Gameday Thread, #84: 8/1 vs. Brewers
by Jim McLennan on Jul 1, 2008 8:05 PM EDT
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Executive decision. The planned non-game Gameday Thread has been postponed until tomorrow. We've got IZW tonight and I completely forgot the laptop, so I won't be able to police it and make sure no-one mentions the baseball. We will therefore hold it over, for Micah or the Petit Unit tomorrow, and tonight's thread will be a normal one - albeit likely just as random. I apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause. Continue to submit topics for discussion in the comments tonight: I'll come up with a list and will then throw them into tomorrow's thread as the need arises.
Still waiting for any word on what roster moves will be made. Someone will need to be brought up to replace Byrnes, but if Owings can't go tomorrow, they might add an extra pitcher for a few days instead, with Petit taking Owings' start. Snyder should be fine, I think, despite his "contusion" - accompanied by some swelling, apparently, though in his shoes, swelling would be the last thing on my mind. Montero usually catches Johnson's starts, so Chris will get likely the night off anyway, so can spend the night applying soothing lotion. :-)
Despite - or perhaps because of - last night's decent showing, runs might be hard to come by. Since April 26, Arizona have scored more than four runs on fourteen occasions. However, in the fourteen games immediately following those, we have averaged only 2.5 runs, and never scored more than four. Be nice if that streak of consistent inconsistency - as it were - came to an end tonight.
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Ah weak sauce
I won’t even be around for tomorrow’s game.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Connor Robertson called up
As charmer just posted elsewhere. It’s not quite his major-league debut, having pitched two innings with Oakland last year. He’s the forgotten piece in the trade which also brought us Dan Haren. Obviously, he’s a pitcher not an outfielder, so it’s clear the aim is to provide depth in case Owings can’t start tomorrow. He threw 53.2 innings with an ERA of 3.86, which is pretty good for Tucson. K:BB of 50:21, which is okay.
Well, I won't be around tonight to police the thread either,
so this was probably a good call. Since I’ll be at the Sidewinders game, I was hoping to see Robertson pitch, but oh well.
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
I'm out
Likely won’t be able to comment [unless Mrs. SnakePit remembered to pack the laptop] but might get to see some of the game.
Ugh
Once again Drew leads off giving him more AB’s then Reynolds. Lineup structure has proven to be a very overrated aspect of the game and can get roll of the dice results but you still at least have to have your top four hitters batting in the top 4. Drew is not a top 4 hitter.
Why the f***
does Melvin PERSIST in batting Drew leadoff? Didn’t he learn ANYTHING from batting Augie first last night???
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
Seriously....
I KNOW that he’s the mad scientist and everything… but what about when the mad scientist’s experiments blow up in his face? Since the end of April, our offense has gone back to being pretty freaking lousy…. and that means that MELVIN should make some changes, too. NOT just the players. He seems to think that he can just plug anyone into the leadoff spot.
Is this MOTY award-induced mania? Or what?
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
I mean,
can ANYONE figure out any rhyme or reason here, or ANY coherent strategy? Does Drew have a career .450 OBP against Suppan or something??
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
Not even.
Only .444.
(Insert standard small sample-size disclaimer here.)
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Well, that at least essplained it last night.
I don’t believe he can have one that high against the rest of the league, though…. and what’s with benching Droo vs. lefties? Doesn’t he actually hit lefties slightly better?
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
I could really care less who actually bats leadoff
My big thing is he is giving more AB’s to Drew instead of giving them to more productive hitters like Hudson, Upton, Jackson, Reynolds, and Snyder.
It really is a joke.
Got the recap covered.
Been killed by no internet where I was for the past week, but I’m back with access now. Sorry for not being able to get that information to you, Jim. Still, I’ve got things covered tonight.
Man
Lot of wind outside right now, but the weather map says the rain missed our house to the north. Dangit.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
It looks like rain on the eastside of the tuc
Getting quite gusty.
by C. Wesley Baier on Jul 1, 2008 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Somehow,
the rain passed around TEP, and all we got was high winds.
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Connor Robertson looks even better
When you put him into a neutral park backed by a average defense (which is what DERA calculates) his ERA SHOULD be 2.91 instead of 3.86. Just shows how much of a hitters park Tucson is and how bad the defense behind him has been.
Owowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowow
Can’t reply, too busy wincing.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Ow!!! Wow!! :(
Indefinitely. Ouch. Poor Chris!!! Our best wishes for a speedy recovery (for his sake as well as the team’s!).
Those can FRACTURE??? Ow.
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 1, 2008 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions
that nutcracker wasn't sweet
Fracture, testicular
a tear of the testicular parenchyma. It is the result of direct blunt injury to the scrotum or straddle injury. Testicular rupture is seen when there are several testicular fractures, associated with a tear in the tunica albuginea. Testicular haematomas and haematocoeles are usually present as well. A testicular fracture usually requires prompt surgical intervention.
yipes.
Two days later, Eric Byrnes missed three games for excessive crying, and started listening to emo. At the same time, Emily changed her name to emilylovesthedbacksexceptthatloserericbyrnes.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 1, 2008 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Baseless Prediction
Chris Young only had one home run in all of June- my baseless prediction for tonight is that he matches that total in today’s game.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
I think Scherzer is still on the DL in Tucson.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
I'm thinking the same thing all of a sudden....
"It's like deja vu all over again."
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jul 2, 2008 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Email the Booth night!
Last time I was 1 for 10. We need a better ratio of Pitters, everyone! Let’s get ‘em in..
First pitch!
High and away. Come on, Randy.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Leadoff walk
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
2-0
No outs.
Already, I’m kind of wishing tonight was the baseball-free thread.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Ouch
And Mark takes a hard-hit ground ball to the hand.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
And Injuries . . .
Byrnsie’s hammy – Snyde’s g*d – and maybe Reynolds’ hand . . . great.
That didn't come out right
only one asterisk made it – shoulda been 3 – in place of “ona”
BRB
Gotta shovel some meatloaf and then I’ll be back
Back to back stolen bases for the Brewers
Missing Snyder already?
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
3-0
Not Mark’s day.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Finally out of it
Someone get some Tiger Balm to the dugout pronto- Mark Reynolds will thank you.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Long out for Drew
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Beautiful bunt by Upton
Why didn’t that happen with no outs?
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
CoJack!
Nice two out hit for the RBI.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
And Reynolds follows it with a hit of his own
These guys do give me hope from time to time.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Thought it's a struggle at times
Tracy pops out to end the inning. Alas.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
The way it's going he might get through 3
by DiamondbacksWIn on Jul 1, 2008 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m not fully convinced of that yet.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
more than he should.
Two days later, Eric Byrnes missed three games for excessive crying, and started listening to emo. At the same time, Emily changed her name to emilylovesthedbacksexceptthatloserericbyrnes.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 1, 2008 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Another 2 run home run for the Brewers
I don’t think Randy’s going to get #289 this time, either.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
And a solo shot
6-1
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Screw JJ Hardy.
There. See? Now I have ANOTHER reason to hate him, besides the fact that he went to Sabino.
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
He's too old to pitch MLB now
I’d hate to see him go out on a slow, sad, spiral . . . but it’s not looking good.
Yup - breaks my heart
but he’s still one of the best ever
Maybe they should try him in the pen?
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
I really wasn't for that idea in the past but...
if he doesn’t turn it around it’s not a bad idea.
by DiamondbacksWIn on Jul 1, 2008 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I think
either he turns it around, or retires midseason. I still don’t see him going to the ‘pen.
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Hey!
Grounder to third, and it didn’t seem to hate Mark!
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
This is my first, last, and only comment tonight.
Randy will not get 300 wins this year and unless Davis goes to the bullpen next year, I don’t want Randy next season. I want the rotation to be Webb, Haren, Owings, Scherzer, Davis.
The talent that is Josh Hamilton.
If he doesn't get there this year . . .
. . . he will never get there, sadly.
He's a HOFer whether he gets 300 or not. I hope he gets it!
by DiamondbacksWIn on Jul 1, 2008 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Not just a HOFer
but one of the best ever.
Yeah
I don’t think he’ll make it. And, let’s be honest, why would Randy be a better choice in the rotation than Davis?
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
You won’t ever know, because that’s his first, last, and only comment. :-P
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 1, 2008 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
What’s the latest on Maxie?
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 1, 2008 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Back from Dance
What did you let happen while we were gone?!
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
I blame Jim
for changing the rules of tonight’s GDT.
by snakecharmer on Jul 1, 2008 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree with you!
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 1, 2008 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
He totally is
I think he looks better with more hair though…
by snakecharmer on Jul 1, 2008 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Me too!
All those Baby Backs were such cuties!
by snakecharmer on Jul 1, 2008 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Where is he now? Cincy? I miss him. And he was single, too…
by snakecharmer on Jul 1, 2008 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I had an embarrassing meeting of him at a Starbucks.
Well, actually it really was only embarrassing to me and he never noticed who I was but whatever.
He is hot in person as well. :)
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
It is kind of silly
But essentially I was in the process of fangirling over Byrnes and CoJack and he sat down behind me to do an interview for a newspaper/magazine? article and basically I didn’t entirely know who he was till he said, “Yea, Byrnes is crazy like that.” and I was looking at an article about Byrnes. And I DOUBT he really could see what I was looking at and I DOUBT he would care but I turned Sedona red and then shut my laptop and ran.
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
I love stories
that end in somebody running away in shame.
Sadly, that’s usually me….
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
Ugh
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
What is the “Ugh” in response to? That sad throw?
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 1, 2008 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I’d say around Minneapolis.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Yeah, but for Randy, the Twins were his third or fourth ineffective outing in a row.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
soco's keys to the game
1) Dance lesson
2) Eat dinner
3) Watch the D’backs play baseball with any degree of aptitude
4) Dessert?
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Do you like cheesecake?
I know you never really answer the dessert question, but I thought I’d try…
by snakecharmer on Jul 1, 2008 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I do like cheesecake
but it can be a little too rich for me at times.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Ooh, then you wouldn't like mine...
My favorite is Carino’s turtle cheesecake. That’s my birthday cake.
by snakecharmer on Jul 1, 2008 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Yep :)
But then I’m missing the non-baseball GDT! :(
by snakecharmer on Jul 1, 2008 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Happy pre-birthday
I’m missing it too ‘cos I close Wednesdays.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Okay, credit to Randy
Nice work stranding the runner at third.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Randy gets an Alabama inning
in an attempt to atone for his prior mistakes.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
"Watch your favorite player get lit up!?"
Randy?
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Perfect timing.
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 1, 2008 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow - That's Cool
There’s even commentary here on the commercials! And how can you not love those Miller commercials?
We’ve had lot of commercial discussions. You should hear us about the “WIZARD!” ads..
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 1, 2008 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, those are much better when ‘Skins is around for us to torture.
by snakecharmer on Jul 1, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
We're a full service commenting business here
I like all the High Life ads, like the ones by Errol Morris.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Man that inning went to quickly
I barely had time to reboot Firefox before it was over.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Didn't mean that the way it sounded . . .
. . . as though he hadn’t already proven the hero tonight – I meant to communicate the notion that “at least Reynolds showed up tonight” unlike certain other players.
Now if we could just get some more runs we'd be in business
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
He’s getting banged around pretty badly
by snakecharmer on Jul 1, 2008 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Sutton and Grace were like
“He must feel like he is under a spot light”
And then they just kept the camera on him. A duh.
And ‘Skins isn’t even here to comfort him. ;)
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
Aww, poor Mark
I’ll gladly take Skins’ place!
by snakecharmer on Jul 1, 2008 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Reynolds makes a good play to get that out
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Hardy gets hit in the head on that steal
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
That'll teach 'im!
Maybe Robbie’s suiting up right now.
On the replay it looked like Hardy put his arms up like he knew the ball was going to hit him in the head.
Looks like it hit the helmet, luckily.
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 1, 2008 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions
We had a couple of helmet strikes in Little League this spring
. . . told ‘em “that’s why ya gotta wear the helmet!”
Look at that!
CY scared Hardy RIGHT back to 2nd!
Time to light up the bullpen . . .
. . . by the end of the season, the bullpen will be utterly devastated.
Egg salad can be amazing
or life ruining, no in betweens.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Picnic eggs are the same way
either legendary, or vomit inducing.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Our dive instructor
brought deviled eggs for us on Sunday morning. It was awesome. :-)
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
A IS FOR AVACADO
IT’S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Sammiches of all types
are welcome to me. I loves ‘em.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
You’ll gag at this one. Everybody does when I tell them I love peanut butter, mayonnaise and lettuce sandwiches. Grew up on them.
Are you by any chance from the Northeast
perhaps Connecticut?
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
That would make sense… my dad lived a long time in Connecticut. Is that like the state sandwich?
by snakecharmer on Jul 1, 2008 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
The only people I've known that eat that combo
are from that area. So I think it must be.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Me too!!
We’re not related, are we? My dad fed that to all of us kids. I ate it until I was about 11 or 12.
by snakecharmer on Jul 1, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
If he didn't
I did.
And I fed a girl a Turkey, cream cheese and jelly pita wrap today. yuckies
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
That sounds good to me too
One of my favorites is turkey and marion berry cream cheese. Or almost any flavor cream cheese.
by snakecharmer on Jul 1, 2008 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I am not one for mixing meat with sweet
I dig on cream cheese and jelly but the Turkey made me queasy
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
Yeah, I can see that
What about mixing sweet+salty?
by snakecharmer on Jul 1, 2008 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Seriously. Damned subsidies, damned Brazilian sugarcane tariffs.
And this is coming from someone who is half from a farm family.
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
Too bad we're not chomping wings with Conner
during this.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
We haven't done that in like 20 years
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
They do indeed!
We have a great wings place nearby called Native New Yorker. :)
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
Yup
and we live close to the one that Mattie has been known to frequent – never actually SEEN him there, mind you.
Matt Williams?
Where abouts do you live? (if you don’t mind me asking.)
(I am going to assume Chandler, but I thought he lived in Scottsdale.)
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
Yup - it's Chandler!
And one possible explanation for him hitting this one is that he has his Little League, and they play in Chandler. Or maybe he used to live in Ocotillo or something – I dunno! LOL
We live close
to some restaurant that Britney Spears is alleged to frequent, but I’ve luckily never seen her either. Not that I go to that place, ridiculous expensive.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Yeah, pretty much unfortunately
over priced “bistros” and “fusion” restaurants everywhere, all the same.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Yeah - "Bistros" and "Fusion" restaurants
with BIG prices and tiny little meals that are mostly arugala and/or water chestnuts.
I grew up in Scottsdale/Paradise Valley in the 60’s and 70’s. It was really different then. I hardly recognize it these days.
I moved here in 1986 (I was 2)
Even in these last like 22 years it is completely different.
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
I grew up in Yuma
so it’s still really different to me.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
I got
Britney Spears’ number once. Long story.
Not sure whether I should be proud of that. At least it was before she went insane and shaved her head??
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If it's before insanity
than yeah, that’s cool. Probably good you didn’t act on that, though.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
I got her voice mail.
It just said, “Hi, this is Britney, leave me a message and I’ll call you back.” It was a Louisiana phone #, too.
The really funny part is, SHE didn’t give it to me. She gave it to a bartender in NY, who gave it to one of my dormmates who happened to be a friend of his, who gave it to me because I was the only one who had the cajones to actually call her.
Left her a msg: “Hi Britney, this is Phil, I dunno if you remember but we met a little while back in New York. Anyway, gimme a call back, my # is _. Thanks, bye.”
The next day the # had been deactivated. :-P So, I never actually talked to Britney Spears. Just left her a voice mail.
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This story is quickly going downhill
Do you have a restraining order you aren’t telling us about?
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Nope. :-P
That’s the end of it. I know the truth is much less exciting than it sounded.
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Probably he has a few in rotation
Or at very least he knew that one was shot.
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
That's a good question
pitchers almost always seem to have newer looking gloves, so maybe he doesn’t do too much to it. Or maybe he hires someone to break them in for him.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
I was gonna say that too
. . . some flunkie who spends all day every day breaking in gloves
Grr, Stephen!! That's not what you were supposed to do
But we did score 2 runs while talking mainly off-topic…
Jim might be on to something for tomorrow
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Well if that is what works
High School Musical 2 is hilariously bad. :D
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
Oh I am so afraid for HSM3
And yet I will be right there watching it…
by snakecharmer on Jul 1, 2008 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I KNOW
It is like crack. Horrible crack. And unfortunately even if I didn’t want to I work with kids who would force me to see it.
The baseball song always runs through my head during games though. :)
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
That is the best song from that one!
But otherwise, the songs from HSM1 are better….. yes, I have a playlist….
by snakecharmer on Jul 1, 2008 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Oddly enough
I have never really watched the first one, usually I zone out.
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
my bestest friend
is playing troy bolton in the world premiere of the hsm2 stage show.
:-)
Two days later, Eric Byrnes missed three games for excessive crying, and started listening to emo. At the same time, Emily changed her name to emilylovesthedbacksexceptthatloserericbyrnes.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 1, 2008 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
REALLY?
How awesome is it that they actually outed Ryan in the show. I give major claps for that.
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
i have no idea what you're talking about...
lol.
but yeah. i was going to drive to vegas for a couple of days to see it, but i have no cash.
Two days later, Eric Byrnes missed three games for excessive crying, and started listening to emo. At the same time, Emily changed her name to emilylovesthedbacksexceptthatloserericbyrnes.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 1, 2008 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Darn. But your friend does! “Hey buddy, if you really want me to come see you…”
by snakecharmer on Jul 1, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Man - Augie Gets It Done
He’s just consistent – OOOPS! Sorry about getting back on topic. Commercial’s over – back off-topic. Never seen HSM.
Two of 'em
7 and 1 – and this is the third year of Little League for the 7 year old – he hits like crazy and likes to play catcher – two more years of coach-pitch.
Awesome :)
See, if you had a girl, you would know all the words. But 7 and 1! Cute ages. :)
With soco as the pop I forsee Little League in my future as well. For now I just borrow kids. (And get PAID for it. ;))
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
Well, if they're into baseball
if not, then nope.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
we borrowed nieces and nephews for a while – then realized we need to have our own – coolest thing we ever did – and I predict you and soco will have mad awesome Little Leaguers
You don't have to convince me
Its the Mr. who is still in the sheer panic mode about it. ;)
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
Well, you just got married last month, right? Give yourself a little time to settle in as Mr. and Mrs. before you become Mommy and Daddy.
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 1, 2008 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I know! I know!
But… I work with cute kids ALL day, it is hard.
Also, we just bought a house, so we are broke. But either way. Babies. They exude cute.
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
Me neither. I tried to watch Hannah Montana once or twice, but she gets on my nerves with her mugging and overacting.
Miley Cyrus scares me.
And her effect on kids makes me wanna run to the hills.
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
RUUUUUUUUUUUUUN FOR THE HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLS
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
But don't WATCH The Hills!
That seems like the most melodrama evah.
by snakecharmer on Jul 1, 2008 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Awesome band.
Was thinking of them while watching The Wicker Man the other night.
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Apparently the big thing now
is something about camp. The Jonas brothers or something? I don’t know, I just heard that at work.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
That I haven’t seen. And I don’t want to, I will feel way too old (and dirty, probably, too…).
by snakecharmer on Jul 1, 2008 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
It is essentially Cinderella told at a camp
With the eldest (I think?) Jonas brother failing at acting as Prince Charming.
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
What about iCarly
We’re suffering immensely in our house right now.
I haven't caught iCarly, but I remember the girl from
... that one show. With the brothers? Um. Derek?
She was annoying on the show, but in typical-little-sister fashion.
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
drake and josh.
and she was in school of rock, if i’m thinking of the right girl.
Two days later, Eric Byrnes missed three games for excessive crying, and started listening to emo. At the same time, Emily changed her name to emilylovesthedbacksexceptthatloserericbyrnes.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 1, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Ours watches both iCarly AND Drake & Josh
And we still can’t quite convince him that Carly is an actress – he thinks she’s a real girl in Seattle with a fancy webcam. HEYY—HOME RUN!!!!!
