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AL Wild Card @ Minnesota Twins Game Thread

The Wildcard team gives the ball to CC Sabathia, the Minnesota Twins counter with Francisco Liriano. First pitch is on TBS at 5:37 PM Pacific Time. If anyone can pretend that Jeter's jock itch is a bigger story than Halladay's No-No, tonight will be the hyperbole night to do it.

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chunky chocolate

might melt

Soooo.... Francisco and C.C.... fellas...

No pressure, but, come on. Perfect game. Do it for baseball.

Go Twins!!!!

Beat the skanks!!!

I'm only rooting for the Twins

because it would be so nice to see ESPN’s dream of seeing them in series go down the drain.

That and I hate the Yankees.

Isn't it great to see how skankee hatred,

Motivates us all?

it is amazing

after 20 years on the right coast, the hatred only intensified, Lord, I was glad to move away

Good morning everybody from Maenam Beach, Koh Samui, Thailand

It;s a great day to see the Yankees crash and burn. Go Twinkies

You are a lucky bastard.

Although, I prefer Koh Tao myself. Fresh fish, snorkeling, and a certain pretty waitress I met at a restaurant and then at Lotus bar.

went there day before yesterday

the pretty waitress got the stink eye from the wife, though…

Women

They getcha, every time

and I am a bastard

how’d you know?

Deductive reasoning

Everyones a bastard in some form on Thailand

I'll drink to that!
like you need an excuse
A walk shy of a perfect game.... damn... the Phillies are scary.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101006&content_id=15455266&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

he gave up a walk?

loser!

against the best offense of the NL?

pretty legit. he made them look like a jv high school team

Walks

are overrated in a Perfect Game scenario…I think…unless they some how score…

i'd say a dropped 3rd strike, hbp or an error is the cheapest way to lose a perfect game

walks are a sign of imperfection

What about a blown call by an umpire on the (would-be) last play of the game?
Were looking at you Mr. Joyce.
Boy am i glad we didn't trade for Doc

nothing in our yeam or farm system would be worth him…that’s for sure

one thing is for sure

you don’t need to worry about bullpen issues when doc takes the mound.

Too bad the Jays were smart enough to pass on Naps and Aybar.

He would’ve been an awesome edition to the Halos.

should have givem them...

whatever the hell they wanted

As long as we kept Mathis.

He’s the glue that holds our team together.

he's the horse that gets made into glue
Listening to Halladay address the media is really interesting, he gives a ridiculous amount of credit to Ruiz

He keeps talking about how good “we were at changing speeds”

And eye levels. ;)
I thought it was cool...

he could have easily devolved into a ‘me monster’ in that moment and nobody would blamed him.

Halladay is the pro's Pro.
totally stayed within himself today
within his mechanics anyways
Game 3. Do any of us have jobs??
yes I do

the best job in the world that doesn’t require wearing a cup

Moondoggy, quick question.

My kids have been bugging to go to Asia, have you ever been to Tokyo? I was thinking of heading to Japan or Hong Kong.

BTW,

I know Hong Kong isn’t in Japan.

I've been to Tokyo briefly

not a fan of Japan. Not all that friendly and expensive as hell. The Hotels won’t let you have more than two to a room which means getting several rooms for vacation. I think Hong Kong is outstanding and it provides a gateway into China.

what do they got against threeway action?
That must be more of a Manila thang.
only if you're into the under age crowd
But I also think Thailand should be considered

ruins, elephants, boats, oceans, a riot or two…plus, you could stay with us in Bangkok

Sounds good,

Save some rioting for me & my boys.

I took today off.

But more to the point, I have no life.

working right now...

just not very hard

Wait, did O-Cab seriously bitch about the strikezone on a no-hitter?
hahaha

what a dufus

Let's go Twins!
Sit down Jeter!
What if...

I know it won’t happen but what if the Angels signed Jeter as a FA? Would you be a fan?

