Open Thread: World Series Game Three
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The first two games have been pretty awesome in a “haha the Texas bullpen sucks so bad it’s hilarious … hey where’s Neftali?” kinda way, but I want to see all seven games dammit. The Rangers need to straighten themselves out and starting winning some games to make this one interesting. A sweep would be the most boring and anti-climatic thing in the history of things. With any luck Colby Lewis will treat the Giants like he treated the Yankees and the bats will wake up against Jonathan Sanchez.We can only hope.
Anyway, here’s your thread for the game and the night. The Knicks and all of the hockey locals are playing as well, and there’s a zillion college football games on well. Plenty to talk about, so take your pick and do it here.
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The Mason Williams Watch
So Syracuse is one win from a bowl game and might actually be ranked next week.
As if they, you know, had beaten teams better than Akron, Colgate and Maine.
I’m not sure how to handle this.
They must have played those teams, because teams like USC, Auburn, Texas, etc were afraid of the Orange.
cmon Rebecca, they also beat West Virginia, Cincinnati and South Florida on the road. That has to count for something.
LETS GO ORANGE (clap clap, clapclapclap)
UConn just beat West Virginia!
I want the Rangers crushed.
I want the spirit wrung out of them.
cool photo.
I hope the gigantes take their claws and antlers and ram them down their throats.
I am actually rooting hard for Los Gigantes to close this out ASAP. My time in the Bay Area introduced to me to some solid Giants fans and I would love to see a historic franchise add to its legacy.
Plus, I just love those shots of Nolan Ryan looking like he is about to implode. Very enjoyable.
I want this to end.
I highly doubt the Giants win today. Then I get I would’ve highly doubted they’d be up 2-0.
My head said “Rangers in 6, the Giants have no offense.”
My heart says “Giants in 4″
geesh could the Rangers at least win 1 game. I made a bet with my buddy, and I lost then I would have to wear a Giants gear. The both of us were hoping for a Yankee vs Giants World Series though.
Former Yankee great Hensley “Bam Bam” Meulens is now just two games away from receiving his first World Series ring.
Stay strong, Giant bats.
That photo is really cool.
Funny, I was just about to say how awful that photo is.
I want the Giants to kick the shit out of the Rangers, like how we should have.
Let’s go Giants. Crush the Rangers.
That photo just furthers my idea that C.J. Wilson looks like a bird.
In the past week I’ve had both CJ Wilson and Hunter Pence tweet at me. Apparently baseball playing Texans like me.
Kelly Clarkson needs to lose the carbs.
awful rendition.
I didn’t realize Meat Loaf was from Texas.
win.
It’s only a must win if you face elimination.
I give an A+++ to the sponsorship on Andy Pettitte’s BB-Ref page. And y’all should check it out too.
I agree.
when he puts up 8 innings of 2 run ball, no doubt about it.
Cablevision carriers, Fox is back on!!! Horray for not having to deal with crappy online streams.
YAYYYYYYYY! Thanks for the update.
http://sports.espn.go.com/new-.....id=5744816
espn so take it for what you will
That sounds like a load of shit, but it’s ESPN, so I’m just stating the obvious.
Damn thought it had a chance
Posey is the best rookie ever. He has monstrous power the other way.
Arod first full season: .358/.414/.631 (but had exhausted rookie eligibility in 95
Ted Williams: .327/.436/.609/1.045 with 31 home runs and 107 walks as a 20 year old.
Posey is the best rookie ever.
Holy Giant fanboy exaggeration, there’s probably a better rookie than him this year
I’m sorry, I was caught up in the moment.
s’ok, I was just like o_O for a minute
Ted Williams’ rookie season: .327/.436/.609, 31 HRs, .464 wOBA, 168 wRC+, 7.9 fWAR
::clears throat::
Our posts went through at the same time, good sir. Great minds…
Posey didn’t even have the best rookie season by a catcher with monstrous opposite field power.
Mike Piazza, 1993: .318/.370/.561/.932 with 35 homers
No way does Lewis get away with throwing a ball down the middle to Burrell three times.
What an awful AB.
I’m rooting for Texas to make this a series.
that’s a good curve.
LOL Burrell
right back at you.
think joe buck is pulling for the rangers.
So close, and yet so far away, Vlad.
After an LOL play, Burrell makes an amazing play. How about that.
This will sound bad, but i want a sweep just so the offseason hot stove starts sooner.
How the eff did Burrell run that down?
got on his horse
His knees must be dying.
apparently Elvis Andrus was showing the crowd how to do “The Claw.” The crowd needs to be taught how to curl their hands?
It’s Texas.
Didn’t you see that graphic about beer sales at their ballpark?
