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General Discussion => Archive => Game Zone 2007 Archive => Topic started by: Alkie on June 19, 2007, 07:27:13 pm
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Just kidding. Game's in like 4 hours.
Come back then.
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Just kidding. Game's in like 4 hours.
Come back then.
i used to live in garden grove-- chapman and seacrest, about 3 miles down from the crystal cathedral. i used to play basketball at faylane park with some white boyz who were always smokin' shwag weed and talkin' like black boyz.
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i used to live in garden grove-- chapman and seacrest, about 3 miles down from the crystal cathedral. i used to play basketball at faylane park with some white boyz who were always smokin' shwag weed and talkin' like black boyz.
We took this trip to Garden Grove. Smelled like Lou-dog inside the van. Oh yeah.
DK was from Garden Grove.
Got lost there once looking for a place to eat.
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Houston
Biggio, 2B
Pence, CF
Berkman, 1B
Lee, DH
Loretta, SS
Lamb, 3B
Scott, RF
Munson, C
Palmeiro, LF
Jennings, P
LA Angels
Willits, LF
Figgins, 3B
Cabrera, SS
Guerrero, RF
Matthews, CF
Kendrick, 2B
Hillenbrand, DH
Quinlan, 1B
Molina, C
Colon, P
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Garner sits Lee tonight.
Biggio 2B
Pence CF
Berkman 1B
Lee DH
Loretta SS
Lamb 3B
Scott RF
Munson C
Palmeiro LF
ETA: homer jumped me, da bum.
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Garner sits Lee tonight.
He's still recovering from that triple.
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Garner sits Lee tonight.
Biggio 2B
Pence CF
Berkman 1B
Lee DH
Loretta SS
Lamb 3B
Scott RF
Munson C
Palmeiro LF
ETA: homer jumped me, da bum.
Ensberg is riding the pine.
ETA: Oh, I see.
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How the fuck long ago was it that Colon was an Indian, destroying Astro hitters with laser beams shot from his eyes?
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How the fuck long ago was it that Colon was an Indian, destroying Astro hitters with laser beams shot from his eyes?
I just looked it up. We haven't faced Fat Harpo since 2002.
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Stuck watching the Rangers while KNWS coke up the gerbils. Is that Handsome Dan doing the PBP?
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TRIVIA TIME - Do not look this up.
How many 100+ RBI seasons did Mickey Mantle have?
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TRIVIA TIME - Do not look this up.
How many 100+ RBI seasons did Mickey Mantle have?
Out of my ass... 6?
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TRIVIA TIME - Do not look this up.
How many 100+ RBI seasons did Mickey Mantle have?
57
(I didn't look it up)
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TRIVIA TIME - Do not look this up.
How many 100+ RBI seasons did Mickey Mantle have?
Between 3 and 5?
this is just a freakin guess. How should I know?
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Between 3 and 5?
No way. You KNEW that?
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Game's on time warner austin on Channel 12 in case anyone is lost.
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TRIVIA TIME - Do not look this up.
How many 100+ RBI seasons did Mickey Mantle have?
I looked at the trap, Ray.
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No way. You KNEW that?
No. I guessed low.
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Game's on time warner austin on Channel 12 in case anyone is lost.
We've got COMCAST now in Houston (fuckin' Comcastic! so they say), and the motherfucking rangers are in HD...Astros on KNWS in SD (shit-definition)
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PENCE!! walks. Is this foreshadowing of another strange night?
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Pence is like a spastic gazelle with one leg longer than the other.
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Pence is like a spastic gazelle with one leg longer than the other.
I can never tell if he's pulling up injured or just twitchy.
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KWAL-I-TEE.
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Lee is antarctic cold.
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Lee is antarctic cold.
Well, hey, at least sLamb is hitting 6th. .912 over his last 50 ABs or something.
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Lee is antarctic cold.
Glacial. Or Glacier. Since Iceberg has already been taken.
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Top 1: Biggio whiffs on 3 pitches (2 sliders). Colon busting PENCE!! inside and gets ahead 0-2, then goes away and fills it up, close pitch (away) called ball 4. Berkman bounces one past Kendrick at 2nd, Pence goes 1st to 3rd. Payback? Lee pops up to 1B after JD and Brownie bank the sac fly before it happens. Berkman steals 2nd without a throw as they were worried about Pence coming home. Loretta whiffs on a slurve. 0-0.
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I'm sorry. No beer from St Fucking Louis is the King of Houston Beers. Fuck you.
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Glacial. Or Glacier. Since Iceberg has already been taken.
Goddamn shorts used to be short, didn't they? Def Leppard looks like they're wearing panties.
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Goddamn shorts used to be short, didn't they? Def Leppard looks like they're wearing panties.
Yeah, my kids freak when we show them old NBA games. You forget how bad it was til you see Larry Bird in those shorts.
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Chootalkin'boutwillits. I hate this guy.
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Oh hey look, a sharp ground ball hit into right. Never seen that before.
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Yeah, my kids freak when we show them old NBA games. You forget how bad it was til you see Larry Bird in those shorts.
Fuckin' Michigan "Fab Five" ruined it for all of us.
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Lee is antarctic cold.
Right now he couldn't hit water if he fell out of a submarine...
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Fuckin' Michigan "Fab Five" ruined it for all of us.
Robert Reid was really bad, too.
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What-a-catch.
Much better than the What-a-chicken.
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How many times are we gonna be subjected to the Gary Matthews catch this series?
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Much better than the What-a-chicken.
Whatachicken sucks. Which always made me wonder...why do they make such good burgers and such awful chicken sammiches?
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How many times are we gonna be subjected to the Gary Matthews catch this series?
I don't mind it so much... it was an unbelievably beautiful play and I think we won the game anyway.
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Bot 1: Hoggle grounds past an unmoved Berkman on the second pitch. Here we go again. Figgins falls behind 1-2, fouling some pitches off, strikes out on a hit and run. Hoggle safe at 2nd as Loretta couldn't handle the throw down, but didn't get any further. Cabrera singles (too) solidly to LF, 1st & 3rd. Vlad sends PENCE!! all the way to, and into, the wall. Sac fly on Pence's face plant, 2 down. Matthews hits LAA patented butcher chop, but foul. Cabrera dancing off 1st, sets sail as Matthews whiffs. 1-0 Anhills.
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Robert Reid was really bad, too.
He could have been a stewardess for Southwest...
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Arizona St. and UC Irvine go for bonus baseball. 7 up through 9.
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He could have been a stewardess for Southwest...
I think Texas International (or whatever the heck they were) had the real trollops. Those were the days.
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Top 2: Lamb gets ahead early, then sends a lazy fly to RF. Scott falls behind early, then whiffs. Tubby Colon still has some zip in his arm. Munson grounds weakly to 3rd. 1-0 Anhills.
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Mr. Colon is getting the Executive Package tonight...
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Clank has resurfaced.
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Bot 2: Iron Man Kendrick (playing both ways) smokes one to the wall in RF, cruises into 2nd. Hillenbrand sneaks one under Lamb's glove at 3rd - should be an error - 1st & 3rd, no out, no error. Quinlan falls behind, tries the LAA chop (I'm convinced now that they coach this thing) but it goes foul, then serves up a DP but Loretta gives it a booting that would make an Australian proud. 1st & 2nd, 0 out, 2-0 Anhills, 2 errors in the inning. Molina broken bat to Berkman, tries for a 3-6-3 DP but Molina beats the relay to 1st, Hillenbrand to 3rd, 1 down. Hoggle sac fly, 3-0 Anhills (all sac flies, right?). Even Molina is trying to steal, three times, WTF? Figgins keeps fouling, then eventually whiffs. 3-0 Anhills.
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This infield defense is atrocious.
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wow
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EVERETT!!
Whoa. Where did that come from?
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Really missing Everett about right now.
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Really missing Everett about right now.
What a bunch of space cadets. That freaky loss last night is probably going to mess them up for the rest of the week...
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What a bunch of space cadets. That freaky loss last night is probably going to mess them up for the rest of lunar cycle...
FIFY
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I looked at the trap, Ray.
Just don't cross the streams, man.
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Milo and Gamezone makes no sense.
The Astros really are playing, right?
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Milo and Gamezone makes no sense.
The Astros really are playing, right?
They may be on the field, but they don't seem to be offering much resistance.
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They may be on the field, but they don't seem to be offering much resistance.
My 3 criteria for calling something a "sport"
1) Requires practice to get better at it
2) Has a defined goal
3) Has an active defense trying to keep you from accomplishing that goal
So far, this game just barely counts as "sport."
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Top 3: OP goes up the middle for a single. Biggio lays off an early slider, then hammers one to Matthews, 1 down. Wallbanger Pence belts one up the middle, 1st & 2nd for Twinkie. Colon hitting the high 90's on the gun. Tinkie Winkie pops up to deep short, 2 down. Lee nonchalantly homers over straight away center. TIED! Stand up double for Stan. Clank goes 3-0, walks. How's this for turnabout: AL team chipping away for runs, NL team going for big innings?!! Scott can o' corn to RF. 3-3.
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Why. Does anyone. Throw Pence. A fastball.
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Milo makes no sense.
This is news?
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Why. Does anyone. Throw Pence. A fastball.
Let'em keep doing it.
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Why. Does anyone. Throw Pence. A fastball.
All I know is that whichever of Dave or Ray that are yakking with Milo is taking his children to Disneyworld (land?) tomorrow, and he won't be spending much time with the in-laws.
Hold on, someone's at bat.
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Ladies and gentlemen. We have a new game.
Crizushed.
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Nice swing by Lee.
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Ladies and gentlemen. We have a new game.
Crizushed.
That truly happened? It all sounded so... speculative. On the radio.
It's really tied?
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That truly happened? It all sounded so... speculative. On the radio.
It's really tied?
3 all.
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Reverse jinxed?
Is there room for Berkman on that submarine?
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I had the Astros in the PIP, UC-Irvine/ASU on the big picture, and then the TIVO pops up the message that it will begin recording The Daily Show in 2 minutes. Eeek! What will get pre-empted? And within 30 seconds of one another, Carlos hits the jack, and UCI gets a bases-loaded, 1-out single through the right side to end that game. Back down to two tuners. Whew.
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Manzo and Scioscia (sp?) are jawing at each other, according to the Dave/Ray and Milo.
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CWS update:
UC Irvine wins in the 10th, 8-7. First team in CWS history to win back to back extra inning games.
ETA : Sorry, austro. Did not mean to repeat ya.
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Manzo and Scioscia (sp?) are jawing at each other, according to the Dave/Ray and Milo.
Scioscia: Doug, you don't need to hold up Lee at 3rd on a HR.
Manso: Could be close. Shut up and let me do my job.
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"Lagering"? Are they shitting me?
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"Lagering"? Are they shitting me?
Why do you ask?
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Scioscia: Doug, you don't need to hold up Lee at 3rd on a HR.
Manso: Could be close. Shut up and let me do my job.
You know before this year is up, somebody will get passed on the bases during a home run trot.
Then the Astros will have fucked up for the bad baserunning cycle...
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Bot 3: Cabrera one-hops Loretta, no drama, 1 down. Vlad doubles into the LF corner. Matthews grounds one under a diving Puma, Scott goes home but Munson doesn't field it cleanly, HGH to 2nd, 4-3 Anhills. Kendrick doubles, 5-3. Garner pays a visit, no one warming. Kendrick has 3rd stolen by a mile but Hillenbrand smokes it foul and then whiffs on the next pitch, 2 down. Quinlan tries to induce a three-way clusterfuck in short RCF, but Pence takes charge. 5-3 Anhills.
