Thursday Bird Droppings
by duck on Oct 7, 2010 6:58 AM EDT
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PrintIN THE PLAYOFFS
Phillies' Roy Halladay throws no-hitter in 4-0 playoff victory over Reds - baltimoresun.com
I'm pretty sure that means the Phillies didn't get any hits. No, wait, I mean the Reds. Yeah, the REDS didn't get any hits. That's how it works. My bad.
Poised Lee fans 10 to lead Rangers in Game 1 | MLB.com: News
Cliff Lee, after pitching out of a bases-loaded jam in the first, held the Rays to one run over seven innings and pitched the Rangers to a 5-1 victory over the Rays in Game 1 of the American League Division Series on Wednesday afternoon.
So much for scare, Teixeira blast is fair | MLB.com: News
So, there's that.
AND IN ORIOLES' NEWS...
School of Roch: Tyler undergoes surgery: "Everything went well"; Roberts CT scan is clear
"Ernie Tyler, the longtime umpires attendant who was rushed to University of Maryland Medical Center Saturday afternoon, underwent successful surgery this morning to remove a benign brain tumor." And Brian Roberts had a CT scan after all, and came back clear.
Orioles, Nationals See Dramatic Ratings Improvements on MASNsports.com
"Ratings soared when new manager Buck Showalter took over in early August. During the first two weeks of Showalter's tenure, the Orioles earned a 4.7 HH rating in Baltimore (51,000 households) and frequently beat the broadcast networks' prime-time lineups."
Steve Melewski: Solid first season for Arrieta ended on high note
"By the end of the 2010 season, Jake Arrieta was what we thought he was. One of the top pitching prospects in baseball."
Orioles Review: Looking Back at Preseason Debates | Baltimore Sports Report
BSR takes a look back at some of the questions surrounding the Orioles and how they played out.
Adam Jones Unplugged " KyleStack.com
Kyle Stack interviewed Adam Jones for aimNew York and posted the entire interview on his blog.
You think you had a bad year? - Kevin Cowherd - baltimoresun.com
"It's a lesson to myself, a lesson to the kids to not do that, no matter how frustrated you are," an embarrassed-looking Roberts said. A lesson to the kids? I don't know, Brian. I'm guessing even a fourth-grader knows that smacking your head with a bat is a bad idea."
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When the words '10' and 'fans' appear in a sentence regarding the Trop...
…am I forgiven if strikeouts weren’t the first thing that came to my mind?
Tickets were $4.67 for today's game
on StubHub at 11 am… If I didn’t have to be at work, I would have gone.
"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.."
Ahahaha, Adam gets points for honesty:
Q: Is there an area where you feel like your team needs to improve where you can contend for a playoff spot?
A: Uhh, everything.
"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...at least he knows he sucks.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Sucks?
For reals? Sucks?
I know he’s not completely ready for prime-time, but he’s been way better than sucks. According to B-R, he’s only worth .7 less wins than Nick, whom I think we all agree does not suck.
"No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." - H.L. Mencken
by TerroristFistJab on Oct 7, 2010 9:21 AM EDT up reply actions
And you know how I feel about the WAR shit
But I was semi-joking. Did you actually watch him try to play defense this year? Or hit a curveball?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
His defense was spotty...
but he still posesses a plus arm and speed.
I know you were semi-joking but there are more than a few pople here and elsewhere that have some kind of grudge against AJ that I just don’t understand. He’s 25 years old, cheap and under team control until 2014. Give the man time.
Brace yourself (since you aren’t the biggest WAR fan), but AJ actually was nearly five runs above average when facing curveballs this year. His biggest problems were with cutters, change-ups, and sliders.
"No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." - H.L. Mencken
by TerroristFistJab on Oct 7, 2010 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions
You know what I meant.
His walk rate was down, his K rate was up, his defense was down, yet his WAR went up?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 7, 2010 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Be fair...
his K rate didn’t jump dramatically, and as a matter of fact, all of his numbers are within the standard deviation (just by eyeballng it – I haven’t run the numbers 100% yet).
And as hard as it is to believe, his defensive numbers went up on both B-R and FG. I’m not sold on UZR or TZ, but thems the numbers.
"No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." - H.L. Mencken
by TerroristFistJab on Oct 7, 2010 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
That's exactly why I don't believe UZR is even remotely a good measure of anything.
