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metschick79 — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:29:12 EDT

Mr. Met wanted to show Wally how it's really done. And the bags under Wally's eyes just get creepier and creepier every time I see him. I used to think he was a cute mascot once upon a time.

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yerfatma — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:43:07 EDT

What was with Mr. Met travelling with the team? He followed Wally around like a fat chick with her hot friend at a party one of them was invited to.

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Iron Chef Xenu — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:32:43 EDT

The Pirates not only have the same winning percentage as the Royals, and they've lost 13 in a row, here's their next 8 games: White Sox, Tigers x3, Mets x4. Oof. At least they're bad and somewhat young, as opposed to the bad and old Royals. Not that it'll be much of a consolation when they've lost 21 in a row and need to take one off the Phils to avoid breaking the record losing streak (I believe it's 23).

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shamu the whale — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:15:55 EDT

Unrelated to anything in this post, but I saw the Texas Rangers last night for the first time. Is there a more boring, irrelevant team in baseball? Never very good, never outright horrible, no rivalries, no home city, no personality whatsoever. Also I've never met, seen, or heard from a Rangers fan ever, which is incredible because they're from Texas and those people are usually loud and annoying. It seems like every other team has at least one representative commenter, I even seem to recall someone talking about Tampa Bay.

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metschick79 — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 12:30:40 EDT

Oh, and I forgot, Mr. Met went with the Mets up to Boston, it was nice seeing him totally out-mascot that Wally the Monster the Red Sox have.

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Tyler Durden — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 12:30:38 EDT

You're with me seat-cushion night... sigh.

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Jake Taylor — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:55:39 EDT

actually supermike, i wish they had gone to the studio so I could hear where Golic, Schreth, and Salisbury would rank the Texans water boy depth and see how it ranked with the rest of the NFL...i hope we address this in the offseason...

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metschick79 — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:54:11 EDT

Damn you, Pedro. You just cost me $150. (they're playing the Pirates on Monday, they're playing the Pirates on Monday, they're playing the Pirates on Monday.)

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Mr. Soul — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:53:40 EDT

Mickey Mantle had man muscles. He got a blow job under the right field bleachers by the Yankee bullpen. He had pulled his man muscles and couldn't f-k at the time.

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TJ — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:43:46 EDT

Mauer is tagging the 2005 Miss USA as well (Chelsea Cooley). Tough life for Joe.

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PostmanR — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:38:56 EDT

The real reason Joe Mauer is so freakin' good. http://youtube.com/watch?v=NH2U2PBXc8U&search=joe%20mauer<... He's got a quick swing!

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Biff Pocoroba — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:13:07 EDT

Nice work Drew and BB, you guys have the wit, big time.

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econdave — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:05:26 EDT

I believe it's called a "day/night" double header, not a rain delay. Two separate admissions. (Although there was a rain delay in the night portion.)

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Johnny Blackshoe — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:01:35 EDT

Slickbomb, It's like a nickname, you have to just let it happen.

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Hustler of Culture — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:58:18 EDT

Did anyone actually think Pedro would get boo'd?

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Juancho — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:57:16 EDT

Will Leitch and I had a blender full of Drano daiquiris we were passing back and forth last night. He had a glass after the eighth, but I drained that sucker after the ninth.

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Bill Braskey — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:57:00 EDT

Yes, A-Job is crazy good. But that still doesn't change the fact that he plays for the Yankees, and therefore, is a d-bag. I think 'man muscle' is a synonym for the word 'Mariotti'.

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MDT — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:55:56 EDT

You're a good man, Joe Mauer... thank you for vindicating the unnaturally high spot I drafted you in.

MDT

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supermike — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:55:37 EDT

would you rather they had "gone to commercial"? NO! GO TO COMMERCIAL! HOW CAN THEY DO THIS?!??! I WANT TO SEE THOSE APPLEBEE'S GUYS!!!!

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Big Daddy Drew — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:49:55 EDT

I believe man muscles must have something to do with having the ass, big time.

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Dr. Kenneth Noisewater — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:49:40 EDT

Check out THIS Joe Mauer...man muscles be damned! Travel and Lifestyle magazine? That's the best he could do? http://www.bat-girl.com/archives/001375.php#more

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supermike — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:44:29 EDT

All of A-rod's clutch hits (well, all one of them) come during afternoon weekday games when no one is watching. And: Josh Beckett.

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Red Sox Chick — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:43:54 EDT

Kudos to Slappy for his walk-off homerun. Loved how he tried to copy Papi's helmet toss and just ended up coming across as a much bigger pussy than usual.

Red Sox Chick

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Jake Taylor — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:39:53 EDT

was it really necessary for ESPN to "not go to commercial so you can see how the Sox fans greet their former ace as he returns to the mound" ?

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heyzeus — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:31:34 EDT

Go crazy, folks, go crazy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHZ-TnxcDN4

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SlickBomb — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:30:52 EDT

No A-Rod love for his walk off? WTF?? Keep hatin' America, all A-Rod can is is play. BTW, I think we need to go more into this Torii Hunter quote. "Man Muscles?" This has a chance to become the next Deadspin cliche. I think we should make every effort to make this happen.

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Biff Pocoroba — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:27:47 EDT

"What Joe Mauer's doing is sick. He's 23 years old. What's he going to do when he gets man muscles?" Man Muscles..... Man Muscles..... There is a joke in there somewhere...I just know it.....

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moomacher — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:27:21 EDT

While the AL has pretty much dominated the NL this year in interleague, the Rockies have gone 8-3, after taking 2 of 3 from the LAAAA. Whatever's in that humidor, I want some of it.

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Captain Caveman — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:23:32 EDT

Yankees fans, chill out. A-Rod will get his own post, I'm sure. Mariners are 40-39. WOOT!

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CTYankeeFan — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:22:02 EDT

Doesn't ARod get props for his walkoff home run? It was his first clutch hit, like, ever! He has exorcised the demons!

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Rob Iracane — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:15:13 EDT

The Pirates are actually a mediocre team that's playing way below their potential. The Royals just flat out suck in every way imaginable....except the sweep of the Pirates last week. Royals are #29; Pirates, #30.

Rob Iracane