Wednesday Bird Droppings
by duck on Sep 29, 2010 7:00 AM EDT
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Recaps: The Sun, St. Petersburg Times, Orioles.com, MASNsports (with post-game Buck)
Orioles Insider: A couple of O's watch Rays celebrate, plenty of others don't
"It’s not me celebrating so why the hell would I want to watch somebody else celebrate?," Ada, Jones said. "Nobody wants to see nobody be clinched on. Let’s face it, nobody wants to see it, but it happens. A lot of respect to them. They deserve it."
Orioles Insider: Roberts scratched
"Roberts is not feeling well, but an Orioles' official wasn't sure about the specifics of his illness. The flu bug appears to be traveling around the Orioles' clubhouse because both Chris Tillman and Rick VandenHurk are under the weather. I'm not sure if that's what Roberts has or not, though he was present for the team stretch and in the clubhouse before the game."
Orioles Insider: Lugo tossed in fifth
"Julio Lugo was just thrown out of the game by home plate umpire Joe West for tossing his bat, helmet and elbow pad after striking out looking to end the top of the fifth inning."
Orioles Insider: Renovation projects coming along well
The renovations to the Ed Smith Stadium are progressing nicely.
Three Strikes: Buck Showalter has the magic touch - ESPN
Buck's closing in on having as many 2010 wins as O's manager as Dave Trembley and Juan Samuel did combined.
O's Insider: Another voice weighs in on Markakis' power outage
So, why is Nick Markakis' slugging down so much?
No class in the bird cage | Estevan Mercury
Oh, no, the Orioles threw at Jose Bautista. That's not nice. We're polite in Canada! We'll remember! You watch! Next time you try and clear customs, the agent won't say thank you or even welcome you to Canada! That will teach you!
$5,000 settles Sunshine suit against Sarasota County Commissioner Joe Barbetta about Baltimore Orioles deal | HeraldTribune.com
So part of the case is settled, but the complaint about sunshine laws being violated is still on-going.
Orioles announce details for annual Fan Appreciation Weekend | orioles.com: Official Info
The Orioles will hold their annual Fan Appreciation Weekend during their last homestand of the 2010 season when they host the Detroit Tigers for four games, Thursday, September 30 through Sunday, October 3. Here's the list of events.
Kenny Powers Hates Computers | FanGraphs Baseball
Because honestly, didn'y you just know FG would do a Kenny Powers write-up sooner or later?
Report: Nationals unlikely to re-sign Adam Dunn because of defense (and one scout is insane) | HardballTalk
"The same scout went on to make the absolutely absurd claim that Adam Dunn's defense at first base "costs them half a run a game" and "is worse than it looks on paper." In other words, there's a person paid to watch and evaluate professional baseball players who thinks Adam Dunn has cost the Nationals about 80 runs with his defense this season. To put that in some context, the Nationals have allowed a grand total of 724 runs this season."
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Only 1 day, 7 hours
left for someone to outbid me on the orange Felix pants.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
Enjoy them!
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
I'll enjoy the jersey at least.
Even though he’s making me a sad panda lately.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
by Stacey on Sep 29, 2010 8:36 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Well...
a .234/.286/.312/.597 slash line for the month of September will do that.
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
I still love him
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
by Stacey on Sep 29, 2010 8:51 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Someone finally outbid me on the orange Bergy uniform yesterday. I breathed a sigh of relief.
"The United States is the New York Yankees of countries...powerful and respected until the year 2000." - Homer J. Simpson
by Brotz13 on Sep 29, 2010 9:11 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I'm so jealous
I’m hoping Rosana will show up and outbid me at the last second.
I totally blame you for me even bidding on this thing, by the way. You might think about chipping in ;)
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
I'm jealous
I would totally rock that getup to the stadium.
The stache is back!
by Knubles and Bits on Sep 29, 2010 10:50 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Maybe when I get it I'll put the entire uniform on and take a picture and post it here for everyone's entertainment.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
by Stacey on Sep 29, 2010 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Will you let me borrow it and wear it to a game next year?
The stache is back!
by Knubles and Bits on Sep 29, 2010 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions
You're gonna have to ask fix now
He stole it right out from under me.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
You sound more relieved than sad in this comment....
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 Sep 29, 2010 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions
So can I still borrow it?
