Game Thread 9/23: San Diego Padres
by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 7:05 PM PDT
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Todd Hundley’s evil brother is starting tonight.
Dodger Fever: Catch it every summer, head to the ER every October.
by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 7:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That’s a frightening thought.
Does he also smoke in the dougout?
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That would be Jim Leyland’s evil brother. And Jim Leyland.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Alright, runs, a nice surprise.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 7:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I know This is Spinal Tap is a satire, but I still want David St. Hubbins’ girlfriend in the face.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 7:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
He and Nigel were so meant to be.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NOMAH!
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 7:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
NOMAH!
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 7:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I mean, I’m totally happy, but I would have liked a decent game for the first free night I have in forever.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 7:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Tell that to Wade “The Pirate” LeBlanc.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wade LeBlanc is pretty frickin bad. Didn’t he have like a five ERA in AAA.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 7:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Bills!
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 7:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I mean, I haven’t even got my drink yet, this is ludicrous.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 7:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I sometimes want to order cranberry juice at a bar, and when the guy next to me asks if I’m on my period, I can smash a glass in his face.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I should know what that’s from dammit. Help me.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Departed.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank you. I need to see that movie again.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So who starts at SS during the playoffs? It has to be Nomar, right?
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 7:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I would hope, but Berroa seems to be the man recently.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bills has been a little shaky lately.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 7:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Maybe if he hadn’t wasted away in the bullpen for so long last year. But it’s okay, Tomko got his innings.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know what’s worse. Any Dodger fan who defended that signing, or my friend a Twins fan, who defended trading Johan Santana because he wasn’t ‘the best pitcher in the league’ which is not true (and even if he wasn’t, still Top-5 and worth the money), and because Nathan and Morneau were more important to sign.
On another note, I don’t mind Morneau and he’s a good player, but I hope the Twins don’t win the division. Otherwise, he’ll get another MVP he doesn’t deserve.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I talked a lot of smack about Morneau coming into this year, saying he’s had one good year in four.
I was really right about giving Cuddyer a three year extension being totally retarded though.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What is the Twins’ front office philosophy:
A lot of RBIs and less Ks?
For pitchers, it’s obvious. Wins are all that matters. Viva Livan Hernandez!
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yet they somehow keep winning. It’s very upsetting.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dammit crappy defense.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 7:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I just realized this is A-Rod’s 13th full season in the majors. That’s nuts. He’s only 33!
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 7:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Apparently taking him over Dreifort in the draft was the right thing to do for the Mariners.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I read somewhere that A-Rod called the M’s asking them not to draft him because his dad wanted him to play for the Dodgers. Stupid Seattle. With the money we had around the 2000 offseason, had we drafted A-Rod, we probably could’ve given him that gigantic contract because we were still giving out huge contracts then. He’d be a lifelong Dodger!
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep, A-Rod was pretty much ours. I’m pretty sure Seattle changed their mind at the last minute since they reported they were taking Dreifort.
I was 9 at the time, so details might be sketchy.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
As was I. I’m pretty sure my days were occupied with the SNES.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Andruw Jones is in his 12th, and he’s 21.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That means his best years are ahead of him.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let me tell ya something about his age 15 season.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yay! Crappy defense!
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 7:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Time to listen to some MLB radio! Vinny for 1/2 inning, then the worst color man alive in Rick Monday.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 8:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I’d honestly say that Joe Morgan is my favorite color man. He may say a lot of dumb things about stats, but he also explains more baseball strategy than any other color man I’ve seen, which is what I like to hear.
Speaking of dumb stat talk, the Yankee game on Sunday was horrendous. I’ve never seen so many people openly talk about their crush on Atrocious Scott Brosius.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I gotta agree there, if ex-athletes spent more time in the booth talking about how hard it is to hit a Rivera cutter, they’d be way more tolerable.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I remember one time Morgan said he knew the pitcher was about to throw a curve, because even though he didn’t know the pitching signs, the catcher didn’t ask for a location, which meant the pitcher was going to throw a curve because they’re only attempting to throw that in for a strike, rather than get it in a specific location. Sure enough, it was a curve. I never hear that stuff from guys like Monday.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
More Brosius or O’Neil?
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn’t see a ton of O’Neill love, but the game was terrible, which led me to turning it off after awhile. Reggie Jackson was in the booth for awhile, and then he and Morgan were explaining how stats don’t tell the whole story of the player, then brought up Scott Brosius. What was worse was when Jackson mentioned the Top 5 Yankees of all time (he said Rivera was in there, which is crazy), and Morgan said Jackson was in his Top 5. Jackson didn’t even mention himself as being in his own Top 5! Jackson was a Yankee for 5 seasons! How do you justify him as a Top 5 Yankee! Ruth! Gehrig! DiMaggio! Mantle! Berra!
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but what did any of those guys ever do in a World Series.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Win a bunch of them?
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but how many of them did it against the Diamondbacks?
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You’re not clutch if you weren’t born late enough to play the D-Backs. Babe Ruth? Not clutch.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can’t even think of anything clever to say there. I’m just gonna agree.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
About Morgan or the Yankee game?
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rick Monday.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s not that he’s a homer like Hawk or DJ, or anything. He just never says anything interesting, and really doesn’t say much at all. If Charley Steiner wasn’t so obviously the play-by-play guy, it’d probably take half a ballgame for a first-time listener to recognize that Monday was the color guy.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, he highly recommends sunglasses in the day, you can’t get that kind of info from just anywhere.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Holy crap, Charlie Haeger’s a Padre.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 8:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
What? Wasn’t he just on the White Sox?
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s what I thought.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Got claimed off waivers 2 weeks ago.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How could you DFA Charlie Haeger. That’s like firing the juggling midget from the circus.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ken Williams doesn’t like any player not over 35.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How Scott Podsednik doing these days?
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s probably at a prayer group with all the other Colorado Christians.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who would you build a team around if you could pick one guy? I think I’d go with Honus Wagner or Jackie Robinson.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 8:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Like, in their prime, or now, because Wagner might be pretty immobile these days.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In their prime. That means you get Jackie’s pre-MLB years, too.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think you’ve got to take Ruth.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm…well, that’s a good point. He was actually pretty athletic for awhile there until he ate Home Run Baker.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Plus you can use him on the mound too.
His career OPS+ is 207, that’s almost like having Manny as a Dodger.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, are you going to use him as a fielder and a pitcher?
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Probably not, but he’s just so much of a better hitter than anyone else you have to take him. His OPS+ is 16 points ahead of Ted Williams, who was a terrible fielder, and 26 ahead of Bonds who could field when he became God.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But Honus might be the best SS ever. Does Ruth’s hitting give him more value, even if he’s playing a corner OF position?
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, Ruth has a 57 point OPS+ advantage on him. That’s like the difference between Ethier and LaRoche.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe Josh Gibson if he’s allowed to hit 800 foot home runs like the legends say.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My favorite Negro League story was about the one player who was so fast that if he hit a grounder up the middle, it would hit him as he was rounding second. I can’t remember which guy it was, though.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cool Papa Bell.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cool Papa Bell. He could turn off the lights then get into bed before the room got dark.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And, this is going to be very controversial, I there’s a case for Pedro Martinez.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If there’s a case for Pedro, I would assume, if we’re talking prime years, there’s probably a case to be made for Koufax.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve discussed this a lot with my friends. Pedro’s prime is way better than Koufax’s. He was putting up two ERAs in a launching pad during the most hitter friendly era ever.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But…but…we never traded Koufax for a mediocre second basemen.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just taking a quick look at BP’s stat pages, it looks like you’re right. Pedro is better than Koufax. Damn it!
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve argued that Pedro is the 2nd greatest player of All Time before. It turns out the Delino trade was a mistake.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The worst part of that trade was Lasorda’s reasoning that his body wouldn’t hold up to starting pitching. His brother was just as lanky as Pedro was, and he was pretty much fine. Lasorda should publicly apologize to Dodger fans for that trade every year on Opening Day. Don’t even do the National Anthem that day. Just him getting on the mic and apologizing.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dammit, I got Dissarono in my eye.
Yes, I know, but it’s god damn liquid candy. It’s a good after dinner drink.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 8:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
With all these drinks you have, you make me want to throw a girl drink drunk party.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have a full bar, it really impresses the ladies when they have their choice of Goldschlagger, Pomegranate Liqueur and some random chocolate crap I have.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Your mention of women and Goldschlagger reminded me of the scene in Superbad where the one drunk girl says “Blow J.” That might be my favorite part.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have never failed to close once it gets to the doing shots of Goldschlagger phase. The stuff is magical.
Michael Cera didn’t even need the stuff, now that’s a man.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve never done a shot of that stuff. Although after looking it up online, I can see why women love it so much. If you want to go cheap, you can always try MD 20/20.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It tastes like Christmas.
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Alright, what about which player you’d most want to punch in the face? Even though I’ve never heard him talk or anything or can remember anything about him, the guy I’d want to punch in the face the most, based on secondhand accounts and internet anecdotes, is the 80’s Mike Marshall.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 8:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Estes vs. Kershaw tomorrow. That’s baseball’s version of the Generals vs. Globetrotters.
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 8:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
DeWitt!
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by Tango and Cash on Sep 23, 2008 9:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Blake!
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by Andrew on Sep 23, 2008 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
in the words of vin scully: blake to blake.
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by wongy on Sep 23, 2008 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What the hell?
91 comments? What did you guys drink? ;-)
by Brendan Scolari on Sep 23, 2008 10:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I was sober. And well, let’s not mention what Andrew was drinking. He’s been emasculated enough.
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