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Beer and Queso / Re: Texans 2019
« on: November 22, 2019, 03:45:10 pm »But until now TNF had been shown on their own dime. No network was paying them for it. They were making more money showing Sunday games than Thursday games. I guess that’s all changed now though.
They've partnered with one or more of the networks to put on the Thursday games since 2014. They still show them on the NFL Network but they're also shown on the network that has the rights. For a few years it was split between NBC and CBS but now it's Fox exclusively.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Texans 2019
« on: November 22, 2019, 02:23:28 pm »Well shows what I know. I thought they were still on NFL Network. Primetime games still suck as a fan though, Thursday night being the worst.
I agree...night games period.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Texans 2019
« on: November 22, 2019, 02:01:42 pm »5
Beer and Queso / Re: Roger Angell on "Most Important" Vote of His Lifetime
« on: November 21, 2019, 10:25:39 am »6
Beer and Queso / Re: Roger Angell on "Most Important" Vote of His Lifetime
« on: November 20, 2019, 11:33:48 am »7
Talk Zone / Re: More controversy
« on: November 19, 2019, 05:41:53 pm »
If the grift is that “no other teams are being investigated” then I expect the Astros punishment to be relatively light. They will not go down quietly.
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Talk Zone / Re: More controversy
« on: November 14, 2019, 03:22:42 pm »And all this happened in .5 seconds? Yeah ok
Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
And like the batter would be concentrating on the bullpen instead of the pitcher...what a load of horseshit.
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Talk Zone / Re: More controversy
« on: November 13, 2019, 07:10:11 am »
They can kvetch all they want. Unless MLB does something stupid like vacating wins, etc, I'm not going to worry about it. I will brace for years of "Houston, we have a problem"-style smack but I can take it.
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Talk Zone / Re: Kendrick
« on: November 01, 2019, 10:01:17 am »Not clicking. Cowherd knows less about baseball than any any given poster here.
The guy's a wanker. Any coherent point from him is an accident.
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Talk Zone / Re: Cole and Game 5
« on: October 31, 2019, 06:31:35 pm »Here's the video.
https://twitter.com/dtexanz/status/1190015985912340480?s=09
This is the first I’ve seen the video. He’s pissed. It makes more sense now. Shitty, but not the ‘fuck you to the Astros’ I thought it was.
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Talk Zone / Re: Cole and Game 5
« on: October 31, 2019, 06:28:54 pm »McCullers will be back too. If he's able to return to form, that's three pretty good arms in the rotation already.
I was saving it for whatever offseason thread appeared but I’m excited about a healthy McCullers.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 7, October 30, 2019
« on: October 31, 2019, 02:05:27 pm »Article this morning said that Kendrick had not hit a homerun on a pitch in that location all year and that he normally pounds it into the ground.
This.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 7, October 30, 2019
« on: October 30, 2019, 04:27:16 pm »
Not gonna watch. I didn't watch game 3 so I can't watch this one. Yes, I'm that crazy.
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Talk Zone / Re: Game 7
« on: October 30, 2019, 04:08:11 pm »...if I ask him to do anything."
If he demands to do something, that's different.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 10:42:56 pm »
Now he hits...motherfucker.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 10:32:32 pm »
What a shitshow. Way to show up, guys...
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 10:22:42 pm »Why not?
Not sure why you're asking me. A cool, dominant performance.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 10:20:05 pm »
This MFer is going to go 9.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 09:58:01 pm »
Martinez was tossed.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 09:53:37 pm »
Fuck Fuck Fuck!!!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 09:51:07 pm »
Fuck this.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 09:43:16 pm »
That's a break.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 09:34:04 pm »
The exact same at-bat, FUCK!!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 09:32:11 pm »
Same for Yordan.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 09:31:22 pm »
Yuli could've seen a few there.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 09:13:20 pm »
Characteristically Altuve.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 09:11:34 pm »
Relax, Jose.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 09:00:50 pm »Let's be honest...Correa is no Juan Soto.
A base hit with RISP is not too much to ask.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 08:58:04 pm »I'm so fucking mad at Verlander right now.
I'm more mad at Carlos.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 08:44:44 pm »
Carlos looked at his best pitch.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 08:31:25 pm »
Helluva catch!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 08:30:25 pm »
He's pitching like the Astros are facing elimination.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 08:28:13 pm »
Just tentative.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 08:22:26 pm »
JV doesn't want to pitch anywhere near the zone.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 07:31:04 pm »
FUCK YEAH!!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 07:30:43 pm »
ABREG!!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 07:29:06 pm »
JV better get that outside pitch.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 07:26:25 pm »
'TUVE!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 6, October 29, 2019
« on: October 29, 2019, 07:17:33 pm »
Fuck.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 5, October 27, 2019
« on: October 27, 2019, 10:32:21 pm »Cole had zero interest in that milquetoast interview post-game.
He saves his best for Julia.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 5, October 27, 2019
« on: October 27, 2019, 10:28:15 pm »
WOOOOO!!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 5, October 27, 2019
« on: October 27, 2019, 10:15:33 pm »
YESSIR!!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 5, October 27, 2019
« on: October 27, 2019, 09:37:42 pm »
HOOHOO!!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 5, October 27, 2019
« on: October 27, 2019, 09:07:50 pm »
WOW! YULI!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 5, October 27, 2019
« on: October 27, 2019, 08:58:38 pm »
That was pretty egregious.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 5, October 27, 2019
« on: October 27, 2019, 08:57:49 pm »
Wow.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 5, October 27, 2019
« on: October 27, 2019, 08:23:40 pm »
CC!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 5, October 27, 2019
« on: October 27, 2019, 07:48:47 pm »
Big K and DP!
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Talk Zone / Re: Latest Controversy
« on: October 25, 2019, 01:26:12 pm »The values that Footer is expressing is that she wants Osuna off the team. She only tweets it when he pitches and she is smart enough to know it associates the Astros with DV. The number of women who follow her who don't know about DV hotlines and are victims of violence are beyond microscopic; however, her twitter audience is mostly male baseball fans and she wants them to find Osuna unacceptable without her losing her job. Footer has also been around long enough to have a huge number of back channels and favors in the bank to organize a smear campaign against Taubman without having to do it herself.
I'm not saying that she did anything wrong, but she wasn't an innocent person minding her own business either as that person seems to want to portray her.
The Astros made this choice, not Footer. The team should be doing more of what she is doing.
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Talk Zone / Re: WS 2019
« on: October 24, 2019, 08:50:47 am »
I can totally see this Astros team taking 2 of 3 in DC. Here's hoping we do.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 2, October 23, 2019
« on: October 23, 2019, 09:44:36 pm »
Fuck...
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 2, October 23, 2019
« on: October 23, 2019, 09:41:20 pm »
Tucker with lessons from Correa on the full count.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 2, October 23, 2019
« on: October 23, 2019, 07:45:34 pm »I can't remember the last time the Astros had a clean inning after scoring.
Clean enough.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 2, October 23, 2019
« on: October 23, 2019, 07:33:31 pm »
ABREG!!!!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 2, October 23, 2019
« on: October 23, 2019, 07:29:03 pm »
Why the fuck would you steal there?
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 2, October 23, 2019
« on: October 23, 2019, 07:28:32 pm »
Aw, FUCK!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 2, October 23, 2019
« on: October 23, 2019, 07:15:14 pm »
Who broke our pitchers??
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 2, October 23, 2019
« on: October 23, 2019, 07:14:20 pm »
Jebus...this is gonna be a long night
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series, Game 2, October 23, 2019
« on: October 23, 2019, 07:09:55 pm »
Joy, a lead-off walk.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 11:07:25 pm »It would be nice if the aliens returned Alex Bregman to the team and took away this impostor.
McTaggart pointing out that it's the first time he's struck out 3 times in a game this season.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 11:04:54 pm »
I ain't freakin' just yet. I'm buying a lot more beer tomorrow, though.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 10:54:57 pm »but the yanks took game one too.
Upsides...lots of bullpen use. Downsides, our bats are dead.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 10:53:46 pm »
FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 10:52:42 pm »
fuck...
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 10:51:04 pm »
Jeez...straight down the middle, ABreg.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 10:47:51 pm »very nice inning by smith.
let's go boys. get it done.
His first WS game is trending up.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 10:46:21 pm »
Way to go, Joe Smith!!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 10:40:40 pm »This thing goes into extra innings and you'll be looking for a straw long enough to slurp coolant out of your jeep.
I'll be breaking into the Creme de Menthe...
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 10:37:15 pm »
And I thought I would slowly drink this last beer over the last 2 innings...
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 10:35:43 pm »
fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 10:32:02 pm »
Springer!!!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 10:30:54 pm »
Fuck, that 1-0...
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 10:28:14 pm »
Go Kyle!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 10:14:53 pm »
Harris means AJ thinks they can still take this game.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 10:10:49 pm »
ShitFuck!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 10:09:08 pm »
C'mon Yordan!!!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 10:06:54 pm »
What a pitch to drive...pitch 1.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 10:03:46 pm »
OK, Yuli...more Pina Power!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 09:59:26 pm »
OK, vaunting requested please.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 09:57:41 pm »
What an ugly swing, Jose.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 09:55:33 pm »
SPRINGER DINGER!!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 09:55:02 pm »Scherzer was pedestrian at best, but Cole was shit.
But it could easily be 5-5 or an Astros lead.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 09:51:24 pm »
As disappointing as Cole's outing has been, the offense has had so many opportunities to plate runs this game and has consistently come up empty. I hate that Cole will be the story.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 09:45:58 pm »is Reddick no longer able to hit lefties?
My thought as well.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 09:41:42 pm »
I can't drink enough.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 09:32:56 pm »
FUCK!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 09:30:35 pm »
If it were just 5-4...bats need to get in gear.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 09:24:11 pm »Also 110 pitches from Max with 2 outs in the 5th is a victory.
All I'm seeing is LOBster Fest...from a sub-Scherzer Scherzer.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 09:19:06 pm »
Really, really needed to get to Scherzer when he was struggling.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 09:12:48 pm »Cole has no feel for anything right now.
He even looks defeated.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 09:09:30 pm »
Jeez, Mike! You've been playing that wall all season!!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 09:07:00 pm »Cole is so hittable today. Catching a ton of the zone with his fastball and scuffing with his command of the breaker.
Definitely seems to be pitching defensively.
And by that I mean without command.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 09:00:38 pm »
Cole looking mortal.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 08:54:19 pm »
Runners on every inning.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 08:28:09 pm »
Really needed to get a run or two across last inning.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 08:27:42 pm »
Ooops.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 08:23:52 pm »
Damn, Carlos!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 08:10:30 pm »Buck cries yard.
Glad he misjudged it.
Radio guys handled it as it was.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 08:09:34 pm »Comments from pundits have less than nothing to do with what's going on on the field. You can be superstitious all you want when you are playing a game. But to suggest that comments from a pundit have any effect on what happens in a game is pathetically ignorant.
ISWYDT
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 07:58:25 pm »
Damn, good K pitch.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 07:44:17 pm »Wasn't in Cole's script either I don't think
He knew it though.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 07:41:08 pm »
Mr. National hits one out.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 07:30:23 pm »
PINA POWER!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 07:25:14 pm »
It's OK Uncle Mike. You got that 1st WS at-bat out of the way.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 07:22:34 pm »
'TUVE!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 07:21:58 pm »
5-second delay but it's worth it to not hear the TV goofballs. Let me know if you hear any wisdom I'm missing.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 07:16:17 pm »
Nice GC!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 07:13:39 pm »What is the likelihood this game will wrap up inside 4 hours? I have a plane I gotta catch.
Zero chance.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 07:10:14 pm »
I'm forgoing the TV douchebags in favor of Ford and Sparky. Hope the delay isn't too bad.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 World Series Game 1; October 22, 2019
« on: October 22, 2019, 07:06:36 pm »
I'll spare y'all the details but I look ridiculous.
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Talk Zone / Re: Fuck the Nationals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« on: October 21, 2019, 02:04:10 pm »
Now who can argue with that? I think we're all indebted to RJ for clearly stating what needed to be said. I'm particularly glad that these lovely children were here today to hear that speech. Not only was it authentic frontier gibberish, it expressed a courage little seen in this day and age.
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Talk Zone / Re: Victory celebration
« on: October 20, 2019, 10:30:56 am »
I got myself too drunk last night. Victory eggs and a bloody...
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 20, 2019, 07:54:10 am »116
Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 11:51:48 pm »
Just saw the replay of the HR. Chapman's face. I hope he sucks on that the entire void.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 11:18:21 pm »
I take credit for this cuz i gots my gold Altuve jersey on!!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 11:17:14 pm »
YEAHHH!!!!!!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 11:05:23 pm »
Quaaludes aren't working. Maybe since I've had them since 1978.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 11:02:28 pm »
Osuna is such a wildcard. Fucking sucks.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 11:00:07 pm »
FUUUUUUCK!!!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 10:58:58 pm »
God Dammit!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 10:58:42 pm »
Fuck. That. Motherfucker.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 10:52:29 pm »
I said..Fuck Brett Gardner!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 10:44:15 pm »
OK, Osuna. Bring us home.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 10:40:40 pm »
Now, here's something you wouldn't have seen a month ago.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 10:37:37 pm »Aw c'mon Judge.. you really wanted to mis-readjudge that ball..
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 10:33:45 pm »
'night Uncle Mike!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 10:25:07 pm »
Absolutely beautiful!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 10:14:48 pm »
Rafter fucked Reddick.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 10:12:55 pm »That’s not a strike.
There's been a lot of those this series.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 10:07:38 pm »
OK, at first i thought it would drop. Then I was blown away, and not in a Rebel Jew kind of way.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 10:05:07 pm »
UNCLE FUCKING MIKE!!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 10:04:49 pm »
Holy Shit!!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 09:54:01 pm »
Jeebus, Yordan.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 09:49:14 pm »
Sanchez strikes again!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 09:45:52 pm »Hey y'all,
So some of the older posters on this site may remember that I was/am something of a musicologist. Well, I just wanted to share that since I last posted regularly on here, I have gotten my PHD in Musical Anthropology with an emphasis on American folk, blues, and roots musics. Anyway, one of the fascinating things I've discovered in the course of my studies is that the Bob Dylan song "Blowin' in the Wind" is actually about sucking dick.
You need a degree for that?
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 09:41:37 pm »
Yes!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 09:39:43 pm »
Uncle Mike!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 09:37:40 pm »
OK, fuck this guy.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 09:35:40 pm »So an amazing play by Reddick, what’s the first thing out of Joe Buck’s mouth?
I swear I’ve never listened to Buck before. I don’t know how I’ve avoided it. This is a revelation.
How did you get through the 2017 postseason?
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 09:32:27 pm »
God bless Will Harris.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 09:28:55 pm »
Reddick!! WOOOO!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 09:28:11 pm »there's no reason for that, none whatsoever.
Unless you're gorvelling the NY schlong.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 09:19:49 pm »
Fuck fuck fuck...
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 09:15:03 pm »Jeez...Machete...unhook that bass boat you're dragging around.
Harsh...but accurate.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 09:14:10 pm »
Safe!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 09:10:14 pm »
OK, that's good right?
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 09:07:53 pm »Instructions unclear, passed out at ballpark.
Step one accomplished. Check in later.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 09:02:33 pm »
This might be a pass out/come to/check the final/not sleep situation.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 09:01:04 pm »
Jeez, Alverez.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 08:54:31 pm »
Pressly with knee "discomfort." Day-to-day...
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 08:51:11 pm »That ball would have been 30 feet short of the hill.
Maybe the aesthetics are important to him.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 08:49:11 pm »
Fuck yeah!!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 08:47:22 pm »
Big out.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 08:44:12 pm »Urquidy. Need to get three good innings from him.
Define "good."
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 08:42:08 pm »
Jeebus...
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 08:39:14 pm »
Urquidy.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 08:38:18 pm »
I'm out of beer. On to a quaalude every half-inning.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 08:36:39 pm »
Fuck.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 08:35:12 pm »Happ looks like Mark Ruffalo.
I wish he pitched like him.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 08:30:09 pm »
Hey, did you realize Altuve is short and Judge is tall?
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 08:26:43 pm »
Radio guys say Pressly went straight down to the tunnel. Urquidy warming.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 08:22:40 pm »
Whew!!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 08:19:20 pm »
God dammit!!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 08:18:31 pm »
James just can't throw anything but the FB.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 08:16:32 pm »“ . . . And Hicks just missed that . . . “ Joe Buck.
Hey! Some of us have him ignored.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 08:15:06 pm »This game is gonna be a grind.
I'm on my second beer this half-inning.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 08:14:08 pm »
He hung that change.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 08:08:43 pm »
Fuck. Walked Judge.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 08:07:24 pm »
He's not trusting his stuff.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 08:03:49 pm »
James remains.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 07:55:50 pm »Has there been any report about chirinos? I know he’s been banged up a bit, but I’m a little surprised to see Maldonado on a non-Cole day.
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Radio guys just said AJ wanted a bit more offense from C and thought Machete could help.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 07:54:32 pm »Reporting in from section 113 currently. Slightly drunk, heckled a guy in a Judge jersey at the pisser earlier.
Give 'em hell!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 07:51:52 pm »Getting to one glass per batter could be pretty easy the way this is going.
I'm on a beer per half-inning so far.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 07:50:19 pm »Gardner got screwed there, but I'll take it.
Yeah he got it inside and outside.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 07:49:38 pm »
Fuck Brett Gardner!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 07:43:53 pm »
My bad...James it is.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 07:43:35 pm »
Fuck, 2 on 2 out.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 07:43:14 pm »
Looks like Urquidy is warming and ready.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 07:38:12 pm »
Shitfuck
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 07:36:14 pm »Astros' analytics team worked through the night and into the morning. This afternoon they came to Yuli with an idea...
"They can't put a fielder in the Crawford Boxes. Think you can handle it?"
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 07:32:28 pm »I went through a bit more than a glass of wine in the first inning. This game may be tough.
I needed 3 beers just to get to 8 PM (eastern)
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 07:30:36 pm »
Who's at the game?
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 07:29:55 pm »
OK, then.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 07:28:24 pm »
PINA!!!!!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 07:27:40 pm »
Make 'em throw strikes.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 07:12:54 pm »
Nice job Peacock!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 6, October 19, 2019
« on: October 19, 2019, 07:12:32 pm »
Putting up with a ~5 second delay to not have to hear these Fox gibbons.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Roger Angell on "Most Important" Vote of His Lifetime
« on: October 19, 2019, 12:47:43 pm »
Limey, I thought you'd appreciate this.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 5, October 18, 2019
« on: October 18, 2019, 09:17:08 pm »
Let’s just get through game 6 and worry about what happens after that.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 4, October 17, 2019
« on: October 18, 2019, 09:06:55 pm »
What you’re not realizing is that it doesn’t matter whether it has an effect or not. If you take a shit in the middle of a group of friends then they’re going to tell you you’re an asshole. Period.
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Talk Zone / Re: Rotation Games 4.5.6.7
« on: October 18, 2019, 05:17:55 pm »
I'm totally sure Richard Justice has iron-clad info on this subject.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 4, October 17, 2019
« on: October 17, 2019, 10:33:12 pm »
Ouch...damn
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 4, October 17, 2019
« on: October 17, 2019, 10:28:21 pm »
HooHoo!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 4, October 17, 2019
« on: October 17, 2019, 10:18:35 pm »Rebel Jew appears. That's an unexpected development.
It’s an omen. To what I’ll let you know later.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 4, October 17, 2019
« on: October 17, 2019, 10:11:55 pm »
I swear to Gob i’m gonna fuck something up.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 4, October 17, 2019
« on: October 17, 2019, 10:01:30 pm »
Jesus, this guy is fucking terrible.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 4, October 17, 2019
« on: October 17, 2019, 09:56:17 pm »Astros got fucked there. Dumbass fan reaches out and LeMahieu gets 2B, even though he's stopped at 1B.
It was going to bounce up into the stands anyway.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 4, October 17, 2019
« on: October 17, 2019, 09:47:42 pm »
perfect.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 4, October 17, 2019
« on: October 17, 2019, 09:44:16 pm »
Fuck this motherfucking HPU!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 4, October 17, 2019
« on: October 17, 2019, 09:42:27 pm »This Davis announcer is horrible. All Yanks, all the time.
Schlong gorvelling like a pro.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 4, October 17, 2019
« on: October 17, 2019, 09:34:50 pm »
CORREA!!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 4, October 17, 2019
« on: October 17, 2019, 09:26:30 pm »
Well, you don’t see that every day.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 4, October 17, 2019
« on: October 17, 2019, 08:59:20 pm »You guys and your superstitions are hilarious.
They just give us someone to blame.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 4, October 17, 2019
« on: October 17, 2019, 08:57:29 pm »Such a poor jump.
He didn’t move off the bat.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 4, October 17, 2019
« on: October 17, 2019, 08:54:07 pm »
Judge with a Jim Edmunds special.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 4, October 17, 2019
« on: October 17, 2019, 08:44:20 pm »
Zack!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 4, October 17, 2019
« on: October 17, 2019, 08:26:39 pm »
This HPU is causing me to break things.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 4, October 17, 2019
« on: October 17, 2019, 08:14:53 pm »
Uncle Mike say fuck you!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 4, October 17, 2019
« on: October 17, 2019, 08:09:24 pm »
‘tuve be hackin’
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 4, October 17, 2019
« on: October 17, 2019, 08:07:33 pm »
Springer Dinger!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 4, October 17, 2019
« on: October 17, 2019, 07:38:38 pm »
Whew! Peacock was warming.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 4, October 17, 2019
« on: October 17, 2019, 07:36:21 pm »
I better not see Tanaka get that pitch or I’m taking hostages.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 4, October 17, 2019
« on: October 17, 2019, 07:32:21 pm »Blue doesn’t look to have a big zone tonight, at least for Greinke*.
* Haven’t seen enough of Tanaka yet to suggest he’s calling it differently for him.
1st inning showed he’s getting the outside edge. Greinke did not get the same.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 4, October 17, 2019
« on: October 17, 2019, 07:23:43 pm »
I’ll give you the first pitch but pitch 2 was a strike.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 4, October 17, 2019
« on: October 17, 2019, 07:21:48 pm »
I just wanted to say...
FUCK THE YANKEES!!
FUCK THE YANKEES!!
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Of course, my favorite band of all time is Kansas, so you can figure out why chuck things I'm a goon.
I'd put their first 4 albums up against any other midwest progressive rock band from the mid-seventies.
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Talk Zone / Re: Rotation Games 4.5.6.7
« on: October 17, 2019, 09:04:10 am »Thanks Ty...on a side-note although their "stadium" catches a lot of flack (and rightfully so) I did enjoy a game there with my FIL while on vacation with my family. It was 2013 so you know I'm a die hard. Although we got blanked 5-0 with 5 lousy hits (one from Altuve of course and one other by some guy named JD Martinez, not sure whatever happened to him) we did enjoy the Ted Williams museum, it was really well done. Also, because the locals only show up for Yanks or Sox I was able to get tix dirt cheap just a few rows behind the Stros dugout and literally parked across the street and was inside and almost to our seats in less than a few minutes. I kept looking around for Allen Funt...is this for real???
The Trop is far from ideal but it is Major League Baseball...for now. I get to see the Astros more now that they're in the AL but it also creates a conflict I haven't had to deal with until now...I like the Rays. I've lived here since '88 but I did my growing up in Galveston and college and young-adulting in San Antonio. The game my father and I attended was in Houston.
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Talk Zone / Re: Rotation Games 4.5.6.7
« on: October 17, 2019, 08:35:24 am »Props from Jim...I might not post again to maintain my John Paciorekian average (although I'm already breaking it as I type).
Just a little background on me, my folks started going to games at Colt 45 Stadium and I was hooked by age 6 and once it's in your blood stream, it never leaves. My mom lived down the street from Dick Williams when he played for the AA Fort Worth Cats and knew him pretty well (I met him once and he signed my glove, IMO he should get more recognition as one of the top big league skippers of all time). Of course it was somewhat bittersweet that we beat the Dodgers in 2017 for her.
I almost posted here after we won in 2017 but it was too emotional for me (my dad was battling stage 4 prostate cancer) but he was lucid throughout and getting to discuss every game with him during those playoffs will be a memory I'll cherish forever. He passed 2 weeks later but was able to finally see the Stros win it all.
Anyway, love this site and the insights provided, especially during the game.
Very sorry to hear about your father's passing but what a lovely story. As a youth, I always went to games with my grandfather who lived in Houston. He passed when I was in college, shortly after the '80 NLCS. My father played and loves baseball but was much too busy when I was young to set time away for a ballgame. I went to my first game with my father in July 2017 on his 81st birthday. It was magical and I firmly believe we had a hand in the push to the championship. We spoke on the phone for 30-40 minutes after the last out. He sounded like a kid again.
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Talk Zone / Re: Rotation Games 4.5.6.7
« on: October 17, 2019, 08:23:08 am »
Welcome...
...dickntx
I kid. Seriously, welcome!
...dickntx
I kid. Seriously, welcome!
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I would definitely recommend getting some version of this, even if it's the 09 reissue. I got mine a number of years ago, and I knew they were pretty rare and sought after, but I didn't pay in the hundreds for it. You might try scouring the net and even local sources. Sometimes libraries and other non-profits will have records they are liquidating for cheap. I've gotten several that way. And I have lots of reissues. Nothing wrong with them IMO. They're typically not as valuable and collectible, but I'm a listener, not a collector anyway. I've never understood people who buy records and never take them out of the cellophane. Yes, they are pristine. And they sound as good as a rock in your driveway.
Yeah, I'm not really concerned about the collectibility, etc. I just want a good representation. The reviews on the remaster are good so I'll dive in.
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Speaking of vinyl...there is also the famous concert at Massey Hall in Toronto in May of 1953. It features "The Quintet" of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach. The original release was a single LP titled Jazz at Massey Hall. There was an extended 2-LP release in 1973 subtitled The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever, and it's widely regarded as just that. I have the latter, an original pressing from 1973. It's also one of my favorite records.
The story behind this concert is interesting too. It took place at the same night as the highly anticipated heavyweight title rematch between Rocky Marciano and Jersey Joe Wolcott, and almost no one showed up to this concert. In fact, the gate was so small, that the producers were unable to pay the musicians themselves at the time. Gillespie said he eventually got paid many years later.
I've heard of this album but never looked into it. Original pressings seem to hover in the low hundreds. Would you recommend the ~$20 remaster from 2009?
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Of course, I'm someone who rejects out of hand the idea that Sandinista! should have been shortened.
I love it when people with no input into the creative process of an album call songs, "filler."
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Talk Zone / Re: Joe Maddon to the Angels
« on: October 16, 2019, 10:42:18 am »
I thought they blacked out announcements like this in the postseason. Or is it just the WS?
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 3, October 15, 2019
« on: October 15, 2019, 06:53:21 pm »
Yes!!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 3, October 15, 2019
« on: October 15, 2019, 06:44:30 pm »I'm hoping that Cessa gets distracted enough by Marisnick to make a mistake with Bregman.
Is HBP good enough?
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 3, October 15, 2019
« on: October 15, 2019, 06:38:32 pm »
I don't speculate much on these things but Harris for the 9th too?
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 3, October 15, 2019
« on: October 15, 2019, 06:37:40 pm »So it wasn't cheap, just inexpensive.
On sale.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 3, October 15, 2019
« on: October 15, 2019, 06:35:46 pm »Agree. Didn't seem particularly cheap to me.
Just saw it on Twitter. It was about 10 rows back.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 3, October 15, 2019
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 3, October 15, 2019
« on: October 15, 2019, 06:32:25 pm »
Anyone warming?
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 3, October 15, 2019
« on: October 15, 2019, 06:29:02 pm »
Having to Gameday...are they reviewing it?
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 3, October 15, 2019
« on: October 15, 2019, 06:13:32 pm »
More runs, plz.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Championship Series, Game 3, October 15, 2019
« on: October 15, 2019, 05:02:26 pm »Ump's gotta put his cup on
This is the postseason, they should all be wearing cups!
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Today I had no frito pie and no Love Street. That will change tomorrow.
I'm off the hook.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 3...Octobrr 7, 2019
« on: October 07, 2019, 04:15:55 pm »
So says MLB
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 3...Octobrr 7, 2019
« on: October 07, 2019, 03:37:40 pm »Glasnow on short rest? That's bold.
Ok bigger question, who goes for Houston?
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 3...Octobrr 7, 2019
« on: October 07, 2019, 03:35:26 pm »Don’t think the Rays are starting one of their prized young arms on only three days of rest, especially when he missed four months of the season. They might use Yonny Chirinos in a similar manner as they did Glasnow and Snell, or go with a complete bullpen game.
You’re probably right but in a do-or-die, a bullpen game is a tough proposition.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 3...Octobrr 7, 2019
« on: October 07, 2019, 03:21:55 pm »So who do the Rays have going tomorrow?
Has to be Glasnow.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 3...Octobrr 7, 2019
« on: October 07, 2019, 03:14:52 pm »
James up.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 3...Octobrr 7, 2019
« on: October 07, 2019, 03:12:58 pm »
Sorry, folks. This is clearly my doing.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 3...Octobrr 7, 2019
« on: October 07, 2019, 03:06:24 pm »
They’re berating Bregman mercilessly.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 3...Octobrr 7, 2019
« on: October 07, 2019, 02:59:50 pm »
Smith still throwing.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 3...Octobrr 7, 2019
« on: October 07, 2019, 02:53:59 pm »Probably Ty.
Nope, but everyone around me has had their shot.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 3...Octobrr 7, 2019
« on: October 07, 2019, 02:52:56 pm »249
Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 3...Octobrr 7, 2019
« on: October 07, 2019, 02:47:37 pm »
Smith up in the BP
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 3...Octobrr 7, 2019
« on: October 07, 2019, 02:41:10 pm »Why not let Josh hit against lefthanders? He hits them as well as righthanders.
