I hope the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim From the Second Exit On the Highway Near the McDonald’s Oasis are ready, because they are about to get a whole mess of this coming at them:
Well, for two innings, anway, which is all Z is expected to pitch. BTW, “The Beast” not catching on, huh? That’s a shame. I loved that one.
Today’s lineup:
Soriano, CF
Izturis, SS
Lee, 1B
Ramirez, 3B
Murton, LF
DeRosa, 2B
Blanco, C
Pagan, RF
Zambrano, P
Eeeeeeesh. That’s not so good, Lou. Try again tomorrow. The game starts at 2:05 CST (again) is (once again), available on mlbaudio.
In other news, Buttercup will be starting Monday against Seattle. Can you guys believe it? I can’t believe it. It makes me want to call in sick and keep my kids home from school so that they can tell their grandchildren that they saw Buttercup pitch (a ball) (off a mound). Perhaps it should be a national holiday? At LEAST a state-wide holiday.
At any rate, I fully expect to see him escorted off the field by a slew of trainers by the end of the first inning (but I secretly hope not). I’m a closet Prior supporter. There I said it. TRUST TREE!
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Don’t throw Prior under the bus yet julie, it’s a new season…..wait….I’m trying to hold my breath until he pitches a REAL BALL instead of a towel during an elongated side session but….back to my point, don’t give up hope on the kid until at least Monday. It should be more of a religious holiday anyhow, kind of a second coming kind of thing. We may never see this again. Just kidding, I hope he kicks ass and wins 27 games this year….wait while I hold my breath…..
I SAID I’m a closet Prior supporter. What more do you want from me? And don’t use the word “elongated” when you talk about Prior. It sounds like the first word in an injury he might have: “elongated fist metatarsal,” “elongated herniated disk,” “elongated rotator cuff,” “elongated hernia.”
You didn’t know that? All the comparisons to Dontrelle Willis didn’t tip you off? I don’t know if I’ve ever heard anyone in any sport compared to someone outside their race.
Someone grounds out.
Zambrano strikes out Kendrick.
Figgins singles to left.
Figgins steals second (Zambrano notices he’s running, throws to first, the throw to second is wide of the bag).
Zambrano strikes out Molina swinging.
(That’s 4 K’s for The Beast)
Ramirez pops out to third.
Murton homers to right on the first pitch!
DeRosa works the count full and walks.
Blanco flies out to right-center.
Pagan hits one to the gap that Vlad runs down.
Nick Gorneault strikes out swinging. (5 out of 8 Batters K’d)
Rob Quinlan flies out to deep right center, just shy of the track. (Soriano makes a routine play)
Matthews pops out to Izturis in foul ground.
Bottom of the Third
Darren Oliver pitching (Oh goodie!)
Brian Dopirak pinch hits for Howry.
Dopirak pops out to Hillenbrand in foul territory.
Soriano flies out to Lil’ Sarge, to the rim of the track in left-center. (Performance-enhanced catch)
Izturis gets one of those line-hugging infield hits where the defense hopes it goes foul and doesn’t make a play.
Lee bounces one through the hole to center, Izturis to second.
Ramirez walks, bases loaded. Orangina to bat with the bases loaded
Murton singles to right, Izturis and Lee score. (Murton stakes early claim to Cactus League MVP)
DeRosa lines out to left.
Top of the Fourth Cutiepie Neal Cotts pitching, Eric Patterson at second
Cabrera flies out to Pagan. (The Angels’ play-by-play guy loves the phrase “rim of the track”)
Vlad the Impaler grounds out sharply to Ramirez (who apparently made a good play).
Hillenbrand singles to left past Izturis (isn’t he supposed to field everything on the left side?). Wild pitch, Hillenbrand to second
Kendrick singles to center, Hillenbrand scores.
Figgins hits an infield single to the hole at short, throw gets away, Kendrick moves to third. Meeting at the mound featuring the Baron de Rothschilde
Molina hits a double to left, just beyond the reach of Murton, Kendrick and Figgsy score. Damn you and your babyface, Cotts
Gorneault grounds out to Izturis (who bobbled and almost got another error).
He shouldn’t have made the throw… little chance to throw out Figgins, although with the double, it didn’t really make a difference that Kendrick got to third. Bad judgement, though.
Bottom of the Fourth Someone named Green or Greene pitching for the Angels
Blanco grounds out to second.
Pagan singles off the mound into center.
Pagan steals second.
Patterson pops out to short left.
Soriano strikes out.
Top of the Fifth Clay Rapada pitching, Felix Pie in center
Tommy Jones (or something like that) grounds out to third.
Performance Enhancer, Jr. hits a home run to center. Damn you Lil’ Sarge for discovering drugs after you left the Cubs
Cabrera doubles to left.
Vlad destroys one to center, Cabrera scores. No-doubter. (I don’t think Rapada’s going to make the 25 man roster)
Hillenbrand pops out to Blanco near the on-deck area.
Kendrick hits a “ringing two-out double” off the wall in left center. The Baron takes another walk to the mound to cure what ails Rapada.
Figgins homers, Kendrick scores.
If we thought Rapada could be a LOOGY, we were right! He got two outs. Though he gave up 5 extra base hits. Rapada isn’t cured, leaves the game in favor of another babyfaced cutie, Angel Guzman
Molina grounds out to short.
Bottom of the Fifth Some changes for the Angels, I’m not going into detail, though it’s now brother versus brother (Maicer enters at 2nd base).
Izturis doubles to left. (Wow!)
Lee bloops a single to left center, Izturis has to hold and only gets to third.
Ramirez pops out to said Maicer.
Murton singles to left, Izzy scores.
(Angels’ announcer goes into explanation about P-I-E being pronounced pié)
Pie grounds one to the hole, fielder’s choice to second. (Lou’s pissed about the call)
I just finished my second beer.
Blanco flies out to the deaf Curis Pride in left.
Orange County’s Own 8, Those of the Stadium Near Boystown 4.
Bottom of the 5th Koyie Hill at catcher, Mike Kincaide at 1st, Buck Coats in left, Suckie Cedeño at short, Tomàs Perez at 3rd
Aaron Peale, Peel, Piel?, who’s 24, works the count full prior to popping out to first.
Tommy Murphy triples to center.
Someone grounds out to 2nd, Murphy scores.
Aybar grounds out to 2nd.
Gene Autrey’s Old Team 9, Team Formerly Owned By A Chewing Gum Empire 4.
Bottom of the 6th Some non-roster pitcher on the mound, new catcher too
Someone grounded out while I wasn’t paying attention.
Patterson flies out to shallow center. Side note: The Angels don’t allow their pitchers to throw split-finger fastballs
Tyler Colvin (he of the 20 pounds of added muscle – I wouldn’t mind seeing him in the lockerroom) flies out.
Top of the Seventh Sean Gallagher takes the mound
Cuban expatriate Kendry Morales grounds to first, 3-1 (Gallagher competently covers first!).
Deaf player Curtis Pride grounds out to second. Side note: current Angels major leaguers are exempt from the no split-finger rule
Brandon Wood flies out to Colvin, wherever he’s playing.
Time to stretch! (let’s try downward facing dog)
Bottom of the 7th
Ronny Cedeño deliberately grounds out to short, just to spite us. Attendance: 9171 – We should’ve hosted our own Square-D attendance game.
Kincaide grounds out to 3rd.
Perez, hitting cleanup for the first time ever in his life, walks.
Buck Coats grounds out to second.
Team With Indeterminate Southern California Home 9, Northsiders 4.
Top of the 8th
Someone named Evans gets a prissy swinging-bunt single. Gallagher’s pitched pretty well thusfar
Bobby Wilson singles to center, someone named Evans to second.
Nathan Haynes (Hanes?) – who is versatile (wait’ll we get our Hanes on you!) – who played in Gary for the Railcats(poor kid) – grounds to second, lead runner out, throw to first is late, 4-6.
Someone Mathis (Johnny’s nephew?) pops out to first. Onto beer number 4
Someone grounds out to second.
*pats the digger on the back*
It’s ok. I might be having liquor, but I had a significant amount last night. Plus, beer seems less sad if I’m drinking alone.
Bottom of the 8th
Pie flies out to center.
Koyie Hill walks. Daryle Ward steps to the plate, apparently after eating a dozen Krispy Kremes, which were stored on his bat.
Ward flies out to right.
Patterson homers to right, Hill scores! Yippee! This is the fifth home run today The Angels color guy says Corey Patterson had a GREAT year for the Orioles after being traded from the Cubs
Colvin flies out to center.
Which only goes to show how stupid the Angels color guy is.
By fantasy baseball standards, yes, Corey Patterson had a good year. By baseball measurements, he was generally a mediocrity. Like he’s always been. Like he always will be.
Top of the 9th Will Ohman straddles the rubber Side note: I never thought I’d be able to use my basic HTML knowledge again!
Someone pops out to right.
Morales taps out to pitcher.
Pride strikes out. Will Ohman destroys the Angels and everything for which they stand
Bottom of the 9th Some new pitcher you’ll never hear of takes the mound
Cedeño gets robbed of a hit by the third baseman, Brandon Wood.
Kincaide hits a gapper to the wall in right center, a double. Putting on my rally cap
Tomás (I think it’s á rather than à) Perez strikes out.
Buck Coats feels bad for the Angels and grounds out to second, thereby saving them from getting in trouble for blowing a lead.
Post-game commentary
Angels color guy, Something Mora, tries to make it seem like the Angels figured something out after being shut down by Zambrano and Howry. Yeah, they figured out that our other pitchers aren’t as good as Zambrano and Howry. They’re also justifying how of the Cubs’ 10 hits, some of them weren’t hit hard. In addition, the Angels have now played 18 innings of errorless baseball. Smells like a division-winning recipe to me!
Jose Mota. Considering how many errors the angels had last year, (last in al defense), 18 inings is a nice achievement. I think they had on average at least one error a game last year.
Huge pet peeve of mine too. There’s a CD store I won’t shop at here because their sign says “Used CD’s and DVD’s”, and they won’t correct it even after I told them it was wrong.
Great job with the play by play today. It seems like that Neil Cotts trade is going to work out great for the Cubs. I mean gosh, that’s just an amazing Cub debut for the lefty.
Well that too. But I think everyone knew before he came over that he didn’t have the makeup to be a closer, but that he was an excellent setup guy. Everyone except Baker.
Is this in 2004? Who was there in 04? I know Dempster was there already but he was coming back from surgery. In 2005, Dempster should’ve closed although then I actually thought Borowski would come back. Then he hurt his wrist in ST, and he never was all there for the Cubs.
I must admit that even I thought Hawkins could close in 2004. My vivid memory of him is getting a save when he struck out 3 guys on 9 pitches. I think it was against the Expos. I was so proud of him that day.
That proves how much things change in a few years because I certainly wasn’t looking at his stats.
He was a headcase in MN, too, that’s why they got rid of him. Remember when his bullpen chair was in the field of play and he refused to move it, causing a huge scene right in the middle of the game?
Don’t throw Prior under the bus yet julie, it’s a new season…..wait….I’m trying to hold my breath until he pitches a REAL BALL instead of a towel during an elongated side session but….back to my point, don’t give up hope on the kid until at least Monday. It should be more of a religious holiday anyhow, kind of a second coming kind of thing. We may never see this again. Just kidding, I hope he kicks ass and wins 27 games this year….wait while I hold my breath…..
I SAID I’m a closet Prior supporter. What more do you want from me? And don’t use the word “elongated” when you talk about Prior. It sounds like the first word in an injury he might have: “elongated fist metatarsal,” “elongated herniated disk,” “elongated rotator cuff,” “elongated hernia.”
Just. . . . don’t.
Heh.. elongated.
