Braves @ Giants Open Thread: Game 2
by gondeee on Aug 5, 2008 9:45 PM EDT
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Atlanta Braves at San Francisco Giants, Aug 5, 2008 10:15 PM EDT
Mike Hampton on the mound... should be fun. If you stay up for this one, then you have my respect and my pity.
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3 game series vs Giants @ AT&T Park
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Atlanta Braves Tuesday, Aug 5, 2008, 10:15 PM EDT Mike Hampton vs Jonathan Sanchez Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to right field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 60.
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wind is blowing OUT tomorrow? good god, chuck might allow 3 homers in the FIRST INNING
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 9:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
theres no reason whatsoever to have francoeur in he 6 and kelly in the 9. no reason at all
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 10:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I know it is West Coast baseball, but...
Where in Pujols name is everyone?
by mburris1 on Aug 5, 2008 10:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
nice start for the inning
let’s see if Hampton can help himself
by OntheGo on Aug 5, 2008 10:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That third faul bunt
was epically bad. he went straight down with the bat.
ugh, indeed.
by mburris1 on Aug 5, 2008 10:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
10 vidros for escobar on the year. thats a little much
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 10:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i’m sorry, SIXTEEN. looked at the wrong line. thats fucking TERRIBLE
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
he’s the fucking shits lately…his SLG is lower than francoeur’s. i know he’s a middle infielder and he’s not supposed to have pop…but thats fucked up. only 16 doubles? really?
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Vidro...
...no longer had a job. He was DFA’d by the Mariners today. (Thank Pujols)
by RainDelay on Aug 5, 2008 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
so we need a new guinea pig…all in favor of calling them RENTERIAS? or do you wanna do MOLINAS?
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What, no love for a DH who lacks only one ability?
The ability to hit.
by mburris1 on Aug 5, 2008 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
david eckstein DHed for toronto tonight. really.
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Atlanta is 6th in the Majors in GIDPs.
103. Toronto leads the Majors with 113.
Oof.
by mburris1 on Aug 5, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
kotch has actually molinaed MORE than tex this year. so add another stat to the long list that tex is superior in
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
hampton’s ERA is now lower than chuck james. just saying.
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 10:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hampton
I know…I know…all the stuff…but it’s nice to have someone bringing everything they have to the fight
by OntheGo on Aug 5, 2008 11:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
matt harrison had a QS against the yankees tonight. just sayin.
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What are you trying to do to us?
First the Kotch has molina’d more jibe, now this.
The season sucks enough without your piling on.
by mburris1 on Aug 5, 2008 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
you want some good news? cole rohrbough had a no hitter through 7 1/3 tonight and sounded awesome. and jason heyward reached base 5 times. and rome crushed hickory. HAPPY NOW?
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
what the fuck kinda swing was THAT kotchman?
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
yep. HISTORY. he only has one walk too. GOOD WORK KOTCH
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
but yet, he’s been hit twice. WTF?
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
GIANTS TRIVIA. the answer is brian mccann
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
this amy gutierrez is growing on me. but would it kill her to move around the stadium a little bit?
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
he HAS only thrown 45 pitches…my fingers are crossed
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
maybe the cool air keeps all the joints aligned
by OntheGo on Aug 5, 2008 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
not coincidentally, he was never hurt in colorado
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
this one goes out to royhobbs and lizziebeth…
On May 21, 2008, Justin Hayes, a resident of Cumming, Georgia, died when he fell an estimated 150 feet from the upper deck concourse to field level and sustained serious head injuries
didn’t we talk about this like it only happened in NY?
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Uh huh...
I was at that game. Apparently it happened just as I was leaving.
by Lizziebeth on Aug 5, 2008 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
mike hampton is DEALING
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
back to back hits?~!
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Followed by another Molina.
Of course.
by mburris1 on Aug 5, 2008 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
at least we got a run…
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also,
If Vidro gets a new gig, do we switch back?
Just curious on the etiquette.
by mburris1 on Aug 5, 2008 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
vidro has only vidroed 5 times this year…
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
its officially a MOLINA. though it seems kinda unfair naming it after a catcher. but he’s hitting cleanup and wearing #1, so its all good
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
if anyone is going to the game where the bobby cox bobblehead is being given away, i will pay you for it.
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
THUMBSY! see why that molina hurts?
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Did you see that helicopter finish
on the swing and miss for strike one?
I lol’d.
by mburris1 on Aug 5, 2008 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
HAMMY!!!!!!!! GIVE THAT MAN A NEW CONTRACT!
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
How about $15M a year?
For about 8 years?
by mburris1 on Aug 5, 2008 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i’d prefer like…8 mill over 2 years. that seems fair
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ESCOBAR!!!!
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
tuesday, september 9th. i demand one of you go to the game and sell me your bobby cox bobblehead. PLEASE.
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I truly can’t stomach the Air Tran commercial with the airplane seat history message
by OntheGo on Aug 5, 2008 11:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i just realized something. it must have POURED all over the postgame concert on saturday
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Who knows...
it can be pouring in one part of Atlanta, and sunshine in another. But it looked NASTY over to my left in Buckhead as I was going up I-85 after the game. I caught the edge of it for a few miles, with the lightning all around, big wind, and the sideways rain and hail. But once i got to I-285, it was clear. Go figure!
by Lizziebeth on Aug 5, 2008 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh man…buckhead was a DISASTER. we’re taking wipers on full blast and i still couldn’t see a damn thing and turned off on the wrong road
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
hammy in trouble…
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Now if we could see him do something with the bat.
Wouldn’t that just be the tops?
by mburris1 on Aug 5, 2008 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
tex coulda done that. and have reached base tonight, too
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
also, marek isn’t doing too hot in mississippi. lovely.
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
And with the huge sample size of what? 3.1 innings.
He blows, maybe we should call the Angels and ask for a mulligan.
by mburris1 on Aug 5, 2008 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
the 1:3 K:BB is kinda frightening. isn’t he supposed to be a strikeout pitcher?
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Again
Sample size. Can we at least give him a couple weeks?
Your Debbie Downer-ing is neither prudent nor constructive.
by mburris1 on Aug 5, 2008 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i drove 700 miles and the best hitter i saw was omar infante. i have cause to be bitter.
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Adding to Omar Vizquel's amazing OBP.
Now above .239!
Money.
by mburris1 on Aug 5, 2008 11:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
brandon webb’s GB/FB tonight. 21:2. jesus christ
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
hampton’s got more RBI than kotchman does as a brave. just sayin.
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I've just gotta give one kudo...
for ONE nice comeback performance to Hampton
by OntheGo on Aug 5, 2008 11:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
its the fucking giants, we shouldn’t be taking this as gospel or anything…but this is VINTAGE mike hampton
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
it was only ONE kudo…but if his double off the wall stands up as a difference maker…then a second kudo will be applied
by OntheGo on Aug 5, 2008 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
FORMER BRAVE UPDATE: andruw jones hit his 3rd homer of the year, to push his average to .165
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Fun Fact
The Giants have 5 pitchers with numbers in the 50s.
Hinshaw #52
Sanchez #53
Romo #54
Lincecum #55
Matos #56
Weird.
by mburris1 on Aug 5, 2008 11:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
+1
I guess I should be one to talk.
There's nights that I can't even walk.
There's days I couldn't give a fuck.
And in between is where I'm stuck.
by Smoltz's Beard on Aug 6, 2008 9:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
anyone else freaked out by dinosaurs? i mean…really? they scare the shit outta me
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Plastic dinosaurs?
What about cartoon dinosaurs? Or stop motion dinosaurs like in a classic episode of “Land of the Lost?”
Or is it just the idea of dinosaurs coming alive and running amok in downtown a la Jurassic Park 2?
by mburris1 on Aug 5, 2008 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
jurassic park dinosaurs. they HORRIFY me
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i can't watch that movie anymore.
It is a guarantee that if i watch even a little of it, that night i will have nightmares about velociraptors and T-Rex chasing me.
by 10-4 on Aug 6, 2008 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kotsay shades
isn’t it almost 9pm out there?
by OntheGo on Aug 5, 2008 11:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
but he just left town…
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
MIKE HAMPTON, QUALITY START
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
do you bring him out for the next inning?
by OntheGo on Aug 5, 2008 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
no doubt. he’s barely thrown any pitches. have someone in the pen warm though
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by bigjoe on Aug 6, 2008 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
francoeur…hit? huh?
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by bigjoe on Aug 5, 2008 11:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
yay, kelly!
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by bigjoe on Aug 6, 2008 12:01 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Anyone else with MLB.tv hearing that vile clicking noise on the Giants feed?
by mburris1 on Aug 6, 2008 12:04 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i heard it briefly, but didn’t pay much attention. seems to be gone now
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by bigjoe on Aug 6, 2008 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am getting it regularly.
Effing left coast-ers.
by mburris1 on Aug 6, 2008 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kotchman's
gotta be thinking…don’t hit me again
by OntheGo on Aug 6, 2008 12:09 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
might not last much longer…
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by bigjoe on Aug 6, 2008 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dammit...
to think that a healthy Hampton….oh never mind
by OntheGo on Aug 6, 2008 12:18 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
mike hampton. TREMENDOUS start
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by bigjoe on Aug 6, 2008 12:28 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
this is getting dicey…
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by bigjoe on Aug 6, 2008 12:39 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Pen...
worn the bleep out…and it is only August
by OntheGo on Aug 6, 2008 12:40 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
and bennett was out for a month..
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by bigjoe on Aug 6, 2008 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
BOYER!
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by bigjoe on Aug 6, 2008 12:46 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
that was boyer’s 61st game. sixty fucking one.
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by bigjoe on Aug 6, 2008 12:49 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Jeez...
this Giants reliever…walks 180 degrees around the mound after every pitch…and plunks us
by OntheGo on Aug 6, 2008 12:50 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
AWESOME night from kelly. thats what he needed.
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by bigjoe on Aug 6, 2008 12:52 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Kotsay's shades
will they be on in the bottom of the ninth?
by OntheGo on Aug 6, 2008 12:58 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Just poking my head in...
so everyone knows I still care!
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
by jug on Aug 6, 2008 12:58 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
aw, there goes the save situation. boourns
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by bigjoe on Aug 6, 2008 12:59 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
holy crap
we got 2 runs in the 9th?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
by jug on Aug 6, 2008 1:00 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
3!
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by bigjoe on Aug 6, 2008 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And...
who is this kid that has been given us a couple nice starts lately, Hamton, Hayton, Hampton?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
by jug on Aug 6, 2008 1:02 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
he’s doing well with THE LUMBER too
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by bigjoe on Aug 6, 2008 1:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
better than Corky
with 1/10 the ABs
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
by jug on Aug 6, 2008 1:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
dear bobby, please don’t put gonzo in
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by bigjoe on Aug 6, 2008 1:04 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He’s already running in…(pre-commercial, anyway)
by Lizziebeth on Aug 6, 2008 1:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
nunez maybe?
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by bigjoe on Aug 6, 2008 1:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
what choice is there?
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
by jug on Aug 6, 2008 1:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
couldn’t help it, just edited that one from Saturday!
by Lizziebeth on Aug 6, 2008 1:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
that’s a good one.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
by jug on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
of course
I’d love to know who that is giving him head in that pic…
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
by jug on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ha ha ha
You’ll love this, it’s Butts.
by Lizziebeth on Aug 6, 2008 1:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
of course it is
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
by jug on Aug 6, 2008 1:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now I’m hating that I didn’t get the back of his jersey in the shot
by Lizziebeth on Aug 6, 2008 1:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
damnit
I picked up Fred Lewis on my fantasy team last week, but had him on the bench tonight because of his bun-youn. And WTF, he homers.
Oh wait, I’m not really surprised..
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
by jug on Aug 6, 2008 1:07 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Our middle infield...
is scaring me…really
by OntheGo on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
ooh the side-by-side
I like, but I would have gone with this one…
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
by jug on Aug 6, 2008 1:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
fist bumps and hand pounds all around
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by bigjoe on Aug 6, 2008 1:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I couldn’t sleep last night, so I checked in on the end of the game. Nice to see Ohman and Boyer get the job done when it counted, the the lineup put it away in the top of the ninth.
Good game all around, but the game ball goes to Hampton. Sweet redemption for him, and proof that hard work pays off. It had to feel exceptionally good for him to look at the box score and see that W next to his name.
by VegasAces on Aug 6, 2008 9:13 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Indeed, great start by Hampton…urge to kill, fading...
I guess I should be one to talk.
There's nights that I can't even walk.
There's days I couldn't give a fuck.
And in between is where I'm stuck.
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