Game 69 Open thread -- June 20, 2009
by chuckb on Jun 20, 2009 3:45 PM EDT
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Any prognosis
on how long the rain delay will last?
the radar map doesn't look good
looks like storms back to Topeka
by Expatcardfan on Jun 20, 2009 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
not good at all
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jun 20, 2009 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions
what unit of measurement is
dBZ? is it measuring rainfall amount?
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
cloud tops i believe
which correlates into heavier rainfall
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jun 20, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions
so it should be negative
because a replacement cloud would get the game in
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jun 20, 2009 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions
But that's not the purpose of a cloud.
For a cloud, rainfall is victory.
by notmorganfreeman on Jun 20, 2009 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jun 20, 2009 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
that helps
thanks
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
glad you understood it
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jun 20, 2009 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions
looks like another 30-45 min plus field preperations
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jun 20, 2009 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
ugh
What am I supposed to do this afternoon? Not drink beer and watch baseball? That leaves…shudder…reading????!
US Open
Always a fall back, doesn’t require much reading.
by Expatcardfan on Jun 20, 2009 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
aren't they in a rain delay also or close to one
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jun 20, 2009 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
why no carp? the game hadn't started yet and once it stops raining it shouldn't do it again.
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jun 20, 2009 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions
lolz
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jun 20, 2009 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I wonder if his throwing arm is the same arm he douches with.
"Rasmus doesn't hit lefties. Instead he bashes them over the head with their own bleeding arm he just raced to the mound to rip off before the ball arrives to the plate. He then smashes that baseball with the pitchers bloody arm over the wall because he does not hit lefites he bashes them." Ted Lilly
Admit it.
You would LOVE to have Ryan Braun on this team. He’s young. He’s very good at what he does-and figures to be for years to come.
She isn't crazy, she's just not impressed.
just like i would love to have Aramis Ramirez or Carlos Marmol
It doesn’t mean I have to like them until they are on my team, right?
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by jacksonian on Jun 20, 2009 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
but it would be red remetee
that has to count for something, right?
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
you gotta give Bannister props...
… for being one of the few major-leaguers who pays attention to sabermetrics. he studies as hard as any pitcher in the game. if it weren’t for that, he probably wouldn’t’ve made it this far.
for those interested, an interview with Bannister where he explains what stats he looks at, and how he hopes to keep his BABIP below the average:
these are the kind of players
that need to become coaches or managers after their career. People, even if they are not math-inclined, but are aware of the advanced statistics are the ones who can advance the game. It seems like many managers are clinging to tradition (batting order, player profile, etc) and if players today understand why certain traditional tenets of baseball are wrong, when they become coaches and managers and correct them, hopefully using more efficient methods.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
Just got here...
but I’m in the KC area and the sun has been shining here for at least 30 minutes now. So I would think the game would start soon….
"I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all."
by sirensofsilence on Jun 20, 2009 5:17 PM EDT reply actions
When facing the cubbies.
Valbuena es muy bueno!
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Fucking Indians
what a pathetic bunch of losers. How did they take 2 of 3 from us???
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Mother fucking Indians.
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Wondering what FOX does.
At what time do they decided to not put the game on TV?
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Kerry Wood is really starting to piss me off.
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0.655 WPA for Kosuke today
yeesh.
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
Kelly Shoppach should be fired.
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Indians looks like they need a close
Perez for Cliff Lee and DeRosa. The price is going to go up every week Cleveland.
by cloistermaximus on Jun 20, 2009 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
done
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
Mo already said he won't trade Perez for DeRosa
and it wouldn’t be enough to land Lee also.
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Ah!
but he never said he wouldn’t for DeRosa and Lee….
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by Tackle Box on Jun 20, 2009 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I know, but in my fantasy world I'll ask for the moon
They have to feel pretty desperate to get a reliever who doesn’t completely blow at this point.
by cloistermaximus on Jun 20, 2009 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Cubs have had like 5 walk off wins in the past week
and we still haven’t had one
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in a row.
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Sorry, not in a row.
3 in a row and 4 out of their last 5 have been of the “walk off” variety.
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Gosh darnet, all I want to do is fly my blue L flag!
Is that too much for a Cardinal fan to ask for?!
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Fly it anyway.
They’re all still losers.
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any team ever go an entire season w/o a walkoff win?
would B-ref be the place to find that?
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Pujols' 1000th R scored last night
Didn’t hear that on a broadcast, haven’t read the news..for anyone else that missed it
And they'e off
You know, the Royals powder blue home jersey may be hideous, but at least it looks gay.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that…
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Albert Pujols - Admirer of long fly outs
arghhhh, stop it Albert. You always get my hopes up, then crush them when it falls to the track.
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sooo....
is anybody else not getting the game televised now???
