Sunday Pic

by Camden Chat on Oct 11, 2009 8:00 AM EDT in Open Threads

Moe Drabowsky / Baltimore Sun file photo by Gene Sweeney Jr.

Cumberland Times-News - Some of us live every day as a summer day
A nice essay about the end of summer meaning the end of baseball, with reflections on the last O's postseason game. -zk

PADRES ANALYSIS: New GM will have much working in his favor
SAN DIEGO ---- Speculation that the Pods may dangle Kouzmanoff to the Orioles or others. -zk

Michael Aubrey, Seth Marler among Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame inductees | Tulane Sports Central - - NOLA.com
Michael Aubrey is inducted into the Tulane Hall of Fame -zk

Zack Hample has procured more than 4,000 baseballs from major league games. Why? - ESPN
Patrick Hruby spends a day with Zack Hample, the undisputed king of getting baseballs from major league parks. OPACY is "a snagger's stadium". -zk

Only a fully trained Jedi Knight, with the Force as his ally, will conquer Vader and his Open Thread.

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A nun, a beaver and four Irishmen walk into Angry Wades…

you like money. he likes money.

by thewaywardO on Oct 11, 2009 9:50 AM EDT reply actions

which one were you?

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Oct 11, 2009 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions

the nun says to the beaver

hey! no need to slap your tail on the bar

you like money. he likes money.

by thewaywardO on Oct 11, 2009 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions

I remember being alone in my room watching Robbie Alomar strike out to end the game and I was literally tearing up. It was half because the O’s had so much promise that year and half because I knew I was going to take a verbal beating from most of the other 1,000 kids at my highschool because I was the only O’s fan. Not a good memory.

by daveh873 on Oct 11, 2009 10:17 AM EDT reply actions

i remember rafael palmeiro eating the asshole of a siphilus-ridden hooker

you like money. he likes money.

by thewaywardO on Oct 11, 2009 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions

too harsh?

you like money. he likes money.

by thewaywardO on Oct 11, 2009 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, you spelled syphilis wrong.

"I would approve signing a pitcher that ate kitten tacos if he won 20 games a year." -BPinOK

by duck on Oct 11, 2009 5:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Off-topic, but for anyone that missed it, the US National Team clinched a World Cup berth last night with a 3-2 victory over Honduras

by kba26 on Oct 11, 2009 11:41 AM EDT reply actions

Which makes next week's Costa Rica game fairly meaningless

I have a bunch of friends going to RFK for that one, and they’ve all been saying “it’s basically the world cup. It’s basically the WOrld Cup”

The stock market will never recover, our armies will never again be #1, and our children will drink filthy water for the rest of their lives - HST

by the fix is in on Oct 11, 2009 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions

Still would like to finish at the top of the table

It doesnt really mean anything, but i always want to finish ahead of mexico in every possible metric.

by kba26 on Oct 11, 2009 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Not totally meaningless

considering the political fate of honduras is in the balance. If costa rica loses, honduras goes to the world cup, the masses are quelled and the coup achieves legitimacy.

by b_duardo on Oct 11, 2009 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Potentially true

However, im not sure how much geopolitical ramifications are going to play into Bob Bradley’s team selection.

by kba26 on Oct 11, 2009 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions

I think there is only one way to read it ;)

1. The starters rest, and we see the likes of kenny cooper, freddy adu, torres etc. = America will not tolerate military coups within the sphere of influence. The sanctity of democratically elected officials is of the utmost importance regardless of said official’s leftist leanings.

2. The starting corps of Donovan, Gooch, Bradley all come out in force = America is willing to look the other way if the military coup is relatively bloodless, leads to social stability and aligns said country with the economic imperatives of free trade and privatization.

by b_duardo on Oct 12, 2009 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions

i totally missed this.

thanks for sharing!

"I think my motivation is to see the other guys in the clubhouse. They’re contending for the playoffs, and when I see that it gets into my body. I play like it’s the playoffs too" —Memlo

by zknower on Oct 11, 2009 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions

So did everybody

the tv deal for this game was a mess. Honduras sold the tv rights to a company that only operates a closed circuit network and then sells the game to bars. No home tv, over the air or pay-per-view. On top of that, the rates they charge are so high that very few bars paid for the game, there was only one in all of Philadelphia and they only picked it up like a week before the game. Othewise i would have had to go all the way to New York.

by kba26 on Oct 11, 2009 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions