World Series Game 7: Adrian's Revenge?
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Oct 28, 2011 6:29 PM EDT
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The Reds' disappointing 2011 performance aside, this has been a fabulously exciting baseball season - perhaps one in a generation. Instead of an anti-climax, we instead got whatever the opposite of that is. And baseball served it up both the final day of the season and in the World Series. Sure, tonight's game could end up being an uninteresting blowout, but the series already had a game six last night that puts it in the same rarefied air as the 1975 World Series.
Of course, if David Freese and the Cardinals are to the 2011 WS as Carlton Fisk and the BoSox were to the 1975 World Series, then not only do the Cardinals lose, but the Reds win. REDS WIN.
But if the Reds can't win tonight, then one of these two teams probably will. Game Sevens aren't that uncommon (there have been 8 in the last 30 years, or one every 3.75 yr), but it's been almost 10 years. The last one was 2002, when John Lackey led the Angels to a Championship over the Giants. The World has been turned upside-down since then, apparently. That could favor the Rangers, who are the oldest franchise never to win a World Series.
TEX @ STL
8:05pm, Busch Stadium
Matt Harrison vs. Chris Carpenter
FOX
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I have to admit
from a pure drama standpoint, this season has been amazing, the WS most definitely included.
Go baseball!
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by BubbaFan on Oct 28, 2011 6:37 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
The postseason has been great
The collapses of the Sox and Braves over the last month of the regular season were compelling, too.
by poojols on Oct 28, 2011 6:45 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
it's been a great month
I’ll miss it no matter what, but I’ll miss it a bit more if the Rangers win.
"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."
rec'd
especially this post season. the best WS i’ve watched in a long time.
/go Rangers!
by Howie Feltersnatch on Oct 28, 2011 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Harrison vs carpenter, eh
I put my faith in the carpenter.
"the only place they lost was the scoreboard"
That isn't the first time someone has put their faith in a carpenter.
by sexsalad on Oct 28, 2011 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Someone had a sign that said "Jesus was a Carpenter" today
I told them that I hope both of them get nailed.
"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."
by Cy Schourek on Oct 28, 2011 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
worthless trivia
The word that is translated as carpenter actually means craftsman. Someone called that could have been a mason which is much more likely.
"Prince Fielder is too fat even for the Oakland A’s" - Billy Beane
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Scott Roland should retire tomorrow.
by Madville on Oct 29, 2011 7:08 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
so if the Read it and Wept is correct,
your wifey is your daddy?
"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."
Just got back from a week on an island in the Gulf of Mexico
There’s a nor’easter, a Yankee Clipper blowing in. 2-4 inches of snow tomorrow. My timing is astounding.
My soul is just not ready for snow.
by poojols on Oct 28, 2011 6:51 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
they're saying
up to 20" in some parts of NY and New England.
This could suck. The leaves are all still on the trees. That’s a recipe for massive power outages.
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Just got Horrible Bosses today.
I’m thinking I might watch it instead of the first 7 or so innings then turn on the game just in time to watch the Rangers close it out.
They're gonna have this up on a big screen at the haloween party I'm going to
should be fun to see the crowd reac.t.
"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."
a wad of gum
I’m wearing all purple and sticking a shoe on my head.
It’s not gonna win any awards or nothing, but it gets the poitn across.
"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."
looking in the mirror, I think I'd be better off
going as Mr. Violet Beauregard.
"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."
That's actually pretty inventive
Way to kick Halloween’s ass, Cy!
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions
(it was a friend of mine's costume 3 years ago, but he lives in NYC now so he won't know)
"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."
Hey baseball
I’m having kielbasa nachos and OTR.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 7:34 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
One of my favorite bachelor meals
Tortilla chips with shredded cheddar and kielbasa. Forget the vegetables. They’re just empty vitamins.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Is the kielbasa
shredded, or sliced, or what?
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Sliced
Though you could dice it if you really wanted to. In deference to the bachelor context I usually go with the easiest possible method.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions
wouldn't the easiest possible method
be to leave it whole, and just bite chunks out of it?
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I kind of want to pick up a favorite Dominican team for the offseason
any suggestions?
"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."
Go Rangers!!!!
Josh Hamilton better step it up I don’t care how injured he claims to be.
HEY MADS, MY BOY IS GIVING 100% OF 50% SO BACK THE FUCK OFF
MATT HARRISON BETTER LIVE UP TO THE HISTORY OF HIS FRANCHISE’S 1ST ROTATION
These guys didn’t mess around.
By the way Chris Carpenter will run true to course and suck tonite…then blame it on Tony LaLoser and Roy Halliday.
Scott Roland should retire tomorrow.
Hey Chris Carpenter
Go fuck yourself.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 8:06 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
So the MVP is already set, yeah?
Freese if the Cards win, Napoli if the Rangers.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 8:25 PM EDT reply actions
No doubt
You gotta doff your cap to Freese right now. Kid is krush groovin’.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions
prolly could've played that better
but still, Freese has been insane
by Howie Feltersnatch on Oct 28, 2011 8:27 PM EDT reply actions
little lookin on wilson
don’t really like the prospect of that happening
by Howie Feltersnatch on Oct 28, 2011 8:28 PM EDT reply actions
I know I might be the only one
but I do that trade again.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions
i was kinda mad to hear about it
but then i didn’t know what we had in the minors. how we’re we to know we had two future mvps?
by Howie Feltersnatch on Oct 28, 2011 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Hobbs was the quintessential wild card
He could have won an MVP or did a line of coke off a stripper’s tits and never played ball again. When you consider that he was had for $50k and was flipped for a potential ace, it’s still a good deal. It’s the conservative move, but it’s the right one.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Look up Bill Hall All-Stars on our Wiki
and you will totally get it.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
is Harrison coming back?
They made the call to the bullpen already.
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i should have just gone out and gotten drunk
coming home to hear my roommate reduce himself to a groveling retread of a cardinals fan was a bad choice
looked like they were going down quietly
next thing you know, the game’s tied.
If the Reds were in this game, I’d be having a coronary.
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The Reds should be in this game
Harumph.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions
This game
should be at Miller Park!
"Prince Fielder is too fat even for the Oakland A’s" - Billy Beane
GREAT AMERICAN BALL PARK!!!
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions
coulda been
The Cards just never gave up. Reds did, alas.
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I listened to about 15 minutes of Chicago sports radio
and about a half dozen callers in a row called praising the job that Buck does.
"Prince Fielder is too fat even for the Oakland A’s" - Billy Beane
He has a pleasant baritone
and a suffocating sense of self-worth.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't mind almost anyone
but he is grating and a godawful homer.
"Prince Fielder is too fat even for the Oakland A’s" - Billy Beane
Me, I hate just about everyone
and Buck is like a Thom Brennaman clone. And it…it’s like running my soul on a cheese grater.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Carp not looking very sharp
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Unfortunately
neither is Harrison.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions
i'm think the both of them are about to settle in
by Howie Feltersnatch on Oct 28, 2011 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Nah
Carp is gonna get himself preoccupied shaving the whiskers off of cats or poisoning the wells of orphanages or something like that.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
a witch, a witch, can we burn him?
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We cannot resign this man
#RealTalk If the @Cardinals win the #WorldSeries I just might go to #StLouis wearing a #YadiMolina jersey and watch the parade!!!! #ALLREADY
Fire Caldwell.
There's only one guy on the team that types like that and has some contract thing going on.
Fire Caldwell.
so
He’s sucking up, in case he ends up playing there?
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Roger Angell on the 1962 New York Mets, the losingest major league team in the modern era:
[Shortstop Elio] Chacon… was eager but not very talented. And he kept running into the outfield and knocking down Richie Ashburn as he was about to catch a fly ball. And he didn’t speak any English, so Joe Christopher went to him and tried to explain this and then he went to Richie Ashburn and said, "If you’re going to catch a fly ball," he said, "and you see Chacon coming out, what you want to say is, ‘Yo la tengo. Yo la tengo.’—‘I’ve got it.’ And he’ll pull up." So Richie practiced, he said, "Yo la tengo" and a game came along and it was a fly ball. He looked up for the fly ball. Chacon rushed out for him. Richie said, "Yo la tengo, yo la tengo," and he put his hands up—and was knocked flat by Frank Thomas, his left fielder. That was the Mets.
(via Mighty Flynn)
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Janish would have gotten that
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wow, that was close
Looks like a good call, though.
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Seems like a disproportionate number of blondes there
"Prince Fielder is too fat even for the Oakland A’s" - Billy Beane
Carp at 51 pitches through 3
Not going to pitch a complete game tonight.
