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Title: ...and so it ends....
Post by: EasTexAstro on September 28, 2011, 06:18:27 pm
Deadbirds
Jay Jay, CF
Craig, LF
Smirk, 1B
Twink, RF
Freeze, 3B
Mole-in-a, C
Schmucker, 2B
Punto, SS
Carpainter, P


Houston
Shuck, CF
Altuve, 2b
Martinez, LF
Lee, 1B
Bogusevic, RF
Paredes, 3B
Barmes, SS
Quintero, C
Myers, Executioner.


Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Ron Brand on September 28, 2011, 06:28:44 pm
Surprised to see Martinez in there, he'd said he had trouble running on that foot.
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Post by: OregonStrosFan on September 28, 2011, 06:31:29 pm
Pence and Bourn each with a run in the 1st. Game tied at 1... (weird, isn't it...).
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Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 06:41:27 pm
Will this be our opening day 2012 lineup?
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Ron Brand on September 28, 2011, 06:45:40 pm
Will this be our opening day 2012 lineup?

Except for Castro, could well be. The only question marks are Myers and Barmes, right?
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Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 06:51:47 pm
Except for Castro, could well be. The only question marks are Myers and Barmes, right?

I doubt they are just going to give Castro the job. Q has done enough this year to make Castro earn the job.
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Post by: Ron Brand on September 28, 2011, 06:54:49 pm
I doubt they are just going to give Castro the job. Q has done enough this year to make Castro earn the job.

Maybe, but it was entirely likely that he'd have started 2011 as the #1 catcher.
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Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 07:02:46 pm
Maybe, but it was entirely likely that he'd have started 2011 as the #1 catcher.

That's true, but Q has hit better this season than ever and Castro will have to hit better to get 3-4 starts a Wrekin my opinion.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 07:05:56 pm
Uggla hits a two run homerun. 3-1 Braves.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: hostros7 on September 28, 2011, 07:07:37 pm
Will this be our opening day 2012 lineup?

Schafer in CF
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 07:09:26 pm
I think that Schafer is going to have to hit better in order to win the job.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 07:11:12 pm
Come on, Paredes. This ole shit ain't going to get it done.
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Post by: hostros7 on September 28, 2011, 07:13:11 pm
F you alby. 
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Post by: Lurch on September 28, 2011, 07:13:31 pm
Your 2012 Astros
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 07:13:55 pm
Myers hung a yacker to dipshit.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Ty in Tampa on September 28, 2011, 07:14:23 pm
Cocksucker might have been on 2nd had he not admired his work.
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Post by: austro on September 28, 2011, 07:14:31 pm
Well, fuck. I just walked in from work and turned on the TV to see The Smirk drive an RBI single to LF.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on September 28, 2011, 07:15:05 pm
Myers is pissing himself out there.
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Post by: homer on September 28, 2011, 07:15:09 pm
dipshit, cocksucker, 'The Smirk'...

so many to choose from.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: JaneDoe on September 28, 2011, 07:15:31 pm
Crap. 
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 07:16:24 pm
Fuck. Stop hanging that hook. Finish it.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 07:17:06 pm
Get the bullpen up.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: hostros7 on September 28, 2011, 07:17:16 pm
Myers didnt show up today
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: chuck on September 28, 2011, 07:17:32 pm
Does Myers know we're trying to win this fucking game? Fuck.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on September 28, 2011, 07:17:46 pm
Myers got any one out yet?
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 07:18:19 pm
Myers got any one out yet?

Uh, no.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 07:19:42 pm
Bronx cheer after we get an out.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on September 28, 2011, 07:20:23 pm
Uh, no.

He's due then.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: chuck on September 28, 2011, 07:21:59 pm
He's due then.

He's got one. His ERA so far this game is 108.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: OregonStrosFan on September 28, 2011, 07:22:14 pm
Ugh!
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: chuck on September 28, 2011, 07:24:46 pm
His ERA is 135 now. Which is good as it's down from infinity.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 07:27:54 pm
Might be a short GZ tonight, folks. I'll be here all night, but I might be alone or with JCIII.
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Post by: OregonStrosFan on September 28, 2011, 07:29:11 pm
That's okay. I can live with Brett spotting 'em 5 early, as it'll make an Astros win that more crushing on the Co-ards souls!
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: EasTexAstro on September 28, 2011, 07:29:15 pm
I'm here, but cooking. Give me some time.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: remy on September 28, 2011, 07:30:27 pm
I was hoping for a slightly better start. Brett fucking Myers.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: chuck on September 28, 2011, 07:32:09 pm
Might be a short GZ tonight, folks. I'll be here all night, but I might be alone or with JCIII.

I stuck it out until the bitter end last night. I just sort of ran out of steam in the posting department.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: JaneDoe on September 28, 2011, 07:33:24 pm
So my rabid Yankee fan friend just texted me.  He is actually rooting for the Yanks to LOSE so that the team from north of Connecticut will miss the playoffs.
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Post by: Reuben on September 28, 2011, 07:34:06 pm
I'm here, but cooking.
...Walt?
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 07:34:14 pm
I stuck it out until the bitter end last night. I just sort of ran out of steam in the posting department.

I understand. It's actually more fun to ignore JCIII.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: EasTexAstro on September 28, 2011, 07:35:59 pm
...Walt?

No, catfish. Is walt any good?
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: JaneDoe on September 28, 2011, 07:36:01 pm
I'm here, but cooking. Give me some time.

Whatcha making?

I made teal gumbo tonight.  My son went hunting this last weekend.

Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: JaneDoe on September 28, 2011, 07:36:31 pm
Catfish sounds good.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 07:36:41 pm
So my rabid Yankee fan friend just texted me.  He is actually rooting for the Yanks to LOSE so that the team from north of Connecticut will miss the playoffs.

I hope those choking fucks blow it. I have never been sold on their pitching, and with the injuries, their staff sucks right now.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Ron Brand on September 28, 2011, 07:37:05 pm
Might be a short GZ tonight, folks. I'll be here all night, but I might be alone or with JCIII.

I'm working.  At least I'm not vomiting from watching this shitshow.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: JaneDoe on September 28, 2011, 07:37:20 pm
You know, it would not bother me one bit for him to plunk Twinkie
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 07:38:26 pm
Fuck Twinkie, a backwards K you piece of shit.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: EasTexAstro on September 28, 2011, 07:39:33 pm
Catfish sounds good.

Sometimes, there is nothing better than fresh cafish.

Sadly, this was store bought, but still pretty dern good.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 07:39:48 pm
Whatcha making?

I made teal gumbo tonight.  My son went hunting this last weekend.



Now that sounds great!
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: chuck on September 28, 2011, 07:40:53 pm
No, catfish. Is walt any good?

That de-criminalization of noodling has really broadened the old recipe horizon, huh?
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Reuben on September 28, 2011, 07:41:41 pm
No, catfish. Is walt any good?
Sorry, I've just been watching a lot of Breaking Bad lately.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 07:41:54 pm
Carpenter is a cocksucker.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: chuck on September 28, 2011, 07:42:04 pm
Sadly, this was store bought, but still pretty dern good.

Damn. Well, a man can't live on raccoon alone.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: OregonStrosFan on September 28, 2011, 07:42:06 pm
I understand. It's actually more fun to ignore JCIII.

Ignore who?!?
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: JaneDoe on September 28, 2011, 07:42:11 pm
Now that sounds great!

It is.

I actually cooked it last night, put it in the fridge all night and in the slow cooker all day.  Give the flavors time to meld. 
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Post by: believin on September 28, 2011, 07:42:27 pm
Might be a short GZ tonight, folks. I'll be here all night, but I might be alone or with JCIII.

I'm here too.  Reading more, posting less.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: EasTexAstro on September 28, 2011, 07:42:58 pm
Whatcha making?

I made teal gumbo tonight.  My son went hunting this last weekend.



Ya know, when I make gumbo, it seems all of my son's friends decide they need to come over for dinner and spend the night.

I have to save up for gumbo as they don't seem to want to pitch in.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 07:43:34 pm
Ignore who?!?

Jose Cruz III.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: EasTexAstro on September 28, 2011, 07:44:14 pm
Sorry, I've just been watching a lot of Breaking Bad lately.

Never seen it. Rain the abuse on me..........now...
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: OregonStrosFan on September 28, 2011, 07:44:59 pm
Jose Cruz III.

Who?!?

[you gonna catch on this time, or are we gonna have to keep doing this for a while longer...]
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Post by: hostros7 on September 28, 2011, 07:45:04 pm
Jose Cruz III.

Sarc meter I presume needs checking.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: EasTexAstro on September 28, 2011, 07:45:18 pm
That de-criminalization of noodling has really broadened the old recipe horizon, huh?

They seem to go for the worm first....Did I say that out loud?
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: JaneDoe on September 28, 2011, 07:45:20 pm
Jose Cruz III.

Sarc meter broken, Mr. Happy?
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: OregonStrosFan on September 28, 2011, 07:45:59 pm
Sorry, I've just been watching a lot of Breaking Bad lately.

Never got around to starting that series. Very much looking forward to season 2 of the Walking Dead though.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: chuck on September 28, 2011, 07:46:50 pm
OH! I found a guy in the market the other day who was selling the prettiest little round eggplants. I don't particularly like eggplant but these were so nice I had to get some. As I'm standing there fondling them I look down and see that this fucker has several bags of fresh okra under his table. I'm like, What the fuck are you doing with that?! He says, I grow it. Fuck me, I say, let me have a bag of that. I couldn't believe it. It was like sixty cents. I found some okra, too small really to be of any use, in a Chinese fruit stand in the city and it was like four dollars for a little tray of it. So this fellow at my local market is going to get to know me as a regular customer.
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Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 07:47:28 pm
Oh... Fuck. My sarc meter hasn't been the same since I got clean.
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Post by: EasTexAstro on September 28, 2011, 07:49:20 pm
OH! I found a guy in the market the other day who was selling the prettiest little round eggplants. I don't particularly like eggplant but these were so nice I had to get some. As I'm standing there fondling them I look down and see that this fucker has several bags of fresh okra under his table. I'm like, What the fuck are you doing with that?! He says, I grow it. Fuck me, I say, let me have a bag of that. I couldn't believe it. It was like sixty cents. I found some okra, too small really to be of any use, in a Chinese fruit stand in the city and it was like four dollars for a little tray of it. So this fellow at my local market is going to get to know me as a regular customer.

Eggplant and okra. OK, you finally sold me.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: JaneDoe on September 28, 2011, 07:49:23 pm
There is a mediterranean grill down in Clear Lake that has the best eggplant/chickpea dish. 
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: EasTexAstro on September 28, 2011, 07:49:47 pm
Dadgummit.
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Post by: Reuben on September 28, 2011, 07:50:29 pm
Never got around to starting that series. Very much looking forward to season 2 of the Walking Dead though.
Breaking Bad is excellent. Walking Dead... I found it tough to judge fairly, because I've read the comic. My wife and I both thought some of the acting was a bit overwrought. I am looking forward to seeing what they do with Season 2 though.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: JaneDoe on September 28, 2011, 07:50:42 pm
So, now that you got you some okra, you can make some gumbo, chuck.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: EasTexAstro on September 28, 2011, 07:50:56 pm
What did Bud offer everyone to get that playoff game set up?

and why won't it be in a neutral park like MIL?
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 07:52:22 pm
Yankees up 6-0. Red Sucks winning 3-2.
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Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on September 28, 2011, 07:55:24 pm
Crap, Myers lets every hit.
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Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 07:55:40 pm
Well fuckety fuck fuck.
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Post by: remy on September 28, 2011, 07:56:21 pm
Yankees up 6-0. Red Sucks winning 3-2.

Thanks for cheering me up.

(sarcasm alert for MH!)
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Post by: remy on September 28, 2011, 07:58:01 pm
And now PENCE guns down uggla at the plate.
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Post by: Ron Brand on September 28, 2011, 07:58:13 pm
Man, if for some reason you don't want to fry okra you can roast it and it's amazing.  You can also deslime it that way and add it to stuff and bring a little of the roasted flavor.
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Post by: EasTexAstro on September 28, 2011, 07:59:01 pm
Gleach and Allison on tv....
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Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 07:59:10 pm
The crowd gave the Wallet a nice hand. He's been a pretty damn good owner.
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Post by: remy on September 28, 2011, 07:59:17 pm
Modern Family time.
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Post by: chuck on September 28, 2011, 08:00:02 pm
Eggplant and okra. OK, you finally sold me.

I couldn't believe it. This is a fairly large fruit and vegetable market. There's meat in the back but I can't bring myself to go back there. Anyway, I would say there are about 50 stalls or so. Most people have a lot of the same stuff and most of it is about the same quality. Sometimes you'll see someone with some particularly pretty tomatoes or some particularly nice red onions or whatever, but it's largely pretty static. As you wander around a lot of the vendors will try to sell you. You're not hounded like you're in a middle eastern medina but they will try to entice you a lot of the time. Not this guy. He was just sitting there calmly watching the people passing by. I'd seen his eggplant on my first go-round and I returned to him after picking up some other items elsewhere. When I saw the okra I started freaking out. You NEVER see this! I say. No, not often, he concedes. Where the hell do you get it? I grow it, he says, allowing himself a small smile. When I have it I bring it in. Well, keep growing it, dude, I say, nice work.
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Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 08:00:25 pm
Thanks for cheering me up.

(sarcasm alert for MH!)

Thanks for the heads-up.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: JaneDoe on September 28, 2011, 08:01:01 pm
Man, if for some reason you don't want to fry okra you can roast it and it's amazing.  You can also deslime it that way and add it to stuff and bring a little of the roasted flavor.

I love okra.  Raw in salads is good.  Sauteed with onions, bacon and fresh tomatoes is better.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: chuck on September 28, 2011, 08:02:44 pm
So, now that you got you some okra, you can make some gumbo, chuck.

That's what I'm saying. The gumbo I made a while back was pretty damn good without okra, but now it will be 10 times better.

Roasted okra? Fuck me, I wish I had some left and I'd go down and try that right now.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 08:03:13 pm
I love okra.  Raw in salads is good.  Sauteed with onions, bacon and fresh tomatoes is better.

I love it too. But I just never see it out here in NorCal.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: chuck on September 28, 2011, 08:03:19 pm
I love okra.  Raw in salads is good.  Sauteed with onions, bacon and fresh tomatoes is better.

Raw okra is seriously under-rated.
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Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 08:05:04 pm
Nice hustle down the line, Pujols, you tickturd.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: EasTexAstro on September 28, 2011, 08:05:14 pm
I couldn't believe it. This is a fairly large fruit and vegetable market. There's meat in the back but I can't bring myself to go back there. Anyway, I would say there are about 50 stalls or so. Most people have a lot of the same stuff and most of it is about the same quality. Sometimes you'll see someone with some particularly pretty tomatoes or some particularly nice red onions or whatever, but it's largely pretty static. As you wander around a lot of the vendors will try to sell you. You're not hounded like you're in a middle eastern medina but they will try to entice you a lot of the time. Not this guy. He was just sitting there calmly watching the people passing by. I'd seen his eggplant on my first go-round and I returned to him after picking up some other items elsewhere. When I saw the okra I started freaking out. You NEVER see this! I say. No, not often, he concedes. Where the hell do you get it? I grow it, he says, allowing himself a small smile. When I have it I bring it in. Well, keep growing it, dude, I say, nice work.

No kidding: I started tearing up. Even though okra is easy to get here, most of the time, and I have even grown some.....my wonderful aunt had some of the best okra I have ever eaten, and I saw her for the first time in 18 years this last Saturday. Sweet story.
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Post by: chuck on September 28, 2011, 08:06:46 pm
No kidding: I started tearing up. Even though okra is easy to get here, most of the time, and I have even grown some.....my wonderful aunt had some of the best okra I have ever eaten, and I saw her for the first time in 18 years this last Saturday. Sweet story.

Excellent!
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Post by: Ron Brand on September 28, 2011, 08:09:03 pm
That's what I'm saying. The gumbo I made a while back was pretty damn good without okra, but now it will be 10 times better.

Roasted okra? Fuck me, I wish I had some left and I'd go down and try that right now.

To roast it, cut it up in bite size and roll it around in equal parts balsamic vinegar and olive oil. Salt it and roast at 450 for five minutes, the toss and put it back in the oven again. Do that again so you've cooked it 15 minutes and it's ready. If you're going to put it in something else, use water instead of vinegar.

It's like crack. You can eat it hot or cold.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 08:09:40 pm
The Braves skipper has really mismanaged his bully thjs year through grinding young arms.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: EasTexAstro on September 28, 2011, 08:10:28 pm
To roast it, cut it up in bite size and roll it around in equal parts balsamic vinegar and olive oil. Salt it and roast at 450 for five minutes, the toss and put it back in the oven again. Do that again so you've cooked it 15 minutes and it's ready. If you're going to put it in something else, use water instead of vinegar.

It's like crack. You can eat it hot or cold.

I was full. I may go to the store, now.
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Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 08:11:01 pm
Fuck, JD. Gotta swing, Dude.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: EasTexAstro on September 28, 2011, 08:12:50 pm
Astros wildfire support commercial....and it gets cut off?
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Post by: BizidyDizidy on September 28, 2011, 08:13:18 pm
None of you fuckers mentioned that its a no-hitter - would be a fitting end
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Post by: EasTexAstro on September 28, 2011, 08:14:42 pm
None of you fuckers mentioned that its a no-hitter - would be a fitting end

There was a hit before I could say anything....I think...
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Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 08:15:03 pm
Nice video of J.R. Richard.
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Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on September 28, 2011, 08:15:15 pm
My mom's side of the family has their own okra variety. Started by an aunt in Oklahoma. They've been growing it and sharing the seeds for years. It's good, grows big and fast and always tender yet crisp though not stalky.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: EasTexAstro on September 28, 2011, 08:16:04 pm
Nice video of J.R. Richard.

