141 thoughts on “2011 *DS Games 2 (and a 1)”

1. I'm finding myself far more interested in the NL games, for some reason.

2. More like DS Games 1, and a 2.

   1. Half baked.

   2. Games 1, and a 2.

      Sounds right. Lawrence Welk was always on Saturdays.

3. I'm switching over to baseball after this IU game in which they are oddly competitive.

   1. Of course, now Penn State gets a TD. Over to baseball.

      1. IU gets a TD back to make it 16-10 with about 2 minutes left. A stop and a drive could win them this game.

         1. Of course, on the other side of that coin, no stop could lose them the game.

            1. Sorry, I get really defeatist when Viking's gamedays draw near.

            2. You gotta stay positive

               1. Man, IU stuck in there a lot more than I expected

4. So, so tired of this song.

   1. Holy crap, I think I just heard what you're talking about. I've never been less fired up in my life.

5. Its like, low 50's and ridiculously sunny right now. Its shameful that the roof is closed.

6. We cancelled our cable package two months ago and haven't missed it a bit. If the Twins were in the playoffs I'd be a little cheesed that I can't watch them without getting the Postseason.TV package, but listening to the Brewers game on the radio means listening to Uecker, so that's all gravy.

   I wouldn't mind being able to watch the Badgers football game at home tonight, however. Lord knows I'm not going anywhere west of where I live (as far east in Madison as you can get and still have a Madison address).

   1. I've taken to calling today Cornhuskaggedon. Fortunately for me, there's a place in Janesville that sells homebrew stuff so I didn't have to go near Camp Randall to get bottle caps.

      1. Cornhuskaggedon fits perfectly. A friend of mine who lives on the west side posted something on Facebook last night to the effect that "If you're thinking about driving anywhere near campus or downtown, DO NOT DO IT." We had supper at Dotty Dumpling's Dowery, and on the way out it was clear from the number of Nebraska plates that things were about to get stupid pretty quickly.

         1. Which is amazing, because it gets pretty stupid downtown on gamedays normally. I shudder to imagine today.

            You know, I've never been to Dottie's but have heard the burgers are damn good.

            1. They're not bad - it depends on what you're looking for. Mine last night wasn't all that good, but that was probably my fault. I thought that if the menu had a burger topped with a sauce of Irish cheddar and Belgian ale, then slathered with grilled onions, that it would be served hot. When I got to the middle of the burger the cheese sauce was already cold. I'd ordered first, and ordered my burger medium rare. The last person to order at our table asked for their burger well done. I'll bet anything they made mine right away and it sat until that other burger was finished. If the place had been busy I might have been able to understand, but it was the least busy I've ever seen it on a Friday (we got there early enough to avoid the rush).

               1. That's a shame because a sauce like that sounds frickin delicious. I never have that problem with the black and tan cheddar burger at the Dane. Mmmmmmm, pilsner-laced cheddar sauce.

                  1. Drool.

                     Have you had the 1/2 pounder they serve on a pretzel roll with a 1/3 pound brat patty, brown mustard and stewed red cabbage on top?

                     1. Once, and I finished it in one sitting. Brilliant burger, but I felt terrible afterward.

                        1. That's my memory of it as well. Not that I haven't contemplated recreating it at home.

                           1. At the very least, I'd love to make a pretzel bun and eat it with a brat and that homemade mustard.

                           2. That sounds like a fabulous idea.

         2. My father has long told me stories about a Nebraska-Wisconsin game in the mid-1970s. He and his frat brothers drove from Lincoln to Madison overnight on Friday. They reached Madison around 730am on Saturday morning and went to the Madison house for their fraternity. The Sconnies welcomed them in, and he and his buddies were absolutely revolted by how disgusting the house was. Apparently, the Wisconsin DU's had thrown a huge kegger the previous night and the place was just trashed. Anyway, he and his buddies found somewhere to catch up on some sleep. They woke up around 11am to get ready for the game and were stunned to see that the new pledges had made the house spotless in the span of three hours for all the parents and alumni visiting for the game.

            1. I've never been in a fraternity, so I don't really know, but I've always assumed that's what the new pledges were for.

   2. I think my side is going to get torched in that game tonight.

      1. Unfortunately, I have about as much confidence in T-Magic as I do in T-Jack.

         1. T-Jack has a much better arm, but neither of them should ever be mistaken for any kind of capable quarterback.

7. Just saw Braun's OF assist on Gameday. Bloomquist wasn't even close to being safe.

8. When Weeks turns his head really fast like he just did there as he ranged towards the 2B bag, does he ever poke himself in the eye with his dreads? I used to poke myself in the eye with my hair playing sports all the time when I had longer hair. And that was just loose hair, not dreads, which I assume would be worse.

