Game Thread: June 19, 2009, part 2
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Can someone sum up the 470-comment rain delay so I don’t have to read it all and/or get Rick Roll’d (again)
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Jun 19, 2009 3:57 PM EDT reply actions
I’m bogged down in it now.
How long has everyone been plotting revenge against the lawyers? Gawd.
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Jun 19, 2009 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I just hate jumping into threads underway. It’s like going to class late. I never could do it.
2010.
by Gradyforpresident on Jun 19, 2009 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
And even like two minutes late, I just can’t step through that door.
2010.
by Gradyforpresident on Jun 19, 2009 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions
You guys lost your appetite for the subject just as I was getting on a roll.
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Jun 19, 2009 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
- Math
- Beer
- Royals are dumb
- Cubs fans are dumb
- Phones/IM
- Famous people we sort of know
- Nicknames for Mike Gosling
Um..
Math.
Writing.
Academics.
Texting.
Alcohol.
Famous people our parents know.
Typing in other languages.
Grammar and punctuation.
Gosling’s nickname.
Pretty typical, really.
Steel Nick
LGT is my anti-drug.
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Jun 19, 2009 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions
For a series of movies that have the exact same plot every time, The Final Destination looks pretty good.
I didn’t know a human being could be so wrong.
Steel Nick
by nickjs21 on Jun 19, 2009 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
If it helps my case, I’ve never seen a Saw movie and don’t plan to. Although Meagan Good was in one, that made me consider it for a second.
Incorrect.
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Jun 19, 2009 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
This comment comes recommended.
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Jun 19, 2009 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
It was so depressing to watch previews before The Hangover. Crap movies like this, (some other horror flick) and 2012 (which looks like another steaming pile of turd).
At least The Hangover turned out to be one of the best comedies of the year.
Yeah, what audience exactly were they going for?
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Jun 19, 2009 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Gross.
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Jun 19, 2009 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Cubs announcers just reference Crowe as a pinch hitting option.
2010.
by Gradyforpresident on Jun 19, 2009 4:05 PM EDT reply actions
It’s time I admitted my crush on Muybuena.
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Jun 19, 2009 4:07 PM EDT reply actions
So just think if we would have won that Brewers series
2010.
by Gradyforpresident on Jun 19, 2009 4:08 PM EDT reply actions
Seriously, Cubs fans are awful.
2010.
by Gradyforpresident on Jun 19, 2009 4:10 PM EDT reply actions
Is GFP here? What the hell was that snake eating?
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Jun 19, 2009 4:13 PM EDT reply actions
I haven’t the slightest idea how to interpret this.
2010.
by Gradyforpresident on Jun 19, 2009 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, and Rog… you can’t hail the Cash Cab. It’s a setup.
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Jun 19, 2009 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Stop it
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Jun 19, 2009 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions
An ewe. It was like the first result on the google image search.
2010.
by Gradyforpresident on Jun 19, 2009 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
ew
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Jun 19, 2009 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Valbuena has been hitting the nail on the head for the last month now…they’ve just been going right at fielders….maybe they’ll start falling now. That was one heck of a shot.
I love Valbuena!!!! Good kid, good attitude, good player. I’m thinking we stole another middle infielding stud from Seattle!!!
by MooneysRebellion on Jun 19, 2009 4:14 PM EDT reply actions
Nailed the record for earliest jinx in Indians history.
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Jun 19, 2009 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions
you’ve been a registere LGT user since August 2008 and it has taken you this long to have this debate?
I really, really like the Georgian flag.
2010.
by Gradyforpresident on Jun 19, 2009 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve beered before (though actually not that often)…. I’m thinking about Scotch now though. That seems somehow different…
by Logodaedalus on Jun 19, 2009 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions
not often while watching games by myself that is…
by Logodaedalus on Jun 19, 2009 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions
are the lights out and curtains drawn? b/c that might be considered bad…
by DontCallMeJoey on Jun 19, 2009 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Cliffy…set em’ up, mow em’ down!!!! You know, its amazing what happens for a pitcher when he throws STRIKES!!!! Good God, get the bullpen binoculars so they can see this guy pitch from all the way out their in the outfield!!!!!
by MooneysRebellion on Jun 19, 2009 4:17 PM EDT reply actions
Must have been a sale on exclamation points at the Big Lots.
by FredOx on Jun 19, 2009 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Alright, I admit, it might have been a bit extreme use of caps…but seriously, I’m a former college pitcher (mostly used out of the bullpen), its not that hard to throw strikes. I never made it beyond college because I threw all offspeed and gave up a bunch of singles….but I much rather have bullpen guys come in and get hit than not throw strikes and walk in runs continuously.
by MooneysRebellion on Jun 19, 2009 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions
or just keep walking… that’d be okay too…
by Logodaedalus on Jun 19, 2009 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Jeezum crow Vic
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Jun 19, 2009 4:22 PM EDT reply actions
Ah, Yahoo! hasn’t tacked on the latest three runs.
by JulioBernazard on Jun 19, 2009 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Indians are only team Cubs have not beaten at Wrigley (0-2) except for the Angels who have never played there. ( Len Kasper)
cub fans boo a lot its obnoxious
by I'd give my legs for Wegz on Jun 19, 2009 4:26 PM EDT reply actions
I go back and forth on this. They’re very different to me. Both smell horrible. Wrigley is comfy and relaxed. Like a big BBQ, with some obnoxious folks. Fenway is expensive and uncomfortable. Games in Wrigley are chill, games in Fenway feel like BIG games.
Again, both are historic, but in my mind, the Cubs history is Wednesday afternoon games with no pennant race; Boston history is Bucky Dent or Ted Williams.
chris berman is unlistenable. i mean, an absolutely reprehensible broadcaster, but especially when it comes to golf.
by DontCallMeJoey on Jun 19, 2009 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Yep – when I first turned it on yesterday and saw he was doing the open, I was really upset. Not upset enough to not watch it, but very close. That was a really awful selection by ESPN. Give me Scott van Pelt 400 times before you give me Chris Berman. Give me anybody before you give me Chris Berman, for any sport.
by jakesinger777 on Jun 19, 2009 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions
i’m concerned that he actually is. and what concerns me more is that espn continues to force him upon an increasingly head-shaking sports-watching public.
by DontCallMeJoey on Jun 19, 2009 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Like his nicknames for NFL players. Do people find those funny? It just confuses me. Most of ESPN’s people. Stuart Scott? Trey Wingo? People like them?
And if you look beyond that, he just doesn’t seem to take a very intelligent approach to what he does. And, as if it matters, I think he is known to be a huge a-hole.
by jakesinger777 on Jun 19, 2009 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Hahaha great video. I can’t figure out what he’s so mad about. People moving around?
by jakesinger777 on Jun 19, 2009 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions
each of these people who you have named have contributed in a not-small manner to my ongoing attempt to boycott all things espn…except for live action coverage.
by DontCallMeJoey on Jun 19, 2009 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Some of their newer people (many of whom I’d struggle to name) are less unbearable. Also, I really like Scott van Pelt.
by jakesinger777 on Jun 19, 2009 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I listen to Mike and Mike when I go to sleep and wake up in the morning (I sleep very little). Aside from that, I agree with you.
now that you mention it, i will listen to the tirico and van pelt radio show if i’m in the car in the middle of the day (as a reply to jake, also)
by DontCallMeJoey on Jun 19, 2009 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I think so. Not all, but many of my friends to whom I’ve expressed my dislike for Berman have disagreed. I think people consider him to be some sort of classic, broadcasting legend. I think he’s horrific.
He’s announcing this golf tournament the same way he announces football, which is not a very good approach, in my opinion. I am pretty sure it’s a different viewership.
by jakesinger777 on Jun 19, 2009 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions
mickelson birdied his second hole this morning, as about half of the field was still on the course for its first round, and berman says, “AND THE PLOT THICKENS!!!!!”
hey chris…go fuck yourself
by DontCallMeJoey on Jun 19, 2009 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions
When we’re ready to pull the plug on the Ben Francisco Experience.
by woodsmeister on Jun 19, 2009 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions
just to be clear…what call are we talking about?
by DontCallMeJoey on Jun 19, 2009 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Gosling was Stanford’s starting pitcher in the 2001 College World Series title game, after being drafted in the 2nd round by the Diamondbacks.
2001 was Garko’s 1st year as Stanford’s starting catcher.
Damn…he smoked another one and got robbed again!
by MooneysRebellion on Jun 19, 2009 4:32 PM EDT reply actions
That thread was exhausting.
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Jun 19, 2009 4:36 PM EDT reply actions
oh no
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Jun 19, 2009 4:36 PM EDT reply actions
Somebody just rip my heart out with a spoon. Can we take any more injuries?
by MooneysRebellion on Jun 19, 2009 4:37 PM EDT reply actions
Crashed into the wall.
Case of the beet bandit. Missing beets from all over the farm, no footprints. Inside job. Mose in socks. Boom. Case closed. -Dwight Schrute
Slightly OT…
I’m watching the game on my iPod Touch. Scouting report…
No choice of announcers, though Len Kasper and Bob Brenly are very good.
Picture quality isn’t great — about like MLB.TV in standard mode.
Occasionally can’t keep up, but usually OK.
Crude DVR functionality — back up 30 sec., then go forward.
It checks your location to determine blackouts.
You must download ($9.99) the updated iPod OS first.
"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007
Why do you need a phone anyway? Isn’t the bullpen right next to the dugout??
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Jun 19, 2009 4:38 PM EDT reply actions
It didn’t work that way in Rookie of the Year.
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Jun 19, 2009 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions
there goes the no no, courtesy of the Pitcher!
by MooneysRebellion on Jun 19, 2009 4:40 PM EDT reply actions
I love this kid. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it all you who think he should be sent back to AAA!
by MooneysRebellion on Jun 19, 2009 4:41 PM EDT reply actions
I know, but there are plenty on Indians.com that do, sadly. The kids a stud, he’s just not finding any holes right now….oh, except for the huge hole atop the right field fence :D
by MooneysRebellion on Jun 19, 2009 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions
There’s also some people on Castro’s blog that are furious Barfield isn’t starting every day. HIS AVERAGE IS HIGH!
I’m okay with Barf playing, he has put up good at bats this year…I’d be all for him playing second and Valb at SS. Put Carrol at third and ship bad attitude Jhonny P. so the pirates or anybody that might have a decent reliever or starter.
by MooneysRebellion on Jun 19, 2009 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Barfield shouldn’t sniff the field unless he is pinch running or replacing a number of injured players
Until I have reason to believe otherwise, Smith wasn’t healthy going into the year. He’s been much better since returning from the DL. And we need a bullpen arm much, much more than an OF.
Man, you guys are bad
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Jun 19, 2009 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Just a little there after the catch, but I am really, really looking forward to some quality Milton-bashing out of Hammy today.
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Jun 19, 2009 4:48 PM EDT reply actions
Standing O.
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Jun 19, 2009 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions
You should ride some of those rides they have there.
I’m going in July for the first time in a long time, too. Spending fathers Day at Busch Gardens first.
It’s pretty awesome.
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Jun 19, 2009 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions
if memory serves, the raptor is pretty cool.
but i probably haven’t been in 8 years.
by DontCallMeJoey on Jun 19, 2009 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions
The Raptor is cool. Millennium Force isn’t bad. I still enjoy the Magnum, and Top Thrill Dragster was a fun way to kill what felt like 8 seconds of actual ride.
I haven’t been there in 3 years, so I’m not sure what Maverick (the newest one) is like. My wife is going a week from tomorrow with a group from her work.
Enjoy yourself!
Juan Salas: Smartest man in baseball?
precviously: “having little predictive power”
by Logodaedalus on Jun 19, 2009 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Does anyone think Cliff will be on the 2011 roster?
Case of the beet bandit. Missing beets from all over the farm, no footprints. Inside job. Mose in socks. Boom. Case closed. -Dwight Schrute
I’ll clarify: I don’t think this is a CC Sabathia case of “only in my dreams”. I don’t think that I would want Cliff on the team in 2011, obviously with the contract considered. He’s turning 32 next year and somebody will probably offer him a 4 year deal.
by jakesinger777 on Jun 19, 2009 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions
How in the hell did he call him out?
