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Game Thread #126: Astros (63-61) at Brewers (71-54)

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Houston Astros @ Milwaukee Brewers


It's a bit of a surprise, but for a middling NL team, the Astros match up pretty well with Sabathia.  Erstad, Loretta (I had forgotten about his year with the Red Sox), and Tejada have all spent some time in the AL, and all have 790+ OPS's in their time against him.  Of course, Erstad was better then.

This is a slightly different Astros team than we last saw--Wolf was newly acquired before our last series, but since then, Carlos Lee was lost for the season, meaning that Erstad, Blum, or both are fixtures in the starting lineup.  Those guys are pesky, sure, but it's definitely a blow to the offense.

Matchup is Wolf and Sabathia, game time is 7:05 CT, and here's the BR Game Preview.

Go Brewers!

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The Mets already lost

Note to Yahoo: Abbreviating the Pirates’ home run hitter as “A. LaRoche” isn’t going to cut it anymore.

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 4:53 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Only three NL games today

Weeks isn’t starting, Hall is in against the lefty, and the rest of the lineup is as usual.

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by TheJay on Aug 18, 2008 4:57 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm still resisting putting Counsell in the starting lineup on the sidebar

It just seems so absurd.

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 4:59 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Look on the bright side

He’s not Chris Woodward. I can’t wait for that utiliterrific September call-up.

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by TheJay on Aug 18, 2008 6:07 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah.

Not to mention the sheer joy of Ned’s indignant response to those who question why there’s plenty of opportunities for some AAAA infielder to get playing time but Rivera still can’t get a sniff of the field more than once every two weeks.

I still can’t believe Ned’s comment that it’s easy to hit .300 in 50 at bats off the bench. Gee. Wonder why you never pulled that off then Nedly?

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 18, 2008 6:37 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ned

He did it in 79 at bats until his bat took September 1982 off. I wonder if Yost’s point was that it’s easier to hit .300 in 50 at bats than it is in, say, 200 at bats. A few hits falling in over 50 at bats can be the difference between .260 and .320. Somehow I doubt it, but maybe.

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by TheJay on Aug 18, 2008 6:57 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i dunno

i still say you give him the opportunity to prove himself good or just middle-of-the-road pinch hitting option. Perhaps he hasn’t proven himself to be elite, but he certainly hasn’t shown any woeful deficiencies.

He’s above Nyx on my personal depth chart though.

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 18, 2008 7:11 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He's not wrong if that's what he meant...

…. but considering the question that prompted the comment was an inquiry about how impressive it was that Rivera could be productive after all that off time, I think the blindingly obvious fact that it’s easier to hit .300 in 50 at bats instead of 200 was kind of beside the point.

Ned might be a decent manager. I don’t think so, but I’m not qualified to judge so I could be wrong. But good manager or not, he’s an ass who treats anyone who questions him with a contempt that suggests a profound insecurity and/or a lack of sufficient intelligence to consider for a moment that he might be wrong on something. I don’t need to be a stat guy to be dead certain about that.

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 18, 2008 7:51 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm haunted by the fact that calling him up was the right choice

When Chris Barnwell is your best available option, it’s time to pass your turn and exchange your tiles for new ones.

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 7:54 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Board game metaphors

Yet you still lose at Boggle? Inconceivable!

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Aug 18, 2008 10:20 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

CC breathing fire out of the gate

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 7:12 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Laynce Berkman is hitting .331?

yikes. I didn’t see that coming this season. Can we have Prince bat .331 also?

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 18, 2008 7:13 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Berkman was a career .300 hitter on the nose coming into the year

It’s not that surprising, is it? I think he’s demonstrated over time that he’s a significantly better hitter for average than Fielder.

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 7:19 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I wouldn't be shocked

If that error got changed to an infield hit later on tonight.

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by TheJay on Aug 18, 2008 7:18 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ding ding ding

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 7:36 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It's not hard

1. Is Tim O’Driscoll the official scorer? Yes
2. Is it a questionable decision? Yes
3. It will be changed later.

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by TheJay on Aug 18, 2008 7:38 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Torres is available tonight.

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 7:17 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ohhh

Torres is totally not hot

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 7:58 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I believe the phrase you're looking for

is hotsy-notsy.

