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Open Game Thread: Playoffs Day Two

Final Score: Rays 6, White Sox 4
Series: Rays lead 1-0
Next Game: Tomorrow at 3:00 PM
South Side Sox
DRays Bay

Longoria sewed this game up nicely with an incredible rookie performance, boasting two homeruns and three RBI's, as the Rays hang on to beat the White Sox to take the first game of the series.

Brewers vs. Phillies - 3:00PM
C.C. Sabathia v. B. Meyers

Dodgers vs. Cubs - 6:30PM
Billingsley v. Zambrano

Go baseball! And I think it's safe to say, GO RAYS!!!!

 

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And I think it’s safe to say, GO RAYS!!!!

With AssJack on the Sox, no way should any AN’er be pulling for them.

If the Sox playel BoSox/Slegna, you'd be telling a completely different story
Absolutely true

We’ll see next round, but hopefully AssJack and company will be watching with us.

Question: Would anyone here trade Ryan Sweeney for Nick Swisher?

I know I sure as hell would. Wonder if Kenny W would?

i brought it up a few days ago

certain people were not into the idea. apparently swisher isn’t cute enough.

That's exactly it.
It's very strange

that Swisher went from a pitcher’s park to a hitter’s park and saw all of his stats take such a plunge.

admin folks couldn’t just move the current game thread to the front page?

the interweb is complicated
Believe me, you did not want me doing that.

Last time, it went shooting off into space and I haven’t seen the comments yet.

heh

vladFAIL.gif

The utter stupidity of the Swisher talk in the other thread should have the entire thing blown up

I can’t believe how many people were just flat-out wrong about him in there.

I had no idea Cliff Floyd was on the Rays.
Longoria is awesome

I love that manboy.

haha i love that manboy. Niiiiice! I love him too :) Glad I wore my Longoria jersey today. The guy is a hell of a natural talent. He is so fun to watch play! Let’s go Rays :) Only AL team that I can even staaaand that is playing in this postseason!

Oh, and I think it's safe to say

This is the most exciting post-season game so far.

I LOVE IT!

And I have a CLEAR favorite…makes a difference.

Yep

It’s not as exciting as when the A’s were in the play-offs a few years back. But I am so glad to actually care about one of the teams and the outcome of the series.

Swisher's doodling on his bat?
Doesn't have anything better to do.
No joke...can can you blame them?

His replacement has a 3-run bomb.

His replacement also misplayed an easy popup
Sounds like something my mom would've hit me for doing, if she caught me in the act
Thats Gross
Yeah, AJ's hair is pretty bad.
Weird

I was just going to say that.

As bad as Uribe's goatee?
That's pretty bad too.

AJ’s is worse, though, just because it’s AJ.

exactly. Everything about him is worse..just because he is AJ

I want a Longoria shirt

I don’t want to feel like a bandwagon fan though :(

Man, Pierzynski was doing all kinds of weird things on that at-bat.
Ha! That was awesome.
What in the blue bleeding hell was AssJack doing trying to steal?
A better nickname

but sadly he failed, so AssJack it stays.

This thread is too quiet

Stop working and pay attention to the game. I’m bored.

every body clap your hands

clapclapclapclapclapclapclapclap

Barely have enough time to check Gameday every couple minutes.
I'm laying in bed

Watching the game in HD, Ray would be so proud.

Hey!

Why aren’t you at school young man?

I went to class already
Oh!

See, you didn’t miss anything!

I know!

I got out early, and practically ran from my class to my car to hear the start of the game.

Well no wonder you're bored.

Get a job!

Shananana-shanananana!
No Dibs?

FAIL, says Ray!

I should go get some

that sounds absolutely delicious.

From tampabay.com
Pena update

Rays first baseman Carlos Pena left the game with what the team called “slightly blurred vision in his left eye” after scratching it at his home last night. A team spokesman said the injury is not considered serious and he is expected to play in Game 2 tomorrow.

Memo to Carlos Pena: Don’t use that new woodchipper without goggles again until after season. (I’m kidding. I have no idea how he scratched his eye).
Once an A, always an A.
Dan Johnson was teaching him how to use sunscreen.
Did anyone read Buster Olney this morning?

"• If the money can be worked out, a reunion of Jason Giambi with the Oakland Athletics might well happen in 2009. "

Speculation

albe, one that AN has been making for quite some time.

Longo again!

What a day for him. 3/3 2 HRs 3 RBIs 2 Runs

Longo only pawn, in game of life
He's simply awesome!
We need a Nick Swisher update
Taking a nap in the clubhouse

currently dreaming about playing for the A’s again.

I want to see him tidying up the dugout, sweeping beneath players' feet.

Maybe knitting a sweater.

Wearing a French maid outfit

Would that make him cute enough?

I believe so, yes.
Bring Swish back!

He’s cute again.

In one of these, courtesy Ozzie

Move over, little dog, big dog is movin’ in

Lunch time!

Am I in the right place? I was seeing double-threads, and thought I was just seeing double. Especially after Longoria’s second at-bat.

Quick, everyone hide!
Am in the doghouse too?

You could have at least told me. A warning. Something.

Down boy

WAIT – I’ll get you a milkbone.

Scooby snack!
I wonder if he likes yogurt.

My dog loves yogurt, carrots, and bread. She won’t eat lettuce, though.

I thought I could just hump your leg.

But that would probably be weird.

(not that there's anything wrong with that)
I seriously cannot type anymore
Well, I can't read, either,

because I didn’t notice an error until I read it like five times.

Does that mean

“I” am not missed? Damn.

Freakin meetings

Just when the thread starting getting good, too.

No? Are you coming back? You'll be back right?
I hope David Price is their closer for this series
I hope David Price is their closer for the next 2 series.
This giant red umbrella commercial confuses me.

The commercial might be memorable, but I’ve already forgotten the company it’s for.

travellers insurance!

i love the big red umbrella and the dude in the bowler hat

it was so cute.

I was hoping it was a movie trailer somehow.

RyRy's surgery was a success.

I had a link, but it didn't work so here

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081001&content_id=3580249&vkey=news_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak

Success?

HAHAH

I love that show

imaaaa monnnnsterrrrrrr!!!

aaaaaaaaaaa!

Buster and a Rays thread...

I so love AN today.

hook slide:

Hmmmm, this is odd.

I just opened my Quill box and in the bottom of the box is half of a clothespin.

Wow, I hadn't seen clips of those fights before.

That’s intense.

This Gonzo guy confuses me

Why should I listen to him? What makes his blog have any sort of significance in MLB? Who is he?

He's an actor.

He’s on Reaper currently. Also played in Coach Carter.

Oh.

I still don’t like him.

He's better than Dame Cook.
And Frank Caliendo

stupid stupid Frank.

i miss swish

what the...

Is that real? Oh, Swish.

ok ok last one, but swish and dye? this is all kinds of awkward

didn't work for me

I’m interested in what it is though.

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_3CP-KUXinA4/SA5peu468kI/AAAAAAAABQc/xwfVj2PluRw/Swisher,+Nick,+Dye,+Jermaine.jpg
Hahah

wow, can’t even begin to figure out what is going on here.

i just highly appreciate swishes face...its priceless
Back to work, gANg

Shit.

Dang

I was going to bring you a doggie bag

CJ Howell?

I think he means JP..

I could see the confusion, though.
I agree with hitting him

but he should have hit him in the head.

C'MON BULLPEN RAYS!
juan uribe

jesus, must every member of the white sox have ridiculous facial hair?

I’m just stopping by to say that Evan is amazing and I <3 him.

Tense situation.

Need an Indian accent.

Oooh, fight! Fight!

Foul-mouthed kids.

what the hell is cabrera even angry about?

What's happening!

This is when Gameday is not so hot.

Balfour and Cabrera were yelling at each other

for some unknown reason. Cabrera struck out swinging… Balfour was pleased.

Don't know what was going on

but Balfour would have been better off quietly taking his win in that battle back to the dugout.

DAMN, what a performance!!!!!

You’ve got to me kidding me! Bases loaded, one out, and Balfour strikes out TWO PEOPLE to keep the lead. AWESOME!!!

And told Cabrera to go sit the f*** down.

THAT was awesome.

haha

sure was awesome! Sucks to be Cabrera…gonna pop off out the mouth and not even back it up with anything. Great job Balfour!!!

Did he really say that?

How awesome would it be if Evan hit another HR right now?

Evan betta', dum dum dum
too awesome

i love watching that man trot around the bases lol

they smarted up, and are going to walk him

eh i would have walked him too lol

I should have ordered myself a Longoria shirt/jersey when he was drafted. But I guess I couldn’t really since I didn’t know what number he’d be.

that's how I felt when...

Larish was drafted by the Tigers. but I’m glad I didn’t because he’s changed his number about a million times since he’s been up/down.

I like stolen bases. I can’t lie.

you're like the sir mix-a-lot of small ball.

I can deal with the A’s not stealing though, because I dislike getting caught stealing almost as much as I like when they’re successful lol

Lol i got mine as soon as he did get himself a number lol him and Ryan Sweeney. The moment i found out their numbers i had jerseys and shirts done

Nice. I should’ve done that lol

i wish we had longoria...i'd trade chavez and a lifetime supply of ice cream for him

lol it’s not too laaate! do it! Ok…wow I love Chavy..LOVE him..but I wish we had Longo too!

and a lifetime supply of ice cream..that’s the best deal i’ve ever heard

Let’s go Ray-ays, lets go! haha

Haha!

My Gameday pictures are stuck on Balfour and Cabrera.

Did everyone go back to work?

I went and took a shower

don’t know what happened to everyone else.

I thought my AN was broken :( It got very quiet.

I may have misprogrammed the meteor to hit NorCal.

Although I hope that’s not the case… if it is, this very well might be my last comment.

COME ON!

I thought we gave you the precise coordinates of Angel stadium.

i do not like you mr. konerko
How far has Swish fallen?

Dwayne Wise starting over him in the playoffs, not to mention Quentin is out, so he’s down on the depth chart…bring him back

seriously, how much could the sox actually want for him? if we could trade for him

for a decent package, i might be inclined to do it. he’s kinda like jack cust light.

LOL

countingto4FAIL.gif

Whoa.

I bet Wheeler wishes he would’ve given him the walk now.

ken griffey used to be the MAN too...how the mighty have fallen
He is about to turn 39.
ya but randy johnson is turning like 100 soon

and that didn’t slow him down any

swisher sighting!

on deck with 2 outs.

Yay Rays! WOOOO!

Game over!

Rays win! Rays win! Rays win!

So I have to say I am pretty happy with the results of each first game.

"How great is it to be so awesome, Evan?"
I just slept through half my evening class.
YES!!!!!!!

I am so excited at least one of my teams is in the playoffs. I love the Rays. great game :) I had to watch the first part at the gym and it was so hard not to throw my arms up and cheer on the elliptical. the person next to me was a little bit scared for my mental health. luckily I watched innings 4-9 at home where I could be as insane as I wanted to be without feeling judged ;) my boy Kazzy is pitching tomorrow. I can’t wait. years of rooting for these lovable losers and it’s finally paying off! but I’m torn between being excited by the new fans and being annoyed by the bandwagoners. ah well :\

Brewers with the bases loaded

in the first with only one out

FAIL, Brewers.
It's okay. CC's got grit.

He doesn’t need run support.

I'm craving hot dogs.
Maybe the Philly Phanatic will shoot one your way.
terrorist
Haha!

Fire that hot dog inventory manager now!

Holy hell.

Shane was at third before the ball even hit the ground.

they dont call him the flyin hawiian for nothing
I like these Phillies unis better than the ones they were wearing yesterday.
What is everyone watching the game, and I have to work? :-)
There is a person behind the screen...

second row, first seat on the left side… wearing a white hat…. It very well could be Cousin Itt.

The Addams family is into baseball?

I hope Uncle Fester is there too.

Go CC!
You spelled it right!

It’s no longer C.C.

I saw CC on a Vallejo car dealership commercial

Reppin his hometown.

I could honestly care less about who wins this series.

Either way I don’t think they’ll be able to compete with the winner of Dodgers/Cubs.

how much less could you care? could you care a lot less?
I could care more actually.

a lot more.

now i don’t know what to believe

I don't either, just believe I don't care about this series.

Although I will watch it.

I heart the DH.
Is Sabathia on 3 days rest again?

It’s going to bite him in the ass sooner than later.

Go Milwaukee anyway.

They just answered that

4 straight start on 3 days rest.

I guess it was necessary to get to playoffs but it will also cost them and him IMO

Phillies fans are dumb

Standing ovation for your shitty pitcher fouling off some pitches. congrats philadelphia, you’re dumb as hell.

I think they promted the crowd to "make noise"
That made me feel nothing

How can a series bring me no emotions!

That was a grand slam home run, in case you were wondering.
good, in case i were to take it out of context.

lol I had to come back to AN for just such a comment.

[mute]
However,

I am now singing “You can ring my beeeeelllllll, eeeeeeellllll, eeeeellllllllllllll…. ring my bell” after bell shot.

from now on i'm going to call any bases-clearing hit a grand slam

“and it’s a grand slam double!”

Flyin Hawaiian!
Should fly back to Hawaii

and leave CC alone.

Looked like Howard was eating Myers' ear.

nom nom nom

I hope this game is full of offense and goes back and forth and has a dramatic finish! That would be fun.

Did Howard just nuzzle Myers' neck?
What the hell is going on here?

Is there a Howard and Myers love affair going on?

I used to call him Werthless when he “played” for the Dodgers.

geeze, i step way for a few minutes, and the Phillies get score happy
C'mon Princess.
Our post-season picks have all been perfect...

EXCEPT for the Brew Crew…FAIL

Complete FAIL so far.