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Hopefully
he pitches a complete shit game tonight.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Cardinal fans have a saying
and it goes “Craig and Freese and Carp’s on his knees.”
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn
Carp’s working fast. And that is what his wife said.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 9:11 PM EDT reply actions
It's been said before
that David Freese looks like Spicoli, right?
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 9:16 PM EDT reply actions
dunno
how many WS mvps has spicoli won?
by Howie Feltersnatch on Oct 28, 2011 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Yadi Molina looks like
he eats DVRs filled up with Jersey Shore reruns.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 9:18 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Reds roster
is at 40 now, with Denis Phipps added on Oct. 26 and Zack Cozart still on the 60-day DL.
They’ll have to make room for Cozart by the rule 5 deadline (around Thanksgiving, I think).
And I wonder if there are any other players newly eligible for the Rule 5 draft that they want to add. Interesting that Phipps was the first one added.
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Yeah, I guess
Phipps is a 4th OF at best.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Eric Davis really likes him
Thinks his glove is terrific. And he’s got a great arm.
After the way he played this season, they are probably wondering if he’s a late bloomer. Probably just a fluke, but the numbers he put up…I think any team would protect him.
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Yeah, I'd still protect him
but his ceiling is still low.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions
dunno if I'd say his ceiling is low
But his chances of reaching it probably are.
I tend to discount his Louisville numbers. Really SSS, plus I think something fluky was going on in Louisville this season. Everyone was hitting crazy good. Even the struggling Janish was a slugger down there. But Phipps hit well in Carolina, too. Maybe he really has learned something. Probably not, but you never know.
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I hope so
but I ain’t holdin’ my breath.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions
he sure was a good pickup for them
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He's gonna roll up a DP
C’mon, DP.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions
you're going to hurt Joey Votto's feelings
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Jim Edmonds = doooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 9:29 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Jim Edmonds
turned up in a true crime book I was reading yesterday. No, he didn’t kill anyone. He put up a chunk of change as a reward for finding someone who it turned out was the victim of a serial killer. He said because he had kids around the same age.
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central cali
San Luis Obispo. Probably his Anaheim days.
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i needed to judge
that makes me feel better
by Howie Feltersnatch on Oct 28, 2011 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions
LaRussa looks like he's wearing makeup
"Prince Fielder is too fat even for the Oakland A’s" - Billy Beane
Carpenter, ugh. Button your shirt.
I don't know why my kids call me that. I think I'm a pretty nice mom.
oh, quit booing
It wasn’t intentional, and there was no way it was going to hurt him, hitting his baggy jersey.
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The classies boo opposing teams for accidentally hitting someone?
But they’re ok with Tony drilling people. Yeah.
"Prince Fielder is too fat even for the Oakland A’s" - Billy Beane
What would Molina be discussing with the ump
when he came up?
"Prince Fielder is too fat even for the Oakland A’s" - Billy Beane
don't walk him, doofus
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wow, that pitch had a lot of motion
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really molina?
if that wasn’t a strike nothing is
by Howie Feltersnatch on Oct 28, 2011 9:55 PM EDT reply actions
foxtrax had that
surprising he wasn’t rung up (looked to be a ball) after leaving the box on the clear strike call. umps usually don’t like that. then again this is in st. louis. and the WS. call ’em as you see ’em.
by Howie Feltersnatch on Oct 28, 2011 9:57 PM EDT reply actions
Are you saying the ump is visually impaired?
"Prince Fielder is too fat even for the Oakland A’s" - Billy Beane
also, catchers usually get more breaks than others
being behind the plate and all
by Howie Feltersnatch on Oct 28, 2011 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I can see why he was fooled
that pitched looked like it was going to be outside, then moved back over the plate. Way back over.
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Fangraphs
has Win Expectancy up to 90%. That is what we call a Bad Thing.
that seems awfully high
it’s early yet, and the score is still pretty close.
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speaking of which
what does yesterday’s look like?
by Howie Feltersnatch on Oct 28, 2011 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
it looks like it was
heart palpitations
by Howie Feltersnatch on Oct 28, 2011 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions
it's almost 100 percent now
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ain't so bad
ain’t so good either though
by Howie Feltersnatch on Oct 28, 2011 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions
fucking shit
fuck you Carpenter
by Howie Feltersnatch on Oct 28, 2011 10:06 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
we (every fan of baseball that isn't a bitch) are fucked
What's your spaghetti policy?
by DannyGraves on Oct 28, 2011 10:08 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
This is like a bad dream
what an awful end to an awful season
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Conundrum:
Want ice cream. Have cat on lap. What do?
