Open Thread, October Baseball

by Dex on Oct 1, 2008 3:32 PM PDT Comment 56 comments

Dodgers and Cubs. Angels and Red Socks. Everybody in Southern California plays baseball today, but the Padres.

How do I root? How do I root? I guess I want the Angels over the Socks and the Cubs over the Dodgers. Sure. I'll go with that.

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Standing by, Comrades

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?

by Axion on Oct 1, 2008 3:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

i too, am standing by

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on Oct 1, 2008 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, let's go with what Dex said

by matto619 on Oct 1, 2008 3:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

niiiice

an OT!

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by justdave on Oct 1, 2008 3:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

All my friends are Dodger fans...

…so I guess I’m rooting for LA.

I’ll be at game 3 at the Ravine on Saturday, wearing every piece of Padres gear I own. I don’t expect to make it out alive… :-)

Working to kill the beach ball and the wave since 1995.

by friar on Oct 1, 2008 3:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Awesome!

Send pics for the memorial service…

Thank goodness that's over!

by ABY on Oct 1, 2008 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Derek Lowe

So he’d make a good #3 on the Padres, right?

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?

by Axion on Oct 1, 2008 3:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Wuz up vatos locos?

by The Kipper on Oct 1, 2008 3:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

holy crap vin scully is old

listening to the game online. he just referred to Aramis as the Cubs’ “big butter and egg man”.

i’m opening this up to the peanut gallery. what the hell does that mean????

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by justdave on Oct 1, 2008 3:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Now... bare with me here

because I don’t bake, but I have been known to get baked, so this may be convoluted.

When baking a cake, the butter and eggs hold all the flour together?

Also, Vin looks animatronic.

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?

by Axion on Oct 1, 2008 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dodgers down 0-2 on a DeRosa two-run shot

right behind an Edmonds single.

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?

by Axion on Oct 1, 2008 4:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Loney

Grand slam. youve got to be fing joking

We're gonna dazzle you with our super play.

by soulSD on Oct 1, 2008 5:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Dempster

is shit. he is terrible.

We're gonna dazzle you with our super play.

by soulSD on Oct 1, 2008 5:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Dempster

They should use that for the name of some kind of garbage receptacle.

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?

by Axion on Oct 1, 2008 5:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Heavy duty psychedelic experience over at BFTB (DABOLTS MIA)

BEWARE, seriously.

by The Kipper on Oct 1, 2008 5:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

WOWOWOW

EPILEPTIC SEIZURE!

We're gonna dazzle you with our super play.

by soulSD on Oct 1, 2008 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I just checked Yahoo Game Channel

and there was Edmonds’ pic, sporting his SD cap…. ugh.

by The Kipper on Oct 1, 2008 5:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Looks LIke Dodgers are going to take Game 1

I acutally want the Dodgers to win the series so the Cubs bomb out and the fans cry.

People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power.

by sdsuaztec4 on Oct 1, 2008 6:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Go halos!

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?

by Axion on Oct 1, 2008 7:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

just got home

hows the angels game going?

I hooked up my accelerator pedal in my car to my brake lights. I hit the gas, people behind me stop, and I'm gone.

~*Chicks Dig 3rd Basemen*~

by iLOVEkouz5 on Oct 1, 2008 7:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

0-0

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by justdave on Oct 1, 2008 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just got in too

my computer is making a funny noise, I have to re-boot… did dodgers win?

Thank goodness that's over!

by ABY on Oct 1, 2008 7:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

go halos

Thank goodness that's over!

by ABY on Oct 1, 2008 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

yes

I hooked up my accelerator pedal in my car to my brake lights. I hit the gas, people behind me stop, and I'm gone.

~*Chicks Dig 3rd Basemen*~

by iLOVEkouz5 on Oct 1, 2008 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Halos up 1-0

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by Axion on Oct 1, 2008 8:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Stupid Dodgers

by Christina on Oct 1, 2008 9:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

2-1 Sucks in the 9th

People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power.

by sdsuaztec4 on Oct 1, 2008 9:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

cool

i just found out my system clock time is off.

Thanks SBNation!

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?

by Axion on Oct 1, 2008 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

:{

red sucks!

Thank goodness that's over!

by ABY on Oct 1, 2008 10:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Phils Dodgers and Sucks all lead 1-0

People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power.

by sdsuaztec4 on Oct 1, 2008 10:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I'd rather the Dodgers win

At least they’re a California team. And the Cubs and their fans are all such douches, I want to see them collapse and cry.

by maestro876 on Oct 2, 2008 9:48 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Who's slower Adrian or Vlad?

by jbox on Oct 2, 2008 10:10 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Brewers are DONE

People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power.

by sdsuaztec4 on Oct 2, 2008 4:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Seems like it

shame.

Thank goodness that's over!

by ABY on Oct 2, 2008 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Where is everbody?

I was sure there would be some posting going on during Cubs – Dodgers. Looks like Zambrano is channeling “Bad Zambrano” tonight. I’m loving it!

If you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly

by Boilermaker19 on Oct 2, 2008 7:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm digging it too

Thank goodness that's over!

by ABY on Oct 2, 2008 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Especially since Tony's commentating

If you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly

by Boilermaker19 on Oct 2, 2008 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He musta got Kouz

to pull a favor with the Blue Angels to get from Philadelphia to Wrigley in time.

Thank goodness that's over!

by ABY on Oct 2, 2008 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm thinking interference by Derek Lee

And everybody’s talking about his bad luck getting hit on the hand.

If you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly

by Boilermaker19 on Oct 2, 2008 7:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Missed it, had a phone call

sounds like typical east coast media bias/destiny crap though which is exactly why I’m rooting for la this round.

Thank goodness that's over!

by ABY on Oct 2, 2008 8:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Jim Edmonds

Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

HIT HIM!!!!!!

Thank goodness that's over!

by ABY on Oct 2, 2008 8:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

What's with the fruity hop

that Soriano does catching a routine fly ball?

If you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly

by Boilermaker19 on Oct 2, 2008 8:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I know right! Woodie?

and what’s with Zambrano’s pointing to the sky as though he’s testing the direction in the windy city… he’s down 6 nothing. NOTHING! SIX!!!

Thank goodness that's over!

by ABY on Oct 2, 2008 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Didn't skip back to the dugout!

haha

Thank goodness that's over!

by ABY on Oct 2, 2008 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

LMFAO

Cubs are so done. About to lose their EIGHTH straight postseason game. Even the Padres have won a postseason game recently.

People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power.

by sdsuaztec4 on Oct 2, 2008 8:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Where are the Cubbie Bats?

Oh right….in their THROATS…gack….gack…gack

1984 biatches!!!

Bartman and the goat biatches!!!

I hate the Dodgers but bandwagon Cub fans are just as annoying…GO RAYS!

by pasadenapadre on Oct 2, 2008 8:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

“Can’t you see past it and root for the Cubs because it’s been so long?”
And I says “No way, they’ve had the fan base and the money to make a run for it forever. Why should I root for them because they so consistently suck?” Plus, their fans are loud, obnoxious morons.

If you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly

by Boilermaker19 on Oct 2, 2008 8:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

What an embarrasment.

The Cubs won 97 games and were the highest scoring offense in the majors, and all they can manage is 3 runs in two games AT HOME.

Un-fucking-believable.

by maestro876 on Oct 2, 2008 9:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

wow, just tuned in at top of the 9th

crushed. At least Tony is announcing. Very cool.

"Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana"
Groucho Marx

by planetjeffy on Oct 2, 2008 9:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

This is going to be the worst playoffs ever.

At least the Rays won.

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?

by Axion on Oct 2, 2008 10:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Wow

I think I pleasured myself no less than fifteen times watching the Cubs game. I must have rewound the DVR five times when they had that brief montage of the Cubs failing this year’s and last year’s playoffs, with clips of frustrated Cubs fans spliced in between shots.

I know the Dodgers are hated here, and I can understand that, but Pujols almighty, watching the Cubs get trounced, and to see their miserable fans all sad and weepy makes me ever so satisfied.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Oct 3, 2008 5:44 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Best...Dodgers win....Ever!!!!!

If you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly

by Boilermaker19 on Oct 3, 2008 6:27 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Sox/Rays

Watching Grant Balfour tell Orlando Cabrera to take a seat after striking him out last night was awesome.

by Winfield's Ghost on Oct 3, 2008 6:44 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Orlando Cabrera

I’m thinking is the equivalent to Robert Horry of MLB. He’s seemingly always on a playoff team.

2004 – traded to Red Sox, wins title
2005 – jumps to Angels, goes to ALCS
2006 – rare miss
2007 – still with Angels, goes to ALDS
2008 – goes to White Sox, sneaks into playoffs again

Sure it’s not as impressive as Horry’s Rockets, Rockets, Suns, Lakers, Lakers, Lakers, Lakers, Spurs, Spurs run, but it’s also a lot harder to get into the MLB playoffs than the NBA’s. . .

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Oct 3, 2008 6:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs