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[ookami7m]

Because we'll likely need a few beers to get through this one.


Today (I'm west coast) I blew a tire after hitting a piece of road debris, had a shit day at work, and then had a trash bag rip on me on the way to the can while listening to the bullpen drop another game. Beer mojo stops the pain.

Edited by ookami7m, 07 September 2011 - 11:51 PM.

[Kilgore A. Trout]

[LeoCarrillo]

There's this, like, lattice of coincidence that lays on top of everything. Suppose you're thinking about a Papi homer. Suddenly someone'll say, like, "Papi," or "homer," or "Papi homer" out of the blue, no explanation.

[greek_gawd_of_walks]

KIller Miller at it again. Maybe some time out of the country will do him some good.

[abty]

Hey Miller, be a Bud and start off every hitter with Dos Equis. Find your way into the 8th inning and, with a 3 run lead, hand it to Pabst...ugh. Sorry.
Don't pitch like I tell jokes. Win.

[LesterFan]

We've outscored them 24-12 and have lost 2 out of 3.. now that pisses me off.

[topps148]

There's this, like, lattice of coincidence that lays on top of everything. Suppose you're thinking about a Papi homer. Suddenly someone'll say, like, "Papi," or "homer," or "Papi homer" out of the blue, no explanation.

I went looking for a clip of the scene in which Estevez dumps the "beer" on the floor of the junk yard office, but all I got was this replacement level T-shirt.



I'd settle for Miller reaching replacement level this evening, which is evidence of the devolution of declining expectations, I guess.

Edited by topps148, 08 September 2011 - 12:03 PM.

[InsideTheParker]

. . . . . .evidence of the devolution of declining expectations, I guess.

EXPECT NOTHING
Expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. become a stranger To need of pity Or, if compassion be freely Given out Take only enough Stop short of urge to plead Then purge away the need. Wish for nothing larger Than your own small heart Or greater than a star; Tame wild disappointment With caress unmoved and cold Make of it a parka For your soul. Discover the reason why So tiny human midget Exists at all So scared unwise But expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise.

---Alice Walker

[topps148]

EXPECT NOTHING
Expect nothing....
---Alice Walker

--Nikos Kazantzakis

[Nuf Ced]

RED SOX (85-57)
Ellsbury CF
Scutaro SS
Pedroia 2B
Ortiz DH
Youkilis 1B
Lowrie 3B
Varitek C
Reddick RF
McDonald LF
Pitching: LHP Andrew Miller (6-2, 5.27)

From Peter Abraham:

Notes: Presumably Gonzalez and Crawford are out of the lineup because of their poor numbers against Romero and the good numbers by Lowrie and McDonald (see below). ...


Red Sox vs. Romero: Lowrie 5-8, 1 HR; Pedroia 8-16, 1 HR; Youkilis 7-16, 3 HR; Ellsbury 7-17, 1 HR; Ortiz 10-16, 1 HR; McDonald 3-9; Scutaro 4-13; Salty 2-7; Gonzalez 1-6; Crawford 2-17; Varitek 0-3.

http://www.boston.co...3_red_so_1.html

[InsideTheParker]

--Nikos Kazantzakis

You win. By a landslide.



Edit: Here' what Lady Google has to offer:" I expect nothing. I fear no one. I am free."---Kazantzakis
If that ain't it, I'm back to "It's Greek to me."

Edited by InsideTheParker, 08 September 2011 - 01:28 PM.

[Al Zarilla]

Hey Miller, be a Bud and start off every hitter with Dos Equis. Find your way into the 8th inning and, with a 3 run lead, hand it to Pabst...ugh. Sorry.
Don't pitch like I tell jokes. Win.

No, that's very good. Now can you work Schaeffer or Narragansett in there?

[LeoCarrillo]

I went looking for a clip of the scene in which Estevez dumps the "beer" on the floor of the junk yard office, but all I got was this replacement level T-shirt.

I'd settle for Miller reaching replacement level this evening.

Well woven, sir, bringing together sub-threads of Repo Man, cheap beer and the mediocrity of the generic.

Such is the fabric of Andrew Miller.

[budcrew08]

i want to watch this game tonight, I really do... I might wait till 9 and see if they have a lead.

[LesterFan]

I have a feeling I'm gonna be watching the Saints-Packers game more than this

[topps148]

Well woven, sir, bringing together sub-threads of Repo Man, cheap beer and the mediocrity of the generic.

Such is the fabric of Andrew Miller.

I just found two things I'd forgotten (or never absorbed in the first place).

1. The "lattice of coincidence" character was named Miller.
2. Otto's response was, "You eat a lot of acid, Miller, back in the hippie days?"

Edited by topps148, 08 September 2011 - 01:30 PM.

[Bergs]

I just found two things I'd forgotten (or never absorbed in the first place).

1. The "lattice of coincidence" character was named Miller.
2. Otto's response was, "You eat a lot of acid, Miller, back in the hippie days?"

Off the top of my head, there was a Bud, a Miller, and a Lite (light?) in RM.

[topps148]

Off the top of my head, there was a Bud, a Miller, and a Lite (light?) in RM.

According to IMDB
Bud (Harry Dean Stanton)
Miller (Tracey Walter)
Lite (Sy Richardson)
Oly (Tom Finnegan)
and Jimmy (Boat Drinks) Buffett (?!?) as an "additional blond agent"

[mfried]

RED SOX (85-57)
Ellsbury CF
Scutaro SS
Pedroia 2B
Ortiz DH
Youkilis 1B
Lowrie 3B
Varitek C
Reddick RF
McDonald LF
Pitching: LHP Andrew Miller (6-2, 5.27)

F

I think Francona is showing guts in benching Crawford; benching Crawford is different from resting Gonzalez.

[InsideTheParker]

i want to watch this game tonight, I really do... I might wait till 9 and see if they have a lead.

If you had done this last night, you'd have gone from ecstasy to agony pretty damn quick, like the rest of us.

[normstalls]

I love 142 million dollar platoon players

[SemperFidelisSox]

"I'm always a threat to steal...your spot on the bench."

[TheoShmeo]

I love 142 million dollar platoon players

Is it worse to platoon a $142 mm player or Josh Reddick?

[trekfan55]

Yankees lose... Again to the Orioles. Please capitalize this time.

And I swore someone was joking when they said Scott Proctor is back with the Yankees until I saw him as the losing pitcher. How and when did that happen?

[gatorgurl67]

For all of the Heidi fans:

HeidiWatney Heidi Watney
Like my pregame office at the Rogers Centre?!?! yfrog.com/nzt9albj

[strek1]

Where is everybody? It's almost 7. Time to "Light em up".

[Kilgore A. Trout]

Against the Jays, yeah, he's killing his old team, but has Scutaro really been a model of consistency otherwise?

[greek_gawd_of_walks]

Is that Timmy on the top of the CN Tower? He's rather despondent.

[LoweSox]

The amount of information the Braves' announcers actually provide during a game they call is embarrassing.

[Kilgore A. Trout]

Tricky, but should have been caught. Bautista has looked really ugly in the field this series. Worse than I ever have seen him.

Edited by Kilgore A. Trout, 08 September 2011 - 06:11 PM.

[Dick Pole Upside]

That's the second or third time this series that those two have had a near disastrous collision. They're going to get each other killed.

[AimingForYoko]

lol what?

[YouDownWithOBP?]

that was awesome

[SemperFidelisSox]

Lester giving Cooper shit. Funny.

[mikeford]

Yeah, something tells me Miller is gonna have a strikezone the size of a postage stamp thanks to that.

[SocrManiac]

Okay, that was fun.

Also, robots wouldn't swear on live TV.

[JFS7]

Is that Timmy on the top of the CN Tower? He's rather despondent.

Ian Browne
This can't make Wake feel any better. Before last night, the Sox were 73-2 when they have the lead after seven innings.

[TFisNEXT]

Pedey is striking out a lot the last few games.

[Nomar813]

Okay, that was fun.

Also, robots wouldn't swear on live TV.

This is the only good anti-robot argument I've heard.

[Kilgore A. Trout]

Welp, there went the last good chance to score till the fourth inning or so.

[aksoxfan]

Pedroia has to get that run home.

[PhilPlantier]

Ian Browne
This can't make Wake feel any better. Before last night, the Sox were 73-2 when they have the lead after seven innings.

I wish the media would stop writing from a Wakefield-centric angle. If he wanted 200 wins so badly, he could try not sucking prolifically for five innings before turning the game over to the bullpen for a long save.

[Kilgore A. Trout]

He only gave up six runs last time? Wow. Felt like a lot more.

[twoBshorty]

Hold onto your butts.

[greek_gawd_of_walks]

I imagine Miller looks like Rip Van Winkle if Rip only slept for three months.

Also than name Rip is fitting for Miller.

Edited by greek_gawd_of_walks, 08 September 2011 - 06:20 PM.

[SocrManiac]

Hold onto your butts.

I am. Room is still spinning. Is that the beer or the Miller? Wait, what?

[TFisNEXT]

Scutaro!!

[Dick Pole Upside]

Hopefully Miller can stretch out the suck until kickoff...

[Kilgore A. Trout]

Looked like he got him. C'mon NESN, no replay of second?

[drbretto]

I just turned the game on in time to see the ump swearing at lester (and was cooking dinner or i would have asked then) but what lead up to it? was he making some bad calls already?