SageAgainstTheMachine

Fair enough. I'm a big believer in OPS, but like most stats you need more than a small handful of games to determine anything. Freese's 2011 OPS was .791 and Molina's was .814. Molina has decent power and has done great things in the playoffs during his career. Again, he's no schlub. If someone like Punto or Schumacker was coming up, I'd be more likely to play those odds. So to answer your question, yes, I would have pitched to Freese. My opinion has always been that walking the bases loaded = asking for trouble because the margin of error sinks to nil. And trouble is exactly what the Rangers got. But you know what they say about opinions...

Any youtube vids where we can check your stuff out?

Another great song for rolling down the open highway is Radar Love by Golden Earring.

The intentional walk of Freese to load the bases in the 5th, when Feldman was having trouble finding the plate, that to me was when the game ended. What a stupid, cowardly move. Yadier Molina is no chump.

I feel sorry for the Rangers and their fans for Game 6. They had the Cards up against the ropes twice and couldn't deal that knockout punch. I'm still wondering how that ball got over Nelson Cruz' head with the outfield in a doubles-prevention set. I don't feel sorry one bit for Game 7. They did the cowardly thing in intentionally walking Freese and the 2 runs that followed pretty well ended the game.

Umm, what? If you have a problem with Sweet Home Alabama, you're either tone deaf or take yourself way too seriously. Like Jim said, one of the best cruising songs ever. I put it up there with Running Down a Dream.

That, sir, was no rant. I just don't see the value in mocking somebody who successfully beat such a tough addiction. "This thing we call failure is not falling down. It is staying down."

We're on the same page, Chef. I thought you were taking exception to the potty humor itself, a well that Matt and Trey have have dipped into hundreds of times. I agree that the current episodes lack depth. I still found myself laughing on Wednesday night though. Anything that introduces the concept of Elton John as a beer-swilling frat bro will get a chuckle or two from me.

I take it you've lived your life free of turmoil?

Your pathetic attempts to convince us that you have two thumbs are becoming tiresome.

Holy **** David Freese! Free blow jobs for life in STL for that guy.

Here we go again! This may be the first time I've ever cursed the lack of a DH.

This is unbelievable. Legends are born in these type of games...if only people cared anymore. Gotta love Hamilton and his story. And again, Buck talks as if we just saw a meaningless 6th inning home run in some random game in July.

Holy crap. Feliz just made an awful terrible horrendous pitch and Craig watched it float by. One out to go. David Freese: Half possible centaur. PS. If I never hear Joe Buck call another meaningful game again, it'll be too many.

Why is it that a thread like this can't exist without people pontificating about how it somehow relates to the imaginary breakdown of American society?

Yet another defensive miscue, this time by Andrus.

They've never exactly been "above" doing blow job jokes. I mean, the very first episode of the series was basically just an extended fart joke. I thought last night's episode was pretty good.

Yeah, I lean toward the franchise that has never won a WS. Plus, I love watching the reactions of Ron Washington. Talk about wearing your heart on your sleeve! Nolan Ryan has been pretty entertaining as well. I sorta wanted to see the Cards take this game though, because nothing is greater than a World Series Game 7.

I don't really care who wins, but you'd hate to see a generally awesome World Series end like this with so many errors. But man, that Texas offense just keeps coming, doesn't it?

Did you play Little League? I bet you were the left fielder, because man that came out of nowhere! This rash of out-of-wedlock births...is it happening because Dads are running off en masse to start new lives as drag queens?

I won't try to tell you that, nor will I tell you otherwise. Seeing as I'm not the boy. I will tell you that I see no generalized breakdown of gender identity in America.

Another dirty down-low good-fer-nothing Improper Arm Lifter behind bars. I dare say the streets are safe again!

Wait. I'M a random guy!

Well I'm not familiar with ice hockey opportunities for girls, but I do know that women's hockey at the NCAA and adult amateur/pro levels is continuing to gain traction, so that's good. But that's not the point. The point is a cultural double standard - girls who play with boys show "moxy" and "spunk". Boys who play with girls are labelled faggots. This is a trend perpetuated by adults as well as children. I'm not saying that a private organization, especially one called Girl Scouts, has any obligation to include boys. That's their business. But your stupid sarcastic message about "yay progressives" holds no water. Who the !@#$ cares if a boy wants to be in girl scouts?

So what? We applaud when girls participate in activities traditionally set aside for boys.