I'm so out of touch with what the kids watch anymore
I guess that’s a good thing, though. Still a shade too young to have kids that would watch them, but also too old to still watch them myself.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
I do kind of look foward to watching awesome kids shows
but even know I feel myself thinking, “geez, back in MY day the shows are awesome. Now it’s just crap!”
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
don't worry, soco.
i think the same thing.
i grew up on angry beavers, doug, and rocko’s modern life!
:-D
Two days later, Eric Byrnes missed three games for excessive crying, and started listening to emo. At the same time, Emily changed her name to emilylovesthedbacksexceptthatloserericbyrnes.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 1, 2008 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey Dude
Clarissa Explains It All, Animaniacs, Tiny Toons, All That, Keenan and Kel, oh man oh man oh man.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
oh, i know.
i was only listing a few of them.
:-D
Two days later, Eric Byrnes missed three games for excessive crying, and started listening to emo. At the same time, Emily changed her name to emilylovesthedbacksexceptthatloserericbyrnes.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 1, 2008 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm afraid to go back and watch any of them
in case they don’t stand up to my memory.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
You YOUNGSTER, you!
I grew up on Scooby Doo, Land of The Lost, HR Pufnstuf, etc. MAN I’m old! LOL
I grew up with Nick at Night as well?
Though that probably doesn’t help.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
i loved nick at night.
i’d watch i love lucy really late at night at my grandma’s house.
my mom wouldn’t let me watch it.
Two days later, Eric Byrnes missed three games for excessive crying, and started listening to emo. At the same time, Emily changed her name to emilylovesthedbacksexceptthatloserericbyrnes.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 1, 2008 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions
uhhh YEAH.
:-)
I used to have the entire speech memorized.
Two days later, Eric Byrnes missed three games for excessive crying, and started listening to emo. At the same time, Emily changed her name to emilylovesthedbacksexceptthatloserericbyrnes.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 1, 2008 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions
But kids are the excuse to being a kid yourself
and buying all the cool toys.
by snakecharmer on Jul 1, 2008 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
gotta catch em all!
all i remember of pokemon is that my brother loved it so much, he had the theme song on a cd.
Two days later, Eric Byrnes missed three games for excessive crying, and started listening to emo. At the same time, Emily changed her name to emilylovesthedbacksexceptthatloserericbyrnes.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 1, 2008 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Jessie and James were weird
all full of sexual inuendo
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
COJACK WITH THE JACK OUT OF THE PARK
7-5!
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
I thought that the CF had it for second
and wanted to scream.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Only down by two
let’s get them Brewers out quickly so we can get back in this game!
Annnnnnnnnnnnd back to off topic.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Tag was awesome
freeze tag was good too, but we had a giant ramada at my school that had all these lines and squares in it that made for the best type of tag: you had to stay on the lines. Soooooo hard but so fun.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Anything in the dark was always awesome
we did that in high school as well. The drum dungeon was crazy dark, so it was fun to just get a couple people in there to play.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
They play on line tag
Our kids are being forced to play out side.
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
Bravo. We would play with the neighbor kids (every family had 3-6 kids) and come home for lunch and go back out until Mom rang this big cowbell to come home for dinner.
Oh, we totally had the cowbell to call us home for dinner, too.
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 1, 2008 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
How about snail?
Hopscotch in a snail shape… I read about it in a BSC book, taught it to my neighbors…
by snakecharmer on Jul 1, 2008 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Never played hopscotch
not even sure how it works, except the hopping part.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Best series ever!
Just the main books, not all the spinoffs.
by snakecharmer on Jul 1, 2008 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree!
Though I have a soft spot for Babysitter’s Little Sisters.
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
I liked the start of that
but I didn’t read too many. :( I liked when they FINALLY grew up though!
by snakecharmer on Jul 1, 2008 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
we played a kind of tag called Kingy
you were tagged by someone throwing a ball at you hard.Gave you real incentive to get out of the way,
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
We played that in junior high with a variant
it was played with a hacky sack, so you had to hack it three times and then you could throw it at someone. If you were hit three times you were out, last person standing got to be the next hacker.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
When I was in college . . .
. . . we would meet and play hacky sack at a city park at like 3AM. Yeah – the cops usually showed up eventually.
"Damn kids...with their hippy hacky sacks"
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Hide And Seek
The king of “night games.”
Hide and seek is great
but not nearly as great as capture the flag, especially when you get older and you start getting smarter, so you have spies and jail breaks and all that.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Oh YEAH
and especially out in the woods – we did that in on Boy Scout trips ALL the time!
British bulldog was the game of choice
for my troop.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
It's like rugby
but no ball. You start with one person in the center of field with two goal lines on opposite ends. Everyone else starts on one end, and then attempts to run to the other goal line. Meanwhile, the person in the middle, the bulldog, attempts to tackle as many people as he can. Anyone he tackles then joins him in the middle of the field to tackle more people. A lot of fun when your an energetic 14 year old that doesn’t care about injuries, but I couldn’t imagine playing it now.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Niiiice . . .
and exactly right – much rough-and-tumble fun for youngsters who want to knock each other around a bit. THAT one would be banned in public schools these days!
Yeah we played it for years
but it eventually got banned. I can’t say I blame the parents for doing it, in retrospect.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
I used to run an imaginary riding school
we chalked the horse’s names on the sidewalk paving stones for stables and I had everyone prancing round on horses.We built showjumps out of footstools and peasticks.I found a book with the horses names and rides booked in it the other day
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
You had FAR more imagination than me
We used to play “Out of this World” which was this lame TV show but we could stop and start time by touching fingers or clapping hands. :) We also started a “magazine” and made our parents buy them for like… a nickel.
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
My 7-yr-old Just Said . . .
. . . DAD! He was FLYING!
ADORABLE! :)
And true. He was practically horizontal and then he just went SPLAT!
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
That's good
that’s the right attitude.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
He's a great kid
and a great sport – never a tear when they lost in Little League, and never a boast when they won – hope he’ll keep that up
Zackly
HOW did he hit that?! oh yeah – back off topic – game’s coming apart.
Only down by three
still good, still good, just a little wet.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Righty everything. My twin learned to write in school both left and right but gave up writing left. She opens combination locks, turns keys and deals cards left. Weird.
When I was a kid my teachers told me
that I was lying, and that people WEREN’T ambidextrous, so I am sketchy at writing with my left hand, but I literally do most things with both hands. For some reason I predominantly eat left handed but drink right handed?
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
You eat left handed because you're from the damn Midwest
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
How sinister.
My mom’s from the Midwest, and SHE’S lefthanded too….
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
Midwesterners eat crazylike
fork in left and knife in right, at all times? What kind of madness is this?
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Well the English are crazy too
put yer damn knife down if you’re not using it!
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
I believe
they find Americans quite odd, the way we eat with one hand in our lap…..
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
Better than looking like a damn hick
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
same.
Two days later, Eric Byrnes missed three games for excessive crying, and started listening to emo. At the same time, Emily changed her name to emilylovesthedbacksexceptthatloserericbyrnes.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 1, 2008 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Lefty here, but all my kids are righties.
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 1, 2008 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions
My mom is a righty, my dad a lefty
And my family is righty, righty, me ;)
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
WOW!
Are any of them girls? Lefties are also disproportionately male!
Lefty #1 is a male (now 34) from her teenage marriage, left #2 is a 25 year old male from her 2nd marriage and lefty #3 is an 8 year old girl from her 3rd marriage. Yep, my sister had her first kid in her teens, 2 in her twenties, 1 in her thirties and 1 in her forties!
So kind of like hitting the cycle?
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
LOL
That’s funny as hell! Imagine that – kids in four decades!
Younger Grandparents All The Time
I’m 42, and and some of my classmates have grandkids well into elementary school – closing on junior high – maybe great grandparents in their 50s!
My dad's parents
were 42 and 41 when I was born. Hence, I still have one set of great grandparents alive.
My mom’s parents were 57 and 53, though.
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
Well geniuses are more likely to have
sociopath tendencies so it is like a vehn(sp?) diagram. ;)
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
As the husband pointd out
Venn diagram.
