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Boog: The Sampler (updated)

You know when you're looking for something on Google and you end up with so many links on a subject that you start to feel like a stalker? Yeah. Me too.

So here's a sampler of our favorite shoulder-licker, Brendan Ryan. You too can stalk the Booooooooooog.

Star-divide

[There's about three articles missing here, mostly via andi_k.]

Yes, Boog. It may be a while before Carp signs your jersey.

MLB and ESPN et al continue to short Ryan on his highlights, so it's up to you and FSM to put 'em together.

(I've managed to lose the one article mentioning his off-season training... he was told to put on weight after cramping up last year. And for the record, I was looking for a picture of the shoulder-licking. I have a skeptical "friend.")

2010

Ryan embraces offseason to full potential (Feb. 1, 2010) - MLB

edit: andi_k has taken over many of the 2010 blogging duties of Brendan Ryan's media fanshots. Check the player tag for more. In particular you might want to check out FSM giving him a video camera for weeks of hilarity (click on "Cardinals" on the sidebar to sort), and Goold's latest feature and blog.

 

2011

I'm going to do something I would normally never do, which is post a link with a gigantic time-skip before it. Namely 2010. There were a few fanshots here and there, and so forth, but without much organization. It's like an annoying anime series or something.

However, I think this is a suitable coda, and it does say something about the decision-making process of the Cardinals. Normally one cannot draw conclusions about subjective data from private environs like a clubhouse, but in this case there was so much documentation, from so many different sources, that one can make educated guesses about that black-box. Everyone's going to tell it a different way, of course. Such is narrative. The fallacy comes of ignoring the whole body of documentation, only a small part of which is collected here. Baseball history is not the fans' to remake; it is the players' to live, and it behooves us to be better observers of their part in this marvelous game.

Brendan Ryan takes to role as team leader - Seattle Times




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Time segment 5:20-5:40 or so made me laugh out loud on that video. Go brendan

by leefyg on Aug 11, 2009 5:32 PM EDT reply actions  

boog

I’ve been wondering for a while… where does the “Boog” nickname come from?

Did anyone see the interview with B. Ryan on FSN where he did his Robert DeNiro impression? Very funny. I would love to see it again if it’s online.

by dhawks on Aug 11, 2009 5:39 PM EDT reply actions  

another nickname

Also, where does the “Puppy Kicker” nickname come from for Wonderbrad?

by dhawks on Aug 11, 2009 5:39 PM EDT reply actions  

After starting a game back in aught seven (I think),

Brad said, basically, that his performance made him so angry he wanted to find a puppy and kick it. I think the glossary has something about this.

The first thing that a pitcher has to understand is that Albert is better than you.-- Jim Palmer

by ilrosso on Aug 11, 2009 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

All of your most asked VEBisms

can be found here.

Thanks again Yadi2

Philles announcers about Toronto:
"Well they go out West after this series, this weekend, against the Tampa Bay Rays"

by RiverRat on Aug 11, 2009 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions  

hysterical

I especially enjoyed the ghost video.

Life's a river, kid, you gotta go where it takes you.
-Wayne Malloy

by KerouacCardinal on Aug 11, 2009 6:05 PM EDT reply actions  

i remember that

joe mather :(

Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.

by prophetjohn on Aug 12, 2009 1:42 AM EDT up reply actions  

=(

Joey Bombs.

The first thing that a pitcher has to understand is that Albert is better than you.-- Jim Palmer

by ilrosso on Aug 12, 2009 1:51 AM EDT up reply actions  

My Boog man crush is growing by the day.

"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Gibson

by davethebutcher on Aug 13, 2009 1:00 AM EDT reply actions  

Has anyone figured out

the long pants experiment of 8/10 I believe?

Philles announcers about Toronto:
"Well they go out West after this series, this weekend, against the Tampa Bay Rays"

by RiverRat on Aug 13, 2009 1:24 AM EDT reply actions  

it was related to the shin-guard

see mah sig.

"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT

by Yadi2Second on Aug 13, 2009 8:36 AM EDT up reply actions  

Boog is the man...

I’ve been sold on his skills @ SS since crappy-ass K. Greene was benched (a blessing in disguise).

I still can’t understand TLR’s managerial decision NOT to start him at times. Tuesday night is a prime example. This guy has a .984 FPCT at SS and when he did enter the game, he lead off with 2 hits.

I guess he just has to keep Lugo “fresh,” but to what cost?

KRAM®

by kramtronix on Aug 13, 2009 7:21 AM EDT reply actions  

Boog's working injured, technically

I don’t have a problem with Lugo rotating in, but I do take issue of when he rotates in — at precisely the time when we need Boog backing the pitcher. Oh well.

"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT

by Yadi2Second on Aug 13, 2009 8:37 AM EDT up reply actions  

I feel like I should add

That Boog is not 100% there in terms of his defense, IMO. He’s only now learning how to take charge of his part of the infield, and he could be missing some balls because of positioning. He only recently stopped committing the dumb errors.

But the raw stuff we’re seeing is finally starting to develop, and it looks damn promising. If he and Skip can work out the middle infield between them (which does get complicated because Albert drifts so far away from the bag), this could get … consistent.

"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT

by Yadi2Second on Aug 13, 2009 8:54 AM EDT reply actions  

My favorite

Boog has quickly become my favroite player. I am a fan of the SS position in general. But Boog is showing flashes of the wizard! I LOVE IT!

They x-rayed my head and found nothing.
Dizzy Dean

by DizzyDean on Aug 21, 2009 11:18 AM EDT reply actions  

Hey, I found something:

Brendan Ryan vs. Batting Stance Guy

I posted this on another thread earlier (way off topic). If I can find this anywhere not linked to facebook, I’ll post a fanshot. I’m still looking.

"I think those scorers must be from Mars or Venus. Or maybe they're just from that book." --Mike Shannon, 7/09/2009

by andi_k on Aug 22, 2009 2:17 PM EDT reply actions  

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