I would

if for no other reason than it would completely cheese Yankee fans

I think the only thing I really dislike about him

is that he embodies all things Yankee as their poster boy. But pissing off Yankee fans is reason enough to sign him.

Only if we can sign Knoblauch to replace HK at 2nd too.
weak weak weak

where’s that fearsome Yankee attack? (I know it’s early, but I jeer when I can)

Liriano has a perfect game so far
MLB Network has a spot for you.
chunky chocolate
I prefer Cheeseburger Consumer
Charbroiled Cheeseburger
now steal on this spagetti arm geezer
I wouldn't have sacrificed in the1st inning
He's 6-7, 290lbs on his profile

I’d take the over on 350lbs if I were betting it.

DY hitting four hole. They really miss Morneau
That flyball A-Roid hit was a game-tying homer off Fuentes last year
Williamsport, NY
No-hitter over
Hey...didn't we trade for Granderson?
What the hell was that call
Way to take one for the team Thome!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A 2 run HR. Nice.

Nice job hitting Thome CC
woop woop

score more runs

This ump has an inconsistent strikezone
Bring on the robots.
LET'S GO TWINS!
these announcers suck

smoltz is 10 times more annoying than gubi.
OMG liriano has to face arod after tiex, oh noes.

yankees are a 500 club since august, nobody in that lineup is having a monster year.

Is that John Smoltz? I thought he was doing the on field reporting for this crew
he;s in the boof

talkin about liriano, “he really needs to do well this inning, it’s important”
every fing inning. lol

Yep it's pretty annoying. That and the Jeter jocksniffing
Yep. You know it's October,

When the Jeter jocksniffing begins.

i guess cano is having a monster year

but teix and arod, no

Wait, are we sure this is a Yankees game? Posada hasn't made a single mound visit
Nice baserunning O-Dog
1st to 3rd, on a groundout lol
And then a passed ball
Nice play Posada.
Dear god this strikezone
haha Gardenhire
3-0 Go Twins!

Hopefully that will not only be today’s score, but also the series outcome: 3-0 Twins.

Lookin' good Jeter.
You know what I love, there are no Yankee fans there.

   Minnesota has such great solidarity.

four months of consecutive 10 below

keeps the riffraff out

I see a number of yankee hats in the crowd...
On radio, almost Zero cheers when they get a hit, unlike other stadiums I've listened too.
Chip Caray sure sounds a lot like Keith Olbermann
except he's not whining about something I don't care about like KO
True. The mute button was made for people who blather like KO.
Where's the shiny suit?
Come on Liriano
Is the ump squeezing him?
Score more runs Twins. I have faith in you.
A look inside Sabathia's mind?

“Hmm, I wonder what food will be in the clubhouse after the game?

mine!...mine!....mine!...mine!
Gardner would sure look good in Halo red
He would, but I doubt the Yankees will trade him
What if they sign Crawford?

They have no need for him, but they are all about excess

Thanks Gardner!
I'm a little late here but

I am no longer planning on placing bets on the Reds in this playoffs. They have no chance.

Their pitching staff is pretty mediocre
Pitching coach:

“If you strike this guy out we have a whole box of Crispy Creams in clubhouse for you”

Come on Valencia
he looks like he should be delivering my newspaper
HAHA

I hope those Twins fans are letting Cashman have it

How you like that BITCHIA?!
Fatbathia?
thats a good one.
Grade school insults all-over again
JJ Hardy blows
Still better than Fail-bar
Damn

that guy is HUGE….

I bet Feliz Hernandez wouldn't walk in the tying run....
Needed:

1-2-3 inning.

Father time is starting to catch up to Jeter
You must have missed the talk before the game about how Jeter is the greatest player to ever play in the postseason
He could never get old
All that asshole ever did for us was hit a bunch of singles.

   What a dick.

Now that I think about it

Maybe that was due to the Hatchet’s coaching

So all the asshole teams are going to win today?
How is that a moonshot, you idiots?
At least they know how to use him...

in games where you’re already down.

twin fans haven't properly felt the pain that is Brian Fuentes.
fuenty's arms look even shorter in a twins uni
bat sniffffff from denard span
Our bat sniffer for yours in trade?
And we'll throw in a premium player for free
All trades are final - no returns allowed.
they need a catcher

this mauer guy can’t hit in the playoffs
but our jeffy can!

well played mauer
Well played but not premium
only a single

plus, arod stole on him and he called for a hanging slider to uhaul. jeffy would never

I know! We'll trade them Mathis, and give them Rivera.
Now he's just clogging the bases
Don't y'all just love watching all the "ex-Halos" still playing?

Shit…watching Vlad, BMo, SRod, and O’day etc earlier…irritating.

Tex hitting HR just rubbed in the salt a little more...
gary pettis coaches for the rangers lol

I had to do a double take on that one earlier too…

that was my wtf moment of the day
as long as hitting not teaching hitting

although that would explain their slap hitters swinging for the fences

Tired: As long as he's not teaching hitting

or me teaching english

stay within yourself delmon

he;s trying to change eye levels on you

Don't try to do too much
just a great 3-1 swing delmon

premiesque

THOME THOME THOME
Thome

all time ‘good guy’ list

who just happens to chase bad pitches
Soooo Robertson gets the down and away extreme corner, but Crain doesn't get the high strike on Tex?

Nice job blue! NOT!

Welcome to this game's strikezone. It's been bad
This is what drives me more nuts than anything...until they start letting computers call consistent K zones...

This is just bad umpiring…and frankly, having tried that behind the plate calling balls/strikes before. I know I missed a few pitches too…make it simple mlb, make it simple.

3-0 early lead, followed by opposing team scoring more runs as game progresses.

I’m getting that deja vu feeling..

fuentes will put this out of reach
fuenty has new life

rawr

It's because Mauer is more premium than Mathis
fuentes come back and kick rodney's ass
One and two-thirds scoreless innings

I don’t remember a time he pitched like that for us.

Sosh
never lets his relievers pitch more than 1 inning

Come on Twins
Come on Denard
all he has to do is fist something into the outfield
watch the strike zone expand
I expect it to become "If Posada catches it, it's a strike"
I like the sound of that: "Blown save"
how's tastes mariano's peepeeeepeee?

goodness they love this guy

Mariano Rivera ended WWII
we got to him last ALCS
we did?

last i checked he didn’t blow any saves, gave up 1 run the entire 2009 playoffs
i guess we “got to him” more than anyone else, since the angels were the only team to score a run off him in 16 innings

yep, thats the one. He gave up some inherited runners too.
over his last 50 or 60 innings in the post season

he’s given up maybe 3 or 4 runs (it’s really that ridiculous), 2 of them to the angels.
we are the best!

That means that he's due for a serious turd.
his last 2 run performance in the post season

was a bs that won the world series for the diamond backs in 2001

guy is animal

Rodney would have walked Span and then hit Hudson
haha

cuz hiz hat is crooked yo

But how about a wild pitch?
Span should have just taken every pitch... :(
pretty much

not sure if the umpire would have let him get a walk tho

Come on Hudson, Mauer and Young
Young went to the same high school i went to.

  not at the same time though.

Orel Hersheiser as a color guy . . . . . .

 . . . . . is kind of shit colored.

that;s john smoltz
radio broadcast.

  . . . of the espn variety. John Miller play by play.

he is brutal

switch to sap

oh boy

that’s a strike 3

I want to know how all these guys are sucking Rivera's dick at once
he;s that good

and that huge.

but really though

he is the greatest reliever ever and very ho hum about it all.

this is how instant replay will become a fixture

a homerun needs to be hit right now taking advantage of a giant blown call

oh well, c y'awl 2 morrow.
oh nevermind

lol, 3 lefties 3 broken bats.

GOAT

That's nothing compared

to last years call(s)…

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