2013 ALCS: Detroit Tigers vs. Boston Red Sox

(Obviously the fans are bugging me more than the players and manager.)

Are those quotes from your friend, or is that you, Andy?

Caps stuff: exaggerations of stuff I've seen/heard.

Iglesias not available tonight as a pinch-hitter

I think by definition calling a player who is not HOF-caliber a "legend" is exaggerated.

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, October 16, 2013 10:44 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

is this about ortiz? u kno he's probably gonna get into the HOF bc of "legend" rite. also probably having 500 home runs.

detroit deserves to lose for having that tunnel right behind home plate what a dreadful decision

Cabrera batting second is so funny. Bunts, hit-and-run, anything could happen. (Batting order mostly proven to be not as important as believed anyway.)

Yikes

swinging on 1st pitch right after guy walks in a run on 4 pitches. CHRIST, DOES ANYONE TEACH ANYMORE???

. also probably having 500 home runs.

lol, chickenfeed these days

i can't believ fox is running features on the beards of each red sox

cant ya?

that's some good fistin'

morelike jake pervy

seeing the sox stroke their finely groomed beards in HD is what the fall classic is all about xp

haha what's up with peavy's water bottle

lol

what the hell is shaved into workman's head

shouldn't Miggy get one in the ribs next time for stealing w/ a 7-0 lead?

(if he has ribs)

workman must have a hell of a tell

ortiz gonna hit a double grand slam in a min

xander has a really cool name!

I saw him in the Futures game at Citi Field in July

(thrown out stealing)

There's your Phil Coke, analysts.

xander has a really cool name!

― 乒乓, Wednesday, October 16, 2013 10:19 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://25.media.tumblr.com/0e4feea60743c363c6e2a8e8b31f570c/tumblr_mude0twsKk1reop97o3_250.gif

fucking hell, leyland and his parade of pitchers and the accompanying extra long commercial breaks can all go fuck themselves

Talkin' beards, golf, football, birthday cake.

Nice try, Shane.

Is Bogaerts paying tribute to White Sox-era Fisk with that number?

Here comes the weird shit.

McCarver says all slow-motion replays of check swings look like strikes...pauses to watch slow-motion replay of check swing...concludes yes, based on slow-motion replay, that was definitely a strike.

http://nbchardballtalk.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/screen-shot-2013-10-17-at-8-13-48-am.png?w=499&h=314

"Out!"

welcome to the neighborhood

Funny "Hey Bill" that I'm sure will drive Morbius crazy. (James may have a slight bias here...And for what it's worth, I've never once thought of Ortiz in this way; I think of him more in terms of Orlando Cepeda or Tony Perez.)

Hey Bill, did you ever think of David Ortiz as the new Babe Ruth? By that I mean if Ruth had been born in 1975 rather than 1895, he'd have not just Ortiz' statistics but his demeanor, his build, his stature on the team...Once that idea came into my mind, I can't look at David Ortiz and not see Babe Ruth. Do you think that's a fair comparison?
Asked by: TJNawrocki

Answered: 10/17/2013
Honestly, I do the exact same thing. I think of Ortiz as a modern Babe Ruth literally every day; I'm kind of shocked that you asked. It started for me one time about 2006 when David stopped in our office...which players do not do very often...and was wearing a leather hat. I don't know the name of the hat style, but it was very much like a hat that I have seen pictures of Ruth wearing, out of uniform. I thought then that this man has a lot of Babe Ruth in him, and...as you point out...once you start thinking that way, it fits like a glove, so things happen constantly to re-inforce that way of thinking about him.

I can't deny the guy has tons of personality and larger-than-life persona, and that he has hit characteristically well in the numerous postseasons he's appeared in. (Babe Ruth had some qualities I hope Ortiz hasn't emulated.)

Why he should go in the HOF when Edgar Martinez hasn't come within shouting distance, I don't know.

It started for me one time about 2006 when David stopped in our office and was wearing a leather hat. I don't know the name of the hat style

lmao

guys the hall of fame is stupid, lets talk leather hats

I found the hat--very sporty, very Ruthian.

http://www.caphut.org/images/Product_4/Boston-Red-Sox-New-Era-59fifty-Fitted-Purple-Leather-Hat7181.jpg

god i see that hat and i just think of ruth, v evocative

i could see him wearing several of those if he were around now. and crocs.

haha

http://i1013.photobucket.com/albums/af252/bucket3nyy/Ruthpicsthread10.jpg

1915--not even famous yet.

(Actually, having his first good year as a pitcher, so maybe somewhat famous--obviously nowhere near where he was headed. Read Creamer's bio years ago--was Ruth already known as a character before he hit the majors?)

http://www.csnwashington.com/sportsnetWashington/thumbnails/Sportsnet_-_Baltimore/932/968/ortiz-sunday_640x360_2050959916.jpg

who wants ta visit Babe's grave sometime? Houdini and Billy Martin in the same boneyard.

at a midtown sports bar tnite, u guys watch lagoon carefully

This MLB.com headline is next-level: "Red Sox hope to be Anibal crackers in Detroit"

well theyre already crackers haha am i right folks

btw that one blown double play in the 2nd last night, it all couldve been so differnt

i can't believ fox is running features on the beards of each red sox

― 乒乓, Wednesday, October 16, 2013 9:22 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

saltalamacchia is so gross to look at, i want to kill him

lol otm

is he just really sweaty or does wear some kind of Soul Glo product to get those glossy locks?

and speaking of which, despite being a Sox fan, the close-up beard fetish profiles last night were rather disturbing and wrong in big screen HD.