Not getting it here
was supposed to..but they are keeping the Brewers/Tigers on.
We’ve got a long way to go and a short time to get there.
Anyone on MLB.TV
All I’m getting is Audio right now for some reason.
Illinois or Missouri?
Doesn’t surprise me if you can’t in Central Illinois since it’s Comcast Cable if I’m not mistaken…they never were on top of things when I lived there.
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I'm in Springfield MO
When the telecast started about 2:45 they said that in was raining in KC and the game would be delayed and we could watch the Milwaukee Detroit game until then. grrrrrrr
Hey now.
Two and a half men is an outstanding show and IMO is not on enough times throughout the day.
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by Tackle Box on Jun 20, 2009 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
say hi to my cousins will ya?
they won’t return my calls or texts for some reason.
It kind of sounds like he’s [Duncan] just running around like a puppy out there – full speed ahead in random directions. – BTown Birds Fan
Good solid hit by Yadi, just a gem of a play by Hernandez at short...
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6 eh?
Thats the fingers on my hand plus my thumba! Oh wait, i dont have a thumba…i have a thumb…damn…i guess i wont get my 25 cent slushy…
Like 8, 31,
and twenty two-oo
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At any participating Mobil On the Run
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I think this
thread has gone on long enough
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring" -Rogers Hornsby
gonna be very embarassing
to be no-hit by brian bannister.
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
I thought this game wasn't supposed to start until 6:10
did they move it up b/c of the weather or something?
I don't know if it's been mentioned
But Brian Bannister is a dashing young man. What a looker.
by cloistermaximus on Jun 20, 2009 6:04 PM EDT reply actions
first-pitch swinging, of course.
lol.
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
this game
is gonna be over in like 45 minutes. bannister’s thrown 16 pitches through 2 innings. wow!
You know, 3B may be a perfect fit for Khalil
less to worry about, he’s familiar with the position from playing there at Clemson, and takes away playing time from Thurston. Perfect fit!
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yeah
last time he played third, he batted something like .450. Maybe there’s some linkage there.
If skip doesn’t slide there, he’s safe, dammit.
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
NO THURSTON
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It kind of sounds like he’s [Duncan] just running around like a puppy out there – full speed ahead in random directions. – BTown Birds Fan
Rooney's visited and saw for himself
Cue rim shot
by cloistermaximus on Jun 20, 2009 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks FOX
“To Kansas City…Err I beg your pardon. We will go to Detroit.”
WTF.. Really? Detroit has a 5 run lead. Total BS. Fox Saturday Baseball is pathetic.
WTF.. Really? Detroit has a 5 run lead. Total BS. Fox Saturday Baseball is pathetic./End Rant
The have to keep it open for the primetime line up
Two and a half men reruns and Cops
It would be terrible if viewers missed that
I love me some Brendan Ryan
He might be the only positive to come from Greene’s unfortunate illness.
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do you love him enough to let him lick your shoulder?
do you love him enough to add his image to your Skip mural on the roof of your van?
It kind of sounds like he’s [Duncan] just running around like a puppy out there – full speed ahead in random directions. – BTown Birds Fan
I guess he was looking at it from a Royals perspective???
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that second bluff by bannister
looked an awful lot like a balk to me.
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
Morning, CN. Tuned in to hear the 5-4-3 dp. Amazing how players out of their position can pick it up.
How did KG and Skip look on that play?
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Khalil was fluid with a good throw to second.
He played back on the ball but made the routine play with ease. Skip looked good as well. God I love that cannon of an arm at second.
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Yeah, it gets to first in a hurry.
Thought he had some Steve Sax like diease early in the year, but he’s got a rocket over to Albert.
Me likey
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And accurate at that. He's really started to settle in now...
Just think, if he played as deep as Belliard did, he could range further out and still use his arm to make most of the plays.
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thanks - sucks having to see the game through Shannon's often distracted eyes. . .
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i'd glady see through those blurry eyes any day of the week
and twice on sunday
It kind of sounds like he’s [Duncan] just running around like a puppy out there – full speed ahead in random directions. – BTown Birds Fan
what can cure our ails?
Kansas City
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you don't have to swing at every pitch, colby
sheesh.
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
I never realized how terribly slow Ryan Ludwick is
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That SUKT
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How can a guy that runs like
a Peterbuilt on the Poplar at rush hour get to third?
When Ryan Ludwick wears his 50 pound anvils…for the traction.
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I hate the disappearing high strikezone
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didn't even look high, though
that looked right down the middle.
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
wow, where was that second pitch?
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
Wow. Uncle Charlie looks pretty good fro Carp today
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On three pitches
Good morning, good afternoon, good night!!
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Woo hoo!!
Almost out of it
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Some great fucking pitching Carp
I love that guy.
by cloistermaximus on Jun 20, 2009 6:19 PM EDT reply actions
Leadoff triple due to bad route...