I’m almost tempted to fly to AZ to see this in person. Then again that would deprive me of a paycheck, so, no go.
Is only the Angels’ audio available?
Whoa! Donald Veal is a black guy!
I didn’t know that!
I think I knew that.
You didn’t know that? All the comparisons to Dontrelle Willis didn’t tip you off? I don’t know if I’ve ever heard anyone in any sport compared to someone outside their race.
Really? Weren’t we just talking about him yesterday and how I got his autograph?
You must’ve either not seen him or realized who he was.
zambrano looks sharp
Are you watching it? How?
We’re making Saunders look sharp.
Ugh. This audio feed is terrible. I had to turn it off. Blah. Someone do a play-by-play. I know that’s not much to ask.
Whoa, I know it is just spring training, but Uncle Lou went Crazy Dusty with on lineup.
Someone grounds out.
Zambrano strikes out Kendrick.
Figgins singles to left.
Figgins steals second (Zambrano notices he’s running, throws to first, the throw to second is wide of the bag).
Zambrano strikes out Molina swinging.
(That’s 4 K’s for The Beast)
0-0 after 1 and a half.
I wish I could see him. I miss The Beast.
Carlos keeps saying that his nickname is El Toro.
I’m not even a closet Prior supporter. Sometimes I feel like his only fan remaining. I still have his jersey. I’m still optimistic!
Come to think of it, that might be the only thing I’m optimistic about. That’s weird.
Stop making me feel bad about exchanging my jersey. I felt like such a traitor, but his jersey didn’t fit me in the first place.
I’m not a closet supporter either. I want him to have another great season so he can make so many people shut up.
Anyone see the Michael Young 5-year $80M contract? That’s more than Aramis’ deal
I think it is a little excessive, but I don’t have Hicks’ money.
Murton just homered to right on the first pitch he saw… 1-0 Cubs.
I love him to death.
Ramirez pops out to third.
Murton homers to right on the first pitch!
DeRosa works the count full and walks.
Blanco flies out to right-center.
Pagan hits one to the gap that Vlad runs down.
1 R, 1 H, 1 Left.
God’s team 1, Heavenly Host 0
End of 2nd
Howry’s pitching.
Nick Gorneault strikes out swinging. (5 out of 8 Batters K’d)
Rob Quinlan flies out to deep right center, just shy of the track. (Soriano makes a routine play)
Matthews pops out to Izturis in foul ground.
After 2.5, Cubs 1, Angels 0.
Z must be sharp with 1 hit allowed and 4 K’s. Orange guy ELONGATED homer makes Lou happy….just for you on that one julie
Did anyone see that Ronnie Woo-Woo got bribed by Hendry to shut up at practice one day?
Bottom of the Third
Darren Oliver pitching (Oh goodie!)
Brian Dopirak pinch hits for Howry.
Dopirak pops out to Hillenbrand in foul territory.
Soriano flies out to Lil’ Sarge, to the rim of the track in left-center. (Performance-enhanced catch)
Izturis gets one of those line-hugging infield hits where the defense hopes it goes foul and doesn’t make a play.
Lee bounces one through the hole to center, Izturis to second.
Ramirez walks, bases loaded.
Orangina to bat with the bases loaded
Murton singles to right, Izturis and Lee score. (Murton stakes early claim to Cactus League MVP)
DeRosa lines out to left.
Our sick obesession 3, Rally Monkey Influencees 0.
“Our sick obsession” Hee!
You were right, this feed is atrocious. SERENITY NOW!
I thought Ty was supposed to speak to you about the “Hee”?
No.
Si.
No. Hee stays.
Oh alright. I was hoping to get a rise out of Julie but alas to no avail.
I am woman, hear me roar.
“ROAR!”
Wow. Wasn’t expecting that. You’re a little feisty and persnicketty too.
I’ll just go back to my hole. Go Cubs.
I hope the “I am woman..” wasn’t because you thought I was being macho or something. Just checking.
Huh?
No, it was because I didn’t rise to your attempt to get a rise out of me, and it made me feel strong and powerful.
Ok. Cool. You were very scary.
I practice in front of the mirror a lot.
Are you trying to be Nala or Simba’s daughter?
Go Orange Guy!
Sit down, Cliff.
Cliff Floyd is fat.
“Unpleasantly Pudgy”
Fluffy.
Oooohhhh,I think we have a new nickname. . . . .
Top of the Fourth
Cutiepie Neal Cotts pitching, Eric Patterson at second
Cabrera flies out to Pagan. (The Angels’ play-by-play guy loves the phrase “rim of the track”)
Vlad the Impaler grounds out sharply to Ramirez (who apparently made a good play).
Hillenbrand singles to left past Izturis (isn’t he supposed to field everything on the left side?).
Wild pitch, Hillenbrand to second
Kendrick singles to center, Hillenbrand scores.
Figgins hits an infield single to the hole at short, throw gets away, Kendrick moves to third.
Meeting at the mound featuring the Baron de Rothschilde
Molina hits a double to left, just beyond the reach of Murton, Kendrick and Figgsy score.
Damn you and your babyface, Cotts
Gorneault grounds out to Izturis (who bobbled and almost got another error).
Tribbies 3, Moreno’s Crew 3.
Izturis has an error? Isn’t he supposed to be the other gold glover?
Although maybe I should be fair because if it was a tough ball to get too, then I guess he deserves a little credit.
He shouldn’t have made the throw… little chance to throw out Figgins, although with the double, it didn’t really make a difference that Kendrick got to third. Bad judgement, though.
BTW, I love the way you give the score.
‘Tribbies’ made me smile.
Cotts and his babyface made me smile.
Bottom of the Fourth
Someone named Green or Greene pitching for the Angels
Blanco grounds out to second.
Pagan singles off the mound into center.
Pagan steals second.
Patterson pops out to short left.
Soriano strikes out.
Murton 3, Cotts 3
Love Pagan.
I second that emotion.
I love Pagan more. I named my fantasy after him.
My fantasy TEAM after him…
You probably named your fantasy after him too.
Progs, what’s going on with the LOHO league(s)?
You’re a little feisty today, missy.
LOL.
Sorry if it sounds like that, it was just an innocent question that I probably worded poorly so it made me sound bad.
Just messin’ with ya.
Well stop messing with me!
I suggested the name. Therefore, I thought of him before you did.
Credit where it is due.
Top of the Fifth
Clay Rapada pitching, Felix Pie in center
Tommy Jones (or something like that) grounds out to third.
Performance Enhancer, Jr. hits a home run to center.
Damn you Lil’ Sarge for discovering drugs after you left the Cubs
Cabrera doubles to left.
Vlad destroys one to center, Cabrera scores. No-doubter. (I don’t think Rapada’s going to make the 25 man roster)
Hillenbrand pops out to Blanco near the on-deck area.
Kendrick hits a “ringing two-out double” off the wall in left center.
The Baron takes another walk to the mound to cure what ails Rapada.
Figgins homers, Kendrick scores.
If we thought Rapada could be a LOOGY, we were right! He got two outs. Though he gave up 5 extra base hits.
Rapada isn’t cured, leaves the game in favor of another babyfaced cutie, Angel Guzman
Molina grounds out to short.
Halos 8, Tarnished Halos 3.
Bottom of the Fifth
Some changes for the Angels, I’m not going into detail, though it’s now brother versus brother (Maicer enters at 2nd base).
Izturis doubles to left. (Wow!)
Lee bloops a single to left center, Izturis has to hold and only gets to third.
Ramirez pops out to said Maicer.
Murton singles to left, Izzy scores.
(Angels’ announcer goes into explanation about P-I-E being pronounced pié)
Pie grounds one to the hole, fielder’s choice to second. (Lou’s pissed about the call)
I just finished my second beer.
Blanco flies out to the deaf Curis Pride in left.
Orange County’s Own 8, Those of the Stadium Near Boystown 4.
Murton is unconscious today. Is that three hits?
Three hits and all four ribbies.
Which I think qualifies, at least thusfar, as driving it like it’s stolen.
What? Murton is unconscious?!? Oh no!
For some reason earlier today, I was thinking about what would happen if Murton got injured. It was weird.
I will still call him Pie(as in apple pie)until he personally tells me not to or I get sick of saying that.
Wow, way to go Rapada
Bottom of the 5th
Koyie Hill at catcher, Mike Kincaide at 1st, Buck Coats in left, Suckie Cedeño at short, Tomàs Perez at 3rd
Aaron Peale, Peel, Piel?, who’s 24, works the count full prior to popping out to first.
Tommy Murphy triples to center.
Someone grounds out to 2nd, Murphy scores.
Aybar grounds out to 2nd.
Gene Autrey’s Old Team 9, Team Formerly Owned By A Chewing Gum Empire 4.
Should’ve been Top of the 6th but I haven’t eaten and I’m drinking.
Wow already? Aint it a bit early?
It’s 5pm somewhere, diggity.
Oh god, it’s 5pm HERE.
Well then, crack one open, or poor one…smoke one? Do not, shoot, snort, or mainline one though. Drugs are bad mmm’kay.
Bottom of the 6th
Some non-roster pitcher on the mound, new catcher too
Someone grounded out while I wasn’t paying attention.
Patterson flies out to shallow center.
Side note: The Angels don’t allow their pitchers to throw split-finger fastballs
Tyler Colvin (he of the 20 pounds of added muscle – I wouldn’t mind seeing him in the lockerroom) flies out.
Scioscialists 9, Piniellites 4.
Top of the Seventh
Sean Gallagher takes the mound
Cuban expatriate Kendry Morales grounds to first, 3-1 (Gallagher competently covers first!).
Deaf player Curtis Pride grounds out to second.
Side note: current Angels major leaguers are exempt from the no split-finger rule
Brandon Wood flies out to Colvin, wherever he’s playing.
Time to stretch! (let’s try downward facing dog)
Stupidheads 9, Cool Cats 4
Bonus: In their ad, Trader Joe’s says they’re like rosin bags.
huh?
That’s what I said. Somehow, Trader Joe’s thinks that they’re like rosin bags.
Bottom of the 7th
Ronny Cedeño deliberately grounds out to short, just to spite us.
Attendance: 9171 – We should’ve hosted our own Square-D attendance game.
Kincaide grounds out to 3rd.
Perez, hitting cleanup for the first time ever in his life, walks.
Buck Coats grounds out to second.
Team With Indeterminate Southern California Home 9, Northsiders 4.
That would be an interesting attendance game, since none of us can see how many are there.
Top of the 8th
Someone named Evans gets a prissy swinging-bunt single.
Gallagher’s pitched pretty well thusfar
Bobby Wilson singles to center, someone named Evans to second.
Nathan Haynes (Hanes?) – who is versatile (wait’ll we get our Hanes on you!) – who played in Gary for the Railcats(poor kid) – grounds to second, lead runner out, throw to first is late, 4-6.
Someone Mathis (Johnny’s nephew?) pops out to first.
Onto beer number 4
Someone grounds out to second.
Anges 9, Petits Ours 4.
You people and your gross beer.
You no likey the beer?
No, I don’t.
*pats the digger on the back*
It’s ok. I might be having liquor, but I had a significant amount last night. Plus, beer seems less sad if I’m drinking alone.
I know what you mean.
Sorry, petit ours=ourson.
Bottom of the 8th
Pie flies out to center.
Koyie Hill walks.
Daryle Ward steps to the plate, apparently after eating a dozen Krispy Kremes, which were stored on his bat.
Ward flies out to right.
Patterson homers to right, Hill scores! Yippee!
This is the fifth home run today
The Angels color guy says Corey Patterson had a GREAT year for the Orioles after being traded from the Cubs
Colvin flies out to center.
Complete Losers 9, Comeback Kids 6
lol
Which only goes to show how stupid the Angels color guy is.
