(oooooh, my first GZ as a Pope. do I get better seats?)
Hey, no pressure Mr. Pence...we're going to give you a single digit jersey number. NO. PRESSURE.
Way up front. With no screen. Hope your reflexes are sharp.
Blacked out again. Motherfucker. I am so tired of this.
And he takes the number......9.
Ugh...stuck with Milo tonight. Give me some good color Pope.
You gotta be kidding. Are you using DirecTV?
For Horns fans: Blalock is a Falcon.Courtesy of the Houston Texans.
They're certainly getting younger on the DL.
The Texans are dead to me. But...they made a nice pick up in the first round today.
not to me.
FUCK BUD ADAMS AND THE TENNESSEE TITANS
not to me.
FUCK BUD ADAMS AND THE TENNESSEE TITANS
Dave Bush, perfect game. I'm calling it now.
If Dave Bush throws another gem against us,
IT'S ALMOST PENCE TIME
Dammit. Well, nice pitch and hell of an AB. Won't show up in the boxscore, but he fouled off a lot of good pitches.absolutely..great AB..curious to see what he'll do next at bat..he stayed in there really well
ALKIE'S TRIVIA TIME:
If you look this up and cheat, you're just cheating yourselves. And me. And the rest of the board. And your balls will shrivel up and fall off.
1) What is the highest player-jersey-number retired in MLB (a real player)?
2) Which jersey number (other than #42) has been retired by the most teams?
2.38
ALKIE'S TRIVIA TIME:
If you look this up and cheat, you're just cheating yourselves. And me. And the rest of the board. And your balls will shrivel up and fall off.
1) What is the highest player-jersey-number retired in MLB (a real player)?
2) Which jersey number (other than #42) has been retired by the most teams?
2.38
Please don't tell me you have a Sampson spreadsheet set up so you can update and sort that data on an AB basis.
99 and 5
Oh god, yes. Why?
That's some serious man on man love.
ALKIE'S TRIVIA TIME:
If you look this up and cheat, you're just cheating yourselves. And me. And the rest of the board. And your balls will shrivel up and fall off.
1) What is the highest player-jersey-number retired in MLB (a real player)?
2) Which jersey number (other than #42) has been retired by the most teams?
77 and 7
Wrong and not-even-fucking-close
45 and 4
God Milo sucks.
Wrong and CORRECT. 4 has been retired by 8 different teams.
85 and 4
Nope, and "4" has already been established, but I'll give you a B+.
I have absolutely no idea (and no balls to shrivel up) so here is my stab in the dark:
1) 47
2) 5
Well, we've found one guy who can bunt.
Hey Dorph, perk up when Milo starts welcoming groups, will ya? The boys have had plenty of time to come up with some good ones.
or maybe Fisk @ 72
Winnah, winnah.
is there an inning reserved for that?I imagine so but I couldn't pinpoint it for you. You just get to listen to Milo closely from here on in.
Winnah, winnah.
I saw the Fisk homer replay a few days ago... reminded me of his strange number that he reversed with the Pale Hose.
1-0 leads make me nervous. Impending doom and whatnot.
My instincts serve me well.
1-0 leads make me nervous. Impending doom and whatnot.It's ok. They didn't score in the 1st. We still have hope.
Is that David Carr at the game? Blue shirt behind Babs?
I'll be honest, I couldn't believe you didn't get it immediately.
For some reason I was thinking of 77.
Why, who was 77?
Lance grounds out weakly to the OF and is awarded 1B for some reason.
Lies.
Lance grounds out weakly to the OF and is awarded 1B for some reason.
Brownie says Matt Belisle has a no-hitter going.
Craig, it's not just you blacked out. Dish has it listed on 444, but I'm blacked out too. Bastards.
FSN alternate 444 is the Brewers feed. Since you're not in the Brewers "local" market that feed is blacked out for you.
Because you're in the Astros "local" market you get the local KNWS feed if it's picked up by a local station. If not, then you are SOL, not technically blacked out.
Does anyone even remember the last Astros HR?
Does anyone even remember the last Astros HR?
Monday in Philly.
Nope. Can't even remember scoring more than 1 run in an inning.
Monday in Philly.
FSN alternate 444 is the Brewers feed. Since you're not in the Brewers "local" market that feed is blacked out for you.
Because you're in the Astros "local" market you get the local KNWS feed if it's picked up by a local station. If not, then you are SOL, not technically blacked out.
I bet he feels much better now.
How dare he hit our Pence.
Why did Mansolino send him?
Sampson singles, Everett sent by Manso and gunned down at home.
These guys have lost a small town on the basepaths this month...
Lance's stupidity gets us an extra run.
2) The play at the plate? He was fucking SAFE. Every replay shows the tag was high. He was in there.
will someone for the love of all that is good and holy tell us what is happening.
will someone for the love of all that is good and holy tell us what is happening.
My husband (Cubs fan) says "He was safe. I normally say that just to make you happy, but this time I mean it. He was safe."
I would but I can't watch.
who got thrown out at home?
Lance singles scoring 2. Biggio to 3rd. Lance caught in rundown trying to get to 2nd 9-6-3-6-4. Brewers forgot Biggio on third. He scores before Lance is tagged out.
me either, but apparently the GZ has been taken over by the spirit of Milo.
who got thrown out at home?
Would you guys like me to do PBP?
awesome. thanks.
Would you guys like me to do PBP?
sisenorgracias
Everett. Mansolino sent him.
Pence makes a play deep in CF that didn't look all that pretty.
I'm sure, however, Burke doesn't even get there.
ah, yes. I was confused by Alkie's post, I thought a baserunner got thrown out during Lance's rundown.
Pence makes a play deep in CF that didn't look all that pretty.
I'm sure, however, Burke doesn't even get there.
Purpura is a genius.
Sorry. Yeah, I tried to preface it. I was making up for being gone from the forum for 10 exciting minutes.
Careful, fanboy, Coach could be lurking.
Milo just had an orgasm.
Bases loaded, two outs, Berkman lashes one down the RF line. Two runs score easily. For reasons known only to god and Lance, when the ball thrown back into the IF Lance is standing idly somewhere between first and second. Lance gets in a rundown, and Loretta manages to score as the Brewers are preoccupied chasing down Lance. The Brewers didn't even try to make a play on Loretta.That was great; thanks. My wife asked why I was laughing, so I read it aloud, and she had a nice laugh too.
Or, as Milo would explain it, Whooooaaahhhooooaaaahhhoooooaahhhhooooo!
FSN just showed us that Sampson has a season high XX strikeouts.
Pence singles to right with a ball on his hands. Scott to 3rd.
Cheo makes him kiss the ball.
Pence scorches one to right field corner, just foul. People all over Houston go into multiple orgasms, then stop. Hunter singles to RF for his first major league hit, Scott to 3rd. Ball removed from game. People all over Houston resume multiple orgasms. Pence gets standing ovation.
I expect us to score 16 runs tonight. Would have been 21 with Lamb.
Someone can actually hit behind the runner? Wow!
He's fun to make fun of but I really like watching him play. He looks like he is having fun.
It was another pretty impressive at-bat. He went with the pitch which was high and inside and just sort of deflected it out into right.
It was strange. I felt like I was in another world. Watching another team. In a beautiful house. With a beautiful wife.
How did I get here?
I am not making fun of him. I am making fun of the fans. You KNOW the ones I am talking about.
Pallilo and Milo for starters.
It was strange. I felt like I was in another world. Watching another team. In a beautiful house. With a beautiful wife.
How did I get here?
Don't let your wife see this post. She thinks she is beautiful.
Alkie I think I'm on your Sampson manlove bandwagon.
9 fucking runs off a pitcher who owns us on the 1st place club.
The Mick is our saviour.
I am so very confused.
This is an exhibition, right? When does the game start?
Man, what a game for Austin to get the shaft.
When they bring in Lidge...
Tonight is the perfect night to use Lidge.
Milwaukee Brewers
Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
D Bush 5.1 10 8 7 2 4 0 98-65 6.23
Mihoba, I think your "fire up the club" theory on the Pence callup is the right one.
Ensberg is looking more and more tradeable every day to me.
Loretta adds so much to this lineup. I am all for him taking over as the regular 3B. Ensberg is looking more and more tradeable every day to me.totally agree
Lidge looked great yesterday. I'd love to see him get a full inning.
I want Loretta in the lineup everyday too but where's he gonna play?
Sampson:
6.1 inn, 5 hits, 1 run, 1 earned, 2 BB, 8 Ks
updated ERA?
Pence looks like Anthony Michael Hall.Last night everyone was thinking that the Pence move was weird science, but today it seems he has
So how'd Lidge look? Was he throwing quality pitches?
So how'd Lidge look? Was he throwing quality pitches?
Lidge down to 6.48.
is that before or after tax?
4. Credit where credit is due... the offense is a hell of a lot better when Everett is swinging well.
2. I love "Slim Shady" as the official HP nickname, but am willing to entertain others.
"PENCE!!!!" is great.
After the way everyone has been typing his name and the hooha yesterday and today I was thinking "All Caps."
They're swinging at the slider.
Lidge strikes out the side.
I like Lidge for 2 innings at a time: if I had a choice, and it was between 10 games of 1 inning appearances or 5 games of 2 innings, I'd take the latter--putting fewer games at risk
Lidge strikes out the side.
All three out by K. I don't see what's wrong with it.
This has always been a source of irritation for me. Thorn in the side. If someone gives up a hit or walk in between K's, they didn't truly strike out the side. It should be reserved for 3K's in a row. Ok, jumping off soapbox now.
This is a bizarre comment. If he keeps throwing like this the only thing he's putting at risk is the opponent's ability to score runs.
Fuckin' huge!
I've always said that.
He didn't strike out the side. The side reached. He had 3 Ks.
In that half inning, all three outs were Ks. Struck out the side.
Counsell Ks 2 out. 1 to go.
Graffanino PH for ??
Are we going to get a shaving cream pie to the face tonight?
It was strange. I felt like I was in another world. Watching another team. In a beautiful house. With a beautiful wife.Nice Talkin Heads ref my man!
How did I get here?
Nice Talkin Heads ref my man!
Reading 3 week old game threads is Hard Core, or you seriously need to catch up on Tivo.