“don’t worry Ludwick” says Carpenter, “I happen to be Chris Carpenter.”
by Evilfrog on Jun 20, 2009 6:20 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
nice work Carp
and Albert has to have more range than any other first baseman in baseball
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YES!!
strands the runner on third
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I'm Chris F. Carpenter
And I will cut out your heart with my uncle Charlie.
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speaking of Carp
the walk to Jacobs was just the eighth walk issued by Carp all year, in his 9th start (that’s against 39 Ks so far….)
That's just re-damn-diculous
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If you like Pina Colada
Great song. Gonna have to download that.
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Rupert Holmes
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) 1980
by cloistermaximus on Jun 20, 2009 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Now a Taco Bell jingle
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Yeah, isn't that every low level boss in the country?
Actually made me laugh
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And of course the Viagra jingle...worst one yet today.
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VIVA VIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIAGRA
i would think we would embrace such a jingle
It kind of sounds like he’s [Duncan] just running around like a puppy out there – full speed ahead in random directions. – BTown Birds Fan
Crapola.
Just thought of another reason to not like Saturday Fox Baseball. No highlights on gameday.
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This game is going to catch up with the Brewers/Tigers game soon
We’ve got a long way to go and a short time to get there.
Nice pitch count through four. I think Carp had 19 pitches in the first - meaning 30 in the next three.
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8 pitch inning
this game is gonna be over in fifteen minutes at this rate…..we need to see Ank take one of those 17 pich ABs….
He doesn't see 17 pitches in a three game series this year
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THAT is impressive - the AB and especially you're ability to conjure that display at a moment's notice
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I have it saved on my computer...hahaha
I was following on Gameday, screencapped it, and never deleted it. You never know when it’ll come in handy.
How many in a row did he foul off?
That was an awesome at bat.
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Plate appearance
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jun 21, 2009 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions
so != means
does not equal?
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jun 21, 2009 1:18 AM EDT up reply actions
you could do
=
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jun 21, 2009 1:19 AM EDT up reply actions
well that didn't work
Chuck Norris doesn't need a bat.
he just roundhouse kicks the ball out of the park.
by bearcatcardfan on Jun 21, 2009 1:19 AM EDT up reply actions
What, Eric Karros not good enough for you?
He’s pretty good sucky.
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milcardfan didn't get the memo either
i blame chitown. he’s in charge of VEB memo’s right?
It kind of sounds like he’s [Duncan] just running around like a puppy out there – full speed ahead in random directions. – BTown Birds Fan
If Greene didn't have bad luck
he’d have no luck at all.
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Just think if that had gotten over the fence...his confidence would have shot through the roof.
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How close was it?
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very close to sneaking over the left field wall at the foul pole
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Well the LF hit the wall as he caught it so just about a foot shy I'd say.
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Who's slower, Molina running the bases
or Luddy cutting off a ball in the gap?
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Since Teahn's triple today.
Looked like he was wearing cement shoes while dragging an anchor.
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At least he's hitting the ball and not trunks and walls
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that would be insanely awesome
since third base has been such a clusterfuck for us this year….if he can post an .800 OPS and consistently field the position we’ll be in better shape than we were…..
a walk? WTF? Good time for $99.99
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Uncle Charlie hung on that one
C’mon Carp, get out of this
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Looked good on TV
Carp and Molina started walking toward the dugout
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then strike 3 was out of the zone
guess it was a makeup for the 2 before it.
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how in the world can you tell balls and strikes atg?
I can never do it. if you’re right behind the plate, you can’t tell if it’s high or low, and if you’re off to the side you can’t tell if it’s over the plate…
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Nope, your iphone
I’m sure there’s a gameday app for that.
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If my understanding is correct
atg = at the game.
So I’m asking, are you sitting directly behind the plate right now?
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dah!
nevermind.
I have a very, umm...photographic brain. A lot like Ansel Adams but in color and with a lot more, uh.....insertion and pubic hair.
strike 3 was borderline
close enough to swing at….tough to say what the ump would have called it had he not swung
it should be ATGD
According
To
Game
Day
It kind of sounds like he’s [Duncan] just running around like a puppy out there – full speed ahead in random directions. – BTown Birds Fan
it's better than typing out gameday constantly though.
I have a very, umm...photographic brain. A lot like Ansel Adams but in color and with a lot more, uh.....insertion and pubic hair.
yeah, ATG means "at the game".
Need to find a different acronym for gameday.
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
depending on the phone
If they have an iPhone S3 6000 DX or whatever the hell they have now, they probably have a better browser and internet connection than some of us do
yeah
i have an iphone.
i’m not questioning the logistics, i’m questioning the rationale. enjoy being at the ballpark
it's typically used as a
“i was ATG, and saw Duncan humping the foul pole” etc.
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
i understand
For the most part, it annoys me when I see people using their cell phones constantly at a game…the worst I’ve seen is a teenager who read a book and never really looked up, didn’t move or clap even for a home run, etc.
Anyway, I went to the Cardinals game last Thursday when Rasmus was called out at the plate. I only know a few people I could call or text (don’t want to call in the stadium, don’t want to annoy other people talking or try desperately to hear what they’re saying) to find out if he was safe or not, and I wished I was able to log onto VEB real fast to hear the results. Same on the Ludwick walk in the 9th where he looked to be out multiple times.
Those are some pretty good looking fastballs on the inside part of the plate
he’s definitely spotting it.
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borderline
but Carp got the call!!
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There ya go!
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Thank you, GsOB
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Eric Karros must be Spanish for 'stupid penis licker'
BEcause he was just saying how Carp’s curve wasn’t effective, just as he struck out Myers with two wicked curveballs.
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Today
Personally, other than one or two that hung, it’s been pretty nasty
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He was saying he was having trouble locating it today
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Skippy!
Good thing he didn’t hit a homer, it would’ve killed this impending rally.
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MUST NOT WALK
-colby
Goodness, albert, take it easy mang.
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
It was a no doubter
Crushed it into the waterfalls in left
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of course it was
I’ve heard him call a “long-fly ball into left”
that the 3rd baseman settles under to catch.
What's wrong with AP today? No HRs or walks!
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yes,
it’s awesome. also, it’s pretty awesome when chitown actually chitowns it.
cardinals are the things with feathers that perch within the soul.
if it's so awesome
why is it not green?
It kind of sounds like he’s [Duncan] just running around like a puppy out there – full speed ahead in random directions. – BTown Birds Fan
He just killed the rally, though
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Whoops - take it back . . . .
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Now the Cards' designated sitter. . .
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In a crappy, yet nepotistic way
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If I was the opposing manager
I would walk Pujols in every situation, to include the bottom of the 9th with the bases loaded in a tie game.
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I dunno how yer supposed to pitch to Pujols
but throwing belt-high pitches over the center of the plate is probably not it
that flomax replay was awesome
todd worrell was amazingly tall. And not as wellemeyer-shaped as I remember.
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
And the runner is STILL out
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NIce, Carp still pitching efficiently - about 14 pitches per routine inning after routine inning.
Is he on a pitch count today? If so, what is it?
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Isn't that the same Michael Millken that went to prison
on some junk bond insider trading deal?
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yep
needs to invest in some laser teeth whitening if he’s gonna be on TV this much.
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
Thanks
And not to be a jackass, but I guess if you go to prison, prostate problems are to be expected, no?
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should flag you for that?
It kind of sounds like he’s [Duncan] just running around like a puppy out there – full speed ahead in random directions. – BTown Birds Fan
I don't claim to have a unique opinion ...
I just know that as an observant coach/manager, you can see fatigue without a one hundred pitch threshold.
by hangingfromatree on Jun 20, 2009 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions
fox's gun has to be juiced
just said carp threw 99
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I'd let him start the 8th, but he'd be on a tight leash
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What is the alternative? Motte? YP? Kinney? A Carp swimming upstream is to be preferred I think
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A five out save by the Union General
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Wow, Skip DIDN'T slide into first
Strange…very strange.
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How do you take Colby out for defensive reasons??
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Which is still a dumb move
We have the lead, we just need to keep if for a few more outs. So we don’t need to be taking our best defensive OF out.
K Greene!!
Nice play!
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looked like he misjudged that one
took a step in, then it went over his head. Sigh.
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
Miller? LOOGY better than a disabled Carp - according to the genius. . .
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that one I agree with
Carpenter hasn’t gone more than 100 pitches at all this year. Rather have a healthy Carpenter than a win here.
Agree - just not sure that Miller was the ideal choice. . .
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lefty at the plate
might as well use a loogy with 2 outs, and bring out Franklin for the 9th.
If that wasn’t a LOOGY situation I dunno what is.
yeah, it was the right move
even the right loogy. player just didn’t execute.
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
It was the right move
Just didn’t work. Miller had been very good against Lefties.
Once we find a lefty
that will hold opponents to a .000 BA we’ll be in good shape.
by Beware the Molinas on Jun 20, 2009 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Cue - send in the clowns. . . .
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Go fuck yourself, Greene.
Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.
yeah, could have been 2 W's he's cost Carpenter this year
whew.
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
which greene?
that’s not cool if it was KBot
It kind of sounds like he’s [Duncan] just running around like a puppy out there – full speed ahead in random directions. – BTown Birds Fan
WE DID!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It kind of sounds like he’s [Duncan] just running around like a puppy out there – full speed ahead in random directions. – BTown Birds Fan
I think we're a community of folks who realize a retarded double switch when we see one.
Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.
by Power Slurve on Jun 20, 2009 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions
When the two players you switched out have been playing superior defense and are better hitters than their replacements
I wonder if Tony was a cutter as a child. He just loves self harm.
Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.
by Power Slurve on Jun 20, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions
But bipolar is good in a pinch
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if the cardinals lose
I am taking my friend up on her offer to split a bottle of rum..otherwise I’d rather not be hungover tomorrow
i already had a bottle of rum ...
i need a nap. but franklin needs an out.
by hangingfromatree on Jun 20, 2009 7:47 PM EDT reply actions
For the love of God
I hate our bullpen.
Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.
Good ole Rust Kuntz
At least I can find humor in this hour of fear
by cloistermaximus on Jun 20, 2009 7:49 PM EDT reply actions
e5.
khalil needs more time on the couch.
by hangingfromatree on Jun 20, 2009 7:49 PM EDT reply actions
It was Tyler Greene that made the error
E6
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You might have prostate issues
See Millken, Michael. But he went to prison.
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oh man
btw, did anyone else catch that monster loogy franklin just coughed up on his hand, before throwing that last pitch?
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
be nice to have brian fuentes or even arthur rhodes about now ...
by hangingfromatree on Jun 20, 2009 7:50 PM EDT reply actions
Fuentes has been about 1 cup below mediocre this year
Chia-Franklin has been money
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wouldnt want fuentes as closer
would want him as a bullpen lefty …
by hangingfromatree on Jun 20, 2009 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions
nah, he got out of it
more like ’06 wainwright style
just enough to get us worried
not that any of those runners were franklin’s
Please, sir, Izzy-refercnes cause unwelcome body contractions . . . .
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You might time travel
Let us know how that works out.
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I hope his flux capacitor is...fluxing
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Hey guys, just got back from my Cola-mixing experiment...
..there’s a rain delay today?
by vexedtechie on Jun 20, 2009 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
C'mon Farnsworth, be yourself.
Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.
100 mph on fox
is 93-94 mph to real radar guns
by hangingfromatree on Jun 20, 2009 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions
yes.
but carp was clocked at 99 too …
by hangingfromatree on Jun 20, 2009 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Awful pitch that AP chased. Belike he doesn't have a great deal of confidence in Luddy and Dunc to pick up the run. . .
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Well, Duncan is one of the most worthless players in all of baseball
So…yeah.
Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.
by Power Slurve on Jun 20, 2009 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I said it.
Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.
by Power Slurve on Jun 20, 2009 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions
what in the world was that
umpire chewing out some guy on the field all about?
Luddy should be on second, he really is slow.
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
He was just razzing the kid
Seems like a good guy, actually
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Anything to get him going
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Sac fly plz.
Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.
Or an RBI single!!
WOOT Yadi!!
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Molina got that run back
Nice nice nice
by cloistermaximus on Jun 20, 2009 8:01 PM EDT reply actions
Squeeze?
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man that farnsworth contract must burn
great job, yadi.
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
Gen Franklin
He’s still eligible for the save.
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i'm still available for the 9th.
but I’m only good for 16 pitches. strict pitch count.
by hangingfromatree on Jun 20, 2009 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Whew - give the pen and Franklin a bit more room to up the fan base blood pressure. . .
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Anyone else get slightly nauseaous listening to Dewitt praise the "greatest fans in baseball?"
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Seems to me the parsimony is inconsistent with his appreciaton of the fan base support
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Problem is not what the team is, but rather could be given the level of fan support and revenue.
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I could tell you where we would be without dewitt
Competing with the Pirates with most seasons in last places in the Central.
Perhaps - I'm not prescient; however, the team's record under Busch was rather good,, too.
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yes, it was. aside from those last 9 seasons
where they didn’t make the playoffs from 1988 to 1995, then sold the team to the dewitt group before the season in 1996. Since then we’ve been to the playoffs 6 of the last 12 seasons.
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
Seriously?
Seriously a serious number! Way to go Ka-heel!
by mattisnotfrench on Jun 20, 2009 8:07 PM EDT reply actions
WOOOOOOO!!!!
K Greene clinches it!!!
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every time khalil gets a hit now,
this should be said.
cardinals are the things with feathers that perch within the soul.
Week long stints in Memphis for EVERYONE!
Thurston, you go first. We’ll call you back up, really.
by cloistermaximus on Jun 20, 2009 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions
What is so
rejuvenating about Memphis? It as worked a lot lately – Brendan Ryan case in point.
by kkkkathmandubirdsview on Jun 20, 2009 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Thank you GsOB! Bring in Kinney and cue the Serious Number song. . . .
two prices to pay for a big lead. . . .
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That was the exact same as his earlier hit
just about 2 feet farther.
