On the brighter side: the Pepsi jingles on the Rays’ radio feed are reminiscent of the soft drink tunes that accompanied out-of-town highlights on Bill/KenKo A’s broadcasts.
The Twins gave up Gomez to get him but traded him away for twoguys I’ve never heard of. Perhaps the Twins really were just a team that makes dumb personnel decisions but were able to skate by cause of Mauer and Morneau.
As a handy benefit, the Mariners will be able to start their 2012 season with Felix Hernandez, Michael Pineda, Felix Hernandez and Michael Pineda if they so choose.
These supposed Orioles fans wearing black and orange at Camden are way too cavalier about Boston’s re-taking the lead. I’d have thought venomous bile towards the Red Sox would be more prominent.
"Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
Nah. One of the best things Selig did as Commish was to basically decree that decisive games will no longer be allowed to end with fewer than nine innings played. I know there’s no rule about it, but I’m pretty sure MLB’s more soundly of the “you gotta play it out” mindset today than ever before.
"Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
Tim Kurkjian just said it’s gonna rain heavily for another two hours. Even with that, I’d still bet pretty heavily that come midnight EDT the game has not been called.
"Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
The new rule added after that World Series that games that have been started will be suspended and resumed regardless of the inning and score applies to postseason games. It doesn’t specifically apply to Game 162 or Game 163, but no way that game will end in the 7th.
What can I say? I had all these jars of mojo I’d saved up, so I figured I might as well use them on somebody.
\"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
\"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
You work at LLNL. I work at Baseball Mojo Individual Lab.
You get paid. I twiddle my thumbs.
\"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
Yankees now bringing in their 11th pitcher of the day, which per ptbnl the other day would set a record for a nine-inning game. And it’s Scott Proctor, so it could well end in 9.
Dan Johnson = Bernie Carbo, and Maddon knows a Carbo wind when it blows
\"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
Wow, the Braves are done. 8.5 game lead in September, all gone. I think if I were an NL fan, the Braves would be something like the BoSox are to me now, a team and fanbase to be reviled at every turn.
"Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
\"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
I nominate “Pollo Libre” and “Free Samuel Johnson” for deletion because they are both offensive to me personally.
As the high priest of the Church Of Frank Perdue and the head of (what’s left of) the “Elect A Black President in 1868” steering committee, I emphatically state that I want those categories the FK gone.
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and if there’s a little room up in the top bar for four more letters,
“ASVD”
\"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
They never should have taken the salesman’s special deal on Coppertone champagne.
\"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
I think there’s more than enough room for both of us to be right on this one. Today, as it all came together, with holy shit come backs, rain delays, more holy shit come backs, oh shit threats, oh shit threats stopped, holy shit come backs on the backs of fuck yeah chokes. Fucking awesome day of baseball.
I think I need a shower, a 12 hour nap, and some ether after all 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
Every day should feel like Christmas for Curt Young, the new Red Sox pitching coach. The former A’s pitching coach didn’t have anything close to the horses he has now, and Oakland’s staff posted a 3.56 ERA last season, the best in the American League and fourth-best in the majors. Imagine what he can do with a Grade A collection of arms.
Just saw the gameday videos – Orioles reacted like they won the pennant or something. This must have been the most important game for the franchise over the last, oh, decade? certainly the most scrutinized on a national basis.
And I didn’t realize that Crawford dropped it. That dude is a Tampa double agent fo’ shizzle.
I just hope their deuces are wild tonight.
gp, #2.
NACHO RUNS!
The Joker?! Sprung from the pen?!
If that video won’t bring mikeA back, I don’t know what will.
I have been searching youtube in vain for a clip of Esther Williams saying she doesn’t like mixing clowning with baseball.
Not a Max Patkin fan?
no no: as Mike A bait!
Which leads me to speculate that Mike A was really Jesa the whole time.
Ho-lee shit, that’s awesome.
I don’t know if I’m going to be able to watch the playoffs if they keep showing Magglio crushing Huston, and our hopes and dreams. Sigh.
Anyway, excited to watch Huddy!
An inauspicious start to the evening
And in the other game our hopes are resting on Alfredo Simon.
Price is looking ba-a-a-a-d tonight.
Now they’re really resting on Alfredo Simon.
He did get out of a 1st/2nd, zero out jam with no further damage…
}:o(
Oh FK
So now we hope for the O’s to pull it off and the play-in tomorrow?
That was certainly not part of the plan.
Did Blanton get hurt?
On the brighter side: the Pepsi jingles on the Rays’ radio feed are reminiscent of the soft drink tunes that accompanied out-of-town highlights on Bill/KenKo A’s broadcasts.
JJ Hardy! Red Sox angst!
Still don’t understand why we never pursued him the last however many years he’s been nearly annually available.
The Orioles have a whole lot of good, (relatively) young talent in that lineup for having such a godawful record.
Damn he’s having a great year. What did the Twins give him up for again?
Rajai DavisCarlos GomezThanks, and go As.
The Twins gave up Gomez to get him but traded him away for two guys I’ve never heard of. Perhaps the Twins really were just a team that makes dumb personnel decisions but were able to skate by cause of Mauer and Morneau.
Why on earth is Price starting the 3rd??
I’m sorry — you have all overbid.
Jeff on Japan.
uh oh
1. We’ll be able to counter with Gio-McCarthy-Gio-McCarthy
2. Their offense is even worse than ours is, and neither team looks to upgrade a whole lot in the offseason
3. Ichiro and Matsui are both gonna be a year older and a year suckier
4. Both teams will be exhausted/jetlagged
5. Coli in April
The whole series, both wings, will be 0 to -1 games.
1. Or Cahill-Braden-Cahill-Braden, sadly.
I don’t find that at all plausible.
Well, probably not Dallas, but Cahill over McCarthy would still be the conventional wisdom, I’d think.
it would be, and I would hate it
Have any of you FKers linked this yet?! Hilarious! Especially Samuels…
These supposed Orioles fans wearing black and orange at Camden are way too cavalier about Boston’s re-taking the lead. I’d have thought venomous bile towards the Red Sox would be more prominent.
Dammit, Marco.
Atta boy Jon, walking guys in front of vlad
dammit marco
I guess I’m perilously close to not giving a shit about the playoffs. At all.
Thanks, and go As.
Boston still has time to choke yet. But when Detroit’s the hands-down most likable AL team going, that’s pretty awful.
I can root for Philly and Milwaukee pretty easily, though.
Tarps covering the infield now. Selig is probably on the phone now telling them to call it so Boston gets in.
Thanks, and go As.
Pretty much rooting against TX; a WS title + their tv deal = bad shit. (Though the A’s are screwed for the next 2-5 years regardless … )
They better not fucking call this game for rain to give the Sux the win.
No way. They’ll wait as long as it takes.
Hmm… we’re talking about MLB as influenced by FOX. I wouldn’t count anything out. Especially if/when the Rays lose.
Nah. One of the best things Selig did as Commish was to basically decree that decisive games will no longer be allowed to end with fewer than nine innings played. I know there’s no rule about it, but I’m pretty sure MLB’s more soundly of the “you gotta play it out” mindset today than ever before.
Be that as it may, technically it’s not a decisive game. Certainly not in the playoff sense. It’s just game 162.
Tim Kurkjian just said it’s gonna rain heavily for another two hours. Even with that, I’d still bet pretty heavily that come midnight EDT the game has not been called.
The new rule added after that World Series that games that have been started will be suspended and resumed regardless of the inning and score applies to postseason games. It doesn’t specifically apply to Game 162 or Game 163, but no way that game will end in the 7th.
Whoops – bad night to walk the bases loaded, Kimbrel.
Snerk. Seriously.
Come on Rays, get back in this thing.
How’s that work for ya?
Thanks, and go As.
Booyah! Now get the lead!
fucking Damon.
Thanks, and go As.
Seriously. Just needs a hit and can’t do it. Bastard.
Think they can not bring in Rivera?
He did inexplicably pitch last night
You would think that the Yankees would rather keep teh Sux out of the playoffs, right?
Thanks, and go As.
or at least make thier potential second round opponent play an extra game
No Mo. Let’s straighten that out Kotchman!
What can I say? I had all these jars of mojo I’d saved up, so I figured I might as well use them on somebody.
According to ESPN, MLB has told the O’s and BoSox that the game will not be called.
Tarps coming off.
are you FKing joking me. They’re pulling Sam Fuld for Dan. Johnson.
Thanks, and go As.
Let’s go Band Camp!
Bow to Madden’s genius.
Dan? Johnson?
Dan. Johnson.
DAN! JOHNSON!
Come on DJ. Hit it hard.
FUCK YEAH!!! DAN!!! JOHNSON!!!
oh my fucking god
Thanks, and go As.
You work at LLNL. I work at Baseball Mojo Individual Lab.
You get paid. I twiddle my thumbs.
DAN! JOHNSON!
Dan Johnson! Fuck yeah!
It’s a shame that Evan Longoria had that rally-killing three-run homer.
Are you FKing kidding me? DAN. JOHNSON.
DAN. JOHNSON.
Un-FK-ing-believable.
DAN JOHNSON!
That was awesome. I had a feeling…. he’d hit a weak ground ball to 2B.
mike! A!
I cannot remain silent in the face of a potential huge Sox collapse.
wow.
It worked! Monkeyball’s diabolical scheme worked!
One of my favorite scenes.
Huzzah! What’s next? Xbox?
So, what happened? Did they Yankees realize they could crush the Rays in the playoffs, and decide to let them win?
OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD.
Yankees now bringing in their 11th pitcher of the day, which per ptbnl the other day would set a record for a nine-inning game. And it’s Scott Proctor, so it could well end in 9.
11 is also the current record for a game of any length, so if Proctor doesn’t go the rest of the way they’ll get that record.
Welp, I haven’t been this excited about a game for a while. (Sorry, A’s. I love you and all, but you’re kinda boring sometimes.)
DAN. JOHNSON.
So as to not jinx the Rays, I’ll be keeping ESPN3 on Phils/Braves.
Game’s on an ESPN alt channel too, 210 on D-TV.
Eric Chavez sighting
Good thing I switched back to the A’s game. I caught a glimpse of him in the 9th… too painful.
Painfully obvious that Chavvy can’t catch up to the mid 90s heat anymore.
2007 called. They want their observation back.
Heh. Fair enough.
This is kAraYZee!
O’s-Sox back underway, Bal’mer threatening.
Has Aceves pitched everyday this month?
So… 4 must win games, 1 blowout, two go extras, one close game on rain delay.
Brooks Conrad, Hero?
He’s no Dan Johnson.
Heh. I just realized. They blew Hudson’s win.
I blame Foulke.
Fun Fact: Until today Dan Johnson was hitless since April 27th.
Thanks, and go As.
LOL
Dan Johnson = Bernie Carbo, and Maddon knows a Carbo wind when it blows
why aren’t teh rays bunting after the lead off guy got on like the braves (to get to brooks conrad)
Because they don’t have an awesome player like Brooks Fucking Conrad to bat after him.
That’s what happens, Marco…
“You see what happens Larry?!?”
Francona is in s now win bull pen situation. Papalbaum and Bard have been overused too
I have the A’s on radio and TB/NY on mlb.tv… if I wasn’t also working, I’d put Bos/Bal on Gameday.
3 playoff games on mlb.tv and A’s radio
and all three stopped simultaneously
does 2 + innings of scott proctor say “I don’t want to win?”
I’m waiting for the MLB pitching debut of Chavy.
Wow, the Braves are done. 8.5 game lead in September, all gone. I think if I were an NL fan, the Braves would be something like the BoSox are to me now, a team and fanbase to be reviled at every turn.
two years in a row undone by bad 2nd base defense
Nah, this one goes on the closer who couldn’t throw strikes.
well, mostly that
And I thought 2004 was painful.
Holliday looks awkward celebrating.
because he can’t smile?
Man, that guy doesn’t ever try hard enough, does he?
All right, it’s time for a bus plunge in Baltimore.
Boston just failed to score in a 1st-3rd no out situation. Bottom of the ninth now.
Boo Eric
Too Mexican.
booo Chavy….
longoria with the chavez move
The Rays have left 30 runners on base. FKers.
Counted with multiplicity.
Chris Davis just doubled.
Pretty sure he’d lose a footrace to an iceberg.
Thanks, and go As.
Landon?
Fuck Yeah!!! Blown Save!!
extra innings here we come!
Or not.
So nice to see Carl give something back to his old team.
Nope!
Does Reimold know how many fans he has around the country right now?
wheee!
Nolan Fucking reimold!
And the Rays get out of trouble unscathed!!!
Yes!!!!
This is like the funnest slate of baseball games ever (non-A’s category).
Woooooooooooooooooo!
FUCK YEAH!!!! SOX LOSE!!!
BUS PLUNGE!!!!
YAYYYYYYY!!!!!
hahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
this
Smiley face
Papelfucked up.
First loss of the year.
Couldn’t have happened at a better time.
And the O’s celebrate like they won the World Series.
That was great. It makes me want to believe for a split second that the Baltimore players hate Boston as much as I do.
I definitely would.
YES!!!
Boston choke complete! Come on, Rays!
Awesome shot of Rays dugout looking at the scoreboard.
RAYS!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Baseball is pretty great after all.