9. Useless stat I just noticed today: this is the first year under the six-division structure that there have been two new division winners since 2000.

   Still shut out of division titles since 1995: Blue Jays, Royals, Nationals, Marlins, Pirates, Rockies.

   1. And the Marlins have 2 WS titles in that time frame.

      1. The Rockies have three Wild Cards, too, which is #1 in the NL.

10. The roof at Miller Park is closed on a gorgeous autumn day like today? For shame.

    1. Now they're twice shamed.

    2. That is the main reason why ballparks shouldn't have a retractable roof. The team feels it has to use it.

       1. Exactly. Which makes me doubly glad they didn't build one at Target Field. Even when incorporated fairly well, like in Seattle, it's intrusive at best.

       2. You say that, but I still wish the new stadium had one.
          (I mean in the Bronx... rains too much there.)

11. Apparently Justin Upton wasn't watching the Cardinals last week.

    1. OK, I'm curious about what the other Upton did, if you would elaborate.

       1. Head first slide into first on a close play.

          1. Gotcha- that's why Justin is the hustling Upton and B.J. is the lazy one.

             1. And that should have a sarcasm tag on it, in case anyone's snark detector misses it.

       2. Seen their numbers lately? B.J. is the other Upton now.

          1. I had Justin on my team in the half-bakef fantasy league- I was pretty happy with his production. Just for being the younger of the two, he gets stuck with being the other Upton to me.

             Yeah, I do have a younger brother, why do you ask?

             1. Hey, I have five younger siblings, if you count steps. I feel you.

12. It's a fine line between clever and stupid for an MLB.com headline writer.

    1. Heh, if Hallady tosses another no-hitter, the Cards will have found what they're looking for.

    2. Oh, wow. I feel like a headline writer should pass a test asking for the difference between those words.

       There was a great hilarious headline a few days ago where the writer went for a pun based on the player's name, but it didn't work at all in the context of the story. I wish I could remember what it was.

       1. Yeesh, that's awful.

          Also, Kyle Lohse, Game One starter? Pass.

          1. No, it's Kyle Loshe that's the game one starter. Hopefully he's better than Lohse though, because he's not a great choice.

             1. I was so busy giggling at the headline I didn't read the body to notice the two mistakes. I feel like maybe MLB.com should have put the A-team on the playoffs. I guess this writer must have the intangibles, because his tangibles are pretty awful.

       2. On occasion a pun is expertly pulled off, I will applaud it. My favorite is "Super Cally Go Ballistic As Celtic Are Atrocious"

          1. I'm ashamed to say that took me a second to figure out.

          2. That is gorgeous. I'll bet that writer strutted like a peacock for a week afterward.

    3. Spell check only gets you so far.

       1. Mrs. Hayes has a theory about vocabulary and word usage of people who grew up reading vs. people who grew up watching television, which I think she's developed from reading so many emails in the corporate world. I think this is an example of the latter.

    4. "...who host the Kyle Lohse and the Cardinals..."

       Yes, he might be the only man ever with that name, but coupled with the butchering of the title, I think someone needs to go back to grammar school.

13. Alright, Axford's mustache is now just annoying.

    1. It's the 9th already? What time is it? Almost 4? Jeeze, I just have no concept of time today.

       Edit: Oops, forgot a word there.

       1. And its a funky concept.

       2. And another game in five minutes!

          1. I'm looking forward to a near OD'ing on baseball today. The only question is do I feel like a beer after last night.

14. Damn, there goes the no-hitter.

    1. Indeed, and the shutout along with it.

15. Loshe cruised through that inning.

16. My Cardinals/Rays World Series prediction is looking pretty good right now.

17. I may have been too hasty in declaring no no-hitter.

18. I always thought Lohse had the potential to be great. I'm glad he's found a place to be at least very good.
    I'm rooting for him.

    1. Me too. but today has not been his day.

       1. It had been until I typed this.

19. Will this come back to bite the Cards?

    1. Called it

20. This Cards radio play by play guy is drunk, right?

21. I don't care for Ryan Howard.

22. Things are getting interesting in Philly

23. Kyle Loshe isn't looking very impressive.

24. Angel Hernandez is the 3B umpire? Can this be true?

25. Cardinal radio feed comin' at me with the fielding percentage. Oy.

    1. TBS started the inning with WHIP. Defined it, showed the NL leader board.. and that's it.

       1. well, its cable, but not premium cable or PPV. You can't expect much more than a mention of whips.