:)

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Aug 18, 2008 10:21 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That is far too much like Rosie O'Donnell to be something I'd say

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 10:31 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Heh

It sounds like a Dancy Nancy thing, coming from roguejim.

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by TheJay on Aug 18, 2008 11:11 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You know you like Dancy Nancy

Admit it

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 11:31 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Who doesn't? Other than the Kow, I mean.

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Aug 19, 2008 12:23 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

...but it's Tennis that they're Pro at?

why is that any better than Pro Basketball, etc?

I happen to agree though…Anna K was hot, but “competitive success” wasn’t exactly in her vocabulary.

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 18, 2008 7:56 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

weird

I knew this thing was buggy. it posted at the wrong spot. I had to reload the page.

sorry about that…

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 18, 2008 8:01 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I completely agree

Wait, what?

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 7:59 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We belong to the blank generation

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 7:20 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

well, blank you

okay…that was funnier in my mind

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 18, 2008 7:21 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ummm

it’d have to be. :)

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Aug 18, 2008 10:21 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Look at his season last year compared to his season so far this year; they’re freakishly similar.

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 7:26 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

he's just not a run scorer this year

is prince that far off from last season? or is there some other deficiency we have further down the order?

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 18, 2008 7:30 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Gotta have it!

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 7:27 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

talking of Braun as MVP

anyone else think about this? I never gave it much consideration… but a possibility if the Brewers make the playoffs

The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.

by Kyguy922 on Aug 18, 2008 7:28 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Either him or Sabathia

but given the fact that C.C. hasn’t been with them all year (and hence only played in a few games), that kinda would rule him out I suppose.

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 7:29 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I hope he does

I don’t think he should. His OBP is .341, that’s fine and his slugging is fantastic, but there are better options.

And neck size to baby eating ratio.

by Jordan M on Aug 18, 2008 7:54 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ty Wigginton hasn't played left much

But then again, would Carlos Lee get that at his full-speed jog?

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by TheJay on Aug 18, 2008 7:28 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He seems like a guy who isn’t as bad as he looks, meaning I don’t know.

by ol Pete on Aug 18, 2008 7:29 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Was Prince not running on that?

Braun was going, at that point don’t you go too, and get home… i know i am talking about fielder running, but he can move

The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.

by Kyguy922 on Aug 18, 2008 7:29 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Braun was stealing

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 7:30 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I found my new crush.

Lolo Jones. Consider me smitten.

Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.

I am anti-Suppan.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 18, 2008 7:31 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh no!

But she’s so anorexic in the face!

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 7:32 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

if by face you mean her upper body, then yes

her face doesn’t look skinny/gaunt from the online pics I found.

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 18, 2008 7:34 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I guess it's not so bad if it's not a thumbnail image

But still, she’s no looker.

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 7:36 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think she looks refreshingly un-made up

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 7:37 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

that reeks of jealousy

Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.

I am anti-Suppan.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 18, 2008 7:37 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh please

Does it look like I really need to be that jealous?

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 7:42 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Very myspace chic

Just need to either make it a little darker or more washed out.

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 7:45 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I was thinking negative

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 7:47 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You do have a vest on

You could go sepia.

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 7:48 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ewww

Sepia isn’t a bad idea though

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 7:53 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I love that look

as long as it doesn’t lead to this

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 7:56 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You’d better hope the Brewers don’t hire this guy then.

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 7:58 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hot

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 7:59 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Caveat emptor, I guess

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 7:59 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Dish.

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 18, 2008 8:01 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Probably

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 8:03 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

well...the term Hooker...

is a reference from the Civil War to a general with that last name…

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 18, 2008 8:04 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thankfully not the same general who gave us "sideburns"

That would just be creepy—speaking of monkeys…

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 8:12 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hmm.

Given the print and her death in 1907, that photo would have to have been taken very late in her life. The quality is too high for an 1880’s era photo, and there’s no brace visible which given her position relative to the lens eliminates the possibility that the photo was earlier than that.

And of course there’s the gray hair.

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 18, 2008 8:06 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

sometimes looks good on a silver print

by ol Pete on Aug 18, 2008 7:56 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

True.

Always an exception to any rule, but that’s rarely seen and hard to do right, so it’s usually not worth mentioning.

