Game Thread: June 14, 2009
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PrintSt. Louis Cardinals at Cleveland Indians, Jun 14, 2009 8:05 PM EDT
NDIANS (28-36): 2B Jamey Carroll, LF Mark DeRosa, 1B Victor Martinez, RF Shin-Soo Choo, 3B Jhonny Peralta, DH Ryan Garko, CF Ben Francisco, SS Luis Valbuena, C Kelly Shoppach. LHP Cliff Lee (3-6, 3.17).
CARDINALS (34-29): SS Brendan Ryan, LF Rick Ankiel, 1B Albert Pujols, RF Ryan Ludwick, DH Nick Stavinoha, C Yadier Molina, CF Colby Rasmus, 3B Tyler Greene, 2B Jared Shumaker. RHP Chris Carpenter (4-0, 1.23).
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It’s like trying to judge a teacher. We can guess at how the kids should be “performing,” but we don’t really know. Maybe they would be worse with another teacher. Maybe they would be better with a screamer. Maybe they’re having problems at home. If you can’t look at the overall test scores, because of the individuals involved, what do you look at?
Perhaps we should look at the little things, like capitalization, or whether students can write a paragraph that is not just a sentence that goes on and on, but rather is divided into discrete thoughts, and if they can not, maybe the student is just lacking in ability, and in that case, we should look at the student himself or herself, but it does seem to be the teacher’s fault if the whole class has similar problems, and maybe it is best to compare to other classes, but correct for the students involved.
by dgcambridge on Jun 14, 2009 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
“There’s no ‘I’ in team, but there is an ‘I’ in ‘pie,’ so there’s an eye in ‘meat pie,’ and ‘meat’ is an anagram of ‘team’…”
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Did anybody happen to hear me on Toledo radio?
They asked about Alex White. I absurdly asserted he might be in the bullpen for ’10 playoff run.
Didn’t hear you. It’s possible.
I only caught a half-inning of today’s UNC game. Does anyone have anything to add on him other than “threw lots of pitches, struck out lots of guys”?
Steel Nick
Likes the splitter away to left-handers. Is going to have a rude awakening about high fastballs in pro ball. Doesn’t give in when behind in the count.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I mean, that’s true of basically every strong-armed college pitcher.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I may be the only person you know who could have picked up the actual signal, and you didn’t email me.
Unbelieveable.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I didn’t even know sports radio talked Tribe in this town. WKNR?
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions
WSPD. I’m joshin, by the way, I almost never have the radio on.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions
You know, it basically dawned on me that I was no longer college-aged when my sister told me I was too old to audition for The Real World.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t have a radio outside of the car.
Though there is an unopened walkman (tape deck, radio) that I found when I moved into my house. It’s a sticker from Walgreens for 9.99 on it.
Il faut d'abord durer.
I still rock the Walkman when I mow the lawn every now and again.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Harkens back to the days when I’d have to stand on my head and wiggle my ears to get 107.9 The End in on that sucker.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I think that a quick pre-game LGT thread-review should be mandatory for the Tribe right before they take the field. Keep em grounded, remind em who they’re playing for.
Yeah, that would work well.
“Who the hell is Stomp?”
“How #$%^ing long has it been since we cut Fernando, anyway?”
“Hey, how’d they know we call him ‘Baboo’?”
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions
My attention span will be up and down as I’ll be doing practice GMAT Qs at the same time, but I’ll pop in from time to time. LGT!
Probably gonna be a straight MBA, if I end up going. I just finished undergrad and have a couple months off before my job starts, so I wanted to be proactive and take the test now.
by jakesinger777 on Jun 14, 2009 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Could be fun. I loved my business undergrad.
Although I’m biased; basically every other graduate degree sounds better to me than a J.D. right about now.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah it’s gonna come down to what my company’s attitude towards sending people to get their MBAs is, whether or not I feel like I need it, whether or not I want to switch careers, etc..stuff that is too soon to tell.
by jakesinger777 on Jun 14, 2009 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve got a buddy who’s up to his armpits in debt from law school now who comes up with a new fake job he’s applying for every day. Yesterday’s was “sub-Saharan warlord.”
By which I mean, best of luck. There’s a good chance I’ll be putting my accounting to work again myself.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Exactly. I have a pretty good job lined up, hopefully it’ll be somewhat secure, and I may not want to give that up in a couple years.
by jakesinger777 on Jun 14, 2009 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions
2009 Masters Winner Also Given Matching Green Pants
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions
For as brilliant as Miller looks next to Morgan I find it annoying how he has to remind me of the proper way to pronounce a Spanish name.
I’m listening on the radio.
Steel Nick
Really? It always bothers me when announcers can’t even come close. It’s like, a, you get paid to do this, and b, it’s a #$%^ing phonetic language.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I see where you’re coming from. There’s just something specifically about Miller doing it that bothers me.
Quick backstory, Miller elbowed my grandma in the face once and called her a punta.
Steel Nick
He called her a “tip”? Sure you didn’t mean “puta”?
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ll buy that he’s a total pendejo, though.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m excited if we get rid of Wallace and Pavlovic’s contracts for him. We’d still need another big guy, I think, but if you can 20 minutes out of him and Z next year, that’s a big step in the right direction.
Il faut d'abord durer.
When I was younger I accidentally threw a rock at a seagull’s neck to try and scare it away. I didn’t try to hit its neck, but it did. I was at the beach so we continue walking, then walk back to see some old guy washing out the seagull’s bleeding neck and some little boy asking his dad what happened to it.
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I’m a fan of puns in general, though Choo’s do get tiresome. Your name was great when you first started posting, for example, and now it’s not funny anymore. No offense or anything.
Il faut d'abord durer.
I was thinking about deleting my seagull FanPost just to make a statement. A very quiet, inconsequential statement.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m about to pass out from hunger, but I don’t feel like leaving my house, late afternoon Indians is good stuff. This limits my choices.
TORONTO—Immediately after pitching a complete game shutout for his league-leading 10th win Sunday, Blue Jays ace Roy “Doc” Halladay retired to the Rogers Centre press room to take questions from the complete lack of reporters in attendance. “I feel pretty good right now, and I want to keep that going,” said Halladay, directing his comments toward a stack of folding chairs that had not even been set out. “Doc, do you feel that your amazing start has been flying completely under the radar?” asked Halladay in a deep voice somewhat resembling that of Toronto Star columnist Richard Griffin, before responding that he expected no accolades for his 43 career complete games, 141 career wins, 1,375 career strikeouts, 2003 Cy Young award, or incredible durability. Halladay, upon asking and therefore receiving no further questions, stood up, looked around the room for a long moment, and slowly walked back to the clubhouse.
I heart the Onion sports.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:12 PM EDT reply actions
So, the tree across street literally just got struck by lightning. Like, their is flaming bark in the street. This is second time in my life that’s happened. Crazy.
Il faut d'abord durer.
Haha, “Shaq Fu!” is my go-to phrase tonight.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
all I wanna do is crack-crack-crack-crack / padda-bum BING and take your prospects
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
In the alternate universe where I have and can operate Photoshop, there’s a hardcore Shapiro/Antonetti/Slumdog Millionaire thing happening right now.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I think, by the time I wrote it out, it wouldn’t be funny anymore.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions
But I love him…
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Jun 14, 2009 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes of course. And him. I hate when we trade people I love. It makes me sad.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Jun 14, 2009 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
DeRosa!!!
One day I'll get over to watch the Tribe play
by new zealand tribe fan on Jun 14, 2009 8:24 PM EDT reply actions
I love the Cavs, but this should probably stop.
by JulioBernazard on Jun 14, 2009 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
See JB, what you said right there, that’s what’s called “encouraging me.”
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Steve Phillips: utility infielders are sub-standard infielders pretty much wherever you put them. I don’t think this is true. They can defend they just can’t hit…
That’s why he’s a pinch runner, not a utility infielder.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions
*fielders. And, if they aren’t good fielders, what are they doing on a baseball team.
by jakesinger777 on Jun 14, 2009 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s how I think about utility infielders, typically…
by Logodaedalus on Jun 14, 2009 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I mean, isn’t that backwards? If they can’t field, then they better be really good hitters. But if they are really good hitters, they probably aren’t bouncing around too much. It’s usually the other way around, no?
by jakesinger777 on Jun 14, 2009 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I meant I agree with you, not Phillips.
by Logodaedalus on Jun 14, 2009 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions
watching the Cardinals will do that to you?
by Logodaedalus on Jun 14, 2009 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions
No error, one of those dumb plays where because he didn’t touch the ball, he didn’t make a play on it, no matter how poor the defense was.
Il faut d'abord durer.
Wow, you’re right. A really bad theological joke. I have always found the Northern Renaissance to be a poor place to look for humor.
Il faut d'abord durer.
Oh, c’mon…. are there any countries more inherently funny than Belgium? I mean… just say it out loud… “Belgium”
by Logodaedalus on Jun 14, 2009 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions
A gratuitous use of the word Belgium, but not in a screenplay.
by woodsmeister on Jun 14, 2009 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions
“You act as if I’ve just said something unspeakable rude.”
“You have.”
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Please don’t turn me into a bowl of petunias
by Logodaedalus on Jun 14, 2009 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I HAVE A GOOD THEOLOGICAL JOKE!
Why shouldn’t you piss off an agnostic?
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions
He might burn a question mark in your yard.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t know. Why shouldn’t you piss off an agnostic?
by woodsmeister on Jun 14, 2009 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow Jhonny triple, better get my wife to record the delayed ESPN coverage, be worth just to see that happen.
One day I'll get over to watch the Tribe play
by new zealand tribe fan on Jun 14, 2009 8:32 PM EDT reply actions
won’t you be able to watch the archived game on MLB.tv?
by Logodaedalus on Jun 14, 2009 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes could do that. ESPN here are showing game 5 followed SNB, so could record both given it is Monday afternoon here and I’m at work.
One day I'll get over to watch the Tribe play
by new zealand tribe fan on Jun 14, 2009 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I had actually never seen Lonesome Dove before this weekend. SHAQ FU it’s awesome.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:32 PM EDT reply actions
If Lee keeps getting these, he’ll be able to go at least 14 innings….
Too bad about that 21 pitch first…
by Logodaedalus on Jun 14, 2009 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions
My big one is commercials that start with alarm clocks.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions
“The bunt is a bad play. You want to swing the bat and hit a double.” – Steve Phillips.
Brilliant.
Il faut d'abord durer.
This would get a rec if you’d left out the caption
by Logodaedalus on Jun 14, 2009 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions
you’re just trying to be promoted into a rector
by Logodaedalus on Jun 14, 2009 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Man, I’d all but forgotten about Chalmers. “Gotta hand it to you, Skinner, you sure can steam a good ham.”
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh my god, I kept waiting for Shoppach to enter the frame of that shot and I waited and waited and waited and then he finally made it to home where the ball was.
He is a SLOW man.
-Kyle
You would think Skinz would know his players by now.
by JulioBernazard on Jun 14, 2009 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Phillips, kids these days play more games by the time their in high school than many MLBers played in their entire lives.
Il faut d'abord durer.
We need a primer on this site, like the one for HTML code.
by JulioBernazard on Jun 14, 2009 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I was an English major, and a bit of a grammar nazi. I’m just WAY off in my typing tonight.
Il faut d'abord durer.
I like how you got one wrong and one right in the same sentence.
by JulioBernazard on Jun 14, 2009 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I rented MLB 2k9 out of curiosity, I’ve played like 4 total games, and Steve Phillips’ commentary already makes me want to fall face first into a knife.
My timing rocks. We left to go to the team store to use our Grady coupons and we were in the store when the Grady interview came on. I stopped shopping and stood in the middle of the store and watched. I was shocked that I was the only person doing this.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Jun 14, 2009 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
There’s a rumor that Shaq is coming to the Cavs. So we’re shouting SHAQ FU regularly as if it’s already happened.
It’s kind of like yelling “Mom?!” in a crowded grocery store.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I like reading the explicit scenes of trashy romance novels at a very audible level in grocery stores.
Oh man, never wait in line with me when the sexy tabloids and women’s mags are out, I’m the very worst.
“TWENTY NEW SEX TRICKS THAT WILL MAKE HIM WORSHIP AT YOUR FEET! SEX TRICK NUMBER ONE…”
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I miss reading the headlines on the Weekly World News. It was a sad day when they ceased publication.
by woodsmeister on Jun 14, 2009 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I miss tabloids being ridiculous, now they’re just bitchy. I really don’t care that Jessica Biel went into public with a zit. Hell, I’ll do it too, then she and I can have something to talk about.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions
You and I are one in the same on this. Anytime I’m with a friend I will do anything I possibly can to embarrass him. And it gets vulgar. “Oh, we should try this!”
It’s just a self-defense mechanism for me if I’m out with any of my college buddies. One of my friends once checked out a motorized shopping cart and followed us around the store asking us to get things off high shelves for him. I literally could not stand up from trying not to laugh. For about 20 minutes.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions
You’d keep thinking he’d stopped, you’d be down an aisle getting wine or something, and you hear this vrrrrmmmmmm….
He was in poker face the entire time. I couldn’t even wrap my head around it.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Not sure. I haven’t watched a pro basketball game intentionally in years.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Did you guys know Ankiel started as a pitcher? Yep. Played on the same team that Anthony Reyes started Game 1 of the 2006 World Series for.
Steel Nick
Ha!
Wait, you’re being sarcastic, right? That’s like asking if we knew the Indians got Grady and Lee for Colon or if we knew Lester had cancer — it’s the only things national announcers ever mention.
-Kyle
Tom Izzo having Michigan State practice rebounding drills in football pads. Worst of all time.
Il faut d'abord durer.
I was at the UNC game in April in Detroit. Would have been more heartbreaking if we had a shot at em.
God I would be SUCH a dick if I were Grady.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Grady was cut in my fantasy league after hitting the DL, because we only have one DL spot. I’m not sure whether to pick him up or not, I’m already in first with a sizeable lead, and Jake Peavy has my DL spot. But he might be out a long time.
I’m just not sure how much value Peavy has, with word that he may miss up to 12 weeks. I have one offer out right now.
Must they really show us continual updates of the basketball game? I’ve got it recording to watch later, can’t they be considerate?!
“Everybody line up in a circle. Half you over there, half of you over there, and half of you over there.”
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
You mean Tony LaRussa, J.D., who is an example of someone who has pursued a non-traditional career with his law degree? THAT Tony LaRussa?
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I got stung today on the side of my head. During a bike ride. It’s been a bad day.
Il faut d'abord durer.
That is scary. My uncle got stung in the forehead and the swelling was so bad one of his eyes was permanently damaged. I’m not allergic, though.
Il faut d'abord durer.
I had been listening to the I Love Movies podcast by Doug Benson and he and one of his guests ripped Drag Me to Hell, to shreds. It was weird for me to see that movie get good reviews.
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I have been Podcast consuming like a fiend all year. Is that a good one? I could go for a movie review podcast.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Although that has gotten insanely good reviews, especially on Rotten Tomatoes, I’m not much of a fan of horror movies, unless they are unbearably bad. Probably the most fun I’ve ever had at a movie was the movie Shutter, afternoon showing, maybe 10 other people. My friend and I did not stop crying the entire movie.
Got panned by the Onion A.V. Club, which is pretty much my gospel for movies.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Bad move. The game will now slow down. Thanks.
by woodsmeister on Jun 14, 2009 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions
So on the topic of movies, Terminator: Salvation bummed me out, and I think it was Christian Bale’s fault.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 9:08 PM EDT reply actions
I’m bummed out by it, and I haven’t even seen it. I had such high hopes, and have only heard awful things.
Il faut d'abord durer.
It’s visually very, very impressive, but then you expect that for your ten bucks these days. I’d say it’s like two-thirds of a good movie.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Of course, in the words of my freshman year Spanish teacher — “Two-thirds? That’s sixty-six percent. That’s an F.”
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Okay, let’s start with this: Is there a possibility that Christian Bale really isn’t as dynamic an actor as we’d like to think? “Newsies” aside.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions
My biggest problem with Batman 2 was that Batman was the least interesting character, and I think that was mostly Bale’s fault.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
That much is absolutely true. But I very much enjoyed The Prestige (Although people tell me I’m wrong about that). I didn’t see the new Terminator, I can be very jaded in my movie taste, just not interested in it.
Basically, if you cast him in something serious, and minimize him a bit, I think he can really add to a movie. But ask him to carry a summer blockbuster and he can get so far into the role that fighting time-travelling robots for the salvation of humanity starts to look mundane. It’s like, I don’t ACTUALLY want to experience John Connor’s inner demons, Christian.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions
So okay, could we maybe say he’s kind of one-note? Sullen expression, too-intense-for-the-circumstances-fiery glare, kind of barks even when he whispers? I don’t know, it’s like, the more screen time and lines he gets, the less fun the movie is. He just sucks the fun out of it.
Christian Bale is the Minnesota Twins of leading Hollywood men.
by fleerdon on Jun 14, 2009 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions
The Elephant is a myth. It’s always mentioned, so we really have no way of knowing whether it’s mentioning is what causes the lack of you know what.
by supermarioelia on Jun 14, 2009 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions
So did anyone see Pineapple Express? I was just looking up someone on IMDB and found this song was in the movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPKTLLb80Ns
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Kelly Shoppach reached home faster this time.
Steel Nick
by nickjs21 on Jun 14, 2009 9:18 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Duh. Cliff at 64 pitches thru 6. Love that pace.
by jakesinger777 on Jun 14, 2009 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions
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