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100 years of commitment 67

27 Jul 2011  |  monkeyball  |Game Thread

Early game thread just for FSU.

67 thoughts on “100 years of commitment”

  1. FreeSeatUpgrade Jul 27,2011 5:49 pm

    I think I’d require a pre-nup.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  2. grover Jul 27,2011 5:50 pm

    Please let Good Cahill show up today.

  3. oblique Jul 27,2011 6:15 pm

    Let the conspiracy theories begin continue.

  4. FreeSeatUpgrade Jul 27,2011 7:02 pm

    Wind out of North more tonight than usual. Could have some carry to right.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  5. monkeyball Jul 27,2011 7:14 pm

    JEMILE TO BREWERS!!!

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  6. FreeSeatUpgrade Jul 27,2011 7:39 pm

    Another desperate Gallego send, another safe hand tag hook slide at the plate.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • Soaker Jul 27,2011 7:41 pm || Up

      I’m sure there’s a bit of reluctance to bowl over a catcher (throughout baseball, not just with the A’s), and when your third base coach gets you thrown out by 10 feet that’s the only alternative.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • the dogfather Jul 27,2011 8:06 pm || Up

        Does Gaggs know the sign for hold-up?

        The meaning of life is not so much found, as it is Made. -- Opus
    • suspicious coin Jul 27,2011 8:54 pm || Up

      I read once that 3b coaches, like football head coaches on 4th down, are far too conservative, and that many teams would be netters off just sending the runner all the time.

      • monkeyball Jul 27,2011 8:58 pm || Up

        “netters off just sending the runner” sounds like an Australian euphemism

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • nevermoor Jul 27,2011 9:11 pm || Up

        Yeah. Make the defense be perfect. SOOOO many throws these days are way off the mark.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  7. Poppy Jul 27,2011 7:49 pm

    This “Welcome to the other California…” Toyota commercial really bothers me. “Welcome to the California where Real Americans with Real American Values live, not the godless commies we’ve all heard about…”

    There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
  8. Poppy Jul 27,2011 8:08 pm

    That looked like Longoria was shot.

    There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
  9. Poppy Jul 27,2011 8:10 pm

    I CAN HAZ LIKE OF SIZEMORE?

    There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
    • nevermoor Jul 27,2011 9:11 pm || Up

      Approved.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  10. FreeSeatUpgrade Jul 27,2011 8:15 pm

    Wow, that Matsui ball really flew out to right.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  11. 5Aces Jul 27,2011 8:16 pm

    Ok…What the hell is going on? Who is in the laundry I root for?

    Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • Poppy Jul 27,2011 8:17 pm || Up

      {huddles fearfully in corner}

      There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
    • Soaker Jul 27,2011 8:19 pm || Up

      I don’t know but these other guys look a lot like the Canseco-era Devil Rays.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  12. Poppy Jul 27,2011 8:19 pm

    There was a 1B-2B tandem whiff of a hit exactly like that last night (well, except without the RF error)…

    There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
  13. Poppy Jul 27,2011 8:21 pm

    A Baby Sweeney HR. Now I’m really freaked out.

    There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
  14. Soaker Jul 27,2011 8:21 pm

    Holy shit! Swomers!

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • spwc2010 Jul 27,2011 8:55 pm || Up

      How many sweasons has it been since he’s done that?

      \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
  15. ptbnl Jul 27,2011 8:23 pm

    Who knew you were allowed to go more than one base at a time?

    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • Poppy Jul 27,2011 8:25 pm || Up

      Ooooh, Shields just looked like he’s about to go tear up the clubhouse.

      There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
      • 5Aces Jul 27,2011 8:29 pm || Up

        He’s heading to the club house..we should head to the nearest bomb shelter.

        Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
  16. Poppy Jul 27,2011 8:28 pm

    Omg, I have to have that elephant version of the panda hat…

    There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
  17. ptbnl Jul 27,2011 8:29 pm

    Team cycle!

    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  18. the dogfather Jul 27,2011 8:34 pm

    Man, that Fosse’s good — he predicted that Sweeney would become a home run hitter, and damned if he didn’t!

    The meaning of life is not so much found, as it is Made. -- Opus
  19. Poppy Jul 27,2011 8:37 pm

    WOW. Joyce sucks.

    There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
    • monkeyball Jul 27,2011 8:38 pm || Up

      #bloombait

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • Poppy Jul 27,2011 8:39 pm || Up

        {snerk}

        There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
  20. ptbnl Jul 27,2011 8:43 pm

    Matsui has had 1 triple in each of his last 2 seasons; maybe tonight he can get this year’s.

    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
    • Soaker Jul 27,2011 8:46 pm || Up

      I’d be delighted if he’d get it next week for the team he’s been traded to.

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
      • spwc2010 Jul 27,2011 8:57 pm || Up

        the Hiroshima Carp?

        \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
  21. ptbnl Jul 27,2011 9:00 pm

    Huzzah, a hit for Cliffy … now everyone has one (or more).

    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  22. Poppy Jul 27,2011 9:03 pm

    Oh, Scott.

    On the other hand… Joyce sucks, so the assumption that the ball wouldn’t be caught was pretty reasonable.

    On the other other hand… if he was thinking that ball was going over the fence… not so reasonable.

    There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
    • nevermoor Jul 27,2011 9:12 pm || Up

      I’d lived my entire life thinking the run doesn’t score there.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  23. dmoas Jul 27,2011 9:05 pm

    Did bring the Yankees’ offense back with us from NY?

  24. Poppy Jul 27,2011 9:06 pm

    EWHT

    There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
  25. monkeyball Jul 27,2011 9:18 pm

    I just realized that “work laptop” spoonerizes really nicely

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • Poppy Jul 27,2011 9:33 pm || Up

      Wop tarplok? Is that how they keep me out of the upper deck?

      There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
      • monkeyball Jul 27,2011 9:35 pm || Up

        No, that’s the burglar who tried to steal Alex Trebek’s ID from his hotel room on 4th street this morning

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
        • Poppy Jul 27,2011 9:37 pm || Up

          o_O

          There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
          • monkeyball Jul 27,2011 9:42 pm || Up

            I’ll take “True Athletics” for a thousand.

            you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • monkeyball Jul 28,2011 6:29 pm || Up

      Also, “Hunter Pence”

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  26. suspicious coin Jul 27,2011 9:30 pm

    Cliffy 2010: 88 ops+
    Cliffy 2011: 88 ops+

    Cliffy lifetime: 89 ops+

    He’s lost a ton of baserunning and defensive value, which are two yhings which probably regress pretty heavily to the mean.

  27. FreeSeatUpgrade Jul 27,2011 10:43 pm

    L, L, W, L, L, W, L, L, W, L, L, W, L, L, W!

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • 5Aces Jul 27,2011 10:57 pm || Up

      So you’re going to TH and F so as not to screw up Sat right?

      Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
    • nevermoor Jul 28,2011 8:51 am || Up

      And what a win it was, too.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  28. FreeSeatUpgrade Jul 28,2011 8:56 am

    Weirdly neat moment last night: I entered the Coli not long before first pitch as is my habit, walked straight in and up the first set of stairs, and kept going up the second deck. National anthem starts…I’m not a big anthem fan so I usually keep on walking…but on this occasion I opt to stop at the very top of the second deck, in the entryway to the aisle down to Secs 225-226, to gaze lovingly at the ballfield and, sure, stand respectfully.

    So I’m gazing lovingly at the field. The sun is descending in the sky behind me, and the field is all in shadow, except for four parallelogram windows of sunlight streaming in through second deck entryways, maybe 20 foot square each as projected onto the grass. And then I notice: that’s MY shadow on the field, backlit in the aisle arch! I extend my arms to either side…my shadow responds. I put my feet further apart and lift my arms at angles…my shadow becomes a big X. Then my shadow resumes standing respectfully.

    The anthem ends, people start walking up and down and my little moment in the sun is over. Felt really cool, and like nothing I’ve ever experienced at the Coliseum before.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • monkeyball Jul 28,2011 9:04 am || Up

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • ptbnl Jul 28,2011 9:07 am || Up

      Sounds very cool. Do the patches of sunlight fall such that, if you had 4 people, you could spell out a 4-letter word?

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
      • monkeyball Jul 28,2011 9:24 am || Up

        ****?

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
        • spwc2010 Jul 28,2011 9:34 am || Up

          I’d rather say Fuck or Shit… you know… something we don’t have to censor…

          \"Weren\'t you already aware the Kay is already writing everyone\'s story? We\'re all just characters who believe we are real. Things make more sense now, don\'t they. Be honest.\"- DMOAS
        • the dogfather Jul 28,2011 10:25 am || Up

          The meaning of life is not so much found, as it is Made. -- Opus
          • Leopold Bloom Jul 28,2011 1:23 pm || Up

            I love that. Those boys are burning in hell if such a place exists.

      • FreeSeatUpgrade Jul 28,2011 9:27 am || Up

        Probably only a few times a year at most; the parallelograms are not of uniform size and shape, as the angle of the sunlight is different through each one.

        "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
        • ptbnl Jul 28,2011 9:34 am || Up

          I have heard that, thanks to the ancient wisdom of the druids who built the Coliseum, at sunset on the summer solstice they form the shape of Rickey diving into second.

          If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
          • monkeyball Jul 28,2011 10:09 am || Up

            you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • Leopold Bloom Jul 28,2011 1:22 pm || Up

      awesome, fsu~

    • dmoas Jul 28,2011 7:42 pm || Up

      Next time. Turn to the side and pull down your pants.

      • the dogfather Jul 28,2011 7:50 pm || Up

        The meaning of life is not so much found, as it is Made. -- Opus
    • suspicious coin Jul 28,2011 8:39 pm || Up

      That is really cool, FSU. Stuff like that makes you powerful and small all at once.

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