Open Thread, 7/1: Padres vs Astros
by Dex on Jul 1, 2009 5:54 PM PDT
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You remember how in Star Trek: The Next Generation, you could ask the computer for food and it would put molecules together and create the food you asked for? I'd totally be down with that to create magical ballpark foods that people haven't thought of.
You could ask for all kinds of great things and taste them and determine if people would eat the stuff at a ballpark. Like jbox's churro dogs or my taco hot dog combinations or what not. I guess only one person could have that machine or else nobody would pay for the food once you made it. I need to rethink my stratergeries....
GO PADRES!!!
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How many runs does Silva give up in the first two innings?
I’m afraid this will be his curtain call with the Padres.
None.
He won’t even give up a hit…we’ll all start to relax a little bit and then the wheels will just come flying off.
I fully expect double-digit scoring from the Astros tonight.
No way.
We’ll score eight runs and win. My lucky shirt says so.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on Jul 1, 2009 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Who the hell is this guy
and what did he do with Silva?
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 1, 2009 7:10 PM PDT reply actions
Originally from Va Beach
currently in Athens, GA at a Navy school. …you from the east coast?
The east coast...
Not favorable to the west coast baseball fan. I can only watch the first half of the 10 pm games before I pass out.
Ted says
the Astros just totally muffed a double-play ball.
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 1, 2009 7:15 PM PDT reply actions
Silva is looking good but
the 2nd and 3rd time around is what worries me.
Seriously
the real Walter Silva must be wrapped in duct tape and stuffed in a car trunk somewhere.
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 1, 2009 7:24 PM PDT reply actions
Neely looks so uncomfortable when Mud tries to do something funny
just Silence from Mark as Mud cradles a lobster in a BEAT LA towel.
Fonzie!
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by TheThirdGonzalez on Jul 1, 2009 7:29 PM PDT reply actions
12.5% of the way there.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on Jul 1, 2009 7:30 PM PDT reply actions
My eight run prediction.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on Jul 1, 2009 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, sorry. Didn't really catch the question part.
Yeah, I’m there.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on Jul 1, 2009 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, we beat the other Texas team.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on Jul 1, 2009 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Quicker games too
Means I can try and get to bed at a decent hour.
Fan next to me complained about my brother's loud cheering
Do I post his picture?
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yes
Smoke big green, call it Bruce Banner
by CurbEnthusiasm on Jul 1, 2009 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Blue shirt
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Don't think so
Dean Spanos didn’t teach his son to be a pussy.
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gwynn
struck out on six pitches, didn’t swing at any.
2002, second season
last season was his first not in double digits.
biggio's career high: 34
Don Baylor: 35
Kendall: 31
Utley, 27 last season
Aflac Q
Bob Watson
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by TheThirdGonzalez on Jul 1, 2009 7:52 PM PDT reply actions
There goes the no-no.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on Jul 1, 2009 7:52 PM PDT reply actions
It's a fact.
Thirty Helens agree.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on Jul 1, 2009 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions
You were an inning off, Dr. Ama.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on Jul 1, 2009 7:55 PM PDT reply actions
I thought I was pretty clear with Walter....
Drama: Night of the game, you might feel a slight sting. That’s pride fuckin’ with you. Fuck pride! Pride only hurts, it never helps. You fight through that shit. ’Cause a year from now, when you kicking it in the Caribbean, you gonna say to yourself, “Drama was right.”
Silva: I got no problem with that, Mr. Drama.
Drama: In the 3rd, your ass goes down…Say it.
Silva: In the 3rd, my ass goes down.
Blummer
What a bummer.
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by TheThirdGonzalez on Jul 1, 2009 7:59 PM PDT reply actions
I've seen enough of Silva
Prediction: Black will take him out after he totally implodes instead of say — now.
this is the part of the movie where Bob Melvin comes out pointing to his left hand
by Dex on Jul 1, 2009 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions
you lose your right to feelings
after what Silva did in Seattle last outing
You really can't blame Silva...
Portland is beautiful this time of year…
by Drama on Jul 1, 2009 8:04 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Khalil would have made that play
assuming he wasnt beating himself at the time
What the fuck is this shit?
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by TheThirdGonzalez on Jul 1, 2009 8:06 PM PDT reply actions
This reminds me of one of my favorite poems
A 48 Year Burglar from San Diego
- Richard Brautigan
"Get on board early," Black said, alluding to, what he feels, is a crop of up-and-coming players.
"I would tell those fans that we're going to play good baseball. We're going to play hard. We're going to have exciting young players..." -Bud Black
Worst game ever
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padres lose
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by TheThirdGonzalez on Jul 1, 2009 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry, I'm too busy with my own indie pop band
The Afro-Ecuadorians
"Get on board early," Black said, alluding to, what he feels, is a crop of up-and-coming players.
"I would tell those fans that we're going to play good baseball. We're going to play hard. We're going to have exciting young players..." -Bud Black
Where was Venable on the back up
isnt that his job?
