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The Final 2011 Game Chat

Los Angeles Dodgers at Arizona Diamondbacks, Sep 28, 2011 6:40 PM PDT


Dodgers Diamondbacks
SS Gordon SS Bloomquist
3B Sellers
2B Hill
CF Kemp RF Upton
LF Rivera
1B Goldschmidt
1B Loney CF Young
RF Sands
3B Roberts
C Barajas LF Parra
2B Carroll C Blanco
P Lilly P Saunders

 

Game Time: 6:40 p.m.

TV: Prime Ticket

MLB Gameday

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Two blowouts and two close ones

3-2 Red Sox Bot 7 (In a Rain Delay)
7-0 Yankees Top 7

3-2 Braves Bot 8
7-0 Cardinals Top 6

Cmon Matt

2 more HRs!!

Tarp on the field in Baltimore...

ruh roh

Jansen in the dugout FWIW. So are Lindblom and Eovaldi. Wouldn’t shock me if there were under-the-stands ways to get the bullpen at Chase Field though, so this probably isn’t a big deal at all.

Dee

get’s it started!

just need one stolen base to win my fantasy league and have both kemp and gordon

come on

aww dammit

I dont want Darron Sutton

might as well mute

Gordon can finish 0 for his last 3 and still hit .300 (.300448)

They should take him out to be safe.

Braves 3 outs away from clinching at least 1 playoff game
hit him

boooooooooooo

Nooooooo. Stay at the plate, Matt.

Saunders you coward!

Polanco singles to start the 9th.

imagine Kimbrel

blowing a save now

ESPN is showing all 4 games…..

at least if you have Directv will all the ESPN a channels

Josie reported a Josie Phact before saying they were just giving updates

or if you go on espn3.com

MLB Network bouncing around. Currently showing Braves/Phillies

Which just happens to be 10-15 seconds behind ESPN.

more baserunners

will get Kemp more ABs!

its science

honestly, im starting to think all wealthy men cheat on their wives until proven otherwise.
Yes, it's totally not proven

Like all the ones who have actually been faithful in the last forever. Women never do it either /Jaime’d

:P

I think there's something about wealth that can make SOME PEOPLE

feel entitled to whatever they want and get away with it.

as long as you acknowledge it goes both ways

:)

yes i do. women are just as likley to cheat.
Tommy's got my back, haha
My wife's lucky

I only have a couple of quarters to rub together

Random?

Click the Deadspin link above

you didn't clikc

the deadspin link Eric posted?

Oh sorry. I missed it, and also don't click on Deadspin links :-P ;-)
i dont

but i’m not that wealthy ;)

1 away!

FUCK YOU RUIZ

ruiz strikes out

fuck him though

So close. Walks Francisco. Two on.

That's a somewhat hilarious story

Holy fucking shit Barajas and Dee. This is what Chad Moriyama was made for.

OMG

Barajas rocking Dee like a baby.

Rookie of the year, harumph! Jansen would've finished the job by now!
bases loaded

uhoh

And Kimbrel walks Rollins. Loaded for Utley.

Bases loaded in Atlanta

turner field

is dead right now

Always has been

/Joey Joe

tie game

utley sac fly

Sac fly. Tied at 3-3

Kimbrel is getting tired

they need another pitcher

Silly Arizona fans

The MVP is on the opposing team :)

Tigers win. Rangers must beat the Angels now to get the #2 seed.

One more ball and...
these royal carribean mlb.tv commercials

are really stupid

The HP Touchpad ones are terrible

Pitching change at Kimbrel being 3-0??

bases loaded 3-3… This is the most difficult spot a pitcher has came in this season

nevermind

Gameday fail

Gonzalez is paying the price for overworking Kimbrel this season.

They’re going to be in Baltimore for a while.

Medlen gets them out of the jam
Phillies would've succeeded, too, if it wasn't for that Medlen kid(s)!
Dammit, I just saw someone else made the same joke before me (that Eric RT'd)

Swear I didn’t see it though!

rhubarb is a type of pie.

Rhubarb means ‘owl’ in Venezuelan.

Popped up, Atlanta needs some Francisco Cabrera magic.

McCann, Heyward, and Wilson

coming up for the Braves

Kimbrel will be Broxton in 2 years

overused like crazy

Nicely done Lilly no harm no foul, and nicely done Medlen.
I do agree that Jamie got away with the affair while Frank would have been taken to the woodshed for it

Knowing more and more about Frank, I don’t really blame Jamie all that much.

yep, if i was married to frank, id cheat on him too.

That doesn’t make you look good at all.

if i was married to frank, id already be a lunatic.

Well now you look great

I feel bad for Frank.
No matter how much money you have, if your wife cheats on you you are going to hurt very badly.

And after like 25yrs of marriage…what a joke.

i don't feel bad for him

but it must hurt pretty bad

free baseball in atlanta
Just had sad thought, but at least I know he's coming back next year.

Last game to hear Vin this season. :-(

Wish he did playoff games still…

Down 7 the Rays do have the bases loaded and nobody out.

I'm betting proctor's in

A fine choice. But we were looking for Boone Logan.

Jesus Montero was hit with a magic bullet. HBP off Kotchman and it hit him in the hand. He was taken out.

Good thing Kennedy doesn't play for the Yanks anymore
another hit

for DEE!!

Hit by the pitch. 7-2 Rays. This is not over.

Yeah, 7-2 Yankees.

Braves coming up again tied at 3.

Dee already home!
YES!!

great hit Justin!!

LOOK AT DEE GO!!!

damn

didn’t get it

fuckity fuck

just missed

Sellers fighting his way over the Mendoza line.

