Weather Watch Open Thread
by Freneau on Apr 29, 2009 4:33 PM EDT
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how's Missouri, NE doing?
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
by Matt Klaassen on Apr 29, 2009 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions
whoa you're not in Nevada are you?
my little brother is the GM of the Griffons
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oops
this year Jeff is listed as GM and my brother is listed as Manager
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wow you got a nice map
that shows enough detail to catch a burg like Nevada
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but Teahan played there in 2000
for the Jayhawk league team – it’s a league where college players can keep playing through the summer and maintain NCAA eligibility. Little brother was GM and Mark lived with him and the family.
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I hope it passes over soon
I recieved clearance from my better half to go to the game tonight.
/performs indian sun dance
"I've seen the future and it's much like the present only longer." - Dan Quisenberry
Greinke is so good that he can stop the rain
by I need more Esteban on Apr 29, 2009 4:43 PM EDT reply actions
He will display his awesome power by throwing a ball straight up so fast and far that...
it breaks up the clouds directly over the stadium.
"Now…put that in your [BLEEP]ing pipe and smoke it." -Hal McRae
by Sweep_the_Leg on Apr 29, 2009 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I would guess delayed, but not postponed
The rain is supposed to be tapering off after 7 pm. The field will be wet, but if they want to get this one in, I think they can.
The immoderate moderator
Will they want to?
With the Jays being around tomorrow as well, there is no desperate need. Guess it depends on the forecast for Thursday. Anyone know?
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Supposed to have rain off and on all week
This is the Jays last stop in KC, so they’ll be determined to get every game in that they can.
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You don't want to play a double header on a getaway day
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by Scott McKinney on Apr 29, 2009 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions
twss
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
by Matt Klaassen on Apr 29, 2009 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Radar looks nasty, I'm not optimistic they'll get this in
by I need more Esteban on Apr 29, 2009 4:50 PM EDT reply actions
It's pouring here in Lee's Summit
I’d hope the game goes on.
Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway - An Onymous
by ratherfantastic on Apr 29, 2009 4:50 PM EDT reply actions
My softball game has already been rained out
But guess what? My wife doesn’t know that!!!! I’M GOING DRINKING TONIGHT BOYS!!!!
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by RoyalsRetro on Apr 29, 2009 4:51 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Make sure you put your cleats/playing clothes on and run around...
in some mud outside the bar before you head home. Still gotta sell it right. Those females are a clever bunch.
"Now…put that in your [BLEEP]ing pipe and smoke it." -Hal McRae
by Sweep_the_Leg on Apr 29, 2009 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Not to mention,
that sounds like a lot of fun after a night in the bar.
If you were thinking, you wouldn't have thought that.
yeah she'll take the kids to the ballpark to watch daddy
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You have spare time
and you’re not using it to give us more top 100! For shame!
Chaim Mattis Keller New York City's # 1 Royals fan!
you're so getting caught
Its gonna start pouring and theres gonna be a tornado warning or something. You’re going to come home…not drenched and she is going to question how exactly you played a game in a tornado and didn’t get wet.
I would do the same thing, though. haha
At least Wally Joyner's not on the team....
I'm in Lenexa
And it has been an absolute turd float for the last 3 or so hours.
I’d rather he get rained out as opposed to pitching on a wet mound/possibly going 2 innings before a long rain delay/etc…
BOOM! ROASTED!
This has late night at the K written all over it
Rain delay of an hour or two then play ball. I show up around 9 and enjoy the K and big league ball with a couple hundred of my closest friends.
I suppose
Seems like a pretty small risk, especially for a pitcher.
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by Scott McKinney on Apr 29, 2009 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Seems to me like
weather like this would give Zaskmonster the advantage. You can throw a legal spitter with every pitch, and the air is freakin THICK
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Just a few thoughts in that regard
First, yes the water would add something, but it could possibly also make the path of the ball less controllable by the pitcher. Second, I’ve recently learn that balls carry better in humid air, although I would guess that this isn’t so much true in actual rain (and I think after a rain delay tonight, there will be some of both from time to time). Third, I think the slow field will help slow batted balls, making it harder for balls to get past OFers.
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by Scott McKinney on Apr 29, 2009 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah in the time it took me to type the post
I had considered all of that and just posted the funny part
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NY i've heard the humid thing too...
But then again we always talk about the dry high air of colorado as reasons for all those homers. So what do they use to combat this…a humidifier.
I’m skeptical of the balls carrying furthur in humid air, but I COULD see a ball rising faster. The backspin of a ball off can give the ball “lift” from the friction caused by the air. But the heavy air would also be a force on the front of the ball causing it to move slower. Therefore I could see an increase in lift in the Y direction, however I’ve always doubted the increase in distance in the x.
I’ve heard both sides argued, however, in class and online.
At least Wally Joyner's not on the team....
But then again we always talk about the dry high air of colorado as reasons for all those homers. So what do they use to combat this…a humidifier.
It isn’t the dry air of Colorado which leads to homers. It’s the thin air, as in the altitude.
I’ve heard both sides argued, however, in class and online.
There are actually at least a couple of books on the physics of baseball which were pointed out to me on this site and I’ve looked through both of them. They are both pretty clear that balls carry further in humid air, and that temperature and altitude are more important factors (balls carry further in warm air, and in thinner air).
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by Scott McKinney on Apr 30, 2009 2:49 AM EDT up reply actions
just to ask
in the case of Colorado, shouldn’t we distinguish between the effects humid air and the balls being “moistened?”
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
by Matt Klaassen on Apr 30, 2009 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Agreed
There are three rules for Mogwai and Zack Greinke:
1. Do not let them near bright light;
2. Do not allow water to touch them; and
3. Do not let them eat anything after midnight…even a guacamole-less Chipotle burrito.
"Now…put that in your [BLEEP]ing pipe and smoke it." -Hal McRae
by Sweep_the_Leg on Apr 29, 2009 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I think we should treat Greinke like Soria
And only pitch him if we get into a pennant race. In the meantime, we should keep him enclosed in mylar.
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sshhhhhhhhh
Trey might hear that
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and surrounded by bubble wrap
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by Scott McKinney on Apr 29, 2009 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions
cyrogenically frozen until Moustakas and Hosmer are up
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
by Matt Klaassen on Apr 29, 2009 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions
fair enough to all y'all haters
i’ve seen quite a few guys pull hammys or worse slipping on grass
theres a difference between moving a guys start back 12 hours and not using Soria for weeks at a time
I just don't think the degree of injury risk increase is really that high just because the field is wet
…especially for a player who is going to spend 95% of his time not on the grass.
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by Scott McKinney on Apr 29, 2009 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions
haters?
I thought I was making a pretty funny joke… like we were riffing on the “preserving Soria” thing.
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
by Matt Klaassen on Apr 29, 2009 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions
but then when he has his
‘landing foot’ sitck in the mud on the mound… what could that do to his hip? ouchie?
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Zack is impervious
to the plagues affecting the rest of the mere mortals
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That's A Very
Fast moving system. It’ll probably blow by in a couple of hours, and it won’t have time to dump as much rain as a slower system would.
http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.php?rid=EAX&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=yes
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
you get my vote on that one
looks to me like you got that one called right.
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Phil, them thar's fightin' words
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Dare You To Touch My Baby Dingo Dogs!
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you'll draw back a bloody stump
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Who's Gary Lezak?
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Apr 29, 2009 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions
really? or did you forget the sarcasm font
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and that's not even photo shopped
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Gary Lezak just said
Who’s PhiloftheNorth?
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by BillyMojo on Apr 29, 2009 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
We Do Have
The same hair style.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Apr 29, 2009 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I actually kind of envy you guys some weather excitement
Here it has just been stuck between 20 and 40 and cloudy for about a week. Very very dull.
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I've Listened To
The game while sitting in the sun in my swimming trunks the last 2 nights. It’s beautiful here, mid 50’s, sunny and no wind. There’s still some snow (with ash in it), but it’s almost gone.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Apr 29, 2009 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Bloomquist playing over Dejesus tonight against the lefty..
Really Trey? Platooning Dejesus with Bloomers? Really?
realistically speaking
Clearly it's not a real platoon
It’s just something he’s doing over a very short-term period. Perhaps it is because DeJesus has been struggling at the plate. Perhaps DeJesus is nursing a little nagging injury or soreness. Remember when we all complained about Soria not getting used enough and days later we found out that his usage had been limited due to a nagging shoulder soreness?
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by Scott McKinney on Apr 29, 2009 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Fakir
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Apr 29, 2009 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Meet the Fockers
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Shut your f**king face, Uncle F**ker.
Chaim Mattis Keller New York City's # 1 Royals fan!
I never did understand...
why people edit text… What could f**king possilby mean?
Are you telling me Jesus Christ cant hit a curve ball?
by averagegatsby on Apr 29, 2009 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Against a RHP
Does that mean he’s turned it around?
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by Scott McKinney on Apr 29, 2009 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I am working from the assumption that the platoon issue should not be legitimate
you’re in a pro-Trey/GM mood tonight
I don't know what "platoon issue should not be legitimate" means
For the record, I’m saying that Trey is not instituting a platoon. He’s just sitting DDJ against a couple lefties in this series. This could either be for a fairly bad reason (slumping) or a fairly good reason (nagging injury/soreness/tweak/etc.).
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by Scott McKinney on Apr 29, 2009 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions
all that wetness can really aggravate a rash
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
by Matt Klaassen on Apr 29, 2009 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions
i just threw up a little bit in my mouth right there
(not really)
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-1
Pics of hot athlete wives = +1
Pics of rashes = -1
Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com
how about pics of athelete hives?
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by Matt Klaassen on Apr 29, 2009 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions
hot athlete hives
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shingles
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Advanced Swine Flu
"Now…put that in your [BLEEP]ing pipe and smoke it." -Hal McRae
by Sweep_the_Leg on Apr 29, 2009 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions
shut up
my niece lives in my basement and she’sbeen home for about ten days after a one week vacation in Cozumel
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Don't worry, I read today that they found the "Zero Patient"
Dustin Hoffman and Cuba Gooding, Jr. are on their way to Mexico to tranquilize the Rally Monkey that has survived in spite of it. They’ll synthesize an antibodies and have everyone cured within 12 hours.
"Now…put that in your [BLEEP]ing pipe and smoke it." -Hal McRae
by Sweep_the_Leg on Apr 29, 2009 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
this is no kiddin
my niece called the doctor, she’s not even feeling bad but he said don’t go anywhere we’ll send you some cough medicine and antibiotics.
wtf?
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hope i live long enough to see the rest of the season
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Sorry, I thought you were kidding around at first...
I definitely didn’t mean to make light of the situation (which is obviously very serious for some), just generally commenting on how media/Hollywood tend to sensationalize this sort of thing. Really, what are we all supposed to do? Buy gas masks, a year’s supply of canned goods, and lock ourselves in our houses?
I hope your niece is fine (and I’m sure she will be).
"Now…put that in your [BLEEP]ing pipe and smoke it." -Hal McRae
by Sweep_the_Leg on Apr 29, 2009 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I hate animal flu
very serious, but still blown WAY out of proportion.
Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway - An Onymous
by ratherfantastic on Apr 29, 2009 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions
where do you guys find the lineups so far in advance?
Are you telling me Jesus Christ cant hit a curve ball?
by averagegatsby on Apr 29, 2009 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions
We just think of what is the worst possible lineup
And somehow it ends up being what Trey posts.
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by RoyalsRetro on Apr 29, 2009 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hey Will Scroll Up
what’s the Nevada MO connection?
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That's what...
I hereby resign from this post.
by Home Run Tony Cogan on Apr 29, 2009 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions
thats what
what?
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she said
I hereby resign from this post.
by Home Run Tony Cogan on Apr 29, 2009 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Lezak on 810
predicting Greinke for a “0.69” ERA after tonight.
I hereby resign from this post.
by Home Run Tony Cogan on Apr 29, 2009 5:47 PM EDT reply actions
Lezak the unfaithful
I’m staying with the longshot 0.00 ERA after tonight
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bold
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
by Matt Klaassen on Apr 29, 2009 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe nobody gets the joke
I hereby resign from this post.
by Home Run Tony Cogan on Apr 29, 2009 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions
oh i got the joke
but I wanted to put my real hopes on record
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This is the second day in a row now
that I have not been able to get the MLB website to load, nor the Royals team site
Are you telling me Jesus Christ cant hit a curve ball?
i pretty consistently have trouble too
the auto-playing video used to always kill my browseer as well
no the site literally will not load at all.
its just gets the mlb logo it has some of the toolbar, and just the mlb logo wall paper…
And then after about 2 minutes it asks if I want to go to MLB.com for broadband click ok
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by averagegatsby on Apr 29, 2009 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions
This is all I get from the MLB site
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by averagegatsby on Apr 29, 2009 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions
+1 billion
Bud Selig is the antiChrist
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this reminds me of my only gripe of Royalsreview...
IF you zoom in you see the only bookmark on my firefox toolbar is that for Royals review I have a lame piece of paper as opposed to a mini picture seen with all the other links
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by averagegatsby on Apr 29, 2009 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions
should be a little picture of Gload
really though, I hope the tech guys add one of those things soon
Even the chumps...
over at Arrowhead pride have a lame pic
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by averagegatsby on Apr 29, 2009 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions
i bet Jesus Christ can't hit Zack's 50 mph curve ball
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My Firefox gives
RR a litle icon. I can’t recall what it is right now (im on work comp…)
BOOM! ROASTED!
WHY HAS MY FIREFOX FORESAKEN ME!
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by averagegatsby on Apr 29, 2009 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Zack Greinke Out Pitch =
well,
Slider
Curve
Fastball
Change
you guess.
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Zack Greinke First Pitch =
well,
Slider
Curve
Fastball
Change
you guess.
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batter (not hitter) result =
Fail
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I'm currently taking my meds.
Vitamin B-12
Bud light 12 ounce doses.
Come on, Annie, think of something clever to say, huh? Something full of magic, religion, bullshit. Come on, dazzle me.
Zack Greinke First Pitch =
well,
Slider
Curve
Fastball
Change
you guess.
Come on, Annie, think of something clever to say, huh? Something full of magic, religion, bullshit. Come on, dazzle me.
Zack Greinke's curveball
doesn’t actually curve, the entire universe shifts around it.
by SpfldDiehard on Apr 29, 2009 6:19 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Greinke's pitches are kind of like dividing by zero
oh shi…
Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway - An Onymous
by ratherfantastic on Apr 29, 2009 6:21 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
one more "right on"
I’m sittin here at home not 4 miles from the K and it’s starting to get OK. no doubt maybe some delay, maybe not, but this game is on.
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i'm out Ya'all.
Grand-daughter is hungry and the house is a disaster area.
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I seriously debated going to the game tonight
but decided not to due to the weather. Now I’m wishing I had decided to. Hopefully Greinke makes me regret my decision even more.
realistically speaking
This day is craaaaaaaaaaaaaaawling by.
UGH. If there’s a rainout, what the heck am I going to do with my evening? I plan around Greinke’s starts (don’t judge me), so I have nothing else on my plate.
WTF, self?
+1
god I should have gone to this game
realistically speaking
I'm about 50 minutes away
factor in traffic and calling up enough people to find somebody willing to go and I’d probably miss the top of the 1st
blah
wish the K had wifi, I want to liveblog a game
realistically speaking
Greg Schaum put up some photos from The K
a little while ago. I think this was a little after 4 pm, central time.
WTF, self?
Haha, I thought about
posting that earlier, but I thought it would make me guilty of creepy Facebook stalking…
KCsince88 - You'd LOVE Todd Reesing, then.
DolfinPhan - Doug Flutie of the future. Mark my words.
Trey-Hillman-I'm-A-Dumbfuck-Giveaway-Counter: 4 (as of April 23rd)
by Andy Edwards on Apr 29, 2009 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions
It's only creepy
if the person is 10 years younger than you (or more) and you want to know where they live.
Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway - An Onymous
by ratherfantastic on Apr 29, 2009 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I feel no guilt,
after Schaum used a pic from my Facebook and made me look like a creeper a while back… heh. Good times.
WTF, self?
i think it's kinda weird how everybody has a facebook now
strange seeing old (relatively) people on there
realistically speaking
Facebook = the best.
All this myspace and Twitter and all those other networking balogna sites just wish that they could be as cool as Facebook.
KCsince88 - You'd LOVE Todd Reesing, then.
DolfinPhan - Doug Flutie of the future. Mark my words.
Trey-Hillman-I'm-A-Dumbfuck-Giveaway-Counter: 4 (as of April 23rd)
by Andy Edwards on Apr 29, 2009 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions
i only find it disturbing when friends of my parents are adding me
it’s like, wtf, i don’t want you to see what i actually am doing with my life. i’m in college!
realistically speaking
Yeah, I had an ex's parents
(that were extremely nice and all) that requested me on there, so it was really awkward. I didn’t wanna be rude and Ignore it, but I didn’t want ’em seeing the REAL ME, haha. So I gave them limited access to my profile ;)
KCsince88 - You'd LOVE Todd Reesing, then.
DolfinPhan - Doug Flutie of the future. Mark my words.
Trey-Hillman-I'm-A-Dumbfuck-Giveaway-Counter: 4 (as of April 23rd)
by Andy Edwards on Apr 29, 2009 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm almost a little afraid to ask,
but what exactly was the use of a Facebook photo of yours to him?…
KCsince88 - You'd LOVE Todd Reesing, then.
DolfinPhan - Doug Flutie of the future. Mark my words.
Trey-Hillman-I'm-A-Dumbfuck-Giveaway-Counter: 4 (as of April 23rd)
by Andy Edwards on Apr 29, 2009 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I was a guest on his show in February,
and he wanted to put up a photo of me in that week’s preview section for the show on his website. So he just went to my album of profile pics, and grabbed one of me with David DeJesus. Which was all well and fine – I didn’t even know the pic was up on Schaum’s website – but it was brought up on air, and he and Tim Scott made fun of me for it.
Not a huge deal, except I wish I could have actually talked about baseball for more of my precious few minutes on the air.
WTF, self?
I liked the other guy bitching about Adam Dunn and his ".218" batting average and how he sucked an he preferred Mike Jacobs
that was teh awesome
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
by Matt Klaassen on Apr 29, 2009 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, and I was going to rip him for it
but they instead had to bring up that photo, and then – boom – we were out of time.
It was Tim Scott, by the way – the between-innings guy. He’s cool, but that Dunn comment made me sad.
WTF, self?
that photo is awesome, though
does DDJ ever sweat?
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
by Matt Klaassen on Apr 29, 2009 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions
more importantly, did he invite you to his hotel room to help him pack
realistically speaking
I don't think he sweats.
That’s a flaw that only befalls humans, and we all know DDJ is a delicate angel-being.
And no, he did not need help packing. I’m not really his type, anyhow.
WTF, self?
sorry
I never realized how strongly u felt about that…I am sorry…I always enjoy talking baseball with you
and I have no issues with anyone taking any of my baseball photos for themselves
"our deepest fears are not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fears is that we are powerful beyong measure."
Steve Philips
with a Desi Releford name drop on SportsCenter, out of nowhere! Total diss it was, too.
Talking about the different strike zones for different levels of players, and he said that Albert Pujols has a much different zone than “somebody like Desi Releford”. Ouch.
KCsince88 - You'd LOVE Todd Reesing, then.
DolfinPhan - Doug Flutie of the future. Mark my words.
Trey-Hillman-I'm-A-Dumbfuck-Giveaway-Counter: 4 (as of April 23rd)
still remember that sick throw desi made from the wall
against colorado i think? shit was bojacksonesque
realistically speaking
Hey devil_fingers,
here’s a marriage of two websites I never EVER thought I’d see: There was a post at Ladies… this morning inspired by content from Driveline Mechanics.
I feel so proud for having “hired” that writer.
WTF, self?
wow, very cool
I doni’t understand mechanics at all, of course, but I’m quite impressed.
Am I allowed to read Ladies…., or only if I get there from an outside link?
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
by Matt Klaassen on Apr 29, 2009 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions
She gets cooler every day.
I’m seriously having a “proud mom” moment every time one of the new contributors at Ladies… says/writes/e-mails something awesome, because I chose them all!
You can read Ladies… if you really want to! We have a decent number of regular commenters who are straight males, so I guess it’s not that weird. (We also have a decent number of male commenters who are as gay as the day is long. They’re great.)
WTF, self?
I would but everyone...
knows girls with their pee size brains are incapable of following the intricacies of the game… Like why Farnsworth makes for a better setup man than Cruz
Are you telling me Jesus Christ cant hit a curve ball?
by averagegatsby on Apr 29, 2009 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions
thats fine...
as long as they stay away from my barbecue
Are you telling me Jesus Christ cant hit a curve ball?
by averagegatsby on Apr 29, 2009 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions
-1 For ESPN
Still showing Golic being waxed all god damn day
Are you telling me Jesus Christ cant hit a curve ball?
in MLB 2k9 coco crisp has to have the worst arm in history
just made a 22 hop throw to third base from shallow center
realistically speaking
now that sounds about right
Are you telling me Jesus Christ cant hit a curve ball?
by averagegatsby on Apr 29, 2009 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Apparently the game is under a rain delay
Yahoo sports is reporting that “the start of the game is being delayed due to rain.” I’m not sure how you can have a rain delay an hour before the scheduled first pitch, but there you go. I guess it is because they have decided that the first pitch will be delayed regardless of what happens to the weather between now and then.
The immoderate moderator
my slide rule says
that this means that any runs Zack might give up tonight, although the innings to count towards the streak
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
by Matt Klaassen on Apr 29, 2009 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I think that must be missing a word or two
That make head hurt.
The immoderate moderator
by Scott McKinney on Apr 29, 2009 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions
d'oh trying agin
“that this means that any runs Zack might give up tonight don’t count, although the innings do count towards the streak
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
by Matt Klaassen on Apr 29, 2009 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions
So, any word
on whether there is gonna be a delay or not? I got some stupid stuff on FSN still, just like last night again… Hoping this isn’t the start of a terrible pattern, and just a delay…
KCsince88 - You'd LOVE Todd Reesing, then.
DolfinPhan - Doug Flutie of the future. Mark my words.
Trey-Hillman-I'm-A-Dumbfuck-Giveaway-Counter: 4 (as of April 23rd)
Thank you, sir.
KCsince88 - You'd LOVE Todd Reesing, then.
DolfinPhan - Doug Flutie of the future. Mark my words.
Trey-Hillman-I'm-A-Dumbfuck-Giveaway-Counter: 4 (as of April 23rd)
by Andy Edwards on Apr 29, 2009 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions
That extra 40 minutes might kill me.
Or, it gives me time to go to Amigo’s before the game. Sweet!
WTF, self?
The Kansas City
Royals are on the air! I love listening to rain delays.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
Will There Be
A game thread or is this it?
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
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