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Now that that Other Sport is all finished, and pitchers and catchers report soon :)

2012 the year the league starts to see my Nats begin their ascent. Where's Rusty Staub when we need him!

Nats are looking strong ... Six or seven more wins this year than last is almost assured.

Mel Belli wrote on Feb 6^th, 2012 at 8:20am:

Nats are looking strong ... Six or seven more wins this year than last is almost assured.

hope you are right Mel....worried about the hitting though....but 88 wins would put them in contention for the wild card anyway. hopefully a great season ahead where we can all enjoy some good games.

They still got any Deion Sanders-types that play pro football and baseball ?

Yes,time to root for MY Giants! :willya

I look forward to another year of a ton of wins here in the city of Brotherly Love, but this time I want some post season wins!

Steel Wheels wrote on Feb 6^th, 2012 at 12:56pm:

I look forward to another year of a ton of wins here in the city of Brotherly Love, but this time I want some post season wins!

you guys need Ryan Howard healthy.........

Even a healthy Ryan Howard still can't hit same-handed pitching worth a sh*t anymore. He's the most easily-neutralized big power threat in the NL, far as I'm concerned.

Sad News.
RIP Gary Carter.

RIP ..Kid...one of the all time greats and another of my long lost Expos....watched his last career base hit versus Cubs at Montreal to win game 1-0......oddly enough the hit went over Hawk Dawson's head....another former Spos great....so sad that with better ownwership in Montreal a great legacy would still be in place..Team was doomed when forced to play in that shitty Olympic stadium the biggest boondoggle in sports history......

Funny how nobody has bumped this thread until now. Does everybody hate their team or what? :will-ya

Kansas City Royals....love 'em, just no bragging rights around here since George Brett retired. :sad

sweetcharmedlife wrote on May 15^th, 2012 at 10:30pm:

Funny how nobody has bumped this thread until now. Does everybody hate their team or what? :will-ya

Nats hanging by a thread with injuries mounting. Top reliever and power hitter have not even suited up this season. Pitching has been out of this world good but likely to fall off some. Braves division to lose unless Phils get it going. Marlins the darkhorse.

gimmekeef wrote on May 16^th, 2012 at 7:13am:

sweetcharmedlife wrote on May 15^th, 2012 at 10:30pm:

Funny how nobody has bumped this thread until now. Does everybody hate their team or what? :will-ya

I pretty much agree on all counts. The Nats rotation will cool off, but I still think they're likely to be awfully good all year. Question is, what happens without Strasburg in September? Will the bullpen hold up? They're going to need Zimmerman, Gonzalez, and Jackson to go deep into games...

The Phillies are what they are: a .500-ish club. The addition of Howard and Utley will help, but not dramatically.

Crowds are down at Phillies games. They sell out but the people don't show. Strange time for baseball in Philly. It's usually like Woodstock inside the stadium but not right now.

gimmekeef wrote on May 16^th, 2012 at 7:13am:

sweetcharmedlife wrote on May 15^th, 2012 at 10:30pm:

Funny how nobody has bumped this thread until now. Does everybody hate their team or what? :will-ya

GK? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLv4eNWQz6c

We win today-we are at .500.
Dice K is honing his game in Pawtucket.
We are ready to march forward.

Steel Wheels wrote on May 16^th, 2012 at 9:17am:

Crowds are down at Phillies games. They sell out but the people don't show. Strange time for baseball in Philly. It's usually like Woodstock inside the stadium but not right now.

went last wednesday people showed but left after blowing lead and following mets errors with ours. after blanton retired we had four more pitching changes. amazing after last year. no wonder manuels gettin ejected he needs someone to yell at!!!

He needs to yell at some of the players too.

sweetcharmedlife wrote on May 16^th, 2012 at 9:28am:

gimmekeef wrote on May 16^th, 2012 at 7:13am:

sweetcharmedlife wrote on May 15^th, 2012 at 10:30pm:

Funny how nobody has bumped this thread until now. Does everybody hate their team or what? :will-ya

GK? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLv4eNWQz6c

yup..but since the kid has rocked 2 homers......Nats are so snake bit injury wise Ramos their catcher tears his ACL..they call up a good rookie from AA and he sprains his ankle in fIrst game and now on DL......Strasburg will be shut down after 160 because they will be out of it. They have Chien Ming Wang ready to come in healthy soon and a kid Rosenbaum in AA who is 5-0 with 0.71 era.....

AngieBlue wrote on May 16^th, 2012 at 12:24am:

Kansas City Royals....love 'em, just no bragging rights around here since George Brett retired. :sad

no...you mean since don denkinger retired, right?

Wow this thread is buried back on page 5?.....Hmmmmmm...could it be cause my Nats own the best record in baseball?....Course now I have jinxed them by moving this thread back up the list. Wonder what the Vegas odds were that on August 12th Nats would be 19.5 games up on the Phils?..or the Braves would win 7 of 8 and drop back a game?. Been with Nats since Expos started in 1969 so enjoying this ...for now

gimmekeef wrote on Aug 12^th, 2012 at 9:54am:

Nats are fun to watch GK. They are for real no doubt. So are they really going to shut Strasburg down?...........Meanwhile,out west. It's going to be another year of Giants vs Dodgers. Go Giants. Fuck the Dodgers. :willya :willya :willya

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Aug 12^th, 2012 at 11:11am:

gimmekeef wrote on Aug 12^th, 2012 at 9:54am:

Yup they shut him down....and of course I post this and their streak was busted. Headin to play your Giants.....and yes F the Dodgers

Wow, what an ass-kicking the Nats are administering to the Giants right now.

Mel Belli wrote on Aug 13^th, 2012 at 11:01pm:

Wow, what an ass-kicking the Nats are administering to the Giants right now.

Hey they held them to 2 touchdowns. :Youmakeagrownmancrylikejoey

Mad Bum pitches a gem last night to equalize the series. Big one today. Strasburg against Lincecum. :weed

This just in. Melky Cabrera is a fucking idiot! :kissmyass

Will you be upset if I root for Blanton and Victorino from here on out? :)

Mel Belli wrote on Aug 15^th, 2012 at 7:13pm:

Will you be upset if I root for Blanton and Victorino from here on out? :)

No.not at fucking all. :loloncemore :charlieperv :shutthefuckup :solongsucker :warhorse

Blanton was really lights-out, huh?

Giants sweep the Dodgers. Fuck yeah!.......Now if Angel Pagan can just pass a drug test. :-/

Ladies and gentlemen....your Los Angeles Red Sox......how did all those guys clear waivers after trade deadline?.....and Selig sits on his hands.....course 2 big market teams so he shuts up.

gimmekeef wrote on Aug 26^th, 2012 at 8:50am:

Ladies and gentlemen....your Los Angeles Red Sox......how did all those guys clear waivers after trade deadline?.....and Selig sits on his hands.....course 2 big market teams so he shuts up.

Yeah,that's what I wondered as well. Absolutely assinine move by the Dodgers. Spending money like drunken millionaires. Which they probably are. I guess the Red Sox figured it easier to dump all that payroll than fire Bobby Valentine. Who isn't qualified to mange a Little League team if you ask me.....Which reminds me. Congrats to the kids from Petaluma on a fine showing at the LLWS. Coming back from 10 down to tie it up in one of the craziest baseball games I've ever seen yesterday.

I had one hell of a time attending the Phils game last night and today. They certainly played with intensity.

gimmekeef wrote on Aug 26^th, 2012 at 8:50am:

Ladies and gentlemen....your Los Angeles Red Sox......how did all those guys clear waivers after trade deadline?.....and Selig sits on his hands.....course 2 big market teams so he shuts up.

I'm not shocked those guys cleared waivers: what GM/ownership group in their right mind would want to take on that much salary?

gimmekeef wrote on May 16^th, 2012 at 7:13am:

sweetcharmedlife wrote on May 15^th, 2012 at 10:30pm:

Funny how nobody has bumped this thread until now. Does everybody hate their team or what? :will-ya

As September approaches my 4 months of Nats joy fades.....40 plus years of futilism is coming back again....I knew the pitching would fade and now what little hitting they had is choking too....Should be a great September with so many teams heading in different directions...I'm heading over to the NFL....good luck to all here....

