timstwrt
maybe we should just have a baseball discussion and talk briefly about BC-Maryland at the end
percDM
we could talk about bc-maryland
since we actually have a chance to win
which, is ridiculous
timstwrt
but there's not all that much more to say....we could win because they suck too, but a lot of guys are hurt and fire spaz
percDM
yeah, that pretty much sums it up
i was surprised this morning at all the people calling game 6 a great game or even the best game ever
timstwrt
that happens a lot, though....it doesn't really bother me that people fail to distinguish between great and exciting
exciting is great
i don't need to see two teams playing the best game of their lives for it to be great
percDM
but they played terrible, sloppy baseball for like 5 or 6 innings
then it got awesome
timstwrt
but then it got super mega awesome
i hate everyone involved in it, but this morning i heard a replay of buck's call of the freese home run and got chills
percDM
yeah, that was really cool
timstwrt
do you start carpenter and have jackson ready to go or vice versa
i think i start jackson
percDM
i'd start carpenter
is the only reason not to start him his one bad start on three days rest?
timstwrt
in the only game he's ever started on three days rest in his career
percDM
i know
and he has had bad starts on longer stretches of rest
i think carpenter is your guy
what, he gave up 4 runs in 4 innings?
that's bad, but it's not the worst start ever
timstwrt
i guess that, w/r/t carpenter, you let him go through his normal pre-start routine since he's on shorter rest, and hope jackson can adjust when he inevitably comes into a 0-0 game with one runner on and two outs in the second
percDM
haha
you know, i'd love to manage a bullpen for a week
it'd probably be harder than i think
timstwrt
maybe harder than you think, certainly easier than larussa makes it look
percDM
yeah, i think it'd take some time to get used to
like, i feel like i make great decisions while watching the game
but that's always with little consideration of their workload prior to the previous day or two
theriot is leading off today
timstwrt
HAHAHAHAHAHA
that made my day
man, that tony larussa's just a baseball genius who sees all the angles
actually
maybe he is
theriot sucks at getting on base. if there's no one on base in front of pujols, it increases the likelihood of the rangers having to pitch to him
percDM
but if there is somebody on first, they'll pitch to him
timstwrt
maybe larussa's setting up a game plan where the cardinals win 4-3 on four pujols solo homers, while theriot goes 0-4 with four groundouts to the right side and wins MVP
percDM
hahah
bulster olney just described theriot as a more offensively oriented 2bman
i mean, i guess, if offensively minded puts you between darwin barney and aaron hill in ops
timstwrt
if you had to describe him as one or the other, i suppose he's more offensively oriented than defensive oriented
i consider him more utility oriented
percDM
this has got to be stressful
tony should kick back and have a few drinks before heading to the ballpark
timstwrt
maybe a tumbler of red wine
percDM
i guess the best thing to say about the maryland-bc game is that it could be exciting
timstwrt
exciting in the way that the first six innings last night were exciting
percDM
exactly...two broken programs looking to eek out another win on the season
timstwrt
what monumental gaffe might we see next?
i have a sneaking suspicion that edsall is one of two guys on our schedule that spaz can straight-up outcoach
percDM
the other?
timstwrt
TOB, not because he's a terrible coach necessarily but because spaz knows him so well
percDM
i'm scared spaz will find a new ultra-conservative way to blow the game
timstwrt
edsall seems really into talking about uniform combinations, which is not something i can imagine, say, bear bryant getting into
percDM
he is the only coach as likelyas spaz to describe the season as having the potential to get ugly
at least spaz was talking about the actual game of football
timstwrt
yeah, edsall's talking about mustard yellow pants with maryland red piping
percDM
are we really entertaining the idea of a bc victory?
timstwrt
i dare say i expect us to win this game
and then i remember that momah, harris, ramsey, KPL...are all out
but i still predict victory
because, why not?
percDM
so, you think we will hold maryland to 18 or less?
timstwrt
i've got BC 19.9997-Maryland 17
percDM
actually, against my better judgment, i also think it will be 19-17
timstwrt
what would you take: combined pitching changes tonight or maryland points tomorrow?
percDM
definitely pitching changes
how many arms does larussa have tonight
timstwrt
i heard him talking about how he still had some options left in the 11th last night....he was talking about the possibility of pitchers playing the outfield like a soldier talking about the beautiful foreign woman who got away
so i assume that at some point you'll see a battery of ryan theriot and charles lindbergh tonight
percDM
that'd be quite the conclusion to the world series
just a bunch of scrappers out there
scrapping
timstwrt
prediction there? i've got rangers 5-1
percDM
also rangers, but 4-2...and with no good reason for it
timstwrt
the theme of these conversations
go eagles, but more go rangers. please.
percDM
yeah, bring a little happiness to the weekend
timstwrt
and misery to tony larussa's liver
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