Game 128 Open Thread - Royals (49-78) at Mariners (66-62)
by Will McDonald on Aug 28, 2009 9:15 PM EDT
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Kansas City Royals at Seattle Mariners, Aug 28, 2009 10:10 PM EDT
Brian Bannister against King Felix. Sure, it doesn't look good, but as this is a rivalry game, I think we can throw out the records, the pitching matchups, everything.
I predict a game-winning, upper-deck, grand slam by St. Willie.
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ESPN Streak for the cash actually has...
who will score less runs
Royals vs King Felix
or
Rox vs Lincecum
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
i saw that....
always seems Royals lose when their posted on Streak…..I didn’t want to touch it with my current streak of 8, however.
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 28, 2009 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Im only at 2
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
by averagegatsby on Aug 28, 2009 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah I'm usually around there...but I got on a good roll with the LLWS before they quit
posting those games.
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 28, 2009 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
the longest streak Ive ever gotten to was 4...
I fully expected King Felix to no hit the Royals tonight
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
by averagegatsby on Aug 28, 2009 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Trey Not Messing
With success.
Kansas City
AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB Season Avg
D. DeJesus lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
M. Maier rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240
B. Butler 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .299
M. Jacobs dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233
A. Callaspo 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293
M. Teahen 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279
M. Olivo c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244
Y. Betancourt ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239
J. Anderson cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Seattle
AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB Season Avg
F. Gutierrez cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292
J. Hannahan 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .213
J. Lopez 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272
R. Branyan 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .249
M. Sweeney dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254
B. Hall rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318
J. Wilson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R. Langerhans lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .221
R. Johnson c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kansas City
IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP Season ERA
B. Bannister 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.36 4.50
Seattle
IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP Season ERA
F. Hernandez 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.19 2.73
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
Hey guys…its friday and soon I will be off to a bar to make embarrassing attempts at luring women back to my place…any suggestions of bars people have had success with? I’m downtown/westport area.
by WhenWillDavidGlassDie? on Aug 28, 2009 9:45 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I think you're asking the wrong crowd.
FWIW, I love Harry’s in the River Market. I think P&L is lame-o, but I hear that’s where the talent goes.
yeah…i know its the wrong crowd to be asking. I usually end up at harrys since I know a couple people who work there, but its not the best picking up chicks bar.
by WhenWillDavidGlassDie? on Aug 28, 2009 9:52 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I picked up at The Grand Emporium before
but I hear it’s gone. So…
Is the Levee any good these days?
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the grand emporium has…changed. yeah, the levees still around. maybe ill go there.
by WhenWillDavidGlassDie? on Aug 28, 2009 10:00 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
From what I hear, I don't think you want to be picking up what's at the Emporium these days.
He can get 4, NOT 5.
uh oh, you don't mean...uh, is there a rainbow flag?
not that there’s anything wrong with that
Hopes fade once again from blue to red. Go New Chiefs!!
yeah it was a great venue
I thought I heard it had closed altogether. But, for all intents and purposes, sounds like it did.
Hopes fade once again from blue to red. Go New Chiefs!!
I saw Warren Zevon
in a bar in Westport. I forgot the name of it. But, that was awesome. RIP.
Hopes fade once again from blue to red. Go New Chiefs!!
I saw Bill Maher during my bachelor party at an establishment in Cleveland
totally bizarre
my friends talked to him / annoyed him for awhile until i finally pulled them away
to quote lebowski, racially, he’s pretty cool
by Will McDonald on Aug 28, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Did you ask him what he's been doing since DC Cab?
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions
mostly i was stuck by how short he is
i am barely average myself, but dude is easily in the 5’7 tops range
by Will McDonald on Aug 28, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
You know what I like about them high school girls?
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by averagegatsby on Aug 28, 2009 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions
From left to right
Alex Gordon, Paul Byrd, David DeJesus, Minda Haas, Tim Lincecum
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
you mean to say that
the 31st and Southwest QuikTrip isn’t the place to be on a friday night?
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that qt is closed now. they’re rebuilding it.
by WhenWillDavidGlassDie? on Aug 28, 2009 10:16 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
yeah…its called the riot room now though…same bar basically. its a good time.
by WhenWillDavidGlassDie? on Aug 28, 2009 10:23 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
If You Notice
Their shoes you should be at The Emporium.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Greinke liked math until it got stupid
but I think at least a half-dozen Royals liked math in school
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Wow, Krueger
saying Greinke should win Cy Young (but won’t)
Hopes fade once again from blue to red. Go New Chiefs!!
