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Open Playoff Thread: Day 1

If you didn't make it into the super-secret game thread last night and/or missed game 163, you missed a doozy. Last night's game had everything you want in a winner-take-all type of situation. Not only was the venue rocking with a full house of fans who love their baseball team, but the game itself was remarkably exciting; incorporating defensive plays, plays at the plate, timely hitting, clutch pitching, and more. Because all of that goodness couldn't be contained in nine innings, the game even went extras.
 
Up first today will be the NL playoffs, followed by the first AL game, then the other NL game as the nightcap. 

Colorado Rockies vs. Philadelphia Phillies - 2:37 PM ET - 11:37 AM PT

The starting pitching matchup will be Ubaldo Jimenez against Cliff Lee for Game 1. It will be the first postseason start for Lee, but Jimenez was a key part of Colorado's 2007 run.

 




Update: Cliff Lee helped get the playoffs off to a boring start (unless you like one-sided pitching gems for the favorites), as he tossed a complete game six-hitter, allowing just one run in the ninth. He also singled and stole a base. No, I'm not kidding. Jimenez had a rocky fifth and sixth (get it? get it?) and was charged with all five runs. The Rockies never had a chance in this one, and they need to pick up the bats against Hamels tomorrow (they will start Cook). Yeah, they're kind of in trouble.

Game 2 tomorrow, same 11:37AM start time

Minnesota Twins vs. New York Yankees - 6:07 PM ET - 3:07 PM PT

Minnesota will have less than a 24 hour turnaround between their amazing win last night and their game against the Yankees tonight. The Twins have not fared well against the Yankees this season, but they are hoping to ride some of their recent momentum into the playoffs. They will be as tired, with no real chance to rest, so they are looking for some breaks. C.C. Sabathia will be starting for the Yankees against likely Brian Duensing.




 

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Los Angeles Dodgers - 9:37 PM ET - 6:37 PM PT

Cy Young candidate Chris Carpenter will be pitching against newcomer-to-the-playoffs Randy Wolf, who had a solid season for the Dodgers with very little run support. The Dodgers faltered down the stretch, but because of their hot start, they still managed to hang onto the top spot in the National League.

Boston/LAA will play tomorrow.

So, who are YOU rooting for?

New threads and lineups will be added as necessary throughout the day; enjoy!

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Go Senators! oops I mean Twins

It’s a long shot, but I am pulling for a former divisional rival.

the unfortunate part about rooting for the Tigers last night

Is that I have to switch allegiances if I want the evil empire to lose tonight. Go Twinkies as well.

It is the time of year when BB fans - whose teams didn't win their division - are fickle as heck
another version of the Senators became the Texas Rangers
Twins in AL, Rockies in NL

Although I will probably be in the minority here in rooting for the Angels (I can barely bring myself to say it) over the Sux in the ALDS. Just need to avoid any Boston success in the postseason to keep their “fans” and the media from ruining my October (one guy I talked to yesterday thought Erstad was on 1st for the Halos—ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS!?!?!—granted SSS, but AL West baseball deserves more credit than the Angels have given to it the last few times they’ve been in the postseason, so getting swept in the ALCS seems about right.

I vomited a little reading that

But if you’re actually in ME and have to listen to Sux drivel constantly, I can see your pain. Personally, I hope they smoke the slegnA then get smoked by the Twinkies.

Phillies and...no one

My 4 least-favorite AL teams are in the playoffs. Rather, my 3 least favorite teams and my least favorite “stadium”. I will rejoice when the Metrodome has hosted its last baseball game, even if it’s the Yankees who do the honors.

I live near Philadelphia, and have no problem with the Phillies as individuals or as a team. After them, maybe the Cards (despite Holliday, but I really don’t harbor any resentment against him so it’s not a big deal). Colorado and LA are no-go with me.

So I guess I’ll be focusing on the schadenfreude for the next few weeks.