Hypothetical question:
Suppose you’re a huge Yankee fane your entire life and you make it to the pros, but you’re with the Red Sox. It’s game 7 of the ALCS, down 1 bottom of the 9th,you come up with the bases loaded, 2 outs, 0-2 count and you see a totally hittable meatball right down the middle.
Do you take the pitch so the Yankees can go to the WS, or do you hit it so you and the Red Sox can go to the WS?
Now change the scenario so that you’re on the Phillies and it’s game 7 of the WS. What do you do?
Ask Phil Hughes what he does. Grew up a Boston fan, plays for the Yankees.
I think Jed Lowrie is one of those as well: A Yankee fan growing up, plays for Boston.
I’m not sure about Jed. Never knew he was a Yankees fan growing up, but the point being you play for the team that pays you, not for the team who you’re a fan of.
“You play to win the game.”
You’ll have an entire lifetime to root for a team (Yankees) and very few or as is the case for most of us zero opportunities to play in a WS. I find the notion that anyone would put their fanhood alegance ahead of their competitive spirit not to say their professional obligation frankly absurd.
You play to win for your team, regardless of your fan affiliation. Did you know Phil Hughes was a Red Sox fan as a kid?
Yeah, that’s part of the reason why I don’t like him.
…Are you serious? No offense, but that is extremely ridiculous.
I mean that’s not the only reason I don’t like him.
IDK why I don’t like him, actually. I’ve just never really been a fan of him. I obviousy root for him, but he’s one of the ones I don’t really care for. And I felt that way before I found out he was a Sox fan. When I learned he was a Sox fan, that just added my to my “dislike” for him.
that’s silly, he’s on your team
I root for him, I just don’t really care for him. He’s not one of my favorites and if we got rid of him I wouldn’t care.
I really don’t know or understand why anyone would dislike Phil Hughes. Your dislike of him is irrational, and I guess there would because there’s no explaining it there’s no talking you out of it either, but hating a player because of who they used to root for as kids is really dumb. Girardi was a Cubs fan, Joba was a Cubs fan, I think even Andy Pettitte was a Cubs fan. You can’t dislike a player because of it, dislike them because of their actions/skills, not because of the team they used to root for.
**I guess because there’s no explaining it there’s no talking you out of it either
I think even Andy Pettitte was a Cubs fan.
He was. WHAT A MONSTER I HATE HIM SO MUCH
WORD.
/Just wanted to say that
You misinterpreted what I wrote.
I disliked him/didn’t care for him BEFORE I found out he was a Sox fan.
Him being a Sox fan just added to it.
I understood it perfectly, which is why I said it was irrational. He honestly didn’t do anything to deserve being disliked before that.
You mean me disliking him in general is irrational? If that’s what you mean, then yes it is. I have an irrational dislike for Phil Hughes, for no particular reason. There’s just something about him, I can’t put my finger on it, that makes me dislike him.
IDK to tell you the truth.
That’s what I meant. It makes no sense to me and it’s kind of silly really, you should dislike people when they give you a reason to, but I’m not going to try to talk you out of it. You can hate who you want. I was just saying it doesn’t make a lot of sense.
I dislike him as a player, not a person. I don’t know him personally and he doesn’t come off to me as a jerk, so I can’t saything bad about him personally.
But as a player, for whatever reason, there’sjust something about him that makes me not like him. I root for him to succeed, obviously, but I wouldn’t care if he got traded. (I’m not rooting for him to get traded though, just saying).
You can’t dislike a player as a person, obviously, so I understood that it wasn’t as a person that you meant it, but as a player your dislike makes absolutely zero sense. He’s been bad, obviously, but disliking him as a player has no basis. He’s home grown, but had some injury issues so he hasn’t always been useful or effective but it just don’t make sense to dislike him in the context that you’ve seen him in. I’m not trying to argue against you disliking him, I’m just honestly saying that your dislike of him is like the most random thing ever.
I’m not trying to argue against you disliking him, I’m just honestly saying that your dislike of him is like the most random thing ever.
Alright, that’s fair, it is actually pretty random..
I honestly do not know why I dislike him. He was good for awhile, plays for my team, and works hard. There is just something about him though, I have never actually cared for him. WHen I find out what is though, I’ll let you know.
Seriously? I couldn’t care less if someone used to root for the Red Sox as long as he’s helping the Yankees win.
No McCarver, he would have been out by 10 feet
OK, here’s another scenario.
It’s game 7 of the WS, you’re a huge Yankees fan and you’re husband plays for the Phillies.
Who/what do you root for?
A big pay check and a world series ring
/wait I dont have a husband
It’s game 7 of the WS, I’m a huge Yankees fan and my wife plays for the Phillies Softball team***
I root for the Yankees baseball team, and my theoretical wife’s softball team. Win-Win Situation
As a person who would be a horrible wife, I’d cheer for the Yankees. Fuck that guy.
