Monday Bird Droppings
by j.q. higgins on Nov 21, 2011 8:12 AM EST
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PrintAnother glorious Monday. Hope everyone had a nice weekend and is preparing to give thanks for the year's bounty by gorging on turkey. I know I am.
School of Roch: This, that and Luke Scott
Another fabulous omnibus post from Roch.
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On this day in 1977, Eddie Murray was named AL Rookie of the Year.
Today is the birthday of former manager and GM Paul Richards it is also the birthday of one of the more accomplished side arm relievers to don the orange and black, Mark Eichhorn.
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This might be a reason to offer Luke a contract
It had a lot of healing to do. Andrews used two anchors to repair a SLAP tear and five to repair a posterior tear that wasn’t evident in an MRI.
“The posterior is what was affecting my swing,” Scott said. "It was causing the bat head to go down and slow down. I still had power because I was strong with my top hand, but as far as being accurate, because of my lead hand, which is more important, I wasn’t able to crush the ball. I was popping up and I couldn’t figure out why. There was no stability.
If there was a physical reason Luke lost power that’s been fixed, he could be capable of numbers much better than 2011.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Yeah, I never read anyhting before on this other injury.
Although his claim that
I wasn’t able to crush the ball. I was popping up
doesn’t hold water.
IFFB%:
’08: 12.8%
’09: 13.3%
’10: 13.1%
’11: 9.5%
by J(O's)elskIL on Nov 21, 2011 8:42 AM EST up reply actions
He likely means lazy flies to the OF, not just infield flies
by Holymittens on Nov 21, 2011 11:54 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I thought of that just after I posted.
by J(O's)elskIL on Nov 21, 2011 12:04 PM EST up reply actions
That fluctuates from year to year anyway.
I was looking for avg. speed off bat or avg. distance on balls hit in the air, but couldn’t find it
by J(O's)elskIL on Nov 21, 2011 12:27 PM EST up reply actions
This is basically what happened to Scott Rolen
and he never got his power back.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
This is crazy....
Mariners OF Greg Halman stabbed to death; brother arrested
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
I love that Ryan Fitzpatrick got paid and now Buffalo is imploding.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
It's so Buffalo
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Nov 21, 2011 9:29 AM EST up reply actions
Carson Palmer's working out okay though!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 9:32 AM EST up reply actions
our fantasy match-up turned out to be a lot closer than i expected
that -1 point you got from the Buffalo D didn’t help you out too much
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
Mine went south after I got a combined 16 points from my RBs.
Fucking Eagles have basically pulled LeSean McCoy from feature status. You’ve got one of the best RBs in the game and they don’t seem to gameplan with him in mind.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 9:42 AM EST up reply actions
classic andy reid.
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Nov 21, 2011 9:56 AM EST up reply actions
Seriously.
At least they gave him the ball this week (23 carries). They basically took him out completely in the 4th quarter last week. Notice the result of both games? Yea…they lost.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 10:00 AM EST up reply actions
Oh...snap....still early on a Monday.
They won this week….
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 10:05 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah... my team's not good
I’ve been getting fairly fortunate the past month or so with huge games from some of my playmakers that masks the zeros I frequently get from James Jones, one of my backup RB’s or my plug and play defense.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Nov 21, 2011 9:53 AM EST up reply actions
Hell, I'm basically getting zeroes from my fucking starters.
Ryan Mathews? San Diego sucks.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 9:56 AM EST up reply actions
I dont know who had the misfortune of ending my losing streak this weak
but you should be ashamed of yourself
I love Thanksgiving Week at work
I was half an hour late and still the 4th person here. A large portion of the office is just taking the whole week off, and they’ve let us go at noon the past two Wednesday’s before Thanksgiving. No one’s doin anything this week.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Nov 21, 2011 9:35 AM EST reply actions
jeez.
I was about 10 minutes earlier than normal and was one of the last few in. Normally I’m the early one. Maybe people are just ramping up their hours now so they can blow off Wednesday?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 9:37 AM EST up reply actions
that's my plan!
of course, after working almost every weekend since since the end of september, i think i’m entitled.
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Nov 21, 2011 9:40 AM EST up reply actions
ugh, dude.
I think you’re entitled to more than that for working weekends. I’ve only had to do one weekend in my two years here and I hated every second of it.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 9:46 AM EST up reply actions
totally...
though we get decent incentives for racking up hours, so i’m not going to raise too much of a fuss.
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Nov 21, 2011 9:57 AM EST up reply actions
I get absolutely no incentives for working overtime.
Since I’m “salaried.” We’re already required to do more than 40 hours a week. I’m so underpaid.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 10:02 AM EST up reply actions
No....just means I'm on a fixed salary regardless of whether I work my required 45 hours or I work 100 billion hours a week.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 10:07 AM EST up reply actions
That's what I meant.
That sucks. What happens if you’re short?
by J(O's)elskIL on Nov 21, 2011 10:09 AM EST up reply actions
You get fired.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 10:13 AM EST up reply actions
Wow.
My wife is also “salaried” (just got promoted) but if she’s significantly short on hours, they dock her vacation days and if she goes over she gets overtime.
by J(O's)elskIL on Nov 21, 2011 10:16 AM EST up reply actions
We call those employees hourly here.
Since overtime is just an addition to the hourly rate.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 10:22 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I think my office is more like twistedlogic's...
People seem to be cranking up today to try and “make up for” being out Thursday and Friday.
by Tezcatlipoca on Nov 21, 2011 9:40 AM EST up reply actions
it's even more noticeable working for the government
i got in an hour later than i normally do and had no problems finding parking since almost ever senior person around here has taken the whole week off. i think i’m going to bring in a book to read tomorrow since i definitely won’t be doing any actual work.
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
That's why I don't get why I'm supposed to be here right now.
Our government counterparts are working even less than usual. Most of them aren’t even in. Can’t I work from home or something?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 9:44 AM EST up reply actions
You guys should just go home and see if they notice.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Nov 21, 2011 9:56 AM EST up reply actions
Hahah....right as you posted that, I had somebody come in and tell me that we've got a 3 hour internal meeting scheduled for this afternoon.
Prep for the internal training session I’m apparently supposed to help teach tomorrow. FML #itsafuckingholiday
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 9:58 AM EST up reply actions
Have fun with that
I’ll be doing 3 14-hour days doing inventory for a cousin counting screwdrivers and wrenches. About 10,000 of them over a 3 day period. Hey, it’s cash.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Hey, BSF
Your boy picked the right team to come back against
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=AlPcG6VnkmqGddGySTB5CX17vLYF?slug=ap-penguins-crosby
Anything less than a hat trick would be a surprise – unless he collides with DiPietro early on, causing both to retire.
"If you don't like the effect, don't produce the cause."
- George Clinton
Fuck Sidney Crosby.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 9:51 AM EST up reply actions
I can't stand him,
but a healthy Sidney Crosby is good for the NHL.
Say no to Prince Fielder in 2012.
by Knubles and Bits on Nov 21, 2011 4:17 PM EST up reply actions
Eh whatevs.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 4:19 PM EST up reply actions
So...
A team will not forfeit a high draft pick for signing one of the remaining free-agent relievers, according to a source with knowledge of the agreement.
Now the Orioles won’t be signing free agent relievers?
the prices for them will surely go up
I'll develop my own image. I'm an original man. A one and only. I just need some help.
which is crazy...
b/c even WITH draft comp last year, the reliever market was irrationally overheated.
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Nov 21, 2011 10:47 AM EST up reply actions
If they're more expensive, then that means they must be even more valuable! :p
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Nov 21, 2011 10:48 AM EST up reply actions
If the O's don't offer $27 million / year to Madsen, they're just not trying.
by Tezcatlipoca on Nov 21, 2011 10:50 AM EST up reply actions
That would really only be worth it if they could guarantee they could lock him up at that rate for 6+ years
If they have him for fewer years than that, they just don’t have enough bullpen security.
They lost to Maryland...
They should still be ashamed, FCS or not.
by Tezcatlipoca on Nov 21, 2011 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
haters gonna hate
to be fair (or to put my personal spin on it), that was back before anyone knew just how truly terrible Maryland would end up being, and they were competitive through the first half.
Yea...there was a lot of "Maryland is gonna be ranked
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 10:58 AM EST up reply actions
shit...
after that first game against Miami.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 10:59 AM EST up reply actions
Here's a quote from an email I sent to my boss (a Maryland alum) after the Towson game...
This is the first time a 28-3 win has made me feel like Maryland may not win another game for the rest of the season.
And her response:
It was so depressing. After the Temple game this should have been a "Get Well" game. Instead it was a get sicker. They do not have a prayer against Ga Tech or Clemson or FSU.
Remember, the Towson game was after getting blown out of the water by Temple.
I was being somewhat facetious above. You win a championship, you deserve credit. But it does serve to reinforce the FBS / FCS division that exists for the most part (Appalachian State, aside), when Towson can lose to a horrible, horrible Maryland team, but win the CAA. Bad Maryland teams are very beatable by good FCS teams, as evidenced by the 2009 James Madison game… but Towson wasn’t even really close despite Maryland playing like crap.
by Tezcatlipoca on Nov 21, 2011 11:10 AM EST up reply actions
No hatin on the CAA - ask VT (I kid, I kid)
Full disclosure: JMU alum, Towson employee
For a while now rumors have come and gone about the CAA making the jump as conference within the next 5 years. Misguided in so many ways, but CAA does often dominate the FCS rankings.
JMU just renovated the stadium to FBS minimum seating requirements (it’s pretty awesome).
I have neglected the Wafers.
Ugh...
There’s so little point in the CAA moving to FBS. They’d get pounded on by Sun Belt teams. Why trade away a stead shot at FCS championships for getting slaughtered every week? They already get guaranteed paydays, now that one win per season against an FCS school counts for bowl eligibility. CAA results against FBS schools:
New Hampshire: lost to Toledo, 22 – 58
Maine: lost to Pitt, 29 – 35
Massachusetts: lost to Boston College, 17 – 45
Rhode Island: lost to Syracuse, 14 – 21
Towson: lost to Maryland, 3 – 28
James Madison: lost to North Carolina, 10 – 42
Delaware: lost to Navy, 40 -17
William & Mary: lost to Virginia, 3 – 40
Villanova: lost to Temple, 7 – 42 (this is particularly galling, because the Big East wants Villanova to bump up)
Richmond: in the sole CAA win over a “FBS” school, beat Duke 23-21
by Tezcatlipoca on Nov 21, 2011 2:49 PM EST up reply actions
Whatever, I am currently enrolled at Marshall, and their jump to the FBS has been very successful...
…in that the program hasn’t completely folded, yet. 2009 Little Caesars Bowl champions, bitches!!!!
I’m not disagreeing that it’s not a great call, was just sharing some scuttlebutt.
I have neglected the Wafers.
ODU is the story of the year
1st year in the conference 6-2, 9-2 overall. Only their 3rd season with a football team. They’ll be too good for the CAA in another year or two.
"The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three-run homers."
by ThreeRunHomer on Nov 21, 2011 3:00 PM EST up reply actions
I'm not an expert,
but I just graduated from William and Mary, so I like to pretend I am about a lot of different things. I hope this doesn’t happen. I’d rather be pleasantly surprised when a CAA team beats an FBS team. Example: William and Mary beat UVa in 2009, which was cool while I was at the game but stopped being cool when I got back to Williamsburg and everyone was being completely insufferable (Both my parents went to UVa and I root for them nationally).
This year, WM gets pummeled, as well they should have. Virginia’s having a good year, WM isn’t, but it’s more illustrative of what usually happens when FCS teams help FBS teams pad out their schedules. Moving to the FBS would result in having to face this competition all the time – and until CAA teams could build up their teams, it would happen a lot more often.
As it is, JMU, ODU, Richmond, and WM have to subsist on the scraps Tech and Virginia leave behind. That most likely wouldn’t change if they moved to the FBS, and it isn’t really a recipe for success, unless you’re playing against each other.
no, not Olney. But I hear good things.
by joe from onley on Nov 21, 2011 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
I like our new GM (or EVPoBO, whatever)
“I’d much rather sign those Dominicans to contracts when they’re coming out of the amateur market rather than pay them a lot of money in the big leagues. We have to sign a few more of those before we look to a high-priced DH, I think.”
What do you mean, "those Dominicans"?!?!
by Tezcatlipoca on Nov 21, 2011 11:11 AM EST up reply actions
well-played, marshall.
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Nov 21, 2011 11:13 AM EST up reply actions
I'm not a lawyer (in spades) but there's some wry amusement for us non-legals (and illegals) in this
You get the feeling ol’ hands-in-everything Saul Goodman wouldn’t have been half as clueless as these guys were starting out…
We still suck, but on Sept. 29, 2011, we did a Very Cool Thing. Yeah, we did that.
this is a great read
my brother and sister are both currently in their last year of law school and like to look down on me and the silly MBA program i’m in. i usually just remind them that not only do i have a full time job, but i also own a house which neither of them will be able to afford in the next decade.
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
Speaking of owning houses, I keep getting crap in the mail telling me to refinance my mortgage.
I don’t own a house.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 11:33 AM EST up reply actions
they musy have you confused...
w/ that OTHER twistedlogic guy.
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Nov 21, 2011 11:37 AM EST up reply actions
That would indeed be some twisted logic.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 11:38 AM EST up reply actions
That's like the single most common form of junk email in my experience
I guess somewhere along the line, you signed up for this or that and got your address sold to one of those despicable junk mail companies. It’s impossible not to.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Nov 21, 2011 11:38 AM EST up reply actions
Capital One has killed a whole fucking rainforest sending me credit card offers.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 11:39 AM EST up reply actions
When they send me things with prepaid return envelopes
I shove another piece of junk mail in there, seal it up, and send it off. I feel like that costs them money. Also, somebody at the place has to open it up: “hey this guy is sending us junk mail!”
by DaveAA on Nov 21, 2011 11:43 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
that is a GREAT idea
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Nov 21, 2011 11:50 AM EST up reply actions
Plus it helps keep my momma's job safe at the post office!
They’re hurting, it’s not looking good for the USPS
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Nov 21, 2011 11:54 AM EST up reply actions
I can't claim to have thought of it.
I read it online somewhere at least a year ago, thought it was brilliant, and started doing it.
I post their email addresses on forums that I know will attract spammers.
But I may start making use of the prepaid return envelopes.
by Tezcatlipoca on Nov 21, 2011 11:53 AM EST up reply actions
You know what wouldn't be twisted logic?
Us playing risk right now.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Yeah I could definitely do that.
I ain’t doin shit at work today.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Nov 21, 2011 11:38 AM EST up reply actions
pishposh, man...
that’s the most sensible thing i’ve heard all day!
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Nov 21, 2011 11:45 AM EST up reply actions
yeah, huh?
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Nov 21, 2011 12:32 PM EST up reply actions
Sorry...had to do a run-through on my training slides.
If you guys are still in, I can set up a game.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 12:37 PM EST up reply actions
yessir
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Nov 21, 2011 12:39 PM EST up reply actions
still room?
"And, I'm guessing our soldiers are happy about this, that they're leaving Iraq. It is no fun being in a country where there is crumbling infrastructure and an ignorant population. But they said they are happy to come home anyway."
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 21, 2011 12:50 PM EST up reply actions
Game's up.
Hopefully I got all your emails correct.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 1:06 PM EST up reply actions
yea...i was waiting for philr8 to get back.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 12:51 PM EST up reply actions
what's the deal yo?
"And, I'm guessing our soldiers are happy about this, that they're leaving Iraq. It is no fun being in a country where there is crumbling infrastructure and an ignorant population. But they said they are happy to come home anyway."
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 21, 2011 1:00 PM EST up reply actions
haven't heard anything from philr8 and AMD
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 1:01 PM EST up reply actions
I'm engaged in conversation below
I’m here.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Nov 21, 2011 1:02 PM EST up reply actions
oh...i didn't know if you could still play risk though.
gettin the game set up now.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 1:03 PM EST up reply actions
You could make a spreadsheet or something
Just spitballing.
Contrary to popular belief, I am not Jewish.
I did these all from memory.
With the exception of yours since you graciously posted it for me.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 1:16 PM EST up reply actions
If you fill in the peoples names in the same slots each game
The game memorizes the emails
"And, I'm guessing our soldiers are happy about this, that they're leaving Iraq. It is no fun being in a country where there is crumbling infrastructure and an ignorant population. But they said they are happy to come home anyway."
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 21, 2011 1:17 PM EST up reply actions
does it?
that hasn’t happened for me.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 1:18 PM EST up reply actions
we had 6 this time anyways.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 1:33 PM EST up reply actions
From the Irresponsible Twitter Rumors Department, here's Ken Rosenthal:
Sources: #Orioles inquired on #Rockies’ Street. Showalter wants Johnson in rotation. Rockies have liked Guthrie in past. #MLB
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Nov 21, 2011 12:02 PM EST reply actions
With Street in the bullpen and Ortiz at DH, we'll be unstoppable!
Mother, did it need to be so high.
Really? Old/young JJ to the rotation?
Why not just let him do what he’s good at? He’ll go down with an injury for sure if he starts
by J(O's)elskIL on Nov 21, 2011 12:07 PM EST up reply actions
Because these stupid old men are dumb as fuck!
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
What's the play here?
Option 1)Guts starter/JJ reliever or
Option 2)JJ starter/Street reliever
Seems like an absolutely unnecessary risk for little potential gain.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Nov 21, 2011 12:13 PM EST up reply actions
That would be one of the dumbest fucking trades ever.
I don’t get the obsession with moving JJ to the rotation.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 12:39 PM EST up reply actions
Starters are waaaay more valuable than relievers
If he can start and be good, he’s worth more than as a reliever.
by Holymittens on Nov 21, 2011 12:41 PM EST up reply actions
But why are they trying to force that on a guy who gets hurt in the bullpen?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 12:49 PM EST up reply actions
Starters are way more valuable than relievers
O’s thinking:
-We can get more value out of JJ as a starter than as a reliever! Lets move him!
-But then we have no closer!
-Quick, trade a starter for a closer!
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
In my sim baseball game
Street makes a superstar starter. Maybe the O’s play that game too.
"The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three-run homers."
by ThreeRunHomer on Nov 21, 2011 3:04 PM EST up reply actions
Guthrie for Street?
No no no no no. That’d be idiotic. It’ll probably happen.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
pretty please, with sugar on top
don’t trade our most reliable starter for a closer. DD, I will retract my previous statement about liking you.
Everyone relax!
Nowhere does it say the Oriole’s offered Guthrie to the Rockies. I think you are all reading too much into this.
Separate from the trade talk, does it make any sense to give JJ a shot at the rotation?
I'm for JJ in the rotation.
Yes, there’s an injury history, but almost every pitcher has had one injury filled season.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
yeah.. I'm kind of on board with the idea too
I don’t really see much downside to at least taking a look. I think it’s a lot harder to get quality starting pitching than it is to build a good bullpen (even though we’ve been going about that the wrong way for 10 years), so why not try to make one of your best pitchers a starter.
Because we have a few young SPs that have potential.
What about their development?
by J(O's)elskIL on Nov 21, 2011 2:00 PM EST up reply actions
Some of them could stand to go back to the minors for a while.
I don’t see a starter logjam as a problem.
Remember, the Orioles had the single worst ERA in MLB last season – and their starter ERA was the worst as well.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Nov 21, 2011 2:03 PM EST up reply actions
I suspect that not all of them will pan out which will leave room for JJ.
Jeremy, JJ, Zach, Arrieta, and the Hunter will start the year in the rotation with Matusz and Tillman waiting in the wings. Matusz and Tillman are so fucked up right now it might be better to let them work out their issues elsewhere.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Apart from my distaste with moving JJ to the rotation, I agree.
Matusz and Tillman shouldn’t even be considered to start the season in B-more. They need a serious overhaul, Halladay style
by J(O's)elskIL on Nov 21, 2011 3:00 PM EST up reply actions
Ugh
I’m strongly against it. I’ve listed the reasons before so I won’t bother, but I think it’s a terrible idea.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Not to start any arguments, but I'm curious as to what they are.
But I agree anyways. I’m against it.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 2:05 PM EST up reply actions
it's cool
I have a number of concerns:
1) Performance – is there really any reason to believe that a guy who has a career k/9 of 5.8 (last year – his best season yet – it was 5.7) can be successful going through lineups multiple times in a game? I don’t think K/9 is the be all and end all, but it makes me nervous. He also currently throws his fastball over 70% of the time, so he would clearly have to throw more off speed as a starter, and who knows whether his off speed is up to the task.
2) Preparation – the last time he had any starts at all was 2007, so he’s been training and preparing to pitch in relief for the last 3 full seasons. This has implications on his lifting, running, throwing, and mental preparation both in the off-season and during the season. I have serious doubts about the wisdom of just switching him back to being a starter in only one off-season – I worry both about the impact on him physically from an injury perspective and from an effectiveness perspective.
3) My last concern is just a risk/reward issue – why make a dramatic change to one of the few effective pieces the team has when the upside is…what…a decent number 4 starter? Nobody really thinks JJ can be a legitimate 1-3 do they? And the downside risks are pretty bad. I think he’s very likely to be terrible as a starter which will screw with his confidence, put a lot of pressure on a likely already taxed bullpen due to our other terrible starters, and after however many bad starts they throw him out there for it will probably require an adjustment period before he’s good out of the bullpen again. And then there’s the possibility of him getting hurt and not providing any value.
I feel like I might have had one other reason, but I can’t remember it right now…
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
by O'sFan21 on Nov 21, 2011 2:56 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Can we all agree that point number 2 doesn't really seem to matter for any of the O's?
I’m not convinced any of them prepare for anything…at least as far as lifting and conditioning are concerned.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 3:04 PM EST up reply actions
I think it's more accurate to say that there seems to be a lack of
guidance given to the players about offseason training. I seem to hear about a lot of guys training with Brady or in Arizona, and then there’s Luke and his wood-chopping. But it seems as though the players aren’t given a workout/training schedule for the offseason, which to me is ridiculous.
by J(O's)elskIL on Nov 21, 2011 3:10 PM EST up reply actions
#1 times a lot
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Nov 21, 2011 3:08 PM EST up reply actions
# he'll need to survive on getting a lot of groundballs on his sinker.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Most of you probably didn't know of him, but as a follower of the Mariners this is very shocking and sad.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/21/greg-halman-dead_n_1104796.html
"And, I'm guessing our soldiers are happy about this, that they're leaving Iraq. It is no fun being in a country where there is crumbling infrastructure and an ignorant population. But they said they are happy to come home anyway."
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 21, 2011 12:51 PM EST reply actions
Well I see that now, but it was the first thing I saw this morning and kind of bowled me over.
It’s not that huge of a deal that it gets posted twice. Besides, nobody responded to duck’s.
"And, I'm guessing our soldiers are happy about this, that they're leaving Iraq. It is no fun being in a country where there is crumbling infrastructure and an ignorant population. But they said they are happy to come home anyway."
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 21, 2011 12:58 PM EST up reply actions
This will not stand, ya know, this aggression will not stand, man.
Mother, did it need to be so high.
Are you prepping everything on your own?
"And, I'm guessing our soldiers are happy about this, that they're leaving Iraq. It is no fun being in a country where there is crumbling infrastructure and an ignorant population. But they said they are happy to come home anyway."
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 21, 2011 1:33 PM EST up reply actions
I was curious why you were starting the cook so early.
But if you don’t have any help than that makes sense.
"And, I'm guessing our soldiers are happy about this, that they're leaving Iraq. It is no fun being in a country where there is crumbling infrastructure and an ignorant population. But they said they are happy to come home anyway."
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 21, 2011 1:38 PM EST up reply actions
well even with help, i'd still be doing a lot of it early
for a lot of reasons. First, I’m a control freak when it comes to food and would end up kicking everyone out of the kitchen anyway. Second, a lot of thanksgiving foods like cranberry sauce and gravy actually taste better after resting for a few days. Even with help, i’m still limited to just 1 oven and 4 burners, so cooking things ahead of time streamlines the process.
It's so nice having a double oven.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 1:46 PM EST up reply actions
Most definitely...
I’m doing all the pies for both my family and the in-laws, and I’ve found that for completely homemade apple pies (not so much pecan or pumpkin), a day of sitting in the fridge makes them better.
‘Contrairiwise,’ continued Tweedledee, ‘if it was so, it might
be; and if it were so, it would be: but as it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s
logic.’ — Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll
by TerroristFistJab on Nov 21, 2011 3:29 PM EST up reply actions
Definitely not.
Apple pie should be served extremely fresh.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 3:46 PM EST up reply actions
Depends on the audience...
I would normally agree, but my wife and her family prefer it to be a day refrigerated. I’ll be doing one fresh pie and one refrigerated so everyone gets what they want.
‘Contrairiwise,’ continued Tweedledee, ‘if it was so, it might
be; and if it were so, it would be: but as it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s
logic.’ — Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll
by TerroristFistJab on Nov 21, 2011 3:51 PM EST up reply actions
Do you own an apple pie?
Have you ever had a girlfriend in apple pie?
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
I do own an apple pie actually....I still have a slice left from the one I made last week.
Can’t say I’ve ever had a girlfriend in apple pie, but I can’t imagine that’d be a bad thing.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 4:20 PM EST up reply actions
I find that of all the pie varieties
apple tends to be the most overpriced
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
I have an iPie. It's the best device eeeeevvvveeerr.
It synchs perfectly with my oven and takes itself out when it’s done. It also notifies me by text message when it has cooled to an ideal temperature for eating.
Mother, did it need to be so high.
fucking waste of money dude
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 4:25 PM EST up reply actions
Whatever. It only cost $2,000.
You just stick with your Android pies and try synching them with your own oven!
Mother, did it need to be so high.
fanboy.
When you use iPie you have to use iFlour, ieggs and iFilling.
I can use whatever I want.
by J(O's)elskIL on Nov 21, 2011 4:36 PM EST up reply actions
Directionless Apple Releases iCrockpot For Beta Testing
"Perhaps the most exciting feature is the iCrockpot’s compatibility with the iPhone. Using your iPhone, you can browse the internet for iCrockpot recipes. Also, you can use your iPhone’s built-in ‘timer’ to remind yourself when your iCrockpot food is done cooking."
Too early to actually start anything.
I’m gonna rock it all on Wednesday night when I get home from work. Whatever doesn’t get finished will wait until Thursday.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 1:41 PM EST up reply actions
Nah, stuff like gravy and cranberry sauce improves with a few days rest
Making the turkey stock alone was a 2 day process, so that couldn’t wait any longer. Roll dough is gonna get a slow, overnight ferment before being par-baked tomorrow, so those need to be started today too. On Thursday, i want to do nothing besides roast the turkey, warm up some casseroles, and sautee some vegetables. Anything that required assembly is going to be done by the time i leave for the girlfriend’s parent’s house wednesday afternoon.
Oh...I usually make a pan gravy with the drippings from the roasting turkey, so that isn't needed.
Cranberry sauce is nice and bitter when its fresh too. Depends on how you like it to taste.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 1:47 PM EST up reply actions
I usually make nothing and eat everything.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Nov 21, 2011 1:48 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
I love to cook.
Can’t help it. Thanksgiving and Christmas are amazing for the culinary skills-inclined.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 1:49 PM EST up reply actions
One of the best Thanksgiving tricks I've learned
is that you can make way better gravy by using turkey stock to make it ahead of time, and then just adding the drippings in the day of.
An even better trick is to skip turkey all together and have ham.
Turkey sucks.
/troll
Mother, did it need to be so high.
tofurky
"And, I'm guessing our soldiers are happy about this, that they're leaving Iraq. It is no fun being in a country where there is crumbling infrastructure and an ignorant population. But they said they are happy to come home anyway."
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 21, 2011 1:57 PM EST up reply actions
I have been a vegetarian my whole life.
I don’t like most of that stuff, but I do eat fish, so I usually have a big slab of salmon for Thanksgiving.
"And, I'm guessing our soldiers are happy about this, that they're leaving Iraq. It is no fun being in a country where there is crumbling infrastructure and an ignorant population. But they said they are happy to come home anyway."
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 21, 2011 2:01 PM EST up reply actions
I always forget
Are fish root veggies or tubers?
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Oh well, I am whatever you call someone who eats fish but not mammals
I just say vegetarian.
"And, I'm guessing our soldiers are happy about this, that they're leaving Iraq. It is no fun being in a country where there is crumbling infrastructure and an ignorant population. But they said they are happy to come home anyway."
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 21, 2011 2:14 PM EST up reply actions
I'm that.
"And, I'm guessing our soldiers are happy about this, that they're leaving Iraq. It is no fun being in a country where there is crumbling infrastructure and an ignorant population. But they said they are happy to come home anyway."
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 21, 2011 2:21 PM EST up reply actions
I partake not in the meat, nor the breastmilk, nor the ovum,
of any creature, with a face.
…chicken’s not vegan?
I'll develop my own image. I'm an original man. A one and only. I just need some help.
underrated flick
re-watched the other week, cracked me up a lot.
I'll develop my own image. I'm an original man. A one and only. I just need some help.
I thought it was actually kinda weird and boring for the first 30 minutes
but it really picked up after that. I mean, I knew what it was going into it and I still found it odd at first, and not in a good way. But overall, quality.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
It was quirky, I can take or leave...
Cera (with the exception of his acting on AD). That and the video game was pretty sweet too.
‘Contrairiwise,’ continued Tweedledee, ‘if it was so, it might
be; and if it were so, it would be: but as it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s
logic.’ — Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll
by TerroristFistJab on Nov 21, 2011 3:31 PM EST up reply actions
Cera gets completely overshadowed in it
he’s like the fifth or sixth most compelling character in the movie. Which is what happens when you have a negative charisma score.
I'll develop my own image. I'm an original man. A one and only. I just need some help.
He plays the same character in every movie
Michael Cera. It was kinda cool to learn that he actually had to dumb down his bass playing in SP because he’s supposed to be quite good at it.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Aziz totally out-acted JE in 30 or less!
"And, I'm guessing our soldiers are happy about this, that they're leaving Iraq. It is no fun being in a country where there is crumbling infrastructure and an ignorant population. But they said they are happy to come home anyway."
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 21, 2011 3:52 PM EST up reply actions
First few minutes of watching Zombieland, I thought "oh, Cera let his hair grow.."
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Kind of sad when you're the title character...
‘Contrairiwise,’ continued Tweedledee, ‘if it was so, it might
be; and if it were so, it would be: but as it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s
logic.’ — Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll
by TerroristFistJab on Nov 21, 2011 3:52 PM EST up reply actions
and yet, the movie is still pretty good
I give full credit to Edgar Wright (here, wright now)
I'll develop my own image. I'm an original man. A one and only. I just need some help.
Which is, of course, where credit is due
I love Edgar Wright to no end.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
don't take offense to this, but this is too funny not to post:
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 7:03 PM EST up reply actions
My GF and I love Quorn
I’m not a vegetarian, but she is (she has a ton of allergies but is also a vegetarian on principle). I’m pretty open-minded when it comes to food, so I gave it a try and it’s pretty good. What I really like, though, is that Quorn has a much lower points plus (weight watchers) value when compared to the meat it’s emulating, all while tasting very similar. I’m a fan.
yeah.. my wife hates most vegetarian food
but is rather fond of the Quorn stuff. I’d actually much rather just eat tofu or tempeh though.
of my GF's many, many allergies
Soy is near the top of the “how deadly is this” this. So that’s really the reason we started eating it, since there are so few non-soy meat alternatives out there.
Ah, so by that rationale, if a pig had a better personality, he would cease to be a filthy animal. Is that true?
Well we’d have to be talkin’ about one charming motherfuckin’ pig. I mean he’d have to be ten times more charmin’ than that Arnold on Green Acres, you know what I’m sayin’?
Mother, did it need to be so high.
Also acceptable:
Hey, sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I’d never know ‘cause I wouldn’t eat the filthy motherfucker.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
I love this meme.
And I have no idea why.
Say no to Prince Fielder in 2012.
by Knubles and Bits on Nov 21, 2011 4:28 PM EST up reply actions
bwahahaha
Say no to Prince Fielder in 2012.
by Knubles and Bits on Nov 21, 2011 5:00 PM EST up reply actions
ruhlman was just writing about this
I'll develop my own image. I'm an original man. A one and only. I just need some help.
I've done that before, didn't really like it.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 1:57 PM EST up reply actions
Then again, I almost never eat my turkey with gravy.....
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 1:57 PM EST up reply actions
I am right now listening to Childish Gambino for the first time
I am right now enjoying myself.
I'll develop my own image. I'm an original man. A one and only. I just need some help.
Which album?
Camp?
"And, I'm guessing our soldiers are happy about this, that they're leaving Iraq. It is no fun being in a country where there is crumbling infrastructure and an ignorant population. But they said they are happy to come home anyway."
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 21, 2011 2:02 PM EST up reply actions
I was listening to the stream on NPR,
but they took it down so now I have to buy it or find another way of dl’ing it.
"And, I'm guessing our soldiers are happy about this, that they're leaving Iraq. It is no fun being in a country where there is crumbling infrastructure and an ignorant population. But they said they are happy to come home anyway."
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 21, 2011 2:04 PM EST up reply actions
You guys see the Comedy Central standup he did over the weekend?
Might not be new but it was new to me.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Nov 21, 2011 2:04 PM EST up reply actions
i have it DVRed
i saw on twitter he was bitter about how much of it they censored
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
I haven't seen it yet
in fact I have no idea if he’s any good as a stand up.
I'll develop my own image. I'm an original man. A one and only. I just need some help.
I've heard good things
I really wanted to go to the IAMDONALD tour, where he did a mix of music and standup
Yeah that's the thing
I enjoyed some parts but he was seriously jacked up and talking a mile a minute in that high pitched voice. It got a little tiring.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Nov 21, 2011 2:07 PM EST up reply actions
Shogun can take a fuckin' punch.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
He's been a wimp since he was forced into that marriage
We still suck, but on Sept. 29, 2011, we did a Very Cool Thing. Yeah, we did that.
Got it recorded to watch tonight
Took the wife out Saturday, and every 10 minutes, I’d check Twitter and say, “Fuck, I can’t believe I’m missing this fights.” Between UFC & Bellator, it was quite the night.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
by duck on Nov 21, 2011 7:13 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
What does a night out in the country involve these days?
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Cow tippin' and driving through corn fields
never go out of style.
I drink more brewsters than Punky
by PBR me ASAP! on Nov 21, 2011 9:28 PM EST up reply actions
don't forget shootin' things down by the crick
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
That wouldn't qualify as something you do on a night out in the country
more, something you just do, well, whenever you happen to be bored.
I drink more brewsters than Punky
by PBR me ASAP! on Nov 21, 2011 9:33 PM EST up reply actions
Geez, we DO have bars down here, ya know
Couple of friends were playing, so we made it a night out. No cows were harmed in the completion of this evening.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
We're going international, baby!
Orioles in talks with Korean RP, Chong Tae-Hyon
Mother, did it need to be so high.
Let's see a drunken Gary try THAT one.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Verlander wins the AL MVP
http://www.camdenchat.com/2011/11/21/2578413/your-2011-al-mvp-justin-verlander
There are some really freaking weird and possibly crazy BBWAA voters out there. Verlander winning isn’t the reason why, but you need to look at the rest of these results to see for yourselves.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Nov 21, 2011 2:51 PM EST reply actions
Lol at the David Robertson vote.
Look at that shiny ERA! That man must be valuable!
Mother, did it need to be so high.
AMD
Are you in for another risk game?
"And, I'm guessing our soldiers are happy about this, that they're leaving Iraq. It is no fun being in a country where there is crumbling infrastructure and an ignorant population. But they said they are happy to come home anyway."
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 21, 2011 2:53 PM EST reply actions
uhhhh
sure
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Nov 21, 2011 2:55 PM EST up reply actions
ra-row
we have 7 players
"And, I'm guessing our soldiers are happy about this, that they're leaving Iraq. It is no fun being in a country where there is crumbling infrastructure and an ignorant population. But they said they are happy to come home anyway."
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 21, 2011 2:55 PM EST up reply actions
awwww
I’m sorry, have fun “working”
"And, I'm guessing our soldiers are happy about this, that they're leaving Iraq. It is no fun being in a country where there is crumbling infrastructure and an ignorant population. But they said they are happy to come home anyway."
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 21, 2011 2:57 PM EST up reply actions
game is started
"And, I'm guessing our soldiers are happy about this, that they're leaving Iraq. It is no fun being in a country where there is crumbling infrastructure and an ignorant population. But they said they are happy to come home anyway."
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 21, 2011 2:59 PM EST up reply actions
cool
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Nov 21, 2011 3:04 PM EST up reply actions
no, I got you
"And, I'm guessing our soldiers are happy about this, that they're leaving Iraq. It is no fun being in a country where there is crumbling infrastructure and an ignorant population. But they said they are happy to come home anyway."
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 21, 2011 3:02 PM EST up reply actions
Today's best Thanksgiving recipe:
1. Take one laptop, fairly fresh
2. Hit ON button, then grate teeth at stoopid warm-up music ‘cause you forgot to turn the sound off again
3. Go to your email acct
4. Download Thxgvg invite from US Embassy Moscow
5. Eat your brains out Thurs. at taxpayer expense
6. Punch out judge, then throw up on him; oh wait, that’s Sid
7. Not be embarrassed when caught taking a “doggy bag” home from the Embassy with two “leftover” roast turkeys in it, shouting Hey, I pay my taxes as you jump the security gate
We still suck, but on Sept. 29, 2011, we did a Very Cool Thing. Yeah, we did that.
by Titov on Nov 21, 2011 3:04 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
My overseas Thanksgivings...
1) In Korea, I cooked carrots, mashed potatoes, and turkey in a rice cooker for my kids.
2) First one in China, another American friend and I sourced a turkey from a Brazilian restaurant, cooked pies in ovens at her boyfriend’s restaurant (private homes rarely have ovens in China), and made stuffing, carrots, sweet potatoes (purple ones in China), and the rest. Had a massive dinner at my wife’s place, which was really difficult because we couldn’t keep everything warm. My wife’s family took one look at the dinner, then went into the kitchen and only ate the turkey gibblets and neck.
3) Had Thanksgiving with my Chinese mother-in-law and Polish friend at a Vietnamese restaurant.
by Tezcatlipoca on Nov 21, 2011 3:21 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Best Thxgvg in Russia: 1997, city of Voronezh
US exchg students call me up 3 days before scheduled visit to their univ in Voronezh asking me to schlep them a 25 lb. frozen turkey from Moscow. I actually do it.
I arrive the night before, find out the students have invited all their teachers and various univ/city officials. The last thing I hear before crashing is one student saying Where are the instructions? This thing is clearly a mortal-lock for Doomed.
Next day: the turkey is fabulous, as are the accompanying mashies, gravy, veggies, etc. — even pumpkin pie they made scratch (where the pumpkin came from remains a mystery). City officials, teachers and ordinary Russians in attendance can’t stop telling me what a great dinner it is, what a great bunch of students I brought ’em and what a swell holiday Americans thought up.
Kinda nice. Every so often you get to feel really good about teaching.
We still suck, but on Sept. 29, 2011, we did a Very Cool Thing. Yeah, we did that.
Dr. Who movie?
No thanks!
"And, I'm guessing our soldiers are happy about this, that they're leaving Iraq. It is no fun being in a country where there is crumbling infrastructure and an ignorant population. But they said they are happy to come home anyway."
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 21, 2011 3:28 PM EST reply actions
The question is not who, Constable, but when!
I'll develop my own image. I'm an original man. A one and only. I just need some help.
Our Brian Matusz was a nominee for Least Valuable Player!
Brian Matusz, Orioles. The 2008 first-round draft pick still has good upside and battled injuries through parts of 2011, but that doesn’t take away from how dreadful his performance was this past season. In 12 starts, Matusz was 1-9 with a 6.59 ERA and 2.11 WHIP while averaging just over four innings per start. So not only was he causing his team to lose games, he was taxing the bullpen, hurting the Orioles’ chances in games he didn’t even start.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
This is all part of Matusz's master plan to follow Halladay's career path.
Mother, did it need to be so high.
Did we sign Antonelli to a ML deal with guaranteed money?
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
I dunno about guaranteed money
But it’s definitely a ML contract. Or does a ML contract guarantee money?
I think it does, right?
Why would we do that? Couldn’t we have just signed him to a minor league contract?
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Maybe he wouldn't come here for a minor league contract
If they sign you to a major league contract and assign you to AAA, does that mean you get paid a ML salary at AAA, or does it mean you can opt out? Where can I find the answers to these things?
That's gotta be what it was.
I think we pay him that regardless of where he is, but I’m not positive.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Not that I have a problem with it
seems like a good gamble to make – was just curious if anybody knew.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
I think he'd have to get DFA'd to end up in AAA.
Probably would have to pass through waivers. Although I’m not entirely sure about this stuff.
But it seems like we are paying the major league minimum for a utility infielder with not-terrible career hitting numbers in the minor leagues (the International League, no less, so none of that hitter-crazy PCL nonsense), which is pretty much what we should be doing. Last year we paid $1.5 million for a non-hitting utility infielder who spent the whole season hurt. The two years before that, we spent a total of $5 million on that same non-hitting utility infielder and called him our starting shortstop.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Nov 21, 2011 5:17 PM EST up reply actions
So we're, uh, getting....smarter?
Say it ain’t so. Give me a four-year deal for David Ortiz so I can feel safe again.
Mother, did it need to be so high.
Oh yeah I have no beef with it
was just curious.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Like to drink shots
But you’re worried about getting so drunk you break your glasses?
These ensure you don’t give a shit about breakage!
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
So....
how about that 4 way tie in the pick ’em? When New England scores 60 themselves tonight kba and I will be splitting….
Say no to Prince Fielder in 2012.
by Knubles and Bits on Nov 21, 2011 7:38 PM EST reply actions
about that 60...
I drink more brewsters than Punky
by PBR me ASAP! on Nov 21, 2011 9:29 PM EST up reply actions
Give it time.
Say no to Prince Fielder in 2012.
by Knubles and Bits on Nov 21, 2011 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
I hope.
Say no to Prince Fielder in 2012.
by Knubles and Bits on Nov 21, 2011 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
Pretty much halfway there.
Plenty of time left and the Pats just started rolling.
Say no to Prince Fielder in 2012.
by Knubles and Bits on Nov 21, 2011 10:41 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
At least it's not us being fucking crazy.
Though I can’t wait to see what special brand of O-nsanity that DD will bring to the table.
This reminded me what a great closer Joe Nathan was. His peak is right up there with the soem of the best closers ever.
Mother, did it need to be so high.
fwiw...
they just signed a minor league pitcher that crawdaddy identified as an interesting minor league fa option over at camden depot last week.
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Nov 21, 2011 8:45 PM EST up reply actions
have we seen crawdaddy and dan duquette in the same room yet....
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
so, maybe...
2012 Orioles: Crowdsourced Waiver Wire Management
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Nov 21, 2011 9:45 PM EST up reply actions
Britt says we signed Chong Tae-Hyon.
#Orioles have agreed to terms of a deal w. RHP Chong, according to a source. More to come on Orioles.com.
http://twitter.com/#!/Britt_Ghiroli/status/138803858171367425
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
neat!
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Nov 21, 2011 9:46 PM EST up reply actions
exactly... i like the moves because none of them have been big
although, it’s sure to piss off the large contingent of fans who want nothing less than to spend $200m on 1B
fuck that contingent of fans in their eye sockets
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Ah
well here I’d settle for other places. Too far?
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Interesting
Wikipedia indicates that he is a 33 y/o right hander submariner. I wonder who scouted him.
As Stacey mentions above, this move is likable. Exploiting the international market seems like something a functional organization would do. Kind of a weird feeling.
If you look at those UZR ratings or whatever
is it possible...
dave stockstill did it?
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Nov 21, 2011 10:45 PM EST up reply actions
That was my first thought on it,
I’m having a hard time reconciling all of this.
If you look at those UZR ratings or whatever
I want to know if he plays Zerg, Protoss or Terran.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Nov 22, 2011 12:12 AM EST up reply actions
M/M/M + THOAH IS HEAH = gg no re
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Nov 22, 2011 12:54 AM EST up reply actions
meh
i like the fact that duq is mining the international market. but he’s a 33 year old reliever. it’s hard to get excited about that. if he was some white dude who grew up in nebreska, nobody would even pay attention to the signing. that said, hopefully he’ll be a good, cheap reliever for the next few seasons. and i certainly prefer this signing over some expensive reliever. plus i get to root for korean my homeboy that’s cool. don’t shame your country young man.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
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