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artie_fufkin wrote:
So ... just re-reviewing the bombing Pujols put up yesterday to see if he did what I thought, and someone else here referenced....
He completely Bonds'd that last HR, left the bat in the air, stalked halfway down first base, then began trotting. Made it around third about 6 minutes later, did a high-stepping happy dance on the way to home plate....
I understand the happiness, everyone is extremely relieved to see him playing well, but .... I gotta think he's going to take one is the ribs next time we play the Cubs.I didn't comment because I didn't see the replay until this morning, but it was pretty bush.
I'm just sayin, if Votto did that against us, I'd be writing the Cardinals letters BEGGING them to hit him.
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"I'm just sayin, if Votto did that against us, I'd be writing the Cardinals letters BEGGING them to hit him."
And you wouldn't be wrong.
On a slightly-different-but-similar-subject, has anyone ever seen Joey Votto smile? Maybe he's unhappy because he was named after a baby kangaroo, or maybe it's because he's dumb, or maybe it's because he's Canadian, or maybe it's because he's a dumb Canadian, but playing baseball always looks like it's as tedious and unpleasant for him as shoveling manure.
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Would you enjoy playing baseball in Cincinnati?
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They did invent baseball.... We all playing baseball in Cincinnati, either directly, or by way of proxy through the origin of the game.
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They did invent baseball.... We all playing baseball in Cincinnati, either directly, or by way of proxy through the origin of the game.
Whoa, Alz. The Red Stockings were the first professional team, and only one of the players was born in Ohio. Saying Cincinnati "invented" baseball is like saying Ben Franklin "invented" electricity. It was already there. It just took someone to organize it a little bit better.
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Anyone good with photoshop?
I want an avatar avi file. I want the pitch to Pujols, the hit, the bat in the air, the stare. The ball leaving the stadium, the fireworks, the other team running off the field, cut back to pujols, still freeze framed with the bat in the air, but photoshop the catcher and the ump out. Show pics of people filing out of busch, back to Pujols, still frozen there watching the shot, but empty the seats in the background.
Or... the pitch the swing, the bat in the air, the stare, the happy dance at third, and save this avatar until 8:28:04 PM EDT on Friday 7/29/2011 when he gets drilled in his first at bat against the Cubbies since this happened.
How's that for a rapture prediction?
Either of these avatars would be awesome.
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They did invent baseball.... We all playing baseball in Cincinnati, either directly, or by way of proxy through the origin of the game.
Whoa, Alz. The Red Stockings were the first professional team, and only one of the players was born in Ohio. Saying Cincinnati "invented" baseball is like saying Ben Franklin "invented" electricity. It was already there. It just took someone to organize it a little bit better.
This couldn't be more wrong. Just like Paul Revere was warning the British, Cincinnati invented this game we love so much. And Joey Votto is our savior.
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So ... just re-reviewing the bombing Pujols put up yesterday to see if he did what I thought, and someone else here referenced....
He completely Bonds'd that last HR, left the bat in the air, stalked halfway down first base, then began trotting. Made it around third about 6 minutes later, did a high-stepping happy dance on the way to home plate....
I understand the happiness, everyone is extremely relieved to see him playing well, but .... I gotta think he's going to take one is the ribs next time we play the Cubs.I didn't comment because I didn't see the replay until this morning, but it was pretty bush.
I'm just sayin, if Votto did that against us, I'd be writing the Cardinals letters BEGGING them to hit him.
It was totally plunkworthy, and didn't make me happy. The photo says it all:
"i almost posted and then decided not to, that his admiration of his home run *looked* almost bonds-esque. hopefully he was caught up in the moment and that doesn't become habit.
[still cannot figure out how to make the img commands work:]
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They did invent baseball.... We all playing baseball in Cincinnati, either directly, or by way of proxy through the origin of the game.
Whoa, Alz. The Red Stockings were the first professional team, and only one of the players was born in Ohio. Saying Cincinnati "invented" baseball is like saying Ben Franklin "invented" electricity. It was already there. It just took someone to organize it a little bit better.
This couldn't be more wrong. Just like Paul Revere was warning the British, Cincinnati invented this game we love so much. And Joey Votto is our savior.
Ya know, we should stay with this a bit more and think a bit deeper. Wasn't Paul Revere really warning us of the dangers of Liberalism? Yes he was warning the British, but what was the message? As Artie has so astutely pointed out, he was lecturing them on the NRAs interpretation of our Second Amendment rights . . . .
These Founding Fathers were geniuses, gifted with foresight beyond the ability of people these days. Paul Revere foresaw the dangers of Liberalism, and was warning . . . the WHOLE WORLD . . . back when he made that ride through New Hampshire in the glorious year of 1776. The year America invented freedom!
Now what were we saying about baseball?
