Tuesday Bird Droppings
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PrintOrioles at the Deadline: MacPhail Still Magic? Or Was He Ever? - The Loss Column
"Since those two big, early moves he hasn’t really had a great track record. He hasn’t had a terrible one, either, but the results both on the field and in terms of the ultimate return on those two big trades speak to a guy who is, shall we say, struggling. He hasn’t overseen a comprehensive rebuild of the team. He hasn’t fixed the farm system. He hasn’t brought the team to contention."
Derrek Lee dump - Camden Deopt
"First and foremost, this signals that Andy MacPhail and the brain trust coordinating the personnel decisions appear to truly be dedicated to giving Chris Davis every chance to get comfortable and show what he has as a starting first baseman. This was a large concern following the Uehara deal, as noted in Part 1 of our Koji trade analysis, and it is terrific news that the organization is going to make at least a two month commitment to figuring out whether or not Davis looks like a future contributor."
Orioles Insider: One year later: What do you think of Showalter now? - Baltimore Orioles: Schedule, news, analysis and opinion on baseball at Camden Yards - baltimoresun.com
"My take is that he is the best in-game manager I have covered, and probably the best one since Davey Johnson. He’s also the most prepared and observant person I have been around in this game. The things he notices continually amaze me. I do believe, however, that at times he has stayed with veterans longer than he should have this year (Vladimir Guerrero should have been out of the cleanup spot by late May). But, to be fair, it’s not like he’s had a whole lot of tempting options to choose from."
Showalter staying positive after first year at the helm - Carroll County Times
Buck: "We want to put something together to stand the test of time. Just about every great situation, New York, Tampa, Atlanta, Arizona - there were times where it looked pretty tough and some things started clicking. I feel good about understanding what we have and what we don't have,"
Matthew Taylor: Rout by Yankees brings back unpleasant memories - MASN
Not the best thing to read first thing in the morning, really.
Farewell to one of my favorite Orioles, Mr. Koji Uehara - baltimoresun.com
A little Koji nostalgia tour.
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National League pitching, man
It’s ridiculous.
Anyone have any doubt he’s gonna hit .305/.396/.550 the rest of the season?
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
I just went to Bucs Dugout
to see if they had a ‘Hail the Conquering Hero’ post up about DLee. Nope. They don’t even have his picture up (unlike us). Just ‘he was great, but we lost.’
Already jaded by contention…
Like a bad, suave dude. You know what I'm sayin'. COOL. SC 7/24/08
by 33 on Aug 2, 2011 8:56 AM EDT up reply actions
Silly Pirates fans...
don’t they know that “wins” is a meaningless stat?
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
It's not whether you win or lose
but how cleverly you post about the losses that counts. After 18 years, I’d expect them to know that.
Like a bad, suave dude. You know what I'm sayin'. COOL. SC 7/24/08
by 33 on Aug 2, 2011 9:15 AM EDT up reply actions
We're gonna be alone in the cellar now.
=*(
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 9:19 AM EDT up reply actions
They're only one game above .500. They might still fall back down to our level!
"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 Aug 2, 2011 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Is anybody even surprised?
I’ve had the feeling all along that if he got traded to the NL he’d light it up. Of course, it was just one game, but still.
"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 Aug 2, 2011 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions
he did light up interleague play
normally, i think league transitions only have a small effect mostly because i don’t believe in the whole “league familiarity” jazz (but I do believe in differences in league strength), but maybe lee will go ape shit in the NL.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
everybody keep your eye out for this guy
carolina in my mind...
by Gamecock24 on Aug 2, 2011 9:28 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Darn, it's blocked on my cpu... what is it?
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions
No....
But I go the Well Fargo seats again for the O’s game Friday. 4 seats in the 4th row behind the dugout with 2 parking passes. Holler!
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 Aug 2, 2011 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Hey bro, I'm gonna be there Friday as well
Let’s grab a couple beers at Pickles before the game.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 9:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Absolutely
Remind me later in the week and we’ll make it happen. I’ve still got your info on gmail and gchat, I’m assuming same goes for you.
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 Aug 2, 2011 9:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I got you brah...
I’ll probably slide over to Pickles around 5ish. Going for my first Faidley’s visit before that…
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions
It's a brodown showdown at Pickles: Friday at 6
First Natty Boh shotguns are on 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 Aug 2, 2011 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
YES!
HOTTIE REUNION…
You think Mr. Mirren can make it?
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions
he'll have helen mirren on one arm
and an employee from hot topic on the other
carolina in my mind...
Gee... thanks, I guess. Or maybe not.
“It’s the fans team I really mean that. I do,” he said. “Don’t think I didn’t think [Saturday] night about the fans. That’s the reason we get up in the morning and do everything we do. Obviously, it’s Peter’s team, and he feels like it’s the fans’ team, and I’ve heard him mention this every other sentence, and it’s why we do what we do,”
Pete has been doing this all these years for you and me. Problem is, I’m left feeling like the red headed step child.
normally i don't think the SBN power rankings articles are that funny
but i actually really enjoyed this week’s
http://mlb.sbnation.com/2011/8/2/2310916/mlb-power-rankings-august-1-trade-deadline
carolina in my mind...
I don't really understand how they ranked them, but they're kinda funny.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
I see why the Giants thing is at the bottom, but Derrek Lee for Aaron Baker at the top?
Did dsciswe write this?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 2, 2011 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions
There's no mention of any souls being killed so I'm guessing no
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 Aug 2, 2011 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Maybe Baker doesn't strike out much.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 2, 2011 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Apparently the new Batman movie is being shot directly across the street from my old apartment in Pittsburgh,
on the steps of my old lab. If i was still there, i could have watched it being filmed outside my window.
You could have enjoyed Anne Hathaway running around in spandex at close range.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 2, 2011 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Agreed.
He’s missing out.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 2, 2011 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions
She got bounced in the first round of the Hottie bracket
Obviously she’s not hot enough.
Not that I’m bitter or anything.
Wow
The whole movie on the steps of a lab! Those must be some awesome steps!
"Real Orioles don't pout. Real Orioles don't gloat. Real Orioles just win."
by NewYorkOriole on Aug 2, 2011 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Wait...
Gotham City is Pittsgurgh?
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
The last one was filmed in Chicago.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 2, 2011 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Yea....its supposed to be New York, but I don't think they've filmed there in a long time.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 2, 2011 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
I always thought of Gotham as NYC
and Metropolis as LA
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the Orioles' season?
Yep
Gotham is the DC version of NYC and Metropolis is the DC version of Chicago
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
They are mixes of various cities
but DC Comics president and publisher Paul Levitz said Gotham is
“New York from 14th Street down, the older buildings, more brick-and-mortar as opposed to steel-and-glass.”
I’m going to go with him.
Frank Miller also said Gotham is basically NY at night, while Metropolis is NY in the daytime. So there’s that.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
I think that's what its supposed to be.
The first Batman was set in NYC, I think? I really don’t know, but I’m pretty positive the current “Gotham” is New York.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 2, 2011 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Sorry for the long...
Director Christopher Nolan51 worked with production designer Nathan Crowley to create the look of Gotham City. Nolan designed Gotham City to be a large, modern metropolitan area that would reflect the various periods of architecture that the city had gone through. Elements were drawn from Tokyo, Detroit, Hong Kong, New York City, and Chicago. Gotham has a seaside port. Alfred comments that the caverns beneath Wayne Manor that are to be converted into the Batcave were once used by a Wayne ancestor to hide escaping slaves in the Underground Railroad during the American Civil War. The automobile license plates shown throughout the film and in its sequel are based on Illinois’ license plate design, with what is presumed to be Gotham City’s Seal replacing Lincoln’s head. Its area code is the as-yet-unassigned 735.52
@sibsInExile
It later says that there are Chicago buildings and such in the movie
I think Gotham city is supposed to be Chicago in Nolan’s movies, but its Gotham is supposed to be ambiguous in the comics.
@sibsInExile
I kind of like that it's a bit of a bunch of things
Creative geography that’s interesting in and of itself. Kind of like the movie Se7en, which was filmed in both Philadelphia and LA and had equal parts of both. Very visually interesting.
I think for a little while, Metropolis was in Delaware
I’m sure duck would love that – the whole Delmarva as a giant suburb. I don’t think it was ever supposed to be on the West Coast, though. There are a ton of fictional west coast cities that could be LA, like wherever the Flash if from. Star City or something like that.
We're pretty much heading that direction
Kent County is basically Anne Arundel East at this point.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
from wikipedia:
According to the Atlas of the DC Universe, Metropolis is located on the south end of Delaware Bay near the modern town of Lewes, Delaware. The Atlas shows Gotham City as being on the other side of the bay, near Cape May, New Jersey.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_(comics)
The comics change all the time, though. That was probably just a passing phase.
because for a certain amount of time, that's where it was
this is all from some DC atlas published in the 70s. I don’t think the locations of these cities are static.
Do they move when somebody pushes a giant ship wheel under the island?
"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 Aug 2, 2011 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Your face is pretty much purgatory
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Well that establishes existing rapport!
Mods, I can not be held accountable for my actions caused by continued Jersey bashing.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
I ended my Lost career when I finished watching the episode directly previous to the one you are referring to
It just seemed like the right time to leave the casino
I've never figured out where my "shoulda stopped" point is for Lost.
There is obviously one somewhere. But I don’t know exactly where.
"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 Aug 2, 2011 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
The end of the second season
because no matter how good it was after that it was all downhill from there
@sibsInExile
i would say after the first season
after that season, i agree with andrew. there are a lot of little things that i loved about lost but the story just becomes…. silly once everything is “explained” at the end. for example, season 4 is completely useless and could have been excised from the plot and it wouldn’t have made a difference.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
I don't know
In retrospect, because of the ending, season 2 wasn’t as great. But at the time it was pretty awesome. There were soo many questions and the plot was so intriguing. I thought it was better than season1 at the time. Obviously not the case now.
@sibsInExile
i liked how they killed off paulo and nikki
otherwise, it was obvious they were stalling for time in season 2. although the michael subplot was awesome. and they never did explain why the others let go walt (although they sort of explained in an extra scene on the DVDs).
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
there are a lot of little things scattered about in Lost that I love
like Jeremy Davies’ character, or most of Desmond’s mindfuck episodes. But yeah, after the first season ends it gets really hard to watcg (at least, on a second go through. I saw the whole thing one time through).
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the Orioles' season?
The watch/rewatch thing is a good point.
I watched it all when it aired and I don’t know that I would rewatch beyond the first season. Or if I did, I would skip a lot. I might watch the whole time travel season though. I can never get tired of time travel.
"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 Aug 2, 2011 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions
oh that is sooo awesome.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
while that used to be true
I don’t think that’s the current opinion. It’s not mine, anyway. Gotham is Chicago now.
Yea I think your right
but I think it’s supposed to be a representation of huge cities like NYC or Chicago or LA (even though it obviously isn’t LA)
@sibsInExile
I'd imagine Batman's first job in crime fighting there would get Big Ben to learn the word 'no'.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
That's definitely the premise of the critically-acclaimed Batman 2.5
Right between Dark Knight and Dark Knight Rises.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 2, 2011 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Whoa...
http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/dish/201108/mlb-tradition-hurts-hitters-bat-speed
Looks like I’ll be changing my church league softball on-deck ritual…
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 12:00 PM EDT reply actions
odds of this study changing anything in the game?
I’ll say 5%. That seems generous.
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the Orioles' season?
Hey now.. it's a slow news day, lay off. =P
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
oh, its interesting stuff
but baseball players think necklaces give them superpowers. There’s no way they’re going to change their at bat warm up routine.
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the Orioles' season?
Eh
I have two reactions:
First, this doesn’t exactly sound like the most scientific of studies:
Using a photo-sensor-measuring device, he gauged the bat speed of a series of college players. Each hitter took three practice swings before facing either live pitching or a pitching machine. Each pitch was thrown at roughly 75 mph. DeRenne repeated the exercise several times, changing the weight of warm-up bats.
Second, I think Nick Swisher says it best:
“Hey, each guy does what’s right for him,” says Nick Swisher, a New York Yankees outfielder. “How you feel matters most.”
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Showalter and MacPhail are running this team solely off "gut feelings"
How’s that working out?
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 Aug 2, 2011 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions
haha well when you're hitting how you feel actually matters
Not so much when assembling or managing a team.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Using a photo-sensor-measuring device
Why didn’t they just use a radar gun?
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
How do you train the radar gun
to ignore the ball and just clock the bat?
Like a bad, suave dude. You know what I'm sayin'. COOL. SC 7/24/08
by 33 on Aug 2, 2011 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
don't know, thought maybe it was possible.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
Well
and also why aren’t they using a single pitching machine set at a much higher velocity? A hitter doesn’t swing 100% on every swing – the speed of the pitch matters a lot.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
as long as they instructed the batters to swing 100%, shouldn't be a problem.
btw, i didn’t read the article.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
I don't think swinging really works that way
in the same way that trying to throw hard doesn’t result in faster radar gun readings.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
you can’t swing at 100% at will? you need to live 90mph pitches only?
