he's doing all right right now.

/knockonwood.

Is there a mod so powerful he can ban himself?

by andromache on Oct 2, 2011 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

8 Ks per 9?

I’d say he’s Tiger Eyesing it pretty damn well this year.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 2, 2011 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions  

He's K/9ing 8 this season?

Well, strike me silly with day-old catfish.

Is there a mod so powerful he can ban himself?

by andromache on Oct 2, 2011 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

Well, that's just hurtful.

Is there a mod so powerful he can ban himself?

by andromache on Oct 2, 2011 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

It's not intended to be

I actually think you are swell, and am firmly against fish-related violence. Except for carp, of course.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 2, 2011 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

A day old catfish would be pretty small, really.

More of an annoyance than anything.

Is there a mod so powerful he can ban himself?

by andromache on Oct 2, 2011 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

That would depend on how many, right?

Like, four day-old catfish would hardly be noticeable. But a metric ton of day-old catfish could likely be fatal.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 2, 2011 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions  

What about a piranha that's too old to care?

P.S. Hope you caught Andy Rooney’s sign-off tonight. Quite a guy!

by Cuetotally Amazing on Oct 2, 2011 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

I haven't been paying attention to the Tigers at all

but looking through the stats, his walks are down and he’s still striking dudes out. As ken says, if you can get short at-bats against the Yankees, you can beat them. He has the wherewithall to do just htat.

"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."

by Cy Schourek on Oct 2, 2011 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

kinda funny that him, Kennedy, and Granderson were all involved in the same trade

and are all doing their part to get their team in and through the playoffs. That doesn’t happen too often.

"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."

by Cy Schourek on Oct 2, 2011 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions  

What, you mean unlike Kearns, Bray, and Majewski?

Wasn’t Edwin Jackson also in that trade?

Is there a mod so powerful he can ban himself?

by andromache on Oct 2, 2011 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions  

not even like Erubrial Durazo and Flippy.

And yeah, that was Edwin Jackson’s trade from his 2nd to 3rd team. He’s up to 6, and I doubt he comes back to the Cardinals. Can he be this milennium’s Mike Morgan?

"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."

by Cy Schourek on Oct 2, 2011 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

I still can't believe he is 28

Two months younger than Verlander.

"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow

by jch24 on Oct 2, 2011 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

ack

Furcal as a future Red?

I hope not. Cards are extending him for next year. Hopefully after that, the Reds will no longer have need of over the hill veteran shortstops.

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

by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 3:47 PM EDT reply actions  

I really can't get into either AL series.

Other than the de rigueur Yankees hate, I really have no opinion about any of the other teams.

by ams78 on Oct 2, 2011 4:01 PM EDT reply actions  

really?

You don’t care if the scrappy Rays, with half the the payroll of the Reds, built on pitching and defense, prevails over Josh Hamilton’s Rangers, built on slugging?

I find it interesting in all kinds of ways.

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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yep

expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat

by kcgard2 on Oct 2, 2011 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'm pulling for the Rays

but andro has convinced me that the Tigers aren’t all bad neither.

Regardless, go Brewers.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 2, 2011 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

Those are my three top choices

down with the Phillies, Cardinals, Yankees. The DBacks are OK, but I’m slightly anti-Rangers.

expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat

by kcgard2 on Oct 2, 2011 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

go away, Brewers

Beanie Baby is going to be even more insufferable if he has a ring.

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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'm not really rooting for the Brewers either

but that’s probably because I’m rooting more for the Dbacks in this series. Might be because the NL west is my favorite division in baseball.

by pack_fan on Oct 2, 2011 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

Postseason.tv makes it possible for me to spend this entire game

only tracking Jim Leyland’s minutes reaction to on-field events.

Mgr., Red Reporter

"Every office I've been in, there has been a guy with weird scars that he needs to explain to you—'it was one of those old Xerox machines, with a lot of razors in it'... or a pale person with a novel of supernatural erotica that keeps getting left on the printer. Major League lineups need those guys, too." - David Roth

by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Oct 2, 2011 4:02 PM EDT reply actions  

I was watching the abbreviated Game 1 at a friends house with a lot of people who couldn't care less about baseball

And the second they show Leyland, one girl chimes in “I’m going to root for that team.” and then everybody decides that yes, they are going to root for Leyland’s team. He’s done more for the city than any number of Chrysler commercials.

"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."

by Cy Schourek on Oct 2, 2011 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

speaking of,

Posnanski notes Rick Sutcliffe’s Hersheiser moment:

And Rick Sutcliffe shouted something on ESPN about how you could see it in Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon’s eyes — there was no way he was blowing this game.

