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Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25
by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 8:15 PM EDT reply actions
emergency thread
for an emergency game
I may be in a rut, but at least I know where I'm going
...to DFA TLR
Oh, and 80s uniforms.
At least they aren’t powder blue.
Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25
by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 8:17 PM EDT reply actions
The V-Neck is such a great look!
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I don't mind the racing stripes quite so much.
Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25
by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Strikes would be good, Westie.
Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25
by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 8:20 PM EDT reply actions
fack
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 8:21 PM EDT reply actions
So the chances of...
Pujols reaching .299 are equivalent to the Cards getting into the playoffs…what do I root for? I root to not be down 6 runs by the 4th.
This is going to hell quickly.
Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25
by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 8:22 PM EDT reply actions
I don't think they're wearing throwbacks tonight.
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I didn't recognize it, so I just checked
It’s one of their current alternates.
Still not a werewolf.
That first one to Walker was just grooved.
Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25
by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 8:24 PM EDT reply actions
Yer killin' me, Westbrook.
Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25
by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 8:27 PM EDT reply actions
steven jackson looks fat
but I think it’s due to his dreads being tucked in under his shoulder pads.
Grit != flat out sucking.
I think he was getting squeezed a bit on the outside edge,
but yeah. He was missing his spots and had a lot of pitches just out over the middle of the plate.
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions
She used to come into Starbucks when I worked there.
She’s a freakshow. A rude, cheap freakshow.
"Sometimes you scare me." - azruavatar
by spants on Aug 26, 2011 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Well, in order to maintain your stranglehold of power in that crazy region of the world, you have to be kind of crazy tough.
I mean, the wars of succession where she ended up defeating Wanda Princess of Tiles and taking absolute control over the kingdom got pretty ugly. I almost have to admire her Machiavellian fortitude.
Ceterum censeo La Russa ire necesse est.
by mattybobo on Aug 26, 2011 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
Man. I miss VEB.
"Sometimes you scare me." - azruavatar
by spants on Aug 26, 2011 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I wonder what actually happened to Princess Wanda
I’ve heard rumors that Becky had her thrown in a oubliette somewhere beneath Laclede’s Landing. I’ve also heard she fled the kingdom and was offered sanctuary by King Chrysler.
Ceterum censeo La Russa ire necesse est.
by mattybobo on Aug 26, 2011 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
I think Becky's got her in the Tower of Remnants.
"Sometimes you scare me." - azruavatar
by spants on Aug 26, 2011 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
I love you, Spants.
I mean this platonically.
"Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals." --Churchill
this whole subthread brightened my night.
"the less I think of it, the more certain I am." beckett
by tom s. on Aug 27, 2011 2:35 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
On offense, defense, or special teams?
Or all of the above?
Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25
by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Thankfully though
Skip is leading off. 3 runs is certainly possible.
I really think Furcal leading off is what killed the Cardinals offense after the trade…
(And I say that as he makes an out…)
I yearn for a day
When Skip doesn’t get more PT than every player sans Albert.
Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.
need to account for dl time in that
I may be in a rut, but at least I know where I'm going
...to DFA TLR
I believe he's also second in PA since 2008
Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.
by Power Slurve on Aug 26, 2011 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Also points to his entrenchment
In spite of performance.
Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.
by Power Slurve on Aug 26, 2011 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Only reason Freese is behind skip is Freese's DL time
Pujols (who was on the DL)
Berkman (was on the DL),
Holliday (was on the DL),
Theriot(lost his job…and one of the guys who I would rather have bat instead of skip)
Yadi (catcher who doesn’t get enough time off),
Jon Jay (4th out fielder most of the year),
Rasmus(traded three weeks ago)
Descalso(really?)
All have more PAs than SKip this year.So good news for Power Slurve. Those days he yarns for are this year.
Grit != flat out sucking.
We could just put Skipper in the BP
He’d bat for himself though, but at least his ABs would be limited.
Skip missed 34 games this year
And guess what, his shit defense plays into it, too.
Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.
by Power Slurve on Aug 26, 2011 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions
everyone's missed games this year
like Punto, who was platooning with skip before he got hurt. Like craig, who was platooning with skip before he got hurt.
Players shouldn’t platoon with skip. It’s dangerous
Grit != flat out sucking.
He's also 8th in OPS+ on the team of qualified players.
Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.
by Power Slurve on Aug 26, 2011 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions
After missing 34 games.
Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.
by Power Slurve on Aug 26, 2011 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Last two games, for example
Craig starts in center instead of Jay.
Jay is clearly a better hitter than Skip, and Craig is a vastly superior hitter to Skip. Craig can and has played second, yet who starts and who sits?
Is very bad to steal A-Pu's rum...is very bad.
by Power Slurve on Aug 26, 2011 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions
nice craig
much better looking at bat than jay would have had
I may be in a rut, but at least I know where I'm going
...to DFA TLR
Dan says
So, Tony, who does unconventional things, at times, puts Craig in center field.
So that answers it. Tony’s just “doing unconventional things at times” again.
I like the idea of throwback jerseys
But when they do the pull-over era jerseys so loose, it just doesn’t look right. Makes me with they hadn’t bothered.
Ceterum censeo La Russa ire necesse est.
by mattybobo on Aug 26, 2011 8:37 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Let's play "First Google Image Search Result Game"!
This was the first image result for “nerf or nothin”. Yeah, weird.
Also, now my brain keeps singing, “NERF, bow and arroooow!!!”
Ceterum censeo La Russa ire necesse est.
YOU THINK MATTYBOBO ISN'T GONNA LOOK IT UP ON YOUTUBE AND THEN POST A LINK?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8nBn38jL-Q
The Nerf Bow and Arrow helps you transform into a Rambo commando type awesome guy so you can combat dastardly forest ninjas.
Ceterum censeo La Russa ire necesse est.
They should put the BOB higher.
The bagginess makes it look way too low.
"Sometimes you scare me." - azruavatar
It would be swell
if multiple events conspired to cause the Cardinals to score multiple runs in this inning.
Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25
by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 8:46 PM EDT reply actions
Yeah, that was pretty swell.
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I found that confluence of events to be satisfactory.
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions
When he beheaded Laird
He gained his power, like Highlander
by CarpIsMyManCrush on Aug 26, 2011 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
thoughts on retiring 51?
get some runs
by OurSaviorAaronMiles on Aug 26, 2011 9:01 PM EDT reply actions
Hall of Famers only.
It’s “set aside”. That’s enough.
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions
This
As beloved as Willie is, I think you reserve it for Hall of Famers and with people like Willie, you just set aside the number
by CarpIsMyManCrush on Aug 26, 2011 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions
57 isn't retired.
32, 51, and 57 are all not used for a reason, though.
"I kinda like the Wong" -Aranathor
ken boyer does not appreciate this comment.
"the less I think of it, the more certain I am." beckett
by tom s. on Aug 27, 2011 2:33 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I actually really hate the idea
Of giving it to certain players that illicit McGees essence. If we did it that way it’s like honering the “grit” we keep dragging along. And no I’m not saying McGee was grit, I’m saying I’m afraid his number would be applied this way.
Was that... was that a successful hit and run?
Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25
by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 9:06 PM EDT reply actions
And then that thing the Albert did
wasn’t a double play!
Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25
by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey you guys
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!' -- Whittier
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A pleasant good evening to you, Mr. Rui.
Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25
by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Drinky drinky time?
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!' -- Whittier
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I did, actually
Summary?
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!' -- Whittier
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Westbrook sucked, Pirates batted around, 3 - 0 Pit to start off the festivities.
Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25
by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Welp, glad I'm drinking then
I set 10:00 PM as when I get totally unproductive in unpacking
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!' -- Whittier
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anybody see
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Aug 26, 2011 9:09 PM EDT reply actions
Is this the one they were talking about in the daythread
that looked like it was written by a high school student?
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Goold was touting it on his FB page.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Aug 26, 2011 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I can't bash on it too much.
She used “myriad” correctly.
Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25
by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Herro
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!' -- Whittier
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It's Willie McGee day!
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Yay, Shortstop.
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 9:24 PM EDT reply actions
dan and al missing the point
longer game, more concession income
I may be in a rut, but at least I know where I'm going
...to DFA TLR
YOU'RE MISSING THE POINT
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!' -- Whittier
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THIS GAME IS INSANELY EXCITING
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 9:32 PM EDT reply actions
What's the score?
How’re we doing?
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!' -- Whittier
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14-3, halftime now
Random notes coming from the top of my head:
Bradford was looking good in the first quarter, but second quarter’s been pretty ugly. Lance Kendricks had one of the two TD’s thrown by Bradford. Cadillac Williams seems to have been an amazing FA pickup. Danario Alexander’s job security not looking great. Defense looking pretty solid.
by hr on Aug 26, 2011 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Specifically, lots of miscues in the second quarter
Bad routes, interceptions, etc. Here’s an analogy: 1st quarter:1st preseason game = 2nd quarter:2nd preseason game
by hr on Aug 26, 2011 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Rooting for Cadillac
One of my favorite NFL players.
by Merry CRasmus on Aug 26, 2011 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd rather watch boring baseball than pre-season handegg.
Not judging what others enjoy. Just my preference.
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions
OK, Westie.
Just close out the 5th, then hit the showers. 95 pitches already.
Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25
by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 9:40 PM EDT reply actions
Colby Rasmus for Edwin Jackson
Everybody loses
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!' -- Whittier
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except jmo, who saves a few million bucks
I may be in a rut, but at least I know where I'm going
...to DFA TLR
Paint drying or VEB on Friday night while 10 GB?
The negative waves. Always with the negative waves...
Yes
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!' -- Whittier
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Albert The Magic Baserunner strikes again.
Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25
by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 9:48 PM EDT reply actions
I mean, that wasn't even close to being close.
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions
And then Westbrook goes out and has an easy 6th.
Baseball. It’s witchcraft.
Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25
by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 9:54 PM EDT reply actions
You guys are really killing my buzz
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!' -- Whittier
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Go unpack.
Get creative.
See how long it takes your wife to find stuff.
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I AM unpacking
But I need breaks sometimes and hope to come back to entertaining VEB conversations.
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!' -- Whittier
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These are not the conversation you're looking for.
The negative waves. Always with the negative waves...
Yay. Typos already
and I haven’t started drinking yet!
The negative waves. Always with the negative waves...
these are not the droids you are looking for
I may be in a rut, but at least I know where I'm going
...to DFA TLR
You're right, there are not the conversation you're looking for
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!' -- Whittier
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Wait
Fuck
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!' -- Whittier
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i've never seen so much fail in such a small space
by prophetjohn on Aug 26, 2011 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions
You're not my real dad!
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!' -- Whittier
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I enjoyed listening to Dan talk with Willie and Vince.
One of the few times I have not been annoyed when announcers ignore the game. It was good to hear them laugh and carry on. Part of the Cardinal heritage.
It made me re-think the hate I have for LaRussa. He is still infuriating. All the complaints about his poor decision making are spot on. I think his schtick has gotten old and is no longer effective. But chances are he is still going to be the Cardinal manager next year. And at this point he is a significant part of Cardinal history. So that makes him a member of the family in a way. I will put up with him as graciously as I can for one more year. Because above all, I am and always will be a Cardinal fan.
And then again, maybe I am just melancholy with all this losing. Long season
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A slick way to outfigure a person is to get him figuring you figure he's figuring you're figuring he'll figure you aren't really figuring what you want him to figure you figure.
Dorrel Norman Elvert "Whitey" Herzog
A lot of families have a crazy uncle that no one talks about.
But you’re right, TLR is a significant part of Cardinals lore at this point.
Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25
by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions
he's an easy person to focus bad vibes on
but more importantly is influencing these roster moves that shipped out cheap, at least competent ball players like boog and clobby
that will affect the team for a long time, if not immediately in terms of retaining apu, bman, and carp
I may be in a rut, but at least I know where I'm going
...to DFA TLR
yeah, I hate some of the things he has done....
A slick way to outfigure a person is to get him figuring you figure he's figuring you're figuring he'll figure you aren't really figuring what you want him to figure you figure.
Dorrel Norman Elvert "Whitey" Herzog
...
“See, there were these two guys in a lunatic asylum… and one night, one night they decide they don’t like living in an asylum any more. They decide they’re going to escape! So, like, they get up onto the roof, and there, just across this narrow gap, they see the rooftops of the town, stretching away in the moon light… stretching away to freedom. Now, the first guy, he jumps right across with no problem. But his friend, his friend didn’t dare make the leap. Y’see… Y’see, he’s afraid of falling. So then, the first guy has an idea… He says “Hey! I have my flashlight with me! I’ll shine it across the gap between the buildings. You can walk along the beam and join me!” B-but the second guy just shakes his head. He suh-says… He says “Wh-what do you think I am? Crazy? You’d turn it off when I was half way across!”
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 10:06 PM EDT reply actions
Arthur Rhodes' Gameday picture has a fun smirk to it, with a slightly raised eyebrow.
As if to say, not even he really understands why Tony made him the first guy out of the bullpen.
Ceterum censeo La Russa ire necesse est.
Uh oh guys
Derek Jeter has split with his girlfriend Minka Kelly. I still don’t really know who Minka Kelly is, other than her being Derek Jeter’s girlfriend. Former girlfriend.
Ceterum censeo La Russa ire necesse est.
OH, NO, IT CAN'T BE.
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions
He's been pretty spotty all night.
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN
FIRE EVERYONE
by Notorious PSC on Aug 26, 2011 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Herro
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!' -- Whittier
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Is this? Even I don't what.
Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25
by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Just don't get hurt out there, Lego.
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 10:29 PM EDT reply actions
Wife is bringing home Ted Drewes. Aw yeah.
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 10:30 PM EDT reply actions
He's a huge baseball fan.
We’re gonna watch the end of the game together.
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
That's a huge chain around KMac's neck.
Can’t hide it in these uniforms.
Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25
by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 10:32 PM EDT reply actions
how's everything going tonight?
I’m catching up on the chiefs rams on DVR after a fun evening of vacuuming toilet water up from my bathroom and hallway. hooray.
"I wonder if I put on a uniform and told La Russa I wanted to play for him if I could be a big leaguer too?"
"that all depends. are you gritty?" "You would need a mediocre decade of MLB experience first" "do you have a goatee, are you short, and do you try really hard?" "Are you willing to play four positions terribly?"
I've been there. Least favorite thing ever.
Cleaning up toilet water is pretty lousy too.
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
My baby has thrown up on my boobs three times in the last 2 days.
"Sometimes you scare me." - azruavatar
by spants on Aug 26, 2011 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Kids have no respect at all these days.
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah.. that's not fun
if it makes you feel better, it was my seven-year-old that didn’t watch after he flushed. so you have that to look forward to.
"I wonder if I put on a uniform and told La Russa I wanted to play for him if I could be a big leaguer too?"
"that all depends. are you gritty?" "You would need a mediocre decade of MLB experience first" "do you have a goatee, are you short, and do you try really hard?" "Are you willing to play four positions terribly?"
Better than I can say for my wife!
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!' -- Whittier
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Oh god I'm too drunk
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!' -- Whittier
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She loves that Mariah Carey song!
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!' -- Whittier
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Albert and the 1st base ump will discuss that later.
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 10:37 PM EDT reply actions
whoa, almost body language from the ump
I may be in a rut, but at least I know where I'm going
...to DFA TLR
Pirates guys were pretty overwrought about that ball 4 call.
Wasn’t really close.
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 10:40 PM EDT reply actions
BERK A FUCKING CABRA
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 10:41 PM EDT reply actions
berk just hasta berk
A slick way to outfigure a person is to get him figuring you figure he's figuring you're figuring he'll figure you aren't really figuring what you want him to figure you figure.
