ALCS Game Six Open Thread Live-Blog Thingy
Saturday, October 20, 2007
I'm going to be putting some of the McCarverisms and Buckisms in this spot tonight, and you never know.....a live-blog could break out at any moment. I'll be starting around 8:30 so I'll see you then.
Cheers!
Joe and Tim are being awfully quiet to start this game. I'm already sleepy.
Red Sox have something working in the first, and Joe and Tim are fighting the Boston crowd. Man they are loud.
Holy shit! Tim actually gave me some sound analysis. He completely stole the Indians' signs. They were working on the second signal, and Tim got it dead on. I'm shocked.
"How can he continue to lay off those pitches just of the plate?!?"- Tim McCarver
The ball actually almost hit the ground. Also, A+ to the Boston fans for starting the "Fausto! Fausto!" chant.
JD Drew with the Grand Slam just as I was getting ready to type that the only way he could get an RBI was by a walk. Dagger Cleveland.....dag....ger.
Victor Martinez picks up a run with a moon shot to right, and Cleveland isn't out of it yet.
"Sizemore rips it into right field...didn't hit it hard."- Joe Buck (Via StealthBeagle)
"That's a pitch he would normally hammer"- Tim McCarver (On a fastball on the paint outside for a pull hitter? Don't think so Tim.....Via Anon)
"Betancourt has been unhittable...only one hit this ALCS."- Joe Buck
70 Comments:
Baseball sucks in the last 10 years.
Seriously, does anybody watch any regular season games?
Well, this game is over...if Romo were playing I'd say they have a chance.
Tonight, redemption is spelled D-R-E-W.
so when's game 7?
sunday or monday?
I'm expecting the Rapture to begin any day now.
I mean, J.D. Drew getting a clutch hit is one of the signs of the apocalypse on my list right here.
Amazingly Awful Announcing moment from the pregame show:
Jeanne Zelasko to Troy Tulowitzki: "You're even focused in your interviews!"
Honestly, she makes a great point. I can't tell you the number of times I've seen a professional athlete lose focus, forget he's being interviewed, and just wander off.
That was an effing blast...and I love how he took an hour to get around the bases.
It's tomorrow Anon.
What is a uniformed police man doing sitting on the Indians dugout bench? Fox showed him right before going to commercial.
"Tape measure shot to right"?
It's 302 down the right field line at Fenway. Pretty sure Martinez's homer can't be described as a "tape measure shot".
Should Perry Ferrell feel his career is over after appearing with Fiddy, or should Fiddy fear getting shot for singing with the dude from Jane's Addiction?
Are you saying it's not a tape measure shot because you already know how far it traveled due to the park's dimensions and using a tape measure would just be overkill?
No, he's saying that there's not a long enough tape measure for that blast.
I guess it depends on how you define a "tape measure shot".
I tend to think of it as something in the 450+ range. The right field line is 302, so that one probably went what, 350-400 feet at best? The description just doesn't fit, in my opinion.
If anyone has the estimated distance and I'm way off, then I'm way off. My bad.
De Muth's strike zone is smaller than the list of Tim McCarver accurate statements.
I'm with OMDQ with this one. Drew's shot was further than that one. You don't normally break that out until it's pushing 450.
2 on, no out, why the eff to they not bunt them over to 2nd and 3rd?
Well, that would have scored a run if they had sacrificed bunted...that's why the Rockies are gonna win no matter who they play.
No calling out of Sizemore or Wedge there? Just cost them a run on a sac fly
"Without hearing it, you can almost FEEL what Terry Francona and John Farrell are talking about down there.................................................................how long should we go with Schilling?"
You don't bunt with Grady the Great, this is the AL baby!
I also don't have any further comment on tape-measure homers. I'll quit trying to be funny now (that right there's a lie).
I also feel that it's time for me to admit it: I'm looking forward to FrankTV.
that's the second pitch they have shown that was called a strike that wasn't, according to the robot.
"that's a pitch he would normally hammer"
On a fastball on the paint outside for a pull hitter? Don't think so Tim.
Adam, I have a feeling I'll check FrankTV out. That's the good thing about TBS's coverage being done so early - by the time the show premieres, we might have forgotten how annoying the continuous ads were.
Looking for a balk to be called because he doesn't pause before the pitch.
"Keep falling behind hitters you turn mules into racehorses"
Interesting
"There's only one World Series, there's only one Fall Classic, there's only one...OCTOBER."
This might have been said by someone previously, but shouldn't somebody tell Fox's advertising people that the World Series and the Fall Classic are the same exact thing?
Saying them back to back like that just makes them look exceptionally stupid. That's some horribly lazy writing.
And I don't care what Drew did last time...the best bet is to sacrifice bunt to move the runners...if they don't, then I hope he hits into a triple play.
JD Drew earning his 14 million tonight
they made me eat shit, huh?
dummy, I'm not sure we'll see many sacrifices tonight. Not sure about Wedge, but I know Francona is like a lot of other managers and doesn't really embrace the "sacrifice and play for one run" philosophy.
I could measure a bunt with a tape measure. If someone would hold the other end at the plate.
Adam, that's funny right there.
If Joe Buck says that "this is the best night of the season for J.D. Drew" or something to that effect, one more time, I can't be held responsible for my actions.
You'd get more sounds of the game putting a microphone on Manny's butt than from Royce Clayton.
Using Royce Clayton for a feature is like taking your cousin to prom... ever other option has been exhausted.
yea OMDQ, I agree...it's crazy how different the NL and AL are. More often than not, the sacrifice is the better bet, but I guess I'll just keep yelling at my television until they hear me.
Frankie Muniz sighting. Wait, that's Ellsbury.
Looks like this is going to be a repeat of game 1...how boring.
My wife: "Um, if they don't win this game..."
Me: "...Boston will burn."
Sad thing is, neither of us was joking.
Lugo and Drew with 7 RBI's
I fear for what tragedy is about to strike the earth in punishment
Curt is gonna be like, 90 years old by the time he gets back to the mound.
Man, does this pitcher suck.
Bad News Bears
That was a better header than I have ever seen in soccer.
i like how neither announcer is willing to concede that youk put his head in front of the throw on purpose.
yet buck knows garko was surprised that was a fair ball. i wish i was an announcer.
These Indian pitchers suck...bring on "Wild Thang"!
Since the game is boring, I'll let you in on a little Cowboys game.
Since Brett Favre is "The Old Romo," every QB is an adjective Romo.
Matt Flynn: The Coonass Romo
Brandon Cox: The Frail Romo
Vince Young: The Black Romo
Brady: The Big-Hair Romo
There, now see how many Romo's YOU can come up with.
Matt LionHeart: The Sucky Romo
Hassleback: The Bald Romo
Vick: The Dog-killing Romo
Trent Green: The Concussed Romo
Terry Bradshaw: The Married 4X Romo
Aikman: The Homo Romo
Holly the fat girl on ESPN is The Ugly Erin
Tracy Wolfson: The Brunette Erin
SIDETRACKED:
Mike Patrick: It's normally so loud in here that I can't hear the other voices in my head.
I guess that means we can expect more questions about Brittney and your other favorite pop stars in the second half.
The Homo Romo is Jeff Garcia.
Quinn: The Kawk-Loving Romo
Terry Bradshaw: The old, senile Romo
Ryan Leaf: The psychotic Romo
On second thought, this is the psychotic Romo:
http://intellectualize.org/images/screenshot638.gif
I said Aikman because of that D-bag, uhhh, can't even remember his name, that insinuated that Aikman couldn't be honest about his sexuality...but Garcia is a good one too.
As far as Quinn goes...either that, or "The Village People Romo".
FYI: Tommy Potatotown kicking the FG there instead of punching it in for the TD is going to bite Auburn in the ass
Cutler: The Wanna Be Romo
Harrington: The Wanna Be Romo
Leftwich: The Wanna Be Romo
Jake Plummer: The Retired Romo
Heading into the 4th:
Michigan 17
Illinois 17
GO ILLINI (PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
"Three plays by the Cleveland infield!" - Joe Buck
Was he implying that Peralta's play was good?
I think they just admitted that a sacrifice would have been the best bet, even if they didn't say it explicitley.
Sacrifices are for heathens!
So are prostitutes, but I'm not dogging you!
I reckon I'm a heathen.
I see XXX when they show the lights...subliminal messaging, anyone?
ABC: Commercial, bumper music.
Brent: There's some good pubs in this town.
I guess this means he won't be hitting the beer-bong in his back seat this evening in Champaign, err, Champaine, errr, Leitch-Town
I won't listen to any puss that says how to eat my Nachos Bell-Grande when he's married to an emo skank.
On Hester: He's got short squatty legs, but you can't under estimate the size of his heart.
Color Dude: You cannot underestimate the size of his hands.
Brent: Did the brouhaha with Jimmy Kimmel on Monday Night mean we're no longer allowed on his show?
Kirk: eh, too drunk to transcribe, but it was a good exchange.
The LSU/Auburn game is much better
I know the live blog is deader than Bear Bryant, but the Colonel's famous bowl is about to give me the famous shits.
Fair, foul, I need to count my toes...
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