Friday Bird Droppings
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PrintOrioles Insider: Bauer's deal with Arizona is solid development for Orioles - baltimoresun.com
"There have been no recent developments in the quest to sign fourth-overall selection, Dylan Bundy, before the Aug.15 deadline to sign 2011 draft picks, but the Arizona Diamondbacks certainly didn’t hurt the Orioles’ cause earlier this week. The Diamondbacks agreed to terms with right-handed pitcher Trevor Bauer, the third overall selection, on a four-year contract worth a guaranteed $.4.45 million. The Major League deal could be worth as much as $6.95 million if Bauer, the former UCLA Bruin, makes it to the big leagues at the start of next season, and stays with the club. What does this mean for the Orioles and Bundy?"
Heath Bintliff: There's little defense for these Orioles - MASN
"The Orioles are playing at right about the level they usually do in late July, jockeying for position for one of the top three picks in the amateur draft for 2012 and basically filling the role of American League doormats. The fans are pointing fingers at the pitching staff - rightly so since they are dead last in ERA among American League teams, and it's not really close. Some also point fingers at an anemic offense which, while not as abysmal as the pitching, is slightly below league average in run production and has underachieved in 2011. But I'm here to tell you that it's even worse than all this because the defense has been pretty awful as well."
O's rally against anti-gay bullying | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com
"The effort is commendable, although the irony will be glaring as long as there remains no openly gay athletes playing major league baseball, football, basketball or hockey."
Daniel Moroz: The bases are loaded, but nobody's coming home - MASN
"When I asked people on Twitter what they thought "pulling an Orioles" meant, every O's fan with an actual response said stranding runners. Does the reality match up with these perceptions though? (Some of the answers: "loading the bases with 0 outs and getting 0 runs at the end of the inning," "stranding runners" and "stranding FOUR guys on base, It's THAT bad." At least the team has made a name for themselves in one area.)"
What the Orioles could get at the deadline for Derrek Lee | Baltimore Sports Report
"Just like Vlad Guerrero, Lee will probably be traded come August once he clears waivers. There is a small chance that he could be dealt by this Sunday still. But it is a small chance. It is almost impossible to tell exactly what the Orioles will get for Lee, because they will only get mid level prospects. They will not get an impact player, they will not get a player with big league experience, and they will not get any names that any of you have ever heard of. "
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Sigh.
At least JJ Hardy is good.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Melewski makes a youth movement argument, which is probably the first time any of us here have ever heard or considered such a suggestion.
On the other hand, I guess it’s worth noting that it’s on the MASN propaganda machine.
I don't think Orioles talk is appreciated here
With the season shot and the future looker bleak and all. Good times!
Bob Bradley's out as USMNT coach.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Agree with the move I think, but not the timing
it was an odd decision to ever extend him in the first place
I'd have dumped him right after the Gold Cup.
Actually, I really would have just dumped him after the World Cup.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 29, 2011 9:05 AM EDT up reply actions
It wouldn't have even been "dumping" him
They could have amicably parted ways after the world cup and no one would have thought anything of it. National team head coaches are rarely successful for multiple world cup cycles. Only way this makes sense if someone (most likely Klinsmann) wasn’t ready to take over a year ago but has changed his mind and is ready to be hired immediately. I’d be concerned if someone isn’t announced by early next week.
I'm still up for bringing on Klinsmann.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 29, 2011 9:15 AM EDT up reply actions
I think it makes the most sense
I’m wary of any other foreign coach because so much of the U.S. job right now requires effort at rebuilding the entire developmental infrastructure, in conjunction with MLS. We can’t bring in some tactics-savvy foreign coach who just wants to focus on the senior players. They have to have a strong understanding of how soccer works (and doesn’t) in America from the ground up.
Agreed
He’d increase the talent pool a bit instead of relying on the old veterans. I’m all for Donovan and Dempsey coming back etc, but we need a good stock of new guys and somebody who’s really going to push them.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 29, 2011 9:25 AM EDT up reply actions
It helps that there really isn't a must-win game until the 2014 world cup
No confederations cup, only the gold cup year that doesn’t matter. And world cup qualifying that we should still be able to breeze through. With USSF proving they can schedule pretty much whoever they want for friendlies, the new coach should have pretty much a blank slate for the next 3 years.
it also helps...
to have a guy who’s not simply a mercenary, but knows the u.s and is familiar w/ u.s. “footballing:” culture. i’d be cool klinsmann.
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
by j.q. higgins on Jul 29, 2011 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Klinsmann is not without risks though
He did flame out at Bayern in spectacular fashion, and there were talks about him not getting along with the DFB brass. If a year or two from now we find out Klinsmann can’t work with Gulati either, we’re in trouble going into 2014.
Gulati should chill the fuck out then and let Klinsmann do his thing.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 29, 2011 9:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Seriously
I’m not concerning if Klingsmann can get along with the USSF brass. Can he get that team to win? I think he can, and I think we should have signed him last summer, but at least now the WC is still 3 years away. Plenty of time to find his players and work his style.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
As much as i hate to admit it, I don't think theres any way to get this team to win
The problem right now isn’t how to put the pieces together, its that the pieces themselves aren’t very good. We’re on the tail end of the primes of the best group of players the U.S. has ever produced, and theres not really anyone to replace them. We need a coach who is willing to invest the time revamping the youth program to set us up for the next 20 years, even if they won’t be around then.
It's a uniquely American problem
Our best athletes will never devote to soccer. 90% of our best athletes will never play the game. We’re going against the best in the world with guys who were too small to play pee-wee football or couldn’t hit a baseball at age 9.
OK, that’s an exaggeration. But we don’t have the growth in the game from ages 12-18 that we need to be a world power. And we’ve been trying for 30+ years. But we always lose kids’ interest at age 12 or so. That multi-talented kid at age 14 or 15 in England is getting signed to a development deal with an affiliate of an EPL team, yes? No way we compete with that. The equivalent kid in America is being sized up by a HS football coach saying “Son, come play free safety for me, and I just might be able to get you some money for college.” Soccer can’t compete with that.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Eh, I still things are progressing at the youth level
and MLS teams are regularly starting to sign teenage players. Its not going to happen overnight, which is why its important to not higher a national team coach who is going to expect it to.