(plink!)
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Phase 1: Assemble expensive, below average players
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: CHAMPIONSHIP!
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions
He had 6 PA for the Mets
I don’t know if he’s still with their AAA team or not
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions
he'd look pretty good in RF for the Royals right now
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
maybe, but JoGui is coming back in a week.
So that hole’s going to be taken care of.
He can get 4, NOT 5.
it was more a cry of desparation on my part
the suspense around Murton is killing me
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
coulda been him
it would make sense if he had a place n KC, considering he spent more time there than anywhere else and made some decent money
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
why is Sweeney hitting against Bannister?
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intrigue
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess it's sort of an Obiwan-Darth thing
since he was Bannister’s predeccesor as team “holy man”
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
We need a designated hugger
JoGui and Jacobs are too manly/ surly
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
You Did? Impressive!
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Who's Pete Orr?
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
lameo white former brave
so he’s on my radar
by Will McDonald on Aug 28, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
SIGN HIM
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Make It So
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
From Poz's last post:
They are also — and I admit this is an unofficial stat but I’m pretty confident about it — the league leader in times a player forgot the number of outs. The other day, catcher Miguel Olivo ran off the field with two outs which was staggering not because it was unusual (it has to be the third time this year Olivo has forgotten the number of outs) but because only two batters had come to the plate. It wasn’t like it was a long inning or something.
Not only did Olivo jog off the field after 2 outs. Later in the game he threw down to 3rd after a strikeout with a runner on 2nd. It almost took Teahen’s head off. Good thing he’s playing over Pena again.
He can get 4, NOT 5.
so, when can we expect the JoPo piece that's gong to make us all love then hate Disco Hayes?
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I hope he's enjoying his 15 minutes
btw, what are you teaching this semester?
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
standard freshman comp/reading course
by Will McDonald on Aug 28, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
do you accept
papers that utilize texting words?
Hopes fade once again from blue to red. Go New Chiefs!!
first essay they read was about technology
they told me they send 200 texts a day when we talked about it
by Will McDonald on Aug 28, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I remember a story within the year or so
of a California (somewhere) professor that was fine with students handing in papers that utilize “texting” formats “as long as he understood what they were saying”. I’m sorry, but what an idiot. I think that’s outright wrong.
Hopes fade once again from blue to red. Go New Chiefs!!
my brother is a senior in HS
and his texts have a 80% misspelling rate, its jarring
(and this is from a guy with thousands on online comments under his belt)
by Will McDonald on Aug 28, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions
8 am class had like 4 absences out of 13
by Will McDonald on Aug 28, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
please please tell me you make them them do Yeats
that crazy bastard cracks me up
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
i wish
its actually not literary in any way, just a textbook with articles on pop culture
by Will McDonald on Aug 28, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
huh
I guess that’s what they have to do… I guess I’m still a curmudgeon who never really learned enough to back up my wanna-be mandarinism… but I don’t get why they don’t just combine all lit 101 and comp 101 courses into a two semester thing. seems like it would go hand-in-hand.
Haven’t read much Yeats, but I love crazy crap like the “gyres” (sp?) theory of history/the universe/whatever
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
definitely a weird dude
who sorta invented his own religion or myths or something
very Art Bell esque with some of that stuff
by Will McDonald on Aug 28, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Olivo walk!
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Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: CHAMPIONSHIP!
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 10:28 PM EDT reply actions
wha?`
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by averagegatsby on Aug 28, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
really get the perfecto Grass Creek matchup here
1B Branyan and OF Langerhans
vs.
DH Jacobs and OF Anderson
I really, really, hate those Mariner bastards
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Olivo comes from 0-2 to draw a walk
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that walk alone should cost Felix a shot at the CY
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 10:30 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I don't get it
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I wonder if I'll get a ballot this year
my vote could swing the GG in Hanahan’s favor!
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
rec
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Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: CHAMPIONSHIP!
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
He Stood As
Much of a chance at throwing Branyan out as Teahen did.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Russ Branyan with a bunt
ok, he’s trying to get DM to sign him in the off season
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Seriously?
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 10:33 PM EDT reply actions
It Was A
Free base due to the shift.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
gotcha
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
That's why you bunt every once in a while
it’s not so much a good “strategic” move in the sense of getting on, but it does seem to keeep the defense honest
hopefully (from the Mariner’s standpoint), that will be on TV enough so that Branyan doesn’t have to do it again for a while
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this isn't good
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 10:35 PM EDT reply actions
Solid Liner For
Sweeney.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 10:35 PM EDT reply actions
anyone else feel the Sweeney cycle coming?
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Josh Anderson would have to fuck up pretty badly for us to see a Sweeney Triple
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So It Could
Happen.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Christ, Olivo sucks with the glove
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Olivoyl Waves The
Cape at another low outside pitch.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 10:37 PM EDT reply actions
Are Josh And
Jack different people?
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 10:38 PM EDT reply actions
Yep
Jack’s the ugly one with all the web gems
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
LOLivo
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 10:38 PM EDT reply actions
Olivoyl Out In
Front of the plate allowing Sweeney to avoid the tag.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 10:40 PM EDT reply actions
well
Sweeney IS known for guile (according to Niehaus)
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I've Been Around
Niehaus long enough to tune him out automatically.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
If Sweeney were an asshole,
I’m pretty sure he would have done the “suck it” thing at the Royals dugout after that play.
He can get 4, NOT 5.
Seriously, ESPN?
This is the third time in two or three weeks that they have some UFC related front page. Do they own the rights to this joke or something?
Ryan Langerhans is a pretty big guy for someone who flies around the OF like that
6-3 220?
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I hear he can palm a medicine ball too
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by averagegatsby on Aug 28, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions
this is a joke, right?
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions
its an SNL reference
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Brasky
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by averagegatsby on Aug 28, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
x
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I think they must have meant, ahem, something else
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there's something just right about Dayton trading cash for Josh Anderson
less than a year after passingon Langerhans for nothing
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Joker Has A
6 game hitting streak; who knew?
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 10:44 PM EDT reply actions
He Was Out
At 2B. Tichenor is a terrible ump.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
As a matter of fact...
No
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by averagegatsby on Aug 28, 2009 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Has some interesting stuff on some of the shows I enjoy.
It’s nice to go through his stuff on older episodes, brings up some things I’ve forgotten about.
He can get 4, NOT 5.
DDJ now OPSing.991 in August
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I Thought He
Was heating up.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
It's almost as if
He were getting back to the .290 he hits every year…
by sterlingice on Aug 28, 2009 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
he still killed our season with his damn underperforming
by Will McDonald on Aug 28, 2009 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
and all his damn smiling
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by averagegatsby on Aug 28, 2009 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, all he does is continue to be a 2.5 WAR per year guy and get crapped on here
While people love “gritty” crap on playoff teams (or on our team for that matter…)
by sterlingice on Aug 28, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
DDJ has never been as low as 2.5 ever since he became a full-timer in 2006
he’ll probably end up at 3+ by the end of this season, barring a Sept. collapse
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Not As Gritty
As sliding head first and coming up 5 feet short of the bag.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Really
How bone headed is Anderson? Seems like he tries to bunt and steal at the worst possible opportunities
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
BAHAHAHAHA DDJ
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 10:47 PM EDT reply actions
King Felix Does
Not have his best stuff so far.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 10:50 PM EDT reply actions
DDJ now as the same OPS as Frankling Gutierrez on the season
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Tomahawk Chop
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn
right to him
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 10:53 PM EDT reply actions
Jakers Has 2
Of those this series; CF didn’t have to move.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 10:53 PM EDT reply actions
I wonder if other teams value DDJ properly?
I wonder what the Royals could get (given a good GM) in the offseason?
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If We Could
Get a good GM for him I’d do it, straight up.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd guess the problem with trading DDJ and getting great value is the GM would have to know he's good.
A GM that knows that will take Dayton out behind the woodshed in a deal.
He can get 4, NOT 5.
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Your Mother Must
Be very proud.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I Read "Jelly"
Because that’s what I expected.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
It Would Look
Great on the hood of an ’81 Chrysler Cordoba.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
we released him, MIN signed him
the Twins bullpen SUCKS so bad
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The Royals got off the hook for about $100,000
if I think too much about it, it gets me as angry as any of Dayton’s other idiotic non-moves/moves
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Mahay was pitching better than Bale too
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we had to take another shot at Yabuta
one of Moore’s more disatrous signings…
dude spent two years and earned, what 6 million?, pitching for omaha
had to have been weird for him
by Will McDonald on Aug 28, 2009 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I wonder if he had the same masseuse in both cities
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Their two runs scored did not really get the proper expressions of disgust
Yet another Olivo miss in this inning
LOLivo
awful
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 10:59 PM EDT reply actions
Yes, the other team stealing on Pena/Buck is SOOOO much more devastating than this
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Trying to completely
destroy any value he has before we release him.
by hunter s. royal on Aug 28, 2009 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
sitting between Guillen and Jacobs on the bench
using his cell to text his oncologist
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
How Many Runs
Does Olivo cast with his mitt?
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 10:59 PM EDT reply actions
Or Cost
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Jayzus, Mark.................
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 11:00 PM EDT reply actions
Note to Wakamatsu
Just because Jack Hanahan is so awesome at defense he is almost league average doesn’t mean he mean he’s a league average hitter.
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Didn't he pitch for the Nats and then was traded to the Pirates?
(no, wait- that was Joel Hanrahan)
by sterlingice on Aug 28, 2009 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
that's team USA member in the WBC
Joel Hanrahan to you, buddy!!!
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 28, 2009 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
God dammit Teahen
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 11:00 PM EDT reply actions
Here comes a Branyan jack
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 11:01 PM EDT reply actions
Most awkward drinking binge ever: Zack and Banny hit the town together
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With Olivo as Designated Driver?
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Or Callaspo?
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by averagegatsby on Aug 28, 2009 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Tag Team
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I wonder how many runs the Mariners would have
if someone not Olivo were catching today?
by swing and a miss on Aug 28, 2009 11:02 PM EDT reply actions
unexpected...
and without checking, Kazmir has been pretty mediocre lately hasn’t he?
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by averagegatsby on Aug 28, 2009 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Zeppelin Traded A
Song?
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
yea
they got back Killer Queen from Queen
by Will McDonald on Aug 28, 2009 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
not sure
something’s wrong with him, but he hasn’t been able to heal/fix it so far this season
he’s almost certainly not this bad, and his contract is reasonable (although a team like the Rays needs really good contracts)
don’t know much about the prospects
maybe the idea is that this money might allow them to extend Crawford, although they’d probably be best off trading him, too, at some point — he has serious value
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I have a pipe dream that somehow we get Crawford...
I dont know if that would be a good move, and I dont think its possible but I really love that guy. Surely he can play CF right?
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by averagegatsby on Aug 28, 2009 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
seems like it
he’s a monster defensive LF — DDJ is very good, but Crawford is better
Not sure how he’ll age, but he’s a smart player, as well. So good on both sides of the ball that even when, like last year, his bats craps out, he’s still one of hte better guys on the field.
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
surely he has the range to play center...
Have you read about the stud Crawford was in high school?
Was offered scholarship to play Basketball at UCLA, offered Football scholarships to play at Tulsa, Nebraska (and Florida I believe). And turned it all down to play pro baseball.
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by averagegatsby on Aug 28, 2009 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, just read that
seems like he really took a risk playing baseball
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Bill Simmons called him the greatest High School athelete ever
I doubt his football career would have ever been much, since more than likely he would have been an option QB… The next Eric Crouch?
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by averagegatsby on Aug 28, 2009 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I do not know her High School credentials
I actually only know her from the celebrity softball game after the HR derby
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by averagegatsby on Aug 28, 2009 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Also
Chipolte’s current ad campaign involves people describing their ideal burritoes. If only we could get them to feature Zack Greinke explaining his favorite kind of burrito.
Or if Zack Greinke pitches 5 innings, and Ks 5, you get a free burrito, and more free burritos for every K over 5.
IOW, Chipolte would go out of business after another 15 K Greinke game
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Zack would throw the game first
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Greinke nears 5 IP with 5+ Ks
and the fans chant for burritos
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Kauffman Needs A
Mascot with a burrito gun.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions
much more practical than a
taco gun
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that would be cool
although now I’m hungry
I need a guac machine at home. I hate trying to “time” avacados
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Just a taste:
I still maintain it was not such a bad idea to trade middle relievers (Ramon Ramirez and Leo Nunez) for every-day players (Coco Crisp and Mike Jacobs). Signing Jose Guillen, Ron Mahay, Horacio Ramirez, Kyle Farnsworth and Willie Bloomquist were more predictably bad.
Really? Mike Jacobs is an everyday player?
He can get 4, NOT 5.
Sounds dirty
do we have a spam button?
