BigEd76 wrote:Remember he's the same guy that yelled "LINE DRIVE BASE HIT" in the Tigers/Twins tiebreaker game when the ball was caught and the throw home stopped the winning run....

Whynot wrote:

1 wrote:this one won't last for long before my account gets deactivated:

If that does go, there's always this.
With 3 different takes - TBS, WPHT and LA
http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=7076517&topic_id=7223212

mozartpc27 wrote:

stevemc wrote:

mozartpc27 wrote:Ha, I thought about the taking third thing too, but then I figured he figured if they tried to throw him out going to third, he could do the whole getting-caught-in-a-rundown-on-purpose thing.

i just watched a replay and there wasn't a soul covering 3B. Blake had already turned his back and headed to the dugout when Jimmy rounded 2nd.

Wow.
So where was I when Jimmy Rollins rocked the house last night? I was sitting on the bench. In fact, I was the only one sitting down in the dugout.

After I pitch I always sit. I take a seat on the bench and I drink some water. I usually go into the clubhouse when we're at home and we hit in the bottom of the inning so I can ice my shoulder and elbow and everything. But it's the ninth inning and it's the playoffs, so you've got to stay out there. When Matt Stairs walked and came out so Eric Bruntlett could pinch-run for him, I got up and walked down to high-five him. Then I went back to my seat. Carlos Ruiz got hit by the pitch and then when Greg Dobbs lined out, I looked around and I was like, "Wow, I'm the only guy sitting down right now." But I couldn't move. I had to stay in my same seat. Everybody yells, "Same seat! Same seat!" You'll see guys remember how they were leaning against the railing in the previous at-bat and say, "Oh, yeah, I was doing this," and get in that position. It's so funny. Most of us do that. Pitchers, especially.

When Jimmy got the hit I jumped out of my seat and almost jumped over the railing before Chooch even hit third base. You start to see everybody else filing out and you're like, "Can we go out yet? Can we go out yet?" Then you just go out. We were out there before Chooch scored because we knew he wasn't going to be thrown out. Chooch didn't even have to slide, but he said he slid just to get dirty.

I don't think it could have been a better guy to get that hit. Jimmy has been here the longest. He's been through his ups and downs, but he stays even keel all the time. He doesn't get too excited. He doesn't get too down. He's fun to have around.

The ending to that game was crazy.

We know we haven't won the series, but we'd like to do it at home. But this was fun. This is such a fun team to play for, and this was a big reason why.

phatj wrote:That suit he was wearing had me seeing red too. (Well, salmon anyway...)

joe table wrote:

Werthless wrote:I think he was pissed his nap got interrupted.

Kendrick must've been running late with his juicebox and apple slices

Squire wrote:Not to be even the slightest bit of a buzzkill but with 2 outs - strategically after he hit the ball last night shouldn't Rollins just run to first and camp out there. I guess you could argue he should go to 2nd and stay there in case Ruiz gets held at 3rd to take away a force on the next AB. I don't think there's any argument that he should take 3rd. No big deal though. Just thinking.

SQUIRE

dajafi wrote:

Grotewold wrote:But at least Scully knew right away it was a huge hit. Franzke was a little slow on the uptake, though he made up for it post slide. Also Scully is 100.

I listened to Franzke's call this morning before coming into work. Thought it was a classic--the build and almost (?) intentional under-playing, then going absolutely bat $#@!. Sounded like Kermit the Frog having multiple orgasms.