Tuesday Bird Droppings
by Stacey on Oct 26, 2010 8:36 AM EDT
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PrintOk, listen up people. There is a new sheriff in town. Duck is taking a break from Bird Droppings so you've got me for the rest of the week. What does this mean for you? Well for one thing, those of you who are used to this post being up at the crack of dawn have another thing coming. I'll try to have it up by nine. No promises. That's...really the only difference I guess. Oh, and I'm bringing back the quote of the day.
Back@You: Adam (Not PacMan) Jones Edition - SportsCenter.com
ESPN seems to think Adam Jones' Twitter is the most interesting thing ever. I...don't really get it.
Steve Melewski: The O's in winter ball: Not a long list
Who knew that minor leaguers went to Australia for winter ball?
Peoria Saguaros 6, Scottsdale Scorpions 4
Only Xavier Avery and Kam Mickolio appeared for the Orioles. Avery was 0-2 with a walk and Mickolio pitched a perfect 7th inning.
Orioles Insider: Could Kranitz end up in pinstripes?
The Yankees fired their pitching coach, so could Girardi's buddy Rick Kranitz be in the running for the job?
Francona: Farrell deserved to manage - Extra Bases - Red Sox blog
And with the Red Sox losing their pitching coach to the Blue Jays, both Rick Kranitz and Mike Griffin, currently the Norfolk Tides' pitching coach, could be possibilities to replace him.
Blue Jays name Farrell new manager | MLB.com: News
Brian Butterfield, rumored to be a potential target for Buck Showalter's coaching staff, has decided to stay on with the Toronto Blue Jays as third base coach.
Joe Posnanski " Posts Too Much Info About Game 1 Starters
Lots of information about pitchers who have started game one of the World Series.
The Associated Press: Union would consider bigger playoffs
More wild cards! A seven game division series! Let's make the season go until December!
"Bull Durham" creator putting together a baseball TV series | HardballTalk
Hounds Dogs will air on TBS and center around a minor league baseball team.
Vladimir Guerrero named AL Comeback Player of the Year by peers | The Dallas Morning News
Not a bad choice, I'd say, considering he looked kinda crappy last year and kinda great this year.
Mike Sragow Gets Reel: 'Jews and Baseball' at Cinefest tonight - baltimoresun.com
First of all, who even knew there was a Baltimore Jewish Film Festival? I mean, I guess I'm not their target demographic but it seems like a funny thing for me to have just never heard of. Anyway, tonight is closing night for the fest and they're screening what this dude at the Sun calls a "jaunty, engaging documentary." I love the word jaunty.
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Yay quote of the day!!
I kinda prefer that to the song lyrics. Even if said quote won’t be up until WAYYY after I get to work.
Oh and I def should have gone with my instincts on the points last nite in our pick ’em pool. Originally had 55….would have won me the week.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
I was originally gonna go with 60, but then I was like who am I kidding
these teams suck, so I went with 30. Cost me the win.
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by Knubles and Bits on Oct 26, 2010 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I did the same
I was expecting a defensive struggle. Ooops.
"I put a pepper rub on the scallops so you have a little contrast. You have sweetness from the coconut oil and little acidity from the splash of lemon." – Luke Scott
I'm not pretending to be an expert on the media pressures college football coaches face,
but ’don’t compare yourself to the Nazis’ has to be rule #1, right?
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/football/ncaa/10/25/dooley.vols.ap/index.html?eref=sihp
Comparing things to Nazi Germany really needs to stop.
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by PBR me ASAP! on Oct 26, 2010 8:57 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
yeah, comparing thing to Nazi Germany is like...
….it’s like, something that the Nazis…did?
No offense, but....ENOUGH WITH THE FIELDER/GONZALEZ TRADE PROPOSALS.
what choo got against nazis?
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by twistedlogic on Oct 26, 2010 9:25 AM EDT up reply actions
For Nazi references, that's at least outside of the ordinary sphere.
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by Eat More Esskay on Oct 26, 2010 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions
For the record, it was a bad analogy that could've been worse.
He didn’t say “Nazi”; and indeed, many of the troops manning the western wall were not only not Nazis, they were not German. (Recall the on-shore scene in “Saving Pvt Ryan” where you hear surrendering troops speaking…Estonian.)
Anyway, just how could this coach have made the analogy worse? Well, take a tip from Congressional hopeful Rich Lott of Ohio, who has admitted to dressing up in Nazi regalia – a Waffen SS uniform, no less – as part of a "father-son bonding" experience. Ri-i-i-ght. I must’ve missed that episode of “Father Knows Best.”
"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.
non-sequitor
my favorite of Alton Brown’s recipe names is easily his Luftwaffles.
No offense, but....ENOUGH WITH THE FIELDER/GONZALEZ TRADE PROPOSALS.
That's just ridiculous
A football team’s struggles compared to the downfall of the most powerful, evil regime in history? Just dumb.
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Stalin and Mao would like to have a word with you.
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I'm going with the Nazis because I'm Jewish
Although the Romans make a pretty good argument for the Jews as well.
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Wait, you're Jewish?
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Stalin killed more people than Hitler did
I worry about people, not religions.
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
But Hitler killed more Jews
One could argue that Hitler killed more people because the Nazis were directly responsible for WWII and therefore killed every soldier that died in WWII. That would probably bring his murder total past Stalin.
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I care about all people
regardless of where they worship.
Sorry, but your provinicalism on this topic can be a bit grating.
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
It's just that this topic is much more personal to me
We can just stop talking about it before it escalates into something more.
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Here's my stance
Most of us don’t care what religion someone is, and to constantly base personal opinions on one’s ethnic/religious affiliation becomes trite and boring rather quickly.
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
I understand and respect that view
Which is why I think we should stop talking about it. Fair?
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I'm out for the rest of the afternoon, anyway
Four afternoon classes….
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
I think he means that he's done anyways cuz SOME PEOPLE have to be in class
Whar are you doing out of school right now??
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by twistedlogic on Oct 26, 2010 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions
damn
We weren’t allowed to use computers in study hall unless we had a good reason. I doubt CC would have sufficed.
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by twistedlogic on Oct 26, 2010 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Eh...it's 11th grade and they honestly don't give a fuck what you do in study hall
They would in middle school and possibly with the underclassmen, but not with juniors and seniors. I guess they figure that 11th and 12th graders should be able to spend their time how they want whether it benefits them or not.
And I bring my own computer to school.
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Oh...yea
Def not allowed.
I hated the fact that they were so strict about what we did in SH. My grades were just fine and I didnt need to do crap in SH. I did all my HW at lunch!
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by twistedlogic on Oct 26, 2010 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Ha! I do that sometimes but I almost never have anything to do in study hall
So that’s why I’m on CC.
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I was in band all through school
which took place during study hall. I never once had study hall in middle or high school. I feel like I missed out somehow.
There was no such thing as study hall at my HS.
Those were also the days where the internet was not to be trusted for anything because it was clearly a den of weirdos.
Also, if you had a cell phone in school it was considered drug paraphernalia and you could be suspended.
Times they are a-changin’.
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by Eat More Esskay on Oct 26, 2010 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh cellphones are still a big no-no at my school
You can’t use them in school without it getting taken away…of course everyone finds a way around that. We definitely won’t be suspended though.
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People have to study to get through school?
Learn something new every day.
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This is why i am failing
"If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?" Yogi Berra
Yeah, but the normal people are on it now too.
Clogging up the bandwidth for the rest of us, I might add.
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by Eat More Esskay on Oct 26, 2010 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Discussing whether being in the band ...
… is a sign of weenyism is a much more productive topic than religion.
Final Thought for the Day: Men are like a fine wine. They start out as
grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they
turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
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I play StarCraft in study hall
nuff said.
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by danielreese05 on Oct 26, 2010 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
oh this
I get it, it’s personal and all, but my grandfather and two of his brothers fought in WWII. he was the only one to come back alive. It’s not like none of the rest of us lost family in the war as well, we should just focus on the people who died regardless of how or why or what religion they were. Stalin killed more people. let’s leave it at that.
and don’t go saying that I’m insensitive either, not once did I mean to say that the Holocaust could be minimized just because we talk about it a lot.
also, I get it, I’m late with the comment, we stopped talking about it because guess what, I’m done. sue me.
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by danielreese05 on Oct 26, 2010 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Great point
"If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?" Yogi Berra
I would never call you insensitive for that and I understand your point of view
I just don’t agree with it. Let’s leave let it at THAT.
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And Hitler was much more brutal about how he killed people
The concentration camps were so horrible and inhumane that it’s almost hard to believe.
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Stalin also used death/concentration/labor camps, whatever
you want to call them. The big difference is that Hitler tried to take over the world and as a result these camps were discovered. Hitler-Stalin, tom(a)to-toma(h)to.
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by Knubles and Bits on Oct 26, 2010 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Wasn't aware of that
Let’s leave it at this: They were both horrible and evil pieces of human garbage.
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Yea. I'm not arguing anything.