By the way, if Dee can hit .300 next year and have Sands, Kemp and an Ethier-esque player (if not Ethier himself), how many runs can we expect out of him?

a lot

especially if he gets some more plate discipline

and lay off the high ones

(“but I like the high ones”)

It is 7-6 Yankees

That Longo slam broke TweetDeck

And a base hit by Jaso. Amazing.

Bourn singles in Atlanta.

Blah Damon pops it up

My goodness! Gotta tip your hat to the Rays, who do not say "never."
great inning

Ted

The guy some folks keep wanting to get rid of, even to the Red Sox this week, keeps pitching well

Yep. We need him next year.

absolutely

him and Kuroda, IMO

Especially if Kuroda doesn’t come back.

Dee Gordon pre and post-demotion

First stint: .232/.250/.280, 2 BB, 16 K in 85 PA
Second go:.353/.375/.417, 5 BB, 11 K in 145 PA

impressive. what about his SB’s?

our boy’s growing up!

3% BB% is not ballsy

How about doing this for Sands
He's becoming better than I hoped

and Bazooka has a .724 OPS now?? Damn, looks like a player.

Rays have to deal with Rivera in 9th

Still gonna be extremely tough to pull off.

That’s assuming Girardi will throw him tonight. Might want to rest him.

Off day tomorrow

I think he goes. Mo’s pretty durable.

2 outs

Chipper Jones up

Just missed a game ending double.

Line drive in the box score, Jerry.

Great catch by Martinez in CF…robs Chipper

Fucking Martinez. Saves the ballgame.

man

Chipper hits one hard, but the CF catches it

a triple!

for jamey

C'mon Dee

do it again!

Ted Lilly

Bad at baseball

he was not a fan of the first pump

What the hell was that?

FWIW could have Had another if Narajas had taken a walk on offer. Doesn’t matter I guess.

hit for Ted!

and an RBI!

Then a TOOTBLAN

Napoli has hit 4 HR’s in two games.

This is why Kemp hasn't homered since Monday

everyone else is hitting them.

Damn Napoli, taking away Kemp’s HRs…. dick

Angel fans are so happy that they traded him and kept Mendoza.

Cory Wade is in

Rivera sitting in the pen.

Comments are having delay problems. SBN getting hammered perhaps.

too many liquor ads?
is sbn

laggy for anyone else?

Big time

Having hell of a time posting.

Rays down to their final out.

rays

down to their final out

yankees rays tied!!!

dan johnson!!

JOHNSON HOME RUN

HOLY SHIT GAME TIED

oh so full of raisin challah. yum.
Holy shit !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dan Johnson!!

Wade threw that ball right down the middle!
My dad is fucking PISSED!

He wants the Red Sox so badly.

I’m laughing my ass off right now.

Rangers win

Tigers will face the Yankees starting Friday night 5:37 pacific. Verlander vs. Sabathia.

Rangers will face somebody in Texas Friday at 2:07 pacific.

proctologist in

Rays win by default!

The Rays deserve real fans

that crowd should be going batshit

Holy shit this is crazy

Tarp is off in Baltimore.

former dodger relief pitchers

coming through in the clutch

I think the delay is gone now.

Well it’s not as bad now. Maybe 2-3 seconds.

I enjoy Steve Berthiaume on ESPN, but man is he a terrible game announcer.

just thinking this

a toaster has more vitality than he does doing PBP

TweetDeck doesn’t work for shit.

Extras in St. Pete
Joe Maddon doesn't even blink

Ha! He was sipping air form that water bottle

LOL! suck it Parra
hahaha

parra got beaned

They really should just keep on tossing to first.

Fuck you perra.

Is anybody watching the dodger game?

At least 3 of us who want Parra to fuck off!

no

Aceves just threw 3 pitches.
2 HBP
1 out

I already knew you were not watching
flipping between games
bottom of the 7th in baltimore

O’s with RISP

I'm having trouble flipping between all of the games...

How is MLB networks coverage of all three games?

oh

I’m just watching them with mlb.tv

I’m doing what you’re doing.

At least Fielder didn’t get any more HRs or RBI today.

These pre-playoff games to the wire have been everything you could've asked for. Wow.
"A six-month pennant race. Football has nothing like it."

Reason #96 why baseball is so much better than football.

Think one of those teams wants to take back an April loss?!

Wow Farnsworth and Proctor have uh... come a long way
Farnsworth has...

Proctor still sucks

Remember when played for the Yankees and were good?
Is it ok...

That the Dodger game currently isn’t in the rotation…sorry guys :(

Not the only one

My DVR is double booked. I’m only on MLB.TV now.

Hell yeah. Rays trying to win in the 10th now.

Poor Proctor
RT @jay_jaffe
that’s not an ERA that’s a Boeing RT @The_Stace: RT @joe_sheehan: Scott Proctor has an ERA of 7.41.
just 6 one hundreths

away from being a boeing

It’s a Small Wonder that the Rays came back.

(not quite on cue)

I really like the Rays

It’s too bad they play in a shit stadium in a shit market. They deserve so much better.

bottom of the 12th in atl

runner on 2nd, 2 outs

Brewers win - #2 seed

D’Backs #3 seed.

So they no longer care what we do? Damn!
see if Gibby

starts taking guys out

up the middle

for Sands!

Proctor issues a leadoff walk. Here comes Evan.

ROADLONEY! 2ND HALF LONEY! or whatever he is!
he's Jim

:)

Glad you didn't say that in voice of DeForrest Kelly!

How do you know he didn’t?

In my head he didn't! And.. and... he didn't say "dead!"

Or something.

"I'm a surgeon, not a bricklayer!"

2012 Dodgers Starting first baseman Loney!

such a pretty home run swing for Loney
To the 13th in Atlanta
phillies get out of it

to the 13th

Saunders has now given up more homers then Lilly on the year....
that's cause Lilly doesnt

give up homers any more :)

But Lilly sucks!!!!

LOL

He at least has an excuse pitching in Dbax home park

He has given up 10 home runs at home and 19 on the road. Also he doesn’t have to face his lineup which is number 4 in the NL in homers while the dodgers are number 12.

Savoring hearing Vin call the game.

Been listening to him for many a year …

I am sitting right next to the TV

Savoring every moment.

I know me too. Realizing this is it for the year makes me sad.

But thrilled he’s coming back for one more.

His very last game will be beyond bittersweet.

Which is why I would not mind him doing this for how ever long he wants.

don’t think there is a single person who would

I would say there are some Bay Area fools who think that Crook and Gripe are better. But, I don’t think they qualify as people.

So, touche.

Relay to the plate and Scutaro is OUT!

Is this site going slow for anybody else?

I keep trying to post and doesn’t seem to work until after the 4th try :(

I just had a bit of trouble, yes.

Yes.

k

good just making sure it wasn’t my service

I had trouble

like half an hour ago

Yeah, seems better now
3-2 Red Sox Bot 8

Is that Tommy Heinsohn doing color for the Sox?

ha

thats who he reminds me of too

Should be Jerry Remy

That was a weird play by Rivera

Not Rod & Dee weird

They’re never gonna live that one down

thought that was gone

nice catch Juan

Scutaro thrown out at the plate for BoSox in the 8th, still up 3-2.
he did make a great play on a DP before the rains came

saved their bacon

proctor strikes out damon

to the 11th!

Dodgers = Yankees and Red Sox...

uh.. wtf

Do you mean in terms of how people view them?

Lots of folks hate the Dodgers as much as they hate the two AL hate-ables.

Really, if you think of it, we may be the most hated NL team. At least, historically.

they were commenting on MLB network

that players can’t take the pressure of the big market teams. Just seemed odd to throw us on the same level

LA is a big market. Second only to NY

yeah but we don't spend, act, or get national coverage like one.
haven't done what they've done

in 20 years

Oh, oh, gotcha. Sorry, I’m too cheap to pay for real cable, so I never know what’s going on on the tube.

another chance for Matt

coming up

true dat. the channel is on lock.

And that’s why the channel was on lock!

Bard perfect. 9th inning now.

Jumping in late.

Sad it’s the last game.

Better late than never

phillies take the lead

bloop hit by pence

Phillies take the lead. 4-3.

A little shit bloop too.

broken bat bloop hit

phils take the lead

Fuck you Ruiz!

Even though he’s out of the game.

SellBlock double!

Sellers ending on a high note

GONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
KEMPERS GONNA KEMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KEMVP!!!!!!!!!!

Take that Fielder!!

please get the man

one more AB

Need some more runs so he gets another AB

Dodgers need to bat around in the next couple of innings.

And Gibby has to start feeling like a Dodger again…

sweet!

he’s alone now as the HR and RBI leader unless the Braves come back and Albert goes nuts

second best RBI season

in LA dodger history

What a great season for Matt.

Just get the #9 hitter up in the 8th inning. That’s the goal.

hits number 40 in the top of the 9th!!!!
cmon Loney!
Doing his part to give Kemp another at bat later!

Cards vs. Phillies. Who knew.

Not yet it’s not.

BISON!

OMG!
 
He did it! 1 more to go!
 
Also, worst Vin Scully HR call ever!

he'll have a better one

when he hits number 40

Hah hah, I hope so! (Doubly)

Dont end 1hr short

There’s the one runner the Dodgers needed

One more AB, one more AB!

Don’t get picked off Loney.

I think he'll get one more!

Kemp will for sure get one more at bat

Oh and Bison has had one less game to work with than Ryan Braun. Just sayin'.
Who's Ryan Braun?
the runner-up
i like the...

the first loser better

Kemp will bat again!

Braves have 2 outs left

Dang it!

I go to change a diaper and miss the live blast. So I rewound. Fuckin’ A!! Golf swing.

the Braves can suck it

Yah honestly, I don't like them, don't really like the Cards much either, and frankly only the Brewers are the NL playoff team I can sort of root for...

I think for pure baseball purposes – cards/phillies/brewers/dbax making it is the most talent.

Cards have the star power that the Braves dont have.

I cant wait for the Cards bullpen to implode

but Raffy gets to go to the playoffs!

I dislike the Cardinals much more but I had a family pool going and I had the Braves and Brewers as a lock.. FUCK

I've hated the Braves ever since they stole the division from us in 1991.

I don’t hate them as much as I used to because they stopped winning the division every year, but still don’t care for them much.

they got that BS call from Jerry Meals

so fuck them

Cardinals have already put out champagn in the clubhouse

Juju still sleeps as long as they haven’t opened it.

If Kemp gets one more longball

will that be enough to wrest the MVP from Braun?

I think so

if he doesnt, its up in the air

For some voters, no.

He would have to hit .450 with 50 homers, 50 stolen bases, and 200 RBIs and 0 K’s to have a shot with some people.

Otherwise, the numbers would still be “comparable”.

I’m calling a Brewers/Phillies NLCS

Way to go out on a limb there.

My thoughts, exactly.

Cards were 6-3 vs the Phillies during the regular season.

Uggla on first, 1 out

Ok, Lilly, letting the Dbacks tie is NOT how we want Kemp to get another at-bat.

Kemp will get another PA

Poor Scott Proctor (redux)
@KenTremendous Ken Tremendous
Girardi is going to do to Scott Proctor in one game what Joe Torre did to Scott Proctor over many seasons.

@jay_jaffe Jay Jaffe
Scott Proctor is hanging around like an aged hooker at closing time
double play

season over for the braves

Braves lose…last 5 of the season

It's over

Cardinals going crazy.

Oh Atlanta!!!!

Little Feat rec!

Raffy is going to the playoffs!
the only thing i like about the cards
You don't like the riot?

Everyone likes the riot.

Too hurt to play though?
Didn’t see that one coming …

go cards!

/dont hate me

That is a historic choke job.
8.5 on Sept 1st

1 game playoff for AL is looking real possible right now...

though Rivera is pitching for NYY. 2 on for TB with 1 out.

DUH, I meant, Proctor. Very clearly NOT Rivera. Heh.

good, fuck you! my pocket is empty.

Their bullpen got driven into the ground.

D’Backs going to Milwaukee.

Cardinals and the Phillies.

I’m calling a Brewers/Phillies NLCS :)

Haha you’re a good sport

Diamondbacks/Brewers

Philly peaked too early. Cards will have another ball bounce off someone’s nuts.

That’s impressive since Arizona and Milwaukee will face each other in the NLDS. : )

The braves choked.

Cards will be outmatched by the dumb phillies.

proctor

still hasnt given up a run…yet

Braves Brand of Torture > Giants Brand
SELLERS! LILLY! GORDON! SANDS!

theres hope for 2012 I tell ya!

the nl west is weak

everyday, HOPE RISES.

sellers hasn't been all that great
thanks for focusing on the least relevant name!
Jansen Kershaw Kemp
those are the obvious ones

that we already new we could count on

His D has been very good and he's had some very good at bats the last few games at least...

Proctor what a grizzled veteran

Red Sox don’t score. 3-2 Bottom 9.

You think Papelbon is coming in? he threw almost 30 pitches last night.

My question has been answered..interesting to see how he does here.

Lilly

CG SHO.

what a clusterfuck for Atlanta

Would the Yankees be corrupting the integrity of the game by letting a position player pitch?

Proctor is their 11th pitcher of the night

I think it would be pretty shitty.

that makes me wonder

if rivera was available to close

in the 9th

Its clear the Yankees are resting their pitchers…so it’d be a shitty thing to do to the Red Sox but i’d get a kick out of it.l

Cardinals

Going crazy as you would expect in Houston.

can't blame them

these are the moments the wild card was made for

That really was an unbelievable comeback.

Wow. What a fucking awesome day of baseball.

The redsox need to fall into a sink hole.

A sink hole big enough for the Yankees as well.

I wanna see them lose...

Just to listen to all the massholes call in to WEEI.

Braves misfortune brings me great joy.
I'll admit i haven't really followed them this year

but i wouldn’t be suprised for the dbacks to go three and out. they’re just not that impressive

Have to agree.

how did they win 91 games?

They’ve won 94..and their offense is good, bullpen good, and 2 starters having career years

Also, overperforming by 10 wins by third order wins, but who keeps track of that anyway?

/besides me

Hudson/Kennedy is a strong 1/2.

I think they can get by the Brewers

the Brewers defense will cost them a game

I believe they face the Brewers in the DS?

I also wouldn’t be surprised by that. Although Central teams have a knack of absolutely choking in the playoffs.

remember when we won like 14 out of 16?

they where going 15 for 16 while we whre doing that. Ian Kennedy is a “ace”. Daniel Hudson is also rather good. Justin Upton is as good as anyone. Don’t sleep on this team.

ok

i still give major edge to the brewers and hope they win—-cuz, fuck the dbacks

im actually rooting for the brewers to win it all.

Me too. Brewers-Tigers, Brewers win in 7.

Brewers are probably better

and I’ll be rooting for the brew crew to win the whole thing

I’m going to not only sleep on the D-Backs, but my arm is going to fall asleep while I put it under my pillow.

You sir are as cool as the other side of the pillow!

Hudson Kennedy Upton

3 amazing players led the way, a lot of supporting players after.

I would love to see Papleboner rocked

That name

Has just scarred me for the rest of my life.

MLB Network is where to be now. They’re ahead of ESPN.

HEY GANG

JUST CHECKING IN

HOLY SHIT THIS MIGHT BE THE BEST LAST DAY OF THE REGULAR SEASON SINCE 1908

I MEAN I HAVEN’T CHECKED BUT I’M VERY EXCITED

The only way this day of baseball could be an epic one.

Is if Eugenio gets a hit.

there’s magic in the air, so today would be a good one.

Velez. O-36. Keep the streak.

#150 LAN 11-0

still a possibility.

Go

Eugenio! get a frackin hit!

WTF

Why in the fuck is there a box on home plate (ESPN)? Yeah yeah, I know it’s the K zone, but C’MON!

I stop watching ESPN games because of that. terrible

HISTORY

finally

now we can cut him

Does he get to keep the ball?

New futility record!

Velez is not or guy. Unless we need a chuckle.

For all the fun he’s given us in the worst way possible… I do feel for him.

Keep ya head up, young fella.

Would love to see Papplebon get the blown save. And a loss.

I want a 550 foot shot from Reynolds here

Hopefully going through Papplebon’s colon on it’s way over the fence.

that hurt, that last shot of Egenio walking to the dugout

oh, would I be sick to my stomach

but then you would remember your hundreds of thousands of dollars, right?

Come on Baltimore! Go Rays!
gah.

too many games to follow!

Best possible outcome for the Red Sox is whatever the Rays do. If the Rays win, Red Sox should win. If the Rays lose, Red Sox should lose.

Why is the latter a good scenario for the Red Sox?

It isn’t. It’s the best scenario for me, because then, we get baseball tomorrow.

Oh, I see, I’m missing several words in my original post. Never mind.

Don’t worry. For whatever it is worth, I agree. I want a one game playoffs to go EXTRA innings…

1st & 3rd no outs for Yankees

Ryan Roberts says

no biggie.

Does velez keep the record ball?

its the only way he’s getting a mention in the hall of fame

so many red sox fans in baltimore

its a home game

biggest road draw in MLB.
YES! OUT AT THIRD!

Good play…shitty baserunning.

Dude

Pujols didn’t bat .300. First time EVER.

brings his price down :)

he’s regressing faster than chad billingsley.

now we can sign him to that 5/50 contract

Longoria just made a sweet play to nail the runner at 3B, still 1st and 2nd, now one out

Golson tagged out at third

2-out double for Orioles

YES

Chris Davis double

Chris David double. Still alive!

The way the wildcard teams played

If the season was another 50 games or so, the dodgers would be so in the thick of it.

chris davis

is slower then barajas

Longo

chris davis

baseball

i am excited

thank god we didn’t get Davis!

Seeing Velez in the dugout looking beyond emo sad, just made me feel bad.

I know he’s paid and he sucks, but that was not a fun sight there. I think I’m too empathetic sometimes.

Papelblown?

We all have just been Papelblowned!

2 on for the Yanks in the 12th

a walk to gardner might not be the worst thing.

Rays out of it!

Best last day of the season since 1908? Is that hyperbole?

OK, best last day of the season of the wild card era?

I didn’t know Robby Hammock was still alive.

TIE GAME!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHA

is Proctor pitching a 3rd inning?

HOLY SHIT YES!!!!

HERE WE GO MATT KEMP

What the hell is going on today?
TIED!!!!

in Bawlmore!

OOOOOOO

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSS

TIE GAME

PAPLEBONER

This night keeps getting better and better.

As the clock strikes Midnight!

tie game

in baltimore

This is an amazing day in baseball

Holy shit

YES!

Red Sox Nation tears!!!!

Selig is fucking stoked

Was he grabbing his crotch on the follow-through? What a dick…glad it cost him.

Anyone that says baseball is boring is out of their fucking mind.

Well, uh….having to wade through 6 months of shit to get to this point, I can see how someone may think that way. Not me, but I can understand.

no, i know.

i regularly admit that baseball can be very boring. but on nights like this…

Papelbon cant have much left in his arm

mlb network is literally blowing up
This may be the best night of baseball in a long time
We all know the one thing that would cap off this night...

A nice cold beer?

the Yankees somehow losing Sabathia for the playoffs?

I almost always lurk

and never post, but wow. What a night. What a season. Just one Baltimore run, one Tampa Bay run, and one more Kemp homer is all I need.

Kemp up third in the 9th.

YESSSS

O’S WIN!!!!!!!!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!
Bud Selig just put his dick on his desk and said "Look at my league now, MoFos!"

(Note: He may not have said that.)

RED SOX LOSE!!!!!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT AN AMAZING DAY

BLOWN

BLOWN

BLOWN

BLOWN

Now 1 more hr!!

al i neeeeeed pleeeaseee

So nervous for Matty.

Tampa Bay owes the Orioles the key to their city man.

Crowd in Tampa Bay knows

Carl Crawford drops a fly ball..Sox lose

They’re about to go crazy in St. Pete.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA PAPELBON

If Boston fans didnt hate Crawford before, they do now.

almost Holliday esque.

He was badmouthing the Angels for not “stepping up” to overpay for him after he signed with the Sox. Fuck him. Glad he had a shit year.

Carl Crawford

double secret agent for TB Rays

Best.

Last.

Day.

Since.

1908.

FEEL. THE HEAT. RAYS.

20th Sept loss for the Red Sox…most since 1955

RedSox have to go back to their locker room and root hard for the Yankees!

Heh.

that is hilarious
If the Rays can pull this off

This will seriously go down in history.

They just showed some shocked red sox fans

at the dback game.

lol

You mean the Dodger game, right?

Matt's up

you can do it

Proctor in his third inning of work.

Yankees trying to give it away. Ultimate fuck you to Boston?

I mean, Kemp can become a LEGEND here. Literally.

Just meet it, Matty!
that was the perfect pitch
Longoria!!

Magic at the troppppppp

OH MY GOD!!!!!! YES!!!! RAYS WIN THE WILD CARD!!!

I can't believe what j just happened tonight!
This is the greatest day of baseball I can remember
Except for that

Matt Kemp is trying too hard.

this time I agree

thanks Matt – hellava year

RAYS win!

Ah man…no playoffs tomorrow.

LOLSOX

Bill Simmons just called for his Mommy.

Matt Kemp

you’re still my MVP

What a season for Matt Kemp.

Aw, crap.

Score 6 more runs Dodgers!

Time to bring in Lance Cormier

And the stadium is still only half full, the rays deserve better fans.

That stadium is a shithole.

He went right after Kemp, too.

Was worried about Oeltjen on deck.

So on Sept 1st, both the Cardinals and Rays trailed in the WC by 8.5 games.

And both make the playoffs.

Rays weren't supposed to do anything this year

don’t tell me we can’t next year.

Ethier’s there in the dugout, in uniform.

giving hugs

Andre is a Dodger

There goes Jacoby Ellsbury for MVP

bring in the Hawk

lol

Holy shit.

Both come from behind wins for the wild card.

Good lord.

Goosebumps can’t go away

What an epic night

Best.

Last.

Day.

Since.

1908.

What an unbelievable sequence of events.

RAYS

ALL THE WAY!!!!!

I still hate the Yanks way more than the Red Sox

but the shots of whiny Red Sox fans with tears in their eyes made me very very content

So Bautista wins MVP, no?
longoria

make up mvp

Red Sox fans miserable, all is right with baseball

So after we all clean ourselves off. The Rays will go to Texas. The Tigers will go to the Bronx.

The Rays need put a beating on the Rangers in game 1

Nay. Rangers need to put a beating on the Rays in the ALDS.

No those fuckers had their chance.

So did the Rays.

no no. fuck them, should of won last year

Matt Kemp will end up tied with Stubbs, Bonifacio, and Maybin for 2nd place in the NL with 40 steals.

Fuck the MVP voters

 - Vin Scully

/hesortasaidthat.

Sneak preview of Bill Simmons' column tomorrow

He will be mad.

I think he'll shut off his joke of a website Grantland.

Real Grantland rolled over in his grave when the shill Simmons named his website after him.

wow

vitriol

nice

Bill Simmons is the worst person in history.

did he slip you a roofie in Vegas?

All he had to do is call himself “The Sports Guy”.

THE OFFICIAL HUMMA KAVULA LIST OF TEAMS TO ROOT FOR, IN ORDER

1. Brewers
2. Tigers
3. Rays
4. Rangers
5. Diamondbacks
6. Cardinals
7. Fuck you, Ruiz
8. Yankees

I am willing to be convinced that I have the Tigers and Rays in the wrong order.

Brewers-Tigers WS

thats what I’m hoping for

lowest rated WS ever

not what Bud wants.

I’d switch 2 and 3; and 7 and 8

but I feel you

I'd switch the first two and then 7 and 8

Phillies are becoming the Yankees in the NL, therefore the closer proximity to the Dodgers allows me to acquire greater hatred.

Roy and Cliff are still studs though. That’s about it.

Yep!

My list is basically the first 3 and then screw the rest but sounds about right…

(Er, my dad’s a Yanks fan so I have to at least try to pretend to be happy if they do well… but…)

I’m OK with the Rangers, except that they shit the bed against the Giants. They are solidly in fourth place but if it all works out for them, that’s OK by me.

Tigers-Phillies would be awesome…

Verlander vs Halladay possible 3 times.

Rays/Cards WS

teams of destiny

would that not be

one hell of a story?

Disney’s already got the rights.

Vin, thank you for coming back

I will miss you when you sign off tonight

Heh.
@JGuthrie46 Jeremy Guthrie
You are welcome TAMPA BAY!!!!!! #Davis #Reimold #Andino #OriolesMagic
Don't know why the Red Sox didn't trade for him

Managers in the playoffs w/Scioscia ties:
- 2 ex coaches
- 1 ex teammate
- 1 defeated manager
- 1 defeated player

5 of 6; not bad.

fuck the angels

They’re watching in October just like us.

Rec'd

fuck the angels.

You guys are sounding like Angel fans.

Not really. I'm not asking for an appletini.
instead you just finished stabbing a guy in a parking lot?
Angels fans and Dodgers fans suck equally
As both of them you must suck the most :)
I get the best traits of both
So you're just a Dodgers fan, then.

Its good the Red Sox didnt make it because they were clearly the weakest team at the end of the season. Their starters wouldnt have lasted at all during the playoffs.

Just woke up after a long nap

Anything exciting happen around baseball today?

Yes. Somebody said it was the best last day of the season since 1908.

really? Didn’t see that

if he had just posted it one more time

etc……

It was Phil; he was around back then.

watch Quick Pitch dude :)
I lied

I’ve been channel switching back and forth all afternoon.

not this shit again

Keep that bad handy Matt

might get up again

Any one into schadenfreude

Should listen to WEEI right now

I swear

I thought I was rid od Troncoso. How’d he get back on the team?

he dressed as a waiter

and snuck back in

okay not this bs again

2 straight meltdowns, here we go!

Deja vu all over again
watch them come back to win and

Kennedy gets the win…screws all of our nights up

You scared me I thought Kennedy pitched the 9th inning.

Throw Jansen in there
fuck it

bring in Kenley

Disco ball in the Rays clubhouse

so awesome

The real question

Wonder what text will come out of Gammon’s pocket tonight!

I need to check the fake gammons account

Buster Olney pointed out that the Yankees, Braves, and Red Sox were all within one out of winning tonight.

and I watched each of them lose…..

awesome

can’t wait for Kemps AB in the 12th

Or watch them tie it up

extra innings, Kemp his number 40 in the 12th

FedEx cost Tron a strike but Tron sucks so it doesnt matter

MOFO troncoso

last time he pitches in LA

bring in Kenley

NOW

9th inning grand slams are overrated

so the last pitching memory of 2012

is Tron?

C’mon donnie…give the fans one last dose of Kenley.

Troncoso...get the FUCK off my team, hahahah

Only time all season you don’t have to give a shit about the Dodgers giving up a grand slam

yes sure do give a shit

I never want to see Tron again, no thanks for the memories

we'll always have 2008
Hey Don

How about we end this on a high note, yeah?

omigod- fuck this shit

its been a good night.

Trying to get Matt Kemp another at bat?

so he can go for 40?

Rally killer guys

We got this

haha, love it

start the inning over,

I wonder how many people would agree with that. because I do

well, it gets the guy out of the stretch, maybe relaxes him

i dont totally but it

and neither did that guy

Kemp is getting another AB

We cannot go out like dis.

Tron is pitching like a douchebag.

Honeycut tells Troncoso they’ll both lose their jobs if he’s not careful.

Fuck, they’re not going to give up s huge lead AGAIN are they? Just bring in Jansen.

its happening

again

Well, at least this answers questions about Troncoso...
Yesterday was funny, but this isn't funny anymore

Dude,
Kemp 40 in the 12th, go with it

I’m diggin’ it

YES!

My yahoo sports game boxscore for Yankees-Rays got stuck on the 7-7 tie and I just saw Longo’s HR in the comments here!!!!

Troncoso should be able to get Methusela.

this game feels like an important game..
THIS SHIT ISN'T FUNNY.
I think I see

A check from Kemp in Troncoso’s back pocket

Get tron out

now

Would’ve been better with a single

this will most likely be troncoso’s last game pitched as a dodger, maybe in the majors

are you fucking kiddin gme/

Dodgers look around and say…so this is why the D-backs won the division, huh?

this gets better and better

and by that, I mean it is really terrible

This is so disrepectful to Lily!!!
by tron

last time we’ll see you ever.

