Opening Day Bird Droppings
by duck on Apr 6, 2010 7:00 AM EDT
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Orioles baseball opening day - baltimoresun.com
"To shout "O" during our national anthem is disrespectful to America and the singer and trivializes both. Not to mention that it's potentially distracting. Years ago, I actually heard a singer of the anthem stumble upon hearing Baltimore's equivalent of the Rebel Yell." Oh, get over yourself, Charles Hilton of Baltimore. Yell it loud and proud, people! -duck
O's feeling excitement of Opening Day | orioles.com: News
Luke Scott and Will Ohman share stories of their first Opening Days; there are seven Orioles who will be experiencing it for the first time. -zk
SUSeaGulls.com: No. 6 Sea Gulls to square off against Delmarva Shorebirds
The Division III Salisbury University Sea Gulls, ranked #6, will face the Shorebirds at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium tonight at 7:05. It's the first time the university and the Shorebirds have faced each other. Not sure who's pitching for the Shorebirds. Tickets are just $4, but parking is $3.-duck
Reds lead the way in stupid Opening Day lineups - HardballTalk - Baseball - NBC Sports
"It's usually about putting your best foot forward when it comes to setting a lineup on Opening Day. Dusty Baker, though, decided to lead with his head up his..." Well, I'll let you read all about it. And you thought Dave Trembley sitting Nolan Reimold for the first two games was questionable.-duck
Orioles Insider: Top minor league promotions for 2010
You can check out the Baha Men at Norfolk or get a Jayson Werth bobblehead in Salisbury. Yes, he played for the Shorebirds. -duck
Gonzalez patiently awaits his Orioles debut - baltimoresun.com
Mike Gonzalez can't wait to get into a game. Here's hoping he earns that contract. -duck
The Orioles Other 'Iron Man' Coming Off The Field - wjz.com
Cal Ripken, Jr. called him the real 'Iron Man' of Baltimore but after 50 years, Ernie Tyler is giving up some of his duties at Camden Yards. He's finally listening to his family's desires to give up an on-field role. -duck
Orioles Insider: Markakis T-shirts to benefit distressed children
The Right Side Foundation, the nonprofit organization of Orioles right fielder Nick Markakis and his wife, Christina, is selling T-shirts to raise money to help distressed children in Maryland. All sales of The Right Side Foundation/Markakis Under Armour Tech Tee, which costs $24.99 and may be purchased at Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards or at RightSideFoundation.org, benefit The Right Side Foundation and the Babe Ruth Birthplace Foundation. -duck
Orioles fans save 10% on Southwest flights at BWI baltimoresun.com
Batter up, up and away with Southwest Airlines' two-day sale offering a 10% discount on airfare to/from BWI Marshall Airport. The sale is for travel through Aug. 31 and must be booked no later than tomorrow. Use promo code LUVORIOLES. -duck
Orioles Insider: Pedroia on O's young arms
Peds says nice things about our pitchers, including Brian Matusz, whom he's never faced. Gee, thanks. -duck
Orioles Insider: The dark side of Kevin Millwood
Millwood rooted for Duke. Ugh. And to think, I have to root for him. -duck
A weekend I'll never forget - MASNsports.com
Steve Melewski had a heart attack last week. Thankfully, it was a small one, but send some love his way. -duck
Steve's official predictions for the 2010 season (plus a Rowell update) - MASNsports.com
Billy Rowell will go to Frederick, this time as a 3B. And Steve Melewski gives his guesses on all things AL. -duck
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This just in: adorableness on the rise, family copes with child getting schooled. Film at 11. -daveh873
How is the Baltimore 'O' any worse than the average anthem rendition?
I hate when people complain about the ‘O’ being disrespectful. It’s no worse than the opportunistic anthem singer who thinks his or her artistic license permits them to attempt hitting notes octaves beyond their range, minutes’ worth of ghastly warbling, and melodramatic arm motions to emphasize every line. And if crowd noise causes you to stumble over the words, you probably aren’t ready to be singing for the public.
/soapbox
Besides, what’s wrong with having everyone participate in the anthem?
by perpetualstudent on Apr 6, 2010 8:07 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Or the
over-the-top “BRAAAAVES!” in Atlanta. Or the folks who start cheering after someone holds “la-hand of the FREEEEEEEEEEE” a tad too long.
It’s the national anthem, it’s not a religion. These people who get upset about it need enemas.
From the Land of Pleasant Living...
by OEutaw on Apr 6, 2010 9:24 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Historic speed of the Anthem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4x50QHG73s&feature=related
Seems much faster than what I’m used to. Does that mean that all modern-day renditions of the Anthem are disrespectful to America?
No,
all I’m saying is that the ‘O’ is no worse than anything else. Incessant warbling is annoying, but I’m not to say whether it’s disrespectful. Likewise, Mr. Hilton can be annoyed by the ‘O’, but I think it’s cool that it’s part of our baseball culture.
by perpetualstudent on Apr 6, 2010 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree with you
I was just pointing out that the anthem isn’t holy, and has changed much since its inception. Adding “O!” is no less sacrilegious than slowing it way down. Your comments were pretty much spot on.
Oh. Totally misread you.
Clearly I am too tired for the Internet.
by perpetualstudent on Apr 7, 2010 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions
NERTZ!
I just booked a round trip flight to/from San Diego like a week ago. You’re killing me, Southwest.
Also, as long as we’re talking horrendous lineup choices, the Astros’ cleanup hitter vs. Lincecum was Geoff Blum. Suddenly Miggi doesn’t seem so bad.
"The United States is the New York Yankees of countries...powerful and respected until the year 2000." - Homer J. Simpson
I'm staying with my best friend's family for a few days while my brother and parents visit the colleges my brother got into
I’m hoping and praying they’ll let me watch. They’re Phillies fans.
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
True
But the mom is pretty bad. She called me an idiot for liking the Orioles. She blurted it out at dinner once. I’ve held it against her ever since.
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
she sounds like a tool
This just in: adorableness on the rise, family copes with child getting schooled. Film at 11. -daveh873
Your best friend's mom called you an idiot because you like a particular team?
Run. Away.
From the Land of Pleasant Living...
But
calling your daughter’s friend an idiot is pushing the limit.
"He's a gazelle." -Adam Jones on Nolan Reimold.
calling a child an idiot is over the limit
I mean, sometimes children are idiots, but come on. Imagine being in high school and some adult calls you an idiot at the dinner table?
This just in: adorableness on the rise, family copes with child getting schooled. Film at 11. -daveh873
I'm not really a "child" anymore
But I get what you’re saying. I think it was more meant as a joke. We were talking about Peter Angelos blah blah blah and then it just happened.
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
I don't mean that as an insult
I hope you didn’t take it as such. But in the sense that this woman is a parent, you are definitely a child. You are her child’s age and were a guest in her house. And if she was joking, well I guess it depends how she said it, but still, ew.
This just in: adorableness on the rise, family copes with child getting schooled. Film at 11. -daveh873
It's a running joke now between me and her family
But it was startling at the time. She’s a bit of a blabbermouth (the mom) and blurts things out a lot. She’s still a family friend, though, and I’m not going to stop being friends with her daughter because she’s a bit crazy.
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
well I hope not
If I ditched my friends because they had nutter parents I’d be all alone.
This just in: adorableness on the rise, family copes with child getting schooled. Film at 11. -daveh873
Agreed.