Quick note

I do have a problem with Brett Myers as an individual. He’s an asshole.

aside from being inconsistent

what else bad has he done?

This.

I agree with this assessment

In public, no less. Makes you wonder what he does when they’re alone…

Although you may be in the minority

I appreciate you holding him responsible for his personal actions. I also was quite upset by the lack of response to that incident, and the questions being more about how long he would be unavailable to pitch. Thanks for making sure the memory doesn’t die.

I am not sure the majority of people think domestic violence is OK
I like the Phillies in general, so am rooting for them

and I’m also rooting for the Twins to triumph over my three least favorite MLB teams, despite the fact that they are still playing in my least favorite ballpark.

Most of the Twins players and fans agree about the Dome, of course
I like the Phillies as well

J-Roll, Utley, Howard, Stairs.

Well...

Redbirds over Dodgers, Phils over Rockies, and Twinkies over the Yankers.

Then, of course...

Anaheim over the bastards.

don't care much, but Twins

all the way would be ideal. I like the team and the city.

if not them, the Rockies b/c of Giambi

that said, like others here, I’d prefer the Slegna over the Red Sox in the ALDS b/c Red Sox fans are awful – whereas, Angels fans are usually ok in my expeience

I cannot deny the allure of Yankees v. Dodgers in the WS though I might vomit if it happens. If it does, I’m rooting Manny all the way despite the uniform. Could do the same for Swisher but….no. Can’t.

that would be hot

if giambi got a ring the year after he left the yankees

dangit! i thought i was settled on torre beating the yankees as my favorite evil emp-irony. must rethink. torre’s still got years to do this. giambi only a few weeks.

I've got two meetings to prepare for this morning

why would you do this to me!!!

Anyway, hopefully I can dip in now and then.

I’m going to be rooting for St Louis, but I have to say, and yes, this turns my stomach;

I won’t be sorry if Nick Swisher gets a WS win, Yankees or no Yankees

Just hoping for some exciting games.

The playoffs have more or less been a bore the last few years (with more sweeps than series’ going the distance).

I am ok with anyone from the NL (even LA, I guess) over the AL teams. Though it would not break my heart if the Twins win.

That said, I love this time of year. Where the crowds go crazy on every strike two, regardless of inning. And while we talk about it being 20 years since the A’s last won the whole thing (ok, I talk about it), it’s been three long seasons since we’ve made the playoffs.

And it feels like longer.

That Dodgers v. Phillies game last that Stairs hit the HR in was exciting
Twins.

My buddy’s brother in law is on the team

OK, I'll bite

drop a name.

RP Jesse Crain.

I’ve never met him or anything, but it’s basically the only connection I have with anything involving the playoffs.

Hey, you got a rooting interest...

I’ll be supporting the Twinkies, as well, if only because they are the least qualified AL team for me to hate, and I usually like to root for the AL in the postseason. Although the Rockies would be sweet, too.

is anyone else having problems with comments remaining unread?

it’s not such a problem, but yes, they stay unread. shift-A still works though.

I just noticed that too
Yes.
not fixed for me
tried 2 computers

even the unreads i had unmarked an hour ago came back marked as unread…

I kinda like it.

But then, I’m weird.

Don't really like any of the teams.

Special hatred reserved for two of the AL teams.

My preferences are:

Twins>Sox>slegnA>Yankees (the choice between those last two was very difficult….with any luck neither will make it out of the first round)

Phillies>Cards>Rockies>Dodgers

(Note on the Red Sox: As longtime ANers will know, I have a history with the Red Sox. My grandpa, who grew up in Salem, Mass., was a huge Red Sox fan. And way back in ‘75 I found myself rooting for them in the World Series—and I was surprised at the time that I did, as they had just beaten my beloved A’s. Anyhow, for decades I felt about the Sox the way I do now about the Mariners: I didn’t root for them, but once the A’s were out of the picture, I liked to see them win. But I have discovered that I am a foul-weather Sox fan! I was thrilled by their success in 2004 (especially at the expense of the Yankees), but since then I’ve found them and their fans—always obnoxious, if lovably so during the decades of not winning it all—harder and harder to stomach. Still, they’re nowhere near the Yanks or the slegnA for me.)

My own preferences?

So hard on three of the AL teams, and I really would like the Dodgers/Yankees matchup (don’t kill me), but I would like the Twins to win (don’t think have a chance in hell though), and Boston to best the Angels just for fun again. Then I want Boston to lose, the remaining team to the WS. (I know you have Boston history…and I totally agree…SO obnoxious now that they have won!)

Don’t really care about the NL…except I’m rooting against Matt Holliday. Irrational? You better believe it. Dodgers are my home town team, so probably root for them and the Rockies.

I go by people around me who care

I don’t really care who wins. Underdogs get priority for me. My family is all in SoCal and are big dodger supporters. So if the win I will say “hmm, interesting.” If the twins win (my bossand underdog) I say “neato.” Rockies, “ok, good for Janson.” PHilllies, “Huh, 2 in a row joe.” Cardinals, “meh, didn’t you guys just win?” Yankees, “meh, but I bet Swisher will have a nice night.” Red Sox “bummer.” Angels “hot stove can start”

the slegnA winning the WS again is my personal nightmare

and a recipe for a sleepless offseason

I like underdogs as well.....

so in the AL I guess that’s the TWINS – not sure in the NL.

Lineups for the first game have been added!
Meaningful baseball does make work more fun though!
Anyone else pulling for the Rockies

just because of CarGon, Street, and Giambi? As A’s fans, we’ve got a lot invested in that team. Rockathleticstober baby!

against the Phillies, yes

but not in general

snubbed?

What about Embree and Greg Smith and Matt Murton?

Embree?

still playing?

Active roster, I guess.

Smith is injured, Murton in minors, and Embree?

nah

Im rooting for the Dodgers, just because they have more players who were around in the mid-90’s than any other team

Twins in AL; ? in NL

The other three teams in AL are 3 of my 4 least favorite teams (along with the Mets). In the NL there’s something I like about each team so I’m rooting more for competitive games/series. There hasn’t been a 5 game DS since 2005.

GO (insert national league team)!!!
Who are better announcers?

Rockies’ or Phillies’? So I can pick on GDA

I went with Rockies...

…but I purposely chose Tigers last night since I was rooting for Minnesota. Oh, that and the Minnesota announcers drove me crazy! They didn’t even raise their voices on a homerun!

I actually liked the Tigers' announcers a lot

they had a good rapport. Sounded a lot like Ken and Ray. With no dibs.

i have a friend who thinks ken and ray can’t stand each other. i don’t hear it, but he’s convinced. on the other hand, i’m think vince and ken get testy with each other but he doesn’t hear that.

minnesota nice

don’t want to offend

Let's go Rockies!!!!
i support this
hey suzie
steve what did i tell you about that?
oops

sorry. will you forgive me?

I dpo't know jerry
What do you think, Bob?
Glad you asked Barbara
Haha....lol.

You’re a funny man, Garth.

I hate the expression "Quiet confidence"
I dislike teams who "learn how to win".

At this level, should not every player know that?

I dislike uniform vests
I think that's what guys who have played on losing teams say

Guys like Lee

I also hate "grit"

and “scrappy”…and “is a leader”

how about "gamer"?
I think I'm pulling for the Phillies in this series.

Nothing against the former A’s, but it would be kind of cool to see the Phillies repeat (last NL team: Big Red Machine 1975-76).

And then there’s Michelle.

I think Yorvit Torrealba is the best name in baseball right now
Right up there with Asdrubal Cabrera for me
Jarrod Saltalamacchia

has to be up there too, IMHO.

best name and best something else
Heh?

Do I even want to know?

Its quiet

I must go downstairs to see what’s happening on the teevee

It's 0-0

despite the best efforts to give runs to the other team

just checking in quickly, hi everybody

I have the Phillies-Rockies game on the radio at work, but will need to go to a meeting at 2 pm — long one, will miss the rest of the game, and part of Game 2 today.

i was just going to ask… what radio station are these games on?

in the Bay Area it's on KNBR 1050 AM
That's quite unacceptable

and hi!

what's unacceptable, my job?

I agree — rather rude of my job to interfere with my baseball addiction!

I agree completely!
I must say, if I pay 20 bones a month for premium MLB TV, I should be able to watch every playoff game.

Get with the friggin’ times…

aren't they charging $10 bucks extra? or is that only for people who didn't have mlb.tv in 2009?
If they are, I didn't get the memo.
You can't wait the games?

Oh, that stupid blackout rule. Isn’t there a TV station on the internet that gets TBS?

that's obviously "watched"
do you have a slingplayer rebus?
No, and my roommates would be occupying the dish feed while I'm at work anyway.
Nevermind... I'm an idiot. It's just one feed that's blacked out.
Back now from downstairs

My observations:
-ITs windy in at the park today
-The guy at third was safe
-That was a nice double play
-DAy October baseball is great, just look at the shadows, they give the game a sense of urgency, like you have to finish before the streetlights come on
-I shouldv’e gotten the office with the TeeVee

Hahahaha...I love your last point

I wish mine had one. Although I never expected to leave the office at 5:30 yesterday and actually see a couple of innings at home!

that game was great

almost a perfect veiwing experience (And listening on my drive home)

It was an amazing game

I couldn’t have scripted a playoff game any better than that one

I turned on the TV *as soon as*

Raburn picked the ball up to throw.

I turned on the radio just before Cabrera hit the HR
just look at the shadows, they give the game a sense of urgency, like you have to finish before the streetlights come on

lovely

This is really weird

I can still post but some kind of technical glitch is making “new” comments stay “new” even when I click on a thread multiple times.

same here
I wrote tech support about it; they're looking into it
what happened to lunch?
going at 12:30pm instead, what's the score?
0-0

despite the team’s efforts

go rockies!
ubaldo jimenez and yorvit torrealba

have awesome names, therefore, i root for their team

it remained the mean between breakfast and dinner

i guess about to regress to the mean then…

Have you seen a doctor recently

maybe got knocked in the head? Maybe you are thinking you alread read something, but didn’t.

Haha -- they interrupted the audio for a sec and you heard

“Break Number 11”

Someone missed a cue

LOL

a pitcher SB?

tell me its not blanton.

lee, took second with the pitcher still in the stretch, nobody covering base either. made them look silly.

i would have pissed my pants laughing if it was him

but he was out on that second one.

it sounds like all but started walking back to the dugout
guess that's the kind of fun that can be found in the NL
OMGOSH!

how much does Cliff Lee want to win! He just stole second base!!!! A PITCHER!!!

He was out too...

…Rockies got screwed on that call. Probably the ump was so surprised, didn’t know what to do!

So

how many white collar workers in Philly called in sick to go to this game?

Remember when the A's playoff game was at 10:30 in the AM?

Good times.

Remember when the home opener was at 3 AM?
Remember when DIRECTV LOST THE FUCKING ESPN SIGNAL?!?!?!

Yes, that was fantastic. I loved waking up at 3am to stream the goddamn game on the internet

Shoulda come to the bar with the rest of us!
There's the West Coast jab...

…and WAY WAY LATE TONIGHT, after we’re IN BED…is the Dodgers/Cardinals game. Yeah, whatever. It’s not even noon here when your games start.

Bottom of 4th, no score yet
Must have been a missed sign there

Howard CS?

Yeah, I'm guessing that something else was behind that.
Sam Perlozzo

Didn’t he used to coach for the Orioles or something?

This crowd is no Minnesota
this stadium is no dome, either
I liked the guy who stood up after the close pitch to Feliz

as if to challenge Jimenez to a fight.