Just spreading a little knowledge. The numbers weren’t as high as the Nazi camps though. You can read this about Gulags if interested:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulag
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by Knubles and Bits on Oct 26, 2010 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions
also; who here has ever heard of the Holodomor (don't quote me on spelling)
more people were starved to death in that thing than in the Holocaust and yet we hear nothing of it…
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by danielreese05 on Oct 26, 2010 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Ehhhh
sounds like estimates vary on how many people actually died and whether it was due to any intentional policy or not. There’s no such debate about the Holocaust.
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There's no debate about Soviet.
60 Million Soviets died unnatural deaths under Stalin’s rule, by most estimates. That is including World War II deaths of course, which have a variety of causes. Still. The other 40 million came about as a result of Stalin’s policies.
There’s no point in debating who’s more evil. It’s trivial, silly stuff. The point is they were awful tragedies we must never forget.
My comment was not related to Stalin.
It was related to the Holodomor.
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I tend to think it was an attack on Ukrainian nationalists
if you’re Stalin, you don’t just let people starve because you’re becoming a more industrialized place, and even if you do, that’s just as bad as intentionally doing it. besides, they continued to cover it up for years. a little fishy.
but yes, the number is debated, however, it can’t be just written off and not remembered because it may have been “just” 3 million which is exactly what seems to be happening.
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by danielreese05 on Oct 27, 2010 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions
If you ever feel any interest to do a little side reading on the gulags...
I suggest One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhhenitsyn. The author spent time in such a camp. It is a good novel on its own merits but also one that will teach you something you maybe didn’t know before on the subject of gulags.
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by Eat More Esskay on Oct 26, 2010 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I've read a lot about the Nazi concentration camps
But not about the gulags. I’ll check it out.
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You have to read Anne Frank too?
"If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?" Yogi Berra
Read "Night" by Elie Weisel
It’s a more jarring account of the Nazi concentration camps than Anne Frank’s diary.
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As brutal as everything else in that book was,
it saddened me most that he lost his faith as a result.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
I'm a staunch believer in God but after all that I doubt I would have kept my faith
It amazes me how many people did. I saw him speak a few years back. He’s an inspiration. That’s really just one autobiography to read and it happens to be very famous. I think Anne Frank’s diary is very important but to really understand the concentration camps I think Night is a more informative read.
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Izzy"s Fire
Is also really good a lot about the Ghettos, and Concentration Camps. Cool life stories too.
"If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?" Yogi Berra
oops Izzy's Fire
"If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?" Yogi Berra
For some reason Anne Frank bored me
I think it had something to do with all of the girly emotions(no offense DC but girls emotions bores me)
"If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?" Yogi Berra
I feel like Night should be required reading for every human being.
America was a farting country. - Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 26, 2010 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I feel like Lord of the Rings should be required reading for every human being
"If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?" Yogi Berra
I'm a nerd and I like LOTR and all, but it's not even the same level here.
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by Eat More Esskay on Oct 26, 2010 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
how about The Wheel of Time stuff
those were great.
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by danielreese05 on Oct 26, 2010 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I hope you're being ironic. :P
That said, I also like the Wheel of Time.
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by Eat More Esskay on Oct 26, 2010 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, totally
but I was also throwing out there that the Wheel of Time was awesome
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by danielreese05 on Oct 26, 2010 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Pretty pumped for the next book next week.
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by Eat More Esskay on Oct 26, 2010 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I feel like the Autobiography of Malcolm X should be required reading for every human being.
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I have that on my shelf and have been meaning to read it for such a long time
I think I’ll pick it up tonight. Thanks Stacey.
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You won't be sorry
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
Where can i get it?
Barnes and Noble? Borders?
"If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?" Yogi Berra
Yeah, it's not exactly obscure
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Agreed
I know this may be impossible for some of you but if you ever, ever get a chance to hear Elie Wiesel or really any holocaust survivor speak, you should do it.
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I have
Was a great man but he passed away in January of last year. Guy was a fucking fighter.
"If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?" Yogi Berra
Are you talking about Elie Wiesel or someone else?
Because Elie Wiesel is definitely still alive. My grandfather was a holocaust survivor (he passed away two years ago), but he wasn’t willing to talk about his experiences and I could never blame him for that.
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Another guy sorry forgot to type that.
My best friend was named after his Great Uncle who was killed in a Concentration Camp. His Father later tried to get his grandfather to talk bout his experiences and he talked for about 10 minutes and then went completely silent and never talked about it again. The worst part was his kids and grandkids always asked about the blue numbers on his wrist , he never answered.
"If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?" Yogi Berra
I also can't blame kids for asking
I asked my grandfather about the number when I was younger but my mom shut me up. When we had to study the holocaust last year in Jewish History—man, I was crying my eyes out for half the year.
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The guy who came to my school had everyone crying
Teachers were crying, students were crying, hell even I was crying.
"If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?" Yogi Berra
Actually not.
The Reich became very efficient at killing people. Brutal is more appropriate in discussions of the khmer rouge, Ruwanda, Saddam, even the Soviets.
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agreed.
they had it down to a sick, fucked up science. no effort was wasted on being particularly brutal, it was almost humane when you parallel it to the Soviets and the others you just mentioned.
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by danielreese05 on Oct 26, 2010 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I think he killed almost as many Poles ....
… though the majority of those were also Jewish. The Poles themselves were extremely anti-Semetic. They also fared poorly under Stalin.
It is a bit of an academic exercise to try arguing whom was worse. An exception to this is if you lost relatives. As I understand it, my family did have members that were sent to camps (from Slovenia) and some of them never made it out. But that doesn’t make Hitler or the Nazi’s any more demonic to me than Stalin, Mao, Pot Pol, Saddam Hussein and any number of modern (i.e. 20th century) mass murderers.
Final Thought for the Day: Men are like a fine wine. They start out as
grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they
turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
Dave Barry
I know the numbers aren't as big
But I’ve always hated Pol Pot the most.
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But he inspired a great Dead Kennedys tune...
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
There's a fucking DK song in a video game????
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
It's nowhere near the hardest on that disc
the ending tune is Slayer’s “Raining Blood,” and I don’t think I’ve even beat that on medium.
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
I think Black Magic Woman is the one that always wiped me out.
If I’m remembering correctly.
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by Eat More Esskay on Oct 26, 2010 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Through the Fire and the Flames
that is all
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by danielreese05 on Oct 26, 2010 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
You beat it on Expert?
"If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?" Yogi Berra
hell no
it basically ended my life. never had a chance, but it’s the hardest song in the game by far IMO.
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by danielreese05 on Oct 26, 2010 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I find that totally astounding
what percentage of 15 year olds have ever heard of DK???
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this guy
love Holiday in Cambodia. it was like my favorite song in 8th grade
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by danielreese05 on Oct 26, 2010 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
So did Jerry Brown
"Fairy tales start 'once upon a time...'. Fishing stories start 'now this ain't no bullshit...'."
- Cap'n Phil Harris
Pinochet as well.
He didn’t take people to camps or murder them in the streets. He made people disappear without a trace. Family members would vanish and their families would have no idea why.
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by Knubles and Bits on Oct 26, 2010 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Los desaparecidos
Really scary stuff in modern times, as I would say that’s the blueprint any would-be totalitarian is waiting to enact.
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by Eat More Esskay on Oct 26, 2010 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I remember...
reading an article in Mother Jones or somewhere about the men who had to fly the planes as they would literally open the bay doors and have politcal undesirables jump out over the Pacific. Dictators of all stripes are pretty evil pieces of shit.
Like the story about the advisor to Sadaam who spoke up in opposition to gassing the Kurds or going to war in Iran or something: sent home to his wife in pieces, delivered in a black bag.
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by TerroristFistJab on Oct 26, 2010 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Rios Montt in Guatemala
Damn near wiped out the entire Indian population as a matter of deliberate policy. Oh, but we don’t talk about him because St. Ronnie called him a “freedom fighter”.
"Fairy tales start 'once upon a time...'. Fishing stories start 'now this ain't no bullshit...'."
- Cap'n Phil Harris
What's the per year total?
One had 30 years to work with, the other only 12.
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badly behaving Yankee fans might keep Cliff Lee in Texas
. . . Perhaps the Rangers’ greatest sales pitch simply was having Kristen sit in the visiting family section at Yankee Stadium during the playoffs. She says there were ugly taunts. Obscenities. Cups of beer thrown. Even fans spitting from the section above.
"The fans did not do good things in my heart," Kristen says.
"When people are staring at you, and saying horrible things, it’s hard not to take it personal."
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by Stacey on Oct 26, 2010 9:22 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Better in Texas than NY.
But still…..Baltimore buddy. Baltimore.
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by twistedlogic on Oct 26, 2010 9:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Charm City!
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by PBR me ASAP! on Oct 26, 2010 9:27 AM EDT up reply actions
If we play "Baltimore" in his ear over and over while he sleeps
Do you think he’ll get the message? Pretty sure somebody has done a study on this one. I saw it in “The Island”
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by twistedlogic on Oct 26, 2010 9:28 AM EDT up reply actions
We are the city that reads...
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
Perhaps Kristen would really like to stick it to the Yankees fans
by having Cliff pitch in a division where he can kick their team’s ass with more frequency.
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This looks like a win-win situation for Cliff Lee
He’s going to get a huge contract any way you look at it. So sign with the O’s and get a chance to dominate the MOST STORIED FRANCHISE IN BASEBALL with greater regularity. That’ll improve his stock and make him an even bigger FA in 4 years! How would that not be good for Lee?
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by twistedlogic on Oct 26, 2010 10:08 AM EDT up reply actions
not to mention not having his ass kicked by the O's
No offense, but....ENOUGH WITH THE FIELDER/GONZALEZ TRADE PROPOSALS.
Another plus.
I can’t see any reason he’d want to pass up this great opportunity.
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by twistedlogic on Oct 26, 2010 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Well, we know some baseball players' wives can have influence.
After all, Mark Tex… ah, never mind.
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by Eat More Esskay on Oct 26, 2010 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions
I actually thought of him first
since all I heard was about how much Leigh Teixeira wanted to shop on Fifth Avenue. I think the Boston Dirt Dogs still refer to him as Mr. Leigh Teixeira for it.
But, seriously, come on. There’s always stories like this that try to cover up the simple truth, and the simple truth is that money talks period.
No offense, but....ENOUGH WITH THE FIELDER/GONZALEZ TRADE PROPOSALS.
Agreed
But if the money is similar (and with Texas having no income tax…) why not go for the place where people are nicer and you’re closer to home?
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I dunno
but professional athletes aren’t regular people. I can’t even begin to figure out their mindsets.
No offense, but....ENOUGH WITH THE FIELDER/GONZALEZ TRADE PROPOSALS.
That's fine. We don't like regular people in Baltimore.
Boring. Cliff Lee will fit right in.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
someone send John Waters to pitch Charm City to Cliff Lee!
No offense, but....ENOUGH WITH THE FIELDER/GONZALEZ TRADE PROPOSALS.
Esskay and I are also prepared to offer Cliff Lee a substantial part in our Reimold movie.
I mean, the character of Cliff Lee. Unless he wants to be in the movie, in which case I’m all certainly willing to consider that.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
I think Cliff Lee could protray Chris Tillman
who I assume has a good b-plot in the film, mirroring Reimold’s own frustrations. Cliff Lee himself would have to be played by some quiet dominating unassuming southerner….like Viggo Mortensen (but that might just be me wanting to see Viggo in more movies)
No offense, but....ENOUGH WITH THE FIELDER/GONZALEZ TRADE PROPOSALS.
Billy Bob Thornton?
Too old?
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
Coach or manager material at this point.
Maybe the secret hitting coach.
America was a farting country. - Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 26, 2010 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh no, I was SO afraid the concept of Secret Hitting Coach was going to appear...
"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.
Are we getting a little too Soviet for you, Titov?
America was a farting country. - Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 26, 2010 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions
It would be pretty great if Yankee fans end up being why Cliff Lee doesn't sign in New York.
America was a farting country. - Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 26, 2010 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions
it'd be pretty great if
not getting Cliff Lee heralded the downfall of the Yankees into a ten year mess in which they are routinely the butt of jokes about excess and bloat and bad baseball
No offense, but....ENOUGH WITH THE FIELDER/GONZALEZ TRADE PROPOSALS.
heh I just noticed your signature
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
That kind of goes without saying.
America was a farting country. - Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 26, 2010 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Income tax in NY hasn't slowed down Derek Jeter - just have a home in Florida.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
He actually had to pay a bunch of back taxes in NY.
Or they tried to make him pay them. I can’t remember the whole story.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
that was fun
I wish I could’ve heard how ridiculous Cap’n Jete’s defense was. “I swear, I’m just a simple, mild-mannered Florida resident!”
No offense, but....ENOUGH WITH THE FIELDER/GONZALEZ TRADE PROPOSALS.
Yeah I think that was last year.
and then he sold his condo in NY so he could legitimately claim residence in Florida.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Nobody loves Cliff Lee more than me.
But seriously, his wife sounds like a hick.
We should start a facebook page. “Orioles fans that want to scrapbook about Jesus with Kristen Lee”. Go through the back door.
Those are some Kojiculous sideburns. Son of Sam Horn commenter, 08/31/10
by killertomato on Oct 26, 2010 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions
What's wrong with being a hick?
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
What's right with it?
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by killertomato on Oct 26, 2010 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Scrapple
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
I WIN!
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
According to K and B
Although I’d rate bluegrass over Scrapple.
And for today’s bluegrass link, James King’s Thirty Years of Farming
/not the best version, but the best on YT. I rated this album as Top 10 for the decade of the 2000s..
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
I am TOTALLY CONVINCED.
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by killertomato on Oct 26, 2010 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I prefer hicks to smug people who think they are smart and oh so more cultured than others.
Final Thought for the Day: Men are like a fine wine. They start out as
grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they
turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
Dave Barry
by timg56 on Oct 26, 2010 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ding ding ding!
We have a winner, folks!
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
Oh sh!t.
You two totally schooled me there. I really regret having spent the last twenty years reading literature, eating in fine restaurants, enjoying art and theater, perusing a graduate degree, traveling and making the acquaintance of interesting, influential people. If only I had spent my time living in a trailer distilling liquor from Hostess Twinkies and mulling over which daughter to impregnate next so that you two would like me.
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by killertomato on Oct 27, 2010 7:56 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't understand.
Is this a way I’ve contributed to my elitism or a potential way I could contribute to my hickism?
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by killertomato on Oct 27, 2010 8:24 AM EDT up reply actions
Elitism, obvi
Also I hadn’t seen any of this when I mentioned it in today’s thread. I can’t read posts on my phone that have like 400 comments because there is no indication of which are new and which aren’t.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
I didn't intend for my comment to be directed at you,
but simply to agree with timg56. I have plenty of “refined” tastes myself, but I don’t think that makes me better than anybody else.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
I must admit to reading far more si-fi than classic literature ...
… not ever having perused a graduate degree (I sort of figured the thing to do there was earn them – both of them) and I can’t say I’ve ever spent a lot of time hanging with influential people. And a good portion of my travel was courtesy of the US government, so I probably can’t lay any claims on that score. Guess all my degrees, selection to industry standards groups and memberships on company boards can’t hide the fact that I’m a former knuckle dragging torpedoman’s mate and grandson of an immigrant coal miner.
I’m just trying to say that you shouldn’t look down on people.
PS – if you do know how to distill alcohol from Twinkies then you are correct. You could be my good buddy. Have to pass on your daughters though. I’m married.
Final Thought for the Day: Men are like a fine wine. They start out as
grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they
turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
Dave Barry
what's involved in perusing a graduate degree??
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
you know, reading it REALLY closely.
"I put a pepper rub on the scallops so you have a little contrast. You have sweetness from the coconut oil and little acidity from the splash of lemon." – Luke Scott
But what if those people actually ARE smart and oh so much more cultured than others???
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Most people are nowhere near as smart as they think they are.
As for cultured, I’ll borrow from another strand above – 1930’s Germany (along with Austria) was the most cultured nation in the world (or at least the western world). Being cultured doesn’t make one a more valuable member of human kind.
Besides, yogurt is cultured and I doubt anyone here aspires to be a cup of the stuff.
Final Thought for the Day: Men are like a fine wine. They start out as
grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they
turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
Dave Barry
or at least the western world
which of course, is not the world.
In the 1870s Japan was ahead of 1930s Germany for culture.
"I put a pepper rub on the scallops so you have a little contrast. You have sweetness from the coconut oil and little acidity from the splash of lemon." – Luke Scott
Where's the fun in being better than people if you don't tell them about it???
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
(whispers to kba26 about O'sFan21)
"I put a pepper rub on the scallops so you have a little contrast. You have sweetness from the coconut oil and little acidity from the splash of lemon." – Luke Scott
If you’ve got something to say, say it to my face!!
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Only if you promise to put the bag back on.
Final Thought for the Day: Men are like a fine wine. They start out as
grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they
turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
Dave Barry
Heh, from Deadspin regarding the possibility of expanding playoffs
“Anything to get the Red Sox into the playoffs, I guess.”
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
This talk of expanding the playoffs
Really annoys me. I’m not sure why they are trying to fix something that isn’t broken. Yes, let’s water down the playoffs! I really think Nick Swisher should be the all time leader in post season homers!
Librarians are hiding something
Really?
Why? Dont you realize that if they expand to about what the NFL has, that means the Orioles have a much better chance to make the playoffs (even if competing in the AL East). The best teams could get bye’s, giving incentive to actually be a top two team, and more teams get a shot year after year.
Also, what does it matter who is the all time leading in post season homers if it improves the quality of the postseasons?
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by Reddrummer9187 on Oct 26, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
the point of the baseball season
outside of entertainment, is to determine the best team. Expanding the playoffs makes it that much easier for a weak team to be crowned as “the best”.
I don’t just want the Orioles to be handed a championship, I want to know without a doubt that they are the best (Around! Nothing’s gonna ever keep them down! They’re the best! Around!)
No offense, but....ENOUGH WITH THE FIELDER/GONZALEZ TRADE PROPOSALS.
by Andrew_G on Oct 26, 2010 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
The point is entertainment
If it was purely about crowning the best team, they would just give the team with the best record rings. Did the 2001 Mariners win the world series, nope. Look at this year, the best two teams in the AL aren’t representing the AL in the world series.
If they expanded the playoffs to 12 teams, the 88 win white sox and the 89 win red sox would be in. And we all know they were so much worse than the 90 win Rangers who are now representing the AL in the world series. In the NL a 90 win team missed the playoffs this year.
Letting in extra teams doesn’t handicap the best teams in any way, if they are given a bye in the first round then in effect, you are just forcing the 3rd-6th best teams to fight for their chance to play the best teams.
In the end, sports are about entertainment, a 12 team playoff gives more teams a hope, adds more drama, and gives more incentive to dominate the regular season. If you want to crown the “best” team then scrap the playoffs altogether.
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Oct 26, 2010 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm for better entertainment
but I do think they should try to structure the playoffs to rewards teams with better season records besides home field advantage. Maybe this can be accomplished through expanded playoffs.
Your mother.
The problem with that is that the
1 and 2 seeds have to sit out and get cold while the 3-6 seeds play competitive baseball. If it’s a 5 game series, then that at least a week of twidling their thumbs instead of playing everyday. You see this sometimes in football, but they are used to bye weeks. Baseball teams aren’t used to bye weeks. What happens if the #1 and #2 seeds never win. That’ll suck.
I am definitely on the fence about expanding playoffs. I wanted 2 more wild cards for a while; now I think I’m against it.
"Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.."
They might get 'cold'
That I can’t argue either way about. The players would probably adapt, but maybe that time off would cause them to lose their timing. It is worth considering, especially because with the current trend it would probably be quite a while (considering the current breaks between series’s). Maybe you would have to make it a 3 game round to keep it shorter.
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Oct 26, 2010 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Those are good points
but I would argue that from an entertainment point of view, adding more wild cards kind of ruins September pennant chases. Some people have already bemoaned how, for instance, this year the Yankees and Rays had nothing to play for by September 10th since they were both in already, and a race between the two best teams in baseball was thrown out in favor of (potentially) a race between the 4th and 5th best teams in the AL…which isn’t nearly as much fun.
No offense, but....ENOUGH WITH THE FIELDER/GONZALEZ TRADE PROPOSALS.
the other side
Is you do get more teams in the ‘playoff hunt’ later in the season, which would add a different type of drama, but still drama.
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Oct 26, 2010 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I disagree
The more diluted the playoff pool is, the less likely the World Series will have the best two teams from each league. Plus, giving out byes to top seeds seems really unnatural to me, or to put it another way, not true to how baseball is played (the one game play-in is even worse IMO).
I think the playoff modification necessary would be to make the first round a best of 7. Anything can happen in a short series, and that should be mitigated as much as possible.
Librarians are hiding something
I just can't see watching the World Series ...
… while sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner.
Final Thought for the Day: Men are like a fine wine. They start out as
grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they
turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
Dave Barry
The difference is that the NFL is 16 games
There’s 162 games in a baseball season to determine who is the best team. In the NFL, it’s not so clear cut. On any given Sunday something can happen in football. 162 games makes it different.
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I'd like Kranny to stick around
I think we’ve gotten pretty good results out of him in his time here, and I don’t see anything in Mark Conner’s history to suggest he’d be any better (if pitching coaches matter, that is, and on this I have upgraded my opinion to completely undecided)
No offense, but....ENOUGH WITH THE FIELDER/GONZALEZ TRADE PROPOSALS.
Baltimore has a huge Orthodox Jewish population
Perhaps as large as the DC area. There are a lot Jewish film festivals around the country. There’s a lot of Jews in cinema, so it seems pretty possible.
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I didn't say that it didn't seem possible
I said it was funny I’d never heard of it since I generally keep pretty well apprised of the goings on in my community. Although, I guess Owings Mills isn’t really my community. I suppose “Owings Mills Jewish Film Festival” doesn’t sound as good.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
Actually most of the Orthodox Jews live in Baltimore
The less observant Jews live in the suburbs.
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I'm not even sure what we're talking about anymore
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
something about Jewish people and Nazis and Cliff Lee
No offense, but....ENOUGH WITH THE FIELDER/GONZALEZ TRADE PROPOSALS.
carl crawford?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 26, 2010 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Derek Jeter
Yeah, I said it. He is better than Cesar Izturis.
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
But is he 7-9x better?
‘cause that’s what he’s probably gonna cost. Heh.
America was a farting country. - Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 26, 2010 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Derek Jeter could bat 1.400
Just ask Yankees fans
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
I think
you meant to place the decimal point a little to the left.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
Nope, sure didn't.
He’d be 7X better than Izzy, thus the 1.400 AVG
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
Ha, I got it;
I was just trashing Jeter.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
Just what Baltimore needs
someone else with an STD
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
Another reason he'd fit right in
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
What do you have against people with short term disabilities?
Final Thought for the Day: Men are like a fine wine. They start out as
grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they
turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
Dave Barry
I just ate here the other day
It was pretty good. I pretty much live right in the epicenter of Orthodox Jews in Baltimore, or close to it.
Yeah, kosher restaurants can be pretty good
Most of the kosher restaurants in the DC area just…aren’t.
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Sushi is one of the few good things that Koshermart sells
It’s a kosher grocery store in Rockville. I think it’s pretty hard to mess up sushi. I love sushi.
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lol Koshermart
That’s an awesome name.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
Oh no it's very easy to mess up sushi.
I’ve had plenty of mediocre, bad, and awful sushi.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
"Well for one thing, those of you who are used to this post being up at the crack of dawn have another thing coming."
We’ve been through this. If you don’t state publicly that the 2nd “thing” there was an intentional provocation, Z will have to rip your liver out. I’m sorry, but it’s not my fault.
"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.
Judas Priest did it better
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x21bia_judas-priest-you-ve-got-another-thi_music
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
Now he has to rip TWO livers out.
Oh, plus the livers of everybody in Judas Priest, I guess…
"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.
I've found that having the extra liver has come in handy.
When the first one started getting enlarged, I just switched over to the other. Has added another 20 years to my drinking.
Final Thought for the Day: Men are like a fine wine. They start out as
grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they
turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
Dave Barry
This is a really fantastic video, Michael Ruhlman is awesome
If you have about 4 minutes, I highly recommend listening to it.
Does Kalimari (sp) taste good?
I’ve never tried it and don’t really plan to. Just wondering.
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Not kosher
But I may once I get out my parents house. I just want to try everything and then (maybe?) go back. I’m not exactly sure what my plan is about kashrut right now, but all I really know is that I want to try bacon.
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Ah right, thats understandable then
I know I was a really picky eater when i was younger, or at least not at all adventurous. I’m became a much happier person once i realized that the worst that can happen is a brief moment of unpleasantness. I’ve found so many thing that i love that i wouldn’t have even touched 5-10 years ago. Religious restrictions are definitely different though.
Oh I was really picky too
Honestly I don’t know how many kids who aren’t picky eaters. I think most people grow out of it. I know I did. I’ll try most things as long as they’re kosher—that’s really my only rule(s). I used to hate spinach and brussel sprouts and now they’re my favorite vegetables.
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I think you’re missing out more on shellfish than bacon.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
this
Well, i didn’t like shellfish more than bacon until after 18
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by Reddrummer9187 on Oct 26, 2010 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions
More importantly
shellfish wrapped in bacon
by kba26 on Oct 26, 2010 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
that's not a thing
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
It has to be
because it just happened.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
stop trying to confuse me
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
I suddenly want to try
a crab cake sandwich with a couple of slices of crispy bacon…
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
Duclaw used to have a crabcake sandwich
on a pretzel roll with bacon and really good mustard that was outstanding. Dunno if they still do it anymore.
Apparently, they do!
Sadly, I am in New Jersey.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
Yeah, my dad's parents were atheist Jews (oxymoron, I know...just roll with it)
So he didn’t keep kosher when he was younger. He loves shrimp. In fact, he has a rule with my mom that the only time he’s allowed to eat shellfish is when he goes to New Orleans. That seems reasonable because it doesn’t happen often. I think I could eat shrimp but I’ve always wondered who got the idea to eat lobster? A lobster looks like a small sea monster. It’s worth a try I guess.
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Lobster is fucking delicious. Crab is fucking delicious. Muscles, clams, oysters, scallops, all fucking delicious.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
I'll do it, especially its somewhere really stellar
but i’m just not a fan of really briny foods. I’m the same way with olives. If i’m at a place that has a really good antipasto, I’ll eat them and can appreciate the flavor, I’m just not a big fan.
oysters and martinis?
it could be like that one episode of Mad Men
No offense, but....ENOUGH WITH THE FIELDER/GONZALEZ TRADE PROPOSALS.
I'm sure they are
But I can’t fathom eating an animal that is remotely related to spiders. I’m arachnophobic. Again, it’s worth a try.
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it's pretty satisfying
I’d eat a big spider if prepared correctly. It’s dead and you’re eating it. It’s like the ultimate conquest – I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me.
I thought Lobsters are
closest related to cockroaches, not spiders?
No offense, but....ENOUGH WITH THE FIELDER/GONZALEZ TRADE PROPOSALS.
Maybe I'm thinking about crabs
I know that crabs are related to spiders. My dad’s a biologist and he knows about this crap. I naturally thought crabs were related to lobsters. Even so, cockroaches are almost as gross as spiders.
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at any rate
when I look at a crab, I don’t think “Oh, hey, this looks sort of like a spider” I think “Awesome! I am eating a crab! Life cannot get better than this!”
I mean, when you see a lion, you don’t automatically compare it to your housecat, do you? No, you’re all like “Yeah, eat the fuck out of that zebra! Yeah!”
No offense, but....ENOUGH WITH THE FIELDER/GONZALEZ TRADE PROPOSALS.
When I see a lion
I want to eat it.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
and too delicious to not eat!
what a conundrum!!!!
No offense, but....ENOUGH WITH THE FIELDER/GONZALEZ TRADE PROPOSALS.
I would never eat a lion or a monkey
Baby lions are so adorable and monkeys are geniuses as animals go. I can’t bear to eat a highly intelligent animal. I know, it’s sort of hypocritical because I’m not a vegetarian and I’ll cows and chickens…you don’t have to point it out. :P
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Monkeys don't look delicious
Lions do. So do bears actually. Could you bear to eat bear?
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Well...I'd actually like to know how they taste first
WAIT. No I would not eat a lion. Why would I eat my favorite animal. And bears are endangered so I can’t bear to eat bear.
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Sewer rat
might taste like pumpkin pie, but I wouldn’t know because I won’t eat the filthy motherf*cker.
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by killertomato on Oct 26, 2010 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Isn't that pretty much any animal except for cats?
They really like to stay clean.
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pretty sure its goat intestines
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 26, 2010 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions
goat itself is fine
Goat intestines are another story.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 26, 2010 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
the only thing goat related I've ever had is cheese
although it’s my favorite kind of cheese.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
I'll bet you could
find some offal on the internet. If there isn’t an Offalmart near your house.
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by killertomato on Oct 26, 2010 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Try an asian grocery store.
Final Thought for the Day: Men are like a fine wine. They start out as
grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they
turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
Dave Barry
Pig's a filthy animal
see! you shouldn’t eat bacon. Sam Jackson mill kill you. Just read what his wallet says.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
this conversation is fucking hysterical
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
I will never eat an intelligent being
No primates, no whales. And no dolphins.
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 26, 2010 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Me too
The whales are in a lot of trouble and they’re perhaps the smartest mammals along with dolphins and primates besides humans.
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was it a california condor egg omelet?
’Cause if you are going to go, you might as well go all out.
"Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.."
I know. That's what your wife told me.
Final Thought for the Day: Men are like a fine wine. They start out as
grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they
turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
Dave Barry
Too bad you are in the 11th grade.
Final Thought for the Day: Men are like a fine wine. They start out as
grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they
turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
Dave Barry
Because you are in the 11th grade ...
… I know it is highly unlikely you are married, and I’m not about to make the comment I wanted to in reference to your mom.
Final Thought for the Day: Men are like a fine wine. They start out as
grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they
turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
Dave Barry
Becaue you are in the 11th grade.
While that is not an absolute guarantee that you couldn’t be married, it does make it a pretty good bet.
Final Thought for the Day: Men are like a fine wine. They start out as
grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they
turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
Dave Barry
I try to stay away from sarcasm.
It doesn’t seem to work well on the internet.
Final Thought for the Day: Men are like a fine wine. They start out as
grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they
turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
Dave Barry
Me too usually
And I usually don’t understand it on the internet either, so I shouldn’t talk.
I'm back. YAY SUMMER!
On the other hand ...
.. smart assism seems to work anywhere.
As an aside, I do a fair amount of volunteer work in education and because I’m frequently told that middle school grades are the hardest to get volunteers for, I most often work with 7th through 9th graders. One thing I’ve discovered that makes it easy for me – there isn’t a middle school kid I’ve met that can hold a candle to me when it comes to being a smart ass. Amazing how quickly they stop trying to show off how smart they are when their classmates are laughing at them.
Final Thought for the Day: Men are like a fine wine. They start out as
grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they
turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
Dave Barry
There's a lot of smart asses in high school too
They’ll destroy teachers as well as students. It’s pretty damn awesome when it’s done right. I was telling my dad about these people who came into my Hebrew class and started bashing America. They started talking about how Americans are too polite and they don’t tell the truth blah blah AND blah. Anyway, this one student raises his hand and goes, “You want me to be honest? This sucked, this was horrible and you should never do it again. Honesty is what you wanted, right?”
Fuck yeah.
I'm back. YAY SUMMER!
Lobster is over rated these days.
I used to recommend Monk fish over it, until it started to get expensive.
Good shrimp offers both better value and better taste than most lobster.
Final Thought for the Day: Men are like a fine wine. They start out as
grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they
turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
Dave Barry
:(
.
"Breathe if you hate Duke." - Brenda Frese
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 26, 2010 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions
So far this month I have gone to
see Stone Temple Pilots and Sublime. It almost feels like it’s 1996 all over again, with a few minor exceptions. 1) I am not 15 anymore (as it turns out). 2) Mosh pits and crowd surfing = suck (see #1). 3) Weed smells bad (see #1) 4) Who has a concert on a Monday anyway? I had to take a nap on my lunch break today (see #1).
OK, I guess there is only 1 minor exception.
"Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.."
Well they stayed together pretty much the whole time but changed the name
Its only recently they decided to try to use Sublime again. There was big legal fight with Nowell’s family over it, and they ended up having to use a slightly tweaked version. I don’t remember what it is, but its not just ‘Sublime.’
They have a new lead singer...
Rome Ramirez. Technically they are called Sublime with Rome. Same drummer/bassist, and same songs. They came out with a new CD this year, and they are touring. It’s not the same, but it’s the closest you are going to get in 2010.
"Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.."
My wife is really into Sublime...
the drummer threw his used sticks into the stands and she wrestled 2 chicks and 2 dudes for one of them (it’s in my house now; she is one stubborn and freakishly strong woman). I am not a huge music guy, but I like their stuff. The same with STP; I went with a friend who is a huge STP fanboy, so he knew all the words to all the songs. Both of those bands I know the words to the songs that everyone knows the words to, but if you go any deeper into the albums and I got nothin’.
"Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.."
Sublime was huge for me growing up. 40 oz. to Freedom might be my all time favorite album.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Agreed
They put on a good show though… Not sure why it was on a Monday. This has been the longest Tuesday in the history of Tuesdays
"Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.."
I was wondering about that.
I saw some televised performance of their new song and even though I like the song the performance was unbelievably boring. They put on a better show in a real concert though?
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
They had some new stuff,
but it was interspersed with the old stuff. It’s my wife’s favorite band, and she says it was a great concert, so I believe her. I like music, but concerts aren’t my bag. I’ve always been more of a sports guy than a music guy. I can tell you the whole roster of almost every team in the bigs, but I can’t name more than 4 or 5 lead singers.
"Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.."
Hmm I might have to check it out if the mrs. said it was that good. I used to be a big concert guy in HS, but have only been to a handful since then. I’d like to go to more.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
The crowd was a weird mix
There were a bunch of early 20’s… some people our age (I’m 29)… and a lot of people in their late 30’s and early 40’s who needed an excuse to smoke weed and pretend that life hadn’t passed them by.
It definitely made me think about that old guy at the college bar, who really thinks that the college kids can’t tell that he’s the old guy at the college bar. I so don’t want to be that guy.
"Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.."
I'm in the boat that thinks they shouldn't call it Sublime.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Sorry to interject baseball into this thread.
I hope we keep Kranitz. The fact that the young pitchers want to keep him sold me. They also like the Norfolk pitching coach. As a former bad athlete, I can tell you that really good coaching makes a world of difference.
I am ambivalent about expanding the playoffs. As a baseball fan, I say, no, don’t do it. Should baseball become basketball? On the other hand, I would like to get back to the playoffs before I die.
Regarding Cliff Lee. I assume there are direct flights from New York to Little Rock. But, there are so many advantages to playing in New York that it is hard for a player to resist the lure. The money, the fame, the packed stadium, and everything is first class. This is borne out by the “little kids at Disneyworld” attitude that the younger Os exhibit when they go to the Bronx.
I don’t hold it against Texiera that he chose New York over Baltimore. It would have been irrational for hm to sign with us. Our mission is to make coming to Baltimore appealing again.
I unfollowed Adam Jones
after he retweeted some skank complaining that somebody with bad breath breathed on her.
Being boring and inarticulate (hlp peeps whare can i get a soda ths time of night #wherecanigetasodathistimeofnight) is one thing, but force feeding me whiny skank-isms crosses the line. I won’t stand for it.
Those are some Kojiculous sideburns. Son of Sam Horn commenter, 08/31/10
Yeah... Im about to 'unfollow' him myself
Its just pointless drivel 24/7
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 26, 2010 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I replaced him
with Michael Ian Black.
In what way could Pat Sajack be awesome? (I would find out for myself but twitter is blocked by my firewall and I get zero bars in this basement.
Those are some Kojiculous sideburns. Son of Sam Horn commenter, 08/31/10
by killertomato on Oct 26, 2010 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I dunno
I guess I’m just a Pat Sajack fan. I love Wheel, Pat lives in Severna Park for part of the year and owns two small MD radio stations. He also has season tickets to the Caps and loves baseball. I was going to paste some of his tweets here but have decided to let you observe the beast in his natural habitat.
I love how Pat Sajak uses any excuse
to rub himself all over the young, attractive female contestants. I’m sure Alex Trebek would do the same thing, but the situation has never presented itself.
"Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.."
Would you wear
an “I Heart Wheel” t-shirt? With or without Pat Sajack’s face on it?
Those are some Kojiculous sideburns. Son of Sam Horn commenter, 08/31/10
by killertomato on Oct 26, 2010 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I wish I was in a position to make that offer.
Seriously. It’s f*cking charming is what it is.
Those are some Kojiculous sideburns. Son of Sam Horn commenter, 08/31/10
by killertomato on Oct 26, 2010 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions
OT:
Trading:
DeAngelo Williams
Dwayne Bowe
For:
McFadden
Ivory
What say you board? I hate DeAngelo.. he’s been a pain in my ass all season.
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 26, 2010 1:54 PM EDT reply actions
I assume that's real elephant ivory
which makes you a horrible monster
No offense, but....ENOUGH WITH THE FIELDER/GONZALEZ TRADE PROPOSALS.
I already have ivory,
so more doesn’t do me any good, but I could use some gems or incense.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
I wouldn't do it.
Ivory has zero value once PT & Bush return (potentially as soon as next week), plus next week is vs. the Steelers; not a good matchup at all. So you would basically be trading Williams and Bowe for McFadden. If you could get someone other than Ivory it could be worthwhile.
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
by PBR me ASAP! on Oct 26, 2010 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
Ill waive Ivory, I could give a shit about him.
Bowe will never sniff my starting lineup this year. I already have: Brandon Marshall/Desean Jackson/Pierre Garcon and we only start 2 WRs.
DeAngelo is awful. So to me its virtually a swap from DeAngelo to McFadden which is a no-brainer to me.
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 26, 2010 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd do it then. RunDMC has way more value than Deangelo right now.
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
by PBR me ASAP! on Oct 26, 2010 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions
if you have depth at WR then for sure do it
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Oct 26, 2010 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Did somebody offer you that trade?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 26, 2010 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I offered....
DeAngelo/Bowe for McFadden/Lynch.
This was their counter.
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 26, 2010 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Who the heck are these people?
Are these folks actually watching the games?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 26, 2010 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
McFadden/Ivory was the counter.
He needs a WR so it makes sense.
He downgrades a bit at RB while unloading McFaddens constant injury risk, and gets a bonafide starting WR as a throw-in.
Bowe has scored 20+ the past couple weeks.
I upgrade at RB and lose some depth on my bench.
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 26, 2010 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions
He downgrades a lot at RB
Sure McFadden is an injury risk, but when he’s in the lineup, he rocks DeAngelo. Bowe has scored 20+ against some very poor pass Ds. He gets another cupcake against Buffalo this week, but then they’ve got a few games against OAK (their D is improving), TEN, DEN, SEA (which has a suprisingly good D), etc. WRs arent consistent enough to drop a good RB for. And to get one that hasn’t been performing at all.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 26, 2010 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Deangelo sucks
He’s on my team too, utterly worthless. Bowe has been good but will he remain consistent. McFadden has been insane when healthy and ivory is not worth much.
I still like it, McFadden has just been unreal and I dont trust deangelo.
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Oct 26, 2010 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Okay your Orioles-related question of the day
since I know so many of you are dying for it.
Yesterday I said the Orioles had one non-tender candidate (Matt Albers), and that was a lie. Yesterday I was lying, and today I am telling the truth, because today we are talking about Jake Fox and the rest of the Orioles bench.
Right now the bench is ostensibly Tatum, Fox, Lugo/Andino, and Scorey/Reimold/Pie (Scorey’s actually a free agent, and so is Lugo, but come on, they’d both be idiots not to return if offered actual legal tender by the Baltimore Orioles…I mean, do you even know how many places there are that will accept legal tender? Well…it’s a lot of places)
So, fix this bench, because it is obviously broken. Does Fox deserve a spot on the roster (I do believe that he can’t be outrighted, since that’s how we got him in the first place)? What about the rest of this sorry lot?
No offense, but....ENOUGH WITH THE FIELDER/GONZALEZ TRADE PROPOSALS.
Can we make Fox
the guy that refills the Double Bubble things?
Those are some Kojiculous sideburns. Son of Sam Horn commenter, 08/31/10
by killertomato on Oct 26, 2010 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm for keeping Foxy lady
partially because I like writing Foxy lady. Tater is fine as well. The rest of those guys can eat a D-I…
Your mother.
I wouldn't be opposed to keeping Tater
His bat isn’t terrible for a backup catcher. But no big whoop if they do another direction. Cut the rest of them loose.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
it seems pretty cut and dry to me
Fox, by nobody’s definition, is even a replacement-level player. But I feel like there should be and is a decent counter-argument for keeping him.
His Isolated Power (Slugging – Batting Average) was second highest on the team behind Luke Scott, albeit in only 105 PA, but his career mark (which we would expect to be a little lower than what he will put up in his 28 year old season) of .187 would still be second on the team. It’s awfully nice to have at least a little pop on the bench for those late inning emergency times when you need a home run.
No offense, but....ENOUGH WITH THE FIELDER/GONZALEZ TRADE PROPOSALS.
I'm not sure how much value
there is in in the fact that a high percentage of his hits go for extra bases when the odds of him getting any hit at all are so low.
It's kept Matt Stairs in the league
for the last couple of years.
"Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.."
If it down to him and Tater
it’s Fox without a question. Fantastic Mr. Fox is more versatile.
"Breathe if you hate Duke." - Brenda Frese
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 26, 2010 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah. He'll strike out on pitches above the zone, below the zone, inside, AND outside.
That’s a hell of a lot of versatility.
America was a farting country. - Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 26, 2010 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions
They're both pretty bad players, Tatum might be a little better
But Fox’s ability to play multiple positions might be key in the warehouse’s decision.
"Breathe if you hate Duke." - Brenda Frese
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 26, 2010 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions
his ability to suck a multiple positions
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
The warehouse also thought that Garrett Atkins wouldn't suck.
Not a flawless operation. That’s fine. I’ll give them that Jake Fox sucking will cost us less than Garrett Atkins sucking.
I’ll grant, also, that I didn’t do anything like look at platoon splits or anything, so it’s possible to say that Jake Fox may have some value as a guy off the bench who can then go in the next half-inning and stand somewhere with a glove and maybe be vaguely competent if the ball is hit towards him.
I’m just saying that for me, Fox will forever be the guy who swung at the fastball that hit him – much like Jack Cust is always going to be the guy who fell over on the way from third to home. If anybody thinks, “Wow, we gotta bring Jake Fox back!” then that is a pretty bad sign.
America was a farting country. - Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 26, 2010 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Dump Fox. This is not a question for me.
I saw enough of him to be convinced that he is going to be who he is, and who he is sucks. He will hack at anything, and he’s not Vladimir Guerrero so he’s not going to make hacking at anything work.
The ultimate Jake Fox moment was an at-bat in I think Toronto. He swung at a pitch that struck him on the forearm. He was literally hit by the pitch, a fastball so up and in that it went straight for him, and instead of taking first base he had a strike recorded against him because he swung at the pitch. I’m pretty sure two pitches later he was back in the dugout after swinging at curve balls that were something like a light year from the strike zone.
I never want to see him again. It may be that we will just replace him with someone else who sucks, but let’s at least give that other person a chance. Fox is never going to be anything.
America was a farting country. - Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 26, 2010 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Tatum, Reimold and Pie.
Final Thought for the Day: Men are like a fine wine. They start out as
grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they
turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
Dave Barry
bench
Tatum or other generic catcher. I really liked Sal Fasano ‘cuz he could mash lefties, but I have no real feelings about him or Moeller or ZAUN or Lunar or Fordyce or Gil or the other anonymous backup catchers.
Reimold – Reimold and Pie should be in LF with the adorable getting most of the starts. Reimold needs AB, and needs to be in a rotation for DH as well. Pie can play center, so that covers the backup CF
Wigginton – I’d like him back in a super utility role
Andino – backup SS, I guess. I’d love to find a Rule 5 guy.
Fox – I dig his ISO.
Also, no reason for 13 man bullpen. Adding a guy like Fox to the bench is more valuable than a right handed reliever who really should be in the minors.
Librarians are hiding something
Craigslist ad
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/tix/2026083719.html
Looking to trade some great top shelf 420 for a single or pair of world series tickets. Prop 215 patients only. Life long Giants fan here and really want to see a game.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
I woulda thought Lincecum could just get comp tickets
No offense, but....ENOUGH WITH THE FIELDER/GONZALEZ TRADE PROPOSALS.
by Andrew_G on Oct 26, 2010 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
That's a rec.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
oh thats good
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Oct 26, 2010 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Dear zombie fanaticals,
At the risk of setting off a thread-consuming brushfire; What is your take on the upcoming AMC series ‘The Walking Dead’ ? Feel free to describe your enthusiasm level for the show in the form of an esoteric or profane simile.
With Mad Men gone and Boardwalk underwhelming, I feel there is a hole in my life that only TV can fill.
Holy fucking shit I can't contain myself
It’s going to be the best thing ever invented or it’s gonna really let me down. The graphic fiction (read: comic book) is amazing. It’s tough to compare, but I can pretty confidently say it is the best zombie-based work since Shaun of the Dead, and probably the best serious piece since Romero’s “Dawn”. This show has so much potential it’s unreal, and it might just make me happier than anything i’ve ever seen on tv (maybe with the exception of a couple super bowls and stanley cups. maybe.)
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
I am reading the pilot right now.
It’s an amazing script. I can’t WAIT for for sunday night!
"I put a pepper rub on the scallops so you have a little contrast. You have sweetness from the coconut oil and little acidity from the splash of lemon." – Luke Scott
Wait...
you’re reading the script for the pilot, not the actual 1st book? Where can I find this?
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
class i'm taking.
email me and….
well, I won’t print the rest here. Email me.
"I put a pepper rub on the scallops so you have a little contrast. You have sweetness from the coconut oil and little acidity from the splash of lemon." – Luke Scott
Anything with zombies is worth watching. At least once.
Final Thought for the Day: Men are like a fine wine. They start out as
grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they
turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
Dave Barry
oh it's gonna be good...
it’s the greatest work of zombie-stuff in a very long time. the graphic novel was absolutely incredible.
FREE LAVELLE HAWKINS
I <3 Pat McAfee
by danielreese05 on Oct 27, 2010 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Is anyone here still rooting for the Rangers?
I can’t imagine anyone is, since the Giants have like a billion things going for them over the Rangers in the rooting department, but are you?
No offense, but....ENOUGH WITH THE FIELDER/GONZALEZ TRADE PROPOSALS.
from the bluest of the blue commentators
I’da thought the Bush connection would make you totally furious.
No offense, but....ENOUGH WITH THE FIELDER/GONZALEZ TRADE PROPOSALS.
LOL
Since when is rooting for a baseball team political. I’m a “red-stater” and Angelos is one of the most left-leaning owners there are.
I could care less about that stuff when it comes to picking sports teams.
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 26, 2010 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
i'm with you
i’m not a political person at all, but DCO’sfan definitely and rabidly is (and I mean that in a good way, DC!)…and I can see it making a difference for someone like that.
No offense, but....ENOUGH WITH THE FIELDER/GONZALEZ TRADE PROPOSALS.
Nah, and I don't think you should pick who to root for based on the owner's political opinions
That has nothing to do with sports and I’m happy to keep that separate.
I'm back. YAY SUMMER!
He doesn't own them anymore
So that’s not a factor. Even if he did…well, that doesn’t matter to me. I’m convinced (although I’m not sure) that Snyder is a big time Rep. but is that going to stop me from rooting for the Redskins? Hell no.
Anyway, I don’t have a huge preference and I’m not allowed to watch the WS anyway.
I'm back. YAY SUMMER!
Snyder is not a Republican
And he is a major reason not to root for the Skins. Although I still do.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 26, 2010 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions
True
If that were the case, I’d have boycotted the O’s a long time ago.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 26, 2010 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions
He is...
or at least was, as of 2006.
"No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." - H.L. Mencken
by TerroristFistJab on Oct 26, 2010 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I would expect him to be
But he did say he was angry with Bush so who knows who he voted for in 2008.
I'm back. YAY SUMMER!
It was the in thing to be angry at Bush.
Final Thought for the Day: Men are like a fine wine. They start out as
grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they
turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
Dave Barry
It still is apparently
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 26, 2010 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions
In that case ...
… I’ll hold off on putting those “Jeb for President” t-shirts on sale on eBay.
Final Thought for the Day: Men are like a fine wine. They start out as
grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they
turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
Dave Barry
yea...you'd be selling low
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 26, 2010 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions
"Miss me yet?" items are selling rather well, though.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
Which only further deepens my...
belief that the American electorate is fucking stupid. Not if you were a supporter of the President (W. Bush), just if you were mad at W. and voted for Obama, only to say you now miss Bush. Make up your fucking minds!
"No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." - H.L. Mencken
by TerroristFistJab on Oct 27, 2010 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
The wishy-washiness is rather maddening.
Dyed-in-the-wool Republicans, at least they’re consistent. You can predict them, and they can predict me. People who form their opinions and constantly change them based on completely bizarre, arbitrary and possibly false criteria, it drives me nuts.
America was a farting country. - Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 27, 2010 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Which is sort of why I...
say with condescension that “undecideds” (note, I am not picking on political independents) are dumber than fuck if the week before a general election you hadn’t decided how you were going to vote on candidates.
"No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." - H.L. Mencken
by TerroristFistJab on Oct 27, 2010 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions
see:
all the people who voted for Obama just because he was black.
that made me so damn mad…you’re putting the future of our nation in his hands because we’ve never had a black president before…
maybe he was the better choice, maybe he wasn’t, I don’t really know, but what I do know is because we have people who thought it would be just swell to vote for him simply for the fact that he’s black have caused me to lose all faith in our system.
FREE LAVELLE HAWKINS
I <3 Pat McAfee
by danielreese05 on Oct 27, 2010 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I try to give people the benefit of doubt.
It is not uncommon to vote for a candidate who promises to change how things are done, when you are frustrated or fed up with how the system works.
What is foolish is to think that anyone promising change is going to follow through on that promise.
Final Thought for the Day: Men are like a fine wine. They start out as
grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they
turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
Dave Barry
I did too at the beginning
honestly, I thought we needed change too, but I never bought into the whole “he’s black, he’ll get it done for sure!”
just because he’s different than any of our other presidents in skin color doesn’t mean he’s going to be any different than them in the ability to produce effective legislature.
FREE LAVELLE HAWKINS
I <3 Pat McAfee
by danielreese05 on Oct 27, 2010 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions
what the fuck?
all the people who voted for Obama just because he was black
- I don’t think this is a significant segment of the population
- Like throughout history of this country people haven’t voted for a presidential candidate because of some totally irrelevant affinity for him (religion mostly?)
"I put a pepper rub on the scallops so you have a little contrast. You have sweetness from the coconut oil and little acidity from the splash of lemon." – Luke Scott
And
if it’s black people that he thinks voted for Obama strictly because he’s black, 90+% of the black vote goes Dem every election anyway, so how exactly does anybody know that’s why?
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Are you really saying
that a candidate’s religion is comparable in importance to his skin color? For people who are serious about their faiths, it determines their entire worldviews.
And I was going to point out that 19% of respondents to CNN’s exit polls said that candidate race was a factor (9% calling it important). But then I realized (thankfully before posting) that Obama only got about 53% of the votes from those who cared about candidate race. Lovely.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
We had people say they were voting Bush over Kerry
because he could throw a football. I mean, really? The tiny segment of America that voted on race surprised you and soured you on the system?
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
You mean you don’t select the most powerful person in the world based on who you’d rather have a beer with???
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Not me.
I base my vote on how effective I think they wil be in keeping the lower classes in their place.
Final Thought for the Day: Men are like a fine wine. They start out as
grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they
turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
Dave Barry
Wait...
what?
Not allowed? Please explain!
"No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." - H.L. Mencken
by TerroristFistJab on Oct 26, 2010 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Somebody's grounded!!!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 26, 2010 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Well...she can't vote....
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 26, 2010 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I had a big long post written up here
but I decided I really don’t feel like debating politics today.
The stache is back!
by Knubles and Bits on Oct 26, 2010 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah I didn't feel like responding either
I’ll say one thing: I’m fully aware I can’t vote but I also believe I’m old enough to form opinions about politics. And I will vote in two years.
I'm back. YAY SUMMER!
My post was actually in agreement with twisted, but
further expanded. I also agree with you that you are old enough to form opinions about politics. Where I disagree, however, is that you are not old enough to know what life is really like and until you have to fend for yourself and actually pay taxes (not just file them) and own a house, etc., then you really don’t know as much as you think you do. I’ll leave it at that, because my original post brought my personal political beliefs into it and that’s just not necessary at this point.
The stache is back!
by Knubles and Bits on Oct 26, 2010 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions
PS
this is no way an attack towards you personally. Just generalities.
The stache is back!
by Knubles and Bits on Oct 26, 2010 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I never stated that I know all that stuff
Because I don’t. And I also don’t see how we got to this point? We were just talking about rooting for a certain team.
I'm back. YAY SUMMER!
But part of rooting for a certain team (which I despise in politics)
has to do with actually experiencing these things. You don’t pay taxes, so how can you make an opinion about them etc etc.
/stepping off of my soap box
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 26, 2010 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I really, really don't want to debate politics with anyone on this blog anymore
So I don’t want to get into this discussion, sorry. It’s not that I don’t have an answer for you, but this never ends in anything positive. I also don’t know any of you personally so I see no point in debating with someone who I’ve never met or will likely ever meet. I can debate politics with my friends but that’s different (at least for me).
I'm back. YAY SUMMER!
Ehhhh I don't know man.
Any intelligent person can form well-argued opinions about things without experiencing them. I don’t need to be a woman to form an opinion about abortion, or a student (or teacher or parent) to form an opinion about education, so why do I need to pay taxes to form an opinion about them? Actually experiencing whatever policy topic we’re talking about might make my experience and thus my opinion more pointed, but it’s certainly not essential.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
I tend to agree with the paying of taxes part.
I used to work at a nuclear plant in OR. While it was operating there would be a measure on the ballot to shut it down. In Oregon the HS’s always hold a mock election on candidates and the ballot measures. Every time the shutdown measure was on the ballot it passed overwhelmingly. Yet it never did pass in the real election. It is easy for high school kids to be all righteous on a topic when they don’t have to earn a living or worry about little things like what keeps the lights on and the power flowing to all those cool devices and gamestations they have.
Final Thought for the Day: Men are like a fine wine. They start out as
grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they
turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
Dave Barry
Almost makes me want to comment on people who can vote ...
… and don’t.
Included in that are my two step kids. My daughter is registered, but her ballot has been sitting on our counter for two plus weeks. Don’t think she’s going to bother with it. My son isn’t even registered. Just was commissioned as a 2nd Lt in the Marine Corps and yet doesn’t bother to vote. Makes no sense to me.
Final Thought for the Day: Men are like a fine wine. They start out as
grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they
turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
Dave Barry
I kind of am
They beat the Yankees. That’s a huge plus in my book.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 26, 2010 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I am...
I head down to Texas once a year and catch a game.. my mom’s whole family lives down there so I go and visit them in Ft. Worth.
Plus, you gotta love Cliff Lee and Josh Hamilton. I enjoy watching their clubhouse commaraderie as well.
And the Giants lineup completely bores me.
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 26, 2010 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions
see, I'm the opposite on the lineup
it’s completely amazing that this junkyard scrap heap team is in the world series. I mean, come on, Pat Burrell and Aubrey Huff are two of your middle of the lineup hitters? Juan Uribe? Seriously?
But it makes it all the more awesome. Like, watching A-Rod hit a home run is kind of boring (or as boring as a home run can be), but watching Bengie Molina somehow hit a home run is like this amazing miracle. Watching the Giants score any runs is just like that. And it really endears me to their offense.
No offense, but....ENOUGH WITH THE FIELDER/GONZALEZ TRADE PROPOSALS.
Im just not particularly attracted to any of their hitters
Posey/Ross have really impressed me in the playoffs, but for the most part they are just heating up at the right time.
That offense was pathetic almost the entire season.
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 26, 2010 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm attracted to any hitter
wearing black and orange in the world series
No offense, but....ENOUGH WITH THE FIELDER/GONZALEZ TRADE PROPOSALS.
by Andrew_G on Oct 26, 2010 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
If I wasn't on my phone this would be rec city
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
by Stacey on Oct 26, 2010 4:20 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Oh yeah...
and of course they took out the MFY.
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 26, 2010 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Rangers all the way
I’ll be happy no matter the outcome, but would ultimately like the Rangers to win.
Little grouchy about lack of Phils, huh?
"Breathe if you hate Duke." - Brenda Frese
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 26, 2010 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Pretty sure you hold the same opinion as FOX sports
I’m sure they are excited about this.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 26, 2010 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Giants
I wanna see Lincicum pitch shut outs, Wilson get blasted & Hamilton make the last out of the Series
"Fairy tales start 'once upon a time...'. Fishing stories start 'now this ain't no bullshit...'."
- Cap'n Phil Harris
WW, I know you'll have an opinion this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SBP6ZD_Ngo
"Breathe if you hate Duke." - Brenda Frese
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 26, 2010 4:04 PM EDT reply actions
My unsolicited opinon?
Can be summed up here.
"No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." - H.L. Mencken
by TerroristFistJab on Oct 26, 2010 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions
BSF
THIS NEW MIAMI DREAM TEAM IS INCREDIBLE!!!!! GIVE THEM THE RING ALREADY DAVID STERN!!!! WAY TO PUT UP 9 FIRST QUARTER POINTS “BEST TEAM EVER ASSEMBLED”…
You’ll have alot of fun on nights against the Grizzlies and Bobcats, but Boston plays big boy defense. Lebron picking up RIGHT where he left off. 2 for 7…. cute commercial though bron bron.
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 26, 2010 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions
ahahaha
You’re the best WW
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 26, 2010 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions
The Orioles candidate for the MLB Heart and Hustle Award is...
Ty Wigginton. I’ll be in the back, laughing, for the next twenty minutes or so.
No offense, but....ENOUGH WITH THE FIELDER/GONZALEZ TRADE PROPOSALS.
That was only 19 minutes.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 26, 2010 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I said "or so"!
this is why I’ll never win the heart and hustle award.
No offense, but....ENOUGH WITH THE FIELDER/GONZALEZ TRADE PROPOSALS.
haha
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 26, 2010 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions
conversation between my 4 year old nephew and sister
Nephew: “squirrel!”
Sister: “you like squirrels, buddy?”
Nephew: “I want to eat it.”
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
by Stacey on Oct 26, 2010 4:31 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Luke Scott fan I see.
Final Thought for the Day: Men are like a fine wine. They start out as
grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they
turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
Dave Barry
LOL at Flacco
"Breathe if you hate Duke." - Brenda Frese
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 26, 2010 4:32 PM EDT reply actions
I am totally getting the state of NJ shaved into my head.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Useless trivia just seen on the ESPN bottom line:
Darren Oliver (current bullpen arm for Texas) started the 1st ever Interleague game, which happened to be….
SF vs. Texas.
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
Terry Crowley news
Although no official announcement has been made, the Orioles have reached an agreement with Terry Crowley, which will make the big-league hitting coach an organizational-wide offensive evaluator in 2011, according to two sources.
During next season, Crowley is expected to have a wide range of responsibilities, which would include tutoring specific minor league hitters, evaluating potential amateur draft choices and scouting hitters from other organizations that could be available via trade or free agency.
Your mother.
I dunno
“organizational-wide offensive evaluator” sounds an awful lot like a fake title to me. It may just be giving him an office and keeping him on the payroll for a few years out of ‘gratitude’ or something but not have any actual impact on the team.
whatever his title, he'll be "tutoring specific minor league hitters."
So he’ll be trying to the inflict the suck while the players are still young. The get em early approach.
Your mother.
I'd be interested to know who was the impetus for this move.
If it was Buck, then I would find it hard to believe that he would allow Crowley to remain in a position with any substantive amount of authority. I’d imagine Buck would be sure to have his own approved instructors down on the farm instilling his philosophy.
Or, maybe, Buck has found some redeeming quality in Crowley that he approves of, but he just wants him out of the damn dugout. I dunno….
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
by PBR me ASAP! on Oct 26, 2010 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I’d imagine Buck would be sure to have his own approved instructors down on the farm instilling his philosophy.
I don’t think Buck would have that type of authority.
Your mother.
He wouldn't have signed here if he didn't
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
i don't think any coach in the major leagues has that type of power to dictate hiring that far down
but that’s just my guess.
Your mother.
He may not do the hiring, but I'm sure he has a say.
And he surely can tell the minor league coaches what he wants them to be focusing on.
The stache is back!
by Knubles and Bits on Oct 26, 2010 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions
It's Buck Showalter.
He not at all too shy to do more than just voice his opinion. That’s part of what had him run out of town twice, I believe.
Agreed
I think this is a nice way of getting him out of the way.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 26, 2010 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions
And even if he does work with individual minor leaguers,
that’s not necessarily bad. It would probably be for brief periods of time and on mechanical issues more than trying to change their tactical approach.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
I've got just the player for him
Billy Rowell.
Seriously, Crow, take all the time you need….
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
haha...somebody hid the MATT WIETERS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Buck on Baseball Tonight on ESPNews right now!
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
Over the weekend I'm thinking of watching every Arrested Development episode on Netflix
Who here thinks that’s a good plan?
I'm back. YAY SUMMER!
Do it
I hear that if you watch AD with the sound off and play Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon simultaneously, the two match up perfectly.
Your mother.
I'll try it!
I’m thinking of watching the series finale first because that’s my favorite episode and then I’m going to start at the beginning.
I'm back. YAY SUMMER!
Quiet on here
I guess people are busy or working on something like I should be….. I hate math.
"If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?" Yogi Berra
Maybe it's just me but if people did that to my significant other I would be reluctant to play there
I'm back. YAY SUMMER!
I would sign with Baltimore.
"If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?" Yogi Berra
Don't worry,
you can probably get a minor league deal, at least.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
"They're at home right now."
Well, I don’t know if it was intentional, but he still managed to take a shot at them.
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