Gameday Thread, #125: 8/19 vs. Padres
by Jim McLennan on Aug 19, 2008 8:00 PM EDT
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38 games to go, and the old adage that the baseball season is a marathon not a sprint, is becoming increasingly less applicable. It's getting to the stage where things are simple enough: whoever wins the most games over the next six weeks, out of ourselves and the Dodgers, will get into the playoffs. The other stays home in October. Los Angeles have the edge in the schedule - they have nine games against the Padres and three versus Washington, twelve contests against sub-.400 opposition. We have only six facing the Padres, so have to take advantage of them, starting tonight.
Doug Davis has, however, basically sucked after being kept out there by Bob Melvin for 124 pitches as he pursued a perfect game - and then for an additional five batters beyond that point. In three starts, he has thrown a mere 11 innings and allowed 21 hits, eight walks and 15 earned runs. Now, the near-perfecto was more of an aberration than anything, we need a return to his form of the first half, where he had a 3.80 ERA, not the 7.22 posted in the second-half. He is facing the Padres - victims of his last good outing - but if he struggles again, then I imagine some consideration needs to be given to DL'ing him, with Max Scherzer probably getting the call. A quick hook there is imperative, given the short nature of the pennant chase; it may simply be that Davis has run out of steam, the rehab from his surgery finally taking its toll after 100 innings.
Banks also struggled in his last start, with his control being particularly lacking - he walked six Milwaukee batters in 4.1 innings. That was a bit of an aberration, but we did also beat him at Chase in July, squeaking out a 3-2 win, in which he allowed all three runs in six innings. Upton and Reynolds homered off him that night. The Padres offense has struggled of late, scoring three or less in six of the last eight games, though the overall average is skewed by the other two games, in Colorado, where they scored 24 runs. One stunning stat: the Padres are 3-55 when trailing after six innings, so if we're leading then... Arizona have been pretty solid offensively since the arrival of Dunn: Sunday's shut-out was the first time in ten games they've been held to less than four runs.
Should be about for most of this series, and I'm thinking we should look to take two out of three, at least. Thursday, with Webb on the mound, looks like a cert, but today is much less certain. Tomorrow, with Haren facing Peavy, should be an excellent pitching match-up, and could go either way too. With Los Angeles facing Colorado, it'd be nice to get back into the lead, but the main thing is to take care of our own business and let the Dodgers worry about themselves.
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emily's keys to the game
1) Find some dinner
2) Stop crying long enough to eat said dinner and make a couple phone calls
3) Finish packing (I have tonight and tomorrow. Yipes.)
I probably won’t be around for much, if any, of this one. Expect to see very little of me this weekend, but I’ll have a full report of how the move went on…well. Whenever. :-P
by emilylovesthedbacks on Aug 19, 2008 8:35 PM EDT reply actions
Also.
I just realized that number 2 makes me sound extremely emo. I just said goodbye to my best friend that’s staying here, and I am a mess. Don’t mind me. :-)
by emilylovesthedbacks on Aug 19, 2008 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions
4) Quit copying soco
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Hey
soco’s a trendsetter… he should be honored!
by snakecharmer on Aug 19, 2008 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Considering
I started the keys to the game to make fun of broadcasters’ lame attempts to explain what the team needed to do for that day, I really don’t think it should be that holy of ground.
Yub, yub!
Oh, sarcasm.....
how you make yourself invisible online.
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Poster?
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5) Feel better
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(((((((((((((((Emily)))))))))))))))))))))
That’s tough to say goodbye to your best friend.
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Aug 19, 2008 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions
good start
we need to start this home stand off right. So Davis need to put up an early zero and we need some early runs…. Dunns big home debut. Im excited
Today’s lineup:
A. Ojeda ss .252
C. Young cf .239
C. Jackson lf .302
A. Dunn rf .236
M. Reynolds 3b .247
C. Tracy 1b .279
C. Snyder c .247
C. Burke 2b .203
D. Davis p .111
Augie is leading off and Burke gets the start at 2b but we only have 3 LHBs against the righty.
Drew
is better against LHP anyway, but he’s been our hottest hitter lately.
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Those other guys:
S. Hairston cf .256
B. Giles rf .290
K. Kouzmanoff 3b .279
A. Gonzalez 1b .277
C. Headley lf .263
N. Hundley c .198
T. Iguchi 2b .243
S. Kazmar ss .200
J. Banks p .150
Scooter leads off with the stellar .256 ba Lol. how sad is that when you have Hairston as your starting CF and lead off hitter???
Yeah, but his BA is better than 6/8ths of our starting lineup….
by snakecharmer on Aug 19, 2008 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Defensively, no way
Offensively, he’d be a bit of an upgrade right now….
by snakecharmer on Aug 19, 2008 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions
No question
Young: OPS+ = 86
Hairston: OPS+ = 118
by Jim McLennan on Aug 19, 2008 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Evening
Let’s hope your bring DD some luck…
by Jim McLennan on Aug 19, 2008 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Home safely
And getting settled. I’ll simultaneously be listening to the game, converting a website into Joomla and posting, so this promises to be a masterpiece of divided attentions!
Are you converting your website into joomla?
The movie-review one? … It could use an upgrade…. :)
by snakecharmer on Aug 19, 2008 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions
No, another one, actually.
I know what you mean about trashcity.org, but with 2,000 reviews…it ain’t going anywhere in the near future. :-)
by Jim McLennan on Aug 19, 2008 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
lol, good point!
But I am a programmer, I could probably automate it… :)
by snakecharmer on Aug 19, 2008 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions
If you could figure out some way
To do the cross-referencing by actors too…that’s the bit which I can’t get my brain around.
by Jim McLennan on Aug 19, 2008 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh that's easy!
Simple database call. :)
by snakecharmer on Aug 19, 2008 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm simultaneously
watching the Dbacks, posting at the ‘Pit, and reading the manual for Jane’s F/A-18 Simulator. /nerd
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Just bought
a new joystick and throttle. /even more nerd
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow, you're keeping yourself busy... :)
by snakecharmer on Aug 19, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, I wanted to be a fighter pilot
until I was told that I was colorblind, and it was never gonna happen. Then I cried for the rest of the day. :-(
But yeah, bought the joystick and throttle this weekend — trying to figure out how to map the buttons and such.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Well,
I didn’t wear glasses or contacts back then.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Well such is life
I dreamed of being a fighter pilot too… I have perfect eyesight but I suffer from recurrent shoulder dislocations and thus got rejected. Ah childhood dreams.
No good flight simulators nowadays though. Loved the Jane’s Series.
by singaporedbacksfan on Aug 19, 2008 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I know!
I hate Electronic Arts for shutting down Jane’s!!
I’ve got 688(I) Hunter/Killer, F/A-18, Fighters Anthology, (incl. USNF 97, ATF and NATO Fighters) WWII Fighters, Longbow 2, Fleet Command, and I ordered a used copy of F-15.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
/more nerd than ever before
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery…
by snakecharmer on Aug 19, 2008 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I actually
feel like I need kishi around to back me up on this, because he comes across as a guy who might like flight simulators.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey I like them too!
The last one I tried was IL 2… which was a tad too realistic cause I can’t seem to fly properly, let alone land the darn thing. Not Nerd enough then :)
by singaporedbacksfan on Aug 19, 2008 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I've heard that
IL-2 and Flanker 2.5 are two of the greatest realistic flight sims today. Haven’t played either of them, but it’s really kinda cool to have two of the top sims based almost entirely on Russian aircraft.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I did love me a good flight simulator
Flight sims and adventure games- the two genres that seem to have died sometime in the late ’90s, for no apparent reason.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
Well, adventure games have largely come back.
But flight sims — not so much. There’s a glut of WWII sims, and then there’s Lock On: Modern Air Combat, and then that’s about it.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions
And your supposition was correct!!
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Aug 19, 2008 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Sweeeeeet....
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm divided too
Just got season 4 of the Wire. Only four episodes to go!
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
Let’s quit monkeying around and start this series off with a big high five!
C'mon Double D!
Let’s throw some strikes tonight!
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But not
strikes right down the middle.
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Well done!
Keep it up like that.
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6-4-3.
That’ll do, pig.
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Huh?
What I meant was he got 3 outs without giving up any runs! One day with no game and I am slowww.
Does that count as a 1-2-3 inning
if he gets a DP? Jim?
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Bit of a shaky start
Rather too much plate early on. But the Kouz at-bat was much better, and it all ends well.
Now, let’s get on top early, and set the tone.
Leadoff homer!
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Jk.
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Leadoff BB works too, though.
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Oh, it wasn't meant to be an explanation.
It was meant as a hopeful desire.
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Do you
doubt my word, sir??
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Besides my word?
Shouldn’t that be enough?
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Rude. Rude. Rude.
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Aug 19, 2008 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Hmmm....
yeah I didn’t realize that some posters might take it the wrong way.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Plus all those who don’t get it live… :P
by snakecharmer on Aug 19, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice little plopper RBI by CoJack!!
Chip Hale? WTF were you doing stopping the runner??
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Luckily,
Augie has realized that the best approach is to do the opposite of what Hale says. If he says go, stop or you’ll be thrown out. If he says stay, run through and score without issue…
by Jim McLennan on Aug 19, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
GMTA
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Jackson gets a Texas Leader
and Augie is all, “I DON’T CARE ABOUT YOUR STOP SIGN, I’M SCORIN’!”
Yub, yub!
Adam Dunn
makes his Arizona home debut!
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Chip Hales LIVES on opposite day.
If he says to hold up? Run. If he waves you home? Stop.
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My brother says
his son is kind of a douche, too.
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Trying to pick CY off 2B?
…..interesting decision, as it almost goes into CF
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Hmm....
I sure thought that Dunn struck out there….
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BEEP Adam Dunn walks BEEP
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C'mon, Mark....
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We need to explode this inning
with DD on the bump.
Do work boys.
Never give up. Never give in.
by pepperdinedevil on Aug 19, 2008 9:56 PM EDT reply actions
Damn.
Well, CY scores at least.
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IBB to Chad Tracy
to lead the bases for Snydes.
Hmm….
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Setting up the DP
Still, it ain’t pretty for Banks… almost 30 pitches in 1 inning!
by singaporedbacksfan on Aug 19, 2008 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd love to see
a hit.
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Like that!!
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Okay.
Time for Chris Burke to do something.
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The venerable Chris Burke.
(Can I call him that? He’s been okay lately….)
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Well,
deep fly for an RBI. Good stuff!
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions
So.....
Doug Davis? Howzabout a hit or a walk?
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Nope.
Still, 4-0 after 1 is pretty sweet…
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey!
These things are important!
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Looked like
flawless lolcat to me.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
Nice way to start inning
Let’s hope double d has his stuff.
Chris Burke hot at the plate? Small sample size.
by C. Wesley Baier on Aug 19, 2008 10:04 PM EDT reply actions
I've never
understood the appeal of eating peanuts at a game. Sunflower seeds are an activity, but peanuts? Any peanut-lover want to fill me in on what I’ve been missing?
Yub, yub!
You get to throw the shells on the ground.
I think that’s the biggest appeal — you can litter without feeling bad about it.
Plus, they’re tasty.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
You get your hands all grubby
which especially sucks if you’re keeping score. At least sunflower seeds you get to litter while adding to the ultra-manly activity of spitting.
Yub, yub!
You speak of being "ultra-manly"....
….and then you complain of getting your hands grubby?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Well
spitting doesn’t get my hands dirty. I hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate having things on my hands like that.
Yub, yub!
Hmmm....
see, I hate oily hands….
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions
It's a tasty snack
that you have to eat slowly.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
F'in A, DD
Never give up. Never give in.
by pepperdinedevil on Aug 19, 2008 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions
It was low
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions
According to gametracker
it didn’t. It is in the same location as pitch #4, a called strike…
Never give up. Never give in.
by pepperdinedevil on Aug 19, 2008 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Ugh.
BB to load the bases.
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4-1.
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HEY DOUG!!
STOP SUCKING!!!
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I’m about to start throwing things.
Never give up. Never give in.
by pepperdinedevil on Aug 19, 2008 10:12 PM EDT reply actions
Do you
have better control?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
That was my next comment… I can come within three feet of what I’m aiming for, yes.
I can pepper the zone actually.
Never give up. Never give in.
by pepperdinedevil on Aug 19, 2008 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice hustle by Dunn
to get to that line drive, and at least get ONE out.
Throwing to home was dumb, too.
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BoMel!
With a rare argument!
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whats he arguing?
/following on internet
are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
by utahdbacksfan on Aug 19, 2008 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I think so? Something about the 3B ump getting a good view.
by snakecharmer on Aug 19, 2008 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Honestly,
I missed it. I was too busy reading about EMCON.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s basically like radio silence for RADAR.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I've got
some summer lovin’ for flight sims.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Eh wha?
Bob Melvin arguing with an official? BOB Melvin? Bob MELVIN?
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
Sure, he comes out of the dugout occasionally
but he still conducts himself like a rabbit.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
A groundhog, perhaps?
Like the one I can’t spell the name of
by snakecharmer on Aug 19, 2008 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
As a fellow Phil,
I feel like I should know this….
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
He's the offical groundhog
of Groundhog Day. His name is Phil and I think he lives in Punxsutawney.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
No
I know who he is, I’m just saying I feel like I should know how to spell that.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I didn't know how to spell it either
but I was close enough for Google to find the correct spelling.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
Or Bob.
I get them mixed up.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
Didn't
it used to be Phil though?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes. :P
I was saying, above, that Bob could be like a groundhog…. follow the breadcrumbs…
by snakecharmer on Aug 19, 2008 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Ah...
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not sure
what you want here? To get himself kicked out more? Personally, I’d rather the manager take a seat most of time unless it’s something to actually sink their teeth into.
Yub, yub!
I think I would like to see him get kicked out more
if it meant showing a little more conviction. By now, my impatience with BoMel is definitely coloring my opinion, but he is among the least fiery coaches I’ve seen.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
I would agree.
I’m not saying he needs to be Bobby Cox or Sweet Lou, but he could show a LITTLE more emotion out there.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
No,
this is MLB, and I’m saying Bob Melvin might be too mild to manage a bunch of young players, needing a leader.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
No
but it gives the impression that he doesn’t care. It also means that he almost never backs up his players in close calls.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
I can understand that
but I got to much bile to let it go.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
Fortunately,
this pitcher is teh suck at bunting.
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K to get the pitcher.
Hey — stoppping the bleeding is something to cheer for.
Pretty wide strike, though.
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Oh!
Mark…. VERY close play there.
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He's actually even scarier
than Chris Young….
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Lol
Talk about damming with faint praise…
by singaporedbacksfan on Aug 19, 2008 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Checking in.
Nice to see a lead.
I feel productive…ate dinner, made phone calls, and packed an entire box. Woo!
by emilylovesthedbacks on Aug 19, 2008 10:21 PM EDT reply actions
Phew
Davis sucks tonight. There’s not really any other word for it. The outs he got were a laser to right, the pitcher, and a hard-hit ball Reynolds did pretty well to knock down and keep in front of him.
It’s gonna be a long night, but I would not be surprised, based on this inning, if we see Scherzer up on Sunday.
CY2B
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I think
he made it look a little harder than it should have….
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice job breaking up the DP.
C’mon, Dougie! Finish it!!
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Another one
bites the dust…
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
What was he ranting about?
I usually tune him out….
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
If it isn't
at least half cherry, I could understand getting a little heated about it.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
That's
not really saying much, though.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh.....
yeah, that was actually kinda interesting.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I liked the
first two games of the Houston series, where we scored a bunch of runs.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
There ya go....
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
less talkies
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Argh....
God Burke it!!
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Burke
does not = God
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
^Refer to above
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Now you've just gotta stop....
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, see? That works.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Rox 2, LA 1
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No Doug-biscuit!
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, if it's gonna annoy soco.....
I’ll get right to work on that.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I actually
wasn’t intending on doing it…
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't push it....
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Jebus Christ
are Doug’s pitches sailing today…
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
That's
pretty huge.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Still 2-1 in LA
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Another box down,
and I can safely say I have packed everything that is going to Flagstaff with me.
Now, for the part I have been dreading all summer- cleaning.
Oh, and Go Dbacks!
by emilylovesthedbacks on Aug 19, 2008 10:56 PM EDT reply actions
Oh ho ho.
You have not been to my house, obviously.
My step-father informed me two days ago that he wanted me to repaint my room before I left. No, I’m not doing it. But that’s the kind of insanity that happens here.
I’d rather pack than clean. :-)
by emilylovesthedbacks on Aug 19, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Repaint?
Two days before you go off to college?? Screw that!!
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I know, right?
Even better, he wanted me to do it tomorrow. The day before I leave.
Good one, padre.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Aug 19, 2008 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Duly noted.
On the plus side, you’ll only have to clean your room in Flag when you move out of said room. Always a good thing.
Except that
that room will be disgusting if I wait til December to clean.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Aug 19, 2008 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Then again,
compared to everyone else’s room, it’ll just be normal…
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Well,
cleaning here is going to show me how gross it gets over three months. I am not going an entire semester.
But you’re right.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Aug 19, 2008 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Davis' ptiching strategy has been found:
Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called “The Pledge”. The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird or a man. He shows you this object. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it to see if it is indeed real, unaltered, normal. But of course… it probably isn’t. The second act is called “The Turn”. The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now you’re looking for the secret… but you won’t find it, because of course you’re not really looking. You don’t really want to know. You want to be fooled. But you wouldn’t clap yet. Because making something disappear isn’t enough; you have to bring it back. That’s why every magic trick has a third act, the hardest part, the part we call “The Prestige”."
Yub, yub!
Huzzah!!
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Mark Grace mentions San Diego State.
Everyone take a drink….
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Looks
like a tall K zone tonight.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
Another CYBB??
This is madness!!
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
:-(
I was hoping somebody had something slightly more relevant… like “THIS IS THE DBACKS!!” or something like that.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I love that video....
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Well....
two syllables would be better.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Two syllables
is an impossible request?
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
THIS IS PHOENIX
are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
by utahdbacksfan on Aug 19, 2008 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes!!
WE HAVE A WINNER!!
See, Emily? That wasn’t too hard.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I resent
the comparison to a mouse.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Not quite.
That’s why I resent it.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Eh.
From up here, you’re pretty close…
by emilylovesthedbacks on Aug 19, 2008 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
::shrug::
One of these days, my dear, you’re going to have to come up with some new material.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Good thing
CY stole that base.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Always the small things
That win all the big games
by singaporedbacksfan on Aug 19, 2008 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
C'mon, Dunner!
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DUNNER!!
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Finally!
We saw the last part of what makes up the Dunner!
by singaporedbacksfan on Aug 19, 2008 11:06 PM EDT reply actions
ARGH.....
Reynolds… JUST foul….
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Reynolds K.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled program….
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and in unrelated news,
the sun is scheduled to rise in the east tomorrow
are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
by utahdbacksfan on Aug 19, 2008 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Rox 4, Dodgers 1
on a Matt Holliday single and a Brad Hawpe homer.
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Look at that, the Rockies are good for something!
Only if they keep it up….
by snakecharmer on Aug 19, 2008 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, U-Ball is pitching
against Kuroda, so….
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Knock wood.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
K!!
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i know, kinda foriegn
isnt it?
are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
by utahdbacksfan on Aug 19, 2008 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Well,
coming from Doug Davis, yeah.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
But not
when it’s our lineup.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
i meant with DD
are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
by utahdbacksfan on Aug 19, 2008 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Incidentally
Matt Holliday’s single was off of Kuroda.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
Well
it’s not like Pujols was batting or anything.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh
no, I mean it was actually off of Kuroda.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah,
hence the Pujols reference
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Hmmm....
that 1-1 looked pretty good.
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Strike 3.
Got outta it!
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
I thought he was appearing a bit shaky but he got out of it… me not complaining.
by singaporedbacksfan on Aug 19, 2008 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions
he is above expectations tonight
for sure
are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
by utahdbacksfan on Aug 19, 2008 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Then again,
so is the run support, thus far…
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Especially
shutting down such a powerful lineup….
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
do i sense sarcasm?
Here?
are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
by utahdbacksfan on Aug 19, 2008 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Of course not!!
I mean… the Padres… errr…….. yeah.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions
He's done well today
it doesn’t matter if it was against the Padres or not, because he’s done the job asked of him.
Yub, yub!
One step at a time
This could be the first step to recovery.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
Looks a little bit
like the DD of a few weeks ago.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
Who was also
pitching against the Padres….
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
After the July 4th series
I actually have an unreasoning fear of the Padres. It’s good to see a D-Backs starter keep them under control.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
I completely spaced out about the face that the game was on tonight
Turned the radio on in time to hear Dunn’s home run, though. Nice.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
By the way,
did you ever play flight simulators?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
ive got one
its awesome
are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
by utahdbacksfan on Aug 19, 2008 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Who needs a flight sim?
I used to fly airplanes when I was in the big brothers big sisters program. I’ve piloted 7 different small aircrafts. booo yah
I do love a good flight sim though
Chris Burke hot at the plate? Small sample size.
by C. Wesley Baier on Aug 19, 2008 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Well excuuuuuse me......
;-)
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Hmm.
I always wanted to learn how to fly a plane, but I’m too afraid of heights.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Aug 19, 2008 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow.
You’re the second person I expected to respond to that.
6 feet isn’t really far off the ground. :-P
I’m also afraid of spiders and clowns, so you can just take that as your ironic piece of information o’ the day.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Aug 19, 2008 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess
it’s good that I didn’t follow through with photoshopping Adam Dunn to look like John Wayne Gacy in his clown get up.
Yub, yub!
Was
That the picture you were going to put on the set of Charlotte’s Web?
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
Flying is actually really easy
Landing is really the only difficult part.
Chris Burke hot at the plate? Small sample size.
by C. Wesley Baier on Aug 19, 2008 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions
IAWTC
My experience flying in the a flying club is the same thing… but landing’s are fun! Unless you encounter bad weather, which makes flying a bitch, and landings even more so.
I love to do carrier landings in flight simulators especially, since its like trying to poke a thread through a needle at more than a hundred miles an hour.
by singaporedbacksfan on Aug 19, 2008 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Part of the reason
I love Jane’s F/A-18 so much — ultrarealistic carrier ops.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions
I like my video games
with far less substance.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
Daikatana?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
MMOs mostly
Good, time-consuming fun. And I can share it with friends all over th eworld.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
Oh, good God.....
do we have any WoW fans in the house?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Blech.....
Just my opinion.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
Uuuugh… you’d think the least the boys could do would be to follow the actual game… ;)
by snakecharmer on Aug 19, 2008 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
We're
following commercials now….
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ll just insert my elitist, anti-WoW attitude here.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
Seconded
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Ah
I’ve never found an MMO that could keep my interest for too long. Even CoH got a bit boring and repetitive after a while.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
Loved CoH
But it’s mostly about shared experiences with friends I can’t see in real life. It could be tic-tac-toe or Scrabulous if enough of them were playing.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
I honestly
have no idea what CoH is…. but then again, I kinda hate RPGs, including the MMO variety.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I c
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions
City of Heroes
It’s a Superheroes and Villians MMO
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
I kinda hate RPGs to.
And I actually worked at an RPG publisher. But I absolutely love board and card games.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
I love
games that let me do all kinds of stupid things instead of the actual missions. I just picked up Assassin’s Creed, and I call it “Killing People and Climbing Things” to my wife, because that’s my only objective in it.
Yub, yub!
Only game kinda like that
that I’ve ever enjoyed was Port Royale, and that had more of a strategy contingent, that’s why….
