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Open Thread, 3/31: Padres vs Astros Overflow 1

Our first overflow of the season. Let's just ease into this one. Can't break Gaslamp Ball 2.0 in the first go 'round.

Padres! Padres! Hit a home run!!!
Padres! Padres! Then pitch till the game is done!!!

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my goal

to get to overload 2 by the top of the 8th

Today made me wish

we'd gotten Kosuke.

I said he'd be awesome

way back before everyone went Dome-crazy. Poo.

Dag!

Keg's upping his trade value.

Fatty...

2/2

Yeaaaaah, boyyyyy!

I take it all back!!!

I hate p-mac

what is this guy doing on our team? let's get over that guy.

dude

jake peavy can go down on clemens for all i care..

hahaha

wow touchet

Peavy to Bud

"I told you to bat me cleanup. I WILL WIN THIS GAME MYSELF"

Joey woulda listened.

How pathetic...

I guess we're gonna be a .200 team since the only guy who can drive in runs only plays 1/5 of the time.

ehh...

some good at bats. Im content at the moment.

P-Keg

2 for 2. KT feverishly working the phones. "The kid is hitting 1.000! He's the next Jack Cust!! Make me an offer! My prices are so loooow it's CRAAAAAZY!!!" (Throws money into the air.)

with a tiger in the background

like cal worthington.

That Baseball Tonight

briefcase commercial with Krukker cracks me up.

me 2

i think it is hilarious

How many pitches is Jake at?

69

Giggity.

Drama's right -- 69

and Oswalt's already at 85

kinda related topic to baseball

candice wiggins is ballin right now and is about to put her team in the final four shes got 35 points right now

Bourn

Reminds me of Bip.

Matty said "A skinny Carl Everett"

No word on where Bourn stands on the whole dinosaur issue, though.

damnit, blue

KILL THE UMPIRE

it was bound to happen

bourned?

to happen?

Struck him out twice

Oh Gawd

I'm so happy to be here tonight, why isn't this day a national holiday! (I mean, a real one I don't have to take a day off work for!)

Just bought suh-weet tix to the Friday night game, so so so jazzed to watch a pair of #5 starters battle for a solid 4.2 IP!

Also, I want to echo the sentiments on Paulie Mac...to reiterate what's been said before, SELL HIGH!!

they steal on us

this is not news

Blast by Nady in the Pirates game

What a disaster that game is

Are you trying to make me cry?

Ahhh..what could have been.....

Pirates...

Somehow they'll end up benching Nady for 38 straight games in what they'll call "a minor clerical error" akin to Milton in "Office Space." If he's going to play well, I'm sure they'll botch it up in some way.

That was NASTY.

Hunter was just shakin' his head walking away.

love it!!!!!!!!!!!!

and the dolphin porn too

good to hear "if he hits it, its a double" on opening day

i really missed our guys

having to be exposed to the reds and braves for a summer was not fun.

Tadahito....STUD.

Gotta love The Gooch.

Countdown to...

The Iguchi 'Corky's Pest Control' commercial?

that's just setup men

and they better not run that on Heath. it's been a curse.

Haha..

I totally need to call them...Can't have ants running all over my chopsticks

ah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

please no!

Did you mention that cuz he's Japanese?

Of course.

I only want men in broken Engrish to sell me local pest control services. Anything else seems.....foreign.

Is he polite? Is he clean? Have him take off his shoes!!!!!!

I refuse to take off my shoes!! I have a problem with foot odor!

Yeah..you're totally right

What was I thinking? Scott Linebrink totally wasn't working for me

I'll tell ya what I miss...

Ryan Klesko's boot world commercials. They must have cost about $1.26 to make, and I think they stole the backdrop from the old Roy Firestone afternoon interview show on ESPN. I have cellphone videos with better production values.

*gasp*

I haven't seen those in forever. I almost miss his crows feet. Then again, maybe not. I'm glad he retired...and was thrown away like an old tv guide

He was sweatier than a whore in church in them, too...either that, or it was the Jheri Curl.

I like how Jake

dismissed Bourne's move toward 3rd with a wave of his arm, as if "whatever, dude."

man i totally called this iguchi thing

improve in every major offensive category now that he's at petco.

kevin towers

= smart

HIT HIS OTHER ASS CHEEK KOUZ

Who else

saw peavy mouth "fastball up" against pence? what a badass

they really should have

mexican food sold at the park. and that could be our trademark food

fish tacos

mmmm

that's just evil

people don't even know what fish tacos are in Richmond.

Down there

they just call it food.

I'm sure Dex is on the floor laughing.

so jealous

i notice your comment has 0 recs, and what's this? TTG with a rec.

you loved it

and my window broke

Productive out.

I'll take that.

Aid.

Professional Hitter.

its like clockwork

i love when it works out

Chula Vista

does it again

KG 3.0

meets GLB 2.0

i thought ago was in motion?

and he still didnt make it?

Greeney!!!

Hooray, Phantom!!!

I guess one more will suffice

for now.

Wow.

Nice play by Berkman. Robbed Bard.

damn bard

i would have loved a knock

I'm a pitch count junky

After 5:
Jake - 79
Oswalt - 99

Oswalt's not gonna make more than the 6th, if their crazy enough to send him out for another inning this early in the season. I'd think they'd be holding him to 100 for the first couple games. . . .

How's the Houston bullpen?

Roy can leave early and save Jake a seat at the Martini Ranch.

it's a hard job but . . .

Berkman...

...is it just me or does he look a little like Phil Mickelson?

Why?

Did Berkman just hit one in the water?

Kouz!

Bad D, what?!?!

KOOOUUUZZZ!!!!!!

Kouz with the reach!

I LOVE KOUZ

What do they mean "they WILL love Kouz"? We already do, dummies.

i know...

"they want to love this guy, and i think they will." i hope these announcers die.

he's my fav player

and has been since we traded for him

He looks sorta creepy with that intense stare

Have you SEEN the one on one? His eyes are freaky.

Another 5 milligrams

and that woulda been out.

I wonder if Jake will make it

through a single game with a clean uni like other pitchers do. . . .

Counting Jager stains?

Tejada

Not enough "juice" on that drive.

Beat you to it!

I know.

And I'm sure Dex thought yours was funnier.

He thought he had it, too.

Ha!

Kouz = Favorite Padre

Jake's good for at least 3 more innings.

how many comments are we at

105 (with this one, I think)

Brewers/Cubs

Did anybody else see Little T win it for the Brew Crew? Tell me again why we don't have the kid.

KT likes him

but i dont know if he should be in sd. big shadow.

big shadow, soulsd?

come on. enough with the tony gwynn fat jokes.

If you'll recall...

KT was going to draft him, but the Brewers beat him to it by something like one or two draft picks. No question there would have been expectation issue, and I really think it's for his own personal best that he's not here, but dangit, he'd be a rad fit in CF about now.

CALL UP HEADLEY!!!

Should have traded him after the 2nd hit.

Look at Jake.

I ain't swingin' at that shit.

Oswalt

is gonna Cheney him next time out.

hahahah

recommend check

Jake is immaculate

Roy

See you on Fifth, baby. Shall we start at The Field?

Peavy

puts Roy to bed. Awesome.

sleep well, sweet roy

Borkowski

the GM'S son? same name at least

Damn.

Brian taking a rip.

and then he finally walks

We did good work, no matter what you think

Oswalt ends with a 5.06 ERA.

lots of great AB's

lets keep it up.

Good ol' Briles

doin' what he does.

Loving the baseball I'm seeing tonight

Solid hitting and plate appearances

That's our Brian.

Move the runner over any possible way you can.

Gooch with a big hit here

Giles, Ted, and Art Madrid could be best buddies in the tanning beds

Art Madrid!

My hometown drunk of a mayor

I saw him at 24 hour fitness today

he's a fan of the bikes

Art Madrid's hitting the bikes?

That's hilarious for some reason. Not quite as funny as Greg Oden schooling up come gym rats at a 24HF in Oregon when he's supposed to be rehabbing his knee, but a pretty great mental image nonetheless.

He's actually pretty fit

Today was the second time I saw him there and his legs look pretty toned. His hair is like super gray/white and his face is totally orange. I wonder where goes to get tanned...at least we know it isn't Chico's

I gotta know...

Did he wipe down? I had to step over, literally, a PUDDLE from a runner on a treadmill who had a very consistent sweat pattern coming off his hand for a solid hour. I thought there was a leak in the roof, it was that bad.

I wasn't watching him thatclose

but it looks like he's friends with my pe coach. It didn't look like he was sweating though...24 hour fitness must be a chance for him to know "what's going on in the community."

Not a bad idea

It's a fairly good cross-cutting of society....at least the gym-attending part who's got $35/month to blow on a membership.

gotta add

George Hamilton to that group there....he was tanning before there were tanning beds

Whenever I see the little popup box...

It makes me wanna type faster because I know I could be saying something outdated. What an evil, beautiful little thing.

Also, I enjoy being able to start a reply, scroll up to see a new comment and reply to that comment, then return back down to the bottom and continue typing in the main comment box. Web 2.OH SNAP.

Oh PLEASE.

That's a strike>????

inside fo sho

Mmmm...

Love me some Gooch.

Gooch rules, let's go Kouz!

My neighbors are being introduced

to the baseball season.

The loud way.

i'm so gay for iguchi

come on kouz

two grand slams both on first pitch make it the third

wow....TADAHITO!!!!!

I'm surprised Hoffy didn't send Peavy.

Opening Day with our Cy Young pitcher

Last thing we need is a collision at home with a three run lead.

But it still would have been cool

Remember when he sent Boomer last season?

Unbelievable.

pevy is the type

to go in like a train... no regard for personal health.

I don't know how strong an arm he had --

maybe hoffy was worried the throw would beat Jake to home? Or that Jake might break himself trying to beat the ball home?

Kouz

Lean into it baby.That's an RBI.

Take an inside pitch, lean a little, throw an elbow...you got a hit by pitch goin', baby!

Brad Ausmas...

nevermind active; I'm surprised he's still alive.

Poor Kouzie

people who are idiots might think we're booing him. No way in H-E-double hockey sticks.

Good thing these ESPNers

bring it up every got-dang time.

AGAIN

with the "want to love" remark. We already do!

Like hitting .305

for the second half of the season didn't make us adore him last year.

DUMBASSES!!!

Matty, what are you stilll doing here?

Hit a salami, Kouz!

They are not going to say

that again --- want to learn to love?

Let me at 'im!

Ick.

Just seeing Valverde's freaky face makes me cringe. Never fails.

Throw that again, Meat.

come on kouz

son of a

bases still fop ppls

Well, at least we got Jake off the bases

No need to worry about him anymore.

Great catch.

Damn.

I guess Gonzo knows how Tejada felt last inning.

i forgot how much i hate

being robbed of HRs. long season - i'm sure i'll have the remember.

It should be a wash this year...

On the one hand, Andruw Jones is in our division, and may hurt us even more now, but on the other hand, we have Jim Edmonds, who's always F'd us over out in CF too.

Moments like these

I have to remind myself that we're still winning.

preach it, brother!

true

and our bullpen is way awesome

Must Drink

to forget....

Good thing to remember about that though.

Aid crushed that. He's starting well.

Braves almost came back AGAIN

Got 2 in the 12th, lost 12-11. Alleghany Memorial prepares for another busy season in the cardiology department.

Braves.

Them playing one game in DC last night and then traveling was stupid. For them and the Nationals.

Did you see

those ugly-ass jerseys the broke out last night? Total little-league.

I thought they were clean, if a bit batting practice-ish. I'm tired of that script/logo on the front, bring back the 50s era or 70s era Brave look, their 1990-era uniform's gotta be changed in *some* way.

The league should be ashamed

You could argue that the first week of the year, in cool climes, is an acceptable time to do that to a team, but that's iffy at best. Total garbage move to force them to play a one-off, you're telling me they can't swing a doubleheader somewhere or turn a 2 >3/3>4 at some point?

Destrade

just proved himself as a total moron.

just proved himself a moron

about 7 innnings ago

Yeah

but now it's total.

I hate that guy

Harold Reynolds curse anyone?

sexual harrassment, anyone?

on the padres website

i think he sexually harrased mark prior

dude i totally saw that

that was uncomfortable

not worse then what

Mike Tirco did////and hes doing MNF

It's amazing

that Tirico still has a job.

I know he's a total sexual harrasser...

....but he is the nicest guy ever. I mean seriously.

Unless you're a hot intern

the time he sexually harrassed me

he was just so nice i couldnt help it

hello!

the pot has now accused the kettle of being a tool that holds water and is made of metal

I don't know what this means

but I am recommending it.

seconded!

Uhhhh...

Demoira?

Have I ever made even ONE inappropriate comment?

(When I was sober?)

when you put it that way . . .

yes. i'm sure you have. just don't ask me to prove it.

