Wednesday Bird Droppings
by duck on Oct 6, 2010 6:54 AM EDT
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Wow...any reactions to yesterday's heated BD?
It was interesting to say the least.
I'm back. YAY SUMMER!
Do we really need to relive it?
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
by Stacey on Oct 6, 2010 8:43 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ha, thank you.
I’m certainly burned out on talking politics for a while. Just got tiring and confusing by the end.
"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
And zk's trying to continue it!
Fighting the urge to respond.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
sorry,
i did that when i got home last night. i had left for awhile.
consider it withdrawn. :)
"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
....since it supported your comments.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
What was it about...
kissing and a bottle of wine?
"No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." - H.L. Mencken
by TerroristFistJab on Oct 6, 2010 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions
He asked you to prove your assertion.
It neither supported nor refuted my point.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
Not getting into this.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 6, 2010 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I would love if no one got into it
Or kept it to the other thread.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
which is the only way I would assume he would response to somebody's comment in the other thread...
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
haha
I’m not responding to comments anywhere.
So….I hear there is baseball on tonite……
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
35 dollar cupcakes, no less.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
some people are just really into cupcakes right now
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
Apparently.
I had no idea that this was a “thing” until the thread yesterday.
"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
This!!
I kinda thought it was like the smoothie (jamba juice/robeks/etc) craze from earlier, but the FroYo thing is just stupid. Doesn’t fill you up like a smoothie, doesn’t taste that great, and still costs you as much as a smoothie. I’d rather buy a cupcake. At least they taste good.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
I'm not saying I don't like it (even though it is way overpriced)
but i just dont need 4 of them within a 10 minute walk of my apartment. Also, baking really good cupcakes involves a high level of skill that I can at least respect, theres nothing hard about opening a frozen yogurt shop.
Ah...I see
Obviously from my little rant, you can tell I don’t like it. Went to Yogen Fruz or some faux German/Austrian-named place the other day. Picked it over the like 5 other froyo places nearby. Cost me like 5 bucks for a tiny little cup of frozen yogurt with a small spoonful of strawberries on top. Tasted like plastic and absolutely no way those strawberries were fresh.
If you ever get a chance to visit Cville, VA…..check out Arch’s. Been around since way before the FroYo craze (I’ve been going down there for the past 9 years and its been there) plus its wicked awesome. Vanilla froyo with chocolate “magic shell” topping and strawberries mixed in. Freakin awesome.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
The fact that Arch's only has 2-3 flavors at a time annoys me.
I hate how much toppings cost, and without them their yogurt is nothing special.
by perpetualstudent on Oct 6, 2010 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions
This is true.
The Archers are so good though.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
ARCH'S IS AMAZING!
As I’ve mentioned before I went to camp in Charlottesville. On the weekend that’s where everyone went.
I'm back. YAY SUMMER!
It was a pretty regular spot.
Say…..3-4 times a week :-)
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
There was one archer that I always got
Devil something or other…I forgot the full name. It was chocolate on top of chocolate on top of chocolate etc. etc. So good.
I'm back. YAY SUMMER!
It's a shame we were only allowed to explore Charlottesville on the weekend though
Or I definitely would have eaten my body weight in archers and possibly Mellow Mushroom pizza.
I'm back. YAY SUMMER!
Pretty standard Cville meal (at least for me)
Mellow mushroom pizza (either sausage and green peppers or the kosmic karma), an archer from Arch’s, and South Street Brewery beer. I know….incredibly healthy.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Mellow Mushroom pizza is some of the best ever.
Trust me, I was not a healthy eater when I went to camp there. Well, part of that was because we had to eat at O’Hill during the week.
I'm back. YAY SUMMER!
OHill freakin blows
We had to get a meal plan first year. Definitely didn’t renew that for the other three.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
It was terrible
That sucks that you had to eat there. If I had a choice I wouldn’t step foot in that cafeteria ever again.
By the way did you stay in the nice dorms? I stayed in Tuttle (right across from O’Hill). I’m not sure if any of the dorms have air conditioning, but no AC in summer heat was not fun.
I'm back. YAY SUMMER!
I lived in Lile (the building directly behind Tuttle facing OHill
Only three dorms have AC right now. Mine didn’t and it was wicked hot…but we weren’t really there for too many of the hot months. Bad at first and occasionally hot in May. They are axing all of the Alderman dorms anyways, so all of the new ones will have AC.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Yeah, you're lucky.
We spent a lot of time in air conditioned classrooms (it was a writing camp), so that was good, but everything else was in the dorm.
I guess the charm of the campus made up for the tough stuff. I do love the UVA campus.
I'm back. YAY SUMMER!
Classrooms were def a safe haven
I always flew down to the eschool from my dorm just to get inside the sweet air conditioning of Olsson Hall. Thankfully, I’m pretty sure all of the classrooms have AC now.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
The AC was amazing
Considering we walked from Tuttle to one of the education classroom buildings. It’s near the big library, so we had to walk up that gigantic hill in 95 degree heat. It was intense.
So they’re tearing down all the dorms near O’Hill? I hope they put in elevators as well as air conditioning. Those stairs weren’t much fun either (my suite was on the 3rd floor both years I went).
