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General Discussion => Archive => Game Zone 2015 Archive => Topic started by: Mr. Happy on July 28, 2015, 05:02:36 pm
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Your lineups for tonight's tilt:
Halos
2BJ. Giavotella (R)
3BConor Gillaspie (L)
RFKole Calhoun (L)
DHAlbert Pujols (R)
SSErick Aybar (S)
1BC.J. Cron (R)
CChris Iannetta (R)
LFShane Victorino (S)
CFDan Robertson (R)
LAA: C.J. Wilson (L) (8-7, 3.59)
Astros
2B Jose Altuve (R)
1B Marwin Gonzalez (S)
SS Carlos Correa (R)
LF Evan Gattis (R)
3B Luis Valbuena (L)
DH Chris Carter (R)
C Hank Conger (S)
RF Colby Rasmus (L)
CF Jake Marisnick (R)
HOU: Collin McHugh (R) (11-5, 4.25)
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We need to brake out the can! Go Stros!!!!
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Trout getting the night off?
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Trout getting the night off?
Wrist injury, they are "hopeful" he's day to day
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This almost feels like a couple of division rivals.
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This almost feels like a couple of division rivals.
I'm hopeful that this series can help cultivate some true Angel loathing beyond that Shitsmirk Pujols.
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Hope the crowd fills in, and don't walk the leadoff hitter. That's probably a double with the framer behind the dish.
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Conger has thrown somebody out this year?
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Billy Butler probably attempted a delayed steal.
Yes, Albert, that's an inside pitch. Deal with it prick.
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Fucking McHugh and his Oswalt inning.
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Seems to always be tough first for him, but that might just be my sketchy memory.
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Conger has thrown somebody out this year?
yes, he is apparently 1 for 22.
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Easy power.
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Correa!
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Looked like he popped it up... And it went over the fence in RF
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Fucking McHugh and his Oswalt inning.
He's not as sharp as he was last year. The league has also probably figured him out a little.
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The Angels have some annoying players.
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The Angels have no respect for Conger. Any average runner is on the move. I'm surprised more teams haven't played him the same way.
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I'm not real impressed with Gattis in LF.
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I'm not real impressed with Gattis in LF.
DH is definitely his best position.
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I'm not real impressed with Gattis in LF.
He makes Tucker look appealing out there.
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I'm not real impressed with Gattis in LF.
As a LF he makes a great DH.
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Luis, after watching you swing at his pitches, there was no chance CJ was trying to hit you.
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Carter crush
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McHugh is really lucky to still be in this game. Let's hope he rights the ship.
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Seems to be shaping up to be a pitching dual.
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Man, that foul ball by Conger was an absolute jack.
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Conger with the wheels!!! New ballgame for McHugh.
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Not that big of a game, don't worry about bringing your A game, Colin.
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DH is definitely his best position.
Unfortunately his bat isn't quite good enough for that position
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Lot of folks switching teams today
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Unfortunately his bat isn't quite good enough for that position
I disagree. I think he's been a solid RBI man.
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I disagree. I think he's been a solid RBI man.
Chances, lots of chances
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I disagree. I think he's been a solid RBI man.
Me, too.
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Well, fuck. 2 men on and no outs and wind up with a goose egg.
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Well, fuck. 2 men on and no outs and wind up with a goose egg.
Pretty rotten luck. Gattis *just* missed jacking his pitch for a 3-run jack, and Valbuena hit his ball hard and to exactly the wrong place. Meanwhile, Rangers and Yankees are 11-5 after two innings.
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Pretty rotten luck. Gattis *just* missed jacking his pitch for a 3-run jack, and Valbuena hit his ball hard and to exactly the wrong place. Meanwhile, Rangers and Yankees are 11-5 after two innings.
Damn, the yanks with an 11 run inning. Couldn't happen to a better team.
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Jose is the man. Hell yeah!
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Altuve is Eric Clapton.
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If the Astros executed a run down like that I'd be pissed. But, the Angels did a great job getting Altuve.
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Don't see two consecutive run producing at bats for a player go down like that very often.
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I wonder what the Angels were thinking there.
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Altuve the RBI man
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They should have let Altuve have 2nd.
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I wonder what the Angels were thinking there.
I gotta say I'm glad they weren't.
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I hate Pujols.
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Dipshit is out twice. Nice play by Luis.
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did altuve do that intentionally?
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did altuve do that intentionally?
I suspect so.
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I hate Pujols.
He should have been rung up, so I sincerely appreciate Valbuena vanquishing his hit bid down the line that the umpire's oversight gifted.
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Altuve is Eric Clapton.
Pretty sure I'm now 2 for 2 on not getting the Clapton reference.
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I suspect so.
Masterful. It's like a baserunning sacrifice.
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Is Marwin really worse than Gattis in left? I find that hard to believe.
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Pretty sure I'm now 2 for 2 on not getting the Clapton reference.
I dont either. Altuve is pretty damn good, Clapton has sucked for the last 30 years.
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Great at bat for Margo.
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Thatcher has elected free agency
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Great at bat for Margo.
Followed by a terrible base running decision that worked out for the good guys.
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Mr RBI. A mere 156 LOB
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You know, I appreciate the things that Valbuena has managed to do this year, and I like the dependable defense he has provided, but the Astros really need a real third baseman. I wonder if they think that's going to be Correa as soon as Bregman is ready.
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You know, I appreciate the things that Valbuena has managed to do this year, and I like the dependable defense he has provided, but the Astros really need a real third baseman. I wonder if they think that's going to be Correa as soon as Bregman is ready.
Or this Jed guy
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runner on 3rd an no outs. and he gets stranded there. that is the kind of thing that can come back to haunt a team later
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Mr RBI. A mere 156 LOB
A horrible April and yet in the top 15 in RBI in the league.
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Or this Jed guy
For me, Lowrie can't get here soon enough.
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Pretty sure I'm now 2 for 2 on not getting the Clapton reference.
Clapton is God. It's a 60s thing.
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Like to see them put it away here
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Hank has been stinging the ball tonight against his former club.
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I'm reading about the Pope right now. I feel like he should know about this. Is it a trinity thing, where Clapton is the father and Altuve is the son? (And if so, who warrants Holy Spirit, by your math?)
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I fully expect Rasmus to get a hit here.
I didn't even finish typing that and he got a double.
He seems to do great when he had a tough at-bat like that.
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Ha, nice. Just a little too worried about the runner at third
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My favorite cattle farmer. Dude has been a great sign.
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Altuve is having a day.
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Altuve! 5 RBI night
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Mr RBI. A mere 156 LOB
Chances, lots of chances.
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Altuve is Clapton.
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British kids would grafitti Clapton is God around London in his Yardbirds days. Then I suppose they realized he kind of sucks and they quit doing it.
Although I do like that Derek and the Dominos record quite a bit.
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Holy crap. 7 triples!
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If only he could hit a HR. Not bad.
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British kids would grafitti Clapton is God around London in his Yardbirds days. Then I suppose they realized he kind of sucks and they quit doing it.
Although I do like that Derek and the Dominos record quite a bit.
The double live album he put out with Winwood a few years back was outstanding. Old material from both of their careers including a couple of Blind Faith tunes.
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Jeff Beck was my favorite Yardbird guitarist, by the way.
I can see Gattis doing karaoke - Gonna stoke that train let me go for a ride, you KNOW!
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7 triples, 0 stolen bases
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Fuck me, it's almost time for Good Eats.
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Gattis is only a single, double and hr away from the cycle.
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Gattis is only a single, double and hr away from the cycle.
It's only the 7th inning.
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Clams and then tuna! Fuck yeah!
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Gattis is only a single, double and hr away from the cycle.
Nominated.
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I don't think I've ever seen a player strike out on a worse pitch.
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I don't think I've ever seen a player strike out on a worse pitch.
Most enjoyable pitch of the game
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Rangers/Yankees now 19-5 Wow.
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Rangers/Yankees now 19-5 Wow.
I'm glad Hamels is excited about the Rangers.
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Rangers/Yankees now 19-5 Wow.
Amazing what DDSJr has done this year. He'd be leading the Astros in OBP(unless you count Lowrie). I doubt even in their wildest dreams the Rangers didn't expected that
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I can't remember rooting for the Yankees before.
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Wandy was on the receiving end of a lot of that second inning abuse.
You've got to like a good Good Eats. Half the time it's oatmeal or how to use a spoon.
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Wow. Chickenshit slide by Robertson.
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Man, that was very nearly Lima-time.
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I saw the first baseman make an earnest stretch on that great try from Altuve and I thought, Wow, I haven't seen that in a while. Then I realized it was Marwin.
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Solid win there
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Pound them Budweisers. Happy birthday, Hawk.
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So speed demon got another triple tonight and I wasn't able to watch? Damn. Great to see the boys win, wish I could have been watching
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Jeff Beck was my favorite Yardbird guitarist, by the way.
I'm usually in agreement with you anyway, but that is by far the least controversial opinion you've ever publicized on this site.
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I'm usually in agreement with you anyway, but that is by far the least controversial opinion you've ever publicized on this site.
I guess I'm getting soft in my middle age.
Hopefully Hudson will show up tomorrow championing Jimmy Page and save us all.
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I had a sinking spell in my rehab yesterday, and I do not get to watch the game. I have read the entire GZ thread, and I know we won, but I know nothing else about the game. This thread was pop culture and snarky remarks about various players but no pbp or even summaries of innings for folks who are not watching or who cannot watch. I know folks who participated in this insiders' chat room has a great time out-clevering each other, but in the future, can we please work the game in just a little, and I mean more than a vague shorthand reference to a play you saw and assume everyone say. I did not and will hope there is a reply I can tape.
Thanks.
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Jeff Beck is still my favorite living electric guitar player. And Clapton doesn't suck.
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I had a sinking spell in my rehab yesterday, and I do not get to watch the game. I have read the entire GZ thread, and I know we won, but I know nothing else about the game. This thread was pop culture and snarky remarks about various players but no pbp or even summaries of innings for folks who are not watching or who cannot watch. I know folks who participated in this insiders' chat room has a great time out-clevering each other, but in the future, can we please work the game in just a little, and I mean more than a vague shorthand reference to a play you saw and assume everyone say. I did not and will hope there is a reply I can tape.
Thanks.
Cranky. We were watching a game as friends, not describing it for you. There are play by plays here: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2015_07_28_anamlb_houmlb_1#game=2015_07_28_anamlb_houmlb_1,game_state=Wrapup,game_tab=play-by-play . There are video highlights and a wrap here: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2015_07_28_anamlb_houmlb_1#game=2015_07_28_anamlb_houmlb_1,game_state=Wrapup,game_tab=wrap . There are still box scores in most newspapers.
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I'm reading about the Pope right now. I feel like he should know about this. Is it a trinity thing, where Clapton is the father and Altuve is the son? (And if so, who warrants Holy Spirit, by your math?)
Nah, nothing that complicated. Every time I see Altuve do something like he did last night, Altuve is God pops into my head. That leads immediately to Altuve is Eric Clapton. It's stupid, but there you go.
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I had a sinking spell in my rehab yesterday, and I do not get to watch the game. I have read the entire GZ thread, and I know we won, but I know nothing else about the game. This thread was pop culture and snarky remarks about various players but no pbp or even summaries of innings for folks who are not watching or who cannot watch. I know folks who participated in this insiders' chat room has a great time out-clevering each other, but in the future, can we please work the game in just a little, and I mean more than a vague shorthand reference to a play you saw and assume everyone say. I did not and will hope there is a reply I can tape.
Thanks.
I know right? I take a night off from the GZ to enjoy a birthday dinner with my lovely bride, and the GZ reverts back to kindergarten.
Tighten up, fellas.
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It should always be PBP interspersed with pop culture and snark...but PBP first.
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It should always be PBP interspersed with pop culture and snark...but PBP first.
Then do it. HH has done a terrific job doing the inning recaps this year, but their absence for one night didn't seem to hurt the conversation any.
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Then do it. HH has done a terrific job doing the inning recaps this year, but their absence for one night didn't seem to hurt the conversation any.
I do when I'm here, but that is becoming more difficult lately. All Jim and I (and the primer) are asking is somebody do it. You're obviously watching the game.
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I do when I'm here, but that is becoming more difficult lately. All Jim and I (and the primer) are asking is somebody do it. You're obviously watching the game.
Yep, but I'm also cooking dinner, and playing the guitar, and working, and my play-by-play sucks. Jim's bitching. He'd be the first person to call someone else for that behavior.
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I had a sinking spell in my rehab yesterday, and I do not get to watch the game. I have read the entire GZ thread, and I know we won, but I know nothing else about the game. This thread was pop culture and snarky remarks about various players but no pbp or even summaries of innings for folks who are not watching or who cannot watch. I know folks who participated in this insiders' chat room has a great time out-clevering each other, but in the future, can we please work the game in just a little, and I mean more than a vague shorthand reference to a play you saw and assume everyone say. I did not and will hope there is a reply I can tape.
Thanks.
My guide shows RootSports replaying last nights' game today at 2 p.m.
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I've had kind of a busy summer, so I haven't been able to do PBP as much as earlier in the year, though HH and others have been doing a fine job most nights.
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Yep, but I'm also cooking dinner, and playing the guitar, and working, and my play-by-play sucks. Jim's bitching. He'd be the first person to call someone else for that behavior.
Your reply was what was cranky, and if you want to call my comments bitching, go right ahead. Your description is exactly what I was talking about: last night was insider friends watching the game together and not giving a shit about those who cannot watch. I do not think a personal pop culture, "oh wow, look at that play" is what the moderators had in mind when they created the game zone. It was worthless last night for baseball fans who could not see the game.
I read all the summaries I could find this morning, looked at the box score and watched video. Scrolling through the entire GZ thread told me nothing except how cute and clever you all are.
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Your reply was what was cranky, and if you want to call my comments bitching, go right ahead. Your description is exactly what I was talking about: last night was insider friends watching the game together and not giving a shit about those who cannot watch. I do not think a personal pop culture, "oh wow, look at that play" is what the moderators had in mind when they created the game zone. It was worthless last night for baseball fans who could not see the game.
I read all the summaries I could find this morning, looked at the box score and watched video. Scrolling through the entire GZ thread told me nothing except how cute and clever you all are.
Cranky. Bitching. You're trying to control people's behavior, and that's fine, but call it what it is.
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Cranky. Bitching. You're trying to control people's behavior, and that's fine, but call it what it is.
I am not trying to control your behavior. I am saying it was useless for anyone trying to follow the game.
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Jim - go to this link:
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2015_07_28_anamlb_houmlb_1#game=2015_07_28_anamlb_houmlb_1,game_tab=play-by-play,game_state=Wrapup
On the right side, you can click inning by inning and see every play summary.
Here's a great example of HH doing play-by-play from July 5th:
T2:
Valbuena singles
Carter strikes out
Marwin singles, Valbuena to 2B
Castro grounds out 3-1, Valbuena to 3B, Marwin to 2B
Marisnick with a bunt single, but is called out on batter's interference.
Somehow it's better if HH types it than if you go to the MLB website?
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Wait. Cute and clever? Those devious bastards.
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I am not trying to control your behavior. I am saying it was useless for anyone trying to follow the game.
The game was on tv. The game is on MLB game day, with live pitch by pitch descriptions. A cute and clever insider's chat room is why most of us watch the game together on the internet. If we weren't discussing who was the best guitarist in the Yardbirds in a five-run blow out, what's the point? I still think it was Clapton.
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Does anyone know if it'd be possible to have a bot post PBP or inning recaps in GZ threads? I'm not sure what the capabilities of this platform are, but that data is out there.
FWIW, I like having PBP mixed with commentary in the GZ. If it's all one or the other, this place loses value.
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I love reading the GZ after the game. Plenty of pop culture (which goes over my head) and snark. The two counselors are going to meet in a steel cage match, with me refereeing (which means that there will be no rules). My money is on a draw, as the two of them will agree to disagree and start pounding quality craft beers!
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We seem to typically wax reverent about this site so I'll put in my bits and take whatever you think I deserve in response.
PBP was and is a big part of why some people come to the GZ and it's in the primer that every Clark is supposed to read before they enter. Many have padded their post counts in here. A few have made PBP a creative thing of beauty. Nowhere does it say that it has to be given but the understanding is that some form of PBP by someone is at least half of what makes this the Game Zone. To tell someone, especially a long-time dweller that they should go somewhere else to get what they are supposed to be getting here is a bit of a harsh toke. I could see if he was asking for something that is out of the ordinary or not expected of the forum but that's not the case here.
I realize that I haven't been a part of the GZ much lately but when I am, I enjoy and participate in the conversation and the snark. But every morning after the game I open the previous night's thread to read the goings-on and get a feel for the game from this perspective. I think that is what Jim is talking about when he asks for a PBP reference of the reaction of the group. It also puts the thread into a historical perspective. Raise your hand if you have gone back to read a GZ thread of a game of significance.
That's all I wanted to say. It really doesn't matter to me whether there is PBP or not in the GZ threads. I only wanted to see if I could help Jim make his point.
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All this does is make me want to post even less than I already do. And many would probably welcome that.
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Never knew I need help, Mike, but thanks. I wanted to know what happened in the game from an OWA perspective, and I do not give a damn about Eric Clapton.
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Never knew I need help, Mike, but thanks. I wanted to know what happened in the game from an OWA perspective, and I do not give a damn about Eric Clapton.
Who's Eric Clapton?
/ducks/
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Somehow it's better if HH types it than if you go to the MLB website?
Everything is better when you add the Hawk.
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We seem to typically wax reverent about this site so I'll put in my bits and take whatever you think I deserve in response.
PBP was and is a big part of why some people come to the GZ and it's in the primer that every Clark is supposed to read before they enter. Many have padded their post counts in here. A few have made PBP a creative thing of beauty. Nowhere does it say that it has to be given but the understanding is that some form of PBP by someone is at least half of what makes this the Game Zone.
I have spent a lot of time in the Game Zone the past three years, almost nightly. Usually there's play by play, sometimes not. Sometimes there are only a couple of people and not much of anything. Last night was an enjoyable Game Zone without play by play. It's not generally written for posterity, anymore than anything else here is. Jim rarely shows up in the Game Zone, and has never done play by play that I recall.
To tell someone, especially a long-time dweller that they should go somewhere else to get what they are supposed to be getting here is a bit of a harsh toke. I could see if he was asking for something that is out of the ordinary or not expected of the forum but that's not the case here.
Asking for something would have been fine. "Gosh, I missed the play by play," would have been a polite ask. Insulting the people who spent time talking last night to get what you want was not a polite ask. I like Jim, but he was being a jerk.
I realize that I haven't been a part of the GZ much lately but when I am, I enjoy and participate in the conversation and the snark. But every morning after the game I open the previous night's thread to read the goings-on and get a feel for the game from this perspective. I think that is what Jim is talking about when he asks for a PBP reference of the reaction of the group. It also puts the thread into a historical perspective.
If Jim wants to make his point without being called bitchy, then he should make his point without being bitchy. Showing up and insulting people seems an odd way to ask.
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I kind of like this side of Neil. Wouldn't have expected it from a bowtie man.
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I kind of like this side of Neil. Wouldn't have expected it from a bowtie man.
Me too. I should have stayed out of it.
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Me too. I should have stayed out of it.
I do not think I insulted anyone, but I'd I did, I apologize. What I said was the posts in the GZ were worthless to someone who wanted to know what happened in the game. They were.
ETA: in the future if I have to miss a game, I will go to the other sites you referred me to, not to the GZ.
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I can see right now I'm gonna have to start kicking people in the junk.
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I do not think I insulted anyone, but I'd I did, I apologize. What I said was the posts in the GZ were worthless to someone who wanted to know what happened in the game. They were.
ETA: in the future if I have to miss a game, I will go to the other sites you referred me to, not to the GZ.
FWIW, I didn't find what you wrote insulting in the slightest way. In my opinion, NeilT has had his dander up for the past few weeks and has exhibited a saucy side. I don't dislike it, but it is different, and i say that as a fellow bow tie man (I've got a new one on today).
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FWIW, I didn't find what you wrote insulting in the slightest way. In my opinion, NeilT has had his dander up for the past few weeks and has exhibited a saucy side. I don't dislike it, but it is different, and i say that as a fellow bow tie man (I've got a new one on today).
Fuck off.
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Fuck off.
Love it!!! The new NeilT-he's bad and not taking any shit!
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Love it!!! The new NeilT-he's bad and not taking any shit!
Funny, the Neil I know has always kind of been that way.
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Funny, the Neil I know has always kind of been that way.
He's just been a bit more edgy in my opinion lately, and i like it.
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He's just been a bit more edgy in my opinion lately, and i like it.
I'm waiting for him to grow a pompadour and wear leather pants.
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I'm waiting for him to grow a pompadour and wear leather pants.
Wait no longer!