Tell a woman to get it for you
#highfive
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
you full of zingers
remember those?
by Howie Feltersnatch on Oct 28, 2011 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
The correct answer is to get rid of the cat.
Even if you don’t get the ice cream, get rid of the cat.
by sexsalad on Oct 28, 2011 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
i can't wait to call my buddy's parents (in st. louis) around 2 am this evening
i did it to them as well in 2006
by Howie Feltersnatch on Oct 28, 2011 10:10 PM EDT reply actions
Allen Craig
wishes he were a 007 villain.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 10:14 PM EDT reply actions
How does he explain that to his son?
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
like his son
He hasn’t figured out how buttons work yet.
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by BubbaFan on Oct 28, 2011 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
shoulda pinch-hit for Carpenter
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What the hell, Carp
He was shit through two innings.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 10:21 PM EDT reply actions
Way back in, like, 2002
Dotel was with the Astros. My best friend and I went to a game against the ’stros and we chanted “Do-tel, you smell!” at him. He blew the save and the Reds won.
Do-tel, you smell. Do-tel, you smell. Do-tel, you smell.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 10:27 PM EDT reply actions
To continue the npr theme from Red It,
“wait, wait, dotel me”
by ken on Oct 28, 2011 10:32 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
As if this game isn't depressing enough
I went to the Brewers site for the first time since they lost. Besides idiotic things like they might bring Counsell and/or Hawkins back or play McGehee at 1st, there was this odd note:
Part of Melvin’s review with manager Ron Roenicke will center on why the Brewers did not pitch inside to Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols on a more consistent basis.
"Prince Fielder is too fat even for the Oakland A’s" - Billy Beane
Rangers becoming the 90s Braves of this decade
by ken on Oct 28, 2011 10:38 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Hi kids, what have I missed?
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
crolfer tried to bring some weak-ass Turtles shit up in here
so I showed him what it is with some hard-ass Dylan. And the Rangers should be winning this, but they aren’t.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Let's see
So far today the Big 12 chose West Virginia over Louisville (Fuck you Texas), Louisville freshman basketball stud Wayne Blackshear tore his labrum and will miss the entire season, and now St. Louis is about to win the World Series.
Dear God – When I broke down last night and prayed for you to smite the Cardinals, THIS IS NOT WHAT I MEANT, SMARTASS.
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
Sorry dude
West Virginia is waaaay better than Looo-iss Ville.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Only in football, and they won't be within 3 years
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
Morgantown knows how to PAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTTTTTYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I have never been to Morgantown
From every single story I’ve heard from people who have been a fan of the visiting team, I don’t want to.
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
might as well walk Freese
He’ll probably homer if you don’t.
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i need a shot
honey jack is good
by Howie Feltersnatch on Oct 28, 2011 10:47 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Welp
The Rangers should have won it last night. And they know that more than anyone.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 28, 2011 10:50 PM EDT reply actions
The Muppets are going to sing a version of Cee Lo Green's "Fuck You" in their new movie?
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
"I see you drivin round town with the girl I love and I'm like"
“Bork Booork. Bork Bork Bork!”
by DerekH91 on Oct 28, 2011 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
My 6yo daughter totally owned my wife tonight, btw
Right after the national anthem had been sung my daughter proclaimed, “I can sing God Bless America, I know all the words”. My wife teasingly said, “No way, you don’t know all the words!”, so my daughter broke off a perfect rendition, on key. I’m not sure whether to be proud or scared.
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
nice
be proud and scared like the rest of us
by Howie Feltersnatch on Oct 28, 2011 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought I knew all the words. This is what I came up with.
“God bless America, land that I love. Stand beside her, and guide her, with the force and the horse all above. From the mountains, to the high ways, back to the mountains…like a dome? God bless America, my home sweet home.”
I figure that’s pretty close.
Is there a mod so powerful he can ban himself?
by andromache on Oct 28, 2011 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
That'll do, pig. That'll do.
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
I'm depressed
why did the Crew have to let this happen? Only they truly understand how important it is to stop the Cardinals
why did the Reds let this happen?
We were close enough to catch the Cards in August.
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we may have let the camel's nose in the tent
but the Braves are the ones who hauled that mammoth all the way through
I blame the Braves
What an epic collapse.
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we took two of three against them right after the asb
It was all downhill from there.
by ken on Oct 28, 2011 11:13 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
the community theater in my hometown
is doing “Rocky Horror.”
My mom wants to go to a matinee performance. 
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Actually, the cards traded him for Freese
So Jimmy gets a ring under the Nomar rule.
by ken on Oct 28, 2011 11:21 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Watching the Cardinals win the World Series can be summed up thusly
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
by jch24 on Oct 28, 2011 11:05 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
So say you were going to have sex with a conjoined twin
Would the other twin also have to consent? How does that work?
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
I'd say it depends on which parts are conjoined
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what if they had a baby?
How the hell would that work?
What's your spaghetti policy?
by DannyGraves on Oct 28, 2011 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I leave you with this, enjoy
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
you forgot the requisite"god damn" or "fuck"
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
by jch24 on Oct 28, 2011 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Thanks! It works now! Man, that is a hilarious video.
Is there a mod so powerful he can ban himself?
It worked for you?
I tried that and it just shut down Chrome. Then I tried deleting system32 but then my computer was taking a long time to start up and I had to leave for work this morning so I haven’t been able to see it. I hope it’s worth all this.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 29, 2011 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions
because you touch yourself at night
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
by jch24 on Oct 28, 2011 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
At least we get a teaser trailer for hell.
Looks fucking awful.
Fire Caldwell.
by Ram27 on Oct 28, 2011 11:22 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Well, shit.
Good for them. Gives me some hope for next year.
by ken on Oct 28, 2011 11:27 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
unreal
Credit where it’s due. They were left for dead. They made the right moves and never gave up. Now they’re the world champs. Again.
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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
pretty impressive though…
"I slyde my boehner into sexsalad...."
Sounds like a johnu1 production. --jch24
x
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
by jch24 on Oct 28, 2011 11:39 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I'm glad I was born and raised atheist
I’d hate to be disillusioned at this late date.
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Penn Jillette was the only reason I ever became an athiest
What's your spaghetti policy?
by DannyGraves on Oct 28, 2011 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow. There are some very legitimate reasons to be an atheist
But he doesnt know a single one of them.
It feels so nice to be back to normal
by nycredsfan on Oct 29, 2011 8:08 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions 3 recs
I'd love to have a discussion about this with you, but there is zero percent chance that discussion takes place here
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
In all sincerity, you knowmy email. You are welcome anytime
Let’s just not discuss it on WWF, mkay?
It feels so nice to be back to normal
by nycredsfan on Oct 29, 2011 10:27 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
The problem with any semi-serious discusion is text's slack of tone of voice
The same goes for joking around. Meeting RRs in person does wonders , because it lets you put a voice and general attitude with the comment. Anyone who has met me knows that while I’m slightly manic, I’m not generally an asshole.* Usually when I say something terrible, I’m laughing at my own ridiculousness in doing so.
*Situations involving heavy alcohol usage not included, offer valid only at participating locations, some restrictions may apply.
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
by jch24 on Oct 29, 2011 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
sQuatman's is a participating location!
The ends justify the means
by Highlifeman21 on Oct 29, 2011 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I need something to cheer me up
I’m definitely waking the kids up with a chainsaw and video camera in the morning. Video to follow.
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
by jch24 on Oct 28, 2011 11:42 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
The wife said no to the chainsaw and suggested the leaf blower instead
But she leaves for work tomorrow around 6:30, so yeah.
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
by jch24 on Oct 28, 2011 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Beavis & Butthead time, see you guys.....sometime soon I suppose
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
by jch24 on Oct 28, 2011 11:47 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
You mean the Cardinals postgame presser is on?
/Canned laughter.
/Credits roll on 2011 season.
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 28, 2011 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not even even looking forward to HSL or springtraining
or the caravan, or Redsfest, or Opening Day, or tomorrow, or ever
What's your spaghetti policy?
by DannyGraves on Oct 28, 2011 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions
or not repeating words
What's your spaghetti policy?
by DannyGraves on Oct 28, 2011 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't worry, it all took place in within the rich inner life of a child
St. Elsewhere Cardinals 5, Rangers 2.
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 28, 2011 11:58 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Isn't it time...
to look at the Cards’ professionalism—yes, professionalism—and ask ourselves what our Reds could learn from them? Say what you will about Carpenter, but every team would like to have him, his competitiveness, physical ability, focus—including the Reds. And you have to wonder what might have been if Berkman had been patrolling LF in Cincinnati this season. And did you see those ABs last night when they were down, how much they bore down and stayed focused? Freese gets the credit, but I’d look to Craig, Jay and Descalso and the work they did under pressure last night—reminds me of Hatcher and Dunacn from 1990. Aside from Votto, who gives us those ABs? Not Bruce, not yet. Not even Phillips, who is great. Do the role players step up like the Cards’ did?
Say what you will, but over the past 2 months, the Cards put on a clinic of championship baseball.
by jamesp50014 on Oct 29, 2011 1:26 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
And also...
Over the last 20 years, TLR has put on a clinic of being a classless douche.
Also, Yadier Molina is the best catcher ever?
Sorry, but equating TLR with professionalism is just off. He’s the Bill Belichick of baseball.
Phone's ringing, Dude.
cards do a fantastic job of finding and developing talent every year
berkman/holliday/pujols a big reason for their success but man that team has lots of quality young players too: garcia, freese, jay. That team could be good for many years.
I'm not sure how much we can learn from them
This season was thrilling, but what I’m taking away from it is that luck plays a huge role. As Posnanski said, the postseason is designed for surprises. But more than that…I think luck plays a much bigger role in even the regular season than I had realized. Teams can play above themselves…or, alas, below themselves…for the whole year. It doesn’t always even out.
The Cardinals were lucky. Berkman was a bust for the Yankees last year, and could well have been this year, too. Even if we knew he would be the Berkman of old, I’m not sure Banana Bob would have been willing to shell out $8 million for him. The Cards’ payroll was $105 million this year. The Reds was $75 million. That’s a significant difference, and a whole different way of getting the job done. It’s as significant a difference as that between the Reds’ payroll and the Rays’.
Low-payroll teams can win, as the Marlins did. High payroll teams can win, as the Phillies did. And middle-high teams like the Cards have won. I’m not sure there’s been an example recently of a team like the Reds, with a middle-low payroll, winning it all. Doesn’t mean it can’t be done, but there’s no pattern to follow. I wonder if teams with the Reds’ payroll have the worst of both worlds, at least when it comes to winning. Maybe a payroll in that bracket means a team that has too much money wrapped up in a few players.
I do credit the Cards for never giving up. As Yankees beat writer Tyler Kepner said:
As an underdog, the Cardinals are a tough sell: their most recent title came in 2006, and only the Yankees have won more. But their story will be a beacon to any team that ever seems out of the race. Remember the 2011 Cardinals. Remember the 2011 season, especially the last two months.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Again,
I think that what won the WS for the Cards wasn’t payroll so much as a certain professional disposition. They could have mailed it in with a .500 September—but then they would have been in no position to capitalize on the Braves’ epic collapse. They played well despite the odds. At some point late in the season, the Reds were only a few games behind the Cards. Look what happened from there and ask how it happened.
Did you also notice that they were not intimidated by their division series opponents and found a way to beat them?
I did credit the players for not giving up
But you can’t say payroll didn’t enter into it. They made some big moves at the deadline, and they paid off.
So, perhaps some credit for the front office for not giving up, either. But…the fact that their moves paid off was also somewhat lucky. A lot of other teams made big moves, too, and they didn’t work out. Milwaukee went all in this year. They lost to the Cards, and I don’t think it was because they were a worse team or less “professional.” Luck plays a huge role in the short post-season. It’s a crapshoot.
Anyway, my point about payroll wasn’t that you need a huge payroll to win. If that were true, the Yankees would be WS champs every year. But…different payrolls require different strategies. The Cards may be the wrong template for the Reds. (And perhaps Jocketty is having trouble with the adjustment.)
I am seriously wondering if the key to winning the WS for the Reds is either to drastically increase payroll…or drastically cut it.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
What I got out of this WS is:
LaLoser is still a creepy dweeb and Carpenter is a jerk.
David Freese is a gamer.
Any team with Prince Albert has no need to be intimidated period.
= 
Todd Frazier is a gamer.
Scott Roland should retire tomorrow.
Last night was interesting
I tried to get on RR but I was too high to figure out how.
by crolfer on Oct 29, 2011 9:43 AM EDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
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