By fantasy baseball standards, yes, Corey Patterson had a good year. By baseball measurements, he was generally a mediocrity. Like he’s always been. Like he always will be.
Top of the 9th
Will Ohman straddles the rubber
Side note: I never thought I’d be able to use my basic HTML knowledge again!
Someone pops out to right.
Morales taps out to pitcher.
Pride strikes out.
Will Ohman destroys the Angels and everything for which they stand
9th Inning Lead-Blowers 9, Those Who Shall Win 6
Bottom of the 9th
Some new pitcher you’ll never hear of takes the mound
Cedeño gets robbed of a hit by the third baseman, Brandon Wood.
Kincaide hits a gapper to the wall in right center, a double.
Putting on my rally cap
Tomás (I think it’s á rather than à) Perez strikes out.
Buck Coats feels bad for the Angels and grounds out to second, thereby saving them from getting in trouble for blowing a lead.
Final Score:
Assholes 9, Beloved 6.
Thanks for the play-by-play!
You’re welcome. It was a good excuse to drink beer.
Not to mention a great way to jump up in the poster standings.
Post-game commentary
Angels color guy, Something Mora, tries to make it seem like the Angels figured something out after being shut down by Zambrano and Howry. Yeah, they figured out that our other pitchers aren’t as good as Zambrano and Howry. They’re also justifying how of the Cubs’ 10 hits, some of them weren’t hit hard. In addition, the Angels have now played 18 innings of errorless baseball. Smells like a division-winning recipe to me!
Jose Mota. Considering how many errors the angels had last year, (last in al defense), 18 inings is a nice achievement. I think they had on average at least one error a game last year.
Viel Danken herrProf.
And just so you know, Mike Sciocia prefer’s Howard’s to the national chains.
eeek. prefers. I hate when people misuse apostrophes.
Huge pet peeve of mine too. There’s a CD store I won’t shop at here because their sign says “Used CD’s and DVD’s”, and they won’t correct it even after I told them it was wrong.
LOL.. I thought this was from the Onion, but no, it is from the New York Times:
Swiss Accidentally Invade Lichtenstein
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Mistaken-Invasion.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Great job with the play by play today. It seems like that Neil Cotts trade is going to work out great for the Cubs. I mean gosh, that’s just an amazing Cub debut for the lefty.
Did you know we gave up David Aardsma for him?
Yeah, but we gave up LaTroy for Aardsma, so really it’s LaTroy for Cotts, which isn’t that bad.
Yeah but LaTroy has at least been okay since leaving the Cubs. You cannot say the same about hte results of Williams/Cotts in a Cubs uni.
Hawkins could have been a very good relief pitcher if our former moron of a manger used him properly (ie, not as a closer).
Or if he wasn’t a complete headcase.
Well that too. But I think everyone knew before he came over that he didn’t have the makeup to be a closer, but that he was an excellent setup guy. Everyone except Baker.
But still a total headcase.
I think Dusty turned him into a headcase. And/or Hendry because he didn’t find a closer. I think he was fine before on other teams wasn’t he?
Yes, I blame Baker. Hendry wanted Dempster to be the closer. Baker wanted Hawkins to, even though he hadn’t had success as a closer in Minn.
I blame them both. For giving us the choice between dumb and dumber.
The choices were Hendry’s fault. The decisions were Dusty’s fault.
Is this in 2004? Who was there in 04? I know Dempster was there already but he was coming back from surgery. In 2005, Dempster should’ve closed although then I actually thought Borowski would come back. Then he hurt his wrist in ST, and he never was all there for the Cubs.
I must admit that even I thought Hawkins could close in 2004. My vivid memory of him is getting a save when he struck out 3 guys on 9 pitches. I think it was against the Expos. I was so proud of him that day.
That proves how much things change in a few years because I certainly wasn’t looking at his stats.
He was a headcase in MN, too, that’s why they got rid of him. Remember when his bullpen chair was in the field of play and he refused to move it, causing a huge scene right in the middle of the game?
Freak.