IGT 7/2/10 NYM @ WAS: National Holiday

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

The Angels won 97 games without Rodriguez last year.

He could leave the Mets tomorrow and with a little bit of effort and creativity we'd never miss him either.

[smg58]

On edit: screw the good jump, I forgot that wasn't even the tying run. Just embarrassing.

[Zvon]

That don't really work for nothin if you never saw F-Troop.

If you have, you say that like the chief said : "IT IS BALLOON!"

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I'll take it but FML, we are so doomed.[/quote:2j92rfph]

I'll go out there on a limb and this "eighth-inning guy" stuff will make me break my remote control later this season.

Guys who can't hack it as a starter but can crank it up to be somewhat effective in short bursts shouldn't be anywhere near the top of a winning team's payroll.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I have no problem with the "brand name" closer generally; my gripe (since 2008) has been the totally dipshit management of the 'pen by Jerry.[/quote:2amovpdt]

Yeah, but it's the Brand Name-ness that contributes to the dipshittery.

[Zvon]

I'll take it but FML, we are so doomed.[/quote:3483188v]

I'll go out there on a limb and this "eighth-inning guy" stuff will make me break my remote control later this season.

Guys who can't hack it as a starter but can crank it up to be somewhat effective in short bursts shouldn't be anywhere near the top of a winning team's payroll.[/quote:3483188v]

Id like to think that since the steroid era is over, things might get back to the old way of doin things.
I'm not sure I remember what that was tho.

But this business where " Oh, I'm a pitcher and I NEED TO KNOW MY ROLE!!!!WAAA!!"

Fuck that shit.
Hey, that's your role ya idiot!
You're a pitcher!

I give you the ball....you pitch!

*slaps the pitcher upside the head.

[Zvon]

Oh, and btw,

[Fman99]

Driving south today, listened to much of the game on XM and caught the last three outs here in our hotel room. Loved the pickoff ending.

[Frayed Knot]

It's funny, by the numbers K-Rod is having exactly the kind of season he put up regularly in Anaheim, and yet nothing ever seems easy with him.[/quote:3h1i8xup]



And he blew games (7 in his record year) and walked batters out there too. It's just that;
1) you tend not to notice those things if it's not YOUR closer
and
2) It just seems that the small-ball playing Angels played a ton of close games so the volume of chances he got spread out the bad games and I suspect he rarely pitched non-save games out there.

[bmfc1]

I wonder if bmfc is sitting on third base field level, saw someone
a couple of times that kinda looked like him.[/quote:221vrigt]

Yes I was. Section 112, near the male cheerleader.

[G-Fafif]

Win - Niese (6-2)
Save - Tejada (1)

[Guest Edgy DC]

I wonder if bmfc is sitting on third base field level, saw someone
a couple of times that kinda looked like him.[/quote:rja2jj6n]

Yes I was. Section 112, near the male cheerleader.[/quote:rja2jj6n]
I wasn't far from you, homeboy. One of the lower-level staircases --- the one right by Ben's Chili Bowl, if you believe it --- went unguarded all night, so our $18 tickets bought us a fine night down with the swells. Beautiful evening, even with the un-necessary bullpen adventure.

You had a couple of dickweeds with Alex Ovekchin jerseys sitting behind you, amiright?