Sexual harasser AND...

the best GD NFL announcer on television these days. I don't care if the man chaired his underage hooker, he can call a game better than anyone else out there and has been the best for the last 5 years. It was simply attrition and ESPN not realizing people were sick of Theismann/Patrick/McGuire that kept him out of the top spot there.

What's he saying?

I don't know if he's calling the SD game on ESPN2 or if he's on ESPN BBTN...

Darin Erstad....ummmm, what?

was just thinking that

Uh, he used to be a punter

and Evidence A why the Gold Glove is a crock.

BLUMMER!!!!!!

Blum sighting

Blum!

I kinda miss him.

but not that much.

Blum!

i miss his wife

word

had to be the hottest padre wife.

Mrs. Hoffman

Dude, she's pretty scorching

She's at the top of your screen..lefthand side

Ummm...

Kotsay's wife???

isn't she a model?

Yeah, somebody needs to post the pic of her, um, posterior

i second that

http://umpbump.com/press/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/jk4.jpg

beat me to it!

i love umpbump.

Have Mercy!!!!!!!!!

I approve

god..you people are perverts

they're barely getting started

just you wait

Pigs.

I am so offended.

i heart drama

awwww

See, Dex??

If she can play LF, we'll take her.

would love

to see her chase after some balls...in those shorts

I won't make her chase.

*ba dum bum*

one-on-one classics

I saw it the other day...you should record

Don't get Channel 4 up here in LA

So no dice on that

life w/out channel 4?

How do you live?

Yeah, it's tough

but I get by

No matt and mud?

Seriously, life must suck. First I have to go to school on opening day and now I find out people have to live without them? What kind of life is this?

no 4sd here in

KY....but i just try to take it one day at a time....

KY?!?

That's where my 'rents live. I visit occassionally.

MLB.tv gets me through.

yes

mlb tv has lifted my spirits its been a rough monday. Where are your rents at? I go to school in Bowling Green.

Paducah

they're working on a dam on the Ohio

cool

Do they like it? I've had no complaints besides this stuff called "snow" and "sleet" and "35 degree weather" makes me homesick for sd

the humidity is MURDER in the summer

otherwise, with tornados and flashfloods, what's not to love?

I need to start a service

Basically, just set up a room with cable feeds and slingboxes, and charge people $10/month for a channel they can access. I'm sure that's wildly illegal, but it seems like a good idea.

Can you have multiple access

to a slingbox?

Nope.

How many cable boxes can you

get from the cable company? Do you actually need a tv too?

Don't need a TV

But I know places like bars have multiple boxes of DirecTV or cable, it's just a commercial/residential thing.

I'm sure some has tried it before.

Nope

Hence the multiple cable feeds.

Of course, maybe if there was some way to get the feed to an end node, then parse it out from there...

I'll have to draw something up at work tomorrow, god knows I'm not gonna get any work done.

yeah..gotta miss that crazy hair

Blummer!

Still helping us out!

Peavy is such a stud

3 hits

3 effin hits on opening day

Me + Peavy

= Man Crush

P-Keg

This is a good at-bat.

You a fan yet?

Nope.

Gerut would be 4 for 4. With two stolen bases.

don't ask us to go that far yet

the kid's still got a lot to prove to me after the crap he put me through last year.

KT is demon dialing

the Red Sox.

So long, Peavs.

Even if Mac gets out?

Thanks, Jake.

T. Clark!

Oh yeah!

Jake's Opening Day stats

Superbly awesome

how much more do you love

tony clark when he is not beating up on chris young

T. Clark.

I expect to see many of those!!

T Clark

Pro PH'er

I'm convinced

We signed him only to prevent his HRs off Chris Young. I know he's a nice bench bat/A-Gon backup/Interleague DH, but those are all secondary.

Thanks, D-bags

No shit.

What were they thinking? And he's cheap!

This pitching change brought to you

by San Diego Harley Tony Clark.

Cool, Tony!

Although I was kinda hoping to see Trevor tonight. Oh, well.

trevor

needs a haircut. He look like an unmade bed.

Yes he does..is he trying to be cool or something?

Someone's gotta have a 1993 haircut.

He's got the Samson thing going.

Cut his hair, and he loses his power. We all know he had just gotten a haircut right before that Brewers game in October last year.

you can say that again

Ah i see

I think hes not getting it cut till he gets t gwynn jr out again.

After his last blown save,

I swore I wouldn't shave 'til we won again. I'm getting anxious.