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
I think it helps
and surely 75 mph isn’t going to force anybody to swing hard. My wife could hit 75 mph pitches (eh…maybe not…).
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
it may not force you to swing hard
but you still have the option of swinging hard.
And i tried to hit 75 mph pitches. i couldn’t hit them AT ALL. i fucking suck. i think i fouled one off. wiffed on all the rest. and now that i think about, i think the pitches were more like 70 mph.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
haha
Yeah 75 is not slow for somebody that doesn’t at least play semi-serious baseball, but these are college players.
In the league I play in now I’d say the average velocity is 78-82, and that’s made up of mostly ex-college and minor league players, but at least everybody played high school varsity baseball. Guys still strike out against the dudes throwing slower, but it’s usually because of changing speeds. For whatever reason there seem to be a lot of older lefty junk ballers in this league.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Hahah....I don't think I could throw 75 right now.
But I’ve got Markakis arms….
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
well throwing 75 is a different issue
but still if you ever go to “the bullpen” or whatever that place is called outside of the Nats stadium and check out the speed pitch tons of people are throwing 75.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
I wanna try, but I've fucked up my elbow something fierce.
Happened back in middle school baseball. Haven’t been able to crank it up since.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Probably your UCL!
I can’t do that shit either – I need to warm up for a solid 20 minutes before I even touch a ball and then throw for another 10-15 before I can put anything on it. At one of our games this summer the other team had a radar gun out, but they were only using it on their guys. I was pissed.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
I throw a couple of pitches and it feels like my arm is going to fall off.
Incredibly sharp pain from the elbow.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Which part of your elbow?
If you hold your hand palm facing up and trace a line from your pinky down to your elbow is it in that area?
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
It feels like its right in the middle of the elbow.
With the palm facing up, I get the most pain slightly below center.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Hmm
That’s strange. Hard to imagine an injury that could last for that long other than UCL.
When you say slightly below center do you mean where your bicep meets your elbow?
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
I dunno what the "cap" of the elbow is called
But its on the outside of the elbow….almost like the kneecap. The pain I get seems to be right behind that towards the middle of the elbow.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Dude, I've totally got a radar gun
and a huge backyard. Ever find yourself bored in Salisbury, we’ll see how fast you throw.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
lol
I might take you up on that offer – I have another buddy who would love to get on a gun again who might be up for a drive. The problem is I’d probably have to catch him and I absolutely hate doing that.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
I thought you city folk didn't even own cars!
Think of the damage you’ll do to the environment by going down there!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
We could bike
but I’d be worried that certain anti-bikers on this blog would run us off the road.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
That'd be a long-ass bike ride.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
There's a baseball field no more than 2 miles from my house
It’s Little League,though. There is a HS field about 5 mil from my house I can get us on if needed.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
And you'll love this
It’s a Hot Wheels radar gun, made for R/C cars, but baseball an softball coaches use it all the time. Picked it up for $38 after shipping on eBay.
It now retails for closer to $100.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
But that's only part of it
why have non-constant pitching? It sounds like they are using a mix of pitching machines and live pitchers throwing “roughly 75 mph.” How can that possibly give you an accurate measure?
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
"A hitter doesn’t swing 100% on every swing"
Bryce Harper laughs at you mere mortals
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
I is around.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 2, 2011 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Somewhat interesting thought for the day
Mark Reynolds is no longer the Orioles’ best statistical hitter on the season. That honor is now Adam Jones’ by a nose. But of course Mark’s defense devastates his overall value, and the rough evaluation that is fWAR has him at just 0.5. Compare that to Jones’ team-leading 2.7, and keep in mind that Jones’ defense is also hurting his overall value.
So, in following the train of thought that perhaps the Orioles should simply move Reynolds to DH and reap the rewards of having an actual valuable player, I went in and tinkered with the fWAR calculation. This involves giving him a lot of points back for his negative defensive value, but it also involved taking almost all of those added points away from him because of the positional adjustment that is made when fWAR is calculated…and Mark Reynolds: full time DH and one of the team’s best hitters would still only have an fWAR below 1.5.
The moral of the story: DHs aren’t that valuable unless they are literally one of the 25 or so best hitters in all of baseball, and Mark Reynolds just ain’t that. Maybe he can play a reasonable first base, though?
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the Orioles' season?
How do his throwing/fielding errors break down for the season?
A quick Google search returned nothing and I’m just too busy to look it up right now. I feel like I’ve seen more fielding errors this year, which would indicate that a move to first might not yield better D. However he will have considerably less hard hit balls going his way at 1B, so it’s hard to say if the fielding can improve.
What would you ideally like to see for the rest of the season as far as who plays where? Bell-3B, Reynolds/Davis-1B/DH, Reimold-full time LF, never DH?
One thing’s for certain, Vlad just has absolutely no room on this team post-trade deadline, not that he did before. We now have to evaluate the ML-readiness of Bell, Davis, Reimold to a lesser extent in two short months and there is no room whatsoever for wasted AB’s for Vlad.
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 Aug 2, 2011 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
buuut...
The net impact on WAR for the team is very positive, assuming Josh Bell/Andino/whoever plays better defense than Reynolds, we would gain the offensive difference from the horrible Vladi and the defensive difference from Reynolds.
Not the point you were making, I know, but you work with what you have, and ostensibly we’re trying to win baseball games.
Just because you know how to read, doesn't mean you'll like the book.
by arlingtonOsFan on Aug 2, 2011 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Also,
I’m really not that familiar with WAR or fWAR, but it’s my understanding that WAR takes the level of talent at each position into account, correct? So wouldn’t his WAR/fWAR take a dive if he moved to 1B due to the ridiculous amount of power in the AL at that position?
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 Aug 2, 2011 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I can explain fangraphs at least, since I've been looking at it for a while
They factor out how many runs the player has earned batting, running, and fielding and add those together. Then there is an additional +20 runs per 600 PA which is the “replacement level adjustment” to compensate for playing time. Then there is the positional adjustment, which is basically my whole point. And on fangraphs it breaks down like so:
+12.5 runs for catchers
+7.5 runs for shortstops
+2.5 runs for second basemen, center fielders, and third basemen
-7.5 for right and left fielders
-12.5 for first basemen
-17.5 for DHs
and that is based on the fact that, at its most elementary level, playing catcher is harder than playing any other position, and therefore the talent pool is smaller. And while I could quibble with some of these things, I don’t think anybody could rightly argue that playing DH is harder than any other position. And therefore the bar for being a good player when you’re just a DH is that much higher.
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the Orioles' season?