Dorrel Norman Elvert "Whitey" Herzog
alright, enough embryonic handegg
back to BASED BALLS
"I wonder if I put on a uniform and told La Russa I wanted to play for him if I could be a big leaguer too?"
"that all depends. are you gritty?" "You would need a mediocre decade of MLB experience first" "do you have a goatee, are you short, and do you try really hard?" "Are you willing to play four positions terribly?"
with the pressure off, with the team play better?
A slick way to outfigure a person is to get him figuring you figure he's figuring you're figuring he'll figure you aren't really figuring what you want him to figure you figure.
Dorrel Norman Elvert "Whitey" Herzog
duh, "will the team play better" not "with the team play better".
A slick way to outfigure a person is to get him figuring you figure he's figuring you're figuring he'll figure you aren't really figuring what you want him to figure you figure.
Dorrel Norman Elvert "Whitey" Herzog
OK, so Schu to RF, Dirty at 3B, Eriot at 2B, Jay in CF, Craig out
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 10:49 PM EDT reply actions
(callipoe music)
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
if erriot replaced me for defense
i’d be embarrased
I may be in a rut, but at least I know where I'm going
...to DFA TLR
Yay!
Boring, but satisfactory.
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 10:50 PM EDT reply actions
WAINO SIGHTING
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 10:51 PM EDT reply actions
I'm thinking more of a Monty Python Holy Grail reference...
And there was much rejoicing…. Yay…. Makes me laugh everytime.
Corey Patterson is the new Larry Bigbie
by McLaughlin_Stole_My_Beer on Aug 26, 2011 10:58 PM EDT reply actions
(unenthusiastic flag waving)
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by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes!!!!!!
Corey Patterson is the new Larry Bigbie
by McLaughlin_Stole_My_Beer on Aug 26, 2011 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Anyone else kinda amused by all the folks scurrying due to Irene?
Or is it just me?
The negative waves. Always with the negative waves...
meh. I'd leave town and go camping in western PA
Or the Adirondacks, or go see montreal or quebec city, if I were in the path.
Not because I’d be terrorized by irene, but who wants to spend the weekend watching 15 inches of rain fall and garbage cans getting blown down the street?
It’s a summer weekend. Use it as an excuse to go do something fun.
"the less I think of it, the more certain I am." beckett
by tom s. on Aug 27, 2011 2:31 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
After this summer in Houston, I really would sit home just to watch it rain.
I’ve forgotten what rain looks like.
by Willie McGee's Twin on Aug 27, 2011 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Come on Blake...
do a thing!
"Nothing Motte does is quiet. It's mostly screamy and intense." - sheckiezx
by monkeysareblue on Aug 26, 2011 11:10 PM EDT reply actions
Well, what do you know?
They actually won the damn thing after I gave up on them. Maybe I shoulda given up on them in July.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Aug 26, 2011 11:20 PM EDT reply actions
heh
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Aug 26, 2011 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions
He's currently lobbying for the Giants to go get Coco Crisp
and now singing Hallelujah.
The negative waves. Always with the negative waves...
I'm glad I'm not watching it.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Aug 26, 2011 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
COCO CRISP
Doesn’t he know that Coco Crisp can no longer be acquired? Somebody claimed him, and the A’s pulled him back.
Still not a werewolf.
clank's slipped the groove again
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Aug 26, 2011 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Someone hit him on the side.
Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25
by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions
This is Eric Byrnes.
He quit the Mariners to play rec league softball.
The negative waves. Always with the negative waves...
just realized after the fact
that half of this thread is clank talking to clankself
by prophetjohn on Aug 27, 2011 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Tell 'em, Puma.
BJRains B.J. Rains
Berkman on the Cardinals relying too much on home runs….“If you don’t like home runs, don’t watch us play.”
Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25
by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 11:36 PM EDT reply actions
BERK SPEAKING BERK
The negative waves. Always with the negative waves...
by TBender on Aug 26, 2011 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Berk giving a Berkdown
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Aug 26, 2011 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Berk Don't Give A F.....
Corey Patterson is the new Larry Bigbie
by McLaughlin_Stole_My_Beer on Aug 27, 2011 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Rejoice!
Dodgers by MatthewHLeach
Vin Scully, the greatest broadcaster in sports history, just announced on air that he’ll be behind the mic next year for his 63rd season!
Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25
by The Continental on Aug 26, 2011 11:53 PM EDT reply actions 5 recs
Ok VEB, don't hate the messenger here
Bear with me, long post coming: Pre-emptives- yes, it’s about the Cardinals and yes everything is going great with the baby.
So as many of you know, mrs. scoot is pregnant. And as some of you know, mrs. scoot was a volleyball coach at this time last year. When she found out she was pregnant she requested to switch from volleyball to softball coach (more her speed and the season is in the spring, after the pregnancy). This wish was granted about two weeks before school started. The volleyball season opened tonight and after the festivities, we went out to dinner with the new coach and her family.
I knew that the new coach was dating a supposed minor league player so I asked for details. She told me she is dating Jeremy Patton of our own Batavia Muckdogs. Some of you may realize, Batavia is also where one Jordan Rasmus is stationed.
Aside: I could’ve swore it was Casey Rasmus, but that is neither here no there.
I didn’t remember that the younger Rasmus was in Batavia until I reached for my phone to check the score of the Cardinals game. One of our dinner mates pointed out that he had given up on the Cardinals recently and Mrs. Scoot announced that we had given up at the Rasmus trade. This is where things got interesting. The other guy stated that he was happy to see Rasmus go because he was uncoachable. I figured this was a pretty common thinking process among “regular” fans, so I just ignored it. That is when the new coach reminded me that the younger Rasmus was in Batavia. She said that she had met the entire Rasmus family and that they were “the most arrogant people she had ever met.”
At this point I’m thinking, ok, that’s interesting, but I’d probably be a little arrogant if I were colby too. Then she confirmed the “uncoachable” statements, saying that the younger Rasmus had shared to her boyfriend that Colby had said the major league staff “didn’t know how to coach.”
I share this only as information. I’m firmly in the camp that Colby shouldn’t have been traded, attitude problem or not. But this does make me think about it a little more. It doesn’t change the fact that the package we got in return was light for the value that we gave up. Also, I know this is hearsay information, but it is interesting enough to me to feel like it should be shared. Also it is crazy to think about the string of events that had to happen for this conversation to happen.
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
Well, OK, let's say that all the stuff that was passed along
was actually said and not garbled along the way.
Honestly, none of it would surprise me at all. A lot of high-level athletes seem to be pricks. I don’t think Colby is really unique in this regard.
Their sense of entitlement sucks, but I don’t know what you can do about it.
Also, I hope that the new coach doesn’t read VEB.
Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25
by The Continental on Aug 27, 2011 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions
nah, no way she's a VEBer
and if she did, I didn’t say anything bad about her. It was her cousin that was saying the stuff I was ignoring. Including saying “Brendan Ryan isn’t an everyday player but Theriot is”. That guy is dead to me. I seriously might print off Goold’s article from a couple days ago and go hand it to him.
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
the unfortunate thing is that Theriot was an everyday player for most of the year
Grit != flat out sucking.
ok
new coach met Raz family. They are all arrogant. Fourth hand information saying that Colby says the major league staff doesn’t know how to coach baseball.
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
this at least tells me
that i’m not going to get halfway through and realize it’s about football and make me angry
by prophetjohn on Aug 27, 2011 12:44 AM EDT up reply actions
veb: we write but don't read
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
jordan has a swagerty problem
two names.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
Someone who worked at an Air Force base
Once swore to me that he saw aliens in a freezer
Anyway, I’m of the opinion that Colby should have been traded, but more than Scrabble should have been obtained. I think he can be a decent 4th or 5th starter perhaps, but it was definitely a case of selling low.
Then again, that’s basically what he got for Brendan Ryan, and that’s only cost us 4 wins going from him to Theriot. Whereas from Colby to Jay/Craig is probably only 1 or so (at least this year).
well, tony rasmus has certainly provided ample evidence that he might have personality issues.
