5/16 - 5/22 Game Discussion Thread

[Sandman42]

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This is the weirdest game.

Orioles bring in Mike Gonzalez with 2 men on in the 15th and he promptly gives up a 2 run triple to Robinson Cano. He then beans Chris Dickerson in the helmet and the ump promptly throws him out of the game and making matters worse, the Orioles don't have any relievers left. It definitely wasn't on purpose so I don't know what the ump was doing.

EDIT: Jeremy Guthrie coming in now who was supposed to start tomorrows game. At least they avoided a position player.

EDIT x2: AJ Burnett is now pinch running for Dickerson because the only bench player the Yankees had left was Posada.

EDIT x3: An Oriole baserunner just got hit with a batted ball to record the 2nd to last out of the game.

At least this game is finally over.

[Watson]

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I'm glad we called up this clown to pitch instead of Gearrin.

[Watson]

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[Vince]

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Encarnacion is truly a joke.

[ImTellinTim]

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The Twins have won 2 games in a row! Excuse me while I dance in the streets.

[SPTO]

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Encarnacion is truly a joke.

He's gotta be the worst fielder in the game right now. Last night he played like hot garbage in the field. If Adam Lind was at 1st the Jays probably would've been able to come back and win the game.

Encarnacion has literally cost the Jays a handful of games now.

[BatsareBugs]

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Do the Blue Jays want Chase Headley or James Darnell? Er, actually I don't know if Darnell is any better than Encarnacion on defense.

[bcruise]

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Hey, what are you using the official Cubs fan .gif for?

[ImTellinTim]

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Twins have won 3 straight. This whole rapture on Saturday thing is really gaining some credence. Rene Rivera hit a home run.

[Kobalt]

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That's the 3rd HR for Giambi today. Has all 7RBIs for the Rockies and it's only top of the 5th.

[SPTO]

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Solid win for the Jays and Romero had his 2nd straight solid game on the mound. I thought it was quite touching what Romero and Arencibia did tonight as a kid with cancer that they both met just died recently so they both dedicated this game to them. Arencibia had the kid's initials on his glove and Romero wrote the initials on the back of the mound. Hell, Arencibia even hit a HR tonight!

The Jays had a couple opportunities to blow the game wide open but they were at least able to score enough runs for the win. It looks like Bautista may be heading for a slump as he's taken some ugly ugly swings the last couple nights mostly on low breaking pitches. This is something that'll be worth monitoring for Jays fans.

It looks like Encarnacion is going to be banished from seeing the field again as he was replaced at 1st by Juan Rivera who was a million times better fielding the position.

Next up is Alan Ashby's old team the Astros!

[Other Guy]

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aaaaaaand we officially hit the bottom today......worst record in baseball

[SPTO]

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aaaaaaand we officially hit the bottom today......worst record in baseball

A little off-topic but I see you have the old Astros logo in your avatar. Is there much popularity for the old Astros uniform identity down there in Houston? I always liked those tequila sunrise/rainbow gut uniforms.

[CabreraMVP]

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Cabrera and Boesch go back to back to tie it off of Bard. Bases loaded now, Beosch and Cabrera up. Off of Papelbon.

[Other Guy]

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A little off-topic but I see you have the old Astros logo in your avatar. Is there much popularity for the old Astros uniform identity down there in Houston? I always liked those tequila sunrise/rainbow gut uniforms.

Yeah, they've been popping up a lot within the last 4 or 5 years, especially with the throwback craze growing the way it has. It's funny because there are several different throwbacks the Stros have, but people really only wear these: