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I immediately soured on Houston's fans when they booed Beltran the entire time the Mets were playing there. Once or twice a game I can forgive, but every time the ball even approached Beltran, everyone in attendance began to boo. Like anyone there would turn down seventeen million dollars a year.

Yes, Steve Phillips, Bobby Cox deserves credit for Julio Franco being old.

Chipper Solo HR. 1-1.

Astros take a quick 1-0 lead on an Ensberg single.

I agree. The Braves' starters will probably be able to match the Astros' pitch for pitch, and the Braves' pitchers will have a pretty good offense to back them up to boot. The only clear-cut advantage I think the Astros have is their bullpen. Seeing as how the Astros have arguably the worst offense in the playoffs (challenged only by the Angels), they'll be hard-pressed to get a lead for their bullpen in their first place. I know this isn't the prediction thread, but I'll make one anyway. Braves in four.

Gonna go see the Blue Jackets Home Opener on Friday. Really looking forward to it. Nationwide Arena is a great place to watch a hockey game, and I always have a good time while watching the Jackets. What's more, they're actually supposed to be decent this year, which is a plus.

I'm surprised there wasn't a single post made about Podsednik's HR, his first all year. I was watching the game with no volume in a sports bar and even I could tell the crowd and commentators were going nuts.

Yeah, me too.

The answer is Leg Headlocks.

Uh, I think it's justified at this point. Edit: Well, the first post anyway.

I was more thinking a Side Headlock + Noogies combo.

But then again, the Padres' rotation after Peavy is pretty mediocre. I'd be really surprised if the Cardinals offense let the pen become a factor in the rest of this series.

Nice, Piazza's helping to call this game. Admittedly, he's not very good, but it's still pretty cool.

Man, the Padres' third base coach sucks. Edit: Holy shit, what a terrible at bat.

Huh, Padres got something going here. 8-5 Cardinals with two outs, two men on. Top of the ninth.

The accapella! It's funny as hell. And yeah, the pond level is one of my favorites as well. The music for that stage matches it perfectly.

Hurrah! Oh, and congrats to Ladyhawke are in order, of course.

So, I take it Jenkins/Flesher is lost to the ages?

I think their one glaring problem is penalties. You can't really teach discipline during the season, so I doubt they'll get much better in that sense. But really, that's the only obvious fault I see with the team.

Agreed. Cincinnati v. Jacksonville should be great as well. I'm really hoping the Bengals can remain undefeated for a while longer, at least until they face the Steelers.

CHUTNEY! EMBARGO! Real comments later.

Great, cut away just as the show starts to get interesting.

LAME

Was that a "Cena sucks" chant?

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO