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Playoff Gameday Thread, #3: 10/3/08

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I'm subbing for 'charmer today and tomorrow, as she is otherwise engaged. The format will remain more or less the same, though I have changed the times we show for the games from Eastern to Arizona, just as a statement that not everything revolves around the East coast, dammit - much though a certain sports programming network might wish it to be otherwise. As we head into the weekend, there are just the two games today, which will likely do wonders for my productivity at work. But that'll just allow me additional time to taunt the office Cubs fan.

3:07pm AZT, TBS

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Mark Buerhle
LHP, 15-12, 3.79
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Scott Kazmir
LHP, 12-8, 3.49

The Rays will endeavor to keep their 100% franchise post-season record - ok, that'd be played one, won one - going at Not From Concentrate Stadium this afternoon. I must confess to leaning towards wanting the Sox to win this series: partly because it would increase the agony of the Cubs nation, and partly because I like being the youngest franchise to have had any post-season success. This is the same reasoning that makes me cheer against the Suns, Coyotes, etc. when they reach the playoffs: the D-backs are unique, and I'd rather keep it that way. Call me a selfish old curmudgeon if you want. Still, if Tampa's #1 draft pick keeps playing like he did in Game One, he will soon no longer be the second-most famous Longoria whose name starts with "Eva".

6:37pm AZT, TBS

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Daisuke Matsuzaka
RHP, 18-3, 2.90
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Ervin Santana
RHP, 16-7, 3.49

No such qualms here, as I want the Angels, under almost D-backs owner Arte Moreno, to end the reign of the Yankees Lite ["Now with all the arrogance and salary bill you've come to hate, but just one-tenth the actual success!"]. Boston taking the first game was therefore unwelcome, and the Angels need to make sure they don't fall into a 2-0 hole, which is almost always terminal in a five-game series like the ALCS. Matsuzaka proved quite the stud during the regular season - and my fantasy team thanks him for that - so Santana will have his work cut out to keep up. The Angles offense also needs to show up; they were almost absent in the opener, in a way that likely felt very familiar to Arizona fans.

Poll
Who do you WANT to win the World Series?
Angels
7 votes
Brewers
3 votes
Cubs
6 votes
Dodgers
15 votes
Phillies
5 votes
Rays
32 votes
Red Sox
0 votes
White Sox
4 votes

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Someone here

actually wants the Cubs to win the World Series? Show yourselves, you animals!

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 5:19 PM EDT   0 recs

I believe there is a saying

something about great minds?

Proud supporter of Randy going for 300, even next year.

by AJforAZ on Oct 3, 2008 5:20 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

There's five votes now

It saddens me.

"Now, this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard [Hank Steinbrenner] say, and this is the third time I've said that this season."

by kishi on Oct 3, 2008 5:29 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Oy.

The story is cool, but come on. It’s the frackin CUBS.
We hate them, remember?

The fundamentals of the economy are strong. Mmmhm.

by emilylovesthedbacks on Oct 3, 2008 5:34 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Exactly

I may not be sure if I want to cheer for them or the Dodgers in this round of the playoffs, but it’s really just a battle for who’s my sixth favorite team in the playoffs and which is my seventh.

"Now, this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard [Hank Steinbrenner] say, and this is the third time I've said that this season."

by kishi on Oct 3, 2008 5:58 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I don't think it's the Cubs

as much as it is the boozy idiot in a Cubs hat who sits next to me whenever I go to a D-Backs/Cubs game at Chase Field. Dude, stop tossing peanut shells on my shoes and making clumsy passes at the young lady next to you. Watch the game.

"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson

by Scrbl on Oct 3, 2008 11:33 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

You know who they are?

these jerks.

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 5:40 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Rawr!

Kishi smash!!

"Now, this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard [Hank Steinbrenner] say, and this is the third time I've said that this season."

by kishi on Oct 3, 2008 5:50 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

wow who's the turd bucket that voted for the Cubs?!?!

Proud supporter of Randy going for 300, even next year.

by AJforAZ on Oct 3, 2008 5:19 PM EDT   0 recs

I think this evening will be the first time I've seen Matsuzaka pitch

"Now, this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard [Hank Steinbrenner] say, and this is the third time I've said that this season."

by kishi on Oct 3, 2008 5:51 PM EDT   0 recs

Shocking development!