Isn’t it, though!
yup
I don’t remember a final day sequence of events like this ever before. Incredible.
Seriously. That’s about the best baseball night I’ve ever witnessed (Non-A’s division).
and with the 2 WC format, this would be for naught
Maybe.
Seriously amazing.
Holy shit!
OK, nm, NOW can we institute the soxenfreude category?
You can do whatever you want. I still prefer one line of categories, but it isn’t just my blog.
can old categories be removed?
Yes. We’ve culled from time to time.
And, of course, there’s no rule. It’s just my esthetic sense
I nominate “Pollo Libre” and “Free Samuel Johnson” for deletion because they are both offensive to me personally.
As the high priest of the Church Of Frank Perdue and the head of (what’s left of) the “Elect A Black President in 1868” steering committee, I emphatically state that I want those categories the FK gone.
I agree entirely. I was just teasing.
Here’s my culling suggestion:
KEEP
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The Grill
FKwiz
f(k)
Free Vents!
POLLO LIBRE!
F(il)K
KOTD
RENAME/RECATEGORIZE
FREE SAMUEL JOHNSON
Ballparked in neutral
COMBINE/RECATEGORIZE WITH OTHERS
F(il)M [roll into POLLO LIBRE!]
groverbaiting [combine with Slusterbation]
Slusterbation [combine with groverbaiting]
Salmagundi [just use Grill/Game Thread]
DELETE
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“ASVD”
I don’t think you can delete uncategorized, though there might be a way to remove it from that bar.
Rename it: “Suck it [Fill in the Blank]”
Hah! I hid it!
I don’t mind sharing with Slusser… although she might not feel the same way.
Slussergroverbaiting?
Translate that into it’s native German and I think you’ve got something there…
Wow. Longoria!
he is pretty good. they ought to lock him up
I’ll trade Pennington AND Zook for him.
Well we should probably get a PTBNL too if you’re giving up both..
One PTBNL is already too much.
I’m willing to take cash considerations.
RAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Holy shootballs!!
Holy shit. What a day!
I am going to love reviewing the Primer gamethread.
Running around the house yelling gibberish.
Is there a live cam from Boston I can visit to see dejected Sox fans crying in the streets?
It’s beautiful.
Looks like Jerry Remy has a tear in his eye on NESN.
UnFKing believable.
Joker’s wild!
THe rays unwittingly put Dan.Johnson. on the DL by getting champagne in his eyes during his on camera interview.
Actual quote “I can’t see anything right now.”
LOL.
He earned his contract, though.
$500,000 minor league deal for the millions n playoff money
It’s funny cause it’s true.
They never should have taken the salesman’s special deal on Coppertone champagne.
Temporary sig change.
Well I don’t want to start any blasphemous rumors, but I think that God’s got a…
when you die do you expect him to be laughing?
At Sox fans, yeah.
I do. Laughing and saying “Ah, ah, ah. You didn’t say the magic word.” Over and over again.
Well, that gave me happies.
That was realy fun, but I wanted 2 free games tomorrow.
Maybe DMOAS has a point.
I think there’s more than enough room for both of us to be right on this one. Today, as it all came together, with holy shit come backs, rain delays, more holy shit come backs, oh shit threats, oh shit threats stopped, holy shit come backs on the backs of fuck yeah chokes. Fucking awesome day of baseball.
I think I need a shower, a 12 hour nap, and some ether after all that.
and there it is. M’s broadcast
http://www.nesn.com/2011/01/2011-red-sox-will-challenge-1927-yankees-for-title-of-greatest-team-in-major-league-history.html
That’s just fucking beautiful.
Snerk.
Just saw the gameday videos – Orioles reacted like they won the pennant or something. This must have been the most important game for the franchise over the last, oh, decade? certainly the most scrutinized on a national basis.
And I didn’t realize that Crawford dropped it. That dude is a Tampa double agent fo’ shizzle.
That was a tough play to make.
CRAWFORD DROPPED IT
Ahem
Whooops.
Gif link
Yeah, I kind of love the Orioles now, just because of that celebration.
They had to know that they probably just cost Bahstahn the playoffs.
Thanks, and go As.
Showalter was managing like it was the fucking world series, and his players played like it was.
I hope they had their locker room plasticed up and had a champagne party after the game.
Martinelli’s
Thanks, and go As.
Senseable.
Man, that was Goodson-Todman level good
Serioulsy. It was like the Wire of baseball days.
Second place is a set of steak knives. Third place is you’re fired.
Red Sox, you’re not getting steak knives.
It’s just not complete without this
