Sox v. A's, Pt. 3: At least the jagged end of an unused broken broomstick is good for something
by Toonderstrook on Aug 16, 2009 7:10 PM CDT
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I actually took contemporaneous notes during interesting points of the game today in order to refresh my recollection when the beer haze wore off. I planned to share those thoughts and others regarding Bob Geren's pitching staff management from the point of view of A's fans, the woman behind me who was full of nuggets like "I almost wore sandals today but I didn't think about it," questionable calls from the umpiring crew, and today's old-timey 1929 motif. After much contemplation, I've decided I really don't have much to say other than
"FUCK YOU AND THE TIMELY-HITTING HORSE YOU RODE IN ON, MARK ELLIS!!!"
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Time running out to create excitment to fill seats
Schools soon to be kicking in and games like today (and this last road trip) will start to keep fans away. Team has 2 sold out games starting this week, if they want to have fans support them, play like it then!!!
One catch (and 1 hit) does not make you a major league player... or does it?
Thank you for your piercing
and cogent analysis. I weep at your prose and wish I could slit my wrists because of the envy I feel at your ability to manipulate a phrase.
Seriously, that dinger hurt.
We’re a pack of a-holes. And my tradition of contributing absolutely nothing to this site... continues.
by winningugly on Aug 16, 2009 8:18 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
yes
i'll delete your SSS existence in a second. there is nothing that allows SSS posters, at any one moment, to keep posting, but the mere pleasure of larry.
-larry
by blackoutsox on Aug 16, 2009 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Somehow...
This game didn’t bother me as much as some of the previous ones. I guess I am happy with 2 of 3 in Oakland. Still, it’s a crappy way to lose.
"The next fu#&@ng person that walks across this stage is going to get fu#&ng killed, aright?"
2 out of 3 is fine...
but check out that lineup the A’s trot out there.
Don't call it a comeback.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 16, 2009 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions
And the staff's not much better.
Don't call it a comeback.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 16, 2009 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Except for Holliday, Cabrera, Giambi, and a not terrible Cust.
Don't call it a comeback.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 17, 2009 12:06 AM CDT up reply actions
Whoops, you meant the staff, eh? My bad. I got a lot of sun again today.
Don't call it a comeback.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 17, 2009 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions
Our old pal Charlie Haeger starts tomorrow for LAD vs Carpenter and STL
I thought that was interesting.
Castro ran into the dugout and told pitcher Jose Contreras, "He hasn't missed a spot all day. I think hes going to do it." Contreras replied, "Shut the fuck up."
He wasn't there on Friday and the win flowed just fine.
Don't call it a comeback.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 17, 2009 12:04 AM CDT up reply actions
Like hell the win flowed just fine
you watched both Friday and Sat. Friday was a nail-biter. Saturday, when I was in attendance, the Sox win by 7 (and we all know the two are clearly related). Trooper makes a valid point, acknowledge the man!
...take your hobbit circle jerk to another thread
by larry on May 18, 2009 8:58 PM PDT
Well at least there is this
Scott Podsednik, who played center field until Rios’ arrival, started in left Sunday and Guillen suggested he would try to keep Rios in center as much as possible.
To which I respond: “duh”
fucking dome
Keep in mind Kenny's belief in CF being the easiest of the 3. I would not be surprised if they moved Rios to one of the corners.
Fearlessly the idiot faced the crowd, smiling.
by homesickalien on Aug 17, 2009 8:53 AM CDT up reply actions
Please be true... a center fielder that Ozzie will let play center
One catch (and 1 hit) does not make you a major league player... or does it?
Cheat's call has been answered
Hot ticket: Only a few thousand upper-deck tickets are available for Monday night’s game against the Royals.
Lower-level tickets remain available for Tuesday night’s game, in which Freddy Garcia makes his return, but the upper level is sold out.
I totally dig their twitter ticket promo
just got a pair of tix for Tuesday’s game to see big game Freddy go at it.
Lupe, release the balloons!
Could Pods have caught that ball hit to the wall in the 8th?
i was sitting along the first base line and didnt get a good look nor did I see the replay. It looked from afar that it may have been catchable if not for pods’ defense
I didn't have any better any angle from behind the plate, but my initial reaction was no.
After just watching the replay, it looks like Pods didn’t get all the way to the wall and may have had a shot if he’d done so. Either way, BA would’ve had it.
Don't call it a comeback.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 17, 2009 10:11 AM CDT up reply actions
I can't imagine Quentin'd have caught it.
Didn’t see a great angle on the initial tag at second even on replay, but it looked like Nix picked up his glove before Davis’ hand came off the bag.
Don't call it a comeback.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 17, 2009 10:18 AM CDT up reply actions
Wise would have had it
the radio announcers for the A’s said that Pods mis-timed his jump (gee, there’s something new) and that was the reason the ball hit off the wall.
They also said that had Nix kept his glove on Davis at second as Davis overslid the bag, Davis would have been called out.
...take your hobbit circle jerk to another thread
by larry on May 18, 2009 8:58 PM PDT
I was listening to the radio and didn't see the play
I was just recounting what I heard from Vince and Ray.
...take your hobbit circle jerk to another thread
by larry on May 18, 2009 8:58 PM PDT
it most certainly is
In game 2 of a series at Oakland at the start of the 2007 season, Pods misjudged a fly ball at the LF wall and it bounced off his head, allowing what I recall as the winning run to score. Either he or Ozzie should learn from their mistakes (I write this halfway in jest).
Wise has shown his ability to time jumps at the wall. Ozzie believes in Jesus’s power and has been rewarded with the powers of a clairvoyant. He knew that there would be a play at the wall, but decided to allow Pods the chance to redeem himself for that play in 2007 and Wednesday’s blunder at 3B. What can we say, it didn’t work out. Jesus still loves us.
There’s probably some sort of metric that would offer insight into when the best fielders are most critical to a game’s outcome when you’re up by minimal runs and it’s late in the game…
...take your hobbit circle jerk to another thread
by larry on May 18, 2009 8:58 PM PDT
nix certainly wouldn't have gotten him sliding off the bag.
the issue was whether nix got him before he reached second. it was close and there wasn’t a real good view of it on any of the replays. i’d say nix didn’t get him but hawk will disagree with me.
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I don't think Nix got him before he hit the bag either
But I do think if the ump had not started to signal out before changing the call to safe, Nix would have not pulled as far away from the runner and would have had a chance to tag him when he slid past the base.
by Grinder in Training on Aug 17, 2009 10:24 AM CDT up reply actions
don't pay attention to what the ump is doing. pay attention to what the runner is doing.
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I don't disagree
I’m just saying what happened. He was watching the ump and showing him the ball. Had the ump made a call right away he could have reacted better to what the base runner was doing. Instead the umpire started to call him out then called him safe, giving the base runner an extra second to get back to the base. I’m not saying what Nix did was correct.
by Grinder in Training on Aug 17, 2009 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions
the umpire did not give the base runner an extra second to get back on the base. he is not the one with the ball. nix has the ball.
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I'm not arguing that
I don’t know what you’re trying to prove, I agreed with you, Nix shouldn’t be watching the ump.
Doesn’t change the fact the umpire messed up too.
by Grinder in Training on Aug 17, 2009 10:55 AM CDT up reply actions
He inconvenienced himself
EVERYBODY PICK US FOR 3RD OR 4TH SO I DINK WE DOIN POOTY GOO
Sox Machine
by Sox Machine on Aug 17, 2009 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions
The ump did Nix a slight favor...
By telling him that the play was still live, if anything.
I like Nix, but that play was 100% on him.
by The Jerry Royster Experience on Aug 17, 2009 11:33 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I wouldn't have thought you'd be a Nix guy.
Don't call it a comeback.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 17, 2009 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions
Why not?
He’s not great, but he’s a fine utility player. He reminds me of Tony Graffanino.
by The Jerry Royster Experience on Aug 17, 2009 4:02 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Not enough singles.
Don't call it a comeback.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 17, 2009 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions
You don't seriously believe that about me, do you?
by The Jerry Royster Experience on Aug 17, 2009 4:10 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
No. I give you the benefit of the doubt on rationality.
Don't call it a comeback.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 17, 2009 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions
So you're the guy....(I miss Pablo)
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Aug 17, 2009 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions
I actually think Q does make the catch
It’s glove hand side and he has the common sense to move to the wall. Im fed up with Pods in the field.
"Oh well back to work"
The 3-3 road trip keeps them on my predicted pace/ Detroit did also
Im just pissed they should have gained a game.
"Oh well back to work"
I'm fed up with both of them.
Other than the non-wall seeking fly balls, it seemed as though neither Pods nor Q could come up with anything cleanly all weekend. Every time there was a base hit in that direction, I’d anticipate a runner taking an extra base.
Don't call it a comeback.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 17, 2009 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I too could not believe how brutal they were in the field
I don’t get to watch many games, so maybe this series was par for the course, but they are both hacking it up out there. It’s so bad that the mentioned it in the pregame show for the A’s radio broadcast. As good of announcers as the A’s have, they don’t usually get that far into the nuances of the other team.
Also, there was also an interview with Tabasco (he went to high school in Hayward – just South of Oakland) that I missed because I went to the grocery store. Nuts.
...take your hobbit circle jerk to another thread
by larry on May 18, 2009 8:58 PM PDT
well, the field was in terrible condition from a football game.
but yes, pods is terrible in the field.
it is what it is......
Must have hit the few good spots when the ball was hit to everybody but those two.
Don't call it a comeback.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 17, 2009 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions
The A's groundkeepers should be embarrassed by the field conditions,
including not covering the yard markers from the NFL game. What, budgets are so tight they can’t spring for a couple of cans of green spray paint? The Sodfather should have shown up and bitch slapped all those guys.
However, the A’s played on the same lousy field, so the Sox have no excuses. They should have gained a game and blew it. It’s coming down to crunch time, so I hope they man up for the strtech run.
"My problem is, I've been lazy." - Carlos Zambrano
Honestly, the yard markers are the only thing that gave that dump any character this weekend.
Don't call it a comeback.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 17, 2009 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions
frankly,
that green spray paint looks like shit when they do it.
White Sox Minor League Updates: http://twitter.com/SouthSidelarry
Not with Green Now!
One catch (and 1 hit) does not make you a major league player... or does it?
i rec toonder for calling Q out with the shitty D
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa... Time out Greenbay. Tell that fucking bullshit to the tourists
by onlysoxfaninboston on Aug 17, 2009 4:19 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't care if Greinke is pitching on Wed...if we don't sweep these bums
I will be pissed. I know I’m not alone
I agree
I will sacrifice a pit bull if they don’t. —-Vick
(too soon??)
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Aug 17, 2009 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Not too soon. Too old.
By the way, you missed a killer second set at Toyota Park.
Don't call it a comeback.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 17, 2009 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions
I heard they played Wilson and Chalk Dust Torture in the second set
I am pissed I missed it – had a meeting for work that I had to drive out near Iowa. To make matters worse when I was driving back I hit a batch of giant bugs that pummeled my car for about 20 minutes – covered my ride in green slime. It was something out of the twilight zone. Guys at the car wash were laughing when I pulled in.
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Aug 17, 2009 12:59 PM CDT up reply actions
the Carini and 2001 made my night.
Don't call it a comeback.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 17, 2009 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Those were some highlights
overall, thought the first set stunk. Second set was okay.
The fucked up the hood jam in a really unusual way though.
The first set sounds a lot better to me on further listening.
Especially the CW.
Don't call it a comeback.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 17, 2009 1:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Either of you YMSB fans?
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Aug 17, 2009 1:46 PM CDT up reply actions
I loves me some Yonder.
Don't call it a comeback.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 17, 2009 1:47 PM CDT up reply actions
New album coming out 9/1
I’m a big fan too. I have a 2001 Telluride Bluegrass Poster autographed by the band and framed on my mantel at home – wife has been threatening for months that she is going to take it down. I’m fightin’ like a fish in a toilet to keep it up…
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Aug 17, 2009 1:53 PM CDT up reply actions
this is major league baseball.
expecting to sweep a team borders on the ridiculous.
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Expecting ANY particular result from the Sox borders on ridiculous
"My problem is, I've been lazy." - Carlos Zambrano
the mantra doesn't change.
2 of 3 at home, .500 on the road. 86 wins take the division.
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home road splits are so constant in all sports
some guy did a study of Scottish Div 3 football games (because people always say it’s down to crowds and stuff like that) and these games you would be lucky to have 200 people and a couple of cows watching the game home or away. And always teams would have better home records – must be the familarity with the playing environment that is the key factor I guess.
I once read a cool article years ago
on this pro gambler. His angle was picking the worst series odds wise and betting the dog every game. He tracked the whole season for the purpose of the piece. It was an extreme + play and he made most of his cash on the last game when the dog team had lost the first two. Sweeps just aren’t that common, no matter how bad the competition. In more recent years Vegas and off shore books have tried to account for this. Call it mind games, whatever….