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Why do you ask?
What's next: hopifying?
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Man, this is great. My wife and I found an old video casette of my Little League team from 1986. We've been watching it for the last hour and
WAIT A SECOND. THIS IS LIVE TELEVISION. THE HELL I SAY.
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Who is worse in the field--OP or Lee?
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Everett would have made that throw AND made the play at the plate.
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Who is worse in the field--OP or Lee?
Worse death--Hydraulic press or firestorm?
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They are just aiming for Palmiero. Always looking for the weakest link.
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Jennings looks solid tonight. Not so much his pitching.
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Who is worse in the field--OP or Lee?
We might as well restart that whole Hitler vs. Stalin debate while we're at it...
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He's hitter friendly.
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Worse death--Hydraulic press or firestorm?
Exactly.
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We might as well restart that whole Hitler vs. Stalin debate while we're at it...
Stalin made the trains run on time.
And made a fucking KILLER Irish Coffee.
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What's next: hopifying?
I take it you're not familiar with barletized?
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Worse death--Hydraulic press or firestorm?
is that what made that guys eye pop out of socket in Casino when Joe Pesci was torturing him?
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is that what made that guys eye pop out of socket in Casino when Joe Pesci was torturing him?
The Terminator was in Casino? I totally don't remember that scene.
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Stalin made the trains run on time.
And made a fucking KILLER Irish Coffee.
Can he pitch?
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20 years ago (or so) the Tigers tried a grand experiment: they fielded a team that couldn't really defend against a T-ball team, but could mash the hell out of the ball. It was an interesting experiment, and for a while they were successful, in that they had more wins than losses. But eventually they succumbed to the reality that defense is actually important.
The Astros are reprising half of that experiment, just to make sure that the laws of physics haven't changed in the interim.
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The Terminator was in Casino? I totally don't remember that scene.
It was the one scene in which the acting wasn't wooden.
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is that what made that guys eye pop out of socket in Casino when Joe Pesci was torturing him?
That was a vise.
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Can he pitch?
Ohhhhhhh...that man could sell ANYthing.
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That was a vise.
Like drinking or paying for sex or staying up til 1:45am watching the Astros on a weeknight.
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That was a vise.
sorry--"i missed the automotive torture devices for $200" question on Jeopardy today.
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Like drinking or paying for sex or staying up til 1:45am watching the Astros on a weeknight.
Yes, each of these things will make your eyeballs pop out.
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Yes, each of these things will make your eyeballs pop out.
Next time I'm in the metroplex, I gotta go drinking with you.
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Top4: Munson goes full, fouls a couple, walks. OP bounces one over the RF wall. Once again the ground rule prevents an Astros run. 2nd & 3rd, 0 out. Welcome back Y2K, I missed ya! Biggio gets a knock off the top of Kendricks glove, Munson scores, OP to 3rd (had to wait). 2,991. Pence gets down 0-2, then grounds to 3rd. OP takes off on contact and stays alive long enough for Bidge and Pence to move up. 1 down, not 2, 2nd & 3rd for Lance. Twinks falls behind 0-2, then takes one off the foot. Loaded potato for Lee. Darren Oliver warming up for the Cherubs. Sac fly, while all move up on the throw. TIED, 2nd & 3rd for Loretta. Stan falls behind 1-2, pops up to shallow RF.
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These games lately are insane.. I go walk the dogs when its 3-0... come back 15 minutes later and it's 5-3. WTF?
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awesome--AL West pitching staffs have been our bitch over the last 6 days.
another thing, what does haing av short stroke have to do with not needing enough starts to be a sharp pinch hitter?
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OPIE! OPIE! OPIE!
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2991
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#2991 for Biggio.
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So was it actually a hit or was it an overwhelmed scorer?
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2991
Keep it up. Some of us bought tickets to the Thursday game last night.
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So was it actually a hit or was it an overwhelmed scorer?
Hit. Legit.
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Real hit.
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Are they marking the balls for Bidge like they do Clown and Douchebag?
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Can he pitch?
or play a passable defensive SS?
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Please describe.
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Another baserunning gaffe.
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Another baserunning gaffe.
yout still have runners on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out
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Please describe.
Monica took off her blouse. It was red with pinstripes and a teddy bear on the back. She had a tattoo that no girl her age should have - Vote Nixon. Tom put his hand inside her pocket and stole a farthing. He was like that.
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Please describe.
Lined over Kendrick. He barely tipped it with his glove when he jumped.
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Berkman hit by Colon's 0-2 pitch. Bases loaded for Lee, 1 out.
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Berkman hit by Colon's 0-2 pitch. Bases loaded for Lee, 1 out.
comcast's signal is alot slower than TWC's. you posted this 10-12 seconds before it happened.
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Monica took off her blouse. It was red with pinstripes and a teddy bear on the back. She had a tattoo that no girl her age should have - Vote Nixon. Craig put his hand inside her pocket...
Of course Biggio hit that. Who wouldn't?
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Of course Biggio hit that. Who wouldn't?
Poor Morgan just watches it pass by.
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I'm calling a 6-4-3 for Lee.
I think Milo just told me that didn't happen. But I'm not sure.
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Sac fly (shallow) by Lee scores Biggio from 3rd. tied 5-5.
Loretty pops up.
linescore:
5 7 1
5 7 1
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did anyone listening to the radio hear what brett/dave said about munson?
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I hate AL baseball. This. Is. Garbage.
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I think Milo just told me that didn't happen. But I'm not sure.
