Open Thread: World Series Game 5
by Chris McShane on Oct 24, 2011 9:05 PM EDT
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A game thread!
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"He who gets the best players usually wins" - Bobby Bowden
by Russ on Oct 24, 2011 9:08 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
it makes me sad it took this long for this post to go green
Hey, wait! I'm having one of those things. You know? A headache with pictures?
by KeithsMoustache on Oct 25, 2011 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Today I learned that Michael Young is one of the best hitters in baseball.
Thanks, Buck and McCarver!
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
I can't really explain why it is, but as I watch these games, I find myself rooting for St. Louis.
It makes no sense at all, but there it is.
The 2011 New York Mets: Assume crash position
Speaking of making no sense...
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"He who gets the best players usually wins" - Bobby Bowden
It was really strange seeing him in Life During Wartime.
Playing a “normal” person.
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
Mystery Men?
Hey, wait! I'm having one of those things. You know? A headache with pictures?
by KeithsMoustache on Oct 25, 2011 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions
It might be Pujols
thats what’s driving me to root for them, even though I love Nelson Cruz too. You’re right, it makes no sense at all. Especially since the Cards have that fatfaced catcher. And the Rangers have Endy.
"I'm reading the boxscores, Scully. You'd like it it's like the Pythagorean Theorem for jocks. It distills all the chaos and action of any game in the history of all baseball games into one tiny perfect rectangular sequence of numbers. I can look at this box and I can recreate exactly what happened on some sunny summer day back in 1947. It's like the numbers talk to me they come for me they tell me even though lots of can things change some things do remain the same." - Fox Mulder
I really think it is my NL upbringing.
I really despise the DH.
The 2011 New York Mets: Assume crash position
My intense dislike
of Molina, Wainwright, Herzog, Coleman, McGee, Denny, Andujar et al dwarf by ill feelings of the DH.
What's the score, boys?
What did Bugs Bunny do?
What's with the Carrot League baseball today?
And Texas has better BBQ
and is where these were invented
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"He who gets the best players usually wins" - Bobby Bowden
Meh, I just realized all I want is a game 7
"I'm reading the boxscores, Scully. You'd like it it's like the Pythagorean Theorem for jocks. It distills all the chaos and action of any game in the history of all baseball games into one tiny perfect rectangular sequence of numbers. I can look at this box and I can recreate exactly what happened on some sunny summer day back in 1947. It's like the numbers talk to me they come for me they tell me even though lots of can things change some things do remain the same." - Fox Mulder
And for the Cards to lose by an 8th inning HR by Andrus
"I'm reading the boxscores, Scully. You'd like it it's like the Pythagorean Theorem for jocks. It distills all the chaos and action of any game in the history of all baseball games into one tiny perfect rectangular sequence of numbers. I can look at this box and I can recreate exactly what happened on some sunny summer day back in 1947. It's like the numbers talk to me they come for me they tell me even though lots of can things change some things do remain the same." - Fox Mulder
I want to see Wilson roughed up again
the Rangers can come back and win afterward
They all suck
Because they have two first names… this isn’t hard, people.
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
Wilson should be done
He’s been terrible and his pc is high.
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
Scott Feldman coming in...from across the hall.
What's the score, boys?
What did Bugs Bunny do?
What's with the Carrot League baseball today?
In other news, you know who I'm really gonna miss?
Brad Lidge
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Seriously
I would like nothing better than Philly to resign him as their closer. His better days are behind him and that arm is held together with chewing gum and clue.
by MetsFan4Decades on Oct 24, 2011 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Me too
And Oswalt’s option…woulda been funny
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by santana9237 on Oct 24, 2011 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
beltre!!!!
How do you like them home run apples?
"I would like to be in the habit of awesomeness." -The Blessed R.A. Dickey
Andruw Jones used to do it
But he didn’t keep both hands on the bat like Beltre.
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
Talk about a guy that peaked early
cough-roidscough
by MetsFan4Decades on Oct 24, 2011 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I find myself rooting really hard for the rangers
as much as I’ve ever rooted for a team outside of the mets. The rangers have a bunch of likeable players and i love ron washington, and I absolutely can’t stand the Cardinals. On that inning ending strike out last inning I actually jumped up in joy.
