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Adam1_tiny by chuckb on in News Comment 515 comments

Here comes Ankiel, just a couple of days before he'd be scheduled to come of the DL, but I digress.

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with two out?

I guess he wasn’t being held AT ALL

They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...

by Valatan on Aug 8, 2008 4:41 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

as hard as he's throwing

it’ll probably bounce all the way back to Soto before Izturis could score

by chuckb on Aug 8, 2008 4:41 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

whoo!

Okay, now I’m a believer.

by thefutureofamerica on Aug 8, 2008 4:41 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

drat

My fellow Americans. As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball, but tonight I say, we must move forward, not backward, upward not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom.

by Alxfritz on Aug 8, 2008 4:41 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Unfortunately

Izturis < Edmonds, in terms of revenge performance

by enoscountry on Aug 8, 2008 4:42 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Shit

Why do we do this stuff TODAY instead of times that make more sense?

Still looking for 1985 Regular Season games on DVD/VHS

by Hardcore Legend on Aug 8, 2008 4:42 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Skip I love you

but you are a total idiot today.

by TheBirds on Aug 8, 2008 4:42 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

wasn't a bad play

just got too much of the 95 mph heater. if it’s a little softer, DeRosa doesn’t make the play.

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 8, 2008 4:43 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

popout to 2b

They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...

by Valatan on Aug 8, 2008 4:43 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

it'd be a lot better

if we weren’t fans. It’s really a pretty damned good game. We’ve just got too much invested in it.

by chuckb on Aug 8, 2008 4:43 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So

was he anywhere close to safe on that 2-out bunt?

by liam on Aug 8, 2008 4:43 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

no

out by 2 steps. DeRosa bare-handed it.

by chuckb on Aug 8, 2008 4:44 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

bunt on 2-0?

i’m sorry, but that’s a horrible decision when you’re a .346 hitter vs. righties…

by LukeMP1186 on Aug 8, 2008 4:43 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Perez

We are going to find out now if the kid can handle the pressure. He has plenty of it right here.

by Egyptian on Aug 8, 2008 4:44 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh man

Time to crack open a Franklin. C’mon, Chris!

by iwannarock24 on Aug 8, 2008 4:44 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The hell

Someone explained that bunt that just happened.

by mojowo11 on Aug 8, 2008 4:44 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

no fucking walks

seriously. I might defenstrate myself.

by Cedar Plank on Aug 8, 2008 4:44 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, be careful of defenstration

So says, Titus Pullo (formerly The Dude)

by Titus Pullo on Aug 8, 2008 4:45 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't know if I can take

JEd winning this game with a walk-off

by Yellow Dog on Aug 8, 2008 4:45 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

They don't need any help from the ump

to have Perez throw balls

They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...

by Valatan on Aug 8, 2008 4:46 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Too bad

this isn’t a save opportunity. Tough game.

by liam on Aug 8, 2008 4:45 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Why Perez now?

Who’s gonna pitch the 10th?

So says, Titus Pullo (formerly The Dude)

by Titus Pullo on Aug 8, 2008 4:46 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

True, but

the same applies to the 10th

So says, Titus Pullo (formerly The Dude)

by Titus Pullo on Aug 8, 2008 4:47 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You know who is going to pitch...

you know it…. and it makes kicking puppies look nice by comparison

by FredbirdisaDork on Aug 8, 2008 4:48 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No kidding

Talk about giving runs away

So says, Titus Pullo (formerly The Dude)

by Titus Pullo on Aug 8, 2008 4:47 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

wow

that’s awesome. a few more of those please, Chris.

by effin fisk on Aug 8, 2008 4:47 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That was the ol'

Spin Around Fuku Strikeout. No one does it better.

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 8, 2008 4:47 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Mike Shannon:

“Here comes, uhhh, FOOKadomo”

by lightbulb on Aug 8, 2008 4:47 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He says uh...

...so he has time to throw back a Franklin.

by mojowo11 on Aug 8, 2008 4:47 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Agreed

Nothing beats a smooth, easy-drinkin’, cold & frosty Franklin.

by lightbulb on Aug 8, 2008 4:49 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Gameday's pitch-type classifier

labeled Perez’ fastball as “Fastball (Nasty)”

by liam on Aug 8, 2008 4:47 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ha!

So says, Titus Pullo (formerly The Dude)

by Titus Pullo on Aug 8, 2008 4:48 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

that's a swing?

I’ll take it. BTW, good f-ing slider!

by chuckb on Aug 8, 2008 4:47 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He's so streaky

That I might have to agree with you.

by thefutureofamerica on Aug 8, 2008 4:48 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

But at the same time

you have to face this order again, and you might be walking Edmonds to pitch to Lee in a high leverage situation.

by thefutureofamerica on Aug 8, 2008 4:49 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sadly, no

They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...

by Valatan on Aug 8, 2008 4:49 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

sometimes i think...

this cardinal pitching staff has turned more 0-2 counts into baserunners than any staff in history…

by LukeMP1186 on Aug 8, 2008 4:49 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Please, please, please

Don’t make Jimmy the hero today.

by augustdragon on Aug 8, 2008 4:49 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

throw that damn fastball six feet over the plate

They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...

by Valatan on Aug 8, 2008 4:50 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

seriously

he swings at unhittable high junk every time

They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...

by Valatan on Aug 8, 2008 4:50 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Mix in some strikes please

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 8, 2008 4:50 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Is he

pitching around JEd, or just missing?

by glennrwordman on Aug 8, 2008 4:51 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

missing

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 8, 2008 4:51 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Lou wandered onto the field again.

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 8, 2008 4:52 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

or at least some bottled water

They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...

by Valatan on Aug 8, 2008 4:52 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He's like Dusty Baker's kid

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 8, 2008 4:53 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Please

In play, outs, not out.

by thefutureofamerica on Aug 8, 2008 4:53 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

got him

walk DeRosa…no—they’ll use Daryl Ward. I’d rather pitch to DeRosa.

by chuckb on Aug 8, 2008 4:53 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

DeRosa makes me nervous

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 8, 2008 4:53 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

everything about this game makes me nervous

They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...

by Valatan on Aug 8, 2008 4:54 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Didn't work but that's a smart play by the Puj...

"Regression to the mean is so much more fun to watch when it’s a Cub who is regressing." SleepyCA

by joker24 on Aug 8, 2008 4:54 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Careful now

DeRosa can feast on low expectations

by enoscountry on Aug 8, 2008 4:54 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ugh DeRosa

The guy we passed on to signed AK

by TheBirds on Aug 8, 2008 4:54 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Dan Pleasac agrees with you.

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 8, 2008 4:54 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I like

how he’s been locating it, off the plate for the swinging strike, bringing it back in to the edge to get bad contact.

by liam on Aug 8, 2008 4:56 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Me likey Perez

"Regression to the mean is so much more fun to watch when it’s a Cub who is regressing." SleepyCA

by joker24 on Aug 8, 2008 4:55 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

YES!

Now let’s put a few on the board.

by thefutureofamerica on Aug 8, 2008 4:55 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

glauss

makes it look so easy…

by duncans_army on Aug 8, 2008 4:55 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

nope

it goes to Wright thanks to his +100 votes from NY

by enoscountry on Aug 8, 2008 4:56 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He probably isn't

Because the award is given more on reputation than actual performance.

Wright’ll probably get it.

by mojowo11 on Aug 8, 2008 4:57 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I was thinking that too,

but Ken Rosenthal mentioned Glaus ass the favorite in an article. Makes me think the national media are taking notice.

by ViperLjs on Aug 8, 2008 4:59 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

honestly

the whole “young players can’t keep it together under pressure” theory is such BS…
Mather, McClellan, Perez, ice in their collective veins

by duncans_army on Aug 8, 2008 4:56 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Back to 50% win probabibility!!

They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...

by Valatan on Aug 8, 2008 4:56 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'd vote Perez to close

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by gocards62 on Aug 8, 2008 4:56 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

cool

now Samardzjia can get intimately acquainted with AP

by Cedar Plank on Aug 8, 2008 4:57 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

anybody else listening to 1380 right now?