Do you have no TV coverage tonight? need PBP rather than just a bunch of us doing color?
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did anyone listening to the radio hear what brett/dave said about munson?
That being........?
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Do you have no TV coverage tonight? need PBP rather than just a bunch of us doing color?
liberal use of the word 'color'
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Too many lobsters for Lo-Retta. (I can't help but think of Nick Tortelli from Cheers whenever I hear his name.)
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Sac fly (shallow) by Lee scores Biggio from 3rd. tied 5-5.
Loretty pops up.
linescore:
5 7 1
5 7 1
FYI, I'm still posting PBP, but I'm posting then updating so it scrolls off pretty quick. You lot prefer that:
(a) I stop;
(2) I continue this way; or
(iii) I post the whole 1/2 inning after it's over?
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(I can't help but think of Nick Tortelli from Cheers whenever I hear his name.)
Thanks. Now, neither will I.
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Thanks. Now, neither will I.
I try to do my part.
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LEAVE! JENNINGS! IN!
He looks GREAT tonight!
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That being........?
sorry...
heard something about him getting into it at the plate with another player - he said they didn't see anything last night, but heard about it through the media today. i wasn't able to hear who they were talking about.
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is this game being played in the Rocky Mtns?
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is this game being played in the Rocky Mtns?
Pitcher's park. Cave.
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sorry...
heard something about him getting into it at the plate with another player - he said they didn't see anything last night, but heard about it through the media today. i wasn't able to hear who they were talking about.
Maybe he passed along a message that K-Rod's antics weren't appreciated.
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Finally, a goddamn attem ball.
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Bot 4: Molina flies to RF. Hoggle singles up the middle. Figgins singles to LF but OP holds Hoggle at 2B. Cabrera flies weakly to left. Vlad blisters one to Lamb, who doesn't have time to think and makes a solid play for the put-out. 1st zero posted by Jennings. 5-5.
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It's weird. The Angels seem to be frustrating as hell to play against... but you have to figure they'd be frustrating as hell to be a fan of when things aren't going perfectly. With virtually no power in the lineup, their little dinks have to keep falling in or they'll just strand a bunch of runners.
It makes me feel good to pretend that that'll happen for a significant chunk of time this year.
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It's weird. The Angels seem to be frustrating as hell to play against... but you have to figure they'd be frustrating as hell to be a fan of when things aren't going perfectly. With virtually no power in the lineup, their little dinks have to keep falling in or they'll just strand a bunch of runners.
It makes me feel good to pretend that that'll happen for a significant chunk of time this year.
You don't think that the Astros pounding their vaunted pitching staff isn't bugging the shit out of them?
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You don't think that the Astros pounding their vaunted pitching staff isn't bugging the shit out of them?
The Angels pitching staff eats it.
Oh hey, good news! We just lost another player. Scott goes down.
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You don't think that the Astros pounding their vaunted pitching staff isn't bugging the shit out of them?
So true. Fair point.
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well, at least Burke coming in for Scott strengthens our OF Defense
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That was a baserunning fuck up by Burke.
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Oh hey, good news! We just lost another player. Scott goes down.
Just what we needed.
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That was a baserunning fuck up by Burke.
Sometimes, it's better to be lucky than Burke.
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Top 5: Lamb flies out to left. Scott one-hops the RF wall but flexes his hip going into 2nd, lifted for a pinch-runner (Burke). Munson grounds out while Burke aggressively takes 3rd. OP grounds one into the hole, but Cabrera's a brave and he makes a fine throw to end it. 5-5.
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I'm thinking that our SS doesn't make that same play.
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That was a baserunning fuck up by Burke.
What happened?
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damnit my 92 year old grandmother's hips are in better shape than Scott's.
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What happened?
He advanced to third on a ball to the SS.
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What happened?
He went second to third on a ground ball to SS. It was iffy, but frankly, I think that the Angels know that they're going to score more runs tonight, so they don't care.
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damnit my 92 year old grandmother's hips are in better shape than Scott's.
But they're nice hips.
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damnit my 92 year old grandmother's hips are in better shape than Scott's.
If he needs a little extra hip action, Jennings has plenty to spare.
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Burke! RF!
Palmeiro! LF!
Biggio! 2B!
Lamb! 3B!
Loretta! SS!
Congrats, boys, you're looking at the actual worst defensive team in baseball.
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somebody figure this out for me:
"a pitcher appreciates an AL type game on a night like this, you get a chance to stick around"
Brownie in the 5th
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Kendrick is fast.
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Bot 5 (is that all?): Matthews c.o.c. to LF. Kendrick nearly clipped by ball 2, later he smacks one to Lamb, 2 down. Hillenbrand c.o.c to CF. 1st clean inning for Jennings. Limey putting Shiner 98 on the endangered species list. 5-5.
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Burke! RF!
Palmeiro! LF!
Biggio! 2B!
Lamb! 3B!
Loretta! SS!
Congrats, boys, you're looking at the actual worst defensive team in baseball.
Munson! C!
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Bot 5 (is that all?): Matthews c.o.c. to LF. Kendrick nearly clipped by ball 2, later he smacks one to Lamb, 2 down. Hillenbrand c.o.c to CF. 1st clean inning for Jennings. Limey putting Shiner 98 on the endangered species list. 5-5.
think i'll go to the fridge and contribute to the cause
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Burke! RF!
Palmeiro! LF!
Biggio! 2B!
Lamb! 3B!
Loretta! SS!
Congrats, boys, you're looking at the actual worst defensive team in baseball.
Nine monkeys fucking a baseball?
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Limey putting Shiner 98 on the endangered species list. 5-5.
My specs here in Beaumont ran out last week. Shit heads. Guy said they should get more in hopefully. Still, shit heads
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And Pence is a god.
7-5 Astros.
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PENCE!!! has very quick and strong wrists. Remarkable.
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Top 6: Biggio infield hit to SS, no throw, 2,992. PENCE shibby!!! Opposite field. 7-5 Astros. Bidge ties Yaz on all-time runs scored list. Berkman grounds out. Ditto Lee. Loretta quickly down 0-2, shoots one to RCF, Vlad guns him down out 2nd. More baserunning genius. 7-5 Astros.
Let's slug it out, bitch.
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I'm glad we're winning. I fucking hate AL baseball.
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PENCE!!!
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Thunderpants strikes again.
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that's sneaky strong.
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I'm glad we're winning. I fucking hate AL baseball.
AMEN, i do as well.
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This run-per-inning-for-both-teams shit is mindnumbing. How do you people watch this shit every night?
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What was it? FB? Curve? 12' arc?
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PENCE!!! has very quick and strong wrists. Remarkable.
Joke here somewhere...
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What was it? FB? Curve? 12' arc?
Slider that didn't. 83 MPH, sat there outer corner.
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One of these times Colon is going to spin around and fall on his large ass on his follow-through.
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Dammit.
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Lo-lo made a no-no.
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How the fuck is a ball to the fence not a double?
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Loretta has got to be the slowest man on the team.
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when did the word get out that vlad guerrero and jose guillen no longer had strong arms?
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I'm sorry, are Gleek and I alone here? Honest question, do you enjoy watching baseball in the double digits? Teams needing 10+ to win a game?
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How the fuck is a ball to the fence not a double?
Slow runner + Guerrero's arm = OUT
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Colon - 110 pitches
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Slow runner + Guerrero's arm = OUT
Well, it WAS a perfect throw. Right into the slide.
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I'm sorry, are Gleek and I alone here? Honest question, do you enjoy watching baseball in the double digits? Teams needing 10+ to win a game?
I hate AL baseball, but not necessarily high scoring games.
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when did the word get out that vlad guerrero and jose guillen no longer had strong arms?
Looked like confusion in the OF, and with 2 outs better to get into scoring position.
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I'm sorry, are Gleek and I alone here? Honest question, do you enjoy watching baseball in the double digits? Teams needing 10+ to win a game?
You're the one with the EI package. I only watch NL. Except for this interleague crap.
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Some people just don't appreciate great pitching and defense now days.
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here we go again
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Gotta love those pop fly singles. UGH.
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Here comes the dink-o-matic inning...
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I'm sorry, are Gleek and I alone here? Honest question, do you enjoy watching baseball in the double digits? Teams needing 10+ to win a game?
I don't like all this trash falling in for the Angels. At. All.
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You're the one with the EI package. I only watch NL. Except for this interleague crap.
We almost NEVER watch AL baseball, unless there's a great pitcher I want to see or a no-hitter going on.
It bores me to tears. This slug-fest-last-team-to-score-late-wins lacks any of what makes baseball fun for me. I think it's why I hate college ball too.
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Some people just don't appreciate great pitching and defense now days.
Nothing better than a 1-0 pitcher's duel with sparkling defense. BUT--as anemic as our offense has been, I refuse to complain about high scoring games.
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Wohoo... that DP was unspeakably huge. Ugly, but huge.
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Bidge may have been off the bag a little early there, but I'm not complaining.
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Loretta has got to be the slowest man on the team.
That's like being the meanest guy on Death Row.
Just who on this team can run?
Burke is fairly quick.
PENCE! can move pretty well.
AE has some speed... or at least he did before he grew a couple of extra ankle joints,
And...?
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Milo is extra incomprehensible tonight.
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That's like being the meanest guy on Death Row.
Just who on this team can run?
Burke is fairly quick.
PENCE! can move pretty well.
AE has some speed... or at least he did before he grew a couple of extra ankle joints,
And...?
Bruntlett?
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Perfectly placed bunt.
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Nothing better than a 1-0 pitcher's duel with sparkling defense. BUT--as anemic as our offense has been, I refuse to complain about high scoring games.
Agreed, I think for me it all stems from a very unhealthy hatred of interleague play and the DH.
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Milo is extra incomprehensible tonight.
Example...
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damn this rubber, tilted infield to hell.
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That's like being the meanest guy on Death Row.
Just who on this team can run?
Burke is fairly quick.
PENCE! can move pretty well.
AE has some speed... or at least he did before he grew a couple of extra ankle joints,
And...?
Bruntlett can run. Ausmus is still faster than the normal catcher.
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That's like being the meanest guy on Death Row.
Just who on this team can run?
Burke is fairly quick.
PENCE! can move pretty well.
AE has some speed... or at least he did before he grew a couple of extra ankle joints,
And...?
Bidge can still motor. Bruntlett.
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Agreed, I think for me it all stems from a very unhealthy hatred of interleague play and the DH.
The DH to me is just so half-assed.
Why stop there? Why not just give runs for reaching third? Or half-runs for reaching 2nd? Hey, how about letting the same 3 hitters hit every inning?
It's just half-assed. It's lazy.
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Ausmus is still faster than the normal catcher.
And I'm taller than the normal midget.
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Bot 6: Quinlan the unimpressive geta a jammed-shot bloop into LCF. Angels regain their game. Molina GIDPs that takes a day to turn, but Molina is glacial down the line and is nipped at 1st. Hoggle bunts one that hugs the line and stays fair. Hoggle steals 2nd. Figgins walks. Jennings to the showers. White comes in and quickly induces a grounder to 2nd from Cabrera. 7-5 Astros.
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The DH to me is just so half-assed.
Why stop there? Why not just give runs for reaching third? Or half-runs for reaching 2nd? Hey, how about letting the same 3 hitters hit every inning?
It's just half-assed. It's lazy.
It's the junior league. Always will be.
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Milo is extra incomprehensible tonight.
Damp-Rid... for external use only.
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The DH to me is just so half-assed.
Why stop there? Why not just give runs for reaching third? Or half-runs for reaching 2nd? Hey, how about letting the same 3 hitters hit every inning?
It's just half-assed. It's lazy.
Even better, every 4 hits gets you a bonus run.
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I don't appreciate Angels Stadium of Garden Grove taunting me with Carls Jr.
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A Scandinavian troll doll just tried to sell me a copier on ch 51. Who wants another beer?
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Hoggle steals 2nd.
Not that it matters, but isn't it Willets down at second?
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A Scandinavian troll doll just tried to sell me a copier on ch 51. Who wants another beer?
You can't see, but my empty beer is raised.
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A Scandinavian troll doll just tried to sell me a copier on ch 51. Who wants another beer?
same thing freaked me out. he is your local Ricoh speliacist, though.
there he is again--must have had some extra in the advertising kitty.
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You can't see, but my empty beer is raised.
Choodrinkin' Brit?
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Who needs another beer?
FIFY.
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Not that it matters, but isn't it Willets down at second?
Hoggle (http://www.brilliant-creations.com/images/Hoggle_Head_01.jpg).
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The DH to me is just so half-assed.
Why stop there? Why not just give runs for reaching third? Or half-runs for reaching 2nd? Hey, how about letting the same 3 hitters hit every inning?
It's just half-assed. It's lazy.
It just makes the pitcher into the team bitch. I mean last time i checked, the pitcher is a part of the team, and i think its rediculous to give one team member a free pass just cause he cant hit worth a shit.
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HippieSnatch - Reliever of the Series
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Hoggle (http://www.brilliant-creations.com/images/Hoggle_Head_01.jpg).
Ahhhhhhh, now I understand.
Well, folks, I've got a tech meeting with a customer at 8:30 tomorrow, so I think I've got to pack it in. Please don't let it get away like it did last night.
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Hoggle (http://www.brilliant-creations.com/images/Hoggle_Head_01.jpg).
you could kindle a fire with those eyebrows.
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Hoggle (http://www.brilliant-creations.com/images/Hoggle_Head_01.jpg).
great movie, limey, great movie.
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That's right, Loretta. You give Leiter a hard time about him pwning you.
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Goose Island IPA tonight.
Tasty, but I'm not quite sure it's strong enough for this team...
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radio folk speculating lidge not available since he's in the dugout
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great movie, limey, great movie.
The Jennifer Connolly jailbait years.
Also, Dobbie is a complete steal of Hoggle.
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OK Garner, you no good cock sucker. Think you can have Wheeler and Lidge enter the this time?
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radio folk speculating lidge not available since he's in the dugout
any explanation?
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Totally true story. I'm sure it's a sign of things to come.
11:16pm local time. My cell phone just rang.
Robot voice says: "You have a. Collect call. From. An inmate in the. El Paso correctional facility. To accept this call...."
If I only got ONE CALL, I'd make sure I knew the number.
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The Jennifer Connolly jailbait years.
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... Jennifer Connolly
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radio folk speculating lidge not available since he's in the dugout
That's pretty much the one thing that hadn't gone wrong before this week... a bunch of people getting hurt. And now... ugh...
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dave/brett said they had not heard anything about him being unavailable. unusual for him to be there, especially
at this point in a game
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That's pretty much the one thing that hadn't gone wrong before this week... a bunch of people getting hurt. And now... ugh...
lidge is hurt? Since when?
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4-and-3 count. I've never seen that.
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That's pretty much the one thing that hadn't gone wrong before this week... a bunch of people getting hurt. And now... ugh...
OK.. maybe I'm too much of a pessimist.
We might have just traded him for A-Rod, LeBron James and Optimus Prime...
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OK.. maybe I'm too much of a pessimist.
We might have just traded him for A-Rod, LeBron James and Optimus Prime...
Optimus Prime made the trains run on time.
And he makes a KILLER Irish Coffee.
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Burke makes a pooductive out. Still and out, but, pooductive.
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Does ANYONE feel ODDLY like LAST night?
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Top 7: Moseley on for Colon. Lamb greets him with a single. Moseley then pings one off Molina and Lamb moves up. 3-2 to Burke, who then hits a tailor made GIDP but Lamb is at 2nd, now over to 3rd. 1 out. Molina coninues to struggle with Moseley's dirt-balls (NTTAWWT). Munson one-hops the CF wall for a double. 8-5 Astros. OP singles into LF, Manso sends Munson, who scores only because Figgins cuts the throw and nails OP at 2nd. 2 out, 9-5 Astros. Bidge Ks to end it (saving the hits for the homestand, no doubt). 9-5 Astros.
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I kinda like how they are making this pitcher who they have never seen before actually throw strikes.
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Optimus Prime made the trains run on time.
And he makes a KILLER Irish Coffee.
Yeah, but Stalin plays a better defensive SS.
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Optimus Prime made the trains run on time.
Duh. Optimus Prime was a train...
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I kinda like how they are making this pitcher who they have never seen before actually throw strikes.
I'm sure they'll be taken to task for it in kangaroo court.
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This is incredible. We have scored 17 runs in 16 innings so far this series and have yet to secure a goddamn win.
When do we get to play the Cubs and Cards and Reds again?
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Does ANYONE feel ODDLY like LAST night?
Actually, I don't. When White got the groundout it just seemed normal.
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Actually, I don't.
You will.
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I'm sure they'll be taken to task for it in kangaroo court.
Biggio is his own man.
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I'm sure they'll be taken to task for it in kangaroo court.
I hope that kangaroo court kicks every one with a base running blunder in the balls. Hard.
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You will.
Channeling JimR from last night, i'm blaming you when the Angels blow this thing wide open.
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We took this trip to Garden Grove. Smelled like Lou-dog inside the van. Oh yeah.
DK was from Garden Grove.
Got lost there once looking for a place to eat.
I love that album, good shit. What the fuck is going on? 10-9? Fuck. Fuck. Fuckedy, fuck fuck. 9-5 now? Lidge gets the save. No doubt about it. Strikes out the side. A little double-reverse bbg jig that I'm dancing in my boxers right now. I ain't kidding.
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I hope that kangaroo court kicks every one with a base running blunder in the balls. Hard.
You have no idea what you're saying.
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Channeling JimR from last night, i'm blaming you when the Angels blow this thing wide open.
You can't channel Jim, and I ain't playin'.
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For you fuckers who called me out this morning (up your nose, Todd), I'm up tonight. Drinking.
We better win.
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You have no idea what you're saying.
I don't mean literally. I just hope its not a big joke to them how bad they are.
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You can't channel Jim, and I ain't playin'.
we could use you to throw at the most annoying angel and start a bench clearing brawl. I can't stand the angels and their david eckstein approach to hitting.
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Bot 7: White stays in and pops up Vlad to shallow RCF, where Burke takes it from Pence (gloss hound). Matthews up 2-0, 3-0, 3-1 on mercy call, hot shot to Twinks at 1B. 2 down. Kendrick down 0-2 quickly, whiffs on a FB. 4 straight outs for Ricky. 9-5 Astros.
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I love that album, good shit.
I had lost all hope for this board until you posted. Thank you.
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Is Rick White actually pitching well? Honest question, no TV for me tonight.
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we could use you to throw at the most annoying angel and start a bench clearing brawl. I can't stand the angels and their david eckstein approach to hitting.
Hoggle: the most Ecksteiney of 'em all.
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Is Rick White actually pitching well? Honest question, no TV for me tonight.
Well enough.
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Fuck me in the llama. Angel Hernandez is behind the plate tomorrow night.
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I had lost all hope for this board until you posted. Thank you.
Coming from a guy who loses hope every other day that's not exactly saying much.
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Hoggle: the most Ecksteiney of 'em all.
figgins is up there too....
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Coming from a guy who loses hope every other day that's not exactly saying much.
Is this a joke?
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Gunther waited back a long time on that breaker.
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Gunther waited back a long time on that breaker.
Thats very good to hear.
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Gunther waited back a long time on that breaker.
Thanks, you knew I'd ask. A triple shy of the cycle.
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Top 8: Bootcheck (no, really - but I bet it used to be Butczec) on to pitch to Gunther. Pence greets him with a bolt to the LCF wall, thinks about 3, pulls up at 2nd, a triple shy of the cycle. Berkman gets to 3-1, mercy call for 3-2, pop-up. 1 down. Lee up hacking, lines out to CF. Loretta gets down early but comes back to fill it, walks. 2 on for Lamb. Sharp hit which Kendrick pulls back from RCF, but not in time to get Lamb. 16 hits tonight. Loaded up for Burke. Count goes 3-1, mercy strike 3-2, whiff. Thanks Blue. 9-5 Astros.
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Is this a joke?
It was supposed to be, but come on now, you are the eternal pessimist. It's part of what makes your comments/posts so entertaining. I'd embrace it if I were you.
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It was supposed to be, but come on now, you are the eternal pessimist. It's part of what makes your comments/posts so entertaining. I'd embrace it if I were you.
do not encourage Dr. Rant.
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mercy call for 3-2
I thought I only saw mercy strikes on 3-0, it's happening on 3-1 now too?
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do not encourage Dr. Rant.
I am not a real doctor. I just play one with the girls.
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Thanks, you knew I'd ask. A triple shy of the cycle.
Twas inside though.
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do not encourage Dr. Rant.
as if he needs encouragement to go off in style.
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lidge is hurt? Since when?
Astros.com reporting strained oblique muscle, possibly going to the DL after tonite's game
http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070619&content_id=2036528&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&c_id=hou
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Lidge to DL, strained oblique.
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So, we're down to 21 players?
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Astros.com reporting strained oblique muscle, possibly going to the DL after tonite's game
http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070619&content_id=2036528&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&c_id=hou
SHITFUCKING FUCK!
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I thought I only saw mercy strikes on 3-0, it's happening on 3-1 now too?
Not been a strike before (or since).
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C'mon Burke, show us why you got the call-up.
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My Clam is on fire! (it's an itchy burning sensation)
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My Clam is on fire! (it's an itchy burning sensation)
Get some Blue Star Ointment. It stops itching fast.
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Get some Blue Star Ointment. It stops itching fast.
Gold Bond Powder.
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Get some Blue Star Ointment. It stops itching fast.
you had that one saved up for awhile didn't you?
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Gold Bond Powder.
...for that Itchy Row.
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My Clam is on fire! (it's an itchy burning sensation)
Michael Barrett might be able to help.
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...for that Itchy Row.
ugh
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Duh. Optimus Prime was a train...
Actually, Optimus Prime was a Mack truck. Astrotrain had 3 forms, one of which was a locomotive in the old school (like the 50's, not Pedophile Jack) style.
I have a feeling I should not have revealed my knowledge of the Transformers.
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Actually, Optimus Prime was a Mack truck. Astrotrain had 3 forms, one of which was a locomotive in the old school (like the 50's, not Pedophile Jack) style.
I have a feeling I should not have revealed my knowledge of the Transformers.
Geek.
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Michael Barrett might be able to help.
I thought the cure for the itchy burning sensation knowing as michael barrett is carlos zambrano's fist.
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you had that one saved up for awhile didn't you?
Ever since I was a young'un growing up watching Craig Reynolds scratching himself every time they showed him on camera out in the field. It was like clockwork. Horrible, emotionally scarring clockwork.