The stache is back!
by Knubles and Bits on Sep 29, 2010 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions
where is this auction?
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 Sep 29, 2010 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions
At the Rays site
The O’s stuff starts on page 3.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
why do the rays have our shits
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 Sep 29, 2010 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions
It's only stuff from the throwback day at Tropicana
I guess if it’s at your stadium it’s yours to auction. I don’t know.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
I think I need to waste a lot of money. I hope the bids don't get ridiculous tomorrow
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 Sep 29, 2010 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Wouldn't you like an orange Pie uniform?
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
holy crap you outbid me!
I’m partially relieved and partially sad.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
I'm starting to feel bad...
If you outbid me now, and I don’t bid higher, I basically cost you $20.
I’ll put it this way: If you and I go to $300, I’ll drop out and look at the Bergesen uniform. Because I know that you like Pie more than me. Especially after Pie refused to sign my scorecard…twice.
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 Sep 29, 2010 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not bidding anymore
It’s not really a very good way for me to spend my money. I’d be happy to have it if no one had outbid me but honestly it was an impulse thing in the first place.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
Technically, Stacey cost you $270 or something like that by linking to the auction.
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 Sep 29, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
I can't believe this site's dream of seeing you in the orange Felix jersey is never going to come true.
Way to ruin everything, fix.
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 Sep 29, 2010 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions
not just the jersey
the entire uniform. You all will never see it now.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
I am the one who has 12 pairs of Orioles stirrups!
I don’t feel complete without a full uniform!
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 Sep 29, 2010 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions
For the purpose of a picture
I would gladly allow her to borrow it.
The stock market will never recover, our armies will never again be #1, and our children will drink filthy water for the rest of their lives - HST
by the fix is in on Sep 29, 2010 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions
AVery important bird dropping
http://www.bizjournals.com/mobile/news/baltimore/2010/09/27/daily28?
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
by Stacey on Sep 29, 2010 9:09 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
oops
I got it from twitter so it had a bunch of crap at the end about it being referred from there. I thought I deleted the right amount of stuff, but I guess not.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
Is it this?
http://baltimore.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2010/09/27/daily28.html
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
And to think I missed this...
"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
does it seem kind of expensive
or is it just me? I used to eat jerky on a regular basis, but haven’t for a few years.
If it costs that much at retail,
yeah, that seems really expensive.
"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
Uncle Mike's Beef Jerky
is ridiculously good.
http://www.bestbeefjerky.org/2010/09/uncle-mikes-beef-jerky-original.html
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
by PBR me ASAP! on Sep 29, 2010 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions
First saw this and thought that you meant an update about Xavier Avery
I’m not sure why I was so disappointed.
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 Sep 29, 2010 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Go Reds!
And back in the AL East, it’s a battle for the division title. Or not. Verducci continues to be irritated that Maddon said he would save his pitchers for the playoffs, and forgo the division title. Funny thing is, he was never concerned for the past decade plus that the Red Sox played to only make the wild card. Why is this an issue now?
Anybody with a BP membership read the article about Markakis?
Wondering if they did any analysis of the number of percentage of pitches being thrown on the outer portion of the plate to him as a possible explanation for why he’s not pulling the ball any more.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
I don't have a BP subscription anymore
but I did read a handful of the idiotic comments on the sun page. I assume that their readership isn’t completely full of fail, but the online commenters sure are.
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
Here's a messy, messy visualization
of Nick’s pitch f/x stuff which indicates that he’s at least been pitched down and away a lot:
There’s a lot of work that I didn’t do, obviously, but most noticeably:
1) where were the pitches that Nick did pull?
2) where are most hitters pitched to?
3) What kinds of pitches is Nicky seeing? It’d be harder to pull a slider down and away than a fastball down and away (I assume anyway).
Worth considering is how he was pitched last year when he hit 18 home runs:
Looks at first, messy, lazy glance more-or-less the same. So, my first reaction is that this is more of a Nick Markakis problem than a how is Nick being pitched problem. But there’s a ton of error room in that first reaction.
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
holy shit there's a lot to absorb there
You should really be writing for one of these sites…
The called strikes chart is a little easier to absorb – he’s definitely getting pitched more outside than inside, but whether he’s being pitched more outside than last year or than anybody else is much less clear. What it does look like is that he’s getting more called strikes low and away whereas last year he was just getting called strikes away with less of a downward trend.
