This probably says something about me, but clear the bases is the most fun I can recall having.

I like how affirming it is. I left it up to get the link, and then played a game without realizing I'd had the timer going the whole time. So it took me 29 minutes to Clear the Bases, but I didn't feel judged at all!

If you send this game to the Twins, make sure to rename it to "Clear the bases without GIDP"

That being said, this game is almost as fun as the one where the polar bear hits penguins across the snow, or the one where you walk the drunk guy... Even better than my Cracker Jacks prize last night. And thats sayin alot.

AHHHH! that just brought back a memory of last nights game, and i now have a severe headache... well, back to Clear the Bases!

Clear the bases may be the greatest game since the russians introduced america to tetris!

Have faith Batgirl! Radke will have the first inning under control tonight!

Tinger wrote: If you send this game to the Twins, make sure to rename it to "Clear the bases without GIDP"
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BWHAHAHAH

btw.. I did it in 1:05. woo

That was fun!

Survived another night with Bitch Sox fans. Unfortunately, the game isnt on TV here again, and if Gameday is on the fritz, I'm relying on y'all to keep me posted.

Ryan-
Keep trying GameDay...even when it goes on the fritz, it usually comes back eventually...

Clear the Bases is way more fun than any game on the web has a right to be. Thank you!

Beth

It IS on TV here! I'm thrilled! I would still have Dick and Bert than the Hawk and DJ

I would *rather" have Dick and Bert. Euphoria messes with syntax and typing skills

I can't catch much of the game tonight, but Clear the Bases really is a great game. 1:26 on my first try.

The homework I have to do during the game tonight: find positive images of alternative educational paradigms in the lyrics of Kanye West's College Dropout album.

I love this school. Still, I'd rather watch the Twins take back their share of the division lead.

AT- dude, thats deep. No wonder its so Damned expensive to go there.

WHOOHOO! start up the hit parade right away, good job Stew!

come on j.b...

US Bitchular (can we call it The Bitch?) is totally empty tonight.

Good to see the Twins are in the form they were last night, with the early DP

The announcers (stupid bitchsox announcers, that is) are talking about how the twins "always find a way to turn it around". They were talking about how every few years we bring up a top prospect. What the hell, where have they been? we're bringing up a couple EVERY year. They should pay more attention.

On a side note, i've been on shift for 6 hours tonight, and i've killed 61 Mosquitoes! The most i've killed before tonight is 12 in a night. I've been picturing little Carl Everette's flying around tonight, its paying off

STUPID STUPID STUPID DOUBLE PLAY! NO! GO HOME! BAD DOUBLE PLAY!

I was feeling sorry for myself 'cause I have to go back in to work in an hour so I'll miss most of the game except what little I can catch between confering with coworkers and Gordo's digressions, but then that DP happened and I felt better about the whole thing. Yep.

how about a little birthday home run action? birthday base hit action? just an all around birthday bitch-sox kicking fest? I'm game for whatever, Mr. Chairman, i'm sure you won't dissappoint.

I've switched my "little Carl Everettes" over to "little twins that hit into double plays" and i'm up to 65 now. make that 66. 67.

Oh, for cute. The Royals beat the Indians...

according to the on-screen graphics, radke just threw a 102 mph fastball!

Tinger - just like home with the bugs, eh?

Bradke giving up a leadoff hit: is that just like home too? Mosquitos and leadoff hits? Home sucks.

And another hit?

Dear Crazy Carl,

You're crazy, right? find a way to hit into a triple play. Now THAT'd be crazy.

well, i can't say that i don't like the effort of the defense... At least they're trying for the High Moral Ground.

HUNTER!!!!!!!!!!

Just like in my Franchise on MVP Baseball 2004

Torri guns out a man trying to take home base

WTG TORRRRIIIIII!

That was SWEET

Podsednik tried to run on Torii? Who's crazy now? YEAH.

@#*&@#!!!! That was AWESOME!!! Nice toss Sweetcheeks! Way to be heads up Chairman! Thats that birthday Bitchsox kicking i'm talkin about!

Habemus defense.

How did Iguchi get to third already? What's going on?

WOW! What a throw by Hunter! What a block by Mauer! What a catch by Jones!

Where's the real Bradke? Singles and a wild freakin' pitch?!?!

That is PRECISELY why I love the Twins. =)

HOLY CRAP! this is going to be a fun defensive game to watch judging by that first inning. Even on the plays we DIDN'T get them out, we made it look good.

Now, if only that would translate over to the bats...

Yeah, i guess thats why Bradke is still our number 1 guy in the rotation. Even when his other non-brad radke impoter dude shows up, we still get outs.

Good God... some guys can just magically hit ML pitching... I think Tiffee's one of those guys.

To paraphrase the aforementioned Mr. West, that right there could drive a sane man bizzerk... not to worry y'all, the Twins is back to wizzerk.

kw, excellent work with the subject of my homework. I need to mimic that later.

Jacque Jones: don't swing at that crap.

Ha! So much for all those throws to first. Steal, Torii, steal!

My computer got commondered (sp?) for some official crap, they made me turn off the twins. Bastards, What did i miss?

Torii getting a monster jump and stealing 2nd. =)

Ouch!!!!!!!!! Lew

I guess maybe i should let them make me turn off the twins more often, this is looking good!COME ON LEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!

Lew! you ok, buddy?

Cuddy: way to not swing at the first pitch.

OK, now this is where you DON'T HIT INTO A DOUBLE PLAY!!! LEADERSHIP, MIKEY! LEADERSHIP!!!!!!

Mikey, that was not any way to represent. shame.

Will Nicky swing in this at-bat? It's always a good question.

Are the Twins trying to set a record for LOB this year?

Come on little Nicky, pick up JJ and Cuddy! 3:45 and cleared the bases. Nick can do it in 30 seconds.

Cuddyer, if you're gonna swing, make sure you're gonna swing, and make sure every part of your body knows your gonna swing. And DAMMIT! don't NOT swing at good pitches. Thats not leadership.

Deju vu! Why can't we knock in runs with the bases loaded!?

I'm in here late and see the Whox didn't score in the first inning. Is that a mistake?

Time for little Nicky Punto to show his quality...

walk little nicky, walk...

See Brad, I do have a poker face!! I didn't make a move during that at bat!

what the hell was torii doing out there at second? he must be toying with them... all falling all over and stuff...

Okay, see guys, THIS is the kind of at-bat you have with bases loaded! You do not let the pitcher off lightly!

Boy, they sure like this whole suspense thing, huh?

Shazbutt

Hernandez thrw a lot of pitches.

These guys are putting my psychiatrist's kids through college.

words cannot describe my feelings right now. Think of upset. Multiply that by about a million, and from there, use your imagination...

This reminds me of the teams from the late nineties.

The noise I just made scared all the squirrels out of the tree outside my window. GRRRRR...

A lack of a hitter(s) who can consistantly do what it takes to knock in runs will kill this team. This LOB thing is pathetic!

The Twins must be trying to get into the record book for the most men left on base in a two-game series.

I didn't just see the Twins leave the bases loaded again tonight, did I? Because, well, I'm starting to think I'm seeing players on base that aren't there. There's no way we could have the bases loaded with no runs scoring this often. I'm definitely seeing things.

Conti threw alot of pitches last night, look where that got us...

Wow, we should just stop loading the bases. Maybe our youngsters get nervous...

He gone! :)

I'm gonna go play clear the bases, someone come knock on my tombstone when we get a hit with the bases loaded...

at least our defense is still sharp... so we got that goin for us

If that weren't A.J., i'd be upset about that base hit, but i still have that soft spot in my heart for the guy

Sure as hell not for joe crede though...

People, I'm out. Tell Bradke to stop giving up two hits per inning, and tell the rest to lose the ass-bats with the bases loaded.

Damn, there went the relaxing half of the inning... now for the half where we all pull our hair out again.

I just want to note that I (heart) Sweetcheeks. Loved his throw to home, loved his stolen base, loved him taking great big leads and distracting the pitcher during Punto's at-bat.

I hate that we're leaving so many guys on base. Man.

And now I'm gonna stop watching for a while, maybe that'll help the guys.

Hey,

A wacked article by some Chicago newspaper.

http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/columns/ladewski/x19-lad1.htm

El Duke has one wicked tail on his pitches...

I love watching J.B. bat, he's such a fighter... he's gonna break this slump before too long and when he does, LOOK OUT!

Atta boy joe, way to give it a birthday spanking.... now lets go T.T., keep us rollin here, bring joe home...

El Duque*

And my "home" i mean to home THEN the dugout, not the dugout then behind home...

El Duke, El Duque, however you spell it, Tiffee didn't bring joe home.

Sasha, that article was vicious! Most people I know hate the Twins because they are, well, better than they are, but that was just spiteful. It made me angry...

A summary of the article posted by Sasha:

"My name is Paul Ladewski, and I am a loser. And a tool."

That's all you really need to know.

Leadership would have been diving for that ball...

Whats with the japanese guys that can't not get a hit? maybe the twins should go scout out the island for a second baseman...

Tinger - Having played on a softball team with a Japanese friend, I can assure you that not all guys in the country can hit.

Okay, just got on, and just read the article. My first thought... did the author think his hometeam is the Red Sox? That was some classic whining, there.

He Gone! x2!

That's the kind of DP I like!

Wow, i read the article, or as much of it as i could take, after the tears got to be too much from the laughter, i couldn't concentrate anyway.

What i got from the article: That guy needs to get the sand out of his 'giney.

Alas, I can't get to the article from here at work. From the sound of it, I'm probably better off. Don't want to punch anything out here...

People really need to figure out that they can't steal on Joe. He almost hucked pigskin for Florida, for Christ's sake.

But Torii, wow, he's been ripping the basepaths up so far this year. I think he's going for the award this season. What did he get last year, like 25? He's going to get Posednik-like numbers if he keeps this up.

As stupid as they are, I have to say, the White Sox announcers have been more complimentary of our team and players than I've ever heard them be. Last year they pretty much dismissed everything we did well as luck.

That aside, they're still horrible announcers.

Haplo,

That would be Florida State. Florida is eee-vil...

MK

Dude wrote:
"All we hear about is how the Twins play the game the right way.

Oh, really? Have you seen Hunter and Jones defiantly fling their bats to the ground after they hit home runs? Tell me where the right way says it's OK to show up the other pitcher and team."

is he getting at the right way to win a game is to not do as good as the opposing pitchers?

THAT'S WHY THE BITCHSOX ALWAYS FAIL AT THE END OF THE YEAR! it all makes sense to me now, i'm glad i went back and finished that, after wiping away my tears.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

I sent an e-mail to that Paul Ledewski guy. I basically said he's hating us for the wrong reasons, and that if he wants to hate someone, he should hate his own team's front office for continually getting ripped off and making horrible personell decisions. =)

DP bites us in the butt again... =(

Leadership... leadership.... LeaderSH*T!

Maybe the Twins want to win on solo home runs.

MK, my mistake.

That's it, Cuddyer's gotta go. A first-pitch GIDP? Enough.

I'm trying to be gracious, searching for a silver lining in the last two games. Someone help me find it, please?

What's this "doofus pitch" that Gordo and Dazzle keep talking about?

Jones has swung at 4 balls in 2 abs. Punto should keep Corky company on the bus to Beloit. Stop thinking about how the Chisox will cave, and think about how this team can win a game in October, with Cuddy, and Matty, and Luis,and Sneezy.These are games against their main division competition they are sleep-walking thru.This is a negative phenomenon.

The guy just said Radke threw "the cheese upstairs"

thats funny

Bradke's sittin at 91 strikes in 40 pitches. Damn he's good. Now for the run support!

My bad... thats *41* strikes in 49 pitches

The sky is falling, the sky is falling!!

11 hits and no runs this game. I dont care who you are, thats impressive. And ungodly boring. I'm going to go find a Mike's

Pepper...I'm no expert, so take this as you will, but I think they are refering to the "ephus" pitch...which as far as I can tell, is a really slow curve ball that drops out. I think that is what they call the pitch the White Sox's closer throws...again, I'm not the expert. :)

Thanks!

Chicken Little,

Well said, my friend. Well said.

MK

Pepper:

Its an 'Eephas Pitch' (sp?)

Its a sloooooow pitch. like 50 mph.

Bob Tewksbury used to throw one

Yeah, what James said. Hehe...

I keep trying to stay positive, but with these ass-bats, its not easy.

i'm about thinking its time to give little nicky punto the *punt*-o. Down to the minors. I shouldn't be talking like that, i'm sorry.

Thank you Shannon, for bringing some light to my day.

I have a feeling Shannon is scoring this inning

So who is watching this with the Chicago commentators? Can anyone tell me what a duck snort is? Apparently Stewie just hit one.

How cute.

AJ goes to the mound to discuss how to pitch to Joe.

The irony.

Runner on 3rd... At least Mauer understands the game enough to know he should get a hit here...

Ducksnort: A little chink fly ball that falls in just past the infielders

AKA - Texas-leaguer, dinker-doo

Ryan,

Was that anything like the Unit blowing a pidgeon out of the sky a couple of years ago?

MK

Duck snort.. I think the a ball hit harder than a 'Texas leaguer' but not hard enough to be called a solid base hit

Bert calls them "duck farts."

Duck Snort: I think thats when you change the channel at the right time in the Aflac Advertisement... and it makes the ball falls in behind second base apparently...

8(

Bert calls them ducquepharts. He says it's French for a ball that falls in just over the infielders.

Can i hear it for a 3-run homer? That was exciting in cleveland, it would be TWICE as exciting here! COME ON TIFFEE!!!

Man those pitches are 6 inches outside... can't believe they're giving El Duque that much of the plate.

Dammit. Dammit. Dammit.

>:(

Dammit.

Cuddyer has the highest avg. of all current Twins come playoff time. That's leadership right ther.

I'm a *little* worried about leaving all those guys on the basepaths, but not too much. All teams go through stretches like this.

I'm more worried about wasting this great outing by Brad.

That soft spot i was talking about for A.J.:
Its getting smaller and smaller.

Oh, man, you guys are getting your White Sox opinions from the Southtown? No wonder you hate us. I think the only Sox columns in the Southtown I've ever read are the ones that get linked here. Brrr.

And now this Bitch Sox fan goes back to lurking again.

Bout darn time a run scored

With our "offense," that could be the game.

Hey I cleared the bases in 2.01 - pretty good for a chick with a bad memory!!

Ugh - poor Brad - now Torii misplays the ball!
Goodness!!

Much Love
Wonder Woman

See now that's HORRIBLE umpiring. Brad's pitch is 1 inch off the black and it's a ball, but El Duque gets 8 inches on that outside corner.

Now i'm just really pissed off.

And i still hate Joe Crede. Just more than before. No, really, I'm serious. It may seem tough, but it just happened. My hatred grew for him like the Grinch's heart grew on Christmas.

C'mon Scooter Pod

Is this guy Ledewski a White Sox fan? I love it when other people in our division dismiss the achievement of winning the division. Guess it would just be so easy they can't be bothered to do it. They could any time, you understand, they just don't feel like doing it right now.

Whats with the white sox missing the plate all night?
And what was with that throw? damn. Looked like me playing softball...

Too bad we keep blowing these great outings by our pitchers...

"Scooter Pod?"

Yikes. Not a good throw. =(

Count me among those who think Lew should be playing left every day with Shannon as the DH.

here is to back-to back-to back-to back - to one of el dookie's head - to back homeruns

Yeah, apparently those crazy Milwaulkee natives used to call Podsednik that when he was on the Brew Crew.... haven't really thought of anything better yet

Way to go, Boyfriend O'Mine.

ROFL!!! Jacque tatooed that eephus pitch. That was awesome.

The Sox commentators keep talking about the ball catching the jet stream. I'm a meteorologist, so perhaps nobody finds that as hilarious as me

Ah man, now here you guys come.... this game is destined for extras

Another chance for a key hit.

Time for redemption, Cuddy! C'mon!

Woo, bases loaded, the time is ripe for a GIDP! I kid, of course. Except not. *sob*

That's the way to hit the ball! now lets not blow this one...

come on, i know you guys have it in you... somewhere...

Unbelievable! Bases loaded again?

Oh ____.

Crap, bases loaded AGAIN.

OHHHH NOOOOO Bases loaded with Nick Punto up again!!!!

Patience, Nicky... patience....

Instant poll. Bases are drunk. Good news or bad news?

What's up everyone? Hey Tinger, Hey AT - time for LNP to be a HERO!!!

THAT'S leadership. Good job Cuddy! now, for our next trick... NOT LEAVING THE BASES OPEN!!!

How many Bitch Sox coaches does it take to figure out how to pitch to little Nicky Punto with the bases loaded?

=0P

*whining* Please score.

LNP, you are to be eaten, NOW. We were hoping to spare you until at least the eighth.

Ok Shannon, be the ball!

Crap.. one... .more..... chance...

CRAP

Rat Farts!!!!!!
- Bishop Pickering, "Caddyshack"

LOB's are not cool...

Boy, we sure know how to "play the game right" It's especially heartwarming to see them play this way behind Brad, who has given them like 10 years of his life, in exchange for a total of 65 runs during his entire career.Cuddyer's "team leading playoff average" includes 1 extra base hit in 32 abs, and 4 rbi in 10 games. Why does Gardy let Punko hit w/bases loaded again? Fuckit!

Is this really happening? Perhaps the Sox are channeling the spirit of the Jackal.

Someone get Cuddyer a chair to kick after the game please.

Thanks,

The Canadian

Anyone who DIDN'T see that coming?

Farts!!! Double Farts!!! - Spaulding, Caddyshack

I'm glad to see the boys watched my new hitting DVD.

I am, to say the least, nonplussed.

Easy Al, this is a family site...

Is anyone else surprised that this is transpiring during Bradke's start? Poor Brad...

We've left 10 men on base -
Awwww Crap - Damn that Paul Konerko -

I'm just gonna go outside and piss down my leg, just to try to get the feeling that the twins seem to live by.

*shaking head*

Hi all, just got on to the thread tonight. Can I just say that the Twins are driving me NUTS?!

> =)

That guy was totally safe at second. Haha, bitches!

Nice catch, Torii. =)

I think the umps gave us that because he feels bad for us

Torii for BOD!

Whew! Thank you, Mr. Venusflytraphead.

Radke has got to be done.

The rally cap is on.

Mine's on, too.

Not really the start to the rally I had in mind... ;)

Torii please make the boo birds feel like crap.

C'mon Twins, stop playing like ass-crap!

Rally cap.

Does anybody else think that when Dr. Morneau comes back we should move Cuddy to 2nd and play Tiffee every day at 3rd??? We can send Punto down instead of Tiffee (not just based on tonight's game)

I'm putting on an underwear hat. There's some meaning in it somewhere:

1. Beat the pants of the sox.
2. Stop playing like ass-crap, because now I'm wearing an underwear hat.
3. Jacque Jones likes the underwear hat.

I meant "off the sox" but I guess "of" works, too.

Sacky...that...was...awesome.

Well...uhhh...hmmmm.

Is this really happening? Are we really sucking this bad? This makes my life very uncomfortable

I swear I'd seen this game before.

Mental note: Lew does not like the underwear hat. I would have thought otherwise.

@#$! underwear hat.

Let's look on the brightside. Tomorrow, Johan will be on the mound, he'll pitch 7 innings giving up 1 run, and as such, the Twins will give him 9 runs of run support.

Rally cap is burning.

Thank you for putting it all in perspective, Will. The thought of Johan pitching always brightens my day.

At least there's a chance still. I assume we'll be seeing Shingo "Fishy Fish" Takatsu in the ninth. The only closer I'd rather see in the 9th is Mike MacDougal (who I guess isn't closing for the Royals with Cheese anymore?).

The thought of the Royals staff pitching against us REALLY brightens my day

Shingo is the new Byung-Hyun Kim

Luckily it's Lima who other than pitching the game of his life in the playoffs last year, hasn't done a whole lot except suck.

I'd be nervous if we were facing Greinke or Runelvys Hernandez.

Punto... not so much today.

Alright Shannon!!!!

Love the outcome, but why was Stewie going for an extra base when we're down by 3 with one out?

Anyone remember that LeCroy pinch-hit gland slam in Toronto last year? Yeah... that was awesome.

Well... the shutout's gone, anyway. ;)

C'mon Joe...

SO tempted to put the underwear hat back on.

How the hell does LeCroy come in and knock in a run?????

I hope they put a pinch runner in for LeRoy. He's not exactly in tennis form anymore.

What Matty truly does best is pinch-hit.

For some reason I am allowing myself to get all excited about the possible rally. You would think that I would have learned by now, but anyway I believe the Chairman will deliver.

Okay, maybe we should keep LeRoy.

Eephus is fun to say, but doofus is even more fun to say. I knew what the eephus (sp?)pitch was, but I never heard of it before this year. It doesn't seem to be a pitch used much by other teams. Is that true?

If the chairman GIDP, I am going to rend my garments.

oh good. clothes ok for now.

I haven't seen anyone use the eephus regularly since Pascual Perez... You could almost call Zach Grienke's curveball an eephus it's so slow, but not really...

Dangit. Hope the small village we left on the basepaths is able to find their way home after the game.

Time to start rending.

I can't wait to see the Batgirl recap.

Hernandez has used the Eephus before. I remember seeing it on Baseball Tonight when he was with the Yankees. He struck someone out on it. Next time up to bat, whoever it was launched an Eephus pitch about 450 feet.

[tips cap to Daveman].

See you in August. Let's hope we've lost the ass-bats by then. ;)

i believe we got "Silva'd" tonight ;(

We have to look at 1-4 vs. the Sox until August, what a long wait for pay back. I get queasy thinking about a whole, long hot summer of being 1-4 and not being able to escape it. At least the dome has AC.

I predict that even if we are in first at the appointed time, "they" will not give us any credit until we can beat them. The Sox might be 10 games back and will still claim that it doesn't matter because we're 1-4.

I would like to bitch slap Ozzie for taking out Shingo before Mauer came up.

Anyway, on the bright side...how about all those webgems we had tonight?

Much like the Twins with the bases loaded, the power briefly went out at work, cutting my access. It looks like I didn't miss much. :/

Interesting how Kyle/Lyle, who few consider a top-of-the-rotation starter, gets mercilessly raked over the coals after last night's performance. Then the more highly-regarded Bradke has a similar outing (a couple more innings, four more hits, who knows how many runs saved by some nice defense) and there is hardly a word about it.

Don't misconstrue this as a jab at Brad. For the second night in a row, I put the primary blame on our offensive offense. But I think it does illustrate how hypocritical baseball fans can be.

thats true fran, i dont blame either of these losses on the pitching

hopefully someone will wake the team up. time for torii to be more than the clubhouse leader in the papers

Now for an update:

I went outside and pissed down my leg. Although it was warm at first, nearly enjoyable, the feeling went away in a hurry. About 1.2 seconds of a hurry. DAMN near as fast as we run to the plate with the bases full so we can get out. Overall, i can't understand what is so enjoyable about pissing down your leg. Apparently, the twins seem to enjoy pissing well pitched games down thier legs. Maybe someday i'll understand. At least we have the Royals coming up, that should get us some sort of encouragement...

Jacque got a web gem, but no sign of Torii. I think he's become a victim of his own reputation. Plays like that are now considered routine for him.

Someone tell the Twins that it is ok to continue to hit the ball and get base hits when the bases are loaded.

I think the Twins need to go back to Cleveland to find the good bats again before making the trip back here...

I really like Corey Koskie's comment.

Cuddyer does need a chair. I wish I didn't like him so much, because he's extremely frustrating.