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions
ah come on,
after all the gifs you post, you’re going to accuse me of spamming?
He can get 4, NOT 5.
Touche sir
Just noting the way you typed that
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I believe the appropriate response would have been...
the Shaking head shocked looked face guy gif
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by averagegatsby on Aug 28, 2009 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
!
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
ugh
see my tweet from earlier tonight
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
It doesn't make any sense
It’s not like someone is going to swoop in and take him so why not see how 2010 goes before doing something like this
by sterlingice on Aug 28, 2009 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Agree
The Royalls don’t even have the silly college football excuse of “if we don’t give him 7-year contract, there’s no way he can recruit.”
What’s the rush? To get the vicious Royals blogosphere to shut up?
by hippdoghipp on Aug 28, 2009 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Is Bannister grooving pitches for the Sween--dog?
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thank goodness the Royals didn't trade for Kazmir
can you imagine how many times HIllman would call him “Mitch?”
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Tacos, are seriously an awesome food. The Aramarkup price for a taco combo at the park is a robbery.
Also, what has more potential, putting submarine sandwich ingredients in a bun or in a taco shell?
BLT taco for the win
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soft taco or hard?
(the correct answer is soft)
by hippdoghipp on Aug 28, 2009 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
All this talk of taco's and burrito's
is really making me want Taco Bell
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by averagegatsby on Aug 28, 2009 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
the Bacon Club chalupa was awesome
but now Taco Bell is volcano everything
Volcano Cinnamon Twists, please
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the 99 cent volcano taco at my school's taco bell was too tempting
and they never figured out that I just went to a vending machine to get a 60 cent drink instead of their 1.10 drink
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honestly
I can’t go to Taco Bell more than once a month. The food causes severe damage to my bowels
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions
this is my second straight summer that i can’t have Taco Bell
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by averagegatsby on Aug 28, 2009 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Taco Bell is crap
Seriously. We can do better.
by hippdoghipp on Aug 28, 2009 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I only live by a Taco Bell and Chipotle
But it seems like someone invites me to Chipotle every week, so I’ve grown tired of it
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
*to go to
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Ya, I'm worn out with Chipotle
I think it represents everything that’s great and sad about America.
by hippdoghipp on Aug 28, 2009 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Taco Bell is disgracing the term "Volcano" though...
nothing on that menu is hot at all
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by averagegatsby on Aug 28, 2009 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I second this
soft tacos rule
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
preferably corn tortillas
although flour is ok
by hippdoghipp on Aug 28, 2009 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
do you guys have
Taco Del Mar back there?
not as good as Chipotle but a bit cheaper
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Del Taco?
Love the big bean burritos and the krinkle fries. STL has them; not yet in KC.
by hippdoghipp on Aug 28, 2009 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
probably better than Taco John's
nothing says Tacos like the name John
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I went to a Mexican Resturant in Kansas called Carlos O' Kelly's once
I thought it would be a strange mix of Irish and Mexican food
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
they have several in Wichita
to much cilantro and onion, not enough of the other stuff
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
saw one of those in St. Joe
they have an explanation.
But if you’re in St. Joe and you don’t eat your Mexican food in a castle, what’s wrong with you?
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So cute
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 11:25 PM EDT reply actions
DDJ to PECOTA: "How does my --- taste?"
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aging curves = valid no matter how much I suck at studying them myself
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
DDJ and Sweeney having a line drive contest
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MAIER!
A Home Run off freaking Hernandez!!!!!
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 11:31 PM EDT reply actions
THANK GOODNESS FOR DAYTON MOORE'S PLAYER DEVELOPMENT SKILLZ
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Walking LOLivo, giving up Maier's 2nd Homer
Felix playing his way out of Cy Young contention
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 11:33 PM EDT reply actions
did Branyan get hurt or something?
if so, he may have just lost several million dollars
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yes......tightness in his back
learning Sweeney’s old tricks.
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 28, 2009 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Big Brother program
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
DDJ now has an even 1.000 OPS in August
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I bet
That Dayton will bring up NOBODY out of principle. Just look at how MITCH is doing.
Hopes fade once again from blue to red. Go New Chiefs!!
zomg
Ryan and Frank talking about WAR…. no wait that’s the band
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 11:37 PM EDT reply actions
they're talking about GWAR?
