I didn't get the strategy of walking Freese in the 5th. They loaded the bases with the winning runs. And then the next unintentional walk tied the game. Why risk that?
Granted, I don't know much about baseball.
Book: Yes, I'd forgotten you're moonlighting as a criminal mastermind now. Got your next heist planned? Simon: No. But I'm thinking about growing a big black mustache. I'm a traditionalist.
'War Stories'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Cashmere - Oct 28, 2011 6:21:36 pm PDT #3791 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
msbelle - Oct 28, 2011 6:24:41 pm PDT #3792 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
it was a shitty strategy, that's all you need to get.
hate everything x 1000000
Ginger - Oct 28, 2011 6:48:13 pm PDT #3793 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It's true enough that at the end of the season it comes down to the bullpen, she said bitterly.
Freese was hot. I would have walked Freese. It was what happened before and after that got them.
JenP - Oct 28, 2011 6:51:33 pm PDT #3794 of 30001
Well, I just discovered that, as much as I am enjoying watching Mad Men for the first time via Netflix, I don't think I can keep doing it, being a person who only quit smoking two and a half months ago. Jesus. I've spent two weekends in a smoking household and a couple of nights in my old karaoke haunts, where smoke breaks were part of the ritual, and I've been OK. Tempted, sure, but OK.
After a four or five episodes of Mad Men - I just went out and smoked a butt on the porch (ETA: my sister smokes outside; not my cigs). Not to worry, it was pretty much yuck, and I have no intention of doing it again or starting again, but my god!
Good thing I'm not a reformed drinker, too.
Really no worries, I am not normally tempted, and I think less and less about it. I just had to confess my one lapse since I quit. I guess that makes you all my sponsor.
I really am kind of annoyed that I can't watch this show yet.
§ ita § - Oct 28, 2011 6:51:55 pm PDT #3795 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Man, I miss the days of hookers and blow...
DavidS - Oct 28, 2011 7:13:54 pm PDT #3796 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I really am kind of annoyed that I can't watch this show yet.
Yeah, and it really gets better and better from season to season. But they do still smoke a lot.
aurelia - Oct 28, 2011 7:36:45 pm PDT #3797 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Thanks for all the birthday happies! Work was long and far more annoying that it needed to be. I need to shower that place off of me and then have a brownie.
I was giving a Texas boy a ride home from work when the game ended. He was looking at his phone and suddenly shouted, "NOOOOOOO!" Poor kid.
Continued ~ma for Maria & DH and Theodosia's brother.
Tom Scola - Oct 29, 2011 1:37:42 am PDT #3798 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
It's Nolan Ryan's fault. He doesn't understand that other pitchers don't have supernatural stamina like he did: [link]
sarameg - Oct 29, 2011 3:10:06 am PDT #3799 of 30001
So gross out. Rain and crunchy bits pretending to be snow. Driving to the market.
Woke up at 5. Managed another couple hours of dozing on the futon with Pumpkin stuffed under the blanket, MK by my head and Loki coming to drape (and make the 'kin rumble.)
Frankenbuddha - Oct 29, 2011 3:56:37 am PDT #3800 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Dude, it's supposed to snow in the northeast this weekend? Man, that bites.
It already DID! THIS is going to actually accumulate. Ugh. Turns out the worst of it (as in possibly up to 10 inches) is hitting...CT. Made me think of Vortex.