Really we get more Vinny. So, whatever.

Does Lily have a bonus tied to this win?

Ok, Jansen's in

no way in hell he gives up 2 runs

Ned

If you keep Troncoso on the 40-man roster because you’re afraid you’ll lose him, then you’re even dumber than I think you are, and I already think you’re a complete moron.

Here comes Kenley. It’s over.

tonight seems like a night

where that might not happen

THank GOD.

Btw, at least this game doesn’t mean anything for the Brewers now. Don’t want to have to feel guilty two nights in a row.

Even if it is Rosh Hashanah.

Dodgers are going to roll out the champagne after this game anyway. Finishing above .500 is worth that after this dog shit of a season.

No way, not going to lose this game.

U-turn is possible.

Advisable

3rd sign says you can uTurn, but can’t move after that

Troncoso too much time between outings?

or Vin Scully HOF appologist?

stop it

he was being classy

just stop it

Troncoso needs to quit baseball.

The Velez of the pitching staff?

Except Troncoso was once good. Er, for a year.

Why didn't Jansen

start the ninth…are we saving him for something?

dude,
it was a 7 run lead

We should have thrown Kershaw in the 9th.

And the Dodgers have been eliminated for weeks

And this game doesnt mean anything for DBacks either.

Other than that… Jansen should have started the inning.

Oh man

Remember when Troncoso’s arm WASN’T Torre’d?

still smoke and mirrors

Good to see KJ end the season.

That's how it's done

What is this non-strikeout out?

Hopefully Kenley keeps his K/9 record

Kenley’s K/9 record is still safe, right?

Eric’s prob doing the math right now.

It’s either gonna be 16.27 or 16.10

Unless he blows the game.
The amount of people

Tweeting suicide concerns towards the Sports Guy is sort of amazing.

I wonder if Papelbon is doing his champagne dance in the clubhouse? I’m guessing he is not wearing his goggles.

i remember he wrote a column stating calling jennings late cost the rays the post season, wonder what his column will be tomorrow.

I will say this, I favor the Brewers to make the NLCS but don't count the DBacks out.

They have come back a lot this year and are pretty dangerous.

All of the teams in the postseason can do something or shit the bed in a five-game series.

Of course. Just saying they are being overlooked...

(Still, I pick Brewers Phillies, like everyone else. Go Brewers!)

There is nothing in the LDS that surprises me.

16.10/9 is the official record

Awesome, and he still got the save.

no ks but a save

Thanks everyone

Made a fun season even better

See you around, of that I am sure

Bye Vinny! See you in March.

Aww shit I’m sad now.

3 games over .500… two major award frontrunners/co-frontrunners…

When this season began… I honestly had no idea.

Thank you, Dodgers, for one of the most unanticipated and most fun season.

Oh, and fuck the Giants, McCourts, and Gerald Parra.

Kicked some Snake ass

Was kind of hoping for a Jansen K to end the season.

I want this season to continue! Damn!

never want it to end

A's Mariners

Still on…

186 days

Should I make the world’s largest advent calendar for it?

Sniff. Last time we'll hear Vin's voice...

…til next season! Woo hoo!

Still can't believe Gordon finishes at .304!
This has to be one of the most historic days in MLB history ever

2 absolutely epic collapses, I can’t believe both actually happened.

Down 7 – 0 in the 8th, stuff legends are made of

When I saw that they FUCKING TIED IT

I couldn’t believe it. 7-0 in the 8th inning. They were really thinking "fuck the sox!

Thanks, Dodgers

It was a weird season, but it was fun. We’ll see ya next year.

Dodgers

Best team in the National League West.

Who knew Ned had an alias in here?

They made it to .500
Quite an accomplishment from where they stood at the break.
Go Dodgers!

After how bad the season started this was a fun ending

Cy Young Kershaw and MVP Kemp and a Boston choke, so good

Matt Kemp failed to play 162 games this year.

DFA

He tied for leading baseball last year

This year one of the few stats Matt isn’t leading in ;)

Kemp giving a very UnVerlander answer to the MVP question

what's that?
yea what did he say?
that

it wasn’t up to him to choose MVP, and that all the main guys in the running had great years.

what did Justin

Verlander say?

pimping somone else
And in the last game of the regular season...

Oakland 2 – Seattle 0

Saving the best for last!

heh.

Now I can go to Wing Stop get some dinner!

I can't say it has been a boring year.

But it was interesting. I had a great time sharing stories, swapping infromation and going off on tangents. There must be a backlog of OT threads in the TBLA locker. Thanks for the fun.

Bobby’s Dad.

Great signature there, haha

Next time you better come to a TBLA event!

Great finish

Carry it over to next year...

just like Velez!

Kemp should be MVP, no question.
who knows

we could be surprised

Because it is up to the writers, I’m not holding my breath. I will be pleasantly surprised if the writers aren’t stupid and end up voting for Kemp.

Because it is up to the writers, I’m not holding my breath. I will be pleasantly surprised if the writers aren’t stupid and end up voting for Kemp.

Ryan Braun is a legitimate MVP tho

voting for him is so not stupid

I didn't say that voting for Braun was stupid. I just said that voting for Kemp is not stupid.
Really hope he gets it

cause I dont know if he can ever match this season’s output

Why not?

Because it is hard to do.

With his talent and work ethic I think he can have a similar season next year if not better. He really had no protection until we got Rivera. If we can get a legitimate middle of the order bat this offseason he will continue to put up MVP type numbers.

This year def was one to remember

I thought this year was going to be sad and boring. Thanks to Kemp and Kershaw and a few other youngsters I’ll probably remember this season more than most with the exception of 2008 and 2009.

What a fucking day of baseball. This is why this is the best sport…nothing quite like the drama we saw tonight.

Here’s to Kershaw and Kemp taking home the hardware that they truly deserve.

when are those awards announced?

over the course of 34 days after the WS ends

When do they announce the Cy Young and MVP awards?
After the postseason?

They just did. Kemp and the Kid were given hardware right after the game.

Pie in the face is coming soon

Good luck Dee, haha.

Times should start sprinkling in soon for playoff games.

Friday is set. On TBS.

Rays (TBD) at Rangers (CJ Wilson) 2:07 pm pacific.

Tigers (Verlander) at Yankees (Sabathia) 5:37 pm pacific

So "Fisted!" Carey will be calling those games?

He got canned two years ago.

Oh right, Chip parted ways with TBS... thankfully.
Haha.
@DodgersGM DodgersGM
Nice job, boys. We’ll get ’em again tomorrow. #Dodgers

Night all!

LMAO

The Red Sox didn’t make the playoffs.. oh man.

Anyone know how seats would have been sold to the extra game if there would have been one? Would it have just been show up general admission?

Here are the postseason broadcast teams

A) Brian Anderson, Ron Darling, John Smoltz, Craig Sager
B) Don Orsillo, Buck Martinez
C) Dick Stockton, Bob Brenly
D) Victor Rojas, Joe Simpson

Ernie Johnson was on the A team but he dropped out for personal reasons.

For TBS of course

Didn’t Joe Buck say he’d give his spot to Vin for a game?

Yeah, but that’s not happening.

Here are the tentative placements for those groups

A) Brian Anderson, Ron Darling, John Smoltz, Craig Sager (Tigers vs. Yankees)
B) Don Orsillo, Buck Martinez (Rays vs. Rangers)
C) Dick Stockton, Bob Brenly (D’Backs vs. Brewers)
D) Victor Rojas, Joe Simpson (Cardinals vs. Phillies)

Im gonna say

Rays v. Brewers in WS. Rays in 7.

haha

less watched ws ever

Troncoso: tie him to an anchor and toss him into the pacific.

awwww, that close to 40-40
that night where he hit like 3 doubles

one of them could have been another HR.

oh well.

still a monster season

especially when the rest of the team is a bit shit in the hitting department

Petco probably cost him a home run too
well that night lived up to the hype

One swing away from 40/40

Fucking San Diego nighttime air

And no Prince Fielder hitting behind him

we only played 161 . . .
If my spreadsheet is correct

We won 25 series and lost 24! Thanks to the last 2 months

Seems perfect for their record :)

Never thought that would be possible in July.

They won 10 of their last 11 series

LOL - Another one from DodgersGM

DodgersGM DodgersGM
Sandy Koufax just wished me a happy new year. Somebody needs to get that guy a calendar. #Dodgers
9 hours ago

I'm trying to be objective here

but I am having trouble understanding how Braun could possibly beat Kemp for MVP. Unless success of the their respective teams is all that matters, of course.

it's because Kemp lacks the ability to make our other guys better.

How he could develop that ability and why does it matter???, that i don’t know.

No kidding

The fact that Kemp’s numbers are better (except for average) on a line up much less intimidating than the Brewers (who get to play half their games in Milwaukee, obviously) should speak volumes.

But it probably won’t..

Winning team will tilt some voters Braun’s way. Having Prince on the same team may tilt some voters Kemp’s way.

I wouldn’t go out on a limb for either guy; I think you could make a realistic argument for both of them. I think it will be a very close vote. But that’s just my opinion.

winning team helps for votes

but Braun leads in all advanced metrics…OBP and OPS but also wOBA, wRC+, ISO

Post season doesn't count toward MVP, or does it?
Meaning, what Braun might do in the post season..

I believe votes are due Friday morning

Votes are due Friday, but award not given until… November?

Red Sox Will Challenge 1927 Yankees For Title Of Greatest Team In Major League History

Love this :)
http://www.nesn.com/2011/01/2011-red-sox-will-challenge-1927-yankees-for-title-of-greatest-team-in-major-league-history.html

Im reading some comments on Fangraphs and someone brought that up. whoops!

Hindsight + schadenfreude = awesomeness

I just saw

the greatest thing ever. Soccer is such a fantastic sport

worth every penny

It cuts off the throw, whcih is the most pathetic part of the play. It was like he forgot the game was on the line.

he really could have caught that ball

no doubt

dive, sucker

rotoworld
Crawford actually made a decent play on the ball, but just couldn’t hold it in his glove. His throw to the plate to try and nab Nolan Reimold was a fraction of a second too late. Not a good night, and a fitting end to a disastrous first season in Boston that saw Crawford hit .255/.289/.405 while playing bad defense in left field (he entered tonight with a -0.3 dWAR) and stealing a career-low (for a full season) 18 bases. Now 30 years old, Boston can only hope it is not a harbinger of things to come for Crawford heading into the final six years of the monster contract he signed last offseason.
It almost

looks like he is not even focused on catching the ball. It’s like he was looking towards home or something…strange

LOL Charley Steiner called Kemp’s home run a three-run homer

*sigh*

Too much to hope for new announcers with a new station next year?

I like charlie

I dunno, I go back and forth on him. I like his casual style, but, sheesh, he really needs Lasik.

Oh, wait, that’s right, he already had that done.

Yes

The Dodgers signed all their announcers to 2012 contracts a month ago

MLB Network is great, fuck ESPN

Did you see

The clip of Curly Haired Boyfriend sayng the Sox season won’t be over tonight, that’s for sure

You guys have probably seen this

but wtf hahah

http://files.upit.me/1317336297.gif

I love that soooooo much

Is that the pre-game ritual that Vin was talking about tonight? I didn’t catch everything he said.

And, that’s a sign of a good clubhouse atmosphere, if you ask me.

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