they make me barf out of my mouth tbf
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Monday, 14 October 2013 04:21 (ten years ago) link
reasonable
― lag∞n, Monday, 14 October 2013 04:28 (ten years ago) link
even better: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/angry-red-sox-fan-thrown-out-allegedly-ranted-racist-remarks-052825245.html
― mookieproof, Monday, 14 October 2013 09:19 (ten years ago) link
Visor-wearing racists are the worst.
― Andy K, Monday, 14 October 2013 12:17 (ten years ago) link
a det-stl rerun at least provides the opportunity for a team that doesn't make everyone barf out their butts to win the world series
zachylon otm, also at least Det hasn't won the whole thing since '84
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Monday, 14 October 2013 13:28 (ten years ago) link
The first thing that baffled me last night was the short leash on Veras. He entered with a four-run lead in the eighth, is the "eight inning guy" (or the "seventh inning guy"), threw three pitches. And, of course, I'm not sure why you would want to bring in Benoit with the bases loaded.
That was the one-year anniversary of Valverde's blown save against the Yankees. He entered with a four-run lead.
― Andy K, Monday, 14 October 2013 13:30 (ten years ago) link
eighth
― Andy K, Monday, 14 October 2013 13:31 (ten years ago) link
Jim Leyland had the option to bring in Phil Coke in that situation to go lefty-on-lefty, and he ascribed his decision to the fact that “Coke hadn’t pitched a big game for quite a while.”
gotta have a guy on the LCS roster for those nonbig games
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Monday, 14 October 2013 14:15 (ten years ago) link
Jim Leyland had the option to bring in Phil Coke in that situation to go lefty-on-lefty, and he ascribed his decision to the fact that “Coke has sucked against all hitters all year.”
― Andy K, Monday, 14 October 2013 14:25 (ten years ago) link
again, why is he on the roster then?
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Monday, 14 October 2013 14:31 (ten years ago) link
anyone know how many times a slam has resulted in four pitchers being charged with one run apiece?
― mookieproof, Monday, 14 October 2013 14:39 (ten years ago) link
that is nuts, i don't think a Baseball Ref search will do it
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Monday, 14 October 2013 14:41 (ten years ago) link
Rob Neyer quotes a long back-and-forth this morning between Dan Plesac and Daryl Hamilton on bringing in Coke. I don't get the MLB Network--maybe you all saw the exchange last night.
http://www.baseballnation.com/2013/10/14/4836042/alcs-game2-red-sox-tigers-jim-leyland-blown-lead-comeback
― clemenza, Monday, 14 October 2013 14:44 (ten years ago) link
http://cdn3.sbnation.com/assets/3384749/ortizgrand.gif
― lag∞n, Monday, 14 October 2013 14:48 (ten years ago) link
how is bos-st louis rerun worse/better than detroit-st louis rerun
― J0rdan S., Sunday, October 13, 2013 11:56 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― ^^ post obviously honoring and supporting Qualcomm (zachlyon), Monday, October 14, 2013 12:17 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the tigers are pretty boring dude
dodgers are probably the most interesting team left
― k3vin k., Monday, 14 October 2013 15:05 (ten years ago) link
i like the uniforms of all the remaining teams
― lag∞n, Monday, 14 October 2013 15:09 (ten years ago) link
I mentioned the other day about Verlander's career/post-season stats being very close. Looked at Ortiz this morning, and his slash stats are now almost identical:
Regular Season: .287/.381/.549Post-Season: .284/.394/.542
Obviously, he sure picks his spots.
I'd tentatively still give Detroit an edge the rest of the way, based on (duh) starting pitching and Cabrera showing signs of life.
― clemenza, Monday, 14 October 2013 15:14 (ten years ago) link
ortiz was insane for the first ~2/3 of his post season career and has been terrible since is m/l what it boils down to... until last night B-)
― lag∞n, Monday, 14 October 2013 15:19 (ten years ago) link
https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/1395943_10151918179733258_123769770_n.jpg
― ṿῗᾄǤℝᾄ (am0n), Monday, 14 October 2013 15:29 (ten years ago) link
they put some extra folding seats out there in the isle
― lag∞n, Monday, 14 October 2013 15:33 (ten years ago) link
Pretty sure that's Chuck Eddy center frame, directly above--strange, as Chuck's from Detroit.
― clemenza, Monday, 14 October 2013 15:42 (ten years ago) link
plz see clutch thread link re picking spots
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Monday, 14 October 2013 15:58 (ten years ago) link
the tigers are pretty boring dudedodgers are probably the most interesting team left
Agreed about the Dodgers, but I don't think the Tigers are boring -- not with three 200+ K pitchers, one of the best hitters in the game, one of the best defensive shortstops, two comically bad corner infielders, and 3-4-5 hitters who are hysterically slow/gimpy.
― Andy K, Monday, 14 October 2013 16:19 (ten years ago) link
It's an expression, Morbius--I'm not saying he willfully picks them. I'm actually suggesting that his post-season record isn't quite as superhuman as selective memory might indicate (without wanting to say so, because I don't want to diminish someone who's had so many memorable hits--most of them concentrated in 2004/07, hence the casual aside).
― clemenza, Monday, 14 October 2013 16:28 (ten years ago) link
how dare you frankly
― lag∞n, Monday, 14 October 2013 17:25 (ten years ago) link
@Rosenberg_MikeLefties hit .188 off Benoit this year, with 1 HR in 151 PA. WHY DIDN'T LEYLAND KNOW HE WOULD GIVE UP A HOMER? #duh
― Andy K, Monday, 14 October 2013 17:42 (ten years ago) link
Posnanski taking note of the four pitchers responsible for the grand slam, also complaining about four-hour 1-0 games--clearly monitoring ILB.
http://joeposnanski.com/joeblogs/?p=749#more-749
― clemenza, Monday, 14 October 2013 20:27 (ten years ago) link
http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2013/10/grand-slams-with-4-pitchers-receiving-earned-runs
nick esasky!
― mookieproof, Monday, 14 October 2013 21:20 (ten years ago) link
Surprised how far back some of them go--four in the '80s, the first in 1961. Didn't check the managers, but one of them was Sparky with Detroit ("Captain Hook").
― clemenza, Monday, 14 October 2013 22:13 (ten years ago) link
― k3vin k., Monday, October 14, 2013 11:05 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i didn't say anything about "excitement"
― ^^ post obviously honoring and supporting Qualcomm (zachlyon), Monday, 14 October 2013 23:28 (ten years ago) link
the dodgers aren't going to win for one thing, and anyway i can't really in good faith root for a team that just spent a billion dollars after hating the yankees for the same thing over the past decade
― ^^ post obviously honoring and supporting Qualcomm (zachlyon), Monday, 14 October 2013 23:29 (ten years ago) link
tigers meanwhile have the best starting pitching in baseball and the best hitter in baseball and a torii hunter who's never gotten to play in a WS.
― ^^ post obviously honoring and supporting Qualcomm (zachlyon), Monday, 14 October 2013 23:30 (ten years ago) link
@gregorMLB 9mVictorino claims he's disappointed Verlander said he sometimes gets hit by strikes. Guess he forgot when Buehrle hit him on pitch in zone.
@gregorMLB 9mVictorino: "If he can prove to me and show me which one he thought was a strike that was a legitimate strike that I got hit on..."
@gregorMLB 8mAll Verlander has to do is pull up GameDay from Sept. 21: Buehrle vs. Victorino. HBP was an obvious strike and registered as such. #BlueJays
― Andy K, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 00:59 (ten years ago) link
so i left and went to a concert last night, Primal Scream. i thought this game was over anyways. was really surprised out this outcome, too bad i missed it.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 01:02 (ten years ago) link
so i got curious what because of the angry ball-snatcher/thrower: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/angry-red-sox-fan-thrown-out-allegedly-ranted-racist-remarks-052825245.html
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 02:17 (ten years ago) link
because = became
[–]Furoceous 37 points 11 hours ago*Alright, some information is coming in. My friend was with his girlfriend most of the morning."Well that guy had already said a racist comment to this guy who is a Detroit fan who was wearing a Prince Fielder jersey and looks like him.""That woman was his wife/girlfriend/baby mama and she had already been mad at him for being an ass and because they almost kicked his ass. But the homerun landed behind her but she got the ball. She jumped up in celebration and was so happy and some of us were saying 'just throw it back!'"."Then her guy, the asshole, ripped it from her hand and threw it back and they came to take him away. That Detroit fan stood up and said 'see you later' and that ass hole fan said 'sit down trevon' which is a black name racist thing to say and so about 5 police held back that big black man and his dad, and they escorted both parties (including the poor girl who caught it) out of the park. But later the detroit fans came back as they should have and many Red Sox fans went over and shook his hand and apologized".I'm fairly certain that the Detroit fan my friend was talking about is not in the OP's .gif, but I'll include a picture once I get it off my phone.Link to picture of the Detroit fan: http://imgur.com/2pbUaqD
Alright, some information is coming in. My friend was with his girlfriend most of the morning.
"Well that guy had already said a racist comment to this guy who is a Detroit fan who was wearing a Prince Fielder jersey and looks like him."
"That woman was his wife/girlfriend/baby mama and she had already been mad at him for being an ass and because they almost kicked his ass. But the homerun landed behind her but she got the ball. She jumped up in celebration and was so happy and some of us were saying 'just throw it back!'".
"Then her guy, the asshole, ripped it from her hand and threw it back and they came to take him away. That Detroit fan stood up and said 'see you later' and that ass hole fan said 'sit down trevon' which is a black name racist thing to say and so about 5 police held back that big black man and his dad, and they escorted both parties (including the poor girl who caught it) out of the park. But later the detroit fans came back as they should have and many Red Sox fans went over and shook his hand and apologized".
I'm fairly certain that the Detroit fan my friend was talking about is not in the OP's .gif, but I'll include a picture once I get it off my phone.
Link to picture of the Detroit fan: http://imgur.com/2pbUaqD
http://r2.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/1oed4a/an_aggressive_red_sox_fan_rips_a_home_run_ball/ccrfowe
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 02:31 (ten years ago) link
No, that's the Weeknd.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 02:35 (ten years ago) link
Verlander with an 8-pitch 1st
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 20:17 (ten years ago) link
this is not looking the best so far
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 20:19 (ten years ago) link
#freenava
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 20:38 (ten years ago) link
fuuuuuck
r u rootin for Boston or sumpn
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 20:44 (ten years ago) link
uh yeah hello
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 20:45 (ten years ago) link
Great timing with the outage -- rain possibly on the way.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 20:45 (ten years ago) link
go rain go no lights
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 20:46 (ten years ago) link
it looks like its daytime tho not to give then any ideas
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 20:47 (ten years ago) link
yea this massively favors bos
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 20:48 (ten years ago) link
plz do not give them ideas
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 20:48 (ten years ago) link
Game will finish around 1:00 a.m.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 20:49 (ten years ago) link