The Celtics look to finish off the Lakers tonight and raise banner 18 to the rafters. The Celtics have to finish out tonight. They cannot let the Lakers tie the series and force a Game 7. The refs tonight favor the Celtics where the potential referee's for Game 7 favor the Lakers. For the Lakers, they cannot let the Celtics push them around like they have in Game 4 and 5. Gasol is going to have to have a big game to relieve the pressure from Kobe. Ron Artest has to be his old defensive stopper. Lamar Odom is going to have to give more off the bench for the Lakers. Gut feeling, the Celtics close out tonight. With Andrew Bynum hurt, the Celtics have taken complete advantage of the Lakers front court. I don't see where this will change tonight.Tonight the Orioles and Giants also resume their series. So with Kris and myself having an vested interest in both teams, we will also be watching that game. Tonight also marks the return of the Phillies-Yankees series. The Phillies will be traveling to New York to play the team that beat them in last year's World Series. Tonight's pitching matchup: Halladay vs. Sabathia. Should be a great night of sports.
The umps had to have looked at last night's tape and tonight the Giants are going to get screwed, right?
ReplyDeleteOh, right, it's Country Joe West's crew. They probably went out and gorged themselves on crab legs and bad Chinese porn.
I guess RJBO is going to need to break out those Fab Five tapes again, on the news that Tom Izzo will remain king of Michigan basketball.
ReplyDeleteSo much for the Halladay-Sabathia pitching match up. Doc is getting lit up.
ReplyDeleteI guess RJBO is going to need to break out those Fab Five tapes again
ReplyDeleteAs part of the self-imposed sanctions, the University of Michigan had those tapes erased.
Max Scherzer is terrible. That is all.
ReplyDelete"Peter Angelos is a joke. Anybody who fires Jon Miller for some sarcastic remarks tells you right there."-SF Chronicle writer Bruce Jenkins on Chronicle Live.
ReplyDeleteI think the incredible pitcher's duel expected in New Yankees Stadium got delivered to Wrigley Sunday night.
ReplyDeleteMichael Morse (who?) just homered off Scherzer. Bleh.
The Lakers could use Ricardo the busboy tonight.
ReplyDeleteMSU AD Mark Hollis better stop talking or I'm gonna have to listen to the NBA Finals if this Izzo press conference lasts any longer.
ReplyDeleteIt's NASCAR night at AT&T Park, because San Francisco Giants fans are such big NASCAR fans.
ReplyDelete/Sarcasm'd
Even though I'm a Michigan fan, I respect the hell out of Izzo & the CLEAN PROGRAM he runs. Had he left for the NBA, he would've made a bigger blunder than Marcus Taylor.
ReplyDelete/yeah, yeah, yeah
//GET TO THE F'ING FINALS GAME, CHANNEL 7!
@RJBO If it will make you feel better Lannan, the Nats pitcher sucks. Raburn 3-run homer, 7-4 Tigers.
ReplyDeleteIs it legal to use the same starting pitcher for every game? /Nats fan'd
ReplyDeleteAnd Channel 7 switches out of the press conference just in time.
ReplyDeleteAl, I've been flipping between the Tigers game and the Finals pregame/Izzo Presser.
/won't make a "Maximum Lannan" joke
You would figure KG banging his head against the hoop backstop would give him a headache.
ReplyDelete@RJBO I won't get mad if you do make a "Maximum Lannan" joke.
ReplyDeleteSecond thought, I'd get pissed since John gave "minimum effort".
Only good thing is I made it to tipoff time and skipped the useless pregame.
Let's go Lakers! I want a game 7.
ReplyDeleteYou and David Stern, both, Al.
ReplyDeleteDamn, Artest can't hit anything, not even the right fan.
/Malice at the Palace'd
Artest hit a 3-point shot, what do you know?!
ReplyDeleteBlind squirrel, Al, like when I make a funny joke.
ReplyDeleteEvery time Fisher flops, an Angel gets it's wings.
ReplyDeleteDerek Fisher is the lucky winner of the 2 Quick Fouls of the Finals for Game 6.
ReplyDeleteEvery time Fisher flops, an Angel gets it's wings.
ReplyDeleteFisher or Cristiano Ronaldo.
8-0 burst for the Lakers.
Fisher gets 2 fouls early. This is the "Let's pretend to not favor the Lakers" officiating.
ReplyDeleteScalabrine getting put to good use helping Kendrick Perkins to the locker room.
ReplyDeleteArtest again!
ReplyDeleteARTEST AGAIN! Where has he been?
ReplyDeleteFighting fans in the stands...
/Cheapshot'd
Tom Cruise is doing a live stunt on GMA tomorrow? The Couch Stunt he pulled really backfired...
ReplyDelete"Artest...got away with a travel" -Mike Breen
ReplyDeleteWho knew Joe West reffed NBA games? /Sarcasm
End of 1, 28-18 Lakers. Kobe w/ 11 points.
ReplyDeleteNot the time for alley-oop passes, Krypto-Nate.
ReplyDeleteRay Allen is bipolar in this series, either a great shooter or a guy who can't hit the basket if it was the Grand Canyon.
ReplyDelete3 fouls on Rasheed, shockingly 0 technicals.
ReplyDeleteAl, imagine if Allen didn't show up tonight...
ReplyDeleteNice scramble drill by Farmar.
Chick Hearn and Johnny Most montage. Great job ABC.
ReplyDeleteRIP Johnny and Chick
40-23 Lakers. Geez.
ReplyDelete@RJBO You're right. It's a blowout if not for Ray Allen...maybe it will be anyway. Lakers up 17.
ReplyDeleteThis game is already out of hand.
ReplyDelete/changes channel to O's-Giants bloodbath.
Lose the mustache, Andy Garcia.
ReplyDeleteFARMAR! WOW!
ReplyDeleteWe have a Sasha Vujacic and Jordan Farmar sighting!
ReplyDeletetime for 3 hours of Gary Thorne and Jim Palmer hilarity
ReplyDeleteand I'm not switching back to the NBA unless the C's get within 10
ReplyDeleteJosh Powell's in the game? Too bad Adam Morrison's inactive or he'd probably be in the game, too.
ReplyDelete"the starter goes for a W"-- Gary Thorne
ReplyDeletethats so rare around here Thorne had to mention it in the intro
Nice of Jose Valverde to channel his inner Fernando Rodney.
ReplyDelete22 point Lakers lead.
Tigers beat the Nats 7-4.
ReplyDeleteMister Misty May just gave the Rangers the lead on a 9th inning 2-out triple.
ReplyDelete/MLB Tonight'd
MASN is bringing back the John Riggins Show? didn't that flop miserably the first time around?
ReplyDelete51-31 Lakers at halftime.
ReplyDelete/turns on MLB Tonight
@kt1000 If they want to simulcast a D.C. radio show, they should try the Junkies or Lavar and Dukes on WJFK.
ReplyDeleteThey have personality and can carry an audience past Deadskins season (at least the Junks).
Joe Martinez was the Giants pitcher who took a Mike Cameron line drive off his head last season.
ReplyDeletethe C's only got 12 rebounds in that half? do they really want to decide the championship with Bennett Salvatore on the whistle?
ReplyDeleteSeriously Kobe? Your kids are wearing fur coats in the middle of summer?
ReplyDelete@Keith Gary just said it was Carl Crawford who hit that line drive
ReplyDelete"He can insure you in a lot of ways." -Jim Palmer on Giants 5th (6th) starter and former insurance salesman Joe Martinez.
ReplyDelete@Kt: Nope, it was Mike Cameron when he was with Milwaukee last season. And yes, Martinez sold insurance while living in New Jersey.
ReplyDeletehere we go--2 on 0 out
ReplyDeletehow will the Orioles get 0 runs out of this?
Thank God the Giants are playing the O's..........
ReplyDeleteTorres takes a hit and RBI away from Scott. Great running catch.
ReplyDeletethe other team always gets the great running catch
ReplyDelete"The Diddy and Snoop Dogg of the broadcast..." -Breen to Jackson and Van Gundy after they showed them on TV.
