First Pitch Thread: Cubs vs. Nationals, Sunday 8/24, 1:20 CT
by Al Yellon on Aug 24, 2008 1:15 PM CDT
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Yes, you are!
"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."
I'll like to challenge this.
There is no place like Nebraska - Go Huskers!
by sanantonecub on Aug 24, 2008 1:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Until a final ruling is issued,
You may use no claim to being first and must relinquish all brownies.
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by sanantonecub on Aug 24, 2008 1:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Magic Brownies!!!!!?
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by sanantonecub on Aug 24, 2008 1:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Let's win #80 today
"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."
HEY!
You stole my avatar!
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by sanantonecub on Aug 24, 2008 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions
A man should never touch another man's avatar!
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 24, 2008 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions
hello
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Aug 24, 2008 1:15 PM CDT reply actions
Hola, Preacherman
"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."
OT: ive never seen anything funnier
than the roast of bob saget
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Aug 24, 2008 1:20 PM CDT reply actions
go to youtube and
put bob saget roast part 1 part 2, etc
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Aug 24, 2008 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions
it is
INSANELY DIRTY though
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Aug 24, 2008 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions
so's Saget :D
I know what to expect. I always loved the irony of him hosting America’s Funniest Videos
comedt central
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Aug 24, 2008 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Greg Giraldo was hilarious
Norm McDonald and Jon Lovitz painful to watch
by dedfishflote on Aug 24, 2008 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions
+1
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 24, 2008 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions
yes...
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Aug 24, 2008 1:27 PM CDT up reply actions
ps. stephanie tanner got hot! lol
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Aug 24, 2008 1:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow!
According to Willie Harris, if you root for the visiting team at Wrigley, you’re going to get into a fight.
Typical comment from a bonehead ex-Sox player!
Just let it go, the Cubs will always be the team in Chicago.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
K
Current temperature in hell: 44 degrees F - and falling!
Where's the patented Harden K counter?
There is no place like Nebraska - Go Huskers!
by sanantonecub on Aug 24, 2008 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions
haven't seen her today
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 24, 2008 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Tell me when the Brewers lose
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Where's the Harden crown?
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by sanantonecub on Aug 24, 2008 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't have it.
sorry.
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 24, 2008 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions
AAAARGH!!!!!!!
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by sanantonecub on Aug 24, 2008 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions
well, someone go back to his last start, find the pic.
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 24, 2008 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions
already doing that
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by sanantonecub on Aug 24, 2008 1:27 PM CDT up reply actions
posted below
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by sanantonecub on Aug 24, 2008 1:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Easy roller
2 down
Current temperature in hell: 44 degrees F - and falling!
K again!
Current temperature in hell: 44 degrees F - and falling!
USE THIS!
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by sanantonecub on Aug 24, 2008 1:28 PM CDT up reply actions
I've been here the whole time, Emelie
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by sanantonecub on Aug 24, 2008 1:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 24, 2008 1:30 PM CDT up reply actions
How appropriate is that fail picture for me, lol
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by sanantonecub on Aug 24, 2008 1:31 PM CDT up reply actions
ok, I got it.
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 24, 2008 1:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Yea..
Respect the crown!
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Harden is unreal!
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 24, 2008 1:27 PM CDT reply actions
Hope not, that means we don't get on base either
but I know what you meant
"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."
it's pretty cool
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 24, 2008 1:29 PM CDT up reply actions
gawd I love multi-tasking
watching the cubs, reading the paper, blogging … life doesn’t get better than this
yep,
cubs and reading the DRF…gotta find a winner here! I’d prefer the one at Wrigley!
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by Gibbon Jockey on Aug 24, 2008 1:30 PM CDT up reply actions
which paper?
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 24, 2008 1:30 PM CDT up reply actions
dead tree or online?
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will
soneone likes doing the crossword puzzle...
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will
Sudoku FTW
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by sanantonecub on Aug 24, 2008 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm not smart enough for crosswords
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by sanantonecub on Aug 24, 2008 1:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Key word is
old fashioned, lol
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will
That's not all your doing either
Just the other thing can’t be mentioned in public for the rest of these fools to know ;)
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by sanantonecub on Aug 24, 2008 1:31 PM CDT up reply actions
I'll settle for 8 and 7 strong innings.
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by Gibbon Jockey on Aug 24, 2008 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Sounds like we need to get our
small ball goin’ on…
by The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street on Aug 24, 2008 1:32 PM CDT reply actions
Both Lee and Ward have good numbers against Bergmann
Ward is playing 1B today, giving Lee a break to rest his back
"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."
and they talked about how much of a good jump he got, too.
that should tell us something. You’d think it would tell HIM something, but he’s not getting it.
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 24, 2008 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Hit d*mn!
Riot swipes one.. small ball, baby.
by The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street on Aug 24, 2008 1:35 PM CDT reply actions
AROUND THE LEAGUE IN JUST ONE POST…
BOS 4 TOR 3 – BOT 4
HOU 3 NYM 3 – TOP 5
NYY 4 BAL 2 – BOT 2
PIT 0 MIL 0 – BOT 2
TAM 3 CWS 0 – BOT 2
DET 1 KCR 0 – TOP 2
ATL 0 STL 2 – TOP 2
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Y'all here?
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
hello
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Aug 24, 2008 1:37 PM CDT up reply actions
hiyo!
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 24, 2008 1:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Long Time Lurker
First time poster. Howdy y’all from Texas!
by dedfishflote on Aug 24, 2008 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Houston.
Another displaced midwesterner suffering in the heat and humidity.
by dedfishflote on Aug 24, 2008 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Ewww, Texas
Glad I got my reprieve from living there a few months back!
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by sanantonecub on Aug 24, 2008 1:40 PM CDT up reply actions
"How bout dem Cowboys?"
::sarcasm::
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
If it's even possible...
I hate the cowboys even more since moving down here. I did get to see the Texans hand the Cowboys a humiliating defeat in the franchise’s first game.
by dedfishflote on Aug 24, 2008 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Heya dedfish, welcome..
I’ve found that newcomers are instantly welcome here, jump right in : )
by The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street on Aug 24, 2008 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions
NOT HERE!
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by sanantonecub on Aug 24, 2008 1:40 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm here
mostly
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by Gibbon Jockey on Aug 24, 2008 1:40 PM CDT up reply actions
We are here on
WORST MOVIE EVER!
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 24, 2008 1:40 PM CDT up reply actions
loved the book though.
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will
either one qualifies as worst
1. Bend it like Beckham
2. From Justin to kelly
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will
sorry gotta go with what I have seen
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will
I'm going to have to rent it now...
Hopefully it has something in it to laugh at.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
wow it does sound like a bad flick
according to Wikipedia
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will
Oh, that's a must see then..lol..
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
What about the Dragonlance movie cwyers?
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will
The only Dragonlance movie I'm aware of is the cartoon that had Kiefer Sutherland in it.
Am I missing one?
yeah thats it.
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will
well don't spend a lot of money to get it
maybe no more that 2 bucks, or so.
Also I hear the Clone Wars movie is pretty bad as well. Man we could start a thread on just this topic.
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will
Or Dune..
Maybe not bad bad…but totally boring.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Wishing I were there
"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."
That at bat and steal shows why Theriot sucks and should be DFAed now
because His AB was not a HR and he didn’t manage make it to second base before the pitchers throw made it to home plate.
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 24, 2008 1:38 PM CDT reply actions
DeRo makes the catch
Girl Cubs fans across America swoon.
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 24, 2008 1:42 PM CDT reply actions
What if DeRo were to throw out a runner tagging at 3rd?
by The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street on Aug 24, 2008 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions
from Right Field?
I’d want to know if he got a bionic arm over the ASG.
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 24, 2008 1:46 PM CDT up reply actions
I was thinking some DeRo-Geo action
for the ladies…
by The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street on Aug 24, 2008 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions
dangit. sorry.
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 24, 2008 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions
FULL OF FAIL!!!
Missing something!!!!!!!!
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by sanantonecub on Aug 24, 2008 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions
I fixed it. chill out. :D
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 24, 2008 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions
is is just me...
or does belliard look like the kind of guy thar would sell weed out of a ice cream truck…to kids!!!
take that K withya
I can't disrespect Belliard
he always seems to kill us
very nice
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by sanantonecub on Aug 24, 2008 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions
That kid, Harden, I think he's got a future in this game
googily moogily
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Harden is unstoppable!
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 24, 2008 1:45 PM CDT reply actions
DeRo is hot
(Not that way!)
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 24, 2008 1:47 PM CDT reply actions
Mark DeRosa
just hit another home run.
Four games… four home runs. 7 HRs in 16 games.
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4 in a row for DeRo
"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."
DeRo!!
He’s Soriano-level hot right now!
by The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street on Aug 24, 2008 1:47 PM CDT reply actions
Cubs lead 1-0
(Was DeRo the best signing by Jim Hendry in 2007?)
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 24, 2008 1:48 PM CDT reply actions
*************************
****HEY********HEY****
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HOLY MACKERAL!!!!!
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****HEY********HEY****
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There is no place like Nebraska - Go Huskers!
nicely done!
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Aug 24, 2008 1:51 PM CDT up reply actions
BIg Inning, fellas, let's Do this
leeeeeeeeeeeroy jeeeeeeeeeeeeeenkins!
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OK...there you go.
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 24, 2008 1:51 PM CDT up reply actions
3-0
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 24, 2008 1:51 PM CDT up reply actions
3-0 Cubs!
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 24, 2008 1:51 PM CDT reply actions
Now there's some DeRo-Geo action
that even *I think is hot!
by The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street on Aug 24, 2008 1:51 PM CDT reply actions
Here's to Harden going 0-5 today (unless he lays down a few sacrifices)
that will mean the bats are alive.
THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!
5 plate appearances by your starting pitcher
is NEVER a bad thing.
by The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street on Aug 24, 2008 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Harden looks so akward at the plate
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 24, 2008 1:55 PM CDT reply actions
Remember Harden's first AB with the Cubs?
they told him to bunt and he kept looking in the dugout as if to say, “OOOOKayyyyy…. you really want me to try this?!” It was funny,
Chris Farley voice...
“that was awsome”.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Soriano with a batting eye?
by The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street on Aug 24, 2008 1:55 PM CDT reply actions
Selfish walk for Sori!
:)
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 24, 2008 1:55 PM CDT reply actions
Hard but out.
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 24, 2008 1:57 PM CDT reply actions
TWSS
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 24, 2008 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions
well, that was a good inning.
I love those bottom of the order guys!
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indeed!
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 24, 2008 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions
all of a sudden
they’re hitting Harden a ton. Whats up with that?
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Bergmann 0-37!! ROFL
I know you were just discussing upthread… I’m a bit slow today, but how funny is that?
You ever hear of Bob Buhl?
by The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street on Aug 24, 2008 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions
I have that card!
"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."
and...
Buhl failed to record a single hit in 70 at-bats in 1962, the worst single-season batting performance in major league history — specifically, the record for most at-bats in a hitless season. (Sporting News Baseball Record Book, 2007, p.19)
Suds blew a bases-loaded, 0 out threat
with Braun whiffing, and Fat bouncing into a 6-4-3.
No score, with Charlie Cheeseburger pitching.
by The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street on Aug 24, 2008 2:06 PM CDT reply actions
I just got an image of
Grimace and Mayor McCheese in Brewers unis in my head.
by Craig in South Bend on Aug 24, 2008 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions
I feel...
2 more runs being put up on the board by the Cubs in this inning.
by Craig in South Bend on Aug 24, 2008 2:06 PM CDT reply actions
The Bucs have a guy on 2nd
No one out.
by Craig in South Bend on Aug 24, 2008 2:06 PM CDT reply actions
and a dp
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Aug 24, 2008 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions
catch and a throe over to get the runner
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark
by preachermancubsfan on Aug 24, 2008 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Wind must be swirlin'
"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."
you know what would be a great Acu-View givaway?
contact lenses with cubs logos on them. You wouldn’t see it when wearing them, because they’d be too close, but everyone looking at you would see CUBS!
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WOOHOO!!
I just solved the 5-* sudoku puzzle at usatoday.com
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As usual, Kearns is the one who bites us
after looking crappy against us all series
K
Current temperature in hell: 44 degrees F - and falling!
beauty
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by sanantonecub on Aug 24, 2008 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions
another K swinging
Current temperature in hell: 44 degrees F - and falling!
Note to NY teams:
God Bless America goes BEFORE the game. Not during the stretch.
Stupid Mets. Fucking Yankees.
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