Most parents are kind of nutty in their own ways. I’ve never perceived any of my friends’ parents as completely, perfectly normal.
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
This
Hell, i’d have to be single too.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
Me too. Girlfriend’s parents are wack jobs.
Поклон перед вашим капитаном!
by Knubles and Bits on Apr 6, 2010 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, you are.
Legally, at least.
"If the entire Duke fanbase took the form of one human being, you have to think that person would look exactly like Tucker Carlson, and we'd all like to punch that person in the face." - Andrew Sharp
Yes, but the word usually associated with people my age is teenager
Not child. I feel child implies either immaturity or simply very young. I think the “child” moniker dissolves at around age 13. Maybe not, but that’s how I see it.
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
at 13?
i’m 22 and i still refer to myself as a kid on a regular basis. although its generally to my benefit.
by twistedlogic on Apr 6, 2010 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Kid is different.
Kid implies youth. But child, again, implies immaturity.
Maybe I’m reading too much into it.
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
you are :)
At least, based on how I meant it. It’s semantics.
This just in: adorableness on the rise, family copes with child getting schooled. Film at 11. -daveh873
I wasn't referring to how you meant it.
You already clarified that, I was saying that in reference to duck, who said I was legally still a child.
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
Is it?
I always thought the legal term was minor.
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
Here are all the definitions of child
(per dictionary.com):
#
1. A person between birth and puberty.
2. A person who has not attained maturity or the age of legal majority.
3. An unborn infant; a fetus.
4. An infant; a baby.
5. An individual regarded as strongly affected by another or by a specified time, place, or circumstance: a child of nature; a child of the Sixties.
6. A product or result of something specified: “Times Square is a child of the 20th century” (Richard F. Shepard).
So, I guess we’re all right!
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
Ehhh.
“The legal definition of “child” generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority."
"He's a gazelle." -Adam Jones on Nolan Reimold.
Well, there wont ever be a single legal definition
You could go Black’s Law Dictionary, but beyond that its gonna vary greatly depending on the jurisdiction and body of law you’re working with.
So what are you arguing here?
Who’s wrong and who’s right?
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
Well, I was actually talking to LenaO
Those darn indentations are such an asset.
I’d actually say most of the time lawyers are wrong, they’re just good at arguing their case, so they seem convincing.
You know, no offense or anything.
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
No offense at all, half of being a good lawyer is being able to make a losing argument
Its how the whole legal system is set up. You have to best advocate your client’s position, even if you know its wrong. Its the job of the other lawyer to prove it.
Yep, I'm on Mock Trial
I’ve learned a bit. The difference between Mock Trial and a real courtroom is we don’t actually know who’s guilty or not, and there are rules, loopholes, and it’s also very vague. The objective of the handbook and story is to make it possible for either side to win—there’s no pleading guilty.
It still doesn’t make me want to be a lawyer. Way too much work. I think I’ll stick with the arts, even though there’s a lot more money in law as a profession.
My mom is a lawyer for the government. She’s not a court lawyer. I think that would be pretty hard considering that she’s blind. Wouldn’t you?
Boy, I really know how to get off-topic.
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
I don't get it.
The picture thing.
To LenaO:
Oh, I was just wondering what you meant when you defined child. I didn’t understand where it came from.
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
I definitely am, but I haven't watched it in a REALLY long time.
Now I feel dumb. I am a big fan though. I need to get a box set. I’m getting one for my birthday. Of course, I don’t know when I’ll get a chance to watch it, considering my birthday is in September. Winter break, I guess?
So what is the context?
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
Wow!
I’ve been involved in some ABSURD arguments on here before, but the definition of “child”?? I can respect that.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
Sarcasm?
I always ask because it’s always lost.
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
If that question
is directed at me no it’s not sarcasm. I love arguing over ridiculous things.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
Yes, it was directed at you.
I was just checking. I, too, love arguing over stupid things. Story of my life.
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
Historian to the rescue...
Some helpful citations:
Philippe Arias, Centuries of Childhood: A Social History of Family Life.
Holly Brewer, By Birth or Consent: Children, Law, and the Anglo-American Revolution in Authority.
Michael Grossberg, Governing the Hearth: Law and the Family in Nineteenth-Century America.
I expect a five- to seven-page essay next week.
by Joltin Joe Orsulak on Apr 6, 2010 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I stay out of family law entirely
WAY too emotional. I could never take that sort of stress every day.
That's why I only deal with dead people
by Joltin Joe Orsulak on Apr 6, 2010 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Killer zombies are much more interesting
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
Are there any other kind?
I mean, pacifist zombies kind of defeats the point, doesn’t it?
"If the entire Duke fanbase took the form of one human being, you have to think that person would look exactly like Tucker Carlson, and we'd all like to punch that person in the face." - Andrew Sharp
Voodoo zombies
they often were used as slaves instead of killers. Take “White Zombie” for instance. The 1st “zombie movie”, it’s zombies were merely slaves doing the bidding of their master. The master was the evil one, the zombies were kind of sad.
Of course, the bidding of their masters sometimes led to killing.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
Its all relative
I’m not sure my little brothers will ever not seem like children, even though legally theyre both legally adults now
I have to agree with you
“child” is very different from “kid”.
I went to grad scholl at the age of 31 and referred to many of my classmates (in their mid-20s as kids. I didn’t call them children.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Thank you :)
But am I, because you are my significant elder, allowed to point out your spelling mistake?
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
Just dont be a grammar nazi
I think its only ok to point out mistakes in comments if the mistake interferes with your comprehension of the post (see: chuckthefan). Otherwise, leave it alone.
OK. I just thought because he was talking about school...
And he actually misspelled the word school that it was ironic.
Who’s chuckthefan? Did I miss something?
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
You haven't missed much
He’s a bit grammar-disabled, shall we say.
"If the entire Duke fanbase took the form of one human being, you have to think that person would look exactly like Tucker Carlson, and we'd all like to punch that person in the face." - Andrew Sharp
Oh!
That dude. Yeah, I know who you’re talking about. I agree, it’s cool to make fun of him. Since when did schools stop teaching people how to type coherently? It’s sad.
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
Shortly after they stopped teaching people how to write coherently, I think.
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
My English teacher basically wasted a whole class period to have a discussion about technology and how great it is.
Computers, social networking sites and blogs in particular. Don’t get me wrong, it was nice to take a break from Antigone (good stuff, but a bit overwhelming), so I didn’t mind, but for teenagers, spelling out “you” isn’t convenient enough for them…makes me upset.
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
Internet speak has its purposes
There are frequently contexts where you have to either type things very quickly (online video games), or can only transmit a certain amount of information, and these abbreviations are necessary.
Its when its removed from these contexts because people think its cool that it becomes an issue.
I don't think the abbreviations in situations where it's not necessary is considered cool per se
I think it’s just laziness, which is certainly an issue.
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
Antigone, eh?
Good stuff; I enjoyed that one.
My English teacher for the second semester of 10th grade did not know English grammar. I’m not even kidding. Every day, she’d write a sentence on the board with some intentional errors for us to correct, and we’d hand them in at the end of the week. Nearly every time I got mine back after she graded it, she’d made at least one error in “fixing” my corrections.
Sometimes (okay, pretty much all the time) I’m very glad I went to private school through 8th grade and got some old-fashioned grammar instruction, among other things.
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
Antigone is good because we have a great translation
Things make sense. I mean, I love Shakespeare, but the man can be really hard to dissect. That’s why I don’t like STUDYING Shakespeare. Acting? Great. In-depth word analysis? Not so great.
I’ve been in private school since 4th grade. Let me tell you, my 3rd grade teacher didn’t even think about teaching kids grammar. Seriously, don’t you have to start sometime? The 3rd grade teacher was one of the reasons I left public school. Well, she cared more about running marathons than she did about teaching 3rd graders.
The nice thing is, although my classmates rarely use proper grammar on facebook (I generally do and a lot of my friends do as well), they are required to do so on papers and assignments, or points will be deducted. I think that’s fair…
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
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 Apr 6, 2010 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions
FUCK
right click → view image.
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 Apr 6, 2010 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions
haha, awesome.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
I guess cool was the wrong word.
By cool I meant, “OK” or “permissible”.
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
* it's
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
no
no you probably didnt miss anything but you might have i dont really know if there was something to miss who is chuckthefan anyways srsly tho lols
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
That gave me a serious headache.
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
that's not a spelling mistake
it’s a typo. BIG difference.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
What is the difference?
Just curious. I’m not trying to be condescending.
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
I'm guessing:
Typo means you just hit the wrong key(s); spelling mistake implies you don’t know how to spell the word.
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
this
I constantly correct people for its/it’s and there/their/they’re and your/you’re because those aren’t spelling mistakes—those are cognitive mistakes.
but people make typing mistakes all the time, and i think that’s understandable, particularly during fast replies in open threads and gamethreads. i don’t even capitalize in these situations, as you can see.
in more published pieces (i.e., fanposts, stories, etc), i’m a stickler for everything: spelling, grammar, syntax, you name it. if you have the time to review your piece and proof it, it’s incumbent upon you to do so.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
OK, I see.
I tend to read through every comment thoroughly because I don’t like making typos. I just don’t. It’s a pet peeve of mine. Even if I have to reply fast I will take the time to proofread. You can see that as a good thing or a bad thing, but I stay true to my convictions, so to speak—I judge other teenagers for their carelessness (more laziness in a sense) so I try not to make mistakes.
This is not a judgment of you, however. Your posts are still very much coherent and there’s nothing that’s hard to decipher. You know, like chuckthefan (sorry to single you out). I think it’s perfectly reasonable not to capitalize—that’s a preference for others, but not for me. But the thing that annoys me is the constant abbreviations and people not making the effort to, um, make sense. To me, that’s laziness. An occasional typo is nothing major, obviously. And I think it’s rude to nitpick that way.
I will also type the “post” button without making sure my wording is coherent, so I will have to correct that from time to time. I don’t think I may typos often, though. Maybe I do. Correct me if I’m wrong.
Whew!
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
It was a joke.
A callback to the the post that started this discussion ten hours ago.
Maybe we don’t know each other like that yet.
Um? Yeah, I was kind of startled by that...
I still don’t get the joke but, alright, at least it’s a joke.
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
Inflection is hard to read
I now get it and find it quite funny though.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
When keepin' it real goes wrong...
NEXT on Camden Chat!
"If the entire Duke fanbase took the form of one human being, you have to think that person would look exactly like Tucker Carlson, and we'd all like to punch that person in the face." - Andrew Sharp
I thought you would've already contributed to this thread
to wit:
spelling mistake implies you don’t know how to spell the word; a typo is caused by the iPhone.
I DONT LIKE PEOPLE PLAYIN' ON MY PHONE!!
by Wieters Wieners on Apr 6, 2010 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Nah it's OK.
I see the connection. It just startled me for a moment. Like daveh said below, inflection is hard to read. It’s all good.
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
Someday
We will all look back on this and cringe slightly less.
by killertomato on Apr 6, 2010 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
i'm finding it all pretty funny.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
also
i would never read anything you write as being condescending. i already know you’re not built that way. although who knows in a few years after the world has jaded you… ;)
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
I'm 31 and sometimes forget that I'm an adult
If someone says something about what other people do I’ll think, “Well yeah, but they’re grown ups.” And then it hits me that technically so am I.
This just in: adorableness on the rise, family copes with child getting schooled. Film at 11. -daveh873
lol...thats kinda where i'm at
when i’m at home on breaks from school and my mom wants me to do something that requires me to get up before 11am, then i pull the kid card EVERY time. it works too. my parents are strict, but my mom thinks i dont get enough sleep here at school (which i dont) so she always lets me sleep.
by twistedlogic on Apr 6, 2010 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Same here
Especially at work, sometimes I’m like ‘i cant believe theyre trusting a kid with this stuff’
ha ha me too!
Especially since for a long time I was the youngest person in my office. Sometimes I’ll be giving a briefing or something and people are asking me questions and I’m just like, “this is weird.” And I start to think about how these people worked there when I was like 10 and now look at them listening to me. It’s freaking bizarre.
This just in: adorableness on the rise, family copes with child getting schooled. Film at 11. -daveh873
I'm 30 and so not a grown up.
You’re way more a grownup than I am. I’ve seen your living room furniture.
"Believe it or not, I read the paper." - Nick Markakis
ahahahaahah
that’s true, guys. When 2632 comes into my house she says, “Look at your furniture. You’re a grown up.”
This just in: adorableness on the rise, family copes with child getting schooled. Film at 11. -daveh873
Let the "Fight Club" quotes start now...
You buy furniture. You tell yourself, this is the last sofa I will ever need in my life. Buy the sofa, then for a couple years you’re satisfied that no matter what goes wrong, at least you’ve got your sofa issue handled. Then the right set of dishes. Then the perfect bed. The drapes. The rug. Then you’re trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you."
“And I wasn’t the only slave to my nesting instinct. The people I know who used to sit in the bathroom with pornography, now they sit in the bathroom with their IKEA furniture catalogue. "
‘’Why do guys like you and I know what a duvet is?’’
"If the entire Duke fanbase took the form of one human being, you have to think that person would look exactly like Tucker Carlson, and we'd all like to punch that person in the face." - Andrew Sharp
Reminds me of an episode of House as well
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
I love, love, love this movie
The first time? It’s almost a thriller.
The second time? One of the funniest, most sarcastic movies you will ever see. One of teh few movies that the more I watch, the more I get.
"If the entire Duke fanbase took the form of one human being, you have to think that person would look exactly like Tucker Carlson, and we'd all like to punch that person in the face." - Andrew Sharp
YES
A great film (and book).
“God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need. . . . We’ve all been raised on television to believe that one day we’d all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won’t. And we’re slowly learning that fact. And we’re very, very pissed off.”
by kramertoneman on Apr 6, 2010 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm 30 and I'm definetly not grown up.
I don’t own any living room furniture.
"I’d like to be 29, 6-foot-3 and have a full head of hair," Trembley said. "The reality is, realignment is not going to happen. So we’re going to have to deal with it."
Wearing my "It's Always Next Year" shirt today
I hope these don’t much shrink in the wash…
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Me too
I actually didn’t dry my Felix shirt when I washed it just in case. It seems pretty heavy duty, though.
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Yeah, that is what I will do. Already got a guy who flagged me down to tell me it was funny. Score!
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by John Stephens on Apr 6, 2010 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions
awesome.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
I haven't washed mine yet
I’m wearing the consoling Orioles fans shirt and it smells like new shirt. Which is neither a pleasant or unpleasant smell.
Haha
It is sort of like new car. Not the greatest smell, but I can deal with it until I make it smell bad.
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by John Stephens on Apr 6, 2010 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions
they don't
it is important to wash them inside out to preserve the transfer, however.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Dunkin Donuts coffee is heaven
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Oh man.
My girlfriend finally convinced me to try it a few weeks ago. It was so loaded with sugar and cream I had to throw it away. I’ll have to order it black and add a drop or two of half and half to really gauge it for myself.
oh yeah you can't let them make it their regular way
I ask for “very little cream” and no sugar. It’s perfect.
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The problem in some stores
Especially stores where english is sometimes an issue for the employees – is I think they train them to put in enough milk to make it “regular coffee colored”. So, yesterday, when I went to a DD in Cypress Hills Brooklyn and asked for “a little skim milk”, it came back looking like “coffee, regular”. Do you know how much skim milk you need to put in coffee to make it that light? It was milk with a slight flavor of coffee. Disgusting.
"Believe it or not, I read the paper." - Nick Markakis
Dunkin Donuts coffee is heaven foul, disguting, nausea-inducing shite.
Fixed.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
So, "24" last night.
Wow. Didn’t see that coming. And that’s not something you see on network dramas every week, either.
"If the entire Duke fanbase took the form of one human being, you have to think that person would look exactly like Tucker Carlson, and we'd all like to punch that person in the face." - Andrew Sharp
NO
I didn’t watch it yet.
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Why do you think I was so vague?
"If the entire Duke fanbase took the form of one human being, you have to think that person would look exactly like Tucker Carlson, and we'd all like to punch that person in the face." - Andrew Sharp
Your first 2 or so you missed
will make you wonder if you want to keep going. Keep going. It gets infinitely better in the last 4 hours.
"If the entire Duke fanbase took the form of one human being, you have to think that person would look exactly like Tucker Carlson, and we'd all like to punch that person in the face." - Andrew Sharp
I’m way behind. Like episode 9 or 10 I think. I haven’t caught up, because I’ve introduced my GF to The Wire.
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by Knubles and Bits on Apr 6, 2010 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions
Just don't give up on it
The last 3 weeks have been really good.
"If the entire Duke fanbase took the form of one human being, you have to think that person would look exactly like Tucker Carlson, and we'd all like to punch that person in the face." - Andrew Sharp
I definitely will. It’s my favorite show and I’ve seen everything up to this point so I can’t not finish it. Especially considering a movie is in the works.
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by Knubles and Bits on Apr 6, 2010 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
I'll warn you, where you are now
if pretty murky treading – you’ll want to say “Why am I still watching this?”
Then it gets good. Really good. Last night was one of the best eps they’ve had in 3 seasons.
"If the entire Duke fanbase took the form of one human being, you have to think that person would look exactly like Tucker Carlson, and we'd all like to punch that person in the face." - Andrew Sharp
I don't want to hear anything!
It’ll probably take me awhile to watch it, though, since it’s two hours and it’s now baseball season.
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Let's just say the story picked up speed last night in a really big way
"If the entire Duke fanbase took the form of one human being, you have to think that person would look exactly like Tucker Carlson, and we'd all like to punch that person in the face." - Andrew Sharp
If this was the first season
Then I would be awestruck, but apart from the surprise last night, almost all of these storylines have been played out.
"There's only one cure for what's wrong with all of us pitchers, and that's to take a year off. Then, after you've gone a year without throwing, quit altogether." -Jim Palmer
I'm OK with a little "best of" out of this season
I still have a feeling the puppetmaster will be a big deal reveal.
"How's that s---house of an Eastern Shore?" - William Donald Schaefer
This is pretty fantastic.
Wish my dad were coming with me; they were his faves.
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
Butler will be back next year
None of their key players are Seniors.
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Apr 6, 2010 9:33 AM EDT reply actions
That was awesome.
Though it reminds me of that blown call in the ‘08 WS when Jamie Moyer did something similar. Now I’m annoyed all over again.
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Thank you for pointing this out
Just looked it up.
Holy. Shit.
There are some plays that are so tough that you have to be a freak athlete to pull off even once
I think this was one of them
Am I stupid...
Or was that ball like 3 feet foul?
by Wieters Wieners on Apr 6, 2010 9:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Ohhhhhhh
Gotcha… I only saw it once on Sportcenter last night and just saw him scooping it between his legs foul like three feet. I was like WTF!
Thanks for clarifying.
by Wieters Wieners on Apr 6, 2010 9:56 AM EDT up reply actions
It was a comebacker.
Buehrle stuck his leg out to block it and knocked it foul, then chased it down without runner interference, somehow. The whole thing is mental.
How close was that to an interference call?
Or am I an idiot? Seems like the baserunner had to slow down a tiny bit to avoid colliding with Buerhle.
Also, as has been said many times, the White Sox announcers are fucking terrible.
Sure it can
First, its obstruction, not interference.
Second, the rule is: “the act of a fielder who, while not in possession of the ball and not in the act of fielding the ball, impedes the progress of any runner.”
You can impede progress without contact. If the runner has to slow down or change course to avoid contact, obstruction is accomplished just as much as if the defender actually collided with the runner.
Yeah, i think theres a few reasons why there wasnt an obstruction call there
My point was only that contact isnt necessary to call obstruction
yeah he would have had to run into him for it to be interference
although if the fielder is going for the ball and the runner runs into him I think it would actually be interference on the runner.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
Anyone know a good bar in DC to watch the game at?
I just moved to Mt. Pleasant and don’t have cable set up yet
As of this posting
we are in second place in the AL East. That, and half price Easter candy, are making this day bearable.
The song was written in our harbor by our local
If anyone is allowed to make changes to it, we are… Go to another city and complain or write your own damn anthem
by GeoffreyA on Apr 6, 2010 9:49 AM EDT via mobile reply actions 6 recs
+1
Any time I hear anyone complaining about the “O!”, I remind them of this fact. The vast majority of the time it’s someone from somewhere else, but I guess there’s self-loathing Baltimoreans out there.
Cry havoc and unleash the Esskay hot dogs of war! - The Wayward Oriole, Opening Day 2008
by Eat More Esskay on Apr 6, 2010 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions
9 hours to go
till Pitch #1. i’ll be at the game tonight and tomorrow :)
Penny: "Yes, dinner’s here, and I’m having some. I’ve been having leftovers at the restaurant for four days, and I just wanted something different. So sue me!"
Sheldon: "Forgive me, Penny, but that would be the very definition of a frivolous lawsuit."
~ Big Bang Theory
Has anyone hear still been watching How To Make It In America?
It’s by no means a great (arguably not even good) show, but i’m totally hooked on the theme song.
I saw an oriole
on my walk to work this morning. I’ll take this as a good omen.
who?
In one game as a freshman at Miami, Wieters hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth to put the Yellow Jackets ahead, then pitched the bottom of the ninth for the save. On that day, the God nickname was bestowed. - Sports Illustrated
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Apr 6, 2010 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions
This really made me laugh
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by Eat More Esskay on Apr 6, 2010 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Yes
and it was looking quite focused, it must know it’s opening day.
Wast it just standing there?
Or does it know about the newest incarnation of itself and was it just primed for flight?
I’d imagine they’d get tired of having to change their generic pose every couple of years.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
If people thought shouting "O!" was disrespectful
Then they wouldn’t do it.
How disrespectful can an action be if people don’t mean any contempt whatsoever?