Case of the beet bandit. Missing beets from all over the farm, no footprints. Inside job. Mose in socks. Boom. Case closed. -Dwight Schrute
the replay on the Cubs feed looked like he may actually have been out…. it was really close though
by Logodaedalus on Jun 19, 2009 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, that’s my sense too. Cubs announcers agree.
by Logodaedalus on Jun 19, 2009 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Carroll all out diving stop of a grounder up the middle… flips to Valbuena for a race to 2B. Just beats the slide for the out.
by Logodaedalus on Jun 19, 2009 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions
is Piniella getting his money’s worth by arguing?
by JulioBernazard on Jun 19, 2009 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, i just saw the replay, i’m going to go ahead and say he was definitely out.
great call by the ump really…live action it looked like safe by a mile.
by DontCallMeJoey on Jun 19, 2009 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions
So how does one get the highlight updates if one is blacked out from the only game presently being played?
FE WEE
I am always wrong when I declare someone safe or out.
Case of the beet bandit. Missing beets from all over the farm, no footprints. Inside job. Mose in socks. Boom. Case closed. -Dwight Schrute
no question that Martinez, Valbuena, Cabrera and Carroll is our best defensive infield…
by Logodaedalus on Jun 19, 2009 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions
What is this “America’s team” bullshit Hegan is spewing?
The Cubs are America’s Bitch.
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
by Jay on Jun 19, 2009 6:09 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I’m insulted. America is a winner.
Shin-Soo Choo, future U.S. Citizen.
by USSChoo on Jun 19, 2009 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Even if they win this one, the fact that the bullpen had to make it difficult has to take away some sense of momentum…
There must be a clause in his contract or something that he cannot pitch more than one inning.
by Logodaedalus on Jun 19, 2009 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah we should stop pining for multi inning saves for Wood, regardless of how bad our 8th inning guys are. It’s just not happening
Back to say
WHY IS PEREZ PITCHING TO SORIANO
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Jun 19, 2009 6:21 PM EDT reply actions
My favorite part of baseball is it’s unpredictability. With Eric Wedge nothing is unpredictable.
Case of the beet bandit. Missing beets from all over the farm, no footprints. Inside job. Mose in socks. Boom. Case closed. -Dwight Schrute
sigh
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Jun 19, 2009 6:22 PM EDT reply actions
I’m serious… it has to be strictly forbidden at some level…. there is no other explanation.
by Logodaedalus on Jun 19, 2009 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions
yea i didn’t know the indians were on early today and i just tuned in when they were leading 7-2 then it went downhill and they didn’t bring on wood. did i miss something?
The Cleveland Indians: Minor League Farm Team Affiliate of the MLB
by HireRockyColavito on Jun 19, 2009 6:25 PM EDT reply actions
Yup, exact same situation over here. Wish I didn’t find out it was on.
by supermarioelia on Jun 19, 2009 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions
the game would have been over if there had not been a rain delay
by palcal on Jun 19, 2009 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Um, is this inning over yet? My Yahoo stats just reset itself to the beginning of bottom 8, which is always scary.
Shin-Soo Choo, future U.S. Citizen.
To any Cubs fan watching: No, your team is not suddenly awesome. This is just what happens when you plan the 2009 Indians.
Wow, you’re right! I can’t believe we didn’t think of that!
by Logodaedalus on Jun 19, 2009 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I have never posted a serious thing on LGT in my life.
by supermarioelia on Jun 19, 2009 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Has anyone considered that Kerry Wood could actually get four outs instead of three?
Case of the beet bandit. Missing beets from all over the farm, no footprints. Inside job. Mose in socks. Boom. Case closed. -Dwight Schrute
Mario already did the ironic “has anyone considered” bit
by Logodaedalus on Jun 19, 2009 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions
by mere seconds.
Case of the beet bandit. Missing beets from all over the farm, no footprints. Inside job. Mose in socks. Boom. Case closed. -Dwight Schrute
Your sense of irony is off by mere seconds. Not bad, I’d say.
by supermarioelia on Jun 19, 2009 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Wedge, did you see that great display of excellence by Herges!!? I think you should leave him out there for the 9th that was so awesome.
FE WEE
I just realized something — Wedge didn’t want to use Wood because the pitcher is due up in the 9th. So he was willing to give up more runs in hope he could PH, when most of our bench is hitting .200.
Don’t leave the AL, Wedge!
-Kyle
I guess you can’t double-switch with Hafner.
Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile
by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Jun 19, 2009 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions
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