At least it’s only half over. They could potentially turn it around. Though maybe the three days rest is finally catching up to CC.

Also – did Longoria have 3 HR? I thought 2 HR and 3 RBI…?

Longoria had 2 HRs
FAIL baseballgirl

That was actually a spelling error, since I know how many HR’s he hit:

I spelled “two” T-H-R-E-E.

Whatevs. :-)

Nice catch in the hat by the fan!

I love bad batting stances


Counsell


me

Counsell’s batting stance bugs me so much and I’m not really sure why other than that it looks funny. I don’t understand how people develop really unique stances. Like, when in their lives do they think “I’m going to try this way, it’s more comfortable” and then they end up hitting better? Seems so strange to me haha

i think brad ziegler would like to argue

Unique pitching deliveries don’t bug me lol just batting stances.

In my case, it is simply because I'm not very good

(putting it mildly)

Counsell looks like he's going to whack the plate with his bat.

Funny that Kendall’s catching in that pic.

Yayyy!

Baseball I can actually see!

Well, that certainly wasn't the CC we saw on Sunday.

Brewers have a lot of work to do.

maybe he needed less rest
See: Red Sox circa 2003, 2004, 2007

It can be done.

Although I far from enjoyed 2003 and 2007 (and 2004, because it led to the development of Sawx Nation)

Oh, I know it can be done.

It just usually happens to be done by teams I dislike. Stupid Red Sox.

I will pretend to passionately dislike the Brewers

since I was rooting for(and picked, especially with pitching matchups concerned) the opposition all those years with the exception of 2004 (Yanks v. Sox- although I picked the Yanks to win that one).

Thread is dead.

Victorino is having an awesome game

I was just thinking that guy is smokin'!
I'm hungry.

Me too.

What should I make?

I think fake_AlaskaA is cooking
I just made pasta sauce,

now I’m hungry!

Holy cow, Gagne is hairy.
Good one Jason!
That was a lovely nap.

I’m ready for game 3 now!

I've also been waiting for Dodgers-Cubs

just checking in on Philadelphia occasionally. One thing about all those A’s Division Series appearances earlier in the decade, they were all outstanding series from the competitive standpoint and there was rarely even a dull game. This series seems like a real snoozer, kind of like the times the Rangers played the Yankees in the late ’90’s.

Sadly, they only got really exciting

after we took 2-0 leads. Granted, they were plenty exciting to us up to that point.

Hmmm, not sure I agree

In 2000 and 2002 the first two games were split.

2001, the first two games had the whole “postseason at Yankee Stadium after 9/11” atmosphere.

2003 included the bunt-off in the first game. That was about as good a game as any baseball fan could ask for.

That's what I get for writing before thinking

I was at Games 1 and 2 of the 2000 ALDS and I don’t recall anything terribly exciting about them (speaking only about the games, and from an objective point of view)
 
By contrast, the first two games of 2001 were pretty exciting, and not just for the 9/11 effect (though it helped).

Game 1 of the 2002 ALDS was a sloppy mess (and so I was I – drunk with too much sun), and Game 2 a 9-1 laugher.

Yes, the walk-off bunt was a beauty, but Game 2 was dominated by Zito (exciting for us).

Also being objective here

2000 had the story line of the who-the-hell-are-the-Green-and-Gold guys competing with the two-time defending World Champions from the Evil Empire. For non-A’s fans, the 2000 A’s had a little bit of 2008 Rays in them.

Yes, the 2002 ALDS was ugly, but you sensed that the teams were evenly matched, and it did come down to the last pitch.

I think the only real ALDS stinker for the impartial fan was the 2006 series vs. the Twins. Once the A’s beat Santana, it seemed like all the air came out of the Twins.

I can agree with you on that

On all accounts.

We cared the shit out of the Yankees two years in a row. Damn shame we couldn’t close one of them (or both). A part of me feels like that impacted the 2002 and 03 series more than we care to admit.

We scared, not cared.

I need to go home.

yes, i thought so too on my "good days" when I

was recovering after those two series over the years…..with the Byrnes – Tejada fiasco sending me over the edge.

Game 1 of the '03 ALDS

was the first (and only) playoff game I saw in person. It was absolutely amazing.

I set a record by seeing the A's lose playoff games

in Game 1 (‘02), Game 2 (’00), Game 3 (‘01), Game 4 (’00), and Game 5 (’03).

I was at wins in Game 1 (‘00 and ’03), so I’m not a total jinx. Just partial.

BTW, not disagreeing with you

Just seeing how good my memory was.

It's a shame

Milwaukee is about to see it’s season go bye-bye. I kind of wanted to see what Prince would do for an encore.

Please stop posting that photo.

It is deeply disturbing.

I'm sorry

I think that’s why I keep posting it though.

And I thought you’d be the one to agree with that logic, for some reason.

Not sure if I should feel ashamed or disappointed.

You talkin' to me?
A champagne facial,

enjoy it Prince!

Has C.C.'s arm officially fallen off yet?
LET'S GO DOD-GERS

We need a new game thread, btw.

okay, baseball. i have my ex governor on in the background.
Game #3: Biden v. Palin.

Er, wait…

[grabs popcorn]
[grabs leftover cake]
[looks longingly at cake]
[loves the cake, but looks away}
[mails piece of cake to Jennifer]
I just had a tuna salad sandwich.

That’ll hold me until it gets here.

I've never been held by a tuna sandwich

How’s it feel?

It might be kind of squished.

Just so you know.

I just want the icing.
You got fishy, now comes squishy.

I’m not a very good rapper.

It is ok to post pics of cake, yes? ;)
that yahoo sports headline today "angels loose...

had me both delighted and baffled at same time….they lost again? but, but was there another game already?

Time for the Cubs to lose.
Come on. Poor Cubbies.
Red Sawx Nation Redux?

No thanks.

It can't be that bad.

Unless you live in or near Chicago. Which you might.

I live far from it.
What a great game thread so far

Lemurconkers and facials! Now Go Cubs Go! Don’t make poor Rich do all the work!

See, someone agrees with me!

On the Cubs…and facials!

I agree with you too!

On the Cubbies, and the champagne.

The night is getting better.

Now I just need to leave work.

I need to do physics homework.

It just doesn’t get done.

The playoffs run my life sometimes.

And what is your position on conkers?

Stop trying to evade the question!

Conkers are awesome!

Sauteed in butter, garlic, and wine. Yum!

In fact

it is almost chestnut season!

Slamming into us fast!
Haha!

Good try Manny!

Eff you Alfonzo Soriano.

Leadoff single. Now its DP Time.

Come on Bills.

i turned off the debate. sick of em. scully instead.
I'm so confused.

TBS had 2 outs before Lee Kd.

There was only 1.

Theriot was Out #1
Lee was Out #2.

Yeah, that's why I was confused.
That movie makes me want to watch

Lonesome Dove for the millionth time.

Wow

While TBS runs Frank TV and Captain Morgan commercials, KNBR 1050 carries a between-innings ad for something called “AdamAndEve.com”, which sounds more than a little NSFW. They have some specials on toys this week.

LOL

Did anyone visit the site?

“Erection Day 2008”

Um . . .

Way to tie into an election year, lol!

LOL @ "tie"

Did you see the photo?

It wouldn't be my first time at the rodeo,

is bondage involved?

No.

They had neck ties and collars on female toys.

Okay, NOW I have to look.

God help me.

Eh. It's an adult store.

Nothing too crazy.

I am not kidding.

They have LIFE-SIZE paper dolls of the “candidates”

Too many categories!

where did you click?

On the front page, click on the election day photo in the upper right...

then it will take you to an information page with the link underlined.

Hahaha!

The road to the oral orifice! Lol!

Why is it that the the thing the comes to ming here is

Long Duck Dong?

Yeah, holy crap

There are some 12-year-old kids listening to this game who are really getting an eyeful right now. You don’t want to go anywhere near there on your work computer. It must have been a mistake to run that ad when they did.

And my picture of Prince was disturbing to you.
Prince pictures often are

What happened to Andre?
It's going to hell in a handbasket.
WTF?

Theriot, DeRosa, Lee… another chicago team throwing a series?

wow
You simply cannot makes those kinds of mistakes in the post season.
sure you can

didn’t you watch the a’s from 2001-2004?

Yes, I did. Okay, you CAN,

but don’t expect to advance.

and it's a grand slam double!!
with the bases loaded!!!!111
The A's really need to sign Furcal.
it certainly was a pretty bunt
I wasn't watching.

Anyone care to summarize that half-inning?

Sloppy ball.
You win for brevity.
See Jennifer "hell in a handbasket", op. cit.
Did that fan have half of a watermelon on his head?

sean gallagher fan

I'm home.

Did I miss anything?

The only good thing about this game

is that Gnats fans are very unhappy when the Dodgers win.

As a Cal alum

I like seeing any streak longer than Cal’s “no Rose Bowl appearances since 1959” extended, so you can see where my rooting interest here lies.

I love Carlos Zambrano and Russell Martin
I am the only person

that can burn a quesadilla.

Does microwave popcorn count as dinner? I put Tapatio on it.

I can burn a quesadilla.
I feel better.

Thanks!

So, um, how about them Cubs?

