Game Thread: September 4, 2009
by Ryan on Sep 4, 2009 6:45 PM EDT
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PrintMinnesota Twins at Cleveland Indians, Sep 4, 2009 7:05 PM EDT
Lineups:
Minnesota: LF Span, SS Cabrera, C Mauer, 1B Morneau, DH Kubel, RF Cuddyer, 3B Harris, CF Gomez, 2B Casilla, P Pavano
Cleveland: CF Brantley, LF Carroll, SS Cabrera, 3B Peralta, DH Hafner, RF LaPorta, 2B Valbuena, 1B Marte, C Shoppach, P Sowers
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almost too quiet
My uncle says you've got a screw loose.
Your uncle molests collies.
by gorilla_baller on Sep 4, 2009 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I was beginning to worry that I was the only one here. And I’m in my car!
CFO of Klezmer
by salome on Sep 4, 2009 7:14 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
If JayZ can proclaim himself the CEO of hip-hop, then nothing can stop me from being the CFO of klezmer.
CFO of Klezmer
by salome on Sep 4, 2009 7:19 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Someone used to use that sig over at TCF – was that you? I’m sort of a financial exec, so I notice that stuff.
by kennesawmountainwahoo on Sep 4, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Until you look it up, Klezmer sounds like a credible name for a pharmaceutical company. And I have no idea why I think that.
by kennesawmountainwahoo on Sep 4, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Johnny Peralta looks like Chief Wiggum.
by Cleveland Indians on Sep 4, 2009 7:15 PM EDT reply actions
Hey Chief, can I hold my gun sideways? It looks so cool.
My uncle says you've got a screw loose.
Your uncle molests collies.
by gorilla_baller on Sep 4, 2009 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Choo would’ve driven in Carroll from second.
by Cleveland Indians on Sep 4, 2009 7:23 PM EDT reply actions
tonight is the night that sowers opens the eyes of the world?
My uncle says you've got a screw loose.
Your uncle molests collies.
by gorilla_baller on Sep 4, 2009 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Jeremy Sowers might be the only pitcher in major league baseball that makes everyone nervous by starting a game with two perfect innings. If he goes three, we’re doomed.
Here Lies the Victor Martinez Era:
Sept. 10, 2002 - July 31, 2009
He may just lead the league in this category.
by supermarioelia on Sep 4, 2009 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions
OPS+ against by inning:
1st 47 (“alright good start Jeremy”)
2nd 32 (“great, great. fooling the big bats, just stay calm”)
3rd 65 (“still cruising, controlling the damage”)
4th 69 (“I’ve got it. Finally solved the puzzle. I am Jeremy! Too smart for this game”)
5th 174 (“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”)
6th 166 (“This damn game! I hate this game. I hate this friggin’ game! Stupid game.” /throws glove in dumpster)
Sowers was probably a beast in little league. Four innings and turn it over to the pen.
by supermarioelia on Sep 4, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions
i played with a guy who BIT his glove apart after a game like this… no dumpster needed if you can digest leather
My uncle says you've got a screw loose.
Your uncle molests collies.
by gorilla_baller on Sep 4, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions
something like this… just fatter than weaver or burnett or whoever this is
My uncle says you've got a screw loose.
Your uncle molests collies.
by gorilla_baller on Sep 4, 2009 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s what I thought… and now that I look again his name is stitched into his glove. Usually a giveaway
My uncle says you've got a screw loose.
Your uncle molests collies.
by gorilla_baller on Sep 4, 2009 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions
My biggest question isn’t how he becomes so easy to hit, it is how can he continue to be effective 1-4.. is it more of a drop off in performance than learning his approach? Because if it was just learning his approach you would think teams would know now going in. Then again, maybe they just don’t care to study it, because they know they’ll figure it out in time to score 6-7 anyway.
Here Lies the Victor Martinez Era:
Sept. 10, 2002 - July 31, 2009
Can we transplant Paul Byrd’s brain into Fausto’s head? Minus the tumour?
by supermarioelia on Sep 4, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I think we could transfer shoulder’s and arms with a fair amount of success.
Here Lies the Victor Martinez Era:
Sept. 10, 2002 - July 31, 2009
shoulder’s and arms
Brilliant work, self.
Here Lies the Victor Martinez Era:
Sept. 10, 2002 - July 31, 2009
What’s your educational background? Do you need to be held accountable for this? hah
My uncle says you've got a screw loose.
Your uncle molests collies.
by gorilla_baller on Sep 4, 2009 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions
are you aware of a successful fastball transplant?
My uncle says you've got a screw loose.
Your uncle molests collies.
by gorilla_baller on Sep 4, 2009 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions
This is where Marte is going to get into trouble. He can not keep pulling EVERYTHING and hope to be successful.
My uncle says you've got a screw loose.
Your uncle molests collies.
You think Underwood has a planned line for what to say if Sowers throws a perfect game? He must, right?
Oh, I have it on mute obviously. Watching Canada-Dominican Republic in basketball too.
by supermarioelia on Sep 4, 2009 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I hope it’s something as cool as the “El Presidente, El Perfecto!!!” that Dave Van Horne busted out for Dennis Martinez.
by supermarioelia on Sep 4, 2009 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s a little weird that Carroll is in the OF instead of Crowe, right? I mean, it’s Crowe, but still….
Figure they’re giving Crowe another day off.
Also, Wedge is just soaking up that Jamey Carroll goodness while he still can.
by Jay on Sep 4, 2009 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Haha I love how openly we’re talking about the perfect game here, only because he’s teased us so frequently.
by supermarioelia on Sep 4, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions
The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist couldn’t pitch
My uncle says you've got a screw loose.
Your uncle molests collies.
by gorilla_baller on Sep 4, 2009 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Gah, meant to say Kaiser Sozers….frig I ruined that one.
by supermarioelia on Sep 4, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions
We avoid the debate about whether pitching 9 perfect innings, and then handing it over to the bullpen to lose in extras, should count.
I didn’t want to have that debate tonight. I’m still tired from work.
by supermarioelia on Sep 4, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions
mentally. clinic is fine physically since i can sit down.
by supermarioelia on Sep 4, 2009 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions
He can’t heap praises upon the Twins. His will to announce is hanging on the thread that is Mauer’s next AB.
My uncle says you've got a screw loose.
Your uncle molests collies.
by gorilla_baller on Sep 4, 2009 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Someone needs to hit a home run so that I may exclaim “Pavano, you magnificent bastard! I read your book!”
That is all I’ve got.
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Force quit and move to trash.
Maybe he should think about throwing fewer strikes.
by Jay on Sep 4, 2009 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I will not be optimistic on Andy until I see him drive something to right field. It doesn’t need to be a homerun—-just drive something.
It seems like guys have been pitching him away this last week realizing that he’s failing to adjust to anything on that side of the plate
My uncle says you've got a screw loose.
Your uncle molests collies.
by gorilla_baller on Sep 4, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s why I like this time of the year. Marte gets to play a lot and in the process his inadequacies get exposed. I’m counting on him making that adjustment. Something he wouldn’t have been able to do in the past with spotty playing time.
My uncle says you've got a screw loose.
Your uncle molests collies.
by gorilla_baller on Sep 4, 2009 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I would say Detroit is running away with the division, but it’s really the rest of the division running away from Detroit.
I was talking with a coworker and a Study Director today about where to find jobs in our field, since Cleveland is losing them at record pace. Coworker didn’t want to look too far from Cleveland in case she needed to drive back for family issues, so I said “Columbus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis… maybe Detroit” and the SD cut me off and said “Detroit’s a shithole. Don’t go there”.
I applauded him.
CFO of Klezmer
My parents like to make cracks about how bad crime is in Cleveland, but the last rating I saw had Cleveland down near 25 on violent crime and St. Louis at 4.
Detroit is 2.
CFO of Klezmer
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