San Francisco Giants @ Cleveland Indians GameThread, Jun 24, 2008 7:05 PM EDT

Lets Go Tribe!!!

by gte619n on Jun 24, 2008 6:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yes, Let’s.

Despite my complaining in the other thread, I really am thrilled to see Omar again.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ANNDYYYYYY

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by westbrook on Jun 24, 2008 6:57 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Going yard. Feeling it.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Since posting really hasn’t started, I’m just gonna throw up some pictures of Omar.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 6:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 6:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 6:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

That’s all.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

There is a picture on the wall of a bar in Cleveland I sometimes go to, and it reminds me that Omar was unbelievably jacked in the late-90s. You can kind of see it here. It makes me wonder why he didn’t hit with more power.

by jhon on Jun 24, 2008 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m totally feeling a sweep this series.

by Chief Wahoo on Jun 24, 2008 7:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

We don’t get Lincecum, do we?

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nope. Zito tomorrow, Cain on Thursday

by Chief Wahoo on Jun 24, 2008 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ahh – I took that as “if we sweep them, do we get to take Lincecum too?”

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by westbrook on Jun 24, 2008 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That would be a solid prize

by Chief Wahoo on Jun 24, 2008 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

We’ve got a big fat guy they might like.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think we can just pencil in Cain for 6 IP, 7 K, 1 ER and a Loss.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

that would be his usual line.

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by westbrook on Jun 24, 2008 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

by Fios on Jun 24, 2008 7:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I’m kind of annoyed that STO was on break during the video tribute/hat tip/ovation. We’ll have to wait until probably the third inning to see Omar bat.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

K

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by westbrook on Jun 24, 2008 7:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Laff Taff

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Poor Jensen. “I need a little Laff in my life… Seeya in the bigleagues”... and now their fortunes are inverted.

by jhon on Jun 24, 2008 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hmm. What message could Laff send Jensen’s way?

“I need some new Je(a)ns! Seeya in the bigleagus”

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ray Durham lives. I like to check this fact out about once a year to verify it’s truth.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

And Randy Winn is still hitting pretty well. Go figure.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

we should face this lineup 162x a year.

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by westbrook on Jun 24, 2008 7:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Laff fields his position.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Akron getting pounded again. Talk about regression.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I was there last night. GREAT game to be at.

by Fundamentals on Jun 24, 2008 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

How’s the crowd tonight? I’m watching on a laptop two rows ahead of me.

by fleerdon on Jun 24, 2008 7:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Running in a 3×3 window, I should add.

by fleerdon on Jun 24, 2008 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

freeloading?

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by westbrook on Jun 24, 2008 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Girl in front of me hooked her laptop up to her parents’ DirecTV account. Genius.

by fleerdon on Jun 24, 2008 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Where do you go to school with such an incredible girl?

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Toledo Law.

She thinks I made friends with her because I’m a nice person.

by fleerdon on Jun 24, 2008 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

that is pretty awesome. does she know about this and like move her head out of the way?

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by westbrook on Jun 24, 2008 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You’re watching on someone else’s laptop in class?

Also, I just watched that doc hearts of darkness. I feel a little loopy.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Asdrubal already 1-1. Hitting .444.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

maybe he should get fatter.

by fleerdon on Jun 24, 2008 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He has taken 2 walks since going down.

2.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Like, in one game?

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Like, total.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

My brain hurts.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

who cares, when you;re hitting 444 (444!) u never need to walk.

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by westbrook on Jun 24, 2008 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah but he can’t hit .444 in the big leagues.

He needs a level between the majors and AAA to work out his problems, apparently.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He needs to face some pitchers that stop giving him good pitches to hit?

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by westbrook on Jun 24, 2008 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That seems about right.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He also has 4 extra base hits.

4.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

God, it’s worse than an ice cream headache.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’ve gone on zero dates this summer.

0.

by fleerdon on Jun 24, 2008 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

hah!
i’m married and i’ve been on more dates than you! umm, wait, sorry, didn’t mean to be a dick…

by oaksterdam on Jun 24, 2008 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

actually, you should probably ask out that chick with the laptop

by oaksterdam on Jun 24, 2008 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I own 7 hats.

7.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

that’s funny, b/c asdrubal has had zero salads this summer.

0.

by DontCallMeJoey on Jun 24, 2008 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have 2 Indians hats.

2.

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by vbc3 on Jun 24, 2008 7:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I own 2 Indians hats and 5 top hats.

2.

5.

7.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

by fleerdon on Jun 24, 2008 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I ate pie.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If the Indians want Asdrubal Cabrera to be a shortstop, he’s going to … WAIT A SECOND HERE.

by fleerdon on Jun 24, 2008 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I hope Peralta hits a grand slam, by the way.

And Marte. Two grand slams tonight. Go team.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Grady is great.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Adam Kennedy starting at First for the Cards tonight in Detroit

by Chief Wahoo on Jun 24, 2008 7:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

That’s precious.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

La Russa is a strange man.

by Chief Wahoo on Jun 24, 2008 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Annoying baseball habit: adding -y to the end of a player’s name.

Ex: Benny.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Don’t call him Benny. Please.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Does Sanchez look like Brian Anderson to anyone?

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

He looks like Jason Lee.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

STOP WITH THE K’s!

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by westbrook on Jun 24, 2008 7:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I saw the Giants play in Washington. I remember two things:

1) Lincecum is incredible. I thought for sure he’d no hit the nats.

2) Jose Castillo hit 4 of the hardest hit balls I’ve ever seen from one bat in one game, including two no-doubt home runs.

by jhon on Jun 24, 2008 7:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I don’t even know who Jose Castillo is. Screw the NL.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:20 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

the ex-Marlin?

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by westbrook on Jun 24, 2008 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

What’s a Marlin?

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

apparently not, per wikipedia.

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by westbrook on Jun 24, 2008 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pirate I believe

by Bernie19Kosar on Jun 24, 2008 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Are you guys thinking of Raul Mondesi?

I think John is talking about Raul Mondesi.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was talking about Ugueth Urbina, who’s in jail in Venezuela right now. In his Expos uniform.

by jhon on Jun 24, 2008 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Did he really go to jail?

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Status: In custody

by jhon on Jun 24, 2008 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is that from facebook?

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That guy luifer, who used to post here, might be able to shed some light on this. The baseball world has forgotten Ugueth. I think he has been in jail for as long as there’s been such a thing as Facebook

by jhon on Jun 24, 2008 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The only things keeping the National League afloat are fantasy baseball and Dan Uggla.

by fleerdon on Jun 24, 2008 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dan Uggla is so, so buoyant.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Chase Utley?

I did a Google image search for "Andy Marte." It turned up zero results.

by emd2k3 on Jun 24, 2008 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

sounds like he hits the ball very much…but i have no idea either

by DontCallMeJoey on Jun 24, 2008 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I get all my castillos and casillas and castillas mixed up

by jhon on Jun 24, 2008 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

who cares as long as the margarita tastes good

by oaksterdam on Jun 24, 2008 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

good one, imus

by DontCallMeJoey on Jun 24, 2008 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, you’ve got a lot of room. Freaking communist fascist war criminal.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

communist, yes.
criminal, yes.
freaking, yes.
fascist, no.
pro war, no.

thanks for playing

by oaksterdam on Jun 24, 2008 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

OMG OWNAGE

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

we’ll let him get away with it, but only b/c no one messes with the dread pirate roberts

by DontCallMeJoey on Jun 24, 2008 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

here’s the one I was thinking of. could not think of his first name for the life of me.

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by westbrook on Jun 24, 2008 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I saw the Giants play in San Francisco. All I remember is that I didn’t recognize the names of most of the guys on the field, and they only managed one run off of some schlub the Padres rolled out who I’d also never heard of.

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

by zempf on Jun 24, 2008 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Shingle!

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by westbrook on Jun 24, 2008 7:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

My friend got shingles. On his face. Gross.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

peralta walked – dumb me.

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by westbrook on Jun 24, 2008 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

rhino!

by oaksterdam on Jun 24, 2008 7:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yaaaay early run.

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by vbc3 on Jun 24, 2008 7:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Suprised Skinner didn’t send Jhonny

by Bernie19Kosar on Jun 24, 2008 7:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Sweet, nice Garko

by Chief Wahoo on Jun 24, 2008 7:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

RESPECT THE GARK MAN.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Joel Skinner just sent Jhonny home.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

to his mommy?

by oaksterdam on Jun 24, 2008 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

sorry. mhommy.

by oaksterdam on Jun 24, 2008 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was gonna say – he has a mhommy.