I agree conceptually, question though:
are those adjustments based on anything? or just kinda…divined?
Like, what calculation was done to show that a catcher is worth exactly 5 runs more than a shortstop rather than 8 or 2.
Just because you know how to read, doesn't mean you'll like the book.
by arlingtonOsFan on Aug 2, 2011 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
They used a photo sensor measuring device.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
fine fine, you get a rec
Just because you know how to read, doesn't mean you'll like the book.
by arlingtonOsFan on Aug 2, 2011 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions
off the top of my head I'm not sure
i know i’ve read about the details somewhere…probably on tangotiger’s website
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the Orioles' season?
DHs aren’t that valuable unless they are literally one of the 25 or so best hitters in all of baseball,
DING DING DING. A point that was brought a lot in the offseason with the Vlad signing. You have to Pujols like hitter to be really valuable as a DH.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
Yeah, everyone backed out on us..... totally sucks.
You never know though. It’s a fickle conference from year to year.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Did you hear the news last night?
Haukur Palsson is leaving to play professionally in Europe. We’re down to 8 scholarship players.
Yup
Read it on Testudo Times this morning. We’re screwed with 5 less scholarships than everyone else.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
HAWK?
NOIOOOOOOOOOO
Eh, If we suck this year but land shaq, mac, and the harrisons, I’m fine.
‘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 Aug 2, 2011 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Haha Palsson's leaving now too?
We’re punting this upcoming season. Gary pretty much assured that by not giving a new coach any time to recruit for 11. But just look at all those delicious scholarships we have available for the next few years. If Turgeon can get the twins and whoever else we’re going after for ‘12, we’re gonna go from sub-.500 record in ’11 to pre-season Top 25 in ’12.
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 Aug 2, 2011 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions
With the connections we have in place, there's no reason that dream can't be a reality
If we don’t get 3 to 4 of those 6 names in the next two years, I’d like to see Turgeon fired.
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 Aug 2, 2011 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Cleare seems to be a pretty solid commit, and maybe soon.
Which would definitely help with the twins. Jefferson is blowing up and could be a lot tougher than he seemed a few months ago. I’m still surprised were as involved with McGary as we are, and Anya is still too far away to really predict. Top recruits are tough, even great teams miss out on way more than they get. I’d be very happy if we get one in 2012 and the twins in 2013, and then fill in with some solid 4 stars.
This could be our chance to walk on.
"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 Aug 2, 2011 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions
They should have a contest
where each night they randomly select one person from the crowd to fill the last bench spot.
But then what will they do for road games?
"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 Aug 2, 2011 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
isn't there a section desginated for the road fans for every game in the NCAA?
take someone from there.
I like throwing baseballs & footballs. Walks on beach are cool, especially w/wife & kids or some Bieber beats. Shoes are my passion and I love to ride bikes. - Guts' Twitter Bio
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 2, 2011 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm going to not read the article
and assume that from a young age jose reyes’ parents called him jo-jo
by kba26 on Aug 2, 2011 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Duchscherer released as well.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/08/orioles-release-justin-duchscherer.html
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
He's got a 5.40 ERA. He'll fit right 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 Aug 2, 2011 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Does he also go only 4 to 5 innings deep per start?
I want to make sure our bullpen isn’t looking forward to getting rest. Got to keep their adrenaline up.
Mother, did it need to be so high.
Looks like he's pitched 110 innings in 20 starts.
So that’s between 5.1 and 5.2 IP. Right in line with the Orioles’ average.
"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 Aug 2, 2011 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions
A lefty
nothing wrong with adding an arm, notably a lefty. Will he replace Gonzo or Jako?
Oh hey buddy, didn't see you there
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 Aug 2, 2011 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions
HAHAHAAHAAHAHHAAHA
“Oh hey buddy” – priceless
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I'M NOT YOUR BUDDY, GUY
"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 NOT YOUR GUY, FRIEND
Just because you know how to read, doesn't mean you'll like the book.
by arlingtonOsFan on Aug 2, 2011 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah any lefty will do
who gives a shit if they’ve been awful in both the minors and majors in significant innings.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
There's a couple of corresponding roster moves coming today
Bergesen will be off paternity leave as well. It’s getting hard to keep track of this stuff.
"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 Aug 2, 2011 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions
well it's tough to care when every move is bottom of the roster stuff.
Considering everyone on this team after the top 5 or so is more or less the 25th guy on the roster.
Just because you know how to read, doesn't mean you'll like the book.
by arlingtonOsFan on Aug 2, 2011 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions
And let's not forget that Cesar Izturis might be activated tonight.
vomit
"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 Aug 2, 2011 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Leave salad man alone!
he has a gold glove!
I like throwing baseballs & footballs. Walks on beach are cool, especially w/wife & kids or some Bieber beats. Shoes are my passion and I love to ride bikes. - Guts' Twitter Bio
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 2, 2011 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions
MAXIMUM IZTURIS!
Just because you know how to read, doesn't mean you'll like the book.
by arlingtonOsFan on Aug 2, 2011 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
see, when I saw that I thought it said Jose and I was this close to freaking the fuck out.
Damn it feels good to be a contributor, Music City Miracles.
"We’re not backing down, we’re not scared of them...them and their 180 million dollar payroll"
- Kevin Gregg
by danielreese05 on Aug 2, 2011 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
the cylons nod in agreement.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
Some teams make trades.
The Orioles pick up JoJo freakin’ Reyes off of waivers. That’s the difference between good teams and the Orioles. #HatsOffBAL!!!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
This is simply an embarrassing pickup.
I’d rather just toss Bobby Bundy out there and hope you hit the lottery.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions
so the rotation
is now going to look like, what, Guthrie-Hunter-Arrieta-Reyes-Britton?
Can I still get a partial season ticket plan?
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the Orioles' season?
by Andrew_G on Aug 2, 2011 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Or, if you want less of a circus, see if Barnum & Bailey is still touring
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
that no. 1 pick best watch its back, we're gunnin for it
Just because you know how to read, doesn't mean you'll like the book.
by arlingtonOsFan on Aug 2, 2011 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions
REND... um...
who are we clamoring for this year again?
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
I don't think it's such a bad idea!
He’s experience NO success in the majors, and only very little, intermittent success in the minors! What could go wrong?
did i miss something or did weak sauce hit the DL?
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
or wait, did he go back to the DR to deal with court stuff?
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
then, what? Send Britton back down? That seems kind of dumb to me
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the Orioles' season?
use weak sauce over jo jo.
i must admit that i like saying jo jo sort of like RAPADA!