Don't give up, keef. They were bound to slump at some point. Remember when the Phillies dropped four in a row to your Nats last September? They were meaningless games — except it turned out that they weren't. I feel your pain [smiley=huh.gif]

The Los Angeles Red Sox are 0-3. :keithpunky

interesting read from jeff passan!!

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Sometime this weekend, an unlucky soul will commit the 500,000th error in baseball history. It has taken the sport 136 years to accumulate enough bobbles, bungles, kicks, trips, flips, flops, flings and altogether awful things to reach half a million. And whether it's a bad hop, a worse throw or any of the hundreds of other ways to work yourself onto the scorecard, someone will earn a historic Scarlet E. Even Bill Buckner can poke fun at his most famous error like he recently did on a cable sitcom. (AP)

Should he so desire, the culprit can deny No. 500,000. Record-keeping was shoddy until about 40 years ago. Surely an error in 1892 slipped through the cracks when a drunken scorer was nipping at a flask. Some data-entry monkey could have mistaken a K for an E. Even Baseball-Reference.com, the website keeping track of the march to 500,000, notes that if you include National Association games played from 1871-75 the number is over 515,000 already. And the current tally, 499,965, doesn't include playoff games.

Forget that. Five hundred thousand is a big, round number, and it needs an owner, someone who can laugh at himself like the perpetrator of the worst error ever does these days.

Bill Buckner lives in Idaho. He blends in fine until he furnishes a credit card, driver's license or any form of identification that triggers an immediate response: "You're that guy who let the ball go … " And they stop. They realize he's heard it a million times, and there's no sense in picking at someone else's scab. It'll always be fresh anyway.

Because even though Buckner's error in the 1986 World Series isn't one of the 500,000, it's more resonant than all the others combined. It is a seminal moment in the game's history, the only one of ignominy alongside the Shot Heard 'Round the World, Babe Ruth's called shot and Willie Mays' catch.

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Last year, Buckner received a phone call from Boston Red Sox owner John Henry asking for a favor. Henry is friendly with Larry David, the genius behind "Curb Your Enthusiasm," and David wrote an episode in which during a softball championship game he allowed a ball to roll between his legs at first base. He wanted Buckner to guest star.

"I was a little leery," Buckner told Yahoo! Sports on Thursday. "But I had a hunch that it would work out all right with Larry David."

It did, of course. The episode was hilarious, it was biting, and it even offered Buckner some redemption.

It took the humble error, and the humble man who committed it, and celebrated both. Which is exactly what should happen this weekend.

"I was playing shortstop for the Indians. … I made an error that cost us the game. Before the game was over, some fool had actually made a sign. It said: 'To err is human. To error is Ron Washington.' " – Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington

There is no harsher record kept in team sports than the error. The equivalent in football or basketball or hockey, the turnover, can be forced by an opponent. Penalties and fouls are often drawn. The error is lonely. It is a man and his screw-up, tied together by a capital E and his positional number, burned in permanence on the scoreboard, which considers errors every bit as important as runs and hits.

The funny thing about errors is that so many things that should be aren't. Merkle's Boner? Not an error, as baserunning gaffes don't qualify. A fly ball lost in the sun? Official scorers rarely penalize players if they don't touch the ball. A ball bouncing off Jose Canseco's head and over the fence? A home run, actually, even though it bounced off his head and over the fence.

Even better, the assignment of errors is completely subjective. At every game, an official scorer – often a lapsed sportswriter – plays judge, jury and executioner. What's an error to one is a hit to another. And the clamoring among players is endless. Batters want hits instead of errors to boost their averages. Pitchers want errors instead of hits to lower their ERAs. Players with good gloves want as few errors as possible for Gold Glove-voting time. Complaints go to New York, where Tony La Russa chooses the final verdict. He is the error's Chief Justice.Atlanta's Juan Francisco slides past Colorado's Wilin Rosario to score on an error. (AP)

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On most, he need not render judgment. The majority of errors are clear-cut enough that the soundtrack of groaning crescendos in their immediate aftermath. There are few things more frustrating than a shortstop booting a ground ball or an outfielder airmailing a throw. Errors are versatile little worms. They amuse (see your weekly lowlights), they infuriate (ever been to a game lost on an error?), they fascinate (no two are the same).

Most of all, they remind us just how difficult this game is. Defensive brilliance so pervades baseball that the error is the finger-snap that awakens you from the hypnosis of excellence. They can come from sloth and distraction and incompetence, sure, but the error is a delicious reminder that the pursuit of perfection is fraught with little pebbles glad to deflect a ball a quarter-inch and ruin a night.

"I remember Damon Hollins one time threw the ball in the crowd that wasn't the third out. [Baltimore's David Newhan] advanced from second to third when he caught it, and when the ball went into the stands, he got to go home. He was the game-winning run. We lost by one. That was the most Rays loss ever." – Oakland A's outfielder Jonny Gomes

More than half the errors in baseball history came before 1929. The game was different then, particularly before the turn of the century, when they played a particularly awful brand of baseball. This is a fact, as provided by Baseball-Reference.com: In 1876, the National League's first season, the eight teams averaged more than six errors per team per game. Over 260 games, they committed 3,123 errors. It didn't get any better by 1884, during which fielders made 14,555 errors in 1,544 games.

Hundred-error seasons were commonplace. Philadelphia A's shortstop Billy Shindle, somehow considered a good fielder, co-owns the single-season record with 122. Another shortstop, Herman Long, joined Shindle with 122 as a rookie and finished his career 15 years later with a record 1,096 errors. Four other players cracked quadruple digits.

It's not like errors were reserved for the mediocre, either. Hall of Famer Cap Anson retired with 976. King Kelly and Honus Wagner each topped 800. Dan Brouthers, the great slugger of the 1800s, finished with 531 errors. He was a first baseman.

[Yahoo! Sports Radio: Kevin Kaduk on Astros' embarrassing embrace of Roger Clemens]

Fielding truly has trod an evolutionary path, moving slowly toward something better. One hundred years ago, teams committed 1.81 errors per game. Seventy-five years ago, it improved to 1.13. At 50 years, it was .92. And at a quarter-century, .78. Today, teams commit .61 errors per game.

"It's a product of the fields themselves being in better shape," Washington said. "They're impeccable stadiums today. The ground don't break up. You don't play on sandy fields. You get out there long enough, and it'd get chopped up. You couldn't fix it." Today's infielders have it good, says Rangers manager Ron Washington. (Getty Images)

He's right. Major league baseball fields look like lessons in botany. The grass is painstakingly manicured, mowed in pattern and frighteningly green. The meticulousness of groundskeeping crews almost ensures the infield dirt is flat and the hops true as artificial turf. Between that and the superior gloves, it's no wonder players are willing to dive and sprawl and do whatever necessary to reach a ball. They figure it's going to be there.

The fielding today is exquisite. Unless a ball gets hit to a pitcher or Mark Reynolds, chances are the player stuck with No. 500,000 will have made a highlight's reel worth of spectacular plays this season. Starlin Castro's 24 errors, a major league-leading mixture of laziness and bad luck, are the yang to his yin of a National League-leading 74 successful plays outside of a shortstop's designated zone.

It's not like Castro is Jose Offerman, whose 42-error 1992 season leaves him the last major leaguer with 40-plus in a year. Should he steady himself over the season's final three weeks, Castro would make 2012 the fifth time in 10 seasons the king of botch finished with fewer than 30.

It's different today. The active all-time error leader: Cardinals shortstop Rafael Furcal, with 250 errors. That ties him for 368th all time and places him one error behind 19th-century infielder Joe Werrick, who made 251 errors in 392 games.

The occasional modern anomaly exists. Pitcher Tommy John committed three errors on one play in 1988. Catcher Bob Brenly, forced into emergency third-base duty, butchered four balls in one game in 1986. And just a week ago, in a game with great implications on their postseason aspirations, the Pittsburgh Pirates committed seven errors, seven ugly, awful embarrassing moments.