"Oh well back to work"
patience young grasshopper? Yeah, I guess you're right
I’m just getting antsy
It's never fun following a .500 team
The Chicago Bulls.....the more profitable Los Angeles Clippers.
by Ozzie Montana on Aug 17, 2009 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions
every time
i'll delete your SSS existence in a second. there is nothing that allows SSS posters, at any one moment, to keep posting, but the mere pleasure of larry.
-larry
I was doing the same Q2.
Last night I was getting all wound up; “All right! Big home stand! Gotta take 5! Season’s almost over!!!”
Then I realized I was crazy, and went to sleep.
*beverage spills*
Ed Farmer: "Is it raining in here?"
Steve Stone: "I've made an egregious mistake."
Im fine with 2 out 3
You’re right I don’t get the expect sweep. Maybe the Nationals. Give me a 4-2 homestand boys.
"Oh well back to work"
especially when 2 out of 3 pitchers you have going are named freddy garcia and jose contreras.
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Big game names right derrr.
give them all surgery
unclutcherectomies for everyone
RISP! DO YOU SPEAK IT
by billyok on Aug 16, 2009 9:45 PM PDT
by homesickalien on Aug 17, 2009 1:34 PM CDT up reply actions
MB on Sunday? For living 2000 miles away, I may get to see 3 MB outings this season. Not too shabby.
give them all surgery
unclutcherectomies for everyone
RISP! DO YOU SPEAK IT
by billyok on Aug 16, 2009 9:45 PM PDT
by homesickalien on Aug 17, 2009 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions
that would be my assumption...off day on Thurs
but Floyd and Danks need their games before MB goes, so it’d be Sunday…yay for you
borders on inSSHanity
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa... Time out Greenbay. Tell that fucking bullshit to the tourists
by onlysoxfaninboston on Aug 17, 2009 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions
http://www.athleticsnation.com/2009/8/16/991744/extra-athletics-win-base-ball
" Do you guys know people like you are the reason I wouldn’t come on for exstended periods of time. You rui the baseball blogging expieriance."
by trademaker on May 30, 2009 10:31 PM PDT
bully!
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on Aug 17, 2009 1:17 PM CDT up reply actions
If the broomstick is unused how come the end is jagged?
Is this some kind of cryptic crossword clue, that I can’t understand?
I know about brushes you see.
It is unused as intended because the sweep was not completed. In frustration, I broke the broomstick in two, resulting in a jagged edge.
Don't call it a comeback.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 17, 2009 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Now you can put somebody's eye out. Lucky you!
...take your hobbit circle jerk to another thread
by larry on May 18, 2009 8:58 PM PDT
As Hoodie's shoulders droop in sadness
he was hoping that there was an erotic ending to the story that typically happens in London after a few too many pints, a lady friend and a brush(es).
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Aug 17, 2009 1:19 PM CDT up reply actions
we can't sweep anyone
it’s getting really frustrating – remember when Thornton gave up that GS against the Rays when we looked well good to win that game, and jenks blowin the save against Pittsburgh, arrrgh, pain in the fucking arse
10 series with a sweep still possible going into the final game.
Two completed (Royals and Indians). The other eight: lose 20-1 to the Twins, 4-3 to the Pirates (Jenks gives up three straight hits, including game-tying homer to Joltin’ Jack Wilson), 3-1 to the Angels (Jared Weaver…enough said), 10-8 to the Indians (Richard lasts an inning +), 10-2 to the Orioles, 8-5 to the Yankees (bad Buehrle), 9-5 to the Angels (bad Danks), and 3-2 yesterday.
Don't call it a comeback.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 17, 2009 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions
lost the second of the four.
Don't call it a comeback.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 17, 2009 1:38 PM CDT up reply actions
I hate the viewing experience of every game in that dump.
Don't call it a comeback.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 17, 2009 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions
As did I. Though not nearly as much as I hated Linebrink blowing it to the Cubs on that Thursday.
give them all surgery
unclutcherectomies for everyone
RISP! DO YOU SPEAK IT
by billyok on Aug 16, 2009 9:45 PM PDT
by homesickalien on Aug 17, 2009 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Not even going to give Getz an assist there?