I'm back. YAY SUMMER!
I was on the 3rd floor as well.
You get used to it after a while.
What ed-school building is up near the libraries?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
For some reason this suddenly makes me want ice cream w/ brownies.
Like at Coldstone Creamery.
"When you use those words, `mystique’ and `aura,’ those are dancers in a night club. Those are not things we concern ourselves on the ball field." - Curt Schilling on if the Yankees mystique and aura would affect the Diamondbacks in the 2001 World Series.
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 6, 2010 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions
This!
Doesn’t fill you up like a smoothie, doesn’t taste that great, and still costs you as much as a smoothie. I’d rather buy a cupcake. At least they taste good.
Also, my major gripe with FroYo as that it somehow purports to be “healthier” than other desserts. It’s still putting a bunch of sugar into your body, regardless of how much fat content there is.
At least the cupcake isn’t trying to be in disguise.
"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
no cholesterol as well.
I've been playing baseball since I was six years old, so that's 40 years I've been on a baseball field and around a baseball field, and so our opinions are formulated through facts, not fiction, not their little chat room jargon.
Berry Lime Sublime
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
You guys been to Yogiberry?
I don’t know if there is one outside the DC area, but there’s one in Rockville. It tastes AWFUL. I don’t think they add any sugar to it, if you can imagine straight frozen yogurt without anything sweet. My mom loves it.
I'm back. YAY SUMMER!
Sour yogurt is kinda good if you know what you are getting into.
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 6, 2010 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not a fan.
It’s probably because I’m obsessed with ice cream and anything frozen that has the texture of ice cream should be sweet to me. I think my mom likes it because it tastes healthy…if that makes any sense.
I'm back. YAY SUMMER!
You should try like a cucumber-mint sorbet
or pineapple-basil or something. It’s crazy what’s going on with ice cream and gelato and fro-yo. In South America, roasted garlic ice cream is popular. I’ve had it, and I can’t even explain how bad it is.
Worst ice cream flavors I’ve tasted: Garlic, turkey gravy, ranch.
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 6, 2010 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow.
I never got the appeal of green tea ice cream. For some reason when I read that comment I thought of those jelly beans from Harry Potter and all the ridiculous flavors.
I'm back. YAY SUMMER!
Cucumber mint and pineapple basil are quite good
Even if they are different. At my store, we just started selling a lot of pumpkin gelato, which is really fantastic.
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 6, 2010 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions
it's disgusting that those things are even ice cream flavors
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
we made the turkey gravy gelato as a joke though.
Sat in the case for a week, had a fun time making people try it and spit it out, and then we threw it away.
You wouldn’t try anything once?
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 6, 2010 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions
why would I try something that is obviously gonna be gross?
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
to see it how it tastes
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 6, 2010 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
this place in SF has a prosciutto flavored ice cream. I was dying to try it, but they didn’t have it in that day.
I opted for “secret breakfast”, which was bourbon ice cream with cornflakes. delicious.
"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
that secret breakfast sounds fantastic
but I maintain that no ice cream should be meat flavored.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
I'm waiting for Scrapple Blizzards, myself
"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
ew I almost threw up
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
you turn it upside down
no way its coming out of the blizzard cup
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
once I was at DQ with my sister when she was like, 8 years old
And the guy did the whole, flip it upside down thing, and when he did, her blizzard splatted all over the counter. My sister had no idea what was going on. It was hysterical.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
BANNED
I love that stuff – the bitterness really ads some punch to it. I also like really bitter beer (which I believe you mentioned you don’t care for, or was it champagne?) so maybe it’s me.
I put Strawberries and Kiwi on it and chow down.
"No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." - H.L. Mencken
by TerroristFistJab on Oct 6, 2010 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I love bitter beer. Not bitter yogurt.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
To not like...
bitter beer is sin. I can’t stand anything close to what one could consider “sweet” beer.
"No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." - H.L. Mencken
by TerroristFistJab on Oct 6, 2010 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions
IPAs man. IPAs.
The world revolves around IPAs.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
My top 5
Unearthly
Double Dead Guy
Hopzilla
Humidor
90 min
"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.."
have heard good things about Terrapin
Never had em, though. Don’t sell them up here in MD. Southern Tier is one of my favs, and 90 is pretty good if a bit overrated.
I’m a bit of a homer, but I still like Heavy Seas Loose Cannon better than any other IPA I’ve ever had. I prefer the sweeter IPAs as opposed to the incredibly dry ones from breweries like Stone.
Heavy Seas uber alles
although I am partial to Stone IPA. Used to get it as a real ale at my favorite bar in Rochester.
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
What's your favorite Heavy Seas?
I’m really enjoying the Gold Ale lately. Haven’t seen any pumpkin spice yet, but today is my day off and I might look for it.
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 6, 2010 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm scouring for pumpkin spice
I’m very much a fan of red sky at night (which, again, I’ve had as a real ale – fucking outstanding)
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
I need to buy Red Sky at night again.
I like wheat beer but there was definitely something different about it.
I think it’s cool how they have two names for some of their beers. Red Sky at Night is also Sailor’s Delight and their Marzen is also MarzHon.