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 18, 2008 8:01 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nice!

I didn’t realize every 20-year-old girl was required to have that poster. On the opposite wall, do you have the shirtless Gabe Kapler-looking guy holding an infant? Hey, I used to work in a college bookstore, I know these things.

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Aug 18, 2008 10:29 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Haha I wish

But I’m aiming for that in my dorm room this fall

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 10:30 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

She's cute

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 7:34 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not in that photo

by ol Pete on Aug 18, 2008 7:34 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 7:38 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

BK,

I love you in a totally hetero way.

Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.

I am anti-Suppan.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 18, 2008 7:39 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You know...

… when you start digging up high school class photos, you’re crossing into stalker territory.

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 18, 2008 7:39 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

not bad

The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.

by Kyguy922 on Aug 18, 2008 7:35 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

most of the female athletes

look pretty good, with the exception of the shotputters. One american girl looked okay, but the rest were absolutely heinous. But then again, they’re in the olympics not for their looks but for their results.

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 18, 2008 7:38 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hell to the no.

Oh-ver-ray-ted

Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.

I am anti-Suppan.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 18, 2008 7:45 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

she's an oldie but a goodie

but maybe it’s a relative thing….as I don’t care much for Kerri

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 18, 2008 7:48 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I say no to both

Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.

I am anti-Suppan.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 18, 2008 7:51 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You have to admit though

All their competitive success is a little bit of a turn on…

by behnke411 on Aug 18, 2008 7:52 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

totally

it’s why i pine for pro tennis players.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Aug 18, 2008 7:53 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

why is that any better than Pro Basketball, etc?

I happen to agree though…Anna K was hot, but “competitive success” wasn’t exactly in her vocabulary.

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 18, 2008 7:57 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

it't not "better"

but elena dementieva is super hot.

and so is zi yan.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Aug 18, 2008 7:59 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

zi's a tough one

i’ve never found a really good picture of her.

but i do schedule my us open attendance around her matches :).

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Aug 18, 2008 8:02 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yes she is

The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.

by Kyguy922 on Aug 18, 2008 8:00 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

try that again

The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.

by Kyguy922 on Aug 18, 2008 8:01 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

try

<img src=“link.jpg”>

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 18, 2008 8:02 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

They are pretty hot...

Like Janko Tipsarević

:)

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 8:04 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

if there's ever a janko / ana ivanovic sex video

i’m totally checking it out.

to be honest, though “janko” could be replaced by a wild-card character and the assertion would still be true.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Aug 18, 2008 8:05 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah

But then I wouldn’t watch it with you

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 8:06 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Okay, you're right

But only because the “monkey see, monkey do” thing is so hot

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 8:07 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yeah, like this:
Ms. Garrison: Retard frog-sqirrel, and then that had a retard baby which was a… monkey-fish-frog… And then this monkey-fish-frog had butt sex with that monkey, and that monkey had a mutant retard baby that screwed another monkey… and that made you!

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Aug 18, 2008 8:08 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You never go full retard

(Have you seen Tropic Thunder yet? You’ll piss your pantsuit).

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 8:10 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

actually.

i tried to go last night, but the movie theater was chaos — ticket machines didn’t work, one or two clerks for a line out the door…i’ll try another time.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Aug 18, 2008 8:11 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It was twice as funny as Pineapple Express

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 8:12 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

haven't seen that either

but i don’t find that hard to believe at all.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Aug 18, 2008 8:13 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

was that post intended for the porn portion of the thread

because if so, it’d be a whole lot better of a response;)

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 18, 2008 8:13 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You never watched and followed suit?

What’s wrong with you boys? Can’t convince girls to watch “movies” with you?

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 8:10 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wait, are we still talking about bridge?

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 8:10 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i actually had a gf

who was way more into porn than I was.

good times.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Aug 18, 2008 8:11 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Psst

Jeff, you have to stop telling people everything about me

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 8:11 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

aren't we the egotist :)

let me rephrase: i had a gf who was way more into porn that you are.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Aug 18, 2008 8:12 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

oops.

that, than, same difference.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Aug 18, 2008 8:12 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No, I think you had it write

She is porn.

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 8:13 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Whoa

The rare write/right error. Now I have to go stand in the cone of silence.

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 8:14 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It's like the Fortress of Solitude

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Aug 19, 2008 12:24 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

that pic upthread...

too much clothing, but the attitude is clearly there :).

we love you, kirbir!

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Aug 18, 2008 8:14 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Aw Jeff

You know I didn’t want to violate the nudity rules, otherwise you’d have gotten the other pictures.

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 8:18 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

well...

you could just make a typo in the URL and then post the substitution in-thread;)

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 18, 2008 8:18 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Or I could

send you here instead.

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 8:21 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You could check these ones for hotness

But there’s only slight nudity here.

This other one is fun though.

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 8:30 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The funny thing is I'm fully clothed

My shirt was see-through though :-P

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 8:55 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I like the second one

You look like Nancy Drew solving a mystery. :)

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Aug 18, 2008 10:34 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thanks!

It’s one of my favorites, mostly because I was getting paid to take pictures in the stockroom at work :)

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"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 10:38 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wait,

you saw that?

He said he destroyed the tape…

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 8:14 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

he destroyed *that* tape

but i was taping as well.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Aug 18, 2008 8:14 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh dear g-d

Now I know why I can’t stand cigars…

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 8:15 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

A ha!

Kirbir = Monica Lewinsky?

by SgtClueLs on Aug 18, 2008 8:17 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh, please tell me I am not actually that fat

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 8:18 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yeah...

can i watch you watching?

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 18, 2008 8:14 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And with that...

… I choose to scroll down to the portion of the thread that’s actually about the game…

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 18, 2008 8:14 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

shit...sorry

not you. kirbir and company;)

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 18, 2008 8:15 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 8:09 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

bloodhound gang

speaking of which, that was an awesome thing on PBS. Wasn’t it during or right after 3-2-1 contact?

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 18, 2008 8:10 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Gamel just hit a two-run homer

Jeffress has a scoreless inning with two hits allowed so far.

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 7:35 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Cam makes KFC hot wings player

What is the prize? A year’s supply along with a complimentary bypass surgery?

by ol Pete on Aug 18, 2008 7:42 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And, more importantly, will it be original or extra crispy?

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 7:44 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

hahaha

I was just about to post the same question!

by behnke411 on Aug 18, 2008 7:44 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ESPN

just reported that the Dodgers traded for Greg Maddux.

by molitorfan on Aug 18, 2008 7:47 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

again?

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 7:47 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

While looking for Lolo Jones photos...

…I found a cool article on the making of this photo:

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 7:48 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

at first look you would never think her position is “impossible”

by behnke411 on Aug 18, 2008 7:53 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, exactly

I was surprised. I want to get up and try it, but then I’ll just feel like an asshole

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 7:55 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

that's hilarious

i’m imagining seth rogen doing ballet.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Aug 18, 2008 8:03 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

good point.

that was maybe my least favorite will ferrell movie. and i had such high expectations.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Aug 18, 2008 8:06 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It's not that hard

You just have to be flexible enough to do it

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"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 8:05 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My dad always says that winning the lottery twice isn't difficult

“The hard part is winning it the first time.”

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 8:07 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

hmm

remind me not to take your dad’s statistics and probability course.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Aug 18, 2008 8:07 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   1 recs

Rock giving some props to Brady Clark's Coors Field catch from 2003 (I think)

Good call, Bill. Full-out dive running with his back to home plate.

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 8:01 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

wow

I’ve completely ignored the game thanks to those threads up above

and now its already the 4th

by behnke411 on Aug 18, 2008 8:08 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You're welcome!

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 8:09 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Corey

making a super play

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"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 8:15 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Corey

Not sure if that was good baserunning or bad…

by SgtClueLs on Aug 18, 2008 8:15 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah.

Would have been pretty bad to get the 2nd out there with Fielder on third.

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 18, 2008 8:16 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nice of Cam to set up CC for the grand slam

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 8:18 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

a intentional walk

to get to the 2nd biggest guy on the team?

by molitorfan on Aug 18, 2008 8:19 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yeah...

i didn’t understand that either
but i’m not da coop

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 18, 2008 8:20 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hey

You can’t sweep a team without intentionally walking guys.

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by TheJay on Aug 18, 2008 8:22 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Walking Kenall to get to CC?

I’m not sure that isn’t a close call.

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 18, 2008 8:18 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That'll teach 'em

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by TheJay on Aug 18, 2008 8:19 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

lol...

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 18, 2008 8:19 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Schweet!

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 8:19 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

CC!!

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 8:19 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's hilarious...

and awesome.

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 18, 2008 8:19 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Haha

I would not want to be the third baseman trying to hold a tag down as CC comes sliding in.

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 8:21 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'd love to see the catcher try to block the plate and a sharp liner to left...

…. with CC rumbling down the line.

That would make my year.

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 18, 2008 8:24 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'd love to see a reprise of the Carlton Fisk/Dale Berra play were two Yankees were tagged out at home

Only with CC and Prince, and instead of sliding, they both run the catcher over.

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 8:26 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

JJ!

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 8:25 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Awesome

Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.

I am anti-Suppan.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 18, 2008 8:25 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That is ridiculously awesome

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 8:25 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm glad

I decided to scroll down and pay attention this inning

by behnke411 on Aug 18, 2008 8:25 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm dubbing this...

The Drayton McLane rally

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 18, 2008 8:25 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yay

The drive to make Randy Wolf reach 100 pitches before the end of the 4th continues…

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by TheJay on Aug 18, 2008 8:26 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

IBB Braun

Bring up a lefty-on-lefty matchup.

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by TheJay on Aug 18, 2008 8:26 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Explain to me...

The theory behind walking Kendall to get to CC. CC actually has more home runs in his month here then Kendall all year. Kendall might have a higher batting average, but I would rather pitch to him than CC. Especially figuring that Kendall’s BA has dropped throughout the year so his july average is probably 220 or so. Also, look what’s happened since.

by Rawiswar on Aug 18, 2008 8:27 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

But you always attack the pitcher, just like you always bat 2nd base first.

by SgtClueLs on Aug 18, 2008 8:28 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I would guess

The fact he’s a lefty-hitting pitcher facing a lefty pitcher made Cooper think he was more likely to make an out. Kendall’s not much with a bat, but he’s better at putting the ball in play than CC is. Of course, that’s all pointless if Randy Wolf doesn’t make his pitches.

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by TheJay on Aug 18, 2008 8:29 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   1 recs

Consider it explained.

Honestly, though, I would still always pitch to Kendall.

by Rawiswar on Aug 18, 2008 8:31 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Alright

CC had a nice hit and fun times on the basepaths. Hopefully he’s not so psyched up about it that he has a rough inning.

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by TheJay on Aug 18, 2008 8:27 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

darn you The Jay

right again with an Abercrombie and Fitch home run.

by molitorfan on Aug 18, 2008 8:32 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Abercrombie is a tools freak

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 8:31 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I hate him

I couldn’t remember why, but now I do. I’m traumatized from a couple years ago when he bunted against me in the eighth inning when I had a perfect game going in MLB the show on All-Star difficulty. Asshole beat out the bunt and got a hit. I hit him in the head four times in the next game of the series.

Now that’s irrational hate.

And neck size to baby eating ratio.

by Jordan M on Aug 18, 2008 8:33 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Haha

Also, his arms look weirdly long. Maybe he should have been a swimmer.

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 8:34 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Jeffress has 5 shutout innings tonight for Huntsville

The downside is that his peripherals are kind of ugly: 3 H/4 BB/3 K.

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 8:37 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I was just going to post that

Gamel 2/2 now as well, good day for the Stars

And neck size to baby eating ratio.

by Jordan M on Aug 18, 2008 8:42 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

seemed like for quite a while

his boxscore would have no hits but a walk or two

by ol Pete on Aug 18, 2008 8:45 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh dear

That was a disturbingly long homer for Wigginton.

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 8:48 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wigginton

He’s hitting .500 in his last 54 at bats. Let’s see you do that, Mike Rivera.

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by TheJay on Aug 18, 2008 8:49 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ned?

Is that you?

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 8:50 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Should they take out C.C. now

or try and stretch him one more inning?

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 8:55 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Like this?

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 18, 2008 9:00 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Seriously

you need to stop. Not that I’m complaining, though.

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I am anti-Suppan.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 18, 2008 9:01 PM CDT to parent up reply reply