Cole Hamels, not really a fan.

Hmm, so much action in this thread ... everyone's resting up?

I'm going to skip back to last night with a couple of (late) comments. It was idiotic to talk about 'making a statement' for Jeter's homer. Batters hit as well as they can, they do not decide to hit at a given moment. What was unexpected, as many have said, was the left field foul pole shot ... I can't remember the last hard pull homer for DJ. He came up hugely, it was a tremendous moment for the team, but it is NOT 'making a statement'. Next they'll say that if only he were shorter and his dad was white he could be scrappy.

I'd give him the game ball, just over CC, because of the tension of that pre-homer situation. (I know a few people here were saying 'I'm not worried.')

I loved Emma's 'the prodigal reliever' about Joba in the game summary. Bravo.

I recall our Alex talking about the other Alex, and how complex and intense watching his at-bats can be. I felt same way last night. The relief/pleasure at the first rbi, then more for the 2nd was amazing.

[2] he's not a fan of being pinch hit for, or you're not a fan of his little conniption fit after getting pinch hit for?

woops, that was meant for [1]

[2] I'm at work. Have to wait to get home to watch.

I am battling a cold, might take tomorrow off. I did take the last two days off but went in today.

It was a relief wasn't it? Funny, but I work with some A Rod haters and they are still hating on him today.

Go figure...

I pity the Rockes fan who is relying on Jose Contreras to hold a lead. Yikes.

[6] Still, if I were A-Rod, I'd be able to say with perfect peace and confidence, "Screw those guys." The fans who were down on him because of his post-season badness, I think he might have had a harder time writing them off. Or maybe that's just me.

[7] And now playing 3B for the Phillies, Mr. BFOG+ himself, Miggy Mantle!Cairo!

So Manuel went to Blanton (wasn't he the Game 3 starter?) and now to Happ (wouldn't he usually be the Game 4 starter?). Is Pedro starting Game 3, or was this just Blanton's throw day and so hey, why not use him?

Of course, that rather means that the Phillies' bullpen is horrific . . .

8 & 6 I'll just say Arod is not my favorite Yankee, actually wanted them to let him go when he opted out, still think $30M/Year until 44 is a ridiculous contract. However I found him to be refreshing this year, he let his play speak for him. He had tons of big hits and I appreciate him as the stud player that he is. Still don't think he's worth all that money but you can't say he's not clutch, that's just crap now (probably was then too). I can still see how people might not like him as a person, but I am really impressed by his skills, enhanced or not.

7 Contreras just fine, it is the NL after all ;)

Miggy almost singlehandedly wiped out the left and center fielder with a long drive to left center. Almost a scary collision.

How come no one is talking about Teixeira's 0-4 with 5 LOB? Did he have some jitters, was he pushing too hard, was it a bad match up or was it just bad luck?

I'd have liked to see him have a reason to be happy on the off day too...

13 he's just not a clutch hitter. Only Slugging .368 in his PS career.

[13] Because the Yanks won.

If they had lost, Tex's bad day at the plate would have been wall-to-wall coverage today - and A-Rod would have told Tex how sorry he was to see the monkey take up residence on Tex's back, but by God he's a free man now!

J Giambi up with bases loaded and 2 out for the Rockies, Philly pitching change.

Unfortunately named Philly pitcher K's the shadow of the Giambino.

I understand PeteAbe has got to attract Sox fans to him, but are you effing kidding me? PeteAbe knows this won't happen.

"It'll be interesting to see where this will leave Chamberlain come 2010. The pitcher Red Sox fans love to hate may be no better than a set-up man after all."

[18] that's really crappy.

i was teaching, but didn't hamels get lifted 'coz he rushed out to be with his supermodel wife who's in labor?

suspense at the end, but the Rox even the series at Uno.

[8] i've actually tasted post-season badness. i hate it. i imagine it's similar to cauliflower...

[18] Ugh. Peter's better than that.

I hope all the series go the full five games, excepting Yankees - Twins, which should only go to 3.

[20] apparently not. i give him credit for starting his blog, but right off the bat, all 3 guys there now are a lot better than Petey ever was. i hope all the guys remain. they need a new picture of the Josh guy though - looks like a mug shot!

[2] "It was idiotic to talk about ‘making a statement’ for Jeter’s homer."
WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU HOSS?
DON'T YOU KNOW DEREK JETER IS A GOD ?!?!?!?
AND HE CAN BE SCRAPPY IF HE WANT TO BE !!!!!!!!!!

[6] Christians still hold their beliefs on a Jewish holiday

Career/Post Season wOBA
.D.Jeter: .375/.377
..A-Rod: .412/.370
.Posada: .370/.318
....Cano: .349/.275
...Melky: 316/.203
.....Teix: .391/.379
Damon: .351/.348
Matsui: .367/.380
Giambi: .400/.400

Of course, ARod's better PS's came before he was a Yankee.

