Gamethread #25: Brewers (10-14) at Padres (15-9)
by Noah Jarosh on May 2, 2010 2:00 PM CDT
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PrintMilwaukee Brewers at San Diego Padres, May 2, 2010 3:05 PM CDT
This afternoon Randy Wolf goes against Jon Garland as the Brewers look for a series split against San Diego.
Current Series
Padres lead the series 2-1
| Thu 04/29 | WP: Wade LeBlanc (2 - 0) LP: Doug Davis (0 - 3) |
0 - 9 loss |
| Fri 04/30 | WP: Clayton Richard (1 - 2) SV: Heath Bell LP: Dave Bush (1 - 2) |
0 - 3 loss |
| Sat 05/01 | WP: Yovani Gallardo (3 - 2) SV: Trevor Hoffman LP: Mat Latos (1 - 3) |
2 - 1 win |
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Milwaukee Brewers Sunday, May 2, 2010, 3:05 PM CDT Mostly sunny. Winds blowing out to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 65. |
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Follow the jump for everything you're used to.
The last time Randy Wolf (2-1, 3.34) pitched, the Brewers lost at home to the Pirates for the first time in 23 games. That loss wasn't Wolf's fault, though, as he went eight strong innings and gave up just two earned runs before Trevor Hoffman blew the game. Wolf's FIP is almost a run higher than his ERA, at 4.26, which is right at his career average. He has faced three current Padres at least ten times.
| Player | PA | Slash Line |
| Adrian Gonzalez | 18 | .353/.389/.353 |
| David Eckstein | 14 | .167/.231/.167 |
| Scott Hairston | 10 | .200/.200/.400 |
He'll be opposed by Jon Garland (2-2, 2.57) who's ERA is misleading. His FIP is two runs higher at 4.65 and is giving up nearly 5 walks per nine innings with a WHIP of 1.43. He has also faced three Brewers at least ten times.
| Player | PA | Slash Line |
| Gregg Zaun | 28 | .407/.429/.444 |
| Jody Gerut | 23 | .273/.304/.545 |
| Joe Inglett | 11 | .300/.364/.300 |
And the Brewers lineup today:
2B Weeks
SS Counsell
LF Braun
1B Fielder
3B McGehee
CF Gerut
RF Inglett
C Kottaras
LHP Wolf
Craig Counsell is still starting at SS and Joe Inglett gets his first start in the OF since joining the Brewers.
Your bullpen report:
LaTroy Hawkins pitched 1 inning (17 pitches) yesterday.
Trevor Hoffman pitched 1 inning (11 pitches) yesterday.
Carlos Villanueva pitched 1 inning (26 pitches) Friday.
Jeff Suppan pitched 4 innings (65 pitches) Thursday.
Manny Parra pitched 3 innings (49 pitches) Wednesday.
Claudio Vargas pitched 2 innings (32 pitches) Wednesday.
Todd Coffey pitched 1 inning (18 pitches) Wednesday.
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Escobar's hurt.
Has to be.
I'm not arguing, I'm just offering a relentlessly contrarian point of view.
or Ned Yost trotted out the lineup
Get out of my dreams and into my Chuckie Carr
-Molitorfan 12/23/09
Counsell starting every now and then is just fine.
But 6 times in a week is just nuts.
I'm not arguing, I'm just offering a relentlessly contrarian point of view.
Unless the guy he's replacing sucks,
which isn’t the case here.
I'm not arguing, I'm just offering a relentlessly contrarian point of view.
Weeks, Braun, and Fielder.
I'm not arguing, I'm just offering a relentlessly contrarian point of view.
Well, Weeks' injuries haven't really been over-use injuries,
so I’m not sure if that assessment’s correct.
I'm not arguing, I'm just offering a relentlessly contrarian point of view.
i'm not sure how the wrist sheath thing works
But I would think overuse would weaken it, making it more likely to tear.
http://www.mlbsoup.com
But it's also a permanent repair injury.
I’ve heard it said that once you have surgery to repair it, you can’t injure it again.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
Maybe he's having more grill work done
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Holy Sunday lineups, Batman.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on May 2, 2010 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions
No A-Gon for SD either.
Don’t know the rest of their roster enough to know if they’re participating in the B-game too.
I'm not arguing, I'm just offering a relentlessly contrarian point of view.
If he's not hurt
Then Macha should be dragged into Melvin’s office. There’s no excuse to play CC that often and hurt the development of a prospect in this instance.
Are you channelling Ted Simmons Speed Camp from September 2009?
Seriously. I must have made that comment about 50 times last year.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on May 2, 2010 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh, and by the way...
… Doug Melvin thinks your stupid. I know, because he said I was when I made a similar criticism last year.
Well, ok, not me specifically, but people who thought like me.
Of course, it’s not really the same thing, because Gamel sucked most of last year and Escobar doesn’t…
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on May 2, 2010 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions
It's the road weekend lineup
Counsell started at short Saturday & Sunday in Washington, too.
Failure is just success rounded down.
Shirzey
If they weren’t roughly 40 bucks, I would be purchasing a customizable shirt jersey. #37, name: Mahoney
http://www.mlbsoup.com
Nice of the Bucks to eliminate the Brewers from the "worst weekend by a Milwaukee sports franchise" competition.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on May 2, 2010 2:39 PM CDT reply actions
I'm loving the Texas Leaguers pitch f/x tool lately.
Look at Manny Parra’s called strike zone, and tell me he’s not getting jobbed:
9 balls called inside the strike zone, 3 called strikes out of the zone. On the other hand, Mariano Rivera has 8/6:
Conspiracy!
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
No data found.
At first I thought that Parra’s chart was indicating he hadn’t gotten a called strike all year…
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on May 2, 2010 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions
ha yeah I was confused until I realized it was 5/1-5/1 by default
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Ok, try these images:
Parra’s zone:
Rivera’s zone:
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Ah, you're right. I was just going on what I was used to.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
How can you confuse Coshun's nasally voice and skeletal appearrance with BA?
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions
I wasn't thinking.
I’m sorry. Can you find it in your heart to forgive me?
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
You don't need forgiveness
Craig Coshun needs to stop visiting tanning booths, eat a bit more, get some better hair plugs, and get over himself.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Jinkies.
He’s never bothered me. I guess I don’t care as much about announcers.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
I grew up in Madison, and my friend's dad worked at the news station he was the sports anchor for.
HUGE Douchecastle, even then.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions
He does sunday baseball for TBS, first 9 or 11 sundays of the year
depending on who you ask.
I'm not arguing, I'm just offering a relentlessly contrarian point of view.
Probably.
TBS game today is in New York.
I'm not arguing, I'm just offering a relentlessly contrarian point of view.
Yeah
I’m not sure you’d want to hear what he’d sound like if he had called last night’s game in San Diego, then flown through the night to make a noon start in New York.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
It makes me sad
I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned it here before, but I"m not a fan of Craig Coshun.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't really like BA that much.
I think I’m in the minority, but I really really miss Daron Sutton.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
by Noah Jarosh on May 2, 2010 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I was listening to him on the Diamondbacks broadcast with Mark Grace
And I, indeed, remember why I hate Sutton.
He’s really irritating.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions
I always remember him as being entertaining.
And one of the reasons I began to enjoy watching the Brewers several years ago.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
I don't miss Sutton.
At all.
My goodness.
by BrewHaHeather on May 2, 2010 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions
I didn't dislike Sutton and I don't dislike BA, and even Coshun doesn't really bother me.
But I think a Uecker-Provus radio-TV simulcast would be a major improvement over all three of them.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
Well sure
I wish I had a million dollars.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Haven't you always wanted a monkey?
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions
I'd agree
IF they switch to Provus doing PBP 100% of the time, and Uecker doing color.
I'm not arguing, I'm just offering a relentlessly contrarian point of view.
I think Uecker as a TV pbp guy would be perfect.
Sure, he’ll lapse into an extended story and whatnot, and sometimes that makes it hard to follow the game when you’re listening to him, but on TV that’s what the picture is for.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
You know the movie "The Truman Show"?
They should just do that, with Uecker.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
Sort of like
Gahndi is an improvement over Hitler.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions
I guess Escobar isn't injured.
BA and Rock saying Macha isn’t playing him because he’s struggling. It’s odd to say, but I wish Macha would apply the Yost approach with young players.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
did rock just say escobar's not swinging the bat well and that's why he's benched?
so, how do you get out of a slump if you’re not allowed to play? especially against a team that isn’t one of the best in the league. just curious…
It's an old school approach
Like throwing people in jail for not paying their taxes, and not letting them out until they can pay.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
yeah, i guess
but isn’t he hitting escobar 8th because he’s supposed to be glove first and bat second?
What's his excuse for constantly playing Rickie?
My goodness.
by BrewHaHeather on May 2, 2010 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Apples v. Oranges
Weeks: .265/.390/.459
Little Al: .250/..286/.400
Now that's great tasting chicken!
I've found a new record for strangest injury
Garrett Jones of the Pirates apparently missed Saturday’s game because of a piece of meat lodged in his esophagus.
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
There was a soccer player in Scotland about 20 years ago
who missed a game due to an incredibly painful stomach caused by “drinking the vinegar juice from a jar of pickled onions”. There was also another player who missed a couple of games after dropping a jar of salad cream on his foot…
"I hope your name is Rick"
Didn't Brandon Inge land on the DL
after he pushed a pillow, or something like that?
My goodness.
by BrewHaHeather on May 2, 2010 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions
that might be a winner
as for the phone book, it was steve sparks. this article has a few odd injuries as of 2005
Golfer Sam Torrance
used to sleepwalk loads and I’m sure he once missed a tournament after sleepingwalking into a giant potted plant…
"I hope your name is Rick"
Inglett's first start for the Brewers
Inglett’s last start for the Brewers.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
Casino commercials annoy the hell out of me.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
What's ridiculous
Is Randy Wolf’s 66 MPH curve ball.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
The difference being
Randy Wolf is a successful Major Leaguer, Swindle is a bust.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions
I know it's really early and Wolf could end up like Looper but I really like Wolf's stuff.
You can just tell the guy has a ton of talent hes got great movement and great variety on the speeds of his pitches. if he can stay healthy I see no reason why he wouldn’t be very successful.
Using gameday as a reference.
It seems a lot faster than I remember it. I see the pitches on gameday almost instantaneously after seeing it on TV. The last couple years when I used it, it seemed like the next batter was up by the time the pitch was shown.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
That's because Wolf's pitches are so slow, they're easy for the stat feeders to log before the next one.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
That seems like both a total BS answer
And a lie.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions
I can see Braun saying it sarcastically
And Rock being like “oh ok”, and then going with it.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Not to me
“hey Ryan, why do you use a mouthguard?” Seems like one of the dumbest questions you could ask.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions
If he is in fact using it to improve his breathing
Then it might be a stupid question, but it’s an interesting answer.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
Yeah, I used a mouthguard to keep my teeth from getting knocked out.
People will believe anything these days, though.
I have a magic tonic that cures snake bites, plague, and cancer.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions
I would think you have a greater risk of losing teeth while driving your car
Than playing baseball.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
I would challenge that
I think the chances of getting hit in the teeth with a ball, collision at home plate, with another player, etc. is greater than smashing your face on a steering wheel.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Shruggity
I don’t know. I also don’t know if those are compelling reasons for Braun. Hence a conversation that likely went something like this:
Rock: A mouthguard, huh? Don’t see outfielders wearing those often.
Braun: Yeah, it helps with my breathing.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
Yeah
I just like to think Rock is an idiot. And that the players know it. And that they take advantage of that just so he says dumb stuff on the air. It makes me chuckle.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions
The article below explains that this particular mouth guard helps
with breathing. I doubt that article is lying.
Point proven!
Really good work, Erin6!
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Although you're still selling snake oil.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah you're right. Everyone is lying just so Rock will say
something stupid on air. I guess even the writer of that article is in on it and this little joke started last season.
Now the hyperbole
Nice job with that.
This stuff will make you smarter, too.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Sure, but I'm still skeptical about this whole 'breathing' thing
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 4:12 PM CDT up reply actions
and that's fine, but there's no need to be rude to
me simply because I disagree with you. Whatever though. back to the game.
I apologize that you interpreted my comments as rude
Sarcastic? Sure. But when you go out of your way to try and imply that my skepticism is 100% incorrect, I’m likely to get a little snippy.
Enjoy the game!
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Baseball players aren't really known for wearing mouth guards, so it doesn't
seem like it’s that stupid of a question.
Some people like cucumbers better pickled, I guess.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions
"Oaf" Blanks
Needs to work on that 1B Defense!
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
He might be
Have the verified his age?
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions
I won't believe it until MLB completes an age-verification investigation
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Damn it, Ryan.
You aren’t good enough defensively to try fancy shit like that.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
Interesting.
@FollowThePadres: There’s the first Major League hit for #Padres 2B Lance Zawadzki. He also had the very first hit at PETCO Park in ’04 playing for SDSU.
I'm not arguing, I'm just offering a relentlessly contrarian point of view.
They showed that hit on FSN when he was batting.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
Davey Nelson was a "Choke & Poke" guy...
and here I thought that was a crime.
I'm not arguing, I'm just offering a relentlessly contrarian point of view.
What did she say?
That it was a crime? THIS MEME IS OVERUSED.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
by Noah Jarosh on May 2, 2010 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I think the word "MEME" is overused
and I have no idea what it means. Kids these days!
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Dawkins came up with it
My vague memory is its to do with ideas getting passed on in the same ways as genes work.
"I hope your name is Rick"
From Wikipedia
“The term “Internet meme” refers to a catchphrase or concept that spreads rapidly from person to person via the Internet, largely through Internet-based email, blogs, forums, social networking sites and instant messaging. The term derives from the original concept of memes, although it has come to refer to a much more narrowly-defined category of cultural information"
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
You two are soooo emo
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Goth then
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions
I AM wearing a black shirt right now.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
No, but, fun sidestory.
The girlfriend for the longest time wanted to put mascara on me because she thinks I have nice eyelashes and wanted to see how it would look.
I emphatically said no.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
Bad move
You needed to exploit that. “I’ll wear eyeliner…if you wear…THIS”
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Then we'd just start haggling over fair trades.
And that wouldn’t end up fun for anyone, knowing how stubborn we both can be.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
Oh, so not a girlfriend, a wife?
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions
She may as well be, at times.
Alas, we’re both not even twenty, so we’ll hold off quite a few years before approaching that prospect, despite having been together 3 years already.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
Oooh highschool girlfriend
Vanilla ice cream is super good…but have you ever had chocolate?
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
That reminds me of the episode of That 70's Show
where Jackie wanted to put makeup on Kelso. At first he said no, but in the end she had him dancing around in a dress with a lipstick, blush, etc.
My goodness.
by BrewHaHeather on May 2, 2010 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Mila could probably get me to do that too.
Shruggity.
I'm not arguing, I'm just offering a relentlessly contrarian point of view.
But not your girlfriend/wife?
Interesting…
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, I thought the same thing at the time.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
Hell, you'd be more likely to find me with a lightening bolt on my forehead.
Though I have never actually done that, either. Maybe when the last HP movie comes out..
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
OK, so I wouldn't actually do that.
But I still like Harry Potter.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
Here you two were having a moment
Now he goes and pees in your Cheerios.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Do you go to the midnight showings?
Or is that just me?
My goodness.
by BrewHaHeather on May 2, 2010 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Nah.
I usually wait until a movie has been out for a while so the theater is pretty empty.
Also, the last Harry Potter movie sucked. The end was nothing like the book, and that really pisses me off. I’m hoping, since they are splitting the last book into two movies, that they will be able to follow the book more exactly.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
It was good.
I just really hate it when they diverge from the book, especially when it’s something that could have been easily done. Like the end. I can’t fault them for leaving things out, or it would be a 6 hour movie, but they could at LEAST get the end right.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
What part in particular?
What did they not get right?
The end jumps to mind.
SPOILER: Dumbledore was supposed to paralyze Harry, then Snape comes and kills him well Harry is helpless. That Snape comes right up behind Harry, does the “hush” gesture, and Harry actually thinks Snape is going to help after distrusting him always? That’s such a load of garbage. I can’t remember a lot more, mostly because I haven’t seen it since it came out, but the whole end was just wrong.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
Also
They cut out the big battle at Hogwarts between the Order and the Death Eaters and they completely cut out Dumbledore’s funeral.
My goodness.
by BrewHaHeather on May 2, 2010 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions
YES!
I forgot about this! SO HORRIBLE.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
I mean, seriously.
Dumbledore was one of the most beloved characters, and you don’t even show his funeral?
And the awesome battle that was the whole point of Harry giving them the Feliz Felicis!
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
Didn't want two battles in a row
Although the battle at Hogwarts would be until the 8th movie so it wouldn’t have been back to back
Who cares? The battle scenes are awesome?
And I am really really afraid that they are going to horribly screw up that last battle.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
I thought it wa the best one too.
Order of the Phoenix was a big disappointment. Longest book, shortest movie. They left out so much.
My goodness.
by BrewHaHeather on May 2, 2010 4:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Was that the one with Imelda Staunton...
as the really mean female teacher (I think she takes over from Dumbledore)? If so you’re defo right on it being the worst film…
"I hope your name is Rick"
Imelda Staunton was amazing as Umbridge.
She was just perfectly evil.
My goodness.
by BrewHaHeather on May 2, 2010 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Didn't the movie Umbridge differ from the book one?
I thought the one in the book was made out to be really ugly.
No, I actually think they got that pretty spot on.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
Yes
She was supposed to look like a toad and be really fat.
I had a high school teacher who would have been perfect to play her. But in looks and in how much of a bitch she is.
My goodness.
by BrewHaHeather on May 2, 2010 4:39 PM CDT up reply actions
I loved the last Half-Blood Prince!
Yeah, the ending didn’t match up with the book, but it was really funny.
My goodness.
by BrewHaHeather on May 2, 2010 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions
They come out every summer, I thought.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
Part 1 comes out November 19th
Part 2 comes out July 15th next year.
My goodness.
by BrewHaHeather on May 2, 2010 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions
November?
Not a summer blockbuster? Odd.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
Its nice for me
I’ve spent two of the last three All-Star Games outside the movie theater waiting to get in.
My goodness.
by BrewHaHeather on May 2, 2010 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions
It's that busy that for a midnight showing you have to get there that early?
You can’t preorder tickets online?
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
I pre-order my tickets.
But if I showed up 15 minutes before the movie started, I’d be sitting in the front row.
My goodness.
by BrewHaHeather on May 2, 2010 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions
That's true.
I always forget about seating.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
That's why I posted it
I figured it went nicely with the lenghty discussion about “twss” and posting in the tag line
I wouldn't
Noah’s likely to get angry. You wouldn’t like him when he’s angry.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Told you
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions
You know what I don't like,
When I think a pitch is a sure strike/ball and I go to Gameday to prove my point and it turns out I am wrong. That’s annoying.
My goodness.
by BrewHaHeather on May 2, 2010 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Don't walk the pitcher.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
What is this?
Is this a baseball related comment? I didn’t know we could do that today
God sakes man
Stop wasting your time. Do you not know we’ve a HARRY POTTER discussion going on further up??
"I hope your name is Rick"
by MrLeam on May 2, 2010 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah!
/gag
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions
We should never have traded that guy!1
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
Yeah
It’s kinda like when Gryffindor were losing to Slytherin in the Quidditch final by a similar score and then they substituted a new seeker on and scored 4 times to win it 4-3. God, that was a hellofagame…
"I hope your name is Rick"
by MrLeam on May 2, 2010 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Y'know, I used to think the extended conversations about Rush were bad.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
Yeah I actually can't stand the Harry Potter stuff
at least the Rush conversations were somewhat amusing.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions
(I actually am indifferent to Rush)
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
Possibly my understanding of Quidditch
is significantly better than my understanding of baseball. But that’s not saying much…
"I hope your name is Rick"
There's quidditch clubs here at UW-Madison.
I’ve seen them practicing outside my dorm. I’m not quite to that level of fanboy-dom that I would join, though.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
Sullivan.
They practice in the grassy areas in lakeshore.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
Uggghhhhhghghhhh
I lived in Kronshage last year. Typical Lakeshore kids! My first guess would have been Chadbourne (lol) but I pass by there often.
Really? Where would they do it in Chad?
Witte has an area they could use, I guess.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
Girlfriend lives there, so I'm there pretty often.
Mostly, it seems to be the dorm where most asian students stay. It is an excellent location, though. Also, Rhetas has the best Nachos.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
Yeah, my (now ex-) girlfriend lives there.
I love the location but I can’t stand a lot of the other Asian students.
They like to stay up late and slam doors on her floor.
And walk on the wrong side of the hall. You are supposed to walk like you’re driving—stay on the right side.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
That's true.
But I bet they wouldn’t drive on the left side of the road in America.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
I feel like this entire thread line is bordering on unacceptably racist
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah...
The driving is. The rest, though, has been obsevations based on real life instances.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
Are you allowed to say it about asians as a whole, though?
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
Ooooh how far things have come since I attended
In my day, we would have beaten those kids up.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Exactly.
Plus when I lived in Cole, the girls would use the grassy area for suntanning… things really have changed for the worst.
Not always.
Especially in spring, the girls have come out for good. I assume they scare the nerds away.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
Makes sense.
One of the nice perks about living in Cole on the south side. I could just look out the window to see if it was worth heading down to the grassy area.
Yeah, and we used to skip class and get bombed on the terrace
Now, kids play a make-believe game from a movie/book about wizards.
Part of me just died, I think.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Hey. Not all of us wizarding things.
Then again, I also don’t drink. So…
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
You're also only 19...
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions
That really does not stop pretty much anyone else here.
Mifflin was just yesterday. I bet a good chunk of people there were 16-20.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
Oh I drank like a fish every year I was in college
That doesn’t stop me from frowning upon underage drinking now that I’m older.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 4:59 PM CDT up reply actions
No
More like “I know from experience what stupidity can go on, so let me try to impart some knowledge”.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 6:07 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Sounds good to me.
I wish people would listen to you about that.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
You and me both
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 6:32 PM CDT up reply actions
UWM has a Quidditch team too.
I probably would join.
My goodness.
by BrewHaHeather on May 2, 2010 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions
How on earth do you play Quidditch in real life?
Please tell me they just run about on brooms and throw balls to each other while pretending they’re flying…
"I hope your name is Rick"
That's exactly it.
They really do have brooms. And they have hoops, as well. I have no idea how the snitch works.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
I often watched them while waiting at the bus stop.
I think they only do it in fall, though, as I haven’t seen them since the weather got nice again.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
Modern day LARPers
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions
They do that at one of the parks by Mendota, I'm told, on nice days.
One of these days I’m going to pop some corn and go watch.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
This level of nerdity didn't exist when I was in college
Or, if it did, people hid it much better.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 4:39 PM CDT up reply actions
It is entertaining to see, though, you have to admit.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
I can't help but feel embarassed FOR them.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 4:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Pretty much
And there’s a really fast person running around pretending to be a snitch and you’re supposed to catch.
My goodness.
by BrewHaHeather on May 2, 2010 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions
GEO!
maybe that will help
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
It appears Doug Fister is no-hitting the Rangers through 5 in Seattle
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
Good, the Texas bats need to show up
Wilson is pitching for me.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Doh
Ran to the store and we are now down 2. Make that 3.
That seems insurmountable with the way our offense is hitting. I miss the days of scoring 20 runs.
That homer by S. Hairston was off a pretty bad fastball by Wolf.
That pitch isn’t good enough to come up and in like he wants to. Needs to keep it down.
Not like Braun should have gotten that last HR
but if they do trade Prince I’m all for moving braun to 1B
I don't see it.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on May 2, 2010 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions
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