2011 MLB Baseball Thread

falsealarms · **Reply #650 on:** October 04, 2011, 10:36:13 PM

Arizona showing life up 7-1 over Milwaukee, but that series still belongs to Milwaukee.

falsealarms · **Reply #651 on:** October 05, 2011, 01:22:19 AM

Granderson's first inning catch - bases loaded at the time.

http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19839179

Curly4444 · **Reply #652 on:** October 05, 2011, 12:21:12 PM

Aint looking good for us.

metaldams · **Reply #653 on:** October 05, 2011, 12:38:17 PM

Quote from: Curly4444 on October 05, 2011, 12:21:12 PM

Aint looking good for us.

Give me your address and I'll quickly ship you a Ben Francisco jersey.

Curly4444 · **Reply #654 on:** October 05, 2011, 02:26:05 PM

Quote from: metaldams on October 05, 2011, 12:38:17 PM

Give me your address and I'll quickly ship you a Ben Francisco jersey.

That's ok, but i wouldn't mind the # for the mafia.

falsealarms · **Reply #655 on:** October 05, 2011, 02:51:58 PM

Francona has replaced McCarver for the first 2 games of the ALCS telecasts on FOX. McCarver had a minor heart procedure but will be back for ALCS game 3.

Wishes for tonight -

STL forces game 5, which they go on to win.

ARI forces game 5, so Milwaukee can clinch at home.

metaldams · **Reply #656 on:** October 05, 2011, 02:57:25 PM

Quote from: falsealarms on October 05, 2011, 02:51:58 PM

Francona has replaced McCarver for the first 2 games of the ALCS telecasts on FOX. McCarver had a minor heart procedure but will be back for ALCS game 3.

Wishes for tonight -

STL forces game 5, which they go on to win.

ARI forces game 5, so Milwaukee can clinch at home.

Wishes for tonight:

Agree

Agree

John Lackey and Josh Beckett host a keg party in the Yankees clubhouse

Lefty · **Reply #657 on:** October 05, 2011, 02:58:17 PM

Today's desires:

1. Phillies win, preferably by 9:30 p.m. EDT.
2. Dick Stockton doesn't sound like he's at a funeral when the Phillies do something good.
3. Arizona wins, so if #1 occurs, the dome teams can have the stage all to themselves on Friday.

The way the broadcasters are doing these games, TBS must stand for "Turner's Boring Shlemiels."

falsealarms · **Reply #658 on:** October 05, 2011, 03:11:29 PM

TBS isn't that bad. Smoltz is a very good analyst. Darling, for whatever reason, isn't as good as he is on SNY doing the Mets. He, Hernandez, and Cohen have a great chemistry on SNY. The only one I'm not high on is Dick Stockton. He's good when he does football on FOX, but doesn't come off as well doing a baseball game.

The best thing TBS has? Jaime Maggio.

metaldams · **Reply #659 on:** October 05, 2011, 06:18:34 PM

Quote from: falsealarms on October 05, 2011, 03:11:29 PM

The best thing TBS has? Jaime Maggio.

She's not bad.

Watching all these commercials as of late, I'm having these fantasies that involve the T-Mobile girl and that eccentric Flo girl from the Progressive insurance commercials. I'll stop now before I go too Boid Brain on you guys, but that's my post season viewing experience.

Curly4444 · **Reply #660 on:** October 05, 2011, 09:02:35 PM

This is the best shit ever. Go squirrel go!!!

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Does Busch Stadium need to invest in a dugout dog to help keep the field clear?

Roy Oswalt(notes) might think so.

For the second straight night, a brave and fast squirrel — we like to think it was the same one — hilariously interrupted a NLDS game between the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies. The tiny critter was even more brazen than it was on Tuesday, streaking across home plate just after Oswalt delivered a pitch to Skip Schumaker(notes) in the bottom of the fifth inning.

Watch your toes, Skip!

See the interruption here

Though the sight of wildlife streaking through the batter's box is funny enough — we've never seen that before — a few other factors upped the comedy level. Oswalt actually tried to use the squirrel's dash to get the pitch thrown out (no surprise, it was a ball) but his argument with home plate umpire Angel Hernandez was unsuccessful. Judging from the replay, there was no way it had an actual bearing on the play as Oswalt's pitch was in the catcher's mitt before the squirrel made its way into the play

The squirrel's innocence didn't change what Phillies manager Charlie Manuel would have liked to do to the intruder (via The 700 Level):

"Being from the south, being a squirrel hunter, if I had a gun there I mighta did something. I'm a pretty good shot," Manuel said after the game.

Other things we liked: Schumaker not seeing the squirrel despite it running across his feet, the crowd scattering as it made its escape into the stands and the squirrel predicting both a big return and a Cardinals win via his Twitter account on Tuesday night. St. Louis forced a decisive Game 5 with a 5-3 win, bringing their record in squirrel-interrupted games to an even 1-1.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Squirrel-returns-to-Busch-Stadium-heads-for-hom?urn=mlb-wp22794

metaldams · **Reply #661 on:** October 05, 2011, 09:25:58 PM

Quote from: Curly4444 on October 05, 2011, 09:02:35 PM

This is the best shit ever. Go squirrel go!!!

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Squirrel-returns-to-Busch-Stadium-heads-for-hom?urn=mlb-wp22794

Gotta love stuff like that. Not quite like Dave Winfield getting in trouble for killing a bird with a line drive in Toronto, but still crazy stuff.

metaldams · **Reply #662 on:** October 05, 2011, 09:27:38 PM

OK, random thought here. Watching the Arizona/Milwaukee game, and there's a commercial with J-Lo where her voice is obviously auto-tuned. What right does an auto-tuned diva have to judge a show with singers?

falsealarms · **Reply #663 on:** October 06, 2011, 01:53:01 AM

STL won and ARI won their games. Two game 5's now on Friday. I definitely don't want Philly to win, but wouldn't mind Arizona beating Milwaukee. Both ARI/MIL are interesting stories for different reasons.

Now, Detroit, eliminate the Yankees Thursday night.

Lefty · **Reply #664 on:** October 06, 2011, 03:02:49 PM

Desires through Saturday:

1. Flyers win twice.
2. Phillies win tomorrow. (There will be a major distraction at the bowling alley during the 3rd game when the decisive game 5 begins, as there are TV screens over many of the lanes.) The Phillies are 1-1 all-time in deciding games in the postseason.
3. Tomorrow's New York paper headline about the ALDS: "Yankees finishes 2nd, Detroit finishes next to last."

Lefty · **Reply #665 on:** October 06, 2011, 03:03:46 PM

I almost forgot: That squirrel was the same one from the night before -- I saw it wearing a J.D. Drew #7 Cardinals jersey.

falsealarms · **Reply #666 on:** October 06, 2011, 03:41:03 PM

The famous squirrel. For some, the highlight of the night.

falsealarms · **Reply #667 on:** October 06, 2011, 04:26:38 PM

So much for Francona managing the White Sox, as has been rumored. Robin Ventura, the former White Sox and Mets player, is now the White Sox skipper. Only 44 years old and has little (or no) managerial experience, so it's easy to see this move going either way in a few years. On the plus side, the White Sox aren't afraid to spend and the team he'll inherit isn't half bad. I thought they underachieved this year.

metaldams · **Reply #668 on:** October 06, 2011, 04:34:39 PM

Quote from: falsealarms on October 06, 2011, 04:26:38 PM

So much for Francona managing the White Sox, as has been rumored. Robin Ventura, the former White Sox and Mets player, is now the White Sox skipper. Only 44 years old and has little (or no) managerial experience, so it's easy to see this move going either way in a few years. On the plus side, the White Sox aren't afraid to spend and the team he'll inherit isn't half bad. I thought they underachieved this year.

Watch him go to the Cubs with Epstein, that would be crazy!

The Cubs would need to trade something for Epstein, though. I'll take Starlin Castro, thank you very much.

falsealarms · **Reply #669 on:** October 06, 2011, 04:41:19 PM

Charlie Manuel on THE squirrel: http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19850875&topic_id=&c_id=mlb&tcid=vpp_copy_19850875&v=3

shemps#1 · **Reply #670 on:** October 06, 2011, 10:42:25 PM

Fare The Well Skanks.

Shemp_Diesel · **Reply #671 on:** October 06, 2011, 10:43:34 PM

Down go the Yankees! Down go the Yankees! It's a beautiful thing, it really is.

Shemp_Diesel · **Reply #672 on:** October 06, 2011, 10:45:28 PM

Now I'll wait and see if the Cards can take down the Phillies. A Philadelphia/Yankee free World Series would be beautiful...

Justin T · **Reply #673 on:** October 06, 2011, 10:47:16 PM

Yeah yeah whatever.

A reluctant congratulations to the Tigers, they edged us out tonight.

I hope they beat the crap out of the Rangers in the ALCS.

It's a good thing I don't drink often, or else I would have the urge to get drunk right about now.

shemps#1 · **Reply #674 on:** October 06, 2011, 10:47:41 PM

Oh and Justin, part of me wants to offer my condolences, but that's a small part. The blood of Red Sox Nation flows through these veins so HAHAHAHA! The Yankees lose THHHHHHHHHHHHA YANKEES LOSE!

Welcome to the offseason, our manager would show you around the place but we don't have one.