[21] To be fair, Pete set the bar. The guy had 4 or 5 real posts everyday. That's just outrageous for someone on salary. What I will miss is his sense of humor. But Chad has a chance to do a better job.

[23] yes, i know - i gave him credit.

Everyone has already seen this, right?
http://tinyurl.com/ykjm279

[25] yup.

[25] I make it a policy to never buy or give web #s to the Post..but that's interesting..I really wonder about Gaudin against the Red Sox though..could be 8 walks by the 5th inning..

[25] Yeah. I'm okay with it.
What about this? (About how Jeter improved his D, via River Avenue Blues.)

OldPoll: Everyone jump in.
Who would you rather see WIN: Red Sox or Angels?

[29] According to Rob Neyer, the 1000-game simulator has the Sox winning 583 games..they are clearly "the better and more talented team"...so of course, we want the Angels..that bullpen cannot shut down our lineup, but the hydra-monster of JobaPhilMo will slay them...

[29] Angels.
Am I supposed to give a reason, or just the answer?

[29] And why?
I prefer to face the Angels. A more rounded team but less pitching and not as explosive. But primarily because the worst outcome of the PS is to be beat by the Sox. I Think we beat them, but the alternative is too scary for one who lives in RSN.

[30-31] Man... yuz guys are fast!

i think Joba or Ace would be ready to go long in Game 4. i hope Game 3 is easy on the 'pen...

[28] yeah, i think it was the RAB that i had recently read. this had more quotes and pictures. l LOVE Derek Jeter. i really really love him. (sorry monkeypants desert!)

Ethier is really good at 'teh' baseball.

knotted at 1

The only thing I might more then the Yankees winning...
would be to shave Manny's head.

Halos.

Okay, actually, my reasons are the combination of your [30] [32] reasons. For me, the worst case is made worse by the fact that I live in RSN. Whereas early elimination of the Sox, while not quite as good as their defeat at the hands of the Bombers, is still pretty good.

.. might LOVE more... my typing skills are borken.

i guess hitless (wo)manny is on the rag.

[38] i was loving that "borken" shit last night when i read thru the comments! funny shit, guys!!!

i gotsta go practice. catch up whichya later...

GO CALIFORNIA TEAM PLAYING THE SHIT SOX!!!

See, whereas, I really want Manny to do well in this series. Because he's not high on my personal hate list, and it drives RSN absolutely crazy.

OYF got a laugh here with the ALL CAPS Jeter-god reply to me.

And [28] may finally answer what I've been asking 3-4 times now ... is there a reason for Jeter's improved range? I'd heard somewhere it was playing deeper and better positioning ... but this turns it on really hard work to build muscles and quickness going left. Not to get back to the Jeter/god thing, but there's a lot of pride involved in a 35 year old digging that deep ... and a lot of reward involved when you see it work. (And yes, quite sure lesser-known players do it too.)

Philly may be in a bit of trouble heading to the mountains. Though they could also hit 6 homers a game.

[29] Gee, that's a tough one. Angels always kill the Yankees in the PS, plus I think Soscia is a good manager. And I'm not sure the Yankees will do well going cross country. Beating Boston would be satisfying, plus Manny's gone.

I want each one of those games to go at least 12 innings.

Anyone watching the Dodgers/Cards game? I thought it odd that Torre didn't PH for Kershaw in the bottom of the sixth. He's, what, 21 - 22 years old already over 90 pitches, and has danced through his share of raindrops over the course of those six innings. Then my reaction was rewarded as he promptly gave up the lead.

If the Angels beat the Red Sox then the Yankees will beat the Angels, because it will be Bizarro World Baseball.

This ump is pretty forgiving of Wainright's curve outside to righties.

Since I'm on a roll, I'll say that that crack about Joba by Peter Abraham was lame. They'll all be crying their eyes out when this "mere" setup man helps to smother their hitters in the later innings, should the teams meet in the ALCS.

Albert Pujols, what a choker. How much are they paying him?

「４７」　he has to play to the new audience. All those "Yoooouuuk rocks, I luv Dusty 4-evahh..." commenters.

Unlike the staid, respectable and always sophisticated posts on the Banter..

[49] not only are you using fancy brackets, but fancy numbers too!!

OldPoll #2:
Which NL team would you LEAST like to face in the WS?
And RIYank wants to know why?

Me.. The Cards 1 & 2 is not only very good, but our guys have probably seen very little, if any, of them. Beckett and Lester (for example) are excellent, but at least we have seen plenty of them. Keeping in mind how we do against USRPs, Carpenter and Wainright? Could shut us down.

「５０」 It's a sunny friday after the typhoon, want to get a bit crazy! Amped up for some rally monkey desert.

