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Quote from: Kermit, B. on July 13, 2009, 12:25:23 AM

Quote from: IrishYeti on July 13, 2009, 12:07:42 AM

Quote from: Kermit, B. on July 13, 2009, 12:04:58 AM

Quote from: Lance Dicksons Arm on July 12, 2009, 09:59:38 PM

Quote from: Weebs on July 12, 2009, 09:31:19 PM
This is the most bizarre inning of professional baseball I've ever seen in my life.

You figure if there's any such thing as baseball momentum...that getting out of that goofy ass situation allowing no runs would yield something in the bottom of the 9th inning.

...like three of the shittiest at-bats of the entire season.

Why?  Because 2 of the 3 batters were rung up on pitches out of the zone?  Reed trapped the ball, so it's hard to complain about the umping, but the strike zone in the bottom of the 9th was completely different from what it was the rest of the game.

Really? I seem to remember Wells getting those calls all night too. Maybe I'm wrong. Can a STATFAG back me up? Or prove me wrong? Either way is fine for me

If anything, I thought Wells was getting squeezed early.

I think that the Rasmus walk in the first was on a pitch just as good or better than the ones called strike 3 in the 9th, and even Heilman got squeezed on a pitch just as close before getting his swinging K in the 8th....FWIW.

Quote from: MAD on July 10, 2009, 04:50:02 PM

Quote from: Slak on July 10, 2009, 04:36:11 PM

Quote from: MAD on July 10, 2009, 04:33:00 PM
I don't care how much Milt Brad is slumping against righties, there's not a planet in the solar system wherein playing that vagina-faced gritball Reed Johnson over Bradley against righties  makes a lick of sense.

Leading off, no less.

Oh-for-five.

I'd say fuck him but he's long sucked against righties.  Fuck Lou for treating our $10 Million Dollar Man like a platoon player.

Starting Hoffpauir would've even been more acceptable, batting him 3rd and Fukudome leading off.

Reed is worthless against righties.

DPD - Heilman gets squeezed on one call and shows the intestinal fortitude of mashed potatoes doused in shit gravy.

Guh.

Quote from: Internet Apex on July 07, 2009, 12:03:43 AM

I wasn't that pumped about this thread at its inception. Now that we're posting stuff that has absolutely nada to do with CIN, HOU, MIL, PIT and STL I like it even less. I never should've locked the Turdthrow thread but I thought it was funny. Is it still locked?

Cincy's 22 runs allowed tonight is pretty shitty...but after the Cardinals series, maybe their starters figured "hell, I should blow the game, so the bullpen won't get the opportunity."

Or it's their way of getting yanked early and being saved from Dusty leaving them out there way too long.

Quote from: BC on July 03, 2009, 10:47:31 PM
Tied in the loss column. If the Cubs win and Cardinals lose tomorrow, the Cubs would lead in the loss column.

BTW, I don't know if anyone else on this website watched the Reds-Cards game tonight, but Baker absolutely fucked the Reds over with his brilliant managing. I love having him "leading" another team in this division, although I wish he wouldn't be giving games away to the Cardinals.

Yeah, he couldn't have handled the 8th any worse.  Walking Pujols would've made more sense than letting Weathers face him.

Quote from: RV on July 03, 2009, 09:47:23 AM

Quote from: CubFaninHydePark on July 02, 2009, 11:47:52 PM

Quote from: SKO on July 02, 2009, 08:29:26 PM
Anyone else here happy (and able to say) that they never called for Micah Hoffpauir to start?

I was all for Lou giving Hoffpauir a few starts ala Fuld over Soriano to get Lee's ass moving, if it got much worse--but Lee turned it around in time.

I'm more excited for Aramis to come back, so the Jake Fox/Hoffpauir LF platoon era can begin.

You and Chuck should start a seminar where you teach people how to be dumb about baseball.

And if his numbers aren't significantly better (or are worse--I think this is a possibility) at the end of July?  Play who's performing.  Period.

Quote from: SKO on July 02, 2009, 08:29:26 PM
Anyone else here happy (and able to say) that they never called for Micah Hoffpauir to start?

I was all for Lou giving Hoffpauir a few starts ala Fuld over Soriano to get Lee's ass moving, if it got much worse--but Lee turned it around in time.

I'm more excited for Aramis to come back, so the Jake Fox/Hoffpauir LF platoon era can begin.

Quote from: Gil Gunderson on July 02, 2009, 03:55:48 PM

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Quote from: BH on July 02, 2009, 02:03:36 PM

Quote from: CT III on July 02, 2009, 12:42:39 PM

Quote from: IrishYeti on July 02, 2009, 11:26:18 AM

Quote from: TDubbs on July 02, 2009, 10:56:42 AM

Quote from: Kermit, B. on July 02, 2009, 09:39:07 AM

Quote from: ChuckD on July 01, 2009, 11:38:00 PM

Quote from: MAD on July 01, 2009, 11:28:21 PM
He throws a lot of first pitch strikes.

They need to grab Ryan Dempster by his clown collar and shove his face into some game film of Wells, a la a dog whose face you shove into his own shit.

Isn't the practice of shoving a dog's face in to his own shit intended to deter the dog from shitting in that area again?

Yeah, and it it's a pretty ineffective deterrent as well as being just flat-out mean.

Heeeere we go.  We get it, you have dogs. 

My cat shits in a litter box.

My cat secretly shits in LA Gil's toilet.

She has a lot of privacy, with Gil at the strip club 24x7.

That's a tiny stripclub.

It's not a liquid garbage can LA Gil's wind pants, people!!!

Proper Strip Club Attire'd.

Quote from: Fork on June 30, 2009, 08:08:16 AM

Quote from: CubFaninHydePark on June 30, 2009, 02:35:19 AM
Speaking of amazing, how about Marmol throwing 7/8 pitches for strikes to retire the side, and then Gregg going 1-2-3.

I had no clue what I was actually watching.  It was like our endgame relievers were...pitching well. against the Pirates.

Pittsburgh Pirates baseball SUCKS.

Speaking of amazing, how about Marmol throwing 7/8 pitches for strikes to retire the side, and then Gregg going 1-2-3.

I had no clue what I was actually watching.  It was like our endgame relievers were...pitching well.

Quote from: Weebs on June 27, 2009, 07:42:00 PM

Quote from: CubFaninHydePark on June 27, 2009, 07:38:48 PM
It's not often that I first-guess Lou, but he should've left Marshall in to walk Nix and face the Eurotrash futball player.  As soon as he brought the Ass Can in, I knew it was over.

In fact, I'd rather have Patton, Vizcaino, Samardakljdsa, LaTroy, Mercker, and perhaps Aaron Miles pitching in that spot before the Ass Can.

Lou never should have had to make that decision, because there's absolutely no reason Scott Podsednik should be able to do what he did today.

Yeah--that, and Marmol finally pitches a good inning and gets victimized with two bullshit seeing-eye singles on good pitches.

I don't even have any sort of rabid disdain for the Ass Can like I do for LaTroy...it's just that I think he really sucks.

It's not often that I first-guess Lou, but he should've left Marshall in to walk Nix and face the Eurotrash futball player.  As soon as he brought the Ass Can in, I knew it was over.

In fact, I'd rather have Patton, Vizcaino, Samardakljdsa, LaTroy, Mercker, and perhaps Aaron Miles pitching in that spot before the Ass Can.

Quote from: BH on June 26, 2009, 11:02:29 PM
I have no doubt Derosa and Milt would be fast friends, had Hendry not wronged us.

THI

Quote from: Tank on June 26, 2009, 11:19:18 AM
Corruption in Detroit?

Shocking.

http://www.freep.com/article/20090626/NEWS01/90626024/1003/NEWS/Conyers+convicted+of+conspiracy

QuoteDetroit City Council President Pro Tem Monica Conyers pleaded guilty this morning to conspiring to commit bribery and is free on personal bond.

U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn said, "The defendant now stands convicted."

The one count of conspiring to commit bribery is punishable by up to five years in prison.

No sentencing date has been set.

Conyers, the wife of powerful Democratic congressman U.S. Rep. John Conyers, appeared before Cohn to answer charges in connection with the wide-ranging probe of wrongdoing at Detroit city hall.

...

The federal plea document released today cites two instances in late 2007, in the days surrounding the approval of the now-infamous Synagro Technologies sludge-hauling contract, when Conyers accepted cash bribes from a Synagro consultant.

The document does not cite the specific amount of the bribes, but previous court documents have said that Conyers, identified by the feds as Council Member A, took at least two bribes of $3,000 each, among other bribes.

...

Under federal sentencing guidelines, Conyers could face 31 to 60 months in prison, depending on how much money the judge believes was involved in the scheme. Conyers' lawyer and federal prosecutors disagree about the amount of money she received.

Undermining the integrity of Detroit's sludge-hauling contract... Is nothing sacred?

It's Detroit.

That sludge is all they've got.

They don't even have the Stanley Cup anymore.

Fuck Detroit.

Quote from: Fork on June 24, 2009, 09:12:29 PM

Am I the only one who thinks whether someone can keep their pants zipped and their wicks dry doesn't make anyone better or worse at their job (unless they're a priest)?

I think the points made in the thread about extortion and it leading to unnecessary risks are valid ones. 

But more to the point, I think that it matters when you're a candidate heavy on "family" and "Biblical" values.  If his politics weren't, in part, about the sanctity of marriage, I wouldn't give a shit, but he's held himself to a standard through his stated beliefs, and he should be crucified on the cross he built.