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions
No
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iffDvXTcm8
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
here, finally
done entertaining friends.
nice poke by meyyyyyyyyyyotch
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by Home Run Tony Cogan on Aug 28, 2009 11:37 PM EDT reply actions
I assume you said "get out of my house ------ers, its Battle for Grass Creek is at a climax,
and I’m not staying up until 4 --ing a.m. watching it on my - — TiVO!"
(holding up three fingers)
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, they're from Nebriowa
the region that most people divide into two states but really are indistinguishable…they have no appreciation for Grass Creek…
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by Home Run Tony Cogan on Aug 28, 2009 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions
he and DDJ are a great supporting cast for Yuni
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
has to be the highlight
of this season
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by Home Run Tony Cogan on Aug 28, 2009 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions
That was a Mariner game too
this has got to do something
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
that, the Guillen-Jacobs slapfest, the drunken Brett rant
and billybeingbilly dropping $11 at Taco Bell
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
yes, also
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by Home Run Tony Cogan on Aug 28, 2009 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Is MITCH going to make a late run at BPJ's death grip on the Mike Aviles WTF Award?
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Do you think there's any chance Aviles comes back next season?
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions
i think he has left than 200 PAs left with the royals
by Will McDonald on Aug 28, 2009 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Fewer Than
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by philofthenorth on Aug 29, 2009 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions
your guess is as good as mine
the organization didn’t take long to sour on him, from the sounds of things. Gave Dayton the excuse he needed to pull the trigger on Yuni
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't think they really compare
Aviles was a borderline MVP candidate by the end
but yea, i am shocked that BPJ is useful at all
by Will McDonald on Aug 28, 2009 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, I just mean the out of nowhere/deviation from talent factor
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
NOT THE CHIPS!!!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 11:45 PM EDT reply actions
Jim from the Office
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Alex Gordon
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
This guy?
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by averagegatsby on Aug 28, 2009 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions
interesting...
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 29, 2009 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions
seems like he should be able to "do about as well" as Ryan Reynolds, right?
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
never saw the appeal of marrying an actress if i was an actor
by Will McDonald on Aug 28, 2009 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I simply assume that if Reynolds could marry Scarlett Jo.
that means that a C-lister like himself could run through women in LA like Derek Jeter
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions
but, yeah, marrying an actress would be awful
you’d pretty much automatically turn into Bill Murray in The Royal Tennenbaums
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions
innings played in the field, first base
Sweeney: 35
Jacobs: 104
at least Jacobs gets more field time than some players
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Billy Being Billy
Still better than I ever expected.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed.
Still something that I’m pissed about when my high school jv 1st baseman does it.
He can get 4, NOT 5.
He Was Thinking
About the Baconator we’re going to give him when he hits the game winning HR.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
damn
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 11:52 PM EDT reply actions
Josh Wilson- that is why you have been with 6 teams in 5 years
(Who knew? I just looked it up)
Quit swinging at crap a foot outside, even if you did reach on error
The comeback starts NOW?
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 11:55 PM EDT reply actions
how many ABs is DDJ getting this inning?
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 28, 2009 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions
yes
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 28, 2009 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Dude Is Warming
Up in the pen.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 11:58 PM EDT reply actions
Joker Attempts Yet
Another 2 out, bases empty bunt; awesome beyond words. Extension now!
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by philofthenorth on Aug 28, 2009 11:59 PM EDT reply actions
he's no Russ "Bunts" Branyan
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by Matt Klaassen on Aug 29, 2009 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions
doesn't that show how bad he knows his bat is.
He’s trying to get on 1st with 2 outs, knowing it will most likely take 2 hits to score him.
Not likely at all.
He can get 4, NOT 5.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 29, 2009 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Brainy Over 100
Pitches beginning the 7th, Hernandez 104 through 7.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 29, 2009 12:04 AM EDT reply actions
grounder through the right side
can’t believe that happened
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Farnsworthless
up and throwing
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philofthenorth Throwing Up
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by philofthenorth on Aug 29, 2009 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions
22 Hopper Somehow
Eludes Callaspo and Manatee.
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by philofthenorth on Aug 29, 2009 12:06 AM EDT reply actions
bases loaded
awesome
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by Trey_has_no_pulse on Aug 29, 2009 12:09 AM EDT reply actions
Grab the white flag!
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 29, 2009 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions
For anyone who doesn't read the Daily Box Score at the BtB,
you are missing out.
http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2009/8/28/1006313/daily-box-score-8-28-burying-ops
Read it.
He can get 4, NOT 5.
Thanks to a friend who is an Arctic Monkeys fan
Brianstorm (not Brain, Brian)
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 29, 2009 12:09 AM EDT reply actions
Has there been a game all year that...
Hillman hasn’t worn a long sleeve coat?
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yeah, when he wore the $10 Wal-Mart hoodie
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 29, 2009 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions
okay...
still wore a thermal barrier of some sort… Is the dude Cold Blooded?
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by averagegatsby on Aug 29, 2009 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
ah, such a common mistake.
Cold-blooded would mean he wouldn’t need the jacket. He’d be able to raise his body temperature according to the weather.
He can get 4, NOT 5.
But he's in Seattle, so it can't be that warm
and Since Im sure they dont keep heat lamps in the dugout he has to result the Royals Parka
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by averagegatsby on Aug 29, 2009 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions
then how would you get warm in cold weather without a heat lamp
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by averagegatsby on Aug 29, 2009 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Then why does a snake need a heat lamp, or hot rock?
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by averagegatsby on Aug 29, 2009 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions
They need to be warm for certain biological tasks,
because their body temperature fluctuates with the air around them.
He can get 4, NOT 5.
well, Im sure Hillman cant fuck up a bullpen with a low core body temp
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
by averagegatsby on Aug 29, 2009 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Son of a...
Farnsworth with the bases loaded? Usually I wake up strangling my pillow when this happens.
by LaFLamme on Aug 29, 2009 12:09 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Brainy's Giving Us
The full meal deal tonight. Oh, shit, Farnsy vs Sweeney. Where does this ball land?
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Aug 29, 2009 12:10 AM EDT reply actions
they closed the roof,
so it will probably bounce off of it and land 10 feet short of the fence.
He can get 4, NOT 5.
not gonna be good
Fworthless allows all inherited runners to score
making Banny’s ERA even worse
1977 & 1989 Royals - We shoulda won it all dammit
by Trey_has_no_pulse on Aug 29, 2009 12:11 AM EDT reply actions
Maybe He'll Just
Walk in a couple.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Aug 29, 2009 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Then There's Jamey!
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Aug 29, 2009 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions
18 of 31 inherited have scored
Farnsworthless
1977 & 1989 Royals - We shoulda won it all dammit
by Trey_has_no_pulse on Aug 29, 2009 12:15 AM EDT reply actions
It's really tough to throw a strike down the middle.
We’re already down by 3 and Sweeney is about 45 years old. Jeez.
by hippdoghipp on Aug 29, 2009 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions
I didn't give up a grand slam!
I just walked in a run
by sterlingice on Aug 29, 2009 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions
yayayaayayayayayyayayayayayay!
good work Farns
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 29, 2009 12:15 AM EDT reply actions
Yay!
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Aug 29, 2009 12:15 AM EDT reply actions
I'm Mike Sweeney bitch!
Phase 1: Assemble expensive, below average players
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: CHAMPIONSHIP!
-RoyalsRetro
by ratherfantastic on Aug 29, 2009 12:16 AM EDT reply actions
make that 19
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by Trey_has_no_pulse on Aug 29, 2009 12:16 AM EDT reply actions
I did always like him
Still, I’d rather we get out of it
by sterlingice on Aug 29, 2009 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm past that.
I’m pretty much rooting against the Royals all the time now. Not sure that makes me a bad fan or not. Probably, but I can’t take it anymore.
by hippdoghipp on Aug 29, 2009 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Its okay under the condition...
you revert to old times when Greinke is on the mound… Gotta get him the Cy Young
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
by averagegatsby on Aug 29, 2009 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions
At 2-0
I fail to see how this AB could go bad
by sterlingice on Aug 29, 2009 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions
YABUTA!
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Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: CHAMPIONSHIP!
-RoyalsRetro
by ratherfantastic on Aug 29, 2009 12:17 AM EDT reply actions
Is that a new exclamation or what is happening for those of us watching Gameday and are behind?
by sterlingice on Aug 29, 2009 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions
he's warming up
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Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: CHAMPIONSHIP!
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 29, 2009 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Yabuta was warming up
but Farnsy got out of the inning
1977 & 1989 Royals - We shoulda won it all dammit
by Trey_has_no_pulse on Aug 29, 2009 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Prof-T Hits 99!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111111111111
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Aug 29, 2009 12:19 AM EDT reply actions
I propose a rule change
If a guy walks a guy in, the preceding pitcher shouldn’t get the run charged to him.
Although, Banny’s the one who gave up two hits and a single.
Maybe I retract my proposal.
DDJ OPSing .884 vs RHP this season
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Too bad he's not a true leadoff hitter
Or a true CF.
by hippdoghipp on Aug 29, 2009 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions
And smiles too much!
Curse him and give us a team full of the love children of Buddy Bell and Scowlin’ Dick Cheney
by sterlingice on Aug 29, 2009 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions
If DM is serious about turning this franchise around
he’ll get rid of DDJ and Teahen. Those guys have proven they can’t win.
by hippdoghipp on Aug 29, 2009 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh well- I need to get some sleep
After working last night from 9 until around 4 and then doing about a half day today, I get to go in tomorrow at 9am for a few hours :(
It's SAN migration season at the data center
And I’m one of the lucky ones who gets to help with that.
Now for those unfamiliar, that’s where you take a server that has its storage on one set of hard drives and move it to an entirely different, typically newer and faster, set of drives. Now you start by… hey! Is that snoring I hear?!? Aw, c’mon. It’s not that boring. Well, actually it is, but still… ;)
by sterlingice on Aug 29, 2009 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions
Solo HR here...
by DDJ
1977 & 1989 Royals - We shoulda won it all dammit
by Trey_has_no_pulse on Aug 29, 2009 12:22 AM EDT reply actions
Ummm
Or NOT
1977 & 1989 Royals - We shoulda won it all dammit
by Trey_has_no_pulse on Aug 29, 2009 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions
I absolutely hate watching
DDJ go through his at bat routines
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
White Fears MITCH
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nice to see Neifi jokes will never die
Graduate with a B.S. from the Dayton Moore School of Stats Analysis
DRINK!
Neifi Perez reference
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Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: CHAMPIONSHIP!
-RoyalsRetro
by ratherfantastic on Aug 29, 2009 12:25 AM EDT reply actions
I don't want to hear his name anymore
Maybe I should call him N*****
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Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: CHAMPIONSHIP!
-RoyalsRetro
by ratherfantastic on Aug 29, 2009 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Im not going to the Royals Fantasy Camp...
unless the WHOLE staff is there, including Nick Swartz. I dont want no fucking amateur rubbing dirt on my wounds.
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
WTF!
how could Betancourt be a surprise… He is a horrible player that has preformed dreadfully.
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
Hilarious
He’s hitting .221/.252/.382. I guess his defense looks ok on tv. I guess the 3 HRs are a surprise. I guess we expected TJP numbers.
by hippdoghipp on Aug 29, 2009 12:29 AM EDT up reply actions
He's hit 3 HR's with us?
When did this happen?
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by averagegatsby on Aug 29, 2009 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions
See? You're surprised.
I think he hit one last night. He’s been a real nice surprise Clark.
by hippdoghipp on Aug 29, 2009 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Was Farnsworth more effective before...
he had that ridiculously bad Tat on his throwing arm?
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
He had a pretty solid 2005
Sub 2.5 ERA
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
by averagegatsby on Aug 29, 2009 12:32 AM EDT up reply actions
COME ON GRAMPS
……………geez, still can’t catch
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Aug 29, 2009 12:31 AM EDT reply actions
If I had a friend that looked that like that guy's friend
I’d kill myself. The girl’s ok though.
by hippdoghipp on Aug 29, 2009 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions
OT: New favorite picture
It’s almost identical to my cat. Go internetz.
Phase 1: Assemble expensive, below average players
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: CHAMPIONSHIP!
-RoyalsRetro
by ratherfantastic on Aug 29, 2009 12:34 AM EDT reply actions
yep
Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures
by averagegatsby on Aug 29, 2009 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Jakers!
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Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: CHAMPIONSHIP!
-RoyalsRetro
by ratherfantastic on Aug 29, 2009 12:36 AM EDT reply actions
Time for LOLivo to K
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Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: CHAMPIONSHIP!
-RoyalsRetro
by ratherfantastic on Aug 29, 2009 12:42 AM EDT reply actions
Or pop up
Either way
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Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: CHAMPIONSHIP!
-RoyalsRetro
by ratherfantastic on Aug 29, 2009 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions
SWEENEY DID THE CROTCH CHOP AGAIN!
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Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: CHAMPIONSHIP!
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by ratherfantastic on Aug 29, 2009 12:44 AM EDT reply actions
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