I'd love to see the Yanks beat the Red Sox again, but frankly the 14-12, 4 1/2 hour games in that old pinball machine are too goddamn draining. But I HATE the fucking Angels. Decisions decisions. Kinda putting the Score Cart before the horse though. : D
Bases juiced for the Torre's.

TBS is one of those stations where the commercials are WAYYYYY louder than the show you're watching.

[51] Yep, I find the Cards scarier. Maybe it's only because their marquee players are so damn good.

They must be pulling their hair out over at Dodger Thoughts, huh? I popped in to say "hello" earlier. It's a very different vibe over there.

「５５」　Do they all log off early? (ok, that's a pretty dead-horse joke..)

Matsui's tater yesterday was awesome, the nightly news guys here all went mental with each replay..let's hope it's the first of many home runs this post-season..

I really hope the Yanks make it to the Series. Besides the Rockies, I like all these NL teams for opponents. Dodgers would be tough, though, but still fun.

[56] It's really too bad they gotta get rid of Matsui.

Will Manny wield his magic in the 9th?

[56] In the CC post game interview a Japanese reporter asks the big guy about Matsui's homer (I couldn't quite catch the question), and Sabathia smiled and heaped praise on Godzilla. Nice.

[59] I sure hope so!

[58] for some reason i think they are going to keep matsui and not damon

[52] hmmph - fancy jazzy stuff

「６０」　Matsui seemed really smiley in the dugout, more emotion than you usually see from him, very cool. It's funny but I have never once heard him speak English..wonder what it sounds like when he's joking on the bench with the others guys..

i hope mp pops in tonight - i ahven't had time today to skim through the comments from last night's game thread, but i hope he managed to work beast commercial in when matsui homered

Reggie is throwing out the first pitch tomorrow!

Of course Manny's going hit it out, right?

[64] He did!

Except that he'll get nothing to hit.

[66] Nope.

Nope.

Not this time.

But you see? No soft ground ball.

[65] of course he is! i think he has the record for most time to throw out the first pitch

「６４」 I read all the game thread at lunch yesterday, he did drop a "beast commercial"!

Ahh, no Manny magic.

Fire Torre.

[67] excellent - good for mp

[63] It really was beautiful. He looked like a little leaguer!

Looking at Molina, can someone tell me if 2 brothers have ever caught in the same World Series? My gut reaction is no.

Still alive!

Oh, yeah, that Matsui Moment was very heart warming. It was great to see him light up.

he dropped the fucking baseball!!!

Wtf is it with the outfielding these past couple of days?

Jitters, man, jitters.

Hm, Holliday definitely has the makings of a Met.

Of course, it's not just the outfielding, Jorgie and CC engaged in some inexcusable slop, themselves.

Wtf?
Did that guy just drink from a juice box???

E by Holliday? What happend, anyone watching??

Oh, ridiculous. No way he went.

[82] He flat out dropped the baseball, kind of got inexplicably handcuffed.

[82] He decided now was the time to show the Mets he "has the right stuff" ... Audition passed, Matt!

Oh shit. Tie game.

Sweet!

Holy fuck.

Unbelievable.

That's what can happen when you drop the baseball.

Yeah, he just dropped it.
My guess for Outfield Boner of the Day was Manny. He almost made one.

the cards are crapping this one away

What a beautiful, short stroke that was. Nice, nice hitting.

Wow..No "Holliday" in St. Louis tonight...(was that a good McCarverism?? was it? was it??) :)

Hah ha ha hh a ha ha ha hah!!

Wow.
What PH do the Dodgers have left?

Oh, man, if he walks in the winning run, that'd just be hilarious.

Ah, Mark Loretta!
Get back, Loretta!

[92] not bad - now, what would chip caray say?

Wow.

Yahoo!
I like the Dodgers.

[96] Now his momma's *definitely* waiting for him!

Dodgers 2, Holliday 0

WOW.

Amazing. My stomach is in knots and I don't really care who wins...

nl baseball!!

Yay!

Too bad for the Cards. That's gotta sting. Holliday, get thee to a Met-tery.

Poor Wainright.

Where's Joe?

I missed Holliday's drop. Looking forward to the hi(lo)light.

[102] I know!!! Isn't baseball glorious?

Good baseball game.

「１０４」 Did he just cost himself some bread on the open market?

9th inning dropped fly-ball..hit it John! "Ya just can't predict..."

Anything that pains LaRussa is good by me.

[109] :)

[109] Naw, and as I said he's made himself into an even better fit for the Mets.

That was some game.

The Holliday muff...
was a looping linedrive the opposite way.
Holliday comes in at 3/4 speed.
His glove is turned up.
At the last minute, Holliday turns his glove as if to make a basket catch.
The ball goes OVER his glove and basically hits him in the groin.
He never touched the ball... it cleared his glove.
It was an easy catch if he doesn't turn his glove.