Don't call it a comeback.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 17, 2009 1:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Carl's RBI double made up for the error.
give them all surgery
unclutcherectomies for everyone
RISP! DO YOU SPEAK IT
by billyok on Aug 16, 2009 9:45 PM PDT
by homesickalien on Aug 17, 2009 1:53 PM CDT up reply actions
He probably didn't care as much
going into the bottom of the inning knowing that his earlier error didn’t cost any runs and that he had one in the bank with the double.
Don't call it a comeback.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 17, 2009 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions
i was at the yankee and angel games
brutal
i'll delete your SSS existence in a second. there is nothing that allows SSS posters, at any one moment, to keep posting, but the mere pleasure of larry.
-larry
do you think Usain Bolt would make a good lead off man?
Jesus – did you see that last night? – incredible
hey hoodie
just out of curiosity, how did you come to be a baseball fan (and a white sox one at that)?
" Do you guys know people like you are the reason I wouldn’t come on for exstended periods of time. You rui the baseball blogging expieriance."
by trademaker on May 30, 2009 10:31 PM PDT
It used to on tv here late at night on Sunday
I’m not a good sleeper, so am often up in the early hours, and I got into the game like that – so watched it on and off for years – but never really followed any team. But often saw other comments and stuff around always having a go at the White Sox – reminds me very much how my team Leeds Utd are treated here. So ther were the obvious choice after that.
thanks
i’d been wondering for a while now
" Do you guys know people like you are the reason I wouldn’t come on for exstended periods of time. You rui the baseball blogging expieriance."
by trademaker on May 30, 2009 10:31 PM PDT
I actually wondered the same thing
We should have an ‘ask hoodie’ thread in which he enlightens us about the other side of the world.
Hoodie, if you don’t mind, I was wondering what channel baseball would be on. ESPN? Does anyone other than yourself and American ex-pats watch it?
White Sox fan; Jeppson's Malort man
by KarkoviceIsHawt on Aug 17, 2009 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions
It makes sense though
Soccer takes up a lot of rooting interest, but the English are crap at cricket compared to India, Australia, West Indies. Aside from cricket and soccer, the only other international sport is basketball, and they suck something fierce at it.
The Chicago Bulls.....the more profitable Los Angeles Clippers.
by Ozzie Montana on Aug 17, 2009 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions
It used to be on 5
but they have no money so dropped it, ESPN have it, but that’s a channel you have to pay for. So the exposure is very limited now.
im in a keeper fantasy baseball league that has been going since 2004
and about 4 of the guys are Welsh, including the commissioner. Its a 16 team league that drafts minor league players as well so you need to know your stuff and I was always surprised by their interest. The leagues longevity is amazing too considering how spread out all these strangers were when it started. From Wales to Hawaii. I think we have 10 of the original owners.
Anyway, that was a curiosity for me as well, glad to finally know the answer.
Castro ran into the dugout and told pitcher Jose Contreras, "He hasn't missed a spot all day. I think hes going to do it." Contreras replied, "Shut the fuck up."
I remember staying up late to watch baseball when I was in London
People thought I was crazy…
I’m a terrible sleeper as well
he's had a brush shoved up his arse, ffs
and he knows rooting for the Sox results in much the same feeling
Haven’t you ever heard that a shared traumatic experience brings people together?
(for those fudgepacking douches that can’t tell this is written in jest, girls go to Jupiter and you’re even stupider)
...take your hobbit circle jerk to another thread
by larry on May 18, 2009 8:58 PM PDT
oh boy oh boy oh boy
Can’t wait to earn 0% interest on my money…
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"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
At least they waited till after the All Star break to send them this year
gets earlier every year
One catch (and 1 hit) does not make you a major league player... or does it?
At some point - October, for example - the Sox are going to have to learn to win the last game of a series.
*beverage spills*
Ed Farmer: "Is it raining in here?"
Steve Stone: "I've made an egregious mistake."
Winning the last game of the series
is the only way to win a playoff series.
It’s a thinker!
*beverage spills*
Ed Farmer: "Is it raining in here?"
Steve Stone: "I've made an egregious mistake."
Sox vs. KC: pods dh, beckham5, jd9, pk3, aj2, q7, rios8, ram6, nix 4. Buehrle pitching.
*beverage spills*
Ed Farmer: "Is it raining in here?"
Steve Stone: "I've made an egregious mistake."
Per Scott Reifert
Suppose I oughtta give credit where due.
*beverage spills*
Ed Farmer: "Is it raining in here?"
Steve Stone: "I've made an egregious mistake."
Bright side:
Q is considered healthy enough to man LF so that mincing pinhead can ride the pine between ABs.
*beverage spills*
Ed Farmer: "Is it raining in here?"
Steve Stone: "I've made an egregious mistake."
I approve.
give them all surgery
unclutcherectomies for everyone
RISP! DO YOU SPEAK IT
by billyok on Aug 16, 2009 9:45 PM PDT
by homesickalien on Aug 17, 2009 1:53 PM CDT up reply actions
is something wrong with Thome?
I know Konerko pinch hit for him yesterday…. i would hope something is wrong with him and they aren’t just DH’ing Peter Pan for the hell of it.
Kenwo4life=ratings
Unclutch syndrome
The Chicago Bulls.....the more profitable Los Angeles Clippers.
by Ozzie Montana on Aug 17, 2009 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Anyone else having issues with comments appearing and Z scrolling?
using firefox, perhaps the problem is the browser?
(notice the setup)
...take your hobbit circle jerk to another thread
by larry on May 18, 2009 8:58 PM PDT
Chrome's working fine.
*beverage spills*
Ed Farmer: "Is it raining in here?"
Steve Stone: "I've made an egregious mistake."
Firefox working fine here as well.
Don't call it a comeback.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 17, 2009 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions
I couldn't even see this posting til just now
but i think my firefox is broken’d because it’s acting weird elsewhere too
¡signature!
nope, that's probably the problem, eh?
...take your hobbit circle jerk to another thread
by larry on May 18, 2009 8:58 PM PDT
i haven't upgraded
and mine’s working fine
" Do you guys know people like you are the reason I wouldn’t come on for exstended periods of time. You rui the baseball blogging expieriance."
by trademaker on May 30, 2009 10:31 PM PDT
I did, but it was just acting up in general
cleared out all the gummed works and reinstalled it, it’s good now
¡signature!
That's what you get for using 'open-sourced' software
Commie
White Sox fan; Jeppson's Malort man
by KarkoviceIsHawt on Aug 17, 2009 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions
maybe, im working on it
i'll delete your SSS existence in a second. there is nothing that allows SSS posters, at any one moment, to keep posting, but the mere pleasure of larry.
-larry
Yep - with my son - tonight, Wed, Sat
One catch (and 1 hit) does not make you a major league player... or does it?
I took in Mets/Giants at Citi with some Giants fans friends
Great game to watch, lots of drama. Had seats in row 4 of the Pepsi Porch area, got them off stubhub for 45 each after fees and taxes, which was actually face value when all was said and done.
Not great seats but about as good as you can get in the outfield. The porch overhangs the field by about 8 feet so in the later innings I moved down to row 1 and got in some great heckling of Francuer who was basically right below me 50 feet or so.
Citi field does display OBP on the scoreboard, which is awesome because Franceur has a rather famous quote about “if OBP is so important why isn’t it on the scoreboard”.
After now having gotten to both NYS and Citi field I can say I liked Citi quite a bit more. NYS is of course just a palace, but Citi field is quirkier and more inviting.
I’d recommend if anyone is in the NYC area and wants to take in a game at either stadium to go with CIti. Just more bang for your buck.
The Coliseum actually flashed OBP too, as well as SLG.
But then they threw up SB and BB for everyone as well. An interesting decision.
Don't call it a comeback.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 17, 2009 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions
What poor timing! Don't discourage peeps from joining in the fun next weekend!
Come join Q2 at NYS on 8/29
sorry, I should have of course prefaced that with "assuming the Sox aren't in town"
I might be at that game Q. Will let you know.
haha I figured as much, but had to say something
cool, let me know
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Only a matter of time before the “O” factor kills the Tigers. Thanks Dombrowski!!!!!!! FNS!
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Aug 17, 2009 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions
a little redundant reitteration please
im sure that its in here somewhere, but it looks like the weekend warriors had plenty to say while the games were going on so i didn’t really want to sort through it.
but what if any was the word about those botched rios plays…almost screwin up with jd, then totally dropin the one on q. with it being a wgn broadcast its one of the few i get to see, but im assuming that having had pods in center, that dye is used to working a wide right and q is the same on the left since having been back. that and that the 3 just have to get used to working with eachother too. but seriuosly, after the first one with dye you would think that rios would not have been so eager out there.
Hell Yesss
by Grinder Rule #42 on Aug 17, 2009 3:18 PM CDT reply actions
i meant from friday's game
Hell Yesss
by Grinder Rule #42 on Aug 17, 2009 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions
The one with Q! was not AR's fault
Q! just ran in front of him…you could see on the replay that AR was calling him off.
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Aug 17, 2009 3:21 PM CDT up reply actions
The almost-collision with JD just looked like an easy jog for Rios to where JD was hustling to in RF
Wasn’t very close to him anyway
i don't think q or pods are used to having a real CF
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa... Time out Greenbay. Tell that fucking bullshit to the tourists
by onlysoxfaninboston on Aug 17, 2009 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions
pods had rowand
and we have eachother….thanx gaysguys
Hell Yesss
by Grinder Rule #42 on Aug 17, 2009 6:04 PM CDT up reply actions
whats the chances they get tonights game in?
Castro ran into the dugout and told pitcher Jose Contreras, "He hasn't missed a spot all day. I think hes going to do it." Contreras replied, "Shut the fuck up."
you the man!
cip(or anyone else), ill be pre-gaming in the bullpen bar, south side hitmen shirt on.
lets get drink!
Castro ran into the dugout and told pitcher Jose Contreras, "He hasn't missed a spot all day. I think hes going to do it." Contreras replied, "Shut the fuck up."
nom nom nom
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on Aug 17, 2009 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions
No new thread all day.
Looks like I’ve missed nothing. BTW, do we like Freddy more than Smoltz?
We’re a pack of a-holes. And my tradition of contributing absolutely nothing to this site... continues.
by winningugly on Aug 17, 2009 5:16 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Sometimes.
give them all surgery
unclutcherectomies for everyone
RISP! DO YOU SPEAK IT
by billyok on Aug 16, 2009 9:45 PM PDT
by homesickalien on Aug 17, 2009 5:37 PM CDT up reply actions
No new thread all day.
Looks like I’ve missed nothing. BTW, do we like Freddy more than Smoltz?
We’re a pack of a-holes. And my tradition of contributing absolutely nothing to this site... continues.
by winningugly on Aug 17, 2009 5:16 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Never.
give them all surgery
unclutcherectomies for everyone
RISP! DO YOU SPEAK IT
by billyok on Aug 16, 2009 9:45 PM PDT
by homesickalien on Aug 17, 2009 5:37 PM CDT up reply actions
No new thread all day.
Looks like I’ve missed nothing. BTW, do we like Freddy more than Smoltz?
We’re a pack of a-holes. And my tradition of contributing absolutely nothing to this site... continues.
by winningugly on Aug 17, 2009 5:16 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Only on Wednesdays.
give them all surgery
unclutcherectomies for everyone
RISP! DO YOU SPEAK IT
by billyok on Aug 16, 2009 9:45 PM PDT
by homesickalien on Aug 17, 2009 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions
No new thread all day.
Looks like I’ve missed nothing. BTW, do we like Freddy more than Smoltz?
We’re a pack of a-holes. And my tradition of contributing absolutely nothing to this site... continues.
by winningugly on Aug 17, 2009 5:26 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Knock it off, OPOS.
Don't call it a comeback.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 17, 2009 5:27 PM CDT up reply actions
lol
Looks like I might want to give up sniffing glue and huffing paint thinner.
We’re a pack of a-holes. And my tradition of contributing absolutely nothing to this site... continues.
by winningugly on Aug 17, 2009 5:34 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
EPIC fucking fail.
Don't call it a comeback.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 17, 2009 5:35 PM CDT up reply actions
And don't blame it on the glue and paint thinner. Drugs don't hurt people, people hurt people.
Don't call it a comeback.
by Toonderstrook on Aug 17, 2009 5:35 PM CDT up reply actions
damn mobile posting.
We’re a pack of a-holes. And my tradition of contributing absolutely nothing to this site... continues.
by winningugly on Aug 17, 2009 5:27 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
this is hilarious
i'll delete your SSS existence in a second. there is nothing that allows SSS posters, at any one moment, to keep posting, but the mere pleasure of larry.
-larry
No new thread all day.
Looks like I’ve missed nothing. BTW, do we like Freddy more than Smoltz?
Kenwo4life=ratings
by KenWo4LiFe on Aug 17, 2009 5:32 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
ah the old NNTAD. LLIMN. BTWDWLFMTS? Virus
Get’s em every time.
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Only during the spring exquonix.
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-larry
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-larry
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