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

by westbrook on Jun 24, 2008 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe Gutz isn’t as good as I think he is.

by jhon on Jun 24, 2008 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This deserves more discussion than it’s getting.

I think I bought that t-shirt sweater from the gap once.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

if he wasn’t omar, i’d swear he was gay.

by oaksterdam on Jun 24, 2008 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or auditioning for the role of Huggy Bear.

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by vbc3 on Jun 24, 2008 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This pic looks straight out of one of those shopping tv shows. Which I’m sure you are also an expert on.

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by westbrook on Jun 24, 2008 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

My initial reaciton was that I think he got that jacket from Prince.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

or elton john

by oaksterdam on Jun 24, 2008 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hah! Nice try sir

by Chief Wahoo on Jun 24, 2008 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or Elton John

by Chief Wahoo on Jun 24, 2008 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

dude.

you are brilliant

by oaksterdam on Jun 24, 2008 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Someone owes someone a Coke.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wanna be his Y Amigo.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ganaffarino!

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

We should have gotten our hands on Arroyo when that Reds fan was trying to set us up with him.

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by westbrook on Jun 24, 2008 7:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

this team has been lacking in acoustic balladeers since the departure of one benny b

by DontCallMeJoey on Jun 24, 2008 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

We’ve also been lacking beat-boxers since Coco left, and I don’t hear anybody complaining about that.

by fleerdon on Jun 24, 2008 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Then I’m not shouting loud enough.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

you’d be surprised at david dellucci’s skills on the verbal one’s and two’s…much greater than his skills as a player of baseball

by DontCallMeJoey on Jun 24, 2008 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

DP! me like.

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by westbrook on Jun 24, 2008 7:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

ummm, employ dp’s?

by oaksterdam on Jun 24, 2008 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Magic.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I still see a resemblance.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Maybe if you had been concentrating on the game and not this self serving nonsense we wouldn’t be in this situation, NICK.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have 1 finger for you.

1.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sanchez is so much more…Mexican looking

by Chief Wahoo on Jun 24, 2008 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh fubar.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

can’t wait to hear the reaction when omar steps up to the plate

by oaksterdam on Jun 24, 2008 7:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

ahhh, warms me cockles…

by oaksterdam on Jun 24, 2008 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Heh. I’m calling for a large, one-syllable roar/noise that means “YAAAAAHHHH WE LOVE YOU OMAR JUST DO US A FAVOR AND STRIKE OUT MMMKAY”

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by vbc3 on Jun 24, 2008 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

this is awesome, and i’ve only got WTAM on the interwebs

by DontCallMeJoey on Jun 24, 2008 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

balls what happened?

by gte619n on Jun 24, 2008 7:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Walk him.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

SIT HIS LIGHT HITTING ASS DOWN.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I don’t know about you guys, but I was cheering for Aaron Laffey.

by fleerdon on Jun 24, 2008 7:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

i think i miss omar’s salsa more than anything…

by DontCallMeJoey on Jun 24, 2008 7:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

What I miss most is his cereal.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

THROW A STRIKE JAGOFF

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Who the hell is Brian Horwitz?

Who are these guys? Where do they come from?

by jhon on Jun 24, 2008 7:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Who is Fred Lewis?

by jhon on Jun 24, 2008 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Brian Jeffery Horwitz, nicknamed “The Rabbi,”[1] (born November 7, 1982 in Santa Monica, California) to Michael and Stephanie Horwitz, is a Jewish American baseball outfielder who plays for the San Francisco Giants.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jewish eh? So that makes what…him a Shawn Green?

by Chief Wahoo on Jun 24, 2008 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jewish ballplayers are nothing new, and they’re in good numbers these days. I could name a dozen or so for you if you’d like

by jhon on Jun 24, 2008 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That many? I forgot about Youkilis, thats the only other one on the top of my head…

by Chief Wahoo on Jun 24, 2008 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Kapler, Marquis, Braun…

by jhon on Jun 24, 2008 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hmm. Odd nickname.