Same.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 3...Octobrr 7, 2019
« on: October 07, 2019, 02:17:00 pm »
That was worth a hundred bucks right there.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 3...Octobrr 7, 2019
« on: October 07, 2019, 02:05:48 pm »...it doesn't matter if this game ends 40-1
Wade Miley: OK.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 3...Octobrr 7, 2019
« on: October 07, 2019, 01:55:04 pm »
Adames must’ve thought there was one out. He should be on 3rd.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 3...Octobrr 7, 2019
« on: October 07, 2019, 01:39:33 pm »
WTF?
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 3...Octobrr 7, 2019
« on: October 07, 2019, 12:54:54 pm »
Fuck
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 3...Octobrr 7, 2019
« on: October 07, 2019, 12:35:23 pm »I thought WiFi was an MLB requirement.
They got wifi. It’s like turning off your phone.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 3...Octobrr 7, 2019
« on: October 07, 2019, 12:34:18 pm »
Is CFM getting squeezed? Hard to tell from here.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 3...Octobrr 7, 2019
« on: October 07, 2019, 12:32:07 pm »
It makes sense that they wouldn’t be able to handle more than a couple thousand people on the cellular network around the park.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 3...Octobrr 7, 2019
« on: October 07, 2019, 12:16:16 pm »
‘tuve!!!!
I got shit for a signal so not much from me today.
I got shit for a signal so not much from me today.
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Talk Zone / Re: The bullpen
« on: October 07, 2019, 11:13:14 am »
For the most part, I’m a functional mess.
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Talk Zone / Re: Postseason schedule / info compilation
« on: October 07, 2019, 08:50:41 am »and that 's where it gets me.
It gets me too. I'm Frontier which only allows Fox/FS1 games.
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Talk Zone / Re: Postseason schedule / info compilation
« on: October 07, 2019, 08:16:21 am »Try mlb.tv app. They ask for proof of your tv provider subscription.
Keep in mind that not all providers are participating in the coverage. Here's the chart:
https://www.mlb.com/live-stream-games/postseason/2019/providers
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 1...Octobrr 4, 2019
« on: October 04, 2019, 04:31:03 pm »
PONCHE!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 1...Octobrr 4, 2019
« on: October 04, 2019, 04:19:28 pm »
Whenever I see Poche, I think of Ponche!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 1...Octobrr 4, 2019
« on: October 04, 2019, 04:08:08 pm »
Godammit!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 1...Octobrr 4, 2019
« on: October 04, 2019, 04:05:21 pm »
Good thing they had that conference for Sogard.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 1...Octobrr 4, 2019
« on: October 04, 2019, 03:55:28 pm »
Correa is just not ready at the plate. Good thing the others have picked him up.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 1...Octobrr 4, 2019
« on: October 04, 2019, 03:51:14 pm »
Formidable!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 1...Octobrr 4, 2019
« on: October 04, 2019, 03:18:12 pm »
Whew!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 1...Octobrr 4, 2019
« on: October 04, 2019, 03:09:44 pm »Up 4-0 after some of the worst ABs of the season. Hard to complain.
It's good to get Glasnow out of the way.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 1...Octobrr 4, 2019
« on: October 04, 2019, 03:09:09 pm »Yes, take whatever they give you.
What time is it?
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 1...Octobrr 4, 2019
« on: October 04, 2019, 03:03:54 pm »
Holy shit!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 1...Octobrr 4, 2019
« on: October 04, 2019, 02:59:42 pm »That at bat was absolutely embarrassing.
At least he swung at one...GEORGE!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 1...Octobrr 4, 2019
« on: October 04, 2019, 02:58:54 pm »
Yordan is a black hole right now.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 1...Octobrr 4, 2019
« on: October 04, 2019, 02:48:38 pm »
HELL YEAH!!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 1...Octobrr 4, 2019
« on: October 04, 2019, 02:46:45 pm »
Fuck.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 1...Octobrr 4, 2019
« on: October 04, 2019, 01:29:36 pm »I've got the radio guys going with the mlb.tv broadcast. I asked about the tv guys just in case it wasn't a groups of idiots. Who that group of non-idiots might be, I do not know.
I guess I'll stick with what I've got and be happy for once.
AJ Dickhead is one of the guys so you're making the right decision.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 1...Octobrr 4, 2019
« on: October 04, 2019, 01:19:31 pm »
I can only listen and Ford had me out of my chair on Springer's fly ball.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: 2019 American League Division Series, Game 1...Octobrr 4, 2019
« on: October 04, 2019, 12:36:56 pm »OCTOBRR
Do they have the AC cranked up or something?
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FWIW, I'm going with a generic Astros shirt today. Saving my Game #7 shirt for must-win games.
"Area Man Creates Must-Win Situation"
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I am wondering if the plan is to start Miley in Game 4 then flip to Urquidy if Miley starts to implode again. And just hope that James, Rondon and Smith can fill the gaps in any pre-7th inning relief work that is necessary.
I could see that if it's 2-1 Astros, of course. Verlander on 3-days rest if it's elimination.
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Neither one is pitching particularly well at this time.
Neither is Miley and he's coming out of the pen. Anyone know if he's done that before?
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Miley and Urquidy in. Devo, Peacock and Abreu out.
https://twitter.com/JuliaMorales/status/1180120464951144455
https://twitter.com/JuliaMorales/status/1180120464951144455
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The co-ard fan next to me says that "What's Up?" Is her favorite song in the whole world.
I'd say, "Hey!"
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Talk Zone / Re: Post Season
« on: October 01, 2019, 11:08:51 pm »I like Yelich just fine. He's the best player in the National League. Hader is a racist redneck so fuck that guy. The upside I guess is that Bart O'Kavanaugh is going to have to burn up his credit card for more postseason tickets. Hopefully he doesn't have any home improvement projects pending.
I forgot about the racist tweets. Fuck Hader.
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Talk Zone / Re: Post Season
« on: October 01, 2019, 10:12:50 pm »
Yeah, I was rooting for the Nats. I hate the Brewers but I like Hader and Yelich. Hell of a way to lose it.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros @ Angels - 9/29/19
« on: September 29, 2019, 05:40:49 pm »
Win 107! Cole gets 20!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros @ Angels - 9/29/19
« on: September 29, 2019, 05:25:44 pm »
You don't see that every day.
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Talk Zone / Re: Lunch today
« on: September 21, 2019, 09:59:04 am »
If you're ever in the Tampa Bay area and want to try smoked mullet, mackerel and other fish, Ted Peters' Famous Smoked Fish in South Pasadena is a must. Cold beer, cash only!
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Talk Zone / Re: Imelda
« on: September 20, 2019, 02:27:07 pm »Don’t tease me. I was really looking for an excuse to buy one.
I saw it driving to the hotel, but can’t see it from here. Maybe in the morning.
Well, If you're looking for an excuse...
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Talk Zone / Re: Imelda
« on: September 20, 2019, 01:28:46 pm »If you want I can
Nah, I kid. You can take a picture of it for me if possible.
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Talk Zone / Re: Imelda
« on: September 20, 2019, 01:20:04 pm »Well I made it as far as Dubai (not due to flooding). I guess there are worse places to be stuck. Hopefully home tomorrow.
Will you get me one of those little Burj Khalifa statues...you know, like the Empire State Building ones?
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rangers @ Astros - 9/18/19
« on: September 18, 2019, 08:25:59 pm »
Is it absurd or fitting that this historic lineup is getting blanked through 4 by Kolby Allard?
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Talk Zone / Re: The Mets
« on: September 18, 2019, 03:59:21 pm »
I'm still not over 1986, only because it was such a crotch-punch. 1980 either. I don't hate the Mets and Phillies anymore. They seem like faded antagonists of a different era. I'm sure I'd feel different if the Astros were still in the NL but for now, that hatred is reserved for more immediate foes.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros at Royals, 9/15/19
« on: September 15, 2019, 05:27:24 pm »I have made no effort to hide my bias in favor of Tucker getting his chance, but has most of his production, so far, been off AAA pitchers that are up for a look @ KC? Looking forward to him facing more major league pitchers.
I'll take what I see this season over last season no matter what the circumstances.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros at Royals, 9/15/19
« on: September 15, 2019, 03:48:10 pm »
I think I like this Tucker guy.
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Talk Zone / Re: Shocker: RS @ 76-67 after loss to Yanks, Dombrowski is gone!
« on: September 10, 2019, 04:13:03 pm »My fervent hope is this reflects a fatal flaw in Boston's organization that will hamstring them in coming years.
Maybe Cora will instruct them in the Ways of Luhnow.
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Talk Zone / Re: Shocker: RS @ 76-67 after loss to Yanks, Dombrowski is gone!
« on: September 10, 2019, 01:18:30 pm »306
Talk Zone / Re: Shocker: RS @ 76-67 after loss to Yanks, Dombrowski is gone!
« on: September 09, 2019, 04:20:01 pm »Found the link to F & W unless I have been Cabera'd already.
Man, that brings back some memories. Some are good.
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Talk Zone / Re: Shocker: RS @ 76-67 after loss to Yanks, Dombrowski is gone!
« on: September 09, 2019, 04:15:21 pm »"read more, post less"
These 4 words would have solved all of your problems.
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Talk Zone / Re: Shocker: RS @ 76-67 after loss to Yanks, Dombrowski is gone!
« on: September 09, 2019, 08:57:23 am »Hum, thot that was a trick. He's not visible on OWA...
Besides, my bride assigns my homework...
Seriously, man. If you can't bother to keep up with the long-standing norms and idioms of this site, you're the poster boy of the "read more, post less" overly-eager Clark who will never not get flamed. If you're wondering why a lot of people here come down on you, this is it.
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Talk Zone / Re: Mariners 9/5
« on: September 06, 2019, 10:56:02 am »Which innings? From the end of 8th inning until pretty much the end of the 12th inning, it was like the Astros fell asleep. We caught up, now we don't have to do any more. 9 out of the 10 players struck out. It was brutal to watch. Then Guriel got a very generous walk (I guess Country Joe was making up for the other terrible calls) and Tucker got a big hit. So the end of the 12th and the 13th innings were fun. But unfortunately, there was the hour before that.
Which ones do you think?
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Talk Zone / Re: Mariners 9/5
« on: September 06, 2019, 09:34:53 am »
Couldn't stay up for extra innings due to a ridiculous flight this morning but checking the GZ was the very first thing I did after waking up. Looked like a fun few innings.
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Talk Zone / Re: Skaggs autopsy
« on: September 04, 2019, 05:04:33 pm »Indeed. Some addicts come from decent families.
It's not like he bashed a teammate in the head with a bat.
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Talk Zone / Re: Skaggs autopsy
« on: September 04, 2019, 04:58:00 pm »Proof that being circumspect is the right way to go.
Why is waiting to find out if he was an addict prudent before celebrating his life? Jeez, you folks are some harsh motherfuckers.
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Talk Zone / Re: Reymin Guduan
« on: September 04, 2019, 09:04:54 am »Astros County has qualified his initial report with this:
Which may be why no charges have been filed.
...yet.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros @ Brewers - 9/2/19
« on: September 02, 2019, 07:01:45 pm »
Can someone briefly explain what Osuna did? I was in an airport following on my phone. Thanks!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: TB v. Astros, August 27, 2019
« on: August 27, 2019, 09:09:57 pm »
Even the TB tv guys are calling HPU thin-skinned.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Andrew Luck Retires
« on: August 25, 2019, 05:13:04 pm »
Apparently the Colts gave him a 25MM golden parachute in not asking for bonus and guaranteed money back. I'm not sure of the wisdom of that but it seems a pretty nice gesture on their part.
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Talk Zone / Re: white uniforms
« on: August 25, 2019, 05:08:00 pm »Next year? Does anyone look forward to this? Can we just move on?
I kind of dread it.
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Beer and Queso / Re: College Football 2019
« on: August 25, 2019, 07:26:52 am »Pretty good game to start the season. Miami hanging in with Florida. Upset alert
That last 5 minutes was some of the worst football I've seen in some time.
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Talk Zone / Re: Verlander addresses refusal to take ??? from Det reporter Anthony French
« on: August 23, 2019, 07:36:18 am »...but at least you don’t have to worry about having too many beers and falling overboard.
See also: Fishing, Pier
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Talk Zone / Re: Lunch today
« on: August 23, 2019, 06:12:20 am »
Tried to get a Popeye's spicy chicken sandwich from one of the local shops. The drive-thru line was insane so i parked and went in. Stood in line for 10 minutes before the person behind the counter announced that they had no more chicken sandwiches. If I'm working this hard then it better be one charming motherfucking chicken sandwich.
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Talk Zone / Re: Verlander addresses refusal to take ??? from Det reporter Anthony French
« on: August 23, 2019, 06:07:42 am »Do people catch fish there or nearby ordinarily? I've never had any luck surf fishing. Well, except once when I was about 14 and surfing near the old Flagship Hotel with my brother and a couple of my cousins and I saw a hunk of Styrofoam floating attached to a stringer of 5 or 6 speckled trout that I was able to snag.
We used to catch specks and the occasional red from the beach out on the west end, around 13-mile road. Was a day-long kind of thing and typically mid-summer like Lefty mentioned.
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Talk Zone / Re: How Many Astros in 2019 Will Hit 20 or More Homers? Winners get beer
« on: August 20, 2019, 04:43:04 pm »
Okily Dokily!
/Flanders
/Flanders
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Talk Zone / Re: Lunch today
« on: August 20, 2019, 12:36:24 pm »Growing up in Corpus we had a small local business called Shep's Chicken Shack. Their fried chicken was awesome. To this day I haven't had anything better but you can't buy it outside of Corpus. At one time there must have been a Chicken Shack in Waco because I remember their signage off of the interstate.
We had 2 Shep's Little Chicken Shacks in Galveston as I was growing up. One on 23rd by O'Connell High School and one on 61st near S. I've never had fried anything as good as the stuff they made...all fried!! Chicken, livers, gizzards, shrimp, clams, even the biscuits were fried. I still dream of that place.
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Talk Zone / Re: Lunch today
« on: August 19, 2019, 06:51:33 pm »
Also a fan of the Publix friend chicken.
Surprisingly good for a grocery store. The spicy fried chicken wings are deadly.
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Talk Zone / Re: Aches and Pains (2019)
« on: August 15, 2019, 01:21:30 pm »It’s just a flesh wound.
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'Tis but a scratch.
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Talk Zone / Re: 2020 schedle out
« on: August 12, 2019, 09:18:49 pm »
Looks like a FL trip for you guys in the spring again.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros @ Orioles, August 11, 2019
« on: August 11, 2019, 03:35:04 pm »
holy shit!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros @ O's 8/10
« on: August 10, 2019, 10:26:14 pm »A Spin Clean does an ok job, but seriously...nothing comes close to the ultrasonic cleaning. It is by far THE best way to clean vinyl. You should check it out.
Can you send me a link to the one you bought? I'll definitely check it out.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros @ O's 8/10
« on: August 10, 2019, 10:18:29 pm »I have just a basic 6 liter cleaner from amazon. About $120. I just use a long screwdriver threw the hole, rest it on the cleaner, and turn them by hand. Rinse them with distilled water and set them on solo cups to air dry. They have fancy turning devices to do all of that for you, but they want absurd money for them. Turning by hand does the exact same thing. It’s more labor intensive, but something mindless to do while watching the game.
That's basically what the Spin-Clean is, a manual cleaner with microfiber brushes and rollers that you spin yourself. You can clean about 20 LPs with a mix of distilled water and a capful of their cleaner until you need to change out the batch. I want to give my relatively small collection the once over, along with any new/used vinyl that comes in.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros @ O's 8/10
« on: August 10, 2019, 10:00:49 pm »I've been using a Discwasher for 45 years.
Oh, so have I. But some of the used vinyl you see is unbelievably dirty. Not necessarily scratched up but some are mildewed and such and just need a good cleaning.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros @ O's 8/10
« on: August 10, 2019, 09:57:57 pm »Today I was on an 80s kick. I bought:
Armed Forces - Elvis Costello
Phantoms - The Fixx
And finally found a decent original copy of U2’s The Unforgettable Fire, which I think is their masterpiece.
I also had quite a few others that needed cleaning. I use an ultrasonic cleaner. Best thing I’ve ever found.
I have the EC and U2 on vinyl. Which one did you get? The good ones I've seen are in the multiple-hundreds of dollars.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros @ O's 8/10
« on: August 10, 2019, 09:48:51 pm »Actual real vinyl. I bought some today at the local used record shop, and man do people let their records get dirty. Of course, I clean brand new records right out of the cellophane too. They’re also dirty as shit.
What do you use? I bought a Spin-Clean but haven't broken it out yet.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros @ O's 8/10
« on: August 10, 2019, 09:41:59 pm »I've been drinking wine and cleaning records all night.
Like, LPs?
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros @ O's 8/10
« on: August 10, 2019, 07:05:32 pm »
Correa gets in on the fun.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros @ O's 8/10
« on: August 10, 2019, 07:04:13 pm »
Escaped another jam. 2 in 2 innings.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros @ O's 8/10
« on: August 10, 2019, 07:00:23 pm »...one of those "nip it in the bud" calls.
/Fife'd
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros @ O's 8/10
« on: August 10, 2019, 06:47:15 pm »
I got no sound...balk?
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros @ O's 8/10
« on: August 10, 2019, 06:20:17 pm »Did Alvarez actually clear that fence? (Not the outfield fence, obviously, but the iron fence/gate behind the seats.)
Couldn't see closely but it was crushed.
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Game Zone 2019 / Astros @ O's 8/10
« on: August 10, 2019, 06:16:14 pm »
Back-to-back shibbys by ABreg and Alvarez make it 3-0 early.
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Talk Zone / Re: Off day question
« on: August 08, 2019, 03:17:35 pm »
2019. Top to bottom, just a nightmare for opposing pitchers.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rugged Mountain Range @ Vastness of Space 8/7
« on: August 07, 2019, 04:31:32 pm »Two outs. Why would he do that?
I thought the same thing but the ball got in pretty quick. He was held up.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rugged Mountain Range @ Vastness of Space 8/7
« on: August 07, 2019, 04:29:53 pm »Thanks for doing your part, Ty.
Happy to help!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rugged Mountain Range @ Vastness of Space 8/7
« on: August 07, 2019, 03:53:11 pm »
14–2 with another RBI chance for Yuli.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rugged Mountain Range @ Vastness of Space 8/7
« on: August 07, 2019, 03:35:18 pm »We were so close to never having to hear Rodeo Clown’s name again.
Is he the other with 8 in a game?
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rugged Mountain Range @ Vastness of Space 8/7
« on: August 07, 2019, 03:31:27 pm »Yuli ties the Astros record for RBIs with 8.
In a game, i should add.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rugged Mountain Range @ Vastness of Space 8/7
« on: August 07, 2019, 03:30:46 pm »
Yuli ties the Astros record for RBIs with 8.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rugged Mountain Range @ Vastness of Space 8/7
« on: August 07, 2019, 03:29:00 pm »
Another RBI for Yuli.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rugged Mountain Range @ Vastness of Space 8/7
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rugged Mountain Range @ Vastness of Space 8/7
« on: August 07, 2019, 03:24:11 pm »
Juiced again for Yuli.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rugged Mountain Range @ Vastness of Space 8/7
« on: August 07, 2019, 02:55:39 pm »
8 Ks for Cole.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rugged Mountain Range @ Vastness of Space 8/7
« on: August 07, 2019, 02:51:36 pm »I sure am hearing a lot of train whistling from MMPUS through my office window.
I yelled, “Hey Neal T!” Did you hear?
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rugged Mountain Range @ Vastness of Space 8/7
« on: August 07, 2019, 02:43:29 pm »
Yuli clears the bases with a misplayed gapper to LCF. 10-2 Astros.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rugged Mountain Range @ Vastness of Space 8/7
« on: August 07, 2019, 02:39:31 pm »
This inning is “boring.”
