A Boy Named Seo

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Valentin had a .644 OPS against lefites and .869 against righties. Make him pay, Valentin.

Nice play there, but did Lo Duca have no shot at Edmonds at first?

Just prior to the pitch from Glavine, Belliard shuffled his feet towards the plate a few inches to take away the outside corner. And it worked.

In either stadium, FOX picks the biggest douche bags in the audience to show as a representation of the whole. Obnoxious hats, painted faces, stupid wigs, etc. Makes you never want to go to another baseball game again.

A lot of good stuff in here, Zvon. Great work and thanks for sharing.

Crap. I picked up a night shift tomorrow night knowing it was an off day. I may only be working during commercial breaks, but the quality of work will be quite good.

Valentin has been rock solid with the glove and he's had some difficult chances.

Who is Goggles?

Raise your hand if you thought Reyes would throw an offspeed pitch on 3-2 after walking the last two guys. That kid's got stones.

Hurry up and snap.

I got my '86 World Series DVD this week from Deep Discount DVD ($44 bucks shipped - practically free) and started disc 1 today, which is Game 6 of the NLCS. Some observations: -Tim McCarver is as annoying 20 years ago, but surprisingly (for one game anyway) a way better, more insightful color guy than he is today. Keith Jackson was the PBP guy. -I don't recall seeing a single appeal at first despite a good amount of check swings, each one called a ball. Today, every one of those would have been appealed at the catcher's request. -Lots of open references to Mike Scott and his love of sandpaper. -Man, those players are skinny and the uni's are tight, tight, tight. -The only thing uglier than the Astrodome with the still-visible yard lines for their roommates the Oilers, is the Astros uni's themselves. Blech. -Astro-turf. That's not baseball, man. -But lastly, and bestly, as ABC Sports heads to commercial break before the bottom of the 16th, there's a clear-as-day shot of Ron Darling standing in the Met dugout directly behind Davey Johnson taking a pull off a cigarette. If you haven't seen the end of the game, I won't spoil it, but the Mets won.

Okay, FOX, I'm all good on close-ups of Chris Duncan making out with that enormous wad of chew in his lip, thank you.

Great game. We really needed to hold home field advantage and beat Weaver and we did. And they wrapped it up in time for me to catch "The Office", so okay. Nice IGT. Good night, kids.

Edgy DC wrote: Everybody, crap yo' pants! Hilarious! Edit: And I am!

Rotblatt wrote: ="A Boy Named Seo"]Willie sure likes Mota. I know he'd been warming up, but why not get Heilman ready for the 8th? Saving him for tomorrow? Maybe, but Willie has shown he's got no problem going with Mota for 2 and he could've done that tomorrow. I think Willie just really digs him, and Mota's showing me why.

Willie sure likes Mota. I know he'd been warming up, but why not get Heilman ready for the 8th?

metirish wrote: ] The faraway and exotic Tampa, Florida. I'm sorry I know that now.....but hey now, isn't Sweat Lou from Tampa?, and he sounds like a drunk all the bloody time. No apologies, man. I was just funnin'. And you're dead-on right about Lou.

]I like Gonzo's accent,where's he from? The faraway and exotic Tampa, Florida.

Valentin's right ear always gets bent down by the helmet. It looks kinda funny and makes a 37-year old guy with a mustache look like a little league kid.

]So do we send him out or turn it over? He's gotta be done. His spot's coming up this inning and I wouldn't want him to throw more than that and come back in 3 days. Willie said during his in-game interview and he said he's not concerned about his workload, saying he wants to win tonight. I think we're in that position now. Give it to the pen.

Great game by Glavine, and economical, too. 89 pitches in 7 innings. He's now at 13 consecutive scoreless this postseason. Be bullish, bullpen.

He came up empty, but it was a hell of an effort by Endy. It was almost Jeter-esque, except this was actually a foul ball in stands.

Lo Duca's got a beard and knocks a base hit. No coincidence.