Game Thread: June 1, 2011
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Safari 3.1 does not like the “LGT ticket center”
"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady
What type of problems are you having?
To be honest with you, this ad is a site-wide thing, so this is new to me as well.
I love early leads caused by working a young pitcher deep into counts so that his pitch count explodes.
@grantgw - sports and Cleveland and Columbus stuff
GRADY!
"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady
that was not a premonition.
"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady
I love early leads caused by bases clearing doubles.
@grantgw - sports and Cleveland and Columbus stuff
I tell ya what, Grady is staying on the ball pretty nice this year. I know the Ks are up, but man.
Time to pull the Cord.
flag. he’s the son of a major leaguer.
"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady
That commercial actually started to work. The girlfriend said the other day “hey, maybe you should do that!” I simply told her I didn’t want to become an umpire and have all my LGT friends hate me in the future for a moving strike zone.
Time to pull the Cord.
by USSChoo on Jun 1, 2011 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I love that.
In the new Geico commercial, Marte sings "Let me be myself" on Wedge's front lawn (with the cavemen).
by V-Mart Shopper on Jun 1, 2011 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Bruce Drennan looks like an Oompah Loompah in that commercial. A big orange-faced Oompah Loompah.
@grantgw - sports and Cleveland and Columbus stuff
Choo’s pretty awful again.
"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady
That’s what I’ve been trying to figure out. It seems wholly independent from reality though.
Trombone/creamy/soda.
does it say anywhere that higher is better? maybe it’s the opposite.
"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady
I don’t even know that either direction is better. There’s a chance that it’s just literally a random number.
Trombone/creamy/soda.
someone needs to do an OPS-NF chart. I wish I knew how.
"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady
Did the announcer use the term “nasty factor?” I thought that was some kind of LGT inside joke thing…
In the new Geico commercial, Marte sings "Let me be myself" on Wedge's front lawn (with the cavemen).
by V-Mart Shopper on Jun 1, 2011 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh. Weird.
In the new Geico commercial, Marte sings "Let me be myself" on Wedge's front lawn (with the cavemen).
by V-Mart Shopper on Jun 1, 2011 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Still a personal computer! Anyway…
Try closing it up and killing the NexDef plugin then restarting?
Time to pull the Cord.
Also the NexDef thing has been apparently killed. (Didn’t do anything though.) It disappears then reappears.
I didn’t know if it did automatically. I know it used to stay in the processes unless you killed it or rebooted.
Time to pull the Cord.
my AppleTV is telling me that MLB.tv is “unavailable.”
by JulioBernazard on Jun 1, 2011 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions
1. Grady
2. Buck
3. Hannahan
4. Brantley
by emily522 on Jun 1, 2011 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Carlos halfway to my prediction of 4 walks tonight.
by supermarioelia on Jun 1, 2011 7:56 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
when Everett is batting in runs you know it’s time to go back to the bullpen
"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 Jun 1, 2011 8:05 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
now we know why his longest outing of the season is 2 innings.
"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady
Really enjoying Manning testing his improv skills on the “Great Clips” ad. I think he hit 5 “greats” today.
It would be even more funny if he pronounced it like John Cleese in the “”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVc0EZl3AfU" target="new">Scott of the Antarctic" sketch.
@grantgw - sports and Cleveland and Columbus stuff
GONEEE
"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady
or maybe not
Len Barker Perfect Game Attendee
by PortlandVinny on Jun 1, 2011 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions
About two inches short. TWSS.
by DisplacedBuckeye on Jun 1, 2011 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I DON’T WANNA GO HOME!!! WOOOHOOO!!!!
by supermarioelia on Jun 1, 2011 8:08 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 3 recs
Marry the girl you brought to this game, if you haven’t proposed yet.
by JulioBernazard on Jun 1, 2011 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Speaking of fail…
@grantgw - sports and Cleveland and Columbus stuff
by woodsmeister on Jun 1, 2011 8:12 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
It wasn’t a HR. Hit off the very top of the wall for a double.
by DisplacedBuckeye on Jun 1, 2011 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions
The guy in front to me has the following all-star ballot as we speak. Juan Rivera, Luke scott, Grady, Jose tabata…more to come…
by supermarioelia on Jun 1, 2011 8:17 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I wonder what choosing Luke Scott says about your personality.
"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady
If the only two OFers to choose from were Luke Scott and Saif al-Adel, it’s coin flip time.
by tabler84 on Jun 1, 2011 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Ben Fran, Travis snider…he has 50 ballots and is actually taking this quite aeriously
by supermarioelia on Jun 1, 2011 8:19 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I recall at a clippers game having a lot of fun with tabata. Hey tabata tabata tabata swing tabata.
by JustinHiggins on Jun 1, 2011 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I would like to score some of these runs the next time we play the Twins.
@grantgw - sports and Cleveland and Columbus stuff
time for Westbrook vs Lincecum.
Tomlin must feel like he’s pitching on 6 days rest.
"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady
Hawk Harrelson was the White Sox GM.
Harrelson served as a Chicago White Sox announcer from 1982 to 1985 and briefly left broadcasting during the 1986 season to become the White Sox’s General Manager. Many people questioned his work ethic as a GM because he was often found on the golf course instead of in the office. In addition, others questioned his personnel decisions. During that one season, Harrelson fired field manager Tony LaRussa (who was soon hired by the Oakland Athletics, whom he led to three consecutive AL pennants) and assistant general manager Dave Dombrowski (who became baseball’s youngest general manager with the Montreal Expos just two years later). Harrelson also traded rookie Bobby Bonilla, later a six-time All-Star, to the Pittsburgh Pirates for pitcher Jose DeLeon.
Steel Nick
Let me help you out, ESPN:
Slumping Indians hope to rebound from 12-run outburst against surging Twins JOE MAUER IS DREAMY OMG
True story A newsroom assistant walked by my desk this morning and saw me on LGT. “Oh, nice,” he said. “I’m on Pinstripe Alley.”
“You shouldn’t admit to that,” I said.
Silence. Finally, “Why not?”
I said nothing. He added, “I’m one of the few smart posters there.”
by tabler84 on Jun 1, 2011 8:41 PM EDT reply actions 7 recs
My favorite part is how he added that at the end without prompting. He knew.
Steel Nick
by nickjs21 on Jun 1, 2011 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Finish this sentence:
Being a smart Yankees fan is like….
@grantgw - sports and Cleveland and Columbus stuff
being a shy, down-to-earth Red Sox fan.
"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 Jun 1, 2011 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Being a zero in a denominator.
Steel Nick
by nickjs21 on Jun 1, 2011 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
soylent
"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady
It’s had it’s own front page posts and everything.
by JulioBernazard on Jun 1, 2011 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions
So does the urinary tract, apparently.
Trombone/creamy/soda.
by Joel D on Jun 1, 2011 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
wow
"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady
I had a choice between the pre-med tract and the urinary tract in college. The latter had more beer, so I chose it.
by APV on Jun 1, 2011 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Good thing Alex White was on the fast tract to the majors so we were able to get something out of him.
"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady
You think that’s sad, imagine passing a razor blade. I know this dude who dated this girl when he was a freshman…
Trombone/creamy/soda.
by Joel D on Jun 1, 2011 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Seems people take job security for granted these days.
In the new Geico commercial, Marte sings "Let me be myself" on Wedge's front lawn (with the cavemen).
by V-Mart Shopper on Jun 1, 2011 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I meant him, (just realized you might think I meant you) – as in, you could fire him for that offense.
In the new Geico commercial, Marte sings "Let me be myself" on Wedge's front lawn (with the cavemen).
by V-Mart Shopper on Jun 1, 2011 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions
He needs a nickname. Didn’t Paul Byrd get a pretty good one in 2007? The crush i am getting on Tomlin is reminding me of the one I had for Byrd in 2007.
Someone from Lookout Landing—pretty sure it was Jeff—went on a tirade after the Snow Game that Paul Byrd pitching better than the Mariners did in the snow is like saying so-and-so ran a marathon better after all the runners were bit by a poisonous cobra. Well sure, he ran better, but having cobra venom in your blood isn’t supposed to be a normal condition for running a marathon, so Byrd’s near-no hitter is irrelevant.
It was pretty bewildering.
Steel Nick
Is that another meme that I’ve forgotten or missed? This is getting meta, which I usually appreciate.
Il faut d'abord durer.
oh, yes it is. This is an awesome one.
"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady
there’s a guy/kid named Koobs who has posted here. He had issues with not knowing whether people were talking to him, I believe.
"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady
Some people will argue that the Indians were adjusting to the snowfall just fine, and that therefore the Mariners don’t have a leg to stand on, but then, so what? For one thing, Cleveland’s used to cold weather, and for another, the Mariners had never practiced in snow before because baseball isn’t supposed to be played in it. If I’m running in a track meet against five other guys, and we all suddenly get bit by cobras, and everyone falls down and starts convulsing and I slowly manage to crawl my way to the finish line first, that doesn’t make me the best runner – it makes me a guy who was best able to withstand being bit by a cobra. So congratulations to the Indians on being a better snow baseball team than the Mariners. Unfortunately for them, snow baseball games don’t count in regular baseball game standings, but if they want to celebrate their snow baseball championship, well, they’ve got a free Saturday to throw one hell of a party.