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
I guess Reyes better go to the bullpen, then
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the Orioles' season?
that's preferable no?
i mean i realize it’s two shit options, but i’ll take weak sauce over jo jo.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
Andy
Don’t forget the write-up on the front page or Tracy’s gonna get mad again.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh snap! I was actually being sarcastic... he really gets front page real estate?
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions
your mom gets front page real estate.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
your moms front page real estate has been foreclosed on
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions
damn, that's a good one
i’m not going to win this battle so i’ll bow out now.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
The Os have a "JJ" fetish
Andy: “What!?! JJ Reyes is on waivers??!? PICK HIM UP!!!!!”
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Right Britton must stay up
At this rate he’ll make it through the first inning in the next 2-3 starts.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
300+ innings with a 6+ ERA
OMG
What the fuck man? This is simply depressing. Is this seriously a fucking joke.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
FORMER TOP PROSPECT!!!!!
Damn it feels good to be a contributor, Music City Miracles.
"We’re not backing down, we’re not scared of them...them and their 180 million dollar payroll"
- Kevin Gregg
by danielreese05 on Aug 2, 2011 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I mean
I wish this kid at least had a fluke season under his belt like Bergy so I could at least get my hopes up, but every single season of his is a shit circus.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions
You know who else we laughed about when he got picked up?
Jeremy Guthrie.
Also, there is no way in hell Jo Jo Reyes is ever as good as Guthrie.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Guthrie didn't have as much of a major league track record as Reyes though.
Guts threw 37 MLB innings for Cleveland before they waived him.
Reyes has 304 MLB innings.
"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 Aug 2, 2011 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Fact: The Indians make dumb personnel decisions.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
fact, the Indians are two games out of first place
Damn it feels good to be a contributor, Music City Miracles.
"We’re not backing down, we’re not scared of them...them and their 180 million dollar payroll"
- Kevin Gregg
by danielreese05 on Aug 2, 2011 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Some minor league teams could win that division.
If Ubaldo doesn’t work out too well for them, I will have to laugh at them.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Fact: You don't use a comma after "Fact".
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Fact: Fact, like other words, can be used before a comma.
Just because you know how to read, doesn't mean you'll like the book.
by arlingtonOsFan on Aug 2, 2011 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
.
more you know.
Damn it feels good to be a contributor, Music City Miracles.
"We’re not backing down, we’re not scared of them...them and their 180 million dollar payroll"
- Kevin Gregg
by danielreese05 on Aug 2, 2011 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions
that's not what i remembered
guthrie ran of options because he signed a major league contract out of college. he was exposed to waivers much earlier than what the indians wanted.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
Yup. And the story goes it was Dave Trembley who told the O's to claim Guthrie.
"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 Aug 2, 2011 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions
because he saw Guthrie a lot at AAA when he was Ottawa's manager.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
Well it did
in fact, our very own SC shit all over him here.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
looks like JP’s profile is no longer in existence. huh.
Damn it feels good to be a contributor, Music City Miracles.
"We’re not backing down, we’re not scared of them...them and their 180 million dollar payroll"
- Kevin Gregg
by danielreese05 on Aug 2, 2011 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe he is Josey Wales
Wouldn’t that be awesome.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions
it’s a theory, but that guy doesn’t spew enough vitriol to be JP.
Damn it feels good to be a contributor, Music City Miracles.
"We’re not backing down, we’re not scared of them...them and their 180 million dollar payroll"
- Kevin Gregg
by danielreese05 on Aug 2, 2011 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Hahaha....did he really delete his profile after that whole spat with Tracy?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
I guess he thought he was no longer welcome here
Damn it feels good to be a contributor, Music City Miracles.
"We’re not backing down, we’re not scared of them...them and their 180 million dollar payroll"
- Kevin Gregg
by danielreese05 on Aug 2, 2011 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't think so
I remember looking through old comments (vainly re-reading my own old comments, I’ll confess) and I think his username has always looked like that on older posts.
But I am getting old and my memory may be going, so twss.
i think a lot of people had to create new profiles in 2008
I remember looking at some old-timer’s profiles, and they all had the same creation date.
The “new” JP profile still exists:
damn... comments are closed on that article.
I was gonna go over their and talk a bunch of shit to a retired blogger!
He’s an arm, though, and going into the spring you can never have enough of those in camp.
Seems pretty accurate to me. I mean as a waiver pick, a FREE pick up, there was no reason to shit on this pick up and don’t see it any shitting on it once you factor this in.
In their defense, this was a pretty low risk pickup
I got no problem with him. Hes a good risk;
Jerermy Guthrie will not turn into another Kofax, But part of the beauty of baseball is: you never know. Still, Guthrie is a gamble well worth taking.
Guthrie takes up a roster spot. He has no options. Let’s assume he’s coveted, as the O’s indicate. They have a small window to evaluate and keep him in the minors. If he doesn’t do well enough to make the team he’ll need to go on waivers. If he’s claimed, the O’s can bargain for a trade or accept a waiver fee. I don’t see a downside.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
Of course, there's also this:
It’s unlikely that Guthrie will ever be a factor in the major leagues, because he’s had some wild control issues in his brief stints in the bigs. His minor league numbers are rather crap, too: 4.40 ERA, 1.40 WHIP over about 570 innings.
Just what we need in the rotation, another fastball righty with control issues. WOOOO. Another failed former prospect running on empty in the potential tank. WOOOO.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
sure, i’m just saying there were plenty of people who saw it as a low risk, high reward pick up. the fact that people shit on it too doesn’t surprise me.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
sure, just want to sure that opinion wasn't portrayed as a consensus or widely held opinion.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
EVERYONE HELD THAT OPINION
Whatcha gunna do bout it?
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
play some bruce springsteen for you.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
Wow, I just hope that we're all as wrong about Chris Davis and Tommy Hunter.
"Baseball is an island of activity in a sea of statistics." - Anon
Where has that Tracy girl that used to hang around here been?
Did she take over Pinstripe Alley or something?
i believe tracy is on vacation.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
Pretty sure that means I'm in charge here.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
You're not even a KOOPA TROOPA!!!!
Fucking Goomba!
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions
You are like a half a step higher in the chain of comman than chuckthefan.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Ouch!
You cut me deep, man. You cut me deep!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
That doesn't matter
everyone knows i’ve always been in charge of the camden chat shadow government. Its only a matter of time.
Fact: You have the same CC rank as 'RED SOX #1 IN MY HEART'.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Fact: You are Richard Lynch's boyfriend.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
Fact: A lot of people like that sort of thing and find nothing wrong with it.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, i should strike that one out of the record, my bad folks. how about this one.
FACT: You are one of dsciswe’s scouts.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
by birdman on Aug 2, 2011 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
That's just a low-blow man...
(packs clipboard for Keys game tonight)
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions
don't forget your photo-sensor-measuring device.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
I like it when she shows up.
“Greetings CC! Oh, looks like you won a game last night. That’s adorable! Just keep eating your Wheaties and saying your prayers and one day you can grow up to be a big boy team too! Gotta go, Youklis just hit five home runs.”
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 Aug 2, 2011 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Haha
She’s always like:
“Is it safe for me to come by… I wanted to stop by a couple days ago when the Yanks 15-run ruled your ass by the top of the 2nd, but thought I’d wait a couple days”.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I picked up the flip flop fly ball book
and there are two really great unexpected things in it: one is a picture from Birdland Day, and two is an illustration of “Kevin Youkalyptus” with a koala hanging on his arm.
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the Orioles' season?
That commenter is a she?
I always read those comments in the voice of an overexcited 12-year-old.
by ahoque24 on Aug 2, 2011 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
read my mind
Damn it feels good to be a contributor, Music City Miracles.
"We’re not backing down, we’re not scared of them...them and their 180 million dollar payroll"
- Kevin Gregg
by danielreese05 on Aug 2, 2011 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions
If you were...
you’d know it’s called the sub-committee
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
She left me in charge for a week, not that I'm doing anything different.
Although I did get to threaten to ban that Rangers guy yesterday, which was fun.
"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 Aug 2, 2011 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not sure why that guy was here.
To tell us that their fringe major league players are actually really good and we’ll probably win a WS just because of them?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
I kind of referred to him as "one of the biggest idiots on the Rangers blog"
I would guess he felt the need to defend his honor. My b, yo.
"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 Aug 2, 2011 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions
What was he googling his name or something?
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Probably one of the other people on LSB was reading here and saw the comment.
"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 Aug 2, 2011 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm pretty sure that was dsciswe's cousin or something.
“I told you guys Derrek Lee was going to the Pirates!!”
Instead of that, we just had Rangers themed statements.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
I'm actually semi-optimistic about Hunter
When is his first start again?
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
who knows but he’s fat, let him throw 200.
Damn it feels good to be a contributor, Music City Miracles.
"We’re not backing down, we’re not scared of them...them and their 180 million dollar payroll"
- Kevin Gregg
by danielreese05 on Aug 2, 2011 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't think he's penciled in yet.
But there’s no starter listed for Thursday, so maybe…?
"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 Aug 2, 2011 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
he almost got himself outlawed, huh?
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the Orioles' season?
by Andrew_G on Aug 2, 2011 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
It would have been my first banning.
I guess I also threatened that random Yankee fan with banning too, but that guy was trolling and would have deserved it. Although he stopped when I warned him, so I guess there’s that.
"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 Aug 2, 2011 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, he kind of stopped...
I think some of his questions were sarcastic.
Dude, you need to drop the banhammer at least ONCE during your interimship.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions
with great power comes great responsibility.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
Over/Under on the amount of days until our resident scout hookup is banned?
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 Aug 2, 2011 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Nobody is gonna get banned for being stubbornly old-fashioned.
"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 Aug 2, 2011 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions
You gotta ban someone man...
Let’s hope some drunken Royal fan rolls in here tonight…
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions
We should have a one troll limit
They can be fun sometimes. The moment a second one comes along, the oldest one gets the hammer
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 Aug 2, 2011 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Kinda like the no Homers club?
‘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 Aug 2, 2011 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions
He's not being stubbornly old-fashioned.
He’s making shit up.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Don't ban him!
He’s hilairous! And speaking of hilarious, whatever happened to JP?
"Real Orioles don't pout. Real Orioles don't gloat. Real Orioles just win."
by NewYorkOriole on Aug 2, 2011 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions
i think he's chosen not participate in CC anymore, but i'm not sure what the story is.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
He hates the communist manifesto CC Community Guidelines for the site.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Ah
I just remember him at the beginning of the season arguing with James F about how great this year’s Orioles would be. I really wanted to see the aftermath of all that.
"Real Orioles don't pout. Real Orioles don't gloat. Real Orioles just win."
by NewYorkOriole on Aug 2, 2011 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
You have a loser mentality
Vlad has been AWESOME!
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
I bet everyone is scouting him.
I wonder if there is anyone here who could share this information with me….
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
BTW
I almost went to that Renegades game you’re going to – I’m only a half hour from the stadium but I can’t make it….
"Real Orioles don't pout. Real Orioles don't gloat. Real Orioles just win."
by NewYorkOriole on Aug 2, 2011 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh that's lame
I’m probably gonna go again next month for the last series (also against the Ironbirds).
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
nobody here likes old Westerns, then, huh?
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the Orioles' season?
ISWYDT
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 Aug 2, 2011 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
that was a randomly weird thing to read yesterday.
I briefly stopped by, read that, made an awkward turtle, and peaced back out.
I guess it wasn’t his fault for not knowing we have our own connection to super secret scouting & analysis.
decided to change my sig.
w00t
I like throwing baseballs & footballs. Walks on beach are cool, especially w/wife & kids or some Bieber beats. Shoes are my passion and I love to ride bikes. - Guts' Twitter Bio
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 2, 2011 3:09 PM EDT reply actions
Do you only come here for cheap applause every time you change your signature?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Aug 2, 2011 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
no, but I feel it is very important to the community
that everyone knows the latest of my all important signature. You might disagree though. :P
I like throwing baseballs & footballs. Walks on beach are cool, especially w/wife & kids or some Bieber beats. Shoes are my passion and I love to ride bikes. - Guts' Twitter Bio
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 2, 2011 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm thinking about starting to put a signature on my handle for the first time.
And changing it every single day with my favorite CC line of the day.
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
that's be fun
but a struggle to keep up.
I like throwing baseballs & footballs. Walks on beach are cool, especially w/wife & kids or some Bieber beats. Shoes are my passion and I love to ride bikes. - Guts' Twitter Bio
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 2, 2011 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions
that was a good one.
I like throwing baseballs & footballs. Walks on beach are cool, especially w/wife & kids or some Bieber beats. Shoes are my passion and I love to ride bikes. - Guts' Twitter Bio
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 2, 2011 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
That one was just sitting on the tee for you.
"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 Aug 2, 2011 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Softball hit RIGHT at you.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
seriously?
you don’t know what “TWSS” stands for? how long have you been reading this site?
carolina in my mind...
I just googled it
didn’t realize what it was short for…
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
Cuz it's only 4 letters
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
Not being lame
But who should I be watching for Frederick tonight besides Machaod and Flacco (mainly because I’m a Ravens nut and that’s pretty cool).
Seems like everyone I was following there has moved on… Drake, Britton, Bundy…
also I heard Randy Henry just got promoted
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the Orioles' season?
I've been really down on him
ever since i found out it wasn’t pronounced shoop
by kba26 on Aug 2, 2011 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ahhhh.... I always forget about him.
Our other Minor League All-Star rep
by Wieters Wieners on Aug 2, 2011 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Britton, Tillman, Matusz, Bergesen, Davis, Pie
Oh wait…..they’re not at single A?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
This statement means nothing to me.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
That's great
You’ll get to band a bunch of nerdy chicks next year. I’m assuming since you play ball that you’re adequately in shape, sociable, and comfortable around women… which will make you an alpha male in an honors dorm.
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 Aug 2, 2011 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions
band=bang
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 Aug 2, 2011 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Plenty of attractive nerdy chicks!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
agree with what AMD said
some of those nerdy chicks like to put out too, just be sure to separate them from the herd early on.
besides, it’s not like you’re strictly confined to making friends within your dorm. i think you’ll be alright.
carolina in my mind...
You need to get in quick, though...
I remember freshmen year in the engineering dorms; there were 3 or 4 hot chicks on my floor. By the end of the 1st month, each of those girls had several rings of dudes that followed her everywhere. The hotter the chick, the more rings; then you had to wait for one of the dudes to fall off before you could latch on to the outermost ring and make your way inward.
But anyway, what do I know, I was chickenshit anyway at 18. I wrote an op-ed piece in the school paper, and the hottest of the hot chicks on my floor posted it on the front door of her dorm. And what did I do? Nothin! There’s not a day goes by I don’t feel regret. Not because I’m in here, or because you think I should. I look back on the way I was then, a young, stupid kid who committed that terrible crime. I want to talk to him. I want to try and talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. But I can’t. That kid’s long gone and this old man is all that’s left. I got to live with that.
"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.."
by tflach2 on Aug 2, 2011 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
I had a similar experience.
Oh the missed opportunities…..
Now I’m old and still probably not wiser from the experience.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Haha fantastic
Please tell me you were inspired by the LOLNFL posting on Kissing Suzy Kolber 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 Aug 2, 2011 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Nope, I only have one sports blog that I follow...
I couldn’t even imagine how terribly unproductive I would be at work if I followed more.
"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.."
i think us two are the only ones that regularly read that site
it’s so glorious though
carolina in my mind...
been waiting forever to use this one
Damn it feels good to be a contributor, Music City Miracles.
"We’re not backing down, we’re not scared of them...them and their 180 million dollar payroll"
- Kevin Gregg
by danielreese05 on Aug 2, 2011 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions
aaaaaaand it didn’t show up
Damn it feels good to be a contributor, Music City Miracles.
"We’re not backing down, we’re not scared of them...them and their 180 million dollar payroll"
- Kevin Gregg
by danielreese05 on Aug 2, 2011 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions
It still didn't show up.
"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 Aug 2, 2011 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Here...
http://static3.fjcdn.com/thumbnails/comments/6e/33/6e331bcaa3523bb3e167e6b8607da6c7.jpg
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Funnyjunk.com
It’s just a bunch of pictures of Luke E
by WestcoastO'sFan on Aug 2, 2011 5:43 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
This is fucking brilliant.
"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 Aug 2, 2011 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions
So, today's lesson...
I’m buying my 14 year old science geek daughter a freakin’ TASER for a HS grad gift.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
What about pepper spray?
a la Dwight Schrute? Believe it or not, in addition to wearing a rape whistle (Silver Spring, man) I do carry pepper spray in my purse.
"Dyslexia?? It's DCO." - WestcoastO'sfan
Personally, I'd buy here a Beretta .22
but she’s not allowed to purchase or own a handgun until age 21, and concealed carry permits are practically impossible to obtain for civilians in MD.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Pepper spray is actually pretty effective
It subdues the attacker just long enough for you to run away and call 911 while you’re at it (that’s another thing—always carry a cell phone if you’re really worried). In the sketchy patches I have my cell phone in hand. Often times I call my dad and carry on a random conversation so people will leave me alone. It seems to work. I’m still paranoid, though.
"Dyslexia?? It's DCO." - WestcoastO'sfan
Just played "JISM" in Words With Friends
That should be automatic win.
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 Aug 2, 2011 4:20 PM EDT reply actions
add another "S" next time
jism or jissom —n. taboo informal words for semen.
"Grow nothing, buy the 'Pen" (Wieters Weiners)
That's generally how jism happens
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
by daveh873 on Aug 2, 2011 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
I don't know if anyone posted this but it just showed up on my news feed
(considering it was published on July 14th and I haven’t really been active on CC since camp started):
Now, Grinnell WAS on my list, actually pretty high up… but nuh uh. NO MORE.
"Dyslexia?? It's DCO." - WestcoastO'sfan
Hint:
Don’t pick colleges based on HuffPo lists.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Aug 2, 2011 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I realize that.
But it’s also in the middle of fucking nowhere (yes, even more nowhere than Salisbury, duck). I’m not even sure if there’s a gas station in the town. I mean corn stalks don’t need gas so it’s no big deal, right?
"Dyslexia?? It's DCO." - WestcoastO'sfan
Good thinking there.
Iowa is not for everyone anyone.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Aug 2, 2011 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions
I have the ocean 35 minutes away
I’ll recover from the slight. :)
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
It was actually meant as a backhanded compliment.
Meaning, there are places more nowhere than your nowhere!
"Dyslexia?? It's DCO." - WestcoastO'sfan
My friend went to Grinnell and he said it was the biggest hippie school.
I’ve visited U of Georgia and can firm Athens is the huge hippie town.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
hippies are one manifestation of hipsters. hipsters are just early adapters of anti-mainstream styles. hippies are an example of that from the 60s and a style which has managed to periodically reemerge as popular. i’m surprised NYU or some Portland university didn’t make the hipster list.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
whoops, looks like Portland State made the list, but not NYU.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
what about beatniks?
Just because you know how to read, doesn't mean you'll like the book.
by arlingtonOsFan on Aug 2, 2011 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions
i believe beatniks are a bit earlier than the hippies and definitely a different crowd in terms of style and philosophy. but definitely another variation of the hipster.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
not really.
(had to study them in English class) They were the precursors of the hippie movement. Many of the leaders, like Ginsberg, went on to become leaders of the Hippie revolution of the 60’s. It started in the late 50’s and the beatnik movement ran concurrently, but really merged with the hippie movement. At the very least Ginsberg’s works were fueled by anti-establishment tendencies and a rejection of mainstream thought, and the whole idea of universal freedom, whether it be freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom of sexuality etc. etc. These were all things the hippies believed in. I guess you could say that the hippie movement grew out of the beatniks.
Of course, Kerouac is famous for despising the hippie movement and wanting nothing to do with it, but I think he’s the exception, not the rule.
Now I may be totally wrong about this because my teacher was a douche but I’m just going to assume that he knew what he was talking about.
"Dyslexia?? It's DCO." - WestcoastO'sfan
huh? i said the beatniks were earlier than the hippies which you confirm.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
Yes, but you also said they were a different crowd in terms of style and philosophy
That’s what I was disagreeing with.
"Dyslexia?? It's DCO." - WestcoastO'sfan
well, they were different
hippies were apolitical and drop out types (see Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test). beatniks were not. and i don’t remember jack kerouac wearing tie dyed t-shirts.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
...
Of course, Kerouac is famous for despising the hippie movement and wanting nothing to do with it, but I think he’s the exception, not the rule.
But more to the point, I think there’s a fundamental difference between identifying with a certain school of thought and actually wearing the tie-dyed shirts and getting high on acid with your deadhead buddies. They both identified with each other in terms of ideology. Just because Kerouac didn’t want to run around naked in remote meadows and sit around a campfire singing kumbaya doesn’t mean the beatniks didn’t have a lot of similarities to hippie ideology.
"Dyslexia?? It's DCO." - WestcoastO'sfan
the hippies were decidedly anti-ideology while the beatniks were not. that’s a huge difference.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
ok say what you want about wikipedia...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_hippie_movement#Precursors
"Dyslexia?? It's DCO." - WestcoastO'sfan
i'm fine with seeing beatniks are precursors
but i wouldn’t conflate the two.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
But I don't understand how you can evolve from one movement by having a complete break in ideology
Then it doesn’t seem like movement B really evolved from movement A.
"Dyslexia?? It's DCO." - WestcoastO'sfan
Kerouac also hated beatniks.
IIRC, On the Road predated the beatniks by like a decade and he hated them and thought they’d completely missed his point, even though their entire schtick was due to him
Just because you know how to read, doesn't mean you'll like the book.
by arlingtonOsFan on Aug 2, 2011 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Also, from my own mind I don't think hippies are a manifestation of hipsters
Because the hippies weren’t just anti-mainstream for the fucking hell of it, like modern hipsters. Much of their distaste came from an anti-Vietnam War sentiment and the plastic-y, fake world that was 1950’s America.
"Dyslexia?? It's DCO." - WestcoastO'sfan
Much of their distaste came from an anti-Vietnam War sentiment and the plastic-y, fake world that was 1950’s America.
hippies were mostly a manifestation of a distaste for the suburbs and and as you say, plastic-y, fake world that was 1950’s America, which is pretty much the mainstream. they are no really no different from the pabst blue ribbon, vampire weekend listening hipsters of today.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
I think it's too much of a simplification to pin down a social phenomenon
like the hippies to any thing as broad as “the plastic-y fake world.” That’s also a really broad simplification of the 50s.
Of course that wasn't an all-encompassing way to describe the 1950's
but that was the main part the hippies were objecting to.
"Dyslexia?? It's DCO." - WestcoastO'sfan
as a shorthand description, it's completely fine.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
I don't think so.
That’s the stereotype, but that’s like thinking all that was happening in the 80’s was terrible pop music. There was a lot more happening…
come on dude,
for people who are chatting informally on a baseball blog?! it’s completely fine. this isn’t a debate published an academic journal. we don’t need to go into detail about qualifying descriptions and discussing every nuance or else it would make the conversation a pain the ass.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
I vote:
every fucking thing that has to be a fucking debate is a pain in the ass.
THERE. I said it.
"Dyslexia?? It's DCO." - WestcoastO'sfan
I never said a word harsher than "darn" around my mother until I was 20.
"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 Aug 2, 2011 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions
just because you can something, doesn't mean you should!
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
tell your children not to walk my way
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
Maybe we should try to get this published.
Just a thought.
"Baseball is an island of activity in a sea of statistics." - Anon
Well I guess the hippies were too stoned to be smug bastards, then.
(yet, my dad still turned out to be one… hmm…)
"Dyslexia?? It's DCO." - WestcoastO'sfan
and if you don’t believe me, read this book. hehe, i just saw that i’m thanked in the acknowledgments. the author was an old prof of mine.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
honestly didn't know my name was there.
but yes, you’re right.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
also, doesn't person have to have a name first before you can name drop?
and the authors thanks the secretaries so he wasn’t exactly selective in who he thanked in the acknowledgments.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
I believe Portland State made the list.
And there are so many, yet there can only be ten on this particular list.
"Dyslexia?? It's DCO." - WestcoastO'sfan
Hippies are all about love
Hipsters love themselves
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
by daveh873 on Aug 2, 2011 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
also, based on what my friend said, there are a lot hippies at Grinnell (i.e., kids dressed as if they’re ready attend woodstock) when attended back in the 90s. same with athens, ga. i visited berkeley a few weeks ago, and there are still a lot of hippies floating around there as well.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
No Pie!
but exactly 1 too many Vladdy’s batting cleanup
Just because you know how to read, doesn't mean you'll like the book.
Any time your name's in the same sentence as Dr. Lewis Yocum, that's some bad juju.
"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 Aug 2, 2011 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions
you gotta be fucking kidding me.
The Andy MacPhail plan: "Grow nothing. Buy the pen," (Wieters Weiner 2011).
maybe he gets fixed and is awesome next year.
Just because you know how to read, doesn't mean you'll like the book.
by arlingtonOsFan on Aug 2, 2011 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions
It doesn't sound like we're talking TJ surgery, at least.
Although I don’t know what kind of crazy shit is involved in removing a “fibrous mass” either.
"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 Aug 2, 2011 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions
YOU MEAN SKIPPING SURGERY CAME BACK TO BITE HIM???
Damn it feels good to be a contributor, Music City Miracles.
"We’re not backing down, we’re not scared of them...them and their 180 million dollar payroll"
- Kevin Gregg
by danielreese05 on Aug 2, 2011 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Game thread time
http://www.camdenchat.com/2011/8/2/2340209/game-106-orioles-42-63-royals-46-62-8-10pm
Chen! Simon! It’s Orioles baseball on MASN!
"That ball is gone. We'll pause ten seconds to commit suicide ... I mean, for a station identification." - Joe Angel, 6/17/11
(actually MASN2, probably)
"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 Aug 2, 2011 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions
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