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The Wretched
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I feel like I need to write something about Chipper. So here goes.
Chipper Jones is someone I won't appreciate until he's truly gone (possibly as soon as Friday). I must admit that Chipper has never been my favorite Braves player (when I was younger, Brian Hunter was my favorite player for some reason), but I think I never chose him as my favorite player because he was such a mark of consistency on the team each year that I didn't have to root for him to do well specifically. Chipper just always delivered. I was always so focused on the Braves' new cleanup hitter growing up (McGriff, Galarraga, Sheffield, even Teixeira much later on) that it never really occurred to me until this year how consistent he made the middle of the lineup for his entire career. And with all the focus on the strength of the Braves' pitching staff during the 90s, it's no wonder that Chipper snuck under my radar. It's crazy to think for me now that I've had the opportunity to see one of the greatest third-basemen of all time play for the better part of twenty years (even with the old hometown Macon Braves), all for my favorite team, and that I've somehow under-appreciated him through it all. Gonna miss you, Larry. I'm sure you'll stay with the Braves in some capacity, but the Braves won't be the same without you and Bobby in the dugout. |
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Quark is Less Impressed.
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Play in Games: 10/5
Cardinals @ Braves. 5pm Est Baltimore @ Texas EST. Winners of the AL play the Yankees. Winners of the NL play the Nationals. First two games at Wild Card's Place. |
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I mentioned it over at camdenchat, but I think its funny both ws teams from last year ended up in the wc play in games..
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Quark is Less Impressed.
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Miggy wins the Triple Crown! Bring out the apple juice/grape juice in champagne bottles!
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Quark is Less Impressed.
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I am mistaken. Baltimore travels to play Texas not the other way around. I've edited the post accordingly.
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Some people are taking this Triple Crown thing a little too lightly. Think of all the players that made their debut and retired, and all those who had Hall of Fame careers from 1967 until now. And none of them were able to win a Triple Crown.
Not Pete Rose, not Reggie Jackson, not Dave Winfield, not Mike Schmidt, not Dave Winfield, not Barry Bonds, not Rickey Henderson, not Cal Ripken Jr, not Tony Gwynn, not Ken Griffey Jr, not to mention hundreds of others. This is a big deal, people. Think of all the players we saw debut, the players we saw have great careers, the players we saw either make the HOF and those who had HOF careers and are in waiting. |
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Shelly Martinez = Ratings
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Everyone that's won it since 1901 is in the HOF..so..is he a hall of famer
Hmm.. |
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Of course he is.
Dude's only 29 years old! |
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You know that’s right
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Yeah if he doesn't get hurt or busted for anything then he's a sure fire hall of famer. He started playing when he was 20 so he should have an excellent shot to get to 3,000 hits and 500 homers.
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You know that’s right
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I wish there were some Giants fans on here so that I could talk to them about this upcoming series.
oh well... |
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Formerly Fausto Carmona
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Get your hats ready, Spreme.
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You know that’s right
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I ONLY GOTS 1 HAT
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You know that’s right
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will also be rockin this #sickass shirt to the playoff games:
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Fuck em' this is The War
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You know that’s right
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#OrangeOctober
that's a pretty good one |
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You know that’s right
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If only there was another color associated with October
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You know that’s right
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a color that the Reds could use...
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You know that’s right
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hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Fuck em' this is The War
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Magenta?
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You know that’s right
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#AuburnOctober
hmm no that won't work people will think you're talking about football lol! |
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You know that’s right
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#GingerOctober
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You know that’s right
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nah, that won't work either
people in Cincinnati will think we're talking about Andy Dalton lol! |
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You know that’s right
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dammit, football!
quit stealing our shades of red! |
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#Redtober
After a couple drinks it'll sound good. |
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You know that’s right
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PLAYOFF ROOTING ORDER:
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Fuck em' this is The War
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1. San Francisco Giants 2. Oakland Athletics The Chicago White Sox would have been #3 had they made it. Other than that, it would be cool to see Baltimore or Cincinnati (should they beat SF) have a good run. |
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might want to start earthquake preparation in _the event of another A's /giants ws
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also
#bucktober |
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I'm Mr. White Christmas
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oooh I'm gonna do a playoff rooting order too:
Oakland Athletics Texas Rangers Cincinnati Reds St. Louis Cardinals Washington Nationals Baltimore Orioles Atlanta Braves Detroit Tigers New York Yankees San Francisco Giants |
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I believe in Joe Hendry
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LOL @ Droford thinking "his" O's are gonna win it all
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I believe in Joe Hendry
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I am all for any combination of the following in the World Series
A's or Tigers vs Reds or Nats |
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Quark is Less Impressed.
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I only care if the Yanks get eliminated. Everybody else is fair game with me to win it all. Go everybody except the Skankees!
Also if Droford brings up any stats: the Orioles get put on the want elimination of list. |
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President of Freedonia
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Playoff predictions:
Wild Card Cardinals def. Braves 4-2: Don't really have any other reason for this other than the fact that they're hyping the shit out of the Braves winning like 20 Medlen starts in a row. That's usually a curse. Rangers def. Orioles 7-3: Sorry Droford. The Rangers are pissed the fuck off after choking away the divisional lead, so I think the Texas bats show up in full force. DS: Nationals over Cardinals in 4: Cardinals grab a win in Game 2 at Busch to tie up the series but the Nats then handle their business at home. Reds over Giants in 5: This looks like a fun series. I see it going back and forth with the Reds winning games 1, 3, and 5 to advance. Yankees over Rangers in 4: Rangers come off the momentum from their Wild Card game to win game 1 at home, but then the Yankees take it over from there. Tigers over Athletics in 4: Tigers take advantage of the home field, grabbing 2 wins at Comerica and forcing the A's to need to do another sweep at home to stay alive. A's salvage game 3 but their dream season ends in game 4. CS: Reds over Nationals in 6: Reds bounce back from a first game loss by taking games 2, 3, and 4. They barely avoid clinching the pennant at home and instead have to finish it off in DC in game 6. Yankees over Tigers in 7: The teams split the first two games in NY before the Yanks win games 3 and 4. Tigers win game 5 with their season on the line only to then drop game 6 in the Bronx. WS: Yankees over Reds in 6: Yanks come out of the chutes fast by winning the first 2 in Cincy. Reds take games 3 and 5 in NY to give themselves a chance to close it out at home. Game 6 is a close one but Soriano avoids pulling a Neftali Feliz, finishing it off and giving the Yankees #28. The Yankees winning the WS is one of the few predictions I made before the year starts that's actually still possible, so I'm not about to change it now. They don't have the best pitching in these playoffs, but their pitching is still very solid and I just think they have too many offensive weapons to contain - several of whom have a knack for coming through when it matters most. |
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President of Freedonia
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For simplicity sake I'll say this happens in the Yanks/O's ALDS as well. I think the O's will get a win, but I just can't see the Yankees losing this series.
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Lol the best part of o's/rangers is the game would have happened under the old 1 wild card team format anyway..I think the rangers are going to have a hard time getting up for this game on an emotional level..the fans too..last thing they probably expected a few weeks ago. Texas barely played .500 ball in September (15-14) while the o's went 20-9. The rangers were actually out scored in the month 129-124 whereas the os scored 154-104.
All the pressure is on Texas not to fuck everything up and be out of the playoffs day one..I really have a good feeling about the game, it doesn't seem like anyone outside of the Baltimore area thinks the o's can win which is fine..Buck is even toying with them by not announcing who the starter is til tomorrow... |
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Inno Knows.
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How happy is this man?:
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Inconceivable
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None of these nicknames will ever beat Rocktober.
Shame we will never see it again. |
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