In the eyes. As soon as Sutcliffe said it, I knew what was going to happen. I knew that Papelbon was going to blow the game.

"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."

by Cy Schourek on Oct 2, 2011 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

dang

As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball.

by Ram27 on Oct 2, 2011 4:47 PM EDT reply actions  

Flag'd as depressing.

Is there a mod so powerful he can ban himself?

by andromache on Oct 2, 2011 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

Logan's slider looks pretty good right now.

Dang.

Is there a mod so powerful he can ban himself?

by andromache on Oct 2, 2011 5:01 PM EDT reply actions  

Cano breaks up the no hitter

Figures it would be him.

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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 5:04 PM EDT reply actions  

A-Rod's looking pretty terrible

Probably not the greatest idea to bat him cleanup.

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

by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 5:09 PM EDT reply actions  

They're complaining about Austin Jackson's strikeouts

He had 181 in the regular season. A piker, says Drew Stubbs.

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

by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 5:18 PM EDT reply actions  

ah, the forfretrain foreshter

"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."

by Cy Schourek on Oct 2, 2011 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

#thingsthatareannoying

Having ‘via SB Nation iPhone app’ tacked on to the bottom of your comment.

by pack_fan on Oct 2, 2011 5:39 PM EDT via iPhone app reply actions  

Jorge Posada hit a triple

The end of the world is nigh.

And the Yankees are so impressed with his wheels they are not putting in C-Dick as a pinch-runner.

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

by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 6:26 PM EDT reply actions  

Yup. Jose Valverde wants to kill me.

That’s the only explanation.

Is there a mod so powerful he can ban himself?

by andromache on Oct 2, 2011 6:29 PM EDT reply actions  

I'm not sure I understand why they even have rubber mats out there for the on deck circle

I wouldn’t stand on them, I’d rather do my warm up swings on the dirt. pretty much all they’re for then is to have the various warm up tools on them. Otherwise they’re just a safety hazard.

by pack_fan on Oct 2, 2011 6:45 PM EDT reply actions  

Sabathia vs. Verlander tomorrow

Should be good.

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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

Upton with the 2-run homer

Brewers-Snakes game is all tied up.

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

by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 6:48 PM EDT reply actions  

Beanie Baby isn't having a great series

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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 6:59 PM EDT reply actions  

Cherry is clutch

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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 7:09 PM EDT reply actions  

Ziegler's falling apart

Can’t believe they’re leaving him in.

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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 7:18 PM EDT reply actions  

kinda crazy

that they let Ziegler give up 5 runs before giving him the hook.

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

by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

Avocado ads might be the most ridiculous ads on TV

they’re just laid out in a bin at the store, I could care less where they’re from.

by pack_fan on Oct 2, 2011 7:35 PM EDT reply actions  

they didn't used to say

“from Mexico.”

I don’t like avocados. They used to grow wild in my backyard. The cat loved them.

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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

I have never heard those 3 sentences, let alone strung together

Is it safe to assume that’s from the HI years?

"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."

by Cy Schourek on Oct 2, 2011 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

yes

My parents had a lot of fruit trees. The house was previously owned by Mormons. (For some reason, there’s a Utah-Hawaii connection. Unusual number of Mormons in Hawaii. And Jehovah’s Witnesses.) Anyway, Mormons have this thing about keeping a year’s supply of food on hand or something like that. Not only do they store dried beans, flour, etc., they like to have food-producing landscaping. So we had lichee, avocado, banana, starfruit, papaya, mango, etc.

The avocado trees were in the large dog pen in the back yard. It was usually kept closed. (We didn’t have any dogs, so people rarely went back there.) But if the door was open, and an avocado fell, the cat would hear it and go running back. If the fall split the fruit, as it usually did, he would chow down. He’d come waddling out looking like he’d swallowed a soccer ball.

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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

I dunno

The party vegetable market is really competitive right now. They are doing their damnedest to get on as many crudité platters in America as possible.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 2, 2011 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

Micah Owings

He was just hurt all the time with the Reds, right? Is that how we are explaining this?

by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 2, 2011 7:55 PM EDT reply actions  

Micah Owings

I love this photo of him:

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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

did you take that?

that’s pretty awesome

Let a man come in and do the Popcorn.

by -ManBearPig on Oct 2, 2011 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

no, I didn't take it

It’s probably a wire services photo. Found it on a Tumblr blog.

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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

Possible Hipster Edit:

“I’ve been trying all my life, to be one of the bubbles.”

by Cuetotally Amazing on Oct 2, 2011 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

x

"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."

by Cy Schourek on Oct 2, 2011 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

Kirk Gibson

has been kinda sucky this series. First he leaves IPK in to face Prince Fielder. Then he leaves Ziegler in to give up five runs in a 4-4 game.

I mean, jeez. People complained about Dusty leaving pitchers in too long, but I don’t think even he would do that.

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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 7:55 PM EDT reply actions  

You're right

I can kinda defend the Kennedy move – kinda – but there is no excuse for leaving Ziegler in that long. He was clearly flat. And that’s probably the series-deciding moment.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 2, 2011 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

down 1-0 in a five game series

You just can’t take that kind of risk.

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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

I never heard IPK as a nickname before this week?

Is it THAT clever of a JFK joke?

"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."

by Cy Schourek on Oct 2, 2011 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

I dunno

It was what he was routinely called when he was a Yankee. Short for Ian Patrick Kennedy. Dunno if “Kennedy” was too long or just too common, but he was known as IPK.

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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

sober and sullen!

I went to just the worst concert last night. I haven’t even listened to music all day today because I just want to take a break from music after that.

"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."

by Cy Schourek on Oct 2, 2011 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

Mt. Eerie

which is supposedly a “thing”. It was one of those concerts where everyone sits crosslegged in front of the stage. I had a headache by the end of it.

The worst of it is, the concert was halfway to fucking south county, and I told this girl I’d hang out with her when I got back from the show. But it didn’t end until midnight, so I had to skatch out. Fuck.

"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."

by Cy Schourek on Oct 2, 2011 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions  

A good friend of mine is really in to Mt. Eerie

He tried to get me to go with him when they were in Cincy a couple weeks ago, but I had to work. They aren’t my favorite, but I can’t imagine it was that bad.

Let a man come in and do the Popcorn.

by -ManBearPig on Oct 2, 2011 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

I think it was more the venue/opening acts

It was in a coffeeshop trying to be a lounge. And if it was a coffeeshop, where I could be doing a couple of other things and have them done in the early evening, it’d be cool. But past midnight listening to a MOOG and a drum machine? FTN, literally.

Frances with Wolves was the opening. They were awful, and so was the bandname.

"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."

by Cy Schourek on Oct 2, 2011 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

Hypocritical Trolls!

right up there with Sentence Structure. #BrendaBandNames

Call em like you see em tHan!

"the only place they lost was the scoreboard"

by Ewok on Oct 3, 2011 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

what the heck is that tattoo?

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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 8:08 PM EDT reply actions  

I know

the Homer Simpson ones still crack me up. Even though they are clearly fake

Let a man come in and do the Popcorn.

by -ManBearPig on Oct 2, 2011 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

It's just

I mean, it’s such a serious and important matter. I just…I don’t know why someone would try to fake something like that. You know what I mean? Like, is nothing sacred?

by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 2, 2011 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions  

No, it's coming back for a second season

Probably in 2012

I need more Kristen Schaal in my TV viewing

Bart: "Dad, what's a Muppet?"
Homer: "Well, it's not quite a mop, not quite a puppet, but man... (laughs, then pauses) So, to answer you question, I don't know."

by ChiDa on Oct 2, 2011 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

pinch-hitting for Owings

He’s a good pitcher now, but not a very good hitter.

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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 8:14 PM EDT reply actions  

The shouting "O!" thing during the national anthem has started to subside in DC

Thanks, citizens of Baltimore, for reminding me how obnoxious it is. Although, at least it pertains to your city.

by Brendanukkah on Oct 2, 2011 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

Really? I thought it was kind of cute.

At least the only thing the O’s have going for them. “Proud to be a country boy” is probably the worst mix of song and city ever to become a baseball tradition

"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."

by Cy Schourek on Oct 2, 2011 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

It's fine for the O's to do it

I don’t have a problem with that. It was the fact that everyone at every DC sporting event I went to would do it. It’s not their city. Most of the events weren’t even baseball.

Although it’s inexcusable that the Capitals have started to jump on that bandwagon and getting the crowd to shout “RED” during the anthem as well.

by Brendanukkah on Oct 2, 2011 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

Carp's in a bit of a jam

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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 8:52 PM EDT reply actions  

x

"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."

by Cy Schourek on Oct 2, 2011 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions   2 recs

ye gods

What IS that?

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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah, fuck the Cards.

You had me at meat tornado. ~ Ron Swanson

by BigBabyBruce on Oct 2, 2011 8:57 PM EDT reply actions  

maybe Carp on short rest

wasn’t a good idea.

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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 8:57 PM EDT reply actions  

man, Carpenter doesn't look good

He looks freaked out. Like he can’t believe this is happening.

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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

Do you think next year bb-ref will have live box scores?

It’s really the only thing they’re missing. I doubt they have the bandwith to support it, but it’d be great.

"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."

by Cy Schourek on Oct 2, 2011 9:05 PM EDT reply actions  

:-|

I like their layout, and it’s a pain sifting through ads and other doohickeys on sports.yahoo

"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."

by Cy Schourek on Oct 2, 2011 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I'm just fuckin' wit ya!

mlb.com does pretty well for live boxscores. FanGraphs WPA updates are Swedish, too.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 2, 2011 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

Did you ever notice

that his name is really close to “Crap”? That’s by design, isn’t it?

by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 2, 2011 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

Pals with Halladay

They have similar whiny/angry faces when they don’t get pitches.

"Prince Fielder is too fat even for the Oakland A’s" - Billy Beane

by ol Pete on Oct 2, 2011 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

Whoa

Carp being pinch-hit for. He’s only at 64 pitches. It’s the 4th inning.

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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 9:55 PM EDT reply actions  

and it's for nought

Punto strikes out. Can’t believe he missed that meatball.

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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

Ah, Mobute Sese Seko has re-won the internet

with this old 2009 piece. It includes this picture:

and this line:


You could fill a railcar with sportswriters bound for ovens he designed, and they would nevertheless still lazily anoint him as humanity’s closest thing to a baseball godhead.

"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."

by Cy Schourek on Oct 2, 2011 9:57 PM EDT reply actions   1 recs

So unchanging

I’m guessing he’s back another year.

"Prince Fielder is too fat even for the Oakland A’s" - Billy Beane

by ol Pete on Oct 2, 2011 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

checked in teh Fay's poll

The early results are holding up. “Trade Joey” is winning. I’m kind of surprised.

And 2.3% of respondents want to trade both Joey and Yonder.

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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 10:01 PM EDT reply actions  

Man

Jon Jay with an elbow to the chops. Why is that okay?

"Prince Fielder is too fat even for the Oakland A’s" - Billy Beane

by ol Pete on Oct 2, 2011 10:03 PM EDT reply actions  

From the "Why should I change my name? He's the one who sucks." Department:
RT @CCarp37: Ok ppl I do not play for the cardinals. Same name, diff person, stop tweeting…. #JustSayin #annoying

- Chris Carpenter, Chicago Cubs

H/T Slyde

by FordhamRam on Oct 2, 2011 10:05 PM EDT reply actions   2 recs

I was about to post this

but I like your header more than anything I could’ve thought of.

"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."

by Cy Schourek on Oct 2, 2011 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

Well, not according to IMDB
Samir: No one in this country can ever pronounce my name right. It’s not that hard: Na-ghee-na-na-jar. Nagheenanajar.
Michael Bolton: Yeah, well, at least your name isn’t Michael Bolton.
Samir: You know, there’s nothing wrong with that name.
Michael Bolton: There was nothing wrong with it… until I was about twelve years old and that no-talent ass clown became famous and started winning Grammys.
Samir: Hmm… well, why don’t you just go by Mike instead of Michael?
Michael Bolton: No way! Why should I change? He’s the one who sucks.

Frankly, while they strain from the exact verbiage, both statements apply to the Cardinals’ version of Carpenter.

by FordhamRam on Oct 2, 2011 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

Cards still alive and kicking

Cliff Lee sucks! Good think we didn’t get him.

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

by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 10:30 PM EDT reply actions  

Cards with the one-run lead

Rollins stupidly gets caught stealing. What was he thinking?

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

by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 11:15 PM EDT reply actions  

when did the Cards pen stop sucking?

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

by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2011 11:59 PM EDT reply actions  

When they signed Charlie Scrabbles' brother

There was something in the air that night, the stars were bright, Arredondo. They were shining there for you and me, for liberty, Arredondo.

by DTFH91 on Oct 3, 2011 8:09 AM EDT up reply actions  

Marc Rzepczynski's nickname is "Scrabble"

Fuck you, it was early

There was something in the air that night, the stars were bright, Arredondo. They were shining there for you and me, for liberty, Arredondo.

by DTFH91 on Oct 3, 2011 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions  

No, fuck YOU!!

This is the internet! You can’t talk to me like that!

by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 3, 2011 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

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