Gameday Thread: O's at Red Sox
by Stacey on Sep 3, 2008 2:12 PM EDT
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Baltimore Orioles at Boston Red Sox, Sep 3, 2008 1:35 PM EDT
Hey did you guys know there is a game going on right now? I didn't. But it is! And the O's are winning 1-0, and Lance Cormier is starting. Super!
No time for fancy stuff since I'm at work, but if you want to comment on the game, go to town!
Go O's!
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According to MASN's site
AJ is getting the day off because he missed so much time. WTF? He should be well rested!
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
by Stacey on Sep 3, 2008 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dave is giving him a day off
..because he missed so much time. (?).
Writing is God's way of showing you how sloppy your thinking is.
by typozzz on Sep 3, 2008 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also per MASN's site
Cormier will go no longer than 3 innings.
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
by Stacey on Sep 3, 2008 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
who expects him to anyway?
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Sep 3, 2008 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, he just did
On 32 pitches.
Let him go another.
by dkdc on Sep 3, 2008 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd have to agree
What are we saving Lance Cormier for? The important ballgames down the homestretch? Shit.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Sep 3, 2008 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well he's gotten through 3 innings
in 32 pitches.
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
by Stacey on Sep 3, 2008 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nicky nailed one in the first. A nice shot.
Go O’s!
Writing is God's way of showing you how sloppy your thinking is.
by typozzz on Sep 3, 2008 2:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
man
Guillermo Quiroz whipping one down to Oscar Salazar. This time it counts.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Sep 3, 2008 2:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
don't laugh...
oscar’s probably starting 1st baseman next year.
"When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: Money."
--Jerry Reed, on acting
by j.q. higgins on Sep 3, 2008 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
why would I laugh?
It isn’t funny.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Sep 3, 2008 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's why i said don't laugh.
"When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: Money."
--Jerry Reed, on acting
by j.q. higgins on Sep 3, 2008 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Productive Out!
Maybe Lou just bought himself a few more starts.
by dkdc on Sep 3, 2008 2:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
oh hey, how bout that
we’re not even losing yet.
by Steve. on Sep 3, 2008 2:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Now
I’m not saying the O’s are going to win this game, that’d be ludicrous. I will say that they would pick the day that I can’t watch to win, those selfish bastards.
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
by Stacey on Sep 3, 2008 2:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
you know what?
Dice-K is genuinely unpleasant to watch pitch. Slow, lots of pitches, lots of guys on base, not a lot of hits. I’d probably love him just fine if he was on my team (the walks would bother me but he doesn’t get hit so he’s not Cabrera) but watching him otherwise can be torture. Today is one of those days even though we’re kicking his ass and he’s nearing 100 pitches in the fourth inning.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Sep 3, 2008 2:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Urgh
Trembley’s adherence to lineup orthodoxy is so irratating.
If Jones is on the bench, why not just knock everyone up a notch rather than putting one of your worst hitters #2?
by dkdc on Sep 3, 2008 2:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
it's Dusty Baker-ish
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Sep 3, 2008 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Markakis likes the three hole
He hates the two hole.
Ahem.
by PhilR8 on Sep 3, 2008 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They really should have left Cormier in
for one more. He was pitching well and who gives a shit if he can’t pitch for a couple days afterwards?
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
by Stacey on Sep 3, 2008 2:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Ehh Sarfate just had a nice inning.
It’d be nice to not have every relief pitcher go on the DL before the end of the season.
by O'sFan21 on Sep 3, 2008 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I get that
but he’d thrown 32 pitches. Hardly injury inducing.
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
by Stacey on Sep 3, 2008 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thinking who's going to pitch next
The Sun reported Johnson is to go for an MRI. He’s been out, but I hadn’t been paying attention to the fact he has a sore shoulder.
by drj on Sep 3, 2008 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nicky looks like shit against Dice-K.
And fuck you Jacoby.
by O'sFan21 on Sep 3, 2008 3:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Melvin Mora is HILARIOUS on wired wednesday.
Hilarious accent and voice and speaks so quietly that you can hardly hear anything. awesome!
by O'sFan21 on Sep 3, 2008 3:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The joke's still on us
Five of Tek’s twelve home runs have come vs. the Orioles.
by PhilR8 on Sep 3, 2008 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice job, Dennis
His overall numbers don’t look great, but he’s looked pretty good all season as a reliever.
by dkdc on Sep 3, 2008 3:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Dennis' splits
As a starter:
15.2 IP, 10.34 ERA, 5 HR, 14 BB, 15 K
As a reliever:
58.2 IP, 3.53 ERA, 3 HR, 46 BB, 63 K
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
by Stacey on Sep 3, 2008 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah he loves to walk 'em.
But don’t all the guys on the O’s? It’s their thing.
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
by Stacey on Sep 3, 2008 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sarfate = 5K so far
Happy to be back in the ’pen I guess.
Writing is God's way of showing you how sloppy your thinking is.
by typozzz on Sep 3, 2008 3:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
and no walks!
A very nice outing for him.
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
by Stacey on Sep 3, 2008 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whoah
Game going on?
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
by Baltimo on Sep 3, 2008 3:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
DiceK at 120 pitches so far, but took out the top of the order
he actually seems to be going faster…
Writing is God's way of showing you how sloppy your thinking is.
by typozzz on Sep 3, 2008 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No AJ?
Just resting?
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
by Baltimo on Sep 3, 2008 3:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
he's just been put in
montanez out, payton to left
by Steve. on Sep 3, 2008 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dave gave him the day off since he'd been out for a long stretch
Writing is God's way of showing you how sloppy your thinking is.
by typozzz on Sep 3, 2008 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Even when Ortiz makes an out against Walker
he hits it hard.
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
by getxstoked on Sep 3, 2008 3:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA WALKER HAS TO BE THE WORST PITCHER IN THE MAJORS.
Screaming line out and then a HR. It looks like fucking batting practice.
by O'sFan21 on Sep 3, 2008 3:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Fuck. Pull him out.
learn something here.
Writing is God's way of showing you how sloppy your thinking is.
by typozzz on Sep 3, 2008 3:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He's so bad! It makes me sick to see him in there.
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
by Stacey on Sep 3, 2008 3:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
haha Even that K was bad. It was a terrible slider - he just missed it. And now a HBP.
Worst pitcher in the bigs. Easy.
by O'sFan21 on Sep 3, 2008 3:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That was a moon shot swing
Where the ball just keeps going up. And Dustin Pedroia hit it; I’m actually curious what his lifetime totals are against the Orioles.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
by Baltimo on Sep 3, 2008 3:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Well this year it's worse than against the rest of the league. So i guess that's something...
by O'sFan21 on Sep 3, 2008 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pretty hard numbers to top I guess
If I recall he is batting near .340 with a slugging near .500.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
by Baltimo on Sep 3, 2008 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
here you go
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/bsplit.cgi?n1=pedrodu01&year=00#oppon-oppon
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
by Stacey on Sep 3, 2008 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
After finally getting a lead after getting killed so often
Jamie Walker gets to pitch?
Does Trembley even want to win this game?
by math_geek on Sep 3, 2008 3:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
God Dave is so dumb
This JW bullshit is killing me.
by pipkin on Sep 3, 2008 3:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
You know
this is just bullshit
The Orioles are going to lose this game because of Jamie Walker.
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
by Stacey on Sep 3, 2008 3:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Veteran presence.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
by Baltimo on Sep 3, 2008 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
that can't it, right?
that can’t be the reason why we keep trotting him out there and leaving him in long enough to turn a close game into a loss time and time again?
right?
Writing is God's way of showing you how sloppy your thinking is.
by typozzz on Sep 3, 2008 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well
Now that BOTH trade deadlines have come and gone, they can no longer say that they are showcasing him, so how else could you possibly justify playing a 37 year old, washed up, injury prone southpaw?
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
by Baltimo on Sep 3, 2008 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's under contract for another year
They won’t cut him unless he keeps this up until July of 2009.
by dkdc on Sep 3, 2008 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know
If he looks like toast in Spring Training they might cut him. They cut Gibby.
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
by Stacey on Sep 3, 2008 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right
I don’t think they will cut washed up veterans in big numbers, but if they do decide to get rid of one and pay him off it would be Walker.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
by Baltimo on Sep 3, 2008 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He needs to be cut immediately
I mean Andy McPhail needs to walk onto the fucking field and give Walker his walking papers, and directions to a nursing home.
by math_geek on Sep 3, 2008 3:47 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
oh great
Rocky Cherry, our savior
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
by Stacey on Sep 3, 2008 3:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
OMG Bases Loaded and we get ROCKY CHERRY?
by math_geek on Sep 3, 2008 3:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
This is so embarassing
I’m so embarrassed to be an Orioles fan.
Although “Cherry Crisp” sounds like a delicious dessert.
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
by Stacey on Sep 3, 2008 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
mmmmm...
cherry crisp.
"When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: Money."
--Jerry Reed, on acting
by j.q. higgins on Sep 3, 2008 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jamie Walker
Be true to your name, and keep right on walking, all the way to Norfolk or Des Moines or anywhere but the Orioles clubhouse.
Enough is enough.
by Lothar on Sep 3, 2008 3:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
hey o!
it appears we have a chance of not totally sucking balls today.
i guess our hopes rest with rocky cherry.
by zknower on Sep 3, 2008 3:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Now can we have JJ pitch the next two innings?
by math_geek on Sep 3, 2008 3:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
he's on the shelf
just went for an MRI on his shoulder
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
by Stacey on Sep 3, 2008 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/bal-sp.osnotes03sep03,0,6951695.story
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
by Stacey on Sep 3, 2008 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
this is why I've more or less stopped following the O's
by math_geek on Sep 3, 2008 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think
And hope that it is more precautionary, the O’s aren’t playing for anything and you don’t want to damage a solid, young arm.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
by Baltimo on Sep 3, 2008 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did Huff steal?
Gameday shows me he’s on 2nd, but doesn’t care to tell me how he got there.
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
by Stacey on Sep 3, 2008 4:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
No one was covering and he ran the second he saw movement, perfect throw from Varitek actually but he beat it out.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
by Baltimo on Sep 3, 2008 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yup
This is how real baseball players avoid double plays, Virginia.
by fishoutawata on Sep 3, 2008 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did Huff just make the first out at third?
Whoops.
by PhilR8 on Sep 3, 2008 4:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Oscar Salazar is worse than useless
I can’t believe I used to be pissed that he was DFA
by math_geek on Sep 3, 2008 4:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Trembley
Just got up close and personal with Chad Bradford’s father.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
by Baltimo on Sep 3, 2008 4:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Same umpire who called Ramon out at home last night
by dkdc on Sep 3, 2008 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
he's a douche.
possibly the king of douches.
or is that papelbon?
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
by getxstoked on Sep 3, 2008 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He apparently thinks he has x-ray vision.
Both were tag calls that he could not have possible seen the tag on.
by dkdc on Sep 3, 2008 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That inning
Was the epitome of Orioles baseball in August/September.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
by Baltimo on Sep 3, 2008 4:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh great!
Rocky Cherry is still pitching.
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
by Stacey on Sep 3, 2008 4:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I hate that fucking midget.
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
by getxstoked on Sep 3, 2008 4:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I hate Rocky Cherry
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
by Stacey on Sep 3, 2008 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is one of those games where we lose and then the Franconia talks in the post game interview about how the Sox are gamers and are capable of coming back in the late innings.
Meanwhile he is thinking “man, Jamie Walker sucked. We caught a massive break when that guy wandered onto the field”
Writing is God's way of showing you how sloppy your thinking is.
by typozzz on Sep 3, 2008 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080903&content_id=3412494&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
DING, DING, DING
“I think it’s fairly obvious how we feel about this ballclub,” manager Terry Francona said. “Today was another example.”
In reference to Huff making the first out at third:
“You don’t make that play unless you’re already making it before the ball’s in your glove,” Francona said. “He was going to third and he almost got Lowrie out. You don’t see that play all that often, but it’s a game-saver.”
Kevbo: [to George Sherrill] George, you look a lot like Vin Diesel...
Flatbill: Let's get somethin' straight... Vin Diesel looks like me.
-From "The Making of Orioles Magic"
by dayzd toe on Sep 4, 2008 9:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think this might move us up to 8 today
I think we have a legit shot at getting the 4th overall pick.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
by Baltimo on Sep 3, 2008 4:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm indifferent
But I’m just saying…
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
by Baltimo on Sep 3, 2008 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Baltimore 63 75
Cincinnati 61 77
Atlanta 60 80
San Francisco 59 79
Kansas City 58 79
Pittsburgh 58 79
Seattle 54 84
San Diego 53 85
Washington 53 86
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
by Baltimo on Sep 3, 2008 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was at the gym watching the buffoonery
I’m with you rooting for the draft pick. I think it was Beane who said if you aren’t going to win 90 games, you may as well lose 90 games.
by drj on Sep 3, 2008 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who on God's green earth
is Jim Miller?
by fishoutawata on Sep 3, 2008 4:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
the bounty from the rodrigo lopez trade.
"When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: Money."
--Jerry Reed, on acting
by j.q. higgins on Sep 3, 2008 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Was at Norfolk for a bit
He’s 26 I think.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
by Baltimo on Sep 3, 2008 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Amber interviewed him yesterday - it's on the MASN site
by typozzz on Sep 3, 2008 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
http://www.masnsports.com/ml/video.php?show_id=23219
Writing is God's way of showing you how sloppy your thinking is.
by typozzz on Sep 3, 2008 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does anybody know if Amber is single or how old she is?
by Dr. Giggles on Sep 3, 2008 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes, someone needs to get on this ASAP
Wolf, wolf, wolf.
by birdman on Sep 3, 2008 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also, anybody seen her out before?
by Dr. Giggles on Sep 3, 2008 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wiki says..
listed by Forbes as Baltimore’s most eligible batchelorette.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Theoharis
Writing is God's way of showing you how sloppy your thinking is.
by typozzz on Sep 3, 2008 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If she is I'm sure NIcky has been there/done that.
by O'sFan21 on Sep 3, 2008 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If it's Amber...
I’d take Nick’s sloppy seconds.
Kevbo: [to George Sherrill] George, you look a lot like Vin Diesel...
Flatbill: Let's get somethin' straight... Vin Diesel looks like me.
-From "The Making of Orioles Magic"
by dayzd toe on Sep 4, 2008 9:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He can't be an Oriole pitcher
He seems to throw strikes.
by fishoutawata on Sep 3, 2008 4:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yay
I legitimately feel good for the guy.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
by Baltimo on Sep 3, 2008 4:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
the red sox crowd HOWLS
when the foot-outside ball is NOT called a strike!
by zknower on Sep 3, 2008 4:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
OK Ramon - show us something here...
Writing is God's way of showing you how sloppy your thinking is.
by typozzz on Sep 3, 2008 4:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
You know, a 7-pitch AB wouldn't be so bad
if it weren’t with 2 out in the bottom 8th. You can’t just order up HRs on demand.
by fishoutawata on Sep 3, 2008 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
how often does the hitting coach get tossed?
That was pretty awesome.
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
by getxstoked on Sep 3, 2008 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
the 3rd strike call against hernandez to end the top 9th
it was about a foot inside. ridiculous.
by zknower on Sep 3, 2008 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They just said the O's were out of bench players
but isn’t Millar still over there?
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
by getxstoked on Sep 3, 2008 4:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He switched to play for the Red Sox
As an honorary/symbolic type thing.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
by Baltimo on Sep 3, 2008 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Typical ridiculous luck for the "cursed" Sox.
by O'sFan21 on Sep 3, 2008 4:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of which.
They win on a fucking error.
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
by getxstoked on Sep 3, 2008 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
classic oriole loss
good day everyone.
I said GOOD DAY!
by zknower on Sep 3, 2008 4:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Rolando Arrojo
is waiting to show you his Arrojoness.
by Awesome Mike Awesome on Sep 3, 2008 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now I don't even feel bad about rooting for the O's to lose
God is against us too.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
by Baltimo on Sep 3, 2008 4:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It's real tough to win a game when you've got Jamie Walker pitching against you, the umpires giving you every single possible call, and the bumbling O's throwing their support behind you as well.
Congrats to all the bandwagon fans in beantown.
by O'sFan21 on Sep 3, 2008 4:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Get a fucking grip.
But wow. What a way to go. PS MVP.
by Awesome Mike Awesome on Sep 3, 2008 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh fuck off, Mike.
I can’t wait until your lameass team gets swept out of the playoffs by LA.
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
by getxstoked on Sep 3, 2008 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What?
That’s it? Nothing about punching someone in the face? Weak.
by Awesome Mike Awesome on Sep 3, 2008 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd like to smack you in the mouth, personally.
Because you’re kind of being a gigantic prick.
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
by getxstoked on Sep 3, 2008 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Okay, now I see why I am no Awesome Mike Awesome.
At least I comment on other blogs. And I try not to get people pissed at me.
Don't question my choice of teams, or I will have to go all troll on you.
by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Sep 3, 2008 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That vaunted Oriole fan class
never gets old.
by Awesome Mike Awesome on Sep 3, 2008 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't recall seeing a strong response from you in ages.
by drj on Sep 3, 2008 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Look
I’m trying to help you with your repressed emotions. Help me help you. And sorry I can’t come up with anything as clever as “fuck off.”
by Awesome Mike Awesome on Sep 3, 2008 5:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's my point
You can only come up with “fuck off”. I’ve been convinced for quite a while that you are a dullard. That’s no joke or just flaming in a blog You are incapable of elevating the conversation, and instead drag it to a 9th grade or so level. We’ve all witnessed your intellectual high water mark, and it is rather embarassing. I’ve spent plenty of time teaching and I know a dolt when I encounter one. Sorry I can’t help you elevate yourself. You are self limited and I can’t push you up the bell curve.
by drj on Sep 3, 2008 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm afraid
I’ve never told anyone on this site to fuck off. You can use the search feature to investigate that if you’d like. And it’d probably be easier to have an actual discussion if anybody would respond after declaring “Guthrie is clearly better than Lester” or “Pedroia the MVP candidate is delusional” and being refuted by the, like, facts. But yeah keep blaming me because the level of debate on this blog is so wicked high.
by Awesome Mike Awesome on Sep 4, 2008 5:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
dude, why do even come here? Part of the reason is to troll (and I’m not trying to say that in a snarky way, you admitted as much in the last game thread) … but seriously, you feel that the level is conversation is not “wicked high.” I know you’re friends with SC, but I usually just stop going to websites that I don’t get much enjoyment out of even if I know the webmaster.
Wolf, wolf, wolf.
by birdman on Sep 4, 2008 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I get quite a lot of enjoyment out of this site
as a matter of fact. The occasional troll, sure, but that’s no worse than some of the nonsense getxstoked or whoever the f spews out on a daily basis. And yet whenever I have the temerity to perhaps refute some of the Oriole pity party “woe is us, every other team is full of sucky jerks” BS that all too often dominates every single motherhumping thread, it’s “f off,” “punch in the face,” or a simple disappearance. I’m not trolling right now. I want somebody to tell me why Pedroia is not a legitimate MVP candidate. Whoever said it was delusional clearly had nothing beyond that, so somebody else pick it up. I mean, I’ve been waiting three months to find out why Guthrie is clearly better than Lester. And you wonder why I tease you people.
by Awesome Mike Awesome on Sep 4, 2008 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not that anyone cares about this
But I’d like to go on record as saying that I don’t mind AMA, and he’s right you know. Whenever things get nasty with him, someone else usually starts it. In fact, I’m not really sure why he succeeds in pushing everyone’s buttons so much. Maybe because he’s a Red Sox fan and we’re jealous of Red Sox fans? And don’t even jump on me for that anyone, because you know it’s true. If you say not jealous of Red Sox fans, you’re either crazy or a liar because I’d kill to be fan of a team with as much success.