Isn't it the second baseman's job to back up and the ss covers 2nd? that's what happens with
no one on base, but I don’t know when there are multiple runners on. That’s a long way for Venable to get on such a quickly thrown ball.
by kdukat on Jul 1, 2009 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Half the people in my immediate area just got up and left
Quitters…
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hydrating is important
in these types of games
Two came back with coffee
Others were shaking hamds and saying their goodbyes
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I heard goodbyes! They are gone!
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buddy leaves pitchers in the game too long
You would think a former pitcher would know better, have better instincts for when a pitcher is finished. Sometimes, he is the last person in the ballpark to realize when a pitcher is done.
He lets pitchers “work through their problems” or “finish the inning,” which screws the rest of the team.
Silva shouldn't have gotten the opportunity to pitch tonight in the first place
bad judgement all around.
Well he was the victim of bad defense, I think he is much better than I expected
that error is major costly right now and those 3 extra runs are not his fault.
by kdukat on Jul 1, 2009 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I mean tonight, he was/is doing better than I expected to happen
by kdukat on Jul 1, 2009 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, only 3 runs but...
The second time around they were seeing his pitches. It was only a matter of time. Black did the right thing…this time around.
Yeah, I agree completely plus he probably could get rattled by that bad defense too
I am not a Silva fan by any means, I just felt a tad bad for him tonight. And I don’t know that we have any other options right now for the rotation spot until CY comes back.
by kdukat on Jul 1, 2009 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm in no rush to see Perdomo
If Silva’s arm is still attached, he owes us 5.
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Well mark Headley down for owing us three runs as well
5 hits and 3 earned runs and retiring the first 10 batters he faced is fairly decent.
by kdukat on Jul 1, 2009 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions
No just being honest. I would have said the same thing about Kouz if he made that error.
What I seriously hate is that stupid nickname.
by kdukat on Jul 1, 2009 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions
It's OK. Give in to it.
Let the hate flow through you.
by Drama on Jul 1, 2009 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Jeez
You don’t have to crucify him (again)
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by Axion on Jul 1, 2009 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I just don't get it. If Kouz had made that error, you guys would be crucifying him
left and right and talking s*** up and down. Everyone is allowed to make mistakes, but why is it not okay to think that someone that plays a routine play so poorly needs to make up for it with the bat? It’s like it’s okay for him to do that because he’s young or new, etc. But if he is going to be a major league 3rd baseman for any team, much less a team I watch every night, he needs to make that play. That’s my point. And in all likelihood, he’s going to be the 3rd baseman because Kouz has trade rumors about him everywhere right now, especially with the Mariners. I want them both to stay actually but it appears unlikely.
by kdukat on Jul 1, 2009 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions
tl;dr
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???? apparently I am not up to date on my abbreviations
and I am letting out steam on bad play and trades I wish wouldn’t happen that will
by kdukat on Jul 1, 2009 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Too long; didn't read
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by Axion on Jul 1, 2009 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
vesti?
Smoke big green, call it Bruce Banner
by CurbEnthusiasm on Jul 1, 2009 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Jesus Lopez
Would you get over it? WE. ARE. F**KING. WITH. YOU.
Obviously it was a horseshit play and there isn’t a single a person on this board that isn’t disappointed in the way Headley is progressing right now. Does he need to make that play? HELL YES. Of course he needs to make that play.
Do you remember Phantom and the way he handled all the Khalil shit we pitched at that poor bastard? THAT’S the way you handle it. We bust balls in here….that’s what we do. Just because you don’t have any doesn’t make you immune. We all give it and we all take it. Pitch it back…have fun with it.
“It’s a quest. It’s a quest for fun. I’m gonna have fun, and you’re gonna have fun. We’re all gonna have so much fuckin’ fun we’ll need plastic surgery to remove our goddamn smiles! You’ll be whistling ‘Zippity Do-da’ out of your assholes!”
lolcows
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No, not you
But if you thin the herd, there’s less lolmilk
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Not familiar with the Phantom situation honestly, still pretty new on here
and you’re probably right, I am probably not meant to be in here, I don’t like ball busting, and don’t always have fun, but that’s a reflection of me and not anyone else. I have too much to do tonight to be on here anyway and this game is over.
by kdukat on Jul 1, 2009 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Seriously, lol
I’m the only Padre fan laughing (that’s watching the game)
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peace
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by CurbEnthusiasm on Jul 1, 2009 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions
OK, correct me if I'm wrong, but
shouldn’t buddy pinch-hit with Blanks and let him replace Adrian. Well, maybe Edgar is going to play first. But I don’t get it.
Him or Blanks.
Maybe he wanted to save Blanks for later “when the game’s on the line”.
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 1, 2009 8:28 PM PDT up reply actions
winner
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by CurbEnthusiasm on Jul 1, 2009 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions
These games are increasingly more difficult to watch
Dead crowds, boring team, terrible announcers. I know I’m preaching to the converted.
Yeah, if Matty was still around,
I would buy MLBtv and enjoy these games.
Perdomo threw a wild pitch on his last warmup
This is gonna be great…
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I guess that's one way to get outs
Let them hit it 356 feet to LF
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Enjoy it while you can, he's on the trading block for sure.
by kdukat on Jul 1, 2009 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Too bad. He likes being a Padre.
And he can give us a few years of quality play.
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 1, 2009 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I know, I agree, just following everything I keep hearing.
He’s going to make too much money for the Pads to pay it next year, apparently.
by kdukat on Jul 1, 2009 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, he's arbitration eligible and we have too many outfielders
cause they can’t trade Giles now and get anything of value. Corey Brock said Hairston and Kouz are the only viable trade values that will get anything and KT said we would most likely be sellers, but our top two paid players are injured so there are few options.
by kdukat on Jul 1, 2009 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Lol
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How about this
we trade Blanks who isn’t a real outfielder and who is blocked by Adrian.
We trade Kouz and move Headley who isn’t a real outfielder back to 3B.
We get rid of Venable who isn’t anything.
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 1, 2009 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions
stupidy is only resort for a limited mine
by Lone Padre Fan QCA on Jul 1, 2009 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Is this a Khalil quote?
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There is an article on FoxSports
that Kouz is on the block, and Seattle is interested.
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/9756562/Mariners-have-wait-and-see-attitude-on-trades
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 1, 2009 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Shabazz, beer girl at s101
told me she was having a hot flash
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Adrian just took strike 3
and got a walk.
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 1, 2009 8:47 PM PDT reply actions
Rent-a-mitt can hit a little bit
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shocked Hoffman didnt try to stretch that to a triple
and criple him like Adrian
Acording to Mud
all Hispanic people look like brothers
Lrod
Forgot he was still here
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Hat Shuffle
3 a winner
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oh god who let him out
I may charge the mound…
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Too late
he already got three outs.
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 1, 2009 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Gimme a break
This is just an iPhone 3G!
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He's so lucky
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Will Venable used to be able to hit
What happened?
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Last season
Then we were like, “Hey, hit homeruns.”
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Young guy.
For now I’m happy to let him work through it.
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 1, 2009 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree.
just saying: 3-for-28 since the home run.
well were saving ourselfs
for the dogers and the man lamb good night Friars
by Lone Padre Fan QCA on Jul 1, 2009 9:21 PM PDT reply actions
You just can't make this up
It’s like a drunk, illiterate Coach
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by Axion on Jul 1, 2009 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Yeah
if we save all our runs and don’t use any of them now, we can play them all against the Dodgers this weekend!
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 1, 2009 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions
lone safe be
another is tomorrow
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by CurbEnthusiasm on Jul 1, 2009 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Alright what the hell happened?
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Jul 1, 2009 9:28 PM PDT reply actions
Just reading about Major League history
Back in 1979, when each league only had 2 divisions, the Montreal Expos won 95 games, and missed the playoffs. That franchise has never won more games than that. That just sucks.
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 1, 2009 9:35 PM PDT reply actions
They were gonna win the division
the year of the strike, too.
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They had the best record in baseball.
74-40.
Then the strike happened, and the franchise has never recovered.
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 1, 2009 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions
That's a franchise that has had even more futility than the Padres.
I think they won their division once. Lost in the NLCS to the Dodgers. Never before or since has it happened again.
by Zach (maestro876) on Jul 1, 2009 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Padre fans in my section
are pretty… ummm… ill-informed about baseball. I am disappoint.
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by Axion on Jul 1, 2009 9:35 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
all our base are belong to us
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Jul 1, 2009 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Some of the taunts at my brother are embarrassing
They tried to say something about Blum winning a WS game against them and being on the team. I had to remind them about Tomy Jr.
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Tony*
no love on the iPhone spelling correct
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Also
our 3rd baseman is Kouz… Pick another thing to jab
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i don't think ive ever sat next to an intelligent baseball fan at petco
they’re either not watching the game or saying a bunch of misinformed bullshit
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by CurbEnthusiasm on Jul 1, 2009 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions
The last two nights were fine
at least I wasn’t sure they were all terrible. Tonight was just plain pathetic. Kinda like Walter Silva (snap).
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I don't think I've sat next to an intelligent fan at any ballpark
Other than the people I came with. Of course the majority of people in the world are not considered to be intelligent and the ballpark is a place that people like to dumb themselves down with alcohol, so I’m willing to bet that has something to do with it.
Memo to baseball managers: You manufacture runs by NOT making outs, not by making them on purpose.
I've met a few
in the past. Maybe I was just lucky. Humanity, you’re failing me.
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Sell out crowd Friday
96.5% dodger fans
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Jul 1, 2009 9:39 PM PDT reply actions
That Bo Davis guy we drafted from Southern Mississippi
He’s hitting 424 and has 3 steals tonight so far and is a HR away from the cycle
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Jul 1, 2009 9:45 PM PDT reply actions
Seems like a keeper
Funny, I saw a couple of at bats in the CWS and didn’t think much of them. Of course, I saw even more of Tekotte last year didn’t think much of those either. Small sample size, the “scouts” enemy.
Memo to baseball managers: You manufacture runs by NOT making outs, not by making them on purpose.
A rare 0-fer from Eckstein
seals the L.
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