He was pretty damn awful in the field this year. Markakis wasn’t good this year either, yet his WAR is up as well.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 7, 2010 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions
I think it's hard to determine...
but the way I like to look at the advanced defensive metrics is that as long as they have a guy with the right sign in front (+/-), I won’t argue too much. Obviously if they had Nick or even Adam at -12 I’d disagree, but they’re both currently in the negative for this year, so I won’t worry myself too much with it.
Mark it down now – AJ stands a good chance of landing his second gold glove (I know, I know – more overrated than Fight Club) this year. I’d be shocked if he’s not a top-5 finisher.
"No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." - H.L. Mencken
by TerroristFistJab on Oct 7, 2010 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
stats that rely on pitch recognition are really spotty
Lots of things that are actually curve balls get counted as sliders and the other way around.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
I'm aware...
I wasn’t trying to make it the be-all, end-all, but it is the number we have. I tend to put more weight on the O/Z Swing/Contact% since that is a little less subjective.
"No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." - H.L. Mencken
by TerroristFistJab on Oct 7, 2010 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm with you
I’m glad we have Adam Jones on this team. Hes got star potential and he’s not living up to it, but hes still been good. He’s got more room for error than most people because he’s so talented. Frustrating, yes, valuable player, still yes.
"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law
by Reddrummer9187 on Oct 7, 2010 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions
He is better than the alternative
Corey Patterson
"On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'" Earl Weaver
And come on
Adam Jones is the least of the problems the Orioles need to face.
I'd like to think
the O’s would never view Corey as the alternative. Pie in center, Reimold in left would be much more sane. Hopefully they’d agree.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
I just teared up a little watching the recap of the Phillies game last night
And then I saw a headline that read “‘Mark’ of a Champion” and it ruined everything.
Which is cheesier, Rocktober of Doctober?
Discuss.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
Rocktober for sure.
Doctober is actually clever and funny.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 7, 2010 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions
BROCKTOBER RULES!
For my MMA homies….
"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
Doctober is cheesier
Rocktober at least focused on the entire team and not a single player. I never really bought the “Halladay becomes Doc Holliday” cockney rhyming slang thing, either.
With all that said, Halladay is awesome and I’m really happy for him and I might be rooting for the Phillies from here on out.
Well true....I hate "doc" or "dr" as a nickname for anyone. Its stupid.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 7, 2010 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah I'm really, really happy for him.
He seems so nice and he was so happy. Good stuff. Also the dunderheads at ESPN were all saying, before the playoffs began, about how there’s no way to know how Roy Halladay will pitch because he’s never felt the pressure of the postseason before and blah blah blah idiots. I’d say he handled the pressure just fine, dummies.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
You thought he seemed happy?
I guess he looked happy right after it was over hugging Ruiz, but int he post-game interviews he seemed pretty uninterested to me. Just like always. haha
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
Right after is what I meant
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
If Roy is already bored with dominating NL competition....
I’m sure he could find a more challenging environment (such as pitching for the Baltimore Orioles) to be just the tonic his competitive drive is searching for. Just sayin’….
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
by PBR me ASAP! on Oct 7, 2010 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Plus he already has a track record of dominating in the AL East.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 7, 2010 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't think anything gets him excited.
Maybe if they win the WS (god I hope not).
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
I'll be his huckleberry.
Those are some Kojiculous sideburns. Son of Sam Horn commenter, 08/31/10
by killertomato on Oct 7, 2010 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't know how anyone can be a Yankee fan
And I don’t mean that in the general way that I would talk about the Yankees. Even if you take away all of the obnoxious things about them, even if they, as a team, were as inoffensive as the Kansas City Royals, HOW can anyone watch their games and not be miserable? They are the slowest games I’ve ever, ever watched. Step out of the box, step out of the box, step out of the box. Step off the rubber, step off the rubber, step off the rubber. It is excruciating.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
to me, it's an attitude
The stepping out of the box, off the rubber, it’s like the Yankees are preening for the television audience. Flaunting their self-perceived status as storybook players who command the respect of everyone who faces them. It’s the players saying, “I’m so good I’m gonna make you wait. You’re gonna play this game on my schedule. No one rushes a Yankee. You wanna beat me, then you gotta beat me on my terms. U mad?”
It’s basically like the Yankee players are laughing at everyone. I gotta think Yankee fans just lap that shit up.
I guess
But it makes me want to bash my own skull in just so I don’t have to watch anymore.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
Exactly. Such as how The Cap'n holds his hand up towards the ump before EVERY pitch
as if to say, “I am the Captain of the New York Yankees. The game will proceed when I dictate it to.”
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
by PBR me ASAP! on Oct 7, 2010 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions
I take it more as
“The rules don’t apply to me, I’m on the Yankees. I’ll call time when I want, as many times as I want, and my manager will come out andargue if I’m not granted time, and ESPN will be on my side.”
It’s a sense of unearned entitlement that each player displays. Your team, THIS year, hasn’t done jack, so don’t think you’re entitled to a 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
Mark of a Champion
makes want to punch someone or stab my eyeballs out with a toothpick or something.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Simpler reason
Yankees are usually older team than the league average. And glaringly so this year. Old guys want to slow the game down. Simple as that.
Back when Islanders won their 4th Cup and the next year when going for their 5th they were geezing pretty badly. And the creativity they displayed in inventing new & undetectable (to the refs) methods of holding, inteference, delay of game, etc. was mind-boggling.
"Fairy tales start 'once upon a time...'. Fishing stories start 'now this ain't no bullshit...'."
- Cap'n Phil Harris
I dunno about that.
I think they slow the game down purposely for reasons other than age. Do you really think Posada comes out to the mound after every pitch just because he’s old?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Possibly not the entire reason
A lot of it could be to cause younger, inexperienced players on the other team to become impatient.
As Yogi said, “90% of the game is half mental.”
"Fairy tales start 'once upon a time...'. Fishing stories start 'now this ain't no bullshit...'."
- Cap'n Phil Harris
Could be.
I still don’t feel like Posada would be going to the mound after every pitch if he played in say, Baltimore.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
It's so much worse in the post season.
Especially the Craptian and A-roid with their arrogant prick “I sooo belong here and you don’t” grimaces out to the pitcher. And why is it that every damn pitch in on the corner, they’re sticking their asses out like the royal junk was in emminent peril? Hey, Alex: the HGH took care of that, dude, you’re safe….
by Fahrenheit 451 on Oct 7, 2010 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
The Yankee game took 3 hours and 47 minutes to play.
I think the postseason may inflate game times to an extent, as I wouldn’t be surprised if they take a bit longer on ad breaks or something.
Halladay’s no-no took 2:34
Rangers-Rays took 3:06
If I was MLB I would really want to cut the game time down to closer to 3 hours. I agree about all the douche moves, not to mention all the catcher visits to the mound and whatever. MLB could snuff it out if they want to, but they don’t because they are up the Yankees’ collective ass. Telling umps that neither the catcher nor the batter get time unless a pitch was just fouled off them would go a long way, I think.
Batter takes one off the foot, walks it off, fine. Catcher gets a shot in the nuts, walks it off, fine. Other than that, no time. The pitcher is entitled to pitch and you can get in the batters box or not.
If this swings things too far towards pitchers then enforce a pitch timer or something. If you haven’t delivered in the time limit, ball.
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 7, 2010 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions
O'sFan21:
Jayson Stark says:
There had been 1,264 postseason baseball games before Halladay took the ball in his hands Wednesday.
"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
HAHAHHHAHAHHA
“Hey Adam, I got some busy-work for you”
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 7, 2010 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions
from this page:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/
It doesn’t seem like it’d take more than an hour or so to count all the games. It only really gets hard at 1969, when the leagues were split into two divisions.
I took the median number of possible games for each year
with a mistake or two and some rounding and came up with 1262. I figured I was probably within 100.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
yeah I think that was a decent solution
and was obviously accurate, since you were only two away from Stark’s figure.
I only ended up that close because of some 2 AM math mistakes. lol
If I hadn’t made those I would have gotten 1320 or so.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
You know what's fucking crazy
I developed some crazy system yesterday based on estimates and came up with 1262.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
So do you guys know this lingerie football league?
It’s the most bizarre thing ever. Is it supposed to be sexy? Girls in basically bikinis but with giant shoulder pads? And they tackle each other and the announcer is like, that was brutal! Is violent tackling in underwear appealing? The most hilarious part of it all is how the announcers were talking about it like it was an actual football game and said that one girl often gets compared to Troy Polamalu.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
I think that you have to consider...
the % likelihood of a wardrobe malfunction combined with colliding mammories.
It also allows for some fun with SABR: wNip+, BAR (Breasts Above Replacement), and so on.
"No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." - H.L. Mencken
by TerroristFistJab on Oct 7, 2010 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
I like what you're doing here
Coming up with a bunch of topics for daily open threads and directing conversation away from stupid crap. I am a fan.
RE: the topic at hand:
I’ve never seen a game, but I did look into it a little ways back and it seems like these women are legit athletes who like to play football. The “lingerie” part is extremely tacky, especially since I think the “lingerie” is really athletic gear styled to look like lingerie (much like the olympic snowboarders “jeans”)… and if that’s the case, why make them look like lingerie? The little garter clips hanging off the bottoms are really over the top and disgusting to me. The uniforms look trashy and exploitative, which seems intentional.
You know what legit women’s sports outfits are way sexier than the lingerie used in the football league? Indoor and outdoor volleyball, and to a lesser extent tennis and handball. I think the Lingerie Football League could easily ditch the lingerie gimmick and still retain the “sexy” angle just by making the uniforms more “athletic” in styling. Then they might even pick up more casual fans.
Exhibit #1:
Misty May
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 7, 2010 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions
If a name was ever more meant for adult film...
"No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." - H.L. Mencken
by TerroristFistJab on Oct 7, 2010 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah no kidding
I had to pause a second before I remembered that she would be safe to google at work.
Also, just thinking off the top of my head, women’s track and field uniforms are intrinsically sexy (ie allison stokke, etc).
Ah yes...
the under age then barely legal pole-vaulter, right?
"No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." - H.L. Mencken
by TerroristFistJab on Oct 7, 2010 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah but all of the uniforms you mentioned
don’t involve the need to protect yourself the way is required in a football game. Although it’s not like they are getting any protection from their ornamental shoulder pads so whatever. But still, football pants can make dude’s asses look good so I’m sure it would work on women.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
well the IWFL already exists and is expanding
Anita Marks played in that league for a while. They wear full pads, just like in men’s football. It’d be interesting to compare games side-by-side and see which is rougher, has more injuries, etc.
Worst. Radio. Voice. Ever.
"No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." - H.L. Mencken
by TerroristFistJab on Oct 7, 2010 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm sure the Anita Marks league is the rougher one
The lingerie league airs on MTV2 for crying out loud.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
The volleyball swimsuits have the same effect.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 7, 2010 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Agreed
We were talking about it while we watched it and came to the conclusion that these women are pretty good athletes and probably the only way they can play football is in this particular environment, so that’s what they do. But putting them in these silly costumes makes them seem totally illegitimate, sports-wise.
I guess the people who run the sport are doing whatever they can to drum up interest because it’s not like women’s arena football is ever going to be a big money maker, but it’s just weird to watch. I know I’m not the target demographic, but it doesn’t seem all that appealing anyway.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
My mother-in-law just went to one of the games
(who knows why). It just seems like it’s appealing to the lowest common denominator. Like someone up above said: tacky and exploitative.
"Real Orioles don't pout. Real Orioles don't gloat. Real Orioles just win."
by NewYorkOriole on Oct 7, 2010 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions
I was on here a couple weeks ago
and mentioned how your Baltimore Charm got lady-handled by the Philly Passion 60-6. Get it together Baltimore!! Not sure Rice could even run through the Passion right now.
ahahah I think that's the game I was watching!
We didn’t watch the whole thing but it was on at like 2 a.m. and obviously a rerun. The Philly team was just KILLING the Baltimore team. It was forty something to six when I finally changed the channel.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
I might want to hang out with you one night
if your night cap includes reruns of lingere football at 2 AM.
I am a pretty awesome person to hang out with
Although you generally have to be pretty special to get an invite to watch lingerie football reruns with me in the middle of the night.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
well
I was more curious about how the night evolved to that point… I was picturing an extremely eventful drunken debauchery where only reruns of the OC** or lingerie football would complete the night.
**Assuming your love for the OC is equal to mine.
Well I DO love The OC now that you mention it
There was no drunken debauchery on that night. We were watching a movie and it ended and random channel flipping led me to the lingerie football. So yeah, I’m actually pretty boring. I just happen to stay up late sometimes.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
it was one of the girls on the Philly team that was getting compared to Polamalu
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
Something about that seems gross
Getting “lady-handled” by a chick who looks like Troy Polamalu.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 7, 2010 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions
her football skills were getting compared, not her looks
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
oh...well that's better
Still seems kinda creepy.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Ive actually been to agame
I have to say, it’s entertaining (the the spectators can get a bit obnoxious. They are mostly legit talents. The women def. can play, and Philly did have some great athletes (though I dont remember anyone’s name). The lingerie part is gimmicky, but it was fun and alot of the ladies are damn hot, so whatever. If they are cool with flaunting it, i’m cool with watching it.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Ugh it appears that trial I've been watching all week wrapped up this morning instead of this afternoon
I was not prepared to do actual work today.
Which brings me to the next question...
Are you ever prepared to do actual work? I knew I was coming in to work today and I still wasn’t ready to actually do anything.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Personally?
Fuck and no.
I was on the bus this morning and was deep into some music, pumping myself up to be really productive today. My work is filled with rolling deadlines, so I always have a day of down time between due dates, so if I was so inclined, today’s “down time” could have been time spent getting ahead.
Real talk = I’ve been on SBN all day long, blew money on Amazon and started getting ideas for a political blog that hase never left the “pipe dream” stage of development.
"No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." - H.L. Mencken
by TerroristFistJab on Oct 7, 2010 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, I at least usually have some idea of what I'm not going accomplish that day
I actually left much of the work I otherwise would have done today at home, so I’m not even sure I could be productive right now if i wanted to.
yeah it's really for selfish motives
so we all feel bad for him
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
I like Texas and the UNDER for the record.
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 7, 2010 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm taking Tampa and the under...
Although who knows…with Wilson and Shields on the mound, I could easily see it going over.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
I'll confess...
I never pay much to sports books because I suck at gambling, but could you explain the fuck does that line mean? I assume the over/under is combined runs, like in football.
"No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." - H.L. Mencken
by TerroristFistJab on Oct 7, 2010 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Tampa Bay -130 (you gotta put up 130 to win 100)
Texas +120 (if you put up 100, you’ll win 120 in return)
Over/Under is combined runs. Usually you gotta bet 110 to win 100.
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 7, 2010 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Ohhhhhh...
Thanks!
"No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." - H.L. Mencken
by TerroristFistJab on Oct 7, 2010 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Hard for me to see TB going down 2-0.
Although that’s just a gut feeling that has absolutely nothing to do with the matchups.
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 7, 2010 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Even with the matchups, I have a hard time with Tampa going down 2-0
Plus its not like CJ Wilson was a major shutdown pitcher all year. He was good, not great.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Except for when the plate ump gave him a gigantic strike zone... like the night Buck got tossed. Hehe.
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 7, 2010 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh well thats true
Although I’m sure the umpires like Tampa more than they like us.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Shields isn't Jewish, IIRC
"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 7, 2010 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions
People in my office are so lame
One of my co-workers was talking about some medical procedure where she had to drink something before the surgery and she said that she told the doctor, “There’s no way I can swallow all of that.” You know what I wanted to say, right? But I couldn’t because it’s not professional. I’ve accidentally said it before and gotten a dirty look.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
Just do an eyebrow raise/head cock.... they'll know what you're thinking.
Thats what I do….
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 7, 2010 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
What's all this about cocks and swallowing?
I’m uncomfortable with the direction of this discussion, as I’m trying to promote the family-friendly nature of our environment.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
But remember the game thread that was blow job city?
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
Im pretty sure some guys in suits are gonna be swinging by my office any minute to chat with me about this conversation…..
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 7, 2010 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Hahaha.
yea, that was funny. I’m pretty sure my internet use gets watched here. I’ll probably be fired just because you’ve brought up blow jobs.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
sorry
but if you’re at home all day think of all the time you’ll have for us.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
not to mention for blowjobs.
"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
by zknower on Oct 7, 2010 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
If that's all there was to it
no man would be employed anywhere ever.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Man, I was realy hoping all offeseaon threads would be as insane as the one on Tuesday.
Nope.
"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 7, 2010 4:03 PM EDT reply actions
Quality over quantity, kiddo.
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 7, 2010 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions
ah lance
I used to like you.
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.
suck it skankees.
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.
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