As far as Pedroia as MVP candidate, I think he deserves consideration but if he does win I won’t agree with it. He’s one of the best offensive 2B in the league, but unfortunately the best offensive 2B in the league isn’t at the top of many offensive lists. He has the batting average and he scores a ton of runs, but his slugging and OBP aren’t phenomenal. Above average, but not phenomenal. He has been a major catalyst to his team, which is certainly a consideration but not something you can really measure. And unfortunately I don’t see enough of him/understand defensive stats enough to speak to his defense. How much is that really considered, anyway? If I were going to pick an MVP from the Red Sox, I’d actually probably go with Youkilis over Pedroia.
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
by Stacey on Sep 4, 2008 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
actually...
just going by VORP, he’s got a decent shot. huffy’s 3rd in the al, pedroia’s 4th. kind of a silly year in the al for 2nd basemen. pedroia’s top of the heap in VORP, then kinsler and roberts are bunched together somewhere in the mid 40s. i was looking up there defensive ratings on hardball times, too, and those three are also closely bunched.
huff may snag a silver slugger for dh, though. really b/w him and milton bradley, i’d think.
"When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: Money."
--Jerry Reed, on acting
by j.q. higgins on Sep 4, 2008 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow
I can’t even believe Huff is that high. That’s so silly.
According to baseball prospectus, Kinsler is at 54.9 to Pedroia’s 58.5. B-Rob is down at 46.3
I think if the Indians hadn’t been so godawful this year Grady Sizemore would be in the MVP talks.
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
by Stacey on Sep 4, 2008 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whenever things get nasty with him, someone else usually starts it. In fact, I’m not really sure why he succeeds in pushing everyone’s buttons so much.
Because he trolls occassionally, and to his credit, he admited as much in the last game day thread. When he’s not trolling and just talking shop, I’m fine with AMA. For example, I think Pedroia should be in the MVP discussion along with Quentin.
Wolf, wolf, wolf.
by birdman on Sep 4, 2008 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree
that today I wouldn’t put him number one (I’d probably go with Sizemore, but he has no chance in reality) but both in real reality and MVP-voter reality, Pedroia is legit. And his OBP and SLG are pretty freakin great for a 2B, even if they drop down after this huge hot streak.
by Awesome Mike Awesome on Sep 4, 2008 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i'm going off the top of my head here...
but w/o an position player w/ big time offesnive numbers this year, i can see francisco rodrigues in the conversation (though, undeservedly).
"When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: Money."
--Jerry Reed, on acting
by j.q. higgins on Sep 4, 2008 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's legit for the conversation
and a decent amount of votes, I’d imagine. I just can’t see him winning it. It wouldn’t be some giant scandal if he did. He is having a hell of a year. I actually didn’t realize he was slugging over 500. In my head he was at 480ish.
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
by Stacey on Sep 5, 2008 8:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Help me help you"... hmmm
Here’s an idea that will help you and I suppose indirectly me. Read some more challenging literature and subsequently raise the caliber of your conversations. It may even help you in life.
You can discuss and refute things without the obscenities you typically sprinkle in your comments. Yeah, people are going to say stupid stuff – this blog encourages spontaneous, stream of consciousness talk, clearly not all well thought out. If it happens to be against a red sox player, you are right there often with some obscenity. It reeks of the same thin-skinned overreaction you accuse of people here. It’s really not difficult to raise your level of conversation and not come across as a cretin. Even if the original post has some type of obscenity, I’m curious to see if you can rise above it. The “he started it” response is juvenile. If you really can’t raise your game, and this is how you typically converse, then all my negative commentary about will continue to be validated, and I’ll occasionally remind you of it (if I bother to follow the thread).
As for some issues you’ve recently been bothered over, if you polled this board about whether Lester is the same caliber as Guthrie, most everyone would agree. Likewise for whether Pedroia and should he get MVP consideration. People have already said so. So quit being so offended over it. It all contributes to your dullard persona. Think of this advice as a start at overcoming it.
by drj on Sep 4, 2008 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did you search yet
to find just whom I told to fuck off? I’m waiting patiently. I’m not offended by people doubting Lester or Pedroia, and in fact I find it quite humorous that so many (not all) Orioles fans refuse to admit that other players are actually good. A good portion of the posts on this blog (and certainly posts of yours) amount to nothing more than whining about other teams and fans with an inordinate degree of hostility. And yet what’s good for the goose is evidently not good for the gander. Ho hum.
“this blog encourages spontaneous, stream of consciousness talk, clearly not all well thought out”
Well that’s certainly true.
As for the rest of that, I hope one day to be as sophisticated as you, who cannot understand a simple simile about closeted gay Republicans. Cretin! Dullard!
by Awesome Mike Awesome on Sep 4, 2008 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
to find just whom I told to fuck off?
Dude, when you troll, people are going to tell you to fuck off. In the poast, I know I’ve been massively pissed about the O’s losing a game and then you’ll come along and post something, “Delightful!” I may not want to physically punch you in face, but if I’m already pissed and then I have to read something like that, I probably want to punch you metaphorically. Like I said above, I don’t mind you when you’re not trolling. If you want to talk shop here, cool, but expect people to say things like fuck off when you intentionally troll.
A good portion of the posts on this blog (and certainly posts of yours) amount to nothing more than whining about other teams and fans with an inordinate degree of hostility.
And yet you find this blog enjoyable?
Wolf, wolf, wolf.
by birdman on Sep 4, 2008 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know I’ve been massively pissed about the O’s losing a game and then you’ll come along and post something, "Delightful!"
Evidence? And I’m not talking about people telling me to fuck off, that’s fine. drj is alleging I tell others to fuck off. Simply not true.
by Awesome Mike Awesome on Sep 4, 2008 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Evidence?
I would have to search the archives. Right now, I’m going off of memory. And I imagine searching the archives for this particular post isn’t high on my priority list.
Wolf, wolf, wolf.
by birdman on Sep 4, 2008 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well then cram it with that already
by Awesome Mike Awesome on Sep 4, 2008 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here you go awesome one.
http://www.camdenchat.com/2006/5/16/222558/791
You’re the first post. Context: I believe the O’s had just lost 13 straight to the RS, but I’m not 100%. SC said disgusting, you said, “delightful.”
Wolf, wolf, wolf.
by birdman on Sep 5, 2008 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow
Once two years ago. I’m sorry to have upset you and I mean that. Scott and I have a special relationship though, ie, he has slightly thicker skin. I apologize for the collateral damage.
by Awesome Mike Awesome on Sep 5, 2008 5:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Geez, man, you are thin skinned. I just brought it up as an example. You tell me to cram it because I said I wasn’t sure I could find it. By some miracle I do find it and post it and then you react defensively. Seriously, I’m not looking to pick a fight. You asked for an example of you being trollish. I provided one.
Wolf, wolf, wolf.
by birdman on Sep 5, 2008 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uh
Do you not see that I apologized? TWICE? For a post from two years ago? In response to someone other than you? Someone who couldn’t care less? And I’m serious, if it bugged you, I apologize. To me that’s not trolling though. Trolling would be if I regularly posted “birdman is a retard!” or something for no apparent reason. Some mild gloating when your team wins and someone else’s loses seems to me to be a natural part of following sports. Some people seem to understand that and others don’t. Is “f off” a proportional response? To you I guess it is. That’s ok. Again I apologize if that mild gloating bugged you. That’s four times now.
by Awesome Mike Awesome on Sep 5, 2008 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do you not see that I apologized? TWICE? For a post from two years ago? In response to someone other than you? Someone who couldn’t care less? And I’m serious, if it bugged you, I apologize.
I read the post entitled “Wow” as snarky apology. Not that I care man. No need to apologize. Plus the comment wasn’t marked as a response to Scott. Seriously, dude, I’ve already said I really don’t mind you at all. You’re getting way bent out of shape over this. I just noted that you “occassionally” troll. I’ve provided a couple of examples. And I guess gloating is a natural part of following sports but I think it’s a stretch to say that a natural response to gloating is comments like “go die,” “shut the eff up,” you get the drift.
Again I apologize if that mild gloating bugged you. That’s four times now.
You do realize that this cames off as extremely whiny. Like I said, I said you “occassionally” troll, and I just posted some evidence.
Wolf, wolf, wolf.
by birdman on Sep 5, 2008 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And I'm saying
people here occasionally deserve to be “trolled” if that’s the word you want to use.
but I think it’s a stretch to say that a natural response to gloating is comments like "go die," "shut the eff up," you get the drift.
Well then we agree!
by Awesome Mike Awesome on Sep 5, 2008 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well then we agree!
Then why are you so pissed about people telling you to die (seriously)! If you expect such a reaction, it would follow that you would laugh it off. Instead, you’re saying people here deserved to be trolled.
Wolf, wolf, wolf.
by birdman on Sep 5, 2008 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
thx birdman
You’ve coaxed out some useful info here.
by drj on Sep 5, 2008 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know what you're talking about
You and I just agreed it is a stretch to tell someone to f off and die for gloating about sports in, really, a fairly harmless manner. Right?
Let me make it simple for you. I’ll admit (and have several times now) that I’ve on occasion stoked the fires. HOWEVER, you must also admit that people here have been unduly vitriolic and hypersensitive in response. (To get back to the original point this stemmed from, remember I was telling drj I’ve never told anyone here to “f off” as he accused me of doing." Are you following me?
Now I’m not staying stop telling me to f off. I don’t really care. I’m just saying it’s ironic and doesn’t exactly make me feel bad for the occasional well-earned gloat. Clear?
And people here do deserve to be trolled. I don’t do it however nearly as much as you’d think.
by Awesome Mike Awesome on Sep 5, 2008 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You and I just agreed it is a stretch to tell someone to f off and die for gloating about sports in, really, a fairly harmless manner. Right?
Ah, dude, this is totally my bad. I screwed up my earlier response. I meant to say that it’s a pretty natural reaction (not a stretch) to say, “go die” “you’re a loser,” etc, when somebody gloats, especially at an fan blog (as oppose to team neutral site).
I’ll admit (and have several times now) that I’ve on occasion stoked the fires. HOWEVER, you must also admit that people here have been unduly vitriolic and hypersensitive in response.
Yeah, this is where we disagree. If you go to a fan board and gloat, vitriolic responses are pretty much the norm. If I went to Sons of Sam Horn, and started to gloat about the O’s (of course, I would need something to gloat about !) after the O’s had just killed the RS, I would pretty much expect, well, the exact type of reaction that you have received. You seem to disagree and find such reactions disrespectful. Cool, whatever. at this point, I don’t care. I’m not looking to get into some long, extended debates about etiquette.
Wolf, wolf, wolf.
by birdman on Sep 5, 2008 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's fine
and maybe it’s a philosophical disagreement but I think half the fun of following sports is tension and bullshitting.
You seem to disagree and find such reactions disrespectful.
Not really. Being told to fuck off by internet dudes doesn’t bother me. I’m just pointing out the irony.
by Awesome Mike Awesome on Sep 5, 2008 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
and maybe it’s a philosophical disagreement but I think half the fun of following sports is tension and bullshitting
yes, we have a different definition of BSing. .
Not really. Being told to fuck off by internet dudes doesn’t bother me. I’m just pointing out the irony.
Oh, I don’t know about that… you seem plenty pissed off given the tone of the above and other posts. For example, the “punch you in your face” comment didn’t sit well with you. .
Wolf, wolf, wolf.
by birdman on Sep 5, 2008 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No
I am not pissed. I don’t care if getxstoked wants to and actually does punch people in the face. Let me make that perfectly clear.
by Awesome Mike Awesome on Sep 5, 2008 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok, fair enough.
I can’t exactly tell you how you feel, but I’m just saying it comes off that way.
Wolf, wolf, wolf.
by birdman on Sep 5, 2008 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not really. Being told to fuck off by internet dudes doesn’t bother me. I’m just pointing out the irony.
And just to elaborate, it should follow that you would laugh it off (e.g. comments like “punch you the in face”) if you believe “tension and bullshitting” is half the fun of following sports. For example, the process should go: you gloat, we say something not so nice, you laugh it off. The process seems to go: you gloat, we say something not so nice, you get pissed, say something not so nice, more people get pissed, etc.
Wolf, wolf, wolf.
by birdman on Sep 5, 2008 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can spell out the “fuck off” comment in Hardy Boy level language. You see, you said you couldn’t come up with something as clever as “fuck off”. I said that’s about the only thing you usually come up with. I understand now that you took that literally.
It’s very simple in that you quiet often retort (respond to a previous post from another person) with some type of obscenity (curse words) sprinkled in.
That’s quite odd behavior for someone who indicates that there skin may not be so thick.
by drj on Sep 5, 2008 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What exactly do you have against the Hardy Boys?
Did they fail to solve the mystery of drj’s missing sense of humor?
by Awesome Mike Awesome on Sep 5, 2008 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And also
if it we accept that it is ok for me to be told to fuck off if I were to theoretically (I use that word because the number of times it’s actually happened is far fewer than the institutional memory around here seems to think) taunt or perhaps engage in some light trolling after an Oriole loss — and I do accept this — then is it not then acceptable for me to respond in kind after the umpteenth post about how awful Red Sox fans and players are, punch in the face, yada yada and so on (and you must admit that is seriously overboard — certainly as far overboard as I’ve ever gone — around here). Seems to me that it is. Unless you still believe this is the private Oriole bunker wherein we are protected from super mean opposing fans. That I can’t help you with.
by Awesome Mike Awesome on Sep 4, 2008 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
if it we accept that it is ok for me to be told to fuck off if I were to theoretically (I use that word because the number of times it’s actually happened is far fewer than the institutional memory around here seems to think) taunt or perhaps engage in some light trolling after an Oriole loss — and I do accept this — then is it not then acceptable for me to respond in kind after the umpteenth post about how awful Red Sox fans and players are, punch in the face, yada yada and so on (and you must admit that is seriously overboard — certainly as far overboard as I’ve ever gone — around here).
Sure if someone tells you to screw off w/o any provocation, that I think it’s cool for you to respond in kind. This conversation is starting to head into, “Well, he started it!” territory. I don’t care who started it. But if you come here and post something trollish (like yesterday), expect people to react negatively and don’t complain about it. I would like to see non-Oriole fans come here as long as they don’t something trollish. MVP discussion is not trollish. This is trollish, “22 posts? What the hell is that? Just remember that people can also jump OFF bandwagons, even those that were only half full to begin with.”
Wolf, wolf, wolf.
by birdman on Sep 4, 2008 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sure if someone tells you to screw off w/o any provocation, that I think it’s cool for you to respond in kind.
Well then the post you keep quoting must be cool because it was in response to the ever so eloquent duck telling me to “fuck off and die.” Or is saying “MVP” so inflammatory as to rightly inspire that?
by Awesome Mike Awesome on Sep 4, 2008 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Come on, man, you know you’re looking to annoy people to when you chanted MVP. I mean it wasn’t, “I think Pedroia has a good chance of winning the MVP,” it seemed more of like, “MVP, suck it!” But it’s a matter of interpretation, only you know of intention of your post. And I’m sure the intention of the post was very noble and merely a way to start a productive and lively dialogue on potential MVP candidates. Overall, I really don’t care. Seriously, dude, I really don’t mind your presence around here. You occasionally annoy me with your trollish posts but you don’t pop your head around here enough to make it something to really complaint about.
Wolf, wolf, wolf.
by birdman on Sep 4, 2008 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
My intention was
he hit a three run bomb and I was happy. So I guess I should fuck off!
by Awesome Mike Awesome on Sep 5, 2008 5:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I continue to hit a sore spot huh?
It’s all indicative that I’m on the mark. When you can take a few deep breaths and get over your initial foolish inclinations to retort with nonsense, we really could have a rational discussion.
Please prove to me you are capable. You may view me as more sophisticated, but I guarantee that if you make an attempt to raise the caliber of your conversation, I can meet you in the middle.
by drj on Sep 4, 2008 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually it seems like I hit the mark and you are spewing nonsense
but whatever.
by Awesome Mike Awesome on Sep 4, 2008 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The olive branch is extended
I can help raise your game here to something respectable. Next time you can only manage to blurt of a post of obscenities and other bilge, you can post it and we’ll work on a revised post. We’ll do so no matter how darned infuriating and hurtful to your sensibilities the originating post may be. I promise it will be informative.
by drj on Sep 4, 2008 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am having you fitted for a Pedroia jersey as we speak!
Your new life starts today!
by Awesome Mike Awesome on Sep 4, 2008 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I don't burn anything in effigy
I don’t really care.
by drj on Sep 5, 2008 9:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's not tough
We can start with the more challenging literature. I’m suspecting you stopped somewhere at the “Hardy Boys” level. I suspect you muddled through college, because there are plenty gift degrees a university will grant as long as you keep paying money. The adolescent male mind is full of stupid bravado and can be quite combative for illogical reasons.
We need to get you to a higher level where the mind reaches a self critical state and learns to interact in a mature manner. That’s the traditional role of the liberal arts, and I guarantee you didn’t get their via the “Hardy Boys”. It can be a tough slog for the more dim-witted, but we can at least try to see if you are capable.
by drj on Sep 5, 2008 9:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Most of the bandwagoners are probably not in Boston.
Don't question my choice of teams, or I will have to go all troll on you.
by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Sep 3, 2008 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
so... where are we on getting this amber info?
Wolf, wolf, wolf.
by birdman on Sep 3, 2008 4:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
cue the troll...
Writing is God's way of showing you how sloppy your thinking is.
by typozzz on Sep 3, 2008 4:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Is 70 wins even possible?
At this rate, 70 wins will take a miracle.
by Lothar on Sep 3, 2008 4:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm glad I turned it off
After Ramon’s called third “strike”.
I’m glad football season starts tomorrow.
by dkdc on Sep 3, 2008 5:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Same here.
Hopefully the Skins will look more like the first two weeks of preseason and not so much like the last two.
"You have to discipline yourself so you don't come out with something just to say you made a trade. You have to make sure you come out better than you were before." - Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
by getxstoked on Sep 3, 2008 5:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
To the tune of Danke Schoen. (But let's skip Wayne Newton.)
Sucktitude, ah yes sucktitude
Thank you for all that attitude.
Pitching blows, second tier you see, is why we get beat, not too sweet, pen
Eats sheet, let’s kill Pete.
Sucktitude, yeah it’s sucktitude
We don’t need further amplitude.
I recall baseball parks in fall, how we lost ‘n’ lost, Dave got tossed, Pete’s still boss, that’s ’bout all…
Sucktitude, raging sucktitude
Pitching staff— bunch o’ worthless dudes.
Though we go, on our separate ways, still the pathos stays, for always, my brain says, Petey stays: sucktitude.
Auf Wiedersehn!
"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.
by Titov on Sep 3, 2008 6:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Bumpers on Orioles Radio Network: "They refuse to lose! Listen to the orioles on Baltimore's FM Talk 105.7"
They should probably change it to “Find ways to lose,” or “Refuse to win.”
by PhilR8 on Sep 3, 2008 7:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
feh.
Yes, I should say that, which, I should say that.
by thewaywardO on Sep 3, 2008 9:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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