College World Series Game Six Open Comment Thread
by T Kyle King on Jun 25, 2008 6:27 PM EDT
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PrintWelcome back to your College World Series open comment thread, Bulldog Nation!
The Diamond Dogs won the first game of the College World Series finals but dropped the second outing of the best-of-three series, so Georgia and Fresno State will square off a third time to decide the national championship starting at 7:00 tonight on ESPN.
After four straight record-setting open comment threads, last night’s community chat drew a lower quantity (albeit not a lower quality, mind you) of comments than had the two previous contests, so we’ll call Tuesday an off night for the Classic City Canines and their loyal fans alike and pick up where we left off this evening, sharing the roller-coaster ride together as the Red and Black go for the N.C.A.A. title tonight. Have at it!
Go ‘Dawgs!
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gooooooooooooooooooo
DAWGS!
(the above seems to have been lacking from previous games, and it’s inclusion here certainly can’t hurt our chances)
Won't be on tonight gents
Heading over to a friend’s place to watch the game. This is the same place I watched Saturday’s victory over Stanford so it’s got some good vibes.
Speaking of good vibes: I didn’t even realize it until I got back from class but I’m wearing the same shirt I wore to the UGA GT Regional Elimination game three weeks ago. So, we got THAT going for us.
Give ‘em hell guys and Go Dawgs!!!
Larry Munson: "Whaddya got for us Loran?"
Loran Smith: "Well Larry, I'm down here with Charles Grant...and he just loves boiled peanuts!"
Larry Munson: "Good stuff, Loran"
Educated Superstition
Monday – Wearing hat, air conditioner on full blast, drinking Miller Lite
Last night – No hat, air conditioner off, stone cold sober due to taking care of my son.
In short, tonight I will be freezing my drunk, hat wearing butt off.
That's the spirit!
For my part, I already have the sound on the T.V. turned down so I will not hear one word of the broadcast and, just prior to the first pitch, I will be pulling my white Georgia shirt straight from the dryer and (regardless of whether it is fully dry) putting it on before the game begins.
Go 'Dawgs!
Yes indeed
The sound is muted, and the Creednece is BLASTING. I am recreating the circumstances of Monday’s rally as well as possible.
Did they just admit that UGA is a bit of a Cinderella story?
Holy Toledo!! Somebody did some research!!!
I'm glad to know some of the commentary was pro-Georgia
Just watching it with the sound turned down, it didn’t look like they had any footage of us doing anything well.
Go 'Dawgs!
Why is it they interview our players . . .
. . . but the F.S.U. interview is always with Batesole? Are our guys that much more articulate than theirs? Did Crash Davis not teach them the requisite baseball interview cliches?
Go 'Dawgs!
Oh good!
The NCAA Basketball seeding analogy again. I forgot about that since I only heard it 13 times yesterday.
Does anybody else...
... think it’s funny how they keep talking about the quality of Fresno’s competition in the CWS, yet when they show all the first round picks they’re from teams we had to play?
Detwiler is killing us
How are we letting a .256 hitter who looks like Ray Liotta do this to us.
by ClassicCityDawg on Jun 25, 2008 7:37 PM EDT reply actions
Hopefully
... because that means we’ll end up winning this game.
by ClassicCityDawg on Jun 25, 2008 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions
The love child...
...of Ray Liotta and Kathleen Turner circa 1983 (as someone mentioned the other day)
I've come to the conclusion
that the only thing worse than Mike “Crazy Legs” Patrick is ESPN’s cheeseball selection of music.
I got sick of ESPN's coverage...
a long time ago. I’m listening on the radio
by ClassicCityDawg on Jun 25, 2008 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah...
you find out what happens earlier on the radio. It’s kind of like listening to the football games in that way.
by ClassicCityDawg on Jun 25, 2008 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Now they are telling us that FSU started unranked
Funny how they forgot to mention that they were ranked in two of the three polls. Yeesh.
It would be nice to get some extra base hits
Almost nothing but singles
by ClassicCityDawg on Jun 25, 2008 7:43 PM EDT reply actions
Lyle needs to learn to take a pitch
His average is much higher if he looks at the first one.
by ClassicCityDawg on Jun 25, 2008 7:45 PM EDT reply actions
We're trying to beat them at their own game . . .
. . . and that will never work.
Lewis didn’t need to hack at three pitches while swinging for the fences and all Peisel needed to do was punch a base hit through the gap.
If we keep trying to go yard in every at-bat, we’re going to lose.
Go 'Dawgs!
That was what we needed . . .
. . . a Fresno State 3-2 count that produced an out rather than a baserunner.
Go 'Dawgs!
It would be nice if Moreau would stop working the count full
by ClassicCityDawg on Jun 25, 2008 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions
True . . .
. . . but he’ll throw fewer balls the more confident he becomes that he can get guys out.
Go 'Dawgs!
yeah, but it isn’t good for the ticker
by ClassicCityDawg on Jun 25, 2008 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree...now that they've shown those lovely profile shots.
Now, back to your regularly scheduled game 3 of the CWS.
Welcome, 86Dawg
I hope you’re good luck.
We are this close to breaking through, but we’re not there yet.
Go 'Dawgs!
Been hanging with these guys since the 1st Lipscombe game...
and look how well we did since then!! So I have hope and confidence, despite the score. I didn’t fry out in the sun throughout the regionals and super regionals for nothing! Come on DAWGS!!
Again with the HR cuts!
If they keep pulling their shoulders open, we will see more strikeouts and weak pop flys than I can handle. Somebody needs to calm them down.
Another little known fact about Fresno State
every member of their team is trained to perform circumcisions in underdeveloped nations, such as Borneo, Upper Volta and Auburn.
Who is this Kyle Peterson person?
Couldn’t we get Jesse Palmer or another unqualified UF alum?
I hear Steve Spurrier is available.
Memo to Perno:
Don’t pitch to Detwiler.
Walk him or plunk him, but don’t put it anywhere near the strike zone.
Go 'Dawgs!
they are a damn
one man wrecking crew….jesus
I'm really tempted to do an Orson Swindle - post WLOCP tirade
but I undestand there is an established decorum on this board. Nevertheless, I’m internalizing it right now.
Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Oh and by the way...
... the air conditioning is now set to 60, I have my hat on backwards, and I’m going to the fridge for more Miller Lite.
I need to go all in apparently.
The third strike calls . . .
. . . aren’t cool.
If I were Cerione, I’d react the same way.
Go 'Dawgs!
I just used that comment...
as a teachable moment for my kid… she now understands frustration is handled in a variety of ways!
Not much else I could do!
Had to take a negative and turn it into a positive. She reads lips well and has young ears!
Atta' boy Joey
he’s my old HS teammate by the way
by ClassicCityDawg on Jun 25, 2008 8:26 PM EDT reply actions
well
from what cerione got called out on last night, that was nothing
A triple with one out . . .
. . . can start a rally that produces a big inning.
Obviously, there, it didn’t, but it could, and that’s what we need now.
I remember a game in which the Braves were down 5-0. Ryan Klesko led off with a home run. The Braves lost 5-1. Sometimes, less is more.
At this point, though, I’ll take anything.
Go 'Dawgs!
Lyle
Allen has looked pretty rough tonight on a couple of K’s
We’ll probably see Adam Fuller take over for him before the night is over.
by ClassicCityDawg on Jun 25, 2008 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Nahhhhh.... the umps would NEVER
do such a thing…. ever. They’re all perfect and have 20/20 vision and their heads can rotate a complete 360…
This team needs to be careful
too much emotion on their shoulder, Cerione’s outburst…this will not win any favors with the umps…and you know there will be a moment or two when that might come into play.
We weren’t getting calls last night, or even two nights ago, for that matter.
Blue was squeezing the zone last night, and there have been some horribly missed calls at first, the FSU bobbled ball for the third out comes to mind.
Spark
We’re going to need a spark to get things going. I figured that triple would do it, but were out hitting them by 1, and losing by 3.
What’s it going to take to get the sticks hot?
It sure would help
if we could get that same “cinderella strike zone”
This is maddening
We’re literally inches away from it being a scoreless game, or from Georgia being up 4-3 or 5-3.
It’s a very even game everywhere but on the scoreboard.
Go 'Dawgs!
Another 1-2-3...
and the top of the order is due up. It’s time to get something started.
by ClassicCityDawg on Jun 25, 2008 8:36 PM EDT reply actions
When we go to the pen
we need to stay with lefties. This removes Mendonca from the equation.
And don’t pitch to Kathleen Liotta Rottweiler.
Which lefties do we have in the pen?
McRee is the only one I can think of who would be ready.
by ClassicCityDawg on Jun 25, 2008 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions
This is why I don't mind Cerione's outburst
The rest of the team just looks like they’re emotionally checked out already.
Am I the only one who thinks it looks that way?
Go 'Dawgs!
Agreed
We look like were playing scared and intimidated. We’re not doing ourselves any favors with the sticks, either. We’re leaving runners stranded, and Wilson’s strike zone is about the size of my front door.
I kind of agree
It seems like everyone is just waiting for something good to happen instead of getting on base and making something happen. When they do try to make something happen, they swing for the fences, and that ain’t gonna get it done.
by ClassicCityDawg on Jun 25, 2008 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't mind the outburst
it’s just it was pretty foul and unfortunately seen by my kid. Now, I have to explain some things.
We DO need some emotion because this is about as flat as we have been all year. Moreau certainly deserves better.
As a father myself . . .
. . . I completely agree. (As I said, I have the sound turned down, for the sake of luck, so I didn’t hear it, although the lip-reading was not strenuous.)
He should watch his language, but a flare-up of temper isn’t always the worst thing in the world.
Go 'Dawgs!
Erin kind of mentioned that
She said pregame that our guys generally had a zoned out, thousand yard stare type of thing going on. I figured it was more ESPN narrative bias, but it looks like there was some truth to it. That is not good. At all.
do we know...
what the ump said when he went to the mound?
cookin and smilin
by cookin and smilin on Jun 25, 2008 8:53 PM EDT reply actions
was he...
informing mr weaver that he has a different strike zone depending on which team is batting?
cookin and smilin
by cookin and smilin on Jun 25, 2008 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Comebacks
...We’ve been known to have a few. Lets keep our heads up here, plenty of ball left to play.
okay
we really need to start putting away hitters with two strikes
by ClassicCityDawg on Jun 25, 2008 8:55 PM EDT reply actions
hang on
we are about to…
cookin and smilin
by cookin and smilin on Jun 25, 2008 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah this would be right up there with the “Miracle on Ice.” You didn’t get the memo?
by ClassicCityDawg on Jun 25, 2008 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions
are you kidding me
???
cookin and smilin
by cookin and smilin on Jun 25, 2008 8:57 PM EDT reply actions
It's Detweiler's World (series)
we’re just playing in it…
cookin and smilin
by cookin and smilin on Jun 25, 2008 8:59 PM EDT reply actions
What's the thinking there?
Two men out and two men on and you pitch to Detwiler? How many R.B.I. does a guy have to have before you pitch around him?
I hope the Diamond Dogs prove me wrong, but, in my heart of hearts, boys and girls, I believe that was your ballgame.
Go 'Dawgs!
I haven't felt this way since halftime of the Tennessee game
when you pretty much knew there was no giddy’up in that horse.
Possibly...
...but I got a lot of weird looks when I said we were still going to a BCS Bowl after the Tennessee game. You just never know with UGA. Apparently there is some special scholarship for athletes who are also sadists.
Great...
...now I won’t be able to sleep tonight.
Although Detwiler does come off as a very attractive woman so maybe they could just get married in Omaha.
I have it on good authority
that, despite most major body parts that may or may not be hanging by a single ligament, he does indeed pluck his eyebrows.
Wilson
maybe he’ll go cold, and we can post a big inning.
Maybe.
The left coasters will tell ya'
Fresno State players and fans lack any and all class.
by ClassicCityDawg on Jun 25, 2008 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions
No
If my 20 years as a Georgia fan have taught me anything, it’s that God hates UGA. He loved us in the early 80s, but we lost his favor when we let Erk go. Now he only lets us get this close so he can have the opposition rip our hearts out.
by ClassicCityDawg on Jun 25, 2008 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I disagree
But that’s a topic for another day. It’d take a while. With 20 years as a fan, you just started at a difficult time.
I think he looks just like . . .
. . . Colin Ferrell.
I may or may not have misspelled one or both of that actor’s names, but, honestly, what could it possibly matter?
Go 'Dawgs!
In my defense, I'm just a guy, so . . .
. . . I don’t really know from Colin Farrell (except that I was rooting for Kiefer Sutherland to shoot him in “Phone Booth”).
Go 'Dawgs!
well... i'm NOT a guy so rely on me this time...
he’s NO Collin Farrell… just the shear mention of the name makes my heart palpatate. (grin)
Look again...
no CF eyes… pleaseeeeee don’t ruin it for me and see Fresno state every time I have the chance to gander at dear ole CF!!!!!!!
Truly my bad
I thought the resemblance was uncanny, but, again, I’m a guy.
The last thing in the world I want to do is ruin it for the few ladies who frequent these parts.
Go 'Dawgs!
I'm all about me some Lauren Massanari
She and Erin Andrews are the only part of this worth watching.
I hate it that Perno looks like he’s already consoling the guys in the dugout.
Go 'Dawgs!
I'm just speechless...
this whole thing has rendered me speechless… my friends will tell you that is a nearly impossible thing to do…
If I hear about "What they've Accomplished"
And their lowest seeding. And the cinderalla. This sucks. It really sucks.
All right, guys . . .
. . . let’s make something happen.
Like Fox Mulder, I want to believe.
Go 'Dawgs!
9 outs to get 6 runs
...It’s been done before.
by ClassicCityDawg on Jun 25, 2008 9:15 PM EDT reply actions
I can’t believe they’re even trying to compare FSU to these historic upsets.
by ClassicCityDawg on Jun 25, 2008 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions
The one that irks me is the Miracle on Ice . . .
. . . for two reasons:
1. It happened in 1980. You don’t cite a 1980 reference against the Georgia Bulldogs.
2. In that analogy, we’re the Russians.
Go 'Dawgs!
I suppose
if we weren’t playing in this thing I might be pulling for Fsu…but the love fest has me feeling like I need a shower. Get a room.
I finally
resorted to the mute button. best decision of the night.
Theo Beckham
Just realized in the last week that Gordon Beckham is Theo from Road Rules. As embarrassing as it is to even acknowledge that 2nd part of that statement, it is undeniably true.
http://dodgyatbest.blogspot.com/2008/06/theo-leads-dawgs-in-championship-game.html
What is with only warning track power?
We need to use their bats.
by Hunker Down Dawg on Jun 25, 2008 9:21 PM EDT reply actions
4 runners stranded...
in scoring position.
by ClassicCityDawg on Jun 25, 2008 9:24 PM EDT reply actions
We’ve had every chance to be right in this game, and we’re pop-fly’in our way out of it. Im hoping they’ll pull Wilson, bring it the relief, and we’ll light him up.
Our left handed hitters are not stepping into the pitch.
Therefore they can’t drive the sweeping curve ball.
by Hunker Down Dawg on Jun 25, 2008 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed
It’s time to start substituting in an effort to generate some spark.
Where’s O’Bryan?
Go 'Dawgs!
Is it just me . . .
. . . or does Batesole look like the guy Pat Hill looks at and says, “Dude, put a little thought into your appearance!”
Go 'Dawgs!
Pitchign To Detwiler
Why? What is going on in Perno’s head?
Did you know he has no ligament in his thumb?
by Hunker Down Dawg on Jun 25, 2008 9:31 PM EDT reply actions
And they both adopted little brothers named Ray Ray.
A great story that has not been explored yet.
by Hunker Down Dawg on Jun 25, 2008 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I, too, have gone with miller lite
up to this point. And I’m about to pull out the bourbon. Not because I think it will help the team.
I stopped drinbking to see if it would help.
Might hit the oxycodone soon.
by Hunker Down Dawg on Jun 25, 2008 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Bulldawg328, you're a trooper
I love you, man!
(But I’m still not getting your Miller Lite, am I?)
Go 'Dawgs!
I just started...
Making Knowshon Moreshino’s. They worked in New Orleans before the Sugar Bowl…plus the Maker’s Mark may numb the pain.
I apologize profusely . . .
. . . for having previously made an analogy that inadvertently likened Gordon Beckham to Ryan Klesko.
Mea culpa, Gordo.
Go 'Dawgs!
Don't hit it to third base or you are OUT!
by Hunker Down Dawg on Jun 25, 2008 9:39 PM EDT reply actions
Cerione
Someone should let him know that swinging for the fences only puts us one closer. We need a basehit, hero.
Too bad we didn't get to face all of their
6.75 and above ERA guys. Patrick loves that story line.
by Hunker Down Dawg on Jun 25, 2008 9:43 PM EDT reply actions
He donated to Philipino babies missing their
by Hunker Down Dawg on Jun 25, 2008 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Foreskins because of Dr. Tebow's work
by Hunker Down Dawg on Jun 25, 2008 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Did you know a human thumb weighs 8 pounds?
by Hunker Down Dawg on Jun 25, 2008 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
It is what separates us from the lower primates.
by Hunker Down Dawg on Jun 25, 2008 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I am not so sure about that...
Did you see “I am Legend”?
by Hunker Down Dawg on Jun 25, 2008 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions
In a vault with all of...
Mike Patrick’s gay snuff films.
by Hunker Down Dawg on Jun 25, 2008 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I heard
that he was playing this game without thumbs.
Which, again . . .
. . . who could blame you?
I forgive you Beckham and Fields, you forgive me Katie and Lauren, everyone goes home a winner.
Go 'Dawgs!
I don't mind not winning the NC...
Really, I’ve come to expect it.
I just hate that for the next 50 years ESPN will talk about this as the greatest Cinderella ever.
It’s not even the greatest Cinderella this year.
Now, if FSU won two games in one day after a tornado destroyed part of Rosenblatt…then we could talk.
Small consolation now
But I thought we’d completely run out of gas at the end of the regular season. So. There’s that.
Yeah, but this is far more painful....
However, this has been a great year for UGA athletics, and the best has yet to come.
Jack Bauerle will be there representing Dawgnation
by Hunker Down Dawg on Jun 25, 2008 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions
In fact... he throws tonight about midnight...
another night of no sleep because sports dominate my sad little life…
He would make it for sure
if he had Detwiler’s shredded ligament.
by Hunker Down Dawg on Jun 25, 2008 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions
A blown out ligament would be better.
by Hunker Down Dawg on Jun 25, 2008 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions
If I had known that.... we could have arranged it before he left this morning...
although I don’t know that he would have seen the wisdom in that…
I'm saying please . . .
. . . I’m not saying gonna, I’m saying wanna.
I want to believe!
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Jun 25, 2008 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Removing Wilson
...is the biggest mistake they could have made.
i agree
with that assessment…why are you worried about a pitch count in the last game of the season
unless the kid said he was through, which i HIGHLY doubt they would
by SouthernDawg on Jun 25, 2008 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions
You go, girl!
I can’t believe I just typed that.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Jun 25, 2008 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
working the count
would not be a bad idea here
by SouthernDawg on Jun 25, 2008 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
if we can get
to the top of the order with noone out, we might have something
peisel is due
olson is way passed due
and becks is, well, becks
Georgia comeback montage.
Thanks, ESPN. It’s as good as over now.
Can't Watch
The girl has me beat. I’m just keeping up with it on here.
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
I Corinthians 9:24
Zone
I’ve still yet to figure out what blue thinks is a strike.
We didnt need a double play. Where is that guy’s 4th error?
seriously though?
Where is the zone? He’s all over the place…
if we're not going to win
i do not want becks to make the last out
and he doesnt
of course we hit it to detwiler to end it
No Kidding
FSU has become the Florida of my baseball, and Detwiler is Tebow. Sweet Eyebrows, kid.
Detwiler catches it....
He is Tebows twin, separated at birth.
I turned it off . . .
. . . as soon as Detwiler made the catch.
The last thing I want to see is these guys celebrating.
Go 'Dawgs!
hats off
to the team for a great run…
they deserve to be celebrated!!!
CONGRATS!
cookin and smilin
by cookin and smilin on Jun 25, 2008 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions
2 teams
have won the CWS after losing the first game of the finals. In case you didn’t know.
Sorry.
Seemed appropriate at the time. Go Dawgs.
by bulldawg328 on Jun 25, 2008 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I am referring to ESPNs use of the stat.
by Hunker Down Dawg on Jun 25, 2008 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions
I totally get your point. Beaten like a dead horse by ESPN.
by Hunker Down Dawg on Jun 25, 2008 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
Stats that date back to 2003 are not trends. They’re just data in search of significance.
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Jun 25, 2008 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Congrats to Fresno State
with or without your tendons, ligaments and fused vertabrae.
Oh, and Mike Patrick can suck it.
Obviously, it wasn't the ending we wanted . . .
. . . but it’s been a heck of a ride and I am grateful to the Diamond Dogs for making it an exciting season, and to all of you for joining in on the conversation.
It’s been a blast. I’ll put up a posting thanking the members of the team later, but, for now, I want to thank all of you for your participation. Much obliged, Bulldog Nation.
Go 'Dawgs!
Will get 'em next time.
We will detach all of our thumb ligaments and hit bombs.
by Hunker Down Dawg on Jun 25, 2008 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I've enjoyed it, too, Kyle
and I guess having something to cheer for during the dog days when we normally don’t is some consolation.
Can’t wait for some football!
Love our Dawgs. Tip o’ the cap to Fsu. It was their night.
by DavetheDawg on Jun 25, 2008 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
It was exciting. Don't know where our long balls
went. We need to invest in the same bats FSU had. But, it was a fine run by a great bunch of young men – some soon to be millionaires!
by Hunker Down Dawg on Jun 25, 2008 10:19 PM EDT reply actions
It's been fun guys..
thanks for allowing a ‘girl’ to join your group and talk baseball! Love the dawgs, win or lose. They’ve given us great baseball the past few weeks. I have the sunburnt skin to prove it. :) Until next time…...
Fresno State can have it
What was that little stat before Steve Liotta-Turner’s game ending catch? Fresno’s only previous national championship came from girl’s softball? (Not that there’s anything wrong with that) They can have Omaha, they have little to look forward to in the Fall, while UGA’s got their sights on the MNC.
On a side note, shouldn’t they have put Knowshon on a plane to Omaha after last night’s game?
by MightyMightyMitzu on Jun 25, 2008 10:28 PM EDT reply actions
facebook group
I felt compelled to create this group after seeing this vampire (detwiler) for 3 days straight
if you are on facebook JOIN!
“Steve Detwiler of Fresno looks like Eddie Munster”
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16921813903
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