"There's only one cure for what's wrong with all of us pitchers, and that's to take a year off. Then, after you've gone a year without throwing, quit altogether." -Jim Palmer
Adam Jones is gonna hit a HR tonight
Prepare yourself.
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I just realized
The GameThread’s gonna have less people then usual because of the bar and that stuff.
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Apr 6, 2010 10:45 AM EDT reply actions
nah there will still be a ton of people
Friday might be light since a lot of people will be at the game.
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Assuming all the out of the towners will still be here
And since its opening day, things should still be pretty busy
Link to my appearance on WNST
http://wnst.net/wordpress/section/audio/
If you’re interested. It’s long, though.
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Grand Poobah, Mrs Felix Pie
Awesome
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
I tried to tell him once that I don't want to marry him
But actually explaining the entire thing would make me sound like a complete and total nutter, so I just let him go with it.
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yeah, y'all get it
But you know me. These people who don’t know me wouldn’t get it.
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you just want to wrap him in bubble wrap and feed him soft foods
"Believe it or not, I read the paper." - Nick Markakis
I didn't listen yet
But maybe you really WANT to marry him, and you’re in denial, so it’s very difficult to explain why you don’t want to marry him.
Spooky.
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
You're great...
…but that main dude just talks and talks. Which I guess is his job. But still.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
There was also an inside the park homerun and a no hitter broken up in the 7th. Pretty excited day in the baseball world yesterday.
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by Knubles and Bits on Apr 6, 2010 11:02 AM EDT reply actions
**Exciting.
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by Knubles and Bits on Apr 6, 2010 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Ha I'm listening to myself on this show
I hate when I talk so fast.
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I hate listening to myself on recordings
My voice sounds horrible. It makes me go, “DO I REALLY SOUND LIKE THAT?” And I get all self-conscious. I refuse to be on the radio or television. I refuse!
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
I'm used to it by now
But I used to hate it to much. But sometimes when I get going about something my voice gets kinda high pitched and I talk fast and I get so annoyed at myself.
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Oh, my voice cracks when I get nervous.
It’s terrible. The strange thing is I’m a fairly good public speaker, but of course, I’m not able to hear my voice when I speak to others.
I talk fast anyway. My speech gets really slow when I’m nervous, I stutter, ugh it’s just awful.
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
I think this is normal
I sound terrible on recordings too. It’s so dorky. I mean, I am a pretty big dork but I like to think not that much of one – but every time I hear my voice played back to me it’s like, damn, I really am that much of a dork.
Cry havoc and unleash the Esskay hot dogs of war! - The Wayward Oriole, Opening Day 2008
by Eat More Esskay on Apr 6, 2010 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Myself, I sound like Mr. Moviephone
Don’t know what’s wrong with y’all. :)
"If the entire Duke fanbase took the form of one human being, you have to think that person would look exactly like Tucker Carlson, and we'd all like to punch that person in the face." - Andrew Sharp
I hate how my voice sounds on recordings
I try to sound serious and end up sounding like a southern drag queen with a sinus infection. It’s unattractive.
"Believe it or not, I read the paper." - Nick Markakis
by 2632 on Apr 6, 2010 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
LOL
That made me laugh really, really hard. Very descriptive. I’ll rec it.
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
But then I'd have to reveal my true identity.
And I’d have to bring politics into our happy family.
So, just trust that I sound funny.
"Believe it or not, I read the paper." - Nick Markakis
You can't reveal your true identity
Then you’ll lose your super powers.
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like ann coulter would be an orioles fan.
please.
"Believe it or not, I read the paper." - Nick Markakis
Site traffic is picking up already, huh?
Something magic is about to happen…
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
We do make the magic happen, after all.
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
I keep scrolling over the MASN ad at the top of the page.
So irritating.
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. - Lynn Johnston (I don't know who that is...but it's a good quote.)
Anyone in the Columbia area want to go to a bar for the game?
Not you BSF
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Why don’t you have a seat right over there for me.
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by John Stephens on Apr 6, 2010 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Who is this guy and why have I seen him on CC like five times in the past three days?
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by Eat More Esskay on Apr 6, 2010 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions
The “O” is not disrespectful. Maybe the times when I’ve had a little too much to drink and it becomes “O muthafuckas!!!” then it is a bit disrespectful.
(That’s actually never happened. The yelling that part anyway.)
In the Detroit series last year, some dumb fuck yelled "Go Detroit" right after the O.
People was like what in the heavens is wrong with that person. It’s all part of group mentality, you know.
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 Apr 6, 2010 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Me in my Opening Day attire (Tejada jersey)
Trying to hit off me is like trying to eat soup with chopsticks.
-Ryohei Tanaka, with AA Bowie
And just how much Dunkin' coffee did you have today?
lol
by Wieters Wieners on Apr 6, 2010 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions
bandwagon fan
did you ever root for us when we were a bad team?
by Y Not on Apr 6, 2010 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Um, we still are, really...
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
hey screw you :-) always been a fan
Trying to hit off me is like trying to eat soup with chopsticks.
-Ryohei Tanaka, with AA Bowie
I’ve always been a fan when we win.
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by John Stephens on Apr 6, 2010 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd love to see osme of the kids that called me a front-runner in the 90's
Just because I was the only kid in school to rock O’s garb every day (or even be a fan for that matter). They all assumed it was because Ripken’s streak (though I was a fan years before he set the record). Still think i’m a fair weather front runner, assholes?
Best of all, they were all Yankees fans. It’s not your home team. You don’t live in NY. Screw you.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
Get’em. I’d say the same before the Cal days…but I didn’t exist.
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by John Stephens on Apr 6, 2010 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I had the same problem
except I lived in CT in the middle of Yankee and Red Sox fans…the Jeffrey Maier game made for a tough week at school
by tjk on Apr 6, 2010 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions
You're telling me
I don’t knwo how I didn’t fight anyone that week. That was one of the worst times of my life.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
What if
a person did switch? What if they switched from rooting for a team when it was winning to a team that was in a bad, bad way. Would that be a terrible person? A person that jumped off a bandwagon?
Now Joe can't come within 500 feet of Mary. He also can't call her, or burn his name in gas on her lawn. I'm gonna let you in on a little secret, Joe is me. And Mary is a composite of 12 different women and a small independent film company all of whom couldn't deal with me because I'm too real. -Gary Busey
That's what my girlfriend did
She had her reasons for switching, but she was a Yankee fan for a good 5 years before I was able to bring her back from the dark side. She knew her shit. It was impressive and disgusting at the same time.
Honestly, I think it depends on why you switch. If it’s because the other team is getting popular and starting to win, then yea I think that’s wrong. But if it’s because you realized something or someone from the organization just doesnt jive with you, I can understand it.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
I'm just sort of ruminating on the whole
“fan since birth” thing. It can be awesome, but, like you say, it can be like a bad marriage, where you just wake up one day and realize your spouse is an emotionally abusive, self absorbed jerk, who takes all of your hard earned money, spends it on bullshit and treats you like crap. Plus they are married to a million other people who all try to make you feel bad about yourself all the time and embarrass you. And you’re like, damn. I deserve better than this. Just because you had the misfortune of being born in a specific zip code doesn’t mean you should stay married to this person, right?
I mean, sometimes a person just wants it to be about baseball.
Now Joe can't come within 500 feet of Mary. He also can't call her, or burn his name in gas on her lawn. I'm gonna let you in on a little secret, Joe is me. And Mary is a composite of 12 different women and a small independent film company all of whom couldn't deal with me because I'm too real. -Gary Busey
Me?