Tomorrow will be a pitcher's duel.

Owns Cubs vs. Owns Everybody

Who's starting for the Dodgers in Game 3?
Hiroki Kuroda

Two career starts against the Cubbies

1-1 with 15.1 IP and a 0.59 ERA, 14:3 K/BB ratio

Wow.

Yeah, it should be a good matchup.

I did that just the other night.
(comes in from porch, opens fridge)

i just burned one too. now, back to the game.

My son won't sell to me anymore.
That game that just ended on those other channels

was a staggering blowout.

Is anybody looking forward to seeing Rich Harden pitch?
Absolutely.

I’ll be crying the whole time, but still.

I wouldn't miss it!
Yes. I'm just a bit torn

I want Cubbies swept first round.

Obviously, Rich will do well. Either the offense proves inept or the pen blows it.

Although I hate seeing that happen to pitchers I like. It’s hard.

I hate LA and love Chicago,

torn no longer. Sorry, Patti.

Patti?
My BFF LA Dodgers fan.

I feel guilty.

Don't.
Its hard to,

when I think of all the great times I’ve had in Chi.

Random:

On a stop sign near my house, someone edited the sign to read: “don’t STOP that’s what she said”. Those high schoolers are hilarious.

Oops. Another error.
What a swirling vortex of FAIL this is becoming
I wonder how many kinds of small animals have formed colonies in Manny's hair.
I wonder how you can wonder such wonderful things.
It is because I am, in fact, a very wonderful person.
Have you ever heard Stevie Wonder sing Winter Wonderland?

It’s, well, you know.

Me too.

Its why I want to shave his head.

What the hell is under that matted mess?
Mohawk FTW.
Haha!
Another way to stick it to Boston

especially if Slegna get eliminated 1st round.

That WOULD be a plus.
If Fukudome is not benched tomorrow

the Cubs REALLY deserve to get swept first round.

Whoooo!

Perhaps a little too much red pepper flakes, but I like it!

Butch, whose motorcycle is this?

It’s a chopper.
Whose chopper is this?
Thread’s.
Who’s Thread?
Thread’s dead, baby…Thread’s dead.

What?

You were in bed and you wished you had some pot?

The other way around.
Its the NL.

 what do you want?

The Rays game was too early IMO.

Even though I live on the East Coast.

Best game of the day, fer sure.
Both of these NL series are dreadful

The only amusing thing is that the Cubs are losing at home and the fans are getting more and more P.O.’d every inning.

I know the feeling though

Being at the first two games of the ALCS when the Tigers jumped on us and never let us feel like we had a chance. It’s a terrible feeling.

Damn, I am a jinx.

That was awful.

I took that to NY with me.

This is terrible

I was stuck working all day, taking care of the kids until right now. I f9inally get a second to turn on the game and it looks like this? Thank god tomorrow is Friday.

Reminds me of a joke.

Kind of long.

If its not more boring than this game.

spill it!

what? you have something better to do?
Shut up!
no!

You shut up!

Haha!

I’m here, what does that tell you?

OK...here goes

Cowboy walks into a bar and asks for a shot of whiskey.
He spots a Mexican at the end of the bar. Lifts his glass towards him and says, “TGIF.”
Mexican orders a shot of tequila, lifts his glass, and says, “SPIT.”
Cowboy is puzzled. Orders another shot of whiskey, and says, louder, “T-G-I-F, compadre!”
Mexican orders another shot of tequila: “S-P-I-T!”
Cowboy, with yet another shot of whiskey: “T-G-I-F. That’s Thank God it’s Friday, friend!”
Mexican gets another shot of tequila, wolfs it down and says, “S-P-I-T. Stupid pendejo, it’s Thursday!”

This game sucks.

I want the fans to riot.

Yeah.

They should throw rotten tomatoes. At everyone. Maybe grapefruit too.

Hammers.
Wrenches.
Dodgers fans.
Bottles of Tapatio

No, wait. What will I eat?

whiteshoes40 says "Let them eat week-old cake!"
Wretches.
Wenches
Winchell's
mmm... donuts...
now that brings back memories

I loved me some Winchell’s at like 3 in the morning after a long night out.

You know

why is it that no one ever tries to plug the curse of Johnny Evers?

We get to hear years about a stupid goat not getting allowed into a stadium, and even more about Babe Ruth being pissed for getting sold to where he could win a bunch of World Series, but here is a case where I guy must have either sold his soul to the devil or angered the baseball gods by making an ump make a techincally correct call (Merkle’s boner), the Cubs then go on a 100 year drought, but no one mentions it???

JFE, man

Johnny Fucking Evers

Seriously though. That doesn’t get enough action. Or any action. Huh, like me.

And you would think

boners would get all the action they need…

I think it was his name.

Girls could not fathom saying, “Oh yes, Merkle!”

Can you blame them?

Dude couldnt even get to second base!

Viva Viagra!
I am so. sick. of those commercials.
Yeah,

but its funny how they crop up at the most opportune times.

Not in 1908

Viagra was as dead as Merkle’s “boner”.

I hate how this announcer says "error."

It’s like “errah.” And he’s had to say it a lot tonight.

I thought I was hearing him wrong.
Hey, we got mentioned!

Of course, it made me want to throw a bottle into my TV, but we got mentioned…

What did they say?
If I heard them right

the last team to come back from a 2-0 hole in the division series was the Yankees in ’01.

But it was the Red Sox in 2003

Oh, still us.

They seem to keep forgetting about that series.

I’m okay with that.

I hate you.
Hey it was painful for me too.

I was at game 5 with my brother Ernie. We ended up doing shots of Jack Daniels at a bar called the Whiskey River Saloon afterward.

Last team to lose first two AT HOME

and win the series. maybe?

That makes sense.
I missed it

Was it anything to do with Gibson?

If they had mentioned Gibson, I would have just shut off the TV and wept.
If the Dodgers make the Series

Get ready for a flood of Gibson highlights. Or the same one. Over and over and over.

2 good friends at work are Dodger fans

I will get to hear it non-stop.

Phils/Crew in Series PLEASE
Man. If/when the Cubs go down 2-0

we’ll be hearing all about the teams that have come back from 2-0 deficits. Not happy memories.

...on cue, there's the graphic.

We’re infamous.

I have something graphic for them.
It's not a shot of Prince Fielder, is it?
Yes,

they’re number one!

Pour it on, LA.
Only 2 games tomorrow.

At least they should be more exciting.

Rich!
is awesome
The rest of my comment said "sigh"

but it disappeared. I keep forgetting New AN doesn’t like one-word comments.

Really?
Er, I should have said one-word "messages"

or whatever you call the non-bolded part that I’m typing right now.

Oh.

Fine!

What it really hates is when you write something as the subject and then only have one word in the message section. I’m telling the truth, I promise.

Do you type the subject

hit preview, then type the comment?

Trying it

now

Awesome

job!

Don't patronize

me.

I still think you're

wonderful.

That's because I

am.

You

tell ’em!

Ohhh.

So there is a loophole. Can’t believe I didn’t think of that one.

Mine DOESN'T work when I type the subject

preview, then add a comment. I thought that was what you were doing.

What I'm doing now

is typing the subject, hitting preview, typing the comment (not previewing) and hitting post.

What I was doing before—typing the subject and comment, and the comment part didn’t post with or without previewing first.

I have no idea what’s going on.

Wealthy?

Oh, I hought we were playing Password

(reveals age)

This is a pretty good reproduction

of what the picture looked like on our 19" B&W Zenith.

Fricking awesome
Its depressing for me that I recognize that picture.
will walk off the mound in the 3rd inning accompanied by the Cubs' trainer

(I don’t wish ill on him or anything, just seems like the way the Cubs are going, that’s the likely outcome.)

Similar to Huddy in Game 4 of the 2003 ALDS?

It will be sad.

Do we have any good playoff memories?

This is depressing.

Owning the Twins in 2006.
Thats a good memory, yes?
'72, '73, '74, '88, '89, '90
Good doctor saves the day.
Can we have a moratorium on references to the 2003 ALDS?

It would be much appreciated.

I swear to God,

if anyone else brings up 2003, I will hunt every last one of you bitches down and make you eat dog crap.

I will happily supply the crap

We’ve got plenty

*I* asked politely.

You’re just violent.

Not sure which I prefer

Depends on my mood, I suppose.

Can one be violently polite?

Cubs trying to act like they still care
Someone tell TBS that being good at impressions and being funny are two different things.
Frank? Good at impressions?

No.

I dunno,

his Bush impression is pretty dead on.

Please don't make me defend Frank Caliendo.
Lou Piniella WTF

Howry shouldn’t be on the playoff roster over Gaudin, and it really isn’t a good idea to use your best set up man with a 6 run deficit.

Why isn’t Howry pitching today?

Lord Almighty, I had forgotten how bad Dick Stockton is
I need a new thread
One that won't make me sick!
Winner!
Think not. We'll have to wait until tomorrow.
I hope tomorrow comes.

I lay in bed at night thinking “what if tomrrow never gets here”?

I lay in bed at night thinking

“what if I don’t even exist?”

I lay in bed at night thinking

What if all this shite is for real?

I lie in bed at night

wondering how many people know the difference between “lay” and “lie.”

[/grammar snob]

I always hated that one.

My ex used to lie in bed at night, too.

“Did you?”
“Yes, babe. G’ night.”

You ever feel like

We’re just part of one giant video game?

And Jesus and his buddies get stoned and play us?

Shades of Truman.
Wow.

The guy sitting next to Melonhead is suicidal.

It ate the rest of my comment!

“The guy sitting next to Melonhead is suicidal.”

I saw it the first time.

And now I just saw Melonhead and friend. Yes, suicidal is a good description.

And yet, it is there.

I find AN eats my comments and puts them in places I don’t want them to go.

AN must be hungry.
You should have seen me

trying to use the FanPost editor to put together a DLD at 4 a.m.

I re-typed it there.
Edmonds would've caught that - about 5 years ago

Now – FAIL

Edmonds got lucky there.
Which is more than I can say.
What happened to Andre?
???? What are you talking about?
Only Santino knows.
ooooo.....k.....
It's a quote from Project Runway.
Never seen that show.
That particular season of PR was worth seeing.
I liked the one before that too.

The one with Austin and the big, crazy guy that won.

Jay?
Jay's collection was unbelievable!
Last season was pretty good. Who were your favorite designers?
I didn't watch last season. :(
I thought Jillian's work was impeccable.
Can't wait to see ESPN tomorrow morning

CC Sabathia sucked today
ESPN morons will talk about the 2007 ALCS and how CC was a major part of the Tribe’s “choke job”.

I bet it's going to be impossible to book a shrink in Chicago tomorrow
Bwahahahahahaha.

If the White Sox lose tomorrow….

THAT is a scary thought!
"Nancy, you've been coming to me, what, the last 100 years?"

“Just move on already.”

Juan Pierre to pinch hit

Game is officially over

Did the Cubs just get a cycle in errors?
Oof

The Cubs are really quite awful on defense tonight.

Theriot was feeling left out.

He wanted an errah too!

"grand slam homer"

[smashes head on table]

The ESPN experts predictions are hilarious

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2008/news/story?id=3619261

Can’t wait for Angels and Cubs to be canned first round.

Good God!

Its a mash!

This is a joke.

An unfunny one.

What's the post season record for the most runs?
Don't do that to me.
23 -- Boston, Oct. 10, 1999, vs. Cleveland
See?

That wasn"t so bad.

I actually impressed myself.

Hard to do.

Self confidence exercises now!
Also the ATHLETICS scored 10 runs in an inning

I think that’s the record, not sure

10-12-1929 vs. the CUBS

Almost positive it is

And they were down 8-0 when it happened!

Isn't that an unplayable lie

Batter should be penalized two strokes

TWD/RS?
What?
A little help, ladies?
Two strokes?

A little Lackey.

Instead of "that's what she said,"

AN has substituted “that’s what Ryan said” or “that’s what Dale said,” referring to Ryan Sweeney and Daric Barton, and their BFF-ness. Hence: TWDS and TWRS.

Oh, okay. Thanks. I'm king of dingy
Aren't we all?

Ok, maybe just me and you, but it’s a start.

Just do a little diligent lurking here

You’ll get up to speed in no time.

I was about to write "it's a real long story."

And then you saved me. Bless you.

It's because I'm
wonderful.

(and I failed)

Worked better this

way.

Ooh, that hit the chalk.

Not like it really matters.

It stopped mattering

in the second inning.

No, because unlike in football . . .

which is fine with me.

Cubs can win this.
Too much, too little, too late
I don't get it
We say fail alot, too.

I mean FAIL.

I'm rooting for the Angels to FAIL tomorrow. How's that?
Pretty damn perfect, I must say.
TWRS=Thats What Ryan Said,

TWDS=Thats What Dale (Darin) Said.

Oh so that's what that means.
Darin? Is that what we're calling Daric these days? ;)
Haha!

My turn to FAIL!

Add Darin to the list of how not to say Barton's first name
[wiggles nose]
Aw, that kid has hope.

How naive.

Fukudome needs to be benched.
Almost time, gANg
I like that!
You may borrow it.
And the plate ump says, "OK, that's enough of this crap"
Wow, I'd hate to be in Chicago right now
Well that was ugly

Yes, I specialize in understatements.

ESPN just shit itself.
Cubs loooose.

No pressure, Rich!

Thank goodness my BFF is a Dodgers fan,

I’ll get to see the game.

The most boring post season games so far

were played today. Geez guys! Step it up!

8 straight playoff losses

Nice, Cubbies.

Well, this was kind of fun. I'll talk to you guys tomorrow. See ya!
Two of the most incindiery coaches in baseball

Pinella and Guillen. Awesome stuff!

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