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owlmoose

Oh my god, OMG you guys

Jul 11, 2009 21:44

I saw Dennis Haysbert in a restaurant this afternoon! He was just walking by my table, calm and cool as could be. I didn't say anything, I just sat and stared, unable to take my eyes off of him until he was out of sight, hopefully not too embarrassingly open-mouthed. This is not quite as exciting as it would have been 7 years ago when I was a full- ( Read more... )

mundane, fangirling, television, baseball

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auronlu July 12 2009, 04:59:05 UTC

Aw, wow.

I wish you had made it to the Sanchez game. I caught the last 3 innings when the news fluttered its way across the web, even though I, er, don't usually watch the Giants much.

Still, a win is a win, and makes the game more fun to watch. These days both our teams are mostly playing with a pulse. How 'bout dat Panda guy?

I see the G-men have gained a game on my lads and the twit in the dreads.

*does the little "Who sez it's the NL Worst?" dance*

ETA: Want pictures.
Is hopeless baseball geek. I thought I was going to cut back this season, and I'm still addicted.

owlmoose July 12 2009, 05:05:40 UTC

The Giants did pull it out tonight. It was a close call, 2-1, and our starting pitcher got taken out of the game in the second inning when he was hit by a line drive (nothing broken phew!), but the bullpen did a great job. Woo hoo, now we're a mere 6 games back! ;)

It does seem like it's been 7 games for a long time, though. And it is *very* nice not to be the NL Worst anymore (although the Padres and D-backs are both looking pretty sad).

The bummer thing about the no-hitter is that I didn't even get to see it on TV -- I didn't know it had happened until it was over. I turned on the game in the top of the 4th, after the half-inning ended T said "this is boring, do we have to watch the whole thing", I said "no, that's okay" and we turned it off. Stupid, stupid me.

owlmoose July 12 2009, 05:07:44 UTC

Heh, I see you're trying to distance yourself from everyone's favorite Manny boy. Do you have any idea how glad I am that the rumors that the Giants would sign him turned out to be false? We dodged a bullet on that one.

ETA: And Pablo Sandaval is wonderful. He's probably the player that's been the most fun to watch on this team in a long time. The Giants only runs tonight came on his home run! It's completely ridiculous that he's not an All-Star. Hopefully he will have many more chances.

auronlu July 12 2009, 06:46:07 UTC

Manny drove me nuts even before he turned out to be a cheater ( ... )

Thread 6

When Fandoms Go Wrong... auronlu July 12 2009, 07:13:45 UTC

...I was just idly pondering which players in FFX would map up to real-world baseball players. (It should probably be soccer or basketball, but I know nothing about those sports ( ... )

Re: When Fandoms Go Wrong... owlmoose July 12 2009, 07:30:19 UTC

Except Wakka is far less... I can't think of the right word, since snobby isn't quite right, but that's the sense I'm going for -- than Jeter. (Confession: not a fan of Derek Jeter, now or ever. Maybe it's just the way the national media falls all over themselves to fawn over him, though.)

The image of Milton Bradley in Spira is, indeed, highly amusing. :) More like Garik Ronso than Tidus? I agree that Tidus needs someone more emotional than Lincecum, although I don't know that I would say angsty either. Maybe more like a young Jeff Kent, with the arrogance and the way-up highs and the bottomed-out lows.

I can't think of any other good comparisons, but if you are inspired to keep going, please do. ;) I have so few other online friends I can geek out over baseball with, it's always fun to get the chance, even if you are "the enemy". ;)