Game Thread 2, 10th inning 3-3: April 18, 2011
by APV on Apr 18, 2011 11:15 PM EDT
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3-3 heading into the 10th...
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NO WORRIES BRAH
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Duncanstein!
"I’ll happily embrace elevated hopes if that is the price to pay." - APV
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by woodsmeister on Apr 18, 2011 11:18 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
DUNCAN
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by new zealand tribe fan on Apr 18, 2011 11:19 PM EDT reply actions
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"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:19 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Yeah Underwood craps himself on popups, but then acts nonchalant on home runs
by troyflowers on Apr 18, 2011 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Just got back from the gym … what’d I miss? Did Pronk get pinchrun for? Or something more sinister?
Il faut d'abord durer.
Bite your tongue, man! Pinch run.
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions
He should go by “Timmy”…he’s too short for “Tim”
by troyflowers on Apr 18, 2011 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions
He only seems that big when you stand him next to Pedroia.
by YoDaddyWags on Apr 18, 2011 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Toxicadam first use of Duncanstein in 2010:
http://www.letsgotribe.com/2010/9/3/1668695/game-thread-september-3-2010#45928612
OK, but I’ve been saying he looks like Frankenstein since he was with the Yankees. That has to count for something.
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m totally kidding. I couldn’t care less about laying claim to the nickname. I’m just glad I’m not the only asshole that thought he looked like Frankenstein’s monster.
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Plus his name is Shelley, so the nickname’s almost literary
by 9James on Apr 18, 2011 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
I love how intense Duncan is. He gets one at bat every few games and get so psyched and comes through.
Agreed. I didn’t think I’d like him (because I don’t like Dave and Chris Duncan), but he’s easy to root for
by troyflowers on Apr 18, 2011 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I will glady accept your mistake Mr Royal, and grant you no points
by supermarioelia on Apr 18, 2011 11:26 PM EDT reply actions
They are having FUN in that dugout. God this is amazing.
by Fire Slider on Apr 18, 2011 11:27 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
Jack’s Mannakan
"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady
by westbrook on Apr 18, 2011 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Can we bring this back for the next extra-inning game?
by YoDaddyWags on Apr 18, 2011 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
There is ALWAYS (sometimes) MONEY in the BANANA STAND
by supersizeme on Apr 18, 2011 11:28 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
This is why he was pitching in an American Legion game prior to signing.
by emd2k3 on Apr 18, 2011 11:29 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
Sending a message to the rest of the Central.
The persuasion is not inherent in the lobster.
by Joel D on Apr 18, 2011 11:29 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Dear AL Central,
We will crush your dreams.
by 9James on Apr 18, 2011 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
Grady, have you no heart? I needed a save tonight from Rage
by supermarioelia on Apr 18, 2011 11:29 PM EDT reply actions
Germano getting back up.
"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady
We’re doing all of this despite Choo and Santana’s best efforts to ground our offense to a halt
by supermarioelia on Apr 18, 2011 11:32 PM EDT reply actions
They’ve gotta come around soon.
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions
You mean the Santana who scored the go-ahead run?
by troyflowers on Apr 18, 2011 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions
and the santana who hit a double to start the scoring.
by supersizeme on Apr 18, 2011 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions
This isn’t my fight, but, Santana really has looked awful up there, and is objectively not doing much hitting.
by Fire Slider on Apr 18, 2011 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree with you, but the guy hit a HR yesterday, and had a double, RBI, and run scored tonight. He’s still not playing as well as he can, but I think it’s the wrong time to knock him, since he’s (hopefully) starting to come around
by troyflowers on Apr 18, 2011 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions
One double and a 4-pitch walk against a guy who couldn’t touch the zone. Yeah he’s still in my doghouse
by supermarioelia on Apr 18, 2011 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Last two days have been better, but he still looks unsettled up there
by supermarioelia on Apr 18, 2011 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Troy, take it easy pal. Things are going great, I’m just saying two guys haven’t carried their weight so far. And even the last two nights Santana still doesn’t look dialed in at the plate
by supermarioelia on Apr 18, 2011 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Even as a Santana defender, I think this is reasonable. I don’t think it’s anything to be concerned about, but if we’re pointing to relative underperformers to date, I think this is fair.
by supersizeme on Apr 18, 2011 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Plus Choo paid Collins $300 to be his draft substitute.
by YoDaddyWags on Apr 18, 2011 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Jesus christ, I hit the bathroom and this happens?
Poop is the new soup, apparently.
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:32 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
None taken.
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed – I have to take a friend to the airport at 4:30am (followed by a full day of work).
I just want to believe.
Worst. Airport. Evar. It’s actually easier to get to LAX. Well, for me at least.
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions
LAX is quite easy.