Just checking the lineups for Sox-Angels..gotta say, I think Boston is better..but let me go back to read Cliff's preview for some actual stat analysis..

[114] I just saw it. Wow. Kinda makes Swisher look like Willie Mays. : )

I can't believe he dropped the baseball.

[116] :)

[116] you mean mets willie mays, right?

lackey/lester banter prediction time - who ya got?

[119] Ouch!

Oh, Lord, please don't tell me they still have those thunder sticks.

The Angels have to be patient and NOT swing as balls. Otherwise they have no chance.

Bless his heart Matt Holliday has got to be the sickest man in America.

Alex, you should probably check on Leitch

[122] They have no chance???
The team scored almost as many runs as the Yankees. They're slight underdogs, but come on.

Player A: .293 15/103 .390 .435 .825
Player B: .249 29/082 .371 .498 .869

Guess who?
(Hint: Player A made $18m last year)

[125] Lester is VERY good, but his command has been off a little of late. They need walks/baserunners and only 5 or 6 from Lester.
OR ELSE!!!!!!!!

「１１９」　Lester is the Sox new gangsta-ace..much as it pains me to say, Sox 5 Angels 2

Wow... Orsillo, a Red Sox announcer, on the TBS team.

[128] That is the OR ELSE scenerio.

Lester is indeed very good. But, he's going to have a bad day. Hey, it happens.

Lackey with the no-hitter through 1/3...

[129] I know. But, it's a good call. He's way above TBS average.

[133] Agreed. I like Don, and Orsillo and Remy make an excellent team, one of the best. But isn't it unusual for him to be announcing a PS game for his own team? Why not have him do the Dodgers game.

Will he be doing a (possible) Yanks/Sox game?

Actually it would be better if TBS had ONE guy from each team in the booth. They would obviously know the players better then the national guys. As someone suggested, one announcer from each team, and a 3rd national guy would be very cool.

20 pitches already for Lackey...sigh..

[133] exhibit a : buck martinez, he is a goat's ass

[134] No, he can't do an ALCS game because TBS doesn't have the ALCS. (Right?)

But anyway, as I said yesterday (I think), I would strongly prefer Remy and Orsillo to Caray and Anybody.

everyone collectively hope, pray, beg, whatever is your wont for no rain tomorrow

「１３８」 I heard just a smidgen of Rick Sutcliffe on a podcast this morning, made me want to wretch..then when Steve Phillips came on for "analysis", I questioned why I listen to ESPN at all..I'll take Orsillo and Ron Darling!

[139] I read Borden's post about the weather and it made me way too nervous.

Although looking at all the forecasts, I think we should be OK...its not going to be perfect, but I think playable.

meanwhile I'll be at Springsteen getting walking pneumonia...great.

[137] yeah fox, the mccarver/buck shut the fuck up show

boBBy !!! now...STEAL!!!

Ya see! Ya see! If they walk, they have a chance!

Everyone baffled by [126]?

「１４５」 boBBy and Swisheroo?

「１４２」 Are they some really glowing reviews of Joe and Tim out there that FOX has,convoncing them to keep them together?? I can't imagine why otherwise...

[146] Wait, you think one of them makes $18M???

Is it JD Drew?

Fat Liar getting booed somewhat heartily. not enough, but i like it!

i could get enjoyment out of seeing a slow pitch softball pitcher getting ugly out in an over 50 softball league

[147] i think Jazz Tokyo was right on his answers. i think OYF meant that boBBy made $18 mil last year with us...

Hey guys! Thanks to RIYank for dropping by Dodger Thoughts earlier. There are still a lot of DT regulars over there (though I know firsthand that many of them were at the game in person today) and some newbies, and a few LA Times trolls ;-) but anyway was good to see you over there.

Quite a game, eh? Matt Holliday giveth (homer) and Holliday taketh away (muffed catch). Dodgers have had some crazy 9th inning magic this year. I feel bad for Wainwright who pitched a terrific game, but I don't feel bad for Tony LaRussa or the Cardinals.

Also, as most people on DT also expressed, including me, I agree that Torre was wrong in not PH-ing for Kershaw an inning earlier. He was pitching ok but they needed all the help on offense they could get at that point, had a runner on, a great bullpen. Was a mistake. But they won anyway.

Meanwhile, go Yanks. My dad and I are rooting for a family rivalry Dodgers Yanks WS but we still have a long way to go on both sides for that to happen.

So, in my Leslie Nielsen voice: I just wanted to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you.

「１４７」　thought he said "last years" salary..

[149] i could also get enjoyment out of him crowding the plate and Jennie Finch drilling him in the ass! then again, i could get enjoyment out of anything that has to do with Jennie Finch! ; )

[151] UNDERDOG!!!! great to see ya, my man!!! thanks for dropping in. hope all is well in your world. congrats on the 2-0 lead! i didn't see that coming, but am pleased about it.

i was none too happy when the Cards became the 2nd team w/ double-digit World Serious wins... ; )

Hey, thanks for coming over, underdog.
We might be able to match your ninth inning magic. Fourteen walk-off wins here; you?
Anyway, you'll all be welcome at YS2 and BB.

Oh, last year. Okay. So, that was BoBBy after all?

[153] yeah you were just looking for anyway to bring jennie finch into the discussion - concentrate i was talking about ugly!! :}

[151] nice win for you.
i feel a bit bad for holliday, but i think tlr is a douche so i don't care about him.
oh pinch hitting - don't even know what to say about that

[155] well except for the cussing/cursing thing

[158] Well, they're still welcome. They may not feel welcome, is all. We am who we am.

[155] 15 walk-offs, no???

[156] i LOVE you using boBBy - thanks, man!!! it took my brother ages to figure out why i always do that in emails. he thought it was clever...

[157] oh, see, i thought you were talking about "what's opposite of ugly" - i came up with jennie finch! ; )

it's almost Beer:30 !!!

[158] aaaaaawwwww, that's very sweet of you Ms. O. to include my "cursing" with your "cussing"!!! we're equal opportunity around here about our potty mouth!!! : )

「１６０」 Too early for beer here, man..oh, last night's jazz bar wasn't a free place, but had "Doin Alright" by Dexter Gordon on when I got there.

[159] :} popeye or tony soprano?

[160] You've made me feel like Michael Kay. He was always off by one.
Yeah, I guess 15. 14 of them were walk-off hits.

[163] Yeah, kind of a combination of those two.
Damn, I forgot about thelarmis' cussing. That may be too much for the Californians. Too scary.

iirc, Underdog was always cool about us cursing. i don't wanna speak for him, but he may have even said he wishes he could do so at the old DT, or something to that effect. it was that Daniel Zappala (or some name similar) that was a total fucking cockhead scumsucking shitbag and completely threw us under the bus, collectively, as people. that was just flat out wrong.

[166] "total fucking cockhead scumsucking shitbag"

i LIKE that!!! gonna have to remember it and use it sometime.

dirty shitmonger, is a good one too! my trombone player buddy uses that a lot! horn players... ; )

「１６６」 not enough creatice cussing/cursing there. please try again!

[167] are you talking to yourself even before beer:30?

Quite right, underdog was never frightened of us. Can't remember which of the dickhead scumbag fucks it was.

Oh figures, it's always the weak sister who breaks up the no-no.

so does tbs only have the strike zone up in the corner on the hd broadcast?

「１７０」 I think that was before my fuckin time. Did those Dodger assholes have a problem with all the cursing and shit at the Toaster? What was their fucking problem? Califuckinfornians..go get some forzen yogurt and roller-blades you sun-worshippin ass-dweebs...

[162] Dex is the MAN!!! Doin' Alright is his Blue Note debut! i LOVE Dexter Calling. and what a cover on that record!!!

[165] um, i curse! ahem. ms. october, she cusses. but yeah, see [166] - i might very well be too much. but my mom would be proud of me!!! (seriously, she would!) : )

[146] [150] Correctimoony.
Cashman is a genius!
There has been VERY little talk about Cashman this year.
I guess that's because he did such a fine job.
Let Jason and Bobby go.
Got monsters CC, Tex and semi-monster AJ.
Got an undervalued Swisher.
JHJr had been a very nice addition.
Chad Gaudin has been a nice surprise (did he cost us anything?)

Just an outstanding year for the Man of Cash!

I'm watching postseason.tv. Someone explained another feature to me, and it works nicely: you can do split screen or four-way split, and choose a different camera for each. It relieves the problem I was having before of not being able to switch quickly enough to watch the strike zone and then the actual play.

what just happened catcher interference?

[173] We invited them over but one or two said they were afraid. Like they thought it was da actual Bronx.
No cursing allowed over there. They have a lot of rules, actually.

Heh. Hopefully you guys won't need to save some of that cursing in reserve for tomorrow's fucking Yankee game. ;-)

Naw, we miss having the Banter and DT connected on the Toaster, and Catfish Stew and the Griddle and so on. Glad a lot of those bloggers are still blogging though.

Hope to drop by tomorrow though I may be working for much of it. But good luck!

As for tonight's game, I hate both the Angels and the Red Sox so this is a tough watch for me. Fuck 'em both. ;-) Cheers.

[177] Yah.

[168] "creatice" - is that the protein drink all the Japanese sluggers unknowingly take?! ; )

[169] that is "teh" awesome! oy vey, i really have no life... : ~

[170] it was that Daniel Zappala guy. sucks, too, 'coz he had a cool last name that was kinda Zappa-like. Frank would've beaten that dirty shit monger to death, via verbal assailing in his lyrics.

[173] NICE use of "forzen" - fargin' hilarious!!! (borken)

Oh, see, now there's a Dodger fan a Yankee could love. Hates the Angels and the Sox, both. And curses like a motherfucker.

a HIT!!! now steal. even if you have no legs. professional hitter can't throw!!!

"....that was a total fucking cockhead scumsucking shitbag "
Wow.... calling someone a cockhead. Harsh.

[177] channeling Bob Timmermann, but NOT his frequent commenter - daniel zappala...

[179] amen to that underdog

[185] Hey, that's right. Did he have a special colored light for that?

「１８１」　My typos are approaching monkeypants level..

is choad one of those assholes that only "comes to play" against the yanks?

Bob's color coded system was for players trying to hit for the cycle (and paid "homage" to the terror alert system). CI did just get a single alarm. I think we had quite a few CI alarms in baseball this year. Oh, you can follow him on twitter at http://twitter.com/bobtimmermann and he's Phenomenal Smith on DT.

Okay, enjoy rooting for both these asshole teams to lose tonight ;-)
off to play soccer.

i only saw a super quick replay. i didn't have the bat hitting the catchers mitt...

[179] yeah man, i read Cardboard Gods religiously. Josh Wilker is about to have his book, what's the word - released (like a CD!), published, put out...?!

feel free to refer to them as the "Shit Sox".

[184] that motherfucker questioned us as people and said some horribly nasty things about us, questioning our integrity. fuck that noize. i have ZERO time - or tolerance - for fucking idiot shitbags like that. he can rot in hell. (and you know i'm quite peaceful. he was disrespectful - so fuck 'im)

i always root for boBBy. always have. just won't if we face him next week... : )

How does he do that? Abreu. How does he do it? It's amazing.

Okay, yeah, the lights were only for portions of the Cycle. Alarms for CI. Now I remember.

is facemask allowed to make mound visits from the bench?

[190] his puzzles were super cool...and difficult as heck hell. were they called "rebus"?

HOLY SHIT, i did a "strike through"!!! i don't fuckin' believe it!!! ooh, i hope Cliff sees it - he'd be proud o' me! : )

[191] You missed the joke.
When I was young and working carpentry, my foreman, who was a friend, once got me really pissed. I called him a "fat, motherfucking, cocksucking, son of a whore". He came over to me, grabbed my shirt at the chest, pulled me into his face and said
"HOW DARE YOU call me fat!"

[193] how come they haven't double "stole" yet? fire scioscia!

[194] brilliant, ms. o !!!

Oh, yeah, the rebus puzzles! They were good. Too hard for me, but I liked reading the answers and thinking, "ohhhhhhhh..."

「１９５」　teach me! I can't figure out how to do that..

[191] didn't he also report us somehow?

[196] ah, what else is new. i also apparently missed Beer:30, as it's 40 after!

that's funny about the foreman. you were an engineer too, right? my brother and i were fighting in the kitchen one day, a million years ago. my mom was doing the dishes and we were just cursing each other out something fierce (my brother and me, that is - sorry for the dangling participle, Ma!). all of a sudden, i called him a "douchelord" and we all just stopped. even the water outta the sink was just suspended in mid-air. we all looked at each other and burst out in laughter. "douchelord," is now firmly entrenched in our cursing vocabulary! : )

great AB. now passed ball, please!

oh, c'mon Vlad the Impaler - crush one outta there!!!

I'm enjoying this half inning, but if they don't put those freaking thunder clap sticks away I'm going to have to start rooting for the Sox.

Bring it home to Granny, Vladdy!

Saw that coming. Damn.

god vladdy - occasionally the strike zone is your friend

Shite.

[198] yeah man, waaay too hard. if they were too hard for you, you know i had ZERO chance!

[199] treat it just like you would for italics and/or bold, with and , but put the word "strike" in there (without quotes).

[200] something like that, i'm sure. he was a...a...DOUCHELORD!!!! (muwahahaha)

oh, fuck you Vlad!!!

Does Vlad really have to strike out on a ball that is head high?
If you give Lester strikes, you won't beat him.

If Vlad played in NY...

I'm turning in. Early day tomorrow, and after all I'll be pleased whoever loses and disappointed whoever wins, so.

Later!

Vladdy makes a case to be this game's douchelord..
thelarmis, you have added to the Banter glossary with that one!

AB, if you are there, when does the Banter Dictionary/Glossary make it to the front page?

[203] i'm enjoying our thread. btw, have you ever tasted thread before? it's not bad. a little bland, but, you know, i like bland "foods"! ; )

「２０９」 Just as likely to mash one heah-high..you live with it with Vlad I guess..

[211] ah, man... g'night, pal !!!

[212] wow, it does my heart so much good to see someone use "douchelord". i truly LOVE it!!! you're a good friend, i appreciate ya : )

someone earlier used "boBBy" and Evil Empire's been throwing around "Shit Sox". i'm honored. do you think Maria Sharapova would see this and marry me?! ; )

[212] i think the glossary / word bank makes it to the back of the Score Truck t-shirt.

siddown Ugly.

ah yes, ugly (which i so, so proudly coined) strikes out - time for me to turn in myself

looking forward to tomorrow night (no rain, no rain, no rain)

「２１５」 Ok, I hear ya on Maria..she's a blonde I approve of :)
I am ready to pay for the Score Truck t-shirt, can't wait!
Off for some lunch grub, back in 30mins hopefully to see some runs on the board..

[215] Not when she finds out about your mad affair with Jenny Finch. : )

wow what an awful blown call

[217] turning in yourself, is better than turning yourself in!

i just cracked my first beer; it's gonna be awhile. sleep has been hard to come by this week, surrounded by loud, late night drunken idiots. even if, later on, i'm somewhat of a drunken fool, i won't be loud and i won't affect anyone else's sleep.

yes, Ugly & Fasemask are Ms. O's. i still refer to him as "Vagitek", sometimes. : )

[218] Maria...um - WOW!!! i still have a crush on a hot blonde from penn state named maria... (not really, but you know what i mean...)

well, shit - no RI, no OK, no Ms O. fuck. i hit the "moot" button, poured a Sierra and put on some old, old Blue Note Jazz (Sal Salvador)...

[215] she's not looking so good lately. i like ivanavic, but i know you prefer blondes.

love that Don Orsillo is broadcasting the Sox game. Wish we could get Kenny Singleton on the Yanks postseason games

[219] oh man, could you imagine?! if i didn't love music sooo much, i could sieze to live after both jennie finch and maria sharapova. mmmm.... ; )

[222] really?! i was gonna just write emily procter, but i figured i'd keep it athletic. i'm guessing she's still quite young looking and fit...no?

[225] i just think her (sharapova's) face has gotten a little weird somehow

Snoop with the leadoff double.

Choad looked safe.

Tie. Man, if there was a Dustbin-Choad collision it would have been the scrappiest play of all time.

boBBy is a MACHINE!!! he's the "Walkin' Dude" (Anthrax reference. the band, not the stuff around the block from me at the CDC!!!)

hit and run should be on

[226] beauty's only a lightswitch away! ; )

Eat it Lester. 3 run job. Nice.

「２３０」Back with grub..can they score now, finally??

oh... HELL YEAH!!!!

torii freaking CRUSHED that!!!!

$90 million dollar BOMB!!!

wow : o

[234] your "yamitori" (or whatever the chicken on a stick was called) did it! nice work, Mr. OK !!!

jesus Vlad. i mean it's amazing that he was able to make contact on that at his shoetop and put it in play, but...WHY fucking swing at that? aaarrrggghhh!!!

「２３６」 Haha, more falafel today, but "yaki-tori" and beer tonight!

Go Go Torii!!

the way these guys slap hands - i wouldn't be able to hold drumsticks for a week.

another double! Juan Rivera turned out to be a nice player. he's from our farm system, methinks. i remember when he started a playoff game for us in left field...

lester at 85 pitches

[238] i was close!!! only ONE letter off. not bad, eh?!

guinness? i'm w/ my tradtional Sierra Nevada Pale Ale in a Penn State pint glass!

What did the Yankees get in return for Juan Rivera (or was he a free agent)? He was a good 4th outfielder and I'm always bummed that he plays for the angels. I'm sure I overrate him, but he just seems better than many everyday outfielders we've had over the past 10 yrs (womack, mondesi) not to mention 4th outfielders.

[241] i don't think you overrate him. i also don't think he was around long enough to be a free agent. i don't remember what the transaction was. wait, didn't he go to Montreal. was he in the Javy Vazquez deal?

OK Jazz - you need to go to nomaas and check out the AJ/Molina picture/post

[241] i think he's more of a 4th outfielder/complementary piece though, than an everyday starting outfielder on a contending team.

lackey's first walk. he's approaching 90 pitches. Ugly up, 2 on, 2 out.

ugly vs. really ugly

[242] Good call.
"Rivera, acquired by Montreal from the New York Yankees in the Nick Johnson trade last December, hit .307 for the Expos with 12 homers and 49 RBIss in his first full major league season."

Lackey about to shit the bed.

.287 .332 .478 .810
.274 .336 .416 .752

Rivera on top, Melky on the bottom.

I believe you're right - he went to Montreal so must have been part of the vazquez deal. Played in the 2002 & 2003 postseasons for the Yanks

c'mon bullwinkle! he's afraid to throw anything. somewhat generous call on that strike, but i'll take it. wow, how'd Ugly lay off that one? get 'im right here, lackey!

Youk swings at Ball 4....

I was reading old SI articles about the 98 playoffs to pass the time this week. Juan Rivera was mentioned as the next big upcoming star. He was of course only 18 or 19 at the time.

nice play by CHOAD

Very nice play on a tough short hop.

wow, CHOADE!!! nice friggin' play. inning ovah!!!

melky's probably faster, better in the field and definitely cheaper. also, might still have an upside? rivera was a part we were able to part with. i'm glad he turned out to be a pretty good ballplayer, but i don't miss him much, or anything. nice that we raised him though. no one ever brings that up, i guess...

Poor little Shrek. Go eff yourself, Ugly!!

quit yer bitchin' Ugly. god, NO ONE whines more than that motherfucker. ah, then again, bad call. he was indeed out. Youk deserves this kinda treatment. bitchfuk! : )

「２４３」 Oh man, that's hysterical! You know, if we get just 3 "good AJ" starts in the playoffs..

Rough call. Tough Shit.

what was the bad call??

and another young shortstop wearing #2. i loves it!!! : )

damn, that was some inside heater at almost 100 pitches. i guess his knee really is fine...

[259] Lowell made a high throw to first. Ugly had to jump up for it and came down on the 1st base coach side of the bag, but his foot clearly landed on the big at least a full stride ahead of the runner. Awful umpiring as usual.

[259] another errant throw pulled Ugly up in the air over the bag, he got down waaaay ahead of the runner, but it was ruled safe.

basehit deCHOADE!!!

Damn you Snozzberry!!

crap. prolly didn't have to dive. showoff...

[257] i think tomorrow is a trial run. it's not set in stone that Molina will catch ALL of AJ's games, if he's fortunate enough to have more starts...

Lester gave them 6..can Lackey go 7? That LA pen...

siddown Fat Liar

Sack time. Think sun y'all.

[267] he's at 100 pitches. i say...yes.

Big PooPoo whiffs!
8 outs to go..
Ya know thelarmis..i am feeling schizo right now rooting for the Angels..

i still haven't seen the Holliday error yet. i'm sure i will soon enough...

oh, he most certainly can go 7 innings!!!

[271] did i tell you about the song title on a recent metal album i picked up?

it's called: "I'm A Schizo (And So Am I)"

i LOVE it!!!

RamRam??

ramiro ramirez is the first pitcher outta the pen? huh. okay. tito conceiting the game, percraps...

boBBy has a million dollar electric smile. he has fun. i love rooting for this guy!

uncanny.

4th free pass for boBBy.

he should...STEAL!!!

oh, total bollocks. complete bullshit.

Torii drilled in the ribs with the very first pitch. FUCK YOU, Boston.

double steal !!!!!

it's time, Vladi...

That is crazy..FOUR straight walks??

the anti-Abreu !

[281] he's my BBoy! ; )

oh, nice. serves you right, Ram-Ram!

Yep, I think Tito wishes he could have that move back..Good job, RamRam!!

beautiful, thanks for playin'!

Saito in. what's his stature in Japan?

Wow..Tito goes with Ramirez and now Saito..no Bard or Wagner...veeeeerrrrry interesting...

Saito was a great pitcher for years with the Yokohama Baystars, and a sold closer in LA before he got injured

It step-on-their-throat time!

that was fucking lame! everything was in slow motion. total bollocks.

he never tagged him. safe at 3rd. payback's a bitch... (so is ugly!)

That had to be the BEST possible scenario there (outside of a triple play) for Boston...damn it..

Hey, Team. I'm about to go to bed, but just checking in.

So, who are we rooting for?

YEEEEEESSSSSS!!!!!

5-0

that's more like it!!!

How could Rivera be almost out at 3rd? He was on second and there were 2 out! Lucky there for the Angels. Was that DP a bizarre rally killer or what?

[292] halos

huh. ok. so that was an "infield" hit. sure it was. good job.

then, Nancy "gunned" down the runner. um, he was in shallow right field.

who's worse - the announcers or the umpires?! : ~

[293] I take it we're rooting against Boston?

I mean, I'd (obviously) never root *for* Boston, but given our postseason history with California...

[294] yes, it killed the rally sooo much that 2 runs scored and then there was another hit (infield, of course!), right after it...

[290] On the DP, there was a force at 3rd. Lowell didn't need to tag him, just be on the base.

[295] How come? I presume the consensus is that they'd be the easier opponent, but is that actually so?

[296] "I take it we’re rooting against Boston?"

yeah, i figured we'd try something new! ; )

i, too, wish they were still called the California Angels. i wonder how Brian Downing feels about this?!

wow. Lackey still in. i'm surprised. ok, leadoff hit. take him out...