On this Dodgers off-day, the most important other MLB game is Reds @ Giants, 7p first pitch. Edinson Volquez (3-1, 4.98) takes the mound against Matt Cain (9-10, 3.11). Accuscore published in the WSJ today said the Giants should win 6.2 runs to 4; Giants fans are chilling their chardonnay glasses as I write this.
The Giants trail NL Wild Card leader Philadelphia by two games, sharing the second-place WC slot with the Cardinals. The Cards play the Pirates (Lohse vs. Ohlendorf) and the Phillies host the Astros (Blanton vs. Myers), with both games starting at 4p PT, so the Giants will know how their competitors are doing as they take the field.
Let’s go, Reds!
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DeWitt: another HR for the Cubs. He's hitting lead-off today.
Cubs romping
cardinals up on the bucs 7-2
phils losing(!) to the 'stros 3-2 in the eighth
We will rally around Matt Kemp and we will play good baseball!!
*takes a shot.....a double*
I will rally around taking a shot and I will be pleased if it is a double.
ALCOHOL IS THE FUTURE OF THIS ORGANIZATION
The C stands for Clutch Mr. C.
Oh yeah it stands for Customer.
We will rally around a shot and we will forget about Kemp!
Rangers lose the collective no-no.
Edinson Volquez looks good tonight....If you're a Giants hitter. SF up 5-0 in the 1st.
Andres Torres is 0-0 in the first inning with 2 walks.
Ugh....
SSS: I'm in your hood!
You in Conway tonight? What are u doing down here?
Dusty....
Since you're down here, why don't you swing by and buy my house! It will be for sale tomorrow!
If what they say about Arkansas real estate is true, Dusty may have brought enough cash to buy SSS's house with him. . .and still get a combo at Chik-Fil-A. . .just not on Sunday.
Actually in LR tonight. Was in Conway last two nights at my parents' house. Staying with my bro tonight. Sitting on patio in THIS FUCKING HUMIDITY.
STOOPID TORRE. HE MAKE SCHEDULE MAKERS HATE THE DODGERS SO NO GAME TODAY. HE PROBABLY TRY TO PUT MANNY ON WAVERS LIKE STOOPID COLLETTI. WHY HE WANT TO WAVE AT MANNY?
ps- Headed to the Travelers game tomorrow night.Got some kick ass front row seats. For $12. I can still afford SSS's crib with those low prices.
If I'd known you'd be in town, I would've bought you a beer. I haven't been posting lately for whatever reason. When you headin out?
Humidity????? A front moved through today with dryer air. It's gonna be like 70 in the morning. At 2:45 am on Friday it was 81!
@rbnlaw
Great point! It's a 5 yr old 3 bd 2 bth home with all new hardwood and tile. Walk in closets and jacuzzi tub. 1650 sq ft for only $139,900!
Bring your check book Dusty!
Yeah I dropped you a note in another thread a ways back, SSS, but hadn't heard from you any lately. We leave out Wednesday morning.
Admittedly, today was marginally less humid, but still...last night I grilled out and needed several cc's of fluid administered after - it was friggin brutal over a grill.
@Dusty
The new staduim is nice! AA baseball in LR has made a comeup. The long haired beer guy that used to be at Ray Winder is still the beer guy at Dickey Stephens!
COLD BEER HERE FOLKS....COLD BEER
I grilled kabobs and fish on Saturday around 4 pm. Another reason my friends say I have 0 sense!
Suffice it to say there is a huge difference in real estate prices between Conway and Pasadena.
Jeff Brantley makes Charlie Steiner sound like Ernie Harwell. My God is this tool bad!
Maybe a slight difference. I am making an offer soon on about 2,350 sq ft. Brand new 4 bdrm for about $210,000.
Will $210,000 in Pasadena get me a 6 month lease on an apartment?
:)
@SSS
I've been buying beers from that guy since I was 16! Glad he's still around.
Let's put it this way...I've got ~1,050 sq ft 2BD 1.5 BTH that would run you about $425k.
The Natty is imploding, dammit. Bad day for the Party of Lenin all around.
SSS,
$210K will get you 4 bdrms in Santa Ana.
It will also get you free "ventilation" holes in your house courtesy of the local drug cartel.
Both of your places sound nice but humid.
August 23, 2010: The Fall of the Proletariat.
Damn bourgeoisie in SF.
@rbnlaw
Today it was 97 with 69% humidity.
Cooler air on the way. Only gonna
like 94 by the weekend. Time to break out the "long johns"!
Not a fan of cartels. Well I don't know of any but I'm sure I don't like em!
Quick! Protect the Kremlin! We cannot let Lenin die! Or at least die without leaving behind a body to be properly embalmed!
@ Mr C
I would blame Jeff Brantley if I were a Reds fan. He has to be the root of the problem!
MUST CRUSH CAPITALISM. ER. AR.
139k?
I heard that was the total
bar tab at the SOSGfest this year.
@SSS
I think it's safe to assume that's the case.
@ rbnlaw and Mr C
This is why I like this place. It forces me to learn while chatting! You guys are too smart for the Hick on the board. I was forced to google The Fall of the Proletariat.
BTW at least I got the Party of Lenin reference.
:)
@ Paul
That is probably why it was limited seating!
AT&T Park garlic fries are the opiate of the masses.
It was Mr. C ordering the Shipwrecked 1907 Heidsieck that would have put it over the top. Good thing someone talked him into a Jameson in lieu.
SSS,
There's a little more to it. Mr. C is also a fan of Liverpool Football Club, aka, The Reds. They lost today 3-0 to Manchester City (a team loaded with store-bought talent. . .a lot like the Yankees without the dynasty).
So yeah, a bad day for The Reds.
As Marx (Karl, not Groucho) would say, "We need more bread and circuses."
Now for the drive home. Have a great night Dodger Fans.
If I don't talk to you before Wednesday Dusty, safe travels!
Or Dodger Dogs and a winning streak; whatever opiates this mass.
Happy trails, SSS.
@ rbnlaw
I saw a comment about that earlier. The Pool is in trouble right now.I am a fan of a team I'm positive that Mr C hates. I support Chelsea.
{ducks}
What is it with these Arkansas boys and their Chelsea.
*shrugs*
If it's not MU (or Everton, but who cares about Everton these days), I'll allow it. They're playing damn good football.
@SSS
Wait, you're kidding re CHelsea, no? How else could it be that two random SOBs from a small town in north central AR end up liking Dodgers and Chelsea?
Unsure of the sample size in my question.
Cards win
Phils lose
Giants up 7-2 on the Reds. Great.
Small Sample Size left, but what is a Hick?
by the way,tonight I made my good action of the year: I taught some salsa to a middle aged american guy.He obviously doesn't speak any Spanish and his wife had all the rhythm he lacks. She wasn't paying any attention to him :(
He looked at me and shook his head. "What's the problem, sir?""you speak English!""may I help you?""i'm lost and I don't understand"
"Sir, wait a minute! one step sideways (to our left), left),join your feet , then another step sideways.Again,again, now SHAKE IT"
he said he can't I told him it's just practice.Let's see if he has the courage to come back tomorrow
I want a Snarkie who also is a fan of italian soccer.
Neeebs? (who likes soccer every four years) Paul? (i'm under the impression you are italian)
You told him to SHAKE IT, Karina? Hilarious!
*shakes it like a polaroid picture*
@Karina
A hick is a (mildly) derogatory term for people from the country.
Dusty, that was the best word I could come up with. Man doesn't speak any Spanish, I couldn't just tell him to "merequetearse" "moverlo""batirlo" or like our cuban teachers say "ponerle sandunga". He leaned fast the feet movement, he needs to practice on his hips and it's similar to "shake it"
why the Reds are losing to the Giants?
any team but the Giants on the playoffs
DOS EQUIS IS THE FUTURE OF THIS ORGANIZATION!
How the fuck does Aubrey Huff have 22 HRs on the season?
Soccer and comic fans:
http://www.as.com/futbol/fotogaleria/aurrecochea-meta-homenajea-comic-deseo/dasftb/20100823dasdasftb_2/Zes
The Giants score a couple of insurance runs in the 8th, it could be more because there are no outs,Shieholtz on second and Panda at the plate.
BTW Karina I'm still laughing heartily re your DM to me the other night involving "consiguete una novia" and certain Twitterati.
Panda was out at second!!!! WTF?
@Dusty Baker it's a Venezuelan saying but there's like a sequel to that saying but I'm a lady and I can't repeat it :)
Kids, the Giants have just scored three runs and no outs.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Cody Ross on the Giants. Two horrifying flavors, together at last.
@ Mr C
It's the opposite of Reese's peanut butter cups, no?
@Mr C of course the player they didn't really want is going to have a great season.
STOOPID Giants
Always the lady, Karina.
Nonetheless, you can send it to me offline any time and I'd love to hear it. ;-)
I have no point of reference, but I'm pretty sure there's a close equivalent in English. Or at least the kind of English I use.
Asshole's name is Cody. Cody! Lots of hicks are named Cody.
Truth.
@Dusty Baker maybe they won't "consiguete una novia" but at least we could send some of them a Rubik cube, an UNO set and a Nintendo (8 or 64 bit, a Genesis would do,I think)
just because they need another hobby
@Karina
I am a novice when it comes to futbol. I do cheer for the Italian team. Still while I have Italian and Mexican blood I grew up around as Mr. C would say baseball okies.
But I am willing to take on a new sport since this baseball thing ended early.
Oh I know I should cheer for Palmero!! Long live the South!(Italy)
We could send them some Dungeons and Dragons modules and some little lead figures to paint to represent their characters. And some dragons and shit.
This is the only game still going and it's a pants-down-spanking in favor of the bad guys. Why am I still watching?
Palermo you mean?
I believe they have the...er, most effiminate futbol jerseys ever created.
@ Mr C
Exactly...why am I exiled in my brothers house at midnight during a family gathering watching a baseball game featuring my third least favorite team winning big?
*flogs self*
The purple? Way better than Everton's alternate. Or Barças.
Oh yeah them Dusty.
Yeah I saw those things and thought it was a joke.
At one point Palermo had pink polkadots.
@ Dusty
I do support Chelsea and I would say the the Sample Size is very small. I have only been following soocer for about 3 or 4 years. I am an avid fan though. I watch as many EPL matches as they televise here.
And Cody is a popular hick name.
Here is Palermo vs Karina's boys:
http://www.france24.com/en/files/imagecache/aef_ct_wire_image_lightbox/images/afp/photo_1256854333347-1-0.jpg
[sorry too lazy for tiny url]
@Paul Palermo is not a very good team to cheer on.I'd wish I could brainwash you into AC Milan, but it's too northern.
We're on time to start, season starts this weekend! (finally)
Evertons alternate or 3rd shirts are awful. I have no issue going on record with this statement.
Stand up for the champions, SSS!
Hilarious. You should know I have a dog named Frankie after Frank Lampard.
well here's the tiny url
http://tinyurl.com/2d4j5fc
THOSE ARE NOT MY BOYS! if those are my boys Dusty, you brag about the shot heard around the world, worship Bonds and wear your nice Panda hat when it's too sunny outside.You also dig Halloween colors all year long
:_(
ih8 has a masterpiece:
FANS SO STOOPID BECAUSE THEY NO KNOW HOW TO USE FANGRAPHS LIKE ME
I just retweeted that,Dusty. I know what could be their new hobby:lego, since they are so crazy about fangraphs.
I like Karina!
She's on fire!
@Dusty Baker @Mr C I can't and won't say the sequel of that. It's too hmmm, rude.I'm already one of the boys,so I have to draw a line somewhere
Heh...hey Karina, not sure if you are familiar with an American social pattern where to give a friend grief in a good-natured fashion, you refer to something you know your friend doesn't like but refer to it as if they really like it. I was just messing with you in that way. Like if someone said to me "Dusty, I hear where your boy George Bush did such and such...."
Well I can cheer for anyone on this side of the world.
Had to go and peruse a refresher course on Palermo. Those are freaking spectacular.
I mean cause I am on this side of the world safe from relatives.
@Dusty
Let's see if we can keep this going....
Who is your favorite football team?
I am referring to the American Professional brand.
@SSS
Cowboys
@Dusty Baker I know, we do the same here.Just gave you a little bit of you own medicine.
The thought they could be my boys...I can't even form the idea...
@Karina
That's funny that that convention is followed around the world. Or at least in the tow countries we hail from.
@ Dusty
There is a distinct possibility that we are related. I am, in fact, blown away by this. I too rep the Cowboys.
I fear for the safety of SOSG!
Hahahahaha,Paul.
Just a tiny bit of info:
The club has won 18 officially recognized UEFA and FIFA international titles, and remains tied with Boca Juniors as having won the most in the world. Milan has won four world titles,more than any other club in the world, having won the Intercontinental Cup three times and the FIFA Club World Cup once.Milan has won the European Cup/Champions League on seven occasions;only Real Madrid has exceeded this total.The club has also won the European Super Cup a record five times and the Cup Winners' Cup twice.
Domestically, Milan has won 17 league titles, making the club the third most successful in Serie A behind local rivals .....BOOOOOO.... (18 wins) and record-holder Juventus (27 titles).The club has also won the Coppa Italia five times, in addition to five Supercoppa Italiana triumphs.The UEFA Cup (Europa League) remains the only major competition for which the team are eligible to compete that they have never won (Karina's note: NOT YET).
Which reminds me; I guess I AM a calcio fan after all. My third favorite team is whoever's playing Inter.
That's really funny SSS.
All good Arkansas boys love their Cowboys!
BTW stopped by the Houndstooth kiosk in Park Plaza Mall in Little Rock today and snagged a sweet Razorback t-shirt. All red with white letter that just says "Arkansas Baseball" with a small Hog in the middle.
There's something that annoys me from the glorious AC Milan:
when you go to their website acmilan.com, there are a few flags: Spain, Japan, Russia, Brazil,Italy, UK and USA.
If you click on the british flag, you get the news.If you click on the american flag, it takes you to the online store.
Sooo if Buster Onley says Manny will hit the waivers it means he won't right?.
Headed to bed, folks...good to chat with you all tonight despite no Dodgers game. Will try to check in from the Travs game tomorrow night and send a pic.
Unless it's United. Then I just hide in a corner until it's over and hope for an airstrike.
Ususally Buster prefaces everything with "I heard"
so take that for what it's worth...
probably nothing
@Mr C why is you third favorite whoever that plays against those suckers?
@Mr C
Keep Calm and Carry On
@Karina
That's actually pretty funny.
1st - LFC
2nd - Whoever's playing United
3rd - Whoever's playing Inter
@Paul the AC MIlan has an american player, who also was in the World Cup's american team, Onyewu Oguchi
That's a lot of cups. Beltre would not approve.
@Mr C they suck, no matter what
@Paul it's OK, you could root for Roma or Juventus and we could have discussions.
Y'all make a shitty sports day much better. Señor Cliente going down for the count, just to wake up and do it all over again tomorrow.
WTF HUGE OFFDAY THREAD?!
From Arkansas real estate prices to football to football (the other kind).
Gotta love this worldly bunch of SoSG readers!
What a strange occurance. I would have guessed the over/under on posts tonight would have been 30.
Wow, latimes.com just crashed, as I was reading the McCourt valentine puff piece for tomorrow's paper.
Coincidence?!?!
Is latimes.com running on the blogger platform?
There was good conversation going on in here. Too bad I missed it.
Damn You Lifetime Channel!
That Lifetime Channel comment had me chuckling.
Geez. I signed off the thread way too early last night.
SSS a Blue man? Figures.
If I have to watch Italian football, I'll back AC. Inter is too much like the Yankmees to like.
Roma all the way.
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