All Star Game Overflow Thread
by DbacksSkins on Jul 16, 2008 12:45 AM EDT
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PrintNL 3, AL 3, going into the 13th inning.
Carry on, folks.
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 12:48 AM EDT reply actions
So, if we go into the bottom of the inning tied,
does Webby come in?
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If it remains tied?
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by DbacksSkins on Jul 16, 2008 12:50 AM EDT up reply actions
marmol and Lidge warming
u know, I just dont wanna see Webb out there… too much risk
I knew all the rules, but the rules did not know me...
eu nem o meu amigo brasileiro
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 12:56 AM EDT up reply actions
I just happened to be on
google language tools
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 12:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Now THAT
bat died happy. Nice job, Wright, finally getting a hit.
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http://www.cracked.com/blog/2008/07/15/16-facts-about-france-of-dubious-verity/
anything that makes fun of France is good for me
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 12:51 AM EDT reply actions
You might
be interested in reading this before you say too many nasty words about France. Especially France under Sarko.
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by DbacksSkins on Jul 16, 2008 12:55 AM EDT up reply actions
dude I dont care
France could give every American free cheese every day for the rest of our existence and I will still give the French crap. They’re an easy target and they’re widely mocked by most of the world.
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 12:59 AM EDT up reply actions
By that note, the U.S. is an easy target and widely mocked by most of the world, too.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
IAWTC.
So, I think this game is somewhere on the East Coast, and I'm pretty sure someone mentioned that this time it counts. What it counts for, I'm still not sure. Also, there are some pretty good players in this one. Some of the best, I think.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 16, 2008 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions
yes but they are our Mississippi
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions
You mean our Arkansas?
I thought that was Canada.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
+1
So, I think this game is somewhere on the East Coast, and I'm pretty sure someone mentioned that this time it counts. What it counts for, I'm still not sure. Also, there are some pretty good players in this one. Some of the best, I think.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 16, 2008 1:07 AM EDT up reply actions
well both states suck
and Canada is more like our Wyoming. It’s that state in the north where no one lives and you can go there to do anything you damn well please.
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 1:07 AM EDT up reply actions
true true
Baseball season, when everything becomes right in the world.
by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 1:19 AM EDT up reply actions
They're also
our oldest allies, if perhaps not always our dearest, and I believe they’re the only major European country with whom we’ve never gone to war. (Unless you count the Quasi-War or the Vichy French)
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yeah I know I know
but they’re the French.
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 1:05 AM EDT up reply actions
They are also considered the birth of modern democracy
that’s another strike against them?
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 1:06 AM EDT up reply actions
zing.
So, I think this game is somewhere on the East Coast, and I'm pretty sure someone mentioned that this time it counts. What it counts for, I'm still not sure. Also, there are some pretty good players in this one. Some of the best, I think.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 16, 2008 1:08 AM EDT up reply actions
birth of democracy
La revelucion is considered “modern” democracy
Baseball season, when everything becomes right in the world.
by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 1:08 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't believe that's true, either,
since the American Revolution came before the French Revolution, and the Constitution was ratified the same year as the Bourbons were overthrown.
It IS true that the American, French, and Polish Revolutions are often grouped together as all being part of one consistent liberal democratic movement, though.
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The American one
is considered the rebirth of the “Republic” whereas the French were more of a “pure” democratic process. According to this little pink book that I despise.
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 1:15 AM EDT up reply actions
I guess that makes sense,
if we’re going to draw a distinction between Republican democracy and true democracy.
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it's a thin line that cost me 6 points on a final
I think it’s dumb but for the sake of arguing I figured I’d keep it up
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 1:21 AM EDT up reply actions
just had a class on this
I missed that on the final as well
:-)
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 1:09 AM EDT up reply actions
If by world you mean the US
the French are actually pretty highly regarded in the world.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Also,
c’mon, people!! Do NOT post links in the subject line!
Needs to be in the content box to be turned into a link.
