New Year's Day Bird Droppings
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Prince Fielder was in the Baltimore-Washington area, but not to meet with the Orioles… | HardballTalk
You know how Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo keeps trying to downplay his team's interest in Prince Fielder? How he keeps saying Adam LaRoche is going to be the team's first baseman next season? Yeah, this story isn't going to help his cause.(ED.NOTE: Not sure to whom to give credit for clipping this)
Orioles don’t appear to be in Prince Fielder sweepstakes - MLB - Sporting News
"According to The Baltimore Sun, Fielder and agent Scott Boras met with several major league owners during December, but Orioles’ managing partner Peter Angelos wasn’t one of them."
Steve Melewski: Dan Duquette: Between a rock and a (frustrated) fan base
"I don't completely relate, though, to the fans who seem to be clinging to seemingly extreme long shot hope that the Orioles will sign free agent Prince Fielder. I just don't see it happening and think the odds are not good at all." Just in case you thought Steve Melewski was losing his grip on reality.
A year in the life - Birds Watcher
"For the most part the Orioles were the Paul Sarbanes of the league in that they were somewhat forgotten." Any reference to the retired Maryland U.S. Senator from Salisbury is gonna get clipped by me.
Strains, Heartbreak, and RedmptiOn
The Wayward Oriole's always-wOrthy retrOspective of the Year That Was in BaltimOre. -zk
May you and yours have a wonderful 2012, and here's hoping the Mayans were really, really wrong.
Under a blood red sky
A crowd has gathered in black and white (ED. NOTE: and orange!)
Arms entwined, the chosen few
The newspapers says, says
Say it's true it's true...
And we can break through
Though torn in two
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Happy New Year everyone!
I hope everybody had a fun, safe night.
I'd put it this way; if an offense is a sugar cookie, on base percentage is the pastry part of the cookie, power is the icing, and baserunning is like the jimmies that they sprinkle onto the icing. - Bill James
Happy New Year!
Nice touch on the U2 lyric lol
"Birdland is the belief that as great as today just was, tomorrow might be even better." -EME
by OriolesOptimist on Jan 1, 2012 9:38 AM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Oddly enough, I did not drink last night.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 1, 2012 11:10 AM EST up reply actions
I got all kinds of fuckered up.
Say no to Prince Fielder in 2012.
by Knubles and Bits on Jan 1, 2012 11:13 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Cabs are hard to come by on New Years
We waited for an hour and 15 minutes for tipsy taxi. They were extremely rude on the phone too
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 Jan 1, 2012 2:53 PM EST up reply actions
This.
Also, not everyone lives in an area with readily available cabs. If you call one near my house, you’ll be waiting forever even on a normal day.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
That's why you don't live in the boonies.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
i must have waited about 30 minutes for the last blue line train last night at pentagon.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Ha!
That’s nothing. Coming back from Crystal City two weeks ago, I waited nearly an hour and half for trains at CC and Rosslyn.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
left dc around 2 am. got home around 4:30 am.
none of us are quite sure why it took so long.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
hahahaha yep.
I left right around 130 and got home well after 4am.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Hello, Las Vegas? Yeah, 's me again: 4 an' 1! Yeah, small, unmarked, non-consecutive bills. How you like my Bowl Card NOW, beech-ess?!?
Wow, after that crap-fest 0-4 start, which got damn close to 0-5 and a round of chunky-style barfing here at the Secure Location, apparently Somebody Upstairs decided OK, that was fun but we have to let the earth be round again, gravity’s gotta suck, and like that: and bingo, teams started to play like their talent level/coaching/bowl histories/etc. actually mattered after all. And just like that Week 2 runs 7-2. Ka-ching!
Pure luck has a lot to do w/ it, of course, as these were mostly Mediocrity Bowl toss-ups anyway— except the Strictly From Hunger Bowl, a contest so worthless even the AP guy had to admit it “matched [its] underwhelming expectations,” which it sure did. Well, at least it gave logic a breather: frickin’ UCLA puts up 31 on a good OR DEF (and at Autzen), yet somehow finds itself bewildered by a team that won 2 [two] games in the Big Dim. Must’ve been during Somebody’s nap.
We still suck, but on Sept. 29, 2011, we did a Very Cool Thing. Yeah, we did that.
OK, heads up: tomorrow starts a week o' Really GOOD Bowls highlighted by
1. Mon.: Orygun and Snodfart show ya what’s what, and consecutively, in Revenge o’ the PAC 12. NB: The 2nd game will be missed by the vast-conspiracy-eastern press, of course, since it starts at 8:30 pm, and they like to file by 6. Hey, these people have families to get home to.
