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Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II

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UPDATE: Here's steincat's letter to TBS, completed at the end of the 7th inning:

Dear TBS,

I can't tell you how happy I am that FOX has the ALCS. It is right now the 7th inning of game 4 of the ALDS, and your horrible, New York-biased announcers are making absolute fools of themselves, while not giving any credit to a solid and gritty Indians team.

Regardless of what happens in this series (by no means am I assuming that the Indians will win - not nearly in the way that Chip Caray assumes that the Yankees would win the Series since Game 3) - I am so happy that any AL matchup and World Series matchup will not have to be watched on your station.

Luckily, I have figured out that I can stream the radio and put TBS on mute while using a DVR to fix the time delay, and I no longer have to listen to these awful announcers. I'm happy because at least I can tolerate watching the NLCS that way.

But I feel that I don't have any respect for your network any longer after the game and a half I had to listen to. So be it - reruns of Friends were never that important to me anyways.

I may give you a mulligan next year if you change announcers, seeing as this is your first time. But if it's the same group - you can forget about it.

Best,

steincat

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Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
Woohoo New Thread of Victory!!

by Nat on Oct 8, 2007 9:14 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
If we can get through a couple of more innings, it will be Raffy time.

by Jeffrey R on Oct 8, 2007 9:14 PM EDT   0 recs

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Ah, the joys of elbow room. (new thread)

by osoc13 on Oct 8, 2007 9:15 PM EDT   0 recs

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Can Kelly hit with that wounded hand after the brutal HBP?

by razzpunk on Oct 8, 2007 9:15 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
Alright, just cracked beer #1 for the evening.

by zempf on Oct 8, 2007 9:15 PM EDT   0 recs

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Oh my are you behind
Sizemore-Shapiro 2008.

by Gradyforpresident on Oct 8, 2007 9:15 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
Joining you.  As a bonus, it's one of your beers.

by Jay on Oct 8, 2007 9:16 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
I'm 3 shots of whiskey in...out of whiskey though

by APV on Oct 8, 2007 9:16 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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i'm swithching from beer to black bush

by emil minty on Oct 8, 2007 9:16 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
I've been laying off for fear of jinxing something.

Double for ShopVac.  More water for me.  

by doowop on Oct 8, 2007 9:17 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
There's another new thread too!
Sizemore-Shapiro 2008.

by Gradyforpresident on Oct 8, 2007 9:15 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
I can see Shoppach coming up with a big hit off Mussina here

by APV on Oct 8, 2007 9:15 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
Sorry, Ryan, beat you to it.

by Jay on Oct 8, 2007 9:15 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
Hello again, everyone. Good to see yous again.

by JesseAK on Oct 8, 2007 9:15 PM EDT   0 recs

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I smell yard for ShopVac (from first thread)
Still an Ohio boy through and through!

by TribeLoverInNewYork on Oct 8, 2007 9:16 PM EDT   0 recs

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even one more out of the cobrak would probably do it, if jay's fisto-related theory holds

by emil minty on Oct 8, 2007 9:16 PM EDT   0 recs

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Slam one out of here!
Playoffs! LGT resident kineisologist

by E5 on Oct 8, 2007 9:16 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
SHOPPACH!!!!!!!!
Sizemore-Shapiro 2008.

by Gradyforpresident on Oct 8, 2007 9:17 PM EDT   0 recs

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Kelly Shoppach loves the playoffs.

by zempf on Oct 8, 2007 9:17 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
Nice!
Still an Ohio boy through and through!

by TribeLoverInNewYork on Oct 8, 2007 9:17 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
Mussina's gone in this inning.  Those curves aren't curving very much anymore.

by APV on Oct 8, 2007 9:17 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
ShopVac with a wounded paw doubles!!!! Good start boys!!!! Hee Hee Hee!!!

by razzpunk on Oct 8, 2007 9:17 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Ok... here's another for you...:-)
Byrd
Still an Ohio boy through and through!

