Kansas City Royals @ Baltimore Orioles GameThread, Jul 3, 2008 7:05 PM EDT

Game 86 Open Thread - Royals (38-47) at Orioles (43-40)

by royalsreview on Jul 3, 2008 6:45 PM EDT Comment 194 comments

Kansas City Royals @ Baltimore Orioles

Um.. I'm not good at math, considering I labeled yesterday's game "#87".

There's a huge difference between a 2-2 split and a 1-3 series lost, but to earn that split the Royals will have to top those unstoppable Orioles.

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Aviles gets a breather

by jsolo on Jul 3, 2008 6:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

...not sure who’s got the advantage on that one. For some reason Lefebvre incorrectly said on the pre-game show that the Royals “have beaten Olson” this year, referring to Bannister’s 4-0 shutout. Perhaps he’s been sniffing too many marigolds, because the Royals beat Brian Burres that game.

Olson defeated the Royals in his start on May 10th…...who knows what Lefebvre is thinking.

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 3, 2008 6:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The Orioles are the new A's

Why the hell do we struggle so badly against them? Is it the curse of Jason Grimsley?

by raefzilla on Jul 3, 2008 6:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

No.

It’s the 17-year-old Curse of Chris Fucking Hoiles.

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Chris Hoiles was awesome

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by NHZ on Jul 3, 2008 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Chris Hoiles can die in a fire.

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, no you didn't

“Crush” Hoiles was one of my childhood heroes.

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by NHZ on Jul 3, 2008 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh yes I do.

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, wow

you just gave me goosebumps. Hoiles, Frohwirth, and the original G Olson in the same game. Wow.

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by NHZ on Jul 3, 2008 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And me, at the game

with my now ex-wife.

The one from Baltimore.

Chris Hoiles can die in a fire.

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ouch

Is Hoiles with your ex? :p

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by NHZ on Jul 3, 2008 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No.

But his grand slam ruined our relationship.

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ah,

maybe I shall edge away from this sensitive subject.

Sooooooo…how’s the move looking?

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by NHZ on Jul 3, 2008 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Temporarily on hold

due to my former employer pinging me about an opening. No guarantee I’ll get it, but enough to cause me to not pull the trigger on a move-out notice just yet.

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good, I think?

Keep me posted on how that works out. :)

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by NHZ on Jul 3, 2008 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

shit...Pena makes an appearance

Never giving up on your team is what makes you a good fan.

by kcisbetterthanstlateverything on Jul 3, 2008 6:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

at least we don't have the lethal Gload/Gator/TPJ combo working tonight

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 3, 2008 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Anyone remember that opening day when Appier had a no-no and got pulled?

that was in Baltimore

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by kcisbetterthanstlateverything on Jul 3, 2008 7:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

11 hits to 2K

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 7:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

"Who's my cuddle bear?"

“That’s it, you’re a crazy witch, never call me again.”

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 7:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Gator woulda caught that

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 7:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

BUTLER Whaa?!

Wooo!

by minda33 on Jul 3, 2008 7:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

BILLY!!!

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by kcisbetterthanstlateverything on Jul 3, 2008 7:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

BABY BOOM

by andrewmiller on Jul 3, 2008 7:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Butler with the "laser" in the LF stands!!!!!!!!!!

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 3, 2008 7:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Billy!

I can’t watch the game…..it was a line drive?

by I need more Esteban on Jul 3, 2008 7:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

yeah it was a no-doubter.... frozen rope

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 3, 2008 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Butler's OPS since coming home:

1.345454545454

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 7:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yay, G-Load

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 7:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ahhhh....Gload back to form....

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 3, 2008 7:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

same old ROSS

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by kcisbetterthanstlateverything on Jul 3, 2008 7:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

That article about...

Billy Butler realizing he wasn’t a good teammate was interesting…thoughts?

Seems to me he was just used to being the best player on the team and hadn’t adjusted to being an adult professional. Kind of like always being the smartest kid in the class in HS then being hated by everyone in college.

by Bart41 on Jul 3, 2008 7:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

was that on tv?

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by kcisbetterthanstlateverything on Jul 3, 2008 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

royals.com

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 3, 2008 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i need a link or something

several of my friends speculated about that very thing

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by kcisbetterthanstlateverything on Jul 3, 2008 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Interesting.

We’ll see how it shakes out. Kinda verifies what Minda was saying last week…

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yep.

For the record (I don’t think I mentioned this before), that stuff was said by an O-Royal who usually doesn’t talk shit about people, especially his own teammates. But he railed on Billy. It was startling to hear, really.

by minda33 on Jul 3, 2008 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'd say he's just misunderstood.

He and Zack will probably get along great…

by Bart41 on Jul 3, 2008 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080702&content_id=3052128&vkey=news_kc&fext=.jsp&c_id=kc

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 3, 2008 7:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm confused

Is the other team allowed to let us bat again without getting baserunners?

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 7:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

It's an experimental rule

that MLB is trying. Questions or comments can be e-mailed to the office of Bud Selig.

by minda33 on Jul 3, 2008 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pfft

That old bastard has never done ANYTHING I’ve suggested.

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Avert your eyes, Pena in the box

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by kcisbetterthanstlateverything on Jul 3, 2008 7:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?????????????????????

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 3, 2008 7:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

PENA HOMER? WTF

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by kcisbetterthanstlateverything on Jul 3, 2008 7:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

WHAT THE HELL??!?!?!!!111

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 7:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

NO FUCKING WAY

WHAT JUST HAPPENED

by minda33 on Jul 3, 2008 7:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Way to hustle, David

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 7:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

my thoughts exactly

My fragile little snowflake is usually better about hustle than that.

by minda33 on Jul 3, 2008 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

so does this mean TPJ gets to play more now?

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by kcisbetterthanstlateverything on Jul 3, 2008 7:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Clever idea there

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 7:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

62! 62! 62!

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 7:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Guillen>Brown

in RBI already. Woot.

by minda33 on Jul 3, 2008 7:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Just to clarify: Guillen>Brown's 2007 team-leading total

He’s well ahead of Emil’s production in 2008 as well, of course.

by andrewmiller on Jul 3, 2008 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Game Time: Which one of these things doesn't match up?

Players who have homered off Garrett Olson in 2008:

David Ortiz
Alex Rodriguez
Kevin Millar
Jason Varitek
Dustin Pedroia
Cort Hart
Bill Hall
Billy Butler
Tony Pena Jr

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 3, 2008 7:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Kevin Millar's homered off Olson?

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

in BP

by cfizzle on Jul 3, 2008 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Geez...Mike Lowell.....my bad...

...I always switch them up…same amount of letters in their names…same consonant-vowel placement….argggggggggggh

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 3, 2008 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

haha, nice list there

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by kcisbetterthanstlateverything on Jul 3, 2008 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oooh, let me try:

Is it…Billy Butler?

by minda33 on Jul 3, 2008 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

*Cory Hart....sorry...it's the Vina coming out again.

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 3, 2008 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i think that was a baby move by billy there

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by kcisbetterthanstlateverything on Jul 3, 2008 7:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Interesting stat

With that home run, TPJ passed Joey Gathright in both career home runs and home runs as a Royal.

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by kcisbetterthanstlateverything on Jul 3, 2008 7:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Give me a month

and I could pass them both. Yeesh.

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Left Handed?

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Jul 3, 2008 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nah

I was a switch hitter, but my SLG was about 100 points higher right-handed, and my AVG was about 100 points higher lefty.

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I Always Hit

Left some in practice, but I never tried it in a baseball game. I did it a lot in slow-pitch. I was over .500 as an RH, so I didn’t have much reason to change.

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by philofthenorth on Jul 3, 2008 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

COMBINED?

that would be tough….

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by kcisbetterthanstlateverything on Jul 3, 2008 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

A-Gor Really Crushed

That bunt.

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by philofthenorth on Jul 3, 2008 7:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The O's Booth

Is hard to listen to.

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by philofthenorth on Jul 3, 2008 7:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

does Gary Thorn do TV or radio for them?

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by kcisbetterthanstlateverything on Jul 3, 2008 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I Don't Know

I wasn’t here for the beginning of the game; I came in just after Big Baby’s HR.

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by philofthenorth on Jul 3, 2008 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

TV is Gary Thorne and Buck Martinez.

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Buck Martinez....owner of the scariest eye-brows/scowls this side of Bobby Knight

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 3, 2008 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Really? I Thought

Liked Buck as a manager.

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by philofthenorth on Jul 3, 2008 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Did you like him as the

pre-Darrell Porter?

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He Was Pretty

Lame as a hitter, but he was ours, so I liked him OK.

