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[Fenix]

SWAG.

Edit: Yeah, shades of Nova from last year: Get buzzed by a pitch, launch go-ahead HR next AB.

 

[snack]

 

[Doytch]

stupid meeting making me miss bombeasta goodness

edit: an obamicon for something canada-related (on canada day, no less)?????

 

[Doytch]

btw, its fucking shameful that this is our first canada day matinee in god knows how long. so many peeps in the stands. stupid bud selig.

 

[eznark]

Not my work.

I almost shit myself when I saw that live. So God damn funny.

 

[Fenix]

btw, its fucking shameful that this is our first canada day matinee in god knows how long. so many peeps in the stands. stupid bud selig.

Jays were at home on Canada Day in 2009, pretty sure it was a day game too.

 

[Doytch]

guess it just feels long....like this day at work on canada day with these americans.

 

[Fenix]

FUCKING DEFENSE JESUS CHRIST

 

[Doytch]

travis snider makes that play

 

[Fenix]

Yes Buck, the Phillies' never-give-up attitude caused Juan Rivera to be a terrible defender.

Pretty sure the defense has cost the Jays at least 4 runs this game.

 

[yankeehater]

God damn Howard is so fucking good. This has been such a crazy game.

 

[Doytch]

^^ its why theyre a winning ball club.

edit: those arrows are meant for fenix if you want to take me seriously, or at yankeehater if you want to take me srsly.

 

[Doytch]

davis, jmac and hill. s'over.

 

[Fenix]

One of the biggest giveaways I've ever seen.

Putrid.

Forget about the Snider CF experiment, call him up an put him in left.

 

[Windu]

blue jays, thanks for nothing.

 

[sf2fanatic]

Well there went the W I needed from Romero

 

[verbum]

blue jays, thanks for nothing.

First Boston, now Toronto. I see why the Yankees just breeze to the playoffs.

 

[RBH]

A few changes for the Home Run Derby announced:

The two most recent champions of the Home Run Derby will be teaming up to take another swing. Prince Fielder and David Ortiz were named the first captains Thursday of their respective league's teams for the 2011 State Farm Home Run Derby, and will take on some added responsibilities in the new-look event.

The Home Run Derby, which will take place on July 11 at Chase Field in Phoenix, will have a new element to it this year. The American League and National League will compete to see who hits more home runs, and Fielder and Ortiz will be tasked with filling out their roster of three additional sluggers.

Ortiz, the reigning champion of the Home Run Derby, has gone deep 68 times in his four appearances in the midseason extravaganza, second only to Ken Griffey Jr.'s total (74). Fielder, meanwhile, was the champion in 2009, and he's hit a total of 26 home runs in his two career Home Run Derby appearances.

While previous versions of the event have played up the AL vs. NL competition, this year will add even more of a team emphasis. Both Fielder and Ortiz will be able to pick any three players from their respective leagues to compete in the Home Run Derby, and they'll also select a charity that will benefit from their homer-hitting exploits.

State Farm and Major League Baseball have both pledged to donate significant amounts of money to charity, and $150,000 will be awarded to the winning captain's chosen cause. The Boys & Girls Club of America will receive $100,000 in the name of the winning captain, and $25,000 will be donated to the charity of the losing captain. The remainder will be donated to the Boys & Girls Club on behalf of State Farm and MLB.

State Farm and MLB will combine to donate $18,000 for every home run hit with a Gold Ball during the competition and State Farm has also pledged $3,000 to the Boys & Girls Club of America for every non-Gold homer.

The format to decide the Home Run Derby champion will be unchanged, but the total number of home runs hit by all players in all rounds will be tabulated to determine the winning league, captain and charity.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110630&content_id=21223802&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb

 

[talisayNon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQXAYA2zCqo&feature=player_embedded

omg

 

[LJ11]

HAHAHA

trying to cover it with a sheet of paper...hahahaha

 

[Joe]

that's so weird

 

[RBH]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQXAYA2zCqo&feature=player_embedded

omg

lolololololol

 

[sangreal]

Eric Chavez -- Nick Johnson 2.0

Injuring your back during foot rehab. smh

 

[jakncoke]

Am i missing something, Why he do the fail attempt of covering it up?

 

[eznark]

Am i missing something, Why he do the fail attempt of covering it up?

Fat people don't like when you watch them get fatter.

 

[jakncoke]

Fat people don't like when you watch them get fatter.

lolz

edit: monster jump on that sb for d'arnaud
edit: diaz you moron

 

[The Frankman]

Mets vs. Yankees, Interleague baseball.

1. Jose Reyes SS
2. Justin Turner 3B
3. Carlos Beltran RF
4. Daniel Murphy 1B
5. Angel Pagan CF
6. Jason Bay RF
7. Ronny Paulino C
8. Ruben Tejada 2B


1. Nick Swisher RF
2. Curtis Granderson CF
3. Mark Teixeira 1B
4. Alex Rodriguez 3B
5. Robinson Cano 2B
6. Russell Martin C
7. Andruw Jones LF
8. Eduardo Nunez SS


LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

 

[The Frankman]

Jesus Christ, 1-2 fastball down the middle. Why do you hate your best pitch, Niese?

TC coming to mound telling him to fucking man up and calm down.

 

[sf2fanatic]

Grandy back!!! shook off the bruises

 

[weekend_warrior]

What's up with Nieses' nose? It looks like he got punched in the face.

 

[Y2Kev]

jay ray bay

 

[The Frankman]

Niese is flat as hell, he's not throwing any curves and his cutter/slider isn't moving. All he has is a fastball right now, I don't get why he isn't throwing more curves.

EDIT: Nice job putting the Mets down 3 early, Jon. How about 0 ER the rest of the way?

 

[clemenx]

I don't like this.

 

[talisayNon]

Andrew Jones over Gardner. #retardi

 

[jakncoke]

lol Charlie Morton giving up nearly .400 against lefties this season

 

[Wellington]

Nunez. :|

 

[The Frankman]

I don't like this.

Eh, two young pitchers going at it. Mets have seen Ivan Nova before.

Jose Reyes got Nunez shook.

 

[Y2Kev]

GET. NUNEZ. OFF. THE. TEAM.

 

[clemenx]

Skittles induced error.

 

[The Frankman]

Aww C-Belt missed a good pitch... c'mon Murphy, unleash the power of Honest Abe!

 

[Y2Kev]

sit in shit, nunez

 

[Wellington]

Nice pick out of the dirt by Cano. Awesome.

 

[BigAT]

Robbie! Hell of a play.

 

[MC Safety]

http://blog.nj.com/mets/2011/07/the_mets_can_contend_for_the_w.html

At least the guy has the good sense to waffle a lot.

The Mets can contend! They can also visit the moon. Do I expect they will seriously contend or visit the moon? Haha! Of course not.

The Mets neither can nor will contend for the wild card. If they finish at .500, everyone can consider the season a remarkable success.

 

[The Frankman]

Man Mets missed some good pitches to hit that inning, hopefully not a harbinger of things to come.

EDIT: ... that ball took a true bounce right to him. Awesome?

EDIT 2: Turner doesn't read scouting reports. Why was he playing back?

 

[Wellington]

Oh shit, nice bunt/base hit by Nunez. Fine apology accepted.

 

[The Frankman]

Still not alot of curves being thrown. I hate it when he does the "2nd/3rd Time through the Order thing" with the curve.

There's one!

 

[Y2Kev]

so where is johan?

 

[jakncoke]

aha!

 

[The Frankman]

Mets may have to look to be a bit more aggressive. Nova seems to be throwing alot of 1st pitch fat pitches to get easy strikes because the Mets usually take alot of pitches.