I started looking at the pitch type data, but I’m now seriously starting to doubt it’s accuracy. The thing that jumped out at me is last year they say he only saw 2.6% 2-seam FBs and this year it jumps to 10.2%, an increase from 71 to 274? That seems highly unlikely.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
yeah, pitch f/x messes that stuff up a lot
it’ll confuse the different types of fastballs, it’ll confuse sliders and slurves and changeups. You can look at just pitch movements that haven’t been classified if you want, but that can get really overwhelming in a hurry.
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
Yeah especially for a full season.
So many data points.
In general though the breakdown between fastballs and off-speed seems pretty close to last year. 64% hard stuff last year and 62% hard stuff this year. The 2% is probably in the noise range/margin of error.
The one thing I was thinking is maybe he was facing a lot more lefties this year and that was a possible explanation for his oppo focus (lots of lefties go oppo against lefties and he’s said he tries to stay on the ball much longer against lefties). But turns out he had 80 more PAs against lefties last year than this year (so far). So much for that…
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
He's seeing fewer pitches in the zone this year.
Check out FanGraphs’ plate discipline for Nick. He’s getting fewer and fewer pitches in the zone every year (granted, the MLB averages have trended that way, too), and this year he’s swinging at more of them and making contact with more of them. So is he just getting frustrated and swinging at more “pitchers’ pitches”? I dunno.
And you know what stands out? In 2008, he swung at only 18% of pitches out of the zone. It’s been 23% or more every other year. Hmm…
"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
BTW, b-r
has Nick pulling the ball 17.14% of the time. Also worth noting is that he’s slugging .518 on balls hit the opposite way but with no home runs. I don’t know, but that sounds okay to me if you ignore the home run drought.
In ’09, Nick pulled the ball 24.456% of the time, with similar slugging numbers as this year (again, no home runs to left).
So, even if the pitchers are somehow pitching him differently, don’t you think that the difference would be less dramatic than a 30% drop-off in pull rate?
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
weird stuff
It also seems very strange that he doesn’t hit any HRs to the opposite side. He obviously hits the ball hard over there – you’d think every once in a while one would go out.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
in his career,
Nick is a 22.5% puller, so I’ll assume until shown otherwise that this year is more of a fluke for whatever reason (be it lineup protection, mental fatigue, a loss of his Samson beard powers, or that Julio Lugo has a briefcase full of red kryptonite….or maybe it’s just a random fluctuation).
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
Maybe that's the secret
He needs to get permission to have his homeless man beard during the season.
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
I have a subscription
It’s annoying that they’re talking so much about RBI but i guess since that’s a basic fantasy stat and they’re looking at him from a fantasy perspective, it makes sense.
They don’t say anything about how he’s being pitched, though. The closest they do is show a spray chart. It’s really less about analysis and more about explanation.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
Yeah,
the stuff the Sun quoted was more about RBIs than anything else…
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
Reply fail.
"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
Query
Ty Wigginton, 2011 Orioles starting third baseman, yay or nay?
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
I say nay
But I just said last night while I was watching the game that I bet that’s what they’ll do.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
couldn't have said it better myself
at one point last night Jim Hunter was amazed that the guy who had batted ninth against Matusz was batting cleanup against Bergesen, and I murmured “Well, we’ve got Ty Wigginton batting cleanup, so I don’t think you’ve got a lot of room to brag here, Jimmy”.
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
Jim Hunter is a moron
My favorite part of the night was when they put up a graphic of Bergesen’s and Price’s pitching performances through four innings or whatever and Hunter proclaimed them to be having nearly identical nights despite the fact that they totally weren’t.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
up to that point
they had an identical number of wins for the game (which is to say, at that point, niether of them had won the game yet), and we all know that wins are the only way to judge pitchers, so yes, they were having dare I say eerily similar nights through four innings. Same number of innings pitched, too! Spoooooky!
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
You're right, how silly of me
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
But how did their career stats compare after each had made 39 starts?
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 Sep 29, 2010 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
WHO WILL OWN IT????
"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
OMG
I haven’t read the game thread (avoiding Glee comments so that I’m not spoiled for the big Britney episode) but did anyone notice last night that the “Who Will Own It?” For the next series is Verlander vs. Izzy? We decided that whoever makes those commercials is just fucking with everyone to see how long it is until someone who works for MASN notices.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
They have taken a turn towards the ridiculous in the last couple of weeks.
