11/05/24
July 14, 2004
Always nice to see clemens rocked. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Amen to that. I was getting ready to leave my place to meet with a friend at the bar with $2 draughts, and thought "well, I'll wait to see if Soriano gets an at bat". After Fonsi knocked that ball out of the park, I had two friends calling me at once going "Did you see that?". Awesome.
posted by Ufez Jones at 12:25 PM on July 14, 2004
I think it was Joe Buck who brought up the 'intangibles.'
posted by crank at 12:54 PM on July 14, 2004
I love that the game counts for something now, but I wish they would play it like it counts. Everyone does not have to play, leave your starting pitchers in for more than 2 innings, use some actual game strategy.
posted by corpse at 01:07 PM on July 14, 2004
The game was over in the first inning, talk about boring.
posted by insomnyuk at 01:54 PM on July 14, 2004
Now that the AL has home field for the World Series, I officially call it for the Yankees.
posted by rocketman at 02:01 PM on July 14, 2004
AL had home field advantage last year too. Did that make it a lock for the Yankees?
posted by jerseygirl at 02:06 PM on July 14, 2004
Yes.
posted by rocketman at 02:09 PM on July 14, 2004
Damn you and your subtle sarcasm. I have absolutely no sarcasm detector in text.
posted by jerseygirl at 02:17 PM on July 14, 2004
This may be the last year that it counts. The two year experiment is now over. If I were in the NL, I would think long and hard about whether they ever want home field advantage again. Also, Scooter is still terrible.
posted by Jugwine at 02:29 PM on July 14, 2004
Look, I don't mean to gripe for the sake of griping, but something has got to be done about the constant out-and-clear butchering of the national anthem played at these things. I'm not a 100% on this, yet I can't help but feel that Francis Scott didn't write the thing with the thought in the back of his mind being - "this will sound great if every vowel is warbled over and the original notes rejected." Is nothing sacred? And I'm a damn Canadian saying this. Damn Canadians.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 03:18 PM on July 14, 2004
I love that the game counts for something now, but I wish they would play it like it counts. Well, I loved the way McKeon used his last position player to pinch hit for another field player in the bottom of the ninth when, if the NL got any rally at all going, he's got no one to hit for the pitcher. Except another pitcher. That's quality managing folks.
posted by billsaysthis at 06:09 PM on July 14, 2004
The game was over in the first inning, talk about boring. You're not the only one to feel that way, insomnyuk
posted by Ufez Jones at 07:41 PM on July 14, 2004
I think it was Joe Buck who brought up the 'intangibles.' My mistake. I knew one said he was a 'team player' while the other talked of his 'intangibles'.
posted by justgary at 07:49 PM on July 14, 2004
Always nice to see clemens rocked. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. And Tim McCarver actually used the word 'intangibles' (Incapable of being realized or defined!) when describing Jeter. Oh the fun.