Soccer is much harder to just pickup from being athletic than say football
Or basketball if you’re really taller. There aren’t too many makeshift soccer players, but you see players with just 1 or 2 years experience playing basketball or football. I would say that soccer and baseball are skills that are innate and not just something you can acquire if you are really athletic
@sibsInExile
I guess my point was
even if an American kid is talented, by his mid-teens, what incentives are there to stay? Who gets the hot chicks in HS? Football players and basketball players. Who gets offered $$$ and cars by shady college boosters? Not soccer players. Who’s AAU teams get sweet trips across the US and swag out the ass all summer? Basketball players, not soccer players. What incentive is there for a really, really talented 15 year old in America to stay with soccer? Some do, but obviously not enough. And we’re losing kids between the ages of 9-12 who never become that really talented 15 year old, and that really talented 15 year old suddenly has lots of other athletic options.
American kids have every opportunity to quit soccer, and not many reasons to stay.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Yea I understand
There a ton of reason why soccer is failing in the US. The one that always annoyed me: Every kid plays when they are in elementary school but almost everyone takes their kid out after that. I blame coaching, because they force kids to do too much running and less work on fundamentals and just playing the game.
@sibsInExile
I don't think its failing
It’s just progressing slower than a lot of people want it to. Theres still a ton of progress made over the last 10-15 years, but it hasn’t kept up with expectations.
Well, its failing in that it's not yet producing world-class players
but we do now have a system thats regularly producing good to very good players. In the past, we had to rely on any American player with enough skill and motivation to get himself into a foreign youth system and hope for the best. The MLS youth system has been developing rapidly even in the last 5 years, but its still going to take time. Managing expectations at this point is just as important as improving the results.
That's the problem - Round of 16 at the WC isn't gonna cut it anymore
And we’re not really ready to be better than that right now.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
I'm perfectly satisfied with making it out of the group at this point
except when the bracket opens up for us like it did last year, which is a rare occasion. Theres no way, considering where we were even 15 years ago that we could reasonably expect to be consistently one of the top 8 teams in the world.
I don't agree with you.
We are a high population sporting nation, and I know that soccer is 4th fiddle to other sports but our “quality” are very very less.
@sibsInExile
4th?
NFL
MLB
NBA
NHL
NASCAR
GOLF
TENNIS/SOCCER (Seasonally)
by Wieters Wieners on Jul 29, 2011 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
nascar and golf are different sports where they wouldn't attract the same type of talent
And while the NHL is definitely more widely watched than the MLS, soccer is definitely still a more popular sport.
@sibsInExile
MLS is not far from overtaking both the NHL and NBA in average attendance
the tv numbers are still lagging, but its not as far behind as you might think
The TV numbers are overwelming behind...
The attendance numbers are moot. The MLS is filling up 25% of an NFL stadium, while the NBA for the the most part fill up 90+% despite an enormous disparity in ticket prices.
Numbers aside, the NBA is enjoying phenomenal ratings that grow every year. I can’t find MLS on TV unless I’m drunkely channel-surfing ESPN the Ocho at 2am on a Saturday night after a Cinemax marathon.
by Wieters Wieners on Jul 29, 2011 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Average NBA ticket more than double MLS
Just doing a quick google search for each. Seems to be around $50 for NBA and $22 for MLS.
by Wieters Wieners on Jul 29, 2011 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Only a handful of MLS teams still play in NFL stadiums
and one them is seattle, who draws over 35,000 a game
We could probably spit out numbers all day
But the MLS is nowhere near the popularity of the NBA and never will be.
I don’t hate soccer, and I don’t love it. I’m a casual fan that peaks in when interesting matches are played (I enjoy a lot of the US friendlys). My room mates had the Euro League package when I was in NJ and while they watched games every now I’d drop in and out.
I just don’t think the MLS will ever get the firepower to be meaningful here. It’s a beautiful sport, but America wants to watch the best, and when 95% of the talent is overseas I think people lose interest.
Sorry for the rambling, I’m just bored at work.
by Wieters Wieners on Jul 29, 2011 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions
In some places, no
but I now at least in Philly, I’d have no problem saying the Union is already more popular than the Sixers. I’d say in 10 years, MLS will be on equal footing with the NBA and NHL, especially if the NBA shoots itself in the foot with this labor deal.
Eh.....that's kinda weak though.
The Sixers suck….and the Union just opened a new stadium.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 29, 2011 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
but I now at least in Philly, I’d have no problem saying the Union is already more popular than the Sixers. I’d say in 10 years, MLS will be on equal footing with the NBA and NHL, especially if the NBA shoots itself in the foot with this labor deal.
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Thats ridiculous in my opinion. The NBA is enjoying television ratings greater than 1200% higher than the MLS. It’s really not close.
by Wieters Wieners on Jul 29, 2011 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm saying it is now
I’m saying give it another decade. MLS has seen incredible growth over the last 10 years, and the NBA isn’t going to get any more popular than it is now, and may even wane if this lockout goes poorly.
25 million people were watching the NBA Finals...
You really think a day is coming when 25 million people tune into an MLS game… even the championship game?
Never.
by Wieters Wieners on Jul 29, 2011 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions
http://www.majorleaguesoccertalk.com/mls-cup-overnight-tv-ratings-decline-44-from-last-year/10891
Where the heck is all this MLS “growth” coming from? 10 years ago twice as many people were watching.
by Wieters Wieners on Jul 29, 2011 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, the finals ratings have been bad
but the league as a whole has been improving greatly, and i’m not expecting that growth to stop any time soon.
I honestly don't even have a clue when and where these games are on.
by Wieters Wieners on Jul 29, 2011 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
I mean come on
The average MLS player is making $138,000 a year and it’s decreasing. The average NBA salary is just under 5 million.
by Wieters Wieners on Jul 29, 2011 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions
I guess we'll just have to remember to talk about this in 10 years
when the MLS is outdrawing the NBA.
That’ll probably happen around the time that dsciswe is running this blog.
by Wieters Wieners on Jul 29, 2011 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Someone's gotta take over when Tracey's running MASN
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Good point.
I’d have dsciswe as my first choice.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 29, 2011 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Either him or chuckthefan
Someone please write a fanpost on what a random game recap would look like if chuckthefan was a mod.
Haha
by Wieters Wieners on Jul 29, 2011 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions
What about Dick Lynch?
Someone’s gotta bring the positivity here.
by ahoque24 on Jul 29, 2011 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
you win with the stats
though I don’t know how this turned into a NBA v. MLS thing after I just said soccer was 4th fiddle…
@sibsInExile
Agreed.
The MLS isn’t likely to take over attendance from the NHL either. Even if you get more people into a soccer stadium than a hockey arena.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 29, 2011 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
and when 95% of the talent is overseas I think people lose interest.
This honestly, is MLS’s biggest problem. Theres no need for them to convert basketball fans into soccer fans, but they do need to convert soccer fans into MLS fans. If they can keep doing that, the league will be just fine.
It won't happen though.
There is little to no reason for any decent players from europe to play here unless they, like Beckham, are on their way out. Until real players start to join the MLS, nothing will change. That’s why they won’t overtake the NHL either.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 29, 2011 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Importing European players isn't the answer
its still about constantly improving homegrown player development. Its not going to happen overnight, but I really do believe it is happening.
They'll make more money in europe though.
So why play in America? People will watch in europe too.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 29, 2011 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions
This is absolutely correct
I am a big soccer fan but I would never watch an MLS match. If I lived in Seatlle or Philly, or if I liked DC sports I might get into it, but other than that there’s no chance. If the MLS can’t fix that, they have no shot at getting any closer to the “popular” sports
@sibsInExile
Gah....you're going to crack open another pet peeve of mine.
Liking DC sports and going to a DCU game are two different things. This is a totally unrelated argument, but why do you have to like DC sports to go to a United game if you’re a soccer fan?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 29, 2011 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
As a soccer fan I do and have gone to United matches
But what I am saying is, if I was a DCU fan, I would probably have season tickets or go to plently of matches instead of just going to one every once in a while
@sibsInExile
I do the same thing with Wizards games
I attend their games because I’m a basketball fan, but not that much. It’s the same reason why I don’t really care for the NBA too much, because I don’t really have a team to root for (ala MLS).
@sibsInExile
But we have really digressed from my original point
Soccer is still really popular even though the MLS isn’t watched as widely as other leagues.
@sibsInExile
Now THAT is true...
Soccer is the most popular sport in the world, no doubt about it.
by Wieters Wieners on Jul 29, 2011 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
I meant in the US
Soccer is still really popular in the US even though the MLS isn’t widely watched.
@sibsInExile
Dude, NASCAR rain delays get higher rating sthan NBA playoff games
Talk your genetic mutants bouncing a ball somewhere else. :)
Yes, I know this article is 2006, but I still love referencing it.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Ah, the days of herd ball...
I coached my daughters 9-year-old team (because literally no one else wanted to) and I introduced the unheard of idea of playing your slot, as in the left back stays on the left side of the field and doesn’t run 50 years across the field to get the ball. And hey, let’s try and pass in a triangle around people instead of trying to out-run everyone. And let’s have one set play, where the goal kicks to her right to a back, and we go up the sideline instead of blindly down the middle.
You’d thought I was Knute Rockne introducing the forward pass to college football.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
you're absolutely right
Other than in select high school, the overall coaching of “lower levels” is just horrendous.
@sibsInExile
And here's the really frustrating part
We beat every team multiple times except for one team who had a kid 3 inches taller than anyone on my team. She’s run like a gazelle, take the ball from my kid, then run like a gazelle down the field to our goal an put in the back of the net. Every time. We’d try and pass around her, we’d try and run her over, we’d try everything I could think of to get around this kid. And her coach never took her off the field, and she’d score 6 goals herself and the rest of her teammates would never touch the ball. But they were happy because they won.
And my daughter never wanted to play soccer again. Because she knew she’d never be as fast as that kid, so what was the point? She started softball the next year, and hasn’t given soccer a thought since.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
haha I remember that as a kid
there was always one player like that that was just ridiculously good and overqualified for simple match. Ruined everyone’s fun.
@sibsInExile
Orioles Yankees Tonight
Anyone going to the game tonight (if we aren’t rained out again)?
I’ll be in the Jim Beam section…drinking to numb the pain of being surrounded by Yankee fans.
"Birdland is the belief that as great as today just was, tomorrow might be even better." -EME
by OriolesOptimist on Jul 29, 2011 9:07 AM EDT reply actions
I'll be there...
Wearing my Ripken jersey pretending its the mid-90’s when the Yankees feared us and the Red Sox were a Joke(still are)
by Sno Alchemist on Jul 29, 2011 9:24 AM EDT up reply actions
I too will be wearing the Ripken jersey
and pretending it’s the 90’s lol.
"Birdland is the belief that as great as today just was, tomorrow might be even better." -EME
by OriolesOptimist on Jul 29, 2011 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions
My fiance will be there
I will not. Her friend got seats in sec. 119 from work. Those are $325 tickets. In Camden they’d be $60 bucks each.
Anyone wonder why we get invaded w/ Yankee fans?
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Why would we trade Derek Lee for some A/AA washouts when
we can’t even sign all of our draftpicks because there isn’t enough room for them.
Last night's game was really good
if you live in the Bizarro World. And I oughta know, since Russia is the Bizarro America.
Welp, at least I can be thankful we aren’t playing the Sawx this wkend, during the Titov Annual Family Reunion Extravaganza. The Masshole Cousins can get really unbearable when that happens. Kinda makes you wish somebody would do a video about Anti-Oriole Bullying or sth.
For whatever reasons — as John Boehner so articulately explained yesterday’s dynamic failure to vote — this season has made me start pining for Pac 10 whoops Pac 12 fb in July, for cripe’s sake. It’s so bad, I’m almost ready to bet on tapes of last year’s Washington State away games I didn’t watch. Over/under!
OK, 2-nite we got Guts against Sneaky Burnett, a long-running mediocrity in pinstripes whom we will make, with any luck, look like only Walter Johnson instead of Cy Young. But don’t bet on it. OK, maybe over/under.
Go O’s!
Welcome to the Suck: Narrating the Oriole Fan's Experience 1998-2011
"Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Brad Bergesen follows the flight of a ball ...."
3E1N went over the wall?
"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, seriously considering this machine
HP Pavilion Slimline s5-1010 Desktop PC for $300
Yes, it’s not wireless (I can just swap out my wireless card from my existing machine). Anything I’m missing? The processor ain’t bad. PassMark rates it fairly highly for a mid-range chip.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
You really can't go wrong with HP for reliability
As long as you don’t plan on doing any high-end gaming… only thing that would have made it perfect would be the HDMI port so you could hook it up to your big screen white sheet on the wall for the talkies.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
I've got a Blu-Ray player and Netflix for that
Well, aside from the white sheet. I have a small living room, so the 40" flatscreen does just fine.
As I told my wife, it’s not like I’m suddenly going to become a World of Warcraft in HD gamer – don’t have that kind of time for another 7 years or so. But when the youngest goes to college…
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
I see your future
http://www.artfulgamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/wow-jenkins.jpg
"If you don't like the effect, don't produce the cause."
- George Clinton
And I'm sick to death of Dell's suckitude
Every Dell I have in the house (and that’s 3) I have to push F1 to boot up due to some boot disk reading error.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Yeah you won't be going wrong with that PC
The only thing that HP makes that really sucks is on the Compaq side of things. I have a HP laptop that I bought in 2002 that still works. Slow as hell by now but it works. I’m pretty much a Sony guy when it comes to most electronics, but for computers it’s HP for sure.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Love my Toshiba laptop
Except the video card. That sucks. But I only paid $450 for it, so I’m not complaining.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Oh, and thd HD died within 6 months
Although Toshiba was totally cool about fixing it for free with a new HD.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Lucky.
Mine started failing just after the warranty expired.
You come at the king, you best not miss.
by organizedchaos52 on Jul 29, 2011 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Our Toshiba has been OK
Except that a few days ago the plug…not sure how to describe it, but we tried to plug it in to charge, and the part you plug the cord into basically came off and fell into the laptop itself, so now we can’t charge it. Anybody know a fix for that?
by Reboulet's Moustache on Jul 29, 2011 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions
That's a repair job
Find a local guy or go on Toshiba’s website to pay them to do it. But that ain’t gonna fix itself.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
I took it apart the other night
and fixed it, but it just broke again. I’m just trying to avoid having to pay to have someone else fix it. Ah well…
by Reboulet's Moustache on Jul 29, 2011 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
If you want a desktop get the Gateway SX 2850-33
By far the best desktop for the money.
@sibsInExile
That's a serious processor.
But even at $450, a little more than I want to spend right now. If I can’t get a ridiculous bargain, I’ll just wait. And that Staples deal at $300 is looking ridiculous.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Well, I just shelled out $1300 on a laptop I hate....
Its fast as shit but something about the screen hurts my eyes and I can’t figure out what it is.
Anyway, go for it.
by Wieters Wieners on Jul 29, 2011 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Is it your reflection
BOOM
@sibsInExile
by SibiGnana on Jul 29, 2011 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I just started down the slippery slope of building my own
I did it about 8 years ago, and have been using laptops in the meantime. I ordered my case from Newegg (they had a deal on the solid Antec Three Hundred) on Wednesday, and according to UPS it will be waiting for me when I get home.
It’s going to be a slow build for financial reasons, but I really want to build a solid econo (i.e. not bleeding edge) gaming machine, and do it right this time (I was in my teens when I build the last one).
"Real Orioles don't pout. Real Orioles don't gloat. Real Orioles just win."
by NewYorkOriole on Jul 29, 2011 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions
I built my own too
It’s a $2000 rig and it runs games and stuff like the wind, it’s silent as fuck, and it’ll 5-6 years before I need to replace it for performance issues.
Yeah
I don’t have $2000 to drop on it, but I’m ok with having a year or two behind the cutting edge hardware, and then just upgrading when the time comes. I think consoles have helped to stabilize PC hardware – in that developers who want to sell games on PS3 and Xbox 360 have to make sure it’s runnable on that hardware, which is a few generations behind current PC tech. When the next set of consoles comes out, it’ll jump again but probably stabilize for a few more years.
"Real Orioles don't pout. Real Orioles don't gloat. Real Orioles just win."
by NewYorkOriole on Jul 29, 2011 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I got it today
and wow, by far the easiest set up I’ve ever had with a PC.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Ahahaha! Ladies 'n' gennelmens, President Dmitry Medvedev as...Captain America!
Some of the others are good too— esp. the doubles tennis team!
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Putin as Red Skull?
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
In WikiLeaks-revealed memos, US embassy staff characterized the two as Batman and Robin
Now the great unanswered question before the 2012 election is: Does Robin wanna be Batman?
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Putin ALWAYS wants to be Batman
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
For the record, the above post has nothing to do with Rickie Weeks
Nada
Welcome to the Suck: Narrating the Oriole Fan's Experience 1998-2011
Wow....looks like Klinsmann is already being named coach.
That was fast.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Yeah, that was expected
the only way Bradley would have been fired when he did is if Klinsmann already agreed to take the job
Yea....good point.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 29, 2011 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions
From my nephew the soccer player
Remind me again: why is the U.S. soccer team hiring someone who has been out of work for two years, failed miserably in his last job, did well with Germany only because the current Germany coach was his assistant, and wants total control of the US team setup?
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I don't by that Germany was only good because of Low
And Klinsmann didn’t do terribly at Bayern. He was 3 points out of first when he was fired, and his only Champions League loss was to Barcelona, who ultimately won the tournament, and Bayern was having one its best seasons in more than a few years. He clashed with management so publicly that he can probably never work in Germany again, but I don’t know if it was ever clear who was more to blame, Bayern or Klinsmann.
Cowboys and Aliens -- or -- Attack the Block?
Be sure to show your work.
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all the alien invasion movies are just starting to blend together
i pulled this off of a movie blog that i frequent
At this point, the alien-invasion thing is just getting ridiculous. Skyline – alien invasion. I Am Number Four – alien invasion. Battle Los Angeles – alien invasion. Transformers 3 – alien invasion. Super 8 – alien. Paul – alien. Battleship – alien invasion. Cowboys and Aliens – alien invasion. Even Green Lantern and Thor are kind of about alien invasions…
there’s just a little bit of redundancy there…
carolina in my mind...
Well fuck. We're gonna get something just called "Alien Invasion Movie"
by the same 2 fuckin shitty writers that did “Date/Disaster Movie” and “Meet the Spartans.”
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
The first Scary Movie was actually pretty funny
but at some point they went from actual parodies to “hey, remember this thing from that other movie?”
I think they were two of the writers from Scary Movie 3 or something like that
I did like the first two Scary Movies, and 4 got a bit of a chuckle out of me too, but that could be because I like the Zucker type humour.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
plus scary movie gave the world Anna Faris
and there aint nothing wrong with that
carolina in my mind...
FUCK
Way to go guys, now I just got a BLOCKED for indecent material when I google-imaged her…
ARGHHHHHHHHH. One of these days they’re going to just cut off my internet altogether.
by Wieters Wieners on Jul 29, 2011 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Hahaha I did too.
Mine was blocked for “pornography”
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 29, 2011 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Did you click on the pic of her in the pink?
I was gonna post it to spice up the day until I got reeeeeeeeeeejected!!!!
by Wieters Wieners on Jul 29, 2011 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I didn't get that far.
As soon as I searched on Google Images, the results page was blocked for pornography…..and that’s with the “strict” safesearch. Robertson came thru though, and I agree. Stellar.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 29, 2011 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Nope, that was Kathleen Robertson. Anna Fairs was the main character.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Hi, I'm twistedlogic
And I endorse this message.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 29, 2011 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't even think that's one of the better images. She's got more natural looking pics where she looks great.
Also, you’ll prolly be banned now for posting an image of a blonde.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 29, 2011 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions
She had her lips done, and for awhile they looked frickin BAD
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Better fully clothed pics I mean.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 29, 2011 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
You killed it, dude.
The moment anyone tries to look like a gothic pencil, they lose their appeal.
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by twistedlogic on Jul 29, 2011 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Gothic pencil?
I don’t think red leather pants and a gray midriff t-shirt with multiple Union Jacks counts as “gothic.” She has black hair (since it’s from the Scary Movie era, I assume), but that’s about it.
Also, she’s thin. Any pictures of her as a blonde will also be just as pencil-like.
Dude....I was just poking fun at your standard definition of "hot"
ZOMG…..her face is average!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 29, 2011 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Is this english?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 29, 2011 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Is this a Hottie thread reunion?
Haha
by Wieters Wieners on Jul 29, 2011 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions
We did that the other day with what's her face
The girl from that movie who has big boobs and nothing else interesting about her.
Haha... ahhh, the dog days of summer
Brooklyn Decker mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
by Wieters Wieners on Jul 29, 2011 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Throwing Transformers in there isn't fair.
It makes everything else look like crap, besides the repetition. Hell, it probably makes Battleship look like crap.
Paul was better than any of the Transformers movies
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
I just realized it looks like I'm saying Transformers is good.
Which is not what I was trying to say. I meant that by putting those movies in a group with Transformers, and thus assuming they’re all similar, it makes the rest of the movies seem like they’re steaming piles of shit like Transformers.
Transformers raped my childhood
“Hey guys! We have this franchise that’s based around giant transforming robots who are awesome and cool. It also had a human sidekick who was a supporting character at most and sometimes barely appeared in episodes and rarely had a plot impact. Let’s make the human the central character and let the giant, awesome robots be supporting characters and let them all be forgettable and characterless.”
And let's have a guy who never even heard of em direct!
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Well, people'd heard of Michael Bay
He actually seemed, at the time, like a good choice. Take a simplistic story with just some humor and one-liners and bad ass action, have a bunch of explosions, kick some ass. Bad Boys, the Rock, Armageddon. It could have been really good.
But he fucked it good.
No, I mean he hadn't really heard of the Transformers...
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Ah. Yeah
That’s the biggest error. You have have have to get someone who respects the source material to direct these things. The best comic movies are directed by guys who respect the source material.
Yeah. Jon Favreau kicked ass with Iron Man, that's for sure.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Cowboys and Aliens doesn't look all that interesting to me
I’m not really sure what went wrong, since I love both sci-fi and westerns, but the trailers don’t really do anything for me.
Attack of the Block will be great when I watch it on Netflix Instant in a few months. If anything I might go see Captain America. But probably not.
Captain America sucked.
It was a complete throwaway movie. They just needed to make one so they could make the Avengers movie. I’m really hoping they try a little harder on that one.
It got decent reviews
I’m not really a comic guy, and what comics I did read were mostly DC, so I don’t know jack about the Avengers or what they could possibly do to make an Avengers movie sound interesting to me. Still, I generally like the recent movies based on comic books, and Captain America is better reviewed than some others I enjoyed, so I’ll end up seeing it at one point.
It wasn't bad
and I was a huge Marvel comic book nerd growing up. Cap is insanely hard not to make hokey as hell because the guy is a frikkin American flag with fists. They did a pretty good job keeping the cheese down though. I enjoyed it.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
I thought the origin part of the movie was fine
But once he started fighting regularly, the thing fell apart. All of the action sequences come out of ABSOLUTELY nowhere. They never show Captain America having any sort of trouble doing anything, so there is never any tension. “Laser guns? Real guns? Flamethrowers? Strong guys? Pshaw, I’ll bash them with my shield!” If there was just ONE scene where he got a scrape in his outfit it would have helped the movie immensely.
The dialogue is terrible.
His band of brothers is almost offensive. While this movie doesn’t exaaaaactly try to be historically accurate, it’s worth noting that all of the soldiers would have most likely been terrible racists, and would never have worked together like that.
He got roughed up a bit in the train scene
and the “band of brothers” was Dum-Dum Dugan and the howling commandos. They were comic book characters that always worked together.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
I'm just saying. It didn't come off as believable.
Maybe 5 minutes of back story on why they’re friends? Show them bonding when they’re getting roughed up by hydra? Instead all we get is “Hey, he’s asian, he’s french, he’s black, and I’m… what Irish I guess? Let’s kick ass!”
It's different levels of disbelief.
Going into a superhero movie, I expect laser guns and people running really fast and stuff.
But if they change lots of very basic things, it seems strange.
Like “The Patriot” All of the guns and costumes and stuff look accurate, but you’re telling me that Mel Gibson is the one Virginian farmer who freed his slaves? Psssht. Nonsense.
"Mel Gibson" freeing slaves being the stretch of course
Just because you know how to read, doesn't mean you'll like the book.
by arlingtonOsFan on Jul 29, 2011 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
They were the soldiers that were caught behind enemy lines together
I’m pretty sure that’s why they all got along.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
They only establish that by showing guys shoving them into a cell
Let’s see them bond for a few minutes! Something other than “Oh they’re together now they’re best friends”
So I saw it over the weekend
and I agree with everything you just said. I thought it was terrible. I shoulda listened!
Riffing on Moroz
the Orioles have the second highest amount of GiDPs in baseball behind just St. Louis, with 96. The Oriole batters with the highest rate of GiDPs (and enough PA to matter):
Derrek Lee who gets a twin killing 19% of the time he has the chance to, Vlad at 18%, Nick and Matt with 17%, Jones and Andino at 14%. Everyone else is below the league average in double play rates, which I guess means just Hardy, Reimold/Pie/Scott, and Reynolds. Felix Pie is the only Oriole with more than 29 PA to not GiDP, which is pretty fluky since he’s almost as much of a ground ball hitter as Derek Jeter.
And if you rank the Orioles based on ground ball rates, the bottom of that list (lowest ground ball rate) is led by Derrek Lee who also has the highest rate of double plays. So that’s fluky and pretty unfortunate.
As a team, the O’s GiDP 14% of the time they have the chance to, which matches their rate from 2010. but which is noticeably higher from their rates from the previous several years. But in 2011 the O’s have one of their lowest GB rates in recent history and one of the lowest in baseball.
So with the caveat that I can’t look up things like soft line drives that would be easy to convert or baserunning mistakes that led to DPs, I want to say that the Orioles inability to score more runs because of a high amount of double plays is in large part (but not total part) a function of piss poor luck.
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the Orioles' season?
We need Melmo back... he'll help with that by putting pressure on the defense.
Our sole All-star should be Reimold. Buck hates Andy.
by Wieters Wieners on Jul 29, 2011 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions
I haven't been paying much attention.
Usually you hear the O’s have not scored a bunch of runs and my first thought is ‘yeah, and they’ve never seemed to understand the value of OBP and to a lesser extent SLG’. But this year they are just about right near league average in OBP/SLG/OPS, but are lagging in runs. The DPs do jump out. My initial assumptions were wrong. Maybe it is bad luck.
The OBP is okay, I guess, from a relative viewpoint...but...
It’s basically the same it was last year, just the rest of baseball came down to the Orioles’ offensive level. And if you look at the top of the OBP you see two teams that didn’t fall off since last year, and who are way way way way ahead in absolute terms over the O’s, and of course its the Yankees and the Red Sox.
On the bright side: the Bmore slugging is actually up this year, which is good.
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the Orioles' season?
On the bright side: the Bmore slugging is actually up this year, which is good.
THANKS VLAD!!!
by Wieters Wieners on Jul 29, 2011 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe we do have a second half rennaisance?
Just think if Lee and Vlad are gone, and maybe our luck evens out, and maybe Matusz or Britton comes back strong…. or something
Just because you know how to read, doesn't mean you'll like the book.
by arlingtonOsFan on Jul 29, 2011 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow
Chien Ming Wang starting for the Nats tonight…. I thought that guy was dead.
by Wieters Wieners on Jul 29, 2011 12:34 PM EDT reply actions
So lame.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 29, 2011 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Seriously though, I completely forgot he was a viable pitcher.
I assumed he had hung em up for good.
by Wieters Wieners on Jul 29, 2011 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey, we could start Troy Patton
Only Westie can see him
Welcome to the Suck: Narrating the Oriole Fan's Experience 1998-2011
I hate moving
I’ve now thrown away an entire trashbag of shit on my desk that i don’t need anymore. I either need to stop holding on to mail or develop an actual filing system.
I have a real problem throwing away mail.
For some reason, I think I need it and it ends up in a junk drawer, then every 6 months or so I go through the junk drawer and end up throwing out 15 expired Bed Bath and Beyond 20% off coupons.
"Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.."
Return for Lee
It is almost impossible to tell exactly what the Orioles will get for Lee, because they will only get mid level prospects.
Try organizational filler.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
I would take organizational filler in exchange for Lee.
"That ball is gone. We'll pause ten seconds to commit suicide ... I mean, for a station identification." - Joe Angel, 6/17/11
by Eat More Esskay on Jul 29, 2011 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions
i love organizational filler as long it has some bacon in it.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
It sounds like a difficult situation for Adair and Connor.
If they thought that Matusz’s arm soreness was from a mechanical issue, Matusz probably needs to fix it so he isn’t constantly on the DL. On the other hand, if Adair and Connor are just tinkering with his mechanics based on personal preference, I don’t like that approach. Matusz has shown he has the ability to get MLB hitters out with his current mechanics. Unless there is an injury risk, why fix what ain’t broke?
Mother, did it need to be so high.
If other pitchers were developing and it was only Matusz struggling
I’d probably have more empathy for the coaching staff. My goggles are also shaded by 13+ years of failed player development.
New Camdencast, perhaps for your Friday slacking needs.
http://www.camdenchat.com/2011/7/29/2303529/camdencast-episode-8-organizational-inconsistencies
I hoped to have this up much earlier today, but ran into some technical difficulties on the SBN end. Things are squared away now, just with the podcast split in two parts even though it was only about 35 minutes. Two for the price of one – a good deal for you.
Andrew and I talked about how the Colby Rasmus trade shows the O’s lack of creativity, some general trade deadline thoughts and about how the O’s are inconsistent in looking at platoon splits and other statistics. As well, a look ahead to the Yankees series, plus why we hate the Yankees. Enjoy!
"That ball is gone. We'll pause ten seconds to commit suicide ... I mean, for a station identification." - Joe Angel, 6/17/11
by Eat More Esskay on Jul 29, 2011 2:31 PM EDT reply actions
"A filmmaker had to please people in power, but some of the most powerful people in Soviet cinema were fellow filmmakers -- cinema's power brokers."
It’s National Book Week…The rules: Grab the closest book to you. Go to page 56. Copy the 5th sentence as your status [here or on Facebook— or both!]. Don’t mention the book. Post these rules as part of your status.
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Yes, it’s Literacy Day out there— and you can too! (No comics, I think…)
Welcome to the Suck: Narrating the Oriole Fan's Experience 1998-2011
Sigh
“However, if the breach is willful, and only completion of the contract will give the non-breaching party the benefit of its bargain, a court may award expectancy damages even if that award would result in economic waste. See Rock Island Improvement Co. v. Helmerich & Payne, Inc., 698 F.2d 175 (10th Cir. 1983).”
Lol. I feel your pain.
“Where landlord-tenant reform provisions (amendment of section 1942 and addition of sections 1941.1, 1941.2, 1942.1, and 1942.5) were passed on the same day, related to same subject matter, and were part of the same statute (Stats. 1970, c. 1280), they were to be read together, as if parts of the same act.”
Make sure y’all remember that.
Mother, did it need to be so high.
My closest book is "The Splendid Magic of Penny Arcade"
Page 56 is a comic.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
I love Penny Arcade!
I have been following that strip for over 10 years now. All that time and those guys are still funny.
"That ball is gone. We'll pause ten seconds to commit suicide ... I mean, for a station identification." - Joe Angel, 6/17/11
by Eat More Esskay on Jul 29, 2011 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah I got the hardcover from a bookstore with a gift card.
That particular comic makes fun of that dipshit that does ctrl-alt-del, as ya probably know.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
I'm not a huge Penny Arcade fan
But of all the “guys playing video games” comics out there, it is the best.
To see how the art started to what it looks like now
It’s a huge difference and he has put a ton of work into it, trying different methods and media. He even took up painting to try and get that look in the comics with a tablet.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Yeah, the art is pretty good
It’s the writing I’m not really all that excited about. It’s kinda stale, in my opinion.
They do have their stale points yeah, with the 3 comics a week thing
Also with running PAX and Child’s Play, but when they hit, they hit pretty well.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
I've read about 16 books this year
And that counts like two months where I wasn’t reading anything for various reasons (I do not plan on repeating that error any time soon).
Oh, and I should read the entire post and not just skim it.
From “The Collected Works of Lord Byron” (Not my book. I’m listing a bunch of old books on Amazon).
“And those who have heard it will pardon the past,
When they know that its murmurs shall vibrate no more.”
sure, why not
“The man looked at Chigurh’s eyes for the first time.”
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the Orioles' season?
well, clearly you've mistaken a book for a movie, but it's the Coens, so that's forgivable
also, cormac mccarthy rocks, but blood meridian is better.
“If I could get past this, she thinks, if I could get myself clean, there would still be time and I could make it right with him.”
Wishing Frank McCourt had been approved to buy the RedSux.....
by PBR me ASAP! on Jul 29, 2011 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions
dude really?
The Corner? holy fucking shit, this was the first book I picked up… then I saw this… I am speechless right now.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jul 29, 2011 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
just finished Homicide last weekend, then decided The Corner was the next logical progression. All while rewatching The Wire.
Wishing Frank McCourt had been approved to buy the RedSux.....
by PBR me ASAP! on Jul 29, 2011 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I haven't actually started it yet, but it's next on my list.
I will probably rewatch The Wire soon as well, it’s been a year since my first time… too soon?
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jul 29, 2011 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions
What the heck, I'll play.
“Camorri have a long and glorious history of kicking the piss out of our poor Verrari cousins, so I say, on to Tal Verrar,” said Locke.
"That ball is gone. We'll pause ten seconds to commit suicide ... I mean, for a station identification." - Joe Angel, 6/17/11
by Eat More Esskay on Jul 29, 2011 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Properly assigning primary and foreign keys is essential to creating useful relationships between your tables.
Giraffes have absurdly strong necks.
Indeed.
Just because you know how to read, doesn't mean you'll like the book.
by arlingtonOsFan on Jul 29, 2011 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions
This reminds me of SYS202
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 29, 2011 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions
augh
Just because you know how to read, doesn't mean you'll like the book.
by arlingtonOsFan on Jul 29, 2011 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions
That sounds so dirty.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
the book sitting in front of me
“Tinto’s comparatively more explicit theoretical structure, however, offers guidance in variable selection to researchers who wish to study the college student change process and to administrators who seek to design academic and social programs and experiences intended to promote students’ educational growth.”
I don’t have any fiction in my office. The closest thing is Nation of Rebels: Why Counterculture Became Consumer Culture. From page 56, the 3rd and 4th sentences are much more interesting. “Thus Pleasantville is at least open to the idea that the counterculture may not have been right about everything. American Beauty, by contrast, is completely unreconstructed countercultural ideology.”
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
Here ya go
“Dimebag created an entire class of guitar players, and music is the better for it.”
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
I'm cheating , that's the 6th sentence
The 5th sentence was “The rest is history.” Seemed lame.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
First Andrew, now duck
Your circle of pals is betraying you steady.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Amen.
Wishing Frank McCourt had been approved to buy the RedSux.....
by PBR me ASAP! on Jul 29, 2011 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions
anybody named dimebag has to be good.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
Sorry about the ad....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i97OkCXwotE&ob=av2e
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
They were working on a suggestion, made by George Gamow (once a student of Alexander Freidmann), that the early universe should have been very hot and dense, glowing white hot.
"Real Orioles don't pout. Real Orioles don't gloat. Real Orioles just win."
by NewYorkOriole on Jul 29, 2011 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions
fyi, I actually "cheated." There, I said it and I'm glad-- glad, I tell you!
Couldn’t help it. I opened the novel I’m reading to p. 56…and it’s blank— a chapter-divider page thingy. So Plan B was the next nearest book.
Wow, I feel so much better with that off my shoulders. You just can’t go on Living A Lie!
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hmm...
“Therefore, if the active window is maximized and you activate a different window, the new active window is also maximized.”
Just because you know how to read, doesn't mean you'll like the book.
by arlingtonOsFan on Jul 29, 2011 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions
The Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Bible.
…not as riveting as the SQL bible underneath it on my desk, but Stacey already used that one.
Just because you know how to read, doesn't mean you'll like the book.
by arlingtonOsFan on Jul 29, 2011 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, mine's about the lives of 4 people shot at a concert and their killer...
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
At least that makes being an O's fan seem positive by comparison.
Just because you know how to read, doesn't mean you'll like the book.
by arlingtonOsFan on Jul 29, 2011 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions
And Microsoft Office has truly conquered the world.
Just because you know how to read, doesn't mean you'll like the book.
by arlingtonOsFan on Jul 29, 2011 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions
None of you are going to know this.
“It now burst into a succession of mighty cheers, close at hand, and in another moment a mob of shouting villagers came pouring into the house, with Hugh Gregory and the sheriffs in the van.”
Mark Worrell just cleared waivers as per Britt
Yup, no one wants him even though he drastically improved his ERA.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
A comment on MLBTR about him:
“Is that the dude who looked like he was on 2 cases of red bull when he was on the mound?”
Yes. Yes it is.
With Buhdard coming off the DL
It seems that teams’ focuses have come off Guts a bit, or am I wrong? Seems funny that they would go look at a guy with the injury history over one with a history of being durable.
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
I would also guess that Kuroda would be a good option for a lot of teams, too.
And Jiminez rumors are circling. Seems like Guts has a bit of competition on the market.
Mother, did it need to be so high.
BREAKING NEWS!
"maybe its just me but i think if the os cant get more rbis they arenever going to win why not get zito or another proven veteran in hear" - zknower
I wasn't aware he ever left the disabled list.....
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jul 29, 2011 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Yawn...
Orioles Rumors: Guthrie, Uehara
By Tim Dierkes [July 29 at 4:29pm CST]
The Orioles are unmoved by the offers for righty Jeremy Guthrie, tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. The Tigers and Red Sox had been linked to the 32-year-old.
As for reliever Koji Uehara, Rosenthal says there’s a 50-50 chance the Orioles trade the top-notch setup man. Earlier this week we summed up the Uehara market based on reports: the Rangers, Pirates, Tigers, Twins, and Reds appear to have interest.
Anyone else get the overwhelming sense, we ain’t gonna make any deals?
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jul 29, 2011 5:43 PM EDT reply actions
yes and it makes me sad.
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
by j.q. higgins on Jul 29, 2011 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Any deals????
But we snagged Zach Phillips from the Rangers!
Wishing Frank McCourt had been approved to buy the RedSux.....
by PBR me ASAP! on Jul 29, 2011 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions
tonight...
vlad and silky, 4 & 5; moldy in left.
"the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits"
Dan Connolly on the twitter says bad forecast in New York. May not even get the game in.
"That ball is gone. We'll pause ten seconds to commit suicide ... I mean, for a station identification." - Joe Angel, 6/17/11
by Eat More Esskay on Jul 29, 2011 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Day-twi-night.
Three for the price of one.
Heh. Not really.
"That ball is gone. We'll pause ten seconds to commit suicide ... I mean, for a station identification." - Joe Angel, 6/17/11
by Eat More Esskay on Jul 29, 2011 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions
With our pitchers and their hitters
that would end up being like 15 hours of baseball….and in no way would that be a good thing.
Just because you know how to read, doesn't mean you'll like the book.
by arlingtonOsFan on Jul 29, 2011 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Realistically, we have one more series @ NYY
Sep 5-7. Sep 5 is a Monday and has a 1:05pm game scheduled. Could probably turn that one day-night if they had to. I kinda want to see some baseball tonight though.
"That ball is gone. We'll pause ten seconds to commit suicide ... I mean, for a station identification." - Joe Angel, 6/17/11
by Eat More Esskay on Jul 29, 2011 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions
In NFL news
I pray the Cowboys don’t end up with Ashoomshagoosh … or whatever his name is.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jul 29, 2011 5:49 PM EDT reply actions
Shablagoo!
Just because you know how to read, doesn't mean you'll like the book.
by arlingtonOsFan on Jul 29, 2011 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions
If the Ravens couldn't get him
this is entirely acceptable.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
It is completely not acceptable
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
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