Some of the ones on the WERE YOU THERE??? commercial are pretty bad too.
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 Sep 29, 2010 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm telling you, the who will own it dude is trying to get noticed and/or fired
WERE YOU THERE WHEN LUKE HIT NUMBERS 1 AND 2 AND 3 AND 4? WERE YOU THERE WHEN TEJADA JACKED ONE? Um, Tejada?
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
It's like a cry for help.
Seeking desperately some release from the pain of his stagnant, formulaic existence of producing commercials for a shitty baseball team. And they won’t let him leave on his own because they don’t want to have to find someone else to trap in that hell. So he tries to get them to get rid of him. Oh, he tries. But they are deaf to his pleas. His MASN overseers are minor functionaries of Satan. He has no way out from that eternal torment.
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 Sep 29, 2010 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions
i heard britney on glee was epic
but not as epic as silly bandz or finally making it to junior high school.
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
You're mocking my way of life.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
you spent all last week mocking my way of life
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
then would you give me some advice
on how to operate in my Civ V game? I’m not sure if I want to launch a bloody, prolonged war in the Alps against the Siamese or simply build up my vast empire that already controls Africa.
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
I keep starting wars in Civ V because I get bored waiting for stuff to happen.
I’m probably not playing on a high enough difficulty.
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 Sep 29, 2010 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions
if I play for more than two hours at a time
I always become incredibly narrow-minded (“I just need culture. Only culture.”) and the game gets really repetitious and I end up either killing everyone or being killed very quickly when the other players realize I still have only the same three spearmen from 100 rounds ago.
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
Ahahahaha,
this sounds way too much like me. Though I usually don’t mind just continuing to build and stuff.
In my current game, however, my cities are basically in a ring shape, and Suleiman decided he’d come into the middle of the ring and found a city, and then he declared war on me for “founding cities too near his borders,” or something along those lines. He regretted it, though I just beat up his armies, since his territory is rather far from mine.
That one city got razed, though.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
I have this bizarre obsession to build every World Wonder possible.
This has been the case in every Civ game I have ever played. Show me I can build a World Wonder and it doesn’t matter how useless it is, I’m going to try to build it.
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 Sep 29, 2010 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions
All in the same game?
I used to nearly do that in Civ II, but it’s pretty much impossible above Chieftan, in my experience.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
I got
The Civilization Collection a few years ago, which has 1-4. Some days I would damn near burn myself out trying to play all 4 one after the other. It also has a card game with it, which I have yet to crack open to see what it’s all about. The interview dvds were pretty good too, though! Am I silly for thinking the intro to IV is pretty darned uplifting with the chorus?
Nope.
Baba Yetu is fantastic. And the lyrics are actually the Lord’s Prayer in Swahili — which, sadly, really turns some people off to it…
"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
not me
I just think the whole thing sounds amazing, and both beautifully contrasts and complements the intro video.
I hate to admit it, but I have Baba Yetu on my Ipod
by O! on Sep 29, 2010 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Nothing wrong with that.
Well, maybe owning the iPod. ;)
"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
Controls Africa?
Are you as awful to the Africans as the Europeans who actually controlled Africa?
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
no way
outside of invading Cape Town (oddly located in Egypt) and renaming it Andrewsylvania I have been a perfect gentlemen to my African constituency.
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
well that's something
Although I’m sure the residents of Cape Town aren’t fans of having to call themselves Andrewsylvanians now.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
But if he connects pearls to his trade network they'll throw a "We Love The King" day that lasts 200 years.
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 Sep 29, 2010 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Andrewsylvania throws the most absurb parties
it’s like fifty New Orleans jammed in one. No! Fifty MILLION New Orleans.
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
Even if you only borrow them from a city-state for a few turns!
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." -- Earl Weaver
I read this sentence five times
and I still don’t get it. I think the world pearls is what has thrown me off.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
word pearls
obvi, not world.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
in the game
from time to time one of your cities will demand a certain resource, like silver or wine or pearls. And if you can somehow get that resource for even a single turn, then that city throws you a big party and increases its output for twenty rounds (or something)
"There's going to be a general lack of toast in the neighbourhood this morning. Many many bewildered breakfast faces."
Is it strange that I'm starting to think this game sounds kinda fun?
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
It is awesome
(the series that is, haven’t played V)
The stache is back!
by Knubles and Bits on Sep 29, 2010 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Specifically, the city grows more quickly.
So apparently, the people show their appreciation by having more sex. Or something.
"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
Civ V isn't on Xbox?
Bogus! I don’t have a PC that could handle the specs. Stupid game developers think everyone buys the computer equivalent of a Porche when some of us drive 12-year-old Saturns.
"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
SILLY BANDZ ARE EPIC
I taught the word epic to my four year olds in regards to silly bandz. They used it.
I'm back. YAY SUMMER!
Not if there is a merciful God
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 Sep 29, 2010 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Attention Twitter-ers
Eric Davis now has a Twitter. @EricDavis3344
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
I just discovered that Adam Jones's Twitter is no longer private.
I don’t know whether it amuses or depresses me.
"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
There'd probably be a lot more Jews if you advertised that you basically don't have to work in the month of September.
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 Sep 29, 2010 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions
And to think people give me a hard time when I take off for Orthodox Easter
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Sep 29, 2010 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Aha
It’s not always September. Sometimes it’s a mix of September and October. I only had twelve days of school in September.
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There's a holiday?
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Sep 29, 2010 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions
What are ya, some kinda Reform Jew?
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by Eat More Esskay on Sep 29, 2010 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Yom Kippur already happened, I honestly have no clue what holiday it is.
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Sep 29, 2010 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions
some holiday where everyone builds a fort outside
I live in a heavily orthodox area (ie I am in the minority) and there are a ton of these things around. Little square temporary buildings. I have no idea what they are.
It's called Sukkot
And that “fort” is a Sukkah. I can give you the long rabbinic and biblical history of Sukkot if you would like, but in short:
Sukkot is a harvesting festival. There are three biblical harvesting festivals during the year: Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot. The sukkah structure is meant to signify the houses God built for us in the desert in the Torah. You must eat every meal in the sukkah, and many people sleep in it although my family does not.
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that is a much better description than what my sister-in-law told me
she basically just said it was an area where you could go outside and see the stars while still being inside of a building. But she isn’t orthodox, so maybe they didn’t use them all that often.
I'm not orthodox
But I’ve been going to Jewish Day School since kindergarten. Although I’m pretty observant.
The “seeing the stars” is an element of the sukkah. In order for the Sukkah to be kosher you need to be able to see the stars through the roof (which is just branches).
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Oh yeah.
I’m not in Hebrew school because of the BM, so I forgot about that.
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Sep 29, 2010 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
lol a fort hahahahaha
ahhhh that just killed me. The Sukkah – it is sort of like a fort though.
I used to love building forts as a kid. hahaha
Rub some $100 bills on it, you sell-out. -duck
There are six Jewish holidays that usually fall in September/October
Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shmini Atzeret and some people (including myself) count the fast of Gedalia as one.
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some people?
I’m sure most anyone will consider anything a holiday if it gets them off of work….
Take me for instance, I always take off things like Earth Day and Groundhog Day.
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by twistedlogic on Sep 29, 2010 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions
It probably won't get them off work
It’s a fast, so they can’t eat or drink, but nothing else.
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I know you were being sarcastic but I'll answer it literally anyway because I'm in the mood
When you fast for the first time it’s difficult but you get used to it. It sucks but I do it.
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Well, you should practice before you observe a 26 hour fast
I’m guessing she was fasting on Yom Kippur? Most fasts are only twelve hours, but Yom Kippur is the longest fast of the year and my mom gets sick every year.
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Yeah, that's Yom Kippur.
That’s a difficult fast for sure. I know a lot people get sick.
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I tried to fast, but at 4 I snapped.
But I did give it pretty good run for my money.
I'm hurt dog! Don't ask if me if I'm alright, hell naw! We said dominate and we not doing it! I put my heart into this s***, let's go man! - Ed Reed
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Sep 29, 2010 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
It is SOOOOO much easier being Protestant....
Just sayin’. Two holidays to remember, one Great Commandment, and church once a week.
"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
Oh I used to want to be Christian
But then I realized I got all those days off from school and I actually liked the Jewish religion.
We go to synagogue once a week. Don’t you guys have the ten commandments too?
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It's like a summer supplemental reading
Not required for graduation. :)
Honestly, I’m horrible at theology. I belong to a small church that’s loosely affiliated with a small denomination out of Indiana. We kinda do our own thing. If it’s in the New Testament, we’re pretty cool with it.
Not much politics, either. My pastor NEVER advocates anything political except voting (never says how) and to tell you how much we discuss it, my pastor’s wife was shocked I didn’t like George W. Bush. We had this discussion in 2007.
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
I think the ten commandments are a pretty major part of Christianity, too
I grew up United Methodist and the ten commandments were talked about all the time.
And you don't need to go to church all summer.
Or at least, we never did. Except for one week of Vacation Bible School.
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by Eat More Esskay on Sep 29, 2010 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions
good old VBS
I went to Sunday school and church every Sunday until I was 18 years old, plus VBS, plus most Wednesdays and often Sunday nights as well. I had a very rigid protestant upbringing.
Can you tell? ;)
I have this friend who is the most ignorant person when it comes to religion ever. Like, the things you just know by being in society? He doesn’t. Sometimes when he’s drunk he asks me all manner of Bible questions and then marvels over my knowledge (which is really not that great at all). Oh, Dave has met him! I think Dave was there when my friend asked if Passover was when Jesus flew over all the Jews like Superman.
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Opening Day, the day Dale Earnhardt died, Richard Petty's birthday...
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
I'm sorry, I'm really not trying to sound like an ignorant dolt
But how do you pronounce Sukkot? Because when I say it in my head, I’m saying Suck It.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
And in my county...
our idea of observing this is not to schedule high school games for after 6 pm on the Fridays affected. Seriously. That’s it. And some Shore counties don’t even bother with that – they still play varsity football games at night on Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah.
I mean, our Jewish population isn’t exactly robust, but even kids in Frederick County get Jewish holidays off.
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
I get off for Erev Yom Kippur
(Erev is the day before, or actually the day of but the Jewish day starts in the evening) and pretty much all pre-holidays. It’s awesome. But most schools in MoCo get off for Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur because we have a gigantic Jewish population here.
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I think pretty much every county in Maryland gets off for Jewish holidays now
Except the eastern shore I guess. And probably Garrett County and thereabouts.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
No county on the Shore gets them, iirc
And that’s 9 of the 23.
That’s not “pretty much every county in Maryland.”
Also…
Charles County? Nope
St. Mary’s County (“Work Hard and Be Nice”)? No
Calvert County? Negative
Allegheny County? Didn’t happen
Garrett County? No way.
So, counting the NINE counties on the shore, the THREE Southern Maryland counties and TWO of the Western Maryland counties, we find that not even half of Maryland’s counties closed for Jewish holidays.
Yet, because the Big Five counties around DC and Baltimore did, that means the whole state did.
NOW do you see why those of us on the Shore get so pissy at people from Baltimore and DC? Just because it happened to you doesn’t mean it happened to the whole state.
Central Maryland =/= Maryland as a whole.
And could you just ONCE let someone from the Shore win Lotto? Would it kill you guys?
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
there are nine counties on the shore?
I gotta tell you, I’ve lived in Maryland my entire life and I couldn’t name them all.
Here they are
COUNTY (City you’ve probably heard of)
Cecil (Rising Sun)
Kent (Chestertown)
Queen Anne’s (Centreville)
Caroline (Denton)
Talbot (Easton)
Dorchester (Cambridge)
Wicomico (Salisbury)
Somerset (Princess Anne)
Worcester (Ocean City)
"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
Rising Sun? Really? It has 1 traffic light.
Nobody has ever heard of Elkton? Perryville at least, when you go over the I-95 bridge northbound?
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
by PBR me ASAP! on Sep 29, 2010 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions
OK, shoulda gone with Elkton
But Rising Sun has a better HS wrestling team, and that’s my only point of reference for Cecil County. That and counting all the Klan stickers on the mailboxes up there.
"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
Unfortunately, the Klan is what Rising Sun is known for. Ugh.
And Bo Manor (my High School) has produced a few pretty decent wrestlers despite having class sizes in the double digits until just a few years ago. Don’t know if you knew him at all, but I was good friends with Kerry Ferguson who coached BM till he moved back home to York a few years ago as well.
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by PBR me ASAP! on Sep 29, 2010 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I probably met him at some point
"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
Whoa...there's a Klan presence in Maryland?
THAT is something I did not know…
You know they’re after the Jews.
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Not really a presence anymore.
During the 90’s there was a somewhat prolific local agitator name Chester Doles running around Cecil County. He was the Grand Wizard of some local chapter of the Klan. But he went to prison years ago for some violent transgression and he hasn’t been heard from since. There are certainly still a lot of backwards-ass racist people in Cecil Co., but the Klan no longer has any type of sway.
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
by PBR me ASAP! on Sep 29, 2010 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, a quick Google search shows me 'ole Chester has relocated to Georgia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Doles
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
by PBR me ASAP! on Sep 29, 2010 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Well he's a pretty violent anti-Semitic
And the irony is half the country might have believed the Jews were responsible for 9/11 if the bozos who planned it did it right—if there is a “right way” to do it. They wanted to attack on Yom Kippur (all the Jews would be at synagogue, thus alluding that we all knew it was coming), but they got the date wrong.
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That coincides with when I was up there
They hosted Regionals in the mid-90s.
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I've read that
"Walk not down that road, I cannot tell you where it goes. Ask me no more questions - some things you're not meant to know." - The Sword
Well, that's pretty much the same reason to list Rising Sun.
You see it on the exit sign when you’re going north on 95.
Don’t think I ever heard of Denton though.
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 Sep 29, 2010 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions
It's that or Federalsburg for Caroline County
There’s not much there. Although I know it pretty well, since my mom grew up in Federalsburg and we used to go visit her brothers and her mother all the time up there as a kid.
"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
Ah Ocean City home sweet home
"On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'" Earl Weaver
Well if you're so angry about not getting off for Jewish holidays, convert to Judaism...
I kid, but still, being Jewish rocks.
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I'd have to take personal days
That’s what our school’s AD has to do.
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I swear
You are always just looking for a reason to be pissed off about how the eastern shore is so put upon. We’ve got Esskay with his righteous Baltimore indignation, all we need is someone to be all pissy about DC and we’ll be set.
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
I'd say we need someone to be pissed off about western Maryland, actually.
People don’t get to be pissy about DC. It’s fucking DC.
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 Sep 29, 2010 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Do they even have access to the internet out there in the mountains yet?
I kid. I kid.
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." ~ The Dude
by PBR me ASAP! on Sep 29, 2010 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions
That's your anti-DC bias showing through
which of course is a result of your RBI. Maybe Wieters Wieners could have western MD covered.
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RBI?
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Sep 29, 2010 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions
here's a chance for you to look at context and figure it out.
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The B is obviously Baltimore.
I’ll get back to you on the R & I.
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Sep 29, 2010 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, I guess he's not old enough for SAT prep classes yet.
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by Eat More Esskay on Sep 29, 2010 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Like anyone actually takes those things anyways.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Sep 29, 2010 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Holiday madness
My sister works for the NYC public school system. Tue. after Labour Day was 1st day back for staff, no students. Wed. is 1st day back for students. Thu & Fri., days off for EVERYONE.
In other bits of Jewish holiday trivia, they allowed me to see the Bucky Dent game, which was on a Mon. And allowed Jeffrey Maier to be at the Stadium in person.
"Fairy tales start 'once upon a time...'. Fishing stories start 'now this ain't no bullshit...'."
- Cap'n Phil Harris
Oh my cousin goes to an orthodox Jewish high school and they didn't have the first day of school until the Monday after Rosh HaShana
September 13th. I think that’s insane. And unfair.
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Nick is DH'ing tonight
and Felix is in right field. Huh?
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It's a corner OF position
They’re all the same, right?
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No interest whatsoever
I had to put up with Jesse Eisenberg in Zombieland. That’s enough exposure to his acting for one lifetime.
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It's not too bad on teh gore content
We made Stacey watch it one night after a game. She liked it. But she may or may not have been inebriated.
http://www.camdenchat.com/2010/7/16/1573676/gamethread-blue-jays-44-45-orioles#42234899
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I don't remember for certain
But I don’t think I was drinking. I liked that movie. It wasn’t scary.
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Glad you liked it.
Next up, Shaun of the Dead.
"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
Yup, I'll see it. I'll always be open minded toward a David Fincher film.
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.
It seems like it could be interesting.
I might see it. The reviews have been glowing but hey, what do critics know half the time?
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