Crap... 1-0 Phils
jason Werth is faster than I expected
the fact that he had 20 SB escaped me

I guess it’s the lanky look… disguises his speed

hey Ed

still running downstairs and back up? check your email…

Ubaldo Jiminez' stuff isn't fair.

It’s just… ridiculous.

2-0 now
the Rockies announcers are total homers

hawpe dives and misses and their emotions barely move

I noticed that

if he got an error, it must have been bad…why didn’t the call reflect that?

maybe if ibanez got three bases out of it

but it was scored as an error

Hm, I still find myself not especially rooting for either of these teams.

I do like the name ‘Ubaldo’, mind

Who knew Cliff Lee was a hitting pitcher?

Did Cliff Lee know?

not like bret myers though
ouch!

TW his wife S

I was waiting for that

totally set it up

i was writing “ouch” and twssing myself, when there you were!

This game kind of makes me

crave some Hawaiian Punch.

as do 157 A's games every year
Got a meeting, can someone call the umpires to have them stop for a while?

thanks

Call god, ask for the Noah treatment

but 40 minutes, not days.

Oh Cargon...what a shame.
i actually root for that guy to fail

because i never want beane to lose a trade

cargon looking kinda bad there…

Haha...or "really" bad. :-)

not seriously hurt or nothing. he just got turned around and hit the wall, then spilled out while the ball rolled away. the ball might have been in his glove for a nano, and the wind might have been a factor.

Yeah, the wind is ridiculous out there!

did you see this last play?

the ball went out like a HR to left (you could see the fans stand up in the bleachers there) but made a turn and landed in center coming sideways.

yeah, it was like watching a pinball game!
the announcers said it was

“getting gritty” for awhile there

If this score holds up

the Rockies are pretty f’ed with Hamels going tomorrow, too.

They seem, over the last few years, to have been a very resiliant club

Two home games coming up… wouldn’t count them out!

Could be One

If Phillies win tomorrow too.

i dunno

Hamels hasnt been dominant this year and the Rox lit him up badly in the only game he pitched against them.

I remember watching these playoff games

in class with Slingbox. Good times.

I remember watching the Bucky Dent '78 playoff

in the school library during lunch.

By myself.

I would have sat with you...you know, if I was alive.
I appreciate that.

And I would have shared my bologna and cheese sandwich.

I'm impressed your library had a TV

all ours had was dust and an old lady wearing Birkenstocks.

The TV was only supposed to be for educational purposes.

But they knew me there.

big man on campus, eh?
I liked books.

Those and the SI mags.

speaking of sports mags, did you see the cover of ESPN

with the MMA chick

I did not.

Is it recent?

Gina or the Cyborg?
my sling

is collecting dust now. Can’t use it at work.

This game didn't live up to last night's

Hope Minn can give NYY a run for its money

Does anyone know if any of the games are on the radio in the Bay Area?

I have mlb.com audio but will be out of the office oainting for a while.

that should be painting not oainting.
Where are you painting?

What are you painting?

Intrigued, tell me more!

is that

sarcasm? : -)

I’m painting an apartment that was just vacated. They stained the carpet pretty badly also so I will need to replace it.

Where = In Novato
I pictured you by a mountain stream

with an easel.

and no, was serious!
that sounds nice :-) But alas, tis not so pretty

the apartment does have a nice landscaped courtyard view though.

Anyone else's tv feed go off?
Yes.

Apparently I’m supposed to feel sorry for the poor signal.

Likewise

looks like it’s back now.

Or their showing highlights of another Rockies – Phillies game. I wouldn’t know, tbh

Hey Rockies off the deck

Time for Lidge…LOL

Everybody Hits

Sometimes

...

“Everybody loves somebody hits the base-ball sometimes…”

Lineups up for the next game!
Go Swish!

but none of the other Yanks.

In fact, I’d like to see Nick on and pitching

TV announcers say the Twins are playing on emotion

And the Yankees on expectation. Fair enough, though I would have said “entitlement”.

That's remarkably pithy for TBS
I do like the Yankee bleacher fans' roll call
I LOVE it...

…have you heard it in person?

what do they do?

they call out each player by name

as a group repeatedly until the person acknowledges them.

It sounds annoying, but it's really fun

They just keep yelling “Der-ek Je-ter” over and over until Jeter turns and tips his hat. Repeat x7 (they don’t do pitcher or catcher). Awesome first inning fun.

yeah, that’s pretty cute. we should do it to them when they come here. right in the middle of a pop-up or something.

No, I haven't been to Yankee Stadium

One of these days….

Did you go to the old place?

Went once with a BIG group and all we could get together were those seats behind the Yankee bullpen. Those HAVE to be the worst seats on baseball.

The girls liked that they had a good view of Mariano though

I sat down the line...LOVED IT!

But they only sold beer. I wanted the fancy Angel Stadium drinks.

you mean the giant soda with those damn funky lids

That never stay on right??? Grrr

i sat in the third deck. that thing is nearly vertical. you get dizzy finding your seat. but once you’re there, it’s like watching a game from a helicopter.

I've never been to a worse case of this than old Riverfront.

I saw a Bengals game there and it literally felt like if you leaned forward, you’d fall about 500 feet.

i kinda liked it!

Yes

they also taunt the opposing outfielders by saying things like ONE GUYc"Hey Bradley hip hip!" CROWD “You’re GAY.”

Classy

Yeah, not so much.

can’t wait for the day when a player turns around and says, “why, yes. yes i am. thank you very much.”

let's go twins!!
We've converted you already!

Cute.

well actually i should've said: Let's Go Non-Yankees team!
I like it Suz

How was lunch?

pretty yummy, vietnamese food

let me know when someone scores

Well the Phillies made it look easy against the Rockies I guess

I really think the Phillies are the best team in the NL. I sure hope the Twins can make a go of it and at least take a game or two against the evil empire.

Just have A-rod keep hitting ;-)
The all A-Rod lineup

Must use before it expires in October.

Is this the continuing game thread - on to game 2??
And more importantly - should I watch the game or pay my bills!??!
Game

Duh :-)

Thanks for helping confirm my decision!!!
There's some quality to this game

That’s like watching paint dry or grass grow.

please tell me the yankees are messing up somehow
They're doing nothing

It’s kind of like the premise of Speed, why does the bus have to stay at 50 mph, that’s slow on the freeway, why not the exciting 60 or 65 that I know buses can reach?

Not yet....pretty slow so far
I was just wondering what it must be like for the Twins to play in a series instead of the high stakes drama of yesterday's game.

Like there was NO tomorrow!!

On probably four hours of sleep

i know what that part feels like, anyhow.

Yeah! A hit!
Let's go Twinkies!!!
Where did 2000-2003 go?
Maybe that's why you bunt
No kidding

And there’s the basehit

There went THAT rally.
Does anyone else feel like falling asleep right now?

Not because the game is boring, I just feel drained.

Long day?
mostly stayed up too late

but it is a busy day.

have you been making signs all day?
nope

have you? probably? is that physical act of making signs tiring or is just the stress of running a business?

bit of both.

prolly more the running a business part, staying on top of everything, which I regularly fail at…

my cousins work in construction

and they always make fun of me if i complain about work because it isn’t hard labor. Office work and light repairs might be boring but they still can make you tired.

You should just get TA's to do all the work like I do Bloom

I sleep through most of my classes.

I'd abuse some workers if I could.

maybe I should hire some Mexicans…

Yes.
maybe we should get some caffeine?

although I’m not a coffee fan. Mt Dew Code Red sounds good though.

I'm an extreme lightweight

Just drank a Coke Zero and thinking it’ll pick me up a bit..

good luck :-)
Thanks!

 I think something called “Code Red” might actually induce tachycardia.

you made me go m-w.com to look that up

tachycardia

you are correct, massive amounts of sugar and caffeine would do that. But it tastes so good.

code red?

