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Game Thread: June 11, 2008 - 9th Futile Inning

by Jay on Jun 11, 2008 9:53 PM EDT in Game Threads Comment 238 comments

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I want to hire the new game thread. Please, offense, let me hire the new game thread.

Il faut d'abord durer.

by CU Adam on Jun 11, 2008 9:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Nope, fired

by Roger Dorn on Jun 11, 2008 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

hahaha futile is right on

There's always next year...and the next year...and the next year...

by HireRockyColavito on Jun 11, 2008 9:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Balls

Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Jun 11, 2008 9:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Did Francisco give up on that ball or is it just me?

Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.

by zempf on Jun 11, 2008 9:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Double no matter what

by Roger Dorn on Jun 11, 2008 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

just you. nobody catches that

by mpstable on Jun 11, 2008 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, you guys are right. He did the smart thing in not overrunning it & turning it into a triple.

Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.

by zempf on Jun 11, 2008 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

primero

by tabler84 on Jun 11, 2008 9:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

JoeBlow.

I'll regress to my career numbers if you do too!

by Fire Slider on Jun 11, 2008 9:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Fire new game thread.

Il faut d'abord durer.

by CU Adam on Jun 11, 2008 9:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Really?

by afh4 on Jun 11, 2008 9:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

well…there goes my prediction

by APV on Jun 11, 2008 9:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I said it in the last game thread, I’ll say it again in this one. There is so little I like about this team right now. Ugh.

Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.

by zempf on Jun 11, 2008 9:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

i like the facial hair

There's always next year...and the next year...and the next year...

by HireRockyColavito on Jun 11, 2008 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

GODDAMMIT.

Hard truth: Your eyes lie.

by AngG on Jun 11, 2008 9:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ugggggghhhhhh.

I'll regress to my career numbers if you do too!

by Fire Slider on Jun 11, 2008 9:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Overreaction:

A semi-fire sale would actually be kind of exciting.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 11, 2008 9:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Right now, I’m totally game.

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Have to wake up bats!

by vbc3 on Jun 11, 2008 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey, as Chuck would say, Borowski sucks, but at least he’s not Hafner!

by tabler84 on Jun 11, 2008 9:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Good thing he laced it hard enough that it was up long enough for Gutz to catch

by Roger Dorn on Jun 11, 2008 9:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This seems like the worst of all possible outcomes…we lose, but the Sox lose too. So we stay in limbo.

by APV on Jun 11, 2008 9:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

and the Twins and Tigers win.

The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.

by westbrook on Jun 11, 2008 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

There’s no limbo if we lose. We don’t have a wide window, and if we’re not winning the Sox are irrelevant.

by tabler84 on Jun 11, 2008 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Okay, I’ll say it: I can’t wait to have Hafner back in the lineup.

by tabler84 on Jun 11, 2008 9:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Who?

I'll regress to my career numbers if you do too!

by Fire Slider on Jun 11, 2008 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Some guy. Kinda big.

Hard truth: Your eyes lie.

by AngG on Jun 11, 2008 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Big guy?

I'll regress to my career numbers if you do too!

by Fire Slider on Jun 11, 2008 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

About yea high.

Hard truth: Your eyes lie.

by AngG on Jun 11, 2008 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He any good?

I'll regress to my career numbers if you do too!

by Fire Slider on Jun 11, 2008 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Eh.

Hard truth: Your eyes lie.

by AngG on Jun 11, 2008 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Me too. At least we’ll know. Hope is the enemy of the Cleveland Sports Fan.

Il faut d'abord durer.

by CU Adam on Jun 11, 2008 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

For all of the Marte discussion that goes on here, it is amazing there aren’t more questions like “What the hell happened to Hafner?”

by Roger Dorn on Jun 11, 2008 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Are you kidding? That horse is deader than a Derby runner up.

by tabler84 on Jun 11, 2008 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

No real answer I guess is what I meant

by Roger Dorn on Jun 11, 2008 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

WOW.

by xrickx on Jun 11, 2008 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Too soon?

Il faut d'abord durer.

by CU Adam on Jun 11, 2008 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, probably. Fwiw, I love animals. It’s just the first analogy that came to mind.

by tabler84 on Jun 11, 2008 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If you have to ask, it was probably funny.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 11, 2008 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think we all got that out of our systems. Plus nobody could figure out what the hell it was.

Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.

by zempf on Jun 11, 2008 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just nothing more to say on that.

by Jay on Jun 11, 2008 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

What are you doing at RAND, Turk?

by afh4 on Jun 11, 2008 9:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Bullshit. I’m just an admin assistant. Work for some cool people, though.

Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Jun 11, 2008 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Okay. I’m gonna go finish this cleaning stuff.

TAKE NOTE, BASEBALL GODS.

Hard truth: Your eyes lie.

by AngG on Jun 11, 2008 9:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

It didn’t work when Wile E. Coyote would pretend to not look at the roadrunner.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 11, 2008 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I really do need to, like, hang clothes up to dry and stuff.

Hard truth: Your eyes lie.

by AngG on Jun 11, 2008 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ironically, unfortunately, (surprisingly?), those are the first runs borowski has given up since his return. this is his sixth game since he’s off the DL.

by xrickx on Jun 11, 2008 9:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

those were very un-borowski-like runs too. it was much more wickman-ish

by mpstable on Jun 11, 2008 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Luckily we have Blake/Gutierrez/Carroll up in the ninth. Wow, we’re fucked. Any word in the last game thread on what happened to Martinez’s elbow? It’d somehow be a fitting topper to this season if we managed to lose him, too.

Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.

by zempf on Jun 11, 2008 9:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

So is Garko hurt?

The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.

by westbrook on Jun 11, 2008 9:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

by xrickx on Jun 11, 2008 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

me: idiot. nm

The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.

by westbrook on Jun 11, 2008 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

They pinch ran because he’s very, very, very slow.

Il faut d'abord durer.

by CU Adam on Jun 11, 2008 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I realized Barf was PRing, but didn’t know for whom. Tx.

The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.

by westbrook on Jun 11, 2008 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No, just slow so they put in a pinch-runner.

Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.

by zempf on Jun 11, 2008 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Joe Nathan.

Great.

by afh4 on Jun 11, 2008 9:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Remember when Pronk took him deep last year and we came back and won? That was awesome

by Roger Dorn on Jun 11, 2008 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Remember last year in general? That was awesome.

Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.

by zempf on Jun 11, 2008 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

I miss last year.

Hard truth: Your eyes lie.

by AngG on Jun 11, 2008 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

How great would it feel for us to end up with one of those ass-kicking, young, bulletproof closers?

Speaking of which: Fernando Cabrera can burn in hell.

by Jay on Jun 11, 2008 10:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

;_;

RUN FERNANDO. RUN.

Hard truth: Your eyes lie.

by AngG on Jun 11, 2008 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Long live the legend of Tony Sipp

by APV on Jun 11, 2008 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I LOVE TONY SIPP AND HE WILL BE AWESOME

by tabler84 on Jun 11, 2008 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That guy made me look so stupid. I was telling anyone who would listen that he would dominating for years. YEARS.

by tabler84 on Jun 11, 2008 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fernando Cabrera made us all look stupid.

Or, well, me too.

Hard truth: Your eyes lie.

by AngG on Jun 11, 2008 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

All of us.

by Jay on Jun 11, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not just you, man. He had those stretches where he was absolutely dominant, then he’d turn into shit for a month.

Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.

by zempf on Jun 11, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

AND I HOPE THEY BURN IN HELL

by afh4 on Jun 11, 2008 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

YES HE DESERVES TO DIE

by Jay on Jun 11, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

NOW YOU HAVE GONE TOO FAR.

Hard truth: Your eyes lie.

by AngG on Jun 11, 2008 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

“I’ve only taken to an extreme that which you haven’t even dared to take halfway.” — Dostoevsky

“Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.” — Santayana

by Jay on Jun 11, 2008 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I find the last one especially appropriate.

Hard truth: Your eyes lie.

by AngG on Jun 11, 2008 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wasn’t Rafiki singing about Santayana in the Lion King? Something about squishing bananas too….no? Nothin?

by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2008 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wedge is on crack. Gutierrez is out of the game, but Carroll will bat?

by xrickx on Jun 11, 2008 10:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Don’t you hate when that happens?

Il faut d'abord durer.

by CU Adam on Jun 11, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The whiff

by Roger Dorn on Jun 11, 2008 10:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Choo is the new Francisco. Or the old Francisco. Or the expected Francisco.

by afh4 on Jun 11, 2008 10:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Mrs. Tabs changed the channel so I don’t know if this is good, but I can’t believe it is.

by tabler84 on Jun 11, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jamey “Probably should have gone to John Carroll” Carroll. The man, the myth, the legend. Three hits.

I'll regress to my career numbers if you do too!

by Fire Slider on Jun 11, 2008 10:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

TWO OUT RALLY BITCHES

Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Jun 11, 2008 10:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Wedgenius.

by afh4 on Jun 11, 2008 10:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

LAME

by Roger Dorn on Jun 11, 2008 10:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

FIRE GRADY

I'll regress to my career numbers if you do too!

by Fire Slider on Jun 11, 2008 10:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Christ, nevermind

Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Jun 11, 2008 10:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

BOOOOOOOOO

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Have to wake up bats!

by vbc3 on Jun 11, 2008 10:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Are we watching Chicago now?

by Jay on Jun 11, 2008 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Uggggghhhhh. I would totally care if I thought we had a chance.

I'll regress to my career numbers if you do too!

by Fire Slider on Jun 11, 2008 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

BOOOOOO joke.

by Jay on Jun 11, 2008 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

GRADY SIZEMORE: NOT MY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.

Hard truth: Your eyes lie.

by AngG on Jun 11, 2008 10:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

fascist

by APV on Jun 11, 2008 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not always. :(

Hard truth: Your eyes lie.

by AngG on Jun 11, 2008 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Were you at the game last night? The polled the whole roster about which Indian they’d vote for Prez, and The Beard won in a landslide. Even Grady votes for Blake.

I'll regress to my career numbers if you do too!

by Fire Slider on Jun 11, 2008 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gritty president is gritty.

Hard truth: Your eyes lie.

by AngG on Jun 11, 2008 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hell, I’d vote for him.

by Jay on Jun 11, 2008 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ok. I’m just about ready. Let’s find the market for:

Sabathia
Byrd
Lee
Peralta
Blake
BFran
Borowski
Shoppach

by afh4 on Jun 11, 2008 10:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

i’m ok with that list

by APV on Jun 11, 2008 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The addition of Borowski is my favorite part of it.

Can you imagine someone giving up anything of value for Borowski?

by afh4 on Jun 11, 2008 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hire… Matt Millen?

I'll regress to my career numbers if you do too!

by Fire Slider on Jun 11, 2008 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wait, Isiah Thomas was the better reference.

I'll regress to my career numbers if you do too!

by Fire Slider on Jun 11, 2008 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I keep forgetting that BFran may be nothing more than a 4th outfielder slightly older than his minor league competition who may be at peak value.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 11, 2008 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sabathia
Byrd
Borowski

There can’t be a market for Blake. I refuse to believe there’s anyone dumb enough.

Keep Lee, Peralta, BenFran. I’m 50/50 on Shoppach. Someone’s got to catch, it seems inevitable that Vic is going to break down.

Il faut d'abord durer.

by CU Adam on Jun 11, 2008 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Now would be selling high on Blake. Someone would want him.

Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Jun 11, 2008 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Shoppach has more value to someone besides us and just because we screwed that up with Crisp doesn’t mean we shoudn’t try again. Toreagas is going to be a servicable back up catcher next year and if he’s not, Chris Giminez will be. Those guys are too old to keep down there anymore.

Lee’s value is at an all time high, or at least it was a month ago. I realize he’s super team friendly but the idea of shipping him and CC to somewhere like LA for a whole passle of players makes me salivate.

BFran is at an all time high and we don’t need him. I am not a fan, clearly.

Peralta, meh. It’s time for Asdrubal at SS. We can find a 2B somewhere else.

by afh4 on Jun 11, 2008 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not Yet, but Later This Month if we don't get within 5G of First:

Out of this group, I’d be really pissed if we traded Lee.

BFran I really wouldn’t mind keeping—as a long-term (unfortunately) DH replacement for Proon.

Shoppach I’d keep, given the uncertainty of Vic right now.

Borowski, Byrd, Sabathia—see ya’ll lata.

Blake – hmmmmmm. I’d like to see him on the team as a super-utility guy, but Wedge would still play him every single frickin day, so CYA.

Peralta – the real hmmmmm. He’s so good 1/3 of the year, and so bad the other 2/3. Asdrubal doesn’t hit well. We have to 2b to replace Droobs there. Can JP play third – or not?

The 2008 Cleveland Indians: Home of the Triple Steal, Unassisted Triple Play, and not a heck of a lot more.

by westbrook on Jun 11, 2008 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is there any way I can buy DVD’s about some of the 1990’s ballclubs? I might start popping those in every night if I could get a hold of them

by Roger Dorn on Jun 11, 2008 10:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Seriously.

I might possibly be able to die happy if I could buy the 1995 and 1997 post-seasons on DVD.

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Have to wake up bats!

by vbc3 on Jun 11, 2008 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Much love for those teams, because they defined my childhood… But you do realize we never won, right?

I'll regress to my career numbers if you do too!

by Fire Slider on Jun 11, 2008 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wait. Really?

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Have to wake up bats!

by vbc3 on Jun 11, 2008 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, little known fact.

I'll regress to my career numbers if you do too!

by Fire Slider on Jun 11, 2008 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

We won plenty, just not the World Series.

Don’t be stupid.

by Jay on Jun 11, 2008 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Some clubs (I’m thinking specifically the ‘97 team, which was unbelievably good) are aiming for the Series, not just 100 wins.

I'll regress to my career numbers if you do too!

by Fire Slider on Jun 11, 2008 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The ‘97 team won all of 86 games in the regular season. They were probably our 9th best team of the past 15 years.

by Jay on Jun 11, 2008 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I guess my point was that it was a club that we knew we could go to the Series with.

I'll regress to my career numbers if you do too!

by Fire Slider on Jun 11, 2008 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

We didn’t know that in the slightest — what revisionist nonsense. We were limping into the postseason with a mediocre club, nobody expected us to get to the World Series.

by Jay on Jun 12, 2008 1:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Indeed.

The night Sandy smacked that home run off Im Ho Tep is when I started to believe.

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Have to wake up bats!

by vbc3 on Jun 12, 2008 1:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, the aim is the same every year. Even crappy teams aim for the WS.

by gahnki on Jun 11, 2008 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Of course. My point in saying they never won was, there’s still a lot of pain in those memories. Getting close, as everybody knows, can be even more depressing.

I'll regress to my career numbers if you do too!

by Fire Slider on Jun 11, 2008 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I completely agree that there’s a ton of pain. It’s just that the good memories outweigh the bad by a ton. I mean, who wouldn’t kill to go back and watch great teams play in front of a packed house every single night.

by gahnki on Jun 11, 2008 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I want to cry.

I'll regress to my career numbers if you do too!

by Fire Slider on Jun 11, 2008 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Even 98 would be fun. And I would love to watch the 99 offense in action

by Roger Dorn on Jun 11, 2008 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You want to watch those? Ugh.

I have the Jacobs Field 10th Anniversary Box Set, it’s got season recaps of every year of the Jake, from 1994-2003. I’ve never watched 1997. The pain is still too close.

Il faut d'abord durer.

by CU Adam on Jun 11, 2008 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The 1997 ALCS 1997 is only painful when you think of what came next. Watching those games alone like, say, Major League, would be just dandy with me. A couple of my fave games evar in that series.

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Have to wake up bats!

by vbc3 on Jun 11, 2008 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I just want to re live some of the games I attended in person. I know it would bring me back to the electric crowds

by Roger Dorn on Jun 11, 2008 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I still watch the Moose/Bulldog game on MLB.com about once a year.

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Have to wake up bats!

by vbc3 on Jun 11, 2008 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The entire late 90’s were so much fun. I would kill to go back and relive them.

by gahnki on Jun 11, 2008 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sometimes, when I feel sad, I go watch the google videos I put up of last year’s pieings.

Hard truth: Your eyes lie.

by AngG on Jun 11, 2008 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Major League is my fix.

Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Jun 11, 2008 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Could this feel more like 2006?

by afh4 on Jun 11, 2008 10:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yes. It would take a Justin Timberlake song playing in the background, though.

I'll regress to my career numbers if you do too!

by Fire Slider on Jun 11, 2008 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, but it would be difficult.

Hard truth: Your eyes lie.

by AngG on Jun 11, 2008 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This feels worse. I went to all 3 games in St. Louis in 2006, the Tribe won all 3. I felt great about the team, and I saw Fausto mow down the Cards out of the pen. I have no such optimism this year

by Roger Dorn on Jun 11, 2008 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

didn’t the indians lose a game in that series in a horribly stupid fashion? like someone dropping a popup on the infield? i remember that we should have swept but didnt. and i remember that series being typical of that season in ways

by mpstable on Jun 11, 2008 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh my Lord. I completely blocked that out. I had left after the 8th inning of the third game with us winning. We did lose on a dropped popup to I think Shoppach

by Roger Dorn on Jun 11, 2008 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was at the game where Sabathia beat Reyes. Ronnie Belliard homered. For the Tribe.

There was an article in the St. Louis paper comparing Pronk to Pujols.

LONG DEEP SIGH.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 11, 2008 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nice that game was fun, I had my brother and some relatives that got to go on the field before the game during Indians batting practice while I told them the players names so that the Tribe would all sign for them

by Roger Dorn on Jun 11, 2008 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was at a Cards game earlier in the year against the Reds. Phillips had just started getting PT from Cinci-way before the breakout-and was just standing there, a few feet away from me. It was fielding practice and he wasn’t doing anything. I joked to my friend about having him sign a ball as “Franchise.”

ANOTHER LONG DEEP SIGH.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 11, 2008 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

They’re both on the DL.

by SuddenSam on Jun 11, 2008 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Touche.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 11, 2008 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Only if Pronk came back and started raking.

Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Jun 11, 2008 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So…I’m guessing we’re adding Victor to the DL tomorrow…no?

by APV on Jun 11, 2008 10:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

If we all hated Shapiro instead of loved him…

Would there be any legs to the idea that the FO is adding guys to the DL to cover their ass, making it look like this year was lost to injury instead of lost to whatever it is lost to (a complete breakdown of a winning culture)?

by afh4 on Jun 11, 2008 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I find that hard to believe. But…

Hire Conspiracy Theories!

What else are we going to do?

Il faut d'abord durer.

by CU Adam on Jun 11, 2008 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It’s just that the DL behavior this year has been so weird.

by afh4 on Jun 11, 2008 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Our whole team has been replaced by Cylons.

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Have to wake up bats!

by vbc3 on Jun 11, 2008 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Conspiracy theories are abound concerning LeCharles Bentley today

by Roger Dorn on Jun 11, 2008 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You got a favorite?

I'll regress to my career numbers if you do too!

by Fire Slider on Jun 11, 2008 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not really, but I was amused to learn that Bentley’s mom picked him up at the practice facility because he doesn’t have his driver’s license.

by Roger Dorn on Jun 11, 2008 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Actually, I will say my favorite conspiracy theory is that back when the injury first happened, Bentley had apparently injured his knee playing basketball right before training camp, and then pretended like it happened during the first day.

by Roger Dorn on Jun 11, 2008 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m pissed about it. I vented in another thread, don’t want to hear all the Cleveland.com nonsense talking badly about him.

Il faut d'abord durer.

by CU Adam on Jun 11, 2008 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yea…I responded to your post. I don’t think you’ll like what I had to say, though.

by gahnki on Jun 11, 2008 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I saw you posted on DBN as well, seems like you have a good LCB story

by Roger Dorn on Jun 11, 2008 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yea…I really don’t want to post it on the internet, though. It was just something that sheds him in a different light than “the hero that returns home” as he was made out to be by the media. I could email it to you if you’d like.

by gahnki on Jun 11, 2008 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sure hit me at martin033@gmail.com

by Roger Dorn on Jun 11, 2008 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fascinating. I wonder what he did.

I'll regress to my career numbers if you do too!

by Fire Slider on Jun 11, 2008 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

alright..let’s just make a list.

drop your email if you wanna know. ill just copy the same one over and over.

by gahnki on Jun 11, 2008 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

andrewmswift@gmail.com

by Gradyforpresident on Jun 11, 2008 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know they hate him here in Philly because he was basically signed by the Eagles & then used that as leverage to get the Browns to give him more money.

Despite all of my best intentions, I have not, in fact, grown up to be a debaser.

by zempf on Jun 11, 2008 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Area 51 to Tribe, come in Tribe…

What do you think this is, the NBA?

by odradek on Jun 12, 2008 1:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

who rec’d this?

by APV on Jun 11, 2008 10:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I just jumped on the rec train. This thread is EPIC.

Sigh. I want to crawl into the bathroom and do heroin.

by afh4 on Jun 11, 2008 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

that’s our problem. no one’s wrecked the bathroom lately.

by APV on Jun 11, 2008 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought you did meth.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 11, 2008 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ok…who rec’d it again?

by APV on Jun 11, 2008 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Quit pretending it wasn’t you.

Hard truth: Your eyes lie.

by AngG on Jun 11, 2008 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ME! I JUST SAID THAT!

PAY ATTENTION TO ME!

PLEASE START WINNING BASEBALL GAMES>

Oh, wait. I thought I was talking to the Indians.

by afh4 on Jun 11, 2008 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

go to the bathroom, andrew. we’ve had enough of you.

by APV on Jun 11, 2008 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

WHAT’S WRONG WITH WEGLARZ

my world is collapsing.

by afh4 on Jun 11, 2008 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

he watched the past two games

by APV on Jun 11, 2008 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

but why

by afh4 on Jun 11, 2008 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I meant Cleveland’s last two games

by APV on Jun 11, 2008 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

There’s gonna be a dead baby crawling on your ceiling soon. Ignore it.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 11, 2008 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

How I feel about 2008 Indians:

Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suite on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself.

Choose your future.

Choose life.

by afh4 on Jun 11, 2008 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

I hope that was from memory.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 11, 2008 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

now THAT is epic

by Gradyforpresident on Jun 11, 2008 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I just recced it as well.

by gahnki on Jun 11, 2008 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jay, in seriousness, what’s the point of rec’ing stories? Don’t they all die the same way, falling off the page?

by afh4 on Jun 11, 2008 10:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

They still turn green, don’t they?

We could all use some color.

by gahnki on Jun 11, 2008 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do stories turn green? Rec’d fanposts don’t turn green do they?

by afh4 on Jun 11, 2008 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I believe they do. I distinctly remember a green story somewhere.

We have to all rec something so we can prove this.

by gahnki on Jun 11, 2008 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jamootz’ wallpaper post is not green.

by afh4 on Jun 11, 2008 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Haha there have never been green stories. This is what you get for late night drunken LGT visits. Don’t worry, I’ve done this many a time as well.

by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2008 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Are you serious? I swear that i saw something green on the front of the page.

by gahnki on Jun 11, 2008 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2008 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You’re joking right? My sarcasm meter is in the shop for a tuneup.

by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2008 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No. I’ve never seen a story go green. The only thing that goes green is comments. I think.

by afh4 on Jun 11, 2008 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rec’d posts get bumped to the top of the list and stay there for a while. Haha you’ve been the beneficiary of this a number of times now, which is why I’m confused.

Unless you mean rec’ing posts that are already on the main page. Then I think they go straight to Cooperstown. I think. Not positive.

by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2008 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

A story is something written by someone marked as an “author.” This basically just Jay and Ryan. Stories are what creates the main page content.

So my question is what’s the point of rec’ing a story? They don’t go into any special spot or anything.

A fanpost or fanshot is different. Obvi.

by afh4 on Jun 11, 2008 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Alright this makes more sense. Yeah I’m still going with Cooperstown.

by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2008 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So when does Ryan release the Too Hot for LGT book of all the posts that got deleted

by Roger Dorn on Jun 11, 2008 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’ve been asking for this for a solid year now, and I’ve finally given up the fight.

by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2008 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

There would actually be a lot of boring filler involving curse words and politics. But boy would the “BANNED FOLKS” chapter be illuminating.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 11, 2008 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

There are a couple of banned posters who’s runs here were truly awe inspiring.

by afh4 on Jun 11, 2008 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I just want a hall of fame section for those special few

by Roger Dorn on Jun 11, 2008 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

nominate!

by SuddenSam on Jun 11, 2008 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

There’s probably less material than we think. I’m guessing, what, 15 instances tops of stuff getting deleted? Am I underestimating this?

by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah but the book would have to include the posts that set the precedent for these certain posters being ban-worthy. Like that epic fight Bannedini had.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 11, 2008 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

fights

fixed.

by afh4 on Jun 11, 2008 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Right. But you know the one I’m talking about.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 11, 2008 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The one where he called Jay Michael Moore and had some line about “BOOYAH A FIST FULL OF GRENADES SHAPED LIKE MICHAEL MOORE!”

That was one of the only times he really got bested. Jay made him lose it.

by afh4 on Jun 11, 2008 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That’s the beauty of the book. No one knows. With the right marketing it could be a best seller

by Roger Dorn on Jun 11, 2008 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, that’s not all that would be appropriate.

Pretty much every post by certain posters, especially those who were later revealed to be trying to stir up trouble, could be analyzed for indications of true intentions, etc. Also, you could look at threads of arguments that they kept bringing up, months apart.

To put another way, E5’s medicine posts aren’t deleted but they are fodder for the book.

by afh4 on Jun 11, 2008 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Alright excellent, this changes everything then. Because GTF’s ramblings were fantastic but he was never banned. And I’m also requesting an entire chapter including all of tborish’s posts. You could always count on him to brighten your day.

by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2008 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think GTF did get banned.

by afh4 on Jun 11, 2008 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No way. I think he just left when we questioned his credentials about claiming to have played the game at a high level. And by questioned, I mean that we mocked him for comparing high school baseball to the pros.

by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2008 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Holy schnikes, I forgot about that guy.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 11, 2008 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I would buy it

by Roger Dorn on Jun 11, 2008 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

There would need to be a section about E5 showing up at Lookout Landing during the raid under the pseudonym E LGT 5

by Roger Dorn on Jun 11, 2008 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

the raid?

by gahnki on Jun 11, 2008 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

2007 was fun. Really fun.

by afh4 on Jun 11, 2008 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was here for part of 2007. Either I just missed it or it happened pre-me.

by gahnki on Jun 11, 2008 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It was the “home game” in Seattle. We raided LL to make it our “home blog”.

by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2008 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Those guys at LL have fun with their game threads, too. Crazy bunch.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 11, 2008 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think we have more people than them, though.

by gahnki on Jun 11, 2008 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

that game was also the game where luis rivas hit like 4 home runs and drove in 17 runs

by Gradyforpresident on Jun 11, 2008 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It’s fun to read the thread where we re-hashed the great LGT moments of the year.

by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2008 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

really really fun

by Gradyforpresident on Jun 11, 2008 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That was absolutely epic. Geez I forgot about his first hiatus. That was the Barry Bonds post right?

by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2008 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yep.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 11, 2008 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is E5 gone for good or is this just an extended hiatus?

by gahnki on Jun 11, 2008 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He’s deader than a horse that finished sec—wait we’ve gone over that.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 11, 2008 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

deader than a Derby winner a year later?

by SuddenSam on Jun 11, 2008 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

it’s mostly interracial.com or something

by SuddenSam on Jun 11, 2008 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m tempted to check out that site to see if it’s legit. I just don’t want to take the shame of actually typing it in.

by gahnki on Jun 11, 2008 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m still pissed about that guy having the nerve to use the subject line. Unbelievable.

by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2008 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs

people…please rec this so i can see something green.

by gahnki on Jun 11, 2008 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I love you all

by gahnki on Jun 11, 2008 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Next: a 3 game winning streak.

Baby steps, ya know?

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Have to wake up bats!

by vbc3 on Jun 11, 2008 10:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Jensen Lewis pitching, sucking.

by afh4 on Jun 11, 2008 10:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

so Victor’s getting an MRI. ugh.

by ASP on Jun 11, 2008 10:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

fFIRE TOMMY JOHN

by SuddenSam on Jun 11, 2008 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You know, when we win this division, we’re going to look back on nights like tonight and laugh.

by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2008 10:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah but by then we’ll have forgotten about 2008.

OH I SUCK I KNOW CLEVELAND.COM TROLL.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 11, 2008 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If we’re gonna suck, I’d rather suck really bad now and free up the rest of the summer. I got a ton done in the summer of ‘06. Nothing worse than an August/September collapse.

by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2008 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Heh. This is exactly the way I’m looking at this: my productivity hangs in the balance with this season.

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Have to wake up bats!

by vbc3 on Jun 11, 2008 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Here’s another way to put it. People might actually die in hospital at my hands in September if we stay in the race all the way through the summer. If that’s gonna be the case, we better not collapse at the end. No way I’m dealing with getting kicked out of school without a WS.

by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2008 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs