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  1. big dog
    *#&%&^^*%($)Perkins(#*$$&
  2. big dog
    Rickyrickyrickyrickyrickyricky! (It's working, I can't stop)
  3. big dog
    Rickyrickyrickyrickyrickyricky!
  4. big dog
    Can we call Kennys "Darth Vargas"? Or maybe Deathstar? Dude needs a nickname, beyond the obvious Vargsie.
  5. big dog
    The Vargas single, triple, and homer has Dicknbert going on and on about a cycle. Can I vote for another home run instead?
  6. big dog
    I like Ricky and Kennys and Danny.
  7. big dog
    Rickyrickyrickyrickyrickyricky! He definitely does not want to be shot into space.
  8. big dog
    Schafer's succes rate in stolen bases is taking a beating lately. Nice hit by Santana.
  9. big dog
    There's certainly an argument that Stanton swung at the ball. Regarding the pitch that hit Johnson- I don't see any possible way his bat crossed home plate. The home plate umpire didn't appear to ask for help, either- just called it. I thought that was bad umpiring.
  10. big dog
    Terrible thing for Stanton. Hope he recovers quickly. The most astonishing thing to me is that the pitch that hit Stanton was ruled a swing-and-miss by the umpire, and the replacement batter was hit on the hand by the next pitch- which was also ruled a swing-and-miss. So two guys got hit in subsequent pitches, and the result was a strikeout and warnings to both benches. Sure, that makes sense. There must be some competent umpires in the minor leagues somewhere that deserve a promotion. Find one for Joe West too.
  11. big dog
    Contraction threats are similar to blackmail/kidnapping. Drug testing was too little, too late, too tentative. Do it or don't do it, don't make it look like you are doing it when you effectively aren't. Does it work now? I doubt it, despite what they say. I don't like interleague play but I'm sure many fans do, so that's a positive. The wild card made sense, but the season going into November doesn't make sense. Putting Milwaukee back in the NL only made sense if you felt you owed something to Milwaukee...such as if you were a former owner and a resident of the city. Late-night World Series games benefit TV, as does everything else Selig did, and the owners and players, but not the fans. Selig is a former owner, employed by the owners, and he made the owners rich. Job well done, I guess. I'm sure the players are thrilled they have a chance to play for $20 million contracts instead of those piddly $5 million contracts. As a fan, his overall performance has reduced my enjoyment of the game.
  12. big dog
    I completely agree- not Schafer's fault, but the result was the same. And it goes beyond bad throws- bad baserunning is another example. The team needs better fundamentals. Arcia did make a really nice throw toward third last night, hitting the cutoff man perfectly and keeping the runner at second. I haven't given up hope, but you are right- it is embarrassing.
  13. big dog
    Yeah, I continue to believe that those horrible late 70s-early 80s teams that I followed obsessively were a lot worse than the current teams. To paraphrase something Casey Stengel once said, a lot of those guys were only 23 or 24, and looking ahead three years most of them had a chance of being 26 or 27. This team has pretty decent prospects with some positive news for the future.
  14. big dog
    Agreed- Arcia went Boom! on what appeared to be a 3/4 swing, and he didn't pull it right down the line. Hopefully he builds on that. No need to swing so hard you separate your shoulder.
  15. big dog
    Great to see Arcia go for that second out, even greater to see Hicks take charge and catch it, and greatest yet to see Arcia peel off rather than go for it. Nice Win!
  16. big dog
    I agree, it's embarrassing, and it isn't just the pitching. If I hear Gardy talk one more time about how the team plays the game the right way, I will smash something expensive. These teams are not fundamentally sound- they give away runs. It isn't being inexperienced, it's throwing to the wrong base, not hitting the cutoff man (Arcia, game after game), not being in position to take the throw, etc. The other day Shafer threw to second base, and no one was there. The runner, obviously, took second (and then third). This has to stop.
  17. big dog
    I do like that he's been working in the new relievers, though I probably would have done even more of it. Granted, we saw all of Swarzak/Duensing/Burton/Fien, but it's a game with playoff implications. We also saw Thompson/Pressly/Tonkin. I like the battlin' that's going on, that's for sure. Your Vance Worley update from yesterday's game: 4 2/3 IP, 5 H, 4 BB, 6 K, 1 WP. 3 R, 2 ER. I recognize the hits and walks, but the K's don't sound like Worley to me. -- OK, 2 of the K's were of Javier Baez, who has 53 in 132 plate appearance (a 40% K rate). So Worley's 6 K's are actually 4.3K's, Baez-adjusted.
  18. big dog
    -or both- I'll be in my basement room with a needle and a spoon and another girl to take my pain away.
  19. big dog
    Well, who could have possibly seen that coming?
  20. big dog
    "Gardy signals to the pen, and here comes Duensing."
  21. big dog
    Collapsed, hah! Most of us know he was actually pushed, and there's been a massive government cover-up.
  22. big dog
    Isn't one of the conventions of baseball "Never swing at the first pitch from a new reliever because you'll probably hit a pop-up"? Bad job, Ozzie. Unless a) you are Kent Hrbek; the pitcher is Ken Dayley; c) the bases are loaded; and d) it's the World Series.
  23. big dog
    OK, here's a tip. Run a comb through your hair. If it comes back wet, sit up and put the bowl in the sink.
  24. big dog
    Agreed, but the Angels catcher has looked pretty shaky on throws. I think the next three weeks should be dedicated to giving Hicks more confidence. Mauer!
  25. big dog
    Whatever happened to RB? He hasn't posted in hours...
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