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Rollins takes it in the butt

I love Fox's extra closeup of Evan Longoria yamming his glove up Rollins' butt as he tags him out....and the ump blindly calls him safe. I'm rooting for the Rays mind you, but all in all, there have been some bad calls in this Series, basepaths especially. The Crawford missed call at 1st the other night ended up costing the Phils 2 runs.

Feel free to make this the Game 4 thread and talk about whatever....

Variables-please chime in, especially as the night wears on!

 

 

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Eric Bruntlett

is a player I want on my team. If I’m in the National League. Smart player (Stanford). Always liked him ever since he came up w the Stros.

The Giants need to sign Harry Doyle.

by jrose643 on Oct 26, 2008 8:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

take him. he sucks

i’d much rather have a ronnie belliard or a cesar izturis, someone who can at least put the ball on the bat or steal a base in a pinch.

that being said, 2 more wins, and i’ll give brunt a 3 year deal just for nostalgia’s sake.

When they should be sacrifice bunting, they are buying effeminate designer jeans. When they should be fouling off pitches, they are masturbating. Always, they are masturbating.

by variablesdont on Oct 26, 2008 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I guess I can see Bruntlett

But I think I’d take Pujols. It’s close, tho.

by mraver on Oct 26, 2008 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bossman

has got to be the fastest superstar in the game today (Willy T need not apply). On his steal of 3rd last night, I swear he took like 6 steps. Long loping speed, goodness he can go back on a ball in CF as good as anybody.

The Giants need to sign Harry Doyle.

by jrose643 on Oct 26, 2008 8:54 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

A man named Beltran called

He wasn’t making any claims to the speed, but he said something about going back on the ball.

by aap212 on Oct 26, 2008 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh yeah and jose reyes

as far as sheer speed hes unmatched by any star player including bj or beltran.

by robcast23 on Oct 27, 2008 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Carlos Gomez is a superstar?

We weren’t just talking fastest players in the game. Gomez could certainly come to that party and bring Gathright as his +1. But for superstars that fast, Hanley Ramirez is the only guy we’re leaving out, I think.

by aap212 on Oct 27, 2008 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The umpiring in this series has been horrific

Every game has been marred by a serious blown call, sometimes more than one. They’ve been equal-opportunity incompetents, at least, but this stuff is unacceptable in a championship series (unless it’s the NBA…).

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Oct 26, 2008 9:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Is Ed Hochuli a two-sport star?

zinggggg.

The Giants need to sign Harry Doyle.

by jrose643 on Oct 26, 2008 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i don't want to hear this

sonnanstine fucked up. there was an out in the inning, a runner on first, and ryan howard hit a ball right to him. he fielded it well.

the play to make was to spin and throw to second for a 1-6-3 inning ending DP.

he lost his head, got a bad call, then gave up a run. it shouldn’t have been an issue, though.

When they should be sacrifice bunting, they are buying effeminate designer jeans. When they should be fouling off pitches, they are masturbating. Always, they are masturbating.

by variablesdont on Oct 26, 2008 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Huh?

Me: “Ump made a bad call.”
You: “Player made a bad play.”

That’s the very epitome of a non sequiter.

Baseball needs instant replay. Put in a challenge system and that call gets overturned in 15 seconds.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Oct 26, 2008 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

POPO!!!

When they should be sacrifice bunting, they are buying effeminate designer jeans. When they should be fouling off pitches, they are masturbating. Always, they are masturbating.

by variablesdont on Oct 26, 2008 9:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

POPO ZAO>!!>!!

When they should be sacrifice bunting, they are buying effeminate designer jeans. When they should be fouling off pitches, they are masturbating. Always, they are masturbating.

by variablesdont on Oct 26, 2008 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Series over

This is the year of fucked up refs and umpires. I think sports needs to take these dumbasses back to school and teach them how to call things correctly unless half of these umps and refs are friends with Tim Donoughy.

by Bravesin07 on Oct 26, 2008 9:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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When they should be sacrifice bunting, they are buying effeminate designer jeans. When they should be fouling off pitches, they are masturbating. Always, they are masturbating.

by variablesdont on Oct 26, 2008 10:41 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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When they should be sacrifice bunting, they are buying effeminate designer jeans. When they should be fouling off pitches, they are masturbating. Always, they are masturbating.

by variablesdont on Oct 26, 2008 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

6!!1!!11!!

When they should be sacrifice bunting, they are buying effeminate designer jeans. When they should be fouling off pitches, they are masturbating. Always, they are masturbating.

by variablesdont on Oct 26, 2008 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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When they should be sacrifice bunting, they are buying effeminate designer jeans. When they should be fouling off pitches, they are masturbating. Always, they are masturbating.

by variablesdont on Oct 26, 2008 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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When they should be sacrifice bunting, they are buying effeminate designer jeans. When they should be fouling off pitches, they are masturbating. Always, they are masturbating.

by variablesdont on Oct 26, 2008 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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act like you’ve been there before

When they should be sacrifice bunting, they are buying effeminate designer jeans. When they should be fouling off pitches, they are masturbating. Always, they are masturbating.

by variablesdont on Oct 26, 2008 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

haha

how old are you? im guessing not around in 80. (neither was I- barely)

The Giants need to sign Harry Doyle.

by jrose643 on Oct 26, 2008 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

21.

i’m a fan, i’m allowed to enjoy it.

i don’t want to see one smug or content look on a phillies’ face until that number hits 0 tomorrow night.

when it’s in the bag, you can enjoy, but until then, there’s work to be done.

When they should be sacrifice bunting, they are buying effeminate designer jeans. When they should be fouling off pitches, they are masturbating. Always, they are masturbating.

by variablesdont on Oct 26, 2008 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm a 27 year old Giants fan

so that means I tried to stab Dusty Baker THROUGH my television when he gave Russ Ortiz the damn game ball with 7 outs to go in the frickin world series. Still blame him to this day, so you make quite a valid point.

The Giants need to sign Harry Doyle.

by jrose643 on Oct 26, 2008 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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When they should be sacrifice bunting, they are buying effeminate designer jeans. When they should be fouling off pitches, they are masturbating. Always, they are masturbating.

by variablesdont on Oct 26, 2008 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

1.

When they should be sacrifice bunting, they are buying effeminate designer jeans. When they should be fouling off pitches, they are masturbating. Always, they are masturbating.

by variablesdont on Oct 26, 2008 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

27 now.

we deserve to clinch at home.

make it happen cole.

When they should be sacrifice bunting, they are buying effeminate designer jeans. When they should be fouling off pitches, they are masturbating. Always, they are masturbating.

by variablesdont on Oct 26, 2008 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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COLE HAMELS FINISHES THIS TONIGHT!

GO COLE!!!!!!!

I heard Tim Lincecum will win 1 Cy Young & 11 Tim Lincecums. Question is, how many Cole Hamels will he win?

by the pinstripes on Oct 27, 2008 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Welcome to watching baseball...

…Rays fans!

Guess what? Sometime umpires blow calls! Like yesterday when Carl Crawford was out by a step on Jamie Moyer’s shovel pass at first, for instance.

Ive seen a lot of bitching by Tampa fans so far. After every game of the ALCS and WS Ive seen someone start a thread or go off about a call screwing the Rays. Its getting really tired… I really dont see Phils fans (who are typically notorious complainers) matching it. Very strange. I wonder if the Philly fans are just resigned to postseason suffering, so they dont have the outrage anymore…

by alskor on Oct 26, 2008 10:43 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

No, they're winning.

That’s why they’re not complaining.

Who's world is it? It's yours.

by BlackOps on Oct 26, 2008 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

PLUS

the ALCS was more or less decided by a series of five TERRIBLE strike calls/non calls in the 11th inning of Game 2, so Tampa fans: chill. Youve got nothing to complain about.

Im beginning to think Tampa was like the Tigers of a couple years back… everyone forgot what a great team St. Louis was for 2 or 3 years there – though they won less than 90 games that season. Everyone assumed the Tigers under Leyland were a team of destiny…. howd that work out? Philly has been a damn good team just short in pitching for about three years here… same deal…

Major difference is the Rays will actually remain a good team going forward, unlike Detroit, who promptly went in the s***ter.

by alskor on Oct 27, 2008 12:58 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Where are the Rays fans complaining?

There are quite a few Rays fans on this site, I don’t see a single one complaining in this thread.

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Oct 27, 2008 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The ones on minorleagueball

mostly have my respect. The fact theyve been following Rays minor leaguers speaks volumes about their fandom.

There have been plenty of complaints about calls on this site by Rays fans, though, if you look around. Im not going to list them all here b/c thats like calling out people…

(HINT: Check the World Series threads)

by alskor on Oct 27, 2008 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

There has been some pretty poor officiating though

Check the ball/strike charts on the Garza v Moyer chart, and the difference in strike zone they were giving the two pitchers is blatantly obvious. That’s not a Phillies-Rays thing though, that just seems to be the standard for ‘crafty veterans’, that they get a much bigger strike zone than everyone else.

I don’t think anyone’s really blaming the series on the umps though, just complaining about them. Other than last night’s game, both teams have been doing their best to lose the series.

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Oct 27, 2008 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

speaking of umpires.........

who in the heck is doing the plate in this game? he has the most amateurish call on called third strikes that i’ve ever seen.

by psugator on Oct 26, 2008 11:16 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Is it just me

or is McCarver saying “Cold” Hamels not Cole Hamels?

"So's your mom"-David Sloane

by gatling on Oct 26, 2008 11:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

mccarver

did anyone else here mccarver say that the ball aki booted (i forget what inning) should be ruled a hit because he probably wasn’t used to fielding a grounder so close to first. he also went on to say that had the ball “jumped up” and not hugged the grass like it did that would’ve been reason to issue an error. i mean wtf?

I heard Tim Lincecum will win 1 Cy Young & 11 Tim Lincecums. Question is, how many Cole Hamels will he win?

by the pinstripes on Oct 27, 2008 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did anybody happen to see...

Terry Bradshaw refer to Tim McCarver as “the best color commentator in baseball today” on the Fox pre-game show this week? It was like listening to Barry Bonds say that Bobby Knight is the most polite man to the media in sports…

by jseiner on Oct 26, 2008 11:50 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

You obviously

have some fascination with players putting things in their butt. Nasty.

by slurve on Oct 27, 2008 7:09 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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When they should be sacrifice bunting, they are buying effeminate designer jeans. When they should be fouling off pitches, they are masturbating. Always, they are masturbating.

by variablesdont on Oct 27, 2008 8:31 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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When they should be sacrifice bunting, they are buying effeminate designer jeans. When they should be fouling off pitches, they are masturbating. Always, they are masturbating.

by variablesdont on Oct 27, 2008 8:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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hamels is awesome.

When they should be sacrifice bunting, they are buying effeminate designer jeans. When they should be fouling off pitches, they are masturbating. Always, they are masturbating.

by variablesdont on Oct 27, 2008 8:33 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

2 runs with hamels on the mound in the cold and rain should be enough.

6 more would be good, though.

When they should be sacrifice bunting, they are buying effeminate designer jeans. When they should be fouling off pitches, they are masturbating. Always, they are masturbating.

by variablesdont on Oct 27, 2008 8:50 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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When they should be sacrifice bunting, they are buying effeminate designer jeans. When they should be fouling off pitches, they are masturbating. Always, they are masturbating.

by variablesdont on Oct 27, 2008 8:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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When they should be sacrifice bunting, they are buying effeminate designer jeans. When they should be fouling off pitches, they are masturbating. Always, they are masturbating.

by variablesdont on Oct 27, 2008 8:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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When they should be sacrifice bunting, they are buying effeminate designer jeans. When they should be fouling off pitches, they are masturbating. Always, they are masturbating.

by variablesdont on Oct 27, 2008 9:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

666

This is perhaps the biggest waste of cyberspace this side of a Strawberry Shortcake website.

by slurve on Oct 27, 2008 9:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

NOW THERE"S A DIRTBAG

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When they should be sacrifice bunting, they are buying effeminate designer jeans. When they should be fouling off pitches, they are masturbating. Always, they are masturbating.

by variablesdont on Oct 27, 2008 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Shut-up

and go back to drinking you lazy prospector.

by slurve on Oct 27, 2008 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well shit

there goes tonight’s project out the window.

"So's your mom"-David Sloane

by gatling on Oct 29, 2008 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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