2. Tues.: Mich. v. VA Tech. Def worth a look, and Tech is still smarting from last yr.
3. Wed. WVa. v. Clempson. I kinda like the Hillbillies, but the Jed Clempetts also have some virtues.
4. Thurs. Off day. Read a Christmas present book day.. Good choices: “George F. Kennan: An American Life” (J. L. Gaddis); “Watch Your F#cking Language: How to swear effectively, explained in explicit detail and enhanced by numerous examples taken from everyday life (Sterling Johnson); I’ll prolly review both for MN, but don’t wait— and do your own work!. Oh, and NB: the 2011 Titov Consensus Book o’ the Yr, ”Bloodlands" (Timothy Snyder).
5. Fri. : K-State v. Arkingsaw: prolly the 3rd best game o’ the bowl season, and another nice one for you O/U guys ‘n’ gals.
6. Sat. : Pitt v. SMU: the only Loser Bowl in Week 3. Go back to No. 4. Do it NOW.
7. Sun. : Ark State v. N. ILL. Three good players to watch here, which is almost as many as all in of Wk 2. Joke, just a joke. But still…
8. Mon. : LSU v. Bama. Yawn. Yes, the “West Division” of the “Southeastern Conference” (are you following this?) replays its earlier Chinese Water Torture Bowl, as two teams which have already proven themselves incapable of finding the end zone take yet another look around the field, this time wearing special glasses or sth.
For the sake of the sport, I kinda hope they find it. Still, this long-awaited Nat’l Tedium Bowl, where the rule is you have to pretend you’re watching great f’ball or be branded a left-coast Communis’ or worse, is likely to be a good one for turning the sound off, putting on the Smooth Jazz station and, you guessed it, returning to No. 4.
OK, for your betting breakdown and other painless ways to relieve your overstuffed wallet of unnecessary rubles, watch for a Fanpost coming soon to your upper right-hand corner.
That is all. You may now resume your normal activities. If this had been an actual alert, you would have been given instructions to tune to 640 or 1240 on your standard AM dial.
We still suck, but on Sept. 29, 2011, we did a Very Cool Thing. Yeah, we did that.
Hang on, it's Jan 1 and there's still seven bowls left?
I thought that crap was supposed to be over on like Jan 2.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Jan 1, 2012 11:17 AM EST up reply actions
You, Zk and Stacey all suffer from a curious "Jan. 2 Relief Syndrome." I'm sorry, medical science still has no answer...
…‘cause the NCAA still has major $ to make long after Jan. 2. Hey, that’s what makes Sammy run…to daylight!
We still suck, but on Sept. 29, 2011, we did a Very Cool Thing. Yeah, we did that.
I'm both mystified that this farce exists, and that so many people don't think of it as a farce.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Jan 1, 2012 11:31 AM EST up reply actions
You're def a Thurs. (No. 4) guy. Pick a good one and tell us about it!
Maybe not computer manuals, i-Pad/pod/other instructions/descriptions/dithyrambs or books-made-after-the-fact-from-movies, OK? But hey, up to you…
We still suck, but on Sept. 29, 2011, we did a Very Cool Thing. Yeah, we did that.
My Christmas present book was 11/22/63 by Stephen King.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Jan 1, 2012 12:10 PM EST up reply actions
Great book.
Great pacing, nice attention to detail. Read it on my iPhone as a Kindle book, had no idea it was as long as it is in printed form because it didn’t feel like 850 pages. Painted himself in a corner with the ending, but still a satisfactory resolution. Pretty sure you’ll enjoy it.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
...and somehow I just KNEW you'd be all over this one.
Looking fwd to it, and thx for the non-spoiler lead-in. As always (re this topic), I rec A. Summers Not in Your Lifetime. Not trying to re-start this discussion, just sayin’.
http://www.amazon.com/Not-Your-Lifetime-Anthony-Summers/dp/1569247390
We still suck, but on Sept. 29, 2011, we did a Very Cool Thing. Yeah, we did that.
It's def on my list, and several family members have mentioned it
We still suck, but on Sept. 29, 2011, we did a Very Cool Thing. Yeah, we did that.
I put that one
on one of my lists, but sadly, did not get it. Guess I’ll have to find it at the library.
I did get a copy of the Bill James Handbook from my #2 son, who also wrote the Introduction!
The person who introduced Andrew to baseball and the O's
C'rect: the above is, I repeat, mere highlights, not a Jan. bowl card
Mon. is the Mother Lode, w/ three v. good games (and one loser) besides OR and STA. But relax, the winning bets’ll be posted by tomorrow @ 10:00 at the latest. Still plenty o’ time for your bookie to sober up. Or you.
OK, but not Nika and Vanya, who are only in Day 2 of the annual National Ten Day Drunk. No joke. The whole country stops, incl. newspapers. TV runs spots on Not Falling Asleep Drunk in a Snowdrift. Like that.
We still suck, but on Sept. 29, 2011, we did a Very Cool Thing. Yeah, we did that.
sup kids
happy new year
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Does Jacksonville beat that 3.5 point spread?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
The whole world certainly seems to think the Colts are winning for Manning.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Jan 1, 2012 11:17 AM EST up reply actions
I think they're winning for themselves
Dan Orlovsky is likely gone as well if the Colts draft Luck. Every player on that team is that much more vulnerable if the Colts have a higher draft pick and decide to clean house. They all have one more opportunity to impress management before a lot of heads start rolling in Indy.
Yea...that was my thought.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 1, 2012 11:26 AM EST up reply actions
Although I think I picked Jax in the CC pick'em.
I haven’t really put much thought into those picks since I fell out of the running.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 1, 2012 11:26 AM EST up reply actions
Happy 2012, CC. Hope it's a good one for all of you.
As for our favorite baseball team, well… I’m not getting my hopes up. No, really.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Jan 1, 2012 11:18 AM EST reply actions
This feels like a comic that would have fit perfectly in with The Far Side.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Jan 1, 2012 11:30 AM EST up reply actions
So I tried out the meat grinder last night for the first time
made me regret every burger i’ve made without fresh ground beef.
Jamie Oliver says that's a good idea
Yummy ammonia burgers.
We Americans are a peculiar people. We are for the underdog, no matter how much of a dog he is. - Happy Chandler
by ThreeRunHomer on Jan 1, 2012 1:27 PM EST up reply actions
That's revolting.
I don’t know if they do that over here as well, but at my supermarket, they are only allowed to sell ground beef that has been ground “in front of your eyes” (unless it’s packaged by an outside company)
I'd put it this way; if an offense is a sugar cookie, on base percentage is the pastry part of the cookie, power is the icing, and baserunning is like the jimmies that they sprinkle onto the icing. - Bill James
Late Clipping
The Wayward O’s year-end recap. Always a lively read.
I had forgotten that B-Rob had actualy played teh baseball this year. I’m not sure I ever knew that Doug DeCinces settled an insider training case.
I did remember what a douchebag Joe Girardi is, but it’s always nice to be reminded.
Here’s hoping for a much greater number of Blingees in 2012, Wayward!
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
Girardi and Jeter took their douchery to new heights last year … thanks for posting
by thewaywardO on Jan 1, 2012 1:55 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Prepared an 8-course NYE dinner last night....
….for 11 guests.
I can’t really feel my feet this morning, but it was hella fun.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
well i usually like to get all our schmancy descriptions together
but the unfancy version is:
- h’ors d’oeuvres of smoked-paprika roasted nuts and parmesan-cayenne cheese straws
- home-cured gravlax on home-made goat’s cheese on home-baked toast points with home-grown chives
- Bryndzové halušky — a Slovakian dish I had in Bratislava this year—basically potato dumplings in a sheep’s cheese sauce with scallions and bacon on top
- romesco shrimp on shoestring potato bird’s nests
- kale and cauliflower salad
- moroccan carrot and butternut squash stew over quinoa
- grapefruit-mint sorbet
- lamb koftë with tahini yogurt and muhammara (a Syrin pepper spread with pomegranate molasses)
- Sacher Torte with crème fraîche gelato
We made all the portions 2 or 3 bites, so nobody got overly stuffed, which was nice. About halfway through the meal, I realized it was all going to come off okay, and I began putting back the red wine like nobody’s business.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
Got a recipe for that lamb kofte w/ tahini yogurt?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 1, 2012 11:58 AM EST up reply actions
Naturally
It’s a Bon Appetit recipe my wife discovered. I can’t recommend it enough, if you’re a lamb fan. The pomengranate molasses add such an unusual twist, too. Just an outstanding dish overall.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
Thanks.
Just printed that. Going to make it soon for sure.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 1, 2012 12:08 PM EST up reply actions
i'll get some up, sure.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
DId you see this review of a history of the Skins under GP Marshall? V. good-- but almost obviates the book itself...
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/nov/10/racist-redskins/?pagination=false
We still suck, but on Sept. 29, 2011, we did a Very Cool Thing. Yeah, we did that.
ooo, I hadn't.
putting it on my “to read” list.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
I have childhood memories of the Whiteskins, w/ poor Eddie LeBaron getting pounded on a regular basis
but I’d forgotten just how well they fit the Badskins nickname: as this guy reminds us, in both ’60 and ’61 they went, um, 1-11.
We still suck, but on Sept. 29, 2011, we did a Very Cool Thing. Yeah, we did that.
Happy New Year!
The GF predictably was out of commission by about 12:30AM, so no crazy adventures for me last night.
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 Jan 1, 2012 11:49 AM EST reply actions
Anxiously awaiting the revelation of these pick em choices in 10 minutes...
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 Jan 1, 2012 11:50 AM EST reply actions
I kow, all of CC has bated breath
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
I think odds are high I'll differ from you on at least 3 games.
We’ll know in 30 seconds!
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
HA!
We are differing on 8 games.
I’m gonna go big or go down in flames, that’s for sure.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
I'm up by two in my pool at work (we do the picks ATS)
I have 6 differences from the two guys that are tied for second place behind me. I had a feeling I was probably gonna lose on the last week.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 1, 2012 12:04 PM EST up reply actions
I'm apparently the only one who thinks that STL can beat the 11 point spread against SF
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 1, 2012 12:05 PM EST up reply actions
I think 4 of the 5 guys who do the picks on CBS sports had STL beating the spread too.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 1, 2012 12:17 PM EST up reply actions
on the flip side,
those guys kinda suck.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
One of those guys is 160-80 in straight pick'em
128-12 ATS. I’m winning my pool and I’m at 121 wins ATS.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 1, 2012 12:20 PM EST up reply actions
for straight W/L picking
all of those guys would be in the bottom half of the CC pool.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
128 is pretty good against the spread though.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 1, 2012 12:25 PM EST up reply actions
Only got to win like 53% to beat the vig, don't you?
If you were hypothetically betting every game.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Jan 1, 2012 12:36 PM EST up reply actions
If I had bet on every game this year, I'd have made money.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 1, 2012 12:37 PM EST up reply actions
that should have read "I'd have NOT made money"
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 1, 2012 12:38 PM EST up reply actions
big difference between those two
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
haha yea....not sure where the NOT went.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 1, 2012 12:50 PM EST up reply actions
I'm the only one who picked Indy too.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 1, 2012 12:18 PM EST up reply actions
Shoulda known that Indy is pretty much incapable of scoring touchdowns.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
This my first time all year picking against the Ravens
It felt weird but I knew AMD would go with them.
by Stacey on Jan 1, 2012 12:09 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
They didn't mind losing when I picked them
So I think I’m in the clear.
by Stacey on Jan 1, 2012 12:23 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Oh, I'm right there with you
But even you didn’t pick BUF to beat NE like I did.
I differ with AMD on seven games. If I hit all seven… :)
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
Crap
I knew this was gonna happen. So nervous now. Everyone hopped off the GB bandwagon with Rodgers sitting
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 Jan 1, 2012 12:18 PM EST up reply actions
also clay matthews is inactive
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
AMD
did you know GB is sitting starters today?
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
I know Rodgers is sitting
And Jennings is out. Didn’t know about anyone else. It’s also at home for GB and Detroit doesn’t have anything to play for so who knows.
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 Jan 1, 2012 12:19 PM EST up reply actions
Also...
For KC – Battle is out, they signed some no name RB.
Arizona – Beanie Wells questionable
Minnesota – Ponder and Purple Jesus out
This week was gonna be crazy with the picks one way or another. With the exception of Houston, I tried to pick a lot based on who had something to play for and who didn’t
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 Jan 1, 2012 12:22 PM EST up reply actions
Same here.
I’m sensing that I cost myself 200 bucks.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 1, 2012 12:22 PM EST up reply actions
i'm surprised so few people picked WAS
home game, they have Helu coming back, and Philly doesn’t have McCoy.
It’s at least a toss up, and you’d have to expect the pool leaders to pick the favorite. Good chance to make up ground.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
You Are Not Alone....
MJ says so. Well, not anymore, but still…
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
they've been reporting since Wed he'd probably sit
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
I guess i've been seeing different reports
all i was hearing was that Reid was committed to playing his starters and McCoy was probably good to go, and heard several interviews with McCoy saying he was fine.
Theres an ESPN article speculating that this decision may have come from the front office, which could make for an interesting offseason in Philly if power is being taken away from Andy Reid.
Eh...they've got nothing to play for and McCoy got pretty banged up by the end of the season.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 1, 2012 12:36 PM EST up reply actions
I'm one of three who picked them ATS.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 1, 2012 12:27 PM EST up reply actions
Damn....apparently I'm on drugs or something.
I picked BUF, DET, WAS, IND, STL, KC, SEA, HOU………I’m in the HUGE minority on all of those picks.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 1, 2012 12:29 PM EST up reply actions
I have no faith in the Redskins. Ever.
At full strength, with Beck at QB, at home, doesn’t matter.
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 Jan 1, 2012 12:28 PM EST up reply actions
An Reggie Bush out for Miami
Makes them a lot lot lot less dynamic, and the Jets’ weakness lately has been stopping the run.
On that note I’ll take it over to Duck’s thread
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 Jan 1, 2012 12:30 PM EST up reply actions
fuck
i didn’t know Bush was out.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
this is so sweet.
By the end of the 1:00 games, the whole picture will have shifted significantly.
And the afternoon games are also hotly disputed. Gonna be a riveting day for CC pick ’em.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
An duck has just posted our Week 17 thread
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
Happy New Year!
I’m the only one awake in the house so far after very successful party. Luckily I have The Empire Strikes Back to keep me company.
by Stacey on Jan 1, 2012 12:01 PM EST via Android app reply actions
But do you feel like you could take on the whole Empire yourself?
Use your harpoons and tow cables!
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Jan 1, 2012 12:04 PM EST up reply actions
try not. DO.... or DO not. There is no "try".
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
He is as clumsy as he is stupid.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Jan 1, 2012 12:14 PM EST up reply actions
FANTASTIC shot!
HNY to you too!
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
Cool.
We Americans are a peculiar people. We are for the underdog, no matter how much of a dog he is. - Happy Chandler
by ThreeRunHomer on Jan 1, 2012 1:33 PM EST up reply actions
Oh, and the GF would like to say hi too
We still suck, but on Sept. 29, 2011, we did a Very Cool Thing. Yeah, we did that.
I'm getting 403 FORBIDDEN
Now I’m REALLY curious…
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
not showing for me either :(
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
Hmm, she's fully-clothed 'n' everything. Anyway, if I ever run into this person, I'll be sure to let you know...
Although I do have to say that the stereotypes tossed around about Hottt Russia Chixxx — esp. after decades of the old Russian Women Look Like Tractors slander — are both (a) refreshing and (b) well, kinda reality-based. The Moscow News staff has made me really regret this frickin’ incipient OLDNESS thing more than once. Wow.
We still suck, but on Sept. 29, 2011, we did a Very Cool Thing. Yeah, we did that.
here's the link
for the curious….
http://www.millionlooks.com/images/Constance-Jablonski-Vogue-Russia-November-2009-5.jpg
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
I'm still getting the dreaded 403 error
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
even if you click on the link?
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
In Chrome, yes, still 403'd
In IE, I get the image. Odd.
Damn, that chick is THIN…..
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
If you think I'm kidding about the Moscow News staff, hit Facebook and go to the pages/photos of
Olga Khrustaleva, for starters. Yeah, ho-hum, just another MN reporter. OK, then Anya Sulimina and Elena Kirillova. Yup, they’ll get your capillaries pumpin’. But be prepared: the stalkers line is really long.
We still suck, but on Sept. 29, 2011, we did a Very Cool Thing. Yeah, we did that.
Happy New Year, everyone
I am at a ski resort with my family. Of course, there’s no snow on the ground because it’s so warm! Here’s hoping we get some snow on Monday to give us a chance to go out.
Feel-better comparisons: it's 35' F in Moscow today and 50' here in the (upstate NY) Secure Location.
Some frickin’ winter…
We still suck, but on Sept. 29, 2011, we did a Very Cool Thing. Yeah, we did that.
Does 35 in Moscow count as a massive hot spell the likes of which has never been seen?
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 1, 2012 12:57 PM EST up reply actions
These last few (v. mild) years people have been saying "This must be what winter in Europe is like..."
And that’s pretty much true. And it sucks. Moscow has no storm drains (MIssion IV notwithstanding), so when it all melts (again and again), it’s welcome back to Massive Puddle City.
Perfect winter day a la Titov: Low 20s F, sunny, blue sky, no wind. Only happens maybe 2-3 times a year now, dammit.
We still suck, but on Sept. 29, 2011, we did a Very Cool Thing. Yeah, we did that.
where in upstate NY again?
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
I could tell you that but...
OK, near Jack Benny’s butler/valet/Man Friday/etc., so to speak.
We still suck, but on Sept. 29, 2011, we did a Very Cool Thing. Yeah, we did that.
this fucking game
closely-matched teams, and the difference is that stupid shitty punt
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
NICE COVERAGE!
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
ugh
i don’t remember much after 11:45 pm. hoping i didn’t embarrass myself.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
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