Game Thread: May 9, 2008
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HIRE MARTE
Sizemore-Shapiro 2008. The Official Red Bull of Let's Go Tribe Game Threads.
by Gradyforpresident on May 9, 2008 6:49 PM EDT reply actions
big crowd tonight …
Sizemore-Shapiro 2008. The Official Red Bull of Let's Go Tribe Game Threads.
by Gradyforpresident on May 9, 2008 7:02 PM EDT reply actions
I almost went.
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 meant here …
Sizemore-Shapiro 2008. The Official Red Bull of Let's Go Tribe Game Threads.
by Gradyforpresident on May 9, 2008 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions
anyone else having problems with mlb.com?
Sizemore-Shapiro 2008. The Official Red Bull of Let's Go Tribe Game Threads.
by Gradyforpresident on May 9, 2008 7:03 PM EDT reply actions
are you sitting next to pat tabler? is really gainfully employed as an annoucer somewhere? most importantly, does he still maintain one of the all-time mullets?
by DontCallMeJoey on May 9, 2008 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions
couldn’t possibly be worse than cone, right? pat borders must have been busy…
by DontCallMeJoey on May 9, 2008 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Tabler’s pretty bad, but when he gets a day off we get to listen to Rance Mullinicks…so I’ll take Tabler thank you very much.
by supermarioelia on May 9, 2008 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I think I read in the PD that Blake has the best career numbers against Halladay, albeit just 4-11. I do hope we see Marte twice this series, though it’s four tough righties in a row.
Right, because we can really use Blake’s .238/.307/.413 line vs. RHP.
by fleerdon on May 9, 2008 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Thank goodness the o/u for the Jays is about 5
by supermarioelia on May 9, 2008 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Haha for once your stats are kinda useless.
by supermarioelia on May 9, 2008 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Inglett was just optioned down to Syracuse.
by supermarioelia on May 9, 2008 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions
For some reason when I look at CC tonight I think the word “throwing”
by supermarioelia on May 9, 2008 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Just feels that when the ball leaves his hand he’s praying he hits the strike zone. Contrast that to Cliff Lee who tells the ball where it better fucking go.
by supermarioelia on May 9, 2008 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions
With this wildness I’m hesitant to say that CC actually meant to put it there. A strike’s a strike I guess.
by supermarioelia on May 9, 2008 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Just made a huuuuge deal of how Vic doesn’t have a homer yet.
by supermarioelia on May 9, 2008 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions
He actually looked like he had a clue there. I love action by inaction.
by supermarioelia on May 9, 2008 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Have a good one. I have a feeling I’ll be talking to myself most of tonight.
by supermarioelia on May 9, 2008 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m here, just being massively time machined, and listening to Hammy, which means I can’t comment on how terrible/awesome anyone loo—GRADY.
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What are you up to this summer, Ang? Or are you done having “summers” by now?
by fleerdon on May 9, 2008 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I’ve got a legit 9-to-5 now. (Technically 8-to-5, stupid industrial sales. :( ) So I’m mostly living weekend to weekend. Seen a couple minor league games, heading out to Cincinnati next weekend to see the guys. Adjusting to living about two hours further south than I used to. It’s weird.
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Haha, aw, the Man’s not so bad. Plus you can write, so you’ll always have that in your back pocket. Just avoid being a bank teller.
by fleerdon on May 9, 2008 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve actually been thinking of going back to school and getting certified to teach. I love tutoring, and I’m a pretty good teacher, but on the other hand, I hear teaching high school given the system as it is in the US right now is pretty much the most frustrating job ever.
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Got a lot of friends who went that route. “Frustrating” sounds like a pretty accurate summary of their reactions to it. But I get the sense, it’s one of those things that if you’ve got to do it, you’re never going to be okay with something else.
by fleerdon on May 9, 2008 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Okay kids, pull some of these dust covers off the patio furniture for me, hey? Friday. Tribe. Toledo. Summer school. Life is go-...life’s okay.
by fleerdon on May 9, 2008 7:41 PM EDT reply actions
Yeah. Went to high school here, left for college, came back for law school.
by fleerdon on May 9, 2008 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions
You going to the Tribe-Tigers series in June?
by supermarioelia on May 9, 2008 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Oooh, good call. I’m a research assistant for a book project that’s due in July, so I can’t look that far into the future. But color me interested.
by fleerdon on May 9, 2008 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions
FYI I bought my tickets to the Sunday game this aft. All I could find on the Tigers site were limited view, but I was looking for four tickets.
by supermarioelia on May 9, 2008 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks for the heads up. I accidentally made friends with a bunch of MSU grads down here—maybe I’ll see if they want to bar-hop the series.
by fleerdon on May 9, 2008 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions
HIRE INTERESTING FACTS I NEVER KNEW
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.
holy shit. Wikipedia confirms it.
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.
we should.
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’re a Weglarz comment there somewhere.
by supermarioelia on May 9, 2008 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m trying to do miscellaneous tasks and I keep missing batters. Gameday is broken, and it’s hard to piece together the game from comments like this.
Haha Grady lined out to Aaron Hill who retreated into right field to make the catch.
by supermarioelia on May 9, 2008 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m on the verge of using “Weglarz” facetiously. Somebody stop me.
by fleerdon on May 9, 2008 7:54 PM EDT reply actions
second mention this thread. we’re doin well.
by supermarioelia on May 9, 2008 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m very much not over the fact that he’s the better part of four years younger than me. Then I think, well, hey, I’m not an athlete, I could still be a writer. And then I think, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote This Side of Paradise when he was 23. Then I power up the PlayStation and stick a straw in a juicebox and rock back and forth hugging my knees.
by fleerdon on May 9, 2008 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m still getting myself back into the habit of writing, really. 500 words a day is still a little bit too much for me, but I’m working up to it. Really.