26. I think it's time to get a pizza in the oven and a beer in the hand.

    1. I'm out of both of those things, but my birthday's in two days and I think I can expect both...

       1. No ovens and no hands? How do you get by?

          1. I rub pizza between my stumps until it's warm. You get used to it after a while.

             1. At least until you get both and then have to drastically change how you do things.

             2. Oh, that is a terrible mental image that you just inflicted on me, spooky.

                1. ONE OF US. ONE OF US.

    2. This sounds delicious, but as I'm at the mercy of a pregnant woman who gets ill at the smell of pizza, I may have to wait until I'm eating alone.

       1. Wait, you're expecting a wee one now too?

          1. yes indeed. She's due in March.

             1. Mazel Tov

                1. Dido.

             2. Atta boy.

       2. Oh man, that's tough. My wife, fortunately, found pizza to be awesome while she was pregnant.

          1. Hamburgers are the default food so far, so I don't have much to complain about.

       3. How about you convince her that it is bruschetta instead?

       4. Congrats!

27. Rays and Rangers starting on TNT now.

28. Holland trying, and failing, to grow a mustache.

29. What the hell has happened to the Rangers' starting pitching? Holland now at 29 pitches in the top of the first, and walked in a run.

30. wait, what? Huskers are on ABC? C-ya.

31. Joyce!

32. All-Star Matt Joyce!

33. Man, it got dark here in a hurry.

    1. I'm here, but modding Werewolf and hanging with the Milkmaid while listening.

       1. Not much to mod at the moment. Stupid people with things to do on a Saturday.

          1. Yeah, it didn't occur to me yesterday that today was Saturday.

       2. I meant physically here in WDM, not the game log

34. Huskers showing Wisconsin how it's done.

    1. A Wisconsin loss would be hilarious for me.

       1. I dunno. The Huskers getting pasted in their first Big 12 10 game is awfully funny.

          1. While that's true, being down here in Madison makes Badger losses funny too.

             1. For some of us in the area, anyway.

          2. zomg, that was ugly. Bo needs to have a serious talking-to with his offensive coordinator. Taylor Martinez is not a passer.

             and Bo needs to have a serious talking-to with his defensive backs. They suck.

             1. Black Shirts Leave Big Red Fans Blue!

             2. Yes, they were doing pretty well on the ground in the first 25 minutes AND keeping the clock moving AND not letting Wisconsin expose their atrocious secondary (Stafford had one of the worst games I've ever seen from a non-Gopher defensive back). So, suddenly they get pass-wacky. Good thinking there, Bo.

                1. Good thinking to throw on the first play of the second half, too. Run. the. damned. ball.

             3. As a gopher fan, I really feel for you.

    2. Just wait till T-Money starts putting it on the ground.

35. Ok, then. The dreaded strike-out-swinging-on-the-wild-pitch-and-a-run-scores. Playoff baseball.

36. and a run on a ground out. I can't believe there was no bunt to key this inning.

37. That a mess of an inning for TB

38. Oh that's right, the goofy game in New York resumed 20 minutes ago.

39. Fister mowing down the Yankees.

40. David Pinto pointed out that if the Rays and Tigers advance, the ALCS could give us a Price-Fister matchup.

    1. I hate to admit it, but I actually thought of that.

       I loved it when Jimmy Gobble and Bob Cluck were in the same division, too.

       1. and of course, there was Perkins/Dennys

          1. That one, funny enough, never did occur to me until someone mentioned it here.

41. Yo!

42. Oh snap, it's happening again!

    1. Alas, Dan Johnson isn't available, though there is an E. Johnson.

43. The ordered list of good plate appearances the Rangers have is interesting. I don't think Dick or Bert would like it, since "productive out" first shows up at #6, out of 8.

    1. That is a tough place for a key at bat of an inning.

44. So... Ayala made the postseason roster after all. No wonder no one picked the Yanks to win. Their starter only goes two innings, but they get 6+ out of their longman, but the second reliever is Ayala? I think Twins fans who remember him won't be surprised if the bullpen opens its doors again.

45. If Betemit gets on, it's officially a save situation.

    1. One batter too early Girardi!
       It's not a save until there's another baserunner!

46. Just for future reference, what is the biggest postseason lead ever given up?

47. Kubel would have hit a GS there.

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