And Jake is EVERYTHING I could wish for

(well - he could have gone for a no-hitter)
7.0 IP
3 H
0 R
0 ER
3 BB
4 SO
0 HR
0.00 ERA

How many pitches?

107

Thanks.

What a great opening night. Now let's get him a W.

Wesley Wright

That kid looks tiny

i forgot how time flies

during a game. it's 12:40 and we're heading into the 8th. Love it.

suddenly I'm craving

a burger

so is

p-mac

again with these fat jokes...

isn't he on a green drink diet or something? I can totally see him turning into Mark Grant without the humor

Mud

Anybody that doesn't like Mark Grant...they got...they got problems.

i guess

that i got problems

A place in SD I haven't been to in a while

Beef n Bun. Burgers ok, but shakes are magical. Your post made me think of it.

$5 shakes?

Jalapeno Shakes are free.

A Big Kahuna and a Sprite?

The cornerstone of any nutritous breakfast.

What food have we not covered

tonight?

Yogurt World...

Oooooh...

I like the strawberry-banana yogurt with granola in it. Good stuff.

It's such a rip off and its full of emo asians

don't get the chocolate..its like super heavy and costs 9 buck for the small cup

I'm a friend of the Asians

So that doesn't matter to me either way, but what KILLS me about that place is the lack of parking on a friday/saturday night, as well as their really poor layout...they cram everyone into one tiny wall for the yogurt, and an even smaller corner for toppings. If they were laid out even remotely well the line would be cut in half.

Again, get to Yogurt Express, that place is the shiznit, a lot cheaper, as many (if not more) toppings, and aside from the Strawberry Tart yogurt at Y-World, better flavors.

Well, as an Asian..

Those people sorta bug..you should sit down with the people eating and just run out of the store without paying.

Hah!

As much as I've schemed line-cutting at Valley View in the past, I've never thought about cheezing Yogurt World out of a cup before.

Also, there's never a place to sit in there anyway, so it's a moot point.

Never experienced

Yogurt World; I just like that in general.

Good point.

It's not hard on the eyes, I'll say that.

Yogurt Express...

C'mon, you all know about Yogurt Express. SDSU co-eds and dirt-cheap yogurt.

Heat

"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you."

that's good to hear again.

Currently

wandering the earth like Kane from Kung Fu.

Frightening how

Samuel L magic appeared on my screen.

I am LOVING the 2.0!!!

*Just finished my essay*

Finally, I can turn my full attention to the Padres..

Keep that Bourne jackball

off the bases. Good work, Heath.

AGAIN with the video

tony gwynn's about to take credit for inventing youtube.

Well, he's a pretty big man. He can take credit for whatever he want and I won't hate him

except maybe his son..

Quick check of the Padres 2B upgrade

Geoff Blum had two 3 hit games last year.

Marcus Giles never had one after June 3rd.

Pretty pleased with the first day of the Iguchi experiment....

Ah...good to see this place again. And glad to see all the usual suspects have run the comments off the rails just like olden times.

GOOSE!!!!

it's been so long

i feel like leaping into your arms like Varitek did to Papelbon after last years World Series

every time i see Hoffy

i see him with the 'fro bellbottoms and platforms. . . .

they had to play it

i hate them

Yeah, I looked away

one reason

to invest in mlb.tv if only to get away from those assclowns at espn

at least they admit

Holliday never touched home plate.

Well..

Espn has been trying to improve...they want Matty..in fact, I think everybody wants him. And they did steal Tom whatever you spell his last name who loves the flag shots

I like that Matty

is one of the commentators on MLB '08 The Show.

Forget Tom....how do you spell Matty's last name??

Matty Vegetable?..Veggg..Vasgersian.

Heat. Still rocks.

Cubs

You guys see Kerry Wood shit his pants today?

I hate the Cubs so much.

Gagne did too

Gagne's problem

Was that crate of slinkys he was smuggling in his jersey. Good god, stay away from the brats and try the Miller LITE.

would have made

a great "where are they now?" episode

Yeah, but the F***dome's the real thing, and that makes me a sad panda.

He may be.

But he can't close games.

At this pace

That theory's gonna get tested.

i did

and i giggled like a girl... i hate them X1000

Anybody else

think less of Dennis Leary when listening to those insipid commercials?

alright fellas

im out

call me kt.

Peace out.

Enjoy the pillow.

Ewww

Leave it to you.

It's cause he's a writer

He can paint the picture with just those 4 letters.

im actually going to

enjoy the bowling

Audrey's favorite joke:

Q: What's the quietest place in the world?

A: The bowling alley; you can hear a pin drop.

And now its my favorite joke

Giles would love that.

She heard it from the third.

14 hits

but only 4 runs? Can we complain about that?

Are you new?

no

just not used to padre baseball yet

absolutely

it will be the theme of many a thread

We need to make 4 threads that get stickied

1) We can't get guys over/in
2) Hoffy isn't clutch
3) Jake needs to settle down
4) Khalil's an android or something else not fully human in composition

Anything having to do with those topics gets thrown into those threads!

I think we only left the bases loaded once.

you're right

we're off to a slow start.

Man crush on

Scanlin. Handsome Man

Wow, nice offense!!

Just checked the score, and was happy to see a game was on. My game only made it through 3 innings...leaving me wanting more!

Friendly visiting rockies fan

Hahahaha!

The first and probably last time we'll hear that!

still waiting

for Holiday to touch the plate. It's a shame that made it into the espn baseball intros.

Have you seen...

The FSN commercial parody of that? There's a link to it on Purplerow.com. It's pretty funny.

As thrilled as I am with this so far

I really wanted to see Trevor close the opener.

My roomie

loves the "All Star" song by smashmouth. Santa Maria.

CLA!!!!

WOOOO!!!

Unreal.

NICE THROW!!!!!!!

Tejada

Rookie mistake.

If he's on the juice

That's a triple.

That's a LOT of body

Bumbling into second.

Tad handled it alright, huh?

Hah

Yeah, as much as a man with 220lbs sliding into him awkwardly can.

Tejada

really paying dividends in Houston.

Hairy was NOT hustling with that throw at all.

Swing and a miss

that one was purty.

Hairston didn't scare me in CF tonight

until then....of course, stretching that is INSANE

VICTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hoooraaaay!

I get to shave!

WE WON!!

Jake -- you got run support!

I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES!

His own runs.

What else does he expect?

your UNDEFEATED San Diego Padres

let's call it a season!

Shutout

Nice way to start the season.

Probably gonna go undefeated

So out of curiousity...

Where's the best seats in Petco? I've only been there with my kids and sat in the sandbox...which is pretty close to the field.

I loved sitting on the R field line near the home dugout

I've sat on the first base and third base lines both

and thought they were pretty stellar.

If you can afford it

I'd highly recommend the Toyota Terrace, the second level seats behind home plate. It's about $130 for a pair, but it's a great balance of proximity to home plate + elevated view for perspective. Seats are cushy, you can see the media booths up close, and most of the fans in there are season ticket holders so you'll usually end up around pretty well-versed fans.

Love it

161 more to go

Thanks, guys.

That was fun. Should we do it again tomorrow night?

In fact...what if we kept this up for 6 months?

no. that's insane. you know how much time that would take up? 4 hours a night for half a year?

Like you even have to ask.

That's like having a great date and the guy going "so....I can call you again, yeah?"

It's for the official record, but it never needs to be said.

But it's not on ESPN tomorrow night. . .

and I live in LA.

:-(

I'm in WV

mlb.tv isn't such a hit if you get it month by month. No way I can come off of $120 at a time but $15 is just an hour less at the bar.

see you then

you bring the booze, i bring the cute?

i missed baseball

and the end of these threads...

when it's last call around here...

it's a regular meat market.

who has ever said no to booze and cute? in the history of mankind?

Hell Yeah

nice win people....Im off to bed....GO PADS!!!

the beginning of 6 months

of bliss...or hell.

a little bit of both

thats what makes baseball grand.

Work is cutting into my baseball & drinking.

Night all.

Great start...

even though it was against the Astros.

not as impressive

...as say the Dodgers over the Giants? I mean, it's a bitter rivalry and the Giants are very impressive this year.

If there's a name

That strikes fear into the heart of NL West fans, it's ORTMEIER.

Hey, the Girl Ants

had their major heat throwing tonight.

Zito's ERA

Looked like my SAT-Math score. Bochy better be doing some FUN things with his money.

He's buying giant hats

that's very large hats...not Giant hats

Now

that's what "rec" was made for.

I should be exhausted

but I'm so wired!

Likewise.

I think you might be the only one left farther East than me.

there's a few of us east coasters around

but 1 a.m. isn't late. i've gotten used to this...