Its been a while since I used those. ;)
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
The only Tecate I've had is the light version
and it wasn’t that bad. More of a Dos Equis man if I’m going to have some Mexican beer, though.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
It's good
but a bit heavy at times. Dos Equis is great for just about any Mexican dish, and is plentiful too.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
I love it
It’s what we Guinness drinkers have in a Mexican place.
The thought of having Guinness with Mexican
makes me want to gag.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Racist.
Gags at the thought of drinking Guinness with a Mexican….
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
Notice the distinct lack of the "a" in my post
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
I know.
But if you read it quickly, and without context, you don’t come off very well…
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
Crap
My secret identity has been found out!
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Sounds like you guys are a bit younger than me . . .
. . . but does anyone remember Caribe beer?
Remember vaguely hearing about it, somewhere.
Dunno anything about it, though.
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
If it's not Negra Modelo,
it has to be Pacifico.
I have a sentimental soft spot for Sol, though. :-\
Mark Reynolds: Turning me gay since '07
Oooo
Dancing two nights in a row gives my legs a serious aching. Just another sign I am hopelessly out of shape.
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
Come on, guys
Our offense has shown they can hit today. Just string some more hits together.
Sidenote: Man, Gullermo Mota is just fun to say.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Just haven't put it all together at times
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Hard to dig yourself out of that mess
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
They’re doing a lot better than the Diamondbacks of two weeks ago would have.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
They would have already been on the bus
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
First and third, no outs
That’s a good start.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
I never thought I'd see a baseball glove
uglier than Tony Pena’s red monstrosity. But the guy on the mound is making a run for the title.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
I guess I'm a purest
I like gloves that are natural leather, or maaaaaaaaybe black. Maybe.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Absolutely lucky play to double us up
no way that happens twice in a row.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Freak double play.
That seems to happen to us more often than it should.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
She's a cruel, cruel mistress sometimes
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Or - The Hee Haw Version
“If it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all.”
I'm A Little Worried
It almost looks like a case of bad karma in this series – injuries – unbelievably bad luck with the opposing defense . . . hmmm.
And then the bad luck swings back the other way
Nice one Reynolds!
He’s played some great defense this game.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Yup
He’s been a vacuum cleaner over there.
Woo
LET’S GET SOME RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNZ
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Niiiiice
And it’s the “Viv Campbell” line-up of Def Sutton!
Come on, guys
We’re owed a walk-off.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
If Augs Can't Get On . . .
. . . NO ONE can!
Augie takes one for the team
Lead-off runner!
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
J-Up!
Let’s get it going!
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Just rememeber
When you can’t run, you walk and when you can’t walk …
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
...you find someone to carry you.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
What if know one can?
Hmmmmmmmmmm?
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Then you pretend to be dead and mail yourself to the sergeant who got you through the war and hope he can help you.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
That is an awesome one
Kaylee is my favorite. Well, more like half of them are my favorites, but she’s definitely one of them.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
I guess that could work
but the shipping fees must be outrageous.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Cost an arm and a leg
HAY-O!
... aww… I made myself sick. ;)
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
Was It Me?
Or did J-Up stupidly hesitate for a moment?
Ugh Burke, why?
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?
::holds knee in terror::
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Exactly.
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 2, 2008 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions
To be honest
I’m not super disappointed in this loss. Yeah, we lost. We should be a little used to this by now. But! We were down by six runs, and we didn’t give up. We scored six runs. We at least tried to come back, and that’s an improvement.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
They showed fight, and that's heartening
definately filled with “what if” though.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
It's been fun
but it’s hard to come back when your starter takes a dump at the beginning.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Do they really have to put “fractured left testicle” under Snyder’s picture on the TV? Jeez, I am sure he is embarrassed enough.
On the other hand
it’s pretty manly. He fractured a testicle and lived to tell about it (well, so far). If that doesn’t instantly make him the cool dude in a room, I don’t know what does. Well, I could think of a few, but I’m trying to keep this place PG.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
I wonder if people are giving him grief
Or like… flinching when they see him?
I'm making a triple, not a curtain call.
Hmm.
I miss the days when I got exciting, interesting recaps. Especially because they were wins, regardless of what happened.
Such is life.
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