Plus pirates.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I like
taking stuff over.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Thank you,
emperor obvious.
Can we send him to Elba now?
by emilylovesthedbacks on Aug 19, 2008 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions
All kinds
but mostly the ones that take a few minutes to learn and no more than an hour to play. I literally have a few hundred of ‘em but I’d pick these as my favorites:
Liar’s Dice (It’s the game they played in the second Pirates of the Caribbean movie)
Barbarossa (It’s kind of a charades with modelling clay game)
Ricochet Robot (A game to test your visual imagination)
Carabande (A carom game that involves car racing)
6 Nimmt (A German counting game)
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
I'm a big RPG fan
Shock, I know. But I’m more of the pen-paper-and-dice, see-people-across-the-table-from-you sort. I’ll play the occasional Final Fantasy game, but most computer based RPGs are eh.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
And now Tracy
fouls with HR distance, too….
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I'm much more worried about having to play the damned Marlins.
Especially after having to play them twice in Florida already this year.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Wasn't that
where the great slump of 2008 started?
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
Hehe....
on that replay, you can see that Dunn had a huge grin on his face (by Adam Dunn standards) when he hit the HR.
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Um.... Gracie?
Sex and the City? Steel Magnolias??
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
And Mamma Mia
This conversation is highly amusing. :D
by snakecharmer on Aug 19, 2008 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe he's been watching the Notebook with Gambo
Or Ash. They’re interchangeable in my mind, I just know that they’re annoying.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
Ugh... I have bad memories
of that movie.
(No Alzheimer’s pun intended)
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Never seen it, personally
Figure I’m happier that way.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
Well, it wasn't necessarily the lame movie itself,
so much as the company.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice job turning the DP
by Chris Burke.
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers: Filling the dubious shoes left open by Barry Bonds and the Giants.
I was thinking the same thing,
but I was afraid that I might be crucified for saying it….
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I wouldn't
want him to be a permanent replacement unless he either improved his hitting or the other dudes figured out how to not strikeout so much, but he’s not too bad. I feel confident when he’s back there.
Yub, yub!
He's getting better, yeah
I’m more comfortable with Ojeda’s range.. but Burke is decent.
by snakecharmer on Aug 19, 2008 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions
It's nice to see the glove
now if the BAT would warm up a little. Or stay as warm as it’s been recently.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
I don't think it's blasphemy
I think, for the most part, he’s been decent (or better) on defense, it’s just his plate appearances that terrorize us.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
It's great to see it.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
Nomah scores on a PB.
4-2, Rox.
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With BoMel
You can never be sure…
by singaporedbacksfan on Aug 19, 2008 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Upton
in the dugout??
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is he off the dl yet?
are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
by utahdbacksfan on Aug 19, 2008 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Anyone?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Off-day,
according to Sutton. He’s still in AAA.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Dammit.....
c’mon, Rox! Light up Kuroda a little more!
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn.....
Adrian Gonzalez sure looked like he got pulled off the bag…
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Joining a bit late
Glad to see the DBacks are winning. Oh, and go Rockies!
Dunn gets
an IBB.
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Got distracted
By dinner, and the arrival of of SnakePit Jr. with a large bag of cookies. There’s one which is so chocolatey, I couldn’t even manage more than a mouthful.
Doug Davis. Quality start. Whisky. Tango. Foxtrot. Anyone bet on that after the first inning?
Yeah,
but maybe not after the second…..
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Some lady
is driving the CTS (I think) and she’s going on about how in today’s luxury game it isn’t about [insert luxury item here that every luxury car has] but about how when you turn on your car, does it return the favor?
That sums up the idea of luxury, in really any capacity be it fashion to cars, in a nutshell and it was brilliant.
Yub, yub!
TOTAL cougar action there.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I was
wondering the same thing.
Actually, I was also wondering what Cadillac ad was just broadcast as well, since I didn’t see one….
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions
The good one
is this one. I can’t seem to find the one that was just on, but it was terrible.
Yub, yub!
The one with Lance Reddick?
