Still Now You're Waiting To Grow / Inside You're Old: Game Thread, Rays at Jays
by hugo on Sep 5, 2008 6:29 PM EDT
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PrintTampa Bay Rays at Toronto Blue Jays, Sep 5, 2008 7:07 PM EDT
Today's post, from "Song for Myla Goldberg" by the Decemberists, is in honour of the young Travis Snider and the advanced-beyond-his-years approach he has shown thusfar at the plate.
Snider is batting 9th today, while J-Mac hits second. According to Cito, this is so if Inglett leads off the game by getting on, Mac can bunt him over. I'm speechless - not only are we batting Mac second, but we're doing so for the express purpose of sacrifice bunting in the 1st inning...words fail.
Doc pitches tonight against Andy Sonnanstine, and chases his 18th win. Let's go Jays!
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Can you imagine any other sport....
Where you announce to the other team your plans before the game starts? Not only are we taking our worst bat and giving him the second most offensive chances but we are telling the other team what we intend to do.
Can you imagine football…..‘now if we get a first down on our first play we intend to throw to our tight end on our second play’.
Earl Weaver used to put Mark Belanger in the second spot now and then but he did it when there were pitchers that Earl thought Mark could hit. Cito is saying ‘I know he can’t hit this guy, but he’s batting second anyway’.
And if it works…..Rios is batting terribly with RISP. Frig.
football coaches
do sometimes say stuff like “we’re going to establish the running game early” and crap like that
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
yeah that's true....but that's a more general statement.....
not we are going to run the halfback between the left tackle and left guard on the third play of the game
emulating a football coach
is hardly a good thing anyway
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
yeah I've seen that
but planning your lineup around sac bunting in the first inning is hardly a good strategy
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
how long has it been
since the Jays were 7 over .500?
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
How long has it been since we won 6 games straight?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
May 2004, apparently
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
so we need
inglett to double, otherwise it’s like an automatic out?
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
wow
it has been forever since we made an error, but that was a bad one
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Actually, Rance,
the reason Inglett made an error is that it hit off the webbing of his glove and he didn’t catch it.
Sincerely, jessef
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
wow
quite the play by Rios
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Already two hard hit balls into that corner though
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Huh?
did they just say two unearned runs? how is upton unearned?
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
Because there were 2 outs when he crossed the plate
Would have been 3 if not for the error, even assuming he still advances on the fly ball.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
because he would've been on 3rd with two out
at the time of the one Rios caught, right?
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Bunt single!
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
C'mon, they'll never expect it!
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
or hit an homerun
which they will also never expect
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
Bunt homer!
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
that was quick
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
so, over-under on number of times hinske pisses us off
6
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
freaking hinske
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
yeah Vern!
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Looked like he was gritting his teeth out of the box
Hope he’s not in pain.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
those
are the ones he was popping up last season
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
that was weird
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Screen play
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
do you think wells intentionally confused bartlett there?
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
Pretty heads up if so
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
yeah, because the ball almost clipped him
so it’s possible
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
let's go Cap'n
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
i like how our comments went from
“??? interesting play” to “that was weird” to “what the hell was that”
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
bases-loaded, none out
for Lyle
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
on the bright side
we got the PMoD out of the way
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
w00t!
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
anyone else
get that great camera angle?
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
yeah, thanks guys
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
That was almost embarrassing for us
Instead it was embarrassing for them.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
got to love Rance's comment about not fooling anyone
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
Rolen
gives us the lead
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
yeah, how come we cant get stewart back in the lineup?
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
common decency?
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Was Dave Stewart a good hitter for a pitcher?
And anyways, he’d be pretty old by now.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
moonraker time
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
come on mighty joe
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
time to make up for the error
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
better than an out
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Turning over the lineup
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
damn it
sonnanstine has inglett where he wants him
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
i predict a "surprise" bunt
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Maybe Sonnanstine will throw his glove at it
to make it a triple.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
any of you guys see the replay
of that jamie moyer “triple” this year?
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
yeah classic
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
joe carter
not the greatest Jay ever, but definitely one of the coolest
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
true,
his voice is a little too close to joe morgan, though
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
joe morgan's voice is fine
it’s the words coming out of it
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
close play at 1st
looked safe though
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
_now_ Upton hustles
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
smells the base hit
carlos gomez style
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
0-0 pitchout
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
quality 3-2 hook
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
like a piece of seafood
at Trader Joe’s
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
oh mac
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
oh yeah
Lexi
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
as requested
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
wow nice play Aki
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
hmmm. . . .
is this bill veeck action? opening the roof once the jays have the lead?
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
was it bill veeck that came up with the moving fence?
or his son?
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
pretty sure it was bill
man, that was genius
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
yeah disco night
what a “great” idea
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
I'm in Comcast land
Their commercials are all these weird, sometimes funny puns.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
we used to have comcast
they had funny commercials, and lots with Cal Ripken (probably just in our geographic area).
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
we have optimum online commercials here, they are the absolute worst.
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
Example for those up in Canadia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1NkRaU-5xw
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Don't click the link
Copy and paste the whole thing
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
this is a real commercial. it is actually shown on tv. not a joke.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_oF6xnvnGQ
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
Snider's 0 for 2
The sky is falling!
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
another few games
and J.P. will send him back down
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
There's no back down to send him to
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
all the way down for early winter ball
in south america
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
there must be a fall league somewhere
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Arizona Fall League doesn't start until after the world series, does it?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
I think so
I don’t think the AFL starts until after the season ends though
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
so who is going to come out of the NL, do we think?
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
depends on if big z / harden are healthy
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
Sabathia will be scary in a short series against the NL
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
definitely
the Mets could be dangerous too, though I can’t believe they haven’t done anything about the bullpen
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
how could you call getting al reyes
not doing anything?
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
good point
I can’t believe they haven’t done anything to make the bullpen better
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
ok, hate to go, but . . .
off to the gym.
let’s go jays, keep it up, dr.!
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
true, but
going with the roommate, he’s a tigers fan so i can’t blame him for not wanting to watch baseball
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
I only run and play soccer
I hate the gym and pretty much never go
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
I would imagine
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
One day I ran and it was a nice fall day but when I got an hour out, the snow started....
I was just pasted with snow when I got home…..very icky
I love running in the snow
but it is a lot less common here
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
do you run on pavement?
when I switched to trails, it made my knees a lot happier
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Johnny Mac robbed by Aybar
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
nice cutter
to punch out B.J. the younger
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
and a great curve to get Pena swinging
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
The crowd smells pizza
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
7Ks by Jays pitchers = free slice for everyone
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
quality inning from the Doctor
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Yeah, twice tonight
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Bonjour!
How’s it Canada? Go Jays! Please beat the Rats, please…
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Short story:
Misspelled once, figured it made sense*, have used it for about a week.
*: If you smelled the actual Tampa Bay, the name Rats would make sense. That and no one wants to see one.
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Okie-dokie.
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well at the risk of making a Sox fan happy
I guess we will do our best….
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Pas question, les [haven't yet learned word for @$$hole fans] de Sox, c'est penible.
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yeah
I’m Italian and grew up in Brooklyn NY so am a little lost
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Eng: No question, the Sox @$$holes, they're a pain in the [insert appropriate body part].
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Sorry, kinda borderlining the A/B level in French 2
Just trying to practice the basics.
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What?
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I can say
“don’t touch my face, you dumb cow” though I don’t know why
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Resisting urge to make anti-French joke.
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I was working on Capitol Hill
when they changed the name of French Toast and French Fries in the Senate Cafeterias to “Freedom Toast/Fries”. it was pretty ridiculous
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
not a joke
staggering, yet it actually happened.
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Naw, it really happened.
I know a few people at my grandfather’s retirement home that still call them freedom fries. I just call them delicious.
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Yeah, Congress/politicians aren't all that bright usually...
Except McCain, that is.
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I guess calling it Pain Perdu wouldn't have helped
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
They try not to teach us stuff like that.
Although last year I accidently mispronounced something and the teacher stared for a coupla minutes…
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I can also say
“I have eaten too much ice cream”, and those two things are it
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
we have that too in Italian
it’s not that bad – Latin is worse, there are male, female, and gender-neutral nouns
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
I wanted to learn Latin, German, and Italian, but my school didn't have Latin or Italian...
And the German teacher got fired/retired/died/etc. So I had to take French (which I chose over Spanish).
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we only had Latin, Spanish, Italian, and Japanese
no French or German if you can believe it
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
I get confused as hell when we start getting graded on spelling/pronunciation.
I rarely get the accents right, and my tongue has too much German blood in it to speak French properly.
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come on Doc
settle down now
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
tough one
great play by Rolen, but now we’re in trouble
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Really need a double play ball now
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
weird though
wasn’t really a squeeze was it? Unless gross missed the call but then why would he try to score?
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Fangraphs still has no idea how to score it
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
It's calling it a force out, no separate play for advancing
Except that it was a tag play.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
attaboy Doc
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
nice one Doc!
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Overbay hit that pretty hard
but it wasn’t where they ain’t.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Our bullpen's good
but Downs and Ryan were shaky their last times out, and it’s a 1 run game
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
downs was allright once he got settled in
he just didn’t have time to warm up and wasn’t ready
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Jesse had the CG last night
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Should I ask?
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scott downs
he has a tattoo of a snake on his face, except he doesn’t
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
It's ostensibly to make him look intimidating so he can close games
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Okay, maybe I shouldn't have asked.
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Or until North of Steeles pitches
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
can't wait until he pitches tomorrow
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Or until the PMoD makes a play
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
don't forget Cy
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
In the AL West this year, you could see Cupcakes strike out Beluga Tits
We’re way more accessible than that.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
I guess Voodoo Joe is mundane by comparison
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
The local call-in show host coined it on his blog
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Downs still rocks
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
5-0
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Serious question: How many of you live in Canada?
Does all or most of Canada root for the Jays? Or did some of them follow the Expos Nationals to DC? Or do they root for other teams in America?
Sorry, if someone has asked this before, or if it seems ignorant, but I seriously have wanted to know this for a long time.
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I live in Washington DC and grew up in Brooklyn
I just root for the Jays. I do like to visit Canada a lot though
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
I'm originally from Canada
but now in the Bay Area. All of Canada is pretty much a hockey town.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Also, I came to appreciate Curling through my dad.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Still kicks ass without it.
If only it snowed in South Florida, or they would let us play on the local indoor hockey rinks.
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I like curling a lot too
and the Weakerthans’ song about it even more
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
the song is cool....the sport....you gotta be drinking to watch....
a comedian here said….the strangest thing in the world is slow motion replay for curling….
Nope, stranger:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGSI316RwWs
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Bay Area as in?
Boston? Tampa? Wisconsin? Kinda vague.
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SF
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Ohhh.... my bad.
I’m stuck in Tampa – hence the hatred of the Rats.
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haha
that’s like when we new yorkers say “the city” we assume everyone else knows what we’re talking about
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Around here SF is The City.
And there’s parody shirts for Oakland that say The Town.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Mmm... the entire area deserves it for these beuts:
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Considering the Warriors play in Oakland
Across the street from the A’s, in fact.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
I know. But those jerseys are so cool, all of California desrves the name.
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No, just a momentary memory lapse.
I realized that he was talking about SF about a second after I asked.
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RIOS!!!!!!!!!!
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I'm guessing that the staph infection of a year ago had no lasting effects.
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it was two years ago now, actually
I actually had a similar infection in college, which I also got from playing baseball. it was awful
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Too bad we couldn't see Hinske looking up at that one
Maybe with that usual dumbfounded face of his.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Still don't see why the Sox let him go at the end of last season...
Or why y’all let him go to begin with…
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Of course the Brewers did that for Braun
it’s just working out for them way better.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
3.5 years of suck
after signing a 5 year contract post-RotY.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Oh, and that 5 year contract was a big chunk of a lean budget at the time
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
and have we mentioned the suckage?
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
And the dumbfounded look
like he couldn’t understand why he was out. “Because you missed the ball, Eric.”
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
on the plus side
he was willing to learn to play a new position, albeit poorly, each season
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Y'all are way funnier than the MFY, Rats, or O's fans, I'll give you that.
The O’s fans are so suicidal about their team that they are ready to kill you if you make one comment against the O’s. And the Rats fans are too focused about compensating for lack of history by banning the first person to insult them.
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Hmmm... hopefully the Sox didn't even think about it for Buchholz.
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Lexi!
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Glad we got those insurance runs
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
hope it'll be enough
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
yeah beej
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Definitely went around
Tried to sell it
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
The Hinske award for exceptional achievement in mediocrity
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
and then awesomeness as a backup for another team, and then overachieving with an upstart team.
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He did great in the field for RF, 1B, and a little LF+3B too.
He batted like .200
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Weird:
BJ Anderson vs BJ Upton. Can’t really say go BJ at the moment, can we?
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The Rays fans wanted to call theirs the Beej
If they don’t want to use Bossman Junior, we should.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
I like Barely Jogging for Upton, as suggested by some columnist.
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Do not want to give them an extra out
Especially to bring Peña to the plate.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
How good is y'alls come from behind offense?
Pena nearly took the lead.
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what is this offense
of which you speak?
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
what did i miss?
how did all these runs score?
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
Following a McDonald double
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
nice!!!!
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
6 in a row baby!
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
3/4 lost by the Rats too!
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BJ almost earned the inaugural Hinske award
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Voodoo Joe gets it tonight
for his 0-4 plus a costly error
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
if it's a pitcher
is it the Towers award? it doesn’t really make sense to keep it as hinske, does it?
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
If it's a starter it could be Towers
For a reliever, what do we like, Batista? Benitez?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
I vote for Batista
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Joey McLaughlin in '83
-3 wins.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
I think that's the worst single season performance by a Jay reliever
but Lamp was awful over several seasons.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
See y'all tomorrow.
Go Sox!!! (it’s fun and addicting. you should try it)
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Don't forget Overbay's 2 RBI
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
and Downs, no?
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
right, good 2b for overbay, though he was kind of fortunate on it
and i didnt see downs. how did he pitch? good like always?
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
2 groundouts and a K
around a single. he looked just fine
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
not sure if he can close
doesnt seem tough enough . . . oh wait. he got a snake tattoo
"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" --Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
well
time to watch season 2 of heroes
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
that's not surprising
I wasn’t impressed by the end of the first season
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
was the team named after the band, or the other way around?
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
classic canadian schlock-rock song
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
haha there you go
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
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