ReplyDeleteKendrick Perkins out for the rest of Game 6 (knee).
ReplyDeletehey the Giants are only 1 ahead of the Orioles in GIDP for the season
ReplyDeleteCeltics are done without Perkins.
ReplyDelete4 fouls in 9 minutes for Fisher. That's one foul every 2 and a half minutes. Good foul to playing time ratio...
ReplyDeleteJoe Martinez has already confirmed my belief that he's destine to be a reliever.
ReplyDeleteBynum's going back to the locker room now, too.
ReplyDeletebtw, welcome Utah to the Pac-10 Keith
ReplyDeleteAngel Hernandez is on the umpire crew for the Giants/O's series along w/ Joe West?! No wonder there were missed calls last night.
ReplyDeleteESPN The Magazine polled 100 MLB players on the best/worst umps and Hernandez and West were nominated as the worst alongside C.B. Bucknor.
I'm not believing that Kris.
ReplyDelete/Burned by Big whatever teams.
is that involved story Thorne told about making cufflinks from the baseballs into the McCovey Cove true Keith?
ReplyDelete@Kris: I can't explain it, but yeah it's true.
ReplyDelete6 up 6 down
ReplyDeleteI'm starting to get tingly
"What can (Shannon) Brown do for you? Jump out the building and finish!" -Mark Jackson on the one-hand dunk
ReplyDelete@Keith don't worry about it. I barely understood when Thorne was going on and on about it. I think he was gunning for a father's day gift
ReplyDelete@Kris: I might not be around for tomorrow's game. I have to visit my aunt. Want me to still leave up an Open Thread?
ReplyDelete@kt Is that tingly from the drinks? /Lowblow'd
ReplyDelete@Keith If you're not going to be around, don't worry about it.
ReplyDelete@Kris: I think I will throw one up because I might show up late.
ReplyDelete@Al at least wtih this Strasburg thing, I now understand why everyone else in the NHL hates Caps fans...
ReplyDelete/know it all bandwagon fans'd
oh Miggi....that's Huff playing RF! you should have scored
ReplyDeleteJoe Martinez isn't getting any breaks from his defense. He's a ground ball pitcher and his defense has failed him.
ReplyDeleteRondo is hurt after a missed shot, took an arm from Artest in the face after the release. C's aren't getting anything tonight.
ReplyDeletePANDA!
ReplyDelete25-point Laker lead after 3 quarters. I'm flipping over to the O's game.
ReplyDeleteof course the C's aren't getting anything. I may have placed a small wager on the Lakers tonight expecting that.
ReplyDelete"I hate Jim Palmer. He's four years older than I am, but looks 20 years younger."-Mike Krukow
ReplyDeleteCC Sabathia on the O's:
ReplyDeletehttp://brittghiroli.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/06/sabathia_slights_the_orioles.html
MASN flashback to Bengie Molina's HR vs. the Dodgers in 2008 where he hit a double, replay showed it was a homer, Burress pinch-ran for Molina and scored a run.
ReplyDelete@Kris: E-mail me that link.
ReplyDelete@49er16 I've seen Krukow on-camera, I can see why he would be bitter. His partner Kuiper barely has any grey hair while Kruk looks like a grandfather. LOL
ReplyDelete@Al: Too many years of watching Giants baseball. Turns your hair white quickly.
ReplyDeleteGuthrie vs Lincecum "that'll be a nice little duel"--Jim Palmer
ReplyDeleteno. no, it won't
A conversation I wish someone recorded: Jim Palmer and Tim Lincecum
ReplyDeletewhat a blast from Adam Jones!
ReplyDeletefrom Kevin Durant:
ReplyDeleteMan jeff van gundy is tuuuuuuurible...shutup pee wee Herman
Oh Joe Martinez. Your performance so far tonight will give Bochy the excuse to start WeLOLemeyer again.
ReplyDelete"That's a stretch trolley out there in right center"-- Gary Thorne
ReplyDeleteI blame Tommy Lasorda's presence at the ballpark for the Giants losing.
ReplyDeleteI am liking watching this kid pitch
ReplyDeleteso, are you going to go CiL for a Game 7?
ReplyDeleteI'll see. Depends on how busy I am at work.
ReplyDeleteOrioles going for the kill...
ReplyDeleteWe're laughing at MCC because we all believe Joe Martinez is the unluckiest person on the world. Beaned by a line drive and his starts have always gone this way.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't take him to Vegas because he's probably a cooler.
of course Wigginton had to hit in a double play...
ReplyDeleteO's lead 4-1, but are 1-9 with risp. spectacular!
ReplyDeleteFML
Lakers make it official, 89-67 win. Game 7 on Thursday.
ReplyDelete"Well, Jake learned where he likes it"--Jim Palmer
ReplyDelete/out of context'd
I'm watching the Deadliest Catch at 9. The way the Giants have played tonight, they're not going to win.
ReplyDelete/Knows this team too well.
"There is just so much more going on if you're a NL manager"-- Gary Thorne
ReplyDelete"Does this mean they get paid more?"-- Jim Palmer
only someone who hasn't seen the O's pen would bail on this game
ReplyDeleteLOL, the Giants are being 1-hit
ReplyDelete@Kris: Only someone who hasn't watched the Giants knows, a 3-run lead is too much for them.
I love Deadliest Catch. Tonight is when Phil dies.
ReplyDeleteof course Huff hustles now that he's off the Orioles
ReplyDelete"That's the end of Martinez's 2010 Major League Debut"--Gary Thorne
apparently, you now get a major league debut at the start of every season
This is the Giants team I know and love.
ReplyDeletewow...Arrieta is just mowing the Giants down
ReplyDeleteLOL Burrell
ReplyDeleteare we sure Runsler is pitching for the right team? He looks like an Oriole reliever
ReplyDelete@Kris: The Giants bullpen has been terrible this year. Besides Brian Wilson, they have all looked bad.
ReplyDeleteThat's a bad call on the Jones swing. His bat didn't even cross the plate.
ReplyDeletethat is typical of the O's season. this game should have ended a long time ago.
ReplyDeletenice job Arrieta. now light a candle and pray to something higher
ReplyDeleteMolina gets a hit. Pinch runner for Molina, which Gary announces. Then Gary says there is a pinch hitter for Molina.
ReplyDeletetold ya, Keith
ReplyDeletethats 1
ReplyDeleteOMG--the Giants have Denny Bautista? I can't believe he's still in the league!
ReplyDeleteWild pitch, 1st and 3rd-2 out.
ReplyDeletethe Orioles got out of it!
ReplyDelete/faints
Like I said, our bullpen sucks. And like I said, three runs is too much for the Giants.
ReplyDeleteGroundout to 2nd, inning over.
ReplyDeleteGood on the Red Sox:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/13527004/red-sox-move-up-start-time-as-celtics-go-to-game-7?source=rss_teams_Baltimore_Orioles&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm
Bautista is pitching?
ReplyDelete/flips channel back to Deadliest Catch
Earthquakes up and down the West Coast. Now there was one off the Alaskan coast.
ReplyDelete"What do the seagulls do when the Giants are on the road?"--Jim Palmer
ReplyDeleteHernandez in to try to close it
ReplyDelete"Good pitching will shut down good hitting." -Jim Hunter, MASN studio host.
ReplyDeleteI'll let Keith insert his own joke on how "good" the Giants hit.
Not the Giants night. Goodnight Kris. I'll have an open thread up for tomorrow's game.
ReplyDeleteGood hitting? Has Jim Hunter watched a Giants game in the past 5 years?
ReplyDeletesee ya Keith. will be there for the no-hitter
ReplyDelete@Keith O's fans just tune out Jim Hunter
ReplyDeleteGreat catch by Tejada to end it!
ReplyDelete18-47 FTW!
Lined...caught! Game over! Orioles win. Kris can sleep well tonight!
ReplyDeleteNo, I really won't.
ReplyDelete/18-47'd