Id say thats a pretty normal wife
Haha ok good. Glad I’m not the only one who feels that way.
I would root for a Robinson Cano/2010 ALCS type of thing. I’d want my husband to play great, but his team to tank and the Yankees to win.
Win-win I guess.
Get it together, Sanchez.
I just read about the Girardi, Eiland tiff. That Eiland thought his opinions were being de emphasized when he came back from his month off and was just generally not that happy with Girardi. Definitely did not think that was the case.
Thanks to this postseason, I kind of loathe Mitch Moreland.
Guy is a total fucking gnat.
oh Sanchez. You truly are a left-handed AJ Burnett.
Nolan Ryan
best H/9, worst BB/9, fourth best K/9 among the 92 qualified pitchers. Walks a ton, strikes out a ton, but not many people get hits off him. That’s Ryan
OK here’s another scenario.
You’re a huge Yankee fan and a free agent (pretend you used to play for the Orioles or some random team for the sake of argument). So you’re a free agent and get offered contracts by the Yankees and Red Sox.
Yankees offer you 19 mil a year for 5 years. Sox offer you 25 mil a year for 7 years.
Who do you sign with?
Difficult to answer. The Sox have the money on the offer, but the Yankees have the everything else. I’d side with the Yanks.
I’d have to favor Boston’s $175 million payout over New York’s $95 mill.
obviously it depends what shopping malls my husband likes
Lots of money vs even more lots of money,
I’d follow the dream and play for the Yankees.
I feel like being super rich would be more fun living in NY vs Boston.
Texas is really unlikable. The drunks at Fenway have more class.
They’re really obnoxious. Are the fireworks and the flag girls really necessary? I hope the Giants crush you, Texas.
and nolan ryan is a big drunkn douche bag.
Yeah, the fireworks after every HR is way too excessive. Really unnecessary.
I’m fine with the fireworks, but add the Flag girls dance to that? Like seriously, people? Act like you’ve been here before. Oh wait, you haven’t. Still doesn’t excuse you.
What!?! You mean this isn’t a football game?
That’s gotta be bad for the environment, right?
Texans have no idea what “environment” is. It’s Greek to them.
#hatestexasandeverythingaboutthem
#hatestexasandeverythingaboutthem
Good to hear. Glad I’m not the only one who DESPISES them then.
And let me tell you something, I hate them with a burning passion. (No offense if any of you are from Texas, I’m jsut saying in a general sense)
False.
Same scenario as above now, except the contracts are:
Yankees less money, more years. Sox more money, fewer years.
Who do you sign with?
Yankees. I’d be looking more for the years. With a long-term deal, you still make a pretty decent salary.
Honestly, I never see as many state flags as I do in Texas.
Just secede already.
I don’t understand Texans. You live in the U.S., why are you waving around you’re state flag instead of you’re country’s?
It would not surprise if there were more Texas falgs than U.S. flags in Texas.
your not you’re.
THat’s pathetic on my part.
If you look really closely, you’ll see that the state flag is often flown slightly higher than the US flag in Texas.
As a New Jerseyan, I’ve seen the state flag probably once or twice in my life. The only thing I can tell you about it off the top of my head is what color it is.
I’ve seen the Texas flag 50 times in the last two weeks.
Actually they fly the state flag all the time in Maryland. Look on the Orioles and Ravens’ uniforms. They have the state flag on them. It makes even less sense than the Texas thing.
When you get there, act like you’ve been there before. They’ve never been there before.
The fucking glove touched the ground!
Ump must have had it out for Renteria for some reason.
Fun fact: according to Brooks, both strike three and strike two (which looked equally bad) were strikes.
Colby Lewis needs to start getting crushed post haste.
I’ve always been a pro-AL guy, but for Cripes sake, how the hell can anyone aside from Texas fans root for them.
I congratulate them for their AL pennant win. Now take your claws and antlers and shove ‘em up your ass.
(sidenote: Gators beat Georgia. Again. That is what I call fucking OWNAGE)
I think they’re a good young team. They’re entertaining to watch. I love that they threw the Angels out of their AL West reign, because I totally hate the Angels. The claw and antlers shit is really terrible though.
To beat a ridiculously annoying team, you must act like a ridiculously annoying team. I’m sure plenty of others (including myself) share the dislike towards the Angels, for obvious reasons.
Obviously they’re a good team to beat a 96 win team and then a 95 win team in the playoffs, but their gimmicks (and the national announcers total love for them) are just a bit annoying.
Never thought I’d say this shit because I hate the Angels more than I hate Boston, but holy fuck do I miss the Angels. I’d rather have them spreading their special brand of ineffective douchebag than the Rays dressing up as the Rangers with their “SO YOUNG AND SO FUN,” shit.
Their fanbase and team have all the same negative aspects of the Rays, but with the added detriment of being from Texas. Fuck the Rangers. I hope they get swept.
