Running 2011 Baseball Thread, Vol. I: Dedicated to spnited

I posted it on FB, but I think I was sitting in front of SkiptomyLou. Before they got drunk and disorderly and REALLY foul-mouthed, the dooshes behind me were trying to convince me of how HARD it is to be a Braves fan.

I guess the fact there aren't that many Braves fans kind of served his point. But whatever. I made it through 13 innings of baseball!

 

Somewhere in baseball heaven, Brook Jacoby is giving you the high sign.

(I know he's not dead)

 

Orioles went 3-8 in their first 11 meetings with the Red Sox this season. They were 5-2 in the last seven, all of which have been in the last 10 days.

 

Don't know if it's been noted or not, but is there a little karmic justice with the Braves' losing out by one game? They did, after all, get that gift in the 19-inning game against the Pirates way back when.
If this thing had gone to a one-game playoff or the Braves had sneaked into the wild card, how much would that be played up?

 

The Braves have fans? Who knew?

 

Posted this a couple days ago on the "Random Images" thread on the anything goes board, but figured it also has a place here. Kind of sums up how a lot of anti-Sox nation (and probably more than a few members of Red Sox Nation itself) is feeling right now:

 

What a great 2 minutes of baseball......Crawford kicks the hit........I see Francona hustle into the locker room to get his resume freshened in case John and Theo get a wild hair in their ass, I flip the channel, and I see Eva go yard.

Someone go get Simmons off the ledge.........better yet......let the son of a bitch jump.

 

Is that Wayne Rooney? Was it in Baltimore?

 

It isn't that many. Y'all will reach for anything, like the thread about the Pirates looking half-decent for a couple of months. How'd that work out for ya?

Wake me when the Yankees stop buying their way into contention every year.

 

Rays have to go Shields, Hellickson, Price now, right?

 

MLB Network just showed a clip of Dan O'Shaughnessy declaring Tampa Bay dead during the Red Sox-Orioles rain delay.

Oops.

 

For the LuLz, in real time:

http://www.overthemonster.com/2011/9/28/2456606/game-162-win-or-likely-go-home#comments