In other news, Republicans and Democrats still don’t agree with each other on several key political issues.

"Now, this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard [Hank Steinbrenner] say, and this is the third time I've said that this season."

by kishi on Oct 3, 2008 5:57 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Louisana?

It’s pretty muggy there and quite a bit is economically depressed.

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:04 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

They've got alligators, though

And Gambit’s from there.

"Now, this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard [Hank Steinbrenner] say, and this is the third time I've said that this season."

by kishi on Oct 3, 2008 6:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Plus the cool Cajun accent

Who doesn’t love Louisiana?

"Now, this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard [Hank Steinbrenner] say, and this is the third time I've said that this season."

by kishi on Oct 3, 2008 6:16 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Hurricanes?

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:17 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Nick Saban?

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:17 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

What are you talking about?

Hurricanes love Louisiana, that’s why they always try to stop by.

"Now, this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard [Hank Steinbrenner] say, and this is the third time I've said that this season."

by kishi on Oct 3, 2008 6:17 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

GMTA

It's like living with a six-year old.

by 4 Corners Fan on Oct 3, 2008 6:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Hurricanes love LA

They go that all the time!

It's like living with a six-year old.

by 4 Corners Fan on Oct 3, 2008 6:17 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Now people know

where my sense of humor comes from.

"Now, this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard [Hank Steinbrenner] say, and this is the third time I've said that this season."

by kishi on Oct 3, 2008 6:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

They go

to wreck it up. That’s not love. We need to get Louisiana into some therapy.

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Lead-off HBP

Let’s go Pale Hose!

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:08 PM EDT   0 recs

I have to say

if you want to brawl a team, the White Sox are about the last you want to take on.

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Especially if Ozzie Guillen's going to take the field

If there was a straight up fight between Guillen and Joe Maddon, it wouldn’t be a question.

"Now, this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard [Hank Steinbrenner] say, and this is the third time I've said that this season."

by kishi on Oct 3, 2008 6:11 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Guillen

would rip him in half, and spell out expletives with his entrails on the mound.

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:11 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Maddon

would have some nice last words, though, I think. Some motivational and sort of eloquent.

"Now, this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard [Hank Steinbrenner] say, and this is the third time I've said that this season."

by kishi on Oct 3, 2008 6:12 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Too bad

his remains would read “F&%# Mariotti.”

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Well

Couldn’t we all agree with that sentiment, though?

"Now, this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard [Hank Steinbrenner] say, and this is the third time I've said that this season."

by kishi on Oct 3, 2008 6:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Except

for those 5 Cubs supporters.

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:16 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

And a walk

the Sox got themselves two on. Not the start you want if you’re the Rays.

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:10 PM EDT   0 recs

The announcers keep going on about the HBP

Harold Reynolds seems to think that an All Star Pitcher would only hit a batter on purpose. Uh-huh.

Just shut up guys, the game is moving along.

"Now, this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard [Hank Steinbrenner] say, and this is the third time I've said that this season."

by kishi on Oct 3, 2008 6:12 PM EDT   0 recs

I can see

where he’s coming from.

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I can see the point, too

But mention it once, maybe talk about it for a couple of pitches, and move on. Don’t keep going on about it two batters later.

"Now, this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard [Hank Steinbrenner] say, and this is the third time I've said that this season."

by kishi on Oct 3, 2008 6:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I don't feel

he went on for too long. Talking about the consequences and potential retributions is fine in my book, especially since not everyone is going to know. Now, if they’re still taking about it in an inning or two, you have a point.

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:15 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Who is doing the announcing?

It's like living with a six-year old.

by 4 Corners Fan on Oct 3, 2008 6:19 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Harold Reynolds

is the only one I recognize.

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:19 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

A bit of Googling leads me to believe the other two are Don Orsillo and Marc Fein.

"Now, this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard [Hank Steinbrenner] say, and this is the third time I've said that this season."

by kishi on Oct 3, 2008 6:20 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Because one of them sounds like Chris Rock, and I’m pretty sure it isn’t.

It's like living with a six-year old.

by 4 Corners Fan on Oct 3, 2008 6:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

THat's

Harold Reynolds.