"Throw home with the bases loaded. I thought I had my foot on the plate. The guy was out by probably 10 feet. I caught the ball and I backed up because I had no [other] play. The umpire was John Kibler, God rest his soul. The guy slid in. I'm waiting for an out call. He goes, "Safe!" I look, and I'm literally 4 feet from the plate. Just standing there like some jackass. … John looks at me and goes, 'What are you doing?' I go, 'I have no idea, John.' " – Los Angeles Angels manager Mike Scioscia

John Kibler spent 25 years umpiring in the major leagues. He happened to be umpiring first base during Game 6 of the World Series in 1986. His right arm is the one you see in still photographs and video pointing Mookie Wilson's dribbler fair. Only the man who committed it had a better view than Kibler of the most famous error in history.

"They don't call it an error anywhere else," Bill Buckner said with a chuckle. "It should be called a miscalculation."

He can talk about his error these days without getting mad or sad or frustrated or any of the other emotions that plagued him for decades. For so long, it ate at Buckner that nobody remembered his 22 major league seasons and 2,715 hits and 1,000-plus runs and RBIs and everything he did well. Bill Buckner got a hero's welcome in Boston during the opening pitch ceremony in 2008. (Reuters)

A trip back to Boston in 2008 to throw out the first pitch the day the Red Sox unveiled their championship banner started the healing process. "Curb" helped. Now Buckner is hitting coach for Class A Boise, the Cubs' Northwest League affiliate, and he's happy to point out he helmed the best offense in the league.

Granted, none of this will make him whole again. To survive all those years, Buckner needed to rationalize, to make up a truth about what his error really was.

"I'm not just saying this," he said. "In reality, it was really blown out of proportion. Hey, errors are errors. Some of 'em are more important. I mean, the reality of it is, people in baseball know that error did not specifically cost us the Series. It wasn't the seventh game."

None of what he says is wrong. Errors are malleable like that, stretched by circumstance. He didn't do his job. Others could've done theirs better, too, to ensure his was forgotten.

[Fantasy: Brandon Belt among pickups with flex appeal]

The magnitude of the error this weekend, on the other hand, will pale. Chances are it'll be some disappointing, lackluster throw from shortstop that bounces and doesn't get scooped by the first baseman or a groundball that eats up an infielder. Those are the yeoman's errors.

When it happens – and chances are it'll happen Saturday, seeing as a full slate of games averages about 18.3 errors, both Friday and Saturday are jammed schedules and we're 35 away – the announcers probably won't say anything because they neither know about nor have checked Baseball-Reference's countdown.

And that's fine. To those in the know – to those who appreciate something good – the error is a secret gem. We know that a few feet away from Castro most games stands Darwin Barney, whose errorless streak at second base has run 127 games. We know that Pedro Alvarez is a great candidate for No. 500,000 and that Aramis Ramirez has only six errors because he's too decrepit to get to tough balls and that maybe a pitcher is the best bet for half a million, considering just 25 of the 94 qualified starters are errorless.

Most of all, we know the guy at the stadium in Cleveland back in 1988 was mistaken. Yes, Ron Washington did commit 16 errors in 54 games at shortstop that season, but he didn't deserve that sign. The fan had the last line all wrong.

To err is human.

To error is baseball.

Magic number is 12! :booze

I'm off to the Ted here in the ATL tomorrow to catch my Nats.....I'm usually a jinx so wish me luck (Some Guy gets a pass).....I remember back in 1976 my Montreal Canadiens only lost 8 games all season.... I saw them play live 10 times that year...my record?? 4-6......yup I saw 6 of 8 losses!

gimmekeef wrote on Sep 14^th, 2012 at 2:12pm:

So you're saying I should bet big on the Braves?.........Giants magic number is 11. :booze

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Sep 15^th, 2012 at 10:38am:

gimmekeef wrote on Sep 14^th, 2012 at 2:12pm:

So you're saying I should bet big on the Braves?.........Giants magic number is 11. :booze

I hope you did........up 4-0 zip when I get to my seat finally then lose 5-4 in a sea of morons doing that stupid Indian chop chant....

Bring on the playoffs. :booze

Thoughts: Miguel Cabrera / RA Dickey both winning the triple crown? Will it happen?

Congratulations, gimmekeef. Great season for the Nats. Much more to come, I should think!