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That, and it made the game a serious one, as opposed to semi-serious
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He satisfies 2 rules actually
1. He enters the game with a lead of no more than three runs and pitches for at least one inning
2. He enters the game, regardless of the count, with the potential tying run either on base, at bat or on deck
3. He pitches for at least three innings
so both right
Interesting line score - Cards score seven runs - seven different players scored once.
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HL Mencken
read the thread on the side
called “how to get around the blackouts”, by flimflam. It’s real easy.
- "I went at it and didn’t slow down, so it kind of bounced off me." -Lil' Dunc
me too!!!!!!!!!!!!
It kind of sounds like he’s [Duncan] just running around like a puppy out there – full speed ahead in random directions. – BTown Birds Fan
Ladies and gentlemen, your first place Cardinals!
by cloistermaximus on Jun 20, 2009 8:17 PM EDT reply actions
wild
good stuff but my overwhelming thought is man, this devision stinks
by Scarecrow7775 on Jun 20, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't think the division is that bad
4 teams above .500, and you got to give respect to the Brewers offense, the Reds pitching, and the fact that when the Cubs get Rameriez back they’ll be pretty tough.
by cloistermaximus on Jun 20, 2009 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I disagree.
I think this is actually a remarkably strong division; it just so happens that all of the teams in it beating up on each other depresses the overall records.
You can't teach a hammer to love nails.
by the red baron on Jun 21, 2009 2:54 AM EDT up reply actions
this
the Pirates & Stros are the only really bad teams in the central. everyone else ain’t too shabby. although i’d give anything for those losers on the north side to be.
It kind of sounds like he’s [Duncan] just running around like a puppy out there – full speed ahead in random directions. – BTown Birds Fan
First Place!
How the hell did this happen?
by mattisnotfrench on Jun 20, 2009 8:18 PM EDT reply actions
real answer:
whenever we need clutch hitting, ankiel is there to strikeout
by hangingfromatree on Jun 20, 2009 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions
A first place winner!!
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Cubs have played four fewer games than the Cards. Have the Cubs had lots of postponements?
Whose advantage? Cubs to come to full strength or fewer days off with double headers and attendant pitching strain?
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I read that the Cubs, because of early rain outs
Will have a real brutal stretch after the All Star break, 27 games in 25 days or something ridiculous like that.
I think that will take it’s toll on their staff, especially their bullpen, which really hasn’t been lights out like it was last year.
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listening to Khalil on the postgame
and he’s saying a lot of good things…
especially that the fun is coming back for him.
Very articulate. . . Is there some reason that AP is rarely on the star of the game?
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its more of a challenge to find another star
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
Did anyone record today's game?
I need a copy of it. Please contact me.
by Hardcore Legend on Jun 20, 2009 11:50 PM EDT reply actions
Tony actually brought his closer in the 8th
I’m so happy
St. Louis relievers... defying win expectancy since 2008
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Brian Bannister:
“Albert hits good pitches hard and bad pitches even harder. And when he gets in the batter’s box, if you pray, then you start praying. And if you don’t pray, you think about starting.”
I like this guy.
cardinals are the things with feathers that perch within the soul.
Hey gdm.
What are you doing hanging around here this time of the night?
You can't teach a hammer to love nails.
is there a better place to be?
It kind of sounds like he’s [Duncan] just running around like a puppy out there – full speed ahead in random directions. – BTown Birds Fan
Well, fair enough.
You can't teach a hammer to love nails.
by the red baron on Jun 21, 2009 2:59 AM EDT up reply actions
hey, if you got a better suggestion, i'm all ears
It kind of sounds like he’s [Duncan] just running around like a puppy out there – full speed ahead in random directions. – BTown Birds Fan
Nope, no better suggestions.
After all, I’m here too. Just drinking scotch, eating cantaloupe, and watching Death Note, all while going over the day’s threads.
You can't teach a hammer to love nails.
by the red baron on Jun 21, 2009 3:05 AM EDT up reply actions
i'm doing a vodka & vanilla coke zero & jager combo. munching on some peach & kiwi's
and catching up on the action. looks like i missed a gem from Carp.
It kind of sounds like he’s [Duncan] just running around like a puppy out there – full speed ahead in random directions. – BTown Birds Fan
Wow.
Um. not to be a dick, but that sounds just awful. The fruit sounds alright, but the mix there? Oy.
You can't teach a hammer to love nails.
by the red baron on Jun 21, 2009 3:11 AM EDT up reply actions
i'm outta options
with ohio’s strict liquor laws i’m a slave to what ever was in the cabinet. i completely forgot to pick up something else to slowly destroy my liver while at the store on wednesday. and by the time i realized smirnoff & jager was all that was left, it was after 10pm & all the liquor stores had closed.
It kind of sounds like he’s [Duncan] just running around like a puppy out there – full speed ahead in random directions. – BTown Birds Fan
Really?
Wow, that sucks. I didn’t know Ohio had such strict laws.
You can't teach a hammer to love nails.
by the red baron on Jun 21, 2009 3:24 AM EDT up reply actions
oh it's terrible man, simply terrible
no liquor sales outside of a restaurant or bar after 10pm. no beer(which honestly i don’t drink unless it’s from the tap) sales in most areas after midnight. yet somehow, they keep setting record liquor & beer sales year after year. i don’t know how, but they keep doing it. i guess you can say the drinkers here are a dedicated bunch.
It kind of sounds like he’s [Duncan] just running around like a puppy out there – full speed ahead in random directions. – BTown Birds Fan
Well, no offense,
but if I were from the state that had cursed the world with skyline chili, I would want to get as much booze as possible in me as well, just to dull the horror of my mistake.
You can't teach a hammer to love nails.
by the red baron on Jun 21, 2009 3:43 AM EDT up reply actions
i was forced to move here at the age of 10
my dad transferred here to make more coin, and he did give us a better life than we would have had staying in SE Missouri. but why i haven’t left since i turned 18 is all my fault. i shouldn’t be here, yet i can’t leave. what does that say about me?
skyline chili is the worst ever. gawd does it suck. i’ve only had it once since 1985 & i’ll never have it again.
It kind of sounds like he’s [Duncan] just running around like a puppy out there – full speed ahead in random directions. – BTown Birds Fan
It says
you’re a person who has a hell of a time letting go of things. After all, you say you shouldn’t be there, yet that’s where you cared for your father in his last days, where this woman is, and I’m sure plenty of other things in life. It’s tough to leave the past behind and just move somewhere else.
On the upside, though, I’m sure it also says you’re remarkably loyal, sensitive, and capable of the sort of deep connections to both people and places many others have a tough time understanding, much less actually experiencing.
And good call on the chili. Maybe you just have to be from there or something, but I personally would rather shoot myself with a nail gun than eat that stuff.
You can't teach a hammer to love nails.
by the red baron on Jun 21, 2009 3:59 AM EDT up reply actions
I'd honestly rather be from Ohio instead of Indiana...
..at least you can puchase liquor on Sunday…
…scratch that…we get 190 proof Everclear…and I’m closer to St Louis…
by vexedtechie on Jun 21, 2009 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Hey, not to get too personal,
but you ever have any luck with your lady friend you were talking about a while back?
You can't teach a hammer to love nails.
by the red baron on Jun 21, 2009 3:02 AM EDT up reply actions
negative baron
she hooked up with a guy who spends 10 hours a week working out
It kind of sounds like he’s [Duncan] just running around like a puppy out there – full speed ahead in random directions. – BTown Birds Fan
Blech.
Sorry to hear that. On the upside, with that kind of time investment, I’m sure he’s a real douchebag.
You can't teach a hammer to love nails.
by the red baron on Jun 21, 2009 3:06 AM EDT up reply actions
i'm betting your right
plus he’s over 10 years older than her. meaning he’s 40+. WTF? gooooood luck with all that. that just screams she had daddy issues. i’m probably better off without her.
It kind of sounds like he’s [Duncan] just running around like a puppy out there – full speed ahead in random directions. – BTown Birds Fan
Probably right.
Best to just avoid those sorts of issues. Sadly, I speak from plenty of personal experience on that front.
And yeah, a guy in his late 30s/ early 40s who spends ten plus hours a week working out seems a little, um, something or other to me. Then again, he could be perfectly lovely, and I shouldn’t be so judgmental, but somehow I kind of don’t think so. Oh, well.
You can't teach a hammer to love nails.
by the red baron on Jun 21, 2009 3:14 AM EDT up reply actions
this girl is killing me though
so far, she’s “the one” and i hate using that saying, but it best describes how i feel . she was unavailable for so long, then suddenly available, then unavailable, then available, now unavailable again. it’s a roller coaster i’m ready got get off that’s for sure.
i haven’t met this current dude, but when she told me how much he worked out, and how long he had been divorced. i too thought he seamed something or another to me as well. not that there’s anything wrong with that mind you. but he didn’t seam her type.
i also haven’t spoken to her except for the stray email or text from her for over two months. so God only knows what she’s really doing with herself now.
It kind of sounds like he’s [Duncan] just running around like a puppy out there – full speed ahead in random directions. – BTown Birds Fan
That's a real shame.
And if I can be so presumptuous, given that I barely know you (and by barely I mean not at all), but if she does become available again, you need to take the direct approach. From the sound of it, you want something to happen, but haven’t really gone after her, for fear that if if doesn’t happen, then you’ve missed your one and only chance. The problem with all of that is this: you’re not happy being around but not being with her, and it’s entirely possibly she has no idea how you really feel.