How do you like them home run apples?
"I would like to be in the habit of awesomeness." -The Blessed R.A. Dickey
I'm rooting for the Rangers
But i’m not a big fan of Washington or some of the players on the team.
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
Which ones?
The only one I don’t like is ian kinsler. There’s something about him that bugs me. As for Washington, I like how happy he gets when the Rangers score/win and it seems like the players really like him.
How do you like them home run apples?
"I would like to be in the habit of awesomeness." -The Blessed R.A. Dickey
I like Cruz, Beltre and Napoli. Holland is okay too.
That’s about it. Not a fan of Young or Hamilton and I can’t stand Wilson.
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
Harder than when the Rays played the Phillies?
Most people here seem to like the Rays.
Astro Travellin'
damn
so close
How do you like them home run apples?
"I would like to be in the habit of awesomeness." -The Blessed R.A. Dickey
theres some cheddah'
How do you like them home run apples?
"I would like to be in the habit of awesomeness." -The Blessed R.A. Dickey
Way too many IBB's.
That usually comes back to bite.
In my universe, it always does. I disdain the IBB. I didn’t even like the IBB to Pujols with two out and nobody on.
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
But he gets out of it anyway...
Cardinals are going to rue all these missed chances.
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
I'm in the same camp.
Very rarely do I like the IBB as well.
by MetsFan4Decades on Oct 24, 2011 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
If Pujols had terrible hitters behind him
It might be defensible (especially with two out). He doesn’t, though. He has very good hitters behind him.
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
I'm OK when they try to pitch around a Pujols.
What drives me crazy is when they walk the number 8 hitter to face the pitcher. News flash: there’s usually a pretty good reason somone’s batting 8th.
What's the score, boys?
What did Bugs Bunny do?
What's with the Carrot League baseball today?
That is terrible.
Why would you not want to go after the guy and have the pitcher lead off the next inning?
I'm pretty sure that whatever Pujols thinks he should do
is what he should do. And if he had paid attention to the 3B coach, Holliday may not have taken 2nd.
Hi everyone
I’ve been watching these games but not on the computer (trying to save my ailing carpal tunnel wrists). But I missed you so I thought I’d stop by and say hi.
How is this game tied? The Cards have left a ridiculous number of runners on base…
by BurleighGrimes on Oct 24, 2011 10:35 PM EDT reply actions
The game is tied because the Cardinals are inept
And Allen Craig pulled a Ryan Ludwick and killed a potential big inning.
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
yeah, that caught stealing was ridiculous
he was out by approximately 23943294 feet, and ALBERT FREAKING PUJOLS was up at bat. Hmmm, paging Daniel Murphy…
by BurleighGrimes on Oct 24, 2011 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey there.
And aren’t you too young for carpal tunnel? Doesn’t bode well for your generation up and coming with technology. Someone needs to design a better keyboard or all your wrists across your generation will be shot by age 30.
Cards showing their weakness I suppose.
or Rangers just have more grission
by MetsFan4Decades on Oct 24, 2011 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I wish I was too young for carpal tunnel
it’s just started affecting me in the last year or so…it’s because I spend a lot of time on the computer AND I did a great deal of bicycle racing/riding as a youngster, which puts a lot of pressure on the wrists…
Cards need to lose. They are so freaking annoying.
by BurleighGrimes on Oct 24, 2011 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Rangers in 7 was my prediction going in
But I’ll take them in 6 too!
by MetsFan4Decades on Oct 24, 2011 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
On the one hand
I want the Rangers to win it, so I’ll obviously take a victory in 6. But the baseball fan in me loves game 7s, and I want as much baseball as possible before the onset of winter…
by BurleighGrimes on Oct 24, 2011 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions
sounds like the path I'm on!