The Rays fans are just too old.
the Rays don’t have a fanbase
Neither did the Rangers prior to this year. Same shit, shittier state.
I will never root for Texas.
I hate the team, I hate the state, I hate Nolan Ryan, and I hate the stupid claws and antlers.
maybe the should have pitched Zito.
I have to ask: why do people act like Colby Lewis is a scrub? I know he was before going to Japan, but he’s had a really good year, and it wasn’t some fluke. I’m not talking about the outrage over him shutting down the Yankees, I just mean I see people that are like “LOL the Rangers have Colby Lewis in their rotation.” Is it the zomg losing record this year?
I mean, he’s better than any non-CC pitcher in the Yankee rotation, which isn’t saying much, but it’s the fact that he has a career ERA north of five, and spent two seasons in Japan…and the fact that Colby Lewis is actually good that’s extremely frustrating.
It has to be the 12-13 record. Never mind the respectable ERA, 196 K’s in 201 innings, and the 4-plus WAR.
I can personally say that I think he’s a scrub, because I had no idea he existed. I had never heard of him before and never thought to look up his stats or anything and because he wasn’t a “brand name” I just didn’t think he was the type that could pitch a shut out or dominate the Yanks.
That’s just my perspective though. Can’t speak for others.
I can personally say that I think he’s a scrub, because I had no idea he existed.
FAIL.
i actually thought he was going to be the 2nd starter in the playoffs.
is anyone else watching the scary movie on FX?
Yes. “The Strangers” is a good movie.
They just killed Dennis from Always sunny, not cool
Agreed. Dennis Reynolds would never venture out to the woods, anyway. I’m calling bullshit.
They’re giving it again? I know it’s FX and they play those movies to the ground, but again?
Is anyone else watching the Knickerbockers?
lol @ Buck saying Frenchy was “rescued” from the Mets
I didn’t hear him say that but I can hear my mother telling Buck to go fuck himself, so I figured he said something offensive to Mets fans.
Least favorite AL teams of all the teams in the AL(besides Yanks, obviously) from most dislike to least dislike:
1. Boston
2. Toronto
3. Texas
4. Tampa
5. Angels
6. Minnesota
7. White Sox
8. Indians
9. Mariners
10. A’s
11. Orioles (pre Showalter, post Showalter would probably be higher)
12. Royals
I don’t really dislike most of the bottom ones though, just had to put them somewhere.
Thoughts? Agree/disagree?
Boston, Boston, Boston, Boston, Boston, and a healthy portion of Angels-hating. Other than that I’m kind of indifferent, unless we are playing them in which case I hate them, or unless they are playing Boston in which case I temporarily like them.
Tigers so un-disliked that they aren’t even dignified with a mention.
AKA Baghdad, Midwest.
I only dislike Boston, Pacific Standard Time Zone Angels and Tampa. Really don’t care about the others one way or another.
I feel like we have one of these once every five open threads or something. Angels, Boston, Rays, Blue Jays, and now the Rangers and all other teams are irrelevant.
The only teams I strongly dislike are Boston, the Angels, the Rangers, and somewhat the Twins.
Don’t think I have to explain Boston, but the other three I dislike almost entirely because of the media coverage around them. All that “play the game the right way”, “Angels baseball!”, “Twins baseball!”, “Nolan Ryan is changing the culture of the Rangers by emphasizing that starters have to go deeper into games, so the Rangers aren’t babying their pitchers anymore and that makes them awesome, never mind the objective evidence to the contrary” bullshit gets me angry.
1) Angels
Detroit
2) Rays
3) Boston
4) Texas
5) Toronto
6) Mariners
7) Indians
9) Royals
10) Orioles
11) A’s
12) White Sox
13) Minnesota
Toronto @ two? Yes their from Canada and yes they play on turf which creates a high ranking in my book but sees a bit high considering other options
Why does Baltimore get worse with Buck at the wheel?
I hate Canada, Bautista, and their homeruns.
They got really annoying when Buck came and they started winning.
They became actualy competition and that was a pain in the ass.
they’re
Oh yeah, throw in Detroit at around number 9 before Seattle.
My bad.
I only really dislike Boston and her classy fans. The other AL East teams irk me when we’re playing them, but mostly I don’t mind them the rest of the time. (Well, the Rays bothered me this year for obvious reasons.) All the other AL teams I just don’t care about one way or another.
Mariners have leapfrogged up my list after the Cliff Lee fiasco. I was on my honeymoon, thinking the Yanks were giving me an awesome wedding gift, then I got online again and ESPN was like, “Just kidding, you got punk’d.”
Was Buck just saying how awesome the Giants stadium is but was referring to Texas the entire time but never corrected himself?
he’s in the zone, chief
I’d give a list of least favorite NL teams, but I really only trully dislike the Phillies and Mets–I don’t even dislike the Mets, but I HATE their fans. So, I’ll give my least favorite and favorite NL teams.
Least favorite:
1. Phillies
2. Mets
3. Phillies
4. D-backs
5. Phillies
Favorites:
1. Giants
2. Pirates
3. Dodgers
Agree/Disagree?
You do know that Giants and Dodgers fans hate each other with a burning passion right?
Well, I consider myself a Giants fan, but not a Dodgers fan.
I’m not really a fan of the Pirates or Dodgers but I like them, for whatever reason.
IDK if that makes anysense, but whatever.
I’d say it’s more accurate that the Giants fans hate the Dodgers but LA is fairly indifferent to the whole thing.
I once heard the Giants anouncers say that the SF LA rivalry is better than Yankees Redsox, but that’s typical Bay Area ego inflation.
I have no problem with the Giants but their fans think much too highly of themselves.
I think the Giants/Dodgers rivalry is more storied than the Red Sox/Yankees rivalry, but it was because of their history when they were in the NY area. I believe Jackie Robinson decided to retire rather than play for the Giants because the rivalry was so intense. It’s definitely not as good or as heated as the Red Sox/Yankees rivalry has been in recent years.
I just hate the Diamondbacks. Yes, I still do. I enjoy the foibles of the Mets more than I dislike them so if their new GM could keep them from being good for a while I’d appreciate it.
This. Luis Gonzalez created within me a burning hate that will never be quenched.
And the Mets are too funny to hate. I hope Alderson waits a while before he makes them good because I’ll miss laughing at them. “Dropped the ball! He dropped the ball! Here comes Teixeira! And the Yankees win!”
Had to be one of my favorite moments ever.
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play......id=5026043
I had the Michael Kay as my ringtone for about four months until the ALDS when I set it to the Twins’ broadcasters’ call of A-Rod’s Game 2 home run.
That should say “the Michael Kay call.”
I think I’ve seen that video a thousand times. =)
Especially with KRod already going into his save motions.
oh my goodness.
That will never get old. Ever. (The HE DROPPED THE BALL moment, obviously not the Gonzalez one)
My least favorite team is the Phillies. The Giants are slowly becoming my favorite NL team, but that’s like 95% Brian Wilson.
The Phillies are odd, for me.
In 2008, I didn’t think that much of them at all. Hell, last year I hadn’t even developed much of a hatred toward them (compared to the Eagles and Flyers, whom I’ve hated for many years now). But this year, whatever hatred I for their city totally spilled over to the Phillies as well. Perhaps the pre-conceived thinking (fans, that is) that they basically had the pennant locked up or something, I dunno, but I they’re now in the same boat as their football and hockey buddies. Fuck ‘em.
it’s ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS how like 85% of Phillies fans went from “We’re the 1927 Yankees just better!!!” to “This team sucked all year except September! I hated watching them!!!”
The Mets are so poorly run and their fans live vicariously through what happens with the Yankees. It’s hilarious, and a bit sad.
It should be a crime to hate the Mets.
Mets fans are the funniest, most inconsistent fans in all of sports. The team will win three or four in a row (not on the road, of course) and they’re going to the World Series, but then they’ll lose a few and they’re jumping off the nearest bridge.
I like laughing at Met fans too, but the same could be said about most Yankee fans.
I think it’s more true of Mets fans though. They thought they were winning the World Series even when they had no realistic shot to even make the playoffs after the All-Star break.
I hate Mets fans, because when the Mets are doing well, they;ll go on about how great their team is and how much the Yankees suck. When they start sucking, though, they stop following them and go on about how the Yankees are cheaters and the Yankees suck.
I really like Amazin’ Avenue (the Mets’ SB Nation) site, just it’s sometimes really hard to read with all their Yankee hate. Derp derp Derek Jeter was never any good!!!
They have a huge feud with metsmerized. The commenters from each site really go after eachother.
I actually like the Mets team but I’m constantly baffled by the anti-Yankee sentiment amongst the Mets fans. I mean, I know we overshadow them but it’s not like they don’t have their own successes. The have won the WS after all.
Something that’s always made me curious: What is it with Detroit and historically awful sports teams?
Something that’s always made me curious: What is it with Detroit
and historically awful sports teams?That was a sloppy looking DP, but good job, boys.
that went far
This series has kind of sucked, honestly. Is one down-to-the-wire game too much to ask?
Quiet, it’s obviously a good World Series because it doesn’t have the Yankees, Red Sox, or Phillies. Those three teams are ruining baseball.
Quiet, it’s obviously a good World Series because it doesn’t have the Yankees
, Red Sox, or Phillies.That team is ruining baseball.Game 2 was down to the wire until Texas got DerekHolland’d
True, but I want a close game in the ninth inning. Game 2 was 9-0 by the end of the eighth.
that photo hurts my eyes
Jesus Montero has a stance just like Cruz.
that’s funny.
Anyone play any good new video games recently? I’m bored and still unemployed.
For PC the Sims 2 is awesome.
For x-box, I don’t really play x-box, but the only game I’ve played is NHL ’10 and it was pretty fun.
If you’re talking about wii, play Mario Kart. Great game.
I played the Sims 2 out years ago and I’m already tired of the Sims 3.
I never played SIms 3. Was it any good? I heard that if you have an older/unupdated computer the graphics aren’t that great. It also seem too realistic for my taste.
It’s fun, but in the way that the Sims games are always fun at first. Once you’ve seen everything it kind of wears you out. There’s probably some expansion packs that I’m lacking, but it’s kind of boring now. It looks good on a really hi-tech computer.
Yeah. I play the Sims 2 though and I play in phases. Like I’ll enjoy it for awhile, then it’ll get old for awhile, but then I pick it back up again, you know?
Do you have an XBox? Fallout: New Vegas is awesome. Currently borrowing it from a friend.
Red Dead Redemption is also good.
I do. I haven’t played either of those. Are they first person shooters?
They have FPS elements and they’re also have that sandbox element to them.
for Xbox MLB2k10 is pretty good.
Played it…my friend’s dog clawed the shit out of my disc too when I visited so now it’s unplayable. =(
Nothing beats the Trauma Center series for ridiculous nerdery.
Console?
Wii
I think I’ve seen that for the DS as well. Thanks. Will check it out.
It is indeed also available for DS
Even better. Thank you.
football manager 2011.
Sounds like something I would not enjoy.
Tonight’s episode of “Who said this freaking insane comment on Twitter?”
“hamilton is as close as we’re going to see to mickey mantle.”
I figured this was just some random idiot you found but… oh God it was Heyman SMH.
I unfollowed him for a little while but then I missed the entertainment value so I refollowed him.
It’s much worse than that: the full tweet was “hamilton is as close as we’re going to see to mickey mantle. and if hamilton had stuck to alcohol, the career might be a lot closer”
Yeah, the whole tweet was insane. I had to read the second part two or three times before I understood exactly what he meant. What an idiot.
*Blink Blink*
Wow, tasteless AND stupid. Full marks, Heyman.
Maybe if Hamilton were a switch hitter and didn’t go on like a 3 year bender.
OK, Texas fans, shut the fuck up.
Anyone know what the most number of shutouts in a World Series is?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1905_World_Series
Cool, thanks. I guess we’re a few away from the record yet.
Mathewson threw three CG SHOs in six days.
Allow me to add “Holy fuck,” to that.
And allowed only thirteen hits in those three games
That’s just plain awesome.
Almost Old Hoss Radbourn awesome.
/alwaysnamedropoldhossradbourn’d
You know what I don’t understand? Is how new teams, like Florida and Tampa have fans. I understand people want to root for local teams, but how can you just switch from one team to another because they’re local?
I’m a Yankees fan, because they’re local AND I grew up a fan and my entire family is a fan.
If they moved across the country, I’d still root for them. And if I grow up a fan, I’m going to stay a fan.
Just my opinion.
I agree. I’m a fan of NY sports because I’m from NY. I’m a Yankees fan, although I’m from Queens, because my dad and grandfather were Yankees fans. I’ll be a NYer anywhere I go, and I’ll always be a fan of NY teams.
However, I think if you’ve lived away for awhile, I could see adopting the local team as a 2nd favorite, though that’s hard if your original team and local team are direct competitors.
It’s not like the Marlins and the Rays have a fanbase that is close to Yankee proportions. They wish.
I know, but I just mean fans in general. I can’t imagine rooting for a team that’s not one I grew up rooting for.
Like in basketball, I’m a Knicks fan. But I’m not going to root for the Lakers, because the Knicks suck.
People like who they like. It’s not our job to judge their choices. The fact that the Yankees have a really rich history to the point where people pick up being fans from their parents and grandparents and can’t imagine being fans of anyone else doesn’t make us superior in any way, it just means our team is historically better. My grandparents and parents are actually Mets fans. The first person in my immediate family to be a Yankees fan was my oldest brother and he didn’t even cheer for them until he became a teenager. He didn’t root for them always, but he loves them just as much if not more than any hardcore fan who grew up loving them as a kid. Point is, you’re free to like who you like. No one would think less of you if you suddenly wanted to cheer for someone else. They’d probably call you a bandwagon fan, but you’re still free to like them.
What was the crowd chanting during the Nelson Cruz at bat?
McCarver: There’s never been a study done that getting kicked in the nuts while trying to throw a baseball has ever affected performance. Therefore, it doesn’t.
Let’s just have pitchers throw complete game double headers like they used to when ballplayers were real men, right Tim?
Anyone out there speak Italian?
How do you say “to star,” as in a movie star? For example, what if I wanted to say “Mel Gibson starred in Braveheart”?
Mel Gibson ha avuto il ruolo di protagonista nel film Braveheart.
I changed that around slightly. Does this make sense?
“La città di Bari è menzionato nel film The Bridges of Madison County con Clint Eastwood e Meryl Streep protagoniste.”
I want to say that the city of Bari is mentioned in the film The Bridges of Madison county starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep.
Sorta.
instead of saying “con Clint Eastwood e Meryl Streep protagoniste”
say either “con Clint Eastwood e Meryl Streep”
or
“con le protagoniste Clint Eastood e Meryl Streep”
Wait it should be “i protagonisti” not “le protagoniste”
Yeah, I figured that. Grazie!
Great.
Grazie per il vostro aiuto. =D
Di niente!
I’m not 100% fluent, but I’m pretty sure that’s right.
Jeter’s ford challenge????
wtf??
lol jeter prolly drives nothing less than an audi R8 with a panoramic vista roof
straight flossin
10 Least favorite current non Yankees in the American League.
I’m not going to list the entire Boston Red Sox roster as one, so I’ll narrow it down.
In no particular order:
1. Pedroia
2. Bautista
3. Andrus (the lead off guy for Texas
4. Hamilton (for immature reasons: he’s gona get the MVP and Cano isn’t…it’s stupid and irrational, just deal with it)
5. Ortiz
6. Lackey
7. Pappelbon
8. Braden and his mound
9. Ichiro
10. Ellsbury
Agree/Disagree>
1. Beckett
2. Papelbon
3. it doesn’t really matter.
1. Beckett
2. Papelbon
3. Youkilis
4. It doesn’t really matter
1.Becyoulbon.
ugh. just thinking about it pisses me off.
1. papelbon. hate that anusface.
2. youkilis. american history x mofo
3. scioscia
4. kinsler. upper-cutting, only-pops-out, diva db
5. pierzynski
6. ortiz
7. beckett
Am I the only one who is just not into Halloween. I mean, I usually go through the motions, but it I just can’t get into it.
When else can you see so many women dressed up as sexy cats, sey nurses, catholic school girls, etc.? That’s reason enough right there.
I cut class yesterday so I could clear my head after a rough week and I missed all of that smh.
You will learn young padawan. And with that, I’m off to meet me some sexy cats.
10 least favorite NLers in no particular order:
1. Werth
2. Utley
3. Hamels
4. Reyes
5. K-Rod
6. McCann
7. raul ibanez
8. Victorino
9. Ike Davis
10. Werth
OH YEAH CODY ROSS YEAH
/I don’t even fucking know
/Jersey Shore Paulie’d
OH YEAH CABS ARE HERE OH YEAH
cody ross has been god this postseason
Cody Ross, I hope your soul was worth it
Sold his soul for home runs when he could have just taken steroids. Silly man…
In case this matters to anybody out there (and in case no one has mentioned it here yet): FOX is back on Cablevision. Finally.
It was mentioned before, and YAY!! =)
C’mon Giants, make this quick and painful for the Rangers, please.
So wait, Jeter’s getting Married on the 5th? What the fuck? A friend just told me this, apparently I’ve been living under a rock. Can anyone confirm or deny this?
I don’t think any of us can do either. He said he wasn’t engaged last year on the Larry King show, but he may be bullshitting. Neither side has admitted anything about being engaged. I heard somewhere that it was actually his sister’s wedding date, but I don’t know if that’s true either.
I said Larry King but I meant that show with David Letterman. Old people confuse me.
Not a bad few weeks for a journeyman-recently-banished-to-Japan.
It’s almost Halloween. Feliz will turn into a pumpkin if he pitches more than one inning.
I think this is the first Halloween I’ll be home in four years. I don’t know what to do with myself.
Eh, I never thought Halloween was a big deal. The next time I wear a costume will be at Dragon*Con 2011.
I don’t dress up or anything, but there’s usually some friends to hang out with and this year everyone’s busy with the exception of me. Sucks.
I stayed home last year.
But the Yankees were actually in the WS last year, so I watched that. But at least it’s a Sunday, so a lot of people will be celebrating today and not tomorrow, and if they are out tomorrow they won’t be out that late.
I;m home too, don’t feel bad.
I had a biochem test to study for last year so I was actually in my dorm room “studying” and watching the game.
Oh my God you study biochemistry?
Wow. That’s all i can say is wow.
That’s like really really good. That sounds really hard. I suck at science so I don’t even want to know what you do in that class.
I took chemistry last year and it was really hard for me so biochem just sounds impossible. lol Was it hard though? What do you do in that class?
I graduated this year, so I study nothing but sleeping in late right now. Biochem was impossible, so boring, but there were some parts that I really liked. Memorizing crazy reactions and how enzymes and proteins worked was a pain in the fucking ass though.
Ouch. Yeah I hate science. It’s weird because I love math and I’m good at it, but I’m awful with science, can’t understand it. It doesn’t really make sense why I’m good with one but not the other, because they usually go hand in hand.
I hate Math. It makes me feel inept since I count on my calculator so much.
Haha don’t worry, I use my calculator ALL the time. I;m just so paranoid that on a test I’ll make a mistake that I use it on simple things like -2 + 3. Well, I don’t really do that math anymore, but basically I never do anything in my head. Also, I’m usually given the whole period for a test/quiz so no matter how early I finish I don’t hand it in until the bell rings. I’m so anal about checking my work.
I had a massive exam the day after a potential Game 7 was scheduled for last year. I’m really glad they won in 6.
what are you studying, by the way (science nerds unite)
I had PSATs at 8 AM the day after the game 1 ALCS fiasco
Yeah, that was fun.
Game 1 ALCS fiasco? Last year?
Nah this year.
that…wasn’t really a fiasco because it was awesome?
I called it a fiasco, because in a way it was pretty wild. The first bottom half inning was brutal. Was terrible to watch until they 8th. 8th inning was crazy. I was so pumped I couldn’t fall asleep Went to bed really late and had to wake up early.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fiasco
Note the first definition and the synonyms.
Oh I used in the sense of wild and chaos.
I majored in Bio, minored in Chem. Future Med School jerk, so I had to take all of that.
Fun fun. I could have minored in chem, but that would have required taking another chem class. I’m also a current med school jerk–you applying this year?
Yep. I haven’t taken the MCATs because of a money issue even though they’ll give me a nice break with the costs, but I’m planning on it.
Good luck! The MCAT isn’t as scary as everyone thinks it is
Pfft. You say that now that you’ve taken it/are in med school. I think with the proper amount of preparation, it’s probably not terrifying. I’m scared of taking it, which is why I put it off. I could’ve taken it last year but I was taking three 400 level courses and working on my thesis, so it was like hell on Earth + the MCATs book glaring me in the face.
Fair enough. I took it in April, while finishing up orgo and my history major. The apps process in general sucks though. The MCAT is only the beginning.
Oooh that sounds tough. Good luck with Med School though! I would totally become a doctor if I wasn’t terrible at science and not squeamish. lol
I watch gross medical shows all the time. They phase me as much as the Saw movies, which is not at all.
Re: Fandom: I have a friend that is a cowboy fan. He has a couple uncles who are also fans in Jersey, and he used to live on an Airforce base in Texas until he was 6 before he liked football.
He has expressed that he no longer “likes” the current cowboy team starting when that Ahole Flozell adams got especially dirty. I told him to change to the gints. H keeps on telling me he’s trying. I proposed that he makes it final if the cowboys don’t make .500; he agreed. that is not too forceful, eh?
Those blue jumpsuits the Knicks are wearing on the bench are hideous. They look like baby footy pajamas.
So is anyone watching Titanic on TBS?
I’d watch the game, but I find non-Yankee games boring and dull.
I find Titanic boring and dull. Except the good parts.
Anyone else think Rosenthal looks like he wants to jump into Moreland’s arms?
Yay we’re guaranteed November baseball! This will be the first time the Yankees aren’t involved in November baseball.
Hey, I found myself on BR looking at Mark Reynold stats today for no reason at all, and started wondering what player has had the highest single-season ratio of home runs to total hits. Let’s give them a minimum of 50 hits, just to be fair. What do you guys think would be the best strategy for hunting down this data? It’s hard to imagine someone topping Bonds’ 2001 mark of ~47%, but they could exist.
That who you would trade phil hughes for thread no one mentioned Edwin Jackson I’ve been saying that for weeks. If yankee fans don’t think that’s great for the yanks I don’t know what they’re thinking.
Jackson can dominate,has a better arm, throws harder,better mechanically than Hughes, I’ll take him in his late 20′s over a 25 year old Phil hughes any day at this point. Hughes stunk in the second half said his arm felt fine and stunk it up twice in texas in a stadium he’s suppose to pitch well in. Who ever said he’s an ace is wrong, he is not an ace but a good #3 starter at best.
Just stop. It would literally make zero sense to trade Hughes for EJax. Hughes is better, three years younger, and under team control for longer.
HAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHHAAH(breath)HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
dude seriously, just leave.
Hughes is 23, jussaying
ejax blows, id never trade phil for him even if edwin had in his posession the extremely rare last piece of the mcdonalds park place/boardwalk combo everyones been searching for
or am i the only one playing mcdonalds monopoly