I remember this. And, I still cross my legs every time I read it. It was on this date 5 years ago that, in the 14th inning of the 1-0 Mariners' victory over Chicago, Adrián Beltre, who scores the winning run, is hit below the belt by a ninth-inning ground ball scorched by Alexei Ramirez. The Seattle third baseman, who doesn't wear a protective cup because it makes him feel uncomfortable, will be placed on the disabled list with a torn right testicle, much to the chagrin of his manager.
That was also the day he was told by his wife that she had miscarried their baby. They decided it was best if he stayed with the team. Mike Sweeney said he was watching Beltre wipe away tears the entire game.
Mike Minor had a no-hitter going until the 8th inning. With 2 outs, a Red finally got a hit and scored a run. When Minor was relieved after that, he received a standing ovation from the Reds fans. I'm impressed.
Then, when Justin Upton hit a 2 run homer to go ahead in the 12th inning, the Reds fans gave him an ovation, too.
Cincinnati must be a cool place to hang out.
It's a pretty cool stadium
We were there 3-4 years ago, and I would definitely go back
What would you do if your significant other was a rookie in Major League Baseball (The Angels Matt Shoemaker) and had somehow managed to carry a no-hitter deep into the 7th, only to get all hopes of glory dashed away with a double to left field? Would you throw things? Cry? Steel yourself against emotion and manage a callous "You did your best?" Or would you take to social media, and call the player who broke up your beloved's no-no (The Red Sox Will Middlebrooks) a "butthole." That's what Danielle Shoemaker did, and frankly, we can't blame her one bit. She eventually deleted the tweet, because people on the internet are the worst, but don't let them get you down, Danielle. You can call anyone you want a butthole
people are stupid
if she had called him "asshole" it could mean something
It must really SUCK to carry a no hitter that far only to lose it late in the game. I wouldn't know. I only pitched one year in LL and had a good record but I never even came close to a no hitter.
My son was a good pitcher before he threw his arm out but he never came close, either. Must really suck, though, to blow it late in a game. I would be so angry at MYSELF that I would need to go see my old psychiatrist again. LOL
Remember how Gregory Polanco was going to set the world on fire? Remember seeing guys in your leage pick him up even before he was called up?
I wonder how those guys feel now, both about him and the fates of their fantasy teams?
Now that he has been sent down, after hitting a mean .204 in his last 40 games.
They probably feel about how many feel that have stuck through Tim Lincecum in keeper leagues over the last few years. After teasing us in 5 starts from 6/25 - 7/02 into thinking he had found his old magic, he has fully turned back into the pumpkin that he is now.
I always marvel at how many people fail at California geography. IT'S NOT LIKE THE EAST COAST FOLKS! Where all cities and towns are squashed into a few sqare miles. You can have 3 events like the recent quake in Napa, one south, one central, and one north, and it is very possible that none would impact the other. So, not all earthquakes knock out the whole state, or, even a large part of it. And, most wildfires occur within the hundreds of square miles that there is likely not a person in sight.
Bills defensive lineman Alan Branch was pulled over for DUI after cops found him throwing up outside the driver's side door. He was cut the next day
about how my week end went minus the puking and getting cut.
get flat tire at 11 PM fri night(thank jebus I dont drink but was pretty baked lol) state cop pulls up behind me less than 1 minute later, just sits in car for about 5 minutes... finally comes out and tells me my licence has been suspended since April. This is news to me...still not sure if it's true or not, waiting to hear back from my Bro who is a cop here)
statie called a flat bed wrecker and since I had the $$$ on me they brought it right to my usual parking spot. Still havent fixed the tire lol
could not happen at a worse time, I'm pretty hosed especially if I have to straighten out my license...
Bills defensive lineman Alan Branch was pulled over for DUI after cops found him throwing up outside the driver's side door. He was cut the next day
about how my week end went minus the puking and getting cut.
get flat tire at 11 PM fri night(thank jebus I dont drink but was pretty baked lol) state cop pulls up behind me less than 1 minute later, just sits in car for about 5 minutes... finally comes out and tells me my licence has been suspended since April. This is news to me...still not sure if it's true or not, waiting to hear back from my Bro who is a cop here)
statie called a flat bed wrecker and since I had the $$$ on me they brought it right to my usual parking spot. Still havent fixed the tire lol
could not happen at a worse time, I'm pretty hosed especially if I have to straighten out my license...
and good morning sir lmao
Holy, holy dude. You took a bullet, and probably dodged a second.... I can only hope that the rest of your week offers nothing but smooth sailing.
Sony confirmed an outage of its PlayStation Network due to an outside attempt to "overwhelm" the electronics giant's online service, part of a bizarre tale that includes the flight of Sony Online's president being diverted for security reasons.
In a statement released Sunday, Sony revealed that the company's PlayStation Network and Sony Entertainment Network were hit by "an attempt to overwhelm our network with artificially high traffic." Sony says the company is working to restore PSN service as soon as possible.
"Although this has impacted your ability to access our network and enjoy our services, no personal information has been accessed," says Sony in the statement.
Sony Online Entertainment chief John Smedley confirmed its network was targeted by a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack, an external attempt at clogging servers and making services unavailable to their users.
A group called Lizard Squad claimed credit for the attack through Twitter. They also claimed credit for similar attacks on World of Warcraft developers Blizzard Entertainment and Riot Games, the makers of League of Legends.
The group also sent a tweet from their account to American Airlines saying Smedley's flight from Dallas/Fort Worth to San Diego had explosives on board.
Michelle Mohr, an American Airlines spokeswoman, confirmed that Flight 362 from Dallas/Fort Worth to San Diego was diverted to Phoenix "due to a security-related issue."
She said the plane, a Boeing 757 with 179 passengers and six crew members on board, landed safely at 11:57 a.m. Phoenix time and was "met by authorities" there.
The plane was still in Phoenix, she said, but American Airlines was moving to get the passengers to their destination. "Of course we're going to accommodate our customers and get them to San Diego," she said.
Mohr referred further questions to the Phoenix office of the FBI.
This is not the first time Sony's online network for PlayStation devices has been shut down by outside forces. In 2011, PSN was out for more than a month after hackers compromised the service, exposing personal data and credit card information from 77 million accounts.
At the time, the PSN breach was considered among the biggest ever, according to security experts.
Here is a "did you know" that I myself had no idea of. That being that Joe Carter, hero of the 1993 W.S by hitting a series ending homer, also put together a 30/30 season early in his career. In 1987, he it 32 homers and stole 31 bases while with the Indians.
Whith all of the swag that Derek Jeter has raked in this year, you would think the Yankees would have learned a little in the area of baseball gift giving. As it turns out, and, IMO, not so much. For Paul Konerko, who is also retiring this year, all they got him was a base signed by the team. But, he's not Jeter, so I guess that makes all the difference in the world.....
There was more to this, but, I still have a hard time getting over the fact that, just because the Dodgers were desperate for a closer, that it cost them 15 years of Konerko for 3 years of Jeff Shaw.
Konerko had 6 all-star seasons, has 439 homers and bats lifetime .280. That is pretty good. I liked him during the seasons from 2010-2012. First base was my position so I try to keep up with good first basemen.
I hope that others have better luck with this, and I will assume they will, as I am the ultimate # 1 poster............ in having things for them blocked at work.
"This Websense category is filtered: Personal Network Storage and Backup."
I long ago stopped trying to make sense of most of the reasons that come back to me for said blocking.
Out of LF drunken guess, Reggie Sanders. No homework done at all.
Hey BigD!
He was on my early short list, knowing that he played for a bunch of different teams for 1 year there for a stretch. However, no on Sanders. In fact, after a lot of research now, I am wondering if this is a real and valid question? I was able to find another near miss like Delgado, as I see Rocky Colovito had a 3 year stretch of over 300 r.b.i, but he fell a few short in on of those years.
Puig meet pug. Pug meet Puig.
So, Red Sox fans. How are you summing up this year as a whole pretty much?
Whith all of the swag that Derek Jeter has raked in this year, you would think the Yankees would have learned a little in the area of baseball gift giving. As it turns out, and, IMO, not so much. For Paul Konerko, who is also retiring this year, all they got him was a base signed by the team. But, he's not Jeter, so I guess that makes all the difference in the world.....