Hey, wait! I'm having one of those things. You know? A headache with pictures?
by KeithsMoustache on Oct 25, 2011 12:50 AM EDT up reply actions
I think it's silly to bat Hamilton 3rd
given how badly he’s ailing…he is obviously a great hitter when he’s not hurt, but this is the world freaking series and it’s stupid to bat a totally depleted hitter 3rd while batting napoli 8th.
by BurleighGrimes on Oct 24, 2011 10:47 PM EDT reply actions
From what I'm reading
many Ranger fans agree with you.
by MetsFan4Decades on Oct 24, 2011 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
it's so hard to watch him bat right now
he’s a shell of himself.
by BurleighGrimes on Oct 24, 2011 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Buck and McCarver are getting on my nerves
why mention that Carpenter is at 100 pitches in a 2-2 Game 5?? I wouldn’t even mention his pitch count until he got close to 120
"Never throw a slider to The Glider."
- Ed Charles, No. 5
"Who has more fun than people?"
- Ralph Kiner
this is like, a genius comment
compared to some of the truly insane/idiotic drivel McCarver has spewed this postseason. I
n other words, he is an idiot.
by BurleighGrimes on Oct 24, 2011 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Andrus with the awesome play
Moreland, not so much.
by BurleighGrimes on Oct 24, 2011 10:50 PM EDT reply actions
Wow
Moreland is really showing off his defensive skills tonight.
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
Moreland could have had that.
I remember these same type of good defensive plays from Elvis last year though.
by MetsFan4Decades on Oct 24, 2011 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
On that note,
that split Moreland just did was pretty amazing though.
Watch him come up with some groin injury now. Ouch.
by MetsFan4Decades on Oct 24, 2011 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Also, Klaw is awesome.
Q: ugh… why would you run with Pujols up?
A: Craig was being chased by a giant invisible monster
Harvard education ftw.
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
If you had told me that Darren Oliver would be pitching in the 2011 World Series
And Feliciano, Sanchez, Wagner and Bradford would all be hurt or out of baseball, i’d call you crazy.
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
yeah, so true
relief pitching is notoriously hard to predict, but still…this is sad/crazy.
by BurleighGrimes on Oct 24, 2011 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Moreland with the splits
thankfully held on to that one.
And the Cardinals are now one-for-three thousand with RISP tonight.
by BurleighGrimes on Oct 24, 2011 10:58 PM EDT reply actions
the cardinals have three sacrifice bunts already tonight
how is it that they've only scored two runs?!
by BurleighGrimes on Oct 24, 2011 10:59 PM EDT reply actions
LaRussa thinks he's playing the Padres in Petco going against the Phillies pitching staff.
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
That was the classiest opposite-field double I have ever seen.
#klaw
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Dotel chews up righties
Why he is walking one?
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Woah
that posted Keith without my intending to?! Weird.
by BurleighGrimes on Oct 24, 2011 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
it feels like there have been approximately
50 IBBs tonight.
by BurleighGrimes on Oct 24, 2011 11:06 PM EDT reply actions
And by this time this is over
LaRussa will make 25 pitching changes to go along with that.
by MetsFan4Decades on Oct 24, 2011 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I just love how managers play for the double-play.
Like nothing else could possibly happen… like a strikeout or flyball that results in you having to get another out BECAUSE YOU WALKED THE RIGHTY WITH DOTEL ON THE MOUND.
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
Napoli against a lefty
Is a brutal matchup. Brutal.
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
not if Napoli hits into a DP
then it will have been brilliant maneuvering by genius LaRussa.
by BurleighGrimes on Oct 24, 2011 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I am surprised that LaRussa is leaving in the lefty
I mean, it is Tony LaRussa…
by BurleighGrimes on Oct 24, 2011 11:12 PM EDT reply actions
Dotel is the guy you want facing Napoli
But LaRussa decided to take him out for some unknown reason.
BUT I WAS SETTING UP THE DOUBLE PLAY! Feh. Managers disgust me.
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
Ahh Shit
Undefeated is the new "Winning".
Duh, undefeated....
by The real Julio from Paterson on Oct 24, 2011 11:13 PM EDT reply actions
I hope this goes seven games.
It’s been fun playing along with these two “managers”.
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
Damn, I wish we had Napoli.
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by Steve Schreiber on Oct 24, 2011 11:18 PM EDT reply actions
I can't believe LaRussa left Alpha-bits in the game
Instead of bringing in Motte (or any righty, really).
