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Best of Three

Wilson vs. Carpenter and a big game five.

From Tyler Kepner:

[Chris] Carpenter rejected the idea that postseason results should define a pitcher.

“I think what defines who you are is, one, the consistency you put in day in and day out as a professional, and two, how you go about your business on and off the field,” he said. “That defines who you are.

“Postseason is just at a different level. I think the guys that are successful, maybe, might be a little more relaxed and able to deal with the distractions a little better, because there is a lot of them. But if you scuffle in the postseason, it shouldn’t define what type of player you are. That could just be that series. There’s times throughout the year where guys go through slumps or don’t pitch well.”

Let’s Go Base-ball.

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86 comments

1 rbj   ~  Oct 24, 2011 8:10 pm

I want a game 7.

2 rbj   ~  Oct 24, 2011 8:41 pm

Nice dive there.

3 randym77   ~  Oct 24, 2011 9:11 pm

Quiet night tonight.

4 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 9:16 pm

this is the last game i can see/hear. just getting home, gotta cook din-din, so it's just radio for now. close game...

[1] i might get to hear the end of game 6 and/or 7, as i leave work. maybe...

[3] it's mainly been the 3 of us for these threads...

5 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 9:18 pm

the online espn radio feed is really really behind. freese at-bat still going on. huh...

6 Alex Belth   ~  Oct 24, 2011 9:20 pm

...and I'm stuck watching Dancing with the Stars for the next 40 minutes with the WIFE.

7 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 9:22 pm

ok, they skipped the commercial break and are pretty much caught up. just a hair behind the live play...

8 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 9:23 pm

[6] HA! i've never seen it, but my friend was on it a coupla months ago. easy material to make fun of him! : )

9 randym77   ~  Oct 24, 2011 9:26 pm

Would you still have to watch DWTS if the Yanks were in the Serious?

I think that would be grounds for divorce for me. ;-)

10 rbj   ~  Oct 24, 2011 9:27 pm

[6] Ouch! Actually outside of The Simpsons & SNL I don't think I watch much network tv.

11 randym77   ~  Oct 24, 2011 9:30 pm

[10] I don't watch much TV, either. Maybe a documentary once in a awhile. I like those dinosaur shows on the Discovery Channel.

I watch so much sports, I don't have time to watch anything else.

12 Alex Belth   ~  Oct 24, 2011 9:33 pm

9) No, then the wife would be stuck to her DVR. But this is the one show she watches on TV and so twice a week, she's got her way and I'm happy to give it to her. Plus the game will still be on and I've been listening to it on the radio.

SNL? Is that show still on?

13 randym77   ~  Oct 24, 2011 9:34 pm

Wilson's in trouble.

14 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 9:39 pm

fuck. i just got marinara sauce all over my favorite yankee shirt (and jeans). dammit. : /

15 Alex Belth   ~  Oct 24, 2011 9:40 pm

During a Commercial Break: Wilson out of trouble.

16 Alex Belth   ~  Oct 24, 2011 9:40 pm

14) DOH!

17 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 9:40 pm

got out of it.

18 randym77   ~  Oct 24, 2011 9:41 pm

Nice escape.

19 Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO   ~  Oct 24, 2011 9:42 pm

[14] I read that as "marijuana" sauce and thought a:thelarmis doesn't do such things and b:where can I get some marijuana sauce!

20 rbj   ~  Oct 24, 2011 9:42 pm

[12] Yup, I watch both mainly to keep up with pop culture references. Otherwise I stick to th history & science channels. Occasional food or house channels. When there isn't a Yankees game on, that is.

21 Alex Belth   ~  Oct 24, 2011 9:47 pm

20) I stopped watching after the Billy Crystal, Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, Martin Short cast. Though I know Phil Hartman and Will Ferrell and others were very good during the years.

22 Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO   ~  Oct 24, 2011 9:49 pm

[21] RIP Phil Hartman. :(

23 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 9:49 pm

PFP!

24 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 9:50 pm

[19] funny! yeah, definitely not what you read. i should've written 'red' sauce. : )

25 randym77   ~  Oct 24, 2011 10:03 pm

I would be having a heart attack if the Yankees were in this game.

26 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 10:04 pm

damn. molina's in the postseason. you can only hope to contain them...

27 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 10:05 pm

[25] i was just thinking that. cj wilson has walked NINETEEN batters this postseason. i would need a quadruple bypass...

28 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 10:09 pm

texas is about to take the lead (and prolly the series...).

29 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 10:13 pm

[28] toldjya. in fact, i was even gonna write "tie it first, then..."

sorry, cult, but you don't call me Nostra for nuthin'! ; )

30 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 10:16 pm

if this were the yankees, i'd be cancelling the open heart surgery. or, at least postponing it! ; )

31 randym77   ~  Oct 24, 2011 10:17 pm

They haven't taken the lead yet.

I'm kinda surprised TLR hasn't started reliever roulette yet.

32 rbj   ~  Oct 24, 2011 10:18 pm

[21] Mad tv show had an ad for a dating service called "Lower Expectations". It's the same with SNL. They do have the occasional decent show. Plus I hear about acts & headliners I wouldn't hear about otherwise.

Ah A Yogi reference

33 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 10:19 pm

that stadium gets fucking LOUD! my friggin' ears are ringing.

(well, i guess that's nothing new...)

oh, and carpenter really needs to shave.

holy christ, napoli has some power. *just* missed it...

34 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 10:26 pm

ooh, walking the dude before pujols. not a good idea.

pujols destroyed the last pitch he saw from ogando.

what now?

35 rbj   ~  Oct 24, 2011 10:26 pm

You don't want to -- oh crap putting someone on in front of Albert.

36 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 10:26 pm

take that scioscia!

gunned down runnin'

37 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 10:27 pm

IBB.

38 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 10:32 pm

[38] see [37].

walk puma. bases loaded. freese up. 2 out.

39 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 10:34 pm

1st pitch flyout to center.

tie game.

stretchy time.

40 Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO   ~  Oct 24, 2011 10:36 pm

This is a tense game..I may decline the Authentic Burger cheeseburger lunch so I can follow it online.

41 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 10:39 pm

[40] does the burger come with marijuana cheese?

42 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 10:43 pm

leadoff walk to a good basestealer.

43 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 10:45 pm

[42] there was already 1 out. my bad.

andrus looked *awful* in that ab...

44 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 10:46 pm

another good game.

yankees should be playing...

45 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 10:50 pm

andrus made a *fantastic* play, but moreland couldn't handle the scoop. shoulda had him.

leadoff man on in teh 8th, loogy time...

46 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 10:57 pm

i'd be mortified if nick punto were getting majorly important at-bat's in the serious, on my team.

47 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 10:58 pm

hey, where'd the few of you go?

another gorgeous play by andrus. this time, moreland matched him on the other end!

48 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:02 pm

mr. rnager w/ a leadoff double to start the 8th, off dotel.

49 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:06 pm

bullpen roulette.

50 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:06 pm

um, why in the world would wordpress send "bullpen roulette" to moderation?????

jeez.

51 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:07 pm

ok, that's twice. fuck off, word press.

"bullpen roul**te" is really unacceptable? really?

i'm out...

52 randym77   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:08 pm

Do players really get to call hit and runs?

And jeez, Dotel struggled to IBB Cruz. WTF?

53 randym77   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:09 pm

I think "roul**te" is the bad word. Probably because of gambling related spam.

54 Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:12 pm

[47] back with my bento lunch!

55 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:15 pm

Opposite field hits are where it's at.

56 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:16 pm

[52] he bounced the 3rd lob and it took a left turn. molina made a nice play (of course).

[53] that is sooo insanely stoopid, i can't even begin to... fuck word press.

[52] yeah, i thought that player hit & run thing was pretty crazy. timmay and word press, a match made in pure hell...

more bullpen r******e

[54] bento?

57 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:17 pm

oh, and if my numbering system is off, you can thank word press. i can see my posts awaiting moderation, so...

58 randym77   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:19 pm

I love bento. It's usually translated as "Japanese boxed lunch."

It's very popular in Hawaii, because Japanese plantation workers have had a huge influence there.

59 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:19 pm

eyechart looks like he's about to cry in the dugout.

poor guy. wasn't really his fault.

holy crap, another IBB. this is reeedickulous, cousin larry.

60 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:21 pm

[58] thanks, randy!

what?! fuck you la russa. bring in a dude to ibb and that's it? buying time for motte. all these guys are trying to go for the reardon/sutter beard look. i'm not a fan.

61 Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:22 pm

[56] Yep, though today it's an Indian bento! Are you from Hawaii?

62 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:23 pm

[61] ooh, i LOVE indian food! thought i was gonna have it this past weekend, but we ended up going for thai. hope to have indian in a coupla weeks...

63 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:24 pm

speaking of vittles,

"motte" means 'food' in swedish.

64 randym77   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:24 pm

Yes, I'm from Hawaii. Where bento often have un-Japanese items like macaroni salad. :-)

What's in an Indian bento?

65 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:27 pm

[64] coolio! you hinted once before. how'd you end up in the midwest? or am i confusing where you are with rbj?

"bento" is a cool word. what does it mean?

66 Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:28 pm

[62] 2day I got saag chicken, jasmine rice, naan bread and one tandoori chciken drumstick, all for less than $10!

The Hawaiin style bentos have come back here, isn't a "loco moco" from Hawaii?

67 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:28 pm

[65] oh, nevermind. i saw the "japanese boxed lunch" in [58]

sowwy!

68 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:29 pm

[66] dude, that sounds awesome!

69 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:30 pm

I wish Teix had taken one for the team.

70 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:31 pm

don't try the stolen base/hit & run this time! ; )

71 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:31 pm

[69] weeping!

72 randym77   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:32 pm

Bento is usually translated as "boxed lunch." According to Wikipedia, the original meaning was "convenience." It's common takeout food (or even eat-in) now, but originally was a lunch packed in a box by a housewife for her husband to take to work.

I'm not in the midwest. I'm in upstate NY. Came here to go to college, and ended up staying.

73 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:34 pm

WOW!!!

beautifully executed strike 'em out/throw 'em out.

eat yer heart out, scioscia

74 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:36 pm

[72] i see, on the bento. oh okay, you & just fair are upstate NY, rbj is in toledo, methinks.

i have family in the binghamton/vestal area and a cousin in the syracuse/baldwinsville area.

75 randym77   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:37 pm

Yes, locomocos were invented in Hawaii. Basically, young surfers who didn't have a lot of money would ask the cook at the local drive in for something cheap, and that's they came up with.

76 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:37 pm

tying run in the form of a big puma.

77 Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:37 pm

[70] Where upstate? I went to Bard, near Kingston.

78 randym77   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:38 pm

All in all, this has been a pretty sloppy game.

79 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:39 pm

i know a russian girl who lived in seattle. when i played there this summer, i called her to see if she wanted to come to the show. turns out she moved to hawaii about a month before i played the northwest. not sure what island...

80 randym77   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:39 pm

[75] I'm living near Bard now. :-) But I went to school in the Capital District. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy.

81 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:41 pm

if the rangers win this, is napoli the mvp?

well, that's prolly the last baseball game i'll see until april...

82 randym77   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:43 pm

Napoli certainly has a claim on it.

83 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:44 pm

[80] nice area! and not too very far upstate : )

84 thelarmis   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:44 pm

ah, i need to stop putting #'s in brackets, mine are all off.

sorry folks...

85 Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO   ~  Oct 24, 2011 11:47 pm

[78] Beautiful area, especially this time of year. But fierce winters..
[79] Don't worry thelarmis, I'll keep you updated with reports from the Japan Series!

86 Alex Belth   ~  Oct 25, 2011 6:16 am

Roulette is a spam word that's why it picked it off. Go figure.

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