Just when you think you know every MLB player: his position, draft spot, college / hs, rough age, relative ability, handedness… there’s another one

by jhon on Jun 24, 2008 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Manning: “He has developed into a very good hitter.”

I think his tenses are wrong.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Manning employs two verb tenses.

2.

Okay I’m done with this joke.

by fleerdon on Jun 24, 2008 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Casey showing Omar how it’s done. Riiight.

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by westbrook on Jun 24, 2008 7:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Was he shouting directions to Marte?

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hamilton called him Blake in the play-by-play about four times.

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

by zempf on Jun 24, 2008 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m really off tonight. Too much multtasking.

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by westbrook on Jun 24, 2008 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

AHHH it’s Casey with a Marte mask!!!!!!

The batter swings and the summer flies...

by cclemens31 on Jun 24, 2008 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No, that was Marte. The throw was chest high instead of skipping.

by fleerdon on Jun 24, 2008 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wish that had been Peralta.

Oh f*ck. Did Marte just endear himself less to the Cleveland faithful?

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Where’s Marte?

by ahowie on Jun 24, 2008 7:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

“YAAAY WE STILL LOVE YA OMAR”

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by vbc3 on Jun 24, 2008 7:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Holy shit.

Marte.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I keep saying, Casey’s arm has slipped. We’re not used to seeing a gun over there anymore.

by fleerdon on Jun 24, 2008 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not since the halcyon days of Boone.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

/finally looks up the word “halcyon”

Neato!

by fleerdon on Jun 24, 2008 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dare I say it, but is Omar a … piranha?

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

More of a pilot fish.

by fleerdon on Jun 24, 2008 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Panini’s patios? As well as a Panini cam?

Hmm.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I’ve been drunk at Paninis dozens of times. I hope it isn’t on camera.

by jhon on Jun 24, 2008 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’ve never even seen a Panini’s.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

They make those Pittsburgh styled sandwiches with the frenchfries added to the pack. There’s one in Lakewood, near my boyhood home, and I know of one in Cleveland Heights which attracts a slightly classier crowd (but it gets pretty crowded there).

by jhon on Jun 24, 2008 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I am from Virginia. Sigh.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You need to go to Cleveland this summer and party down. I can’t believe you haven’t tried this.

by jhon on Jun 24, 2008 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’ve been to Cleveland. I don’t really know how to “party down” once there. I don’t know anyone in Cleveland and nobody really wants to go there.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I moved away, and everyone I know got married and got jobs. Many have left the homeland. I no longer party down in Cleveland. When I do go home now it’s all business. I’m more likely to party down in any city but Cleveland.

That said, I have fond memories of partying down in my city. If you ever have an excuse to go there-a concert, a ballgame, a convention, whatever-by all means go and party down.

by jhon on Jun 24, 2008 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’ll be there partying down all next week, since I had to change my Chicago trip

Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Jun 24, 2008 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sorry, I meant to clarify that I’ll be IN Cleveland partying down. So if anyon’es actually there, gimme a holler.

Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Jun 24, 2008 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

All next week?

by jhon on Jun 24, 2008 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Every. Day.

Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Jun 24, 2008 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good sandwiches.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

For real?

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Choo is going yard this AB. Mark it.

by gte619n on Jun 24, 2008 7:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Uhhh.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

perhaps I was wrong

by gte619n on Jun 24, 2008 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like that your leaving open the possibility that Choo can time travel.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I hear that Castillo guy hits balls hard.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Congratulations. You are as prepared to commentate as Joe Morgan.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No. I didn’t qualify that with, “but I can’t be sure.”

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If he can become more consistent.

by SuddenSam on Jun 24, 2008 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That’s cosistent to you.

I did a Google image search for "Andy Marte." It turned up zero results.

by emd2k3 on Jun 24, 2008 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

SHOP

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

by westbrook on Jun 24, 2008 7:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Shop is easily the strongest guy on the roster, right?

He didn’t seem like he even got 50% of that.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I loved that hit-and-run a week or so ago when he reached out to tap a ball into the outfield and wound up just missing the bullpen. Hilarious.

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2008: let the hate flow through you.

by vbc3 on Jun 24, 2008 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Marte’s first RBI??? Please!

by Chief Wahoo on Jun 24, 2008 7:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

C’mon, Andy. Deep fry this turkey.

by fleerdon on Jun 24, 2008 7:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Hmm. I’m withholding judgment on this catchphrase.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Life’s a laboratory, Andrew.

by fleerdon on Jun 24, 2008 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m the chief chemist-other scientists are following.

