Two two-run dongs! It's been all downhill since that day ...
From the game story:
"Since the All-Star break, Lugo is 14-for-37 (.378) ... Interested suitors will likely have to ante up more than originally thought to procure Lugo's talents for a pennant run ... Only 46 previous times in baseball history had a player hit two home runs in one inning ... Lugo is only the second shortstop in Major League history to accomplish the feat; Boston's Nomar Garciaparra did it against the Rays on July 23, 2002."
What am I missing on the Yankees-Royals linescore? I don't see a palindrome there. Or is it just that both teams scored all their runs in the 9th? That surely must have happened before, no?
Love the car analogies! I wish I knew my models and makes well enough to do a good job figuring out the team as automobiles.
Who's a high-performance hot rod that ends up in the shop a lot? What pitcher is an SUV that keeps running out of gas? Is Wakefield a classic Chevy, or a Cadilac? Which Japanese car is Dice-K?
Jacoby is an IndyCar. So quick around the corners, full of downforce. I'll bet he could sprint on a ceiling without falling down. Light enough so he can get that big leap on the competition...
Of course, he'd also have to be a car Laura would want to drive...
I heart palindromes! (Not so, Boston.)
ReplyDeleteThat Yankees-Royals score is great.
Now you need to find one where BOTH teams' linescores are palindromes.
ReplyDeleteAnd, no, X in the bottom of the 9th doesn't equal a zero.
I was looking at your favorite line score and thinking it wasn't that special. Then I looked at the team names.
ReplyDeleteVery good.
Even if the Yankees didn't lose, I still think it's great.
ReplyDeleteI posted two linescores here two years ago.
And this one.
ReplyDeleteHeh, that MFY game is nuts.
ReplyDeleteCecil Fielder led off the top of the 10th with a homer, then Girardi got on, stole 2nd and CI hit an inside-the-parker.
In regards to this one...look at who the photo's of. And his BA.
ReplyDeleteWTF!
Now you need to find one where BOTH teams' linescores are palindromes.
ReplyDeleteThat seems impossible.
But here's a fictional example:
A: 010 111 010 - 5
B: 002 000 200 - 4
On second thought, it probably has happened.
Two two-run dongs! It's been all downhill since that day ...
ReplyDeleteFrom the game story:
"Since the All-Star break, Lugo is 14-for-37 (.378) ... Interested suitors will likely have to ante up more than originally thought to procure Lugo's talents for a pennant run ... Only 46 previous times in baseball history had a player hit two home runs in one inning ... Lugo is only the second shortstop in Major League history to accomplish the feat; Boston's Nomar Garciaparra did it against the Rays on July 23, 2002."
wow. reading that 2006 thread it was weird seeing craig hansen and kyle snyder on there, and Lester. You think of these guys as 2007 not so much 2006.
ReplyDeleteAnd wow. we got a lemon with lugo. sure it's a sports car but then it stops starting and then the wheels fall the fuck off.
Lowrie is my best friend.
Here's one where they're both palindromes:
ReplyDeleteLAA - 000 000 000
FKR - 100 000 01
Another Manny in the wall sighting. I like these. They are more of a parody on the craziness of the media than that of Manny.
ReplyDeleteWhen you do something quirky might that be, 'going into the wall'?
Here's one where they're both palindromes:
ReplyDeleteLAA - 000 000 000
FKR - 100 000 01
Shutouts have to be disqualified.
Plus the home team is really
100 000 01x
which means: bzzzt!
Sorry.
What am I missing on the Yankees-Royals linescore? I don't see a palindrome there. Or is it just that both teams scored all their runs in the 9th? That surely must have happened before, no?
ReplyDeleteNow you're just making stuff up.
ReplyDeleteIf you prefer, this one's another:
ReplyDeleteMFY - 000 010 000
CLE - 000 000 000
But you've arbitrarily excluded shutouts as less than palindromic, so you wouldn't.
What am I missing on the Yankees-Royals linescore? I don't see a palindrome there.
ReplyDeleteThere's no palindrome there. It's just a cool box score.
MFY - 000 010 000
ReplyDeleteCLE - 000 000 000
But you've arbitrarily excluded shutouts as less than palindromic, so you wouldn't.
This one's cool too!
I am feeling very palindromic today.
ReplyDeleteAnd wow. we got a lemon with lugo. sure it's a sports car but then it stops starting and then the wheels fall the fuck off.
ReplyDeleteIt starts, stalls, starts again, then jets off when it's not supposed to, and crashes.
Now the car is in the shop for repairs, and we have a less quick, but more reliable loaner, that we wanted to keep before we even got it. Weird.
Love the car analogies! I wish I knew my models and makes well enough to do a good job figuring out the team as automobiles.
ReplyDeleteWho's a high-performance hot rod that ends up in the shop a lot? What pitcher is an SUV that keeps running out of gas? Is Wakefield a classic Chevy, or a Cadilac? Which Japanese car is Dice-K?
Jacoby is an IndyCar. So quick around the corners, full of downforce. I'll bet he could sprint on a ceiling without falling down. Light enough so he can get that big leap on the competition...
ReplyDeleteOf course, he'd also have to be a car Laura would want to drive...
Matsuzaka's gotta be some sort of Lexus.
ReplyDeleteTimlin's a 1991 Chevy Suburban with a gun rack.
ReplyDeleteI'd say Timlin is more like a 1951 Chevy pickup with a gun rack....
ReplyDeletePedroia is a souped-up Mini Cooper with a broken muffler.
ReplyDeleteOf course, he'd also have to be a car Laura would want to drive...
ReplyDelete:-)
Not being into cars at all, I wasn't following this thread. But if My Boy is going to be an Indy car, could he pleased not be covered in ads???
or andy's
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