Port Columbus is hilarious — it’s like having your own personal airport. But it’s quite well located (<2 hrs to NYC, <1 hour to Chicago, 2 hrs to FLA)
by emd2k3 on Apr 18, 2011 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
It’s not quite as much of a personal airport as Akron/Canton (4 gates!), but it’s pretty close.
"I’ll happily embrace elevated hopes if that is the price to pay." - APV
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by woodsmeister on Apr 19, 2011 8:45 AM EDT up reply actions
We actually bargain with friends months in advance when we fly out of Dulles. I’ve just finished up negotiating a ride out for an Oct trip. It’ll be easier in 2-3 years when they finally finish up the mythical Silver line.
I just want to believe.
VA counties saying they might not provide the funds for an underground station
by Gradyforpresident on Apr 18, 2011 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I never understood why they couldn’t elevate it.
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
These are the same idiots who came up with the creative names of “Tyson’s Corner East”, “Tyson’s Corner Central 1”, “Tyson’s Corner Central 2” and “Tyson’s Corner West” for their four metro stops. Bloomin’ idiots the lot of ’em.
I just want to believe.
Those’ll get renamed. Just placeholders.
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Drive? Dude, you still in VA Square? If so, I’m a little disappointed.
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
No no, not disappointed you’re living in VA Square. Disappointed that you’d drive given that location when you can Metro straight to National. Just teasing though.
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Whoops. Missed that.
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions
This game has been sort of the antithesis of the extra inning game against the Angels. There, Acta was relatively idle, to our frustration, and possibly our detriment. Here, he was proactive, made ballsy (Smith in the 8th, though no one was warming) moves, and it feels great.
well I mean that he was proactive, AND made ballsy (actively passive?) moves.
by supersizeme on Apr 18, 2011 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’ll give him some credit for the offesnive subs, but the bullpen could’ve fallen apart quickly there
by supermarioelia on Apr 18, 2011 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions
But it didn’t, and that’s the point, right? Kind of like Jay’s piece about how maybe we shouldn’t understand all of the front office’s decisions.
by supersizeme on Apr 18, 2011 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, my, the weirdness continues. Here comes Justin Germano.
"I’ll happily embrace elevated hopes if that is the price to pay." - APV
On Twitter at @grantgw - sports and Cleveland and Columbus stuff
most awesome-most catch-me-up game thread of 2011.
by BandwagonSince93 on Apr 18, 2011 11:34 PM EDT reply actions
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:34 PM EDT reply actions 6 recs
Nope. Great actor, but maybe the second-worst character in Star Wars history.
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions
What about the wheezing foppish half-droid dude that looked like a toothpaste dispenser?
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Wahoo Baseball, baby!
Could have been better with some fleshing out. Haven’t watched them, but heard he’s good in the Clone Wars cartoons.
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
wow, i totally thought we were talking about wat tambor
by Gradyforpresident on Apr 18, 2011 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Because there are like, 100 people on earth that know who Wat Tambor is and there are at least three of them here.
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I read the novelization of Ep. III, and I gotta say, I thought Dooku and Grievous were both really well-written and fleshed-out. They were shit in the movie, but I dug them anyway.
Steel Nick
the novelizations of the prequels were way better than the movies
by Gradyforpresident on Apr 18, 2011 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Yeah, but who has the attention span for books?
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Again, I can only speak to Ep. III, but it was… a real story. With characters that interested me. And you understood everyone’s motivations and what brought certain actions about and, I don’t know, it worked. Obi-Wan was a goddamn badass.
Steel Nick
More specifically, no George Lucas dialogue. A significant reason that Ep V and VI were excellent was that the gave good writers a plot outline and let them produce a script. Also, they didn’t have Hayden Christopher.
"I’ll happily embrace elevated hopes if that is the price to pay." - APV
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by woodsmeister on Apr 19, 2011 8:49 AM EDT up reply actions
For a while Hayden Christianson was rumored to be playing the lead in a Neuromancer film. If that had come true I might have killed someone.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Apr 19, 2011 9:18 AM EDT up reply actions
I can actually imagine. The newer movies were straight garbage. partially, because I thought characters like Dooku and Grievous were awful as villains.
I teach good life choices. That’s why I almost didn’t graduate High School.
Intensive Purposes? I could care less...
your whole argument is a fallacy!
The cartoons are what ruined him. If he was just in the movies, he would be another failure of a villain. Instead he goes from unstoppable animated killing machine to CGI coward.
by Danieldelamaiz on Apr 18, 2011 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, but wasn’t he near-fatally wounded in the cartoons, hence the wheeze?
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
What better place then here? What better time than now?
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions
ALL. HOTH. CAN’T STOP US NOW.
Steel Nick
by nickjs21 on Apr 18, 2011 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
HOLY SHIT
Legit LOLsnort
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
This is my favorite comment in this thread.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Apr 19, 2011 1:13 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m in agreement
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 19, 2011 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I think he was always supposed to be wheezing, to show that the technology for life support wasn’t perfect yet. The cartoons used Windu crushing his chest to introduce the wheezing because they were boxed into a corner.
by Danieldelamaiz on Apr 18, 2011 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Interesting. Never knew that.
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions
you have to revel in how ridiculous he is
by Gradyforpresident on Apr 18, 2011 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
So, by that logic, you’d have to love Jar Jar Binks.
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
TIME PARADOX
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 19, 2011 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Respectively? I forgot about Nute Gunray. Holy shit. Terrible.
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Jar Jar…
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
This is the sign of a true nerd: knowing what could rile up star wars fans
by Gradyforpresident on Apr 18, 2011 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I have no love for Boba Fett
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Sarlacc food
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Grand Moff Tarkin.
Argument over.
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
just realized i’m wearing a t-shirt with the galactic empire logo on it…….
by Gradyforpresident on Apr 18, 2011 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Tarkin unflinchingly blew up a whole planet. That’s Fausto 2007 ALDS Game 2-level cold bloodedness.
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Yuuuup
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s not quietly awesome! He was nearly Ole Miss’s mascot! Everyone loves Admiral Akbar!
by Chief Wahoo on Apr 18, 2011 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions
then he should probably avoid those loopy, belt high curves he threw against the white sox opening day.
by supersizeme on Apr 18, 2011 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions
so taking this thread in a different direction, the 2011 QB class is wild. New first rounders, smoke screens and fiction writing every day.
"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady
And the closest multiple to my scientifically calculated projection of 121-41.
by YoDaddyWags on Apr 18, 2011 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Truth
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Unsung play: Brantley’s running catch in left that he made look fairly easy. Think that gets over most left fielders.
This is the big thing I’m taking from today’s game
by supermarioelia on Apr 18, 2011 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Ballgame
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by new zealand tribe fan on Apr 18, 2011 11:42 PM EDT reply actions
I wish I could find something to be critical of, something to be worried about, something to temper my enthusiasm, but really joy is the only thing I’m feeling.
by FranklinScott on Apr 18, 2011 11:42 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
Hard to worry about a reliever that hasn’t given up a run yet and only 2 hits in 6 innings.
by FranklinScott on Apr 18, 2011 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh my goodness, I didn’t realize he’d beaten Rogers.
by Fire Slider on Apr 18, 2011 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions
So how pissed do you think EA is that either a dog killer or a Browns player will be on the cover of Madden? I don’t think this fan voting thing worked out like they were expecting.
by superbacker56 on Apr 18, 2011 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I have to say, it bothers me a little that he’s made it so far.
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I know that the importance of lineup order is grossly overstated, but why is Orlando still batting 6th?
LGT's resident moderate Yankee hating fan.
The difference being that Orlando Cabrera has had an OPS over .800 once in his career. He’s not a good hitter and should not bat 6th on any decent hitting team. Perhaps it only costs the Indians a handful of runs, but it’s just dumb.
LGT's resident moderate Yankee hating fan.
I know Choo should be great, and I’m looking forward to that. I’m not convinced that batting OCab 6th or 8th makes any difference.
The funny thing about Cabrera is that his highest slugging percentage comes when he’s batting fourth, which position he’s actually occupied 100 times in his career.
by YoDaddyWags on Apr 19, 2011 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions
This should be our 2011 motto
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2011 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Tonight, on the radio, he was asked if the Indians can make the playoffs. He dismissed them out of hand.
Now, I’m still very skeptical about the postseason for this team, but if you’ve watched them play, it’s like they are a whole new team out there.
He’s been a consistent hater of Masterson and Carrasco as starters, so if he backed the team he’d be flip-flopping. He’s looking foolish about both, but it is early.
Because changing your mind upon gaining more evidence is always a bad thing to do.
by Gradyforpresident on Apr 19, 2011 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice win!
I love how Yahoo lists a pinch runner.
- A. Everett at designated hitter
by cleveland teamer on Apr 18, 2011 11:56 PM EDT reply actions
The Borgias, on Showtime, is awesome, by the way.
by Chief Wahoo on Apr 19, 2011 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions
The real draw is Jeremy Irons. He’s fantastic.
by Chief Wahoo on Apr 19, 2011 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Yes. Another win. I am glad I chose the decision to not watch after I turned it on and Carrasco gave up 4 straight hits. I feel like I helped…
I teach good life choices. That’s why I almost didn’t graduate High School.
Intensive Purposes? I could care less...
your whole argument is a fallacy!
I have no idea where this thread is at
by Gradyforpresident on Apr 19, 2011 12:03 AM EDT reply actions
Just another ho-hum day in paradise.
Il faut d'abord durer.
by CU Adam on Apr 19, 2011 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
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