Game Thread: May 12, 2008 (Game 1)
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Blue Jays (17-21)
1. Brad Wilkerson rf
2. Aaron Hill 2b
3. Alex Rios cf
4. Scott Rolen 3b
5. Matt Stairs dh
6. Lyle Overbay 1b
7. Marco Scutaro ss
8. Rob Barajas c
9. Joe Inglett lf
Starting pitcher: RHP A.J. Burnett
Indians (18-18)
1. Grady Sizemore cf
2. Jamey Carroll 2b
3. David Dellucci lf
4. Victor Martinez c
5. Ben Francisco rf
6. Travis Hafner dh
7. Ryan Garko 1b
8. Asdrubal Cabrera ss
9. Casey Blake 3b
Starting pitcher: RHP Fausto Carmona
if we see Tyner, he better be wielding a pie…
by APV on May 12, 2008 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I propose that “Gasp – Jason Tyner” should be used every time we refer to him on this site for the next week or so while he is with the team.
Free Andy Marte!
by woodsmeister on May 12, 2008 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on May 12, 2008 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Game 1 is big…the lineup for game two will most likely be…
CF – Grady Sizemore
LF – David Dellucci/Ben Francisco/Jason Tyner
RF – Franklin Guitierrez
3B – Andy Marte
SS – Jhonny Peralta
2B – Jamey Carroll/Asdrubal Cabrera
1B – Ryan Garko/Casey Blake/Victor Martinez
C – Kelly Shoppach
DH – Travis Hafner/extra 1B
Basically, 4 positions up for grabs…
Thoughts?
Marcum’s a righty, so it’s got to be Dellucci. And we’ll see Marte, and Peralta/Cabrera. And then I would think Travis sits for Victor.
hire marte
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 3:38 PM EDT reply actions
I’m starting to get nervous about Cabrera at short…..no matter how much Peralta struggles he’s one of our best hitters and a really good power threat. I hate to see him lose playing time.
I don’t think they’re going to replace Peralta at short any time soon. He’s been hitting poorly of late (although he had a good series in NY) so they’re resting him a bit. Plus, it’s a doubleheader, and Carmona is an extreme ground ball pitcher, so it makes sense to play Cabrera at short in this game rather than the second one.
wait this game starts in like 10 minutes?
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 3:53 PM EDT reply actions
We worry about not having enough power from our corner OF spots…..but the Blue Jays have our old utility infielder playing LF this afternoon. Or is there another Joe Inglett?
What am I missing? Where's Lind? Is he on "Hollywood Squares Leave"?
They sent him down to AAA! Apparently they were unimpressed by the 19 at-bats they’ve given him this year.
For all the complaining about Marte, just think, the organization could be run worse.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
a lot, lot worse, in fact.
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions
yes.
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions
speaking of beer what did you see over the weekend?
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve been here before, so I wasn’t too thrilled to do tons of sight-seeing. But I went through the English Gardens on Saturday and spent a fair amount of time in the biergarten there (2nd largest in the city). Some museums, etc…
i really liked the ethnology museum FWIW …
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions
fly ball to opposite field? how?
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 4:08 PM EDT reply actions
And for the record, Carmona loks to have found the strike zone
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
where was that 0-1 pitch?
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 4:08 PM EDT reply actions
Inside corner.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on May 12, 2008 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions
good inning for fausto
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 4:09 PM EDT reply actions
I think this is the first game I’ve listened to on the radio since spring training, since I’m too lazy to go downstairs in front of the TV & should probably do some work anyway. Looking forward to hearing Hamilton go on a rant against something, though.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
If you bunch his healthy seasons together, he’s really been around for like 3 years.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on May 12, 2008 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Jules update: Burnett mows down grady with some very fine looking moving fastballs and sliders. 3rd pitch was looking on a ball that started at him and moved over the inside half.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
Flails weakly at a fastball on a 2-2 count. Strike 3.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on May 12, 2008 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Hegan with the understatement “Part of the problem is that he has a tough time staying healthy”
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 4:14 PM EDT reply actions
Looch rips a ball down the line that the first baseman got a peice of, held him to a single vs. a double.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
To open both innings, Fausto has thrown picture perfect strikes, both called balls. I’m not talking pitches on the corner. I’m talking down the middle of the plate.
DP!
The Disabled List just called ... it was trying to unload Joe Borowski. I offered a bagel but balked at giving up a ham sandwich. It wanted to keep Westbrook.
And mother** Carmona looses the strike zone and isn’t close on 4 of 5 pitches to Rolen.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
And then spits in my face as Baboo turns a very nice DP off the first pitch. He got a kind of shit feed from Ascab, but turned it very nicely.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on May 12, 2008 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Im ascab’s favor, he got to the ball behind the second base bag moving towards RF.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on May 12, 2008 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions
“A shit feed from Ascab,” as in “Wow! Incredible! I can’t believe that shit!”
by Fiddlesticks on May 12, 2008 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
It was low. and shitty. The fact that he got to the ball is stupendous, incredible, prodigious.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on May 12, 2008 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions
ok honestly gameday has like 3/4 of fausto’s balls as perfect pitches
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 4:22 PM EDT reply actions
i hope they put up a video of that on mlb gameday
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 4:23 PM EDT reply actions
ump is calling the low strike – bodes well for Fausto!
You have no idea the physical toll that three vasectomies have on a person
Fausto’s ball looks to be moving downward A LOT. Tough to call that a ball.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on May 12, 2008 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s it. Move Garko to 2B. His bat will play fine there.
by xrickx on May 12, 2008 4:24 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
He will have more range than Baerga.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on May 12, 2008 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions
He has in the past, but it’s been a few years.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
yeah…one of the year’s he was together with Phillips in Buffalo he split time between SS and 3B. The problem is he goes from an above-average offensive SS to a marginal/average offensive 3B without increasing his defensive value at all in the move.
The interesting thing (I think) is that he has never played an inning at 2b—at any level. I’d like to know why.
by ken from alexandria on May 12, 2008 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Peralta’s best defensive skill is his arm strength (his one defensive skill unquestionably above average). That skill gets wasted on the right side of the infield.
exactly what I wanted to say.
The Disabled List just called ... it was trying to unload Joe Borowski. I offered a bagel but balked at giving up a ham sandwich. It wanted to keep Westbrook.
But I’m not buying it. Arm strength (with more of a short-arm motion, I’ll grant you) is what a 2b needs to turn the double play. That and quick feet carried Mazeroski to the H of F.
by ken from alexandria on May 12, 2008 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Stupidly, the Indians haven’t given him enough practice to be any good.
The Disabled List just called ... it was trying to unload Joe Borowski. I offered a bagel but balked at giving up a ham sandwich. It wanted to keep Westbrook.
None of this makes sense. Who’d play 2B? If someone suggested Jhonny at 2B, that might fly (I think Jay has been pushing that, mildly). But, I think our infield defense is actually adequate, at worst, at the moment. It’s the hitting that’s awful (from all of the infielders, in varying degrees).
Manny Ramirez = the best left fielder to ever play for Boston. Just ask him.
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Right now, I'll take .500 and run. I'm a cheap happy.
ben fran looked terrible in that at bat
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 4:28 PM EDT reply actions
Its because of the uniform. It says “indians” on it.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on May 12, 2008 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions
hafner below the mendoza line
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 4:29 PM EDT reply actions
/wubs wittle nubbuws.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on May 12, 2008 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Many players used them yesterday for Mother’s Day/Cancer awareness. As this game is replacing yesterday’s game for us … it’s fitting we are using them
Caroll E-4.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
they pretty much all looked like strikes on gameday
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 4:40 PM EDT reply actions
Last one was down and in when vic set up away. Second pitch was a belt high, just right of the middle of the plate. Manning is in awe of this umpire.
Carmona looks like a different pitcher AB to AB.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
see below.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on May 12, 2008 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
here’s my guess: fausto’s pitches move so much that umpires have no idea whether they are strikes or not
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 4:43 PM EDT reply actions
It looks like a farking curveball it’s breaking so much.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on May 12, 2008 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Strike 3 to whoever that was was ABSOLUTE FILTH. He could swing at that pitch 10 times and miss it.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
And this is like a once-in-a-decade pitching lineup on our side, too. Having to listen to this instead of being down at the field is killing me. Sadly, the girlfriend has to work and I would be in the doghouse for weeks if I went and saw Fausto and Cliff without her.
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Right now, I'll take .500 and run. I'm a cheap happy.
I know he is gritty and all, but Carroll is hitting less than Cabrera. Do we have to see this much of him?
agreed …
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
5/11
The Disabled List just called ... it was trying to unload Joe Borowski. I offered a bagel but balked at giving up a ham sandwich. It wanted to keep Westbrook.
It’s just like having Adam Dunn without giving up Laffey or Sowers.
by Fiddlesticks on May 12, 2008 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions
outside?
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 4:53 PM EDT reply actions
I shall continue my irrational love for Francisco.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
Weak groundout to 2B to end the inning.
"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"
by Gradysmanldy on May 12, 2008 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Not terrible considering he’s walked a couple.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
Didn’t see a thread on this elsewhere…who goes down when they call up Sowers for the Reds series? BenFran?
Man…Burnett’s sharp today.
Probably has to be Laffey, unless the Indians jettison Tyner. But why keep Laffey and Sowers up with the team? And if Westbrook is almost ready by that point, no reason not to jettison Laffey.
I just had to look & make sure we’d managed a hit today so I didn’t have to worry too much about the no-hitter, at least.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
at least having a no-no would put some pressure on AJ
The Disabled List just called ... it was trying to unload Joe Borowski. I offered a bagel but balked at giving up a ham sandwich. It wanted to keep Westbrook.
and to think McDonald is on the DL
The Disabled List just called ... it was trying to unload Joe Borowski. I offered a bagel but balked at giving up a ham sandwich. It wanted to keep Westbrook.
They’ve got Hector Luna stashed away at Syracuse, too. Just think of all the mediocre ex-Indians they could have in their infield right now.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
Mediocre ex-Indians? Let’s see: McDonald, Inglett, Scutaro, Luna…My tally is one.
by Fiddlesticks on May 12, 2008 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t get it, are you denying their mediocrity?
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
Inglett, Scutaro, and Luna could only dream of mediocrity when they were in the Cleveland system.
by Fiddlesticks on May 12, 2008 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Ah, OK. I thought you were going to try & tell me how great these guys are & what a fool Shapiro is for letting them all get away.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
I’m no Joe Inglett apologist – okay, maybe I am – but he was pretty damn good as an Indians minor leaguer. He was never a real prospect, but the guy was an OBP machine who could play passably everywhere but pitcher and catcher.
Of course, there’s a difference between being a good minor league utilityman and a player that can help an MLB team. But as a minor leaguer, Inglett was rock solid.
Perhaps. But as far as the big-league club is concerned, only McDonald of that quartet approached mediocrity, and even that may be a bit generous. (Did Formerindiansfarmhandmarco Scutaro ever even get to Cleveland?)
by Fiddlesticks on May 12, 2008 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey, if he’s like every other Hawaii QB he’ll put up insane numbers in the run & shoot offense and get drafted in the late rounds to hold a clipboard for a few years. Not a bad gig if you can get it.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
Hawai’i has a new coach this year; June Jones is gone to SMU.
by Fiddlesticks on May 12, 2008 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions
what in the fuck
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 5:14 PM EDT reply actions
Somewhere in between. He did what he had to to make the play on a ball tailing towards the corner. Not sure I’d call it “spectacular,” though.
by Fiddlesticks on May 12, 2008 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Game is half over and we have yet to even look like we are interested in making Burnett work … one baserunner .. .and 5 Ks. At least Toronot has had 6 baserunners.
We have absolutely torched Burnett every other time he’s appeared in Cleveland. Sad.
by Fiddlesticks on May 12, 2008 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Shadows crawling across the field.
Cue memories of the Bulldog/Moose 1997 ALCS game. One of my fave games evar.
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Right now, I'll take .500 and run. I'm a cheap happy.
My bachelor party was during that game. I watched baseball…everyone else partied. And then I bitched out my best man for scheduling a bachelor party during something as important as an Indians playoff game.
I was stuck at work that day. One of my co-workers brought in a little TV that could only be watched when the back door was opened thanks to all the metal and crap in the roof. It was a constant trade-off between all of us to work up front for a five minute shift, then come back and watch for a few. Good times.
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Right now, I'll take .500 and run. I'm a cheap happy.
Blistered it, and it sounded like he cracked his bat in the bargain.
by Fiddlesticks on May 12, 2008 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I have a feeling someone’s going to make a mistake & that’s going to be about it for this game.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
Yeah. It’s just a question of who and when.
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Right now, I'll take .500 and run. I'm a cheap happy.
6 pitch inning
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 5:28 PM EDT reply actions
Headline under my mlbtv:
“Rays Gomes a hit during school visit.”
Can you imagine being a major league player, visiting a local school, and being a flop?
there is a clemens joke in there somewhere …
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I can’t conceive of a stronger jinx than this.
by Fiddlesticks on May 12, 2008 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions
oh yeah
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions
whoa my hammy is behind
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
does anyone else try to get internet radio feeds? or am i the only one who flails about with them?
my helmet has, like, no pine tar on it.
I’ve got the MLB.com audio feed, only $15 for a year & totally worth it aside from being a few pitches behind.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
Hamilton, you jerk.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
I was halfway out of my chair and yelling before he took it back.
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Right now, I'll take .500 and run. I'm a cheap happy.
A RUN!
The Disabled List just called ... it was trying to unload Joe Borowski. I offered a bagel but balked at giving up a ham sandwich. It wanted to keep Westbrook.
i’m mesmerized by this time machine
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions
LOL
He just did it again.
SWUNG ON AND B… Base hit!
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hahaha
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Hammy:
“Swung on an …....................... Dellucci gets a hit up the middle”
The Disabled List just called ... it was trying to unload Joe Borowski. I offered a bagel but balked at giving up a ham sandwich. It wanted to keep Westbrook.
what the hell is going on
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 5:37 PM EDT reply actions
no i know. but where did this all come from?
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions
fire fransisco
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 5:38 PM EDT reply actions
Has anyone seen my universal remote? My friends hip ass mix is playing through my dvd player and it’s too loud. And I’m in bed. In my underwear.
hey, me too
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Well give him the god damn remote, would you?
by Fiddlesticks on May 12, 2008 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions
sorry ben fran i’m just not that into you
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 5:39 PM EDT reply actions
strike 1 …
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 5:42 PM EDT reply actions
in play out(s)
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 5:42 PM EDT reply actions
I’m posing this question, for those who have been to Wrigley Field -
I was at the game yesterday and argued with my friend that you could easily hit the manual scoreboard with a throw from center field.
Google Earth has the distance from CF to scoreboard at 150 feet. Scoreboard is probably 50 feet off the ground.
As a reference point, the distance between home plate and 2nd base is 127 feet.
So do you think it’s easy (my opinion) or impossible (my friends opinion) to hit the scoreboard?
Chuck Knoblauch could do it while aiming for first base.
by Fiddlesticks on May 12, 2008 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Easy, unless you’re Johnny Damon or Coco Crisp.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
27?
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I’d guess 1. A guy who looks like that is not a base-stealer.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
I think of gamethreads as “life threads.” Whatever’s going on, thats what I’m going to talk about. This band just came on my player.
DeVotchKa is a four piece multi-instrumental and vocal ensemble that fuses Romani, Greek, Slavic, Bolero, Mariachi (and many more styles) music with American punk and folk roots. They take their name from Anthony Burgess’ Nadsat word for “young girl,” which is itself derived from the Russian word (девочка) of the same meaning. Based in Denver, Colorado, the quartet is made up of Nick Urata, who sings and plays theremin, guitar, bouzouki, piano, and trumpet; Tom Hagerman, who plays violin, accordion, and piano; Jeanie Schroder, who sings and plays sousaphone and double bass; and Shawn King, who plays percussion and trumpet.Originally a backing band for burlesque shows, in their early years DeVotchKa also toured with fetish model Dita von Teese. Numerous nationwide tours in support of self released records earned the band an underground following. Their song “How It Ends” was featured on the trailer for the film Everything Is Illuminated, introducing the band to a widening audience. Their performance at the 2006 Bonnaroo music festival was considered a breakout event. In between tours, the band was picked by first time film directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris to score Little Miss Sunshine, a 2006 film that would go on to garner four Academy Award nominations. DeVotchKa, along with composer Mychael Danna, composed and performed the majority of the music for the film’s soundtrack and were nominated for a 2006 Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack.
Arcade Fire singer Win Butler suggested to DeVotchka that they cover the Siouxsie and the Banshees song “The Last Beat of My Heart”.
Nice guess, at least.
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Right now, I'll take .500 and run. I'm a cheap happy.
Are you watching Little Miss Sunshine or something?
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
proving what one of the nicks sent earlier today?
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/40-indie-music/
Me too, and not because I like some of that stuff. It’s got too much of that self-congratulatory “we’re laughing at ourselves, aren’t we cute” vibe to it.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
I don’t like the implication on a lot of levels. I don’t like the tone, as you said but I also don’t like the perspective. Who is it supposed to speak for? I think most people who are uninitiated to the ways of internet hijinks would think a minority group and, well, I think that’s sort of weird.
I’m also so tired of irony it pains me.
No. I am made uncomfortable by the a blog by a bunch of white hipsters that could be easily interpreted as written by or representing the views of someone else. Just because white people in cool glasses think they’re hilarious and liberal doesn’t necessarily give them the right to take a POV they don’t have a claim to.
Then again, I’m probably the only one worried about this.
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Whatchoo talkin’ about, (Carl) Willis?
BTW, Diff’rent Strokes reruns every afternoon at 3 on BET. “Spectacular” doesn’t even begin to describe spending an hour watching Arnold’s hijinx, then flipping over to a Tribe game.
Gark!
You must be the only person on earth with less to do than I.
by Fiddlesticks on May 12, 2008 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions
not true
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Remember when we were all worried about Garko making the transition from catcher to first? I mean, he’s not the best fielder ever out there, but he’s not Jason Giambi.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
Dude, you just walked Travis Hafner.
HAAA HAAAAA--
Right now, I'll take .500 and run. I'm a cheap happy.
Hey, Brick, if you want me to set you up for a joke just email me or something. Don’t do it yourself.
haha
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 5:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh man. I’d say it’s funny to imagine guys having like 6 accounts on here setting up jokes for themselves, but I’ve been on other forums where it’s eventually revealed that there was one dude talking to himself a bunch & shit just gets weird.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
46.2 IP, 17k, 35BB, WHIP 1.79.
i haven’t seen him pitch yet this year, but how the hell is this guy 3-1 with a 2.51 ERA?
wait, what?
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 5:59 PM EDT reply actions
OT: sorry about Irving. I tried to comment on your blog (more eloquently than this) but it looks like it didn’t take.
by Fiddlesticks on May 12, 2008 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s Hegan, he doesn’t get as irrationally excited as Hamilton.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
haha casey sucks
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 6:01 PM EDT reply actions
Everyone—2 things:
1) I’m no pitching coach. But I think Fausto might strike some more batters out if he threw fewer than 94% fastballs.
2) No John Adams—weird.
wait what? no john adams?
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s a network analyst for someone, I believe. A couple of months ago I posted an interview with him from a tech magazine as a FanPost or FanShot or whichever one it is that nobody reads.
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2008/041708-buzz.html
Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.
Is MLB.com being faily about acknowledging your log-in today or is that just me? I PAID MY MONEY, DAGNABBIT.
Disclaimer: this post doesn't mean what you think it means.
it does that to me every now and again
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions
guys think about how good fausto is going to look this year when he cuts his walks down. it’s cliff lee-esque
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by Gradyforpresident on May 12, 2008 6:08 PM EDT reply actions
I’m not sure we’ll see Fausto put it together year to year in terms of control, and I’m not sure it will matter. When he does put it together he’ll have years like last year and when he doesn’t he’ll probably live in the high 3’s (where he’ll end up this year if he doesn’t get it worked out).
I think it’s just a product of his stuff. It’s too insane to have good to great control every year.
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