by TribeLoverInNewYork on Oct 8, 2007 9:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Re: Ok... here's another for you...:-)
Are you an Indians fan or some rogue blogger?
Playoffs! LGT resident kineisologist

by E5 on Oct 8, 2007 9:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Re: Ok... here's another for you...:-)
you're joining this party late, goatman.

by emil minty on Oct 8, 2007 9:19 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Bettr late than never
I
ve not seen the Indians play at all this yr.  Just followed in the newspaper and been rooting for them as an old scholl AL team.

by ELVISGOAT on Oct 8, 2007 9:20 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
E5, your boy Shoppach strikes again.

by JesseAK on Oct 8, 2007 9:17 PM EDT   0 recs

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Did I say how much I love him.
Playoffs! LGT resident kineisologist

by E5 on Oct 8, 2007 9:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
Lead off double, I would love to see a crocked number with a one in front of it.
Playoffs! LGT resident kineisologist

by E5 on Oct 8, 2007 9:17 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
I really really like Shoppach

by osoc13 on Oct 8, 2007 9:17 PM EDT   0 recs

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oh shit, people.  hells yeah.  kelly is a girl's name.

by emil minty on Oct 8, 2007 9:18 PM EDT   0 recs

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for all the chicagoans, i just want to you know i said a prayer for the indians over my hot doug's bacon-dog this afternoon.

in other words, this game is in the bag.

i don't want to alarm y'all, but i think it's time to pump out some glitter.

by jonnykilbane on Oct 8, 2007 9:18 PM EDT   0 recs

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Excellent. We'll thank you in a few hours.

by osoc13 on Oct 8, 2007 9:19 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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I have friends in Chicago who have basically convinced me that Hot Doug's is the best thing to happen to food since.. ever. I really need to go there.

by zempf on Oct 8, 2007 9:19 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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i don't want to brag, but when you get to choose between a bacond dog (not a hot dog with bacon, but a hot dog made of bacon), and a ribeye dog -- as well as about a dozen other exotic encased meats, which are always changing -- you just can't go wrong.

next time anyone is here, trust me: insist on checking it out. 3300 block of north california (i think).

i don't want to alarm y'all, but i think it's time to pump out some glitter.

by jonnykilbane on Oct 8, 2007 9:22 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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I could eat the shit out of a Chicago dog right now.

by doowop on Oct 8, 2007 9:19 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
Bunt magic from Grady???Hmmmmm

by razzpunk on Oct 8, 2007 9:18 PM EDT   0 recs

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Longest 9 inning game ever -- 4:45. It took us about 90 minutes to make it through 3 innings, I imagine some pitching changes in the late innings could stretch this one out & break the record.

by zempf on Oct 8, 2007 9:18 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
Who else can they bring in that will be better?  They CANT go to Joba here.

by dgcambridge on Oct 8, 2007 9:18 PM EDT   0 recs

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Lewis, Raffy, Raffy can go 5-6 i9nnings.

by columbus714 on Oct 8, 2007 9:18 PM EDT   0 recs

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These guys need to have bunt removed from their vocab!
Still an Ohio boy through and through!

by TribeLoverInNewYork on Oct 8, 2007 9:19 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
Grady just set him up by leaning out after it.
Playoffs! LGT resident kineisologist

by E5 on Oct 8, 2007 9:19 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
Seriously: I have newfound respect for Chip Caray.  He used the term, "rulebook double."  

One of only two announcers in the game who understand IT'S NOT A GROUNDRULE DOUBLE!

Also!  No letter-high pitch has been called a strike for 70 years, Chip!

by tabler84 on Oct 8, 2007 9:19 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
I've already pulled out about half of my beard in this game

by APV on Oct 8, 2007 9:20 PM EDT   0 recs

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I've pulled out have my pubes!! Ouchie!!!

by razzpunk on Oct 8, 2007 9:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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Don't do that you can get toxic shock syndrome.
Playoffs! LGT resident kineisologist

by E5 on Oct 8, 2007 9:23 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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I bet it'd be worse if you were a Yankee fan...

by Jeffrey R on Oct 8, 2007 9:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

REALLY NEED SOME HELP!!!
I NEED ANTI-YANKEES PICTURES TO POST IN MY DORM HALLWAY! ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEAS OR HELP?
need some help with anti yankees stuff

by needhelp on Oct 8, 2007 9:20 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: REALLY NEED SOME HELP!!!
not quite what I was going for but funny none the less
need some help with anti yankees stuff

by needhelp on Oct 8, 2007 9:24 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Re: REALLY NEED SOME HELP!!!
There are already a bunch of pics from this game up on ESPNs gamecast.

by dgcambridge on Oct 8, 2007 9:25 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Re: REALLY NEED SOME HELP!!!
looking for something cartoonish that I can draw on a dry erase board
need some help with anti yankees stuff

by needhelp on Oct 8, 2007 9:29 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
"Huge difference between a four run and a three run lead."

Yes. About one run.

by osoc13 on Oct 8, 2007 9:21 PM EDT   0 recs

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The TBS guys groan thru their Indians talking points like an apology.

by doowop on Oct 8, 2007 9:21 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
I was just thinking that

YES GRADY!

by gte619n on Oct 8, 2007 9:21 PM EDT   0 recs

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Great AB Grady
Sizemore-Shapiro 2008.

by Gradyforpresident on Oct 8, 2007 9:21 PM EDT   0 recs

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Caray: "huge difference with this Yankees lineup between a 4-run and a 3-run lead"

That would mean that 1-run makes a big difference with this Yankees offense, which simply isn't true.  The Yankees offense is good enough that there's not a big difference between a 3-run and a 4-run lead.  Dumb dumb dumb.

by APV on Oct 8, 2007 9:21 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
Astro double?
Playoffs! LGT resident kineisologist

by E5 on Oct 8, 2007 9:22 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
Great AB by Grady. I think the Indians just realized that Mussina sucks.

by zempf on Oct 8, 2007 9:22 PM EDT   0 recs

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Yes, it can't be due to the fact that Mussina and Clemens are over the hill and waaay past their prime

by Spidey on Oct 8, 2007 9:22 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
I'm actually tolerating the TBS guys more tonight. They still blow, but I'm far less mad at them.

by supermarioelia on Oct 8, 2007 9:22 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
I was thinking that too, but I realize that I like a lot of things better when the Indians are winning.

by zempf on Oct 8, 2007 9:23 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
This game is taking forever.  A half hour per inning.

by MikeP on Oct 8, 2007 9:22 PM EDT   0 recs

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Bunt addicts!!! What's up with that????

by razzpunk on Oct 8, 2007 9:22 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
52 pitches and counting for Mussina.  Keep making him work.

by APV on Oct 8, 2007 9:22 PM EDT   0 recs

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I. Hate. Bunts. The only thing I hate more than a bunt, is a bunt in the 4th fucking inning.

by gte619n on Oct 8, 2007 9:23 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
Seriously, we've developed a bunt fetish for some reason.
Sizemore-Shapiro 2008.

by Gradyforpresident on Oct 8, 2007 9:23 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
Wow. The way Jeter stood next to Shoppach was so fucking clutch.

by gte619n on Oct 8, 2007 9:24 PM EDT   0 recs

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For a second I thought he might beat that out, good bunt.
Sizemore-Shapiro 2008.

by Gradyforpresident on Oct 8, 2007 9:24 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
Well...okay, I guess if we wanna play like the Angels....that bunt better work out for us!!!!

by razzpunk on Oct 8, 2007 9:24 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
Can't complain about that too much.  He hasn't been swinging it all that well, and we got two bases out of it.

by Jay on Oct 8, 2007 9:24 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: Game Thread: October 8, 2007 - PART II
Travis leaves the Yard.
Playoffs! LGT resident kineisologist

by E5 on Oct 8, 2007 9:24 PM EDT   0 recs