+1
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Post by: BudGirl on September 28, 2011, 08:16:18 pm
None of you fuckers mentioned that its a no-hitter - would be a fitting end

I believe Altuve got a hit.

But a shutout would be a fitting end.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: EasTexAstro on September 28, 2011, 08:16:28 pm
My mom's side of the family has their own okra variety. Started by an aunt in Oklahoma. They've been growing it and sharing the seeds for years. It's good, grows big and fast and always tender yet crisp though not stalky.

Would you be willing to share?
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Post by: Ron Brand on September 28, 2011, 08:17:05 pm
My mom's side of the family has their own okra variety. Started by an aunt in Oklahoma. They've been growing it and sharing the seeds for years. It's good, grows big and fast and always tender yet crisp though not stalky.

I would farm the fuck out of that.
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Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on September 28, 2011, 08:17:57 pm
Would you be willing to share?

I'll get some seeds mailed to me.
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Post by: OregonStrosFan on September 28, 2011, 08:18:51 pm
I'll get some seeds mailed to me.

Okra? Is that what the kids are calling it these days?!?
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: EasTexAstro on September 28, 2011, 08:19:23 pm
I'll get some seeds mailed to me.

You will be my hero.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: EasTexAstro on September 28, 2011, 08:20:08 pm
Okra? Is that what the kids are calling it these days?!?

Only the best stuff
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 08:20:25 pm
I remember listening to my portable transistor radio walking around the neighborhood for Richards's first start, which was against the Giants. Big Man struck out 15 and won 4-3. Great memory. I was nervous because he walked a lot of hitters.
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Post by: OregonStrosFan on September 28, 2011, 08:20:37 pm
Okay boys, you spotted 'em a touchdown. No time to kick the crap out of 'em in the second half!!!
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Ron Brand on September 28, 2011, 08:20:57 pm
You will be my hero.

Dang, mine too if I can get in on this.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: EasTexAstro on September 28, 2011, 08:21:30 pm
Sasquatch commercials would be much better with more bloodshed.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on September 28, 2011, 08:23:17 pm
Dang, mine too if I can get in on this.

I'll get some seeds this winter for spring time planting.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 08:23:27 pm
Sasquatch commercials would be much better with more bloodshed.

I agree. Sasquatch lets those fuckwads off too easily.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: hostros7 on September 28, 2011, 08:23:38 pm
Patton pitching vs. Sawks
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Ron Brand on September 28, 2011, 08:24:34 pm
I'll get some seeds this winter for spring time planting.

Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou...
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on September 28, 2011, 08:25:40 pm
So if I get these seeds to you guys and you don't grow the best fucking okra you ever had, it's not the seeds, it's the grower. Just saying.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: EasTexAstro on September 28, 2011, 08:26:18 pm
I'll get some seeds this winter for spring time planting.

I'll start the new garden area this weekend. Seriously.
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Post by: Ron Brand on September 28, 2011, 08:26:48 pm
Sasquatch commercials would be much better with more bloodshed.

It would be better if Sasquatch was rampaging through the Turdinal dugout, body parts flying onto the field.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Ron Brand on September 28, 2011, 08:27:47 pm
So if I get these seeds to you guys and you don't grow the best fucking okra you ever had, it's not the seeds, it's the grower. Just saying.

I am willing to shoulder that burden.
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Post by: Ty in Tampa on September 28, 2011, 08:29:40 pm
So imagine, all those dudes are gonna buy that Ford truck 'cuz Brett Michaels says it rocks!
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on September 28, 2011, 08:30:40 pm
Brett Myers. Now he's done.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Ron Brand on September 28, 2011, 08:31:36 pm
So imagine, all those dudes are gonna buy that Ford truck 'cuz Brett Michaels says it rocks!

Those are the guys with the GnR tickets.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: EasTexAstro on September 28, 2011, 08:32:00 pm
So if I get these seeds to you guys and you don't grow the best fucking okra you ever had, it's not the seeds, it's the grower. Just saying.

I promise. Those seeds will be given the most fertile environment I am able to provide.

Even though that sounds bad.

Quote
I do know my Bible sir. "On the night of their betrothal, the wife shall open to the man as the furrow to the plow and he shall work in her, in and again, 'til she bring him to his fall and rest him then upon the sweat of her breast."
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Post by: chuck on September 28, 2011, 08:32:04 pm
None of you fuckers mentioned that its a no-hitter - would be a fitting end

I was celebrating Altuve's hit like a Kansas City faggot at a Liza Minnelli concert. That's how bad things are with this fucking team. I cheer the team's not getting no hit as the Thirds win the wild card. Ridiculous.
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Post by: hostros7 on September 28, 2011, 08:32:56 pm
Venters just walked bases loaded with two down, up 1 in the 8th
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: chuck on September 28, 2011, 08:33:11 pm
So if I get these seeds to you guys and you don't grow the best fucking okra you ever had, it's not the seeds, it's the grower. Just saying.

Do you have a garden going at the Shack?
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Ron Brand on September 28, 2011, 08:33:56 pm
I was celebrating Altuve's hit like a Kansas City faggot at a Liza Minnelli concert. That's how bad things are with this fucking team. I cheer the team's not getting no hit as the Thirds win the wild card. Ridiculous.

Life is often unfair.

How was Liza? Was she splendid?
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 08:34:06 pm
Let's keep Pujols away from 100 RBI's
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Post by: MusicMan on September 28, 2011, 08:34:26 pm
Venters just walked bases loaded with two down, up 1 in the 8th

Gets the K to get out of it.

Braves starters have made it into the 7th only 3 times since August 26.
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Post by: JaneDoe on September 28, 2011, 08:34:49 pm
Raw okra is seriously under-rated.

You tried it?
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: MusicMan on September 28, 2011, 08:34:57 pm
Tarp comes out in Baltimore with Sox up 3-2, mid 7.  Are you fucking kidding me??
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: MusicMan on September 28, 2011, 08:35:39 pm
Do NOT let Pooholes get that fucking 100th RBI.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: OregonStrosFan on September 28, 2011, 08:36:59 pm
Do NOT let Pooholes get that fucking 100th RBI.

This. And keep him below .300. 
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Post by: chuck on September 28, 2011, 08:37:04 pm
How was Liza? Was she splendid?

Fabulous.
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Post by: BizidyDizidy on September 28, 2011, 08:37:34 pm
Don't remember seeing that Astros 50 commercial before - I remember going to the last game before they took down the scoreboard and crying at the end - anyone know what year that was?
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Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on September 28, 2011, 08:38:14 pm
Do you have a garden going at the Shack?

Not yet. i need to build an irrigation system that pumps water out of the river. Then I'll start a garden and plat some fruit trees. This summer was too dry and hot to grow anything without a pretty intense and well regulated watering system.
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Post by: Ron Brand on September 28, 2011, 08:38:33 pm
Fabulous.

Oh girl.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Ron Brand on September 28, 2011, 08:39:24 pm
Don't remember seeing that Astros 50 commercial before - I remember going to the last game before they took down the scoreboard and crying at the end - anyone know what year that was?

Crap, no. I was there but I don't remember the year.
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Post by: chuck on September 28, 2011, 08:39:25 pm
You tried it?

Of course. How the hell would I know otherwise? As a kid we'd have okra all the time but it was invariably either boiled or fried. As I got older and figured out there were other ways to treat it my life improved considerably. You want to know who knows how to use okra? The Japanese, that's who.
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Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on September 28, 2011, 08:39:43 pm

How was Liza? Was she splendid?

She was fierce!
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Ron Brand on September 28, 2011, 08:41:29 pm
She was fierce!

I thought she was pretty hot.  In like 1972.
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Post by: JaneDoe on September 28, 2011, 08:41:46 pm
Of course. How the hell would I know otherwise? As a kid we'd have okra all the time but it was invariably either boiled or fried. As I got older and figured out there were other ways to treat it my life improved considerably. You want to know who knows how to use okra? The Japanese, that's who.

Well most people just act like I am speaking Mongolian if I tell them okra is good raw.  They certainly would never try it.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on September 28, 2011, 08:42:06 pm
My dad canned (in mason jars) some real good spicy pickled okra.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 08:42:32 pm
Great. The Jakes get the Phils if they get in. I hope that they get swept.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Ty in Tampa on September 28, 2011, 08:43:10 pm
I thought she was pretty hot.  In like 1972 Before electricity.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: BizidyDizidy on September 28, 2011, 08:44:11 pm
Is it just me or is carpenter's nose bright red?
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: hostros7 on September 28, 2011, 08:44:23 pm
Crap, no. I was there but I don't remember the year.

My guess was '88.  It happened to be correct.  Oh the good old days of cig signs n light board representation of pistol violence.
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Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 08:44:32 pm
Damn. Altuve walked.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: BizidyDizidy on September 28, 2011, 08:45:23 pm
I wouldve been 4, so that sound about right. Mustve been down visiting from Tulsa (my secret shame is that I'm an okie)
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: EasTexAstro on September 28, 2011, 08:46:21 pm
My dad canned (in mason jars) some real good spicy pickled okra.

drool.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Ty in Tampa on September 28, 2011, 08:47:38 pm
My guess was '88.  It happened to be correct.  Oh the good old days of cig signs n light board representation of pistol violence.

I was there for a Oilers game when they had already tore it out and I thought it was the '88 season but I wasn't positive.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: OregonStrosFan on September 28, 2011, 08:47:44 pm
I thought she was pretty hot.  In like 1972.


Hallucinogenics were pretty popular back then I guess...
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 08:47:54 pm
Haven't seen a Brown Hand Center spot in awhile. It's been Jack in the Box and messing' with sasquatch ads.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: chuck on September 28, 2011, 08:48:21 pm
So Biz gets liquored up and admits he's an Okie. Something good's come from this night after all.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: BizidyDizidy on September 28, 2011, 08:49:19 pm
Worse, I'm stone cold sober
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Ron Brand on September 28, 2011, 08:49:28 pm
Haven't seen a Brown Hand Center spot in awhile. It's been Jack in the Box and messing' with sasquatch ads.

A little surprised they didn't turn into Dick DeGuerin ads.
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Post by: hostros7 on September 28, 2011, 08:50:15 pm
Haven't seen a Brown Hand Center spot in awhile. It's been Jack in the Box and messing' with sasquatch ads.

I'll never buy a scotts product.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 08:50:27 pm
Come on, Braves!
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Ron Brand on September 28, 2011, 08:51:04 pm

Hallucinogenics were pretty popular back then I guess...

Long legs. Big eyes. Overbite. Pointy nose. Whaddaya want, I was 12.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 08:51:35 pm
I'll never buy a scotts product.

I wasn't going to mention that fucktard.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: EasTexAstro on September 28, 2011, 08:52:23 pm
Family home. Gotta run. I need okra.

Night all.
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Post by: hostros7 on September 28, 2011, 08:52:57 pm
Btw, anyone notice how pence-ish berkman's hair is?  
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Post by: Ty in Tampa on September 28, 2011, 08:52:58 pm
Long legs. Big eyes. Overbite. Pointy nose. Whaddaya want, I was 12.

At least you didn't say "voice like her mother" and "a flare for the melodramatic."
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Post by: Ron Brand on September 28, 2011, 08:53:46 pm
At least you didn't say "voice like her mother" and "a flare for the melodramatic."

Jazz hands.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: chuck on September 28, 2011, 08:54:49 pm
Worse, I'm stone cold sober

As my grandfather would have said, That's your own damn fault.

My grandfather's name was Woodrow Wilson Echols. Until he was six he was simply called Brother, and his siblings called him nothing other than Brother until their respective deaths. Schooling apparently started at six in those days and in order to have a name of some official standing he was tasked with naming himself. He chose Woodrow Wilson. But that's not the odd part. I recently found out that he was not the only person of that era with that same name. Isn't that strange? Two Woodrow Wilson Echolses running around in the 30's and 40's.
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Post by: JaneDoe on September 28, 2011, 08:55:01 pm
Family home. Gotta run. I need okra.

Night all.

Don't get in a rush.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: chuck on September 28, 2011, 08:56:41 pm
Long legs. Big eyes. Overbite. Pointy nose. Whaddaya want, I was 12.

Did you have a crush on Basil Rathbone, too?
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Post by: hostros7 on September 28, 2011, 08:57:05 pm
As my grandfather would have said, That's your own damn fault.

My grandfather's name was Woodrow Wilson Echols. Until he was six he was simply called Brother, and his siblings called him nothing other than Brother until their respective deaths. Schooling apparently started at six in those days and in order to have a name of some official standing he was tasked with naming himself. He chose Woodrow Wilson. But that's not the odd part. I recently found out that he was not the only person of that era with that same name. Isn't that strange? Two Woodrow Wilson Echolses running around in the 30's and 40's.

A lesser man would have opted for Cool Cal Echols
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Post by: BizidyDizidy on September 28, 2011, 08:58:08 pm
My dad's first choice for me was Nolan Ryan Daniel but for better or worse my mom excercised the veto
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: remy on September 28, 2011, 08:59:00 pm
Mother. Fucking. Worthless. Braves.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 09:01:25 pm
Crap, Braves. I bet that they lose in regulation.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on September 28, 2011, 09:02:11 pm
I don't need another reason to hate the fucking Braves.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 09:04:20 pm
JD is off the hook tonight.
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Post by: JaneDoe on September 28, 2011, 09:05:58 pm
going to the bottom of the ninth....tied.....

Go Braves!!

I just don't know if I can do that.............until I look at the damn redbirds on the screen.

GO BRAVES!!
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Post by: JaneDoe on September 28, 2011, 09:06:19 pm
JD is off the hook tonight.

Didn't know I was on it...
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Post by: Ron Brand on September 28, 2011, 09:07:59 pm
Did you have a crush on Basil Rathbone, too?

He was no showgirl. Bad hat, though.
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Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 09:10:33 pm
Jackoff Carpenter is hot with that snake tonight.
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Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 09:11:25 pm
Didn't know I was on it...

Oh, you're definitely not.
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Post by: JaneDoe on September 28, 2011, 09:11:57 pm
Oh, you're definitely not.

Yep, that sarc meter is still on the fritz...
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Post by: hostros7 on September 28, 2011, 09:14:12 pm
Shit.  I was already looking forward to never having to watch corporan again.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 09:14:30 pm
Yep, that sarc meter is still on the fritz...

I told you. I got none no mo.
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Post by: Reuben on September 28, 2011, 09:15:29 pm
Braves in bottom 9 looked like 90% of 2011 Astro hitters up there...

Whoever this Medlin guy is, still pitching, 2 out, 0 on in top 10.
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Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 09:16:32 pm
Stop nibbling, Pendleton.
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Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on September 28, 2011, 09:18:52 pm
crap
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Post by: hostros7 on September 28, 2011, 09:19:49 pm
Might be starting to be worthwhile to check yanks/rays
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Reuben on September 28, 2011, 09:22:05 pm
bottom 10, Bourn due up 2nd for Braves.
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Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 09:22:34 pm
Come on, let's break up the whitewash.
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Post by: Ty in Tampa on September 28, 2011, 09:23:59 pm
Well, well, Evan...
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Post by: hostros7 on September 28, 2011, 09:24:13 pm
Might be starting to be worthwhile to check yanks/rays

Really got one now, 7-6 yanks
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Post by: jbm on September 28, 2011, 09:24:39 pm
Might be starting to be worthwhile to check yanks/rays
Thanks for the tip.
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Post by: hostros7 on September 28, 2011, 09:25:02 pm
Next guy singles on the next pitch, Damon up
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 09:25:12 pm
Fuck Pujols. We denied him 100 ribbies and a .300 BA.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on September 28, 2011, 09:25:22 pm
Down to one last out for the season.
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Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 09:26:10 pm
8-0 FINAL.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Ty in Tampa on September 28, 2011, 09:26:50 pm
Fuck. I can't believe we're done.
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Post by: Ron Brand on September 28, 2011, 09:26:58 pm
Shitfuck.
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Post by: Ron Brand on September 28, 2011, 09:28:23 pm
I do not like The Void.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on September 28, 2011, 09:29:10 pm
It wasn't a very fun season.
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Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on September 28, 2011, 09:29:54 pm
It had its moments.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Ty in Tampa on September 28, 2011, 09:31:07 pm
It wasn't a very fun season.

No. But no more Astros baseball until next spring. That sucks.
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Post by: remy on September 28, 2011, 09:32:36 pm
Well, well, Evan...

I knew he'd get his 30th tonight.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 28, 2011, 09:33:03 pm
No. But no more Astros baseball until next spring. That sucks.

Well, I always enjoy the regular season, no matter how shitty we are.
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Post by: remy on September 28, 2011, 09:34:39 pm
Fuck!! Larry didn't slice it enough
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Post by: JaneDoe on September 28, 2011, 09:35:13 pm
I miss Astros baseball.  Already.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Ron Brand on September 28, 2011, 09:39:55 pm
Well, I always enjoy the regular season, no matter how shitty we are.

This.
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Post by: JaneDoe on September 28, 2011, 09:47:59 pm
YES!!

Rays tie it up!
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Post by: hostros7 on September 28, 2011, 09:48:26 pm
Holee shit, rays!
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Post by: chuck on September 28, 2011, 09:49:05 pm
The Yankees broadcast crew is going crazy. I've never seen anything quite like it. If you've ever listened to Doray when the Cubs do something good you'll have an idea.
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Post by: hostros7 on September 28, 2011, 09:49:15 pm
Nothing seemed to portend that shot
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Post by: remy on September 28, 2011, 09:49:41 pm
Beautiful!!!
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Post by: OregonStrosFan on September 28, 2011, 09:51:02 pm
YES!!

Rays tie it up!

Holy crap. 2-2, 2 outs. WOW!
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Post by: Reuben on September 28, 2011, 09:52:05 pm
WOW.
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Post by: hostros7 on September 28, 2011, 09:53:58 pm
So, if rays win, what are odds bud calls in a postponement to delay playoff to give sox pitcher an extra day of rest, if the club can pull out a win tomorrow?
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Post by: Reuben on September 28, 2011, 09:58:06 pm
So, where's Das with the Baltimore weather report? Are they gonna resume tonight or what?
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Post by: hostros7 on September 28, 2011, 09:58:26 pm
So, if rays win, what are odds bud calls in a postponement to delay playoff to give sox pitcher an extra day of rest, if the club can pull out a win tomorrow?

Nm.  Game on.  Ytifm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz1kmGKDuUE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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Post by: hostros7 on September 28, 2011, 10:02:52 pm
Aceves with no control.  2 on for the o's, 1 out
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Post by: subnuclear on September 28, 2011, 10:10:00 pm
IBB to Bourn.
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Post by: Reuben on September 28, 2011, 10:19:45 pm
Scott Linebrink is still in the big leagues. Did not know that.
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Post by: chuck on September 28, 2011, 10:25:39 pm
There must be a free Lynyrd Skynyrd concert in Tampa tonight because there is fucking nobody there. Hell, even the stadium in Atlanta appears full and those fuckers don't even show up for playoff games.
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Post by: subnuclear on September 28, 2011, 10:30:26 pm
Pence just knocked in an RBI. Phils up.
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Post by: chuck on September 28, 2011, 10:41:59 pm
Well, this season has just sucked all the way around. It's obvious the Yankees are going to win the whole thing and then they'll announce that the Astros are moving to the AL.
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Post by: Reuben on September 28, 2011, 10:45:49 pm
Well, this season has just sucked all the way around. It's obvious the Yankees are going to win the whole thing and then they'll announce that the Astros are moving to the AL.
Stupid fucking Braves, man.
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Post by: austro on September 28, 2011, 10:47:21 pm
Well, this season has just sucked all the way around. It's obvious the Yankees are going to win the whole thing and then they'll announce that the Astros are moving to the AL.

I'm assuming that since they've already given us the schedules for next year the Astros won't wind up in the AL until 2013. I hope.
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Post by: Reuben on September 28, 2011, 10:55:10 pm
I hope the Cards get swept out of the 1st round, partly because LaNebrius left Carpenter in to throw a complete game shutout so that jackass fucktard could rub it in on the Astros that much more. Fuck them and fuck Hunter Pence for playing all 14 fucking innings of that game, I hope he makes ridiculous running and fielding mistakes that cost them the NLCS. I hope the Tigers or Rays or whoever plays the Dbacks (ugh) in the WS. Fuck Bud Selig and his kick-em-while-they're-down fucking ulterior lying agenda. What, all those fucking years of sticking to slot didn't curry any favor with you, mop-head? And fuck Jim Crane for (apparently) fucking caving in, how dare you fucking betray the fans and the 50-year tradition of this franchise just so you can own your very own baseball team, fuck you.

And who the fuck is Jake McGee? Rays, WTF? Fuck the Yanks.
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Post by: Reuben on September 28, 2011, 11:01:02 pm
Fuck yeah, O's!
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Post by: Bench on September 28, 2011, 11:01:39 pm
Orioles tie it up with 2 out in the ninth!

What an amazing night of baseball.  Except in Houston, of course.  But, wow!
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Post by: OregonStrosFan on September 28, 2011, 11:01:47 pm
2 outs, none on in B9 for the Orioles B9. Pappelbon on the hill. Double.  Last batter - 2 outs, 2 balls, 2 strikes, RBI double. Tie ballgame.  Meanwhile, NYY has runners on 1B and 3B in T12 with no outs and can't score!!!
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Post by: remy on September 28, 2011, 11:02:06 pm
I'm not sure what's worse... Losing 106 games, or having an 8 1/2 game WC lead collapse in the last 3 weeks of the season.

....

AHH! Papelsmear blows it!!  Let's go O's!!!
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Post by: austro on September 28, 2011, 11:02:08 pm
Fuck you, Papelbon, you punk!
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Post by: remy on September 28, 2011, 11:02:47 pm
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: OregonStrosFan on September 28, 2011, 11:02:56 pm
ORIOLES WIN! ORIOLES WIN! ORIOLES WIN!!!  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
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Post by: austro on September 28, 2011, 11:03:19 pm
Oh man, Crawford is going to get roasted now.
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Post by: Bench on September 28, 2011, 11:03:34 pm
WOW AGAIN!

Crawford is going to catch hell in Boston forever.
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Post by: Bench on September 28, 2011, 11:06:34 pm
RAYS WIN!
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Post by: chuck on September 28, 2011, 11:06:49 pm
Unreal.
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Post by: remy on September 28, 2011, 11:07:13 pm
FUUUUUUUUUUCK YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: JaneDoe on September 28, 2011, 11:07:25 pm
Dear Lord, that was beautiful.
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Post by: Reuben on September 28, 2011, 11:07:35 pm
Wow, what a fuckin' crazy 5 minutes there! Man, that is... something.
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Post by: OregonStrosFan on September 28, 2011, 11:07:53 pm
HOLY SHIT THAT WAS AWESOME!!!
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Post by: austro on September 28, 2011, 11:09:08 pm
Fantastic! I love that Papelbon gets to think about this all off-season.
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Post by: remy on September 28, 2011, 11:12:53 pm
Thank you BBG's for a great night of baseball.

(on the east coast)
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Post by: Reuben on September 28, 2011, 11:13:07 pm
WOW AGAIN!

Crawford is going to catch hell in Boston forever.
Yeah, that was a lame attempt and throw. It was like it didn't occur to him that that could be the season right there.
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Post by: roadrunner on September 28, 2011, 11:15:47 pm
Fuck me what a night.  This is the best sport.
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Post by: Ebby Calvin on September 28, 2011, 11:18:10 pm
Yay AL baseball!

Wait...
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Post by: roadrunner on September 28, 2011, 11:40:48 pm
I realize that tonight was extraordinary and I know Selig isn't the brightest, but how did it take so long for him to figure out that ending the regular season on a weeknight is a good idea? 
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: austro on September 29, 2011, 09:42:20 am
With any luck, Lidge will now be released from the stocks and Papelbon (and his Wagner-esque stubbornness about pounding fastballs down the pipe) can take his place as the reliever "ruined" by a late-inning hit.

Come to think of it, Lidge should get a chance to go back up against The Big Smirk in the upcoming playoff series, shouldn't he?
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: MRaup on September 29, 2011, 11:18:54 am
I was driving home from work last night and finally managed to pick up the Astros game on 740AM. Milo was yammering along, as usual. Then another old guy started talking. Then Milo. Then the other old guy. It's about a 12 minute drive from my office to home, and I didn't know if the Astros were even playing or not until I was about a minute from the house. I appreciate that Milo enjoys interviewing Wally Moon, but holy shit, at least an occasional score/describing a play would be nice. Instead I listened to Milo waxing poetic about the old days the entire ride home only to discover after listening to 10+ minutes of blathering that the Astros were already down 6 to nothing.

Needless to say, I was a little miffed.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Ron Brand on September 29, 2011, 11:57:53 am
I was driving home from work last night and finally managed to pick up the Astros game on 740AM. Milo was yammering along, as usual. Then another old guy started talking. Then Milo. Then the other old guy. It's about a 12 minute drive from my office to home, and I didn't know if the Astros were even playing or not until I was about a minute from the house. I appreciate that Milo enjoys interviewing Wally Moon, but holy shit, at least an occasional score/describing a play would be nice. Instead I listened to Milo waxing poetic about the old days the entire ride home only to discover after listening to 10+ minutes of blathering that the Astros were already down 6 to nothing.

Needless to say, I was a little miffed.

That happened while I was driving to work. It would've been nice to get some nugget of information within that whole interview but it was pretty much Wally saying that he'd seen Stan Musial and Red Schoendienst lately and he wanted the Cardinals to win, and Milo echoing what Wally said and then pimping the book. It sounded exactly like what you'd think it was, a couple of octogenarians stumbling gamely through pleasantries and it took up the whole freaking inning.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 29, 2011, 12:22:06 pm
That happened while I was driving to work. It would've been nice to get some nugget of information within that whole interview but it was pretty much Wally saying that he'd seen Stan Musial and Red Schoendienst lately and he wanted the Cardinals to win, and Milo echoing what Wally said and then pimping the book. It sounded exactly like what you'd think it was, a couple of octogenarians stumbling gamely through pleasantries and it took up the whole freaking inning.

How many more years for Milo? I stopped betting against him a long time ago.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: austro on September 29, 2011, 12:22:39 pm
How many more years for Milo? I stopped betting against him a long time ago.

If we go to the AL maybe he won't be able to find us.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 29, 2011, 12:32:22 pm
If we go to the AL maybe he won't be able to find us.

Won't work. Milo no longer travels with the team. We'd have to move the club.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: roadrunner on September 29, 2011, 12:42:40 pm
Great article from Posnanski on last night: http://joeposnanski.blogspot.com/2011/09/baseball-night-in-america.html#more
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: MusicMan on September 29, 2011, 02:52:50 pm
If we go to the AL maybe he won't be able to find us.

If we move, he stays longer to make sure he checks off every park.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 29, 2011, 03:28:41 pm
If we move, he stays longer to make sure he checks off every park.

I totally forgot about his obcession with that ball park thing. I haven't heard him in years.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: JimR on September 29, 2011, 03:29:46 pm
back to the game for a brief moment: i really believed that Myers would shut them down. that game was as disappointing for me as any this year.

on a brighter note: Matt B. finished at 10-4, 3.25.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Ron Brand on September 29, 2011, 03:39:44 pm
back to the game for a brief moment: i really believed that Myers would shut them down. that game was as disappointing for me as any this year.

on a brighter note: Matt B. finished at 10-4, 3.25.

Matt B. had a fantastic year. Myers' last five weeks turned back into that rotten pumpkin at 7 pm Wednesday.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: austro on September 29, 2011, 03:41:37 pm
back to the game for a brief moment: i really believed that Myers would shut them down.

I had the same feeling. I was stunned as that first inning unfolded.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: JimR on September 29, 2011, 04:17:42 pm
Matt B. had a fantastic year. Myers' last five weeks turned back into that rotten pumpkin at 7 pm Wednesday.

Tracy inexplicably left Matt in one game to absorb a 10H, 7 ER beating in one inning. it made no sense, and the Colo papers questioned his reasoning. that one game really affected his final stats.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 29, 2011, 05:15:50 pm
Tracy inexplicably left Matt in one game to absorb a 10H, 7 ER beating in one inning. it made no sense, and the Colo papers questioned his reasoning. that one game really affected his final stats.

Is Tracy a prick, or was his bullpen really that bad off?
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: JimR on September 29, 2011, 05:44:54 pm
Is Tracy a prick, or was his bullpen really that bad off?

i have no idea.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 29, 2011, 06:48:08 pm
i have no idea.

You and I both probably did our share of taking one for the team on days when we didn't have it. I still have the scars of a fine six run pasting in 2/3 of an inning. However, I'd think that only extenuating circumstances would cause that to happen in the big leagues.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: mrpink on September 29, 2011, 10:07:17 pm
Tracy inexplicably left Matt in one game to absorb a 10H, 7 ER beating in one inning. it made no sense, and the Colo papers questioned his reasoning. that one game really affected his final stats.
...and single-handedly fucked my fantacrap season.
Title: Re: ...and so it ends....
Post by: Reuben on September 29, 2011, 10:46:13 pm
I kind of got the feeling Myers might be in for a rough one when I realized that I could guess what pitch he was going to throw next. (fastball in, curve away. fastball in...) And of course, leaving many of them right over the middle didn't help.