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 6, 2010 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions
If you like the concept of ales
but like beers that are more sweet… Unibroue makes several that would fall in that category. Trois Pistoles and Fin du Monde are my two favorites that they make.
"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.."
for some reason I can't stand belgians or wheat beers
I hate the aftertaste. Blech. I love the bitterness of the IPA, but some, like Loose Cannon, are a little sweet as well. I need both!
Fair enough...
Try Highland’s Kashmir IPA which is described as dry, but I remember it having sweeter tones to it… oh and their Gaelic Ale is really good if you like reds.
"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.."
Beer Festival in Salisbury
soon
"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
Also at Hooper's in OC on Saturday
Craft beer fest
"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
blasphemy
There’s a froyo place next door to my apt. I go there like 3-4 times a week. At this point, I’m surprised i don’t piss froyo when I go to the bathroom.
I've been playing baseball since I was six years old, so that's 40 years I've been on a baseball field and around a baseball field, and so our opinions are formulated through facts, not fiction, not their little chat room jargon.
I can't believe that my hipster sister hasn't said/done anything about cupcakes yet.
And also, I can’t believe how different she makes herself look every day.
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 6, 2010 9:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Maybe your sister isn't as hipster as you think.
Theory of relativity and all that.
It's as if every eccentric in the South decided to move north, ran out of gas in Baltimore, and decided to stay. - John Waters
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 6, 2010 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions
No, she's done everything but that.
She shaved her head, now she wears it like boy hair. She spends her life in a coffee shop. She started a bicycle club. It was actually fun though when she and my brother organized a massive bike ride through Annapolis, we had like 20+ bikes, we took over the streets, man.
One day she wears my jeans, which are just gigantic on her. The next day, she’s in hippy/stoner type clothes. The next day, she is wearing a goddamned sweater vest.
It’s my sister and I love her and I don’t mind, the thing that drives me insane is that she actually thinks she’s “most unique.” or whatever the fuck.
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 6, 2010 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Just start quoting Tyler Durdan around here. She'll get the message.
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
by PBR me ASAP! on Oct 6, 2010 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions
*her*
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
by PBR me ASAP! on Oct 6, 2010 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions
is it good or bad that I don't know who that is?
on my way to the googles.
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 6, 2010 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Brad Pitt's character from Fight Club
The quote / mantra being, “You are not special. You are not a unique or beautiful snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as the rest of us.”
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
aw I couldn't say that to my sister.
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 6, 2010 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions
It is pretty bad that you don't know who that is.
Fight Club is one of the iconic movies of the 90s, after all.
It's as if every eccentric in the South decided to move north, ran out of gas in Baltimore, and decided to stay. - John Waters
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 6, 2010 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions
i don't even like that movie
(ducks)
but I still know pretty much all about it.
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
+1
WAY overrated movie.
"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
BLASPHEMY!!!!!
"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 kinda of a thriller the first time you watch it
and a terrific comedy every time after that.
"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
Fight Club was a definite worhwhile recommendation
As was Shaun of the Dead. And you even tipped me off on some things in It’s A Wonderful Life that I’d been missing all these years.
But The River’s Edge? Don’t think I can forgive for that one. Or giving me a taste of scrapple the 1st time I visited your place.
"Fairy tales start 'once upon a time...'. Fishing stories start 'now this ain't no bullshit...'."
- Cap'n Phil Harris
Dennis Hopper was AMAZING in that
Crispin Glover, however, was not.
And I still say it was Keanu Reeves’ finest hour as an actor. He NAILED that part as a stoned slacker. You truly believed the world was on about a 2 second delay to him, just like real ones.
"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 admit I smiled a little
when the motive was revealed to be, “because she was talking shit”
"Fairy tales start 'once upon a time...'. Fishing stories start 'now this ain't no bullshit...'."
- Cap'n Phil Harris
I liked Fight Club
I just don’t understand the obsession with it. Overrated, I guess, like zk said.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
infidel
People are obsessed with it because it’s entertaining look at consumerism and the stifling effects of modernity.
I've been playing baseball since I was six years old, so that's 40 years I've been on a baseball field and around a baseball field, and so our opinions are formulated through facts, not fiction, not their little chat room jargon.
oh is Fight Club the one that is like
“if you are constantly opposing the mainstream, you are in fact, being guided by the mainstream” ?
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 6, 2010 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions
well it did entertain me
but some people treat it like some kinda religion. get over it, people.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
amen
"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
fanatics of any stripe are lame
but it’s a terrific movie.
I've been playing baseball since I was six years old, so that's 40 years I've been on a baseball field and around a baseball field, and so our opinions are formulated through facts, not fiction, not their little chat room jargon.
for example,
The Big Lebowski has drawn a cult following. I really dig the movie but I don’t get all of the Lebowski festivals. These freaks are far more fanatical than FC people.
I've been playing baseball since I was six years old, so that's 40 years I've been on a baseball field and around a baseball field, and so our opinions are formulated through facts, not fiction, not their little chat room jargon.
white russians are overrated
I've been playing baseball since I was six years old, so that's 40 years I've been on a baseball field and around a baseball field, and so our opinions are formulated through facts, not fiction, not their little chat room jargon.
its weird because
it seems like big lebowski (which is great) is one of the most overrated movies, and like, everything else they’ve ever done is totally underrated.
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
or Fargo or Raising Arizona
but other Coen Brothers didn’t attract as much as attention but are still great like Miller’s Crossing.
I've been playing baseball since I was six years old, so that's 40 years I've been on a baseball field and around a baseball field, and so our opinions are formulated through facts, not fiction, not their little chat room jargon.
Hudsucker.
"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
Ralph Stanley singing "O Death"
sends chills down my spine.
"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
you will see....a...cow....on a...roof...
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
I liked O Brother but it didn't wow me.
I've been playing baseball since I was six years old, so that's 40 years I've been on a baseball field and around a baseball field, and so our opinions are formulated through facts, not fiction, not their little chat room jargon.
Loved the soundtrack
but it’s basically what I grew up on, so that’s to be expected. Kind of a nostalgia thing going on.
"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
Then they totally missed the message Fincher was trying to get across
And Chuck P. who wrote the book.
"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
BLASPHEMER!
"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 watch a lot of movies.
I need closed captioning, so I usually don’t go to the theatre unless it’s something like Watchmen. I watch movies on TV but don’t spend money on DVDs or nothing.
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 6, 2010 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions
what about foreign flicks?
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
Well, I've needed closed captioning since I was in 3rd grade
So it’s just that, it’s also like…I’ve lived most of my life without really caring for movies. I don’t think I’m missing out, you know what I mean? Why try to catch up all of the movies I’ve missed? If the movie is good, I’ll eventually see it with captioning either on my TV or at a friend’s house.
For the record, I thought that Eternal Sunshine was a great movie. And I’ve seen all of the classics like Adam Sandler movies and Caddyshack, a good deal of Judd Apataw (spelling?) flicks.
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 6, 2010 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions
boo boo booooooo
Don’t take over the streets – ride with traffic and follow the rules of the road. Taking over the streets just pisses everyone off.
I kind of got into it.
We actually did everything safe that you would imagine. It was non-rush hour, not a lot of traffic. We stayed off the main roads. Even with the large amounts of bikes, we stayed single file when there were cars behind us, and they were able to safely pass. On a traffic circle, one person would block entering traffic for a second, and everyone went through the circle together as a car would.
We only got one bad reaction and it was this psycho that almost hit a 12 year old kid, and then swerved into traffic, almost hit a car, and then swerved back in, almost hitting another bike. He then parked his car in the middle of traffic and got out of his car and shook his fist. Less than a tenth of a mile later, the road opened to two lanes. And also, we were going 15 MPH on a road with a speed limit of 25. That car messed up traffic more than we did.
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 6, 2010 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions
how many fixies were there?
"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
say again?
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 6, 2010 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions
again?
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
fixed-gear bikes.
your sister isn’t really a hipster unless she’s riding one.
"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
She probably would if she did physical activity, which she doesn't.
(other than walk to the coffee house). Yeah, she started the bicycle club, and she doesn’t even regularilly bike. She started the bike club of Annapolis for that one bike ride, and she hasn’t been on a bike since.
It would be nice if my sister wasn’t really a hipster though. I wish it was that clear-cut.
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 6, 2010 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions
If only that would happened at the Sae Gull Century
God, I hate those bikes on that weekend. Just no respect for anyone!
"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 spend my life in coffee shops too.
I’m addicted to caffeine. Starbucks totally owns me.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
I'd bet you didn't meet all of your current friends there.
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 6, 2010 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions
that's good.
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 6, 2010 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Can't say I get into that hippy bullshit associated with coffee shops.
That’s actually why I kinda like starbucks. Its a commercial product and not even that good (although I do love me some pumpkin spice), but I hate walking into a coffee shop and seeing hipsters and emo kids or whatever they call themselves.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
you just leapfrogged Garret Atkins on The List
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
That is the meanest thing anyone has ever said to me.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
oh, well let me buy you a fifty dollar cupcake to make up for it
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
Who the heck is Jarret Martin?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
I'd google it for you
but there is a link right there to answer the question.
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
Yea I was being kinda sarcastic
I was just wondering why I’d never heard of him before reading that article.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
but now, you are Informed
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
That's why I come to BDs everyday.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Although I guess it makes sense considering he's in our top 50
not the entire MLB’s top 50.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
we'll probably only have 2 guys crack the top 50 this year
Manny and Britton…farm’s looking pretty barren right now.
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
Is that so bad?
If you say the top 50 prospects were evenly distributed around baseball, we should have 1.67
fair enough
but expand to top 100, who else could make it to get to the average 3ish? I don’t see anybody. It wasn’t that long ago that we had 4 top 100ers. Now our best prospect is a guy with a dozen plate appearances above high school?
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
True story.
Erbe maybe?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
erbe got hurt and was unimpressive this year
his ceiling looks lower now than this time last year.
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
I certainly wasn't disagreeing with the conclusion
I’m just happy with who we have at the top right now. After that, it gets a little sketchy. Though you could argue Arrieta and Tillman probably could/should still be at AAA and would be on the list. The weakness of our minor league rankings right now is probably at least partially a result of the lack of major league talent blocking them to keep them on the list.
I'm gonna argue that Matusz and Bergesen should be there too
Hey guys! Check out the Top 50 prospects now!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Well I'm not saying it makes any better in reality
but if we had a couple even adequate veteran pitchers, those guys are probably still in the minors and we look a lot better on paper.
I'm certainly less concerned about the minors
considering that we’ve graduated 80% of the rotation and have plenty of help for the bullpen…but the positional player deficiency is kicking us in the balls right now.
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
Tillman's progress has always reminded me of
when you first start playing Mike Tyson’s Punch Out.
You would kick the crap out of Don Flamenco, and then advance to play King Hippo. Then he would bash you around for a few times. There has to be a way to beat him, but you just can’t figure it out. After only three tries, instead of getting to try again, you get sent back to fight fucking Don Flamenco again… are you serious? I just beat the crap out of that guy… He SUCKS! Then you are really pissed as you go through the motions, dodge him lame upper cut, and then alternate lefts and rights to his ugly mug until he falls down 3 times in like 20 seconds. Then you are back fighting King Hippo again… It really shouldn’t be that hard… I am awesome against everybody else. 3 tries and back to Don Flamenco. Finally, on your next shot against King Hippo, you accidentally punch him in the gut while he’s running his mouth and he gets stunned and just stands there…. oh now it’s on mother-fucker!
I am hoping that Tillman has finally reached his gut-punching moment, and he will stick in the bigs next year, because being the best at beating Don Flamenco is pretty worthless.
"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.."
by tflach2 on Oct 6, 2010 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions 11 recs
I love this
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
I have to say...
…oh now it’s on mother-fucker
this is the part that really did it for me.
+8 bits
"No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." - H.L. Mencken
by TerroristFistJab on Oct 6, 2010 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions
me too, rec'd.
I've been playing baseball since I was six years old, so that's 40 years I've been on a baseball field and around a baseball field, and so our opinions are formulated through facts, not fiction, not their little chat room jargon.
This is inspired shit right here.
It's as if every eccentric in the South decided to move north, ran out of gas in Baltimore, and decided to stay. - John Waters
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 6, 2010 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Well, I have no idea what this was about...
Back to my Excitebike tournament.
by Fahrenheit 451 on Oct 6, 2010 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I used to get so mad when my guy would fall off the bike
and then it takes like 30 seconds for him to run back and get on. It’s 2 inches dude! I know it hurts, but suck it up and hustle, I have a race to win!
"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.."
Xavier Avery
I know we had some heated debates about Xavier Avery, but drilling down the numbers on him was pretty interesting. As a 20 year old in A ball, he walked 42 times with 447 ABs. That was a pretty big jump from Delmarva. His SLG wasn’t great, but given his age and hopefully his recognition definitely bodes well. I would think he would be right around 100.
Librarians are hiding something
by dfa on Oct 6, 2010 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
interesting
you know, I really like both Xavery and L.J. (breathes in) Hoooooooooooooooooooooes…and I still didn’t really think about either of them as a potential top 100 prospect. But they probably are in the conversation. Good point.
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
lol for a second I was thinking
what the fuck?? Some guy I’ve never heard of from our system is in the top 50 MLB prospects list???
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
Your guide to the MLB playoffs
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
Being a baseball player sounds awesome
“In New York, usually, I just hang out,” Jones, 25, said of his typical routine before a 7 p.m. game. “Definitely go out to lunch. I just walk around, kill some time. I usually wake up around 11, so that helps move the day along. Definitely don’t do as much as I’m doing right now, but it’s fun.”
AJ from the article above
The Sun's grading system actually makes sense to me
but why didn’t Luke Scott get an A? What the hell kind of expectations did you have for him if he only got a B for being one of the 15 best hitters in all of baseball?
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
Seriously.
And the commenters are all talking about how he’s being unfair… to Nick? Er…
"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
Well the guy said his RBI totals marred what was a strong season in other facets
RBI totals….really guys???
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
I have a question about Free Agency
A type “A” free agent costs the signing team a draft pick. It’s a round one pick unless it’s protected (the Oriole’s is). What does a type “B” free agent cost the Orioles? It seems that Adam Dunn may have been classified as a type “B” free agent. Isn’t that potentially good news for the signing team? I’m confused what all this means.
Type B free agents don't cost the signing team anything
but the team that lose them gain a supplmental draft pick
it doesn't mean anything to the signing team
the team that lost him gets a sandwich pick between rounds 1 and 2 (which type As give in addition to the signing team’s pick), which is non-trivial. It’s good news for the signing team who won’t lose a draft pick, but bad news because there will be more competition now and Dunn’s price will rise.
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
Agreed. Dunn will be more sought after.
But for a team like the Orioles, that is “only” money. Losing a draft pick is a problem. At this point, I would rather sign Dunn and keep the draft pick than sign V.Martinez or Konerko and lose a draft pick
Dunn's defense is pretty poor for a DH......
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Yeah. He might take a foul ball to the melon while sitting on the bench.