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by philofthenorth on Jul 3, 2008 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gary Thorne is pretty good, IMO

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by NHZ on Jul 3, 2008 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sometimes.

I like him a lot better calling hockey.

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Camden Chat likes him a lot

he kinda has a Major League-esque tendency to sound as if he might drinking…which is fun.

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by NHZ on Jul 3, 2008 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bizarro World, cont.

Davies racking up a K per inning.

by andrewmiller on Jul 3, 2008 7:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Without a walk to accompany

each one

by minda33 on Jul 3, 2008 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

and 34 pitches through 3 innings

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 3, 2008 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

We Have Good

Hiram tonight…........so far.

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by philofthenorth on Jul 3, 2008 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Follow-up to Minda's earlier point about Guillen already passing Brown's 2007 total

We might have at least four, possibly five, players pass Buck’s team-leading 18 HR (2007).
Teahen
Gordon
Guillen
DeJesus
Olivo?

Of course, a team-loading total of 24 or so isn’t too fancy, but, baby steps.

by andrewmiller on Jul 3, 2008 7:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Interestingly

I don’t think we’ve ever had five guys even hit 20.

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, god

This is the second time this season they’ve decided to interview Freddie Bynum’s mother during a Royals game.

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 8:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Huff is just going Aviles on us.

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 8:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

You mean...

Huff is going Tony Pena, Jr. on us.

Fixed.

by RoyalsFanInBillings on Jul 3, 2008 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i didnt see a 4 run error...err...not error

TPJ...you're dead to me

by billybeingbilly on Jul 3, 2008 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Like the one TPJ made but didn't get charged with 10 minutes ago?

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nice failure to catch the ball there, TPJ.

No, you don’t get credit for your HR yet.

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 8:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Shit

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by NHZ on Jul 3, 2008 8:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ugh

seriously, Melvin Mora?

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by NHZ on Jul 3, 2008 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Davies Didn't Come

In far enough.

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by philofthenorth on Jul 3, 2008 8:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

That

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by NHZ on Jul 3, 2008 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

is what she said.

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by NHZ on Jul 3, 2008 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Day Hay

Kid missed that one.

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by philofthenorth on Jul 3, 2008 8:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

then he just layed there....

where ya at with the criticism ryan?

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by billybeingbilly on Jul 3, 2008 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

does Joey catch that ball?

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 3, 2008 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gator Could Make

That YouTube ball girl catch.

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by philofthenorth on Jul 3, 2008 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Huh?

<——confused.

by MKforKC on Jul 3, 2008 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This

Gatorade commercial

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks, You Beat

Me to it.

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by philofthenorth on Jul 3, 2008 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Very cool.

by MKforKC on Jul 3, 2008 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

this is the inning that will not end.

by Bart41 on Jul 3, 2008 8:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

hey...if we only have one of those...

TPJ...you're dead to me

by billybeingbilly on Jul 3, 2008 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Giving up a 3B to Fahey =

Giving up a HR to Pena

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 3, 2008 8:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Brandon F. Fahey?

This is why I pegged Hiram as a closer. Second time through the lineup is often not pretty for him.

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by philofthenorth on Jul 3, 2008 8:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

But at least he owns Brian Roberts.

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yes, he of the .221/.282/.288 career line

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 3, 2008 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He's scrappy!

Have I told you I like your handle?

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by NHZ on Jul 3, 2008 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

One Superfluous "S"

From the correct description.

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by philofthenorth on Jul 3, 2008 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, very well played.

A +1 to you and your polar bears.

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by NHZ on Jul 3, 2008 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

We Have No

Polar bears anywhere near Nikiski, bue we have plenty of black and brown ones, even in Anchorage.
http://www.adn.com/bearattacks/story/452938.html

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by philofthenorth on Jul 3, 2008 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do you have moose?

Former astronaut? Miss Northwest Passage? How about an annoying Jewish doctor?

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Balto?

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by NHZ on Jul 3, 2008 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's exciting

do you have vampires? Like in 30 Days of Night?

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by NHZ on Jul 3, 2008 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That Sounds Like

A candidate for the worst movie of all time. No vampires, but innumerable Baltos and moose. Chuck Yeager was at the 50th anniversary of Era Helicopters (my employer), but I don’t think he ever lived here. There is no Miss Northwest Passage, but there may actually be a Northwest Passage soon. Annoying Jewish doctors are everywhere.

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by philofthenorth on Jul 3, 2008 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So Northern Exposure

was a documentary?!