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
I liked that one too
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
I have
no idea who any of these people are, though.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Lance Reddick is a guy from The Wire. I have that on the brain tonight. I assume Kate Walsh is from the ad mentioned above.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
Oh yeah, that guy.
Wait — he’s in a Caddy ad?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Yep.
Something about thanking his dad for a new car. I couldn’t tell because I was thinking “Hey! That’s Lt. Daniels!”
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
Kate Walsh
was a redhead on Grey’s Anatomy who got her own spinoff show that may or may not have been cancelled.
Was she
the hot older woman?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions
She's attractive
I wouldn’t consider her that old, though I guess compared to the rest of the cast she would be.
Yub, yub!
I wouldn't really consider her "old" either,
hence, “older”.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Hence
why I also stipulated why you would consider her older, for the rest of the audience.
Yub, yub!
Well
I already referred to her as a total cougar, so
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Hmmm....
she’s 41. Definitely not that old. I’m not sure how old I thought she was, but… there you have it.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions
IMDB
says “yes”.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Well, as soco pointed out,
everyone else on that show is like 25, so
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
On Gray’s or on her new show?
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Aug 20, 2008 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions
The doctor soap opera.
I have no idea what other show she’s on.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions
The only one I have conscious memory of is the one with the guy who plays Nathan Stark on Eureka. But I don’t think I’ve ever actually paid attention to the words, just looked and realized, “Hey, that’s Stark!” before I started ignoring it again.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
I only remember
his “seat cooler” spot which was terrible because it goes exactly against the original message: that the toys in a car don’t make it luxury!
Yub, yub!
Eureka? Stark?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Eureka is a show on the Sci-Fi Channel, and Nathan Stark is one of the characters.
The only other thing I know the guy has been in is an ad for Cuervo Black.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
Nathan Stark
But, as I recall, the name was a tribute.
Am I avoiding the subject, or am I doing philosophy?
Sebastian Stark?
Jayson Stark? Pete Stark?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Olympic softball
Not nice that they’re doing away with it next Olympics. USA has outscored their opponents 53-1 going into tonight’s game against Japan which was scoreless until USA scored 4 runs in extras (they start each innings in extras with a runner on 2nd). Now they’ve outscored their opponents 57-1.
Hence
why they’re getting rid of it.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2008 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Yep.
Might be a bit more difficult…definitely no 56 run differential…but it’d probably still happen.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Aug 20, 2008 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions
How about
the rest of the world get decent teams. Oops, USA gave up a run. Now they’ve outscored everyone 57-2.
IAWTC.
More than you know.
How about the IOC gives the rest of the world a few years to catch up?
by emilylovesthedbacks on Aug 20, 2008 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions
It's like
Red Reporter whining about the unfair competition of the NL Central. Put together a better team and stop making excuses.
Yub, yub!
Or else
just fold Major League Baseball?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Uno, dos, tres
for Qualls.
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IAWTC
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Saturday
I’m om nom noming me some hot dogs. I will be a one man hot dog eating contest. Winner: my stomach.
Yub, yub!
Loser:
Hamburgers?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm not sure
the hot dogs are feeling very triumphant either.
"We...probed them all the way through. They're completely meat." — Terry Bisson
Better
to be loved and eaten than never to be loved at all.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Heh....
Mandy just GIDP’d, erasing Kent.
I’ll bet Kent is gonna loooove that.
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But
with an RBI tonight.
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions
true enough
are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
by utahdbacksfan on Aug 20, 2008 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Augie's Quest
sounds like a bad adventure game from the early 90’s. I can imagine it coming after King’s Quest and Space Quest.
Yub, yub!
And Hero Quest
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Police Quest?
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions
550 comments...
with an inning and a half left, and some stickiness going on, I think we’ll need an overflow thread at the next out.
Done
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2008 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Someone tell the big dude on the mound
that is scary looking with tattoos that he ain’t scaring the Padres hittersl
GDT is slowing down.
Hang on for overflow.
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Beep beep
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Next time
maybe ’skins will actually read this one. ;)
by snakecharmer on Aug 20, 2008 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions
What??
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