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HudsonHawk

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I got yer "momentum" right here....
« on: October 20, 2005, 12:29:14 am »
What a game by Roy.  Historic.
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Re: I got yer "momentum" right here....
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2005, 12:30:31 am »
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What a game by Roy.  Historic.


Amazing.  It was actually ant-climactic watching it at home.

Wire to wire.
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Re: I got yer "momentum" right here....
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2005, 12:33:18 am »
Momentum doesn't exist in baseball.  Period.
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Re: I got yer "momentum" right here....
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2005, 12:35:10 am »
Gar "Houston, we have a series"
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« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2005, 12:35:53 am »
Momentum is only as strong as your next starting pitcher.

Last year, Kent gets the home run and Munro comes up next.

This year, Pooholes hits the home run and Roy comes up next.

Big Difference.
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Re: I got yer "momentum" right here....
« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2005, 12:37:03 am »
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What a game by Roy.  Historic.



I remember when he first came up and everyone said this kid has ice water in his veins.. Hell fucking yeah.
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« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2005, 12:38:14 am »
The best line of the game... Pooholes 0 for 4.  Take that Superman.
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Re: I got yer "momentum" right here....
« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2005, 12:39:13 am »
amazing game for roy...i mean the MVP of the nlcs
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« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2005, 12:39:31 am »
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What a game by Roy.  Historic.



I remember when he first came up and everyone said this kid has ice water in his veins.. Hell fucking yeah.



The other day, I was talking to a former player who'd faced Roy in the minors.  He was saying the one guy you didn't want to face in big game was Roy Oswalt.  Roy hates to lose more than anyone else he'd ever faced.  He's a fuckin' bulldog!
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Re: I got yer "momentum" right here....
« Reply #9 on: October 20, 2005, 12:41:05 am »
And how about fucking Qualls.  Would you ever have guessed that guy would show like he has?
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Re: I got yer "momentum" right here....
« Reply #10 on: October 20, 2005, 12:41:09 am »
We are really lucky to have a chance to see someone like Roy pitch every fifth day.
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« Reply #11 on: October 20, 2005, 12:49:40 am »
When Roy first got to the show I happened to be in town for a couple of games. I got to one of them early and noticed that Roy was down along the line signing autographs.

There wasn't a big crowd - honestly, I don't know that too many people knew who the hell he was at the time. I had a baseball and asked him to sign it. He signed his name very small as if he expected me to get plenty of other players to sign the same ball.

He gave me back the ball and I distinctly remember thinking This kid needs to learn to sign his name larger because soon enough no one with his signature on something is going to want to corrupt it with anyone else's.

I have that baseball in a case on a shelf. The only things written on the ball are: Roy Oswalt #44.
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Re: I got yer "momentum" right here....
« Reply #12 on: October 20, 2005, 01:20:05 am »
I don't even know what to do. I can't sit down. I've been living and breathing it for 25 years with my stepdad, the man who had the good sense to get my ass to the Dome just as soon as he met me as a little kid. Tonight I had the distinct pleasure and privilege of sitting next to him in my living room - with two young sons of my own snoring nearby - and finally watching the good guys knock down the damn door and get it done. Someone slap the shit out of me, because I'm afraid I may already be halfway content. My tune will change by Saturday, I'm sure, but right now I don't care - THEY GOT THERE. There will be a NATIONAL LEAGUE PENNANT on the wall at the park next year. I'm hoping for more, really I am, but I just don't care right now. I am so unbelievably fucking happy.

Fuck the Jakes. Fuck Fox. Fuck the trolls who will now disappear until next year. Fuck anyone who wrote these guys off, and fuck the rest of the world who just doesn't get it.

Thanks to the blood and mud. Thanks especially to Roy. Thanks to every last one of you for having some perspective and keeping your damn heads on straight since Monday night. And thanks to the BBGs, who allowed game 5 to forever be a fairly meaningless footnote in my memory.

I'm going to go finish the bottle of Jack I've been saving. And if I get fired tomorrow for it... well, I'll just have more time to relive tonight here with you all. Goodnight, LaGenius. Goodnight Pooholes. Goodnight LA Jimmy at Anaheim. Enjoy the fucking golf. Bitches.
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