Angie, the girl I was engaged to before she was killed, and I had this completely fucked up, on again off again relationship beginning in 2004. We were together until early in 2005, when she told me she simply couldn’t deal with being the only one really in the relationship. After that, she moved to Chicago to take a job, and we only saw each other intermittently. Every time she was in town, we would get together, have dinner, see a movie, go record shopping, get a little drunk, and then spend all night alternately making love and arguing over whose fault it was we weren’t together.
Finally, in 2007, she called me up one day to tell me she was in town. We went out, and she turned to me at one point in the evening and said she was tired of this, we were going to be together. Didn’t really give me a choice in the matter, which was probably really smart on her end. We were together from then until she was killed in April of last year. I asked her to marry me on a Tuesday night, and she died the next Sunday.
I tell you all of this not to elicit sympathy, but to make this point: once she was gone, all I could think of was the time I had wasted not being with her because I was just to fucking stupid to see what I actually should have been doing all along. All that wasted time was what tore me up, and continues to do so. The point is this: at least take the shot at what you want in life; at least then you can’t regret that you never gave it a try. If it happens, great. Savour every moment you get. If not, fine. At least then you can move on knowing you went for it.
The time you waste is always the worst.
Then again, maybe I’m just getting all maudling on you and talking out of my ass. After all, before I started on this scotch, a friend of mine had a get together and I drank quite a bit there, so I am blackly drunk at the moment.
You can't teach a hammer to love nails.
by the red baron on Jun 21, 2009 3:41 AM EDT up reply actions
the thing is red, i did just that
and i’ve found that you’re never more honest than when you’ve had a few just like i have. so no worries.
once her marriage ended & the divorce was finalized & she had her two or three rebound relationships. i put it all on the line. i told her how i felt & how i’ve always felt. ever since then, she’s slowly started pulling away. we were really tight friends till i told her how i felt. and now i don’t even know what’s going on with her. i sit around looking for work & wondering what she’s doing. knowing full well that Janette’s probably spending all her free time screwing the old due. and that breaks my heart because ever since i met her in 1992, i’ve felt we could be soul mates. not that we were, but that we could be.
but because i had to take 6 years of my mid 20’s & early 30’s caring for my dad who died from ALS, i’m not even close to being on the same playing field as other guys my age & even younger. at 31 i have to start all over. and that’s just not something she’s willing to do. she pushed her X into a six figure income, and at 30 she doesn’t think she should do that again because if she does, the new guy will leave her like her X did. but she can’t see i’m not her X. all she see’s is a 31yr old dude living with his mom trying to start over. she’s got not only herself, but her two kids to think about. and banking on a dude who’s having a hard time starting over just isn’t something she can do. and what crazy is, i totally understand that. either way, i’m SOL.
i can’t imagine going through what you have man. i just can’t. i’ve never gotten past the friendship level with Janette, and if it did by some chance go further, and something happened to her, i don’t think, no i know i could not go on. not after everything i’ve already been put through. your an incredibly strong man to keep on going & living. and i hope you are living. dads been gone for almost a year & a half, and i don’t think i’ve lived one day up here in ohio since. i know my family hasn’t. so i know what you mean, and i get it, i really really do. don’t burn the day. because it’s a day you’ll never get back.
It kind of sounds like he’s [Duncan] just running around like a puppy out there – full speed ahead in random directions. – BTown Birds Fan
Damn.
I’m really sorry to hear that, man. And like you said, you have to understand her position, with kids to look out for and everything else, but I will say this: if she’s known you for better than fifteen years, and still somehow doesn’t think you’re worth hitching her apple cart to, then maybe she’s just looking for all the wrong things anyway, and there’s really nothing you can do about it. If that’s the case, it’s probably best you just move on and worry about your own life. Sometimes people just aren’t what we want them to be, as awful as it is to say.
And as for myself, you’re very kind to say those things, but I don’t think it really has anything to do with strength. I just happen to be one of those people who doesn’t really know what to do with himself other than get up in the morning. I’m not the sort to kill myself, though the teenage me sneers at my lack of testicular fortitude. And living? Feh. I’ve got a big empty house (actually, it isn’t a big house, but it certainly seems large when there’s only one person and two cats living there), just begging for someone to fill it, and absolutely no interest in going out and doing so. This last year has been the single least rewarding of my life, and it should have been wonderful.
Like I said, I’m really sorry to hear all that, about you relationship collapsing and everything else, but maybe that should tell you something. Maybe she really isn’t the one; if she were, would she really push away someone who cares so much about her, and that she apparently cares about as well?
No easy answers, I suppose.
You can't teach a hammer to love nails.
by the red baron on Jun 21, 2009 4:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Just so you know, Red...
…excellent line. “The time you waste is always the worst.” So true.
by vexedtechie on Jun 21, 2009 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions
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