Baseball Thread 3 - The Jody Reed Edition

That's the most exciting squibber you'll ever see, period.

I would have tried to score too if I was Gardner. He's fucking Carl Lewis out there. That would have been some way to win. As it was, it was some way to go to the 10th inning.

 

Three straight walkoffs for the Yankees.

 

Was only a matter of time.

Fuck this fucking game.

 

Aaaaaaand ... the Rangers sweep the Angels and build a 4 1/2-game lead in the AL West. Attendance was 105K-plus for the series and they're all going home happy. I'm kind of starting to get a 1979 Pirates vibe with this team. Kent Tekulve ... er, Darren O'Day ... shut them down 1-2-3 in the ninth.

If the Rangers are still somehow leading this division in late September, they'll be looking back at this series. I joked earlier about their pitching, but Mike Maddux has been amazing, and I don't discount Nolan Ryan's influence.

The announcers didn't note it when it happened, but Ian Kinsler kind of had a word with Chone Figgins as he trotted rather leisurely around third on Marlon Byrd's double. Wonder if that adds to the future history (hi Moddy).

 

That play, combined with Punto's play were awesome. A great showing of the leather by Minnesota.

Oh, and Johnny Judas!

 

Suzyn Waldman toweled off Johnny Damon after he got cream in the face.

I swear I am not making up a single word of that.

 

I'd like to point out once again that I have been touting the Rangers in that division for, umm, at least a week. (Also disregard how hot the Yankees have been and what I said about them the first five weeks ok plz bai)

 

Fun fact: Adrian Gonzalez dipped below .300 with his deep F9 a minute ago, leaving the Paders (PADERS!) without one .300 hitter in the 2-9 portion of today's lineup — and one person higher than .242.

That's one productive lineup!

 

Troy Percival with a save. Asked what he'd say to outofplace, he mumbled something incoherent as he ate six pizzas as once.

 

Thanks to some shitty defense by Felix Pie, John Buck tripled... again. And then he scored on a freaking squeeze play.

Let's see Mauer do that.

 

Only for a crap team like Baltimore can Pie see regular playing time

 

I'd like to know what kind of dope Jim Hendry was on when he put this fucking piece of shit bullpen together.