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Who do you think will be called up for Lidge?
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my guess would be randolph or mclemore.
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Actually, Optimus Prime was a Mack truck. Astrotrain had 3 forms, one of which was a locomotive in the old school (like the 50's, not Pedophile Jack) style.
I have a feeling I should not have revealed my knowledge of the Transformers.
Yeah, cause you really don't want the rest of us geeks thinking you may just be one of us.
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Who do you think will be called up for Lidge?
Can McLemore return this soon if it was an injury?
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Bot 8: Still White and he breaks Hillenbrand's bat, Clank tests Berkman but he picks it. Quinlan pops up to the Ump, 2 down (6 straight for White). Molina down 0-2, Lidge reportedly out for a while, Molina painted. 9-5 Astros.
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Bot 8: Still White and he breaks Hillenbrand's bat, Clank tests Berkman but he picks it. Quinlan pops up to the Ump, 2 down (6 straight for White).
so zz top is finally pitching like he did in april again?
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Can McLemore return this soon if it was an injury?
Are there time constraints?
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Munson comes dangerously close to stepping on his mask on that foul.
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Yeah, cause you really don't want the rest of us geeks thinking you may just be one of us.
I thought you were a Gleek.
And hey, Michael Bay is making it cool to be a Transformers fan! By making a movie with lots of explosions, no recognizable plot, and a superfluous love interest. It'll be Pearl Harbor with robots (not named Ben Affleck).
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so zz top is finally pitching like he did in april again?
Angels look suddenly ordinary.
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And hey, Michael Bay is making it cool to be a Transformers fan! By making a movie with lots of explosions, no recognizable plot, and a superfluous love interest. It'll be Pearl Harbor with robots (not named Ben Affleck).
I miss you more than Michael Bay missed the mark,
When he made Pearl Harbour...
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Angels look suddenly ordinary.
hope it continues.
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Are there time constraints?
Yeah, once you're sent down you have to stay for 10 days or some such, unless.... injury?
I'd have to look it up, and I'm lazy.
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When he made Pearl Harbour...
You Brits and your wacky extra vowels.
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lots of explosions, no recognizable plot, and a superfluous love interest.
gotta appease the ADD generation.
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You Brits and your wacky extra vowels.
You don't realise what you're saying!
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Top 9: Munson sends Matthews deep into RCF, 1 down. OP doubles down the RF line, 4-5 night. Biggio creams one but Hoggle backtracked and got it. 2 down. Pop up by Pence. 9-5 Astros.
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Will PENCE!!! get a shot for his triple?
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Will PENCE!!! get a shot for his triple?
Answer hazy, ask again later.
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Think Drayton is rooting against a hit for Biggio right now? I know he wants him to hit 3000 at home.
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Think Drayton is rooting against a hit for Biggio right now? I know he wants him to hit 3000 at home.
He shouldn't even be in there. Where's the Chin?
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Come on Caps Lock, you need to yell at the infielder when he's looking up for your pop fly. You've gotta be a gamer! It's good enough for Ahole the YankMe!
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Holy shit, his name really is Bootcheck. I thought you were joking Limey.
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Holy shit, his name really is Bootcheck. I thought you were joking Limey.
I never joke.
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I never joke.
And don't call me Shirley.
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Yeah, once you're sent down you have to stay for 10 days or some such, unless.... injury?
I'd have to look it up, and I'm lazy.
This is from the indians website earlier this year:
Outfielders Ben Francisco and Shin-Soo Choo, who were optioned to Buffalo on Thursday, must remain in the Minors for at least 10 days. So your 10 day guess seems accurate.
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anyone know who/what Chone points at after he gets a hit?
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Fuck, I hate SHAWN Figgins!
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Figgin Figgins.
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Don't keep up with individual performances at RR alot. Why was Sauerbeck released yesterday?
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Bot 9: Wheels on, Chin at SS, Loretta to 2B. Hoggle ground-out to 2nd. Figgins singles to break the streak. Cabrera whiffs on a big hack. Vlad broken bat to 3rd, game over. 9-5 Astros.
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Good night... and good luck, Wandy.
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Don't keep up with individual performances at RR alot. Why was Sauerbeck released yesterday?
Mostly because he has been horrible.
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Good night... and good luck, Wandy.
second that.
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second that.
i'm just happy they held on and won.
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Mostly because he has been horrible.
ok. i know stats don't tell the whole story. Record was 1 - 0,ERA was 3.93, 22 hits and 22 K's in 18.2 innings don't tell the whole story, huh?
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i'm just happy they held on and won.
Better than that. Held 'em scoreless after the 4th and gave up only 1 single in the last three.
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Thanks for the PBP Limey
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Better than that. Held 'em scoreless after the 4th and gave up only 1 single in the last three.
After last night and considering we are in the AL park shouldn't that count for two wins? and yes thank you for PBP.
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June 19th, and Jason Jennings just earned his first victory for the Astros.
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June 19th, and Jason Jennings just earned his first victory for the Astros.
In what could be argued was his worst start of the year. Shows how flukey a stat wins is for a pitcher.
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Thanks for the PBP Limey
second that--
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You're all welcome. Happy to do it and glad you enjoyed it.
Mrs Limey's back from Vegas tonight (if she hasn't cashed in her ticket) so I won't be around for the rubber game.
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Don't keep up with individual performances at RR alot. Why was Sauerbeck released yesterday?
He's been hurt for part of the year and awful on the other part. The other half is mental... I think. But he really has no velocity and awful location on his pitches. He looks done to me.
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He's been hurt for part of the year and awful on the other part. The other half is mental... I think. But he really has no velocity and awful location on his pitches. He looks done to me.
Thanks.
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Thanks.
and to me. he has been terrible.