But would it wake me up?

Actually it might. The Bill Hare/Deke Sharon production combo predisposes me to think that this album is pretty good, at a minimum.

you *know* the Deke Sharon/Bill Hare tandem?

I thought that I was the only a cappella nerd on AN.

And, well, it’s been described as one of the most revolutionary college a cappella albums ever made. Certainly the most influential over the last 10-15 years.

Where everyone else was pussyfooting around with protools and studio editing techniques, this album went in without any reservations. It was very controversial in its day.

Interesting!

I’ll have to get my hands on a copy. Funny that you linked me to that without being aware of my a cappella nerdiness!

I know Bill pretty well, and Deke not well at all. My group Hookslide has worked with Bill on our albums, our first being in 2002 so we had a great experience with his revolutionary setup (though our production didn’t call for much in the way of effects etc). And we opened for the Jacks a few times many years ago.

Also, two of our guys (and one of the wives) are heavily involved in CASA / RARB / ICCA / whatever else.

Are you or were you in a group?

You're in Hookslide? Nice!

I was a member of the Tufts Beelzebubs, ‘01-’05.

It was heady days.

I know Deke very well and Bill pretty well. I also got to sing with Ed Boyer for 3 years, and he’s starting to make his own waves in a cappella production now as well.

Seems like you each know one of the pair well!!

Small world dept, huh? but cool.

Very cool!

Sent you an email..

Yes -- partly because yesterday's game was intense

but it’s also my usual naptime.

naptime sounds awesome
Think any Detroit players are watching?

Man.

No. I think they hate baseball still.

I would!

They're buying Lions tickets
That's hilarious
Alright! Clutch Cuddyer!
Far out!

Fok the Yankees

4 hits in one inning should score more than 1

just sayin’

YEAH!! SAFE AT HOME!!!
Keep piling on...
did the twins score?
yes 2 runs
ha ha, eat me, Posada
Posada

The next Chuck Knoblauch?

whoa that’s low.

MVP Mauer
Cuddyer September/October (reg season) player of the month?
beating the yankees, whoever beats them, is so extremely satisfying
The evil empire must crumble
it must
Hallelujah and Amen

to root for the Yankees is to root for evil!

Finally when there's runs on the board

The game tends to pick up.

Ha Chip Caray

Almost assumed a base hit again.

Chip Caray

it’s great to see a self made man get so far in life isn’t it?

Are there any words to say how much I hate that guy.......

this game just got boring again.

If you like boring games

try Raiders football

Puke

Announcers are so in the Yank tank it’s ridiculous.

I hate Johnny Damon.
Wow, Jeter.

That’s fairly amazing

I hate Derek Jeter
I don't think you're alone on that one

although to be fair Jeter is the most perfect human being ever to grace the face of the earth or something like that.

perfectly good reason to hate somebody

yes/no?

I really can't stand the guy

and it’s mainly because of how some media types act like he’s the greatest thing since sliced bread.

that play versus Jeremy notwithstanding

(it was an amazing play).

The fact that he wouldn’t switch positions so the person whom many believe was/is the greatest SS ever pretty much makes me despise him. I hated him before that. But I have no respect for him now, either.

there you go. thanks summoning that replay.

He should have switched to second base

As I’ve said before A-Rod is better in every way

I hate Mark Teixeira.
Oh, and here comes the Jeter-as-postseason-savior talk.
maybe they'll do a highlight reel on television and show,

oh, I don’t know…him doing something that MAKES ME WANNA TAKE OUT MY EYES WITH A SERVING SPOON.

OMG they're STILL TALKING ABOUT IT!!!!!

SHUT UP!!!

slide fat-ass!! SLIDE!!!!!!!

…I can’t watch

Sliding would've been very painful

what with all the needle wounds on his ass.

Try a grapefruit spoon - it'll be infinitely more painful

so if that’s the goal – do it up right!

he IS god's puppy
if that's true I'm going to start to root for Satan
Satan's definitely a Jeter fan.
or is Jeter Satan?

I mean I’m pretty sure he’s John Elway but I could be wrong.

Derek Jeter ands John Elway are the same person?!
Hmm it would explain a few things

except that Elway lost a lot more in the playoffs in his prime then Jeter did.

I would think that all deities except for Vishnu root for Derek Jeter

Vishnu, being stubborn, is all about old videotapes of Dave Kingman.

You continue to do no wrong.
I hate to say this but

A-Rod is the anti Jeter in the playoffs. I still hate them both.

So what does this mean for the Dodger game?

You know this game will bleed into that one.

Are they on the same channel?
You know what I hated?

Until this season, the Angels were on ESPN radio, where the playoffs were being held. I’d be listening to an awesome playoff game, and it would CUT OUT in the eighth or ninth inning FOR THE PRE-GAME SHOW!

I like that they have their own channel now. I should have the choice to choose Angels baseball.

With the starting pitching the Twins have

how did they make the playoffs? Brian Duensing as the game 1 starter? Carl Pavano on the team? Amazing of course it helped that the Tigers choked it away

It's a very good question

HUGE underdogs

The Twins are all about intangibles, uncountables, voodoo economics,

and puppies.

Actually, mostly puppies.

Voodoo economics...good blast from the past joke
What we are looking at is right and wrong, good and evil.

Hard to believe he sired a moron.

That's good hoodoo.
My favorite things to believe in in baseball.....
Well, Blackburn and Baker are quite good

in that Brad-Radke-clone way

and besides Joe Nathan

is their bullpen any good?

Matt Guerrier has been pretty good
The AL central isn't a very strong division
I've been reading a lot of comments today hating on one team or another...

but I just can’t find it in my heart to hate a baseball team.

When I try to generate hate, I just hate all life and existence and want it all to burn in a cleansing fire, sparing nothing but a time capsule full of the collected recordings of Jim Nabors.

Is this normal?

Well I hate some of these teams in a fun way

hey baseball isn’t life or death and having teams to root against is fun.

Now I do actually hate the Denver Broncos I mean like really,really hate them.

really? how did they f**k you over?
It's not about puppies again, is it?
or Elway hypnotizing you with his teeth?

he can do that, you know!

Good ol' horse face

he should have married Sarah Jessica Parker and there kid could have played Mr. Ed in the remake.

Their kids would've BEEN Mr. Ed.
If you are a true Raider fan

there is the triangle of hate….The Broncos and the Chiefs and the Raiders.

I really do no kidding hate the Broncos and John Elway I don’t even like going to Denver.

BACK HOME AGAIN IN INDIANA....
I guess I am the only one not rooting for Minnesota.

{runs}

Get 67!

and throw things at him!

I root for both of them to lose.
I'm rooting for Twins to beat the Yankees.....

Not quite the same as rooting for them is it??

borders
Your logic's screwed.

Shut up.

Why is such a great guy like Swish on this stupid Yankee stupid

makes me sick.

ummmmmmmm - b/c they sign his paycheck??
Because of

White Sox fail.

crap
great hit by Swich tho
um Swish
There go the yankees.
Swish's presence

Has given the Yankees that loose ‘tude that they’ve been missing. It’s really dangerous.

Swisher...how could you!>
He forgot we were watching...

LOL

that inning sucked
Score please.
on the run from the law or something?

3-2 fokkin yankees

close

and thank you

Can this game be tied until the 22nd inning, then of which a tornado comes down and sweeps yankee stadium.
I prefer a gaping chasm opens up and swallows them all

well, except for Swisher.

Swisher is saved by a flying elephant named Stomper who comes and sweeps him up last second?
Nice - very nice

and returns him to the best fANs in baseball -

Did I miss anything interesting in the second game? I've been, *shudder*, outside

Nick Swisher inside the park HR?

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