Colby has always seemed shy and not arrogant so I always gave him the benefit of the doubt. He certainly handles it well, when I have seen fans clamoring for autographs. I realize that is not much evidence. :)
And it would not surprise me that a TLR led staff would not be strong in coaching. They have expectations about what a player should already know. They are not there to babysit.
So thanks for passing this along. Interesting information. I"m still sorry that things worked out the way they did. I sure hope Shelby has his head screwed on a little straighter. The Cardinals are enough like a soap opera as it is. No new chapters are needed.
A slick way to outfigure a person is to get him figuring you figure he's figuring you're figuring he'll figure you aren't really figuring what you want him to figure you figure.
Dorrel Norman Elvert "Whitey" Herzog
yeah that's a lot of odd things to say about someone but none of it is really a dealbreaker (if they're even true)
i mean, sometimes shyness is misinterpreted as arrogance.
it totally doesn’t surprise me that colby may have said nobody can coach, but does anyone believe he’s the only minor leaguer ever to say something like that to a friend/family member? I bet that’s fairly common when someone isn’t getting what they want. i mean honestly, who here hasn’t complained about a boss, does that mean that we’re all unhireable?
by molina mo problems on Aug 27, 2011 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Another aside to the post above
I guess Patton has to be my new pet prospect. I mean his girlfriend and my wife work together. Plus he was born in Harviell, MO
I cannot begin to explain to you how tiny of a place this is.
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
Ahem.
Retweeted by FapCop and others
Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25
by The Continental on Aug 27, 2011 12:22 AM EDT reply actions
you know.
Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25
by The Continental on Aug 27, 2011 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions
I honestly didn't
but now I do. This is more difficult than it should be.
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
I was just amused when I saw it, that's all.
Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25
by The Continental on Aug 27, 2011 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions
I hope FapCop and Axe Cop never get into a fight
That could get ugly
Ceterum censeo La Russa ire necesse est.
I blame the twitter feed
Seriously, who is that? Some random Cardinals fan picked out of the phone book?
Beat the Pirates
The range and the arm…great play Skip!!
Ugh. Skip might have a good arm, but he has a the range of an elderly turtle. He has to dive for plays anyone else (except Theriot) would make simply by moving a little.
Big Puma.
that is all.
Mike Shannon: "That strikeout was brought to you by...by...well, I don't know what it was brought to you by!"
John Rooney: "It wasn't brought to you by anything Mike."
Is that really all?
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!' -- Whittier
Twitter | Gas House Graphs
Is that all there is?
Is that all there is?
If that’s all there is my friends, then let’s keep dancing
Let’s break out the booze and have a ball
If that’s all there is
Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25 - And on the DL
by The Continental on Aug 27, 2011 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Berkman doesn't give a fuck if you don't like homeruns
If you don’t like home runs, don’t watch us play
by CarpIsMyManCrush on Aug 27, 2011 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
LBDGAF?
"I wonder if I put on a uniform and told La Russa I wanted to play for him if I could be a big leaguer too?"
"that all depends. are you gritty?" "You would need a mediocre decade of MLB experience first" "do you have a goatee, are you short, and do you try really hard?" "Are you willing to play four positions terribly?"
by cschepers on Aug 27, 2011 12:58 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Line up
CardsInsider St. Louis Cardinals
STL Lineup bs PIT (8/27): Jay, cf; Furcal, ss; Pujols, 1b; Holliday, lf; Berkman, rf; Schumaker, 2b; Molina, c; Descalso, 3b; Carpenter, p.
Craig and Freese get to kick back. Furcal moves back up the order.
Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25 - And on the DL
by The Continental on Aug 27, 2011 12:48 PM EDT reply actions
does anyone remember what it was like to know what the lineup was going to be
before it was even announced?
by The Ghost of Todd Burns on Aug 27, 2011 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Colby in TOR: .216/.239/.398 3HR 22K/3BB 8/25 - And on the DL
by The Continental on Aug 27, 2011 1:21 PM EDT reply actions
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