Now Joe can't come within 500 feet of Mary. He also can't call her, or burn his name in gas on her lawn. I'm gonna let you in on a little secret, Joe is me. And Mary is a composite of 12 different women and a small independent film company all of whom couldn't deal with me because I'm too real. -Gary Busey
I hear ya
I mean, I’m supposed to be a Mets/Yankees fan I supposed. I was born 45 minutes outside of NYC and anyone in my extended family that was a baseball fan was a Mets fan. I just didn’t buy into it. If I had and I realized what being a Yankee fan is all about, would I want to change? I don’t know. I know I would fully expect to be ridiculed for it though. It comes with the territory.
Losing is NOT a valid reason to give up on a team though. It’d be like getting divorced because your spouse lost their job or gained some weight. Thick and thin, you gotta be there, or it’s not real.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
ITA you have to stick with your poor, fat husband/wife/MLB team.
Basically, I’m trying to ease into the ridicule.
Perhaps I’ve said too much already.
Now Joe can't come within 500 feet of Mary. He also can't call her, or burn his name in gas on her lawn. I'm gonna let you in on a little secret, Joe is me. And Mary is a composite of 12 different women and a small independent film company all of whom couldn't deal with me because I'm too real. -Gary Busey
You were a Bosox fan
We get it. They suck. Good for you. The ridicule will come from your Boston fans. We’re here to help.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
Aww
Thanks. I’m out to pretty much everybody at this point, except my boss, and I have taken a lot of crap. Which is one of the things I hated about Red Sox Nation. It’s a non stop pissing contest as to who is a better fan. Seriously, it’s not enough to be a “life long” fan any more, it has to be multi-generational.
That and Jonathan Papelbon. Punk-ass punk.
Now Joe can't come within 500 feet of Mary. He also can't call her, or burn his name in gas on her lawn. I'm gonna let you in on a little secret, Joe is me. And Mary is a composite of 12 different women and a small independent film company all of whom couldn't deal with me because I'm too real. -Gary Busey
That and Jonathan Papelbon. Punk-ass punk.
Like a duck to water…
From the Land of Pleasant Living...
In Maryland, we welcome anyone who chooses to identify him/herself with Maryland things
Ergo, welcome to Birdland.
Cry havoc and unleash the Esskay hot dogs of war! - The Wayward Oriole, Opening Day 2008
by Eat More Esskay on Apr 6, 2010 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions
speaking of
for the longest time I thought your little picture thingy was of a redsock. And I was so confused until I finally clicked on it.
cxcxcxcxzzzzzzzzz
I kind of reject that there is some sort of objective measure of how to be a fan
Imagine if Baltimore got an NHL team. Would all the folks who live in Baltimore and love the Caps (and there are many) – would they switch allegiances? Would they be expected to embrace the geographic home team, or continue to support a team they’ve come to have an intimate relationship?
Oh, good point.
Man, I couldn’t give up the Caps, especially as long as Ovi is playing for them.
"How's that s---house of an Eastern Shore?" - William Donald Schaefer
There are a lot
of Hurricane fans in Western Mass for this very reason.
But I don’t remember taking a blood oath. Following a sports team is supposed to be fun, not a fucking death march. And it’s a lot less fun being a member of a nation or a universe then it is being a fan of a baseball team, for better or for worse. IMHO, YMMV.
Ok, I can’t seem to shut up.
Now Joe can't come within 500 feet of Mary. He also can't call her, or burn his name in gas on her lawn. I'm gonna let you in on a little secret, Joe is me. And Mary is a composite of 12 different women and a small independent film company all of whom couldn't deal with me because I'm too real. -Gary Busey
We had this argument the other day
IfBmore gets an NHL team and you’re a Caps fan, root for both. No one says you have to give up one allegience to take on another.
I just think if you jump ship, you were never really that much of a fan in the first place (which isn’t always a bad thing, especially in the case of former PHN or MFY fans).
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
The Ravens put me in the same situation
I was too young to know the Colts and so I was always a Redskins fan. And then the Ravens came here and I was like “hell, no I’m still gonna root for the Redskins.”
But I certainly root for the Ravens as well. But I still root for Redskins first.
Although it’s starting to feel like I’m in an abusive relationship.
cxcxcxcxzzzzzzzzz
Seriously
At this point, I wish I didn’t care about the Redskins. But I do, and it’ll probably take another decade of sucking to begin to kill it. (It helps that my most impressionable years coincided almost exactly with the ’Skins glory days.)
I’m in Northern VA and the Orioles’ decade of suck definitely left the door open for the Nats — my father and brother have both shifted loyalties, but my emotional attachment to the Os is pretty strong, and the Nats haven’t offered anything remotely compelling, even in a rebuilding sense. If they’re lucky, they may be where the Orioles are now in two or three years, but even then, I think they’ve missed their opportunity with me.
by Joltin Joe Orsulak on Apr 6, 2010 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Well
I have some video of myself sobbing to the point of hyperventilation during the last play of the 2004 WS which might convince you differently, but I’m not really interested in the convincing.
What other people think of me is none of my business.
Now Joe can't come within 500 feet of Mary. He also can't call her, or burn his name in gas on her lawn. I'm gonna let you in on a little secret, Joe is me. And Mary is a composite of 12 different women and a small independent film company all of whom couldn't deal with me because I'm too real. -Gary Busey
Don't get me wrong
I’m sure you cared. I just liken sports affiliation with relationships, because they are both true passions. I’ve had girls I cried over and I thought I loved, but I know it wasn’t real. The real stuff you stick with (barring some serious shit).
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
Pretty much.
I thought we were in love, but now PHN is just my psycho ex.
Now Joe can't come within 500 feet of Mary. He also can't call her, or burn his name in gas on her lawn. I'm gonna let you in on a little secret, Joe is me. And Mary is a composite of 12 different women and a small independent film company all of whom couldn't deal with me because I'm too real. -Gary Busey
I dont think this a good analogy
Most likely if Baltimore got a hockey, basketball, or soccer team, they would likely be in direct competition with the other regional team (DC or Philly, depending on where in Maryland you are) since those leagues divide thing solely geographically
So?
I root for the Rays to win even though it’s bad for us, and i’m not even a Rays fan. If NJ got it’s own team, i’d be a fan. If it was an AL East team, well, that would make things complicated. I’m never giving up the O’s though. They are a part of who I am.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
But would you consider yourselves a Rays fan?
To me, you cant be a fan of two teams that regularly have adverse interests. Obviously you’ll have a preference between two other teams, but that doesnt make you a fan of one of them. I wanted the yankees to lose the other night, it doesnt make my a Red Sox fan.
I don't even think
you can be a “fan” of two teams that don’t regularly have competing interests. I know there are some people here who claim they are fans of both, but that doesn’t make sense to me.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
I stated i'm not
But like I said, if NJ got a team, i’d root for them. I’ll always be an O’s fan 1st, but even if they were in the same division, i’d consider myself a fan of the team. Just not as much as I am for the O’s. Difficult, but not impossible.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
I think this is semantics more than anything else
To me, you’re a fan of the team you want to see better than all the others. You can like other teams and want them to succeed as long as its not directly at the expense of the team you’re a fan of, but you arent a fan of them.
For me, opposite league allegiances are ok since theres only a direct conflict during head to head matches or in the championship game, as long as your clear on who you favor between those teams.
That's fine
My real point was you don’t have to totally drop one for the other. Enen if Bmore got a hockey team and you became a fan of them instead, you can still like the Caps. It doesn’t have to be black and white.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
Eh, i think this would probably be too far
Since its likely that the Caps and the Baltimore team would be direct rivals. It would be like liking the orioles AND the yankees, or the ravens AND the steelers.
Sometimes you really do have to pick a side.
But rivalries aren't just assigned
in all likelihood there would be a rivalry given the same conference, division, etc. But you have to think if one team isn’t really competitive then the other team wouldn’t really care.
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Which is why i dont see any problem with liking the orioles and nationals
No matter how hard they try to push it, there really isnt a rivalry there. I cant imagine a hockey rivalry not developing, as they would likely be in the same division and thus have direct adverse interests.
I would have liked the Nationals
I wasn’t against it, but I went to the stadium twice and it just didn’t do anything for me. In fact, I found the stadium kitschy and banal, completely without any character. Nothing about the team or the stadium or the area interested me. Plus, I think their uniforms and color scheme are hideously ugly.
i dont get that "completely without character" stuff
its a stadium. i go all the time and it doesnt feel any different than camden yards other than the fact you cant bring food into nats park
yeah I don't know
the one time I went, there was a guy with an owl. That’s cool, I dig it.
Our seats were really far away in Center Field, which seemed farther than anywhere I’ve sat at Camden Yards (and I often sit in the last row at CY)
cxcxcxcxzzzzzzzzz
It's not quantifiable
It’s just something intrinsic that it lacked, that other stadiums have. YMMV, etc.
I think it's exactly the same as Citizens Bank in Philly.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
See, I loved citizen's bank park
Maybe it was just the fact that it was actually full of people, but it sold me on the Phillies.
They're both full of Phillies fans
so I understand the confusion.
by Joltin Joe Orsulak on Apr 6, 2010 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
i feel the same way about the nats
i’m still an orioles fan, but the nats really are my hometown team now. i actually go to more nats games than o’s game based on proximity.
How’d you choose/become an O’s fan, Dave? Just curious. Why someone would choose this life of suffering?
Even though it is admirable to do so.
I've told this story a buch of times, so i'll give you the quick version
Basically from birth I knew I hated the Yanks. Didn’t know why, I was just born with it. There were no sports fans in my family, so that had nothing to do with it. My step dad worked with helicopters and often they would be assembled in different ports. Dundalk was a common one. We got to come with him quite a few times. I started going around ‘92-’93 (right after Camden opened). The city was all O’s (baseball being the only sport there) but everyone was friendly, even to opposing fans. It was a passionate city without the douchery of Yankees fans and it caught my interest. I started following the O’s throught the paper or when they played the Yanks and I was hooked. I’ve been to at least 1 game every year since then (usually more like 3-8 a year though).
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
Uggghhh.
The “fun bird”. Why won’t that thing just fucking die already?
From the Land of Pleasant Living...
you don't like the cartoon Oriole logo?
It’s my favorite one.
Know your Oriole birds!
Cartoon Bird:
Fun Bird:
Cartoon Bird = iconic golden goodness.
Fun Bird = manufactured horseshit pap.
From the Land of Pleasant Living...
by OEutaw on Apr 6, 2010 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Psycho bird rules
I love that Pyscho Bird poster they have in the background in Adam Jones’ commercial
"How's that s---house of an Eastern Shore?" - William Donald Schaefer
It's great
the actual funbird sucks, but cartoon bird is awesome.
Yea, that one is lame. Good for kids, not for MLB jerseys.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
Don't link pics from sportslogos.net
they don’t work.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
About the tough April thing
I might be crazy, but I see it as an advantage for the O’s. We tend to play better baseball in April, no? Having better baseball played against our division rivals is a good thing.
Maybe I’m just optimistic, after all, the Saints DID win the Super Bowl, and I was always taught if that could happen, then anything is possible.
I want to breed [Matusz] with that female Japanese knuckleballer to create a race of super pitchers. --Weaver's Tantrum
Its an advantage only if we survive it
Its entirely possible thats its just gonna be so tough we wont be able to bounce back. If we manage to make it through relatively unscathed, however, it could set the rest of the season up nicely.
My point is we have a better chance of surviving it
…theoretically. I was gonna say better in April than September, then I looked at the September schedule, and it’s actually worse, all AL East, home and away, except for one series. So now I don’t even know what the fuss is about.
I want to breed [Matusz] with that female Japanese knuckleballer to create a race of super pitchers. --Weaver's Tantrum
You were always taught that if the Saints won the Super Bowl that anything could happen?
That seems like a weird lesson to always be taught.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
Well, at least expect hell to freeze over
I want to breed [Matusz] with that female Japanese knuckleballer to create a race of super pitchers. --Weaver's Tantrum
Just curious
How do you put the link in your sig, like what Coachofearl and zk have.
In one game as a freshman at Miami, Wieters hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth to put the Yellow Jackets ahead, then pitched the bottom of the ninth for the save. On that day, the God nickname was bestowed. - Sports Illustrated
Unofficial Leader of the Brain Matusz For ROY Campaign
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Apr 6, 2010 2:09 PM EDT reply actions
Sercet voodoo magic
and html coding.
"If the entire Duke fanbase took the form of one human being, you have to think that person would look exactly like Tucker Carlson, and we'd all like to punch that person in the face." - Andrew Sharp
I'd assume its still just the basic HTML that you use to make a link in a post
if you dont know how to write the code from scratch, just format a post that looks like how you want your signature to look then just copy and paste the whole thing.
type the following
<%a href=“[url you want to link to]”>[text you want to show for the link]<%/a>
except,
- remove the percent signs (I had to put them in so the example would show up properly); and
- replace the bracketed bits (starting with [ and ending with ]) with your URL and text
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Ok thanks
I’ll make sure I remember this, for the future.
In one game as a freshman at Miami, Wieters hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth to put the Yellow Jackets ahead, then pitched the bottom of the ninth for the save. On that day, the God nickname was bestowed. - Sports Illustrated
Unofficial Leader of the Brain Matusz For ROY Campaign
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Apr 6, 2010 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Here's a version that might be easier
"If the entire Duke fanbase took the form of one human being, you have to think that person would look exactly like Tucker Carlson, and we'd all like to punch that person in the face." - Andrew Sharp
No, you can't copy and paste it
It’s a screen cap of the correct code. You’ll have to type it by hand. :)
"If the entire Duke fanbase took the form of one human being, you have to think that person would look exactly like Tucker Carlson, and we'd all like to punch that person in the face." - Andrew Sharp
NO
Your assignment is to properly cite the SI quote in your signature. You have until 3PM. At that time, I want to be able to click on “Sports Illustrated” and go to the article containing the quote.
Can do!
In one game as a freshman at Miami, Wieters hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth to put the Yellow Jackets ahead, then pitched the bottom of the ninth for the save. On that day, the God nickname was bestowed. - Sports Illustrated
Unofficial Leader of the Brain Matusz For ROY Campaign
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Apr 6, 2010 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions
woohoo!
In one game as a freshman at Miami, Wieters hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth to put the Yellow Jackets ahead, then pitched the bottom of the ninth for the save. On that day, the God nickname was bestowed. - Sports Illustrated
Unofficial Leader of the Brain Matusz For ROY Campaign
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Apr 6, 2010 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions
one more thing
add this after the URL….
target=“_blank”
in other words,
… si.com" target=“_blank”> – Sports Illustrated< …
This will open the link in a new window, which means the reader won’t have to navigate away from the thread
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Yessssssssss
Let’s go birds! Anyone else watching from North Carolina?
Something Magic Happens...
Tim Graham
HEY
Have you seen the X-Files movie? The more recent one. I only bring it up because a lot of it takes place in West Virginia, but Mulder and Scully are always commuting back and forth between what is supposed to be bumfuck WVa (although it looks more like an arctic glacier) and the Richmond, VA federal building. And then later in the movie, there’s some sort of footchase that is supposed to take place in downtown Richmond, but looks more like downtown New York, complete with a skyscraper under construction.
I don’t know why I just wrote all that, but I might as well click Post since it’s already here.
And Toronto and Vancouver
stand in for almost every city in America in movies these days.
"If the entire Duke fanbase took the form of one human being, you have to think that person would look exactly like Tucker Carlson, and we'd all like to punch that person in the face." - Andrew Sharp
nope never seen that movie
although i love watching NCIS travel around “northern va.” palm trees on streets leading away from the capital? zip codes not from arlington?
Yeah NCIS is the worst
“We gotta get out to the Naval Academy campus!” 15 minutes later “We’re here!”
or
“We gotta go down to Norfolk!” 30 minutes later “We’re here!”
24 did the same with LA
As zk and birdman can tell you, getting the car out of the driveway takes 15 minutes in LA, let alone actually getting anywhere.
"If the entire Duke fanbase took the form of one human being, you have to think that person would look exactly like Tucker Carlson, and we'd all like to punch that person in the face." - Andrew Sharp
Yeah, that does crack me up about 24. Even this season in NYC, traffic doesn’t seem to be non-existent.
Too sexy for my hurt.
that second X-files movie made me sad
Because it wasn’t good. It bummed me out.
This just in: adorableness on the rise, family copes with child getting schooled. Film at 11. -daveh873
I liked it
but yeah it was a bad movie. It was kind of a silly plot that would have made for a forgettable episode, let alone a movie that was supposed to help re-launch the franchise. Also, Scully using Google to search for medical documents? Does no one know how to do research anymore?
But it was new and the characters were rang true and the production values were high, and I liked the end credits as a loveletter to the fans, so I’ll defend it. But sadness at what it could have been – I understand.
ahahah google
I know, right? I was like, “remind me to never let Scully be my doctor if this is where she gets her info.”
I guess I just waited for it for so, so long that when it wasn’t even as good as your typical XF episode I was annoyed. I never even saw it again after the first time in the theater, and I’ll watch reruns of the episodes over and over and over.
This just in: adorableness on the rise, family copes with child getting schooled. Film at 11. -daveh873
I haven't watched the movie
but that’s what happened when I saw Diary of the Dead in the theater. I had waited for the new Romero movie for sooo long that when I saw it I was disgusted and outraged. If it was some other film maker and some other title, I would have thought it was decent. Sometimes you just don’t want the memory of something near and dear to you tarnished by anything less than great.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
I already expect it now
And are you talking about the Crazies or Island of the Dead (or Revenge of the Dead, or whatever he is calling it this week)? The Crazies is a remake of a not very good movie of his as it is anyway.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
Survival of the Dead
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1134854/
The Crazies is a remake and I’m not sure what his involvement was, but he didn’t direct it. I saw it and it was as good as the recent Resident Evil movies. Which means it was fucking terrible.
Yea
It’ll be horrible. Land, Diary, and now this.
For those of you that don’t follow zombie flicks, this is my “new trilogy”. Night, Dawn, and Day were my New Hope, Empire, and Return. This new stuff is shit.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
Did you see
Fido? I give it 4 stars. It probably only deserves three, but there are some excellent pull quotes.
Now Joe can't come within 500 feet of Mary. He also can't call her, or burn his name in gas on her lawn. I'm gonna let you in on a little secret, Joe is me. And Mary is a composite of 12 different women and a small independent film company all of whom couldn't deal with me because I'm too real. -Gary Busey
Definitely
I really enjoyed it. In fact, if you look at who’s who on camden chat, we actually discuss it there.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
Here it is
http://www.camdenchat.com/2008/5/14/509727/who-s-on-camden-chat-let-u
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
Jesus
I have a job. Is there an audio book version I can listen to at the gym?
Now Joe can't come within 500 feet of Mary. He also can't call her, or burn his name in gas on her lawn. I'm gonna let you in on a little secret, Joe is me. And Mary is a composite of 12 different women and a small independent film company all of whom couldn't deal with me because I'm too real. -Gary Busey
Just read the 1st couple entries
and add your own if you’d like after.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
Does Time-Warner have MASN again yet?
If not, i’m following through on my plans to move there.
"You accept mediocrity and you get mediocrity." - Adam Jones, Son!
Yes, yes it is. :)
"If the entire Duke fanbase took the form of one human being, you have to think that person would look exactly like Tucker Carlson, and we'd all like to punch that person in the face." - Andrew Sharp
Hey everyone!
I’ve been reading and keeping up with CC religiously but I haven’t been a regular contributor since I left for college in September (so busy). Can’t wait for opening day!!! Anyone else watching in the Chicago area? I’m never gonna get used to central time. 6:00 games are so weird.
OD lineup on Britt Ghiroli's TwitPic
Two things:
1) Oh, goody, CB Bucknor’s behind the plate
2) Is it just me, or did someone spell our catcher’s name wrong?
"How's that s---house of an Eastern Shore?" - William Donald Schaefer
The Life and Demolition of Baltimore's Memorial Stadium
is the title, untruncated. Was alerted to this movie by the Clancy Piece last week. This was the director’s first movie, 2002. Anyhoo, happy to see it available from netflix. guess i will un-hold my account.
Interesting tidbit from Roch:
[Brooks] Robinson has the most Opening Day home runs with six…
I never would’ve guessed that Brooks held that distinction, even though he’s tied for Cal for most Opening Day starts with the O’s. Six homers in 20 games is, well, a lot.
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
Its high, but not outrageously so
figure 4 or 5 plate appearances a game, thats probably 90 at-bats. for a HR% of ~6-7%. Brooks’ career HR% was only 2.3% and around 3-4% in his prime, so its an increase from his usual numbers, but probably within the margin of error considering the small sample size.
I got a pound of crab meat for about $24
I got 6 crabcakes prepared and a beer in me.
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 Apr 6, 2010 4:32 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
mmmmm beer
This just in: adorableness on the rise, family copes with child getting schooled. Film at 11. -daveh873
just saw a golden corral commercial advertising maryland style crabcakes
just looking at it made me want to puke. that place looks disgusting.
it is disgusting
It’s just as bad as shoney’s
"I'd like to do something. We all would here," he added. "As I've said before, you just don't want to do anything stupid that you're thinking in May, 'What in the God's green earth was I thinking about?'" - Andy MacPhail 12/8/09
leave ihop out of this
where else am I gonna go for pancakes at 2 am? and don’t say denny’s because that place sucks ass
"I'd like to do something. We all would here," he added. "As I've said before, you just don't want to do anything stupid that you're thinking in May, 'What in the God's green earth was I thinking about?'" - Andy MacPhail 12/8/09
never been to dennys
have been to ihop. my local one is half price for uva students on thursday night from 7pm-7am or something like that. great for drunk pancake runs at 4am.
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