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by DbacksSkins on Jul 16, 2008 12:56 AM EDT up reply actions
oh yeah, oops
haha it’s like running in circles
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Fundamentals, remember?
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by DbacksSkins on Jul 16, 2008 12:58 AM EDT up reply actions
I know somebody
wanted Miggy to be MVP, but honestly, I think it SHOULD be Martin.
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Wrestling is finished
And so we’re off home. This game will likely still be on by the time we reach there…
Bottom of the 14th...
Radio announcers saying Marmol is the twentieth pitcher in the game? Wow.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
You sure that isn't Mark at second?
Baseball season, when everything becomes right in the world.
by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 1:00 AM EDT reply actions
Dan Uggla sucks.
Imagine how he’s gonna feel tonight, whether the NL wins or not.
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poor guy.
So, I think this game is somewhere on the East Coast, and I'm pretty sure someone mentioned that this time it counts. What it counts for, I'm still not sure. Also, there are some pretty good players in this one. Some of the best, I think.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 16, 2008 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Nah.
He bitched at our FO, and that’s why they left him unprotected. I don’t have much in the way of pity for him.
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i remember you telling me that.
So, I think this game is somewhere on the East Coast, and I'm pretty sure someone mentioned that this time it counts. What it counts for, I'm still not sure. Also, there are some pretty good players in this one. Some of the best, I think.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 16, 2008 1:15 AM EDT up reply actions
yeah...
it’s been a long two days…not much sleep. everything kinda ran together.
:-P
So, I think this game is somewhere on the East Coast, and I'm pretty sure someone mentioned that this time it counts. What it counts for, I'm still not sure. Also, there are some pretty good players in this one. Some of the best, I think.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 16, 2008 1:21 AM EDT up reply actions
ummm...
yeah, i guess?
So, I think this game is somewhere on the East Coast, and I'm pretty sure someone mentioned that this time it counts. What it counts for, I'm still not sure. Also, there are some pretty good players in this one. Some of the best, I think.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 16, 2008 1:41 AM EDT up reply actions
heehee.
It was quite poetic.
:-)
So, I think this game is somewhere on the East Coast, and I'm pretty sure someone mentioned that this time it counts. What it counts for, I'm still not sure. Also, there are some pretty good players in this one. Some of the best, I think.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 16, 2008 1:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Wow....
that was a very LOUD F-word by The Player after that K.
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The Player Ks to end the 13th
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
how long do we think this is going to go?
So, I think this game is somewhere on the East Coast, and I'm pretty sure someone mentioned that this time it counts. What it counts for, I'm still not sure. Also, there are some pretty good players in this one. Some of the best, I think.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 16, 2008 1:06 AM EDT reply actions
Okay, I know this was already brought up but
OMG Dr. Horrible FTW.
And other net speak.
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
=A billion
I want to buy the soundtrack.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
AAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH
Nate McLouth with a DEEP, DEEP flyout to… that bastard Drew!!
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Webb is warming up
:-(
Baseball season, when everything becomes right in the world.
by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 1:09 AM EDT reply actions
what about trading for mclouth instead of Bay?
I knew all the rules, but the rules did not know me...
they won't do it
Neal Huntington and the gang have decided they want to try and win for once
Baseball season, when everything becomes right in the world.
by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 1:11 AM EDT up reply actions
"they want to try and win for once"
This is true. They have an upcoming series, and they might have a chance to win a game or two.
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what is more American than
Toby Keith in a Ford truck commercial?
Baseball season, when everything becomes right in the world.
by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 1:12 AM EDT reply actions
Stephen Colbert?
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
I'm goin with Stephen Colbert.
So, I think this game is somewhere on the East Coast, and I'm pretty sure someone mentioned that this time it counts. What it counts for, I'm still not sure. Also, there are some pretty good players in this one. Some of the best, I think.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 16, 2008 1:20 AM EDT up reply actions
bears?
or are they anti american?
Baseball season, when everything becomes right in the world.
by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 1:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Bears are the greatest threat to America.
Come on, man. Fundamentals.
So, I think this game is somewhere on the East Coast, and I'm pretty sure someone mentioned that this time it counts. What it counts for, I'm still not sure. Also, there are some pretty good players in this one. Some of the best, I think.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 16, 2008 1:23 AM EDT up reply actions
I feel like the Dan Uggla of the GDT tonight
I can’t get anything right
Baseball season, when everything becomes right in the world.
by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 1:25 AM EDT up reply actions
It's ok.
You’ll learn.
So, I think this game is somewhere on the East Coast, and I'm pretty sure someone mentioned that this time it counts. What it counts for, I'm still not sure. Also, there are some pretty good players in this one. Some of the best, I think.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 16, 2008 2:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Maybe we should option him down to our Sidewinders site.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
We needed an overflow thread for the ASG!
Granted, a lot of the first thread wasn’t baseball-related….
Webb pitching
That makes me nervous and unhappy.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
I don't think so but
I couldn’t tell you who started…
by snakecharmer on Jul 16, 2008 1:16 AM EDT up reply actions
No,
he came in around the 3rd, I think. Geovanny Soto started.
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go home Grady
Baseball season, when everything becomes right in the world.
by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 1:16 AM EDT reply actions
If anyone is still watching this game,
they get to see the true glory of Brandon Webb.
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Webb against Longoria
I still hold hope that this is a World Series preview.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
*sigh*
If only silly husband had left TV for tonight, I want to WATCH this game, not just hear about it.
BLERGH.
Isn't it enough to know I ruined a pony making a gift for you?
That'll teach him
to let you make the important decisions from now on.
by snakecharmer on Jul 16, 2008 1:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Don't hold your breath
someone had to pack stuff.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Two Ks for Webb
Nice.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
good quick inning
now someone get a lead so BDub doesn’t have to go back out
Baseball season, when everything becomes right in the world.
by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 1:18 AM EDT reply actions
LMAO....... ROFL
That Taco Bell commercial w/ the Dbacks and BoMel is HILARIOUS!!
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nope just checked
:-)
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 1:20 AM EDT up reply actions
The voice over
The script is kinda funny…
by snakecharmer on Jul 16, 2008 1:24 AM EDT up reply actions
which commercial?
So, I think this game is somewhere on the East Coast, and I'm pretty sure someone mentioned that this time it counts. What it counts for, I'm still not sure. Also, there are some pretty good players in this one. Some of the best, I think.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 16, 2008 1:24 AM EDT up reply actions
The Dbacks one.
I thought it was a local commercial at first, then I realized that it’s a network ad.
Awesome.
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Among other things,
the Rockies are not locked in a tight division race with the Dbacks, the way the BoSox and Rays are. Also, Webb is older and more experienced than Kazmir and can probably handle the extra workload better than Kazmir can. Remember that Webb has pitched something like the most innings in the NL over the last 3 years.
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He still threw 100+ on Sunday
and this is an exhibition game. I hate bud selig.
by Augie's Army on Jul 16, 2008 1:27 AM EDT up reply actions
he's a sinker baller. He should be able
to go a pretty decent amount. Kazmir throws as hard as he can every pitch. Webb should be able to hold out a bit longer
Baseball season, when everything becomes right in the world.
by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 1:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Indeed.
Especially as Webb has been using that changeup a lot more lately.
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Bud Selig sent in Brandon Webb?
News to me!
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Nah.
Bud Selig sent in the clowns.
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by DbacksSkins on Jul 16, 2008 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
end it after this inning
it’s a blood bath. Just take the team with the best record over the season and spare the players
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 1:27 AM EDT reply actions
Lidge in, Webb out.
Wow…. Webb pitches a perfect 14th, with 2 Ks, and still leaves after 1 inning? I would’ve thought he COULD have pitched one more….
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I'm not complaining
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 1:30 AM EDT up reply actions
I think Hurdle was leveling the playing field
Each team on their last pitchers, bench players.
by snakecharmer on Jul 16, 2008 1:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Wow.....
Stretch Armstrong with an awesome diving catch in LF.
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I thought that stutter step was goin to leave him short
but nice grab (for a Cardinal)
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 1:32 AM EDT up reply actions
says Albert Pujols?
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 1:33 AM EDT up reply actions
It's an exhibition game, so it's a distraction -- like the Somme,
but it’s become the main event, the way the Somme overtook Verdun. I feel like the NL has been the Germans so far, resisting the AL Entente which keeps throwing more and more guys into the meatgrinder…. loading the bases again and again, only to be cut down repeatedly by accurate fire by Martin and others.
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The Bulge
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 1:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Only
If the cinematic version of either was directed by John Woo, from a script by Quentin Tarantino.
by Jim McLennan on Jul 16, 2008 1:34 AM EDT up reply actions
I've always hated Evil Drew.
Even before we drafted Good Drew.
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Yeah, same here
Spoiled brat, I kinda feel.
by snakecharmer on Jul 16, 2008 1:35 AM EDT up reply actions
actually he is apparently quite reserved and religious
so I hear
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 1:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah.
The whole Drew family is.
Anyone know anything about the 3rd Drew?
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pitcher?
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 1:39 AM EDT up reply actions
I wouldn't doubt that
and that’s honorable, but he still seem a bit spoiled… no reason people can’t be all 3..
by snakecharmer on Jul 16, 2008 1:40 AM EDT up reply actions
SETON HALL ALUM!!
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by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 1:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Also first guy to commit three errors since Adam
by Augie's Army on Jul 16, 2008 1:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Know who the only guy to K four times is?
by Jim McLennan on Jul 16, 2008 1:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Well, since the game is now over...
I won’t hold you up:
Roberto Clemente, 1967.
by Jim McLennan on Jul 16, 2008 1:40 AM EDT up reply actions
In Anaheim
apparently they started the game too early in the evening and the shadows were wicked.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
That would make sense
Four players K’d three or more times that day [Alley,.Clemente, Oliva and Allen] – no other game has had more than one. Of course, it certainly helped that it went 15 innings – Clemente and Oliva had six at-bats each! Don’t see that in an All-Star game any more…
by Jim McLennan on Jul 16, 2008 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions
who cares
just get it over with
Baseball season, when everything becomes right in the world.
by seton hall snake pit on Jul 16, 2008 1:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Does this mean Lidge
is going into the tank for 3 years or is that only after blowing saves in the post season
Ugh.....
Plus, how much you wanna bet that Evil Drew walks away with the MVP award.
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At least
giving it to a Sock at Yankee Stadium kinda thumbs their nose at the New Yorkers.
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They were blathering
on the radio before the game that “the perfect ending to Yankee Stadium would be an AL win, and a Yankee getting MVP.” Whoops.
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Am I the only one
who has no idea what commercial you’re talking about?
So, I think this game is somewhere on the East Coast, and I'm pretty sure someone mentioned that this time it counts. What it counts for, I'm still not sure. Also, there are some pretty good players in this one. Some of the best, I think.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 16, 2008 1:52 AM EDT up reply actions
I haven’t seen it either.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
Until I have seen it, I’m going to have to assume that Skins is lying about the whole thing.
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
No no, he's not
I thought that way about my mother too at first lol but really… for once, I’m on ‘Skins’s side.
by snakecharmer on Jul 16, 2008 2:24 AM EDT up reply actions
"for once"?
You’ve been on my side many a time. Which is smart, because it’s always the right side.
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by DbacksSkins on Jul 16, 2008 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions
"Always" is pushing it!
But, yes, your side can be… interesting.. and sometimes even fun.
by snakecharmer on Jul 16, 2008 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Jenny, there's three ways to do things.
The right way, the wrong way, and the DbacksSkins way.
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by DbacksSkins on Jul 16, 2008 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Which means the DbacksSkins way
is not the right way…
Way to contradict yourself, there…
So, I think this game is somewhere on the East Coast, and I'm pretty sure someone mentioned that this time it counts. What it counts for, I'm still not sure. Also, there are some pretty good players in this one. Some of the best, I think.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 16, 2008 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions
The DbacksSkins way
is the wrong way, only faster.
::sigh:: You guys are hopeless. I’m sure soco or kishi would have caught the reference….
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The Three Musketeers.
And if only 2 posters out of everyone would get it…well, then it probably isn’t worth it. :-P
So, I think this game is somewhere on the East Coast, and I'm pretty sure someone mentioned that this time it counts. What it counts for, I'm still not sure. Also, there are some pretty good players in this one. Some of the best, I think.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 16, 2008 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions
It's from the Simpsons.
Not exactly obscure. I’d be surprised if more posters didn’t get it.
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Probably not a good idea
to actually say that…
So, I think this game is somewhere on the East Coast, and I'm pretty sure someone mentioned that this time it counts. What it counts for, I'm still not sure. Also, there are some pretty good players in this one. Some of the best, I think.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 16, 2008 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Are you not getting it on the PHX Fox station? We’re getting it on the ABQ station. Or are you not watching TV?
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Jul 16, 2008 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions
I wasn't watching TV.
So, I think this game is somewhere on the East Coast, and I'm pretty sure someone mentioned that this time it counts. What it counts for, I'm still not sure. Also, there are some pretty good players in this one. Some of the best, I think.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Jul 16, 2008 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm watching in Denver
It’s probably a regional ad.
by snakecharmer on Jul 16, 2008 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
That's about the old thing we have in common
That, we’re Californians, and his signature is on my diploma….
by snakecharmer on Jul 16, 2008 2:25 AM EDT up reply actions
He and Maria
used to attend the same church as my dad’s family in DC.
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Your dad's family has a lot of cool connections, doesn't it
by snakecharmer on Jul 16, 2008 2:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, kinda, actually.
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by DbacksSkins on Jul 16, 2008 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Wow
Was surprised to find this game going on as I came into work this morning :O looks like I missed an epic :(
So...time for another drink then?
The only thing epic was the length
it was more a lesson in ineptitude in a lot of ways. The AL had the bases loaded at one point with no outs and didn’t plate a run, with no strikeouts!
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
Anything
That makes Bud Selig shift uncomfortably in his seat – particularly as a result of a jackass decision like “This time, it counts” – is alright by me. Let’s just hope Webb isn’t affected by having to pitch, but his next start on Sunday would be back on regular rest. So fingers crossed. If he isn’t alright, I will be pissed.
by Jim McLennan on Jul 16, 2008 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions
I still think
the NL could have, and should have, gotten another inning out of Webb. He tossed a perfect frame on 13 pitches.
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by DbacksSkins on Jul 16, 2008 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I think there was plenty of uncomfortable shifting in seats last night- particularly since each manager had to run out a pitcher who pitched 100+ pitches two days earlier, and wasn’t supposed to pitch tonight- and in each case, said pitcher was the manager’s division rival’s ace.
And, since this time it counts, they couldn’t even let it end in a tie. Which means, according to this article, we were close to having someone like Evan Longoria and Nate McLouth as the pitchers of record. How stupid would that have been?
"Evil lurks everywhere, often in plain sight... Can you lurk in plain sight? Or is that just walking?"
By the way,
just HOW much did Dan Uggla suck last night?
0-4, 3Ks, 1 GIDP, 6 LOB, and 3 errors.
That’s gotta rank up there among the worst ASG performances/debuts in beisbol history.
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It's right up there
The only other batter to go ohfer with 3 K’s and a double-play in an All-Star gave, was Willie McCovey in 1968. The errors though…. Sheesh, yeah, that reaches a whole new level of suckitude.
by Jim McLennan on Jul 16, 2008 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
That's what the radio dudes were saying
By all means hit at a glacial pace. You know how that thrills me.
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