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rugged Mountain Range @ Vastness of Space 8/7
« on: August 07, 2019, 02:38:06 pm »
AB takes four bad pitches for another run.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rugged Mountain Range @ Vastness of Space 8/7
« on: August 07, 2019, 02:33:24 pm »
Single to right scores Machete. Still loaded for AB.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rugged Mountain Range @ Vastness of Space 8/7
« on: August 07, 2019, 02:31:39 pm »
Bases loaded no out for Uncle Mike.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rugged Mountain Range @ Vastness of Space 8/7
« on: August 07, 2019, 02:21:33 pm »
Cole, a strike away from being out of the inning, gives up a HR to the boxes. 5-2 Astros.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rugged Mountain Range @ Vastness of Space 8/7
« on: August 07, 2019, 02:09:57 pm »
Sac fly for Yuli. 5-1 Astros
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rugged Mountain Range @ Vastness of Space 8/7
« on: August 07, 2019, 02:06:13 pm »
Bases loaded 1 out for Yuli.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rugged Mountain Range @ Vastness of Space 8/7
« on: August 07, 2019, 01:57:44 pm »
Blackmon’s got an NHL-approved mullet.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rugged Mountain Range @ Vastness of Space 8/7
« on: August 07, 2019, 01:41:01 pm »
Cole strikes out the side to start the 2nd.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rugged Mountain Range @ Vastness of Space 8/7
« on: August 07, 2019, 01:33:40 pm »
He’s on another planet right now.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rugged Mountain Range @ Vastness of Space 8/7
« on: August 07, 2019, 01:33:15 pm »
Yuli with another facade-smasher to left. 3-run shibby!!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rugged Mountain Range @ Vastness of Space 8/7
« on: August 07, 2019, 01:22:30 pm »
Altuve with a facade-smasher to left on the first pitch to tie it up.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rugged Mountain Range @ Vastness of Space 8/7
« on: August 07, 2019, 01:16:16 pm »
Cole’s missing the zone a bit but he hit Story’s bat for a monstrous solo dinger.
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Game Zone 2019 / Rugged Mountain Range @ Vastness of Space 8/7
« on: August 07, 2019, 01:10:32 pm »
Catching the businessfan special before my flight home. No Springer or Reddick. Cole on the bump!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rockheads @ Astros - Place data here
« on: August 06, 2019, 09:47:22 pm »
this has been fun!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rockheads @ Astros - Place data here
« on: August 06, 2019, 09:18:17 pm »Good spot for a bunt
Yeah, not sure why that wasn’t tried.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rockheads @ Astros - Place data here
« on: August 06, 2019, 09:01:01 pm »He's had a couple of 4-pitch walks where he really wasn't close.
I wish he hadn't been close on that last pitch.
Must be up and down then. From up here they look like strikes.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rockheads @ Astros - Place data here
« on: August 06, 2019, 08:59:44 pm »
i blame AB
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rockheads @ Astros - Place data here
« on: August 06, 2019, 08:59:21 pm »
jeez...
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rockheads @ Astros - Place data here
« on: August 06, 2019, 08:56:28 pm »
how bad is Greinke missing? hard to tell from my high-home position.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rockheads @ Astros - Place data here
« on: August 06, 2019, 08:00:00 pm »
uncle mike!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rockheads @ Astros - Place data here
« on: August 06, 2019, 07:35:12 pm »Bregman leads off the 2nd with a double. Thought about a triple...
I think he could’ve made it but probably better he didn’t try.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rockheads @ Astros - Place data here
« on: August 06, 2019, 07:32:42 pm »
RF just stood there....
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Rockheads @ Astros - Place data here
« on: August 06, 2019, 07:27:30 pm »
you’d think with a name like Eschenfelder you’d want to get pronunciations close to correct.
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Game Zone 2019 / Rockheads @ Astros - Place data here
« on: August 06, 2019, 07:07:51 pm »
This lucky Florida inhabitant is at his second home game of the year. Go Astros!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Seatwats @ Astros 8/2
« on: August 02, 2019, 09:24:39 pm »That wasn't against us, was it?
ETA: No, according to baseball-reference.com, it was @PHI on September 4.
The Reds scored 14 in the first against us in ‘89.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Seatwats @ Astros 8/2
« on: August 02, 2019, 09:09:37 pm »9 players on one team have never homered n a game in MLB history. The reds had 8 players homer in a 22-3 win in 1999.
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Thanks, man. I was wondering about that.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Seatwats @ Astros 8/2
« on: August 02, 2019, 08:54:53 pm »
Bregman, Springer and Brantley are on notice.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Seatwats @ Astros 8/2
« on: August 02, 2019, 08:52:57 pm »
hahahahahahahahaha!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Seatwats @ Astros 8/2
« on: August 02, 2019, 08:50:11 pm »
Carlos no longer pressing.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Seatwats @ Astros 8/2
« on: August 02, 2019, 08:30:20 pm »
it’s packed and rockin’ that’s for sure
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Seatwats @ Astros 8/2
« on: August 02, 2019, 08:13:08 pm »
Carlos is pressing...
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Game Zone 2019 / Seatwats @ Astros 8/2
« on: August 02, 2019, 06:18:26 pm »
Anyone else at the game besides me?
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Talk Zone / Re: 2019 Trade Deadline Talk
« on: July 31, 2019, 04:13:16 pm »Let’s make sure we talk up crane as well! Only seen one short tip of the cap to him during all of this.
We did a pretty good job of it after 2017 and I'm sure we'll do it again.
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Talk Zone / Re: 2019 Trade Deadline Talk
« on: July 31, 2019, 04:11:07 pm »
Zack Greinke is the No. 3 starter. Let that sink in...
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros vs Cards 07-28-19
« on: July 28, 2019, 02:13:53 pm »
Man, when he connects...that was a line drive from below the strike zone.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
« on: July 23, 2019, 09:36:54 pm »Man that yard is like a funeral.
Sounding like a second line now!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
« on: July 23, 2019, 09:31:35 pm »If you're gonna let him start the inning, you let him try to work around the walk. Osuna just didn't get it done.
He missed badly on ball 4. If you leave him in you get what you get.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
« on: July 23, 2019, 09:26:57 pm »Miley is pissed with a capital "piss"
I didn’t think he should have started the 9th but I see why AJ did. I definitely would have pulled him after the walk.
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Talk Zone / Re: 2019 Trade Deadline Talk
« on: July 23, 2019, 12:40:41 pm »Yaaah, you think we could get Bregman and dat short little guy plus Alvarez forThorThoah? Imma hang up and listen.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Roger Angell on "Most Important" Vote of His Lifetime
« on: July 18, 2019, 02:34:15 pm »408
Talk Zone / Re: Does census trend = RIP OWA?
« on: July 18, 2019, 06:56:10 am »
I lurked for about a year but started posting around when Ensberg and the rest got robbed during Spring Training. I think I helped confirm what a shithole Kissimmee is.
Grew up in Galveston, then school in San Antonio before moving to Tampa 30+ years ago.
Grew up in Galveston, then school in San Antonio before moving to Tampa 30+ years ago.
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Talk Zone / Re: Does census trend = RIP OWA?
« on: July 17, 2019, 12:19:51 pm »y’all all feel like my dysFUNctional internet family.
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Talk Zone / Re: Keuchel
« on: July 17, 2019, 08:59:44 am »
I feel the same for Keuchel as I do for CFM and Marwin. I wish they were all still Astros. They aren't so I don't really think of them much.
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Talk Zone / Re: Aches and Pains (2019)
« on: July 12, 2019, 04:27:03 pm »Smith activated, Sneed to Round Rock, Correa to 60-day (eligible July 26 return)
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I got a notification with this "Correa to 60-day," and without this "eligible July 26 return" and thought, "shit."
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Talk Zone / Re: World Class Selig Fluffing by Pinwheel
« on: July 11, 2019, 08:43:26 am »Maybe he'll leave instructions in his will to charge admission.
"If they want to piss on the grave of the greatest commissioner of baseball ever then, by golly, they're going to have to pay for the privilege."
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Major Leauge All-Star Game, July 9, 2019
« on: July 09, 2019, 06:14:59 pm »Live from fabulous Cleveland, Ohio (Jim Bouton once wrote: "if you die in a plane crash in Cleveland, you just hope it's an inbound flight")
One of the comedians I used to follow in the 70's once said "Cleveland is the Indian word for Quaalude."
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Angels @ Astros, July 6, 2019
« on: July 06, 2019, 09:00:19 pm »
The best thing about Pressly’s difficult 8th was wiping out the heart of the Angels order.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Angels @ Astros, July 6, 2019
« on: July 06, 2019, 08:49:01 pm »
MMP is reaching Wrigley status in the “scream for long fly balls” category.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Angels @ Astros, July 6, 2019
« on: July 06, 2019, 08:47:39 pm »Refreshing, ain't it?I was strangely calm during the last at-bat. He seemed so too.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Angels @ Astros, July 6, 2019
« on: July 06, 2019, 08:45:28 pm »
Pressly mops up his own mess.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Angels @ Astros, July 6, 2019
« on: July 06, 2019, 08:42:58 pm »
Huge pop-up.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Angels @ Astros, July 6, 2019
« on: July 06, 2019, 08:31:22 pm »
2 runs evaporated by questionable base path decisions.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Angels @ Astros, July 6, 2019
« on: July 06, 2019, 08:19:21 pm »
What a display by Cole.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Angels @ Astros, July 6, 2019
« on: July 06, 2019, 08:13:44 pm »Fuck, White...just give yourself up with 2 outs...don't bother to fucking try!!!There’s already been 2 earthquakes in recent days. Why push it?
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Angels at Astros- July 5, 2019
« on: July 06, 2019, 04:18:08 pm »I thought the Bible frowned upon that
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ISWYDT
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Angels at Astros- July 5, 2019
« on: July 05, 2019, 09:30:30 pm »
Fuck this game!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Angels at Astros- July 5, 2019
« on: July 05, 2019, 09:12:28 pm »
Fuck, that's frustrating.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Angels at Astros- July 5, 2019
« on: July 05, 2019, 09:01:29 pm »
So what's that ground rule? Did it leave the field?
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Angels at Astros- July 5, 2019
« on: July 05, 2019, 08:47:40 pm »There's tonight's home run.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Angels at Astros- July 5, 2019
« on: July 05, 2019, 07:51:47 pm »There's tonight's home run.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Angels at Astros- July 5, 2019
« on: July 05, 2019, 07:44:06 pm »
Good God, the inanity...
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Angels at Astros- July 5, 2019
« on: July 05, 2019, 07:41:34 pm »Motor Mouth Berkman
You ain't kidding. Take a breath, buddy.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Angels at Astros- July 5, 2019
« on: July 05, 2019, 07:39:17 pm »
Forgive me for not keeping up but who is doing color with TK tonight?
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Talk Zone / Re: This losing streak
« on: June 26, 2019, 05:35:53 pm »
Maybe AJ just wants there to be no question that Yuli is the 1B once the roster is healthy.
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Talk Zone / Re: This losing streak
« on: June 24, 2019, 07:13:41 pm »
I want to go on the record as a big Yuli fan. That's all.
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Talk Zone / Re: Les Expos du Tampa Bay?
« on: June 21, 2019, 11:25:38 am »
I really believe Sternberg and his buds think that Tampa Bay is a lost cause. The lease on the Trop is inching to a close and there doesn't seem to be any local interest in giving them anything in the way of government support for a new stadium in an area that has the best chance of working. As much as I love baseball, and the Rays, I think they are right.
Baseball got off on the wrong foot here to begin with and has been limping along for 20+ years. St. Pete ain't gonna work and the Rays seem uninterested in talking to the city. A new retractable-roof ballpark in downtown Tampa with public transportation that works might make the Rays a successful draw but that is a big gamble with their own money and I don't think they like the odds. The big tell for me is Jeff Vinik's yawning lack of interest in having the Rays be part of the redevelopment he is doing of the downtown Tampa channel district. Yes, he is a hockey owner but baseball would be a limited overlap and would create a year-round draw to his downtown development. But he's said no, and he owns the only undeveloped land left in downtown.
Like I said earlier in the thread, I think this split-city idea is just a ploy to either get things moving locally or prime the Montreal market for a move. I can see them waiting out the 9 years left on the lease, if they feel they have to, and making an unrestricted move elsewhere.
Baseball got off on the wrong foot here to begin with and has been limping along for 20+ years. St. Pete ain't gonna work and the Rays seem uninterested in talking to the city. A new retractable-roof ballpark in downtown Tampa with public transportation that works might make the Rays a successful draw but that is a big gamble with their own money and I don't think they like the odds. The big tell for me is Jeff Vinik's yawning lack of interest in having the Rays be part of the redevelopment he is doing of the downtown Tampa channel district. Yes, he is a hockey owner but baseball would be a limited overlap and would create a year-round draw to his downtown development. But he's said no, and he owns the only undeveloped land left in downtown.
Like I said earlier in the thread, I think this split-city idea is just a ploy to either get things moving locally or prime the Montreal market for a move. I can see them waiting out the 9 years left on the lease, if they feel they have to, and making an unrestricted move elsewhere.
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Talk Zone / Re: Les Expos du Tampa Bay?
« on: June 21, 2019, 10:57:07 am »Evan Drellich is now with the Athletic. He tweeted yesterday that the Rays believe they can go cheaper and build a roofless stadium in St. Pete if they can go to Montreal for the hottest summer months.
That makes sense because the hottest summer months in Tampa Bay are April, May, June, July, August and September.
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Talk Zone / Re: Les Expos du Tampa Bay?
« on: June 20, 2019, 02:03:16 pm »
From twitter:
EXECUTIVE: Ticket sales are underperforming. Maybe we should look at moving the team?
EXECUTIVE 2: (popping up after a table long rail of cocaine) OR! HEAR ME OUT!!!
https://twitter.com/WenzlerPowers/status/1141765861700591616
EXECUTIVE: Ticket sales are underperforming. Maybe we should look at moving the team?
EXECUTIVE 2: (popping up after a table long rail of cocaine) OR! HEAR ME OUT!!!
https://twitter.com/WenzlerPowers/status/1141765861700591616
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Talk Zone / Re: Les Expos du Tampa Bay?
« on: June 20, 2019, 01:36:44 pm »Do you think that if they built an attractive stadium where the current stadium stands that would solve the attendance issues or is it simply a case of the stadium's being in St Petersburg rather than Tampa?
To quote Jules, "We'd have to be talking about one charming motherfucking pig."
I think the location is an issue, as do many who have analyzed the situation. My personal opinion is if they don't put it in Tampa/Hillsborough then they shouldn't even try. I think the Rays think this as well.
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Talk Zone / Re: Les Expos du Tampa Bay?
« on: June 20, 2019, 01:28:23 pm »I know this board frowns on "lol" and "haha's" but
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Does anyone REALLY think this would work? If the Rays really do this then they will lose what little support they have now and likely won't get much support from Montreal by being "half in." You cannot be half in, either be all in and move to Montreal or be all out and suck it up in Tampa. This would be a lose/lose situation for everyone involved.
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This is just a "shit or get off the pot" shot over the Tampa Bay bow by the Rays with the blessings of MLB. It'll be an either/or, not both.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros @ Reds, June19, 2019
« on: June 19, 2019, 02:47:05 pm »Swept by a shitty, shitty last place NL team. Impressive.
With your 1 and 2 to close it out.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros @ Pimply-misshapen asses 6/18
« on: June 18, 2019, 07:11:31 pm »
She's discussing what it tasted like when it came back up.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros @ Pimply-misshapen asses 6/18
« on: June 18, 2019, 07:09:36 pm »oh god she ate it
She could've refused the assignment based on prejudicial consequences but she's a consummate pro.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros @ Pimply-misshapen asses 6/18
« on: June 18, 2019, 07:03:45 pm »
Julia looked like she was about to vomit.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros @ Pimply-misshapen asses 6/18
« on: June 18, 2019, 06:52:15 pm »
Obligatory JV solo shot. Grrr. What a shithole.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros @ Pimply-misshapen asses 6/18
« on: June 18, 2019, 06:48:22 pm »
i like Brantley in the 2-hole. Has he been there recently with the line-up decimation?
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Game Zone 2019 / Astros @ Pimply-misshapen asses 6/18
« on: June 18, 2019, 06:38:36 pm »
On the broadcast they just showed a bowl of Skyline Chili being served up and it looked like diarrhea poured on top of spaghetti with cheddar cheese on top.
Go Astros!!
Go Astros!!
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Bosox @ Astros, May 26, 2019
« on: May 26, 2019, 02:18:58 pm »
Jebus, that was crushed.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros @ Red Sox, May, 18th*, 2019
« on: May 19, 2019, 03:29:14 pm »Is that Boston's first lead in the series? I can't remember if they ever had a lead yesterday.
They led 1-0 in the 1st.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros @ Red Sox, May, 18th*, 2019
« on: May 19, 2019, 03:28:56 pm »
This game has been teetering on the edge since the first pitch.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros @ Red Sox, May, 18th*, 2019
« on: May 19, 2019, 03:26:15 pm »
Yuli 2.0
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros @ Red Sox, May, 18th*, 2019
« on: May 19, 2019, 02:43:46 pm »
Yuli's like, "Sorry guys."
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros @ Red Sox, May, 18th*, 2019
« on: May 19, 2019, 02:30:38 pm »
The butcher giveth and he taketh.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros @ Red Sox, May, 18th*, 2019
« on: May 19, 2019, 01:48:38 pm »
CORREAAAA!!!
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The category is not “best graves for pissing on”
Not sure I'd waste a good piss.
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Talk Zone / Re: Ryan Pressly
« on: April 19, 2019, 02:44:34 am »Jim keeps getting older and Neil keeps staying the same age.
It'd be a lot cooler if you didn't.
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Talk Zone / Re: Blue Jays vs. Indians
« on: April 05, 2019, 11:44:15 am »Trevor Bauer is an immensely talented prick who can suck abucketslop jar full of nuts.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros at Rangers, April 1, 2019
« on: April 01, 2019, 10:18:38 pm »Hell of a game from Peacock, Pressly, and Osuna.
...and Chirinos.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros at Rangers, April 1, 2019
« on: April 01, 2019, 09:16:16 pm »
Can’t ask for much more from Brad.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros at Rays, March 31, 2019
« on: March 31, 2019, 01:47:37 pm »
what a shitshow.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Astros at Rays, March 31, 2019
« on: March 31, 2019, 01:31:20 pm »
I should’ve done like a Rays fan and stayed home.
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Talk Zone / Re: Aches and Pains (2019)
« on: March 31, 2019, 09:47:36 am »
Correa in today's lineup at SS and batting 4th.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Game 3: Astros at Rays, March 29
« on: March 30, 2019, 08:06:35 pm »Tommy Pham has a very interesting backstory.
I’m a Pham phan. It’s hard to not like the Rays here.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Game 3: Astros at Rays, March 29
« on: March 30, 2019, 07:35:51 pm »
Hopefully they won’t be asking Devo for multiple innings often.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Game 3: Astros at Rays, March 29
« on: March 30, 2019, 07:29:58 pm »
Looking very last year with the lineup. Correa is missed.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Game 3: Astros at Rays, March 29
« on: March 30, 2019, 06:42:37 pm »
Huge K.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Game 3: Astros at Rays, March 29
« on: March 30, 2019, 06:39:24 pm »
McHugh is gassed.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Game 3: Astros at Rays, March 29
« on: March 30, 2019, 06:38:49 pm »
Harris up in the bullpen.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Game 2: Astros at Rays, 3/29/19
« on: March 29, 2019, 07:22:19 pm »Got no help from the D, but yeah, he hung a few.
Did his best to get Pham to chase but lost the battle. He hung the one to Choi.
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Game Zone 2019 / Re: Opening Day 2019 Astros at Rays, March 28
« on: March 29, 2019, 08:42:53 am »Top of 3rd
Snell pitching
Chirinos walks
Diaz FO down the RF line, Meadows makes a nice sliding grab.
Marisnick takes four balls to move Chirinos to 2nd
Springer homers!!!!! Three run Springer Dinger!!!
Altuve GO to short.