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
Not sure I care much
I remember Palmiero got a gold glove when he was essentially a DH, but it was a gold glove for 1B. Dunn is pretty new to 1B. Maybe he can be improved at 1B? Otherwise, maybe Scott and Reimold play more 1B.
he's been playing first since 2002
and has over 2500 innings at the position. And he’s going into his 32 year old season. I think you’re pretty much getting what you’re getting as far as defense goes.
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
I went to a nats game a few weeks ago
and Dunn totally hit the baserunner in the head when he was trying to throw to second. It was really funny.
cxcxcxcxzzzzzzzzz
lol
I also witnessed a hilarious Dunn play last week. Slow roller down the first base line, but Dunn didn’t charge it at all. It was like he wanted it to go foul and then at the last minute he realized it wasn’t going to and so he tried to grab the ball and tag the batter real quick but the guy was already past him. Then he just sort of stood there like “man that was stupid.”
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
I think he knows he's terrible
but he tries hard which has to be worth like two runs a game right? right?
cxcxcxcxzzzzzzzzz
If nobody caught on, I was just being sarcastic about his D being bad for a DH.
Sitting on the bench can’t be that difficult.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Here is an explainer on how FA compensation works
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2008/07/free-agent-comp.html
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
Sickels on Brandon Waring:
Orioles prospect Brandon Waring hit .273/.354/.520 last year for Frederick in the Carolina League, with 26 homers, 35 doubles, 51 walks, and 121 strikeouts in 473 at-bats. He got into eight late-season games for Double-A Bowie, hitting .292/.414/.542. The question for 2010: how would he look in a full season against Double-A pitching? Would his problems with plate discipline and contact overwhelm his power potential? He was age 24 entering ‘10, so he wasn’t exactly young.
The results: .242/.338/.458 with 32 doubles, 22 homers, 59 walks, and 179 strikeouts in 472 at-bats. There was little change in his Isolated Power, and his walk rate actually improved a little compared to Frederick. But the strikeouts got totally out of control, jumping from 25.5% of his at-bats in 2009 to 37.9% in 2010. This cost him 30 points of batting average, and certainly leads to questions about how he would handle even more advanced pitching.
The fact that he did maintain his power and walk rate does give some reason for hope, but he’s got to do a better job not chasing bad pitches for his batting average and OBP to be remotely acceptable for a corner player. He turns 25 in January, so he needs a good season in 2011 to stay in the picture.
"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
Do you people think the Orioles need a backup leadoff hitter?
Not having BRob for half a season was a real problem. I don’t have alot of faith in his general health anymore. Maybe a SS or a 3B that can bat leadoff would be a good idea. I know they are hard to find, but they do exist. Reyes in NY isn’t any more dependable healthwise than BRob, but he is a decent leadoff man, and may be available through trade. Furcal, too. In Seattle, Figgins had a down year. He could be had. I’m not sure what he would cost, though.
I think Markakis is destined for lead-off hitter
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
Will Buck ever put him there?
He had the opportunity to this year and didn’t…
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
I get the sense that
the guys in the dugout – all of them – think that batting leadoff requires some sort of special voodoo approach and either a) are scared Nicky doesn’t have the voodoo, or b) are scared of messing with his swing by subjecting him to the voodoo. And I’m guessing the voodoo has something to do with speed on the bases (team speed for chrissakes) or RBIs or some other pagan art.
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
Interesting.
He doesn’t steal any bases, though. Not that speed guys like Pie and Jones do either. The only ones that stole anything was Patterson and Roberts
the speed guys as leadoff hitters thing is useless
its all about on base percentage and slugging. Nick’s deficiencies (for now) are in slugging. If his number continue like this, he is an ideal lead-off hitter, stolen bases or not.
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
Postseason TV
Anyone going to give it a shot? I am strongly considering it, especially since it’s only $10. I don’t have cable tv, so it’s going to be the only way (short of less than legal solutions) for me to watch the early rounds.
I bought it last year
It was a little hard to follow last year because all you got were the feeds with no commentary or additional information on the screen, but it looks like they upgraded it somewhat year.
Unless it's significantly different from last year's, it's not great.
I have MLB.TV already and was able to look at it last year. Picking your own camera angle(s) sounds great, but it actually kinda sucks, especially if you only really have enough bandwidth for one at a time. If you can have two or more going at once, it might be kinda cool. Otherwise, the only way to see everything is to use the wide-angle camera behind home plate, which means everything in the outfield is tiny.
…And I just read up on it, and it looks like I don’t get Postseason.TV as part of my MLB.TV subscription this year? I wonder if I can still even listen to the Phillies radio guys…
"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
Ah, looks like I'll still get the radio,
but no video. I can live with that.
"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
Considering it
I’m going to be in Costa Rica on my honeymoon from the 13th through the 24th and I’d like to be able to watch, but I’m not sure the Mrs. will be such a fan of that idea…
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
You could probably buy the actual postseason package that's available for international folks
You could watch the actual game broadcasts, instead of whatever Postseason TV is.
Oh postseason TV isn't the actual broadcasts?
screw that then.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
It's basically what the TBS Hot corner was/is
maybe slightly improved. I don’t know, I think I found some site that’s actually streaming TBS, but we’ll see what happens at 1pm.
One day...
It didn’t occur to me until the Giants/Padres series this past weekend that orange is a really great color when you’ve got near-complete fan participation. There are shirts, and jerseys, and signs, and best of all, there are waving orange towels that dominate the scene like few other waving towels ever could. White? White is unremarkable. Orange is striking. San Francisco has both a tremendous atmosphere and a distinctive one, and that scores them major points.
(link)
"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
From Tom Hicks no less. That dude really fucked things up everywhere he went.
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
by PBR me ASAP! on Oct 6, 2010 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions
Theres gonna still be a huge fight over it
Hicks totally destroyed Liverpool and now he’s bitching that no one’s offering him enough money for the team.
Maybe he'll send Theo over there to GM the club.
Is there such a thing as sabermetrics for Soccer?
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
by PBR me ASAP! on Oct 6, 2010 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions
People are trying
but its a lot harder because its such a fluid game, you dont have the some sort of discrete actions to analyze.
Everybody wants to talk about GAA when analyzing a goalie...
GAA? Really? What if the man is facing 3 penalties a game because he’s got a clod of a defender who can’t figure out that when he’s inside the box it might be a bad idea to decide that he could have had a future in Greco-Roman wrestling.
I’ve devised a statistic called GAA+ that uses a normalized save percentage by weighting saves of penalties AND save percentage of set pieces (free kicks and corners) multiplied by a factor of distance that is decreased every 10 metres. I add this to his save percentage on all other SOGs, adjusted for team specific defense. I then multiply the whole thing by a set league factor (6.8 for the premiership; 6.3 for League One; etc.) of average SOGs per 90 minutes to make it appear more like a traditional GAA.
(I don’t know if any of those words actual mean anything, but I can imagine somewhere in England, someone is saying something like that, but with words that actually make sense)
"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.."
Reimold/Pie/Luke Scott
Seems to me that Pie is our left fielder of the future. He improved considerably this year. Can we send Reimold to the AFL to work on becoming a first baseman, or is he ineligible for the AFL? Why not let Scott and Reimold duke it out for the first base slot next year? Play the loser at DH. Let Wiggy play 3B because Bell is not ready and there appear to be no good free agent options at third.
Although I become quite fond of Wiggy-potomas this season...
I, personally, have no desire to see him penciled into the starting lineup on a regular basis next season.
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
by PBR me ASAP! on Oct 6, 2010 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions
double agree
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
Right on.
It's as if every eccentric in the South decided to move north, ran out of gas in Baltimore, and decided to stay. - John Waters
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 6, 2010 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Wiggy
I agree that Wiggy is not a starting caliber MLB third baseman, but who else is on the horizon to play the position?
I was looking around earlier today
for some trade candidates, and I don’t see fucking anything. But let’s not underestimate just how bad of a hitter Wiggy is likely to be next year.
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
Hmmm
Anybody else intrigued by Reimold’s account of Brady’s help? Maybe he can finally get Crow the fuck out of there.
Also it bums me out that the team is still so fucking bad at communicating with plays. What kind of fucking major league team doesn’t have a fucking game plan for their guys in the off-season like which fucking position they should be working out at??? It seems like that should be painfully fucking obvious and covered in one on one meetings the day after the season ends – here’s what we want you to work on over the off-season. Fuck!
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
What kind of fucking major league team doesn’t have a fucking game plan for their guys in the off-season like which fucking position they should be working out at???
Umm, the season ended four days ago. I’d guess they are still working their way through exit interviews, and Reimold will come up eventually. I doubt they’re just saying, “okay, gazelle, see you in Sarasota in 4 months.”
"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
Does their track record give you any reason to believe that's actually the case?
Why wouldn’t they do those things in person before everybody leaves? Everybody leaves the next day.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
I think having Buck there pretty much obviates the need to go by their track record.
and….
“Do these things in person?”
When do you expect them to do that if everyone leaves on Monday? Make players come in early to the ballpark. I doubt any team in the majors does that.
"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
Well - it's not like this is a new issue.
I think most players in Reimold’s shoes have their off-season plan weeks before the season ends. The fact that he still has no idea and it’s 4 days after the season ended seems ridiculous to me. It’s obvious from his quote that he’s annoyed not to know.
And in-person meetings aren’t required with every player – most of the guys in the locker room know exactly what they need to do in the off season, but for players where there are obvious questions it doesn’t seem that difficult to have a 5 minute conversation. Getting there early is certainly not required – just a “hey when you come by to grab your stuff let’s talk for a few minutes.”
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
I agree with O'sFan21
the young players in particular do need to know what the team wants them to do in the offseason, and they do need to know well before now. However, if the mandate is for everyone to take a month or two off (which I would think it ought to be), then I retract this complaint.
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
I think a month or two off from baseball activities is a great idea.
But nobody is taking a month or two off from lifting and conditioning and if somebody is going to change positions they could be watching film and learning footwork.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
I don't know
I’m not a lifter or a professional athlete, so I don’t know what kind of recuperation time a baseball season requires, but I would think dialing it down and getting your brain away from the sport for a few weeks would be very productive, even if a positional change is coming.
And to be clear, I don’t know or assume the Orioles are doing this…but I wouldn’t be surprised by it and think it’s pretty much the only way that it makes their current status acceptable.
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
I think Z's point is that we know Buck's track record,
and given that, it would be surprising if he didn’t micro-manage players during the off season.
I've been playing baseball since I was six years old, so that's 40 years I've been on a baseball field and around a baseball field, and so our opinions are formulated through facts, not fiction, not their little chat room jargon.
yup.
and i just listened to that interview (linked below). it’s SO encouraging.
"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
highlights?
I can’t listen to it at work
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
Dan Gable, coach of Iowa wrestling
and owner of 9 straight national titles and 14 overall as a coach, used to lock the doors to his wrestling room for a month after Nationals. He’d order his wrestlers to go do something else. Seriously PADLOCKED the facility after Nationals.
Sometimes, a break is a good thing.
"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've read some doctors
blame the lack of serious recovery periods in the offseasons on a wide variety of injuries in the season, especially for pitchers. Now, I’m not a doctor nor do I have access to anybody’s medical files, but this seems like the wussy way out of doing work.
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
For throwing - yes.
Not for lifting and training if you’re doing it right.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
Yeah...
that’s great for baseball activities – not so much for lifting and conditioning. You really can’t do a ton of that in season so you can’t take too long after the season before you start getting into it.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
Well
You’re not really lifting hard in-season. I think most guys take a few weeks completely off from everything and then get back into lifting and conditioning while still doing no baseball activities. Then a few more weeks after that they start getting into light baseball activities before ramping that up in the new year. Of course some guys, like Aubrey Huff, don’t do much of anything…
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
I like that you answered this question three times
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
People kept responding like they didn't get it.
I was trying to elaborate.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
just busting on ya
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
Buck on the 105.7 this morning
Just listened to it. Wow. That’ll close the deal on some season tickets. But please, Buck, stop teasing us with when the announcement on the Crow shit-canning is comng.
was a good one.
http://1057thefan.cbslocal.com/2010/10/06/buck-showalter-live-2/
"Ohhh it's baad" - E. Smith
On coaches, from O's Insider:
It’s impossible to know for sure what will happen and I certainly don’t expect to hear it before the existing coaching staff does. However, the sense is that hitting coach Terry Crowley will return for his 17th season on the coaching staff. Again, there have been no final decisions made, but that was the overwhelming feeling among Oriole players on Sunday, along with several other members of the organization.
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/2010/10/fate_of_coaches_to_be_decided.html
"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
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
It's as if every eccentric in the South decided to move north, ran out of gas in Baltimore, and decided to stay. - John Waters
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 6, 2010 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions
(breathes)
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
It's as if every eccentric in the South decided to move north, ran out of gas in Baltimore, and decided to stay. - John Waters
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 6, 2010 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions
no
no no no no no no no no
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
Mama mia, mama mia
Mama mia let me Crow go!
*curls up in fetal position and begins rocking back in forth*
I’m scared
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
i know it ain't popular
but whatevs.
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
19 years ago the Orioles played their last game at Memorial Stadium
I was 16 and my parents had driven me up for the final series. The only game we won was on Saturday. I’m still grateful that I got up there for that.
Check out more of my highlights at dailymotion.com/gatecitycanes
I went to all 3
it was a month after my wedding.
"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
This thread is disappointing.
But starting on cupcakes and then white Russians coming as a result of that is, well, starts with an e, rhymes with lepic.
"When you use those words, `mystique’ and `aura,’ those are dancers in a night club. Those are not things we concern ourselves on the ball field." - Curt Schilling on if the Yankees mystique and aura would affect the Diamondbacks in the 2001 World Series.
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 6, 2010 5:55 PM EDT reply actions
You're disappointing
It's as if every eccentric in the South decided to move north, ran out of gas in Baltimore, and decided to stay. - John Waters
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 6, 2010 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions
You hurt my feelings!
I’m telling!
"When you use those words, `mystique’ and `aura,’ those are dancers in a night club. Those are not things we concern ourselves on the ball field." - Curt Schilling on if the Yankees mystique and aura would affect the Diamondbacks in the 2001 World Series.
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 6, 2010 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Mike Mussina
I read a book, Living on the Black, about Mike Mussina and Tom Glavine. Each had a very specific off-season program that ramped up to spring training. I know that Brian Roberts also has a specific regimen that includes a stint at a fitness facility in Arizona. Aubrey Huff, on the other hand, did nothing in the offseason. Luke Scott, I believe, chops wood and keps in shape but nothing else.
Perhaps the Orioles leave the veterans alone to follow their own course. But, it is hard to believe that the Orioles would leave it up to Reimold to decide what to do over the offseason. Well organized high school and college teams have detailed workout programs for their athletes to follow in the offseason, especially the summer vacation. Perhaps this is something we can ask Roch to inquire about. I hope that he plays winter ball somewhere.
B-Rob said he's not going to AZ this year
Adam Jones went last year. Wonder if he will this year.
"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
Halladay NO HITTER going
Halladay has a NO HITTER THROUGH SEVEN.
NO HITTER.
Yes, a NO HITTER. NO HITS BY THE OTHER TEAM. A NO-NO.
Clear?
"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
Nope.
Remind me again?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
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