Steel Nick
That’s hilarious.
In the new Geico commercial, Marte sings "Let me be myself" on Wedge's front lawn (with the cavemen).
by V-Mart Shopper on Jun 1, 2011 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Every fan in the place except me wants the game to end quickly so they can go home and watch hockey
by supermarioelia on Jun 1, 2011 8:42 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I got home from work, turned on the TV to mlb network, they had on a live look-in to the Indians game, and then I saw Laporta hit a 3 run homer. That was awesome. (I think it was the first pitch I saw).
In the new Geico commercial, Marte sings "Let me be myself" on Wedge's front lawn (with the cavemen).
even better was that it was like the 9th pitch of his AB
by APV on Jun 1, 2011 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions
nice
In the new Geico commercial, Marte sings "Let me be myself" on Wedge's front lawn (with the cavemen).
by V-Mart Shopper on Jun 1, 2011 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve been gushing over Grady’s hitting, but Hit Tracker lists half of his HRs (3) as “Lucky”, which leads the majors.
Time to pull the Cord.
This is what happens when Orlando Cabrera is not in your lineup.
by ahowie on Jun 1, 2011 8:50 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I can’t wait for Underpants to tell us the last time a team hit back to back to back triples and still lose by 10.
Il faut d'abord durer.
by CU Adam on Jun 1, 2011 8:57 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I just want to know a time a team even hit three back to back to back triples.
by sandyalomarfan on Jun 1, 2011 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes. Probably some time in the dead ball era. Underwood will have someone find it for him, then he’ll act like he remembered it himself.
Trombone/creamy/soda.
Someone at Elias is already on the job. Count on it.
@grantgw - sports and Cleveland and Columbus stuff
I must have missed the whole Underwood-and-Manning-look-stuff-up-and-act-like-they-knew-it thing. But I totally believe it. Is it documented, or assumed?
Beats me, all I’ve got is the radio. I’ve gleaned it from the comments here. That’s right, I’m mocking them by proxy.
Trombone/creamy/soda.
I like this turn of phrase. You should pursue a vocation that relies on your elocution.
Trombone/creamy/soda.
by Joel D on Jun 1, 2011 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
I think it came from them always having the numbers and names and Hammy happily admitting that he has no clue.
Time to pull the Cord.
And yet they can’t ever think to look stuff up when it comes to stats. They say things like, “It seems like grand slams are always hit on 3-2 counts.” I mean, why look it up?
I remember specifically someone mentioned that he “recalled” what AL Central team a pitcher had appeared for briefly in 2008 like he was just pulling it out of the recesses of his mind. If he were that good at remembering stuff, you think he’d have been able to realize that the woman he was moving in on was his best friend’s wife.
Trombone/creamy/soda.
Whoops. I assume Eck came home, took one look and said, “WOW”
by tabler84 on Jun 1, 2011 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
And Manning said, “Well that’s exactly right.”
by Jay on Jun 1, 2011 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Rec for this actually coming true, at least for the triple part (not the lose by 10 part)
by sandyalomarfan on Jun 1, 2011 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
You can’t ask your guys to ease off the gas when they’re in a game. But up 11, I’d ask Brantley not to make marginal dives on turf.
We had one of the worst lightning storms I’ve ever seen on Sunday night. Just unreal. I typically love storms and I thought we were going to die.
Pretty constant here…third wave of it in the past couple of hours
by APV on Jun 1, 2011 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t remember if it was Sunday but lightning struck about 50 feet from our house. I jumped nearly 2 feet in the air and I was inside.
"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady
Also – how many woolly bears were involved?
@grantgw - sports and Cleveland and Columbus stuff
by woodsmeister on Jun 1, 2011 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
When I was a kid once we got hit. Blew out the TV and the electric garage door opener starting going up and down uncontrollably for about 10 minutes, then died. I thought it was cool.
by APV on Jun 1, 2011 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Apparently, the only person on the Indians who is now capable of fielding the ball is Josh Tomlin.
@grantgw - sports and Cleveland and Columbus stuff
Indians felt bad for the Jays fans. Wanted to give them something to cheer about. They’re nice guys.
by sandyalomarfan on Jun 1, 2011 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I never understood that. The Brantley miss should be a single and an error, which would still count that run. But Everett doesn’t get an error?
Time to pull the Cord.
I don’t know – how much would you like to be a sportswriter? Official scorers are generally sportswriters.