Bregman FO to RF
Middle of 3
Astros 3 Rays 1
I'm thinking Snell regretted not going after Marisnick. Jake showed good patience and Snell thought he'd chase the slider. I'm sure he was thinking about that when he served up Springer's dinger.
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Talk Zone / Re: It’s Opening Day!!!!
« on: March 28, 2019, 06:51:57 am »T-Minus 8 hours until The Void is over.
How will you be watching/listening to the Astros today?
I’ll be at an airport watching on MLB.tv then dark for probably innings 2-6 while in the air then back online as soon as the plane touches down. I’ll likely actually pay for inflight WiFi so I can follow aLong in the GZ during those middle innings.
Sec 111 Row FF Seat 3
Go Astros!!
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Talk Zone / Re: Ichiro
« on: March 22, 2019, 04:52:37 am »"Of his era"?
I'd hope everyone know that Rickey takes a backseat to nobody.
Well, the article made the comparison. Nate just put it in perspective.
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Talk Zone / Re: Team Payroll 2019
« on: March 14, 2019, 08:30:42 am »merchandizing.
You did this to antagonise Limey, didn't you.
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Talk Zone / Re: Team Payroll 2019
« on: March 13, 2019, 03:00:41 pm »It's definitely not new. It just irks me when people refer to free agency as a free market.
It’s more like a monkey-slinging-poo market.
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Talk Zone / Re: Team Payroll 2019
« on: March 13, 2019, 02:24:03 pm »Luhnow is saying Bregman deserves to be paid more, which is a sentiment I doubt anyone would dispute.
The fact that the CBA allows teams to underpay players like Bregman is why teams don't have to pay free agents a true free market price.
But this isn't new. Just because you possess something of value that you earned doesn't mean you're hurting the free market by not participating in it. The free market is correcting itself by removing the stupidity.
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Talk Zone / Re: 2019 Roster (New & Improved)
« on: March 13, 2019, 02:01:25 pm »I totally missed the switch hitter component of flexibility. I agree completely. Sorry for focusing only on defense.
Not on you, it's on me for being too broad. Thanks for keeping me in check to be more clear.
You're not supposed to do that. This is the internet!
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Talk Zone / Re: Spring Training 2019
« on: March 12, 2019, 07:37:47 pm »Better today with 1 1/3 scoreless and allowing just 1 hit.
Devo loads the bases with no outs then gets out of the jam.
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Talk Zone / Re: 2019 Roster (New & Improved)
« on: March 12, 2019, 09:13:43 am »For anyone thinking about bringing back the cheese jokes, we pretty much covered them all a while back.
This one was pretty good from 12 years ago...
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Talk Zone / Re: Team Payroll 2019
« on: March 11, 2019, 05:16:40 pm »
I don't blame him for being disappointed but you're right. His whininess is a bad look and the underlying "threat" of his statement is troubling.
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Talk Zone / Re: Team Payroll 2019
« on: March 11, 2019, 03:46:16 pm »Bregman renewed at $640.5K
"I'm just disappointed and I feel like I outperformed that last year. I understand that it's a business, but I feel like good business would be wanting to make a player who performed at a high level on your team happy and want to feel like he wanted to be kept and feel like they wanted him to play here forever. I'm just disappointed it doesn't seem like the same amount of want."
Luhnow:
"The reason we went out of our way last year for Correa is he won Rookie of the Year [in 2015] and missed Super Two by one day, and we felt like we needed to make that up to him. That was a special circumstance for a special player. Alex is a special player and we hope he's here for his entire career, and we're giving him the second-highest pre-arbitration earnings that we've ever given in history and one of the top 10 in MLB history."
"I know it's not satisfying because he's a great player and no player is ever satisfied the year before they reach arbitration with the amount the club gives them. That's just the nature of our industry right now. That's the world we operate in, and next year when he reaches arbitration, he's going to begin to get paid at the level he deserves."
They're both right and it does suck. I don't blame Bregman for being disappointed and I don't blame Luhnow for going by the book. I just hope it doesn't hinder extension talks, should it get to that.
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Talk Zone / Re: Changes to the game coming this year??
« on: March 11, 2019, 06:26:13 am »
I'm ok with time limits for any aspect of the game that creates unnecessary delay. I'd also like to see how the computers calling balls and strikes go. I'm even cool with the limited mound visits. Other than that, don't fuck with the game itself.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Nashville
« on: March 04, 2019, 02:29:07 pm »Well, there's sixteen thousand eight hundred 'n twenty one mothers from Nashville. All their friends play music, and they ain't uptight if one of the kids will. Because it's custom made for any mother's son to be a guitar picker in Nashville. And I sure am glad I got a chance to say a word about the music and the mothers from Nashville.
Been playin' since they's babies.
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Talk Zone / Re: JV and Cole
« on: February 22, 2019, 04:09:11 pm »But that would disqualify our guesses.
We'll keep it on the QT.
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Talk Zone / Re: 2019 Roster (New & Improved)
« on: February 22, 2019, 02:02:29 pm »Either that or all the teams secretly agreed to avoid competitive bidding for free agents.
NO COLLUSION!!
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Talk Zone / Re: JV and Cole
« on: February 22, 2019, 02:01:13 pm »I thought it was the opposite of a Qualifying Offer.
I guess we'll just have to have him come back in and explain everything for us.
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Talk Zone / Re: JV and Cole
« on: February 22, 2019, 12:45:40 pm »DQ = drama queen, aka Clemens. Ye Olde Funk and Wagner might have been of assistance in this instance.
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I'm sure that if MM were not the one who came up with "Drama Queen," he certainly was around for his crowning and was only using the fast-food metaphors for comic effect.
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Talk Zone / Re: Changes to the game coming this year??
« on: February 21, 2019, 07:40:43 pm »Foul Balls Are The Pace-Of-Play Problem Nobody’s Talking About
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/foul-balls-are-the-pace-of-play-problem-nobodys-talking-about/
I just came in here to post that. I sure as hell hope they don't do something stupid like limit the number of fouls per at-bat.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Roger Angell on "Most Important" Vote of His Lifetime
« on: February 07, 2019, 11:05:35 am »Oh trust me, I know that his base is as solid (and as dumb) as a rock.
You sell them short. Dumb is not what makes the base rock-solid.
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Talk Zone / Re: Changes to the game coming this year??
« on: February 06, 2019, 01:36:24 pm »
More of this.
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Talk Zone / Re: Dominican Baseball Article
« on: February 05, 2019, 01:18:07 pm »I vowed never to pay for content years ago.
I don't understand this.
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Talk Zone / Re: Grass 27, Artificial Turf 3
« on: January 31, 2019, 03:49:41 pm »We did...
But that was before the fun police intervened.
The only handle I use. It's perfection.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Roger Angell on "Most Important" Vote of His Lifetime
« on: January 22, 2019, 04:57:02 pm »I'll take that. That is even better.
Of course, your partner did poison the judge.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Roger Angell on "Most Important" Vote of His Lifetime
« on: January 22, 2019, 04:54:28 pm »Failing to recognize the culpability of both parties is failing to understand the dynamics of politics and the history that got us to this point. You're the better dancer so you blame your dance partner for losing the dance contest.
More like "you're the better dancer so you blame your partner for poisoning the judges."
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Beer and Queso / Re: Roger Angell on "Most Important" Vote of His Lifetime
« on: January 22, 2019, 03:58:15 pm »
Shitting on the board doesn't make you win at chess but it sure ends the game.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Roger Angell on "Most Important" Vote of His Lifetime
« on: January 22, 2019, 03:35:49 pm »
Perhaps one's time is better spent reaching kids than arguing on social media.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Roger Angell on "Most Important" Vote of His Lifetime
« on: January 22, 2019, 03:20:25 pm »
I wonder what would make someone go out of their way to defend these youths for their actions, regardless of the snippet or angle or length of the video you chose to view. These are high school kids bussed to DC to take part in a political act, the March for Lives, sponsored by a private Catholic school. They chose to make political statements by wearing their MAGA hats, which are decidedly pro-Trump (spare me the fake wonderment about the baked-in symbolism) and then decided it was a good idea to mesh with an Indigenous People's March. What amount of youthful indiscretion would make anyone think this was a good idea if not for malicious intent? You really have to reach pretty far to think that what these kids did was just hijinks.
Oh, I know why some will reach those lengths. Because they can; they feel emboldened. Had these been kids from an inner-city public school peppered with ebony and shade, the overwhelming narrative from these same people would have been to crush and condemn. It's so transparent.
Maybe you're for Donald Trump. Maybe you're against abortion rights. Maybe you're Catholic. Maybe you just like being contrary. Defending the actions of these youths is dangerous and wrong and most people deep-down know this. If you honestly believe they were "just being kids" then I really don't know what to say. I suppose we get the society we deserve.
Oh, I know why some will reach those lengths. Because they can; they feel emboldened. Had these been kids from an inner-city public school peppered with ebony and shade, the overwhelming narrative from these same people would have been to crush and condemn. It's so transparent.
Maybe you're for Donald Trump. Maybe you're against abortion rights. Maybe you're Catholic. Maybe you just like being contrary. Defending the actions of these youths is dangerous and wrong and most people deep-down know this. If you honestly believe they were "just being kids" then I really don't know what to say. I suppose we get the society we deserve.
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Talk Zone / Re: 2019 Roster (New & Improved)
« on: January 19, 2019, 03:15:17 pm »
Machado is not a fit on this team and I seriously doubt the Astros have done any pursuing of him.
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Talk Zone / Re: Ex-Astros News 2019
« on: January 19, 2019, 03:13:02 pm »Jody Like a Melody still gives me the occasional goosebump, not ashamed to admit.
I wore that album out - along with Longhaired Redneck - my first couple of years in HS. I still spin them occasionally.
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Beer and Queso / Re: Roger Angell on "Most Important" Vote of His Lifetime
« on: January 17, 2019, 07:17:35 am »The shutdown is eroding Trump’s base. In an NPR simple approval poll, the difference between last month and this is:
-7% among Republicans
-6% among white men w/o college degree
-7% among white evangelicals
-9% among suburban men
-11% among white women w/o college
Pelosi's got him by the beans.