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Random Baseball Open Thread

by Betty Cracker|  October 18, 20188:10 pm| 32 Comments

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We’re watching the ALCS Game 5, Sox vs. the ‘Stros. Price vs. Verlander. I don’t have much of a rooting interest. May the best team win.

What are you up to? Open thread!

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  1. 1.

    WaterGirl

    October 18, 2018 at 8:15 pm

    I just watched the Beto debate.

  2. 2.

    MazeDancer

    October 18, 2018 at 8:15 pm

    We have addresses to write PostCards for Heidi Heitkamp.

    Got them seconds ago.

    We have thousands of addresses.

    Flipping the Senate depends on electing Heidi.

    C’mon Balloon Juice, you can step up and do 20 or 30 each, I know you can.

    (And thank you Ceci7 for the contact info)

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  3. 3.

    Schlemazel

    October 18, 2018 at 8:16 pm

    I sorta hope for a series where Huston is actually called out for cheating and that guy on the Dodgers that is trying to hurt people breaks a major bone in his body and can’t play

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    Dorothy A. Winsor

    October 18, 2018 at 8:16 pm

    @WaterGirl: How do you think he did?

  5. 5.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    October 18, 2018 at 8:17 pm

    Saturday marks 2 weeks with the puppy. The biting! My Fucking spaghetti monster the biting! I don’t remember it being this bad. Oi. And fuck the red sox..

  6. 6.

    Immanentize

    October 18, 2018 at 8:17 pm

    I live in Boston, my wife was from Houston. She was an “Astros Buddy” when she was a kid — got to run around the field at the Astrodome during some games at the seventh inning stretch. Either is fine and I am glad the ‘Strohs are in teh American League now.

  7. 7.

    Immanentize

    October 18, 2018 at 8:18 pm

    @MazeDancer: I salute you Brother (or Sister as the gender fits)

  8. 8.

    khead

    October 18, 2018 at 8:20 pm

    It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.

    I’ve always maintained that Sally shoulda just clocked the shit out of Linus for wasting her time with that Great Pumpkin bullshit. And don’t EVEN get me started on how Charlie Brown getting rocks for Halloween in ’66 turned him into Michael Myers in ’78……..

  9. 9.

    WaterGirl

    October 18, 2018 at 8:24 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: I think he did really well. On the previous thread, I wrote a comment for each question and included my summary of each answer. if you’re interested, you could always scan the comments and read the comment about any question that interests you.

  10. 10.

    WaterGirl

    October 18, 2018 at 8:25 pm

    @Old Dan and Little Ann: I swear it’s different getting a puppy now as compared to when we were all young pups ourselves. It is kind of shocking.

  11. 11.

    FlyingToaster

    October 18, 2018 at 8:25 pm

    Today was our last Farmer’s Market in Watertown (boo, hiss). We’re too small for a winter market, and all of those are on Saturday mornings when I’m taking notes for WarriorGirl’s music school. I need Hermoine’s pocket watch, dammit.

    And on a personal note, the foot is definitely getting better; I am on track for “cane optional” come Sunday, and “boot off” a week further on. While I still can’t go into school tomorrow (long ramp, doctor yelled at me for walking up it last Friday), I can go back into working the library come Monday, albeit with the cane just in case.

    And since I’m in the Hub, Go ‘Sox! (heh)

  12. 12.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    October 18, 2018 at 8:26 pm

    @WaterGirl: I’m on my way to do that!

  13. 13.

    khead

    October 18, 2018 at 8:27 pm

    Also, fuck Joe West.

  14. 14.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    October 18, 2018 at 8:32 pm

    @WaterGirl: And for the 2nd straight day he has refused to walk on his leash. The little son of a bitch. Playing fetch in the house and him jumping over my feet into my chest is enterraining.

  15. 15.

    WaterGirl

    October 18, 2018 at 8:40 pm

    @Old Dan and Little Ann: It’s exhausting, but worth it! I hope you have a crate. At least there are two of you. :-)

  16. 16.

    chris

    October 18, 2018 at 8:41 pm

    @Old Dan and Little Ann: May we have a picture, please?

  17. 17.

    SFAW

    October 18, 2018 at 8:52 pm

    @khead:

    Also, fuck Joe West.

    Just taking a stab at it, but guessing you’re a Colt 45s an Astros fan.

    Either way, it was pretty clear the fan(s) hit Betts’s glove enough that his glove was knocked closed just before the ball reached it. Whether that rises to the level of interference, I don’t know. Plenty of Astros fans seem to think an outfielder is not allowed to catch a ball that’s above the “yellow line.” Maybe they just mean “an outfielder playing for the Astros’ opponent”?

  18. 18.

    Steve in the ATL

    October 18, 2018 at 9:00 pm

    All other things being equal, I root for the blue state team over the red state team. Unless, of course, it’s the Yankees. Because fuck the fucking Yankees.

    ETA: and fuck Joe West, who is just horrible. Worse even than Angel Hernandez.

  19. 19.

    raven

    October 18, 2018 at 9:08 pm

    Sounds like a good Boston crowd there.

  20. 20.

    JPL

    October 18, 2018 at 9:09 pm

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: WaterGirl also mentioned to me that if tweet beto and read his feed, he has videos up. I’m hooked.

  21. 21.

    khead

    October 18, 2018 at 9:16 pm

    @SFAW:

    Underdog fan. Who has been living in Maryland long enough to remember Jeffrey Maier. Heh.

    Also, I stand by fuck Joe West. Because he’s been horrible for a whlie. Last night was just exceptionally bad. We should never be talking about the umpire.

  22. 22.

    karensky

    October 18, 2018 at 9:22 pm

    Trying to keep myself awake for a bit of the Lakers v Trail Blazers game at 10:30. I predict that I will last an hour at best!

  23. 23.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    October 18, 2018 at 9:57 pm

    I want the Brewers to win the whole enchalada, though I should keep that quiet around here, since they are the old Seatte Pilots. Boston looks strong.

  24. 24.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    October 18, 2018 at 10:01 pm

    @Mr Stagger Lee: I like to see new blood in the playoffs. Interesting Sports fact on this year’s Columbus Day (or in Seattle, Indiginous People’s Day) the teams that used Native Americans as their mascot, Cleveland Atlanta and Washington lost their prospective games.

  25. 25.

    frosty

    October 18, 2018 at 10:12 pm

    @khead: Fucken Jeffrey Maier. I remember too

  26. 26.

    frosty

    October 18, 2018 at 10:14 pm

    @Mr Stagger Lee: And the FTFY are the old Baltimore Orioles, you can look it up.

  27. 27.

    Darkrose

    October 18, 2018 at 10:20 pm

    @khead: Yes! So much this. My response to “Fuck Joe West” should be “Who?” not “Oh yeah, fuck him, and Angel Hernandez, and Laz Diaz, and…” Despite what some of these clowns think, I’m not paying to watch the umpires.

    I’m rooting for the Red Sox, which feels weird, given that I spent 13 years living in Boston and loathing drunk, racist Red Sox fans crowding the Green Line. (Also, Fuck the DH.) But they don’t cheat and they don’t have a domestic abuser in their bullpen, they don’t have asshole relievers like Josh Hader, and they don’t have assholes who play dirty and are also Dodgers. Plus, I loved Nuñez when he was a Giant, I’m becoming rather fond of Jackie Bradley Jr., and I will always have a soft spot for Chris Sale from when he was with the White Sox.

    Still weird, though. And still, fuck the DH.

  28. 28.

    Steve in the ATL

    October 18, 2018 at 10:31 pm

    @Darkrose: I was about to upvote your excellent post using the new B-J feature that Mr. Cole insisted that Alain add, but you had to ruin it all by mentioning the White Sox.

    Damn southsiders ruining everything….

  29. 29.

    Darkrose

    October 18, 2018 at 10:38 pm

    Telesilla and I subscribed to Plated six weeks ago. Tonight was mushroom cavatappi, which was fabulous. So far we’ve only had one main course and one dessert fail (out of 12 and 3 respectively). Even better, we’re cooking more in general. We’ve modified a couple of the recipes and added them to our standard rotation, and we’re experimenting more. We’re also generally eating a bit healthier, because we’re not buying vegetables that we never eat.

    Money wise, it’s more expensive than buying the ingredients for everything from the store would be. However, it’s much cheaper than eating out or ordering in; since we’re doing much less of that, it’s saving us money.

  30. 30.

    Darkrose

    October 18, 2018 at 10:45 pm

    @Steve in the ATL: As my sig on SB Nation says: “Giants fan by marriage, White Sox fan by birth, baseball fan for love of the game.”

    Both of my teams have been bad this year, and I was prepared to ignore the postseason. But there’s been some damn good baseball being played, especially in the AL, where pitchers are actually in for more than three innnings.

  31. 31.

    Steve in the ATL

    October 18, 2018 at 10:49 pm

    @Darkrose: these playoffs have been good, except of course for the Braves, but that’s ok because just getting there was overachieving.

    Concur on the DH. Why not use aluminum bats too?

  32. 32.

    khead

    October 18, 2018 at 10:58 pm

    @Darkrose:

    I HATE the “unwritten rules of baseball” and usually think that a pitcher who gives up a HR should suck it up. But I would be ok if someone threw at Machado. I mean, fuck that guy.

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