I'm going to have to get on a strict conditioning program

insomnia is more art than science...

try to cultivate a sense of anxious terror. it'll help you stay up as late as you need for those nights the padres go into extras

my problem's never staying AWAKE

it's falling asleep and then getting up the next morning that's an issue.

Try binge drinking.

It's been working out for me.

don't make me worry about you

I already am, with lots of love, don't make it worse. I'm the mother of all worrywarts.

*kisses* and *hugs*

I kid, I kid.

Just making a joke out of what is the consensus opinion of my free time.

'kay

worry retired - for now.

i'm sleepy

bed now

sounds like you're going to have to get fired....

Baseball Tonight

They are giving soooo much love to Santana right now. Jake pitched better and they probably will barely mention him.

Damn.

Just saw that Peavy came out because he racked his rotator cuff and will be out indefinitely, probably the whole season.

I can't believe this....

You'd think he would have shown signs of it at some point. MFer.

LOL

Sidd Finch called. He needs to speak to you.

I don't even think his great arm

Could help us now...

Best story ever.

Do you happen to be a Tool fan? One year, they put out an announcement that they put out two new free MP3s, named Floor Pail & Anagram.

Oh man

That is so great.

Maybe it's unfair

due to the time zone differential.

But, yeah, I'm enjoying this.

Didn't they also do something with their website?

I seem to remember some shenanigans with their official website about a concept album from Maynard or something along those lines...maybe that was NIne Inch Nails? Thought it was Tool though.

They put up an announcement

that Maynard quit to pursue Christianity... but that was just a mockery of Korn's guitarist.

That makes me happy

On so many levels.

That solo career's really panning out for that guy...

still getting used to all these faces staring at me

the old gaslamp was so anonymous...

God, Gagne really needs to go back to eating 'roids

by the canadian dozen. a term i just made up

Deux Deux Deux!

(Sorry, Berman's still the funniest thing of 2008 to me)

I loved that video while it lasted!

It made we want to visit my cousin in Toronto.

Gagne

was in line for the win at one point.

It's time for El Cotixan!

Conga burrito (carne/rice/beans) awaits.

1-0, baby.

I've got work in the mornin'

So the sac I must hit.

Night, guys! See you manana!

Just make sure it isn't mine!

G'night.

if Zito keeps sucking this bad

I wonder if the Giants would trade him to KT while eating half his salary. He'd regain his form in Petco and off that stupid, stupid giants team.

Just what the Pads need...

Another starting pitcher, why don't you ask for something useful like a third basemen with power?

Hey, now.

Kouz had a killer rookie season and he ain't getting any worse. Plus, Chase is waiting in the wings in case KK happens to DIACF.

Exactly. A little backlogged at 3B

Also, the Giants might be able to afford an offense if they unloaded Zito. Or, you know, they can keep starting Ray Durham

Kouz was good...

18 HR's in Petco translates into like 40 in an average ballpark, right? I don't understand what keeps the ball from flying out there, is it the size of the stadium?

Pretty much.

We were the second-best offensive team on the road.

Yes.

the OF is massive. but people also cite the 'marine layer' as a factor....i have no idea if that's true or not.

Oceanic vapor can't help.

I wonder if the gigantitude of the body of water matters since the Great American Smallpark is right on the river...

Wait..Marine layer?

You mean from Camp Pendleton, or Sea World?

We're -40 entries

close to imploding this thread. Am I the only one that feels the need to stick around for the come-down? Nine innings of adrenaline don't let me walk away so easily.

BTW..

As a Rockies fan I just wanted to thank you for giving us Marcus Giles. He made good conversation starters during spring training.

As a fan of his,

thanks for giving him a chance.

Just got back

What a fun night at the park! I witnessed 3 security ejections in the section next to me, Jake was dominant with the arm and the bat, and the guys came through with timely hits. Wow, great job on the thread guys!

900+

on both threads. How it should be!

Well good job San Diego..

You and LA are leading the division so far and I get to look forward to Kip Wells starting in a makeup game tomorrow...and that's no April Fools!!

I'm glad I don't

have to look forward to Kip Wells.

I just got back from the game

it was sweet. Looks like you guys dominated GLB. I will post pics and thoughts sometime.

Do it, Doug!

I love and welcome any and all documentation of a convincing W... or any sort of W, actually.

fire up the aim

i'll tell you bout it. this website is lagging for me right now

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