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Big first out there

"Now, this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard [Hank Steinbrenner] say, and this is the third time I've said that this season."

by kishi on Oct 3, 2008 6:19 PM EDT   0 recs

BOOYAH 1-0!

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:20 PM EDT   0 recs

Oh, man

Looking at the schedule, here’s hoping the Cubs and Brewers can win their respective Game Threes. That’d schedule about twelve hours of baseball on Sunday.

"Now, this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard [Hank Steinbrenner] say, and this is the third time I've said that this season."

by kishi on Oct 3, 2008 6:22 PM EDT   0 recs

Mr. 4Corners Fan

approves of that idea.

It's like living with a six-year old.

by 4 Corners Fan on Oct 3, 2008 6:24 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

2-0

The HBP and the walk have scored.

"Now, this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard [Hank Steinbrenner] say, and this is the third time I've said that this season."

by kishi on Oct 3, 2008 6:24 PM EDT   0 recs

2-0

yeeeeeeah White Sox!

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:24 PM EDT   0 recs

A! J! A! J!

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:24 PM EDT   0 recs

Yeah

he punched that ball in the nuts!

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:25 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

AJ? AJ???

You like AJ???

by snakecharmer on Oct 3, 2008 6:25 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Hell yeah

he’s one of my favorite players.

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:25 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

......

Have you seen his hair lately?

(No that is not the only reason I hate him…)

by snakecharmer on Oct 3, 2008 6:26 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I have

and I laughed. I can’t make too much fun, though, as I had terribly bleached hair in high school.

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:27 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

That would be fine

if he were in high school! ;)

by snakecharmer on Oct 3, 2008 6:28 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah

that’s true, but who am I to judge? I have a terrible beard right now.

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:29 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Erf.

Not a fave.

It's like living with a six-year old.

by 4 Corners Fan on Oct 3, 2008 6:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I bet

this makes you pretty happy:

Photobucket

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:32 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Not particularly. I just don’t like him, I don’t wish him to bet beat up.

It's like living with a six-year old.

by 4 Corners Fan on Oct 3, 2008 6:43 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

That was an interesting hit

That just died.

"Now, this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard [Hank Steinbrenner] say, and this is the third time I've said that this season."

by kishi on Oct 3, 2008 6:25 PM EDT   0 recs

Uribe strikes out

to end the inning.

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:28 PM EDT   0 recs

Haha

This is pretty funny.

"Now, this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard [Hank Steinbrenner] say, and this is the third time I've said that this season."

by kishi on Oct 3, 2008 6:28 PM EDT   0 recs

FrankTV

oh yeah.

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:28 PM EDT   0 recs

Sadly

Plus he’s got DirectTV ads. It’s terrible.

"Now, this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard [Hank Steinbrenner] say, and this is the third time I've said that this season."

by kishi on Oct 3, 2008 6:29 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

He's

actually kind of funny. Unfortunately he’s driven into the ground by the commercials.

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I've heard that

And while that may be the case, his ads are annoying, especially when seen repeatedly.

"Now, this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard [Hank Steinbrenner] say, and this is the third time I've said that this season."

by kishi on Oct 3, 2008 6:31 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

He also

suffers from what every impressionist does: the humor generally isn’t in the joke but the absurdity of the impression. So there’s a shelf life on the routines.

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:36 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

And yes

that last sentence was turrible.

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:36 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Upton?

Get back to Phoenix!

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:33 PM EDT   0 recs

Leverage

looks like the type of show that will either be excellent or bomb out after one episode.

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:39 PM EDT   0 recs

I'll probably give it a try

Unless, of course, the ads have been shown to me so many times by them that I can’t stand to hear about it.

"Now, this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard [Hank Steinbrenner] say, and this is the third time I've said that this season."

by kishi on Oct 3, 2008 6:42 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Talkin'

to myself….

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:40 PM EDT   0 recs

Look at it this way:

There’s no better audience.

by Azreous on Oct 3, 2008 6:41 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

That's true

I’m just going to turn off auto-refresh.

We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.

by soco on Oct 3, 2008 6:42 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Hey, I’m here! I’m listening/reading.

It's like living with a six-year old.

by 4 Corners Fan on Oct 3, 2008 6:44 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs