Open Thread: 2007 Playoffs, Day #2007
by monkeyball on Oct 20, 2007 1:49 PM PDT
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PrintPersonally, I'm anticipating a 19-inning 1-0 ballgame tonight between the Red Sox and Indians, because no two teams in the playoffs can expect to deliver Major League-caliber performances without at least 9 or 10 days off between games.
The Indians try to close out the Red Sox in Boston at 5:21 Pacific Time.
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Game 6 changes to Lineups
Nixon starts in RF for Cleveland, while Ellersby replaces Crisp in CF
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So what happened with the softball game, dude?
cal season is down the toilet
so now, back to non-attached playoff baseball in an hour, after a late saturday afternoon snooze.
I know, what a bummer.
Got to my hotel in NY just in time to see the finale (but not in time to get to Brooklyn to Pacific Time). Depressing welcome.
To what now?
by Englishmajor on Oct 20, 2007 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Go Tribe!
The reason everyone hates the Yankees is that they buy there players instead of "growing" them. Well look at the Sox, same approach just less money.
Go Cleveland!
by Mr C on Oct 20, 2007 5:15 PM PDT reply actions
Well
This isn't good.
Fausto, this is a fine mess
you've gotten yourself into
Never trust those lesser demons.
Hi JD.
Can you please keep up your RBI-less streak?
who's the jerk-off
who asked for drama in this post-season?
just kill me
They're up to 405 comments already!
by Englishmajor on Oct 20, 2007 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Holy crap.
Of course, 375 of them are only four letters
by Englishmajor on Oct 20, 2007 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions
A combination of that and...
you know how to test the stiffness of egg whites? It looks like someone did that to his hair. Someone formed stiff peaks out of his hair.
It's a perfect match, then
since his material sounds like someone crapped on his script.
by Englishmajor on Oct 20, 2007 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I tried to give him a chance...
but I ended up asking myself Why are these people laughing?
Maybe they're the ones
who crapped on his script.
Or his head.
But if I had to get rid of one of them,
it would be Bcuk. (I refuse to spell that name properly in this context)
Did Kevin Youkilis just skip to first base?
[adds that to reasons to hate the Sox]
Dane Cook. How I've missed you.
Jeezus.
Does Fausto realize he might have to throw strikes at some point tonight?
well, its nice to have a BASEball
game on in the background...guess there will be another one tomorrow night too.
muddles over what to grill tonight.
Heh...just got this email
naju najad a ti wod Pl s
You can grow your men instrument, -it's been proven
wonder what they are talking about?
Apply it to your oboe
and it will turn into a bassoon.
Forward it to SuperValu
The Minnesota grocery chain fell for an email scam and wired ten million dollars to some bogus bank accounts.
by Englishmajor on Oct 20, 2007 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions
What the hell is going on?
Call it a gut feeling, or maybe
just terrific baseball savvy, but I think there's going to be a Game 7.
I'm not really enjoying this
(and that's with the sound off), but I am sorta enjoying the fact that this isn't the A's being smacked around.
Because if this were the A's blowing Game 6 in Fenway after being up 3-1...well, I'd be swearing so much that the cast of Deadwood would blush.
This game reminds me of Game 4
at Minnesota in 2002, where the A's went into a loud visiting park, and as everything else went wrong, the defense fell apart to seal the deal.
It's reminding me
of Saturday morning at Ohlone Park.
Except Cheese and Bones actually knew how to catch and throw.
It's true--
and the left field wall is about the same distance.
This is painful.
Is this a playoff game
or the AN-MC softball showdown?
LEMURCONKERS!
by Englishmajor on Oct 20, 2007 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions
yeesh
Well holy hell, good evening everybody.
A crappy day
The highlight was my daughter's soccer team tying an undefeated team from another city.
Other than that, it's been miserable.
Cal loses again.
Cleveland getting crushed. And by the way, baseballgirl, I'm holding you responsible.
Hey, FoxSports
Re: this weekend's events in and around Boston:
Head of the Charles, world's largest annual 2-day
rowingintercollegiate drinking event.
Fixed that for ya.
I'll row to that.
oh, forgot about the regatta
<calls Josh and Muffy in Cambridge to ask how it was>
Okay, Casey Blake
I now hate you.
I'm really getting sick
of that vintage/distressed batting helmet look. Particularly with a guy like Trot who hasn't been with the Indians long enough to get his helmet in that shape.
They're up to 800-some comments
at Let's Go Tribe. That's some serious comment-nesting. Over the Monster only has 78...
but some of them are choice
Re: Open Thread: ALCS Game 6 Indians @ Red Sox 8:2
I think we've found a game where we're comfortable letting Gagne pitch.by argo0 on Sat Oct 20, 2007 at 09:58:55 PM EDT
Re: Open Thread: ALCS Game 6 Indians @ Red Sox 8:2
We do not speak of him. He is "The Closer Who Shall Not Be Named".by sdkramer on Sat Oct 20, 2007 at 10:01:19 PM EDT
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Up by nine runs, they're still savaging their own team. Stay classy, Red Sox Nation.
by Englishmajor on Oct 20, 2007 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, did I mention that Crosby really sucks?
Well, fair enough
But Gagne is not nearly that bad!
by Englishmajor on Oct 20, 2007 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions
easy to say
when he's not closing for your team
or setting up, or whatever the hell
they have him doing--mopping up?
Borowski looked sharp as always
The guy can't even protect an 8-run deficit.
boy
that looks like a fun party, huh?
This game may lack suspense
But over on the Food Network, Battle Eggplant has been captivating. Mere minutes until we find out whose eggplant will reign supreme. The tension is palpable. You might say you could cut it with a knife. I predict the winner will be the side that didn't make the eggplant cupcakes.
Any eggplant icecream tonight?
Does anybody know . . .
If The Office is on, at 8pm, tonight, on any channel???
what time is the game on tomorrow?
Same time as today
by Englishmajor on Oct 20, 2007 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Only the Red Sox could be so evil
as to take me from "resigned to the thought of the their championship" to "open to dreaming they might not win" to "gleeful at their impending demise" to "agonized at the thought of their championship."
All in all, it is better to have never loathed at all.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Oct 20, 2007 8:40 PM PDT reply actions
You may not be aware...
but I converted to Red Sox fandom several months ago. So... I totally think they're going to take the pennant. Yay!
Apparently
The Indians are looking like the A's
Getting up in a playoff series and then Choking it away
by 3Chavy3 on Oct 21, 2007 8:02 AM PDT reply actions
yeah
Game 5 win you could just chalk it up to Beckett being dominant no matter what Cleveland did. But Schlling was totally hittable.
I was wondering when they read the lineups, why at least Martinez and Hafner weren't switched in the batting order. Hafner's in an ALCS slump, while Martinez has been their most feared hitter.
Martinez is also literally
hitting .650 lifetime against Schilling.
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