2nd half of baseball.

[Garrick]

Re: 2nd half of baseball.

snakes on a motherfuckin plane.

you said it. i just googled arod snakes plane and it found this... snakes on a plane is taking over baseball.

Snakes On A Plane



I just stepped out for a beer with a friend who had been stranded in the loop by a fire on the Blue Line. The tavern in question had on the All-Star Game, as you would expect, and said bar had filled up with patrons representing many non-Chicago major league franchises. As a result there was an occasional smattering of applause for Vlad's HR, and David Wright's HR, and a few impressive pitches. At some point, however, the bar erupted into unanimous cheering and applause. As I turned to see what the commotion was about, I was not confronted by A-Rod or Big Papi, but by Samuel L. Jackson shooting a harpoon at a cobra.

They were applauding the trailer for Snakes on a Plane.

I've never seen anything like it.

This thing could be huge.

from http://electriccommentary.blogspot.c...-on-plane.html

[Jenks]

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-Nice work Carpenter! Way to sack up and bring one for the team. Hope that was enough of a statement for the rest of the team to follow suit.

-LOL@ the Royals beating the White Sox.

-I feel like today is the beginning of the claiming of the AL East. This 5 game series, imo, will ultimately decide who's got the nuts in that division.

[thesightless]

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wonderful point my son.

all season long, the edge was the red sox, and its still really up in the air. we need to see who beckett really is, will he be clemens, or will he be more like and aging tom glavine. he has given up entirely too many home runs this season, but he still has those days where he goes off for 12 strikeouts and 4 hits over 8. papelbom has come back to earth as well. but again, with the 1-2 punch at 3-4 they can beat anyone. but right now, the yanks, and anyone who watched them will agree, have a swagger. with guys like cano back, abreau up there, arod slowly copming around, and with the role guys like wilson, cabrera, proctor, etc, playuing big. ronb villone is there too. and we still have the guy who should have a few cy youngs and MVPs already in mariano. the single most important player since ted williams for a team. also, we got octavio dotel back today. huge addition late in games. we now have 4 guys who can go 2 inning and act the closer roles with farnsworth, rivera, proctor, and dotel.

the team to watch right now, as of about an hour ago, is the mets. they just put pedro back on the DL, they have lost 2 stright in terrible manner, wright and degado are still in deep slumps. glavine is still getting hit hard and billy wagner lets 2 guys on base every day he pitches. also, add in the fact that aaron heilelman is forced to be thier 8th inning guy, and hates not being a starter, let alone being put into the 2nd most important reliver position. also, reyes, has been getting into his troubles with trying to hit homeruns rather than getting on base.

the cards better pick it up beofre they are looking at cincy and playing to get in.'
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NL west, well, the dogers are like NBA jam right now, ON FIRE> Dr. Maddux is basically throwing no hitters every game,. their defense in playing on top of it, and with nomar and kent back,,, well its only gonna get better and piazza and padres better keep thier eyes peeled.

the most important thing to keep watch on , IMHO, is the astros. if they get in, with those 3 guys names roy, andy, and roger... all 3 have post season heads, with hall of fame arms. and thier lineup, while very inconsistent, has shown it can blow up big time.

AL central.. personally i dont think leyland will let them falter much, he has thier pulse and is like torre with that team, he knows what to say to whom, and when to say it. so its up to the twins and sox, with a little yanks help,. to knock the Bosox out of the fucking playoffs and give jeter the AL MVP award.

[Jenks]

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Good post, except Papi deserves AL MVP imo.

[thesightless]

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not if they dont get there. jeter actually has more hits with runner in scoring posotion. surprisingly, no one is mentioning mauer, this dude is acatcher, clutch as shit, maybe moreso than ortiz, its just that ortix hits the homers. jeter is all over the place in every stat but the HR. and they should make the payoffs, the sox dont get in and ortiz is outta the talk, and its between jeter and mauer.

[Jenks]

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the most important thing to keep watch on , IMHO, is the astros. if they get in, with those 3 guys names roy, andy, and roger... all 3 have post season heads, with hall of fame arms. and thier lineup, while very inconsistent, has shown it can blow up big time.

cubs called some guy up from the minors today as an emergency starter, he tossed a 5 hit shutout and the cubs just swept the astros.

thanks cubbies.

[thesightless]

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seriously, that is one team, no one wants to see in a 5 game.

[Jenks]

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seriously, that is one team, no one wants to see in a 5 game.

nope. i was telling my friend that about this same time of year last year...and look what happened.

one thing is good tho, it looks as if Pujols successfully ended Brad Lidge's career. lol. One of the most dominant closers in the game just isn't the same since game 6. And it just keeps on going...blown his last 5 saves.

[thesightless]

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YEAH, and it took a few monster homers to do it. the cards were shitting themselves in that series. oswalt was fooking nasty, and pettite's track record is there already. and roger. well. you must be european if you dont know who he is.

[Weizy]

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i have to admit that i have been completely ignoring the NL this year. the AL is SO much better. between the AL East and Central my plate is completely full. i can't wait to see who comes out on top between the red sox and yanks. my money is on the yanks though. in the AL central Detroit will easily take the division, but with my Twinks battling the White Sox and whoever comes in 2nd in the East its going to be VERY interesting to see who gets the wild card.

any of the AL representatives in the playoffs will have a shot at winning the World Series this year. fucking exciting as hell!

[Lrn]

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anyone catch the angels ranger fight last night, it was a pretty good one

[thesightless]

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seriously, baseball is destroying my social life. and the next 4 days arent going to get any better. tigers and whisox are right there, we are all hoping to grab 3 of 5 from boston.....

[Jenks]

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11-3...first time we've beat the cubs all year. ffs.

looks like the yanks and cards both brought out the big sticks today.

[thesightless]

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GO YANKEES>

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha .

now that i opened my mouth, while they lead 10-5 in the 3d game, i fucking sure hope we can lock this game down, now tomorrow and monday are just gifts if we win.

[thesightless]

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COE- Knee- Chee- Waah BITCHES> triple by posada. 10-5

someone tell me im not the only person watching these games.