Game Thread: June 11, 2008 - 9th Futile Inning
Minnesota Twins @ Cleveland Indians
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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
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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
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Balls
Burn on, big river, burn on...
by Turkmenbashi on
Jun 11, 2008 9:55 PM EDT
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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
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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
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JoeBlow.
I'll regress to my career numbers if you do too!
by Fire Slider on
Jun 11, 2008 9:55 PM EDT
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Fire new game thread.
Il faut d'abord durer.
by CU Adam on
Jun 11, 2008 9:55 PM EDT
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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
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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
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Ugggggghhhhhh.
I'll regress to my career numbers if you do too!
by Fire Slider on
Jun 11, 2008 9:56 PM EDT
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Overreaction:
A semi-fire sale would actually be kind of exciting.
Steel Nick
by nickjs21 on
Jun 11, 2008 9:57 PM EDT
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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
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Hey, as Chuck would say, Borowski sucks, but at least he’s not Hafner!
by tabler84 on
Jun 11, 2008 9:57 PM EDT
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Who?
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by Fire Slider on
Jun 11, 2008 9:58 PM EDT
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Some guy. Kinda big.
Hard truth: Your eyes lie.
by AngG on
Jun 11, 2008 9:59 PM EDT
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Big guy?
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by Fire Slider on
Jun 11, 2008 10:01 PM EDT
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About yea high.
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by AngG on
Jun 11, 2008 10:02 PM EDT
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He any good?
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by Fire Slider on
Jun 11, 2008 10:02 PM EDT
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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
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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
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Are you kidding? That horse is deader than a Derby runner up.
by tabler84 on
Jun 11, 2008 9:59 PM EDT
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No real answer I guess is what I meant
by Roger Dorn on
Jun 11, 2008 10:00 PM EDT
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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
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If you have to ask, it was probably funny.
Steel Nick
by nickjs21 on
Jun 11, 2008 10:06 PM EDT
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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those were very un-borowski-like runs too. it was much more wickman-ish
by mpstable on
Jun 11, 2008 10:02 PM EDT
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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I miss last year.
Hard truth: Your eyes lie.
by AngG on
Jun 11, 2008 10:01 PM EDT
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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
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;_;
RUN FERNANDO. RUN.
Hard truth: Your eyes lie.
by AngG on
Jun 11, 2008 10:02 PM EDT
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I LOVE TONY SIPP AND HE WILL BE AWESOME
by tabler84 on
Jun 11, 2008 10:03 PM EDT
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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
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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
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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
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NOW YOU HAVE GONE TOO FAR.
Hard truth: Your eyes lie.
by AngG on
Jun 11, 2008 10:05 PM EDT
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“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
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I find the last one especially appropriate.
Hard truth: Your eyes lie.
by AngG on
Jun 11, 2008 10:12 PM EDT
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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
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Wedge is on crack. Gutierrez is out of the game, but Carroll will bat?
by xrickx on
Jun 11, 2008 10:02 PM EDT
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Don’t you hate when that happens?
Il faut d'abord durer.
by CU Adam on
Jun 11, 2008 10:04 PM EDT
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Choo is the new Francisco. Or the old Francisco. Or the expected Francisco.
by afh4 on
Jun 11, 2008 10:03 PM EDT
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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
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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
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TWO OUT RALLY BITCHES
Burn on, big river, burn on...
by Turkmenbashi on
Jun 11, 2008 10:04 PM EDT
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FIRE GRADY
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by Fire Slider on
Jun 11, 2008 10:05 PM EDT
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Christ, nevermind
Burn on, big river, burn on...
by Turkmenbashi on
Jun 11, 2008 10:05 PM EDT
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Uggggghhhhh. I would totally care if I thought we had a chance.
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by Fire Slider on
Jun 11, 2008 10:06 PM EDT
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GRADY SIZEMORE: NOT MY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
Hard truth: Your eyes lie.
by AngG on
Jun 11, 2008 10:06 PM EDT
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Not always. :(
Hard truth: Your eyes lie.
by AngG on
Jun 11, 2008 10:06 PM EDT
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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.
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by Fire Slider on
Jun 11, 2008 10:07 PM EDT
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Gritty president is gritty.
Hard truth: Your eyes lie.
by AngG on
Jun 11, 2008 10:08 PM EDT
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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
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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
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Hire… Matt Millen?
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by Fire Slider on
Jun 11, 2008 10:08 PM EDT
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Wait, Isiah Thomas was the better reference.
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by Fire Slider on
Jun 11, 2008 10:08 PM EDT
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Much love for those teams, because they defined my childhood… But you do realize we never won, right?
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by Fire Slider on
Jun 11, 2008 10:09 PM EDT
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Yeah, little known fact.
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by Fire Slider on
Jun 11, 2008 10:11 PM EDT
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We won plenty, just not the World Series.
Don’t be stupid.
by Jay on
Jun 11, 2008 10:12 PM EDT
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Some clubs (I’m thinking specifically the ‘97 team, which was unbelievably good) are aiming for the Series, not just 100 wins.
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by Fire Slider on
Jun 11, 2008 10:14 PM EDT
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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
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I guess my point was that it was a club that we knew we could go to the Series with.
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by Fire Slider on
Jun 11, 2008 10:17 PM EDT
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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
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Indeed.
The night Sandy smacked that home run off Im Ho Tep is when I started to believe.
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by vbc3 on
Jun 12, 2008 1:10 AM EDT
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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
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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.
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by Fire Slider on
Jun 11, 2008 10:17 PM EDT
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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
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I want to cry.
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by Fire Slider on
Jun 11, 2008 10:22 PM EDT
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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
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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
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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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by vbc3 on
Jun 11, 2008 10:12 PM EDT
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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
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I still watch the Moose/Bulldog game on MLB.com about once a year.
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by vbc3 on
Jun 11, 2008 10:14 PM EDT
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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
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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
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Major League is my fix.
Burn on, big river, burn on...
by Turkmenbashi on
Jun 11, 2008 10:11 PM EDT
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Yes. It would take a Justin Timberlake song playing in the background, though.
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by Fire Slider on
Jun 11, 2008 10:10 PM EDT
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Yeah, but it would be difficult.
Hard truth: Your eyes lie.
by AngG on
Jun 11, 2008 10:10 PM EDT
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Only if Pronk came back and started raking.
Burn on, big river, burn on...
by Turkmenbashi on
Jun 11, 2008 10:12 PM EDT
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So…I’m guessing we’re adding Victor to the DL tomorrow…no?
by APV on
Jun 11, 2008 10:12 PM EDT
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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)?
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Jun 11, 2008 10:14 PM EDT
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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
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It’s just that the DL behavior this year has been so weird.
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Jun 11, 2008 10:16 PM EDT
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Our whole team has been replaced by Cylons.
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by vbc3 on
Jun 11, 2008 10:17 PM EDT
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Conspiracy theories are abound concerning LeCharles Bentley today
by Roger Dorn on
Jun 11, 2008 10:18 PM EDT
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You got a favorite?
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by Fire Slider on
Jun 11, 2008 10:18 PM EDT
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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
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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
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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
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Yea…I responded to your post. I don’t think you’ll like what I had to say, though.
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Jun 11, 2008 10:20 PM EDT
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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
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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
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Sure hit me at martin033@gmail.com
by Roger Dorn on
Jun 11, 2008 10:25 PM EDT
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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that’s our problem. no one’s wrecked the bathroom lately.
by APV on
Jun 11, 2008 10:19 PM EDT
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Quit pretending it wasn’t you.
Hard truth: Your eyes lie.
by AngG on
Jun 11, 2008 10:19 PM EDT
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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
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go to the bathroom, andrew. we’ve had enough of you.
by APV on
Jun 11, 2008 10:19 PM EDT
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WHAT’S WRONG WITH WEGLARZ
my world is collapsing.
by afh4 on
Jun 11, 2008 10:20 PM EDT
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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
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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
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I hope that was from memory.
Steel Nick
by nickjs21 on
Jun 11, 2008 10:29 PM EDT
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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
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They still turn green, don’t they?
We could all use some color.
by gahnki on
Jun 11, 2008 10:21 PM EDT
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Do stories turn green? Rec’d fanposts don’t turn green do they?
by afh4 on
Jun 11, 2008 10:22 PM EDT
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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
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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
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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
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You’re joking right? My sarcasm meter is in the shop for a tuneup.
by supermarioelia on
Jun 11, 2008 10:25 PM EDT
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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
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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
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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
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Alright this makes more sense. Yeah I’m still going with Cooperstown.
by supermarioelia on
Jun 11, 2008 10:30 PM EDT
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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
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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
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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
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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
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I just want a hall of fame section for those special few
by Roger Dorn on
Jun 11, 2008 10:32 PM EDT
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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
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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
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Right. But you know the one I’m talking about.
Steel Nick
by nickjs21 on
Jun 11, 2008 10:40 PM EDT
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Holy schnikes, I forgot about that guy.
Steel Nick
by nickjs21 on
Jun 11, 2008 10:41 PM EDT
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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
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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
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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
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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
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I think we have more people than them, though.
by gahnki on
Jun 11, 2008 10:45 PM EDT
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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
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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
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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
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Is E5 gone for good or is this just an extended hiatus?
by gahnki on
Jun 11, 2008 10:46 PM EDT
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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
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deader than a Derby winner a year later?
by SuddenSam on
Jun 11, 2008 10:51 PM EDT
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it’s mostly interracial.com or something
by SuddenSam on
Jun 11, 2008 10:32 PM EDT
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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
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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
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people…please rec this so i can see something green.
by gahnki on
Jun 11, 2008 10:43 PM EDT
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Heh. This is exactly the way I’m looking at this: my productivity hangs in the balance with this season.
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by vbc3 on
Jun 11, 2008 10:52 PM EDT
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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
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People die every day. We haven’t won the World Series since 1948.
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Jun 11, 2008 10:58 PM EDT
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