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Most novels are about 100,000 words, no? But a journey of a million miles…
by fleerdon on May 9, 2008 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I think once you get to 50,000 words it’s technically a novel, but most are longer than that, yes. I’m still trying to get to “novella.” It’s not an issue of being able to create a story that long, it’s a matter of, um, not getting bored with it before I’m done.
I think I’m a short story writer at heart.
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Since we’ve got the thread to ourselves, can somebody tell me what the hell this Meg Ryan business is? And then let me remind you, Joe Vs. The Volcano is a superb rom-com.
by fleerdon on May 9, 2008 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve been meaning to get around to seeing that, actually.
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Well, I’m not sure how meaningful this will be to you, but it’s my screening test for girls. I show them JVTV, if they like it, I know we’ve got a chance.
by fleerdon on May 9, 2008 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions
This is tough, given the mixed company and all but it has to do with teams being unable to hit C at all – not at all.
"the most vehement Yankee-hating guy I know" - Jay
Let’s just say that Ms Ryan is a victim of gravity.
"the most vehement Yankee-hating guy I know" - Jay
Long story and a half. You remember when we used Butt Gout and Low Titter to describe things which cannot be named? Instead of actually saying Low Titter, I posted a picture of Meg Ryan with saggy boobs. Which Jay banned. Along with every comment about the picture. It was actually pretty hilarious. In fact this explanation will likely be banned too haha.
by supermarioelia on May 9, 2008 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Eh, my boobs have looked better lately also. I’ll ahve to ask Chuck how to whip my ass into shape this summer.
by fleerdon on May 9, 2008 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions
HIRE SUCKY HITTERS!
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 thought this said something else. I was still in meg ryan mode.
by supermarioelia on May 9, 2008 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions
jH overmatched.
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.
Well, I benched Jhonny on my fantasy team tonight. It’s a start.
by fleerdon on May 9, 2008 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Bastard had a 1.200 OPS for the week on Wednesday. I should’ve pulled him then and pocketed the stats. But noo-oooooh.
by fleerdon on May 9, 2008 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions
if wedge heard you say this, he’d say “ok, I’ll put them back-to-back, with our best hitter not bewtween then.
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.
In a bit of good news, it says Westbrook is progressing nicely and he’ll be on the comeback trail soon after a successful bullpen.
In other news….so is Borowski.
So, Fausto’s still got an option left, right? I’m worried about that BB situation. /ducks
by fleerdon on May 9, 2008 8:11 PM EDT reply actions
From what I saw Wednesday he’s gonna be just fine,
"the most vehement Yankee-hating guy I know" - Jay
Any thoughts on Laffey, Chuck? I can’t tell if the book isn’t out on him yet, or if he’s really just that effective.
by fleerdon on May 9, 2008 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I love Laffey – love him. Which is why I wanna trade CC – now for a bat. He’s gonna be gone after this year and we desparately need some hitting. So why not get what we need and give up what we’re gonna lose anyway?
"the most vehement Yankee-hating guy I know" - Jay
That’s got a lot of visceral appeal to me, particularly since 89 wins might win the central walking away this year. But I worry that Adam’s long-forseen Byrd collapse would come upon us.
by fleerdon on May 9, 2008 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Because the hitters are going to rebound, C.C. is going to rebound, and not many teams will give up anything of substance at this moment.
The Yankees will be desparate – desparate for a lefty starter in 4-6 weeks. Watch.
"the most vehement Yankee-hating guy I know" - Jay
and we get what from them? Society letdown 1 and 2?
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 just not sure what direction we’d go with that, though. A 2B, 1B, maybe a RF?
by fleerdon on May 9, 2008 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think it’s at the point where a trip down is necessary. He’s still managing to stay in control of the game…barely. He’ll be fine. It’s mechanical.
Yeah, I s’pose a fake-15 day visit would be more likely than the ol’ optionoony.
I have no idea why I called it that.
by fleerdon on May 9, 2008 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s just heaving it in there. No clue at all.
by supermarioelia on May 9, 2008 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah upon further review I was wrong. If they were confused amonst their own team we can’t expect our guys to read minds.
But seriously let’s hire Pevey. Great call there.
by supermarioelia on May 9, 2008 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Only because I can play it on Guitar Hero after the game.
by supermarioelia on May 9, 2008 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions
FIRE GARKO
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.
Seriously what the hell, hit it to the worst possible spot.
by supermarioelia on May 9, 2008 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I almost wanted Casey to go around there. Swinging at a ball landing wide of the opposite batters box is a feat.
ANYTHING to get your son in the lineup.
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 gettin desperate. At least Casey is milking the count here.
by supermarioelia on May 9, 2008 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions
second..
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.
told ya.
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.
Wedge…go home with your bunt. Delllucci’s swinging ok, but are we really setting this up for Peralta? Gutierrez is the only one whose made decent contact twice tonight.
Wilkerson in center… o boy.
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.
Man, it just seems like these guys are waiting on the fastball down the middle that never comes. Early in the bat, pick out an offspeed pitch or look on one side of the plate, please!!
HIRE TRIBEJAY FIRE SHELTON
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.
Michaels at the plate with the bases juiced.
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.
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