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Post by interstateeight on Mar 16, 2011 19:51:39 GMT -8
Way excited to finally have watched Pineda pitch. Not thrilled, but he's young.
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Post by interstateeight on Mar 18, 2011 8:56:27 GMT -8
Got my ticket to Opening Day at the Coliseum. Had a horrible nightmare last night that Felix was injured and wouldn't be starting... yikes.
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Post by know ID yuh on Mar 18, 2011 17:43:44 GMT -8
Got my ticket to Opening Day at the Coliseum. Had a horrible nightmare last night that Felix was injured and wouldn't be starting... yikes. Opening day, you're not joking? So jealous. Are you sure he was injured in your dream, or traded? This post is already filled with subtleties. I'll be sitting at home keeping score for that game, opening day tradition. I meant to share my other stories about historic baseball moments I've witnessed in this thread. Here is one more: A player hitting for the cycle is almost as rare as a pitcher throwing a no hitter. Only four players hit for the cycle last season. September 29th, 2001, Miguel Tejada did it at Safeco Field. I didn't know he was going for the cycle during that at bat, but when he got the fourth hit, I quickly put the pieces together. "He just hit for the cycle!" I don't think anyone in the section I was in knew what a cycle is. I was sitting behind home plate, the only time I've ever sat there. Mariner fans are notorious for knowing very little about the sport, which I've already stated, but the ones sitting behind home plate are the worst of the worst. Rich people sit behind home plate, not the real fans. The fourth hit was a "Grand Salami" by the way. A cycle including a grand slam had only been done five times in baseball history. I don't know if it has happened since. articles.sfgate.com/2001-09-30/sports/17619088_1_eric-chavez-chavez-and-tejada-cycle
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Post by interstateeight on Mar 19, 2011 8:17:51 GMT -8
Not joking. Did it last year, stoked to be returning for a second time.
I'd argue that most of the fans sitting behind the plate in any ballpark are the rich people or their friends who are just super stoked to be on TV. Pay attention during the first several games of the season and see if you agree.
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Post by stamper on Mar 19, 2011 10:06:09 GMT -8
I'd argue that most of the fans sitting behind the plate in any ballpark are the rich people or their friends who are just super stoked to be on TV. i agree with that statement. people will do anything to wave or something ridiculously stupid if a camera is watching. people are stupid. i once 8 rows behind home. they were comp tickets from a guy who knew a guy who had corporate seats there. the dude never even went to the games, he just used the tickets to give to people he wanted to impress. fucking douchebag. i hate people like that. i will say that while it was cool to sit there, and have servers literally bring me hotdogs and beer, the seats were extremely overrated. I don't like watching a game through a net; kinda takes the fun out of the game. I'll gladly take seats along the first base line over seats behind home plate any day.
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Post by stamper on Mar 31, 2011 11:47:11 GMT -8
Braves win on opening day! they're on pace to go 162-0!
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Post by J. Walter Weatherman on Mar 31, 2011 13:21:01 GMT -8
Is anyone watching the Padres/ Cardinals game? If so, follow up question: Does anyone know what the song that plays in that Budweiser commercial is?
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Post by Switch on Mar 31, 2011 13:41:20 GMT -8
If its the one I'm thinking of its: "You! Me! Dancing!" by Los Campesinos
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Post by J. Walter Weatherman on Mar 31, 2011 13:46:40 GMT -8
Yep, you are correct. Thanks a bundle!
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Post by know ID yuh on Apr 1, 2011 12:58:20 GMT -8
When Dallas Braden pitched a perfect game last year, I was in the third inning when my friend texted me that he threw a perfect game. Oops.
So I have a minor plea for those who frequent this thread, more like a heads-up. I am an Oakland A's fan, and watch every game that is televised on the baseball package, which is most of them. I rarely watch the games live, and often don't finish them until the next day. Since I still read this board throughout the day, you'll probably being ruining something for me if you talk about the A's games as they occur. You can still talk about the A's, it's really not a big deal if I find out something before I watch it, I would just rather be surprised more often than not. Yeah, I know, it's my own fault.
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Post by interstateeight on Apr 1, 2011 14:12:12 GMT -8
Very well; I'll dedicate all in-game reactions to a Mariners blog.
HAPPY FELIX DAY!
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Post by wolfhat on Apr 1, 2011 16:00:22 GMT -8
Anyone watching the Jay's home opener? Brutal 1st inning for Minnesota.
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Post by J. Walter Weatherman on Apr 1, 2011 16:45:10 GMT -8
Very well; I'll dedicate all in-game reactions to a Mariners blog. HAPPY FELIX DAY! Where will said blog be?
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Post by know ID yuh on Apr 1, 2011 17:48:12 GMT -8
Just dusted off the old scorebook for my yearly opening day tradition. A's game starts in twenty minutes, Trevor Cahill v. Felix "Yankee" Hernandez. I8 is lucky enough to actually be at the game, so maybe I'll use "I-8" instead of K, whenever anyone strikes out.
Let's see here, the last five games I've kept score of, 4/5/10, 4/6/09, 4/1/08, 4/3/07, and 4/8/06.
No better way to spend a Friday night. I get to miss a Dark Star Orchestra show for this, which isn't all that bad when you think about it.
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Post by J. Walter Weatherman on Apr 1, 2011 20:37:50 GMT -8
How are you feeling about having to write all those E's down for your team, know?
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Post by know ID yuh on Apr 1, 2011 21:20:58 GMT -8
How are you feeling about having to write all those E's down for your team, know? This is the exact reason I posted the comment earlier about not ruining anything for me. If you Mariner fans knew no one here gave a shit about the A's, you wouldn't mention anything about the A's. If you come to this thread to specifically ask my opinion about the A's game I have yet to finish, you just told me to fuck off.
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Post by J. Walter Weatherman on Apr 1, 2011 21:25:16 GMT -8
Oh shit, man, I'm really sorry. I thought you had said you were sitting at home watching with your scorebook on this particular evening! My bad...
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Post by J. Walter Weatherman on Apr 1, 2011 21:27:41 GMT -8
Upon reading back, I don't see how I could've gotten any idea other than that you were watching the game live tonight, which is why I felt ok about posting something tonight. I promise it will not happen again.
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Post by Switch on Apr 1, 2011 22:08:19 GMT -8
It's a long season
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Post by know ID yuh on Apr 1, 2011 22:20:15 GMT -8
Don't worry about it JWW, Friday night, shit gets sidetracked. No big deal.
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