Game Thread: June 11, 2009
by Ryan on Jun 11, 2009 6:45 PM EDT
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INDIANS (26-35): LF Ben Francisco, 3B Mark DeRosa, C Victor Martinez, RF Shin-Soo Choo, SS Jhonny Peralta, DH Ryan Garko, 1B Chris Gimenez, 2B Luis Valbuena, CF Trevor Crowe. LHP Jeremy Sowers (1-3, 5.40).
ROYALS (25-33): LF David DeJesus, CF Coco Crisp, 1B Billy Butler, RF Jose Guillen, 2B Alberto Callaspo, DH Brayan Pena, C Miguel Olivo, 3B Willie Bloomquist, SS Tony Pena. RHP Zack Greinke (8-2, 1.55).
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Just saying it took like ten minutes for me to find this because it isn’t where it normally is. I don’t like change.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
Yeah.. I have no idea why it was posted like this, either.
Yeah.. I have no idea why it was posted like this, either.We fear change.
Shin-Soo Choo, future U.S. Citizen.
You can watch the game at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/teddybear82
by Cleveland Indians on Jun 11, 2009 7:30 PM EDT reply actions
hahaha.
Well, if the Indians win, it may very well be worth it. If they lose, then I never posted this link and this chat never happened.
by Cleveland Indians on Jun 11, 2009 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions
You can never have too much Indians paraphernalia.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
I like the word y’all, but not heavy southern accents, does that make me weird?
Shin-Soo Choo, future U.S. Citizen.
No. I like both except when you can’t understand the southern accents and they sound dumb.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
I guess that’s more prevalent where you’re from perhaps? In Ohio if you have a heavy accent you seem to automatically sound dumb.
Shin-Soo Choo, future U.S. Citizen.
Well in St. Louis it may be the same thing but I think I’ve just probably heard more a variety of southern accents at Clemson so I have comparisons.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
Ah yes, that makes total sense. I’ve never really run into too many accents. I knew a girl from Texas absolutely no accent but did say y’all. It was kind of fun, she couldn’t control it.
Shin-Soo Choo, future U.S. Citizen.
Sowers also getting the ground balls. Also good sign for Sowers.
by Logodaedalus on Jun 11, 2009 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions
8 of Sowers’s 9 outs have been on the ground.
by Logodaedalus on Jun 11, 2009 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s what happens when you’re at a party where you don’t fit in.. and any Marte party is like that for me.
Shin-Soo Choo, future U.S. Citizen.
Go Vic
One day I'll get over to watch the Tribe play
by new zealand tribe fan on Jun 11, 2009 7:54 PM EDT reply actions
going off toward the horizon, I take it you mean?
by Logodaedalus on Jun 11, 2009 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I was trying to make a parody joke because Greinke is usually considered a much better pitcher than Sowers. Parallel lines, of course, will never meet, and neither will their ERAs.
From, Ben
Oh I get it now. Hyperbolas also never get there they just get eternally closer.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
Greinke is usually considered a much better pitcher than Sowers.
I think you can go ahead and avoid hedging your bets and just assume fact is everyone thinks he is.
Shin-Soo Choo, future U.S. Citizen.
I don’t. Jeremy is like 100 times better. Come on guys.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
I realized why I don’t like Greinke… he doesn’t follow the “i” before “e” rule.
Shin-Soo Choo, future U.S. Citizen.
probably the same way as the word Spöde…
by Logodaedalus on Jun 11, 2009 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions
the “oe” is sort of like the vowel in oeuf in French. Does that help?
by Logodaedalus on Jun 11, 2009 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions
No it is actually pronounced Spaydie by the crazy Germans in St. Louis.
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well, the “ay” isn’t that far off… the “ie” at the end is a little much… could have made “spay-duh”
by Logodaedalus on Jun 11, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Asssists by a SS, one game
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In A Game AL Alex Gonzalez
Bobby Reeves 13 04-26-1996
08-07-1927
NL Tommy Corcoran 14 08-07-1903
FE WEE
this would be an excellent time for number 7
by Logodaedalus on Jun 11, 2009 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Okay, I’m heading home. Don’t let Sowers fuck this up between now and the time I turn the game on there.
I think I just lost the stream. That might actually be good timing.
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Force quit and move to trash.
as long as you don’t cross the streams.
by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2009 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I mean it certainly could be. I’m just worried about our offense.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
Yeah… but if Sowers can get this out here, I’ll feel completely okay with things.
by Logodaedalus on Jun 11, 2009 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I obviously shouldn’t have said that right there.
(not a time machine, just pessimism)
by Logodaedalus on Jun 11, 2009 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I think he’s at 100 pitches. He’s done.
by Logodaedalus on Jun 11, 2009 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Way to steal my thoughts, thoughts stealer.
by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2009 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Don’t worry everyone. I have Rally Imo’s. Since most of you probably don’t know what that is: It’s pizza. Thin crust and amazing and only found in St. Louis.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
Ironic, since I believe Sowers’ nickname back in high school was Rally Emo.
by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2009 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Just giving you a heads up for this weekend, we better not hear anything even remotely smelling of cheering for the Cards.
by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2009 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey guys I’m a cub fan a little upset about the team. But i’ve heard DeRosa name floating around. What do you guys think? Is he going to be traded? He sure has produced this year though
bo$$
Jeff Stevens
he’s a pretty good pitcher :)
bo$$
by lexmarklover on Jun 11, 2009 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
oohh yeah. They’re really good pitchers.
bo$$
by lexmarklover on Jun 11, 2009 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah. The larger question for us is, in what context? Are we using him to caulk a hole or to get ready for next season?
by fleerdon on Jun 11, 2009 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Right. We’d get a lot more in return for him if we didn’t demand 2009 talent, but if we weren’t demanding 2009 talent…
You can finish that sentence, I guess.
by fleerdon on Jun 11, 2009 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions
this obviously depends on when he’s traded. As soon as the Indians surrender the season, they’ll be looking to trade him for the best 2010 help they can get, even if it’s not someone ready in 2009.
/stating the obvious
by Logodaedalus on Jun 11, 2009 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Unfortunately for you the Cardinals are one of the possibilities.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
that would definitely be worst case scenario
bo$$
by lexmarklover on Jun 11, 2009 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Ben Francisco’s favorite KFC Famous Bowl is #3.
Ben Francisco’s a 14 handicap.
Ben Francisco has never ridden a horse.
Ben Francisco test drove a Nissan Maxima last weekend.
by fleerdon on Jun 11, 2009 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah I guess the quote from Rookie of the Year wasn’t as transparent as I’d hoped.
by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2009 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions
No way. I was just doing the “hot ice” monologue for my mom, who was almost impressed.
by fleerdon on Jun 11, 2009 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Years later, I can still recite pretty much the entire movie.
by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2009 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Everything I learned about slow dancing I learned from Busey in Rookie of the Year.
“Like this?”
by fleerdon on Jun 11, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I like when they go to that party and there are all the random, doofusy looking white dudes dancing around. I’ve dvr’ed that 6 seconds over and over.
Someone with crazy editing skills needs to take that video and insert faces of the 2009 Cleveland Indians.
by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2009 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I tried salisbury steak after watching that movie. Fucking Busey and his disgusting salisbury steak.
by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I was thinking some kind of gift certificate, someplace nice he wouldn’t ordinarily go. When’s his birthday again?
by fleerdon on Jun 11, 2009 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
If we do tank the season, we can get a boatload for these relievers. Herges, Aquino, Raffy B, Vizcaino…they keep pitching like this and playoff-bound teams will be lining up for them.
by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2009 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah I have no idea. Is it common to have 1-year rentals pitch this well for non-playoff teams? And what do teams do with these guys?
by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2009 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
K, but what if pay for Herges contract the rest of the season, and his supply of long-sleeve shirts for the rest of the year. Do they throw in an extra prospect?
by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2009 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
You’re joking, but at some point, even in a throwaway season, these guys may have more value to us than we’d get by trading them. SOMEBODY has to pitch.
by fleerdon on Jun 11, 2009 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions
especially Raffy B. I love the way he’s been pitching lately.
by Logodaedalus on Jun 11, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Has he given a run in awhile? I mean he’s been fantastic.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
depending on how you look at it, his ERA in the last week is either 0, 1 or infinity….
by Logodaedalus on Jun 11, 2009 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t follow. I’m not sure I know what a meme is.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
A meme is a little idea that travels from person to person, relatively unchanged. It’s like a gene is to biology.
by Logodaedalus on Jun 11, 2009 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Their transmission can be analyzed using the same principles that apply to biological evolution… “fitness” and “selection” and so forth.
by Logodaedalus on Jun 11, 2009 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions
in watching the Indians, I don’t understand what happened to Travis Hafner. Was it the injuries or something else? Cause last time i saw him, he was hitting grand slam after grand slam.
bo$$
so…. ya haven’t seen him in a while then?
by Logodaedalus on Jun 11, 2009 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions
i saw him hit a HR against the Sox …
bo$$
by lexmarklover on Jun 11, 2009 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions
This guy must love printing shit. And ink cartridges.
by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2009 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Whoever I told was crazy about Choo striking out too much yesterday, I am now concerned.
Shin-Soo Choo, future U.S. Citizen.
And Francisco. Although that boat was a balsa wood raft that I put together using floss.
by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2009 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve always thought of Ben as a free-swinging version of Thor Heyerdahl.
by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2009 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Very possibly, everybody thought this was Shoppach all along, meaning there never was that boat.
Look, even if he’s a back-up catcher with a 700 OPS, he’s an awesome backup catcher with a 700 OPS.
by fleerdon on Jun 11, 2009 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I’d prefer my backup to produce more in avg than power. I think. Not sure though, but I’ll think on it some more..
Shin-Soo Choo, future U.S. Citizen.
If he did that, he wouldn’t be a backup.
Quick exercise, go knock over a piece of large furniture and scream “POWER IS AWESOME.”
by fleerdon on Jun 11, 2009 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions
The main page link wasn’t up for the first few innings, so you had to click the scoreboard link. LGT was groggy from the draft.
by fleerdon on Jun 11, 2009 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions
well, how is that supposed to make me feel…
by DontCallMeJoey on Jun 11, 2009 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions
…much easier if you had an onion on your belt?
by Logodaedalus on Jun 11, 2009 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions
You know, Rowangartner and his buddies should have made that boat out of balsa. Then the boatwouold’ve sunk and the chick from Mighty Ducks would’ve been soaked.
/I was 8 when the movie came out, so I think it’s ok to say this.
i’m not sure that i can sanction any mighty ducks reference…
by DontCallMeJoey on Jun 11, 2009 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Good lord, I don’t think I ever actively tried to watch that movie. It just happened, like sleet.
How many fingers am I holding up?
He wouldn’t know that anyway!
by fleerdon on Jun 11, 2009 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions
listen, you and i both know that emilio estevez can essentially do no wrong, but the mighty ducks series (how many of those got made) may represent his only blemish.
by DontCallMeJoey on Jun 11, 2009 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I really don’t have a problem with it, I’m just saying, I’ve never in my life made an effort to see it, and yet I’m sure I’ve seen it 10 times if I’ve seen it once.
by fleerdon on Jun 11, 2009 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I am obsessed with the Ducks. Best sports movies ever.
by afh4 on Jun 11, 2009 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
If I ever coach a team of any sort, “It’s not worth winning if you can’t win big” is SO our motto.
by fleerdon on Jun 11, 2009 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
You can get a lot of mileage out of saying “Let’s go shake their hands” with an Icelandic accent, I’ve found.
by fleerdon on Jun 11, 2009 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions
don’t fall for it man, fleerdon’s just, like, a cheap afh4 knockoff
by fleerdon on Jun 11, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Ah, you’d be surprised how often the phrase “you lost it for yourself” can be used in everyday situations.
by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2009 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I believe you’re referring to Connie, i.e. Marguerite Moreau. Maybe Julie the Cat, but I’m not feeling that because you’re not fancy – you won’t go glove.
I want you inside of me! What? Oh, hey, how’s it going?
by fleerdon on Jun 11, 2009 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Well that’s just not appropriate! I mean, this is a vicar we’re talking about here!
by Logodaedalus on Jun 11, 2009 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey, how about all of us here at LGT get together in ten years to see what we’re doing at that point in our life?
We’ll all be adults by then, why don’t we just make it our beeswax to BE there by 10:30?
by fleerdon on Jun 11, 2009 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Choo three more K’s tonight… and this AVG has dropped about 15 pts in the last week.. Cause for concern?
what was the name of that gameshow? anyone with me? the pictionary game that had, like, b-list celebs team w/ normal people…
by DontCallMeJoey on Jun 11, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
without question. very well done. you get 2.5 points.
by DontCallMeJoey on Jun 11, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think you bunt again unless it’s for a hit.
by Logodaedalus on Jun 11, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
No, everyone on this damn team should know how to bunt. Whether they can or not, well.. thats another issue.
Shin-Soo Choo, future U.S. Citizen.
Plus… why bring in someone just to get an out? It seems silly to me.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
Eric Wedge as Tevye:
TRADITIOOOOOOOOOOOON! TRADITION!
by fleerdon on Jun 11, 2009 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hippos are the number one killers of humans.
Would you believe this is the second time I’ve uttered that phrase today?
I believe in Carl Pavano.
and the second game thread in a row that’s mentioned it.
by DontCallMeJoey on Jun 11, 2009 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m suggesting that we’ll have to do something other than watch this baseball game to enjoy ourselves.
by fleerdon on Jun 11, 2009 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions
This is a vicar we’re talking about here!
by Logodaedalus on Jun 11, 2009 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions
jeez, your eminence. language like that might get you transferred…
by DontCallMeJoey on Jun 11, 2009 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
People, it’s a movie. Wet Hot American Summer. by the comedy crew that did “The State.” Nobody fuck anybody’s cock because of this comment.
by fleerdon on Jun 11, 2009 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions
While we’re at it, I don’t want Vicar inside of me.
by fleerdon on Jun 11, 2009 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions
for the record, i laughed rather heartily at reading this.
by DontCallMeJoey on Jun 11, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions
That doesn’t make it not crude or not shocking and off the wall.
Shin-Soo Choo, future U.S. Citizen.
Not necessarily. Once you reach a certain age, shock seriously loses it’s value and moves over into eyeroll territory.
I’m not saying the above quote is not funny, as I’ve never seen it in context. I’m just sayin’.
I believe in Carl Pavano.
It’s different for everyone. I got very tired of shock as early as my junior year in college.
I believe in Carl Pavano.
Iron. After Bronze, it’s like, fffft.
by fleerdon on Jun 11, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
The off the wallness I’ll leave to Vicar, but I thought some context was necessary.
by fleerdon on Jun 11, 2009 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions
What’s with Indians games and bird sex?
by Julie on Jun 11, 2009 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
i really think liam deserves more credit.
by DontCallMeJoey on Jun 11, 2009 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Coors Original, voiced over by the most awesome mustache in the industry.
Shin-Soo Choo, future U.S. Citizen.
I’m hard pressed to think of a not-fantastic Sam eliot appearance. He and Kilmer absolutely made Tombstone.
“Don’t worry, darlin, I’ll still have one arm to hold you with.”
by fleerdon on Jun 11, 2009 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions
sam eliot is an american treasure. so’s his mustache, for that matter.
by DontCallMeJoey on Jun 11, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions
But really, where’s Ambiorix Burgos when you need him?
by Logodaedalus on Jun 11, 2009 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I think we should sign him to a contract the way he hits against us.. 4 of 8 HR are against us this year
But then….he can’t….hit against us….because….ah never mind.
by supermarioelia on Jun 11, 2009 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m willing to believe Ben Francisco was pretty damn awesome as an amateur. You’d have to get to pro ball before he wouldn’t be the best athlete on the field most anywhere.
by fleerdon on Jun 11, 2009 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Isn’t this when Jay shows up and we suddenly bat around or something?
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Force quit and move to trash.
I hope so. Not when we have Adorable Jamey Carroll in our team. (got that from Steve Buffum)
by jayme on Jun 11, 2009 9:38 PM EDT up reply