Biggio 2b, Loretta DH? Am I missing something?
Grrrrrrr, less than a minute.
Got to get up pretty early in the morning...
I canned mine, and Alkie's post with it. Good riddance.
The fans had a right to know.Nice lineup, Dierk.
Oh my god. A salmon ate Glenn Wilson.
Only 4 more 9pm-weeknight-start-times this season after this.
Best news of the season.
Not that I really care or think there are any, but how do Rangers fans put up with this shit? Every fucking road divisional game is at 9pm.
When does FOX's MLB contract run out?
his lifetime.
You assume they have jobs.
I can already see that tonight's GZ has much potential.
What do you base this on?
Oh my god, is my hair turning grey? My life is over. I'll lose my job and Keith Hernandez and that basketball player will whine at me off key.
"That basketball player"? That's Walt "Clyde" Frazier, man.
Jesus Christ, I can't believe TWO of you honestly thought I didn't know who Clyde Frazier was. Girls, girls, let me explain something, during baseball season, I play the role of a baseball nutjob. During basketball season, it's worse.
Gray haired teaser.
While waiting for the game, I just saw Godfather Part II ranked as the #32 movie of all time.
While waiting for the game, I just saw Godfather Part II ranked as the #32 movie of all time.Thirty-fucking-two.And Biggio is at 2b while Loretta is DHing.I'm expecting the frogs and locusts any minute.
Still waiting.31 - Maltese Falcon30 - Apocalypse Now29 - Double Indemnity
CBS
Why are you watching this? It's obviously invalid beyond belief.
Why are they playing the OC theme song?I mean, I know why. But shouldn't that be illegal?
I swear Berkman is hurt. He should have punished that pitch, not a weak fly to CF.
(Loretta double down RF line, mishandled by RF, and Lee STILL does not score.)
Cabrera K swinging.When the hell did Wandy become a strikeout pitcher?
The Dodge question of the night is Morgan Ensberg's greatest fear.Brilliant idea. Take a guy who was tied up and robbed at gunpoint, thought he was going to die, prayed his way through it... and ask his greatest fear.
Trade that man to the Astros.
He's got the requisite lack of baserunning instincts, but he's too fast to fit in.
AND... why the hell is the ability to hold objects while turned upside down a feature I need in a truck? If my truck is upside down, I'm probably not worried about my cargo.
It's going to take four singles to score this run, isn't it?
Anaslime is rubbing off on the Astros.
That kid's swing is five kinds of fucked up. It's becoming more and more evident that that does not matter.
Can you point out the anaslime region?
Who is writing the Ranger preview?
No! They KEEP. THROWING. HIM. FASTBALLS!
Foggy.
Over/under on uses of the word "fuck" (and its variations)?
From an Angels 'forum' (more like an Angels version of AD):-pence is a fpita-our pitching looks like shit or... the astros are a helluva team.
This umpire's strike zone confuses me.
I'll give you a hint.Umpires: Home - Angel Hernandez, First Base - Ted Barrett, Second Base - Mark Carlson, Third Base - Larry Young
JD- Conflict of interest with 'Angel' Hernandez behind the plate.
Goddamn it.
once again, we allow an opposing player to hit his first hr of the season against us
Wait. Did you think Wandy was going to throw a shutout here in the beer league series o' the year?We have 17 more runs to score tonight.I can't fucking wait for the Brewers series.
I was trying to convince myself that was the pitcher hitting and we were playing a real game.
I'm trying to convince myself that there are actually fans of this shit, or are they all just bandwagon sox and yankmee fans?
Been waiting for something like this - Milo: "When the Astros steal a base... first of all, it's news... but it takes a lot of speed. You can get the speed you need" etc.
Last night there were more bandwagon Ducks fans there to see the Stanley Cup then there to see the baseball game. Shiny new Ducks jerseys and all.
It's bad.You know, when it's 1-0, I sit on the edge of my couch. Every pitch is huge. Every AB is enormous. Every base means something.When it's 10-9, you can sort of half-watch the game. "Honey, did we score again?" "Yep." "Cool." No drama. No emotion. Just who-scores-last-late.
Odd, because when I think "genuine" I think Southern California. When I think "substance over style" I think Southern California.
I'm far from surprised by this place anymore. It still amuses me though in an irritating kind of way. Like a crazy girlfriend.
How long you lived out there? Where are you?
Newport, Laguna Cluster.
Definitely could be worse.
Nothing to complain about really. Housing is a bit expensive but if you look around and do your homework it's not that bad.
Pigpen gettin' some dirt. Nice steal.
Note to AL fans attending this game: that's real baseball.
There are an awful lot of shitty places to live in the LA area. You're not in one of em.
Pigpen manufactures a run. That. Was awesome.
Not the least bit intangible.
My sister lives in Azusa, works at the Miller brewery. She rocks.
I didn't say intangible.
Never been to Azusa. On a bad day I can smell West Covina from here though.
West Covina (and Covina) are raging shitholes. Every time I drive thru there, I sit in traffic and wonder what would make a million people stop and settle there.
the Clown hit #600 tonight, in case anyone missed it.
They didn't really settle there, they're are all just still stuck in traffic.
Pitch count on Wandy?We should be enjoying the Halos' pen before too long.
The brewery reeks, but cases of free beer goes a long way.
I believe it.I've told this story before, but driving from Santa Monica to PHX one Friday afternoon, I sat in West Covina for a good hour and a half waiting for them to clean up a major accident and a friend of mine using Google Maps figured out that I would have gotten to Indio faster if I had been on a 3-speed girls' bicycle.
I believe it. It's bad when you sit there for an hour and never figure out what the hold up was.
As Babe ruth turns over in his grave...So glad steroids AND the DH allowed Sammy to reach that #. Thanks again AL.
Flying into Ontario is a breeze. LAX is atrocious.
I look forward to spending a lot of time LAX. I have an eight hour layover there in August.
Don't forget he got a little help from a friend called a "corked bat"
Totally depends where you're going. We like to go to Venice/SaMo/Marina, so LAX is the way to go. Take Lincoln all the way, never see a freeway, never see traffic, no problemo.
Might I recommend a walking tour of neighboring Inglewood? City of Champions.
Yes true, I wonder how many times that slap dick used a corked bat and got away with it.
Are these pitch details new on mlb.com's Gameday? release/result, pFX, break, degree? No idea what they mean, but that's bad ass. How cool will the database of all of this be in 20 years?
Inglewood? Isn't that where Samuel L. Jackson's character from Pulp Fiction lived? I'm there.
C'mon man. He only used it during batting practice for the fans. FOR THE FANS.
Inglewood is where the Kings used to play way back in time. I was in a band out here for years and we used to play shows right in the heart of Southgate. Tons of fun that was.
I. HATE. ANGEL. HERNANDEZ.
(Lakers)
It is the enhanced gameday, rather then the normal gameday. I think it is only set up in four or six parks. I haven't looked at it, but I wonder where the cameras are placing some of these inside pitches Wandy has thrown tonight. This guy just won't call em strikes.
Garner is burning some calories out there.
How is Hernandez not suspended for shit like this?
I lived two blocks from the Forum as it was being built in the mid-60's. Times have changed.
What shit?
Going out to the mound, getting right in Rodriguez's face and yelling at him. This is just bullying. There's not a thing Garner or Rodriguez can do. It's cowardly. Hernandez is a punk.
It's cowardly.
It's utter bullshit! He knows no one can do anything about it and it's uncalled for and grossly unprofessional.
Pettitte now has a losing record. 6 earned in 6.2 tonight.
Here's one for you.My great grandmother bought a townhome in Compton when it was 100% Jews. She REFUSED to leave, even after being held at knifepoint in her townhome one night in the 80s. I wasn't in Inglewoooooooooooooood in the mid-60s, but yeah...it's changed.
He fucking doing it again. I can't believe this shit. Qualls was suspended for three games for nothing, and this cuntneck still has a job?
Curve ball for a strike, shitstain hernandez disagrees, Wandy gives normal but somewhat muted body language. Dick with a hat starts givin lip from behind the plate. Garner starts chirpin. Dick comes out from behind the plate and Garner gets out there to cut him off. Dickface meets Garner near the firstbase line and has a quick exchange with dickhead pointing to the dugout, Gar heads for the dugout and dick for the plate. Dick changes his mind and heads straight to Wandy very briskly. Gar sprints out just in time to meet Dickface gettin up in Wandy's face. Gar tells him to take it up with him.Then Sciocsa wants two mound visits charged.ETA: While I type, Wandy does another 'hop' off the mound after a curve 'just misses'. Angel starts chirpin.
just caught the following on adult swim:"...this is what they call the magic hour. the day's not quite over, and the night hasn't quite begun. and somewhere, angel hernandez is calling some game he doesn't love..." --peter griffin
just caught the following on adult swim:"...this is what they call the magic hour. the day's not quite over, and the night hasn't quite begun. and somewhere, scott baio is plowing some chick he doesn't love..." --peter griffin
You know, you have by far the highest ratio of quality hilarious posts to overall posts, but just copping someone else's Family Guy quote doesn't count.
You know, you have by far the highest ratio of quality hilarious posts to overall posts
Check it, he FIFY'd it.
All Wandy did was drop his shoulders. Hernandez yells, Rodriguez yells back. Ausmus starts out to the mound and the penis with a hat follows him.
Too clever for me. My eyes don't adjust that quickly anymore. Fucking west coast games.
JD right afterwards- Two things at work Angel having bad night, he's missed alot of calls. I think we've seen him have problems alot. He gets caught up in it quite a bit.
I can't believe Wandy avoided his patented implosion last inning. Kudos to him. Wow.
Right, so why doesnt this story end with Angel Hernandez put in the wall?
Union frowns on that
Why don't they cull the bottom 1% or 2% of the umpires each year?
Wandy is a changed man, havent you heard?
Union... in the wall.
Like with a scythe? hhmmmm... that is something to consider.
I can think of a few things I'd like to do with a scythe to Angel.
Also, I'm way behind the curve on this FIFY trend and frankly just wish it would go away.
Ok, Walt
Sounds like a pilot pitch to the CW.
Good luck. What for the "whatev"" to catch on. I'm jumping ahead and just going with "-ev""
I won't budge one inch past whev.
Big up for Wandy.
In Joss we trust.
No, I'll agree on the FIFY thing. It's funny, but in moderation. Like once a quarter.
I think we get the Bork.
Like, you must be old or whatev.
Indeed.What's he doing these days other than Buffy comics and rejected Supergirl scripts?
not cool bork. not. cool.
Really, this is such a huge vote of no confidence for Lidge and Wheeler. BOTH!
I wouldn't put it past Hernandez to intentionally "miss" some calls just to "prove a point". Not that Bork was particularly close there.
Yeah, you're not cool.
Well, it's hard to use a player on the DL.
Please tell me that Figgins isn't up next.
I know Jim Palmer would always rather walk in a run with the bases loaded than give up a hit, but it still kills me.
This team should never pitch around ANYONE with chode Faggins on deck.
I don't think he was pitching around him. He just can't find the plate.
It isn't all that often you can really say "this guy" or "that guy" blew the game.Dave Borkowski just blew this fucking game.
LEAVE! BORK! IN!He looks GREAT!
fuck you gar.
We get Shields and Dick Rod. Great.
Fuck you, Gar.
fuck you bork.
They really have no one else right now.
So this has to mean there is no one available in the pen.
I know, that just occured to me.Doesn't make this any easier.
White was used up yesterday. Qualls is iffy, Moehler? MILLER? Randolph, that wouldnt be fair.
The walks kill ya.
Bork has been badass lately. Not tonight.
What's all this mopin around shit?! ...
Bidge down a breaker low and away. FUCK.
SWING the bat Brunt! Fuck!
Bases loaded. 1 out. no runs. They're back.
Though ball 1 caught more of the plate than strike 3. Still, gotta swing.
How dare you question Angel Hernandez?
Three singles. No runs.
I question that fuckers right to walk the planet as a free man. How many paying spectators has he defrauded tonight?
Loretta bad back, Lamb, Ausmus. That's not the speed team.
I didn't pay. So, that makes everyone.
I paid. I pay every damn month. These Comcast carpetbaggers. OH, I pay.
hope everyone's at least got a nice beverage that's not letting them down tonight...i just poured a dirty martini for a nightcap. **cheers**
i guess God helped 57 protect that lead, but he sure let alice down in denver tonight. not down with the sky-pointers.