That actually cares what the guy from Gateway internation has to say??? I’m not anti-Nascar… but who the F cares right now?

by FredbirdisaDork on Aug 8, 2008 4:58 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Too bad we couldn't have scored another run in the 6th

this game would be over

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by gocards62 on Aug 8, 2008 4:58 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Good

Franklin’s up in the pen. Glad we have the top of the lineup up.

by chuckb on Aug 8, 2008 4:58 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If we don't score

I’m considering turning this off. I can’t watch Franklin give it up again.

Still looking for 1985 Regular Season games on DVD/VHS

by Hardcore Legend on Aug 8, 2008 4:59 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I just watched that this morning

had it DVR’d

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 8, 2008 5:00 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

heh...

even in the thick of this game… i still smile thinking about it

by FredbirdisaDork on Aug 8, 2008 5:01 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

freaking cardinals vs cubs games

It’s like they’re scripted. EVERY time. I love it. (and sometimes hate it.)

by effin fisk on Aug 8, 2008 5:00 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

the change is his out pitch

cannot locate the FB

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by gocards62 on Aug 8, 2008 5:00 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

that shit

doesn’t work w/ Pujols, son!

by chuckb on Aug 8, 2008 5:01 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ugh

No Franklin.

Try Springer or lets see what Garcia can do.

by JMedwick on Aug 8, 2008 5:01 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

he'll hang a change here

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by gocards62 on Aug 8, 2008 5:03 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Albert is probably the only guy

Who I think could steal home from first.

by thefutureofamerica on Aug 8, 2008 5:03 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

he tried.

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 8, 2008 5:04 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Drat

My fellow Americans. As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball, but tonight I say, we must move forward, not backward, upward not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom.

by Alxfritz on Aug 8, 2008 5:03 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Retarded

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 8, 2008 5:03 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

what other goofy thing

is going to happen to us today?

by ccthemovieman on Aug 8, 2008 5:03 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sigh

I wish our outfielders were not so strikeout prone. It hurts the team in situations like this.

by JMedwick on Aug 8, 2008 5:04 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Me too

Doesn’t el Hombre know that with Lud at the plate, he’s in scoring position at first?

by liam on Aug 8, 2008 5:05 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That would be the bad side...

of Albert’s aggressive baserunning

by Yellow Dog on Aug 8, 2008 5:04 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yep....

I think it’s a net positive, though

by Andyfantastic on Aug 8, 2008 5:05 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I smell a Glaus HR in the 14th

right now its just a little scent, though.

by effin fisk on Aug 8, 2008 5:05 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Some kind of nose

you’ve got there.

I was trying to smell chicken, but it just smells like missed opportunities . . .

So says, Titus Pullo (formerly The Dude)

by Titus Pullo on Aug 8, 2008 5:06 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He smells, alright

but, at 0-for-forever against the Cubs this year, he’s due!

by ccthemovieman on Aug 8, 2008 5:06 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Comcast hasn't replayed it it

I thougth maybe balk, but Pujols didn’t complain.

by sdrone on Aug 8, 2008 5:05 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

quick enough?

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by gocards62 on Aug 8, 2008 5:07 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

3 baserunners lost today

if we lose, that’s a big reason why

by chuckb on Aug 8, 2008 5:06 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yes, but....

If we lose, the main reason will be that the other team scored more runs.

Sorry, just doing my best sports broadcaster imitation.

by augustdragon on Aug 8, 2008 5:07 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

C'mon Franklin

They’ve got Howry warming up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 8, 2008 5:08 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No way

Franklin vs. Howry is an epic matchup of game-blowing specialists.

by mojowo11 on Aug 8, 2008 5:08 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

great, i get to turn on the game just in time to see Frank blow it

i can’t believe Jimmy’s hit two HR’s today. both went in that stupid basket didn’t they?

I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson AND THAT'S A WINNER!

by gdm426 on Aug 8, 2008 5:08 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

neither one did

In the world I see--you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty carpool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

by Tackle Box on Aug 8, 2008 5:09 PM EDT to parent up