Let's not do this on this thread.
this and the two posts leading up to it make me (sort of) wish there was an ilb lolthread. i'm fucking laughing myself stupid here
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Monday, 23 March 2009 03:54 (fifteen years ago) link
"Jeter... HIGH AND WIDE, SAFE AT FIRST AND A RUN SCORES"
― Andy K, Monday, 23 March 2009 07:51 (fifteen years ago) link
FORGOT HOW TO WIN
― Past a Diving Jeter (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 March 2009 11:19 (fifteen years ago) link
this is so fucking awesome to me - japan-korea is my dream matchup basically i love watching these furious hateful asians try to murder each other with baseball
― GROLIOUS NIPPON ;_; (cankles), Monday, 23 March 2009 12:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Hey Team USA manager: sending in the replacement to pinch-hit and attempt to hit a home run into the wind with one out and a runner on third (with two left-handed options, one of whom was, uh, due up) was really intelligent.
― Andy K, Monday, 23 March 2009 13:04 (fifteen years ago) link
so said Steve Phillips, even
― Past a Diving Jeter (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 March 2009 13:50 (fifteen years ago) link
ILB: We hate Davey Johnson for making Steve Phillips right
― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 23 March 2009 13:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Runners in scoring position, 2008
Longoria: .241/.309/.474Granderson: .299/.373/.536Victorino: .271/.331/.424
― Andy K, Monday, 23 March 2009 14:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Available hitters who had played competitive baseball during the last several months:
GrandersonVictorino
― Andy K, Monday, 23 March 2009 14:20 (fifteen years ago) link
i sorta hate japanese baseball so much - their cleanup hitter is bunting, in the third inning
― GROLIOUS NIPPON ;_; (cankles), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 02:29 (fifteen years ago) link
i think i hate Bud Selig a lot more.
― (*゚ー゚)θ L(。・_・) °~ヾ(・ε・ *) (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 02:30 (fifteen years ago) link
haha yeah, when he walked into the booth my 'hmm i might have to mute this' impulse went from a kernel of an idea to scrambling-for-the-remote
― GROLIOUS NIPPON ;_; (cankles), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 02:31 (fifteen years ago) link
web gems, nothing but web gems
― WmC, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 03:57 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm enjoying the hell out of this.
― Belisarius, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 04:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Really good game, f the usa
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 04:32 (fifteen years ago) link
otmbusted helmet!
― bow-edison wa (jergins), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 04:34 (fifteen years ago) link
ah joe "i have said it all night, ichiro knows how to drive the ball..."
― bow-edison wa (jergins), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 04:36 (fifteen years ago) link
O snap!
What a game!
― Belisarius, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 05:04 (fifteen years ago) link
i hope Selig doesnt declare this a tie.
im also glad i woke up 10 minutes ago.
― Past a Diving Jeter (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 05:12 (fifteen years ago) link
This game alone has been better than the 2008 World Series.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 05:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Ichiro is playing cricket out there.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 05:22 (fifteen years ago) link
jeeeez Joe Morgan making sense!
― Past a Diving Jeter (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 05:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Seriously!
Korea is falling apart.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 05:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Yu Darvish looks great from the rear btw
― Past a Diving Jeter (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 05:38 (fifteen years ago) link
He looks like a giant Japanese elf.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 05:43 (fifteen years ago) link
My friend calls him Regoras. :(
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 05:44 (fifteen years ago) link
congrats Japanese overlords
― Past a Diving Jeter (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 05:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Two outs, first base open, game on the line... why not walk Ichiro? (I had the volume down and could not hear the analysts.)
― Andy K, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 13:44 (fifteen years ago) link
They were asking the same thing.
― WmC, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 14:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Asked about allowing Suzuki to hit with two runners in scoring position instead of walking him intentionally, Kim replied: "I don't know why the pitcher tried to pitch directly to Ichiro. I did not understand. In the end, it did not work out for us. The pitcher and the catcher did not communicate well in terms of their signs. And in the end, that led to the hit by (Suzuki). Of course I have a regret as to what happened."Suzuki said he wasn't surprised he wasn't walked."There was (Hiroyuki) Nakajima (on deck), and he is a batter you wanted to avoid," Suzuki said. "So there was a possibility for the bases to be loaded, and I knew they would want to fight against that, so I wasn't at all surprised."
Suzuki said he wasn't surprised he wasn't walked.
"There was (Hiroyuki) Nakajima (on deck), and he is a batter you wanted to avoid," Suzuki said. "So there was a possibility for the bases to be loaded, and I knew they would want to fight against that, so I wasn't at all surprised."
Perhaps the translation is not perfect here, but maybe Kim should have told his pitcher to either walk Ichiro or give him nothing but pitches out of the zone (preferably high and tight).
― Andy K, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 14:26 (fifteen years ago) link
I've never, ever, been a fan of walking the bases loaded. Well done Korea!
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 16:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Fidel's column:
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2009/march/vier20/13reflex1-i.html
― Past a Diving Jeter (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 20:08 (fifteen years ago) link
That is one awesome John Hancock.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 20:10 (fifteen years ago) link
mark yr calendars, NYC
@AdamRubinESPN The Sept. 22-25, 2016 World Baseball Classic qualifier at MCU Park in Brooklyn will include Brazil, Great Britain, Israel and Pakistan.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 17 September 2015 17:04 (eight years ago) link
Mets farmhands Champ Stuart and Blake Taylor will represent Great Britain and Ty Kelly, Tyler Herron and Josh Zeid will represent Israel in a World Baseball Classic qualifying tournament at Brooklyn's MCU Park Sept. 22-25. Ex-Mets Ike Davis and Josh Satin also will play for Israel. Brazil and Pakistan also are involved in the four-team tournament.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Friday, 26 August 2016 19:46 (seven years ago) link
pakistani team is . . . interesting
the entire bichette family is playing for brazil, which is managed by barry 'barinho' larkin and pitching coached by latroy hawkins
one of our number is actually at this game!
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 September 2016 17:30 (seven years ago) link
what's the Fri night or Sat matinee action?
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 22 September 2016 17:37 (seven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/richardgin/status/779010620406530048
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 September 2016 17:40 (seven years ago) link
looks like there are plenty o' seats for Britain vs whoever tomw night
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 22 September 2016 17:42 (seven years ago) link
pakistani outfielders are taking suboptimal routes
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 September 2016 17:48 (seven years ago) link
Brazil 10, Pakistan 0
GB v Israel up next
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 22 September 2016 19:52 (seven years ago) link
aw man
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 22 September 2016 19:52 (seven years ago) link
i thought about staying for two but it was so f-ing hot
― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 22 September 2016 21:17 (seven years ago) link
but yeah PAK had some wretched baserunning mistakes, including wasting a first inning single by getting doubled off K-2U, 2-3 and getting thrown the fuck out at 3rd. PAK 2B and SS had p decent gloves but no one had any defensive arm to speak of. 3B at least one-hopped every throw. C had like a 3 second pop time the game could have been over after 5 if BRA had just run at every opportunity
― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 22 September 2016 21:20 (seven years ago) link
i was wondering if pakistan/non-traditional baseball teams could be very inventive or aggressive w/ defensive positioning because of a) skill level (no power...) and b) no entrenched culture of 'right way-ness'. I thought they could have gone w/ a 5 man IF for the 7th inning when things were falling apart. none of the IF were really rangy enough to make a drawn in infield work so u cld hedge by bringing ur LF in to cover over 2B
― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 22 September 2016 21:23 (seven years ago) link
are there tix on the door for the 7pm game tomorrow?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 23 September 2016 02:11 (seven years ago) link
seems likely
on the televised feed today there was an extended shot of a (white american) pitching coach in the pakistan bullpen demonstrating to the relievers in great detail how, with runners on base, to come set and not balk. it's cool that they got to participate but it does make one wonder why they were chosen rather than the mongolians or carpathians or whomever
as with the current world cup of hockey (team europe! but not the czechs, russians or scandanavians), it's a ham-handed way of pretending that one's niche sport is globally relevant
― mookieproof, Friday, 23 September 2016 02:25 (seven years ago) link
Tigers coach Omar Vizquel in limbo as Venezuela manager for WBC
http://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2016/12/02/detroit-tigers-omar-vizquel-venezuela-world-baseball-classic/94832596/
Omar Vizquel is waiting for a phone call.
He is waiting to hear from former Detroit Tiger Carlos Guillen, general manager of the Venezuelan World Baseball Classic team, whom reportedly removed Vizquel from his managerial post earlier in the week.
Vizquel, the Tigers’ first base coach, has been in limbo since Tuesday night’s reports, which were only the first of a number of twists and turns. On Wednesday, the Venezuelan Baseball Federation said Vizquel remained manager. That same day, ESPN Deportes reported Braves coach Eddie Perez would replace Vizquel.
According to multiple Venezuelan media reports, the confusion has stemmed from a conflict between Vizquel and Guillen, who played eight seasons in Detroit. In the days since, a number of Venezuelan players have come to Vizquel’s defense, including Tigers designated hitter Victor Martinez.
On the Los Crosnistas radio show, Martinez went as far as to say he would not participate in the WBC if Vizquel did not manage the team. Many other players have followed suit, including Mariners starting pitcher Felix Hernandez, Cubs reliever Hector Rondon and Rockies outfielder Gerardo Parra. Other Tigers slated to play for Venezuela in the WBC: First baseman Miguel Cabrera, starter Anibal Sanchez and relievers Francisco Rodriguez and Bruce Rondon.
Vizquel, 49, is entering his fourth season as the Tigers’ first base coach. He is considered one of the best fielding shortstops of all-time, winning 11 Gold Glove Awards. He is a native of Caracas, Venezuela.
Of note: The Tigers weren’t expected to non-tender any of their six arbitration-eligible players: Third baseman Nick Castellanos, shortstop Jose Iglesias, utilityman Andrew Romine, right-handed relievers Bruce Rondon and Alex Wilson, and lefty Justin Wilson. The deadline to non-tender such players is 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 2.
― Andy K, Monday, 5 December 2016 22:06 (seven years ago) link
@beckjasonOmar Vizquel and Carlos Guillen together at WBC media session. They said they’ve ironed out differences.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cy8arfTVQAATriL.jpg
― Andy K, Monday, 5 December 2016 22:09 (seven years ago) link
rumor
http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/this-world-baseball-classic-could-reportedly-be-the-last-one/
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 5 December 2016 22:54 (seven years ago) link