Game 161: Just two more meaningless games to go
ByAnd so here we are, on the season’s penultimate day, going through the motions. Honestly, how many of you watched the whole game yesterday? It’s tough to stomach a game wherein the Rays score four first-inning runs and the ultimate outcome means nothing. Even the momentum factor is overstated.
There are but a few things to watch for tonight, and two of them involve home runs. If Mark Teixeira hits one, he’ll move into sole possession of first place in the AL, eclipsing the injured Carlos Pena. That would also set the Yankees’ single-season record for home runs. They’re currently tied with the 2004 team at 242.
The other thing is obviously Andy Pettitte, who gets his final tune-up start before the ALDS. Andy might take the ball again on Friday in Game 2, but it’s just as likely that he gets seven days off before a Game 3 start next Sunday. As with Sabathia, it doesn’t much matter how Pettitte fares. This game means nothing. His next start is what counts.
Jorge’s starting at catcher today. With tomorrow being a day game after a night game, one would expect Jose Molina to catch A.J. Burnett. It does appear that Molina will catch Burnett in the playoffs, odd as that decision may seem. There’s quite a robust discussion of the topic in the comments.
Lineup:
1. Brett Gardner, CF
2. Johnny Damon, LF
3. Mark Teixeira, 1B
4. Hideki Matsui, DH
5. Jorge Posada, C
6. Robinson Cano, 2B
7. Nick Swisher, RF
8. Eric Hinske, 3B
9. Jerry Hairston, SS
And on the mound, number forty-six, Andy Pettitte.
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i’ll check this game out after the twins finish
I’m with you, grab me a brewski on your way to the fridge.
Me too!
will do boss
‘Boss’? I like it! Finally getting a little respect around here! (puffs out chest in vintage Ralph Kramden pose)
Hopefully you have something other than that Shiner Bock swill.
An outstanding share! I have just forwarded
this onto a coworker who has been doing a little research on this.
And he actually bought me lunch due to the fact that I discovered it for him…
lol. So let me reword this…. Thanks for the meal!!
But yeah, thanx for spending some time to talk about this subject
here on your blog.
What’s up, just wanted to mention, I liked this blog post.
It was inspiring. Keep on posting!
Yo AJ Burnett, I’m really happy for you, and Ima let you finish,
but The Twins/Royals is one of the best games of all time…OF ALL TIME!
i meant andy pettitte… haha
You have shamed your family. That beer The Artist and I were looking for, retrieve it as penance.
i need to go back to A ball and work on my typing mechanics
haha, nice usage of Kanye West.
The Yanks’ game doesn’t start until 7:08. This Twins game will be over before that.
Nothing is better than elimination Baseball.
The slow pace that can seem boring during a meaningless mid season game becomes bone-chilling and excruciating during the playoffs. That’s why I’d love to see them add a Wild Card, and have the two teams play a Play-in game to see who gets in. It’s great theater, and a great disincentive to avoid being a WC, since they’d be guaranteed nothing.
think joe sat miranda so he wouldn’t get drilled for his home run trot?
Doubt it.
He really did Cadillac it around the bases last night.
Any good college football games tonight?
my school that i go to, texas a&m, plays arkansas on espn 2 live at jerryworld in dallas
Miami vs Oklahoma
Cal vs USC
Both at 8PM
Twins win.
Wow Twins. Just wow.
So now the Tigers need a win tonight to avoid a tie.
I can’t believe they beat Grienke after the season he’s had.
There’s another thread for Royals-Twins talk, Axisa.
::ducks for cover::
Although, on that topic… Who else is excited for early and late season baseball outdoors in Minneapolis, starting in 2010? If ever there was a reason to build a retractable roof, huh? Fail.
So if the Twins make it to the World Series in the future, they could be playing November baseball in Minnesota outdoors? Genius.
Yup. Not to mention outdoor baseball in Minneapolis in early April every year. MLB should stipulate that certain teams (I’m looking at you, Toronto and Minneapolis) must play in stadiums with retractable (or permanent) roofs. Oh well.
So we’re looking at the possibility of postponing games because of snow?
Looks like it. Take a look at the average precipitation and temperatures. What were they thinking?
http://home.att.net/~minn_climo/msppfreq.jpg
http://home.att.net/~minn_climo/mspaprt.gif
Could be a big home field advantage. You get used to playing in cold weather (lived in both Wisconsin and Vermont) if you’re there long enough, whereas it would be difficult to expect a team playing in San Diego, Miami or Texas to feel comfortable in that kind of environment. I can’t imagine it will be an attractive point to FAs, though.
I guess, except most of the players (non-Mauer division) are not from cold climates. Just because their uniform says “Twins” doesn’t make them Minnesotans who are used to the weather.
fuck yeah twins
great job
oh boy Derek Jeter is on the bench today, over/under 4.5 times Michael Kay mentions that he is a pest on the bench
over fo sho
Thanks twins! Now, go White sox go!
Ok, so with this whole crrrazy Molina-starting-in-the-playoffs thing seeming like it may be true, I have a question. If Burnett is going to pitch game 2, then he’s lined up to pitch game 5, obviously. I hope it doesn’t get that far, but if it does, does Girardi have the balls to play Molina in a do-or-die game???
Also, I still find it hard to believe POSADA would allow this. Obviously, Joe is the manager, but Jorgie would definitely be pissed if he sat in the playoffs, no?
oh and by “sat” I mean not start any of the games..
I think Burnett is lined up to pitch game 3.
well as of now, sure…but w/ the days off they can flip flop andy and aj…
Kim Jones asked Joe if he would continue the tradition of having a player manage the last game of the season since they have already clinched. He gave an inconclusive answer. I always found it to be amusing.
I’d like to see Kim Jones manage tomorrow’s game.
i’d like to see her manage my bedroom IFYOUKNOWWHATIMEAN
So she can administrate your BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP and organize your BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
I think you are onto something. John Sterling can co-manage. He will have to make the difficult decision of whether you send the runner at first when there are two outs and a full count. He always brings that up on the radio.
Sterling as bench coach, I like it.
Kim can also bring Kennedy in to pitch in relief, just to see the look on John’s face.
hope tex doesn’t screw up his swing going for #40 a la soriano
“Early speculation on a successor centered on Paul DePodesta, the former Dodgers GM who has been with the Padres since July 2006. He is in the first year of a three-year contract believed to be worth $800,000 per season.”
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/.....id=4527639
DePodesta is a modern GM and a very bright guy, but he didn’t exactly distinguish himself with the Dodgers. Not sure if there was some office politics involved, or ownership meddling, but he made some very bad deals.
Sure he did. He brought in Penny, drafted Martin, Kemp, Loney, Billingsley…
Yeah, not as bad as I thought. Maybe he wasn’t all that media friendly, because the local writers were really out to get him in 05.
But how much of that is really the GM? Cashman didn’t really draft Hughes, Joba, IPK, Slade, A-Jax—Oppenheimer did. I really have no idea, maybe Home DePo is responsible for their drafts.
Actually, looking over his track record it doesn’t seem all that bad. Mixed, actually. I had just remembered the disastrous 05 season and the way he was run out of town, but his trade/FA record was OK. He should take some heat for 05, but I don’t remember all the details.
Yeah, the media killed him in LA, but he wasn’t actually bad. Plaschke needs a crusty baseball man and DePodesta kinda rubbed him the wrong way, so he killed him in the media. I think he’d be a great hire for Toronto, if he wants the job.
If I was him, I’d stay out of the AL East. Ricchardi really didn’t do a bad job, put together some decent teams and very underrated pitching staffs, but its just very very tough to look good in this division with that payroll. Also, from what I understand the new ownership will be looking to cut payroll further next year, so it’s even harder.
Towers might make more sense for TOR. He’s rebuilt a few teams from the ground up, and that’s what TOR is looking at.
I hear you about the AL East, obviously that’s a deterrent. We’ll see what happens. But I’m not so sure Ricciardi didn’t do a bad job. JP gave out some awful contracts during his tenure (Thomas, Ryan, Wells, Rios, etc.).
On top of the bad contracts, JP was pretty unpolished with the media, and I believe he’s reportedly had a strained relationship with his scouts and other player personnel people (maybe someone can back me up on that one, I’m too lazy to go searching for a link).
I don’t know about the local Toronto media, but I know the NY media loved him. He was one of the few GMs I’d hear interviewed annually on WFAN and 1050. Beat writers and radio announcers always had a quote or two from him every time he came to town, so he must have made himself available to them.
I’m not talking about whether the media likes him as much as I’m talking about whether he presents the best face for the organization to the media. Just off the top of my head, his recent comments about how it doesn’t matter who the GM is because the Jays can’t win in a division with the Sox and Yanks are one good example. His disparaging comments about Adam Dunn are another good example.
Yeah, well of anything those are examples of him being over exposed. Things like that should be said behind closed doors, not to beat reporters.
BTW-I think he had his own radio show as well, on XM or something.
“Things like that should be said behind closed doors, not to beat reporters.”
Totally agree. GMs can’t have that little discipline with the media. That’s a mark against JP, in my book. That’s on him.
He did, but Candian teams always have to overpay because of the high tax rates and currency exchange bullshit. He gets a total pass on that for me, since its completely out of his control.
If anything, that’s another reason for a smart GM to avoid the job. TOR really has to be built through the farm system, which is always tricky.
He gets a “total pass” from you on bad contracts because he worked for a team that plays in Canada? I get that the exchange rate presents a problem, but it most certainly doesn’t present enough of a problem that anyone could excuse the Wells or Rios contracts.
Yeah, Texas or Florida teams could offer any one of their FA players half the money and they would still go home with more take home pay. They have to overpay, they simply have no choice, except of course to let the player walk.
In that town, which has never recovered from the 1994 strike, that’s a very tough thing to do.
….if he’s popular, which Wells was when they signed him.
Dude… Those are HISTORICALLY AWFUL contracts. I mean, the worst of the worst. If you can excuse those contracts on the basis that Toronto is at a disadvantage because it’s in Canada, how can you ever evaluate a GM in Toronto? By your reasoning., no GM in Toronto can ever be blamed for any mistake re: acquisitions or contracts.
Whatever, I agree to disagree.
“By your reasoning., no GM in Toronto can ever be blamed for any mistake re: acquisitions or contracts.”
No, I just cut the contract in half and ask myself if that sounds about right, and in most cases with JP, it did. Also, they’ve had a steady stream of good young arms coming through there for years, so he’s done a good job in that area. Overall, I think he did an OK job considering what he had to work with.
If I have one criticism of him, its that he didn’t do enough to protect those young arms, and many of them got hurt. That’s on him and that bonehead manager Gibbons they fired last year.
BTW-Maybe someone can get me the exact number, but the last time I checked the top Canadian income tax rate was over 60%, I think it’s 63 IIRC.
Texas and FLA residents have no/low personal income tax (though FLA may have added one recently) so with a Federal top rate of 35%, it’s almost double in Canada.
Yankees baseball, Devils hockey, I’m in fucking heaven
Co-sign. Although obviously it would be better if the Yanks weren’t just playing out the string at this point.
Devils? Ugh
Dynamite drop-in, Monte. That broadcast school has really paid off.
There goes your perfecto, Neiman muahah.
I didn’t catch the game last night. Was the Price/Tex high & tight pitch pretty egregious? Cone seems to think so. What precipitated it?
GRIT GUTNER STEAL!
nice job
damon swinging at schlop for the loss
Lame swing, Matsui.
everyone swinging at schlop for the loss
Quentin just homered – ChiSox 1 Det 0
pretty please can we have a game 163.
+163
Tigers starter is already out of the game.
Detroit taking no chances, I see
Freddy Garcia hasn’t been great, but he’s been solid this year.
F. Garcia vs DET Bullpen=Tie in Central
Fuck.
Do they really need to play that annoying horn to tell their idiot fans that something just happened?
Almost worse than handing out cowbells to get them excited
In all fairness, the Yanks usually have a siren go off when they hit HRs. Though I agree that horns should be reserved for hockey.
I love the new stadium, but that wrap around message board annoys the shit out of me. Total overkill with the world’s largest Diamond vision in RF, and a smaller on in CF.
This iswhy Burnett goes 2
ELECTRIC STUFF!!!
explain
I hope this is all because the yanks pitchers just don’t give a damn about these games.
4 runs and 6 hits off of Beckett…already.
its a little different than CC too, considering he’s coming off back spasms, a skipped start, and three “minor” cortison shots
hairston = desperate not to be on base
Question: Even if Detroit wins tonight, they have to pitch Verlander tomorrow, no?
Not necessarily. They’ll still have a one game lead and would probably be better off saving him in case the Twins win tomorrow and they lose, so they can throw Verlander in the one-game playoff.
Yeah pretty much. I assume, Edwin Jackson would pitch the tie breaker. Or they bring back Verlander on extremely short rest
Absolutely. Why save him for Game One, or even Game 163, when you aren’t guaranteed to play it?
Kay’s an idiot, of course you throw him tomorrow.
But if they win tonight, which was the stipulation in the OP, they are guaranteed to play Game 163. I think you throw Verlander depending on tonight’s outcome.
Absolutely not. Tomorrow would be Game One of their playoffs in that situation, and you have to go with your best.
Johnny PLEEEEEAAAASE get it going.
Jesus he looks beyond awful.
They should play Hinske in LF in the playoffs. Small sample sizes tell me so.
Hell, if all goes well, we won’t even see Hinske in the playoffs.
Yeah, Gardy can be a 60 SB guy until his speed starts to go when ge hits his 30s.
Haven’t seen this posted yet but,
“New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain is scheduled to work in relief Sunday and appears headed to the bullpen for the first round of the playoffs.”
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/.....id=4529223
Well if he can be 2007 Joba out of the pen, then I am fine with it, but JUST FOR PLAYOFFS. As soon as the playoffs end, bam right back in the rotation.
Completely agree.
Sounds good to me. If he can recreate his 07 form, we’re unstoppable.
5 inning game, baby.
If he can find his command, sure.
joba back in the ‘pen?
time to bust out the “joba rules” shirt.
The Indians are just awesome. Note to Mark Shapiro, all these soft tossers won’t get you anywhere.
usually giving up a grand slam is a cue to be taken out of the game.
…and innings limits might have avoided the whole Fausto Carmona fiasco.
Jeff Niemann is so goofy looking.
Most guys his height are. My friend who’s 6’8 is the most uncoordinated man you’ll ever meet.
If the White Sox manage to help knock out the Tigers I will be sending Ozzie an autographed Jenna Jameson DVD.
Don’t bother. He already has them all.
but i’ll take it.
I love it. We’re getting all the bad luck with BABIP out of the way too.
LOL, dumb and dumber matchup
i reall really hope the rockies call up carl fasano tomorrow.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c.....ndex.html#
Sal Fasano would be even better.
touching story tho.
not carl. sal. d’oh!
How many more guys is Tampa going to be allowed to hit?
they are bastards.
retaliation at this point can only be bad for us.
shelly can jump’em next spring training.
I say put in the AAA team and start drilling them one by one.
he he. i like it.
but what about tomorrow.
Have Mike Dunn or Melancon pitch the last of the 9th of the last game.
They are baiting us. They want us to fight them.
bastards.
Hell of a play by Bartlett.
Finally.
what’s tampa’s rotation next year? Shields/Garza/Neiman/Price/Davis?
I think you nailed it. Hellickson might get a look, but those five are the definite favorites.
4-0 ChiSox.
So this means that Verlander will definitely not pitch Game 1, unless he pitches on 2 days rest?
Yeah 2 days rest is ridiculous. I don’t think Leyland is that crazy.
well he did start figaro on a do or die game…
Nah, it wasn’t technically do-or-die. Tomorrow’s will definitely be, though, if they lose tonight.
man tampa fouls off everything
i wonder who’s going to trade for upton. the mets?
wow what the fuck was that
So Pettite ends up 5.1 innings short of earning another 750K bonus?
&((**$#&$& hinske
Hinske. Damn. Just ridiculous. ARod makes that play in his sleep.
great play by evan almighty, but thanks for the bad throw!
Wow, this place is dead tonight. I really do have no life…
hey JMK, i’m here! Don’t feel too bad!
Yeah, but you have college to enjoy! I have a diaper-wearing cat, a good-paying job that I hate, law/grad school (in a few months), and a social life that consists of commenting on a Yankees-based blog and masturbating to videos of fat chicks at Autozone.
hahahaha you need to upgrade to the dela G life, which consists of going out on the weekends with hot girls, taking one home every once in a while, and living it up at the clubs
Clubbing? The last time I went clubbing I remember little other than unbearably loud, terrible music, and an African man grinding on my behind. He apparently thought I was a female from behind (though to my credit, I am petite and have a rather shapely butt). Here’s the kicker–he was mad at me! Like I had deceived him or something!
Besides, now that I can actually afford to go to the clubs, I have absolutely no desire. Find me a dive bar with good whiskey and I’m there.
I’m rather awkward on ‘the net,’ so it’s fair to say I’m pretty awkward in ‘real life’; clubbing isn’t my scene.
dive bar + jamesson = good times
autozone?
Autozone is a bit of a meme about my prolific score of BBW women that resemble the Michelin Man. As for whiskey, I’m a maker’s neat kind of guy (I’m on my third, as we type).
oh boy, when i move to new york next year, i will take you to pink elephant in the city (i know one of the owners) and we can go clubbin the right way my brotha
It’s more my style to roofie the coffee of the hipster girl at the book store (how ironic!), but if you insist…
hmm i like that idea
i might try that once around here….
Also works for chai tea. They love that shit.
How many law students do we have on this board, anyhow?
Seems like a high number. I am a 2L myself.
A fair amount. Congressman is done and Ben is still in school, I believe. TSJC is in government, though I don’t believe it’s law. I start this upcoming semester. Other than that, I’m not quite sure.
How many lawyers does it take to change a light bulb?
Fifty four. Eight to argue, one to get a continuance, one to object, one to demur, two to research precedents, one to dictate a letter, one to stipulate, five to turn in their time sheets, two to depose, one to write interrogatories, two to settle, one to order a secretary to change the bulb, and twenty-eight to bill for professional services.
I was told there would be no math…
Ha! crapulent esq checking in.
Would have been way cooler if you were British…
that explains alot.
now i can tune in for yankee news, opinions and the occasional amublance chaser.
I’m a 2L as well.
That makes sense. You’re often too reasonable. Out of style on this blog.
You lawyers with your “logic” and “facts”. I prefer to go with what my eyes and gut tells me. Amateurs.
That stuff works in a different era.
damn, brett’s range is incredible
tinooooooooooo
On the bright side, Damon has had some good swings the last few at-bats.
F#&%ing positive posse!
on the bright side, alfredo figaro started a very important game tonight for the tigers…
and he’s been catching the ball lately. before it hits the ground.
Ace has looked great. Too bad Hinske cannot say the same.
good to see chad gaudin get some work
Detroit attempting a comeback. Now 4-1, nobody out, runners on 1st and 2nd.
so much for that
I didn’t expect Miggy to put an end to the rally. They were all hard hit balls until his. Wow.
ramiro pena!
They have to pitch Verlander tomorrow, which pushes him to Game 2.
If they opt for the short schedule (doubtful) we would only see him once.
Yeah, I don’t see that happening. Also, the Central race isn’t a done deal. More epic collapses have happened (the Mets count, right? Right?) in the past.
Oh yeah, if they didn’t have Verlander going I’d give them no shot with the way they’ve folded. But with Justin, they have an excellent chance to win tomorrow.
Not true, the only difference in schedules is the day it begins. Verlander can start Game 2 and Game 5 in either.
Damn. Let’s hope he’s pretty tired. Not that I’m terribly concerned. I still view us as easily the best team in all of baseball, but it would be more reassuring to take a Verlander who’s made 4 starts in 12 days (or whatever it is).
guzman = very fast
Did you guys know that Navarro was an All-Star last year?
Jeter is a pest on the bench!
Teixeira makes a great play everyday!
I punched Kim Jones in the crotch!
http://www.myconfinedspace.com.....15;305.png
I almost choked
Is that David Cone?!
Yup. Wasn’t he added by Francona?
Detroit loses!
Very exciting!
At the beginning of the day, Detroit had a 91% chance of making the playoffs, then the Twins beat Greinke and Detroit had a 64% chance. New odds haven’t been posted yet, but it’s gotta be less than 50%.
I would think it should be 50% for both the Tigers and Twins.
Except that the Twins play the Royals tomorrow and Detroit plays the White Sox.
Verlander vs Danks
Pavano vs Hochevar
We could be looking at a game 163.(PLEASE?!?!) Do they start Edwin Jackson for game 163?
When did Porcello pitch last?
September 29. 6.1 IP, 1ER, 1K. 111 pitches.
I forgot 7 hits.
You really gonna start a rookie on 6 days rest in a do or die situation?
No way. I’m throwing Dontrell out there!
at the way things are looking D-train may be the game 1 starter
They account for a lot of factors so it isn’t exactly 50% even if they have the same record and one game left to play.
Tigers Magic Number-2
Twins Magic Number-2
tomorrow will be an epic day for watching baseball elimination style
it could be an epic fail for the Tigers
Wow 2 days straight without a spill over thread. Us commenters are really mailing it in.
Last night after 15 minutes of silence I asked if anyone was here.
haha it was literally me and you bob for about 25 mins
That’s the truth.
haha yup, true story. We’re dedicated
I blame it on all the lawyers here.
+1
It surprises me it’s so quiet only in the respect that it has been such a great baseball day with the Twins/Tigers race and now the Rockies/Dodgers game.
The Yankee game is meaningless but these other baseball games aren’t. Some of our commenters seem to be Yankee-only rather than any-baseball fans.
It was a great day for baseball today. I guess not everyone takes baseball to our level of
insanityobsessionpassion. Those poor saps.I happen to watch a ton of baseball aside from the Yankees. I just don’t always feel like commenting on it (not saying the other stuff isn’t worthy of commentary or whatever but I’m just a bit flaky).
I was being facetious. I’m sure a lot of people on here are very passionate about the sport in general.
Oh OK. Sorry I got a bit overly defensive in my previous comment.
No worries.
Insanity or obsession or passion – they all work for me.
It’s also Saturday night…
Ah . . . some people have a . . . what’s it called . . . oh yeah – a social life.
That’s what my TV tells me.
My TiVo is full and I can’t record the new episodes of Melrose Place or Gossip Girl?!?!!?!?! My social life is over.
Wrong. It’s more like HGTV, My Antonio, House, The Real Housewives of New Jersey (one is a neighbor of mine), America’s Most Wanted, Canada’s Least Wanted (hint: they’re all Quebecois) and The Real World: Boise.
Jeez. You make me sound so lame…
“The Real World: Boise” I had to look that up to make sure it wasn’t really. haha
Wait, they’re really in Boise?
Those poor kids got the shaft.
Baseball doesn’t take weekends. No excuses. Play like a Champion.
Not to belabor the point, but in four days, the Tigers went from 96% chance of winning the division to 43%. I think it’s amazing.
If they lose the division to the Twins, it will be a terrible collapse/choke job.
New tv show: The Kings of Queens…wait, no, that’s not right…
I think I got it. You’re saying they replace the Mets as Choke Champs. Right? Right?
**hangs head in shame**
No, definitely not.
Better than the Mets as Champions of Choke.
2009 Tigers, Imma let you finish, but the 1978 Boston Red Sox had one of the biggest collapses of all time…
They did fall apart. It was also huge that they Yankees went on a tear of 27 and 3 (or something crazy like that).
Good times, very nerve-wrecking, but still good times.
Especially when you consider that the Yankees came from 14.5 games back and actually went up 2 games, with a week to go, only to lose several games in Cleveland allowing the Sox to catch them for a tie, forcing the infmaous Bucky Dent Homerun Playoff Game.
It was crazy, but fun in the end.
You guys sound old.
Heh, the Rockies could go from being 14 games back of the Dodgers to having the best record in the NL if they win the next two. Kershaw is making it tough as he’s already struck out six through 2.1 IP.
eh make that 7 Ks.
Now he’s done it NINE times.
*15.5 games.
“End of the Road” by Boyz II Roman Numerals was the #1 song on this day in 1992. Those were the days…
lol Boyz II roman numerals?
i listened to that song last night. Good song man
I love the styles of the 90s. They are so funny
agreed
On this day in 1964, Buffalo wings were created. One of the greatest culinary inventions of the last 50 years.
I can agree with that.
Definitely. I love those damn things.
i just got a thing on facebook that said joba was going to be used out of the bullpen? Any truth to this?
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/.....id=4529223
I think Joba will be used very sparingly, if at all, as a reliever in the ALDS.
It was a good season this year…
Does anyone have any recommendations for food at the Stadium? Everything I have eaten there sucks.
Not really. Everything I’ve had sucks too.
ESPN Bahhstan is such a failure, they can’t even get their html right.
http://espn.go.com/boston/colu.....me=gammons
Oh yeah, and JD Drew is a golden God.
That Peter Gammons is a silly man.
Wtf? did you see ESPNs recap of the Yankee game..they said Burnett struggled.
http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/.....=291003130
haha wtf
contreras pitching for the rockies
thome pinch hitting for the dodgers
i feel old
Because of the Vikes-Packers game Monday night if the central is still tied after tomorrow the playoff game wont be until Tuesday at 5pm. So if Verlander goes tomorrow and Porcello has to go Tuesday, even if the Tigers make it that means what Edwin and his 5.5 era the last couple months game 1? for the twins baker would probably pitch tuesday so we would get Blackburn game 1 and who pavano game 2?
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or maybe its just me.
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