Thanks Mel....after so many bad years it's great to have a contender finally. Not sure the Nats are playing well enough right now to win it all but if you're in ya got a chance. Braves are really hot and pitching better than anyone right now. Kimbrel is lights out in the pen while Nats closers have cooled. Should be great playoffs with a lot of teams having excellent shots to win it all.

What is happening with Strasburg, has he been infected with the dreaded "Boras Disease"?

Nellcote wrote on Oct 2^nd, 2012 at 8:06am:

What is happening with Strasburg, has he been infected with the dreaded "Boras Disease"?

Nellie, just like the Nats did with Jordan Zimmerman last year they shut him down after 160 innings. Both pitchers coming off Tommy John and the doctors seem to think about 160 innings is the first year back number. (but I think they keep him out) (now dreaming..lol)I'm still not counting Stras out for playoffs as even 12 innings with his stuff would be a heckuva a boost. Nats had a great season from all starters and had no injuries there and won with depth. Now when you shrink the rotation and eliminate Strasburg they look average at best especially looking at last 6 weeks performances. Nats closers have cooled off too. Braves are hot...look out. Giants have better 3 man staff..then Reds have great balance....it's wide open as we say here!

A's and Giants both make the playoffs. Another bay Bridge World Series? Minus the earthquake this time. :wtf2

If not A's and Giants, then O's and Nats. A Beltway Series!

Surprise.....Red Sox can Bobby V.........

I can't remember a year when so many teams have a legit shot at winning it all......You can make a case for all teams and each taem has flaws which should make these playoffs pretty exciting. Good luck to all.......

I'm taking Atlanta and Baltimore today. Remember,you can't spell stone cold lock without SCL! :booze

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 5^th, 2012 at 10:55am:

I'm taking Atlanta and Baltimore today. Remember,you can't spell stone cold lock without SCL! :booze

The way Medlen is pitching Braves at home should win.....Don't like Orioles starter from a numbers perspective....but Rangers have been known to choke

gimmekeef wrote on Oct 5^th, 2012 at 2:40pm:

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 5^th, 2012 at 10:55am:

I'm taking Atlanta and Baltimore today. Remember,you can't spell stone cold lock without SCL! :booze

The way Medlen is pitching Braves at home should win.....Don't like Orioles starter from a numbers perspective....but Rangers have been known to choke

I think the Orioles have a bout 15 relievers on their roster today. Doesn't matter who starts. Plus the way the Rangers choked down the stretch. I don't think they bounce back.

Well we now know what happened to the replacement refs...they were in Atlanta yesterday calling the "infield" fly..maybe the worst call in the history of the game..and that huge gag you hear coming out of Texas is the Rangers choking again.

gimmekeef wrote on Oct 6^th, 2012 at 11:09am:

That was fucking ridiculous. But hey,stay classy Atlanta!..........GO GIANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :booze :booze

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 6^th, 2012 at 5:51pm:

gimmekeef wrote on Oct 6^th, 2012 at 11:09am:

That was fucking ridiculous. But hey,stay classy Atlanta!..........GO GIANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :booze :booze

Look up classy Atlanta..and there is a picture of Some Guy staring at you.

gimmekeef wrote on Oct 7^th, 2012 at 9:18am:

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 6^th, 2012 at 5:51pm:

gimmekeef wrote on Oct 6^th, 2012 at 11:09am:

That was fucking ridiculous. But hey,stay classy Atlanta!..........GO GIANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :booze :booze

Look up classy Atlanta..and there is a picture of Some Guy staring at you.

Whatever happened to Chief Noc-A-Homa ? :Youmakeagrownmancrylikejoey

gimmekeef wrote on Oct 7^th, 2012 at 9:18am:

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 6^th, 2012 at 5:51pm:

gimmekeef wrote on Oct 6^th, 2012 at 11:09am:

That was fucking ridiculous. But hey,stay classy Atlanta!..........GO GIANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :booze :booze

Look up classy Atlanta..and there is a picture of Some Guy staring at you.

Over the wall posting! :whydontcha

gimmekeef wrote on Oct 2^nd, 2012 at 9:19am:

Nellcote wrote on Oct 2^nd, 2012 at 8:06am:

What is happening with Strasburg, has he been infected with the dreaded "Boras Disease"?

It would be riots in the streets here if the Sox shut down their best pitcher & be down in a playoff series.
Rizzo the GM must be quaking in his boots.

Giants are on the verge of pulling off the impossible. Down 2-0. Win 3 in a row on the road. Timmay was balls to the wall today. Bruce Bochy is a fucking genius. :willya

and the gagging you hear in DC is not the politicians its my Nats choking.......

Giants win! Go Nats! :booze

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 11^th, 2012 at 4:34pm:

Giants win! Go Nats! :booze

Congrats SCL...great come back..a team with backbone and experience.

gimmekeef wrote on Oct 11^th, 2012 at 5:43pm:

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 11^th, 2012 at 4:34pm:

Giants win! Go Nats! :booze

Congrats SCL...great come back..a team with backbone and experience.

Jayson Werth with the walkoff. Nats still alive. Don't really care who wins game 5. I just hope it goes 30 innings! :tongui

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 12^th, 2012 at 9:30am:

gimmekeef wrote on Oct 11^th, 2012 at 5:43pm:

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 11^th, 2012 at 4:34pm:

Giants win! Go Nats! :booze

Congrats SCL...great come back..a team with backbone and experience.

Jayson Werth with the walkoff. Nats still alive. Don't really care who wins game 5. I just hope it goes 30 innings! :tongui

Johnson is a pretty stubborn manager and won't change the lineup. Desmond should be hitting second and drop Harper who is over matched down in order. Put Lombardozzi at second as Espinosa is a strikeout waiting to happen. This is the game they reqally needed Strasburg. Getting past Cards with two lefties in a row will take a miracle. Course so was Werth going yard.

gimmekeef wrote on Oct 12^th, 2012 at 10:17am:

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 12^th, 2012 at 9:30am:

gimmekeef wrote on Oct 11^th, 2012 at 5:43pm:

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 11^th, 2012 at 4:34pm:

Giants win! Go Nats! :booze

Congrats SCL...great come back..a team with backbone and experience.

Jayson Werth with the walkoff. Nats still alive. Don't really care who wins game 5. I just hope it goes 30 innings! :tongui

Probably been said before, however, does Werth do the Geico ads?

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 12^th, 2012 at 9:30am:

gimmekeef wrote on Oct 11^th, 2012 at 5:43pm:

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 11^th, 2012 at 4:34pm:

Giants win! Go Nats! :booze

Congrats SCL...great come back..a team with backbone and experience.

Jayson Werth with the walkoff. Nats still alive. Don't really care who wins game 5. I just hope it goes 30 innings! :tongui

first ibanez and now werth doin it!!!

mojoman wrote on Oct 12^th, 2012 at 12:06pm:

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 12^th, 2012 at 9:30am:

gimmekeef wrote on Oct 11^th, 2012 at 5:43pm:

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 11^th, 2012 at 4:34pm:

Giants win! Go Nats! :booze

Congrats SCL...great come back..a team with backbone and experience.

Jayson Werth with the walkoff. Nats still alive. Don't really care who wins game 5. I just hope it goes 30 innings! :tongui

first ibanez and now werth doin it!!!

Philly representin'! :stinkypost

Philly can represent in 2013 by winning the division again. I miss post season baseball!

Did I just hear Liza Minelli singing "New York-New York"?
Bye Bye Payrod!

Giants stay alive after Baryry Zito (yes that Barry Zito) pitches a gem to bring the series back home. Go Giants! :willya :booze :weed :keithpunky

Giants win. Vogey throws another gem Game 7 tonight! GO GIANTS!!!!!! :willya :booze :booze

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 22^nd, 2012 at 1:09pm:

Giants win. Vogey throws another gem Game 7 tonight! GO GIANTS!!!!!! :willya :booze :booze

Get this thing done. Does this have SCL lock status?

Nellcote wrote on Oct 22^nd, 2012 at 2:30pm:

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 22^nd, 2012 at 1:09pm:

Giants win. Vogey throws another gem Game 7 tonight! GO GIANTS!!!!!! :willya :booze :booze

Get this thing done. Does this have SCL lock status?

I hate to jinx it Nellie. But with the horse on the mound for us tonight. Their will be more baseball played in San Francisco this year.

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 22^nd, 2012 at 3:25pm:

Nellcote wrote on Oct 22^nd, 2012 at 2:30pm:

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 22^nd, 2012 at 1:09pm:

Giants win. Vogey throws another gem Game 7 tonight! GO GIANTS!!!!!! :willya :booze :booze

Get this thing done. Does this have SCL lock status?

I hate to jinx it Nellie. But with the horse on the mound for us tonight. Their will be more baseball played in San Francisco this year.

C'mon, I do not hear the SCL I thought I knew?
So I will be your surrogate & I'll take your usual lock for you & live with it one way or another.
I have no dog in this hunt but am comfortable that if the Birds were that strong they would have closed it out in Game 5.
They let you guys hang around & this is what they get

Nellcote wrote on Oct 22^nd, 2012 at 4:03pm:

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 22^nd, 2012 at 3:25pm:

Nellcote wrote on Oct 22^nd, 2012 at 2:30pm:

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 22^nd, 2012 at 1:09pm:

Giants win. Vogey throws another gem Game 7 tonight! GO GIANTS!!!!!! :willya :booze :booze

Get this thing done. Does this have SCL lock status?

I hate to jinx it Nellie. But with the horse on the mound for us tonight. Their will be more baseball played in San Francisco this year.

Thanks Nellie. Considering how my football picks have gone this year. I'm not putting an SCL on Game 7. But the town is pumped! :wtf1

The Giants win the pennant! :booze :booze

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 23^rd, 2012 at 11:30am:

The Giants win the pennant! :booze :booze

Great comeback win.....my Nats have to learn how to play like the Giants.......Good luck in the series SCL

gimmekeef wrote on Oct 23^rd, 2012 at 1:27pm:

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 23^rd, 2012 at 11:30am:

The Giants win the pennant! :booze :booze

Great comeback win.....my Nats have to learn how to play like the Giants.......Good luck in the series SCL

Thanks GK. From what I've heard so far. The talking heads aren't giving the Giants much of a chance against the Tigers.Which is just the way they want it.

meanwhile in a cornfield they find this guy.......

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It's on tonight you Bastards! So is every Ro'er who doesn't live in Columbus backing my Giants? :willya

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 24^th, 2012 at 11:03am:

It's on tonight you Bastards! So is every Ro'er who doesn't live in Columbus backing my Giants? :willya

Wait a minute here..

Its the year of the Tigers...

Meggy,shouldn't you be a Reds fan?

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 24^th, 2012 at 4:46pm:

Meggy,shouldn't you be a Reds fan? :o

Sorry...American League thru and thru, baby! Besides, I grew up in Toledo.....

Old habits die hard...especially when you are old......

Look out for Verlander....

Adios Pelota! :willya :willya :willya

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 25^th, 2012 at 11:07am:

Adios Pelota! :willya :willya :willya

Tigers got Pabloed.......and I did watch Verlander....head to the showers......but I think this could go 6-7 games....all high scoring...so now run out and bet the under in Game 2

2 down 2 to go. :willya

Giants go up 3-0. What a dream season it's been.

Go Giants!

Yay!

Panda! Panda! Panda!

gorda wrote on Oct 27^th, 2012 at 11:41pm:

Go Giants!

Yay!

Panda! Panda! Panda!

Gorda,the Panda has been on fiyah! :willya :booze

world fucking champs, again!!!

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We are the Champions of the World!

It feels good to be part of the winning team. (Even though, I did absolutely nothing, but sit on my couch, eating pizza and drinking beer! Yay!)

Giants win. Yay! Suck it ESPN and Fox.Their is a good chance they'll be back again next year. :willya :booze :booze

Great run by the Giants..congrats.....Maybe my Nats will take the next step next year but expect the Phils to be back after free agent shopping and Braves as well......was a fun year though to have ateam finally in it aftre like 40 years

gimmekeef wrote on Oct 29^th, 2012 at 11:23am:

Well judging by recent WS winning teams. It isn't about payroll. You actually have to play he game well. But I heard teams will have a lot of cash to spend this offseason and will be throwing around stupid money like usual. Certainly doesn't guarantee a championship though.

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