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
HE BROUGHT A PITCHER TO INTENTIONALLY WALK SOMEONE
WOW, JUST WOW.
by BurleighGrimes on Oct 24, 2011 11:20 PM EDT reply actions
Score?
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by ScottfromPeekskill on Oct 24, 2011 11:21 PM EDT reply actions
hahaha
brought in a relief pitcher for one IBB?
He’d better hope they don’t tie this game. He’ll have run out of pitchers by the 9th.
by MetsFan4Decades on Oct 24, 2011 11:21 PM EDT reply actions
Now he brings in Motte.
After doing more stupid isht.
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Can someone explain to me why LaRussa brought in a pitcher only to IBB someone
when he could’ve just had the last pitcher do it? Seriously, what is the reasoning behind that?
by BurleighGrimes on Oct 24, 2011 11:23 PM EDT reply actions
but why couldn't that time have been bought
by the last pitcher? I guess the time it takes for the pitching change was something, but…still. It’s just crazy managing.
by BurleighGrimes on Oct 24, 2011 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Thoughts on La Russa bringing in a pitcher to IBB a batter and then taking said pitcher out of the game, please.
A: Instinct? #klaw
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
I've got nothing.
LaRussa is in a league as manager all his own.
by MetsFan4Decades on Oct 24, 2011 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Now watch the Cards score four runs and win anyway
Just to annoy the hell out of me.
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hahahahaha
you know Washington wants to.
by BurleighGrimes on Oct 24, 2011 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
And what else does the IBB do?
Turns the lineup over. Oh, the irony.
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
I'm late to the AA WS game threads
Are we Mets fans rooting for either team? I’m an NL guy, generally. My memories of a stallion rookie by the name of Nolan Ryan is the only reason I would consider rooting for Texas. But Nolan, truth be told, hated NYC. … so?
"Never throw a slider to The Glider."
- Ed Charles, No. 5
"Who has more fun than people?"
- Ralph Kiner
I'm rooting for the Rangers all the way
Just because of ‘85 and ’06. And LaRussa is not the managerial genius they’re making him out to be.
by MetsFan4Decades on Oct 24, 2011 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm rooting for the Rangers all the way
Just because of ‘85 and ’06. And LaRussa is not the managerial genius they’re making him out to be.
by MetsFan4Decades on Oct 24, 2011 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions
lol
"Never throw a slider to The Glider."
- Ed Charles, No. 5
"Who has more fun than people?"
- Ralph Kiner
I want Texas to win, but I don't really care too much.
I’m just enjoying sitting back and watching the carnage unfold.
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
Very true
"Never throw a slider to The Glider."
- Ed Charles, No. 5
"Who has more fun than people?"
- Ralph Kiner
LOLRussa
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by Steve Schreiber on Oct 24, 2011 11:34 PM EDT reply actions
That was the cherry on top of the TLR fiasco sundae.
#klawisawesome
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Wow
What an awfully managed game. My god.
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Allan Craig thinking to himself
it’s LaRussa’s fault, I swear!
by BurleighGrimes on Oct 24, 2011 11:36 PM EDT reply actions
Question
what makes you feel more like you are on crazy pills, the overmanaging decisions, or the insightful commentary from buck/mccarver?
by BurleighGrimes on Oct 24, 2011 11:38 PM EDT reply actions
Buck and McCarver are like white noise
Full of cliche and psychobabble… signifying nothing.
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
You know what I did to deal with Buck and McCarver?
I muted them and started playing an episode of Jersey Shore off MTV.com. That actually made more sense than what they were saying.
And yet the overmanaging is still worse.
The WS commentary
is really dumbed down for what I assume are really casual baseball fans that hardly ever watch baseball.
At least that’s all I’ve got on the Buck/McCarver tandem.
by MetsFan4Decades on Oct 24, 2011 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!
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by Steve Schreiber on Oct 24, 2011 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Tony LaRussa
Should hire a tutor for his postgame presser.
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So much to talk about in this game...
You said it, Buck.
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
Don't get me wrong, game 5 was a lot of fun to watch ... but that was one of the worst-managed games I have ever seen.
#klaw
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
Agreed... I can't really remember another one quite this bad
though admittedly, I have a short memory
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