@grantgw - sports and Cleveland and Columbus stuff
The the LGTers would hate you for messing up the scoring (or the other scorers would hate you for calling too many errors).
In the new Geico commercial, Marte sings "Let me be myself" on Wedge's front lawn (with the cavemen).
by V-Mart Shopper on Jun 1, 2011 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
we can buy low on that Archer guy. Maybe Tampa is desperate for UIs.
"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady
Just want to say I love Brantley’s approach. His development of gap power is a beautiful thing. Long way to go, but man, the foundation is there for something spectacular.
And to think, he was the PTBNL
In the new Geico commercial, Marte sings "Let me be myself" on Wedge's front lawn (with the cavemen).
by V-Mart Shopper on Jun 1, 2011 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
TheBrainofBS Brian Smith
Three consecutive triples in a two minute span. Or what happens when Bartolo Colon visits Wendy’s.
Steel Nick
by nickjs21 on Jun 1, 2011 9:11 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
NO DON’T WALK HIM TO LOAD THE BASES.
"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady
You just gave up a 3-run homer to Rajai Davis. It’s time to call it a day.
@grantgw - sports and Cleveland and Columbus stuff
I unplug the computer and tv and this is what happens?
by APV on Jun 1, 2011 9:25 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Looks like his neck won something at a film festival.
Time to pull the Cord.
by USSChoo on Jun 1, 2011 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
What happened?
In the new Geico commercial, Marte sings "Let me be myself" on Wedge's front lawn (with the cavemen).
by V-Mart Shopper on Jun 1, 2011 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Incredible!
In the new Geico commercial, Marte sings "Let me be myself" on Wedge's front lawn (with the cavemen).
by V-Mart Shopper on Jun 2, 2011 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions
She looks absurdly good in some pictures that she probably doesn’t want floating around the interwebs.
She says they’re fake. People photoshop stuff all of the time.
by sandyalomarfan on Jun 1, 2011 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s also a moot point as far as I’m concerned, since she’s been nude in movies.
by sandyalomarfan on Jun 1, 2011 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I dunno, I just read that she has, I haven’t personally seen any of her movies.
by sandyalomarfan on Jun 1, 2011 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess I’m really only familiar with her from Gossip Girl and Green Lantern and from being hot so maybe she has.
The fact that this thread was considered only
marginally inappropriatebaffles me
by JulioBernazard on Jun 1, 2011 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, thought that was in response to the STD thread.
by JulioBernazard on Jun 1, 2011 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess I can’t for sure but if it’s not her it’s someone who looks just like her. Doesn’t look anything like a photoshop.
I think it’s possible you underestimate how real something can look that is photoshopped. I don’t get why she would lie about them being fake if she’s already been in movies nude. I’m also not sure I care this much! Hehe.
by sandyalomarfan on Jun 1, 2011 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Does she really have a distinctive look?
by JulioBernazard on Jun 1, 2011 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Her face is pretty distinctive imo. And even in the pictures where her face is covered by her phone the shape of it looks right. Also, she’s been photographed with a silver iPhone with a black case before (hardly condemning evidence, I know). Okay, now I’m creepy.
actually, there are ways.
"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady
I can’t find it now, but there’s a thing out there that looks at how many times each area of a JPG has been compressed and compares areas of the photo. The more variation the more photoshopped it is.
"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady
Right before her big theatrical release?
by JulioBernazard on Jun 1, 2011 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions
He was hacked.
In the new Geico commercial, Marte sings "Let me be myself" on Wedge's front lawn (with the cavemen).
by V-Mart Shopper on Jun 2, 2011 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s everywhere dude. Just do a google search for A. Weiner!
In the new Geico commercial, Marte sings "Let me be myself" on Wedge's front lawn (with the cavemen).
by V-Mart Shopper on Jun 2, 2011 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
hilarious.
In the new Geico commercial, Marte sings "Let me be myself" on Wedge's front lawn (with the cavemen).
by V-Mart Shopper on Jun 2, 2011 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I really hate the way his name is spelled.
by sandyalomarfan on Jun 1, 2011 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I think it’s Ghermann.
In the new Geico commercial, Marte sings "Let me be myself" on Wedge's front lawn (with the cavemen).
by V-Mart Shopper on Jun 2, 2011 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Why get him hurt on the basepaths this late in the game in what was looking like a foregone conclusion?
I would also find that odd. You are not alone.
In the new Geico commercial, Marte sings "Let me be myself" on Wedge's front lawn (with the cavemen).
by V-Mart Shopper on Jun 2, 2011 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions
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