40 thoughts on “September 21, 2013: Bad Timing”

1. since it was a blowout early last night, I was digging around baseball-reference and I think I stumbled upon a nice trivia question.

   Can you name the two active MLB players that played games before the 1994 Strike?

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   Darren Oliver who started in 1993 and Alex Rodriguez who was called up by the Mariners when he was 18

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      I'll go with Darren Oliver because I saw him warming up in the Toronto series and Jason Giambi.

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      I guessed ARod and Jeter.

2. The Runner household remembers when College GameDay first went to Mizzou just a few years ago, so they also thought it was pretty neat to see them camped out in downtown Fargo this morning.

3. Fargo GameDay signs
   look at the upper right corner

   1. Nice.

4. Everton cranked up the pressure to 11 and had about 1,000 touches in West Ham's penalty area without getting a shot, but a minute later Leighton Baines with an absolutely gorgeous set-piece goal. Lukaku looks like a beast.

   1. His second goal was even more amazing. UNREAL.

      1. LUKAKU! The Toffies might be stealing 3 points.

         1. Sure, it's easy to get excited when your team is ”scoring goals” and ”winning games”. Sunderland are beyond awful right now.

            1. I feel you, buddy. At this point I'm reminded of The Onion's "Twins Shocked To Learn You Can Score 2 Runs In Same Play". Just change Twins to Fulham and play to game.

               	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
               18	Fulham	5	1	1	3	3	7	-4	4
               19	Crystal Palace	4	1	0	3	4	6	-2	3
               20	Sunderland	5	0	1	4	3	11	-8	1

               1. Fulham, Crystal Palace, and West Brom have 3 wins among them. All 3 have come against Sunderland. Wheeeeeeeeeee!

                  1. Oh shit, I hadn't realized that part. I say you definitely win this round, sorry to say.

                     1. Here's more fun: The next 6 home matches for the Black Cats (after hosting Arsenal last weekend)

                        Liverpool
                        Man U
                        Newcastle
                        Man City
                        Chelsea
                        Spurs

                        There are some road matches in that time that should be chances for points, but ... ugh.

                        1. Umm.....wow. At least the 2nd half of the season will have a better home schedule?

            2. Fire di Canio and Altidore will go into BEAST MODE. Just watch.

         2. Damnit, I bought Lukaku in the fantasy league thinking he'd have another beastly year, then sold him right before the transfer window closed because he wasn't getting time under Jose. I may have to re-acquire him.

            1. Did you see the goal? He almost decapitated himself smashing the ball and the defender's head. Total BEAST MODE/grown-ass man goal.

               1. Holy crap, that's a helluva neck snap he's got on him.

5. I didn't watch it, but apparently last night Billy Hamilton pinch-ran, stole second, then scored from second on an infield single.

   1. the legend grows...

      1. If Yasiel Puig can get a grindcore band started in his honor, someone can surely write a ballad called "The Legend of Billy Hamilton"

         1. There is a grindcore band named after Yasiel Puig?? I need to hear this.

            1. Puig Destroyer. Their magnum opus "Stop F*****g Bunting" -

               No clock, only outs
               But still you insist on,
               Giving them away
               ... What the f***?
               Play for one (that's all you'll get)
               Stop f*****g bunting

               1. Can we have some twins use that as walk-up music?

                  1. The only player we have that I'd classify as "bad-ass" is Mauer, but I don't think Mauer's badassery is the same type of badassery Puig has. It's more of an understated, Upper Midwest badassery.

                     Edit: Upon thinking a bit more, I think I'd be OK with Sano using it eventually

                     1. Hunter would have qualified. Oh wait, bad-ass...nevermind.

                     2. I get the vibe that Sano will qualify. Apparently, though, Buxton has similar speed to Hamilton but not the aggressiveness.

   2. of his 7 runs scored, 6 have come from the 7th inning on

   3. Link to video of Reds' rally.

      1. Whoa. When he was running from third to home, it honestly looked like the video was running at 1.5x speed.

   4. That was insane. Martin wasn't even in a full crouch and Hamilton still was too fast.

      1. I watched it again. I get a grin every time Hamilton steals. There's no fighting it, I love the dude.

6. so, the Gopher have about 200 yards rushing in the first half
   San Jose St have throw for about 300

   its a slobberknocker at TCF

   1. Gophers pull away in second half again. They've been wearing out their weaker opponents for the most part. Six rushing TDs today, five of them from 1 yard out.

7. Some of you may remember Wendell Kim, third base coach for the Giants, Red Sox, and Cubs. Sadly, he is in the final stages of Alzheimer's at the relatively young age of 61.

   1. Wavin' Wendell? Sorry to hear that news.

8. will they even play a game in Oakland today?

   Susan Slusser ‏@susanslusser
   OK, the coaches' room might be in peril soon. They're asking about sandbags. #Athletics

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   Mike Gallego just walked by me, shaking his head, and said, "It's bad." Kurt Suzuki is yelling sewage coming out of faucets now. #Athletics

9. According to Chris Jaffe, at some point today I will have been alive for 1,000,000,000 seconds.

10. Im not even going to click the link

    Star Tribune Sports ‏@StribSports
    Our @SouhanStrib asks: Is run-first Mitch Leidner "Tundra Tebow?" http://strib.mn/1b34iz2

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