EARLY 90s RAP.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I love the Tribe, and I’m going to keep watching, but I’m sure there are several more interesting games on Extra Innings right now.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Andy Marte is literally the most interesting thing in baseball to me.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Braves commited 3 errors in the first

by Bernie19Kosar on Jun 24, 2008 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lack of playing time or not no RBI at this point is pathetic.

by mjschaefer on Jun 24, 2008 7:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

He’s only had 11 at-bats with RISP. I can excuse the guy not being ready to hit in the few times he does play.

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

by zempf on Jun 24, 2008 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That maybe all good and well but he’s definitely not earning much more than what he is getting.

by mjschaefer on Jun 24, 2008 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

EARN IT.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Aren’t we ignoring the real problem? That his average is too low?

by fleerdon on Jun 24, 2008 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hammy makes the point that Marte’s looking for his first RBI & then notes that he’s only had 48 at-bats. Maybe if he’d managed more than two weeks worth of at-bats in the first HALF of the season, he’d have an RBI. Sigh.

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

by zempf on Jun 24, 2008 7:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Andy Marte FTW.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Well. That was Andyish.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I’ve been trying to popularize the phrase, “Let’s throw a Dandy Andy Marte Par-tay.” Anyone?

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

i’ll pass

by oaksterdam on Jun 24, 2008 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ENABLER.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

eh

by gte619n on Jun 24, 2008 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I should quickly point out that this is a joke.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don’t care if you think it’s a joke.

I’m using it.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

we have one taker…

by oaksterdam on Jun 24, 2008 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I see the law of unintended consequences biting me in the ass here, but I’ll back you up on this one.

by fleerdon on Jun 24, 2008 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Discuss this law as it relates to Woodrow Wilson not discussing his fourteen points with the allied forces.

by jhon on Jun 24, 2008 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

prior to their issue*

by jhon on Jun 24, 2008 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

and he’s out again.

by mjschaefer on Jun 24, 2008 7:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

pretty sure I’ve been time machined ridiculously bad.

by mjschaefer on Jun 24, 2008 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, sportsline.com is still in the middle of, like, Sunday.

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2008: let the hate flow through you.

by vbc3 on Jun 24, 2008 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

talk about your hero-douche matchups:

Pitching: Davis (ARI) 0.1 IP, 0 ER, 1 K
Batting: Pedroia (BOS) 0-0

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

by westbrook on Jun 24, 2008 7:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

BEAN THE DOUCHE

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2008: let the hate flow through you.

by vbc3 on Jun 24, 2008 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

... and of course, he homers.

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

by westbrook on Jun 24, 2008 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pedroia is, without a doubt, my least favorite player.

by gte619n on Jun 24, 2008 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bloody hell. Should have given the little putz some chin music (i.e., a fastball at about knee height).

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2008: let the hate flow through you.

by vbc3 on Jun 24, 2008 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why is that a hero? Is that Jason Davis? Please?

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

FOX called him a hero for like a month. I have other opinions, but I can use it for good-bad effect.

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

by westbrook on Jun 24, 2008 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fox called Jason Davis a hero for a month??!

Fox and I agree for the first time ever.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No one understands my immense dislike of that douche. Other than you guys.

by mjschaefer on Jun 24, 2008 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He eats only newly-bought puppies of young children. When the love is still fresh.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

A guy in a homemade Casey Blake jersey just caught the thrown bat.

Sigh.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

yikes. And that means he didn’t want Blake because he was the only one on sale.

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

by westbrook on Jun 24, 2008 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

why would you spend good money on a jersey and then ruin it by writing “blake” on the back with what looks like it was a bic pen?

by mpstable on Jun 24, 2008 7:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

C’mon Laffey. Let’s throw a Dandy Andy.

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Bringing it back.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

MORE LINEUP ANALYSIS PLZ

by afh4 on Jun 24, 2008 7:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Not enough RBIs.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Jun 24, 2008 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If we were batting Grady down in the order, we would certainly have won the last seven world series. It’s pretty much impossible to understate how important that is.

by gte619n on Jun 24, 2008 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs