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Syt

#645
October 09, 2013, 11:37:36 PM
Ah well, it was fun while it lasted. :)

I'm kinda expecting a losing season again next year (because as a Pirates fan that's what you do).

Anyways, Go Tgers!
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Valmy

#646
October 09, 2013, 11:48:51 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 09, 2013, 09:44:25 PM
Funny how those gotta-be-offended-about-something folks complaining about Indian team names never complain about the Vikings or Celtics.

Nothing on the Fighting Irish.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Valmy

#647
October 09, 2013, 11:55:01 PM
Quote from: derspiess on October 09, 2013, 10:30:51 PM
I missed Olbermann doing baseball recap & analysis. If he can just stick to sports and leave his politics at home, he's awesome.

Always loved sports Olbermann.  He is one of the best around.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Razgovory

#648
October 10, 2013, 04:06:45 AM
Quote from: derspiess on October 09, 2013, 10:30:51 PM
I missed Olbermann doing baseball recap & analysis. If he can just stick to sports and leave his politics at home, he's awesome.

Aaaand then there's Pedro Martinez slowing things down. I'd be happier with him doing his analysis in Spanish.

I agree with you here.  I found him strident and self-righteous in the extreme.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

jimmy olsen

#649
October 10, 2013, 04:20:47 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on October 10, 2013, 04:06:45 AM
Quote from: derspiess on October 09, 2013, 10:30:51 PM
I missed Olbermann doing baseball recap & analysis. If he can just stick to sports and leave his politics at home, he's awesome.

Aaaand then there's Pedro Martinez slowing things down. I'd be happier with him doing his analysis in Spanish.

I agree with you here.  I found him strident and self-righteous in the extreme.
For a minute I thought you were talking about Pedro and I was so confused! :D
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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derspiess

#650
October 10, 2013, 08:40:01 AM
Quote from: Syt on October 09, 2013, 11:37:36 PM
Ah well, it was fun while it lasted. :)

I'm kinda expecting a losing season again next year (because as a Pirates fan that's what you do).

Anyways, Go Tgers!

If they can keep the same formula they had this year, they'll be fine.  That catch by Marte was amazing, btw.  Would have been a triple for sure.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

CountDeMoney

#651
October 10, 2013, 09:51:53 PM
Well, crap.

QuoteDespite initial hopes that Orioles third baseman Manny Machado could avoid surgery on his injured left knee, the Orioles' 21-year-old All-Star has decided to undergo a reconstructive surgery on the knee Monday in Los Angeles, the club announced Thursday night.

Machado, who tore the medial patellofemoral ligament – a small ligament that connects to the kneecap -- in his left knee, faces a rehab time of four to six months, but Machado still hopes to be ready for spring training in mid-February.

"I sent my MRI results to a couple of doctors and knee specialists and we decided that in the long run and for my future as a baseball player, this surgery would be the best plan," Machado said in a statement released by the team. "I will immediately begin the rehabilitation process in hopes of being ready for the start of spring training."

The procedure will be performed by Dodgers orthopedic surgeon Dr. Neal ElAttrache at the Kerlan-Jobe Clinic in Los Angeles.

When Machado injured his knee after landing awkwardly on first base and falling to the ground during a game on Sept. 23, the Orioles feared the worst – that he had torn a major ligament in the knee, the ACL or MCL.

But an MRI on the joint revealed no major ligament damage, and a visit to nationally renowned orthopedist Dr. James Andrews for a second opinion confirmed the Orioles' initial prognosis of rest and rehab with no surgery.

"After conferring with several doctors, Manny has elected to have surgery to repair his left knee," Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette said. "He has the full support of the Orioles organization with this decision and we look forward to seeing him back on the field in Sarasota at full strength."

When the Orioles first diagnosed the injury, Duquette said it wasn't necessarily a new injury because Machado suffered a kneecap injury two years ago in the minor leagues playing at Class-A Delmarva that could have weakened the ligament.

So after getting other opinions on the knee, a decision to undergo surgery had to be made sooner than later in order to have any chance to return in time for spring training.

In his first full season, Machado hit .283 with 14 homers and 71 RBIs while leading the AL with 51 doubles. He played in his first All-Star Game in July and will be a strong candidate for the Gold Glove with his defense at third.

Savonarola

#652
October 11, 2013, 03:25:01 PM
Quote from: Valmy on October 08, 2013, 10:05:31 PM
Dang Sav I figured you would have become a Marlins fan by now.

:P

Although I do feel a strange sense of deja vu whenever I watch the Jaguars.  :unsure:

In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace—and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock

Admiral Yi

#653
October 11, 2013, 04:24:15 PM
My impression is that carpetbaggers keep their hometown affiliation, which is why I think it's smart for the Miami franchises to market heavily to Latinos, and why I suspect the Tampa Bay franchises will always have anemic fan support.

sbr

#654
October 12, 2013, 12:28:30 AM
It's pretty fun to watch one guy single-handedly win a 13 inning baseball game.

derspiess

#655
October 12, 2013, 11:50:02 AM
Quote from: sbr on October 12, 2013, 12:28:30 AM
It's pretty fun to watch one guy single-handedly win a 13 inning baseball game.

Beltran was a machine.  The only thing he didn't do was pitch.  He's been my favorite player the last couple of years.

Joe Kelly deserves props as well.  The ever so smart baseball experts were predicting an easy Dodger win & were puzzled as to why the Cards would pitch Kelly.  He's been rock-solid as a starter-- the best one they had through a stretch of the season.  He's not going to pitch a complete game and he doesn't get a lot of strikeouts-- he just gets guys out.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

sbr

#656
October 12, 2013, 11:11:08 PM
How the hell does a 1-0 game, with a combined 10 hits last almost 4 hours?!?

jimmy olsen

#657
October 13, 2013, 02:58:51 AM
Lots of walks, lots of long at bats.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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derspiess

#658
October 13, 2013, 09:41:08 AM
Pitching changes.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Ed Anger

#659
October 13, 2013, 08:19:46 PM
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