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

As Annoying As

The ridiculous inaccuracies were, NoEx was a pretty good TV show. For truly “so bad it’s good” Alaska material, Steven Segal’s “On Deadly Ground” is hard to beat.

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by philofthenorth on Jul 3, 2008 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I really liked the disney Balto

when I was a kid. Then I grew up and found that Balto’s VORD was quite low.

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by NHZ on Jul 3, 2008 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He Would Have

Been fed to the team when he turned 4.

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by philofthenorth on Jul 3, 2008 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

NW passage

opened in 2007 and may stay that way and/or become more easily navigable soon. Britannica online verified that it was open also.

Feel free to post pics of Miss NW Passage if that happens.

by Stat Ninja on Jul 3, 2008 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Here She Is!

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by philofthenorth on Jul 3, 2008 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Splitt was not aware of the rumors of Brian Roberts being traded this winter...

im pretty sure my mother had heard about those rumors…and she hates baseball

TPJ...you're dead to me

by billybeingbilly on Jul 3, 2008 8:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Brian Roberts

is both a very cool player, and a Ruiner of Our National Innocence.

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by NHZ on Jul 3, 2008 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Grudz.....3 grit-filled hits.......

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 3, 2008 8:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Gritz Has The

Worst looking swing this side of TPJ.

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by philofthenorth on Jul 3, 2008 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Happily,

they don’t penalize people for ugly swings.

Otherwise Kevin Youkilis would hit .140/.300/.140.

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by NHZ on Jul 3, 2008 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

thatd kill my fantasy team

TPJ...you're dead to me

by billybeingbilly on Jul 3, 2008 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It'd kill the Sox too

Priorities…

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by NHZ on Jul 3, 2008 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

...somewhere Charles Barkley's golf coach is smiling...

and hoping that it can translate to the links.

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 3, 2008 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I Heard Barkley's

Swing described as looking like “an octopus falling out of a tree”. That, my friends, is classic.

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by philofthenorth on Jul 3, 2008 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

A GOLF swing???

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by NHZ on Jul 3, 2008 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Have You Seen

Barkley play golf?

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by philofthenorth on Jul 3, 2008 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

you tube link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s50K65PNeBU

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 3, 2008 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No

Sadly.

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by NHZ on Jul 3, 2008 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gordon 1-for-3 against a lefty tonight

.333, baby!

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by NHZ on Jul 3, 2008 8:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

cool...goodbye ballgame

TPJ...you're dead to me

by billybeingbilly on Jul 3, 2008 8:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

God, someone just shoot him already.

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 8:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

davies or huff?

by Bart41 on Jul 3, 2008 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes.

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by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

buy one get one free?

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 3, 2008 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is just tragic, really

‘cause Kyle looked awesome for three innings.

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 8:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

(and if Pena catches the goddamn ball, he gets out of the fourth)

Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.

by jonfmorse on Jul 3, 2008 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

davies isnt a good pitcher...

he wasnt in atlanta, he wasnt here last year, he wasnt in omaha….is that really the best we could do for dotel?

TPJ...you're dead to me

by billybeingbilly on Jul 3, 2008 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

and boom goes the dynamite

good news….here comes GopherBallPeralta

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 3, 2008 8:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Boom goes the dynamite

Are you familar with the highlight vid with the same title?

A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.

by NHZ on Jul 3, 2008 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

most def

that poor kid had no chance…”passes to the man….”

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 3, 2008 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like the part

where Jason Kidd shoots a two for the Nets, and he manages to:

1. Call Kidd “Reggie Miller”
2. Say that he scored for the Pacers.
3. Call it a three-pointer.

It’s so much fun.

A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.

by NHZ on Jul 3, 2008 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i like his reaction after it's over....

the other anchors are like “thanks for the report” and he lets out this incoherent sigh because he knows he’s never broadcasting again

by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jul 3, 2008 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

LOL

It really is a classic.

A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.

by NHZ on Jul 3, 2008 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Okay, so...

multiple choice:

A) Aubrey Huff is on steroids.
B) Aubrey Huff is somehow reverting to his 2003-04 peak.
C) Kyle Davies is not very good.
D) Aubrey Huff has been kidnapped by aliens, and Alien Clone X2426 is now slugging over .500 since the body snatch.
E) Captain Regression has Davies by the balls
F) Man, fuck this.
G) All of the above

A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.

by NHZ on Jul 3, 2008 8:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs