Wednesday Bird Droppings
by j.q. higgins on Jan 25, 2012 5:47 AM EST
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Prince Fielder is now a Tiger and the world turns, the Francisco Cordero foolishness has ended and Koji speculation may resume.
...and six Oscar nominations for Moneyball? Take THAT, Joe Morgan!
Orioles: Signing Wilson Betemit further shows Orioles' commitment to improving on-base percentage - baltimoresun.com I don't know this to be true, but one can hope.
School of Roch: MASN releases its O's spring training schedule Baseball on the teevee...me gusta.
Phil Rogers' power rankings: No. 22 Baltimore Orioles - chicagotribune.com Clipped for the novelty of the Orioles and the word power in close proximity.
Offseason Notes for January 24th | FanGraphs Baseball Note their SCOUT leaderboard for the Australian Winter League. Brenden Webb!
It's the birthday of Wally Bunker and Richie Lewis.
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Clay Davenport's projected 2012 Standings:
http://claydavenport.com/PROJHOME.shtml
Surprised to see just four 90+ win teams. There were nine in 2011.
Projections are not single event predictions. In Clay’s system he runs the season a thousand times if I am remembering correctly.
by crawdaddy on Jan 25, 2012 7:28 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
good lord
I feel bad for him for the orioles last season. If he ran that 1000 times he must be having PTSD.
The computer would likely have PTSD … He probably only sees a cleaned up statistical summary unless he wanted to go deeper in certain areas. I imagine the Os would not be one of those areas.
by crawdaddy on Jan 25, 2012 8:49 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I wish it showed the full percentages
Like how often various teams made the playoffs. I’d like to see if I was right saying the Orioles would win the World Series in 2% of the seasons or not.
by Holymittens on Jan 25, 2012 10:59 AM EST up reply actions
Later versions will do that. They typically roll out one in April.
by crawdaddy on Jan 25, 2012 11:06 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I wouldn't use these simulations as any kind of example.
Boston doesn’t finish above third this year and may even fall behind the Blue Jays. That organization is a mess. Nick Punto starting at SS? That’s Orioles-level ineptitude right there. Relying on Bard and Aceves to both make the transition to starter is not exactly great for building a rotation, either. Even with the pickup of Bailey to close, the rest of their bullpen is comical when compared to other contenders.
The win-loss records are also too homogenized. Only 3 AL teams to hit 90 wins when 5 did in 2011. Only 1 AL team hitting 90 losses when 4 did in 2011. Those 2011 numbers aren’t aberrations either; they’re pretty standard. The highest NL win total is 90?
I understand it’s aggregating numerous iterations, but it seems like the simulations need to be tweaked.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
last year a bunch of people were saying those
same general ideas about New York. Oh, they’re old! Bartolo Colon is their number 3 starter! Their big pickup was a relief pitcher! And then they went out and were the best team in the game (a-freaking-gain).
The Red Sox won 90 games and had a higher pythag record than that in 2011. Nobody scored more runs than them. Don’t sleep on them.
Your cannonball trajectory, it always gave me hope
I'm sleeping on them.
Cody Ross puts up another low-.700s OPS at a corner OF spot.
Nick Punto puts up a low.700s OPS at SS.
Kevin Youkilis turns 33 and starts to decline (hypothesis: the more ridiculous your stance, the faster the aging decline).
Jacoby Ellsbury regresses a bit and doesn’t put up a .950 OPS again (.100 above his career).
Jarrod Saltalalahamahsciashioa proves why he’s never panned out as he was touted to.
I don’t see the Red Sox scoring as much as they did in 2011. I do see them giving up more runs than they did, especially in the bullpen. I’m saying 85 wins, 1 behind Toronto and well behind Tampa and New York.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 11:22 AM EST up reply actions
And yet still well ahead of the Orioles, alas.
"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 25, 2012 11:26 AM EST up reply actions
Until Las Vegas started using iterations of these models to inform odds…these models significantly outperformed other predictive measures. You can say they are no good…and there is a lot that can happen, no doubt. However, at the moment, these approaches are the nest things we have.
by crawdaddy on Jan 25, 2012 12:19 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I know that Fangrpahs' SCOUT ratings are meant to try to extract meaning from SSS,
but are we supposedd to get excited about our 30th round draft from 2009 (yes, of course I had to look it up)?
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
re: sun article
Looks like Dan netflixed Moneyball this winter:
Peter Angelos: Dan, we need to sign Vlad to DH again this year. He fills the seats.
Dan Duquette: No.
PA: Why not?
DD: He doesn’t get on base.
PA: ??
DD: I’m signing Wilson Betemit.
PA: Who?
DD: Wilson Betemit. He gets on base.
PA: Who cares if he gets on base. I’m trying to sell tickets, Dan. Tick-ets.
DD: O-B-P.
PA: Leslie, get me Andy MacPhail on the phone.
by Philly O's on Jan 25, 2012 7:51 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
so i found out yesterday that my youngest brother tore his labrum playing indoor lacrosse a couple weekends ago
now i keep referring to it as the “fabrum bear” and my family keeps thinking i’m an idiot. thanks CC!
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
thanks
he’s gotta get arthroscopic surgery with 4 disolvable pins put in to re-attach the cartilage and is looking at months of PT once it starts to heal up. it just sucks cause he had just started to get recruited to play lax in college, but he’s only a sophomore so he’s still got at least next season to get in front of some scouts again.
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
Damn labrum's be tearing left and right
I hope it’s an easy fix. That shit can drag on forever.
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 25, 2012 8:45 AM EST up reply actions
my family has a pretty crappy history of sports injuries
my dad blew out his knee in college playing flag football, my freshman year of high school i shredded all the ligaments in my thumb playing basketball and spent six weeks in a cast (still have lingering effects of that one), and my other brother blew out his knee playing soccer his senior year of high school. my sister is the only one that managed to escape any serious injury, but guess i guess that’s easier when you’re playing sports like volleyball and softball.
and now i will wait for duck’s response about how you can still get a wicked boo-boo during a softball game…
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
How dare you attack pillars of American athletics like softball???
Yeah I feel you on that. My brother was getting looks for college soccer, and he’s had four knee surgeries since his junior year of HS (he’s 22 now). He had his first one at the end of his junior year of HS, which is the worst timing possible. He went to Frostburg for soccer and dominated his freshman year, so he transferred to Towson. Then he hurt it again and has it’s been hurt ever since. There is just nothing left of his knee at this point. It’ll just like pop out of the socket randomly.
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 25, 2012 8:59 AM EST up reply actions
Same here.
Not much left of one knee after hockey, skiing, and hurdles.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 9:05 AM EST up reply actions
Agreed.
I stopped hurdling shortly after having what was left of my meniscus removed.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 9:10 AM EST up reply actions
my gym teacher forced me to do the hurdles at our track and field play day in middle school
even though i absolutely hated doing them. lo and behold, the day of the meet comes and what happens? i clip the second hurdle and go down in a heap in front of pretty much the entire Carroll County middle school population. a medic came running over to me asking if i was ok and i looked down and saw that my knee was gushing blood. still have a massive scar from it to this day.
so as i stated earlier, fuck the hurdles.
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
Yep....went down enough times to know how that feels.
Oddly enough, the meniscus injury wasn’t due to falling or anything bad at all. Landed a perfectly normal stride and started having pain.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 9:27 AM EST up reply actions
Hurdles terrified me
I never understood why they didn’t just make them out of tape which will clearly show if a person clipped it or not.
What does showing if they clipped it or not have to do with anything?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 9:34 AM EST up reply actions
I am not a track runner so I could be wrong
but I thought you get penalized for time if you knock a hurdle down. I figured if you just put tape across them you can tell whether the person cleared the hurdle and you dont need them blowing up their knees and shins to do it.
Negative.
Hitting the hurdles kills your momentum. You don’t jump over the hurdles as much as stride over them. When you hit a hurdle, you basically have to reset your stride which kills time.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 9:50 AM EST up reply actions
How do you guys run with bad knees?
My bum knee started hurting after a week of “couch to 5K” training.
You learn to ignore the pain after a while.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 10:42 AM EST up reply actions
This
I’ve been dealing with shoulder and back problems for over a year now, and the sad truth is that they never really go away. Every time I think I have it under control I tweak it again to some degree.
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 25, 2012 10:45 AM EST up reply actions
Wow
this sounds pretty depressing. You guys don’t have any issues with inflammation? Do you just pound ibuprofen every day?
I take an anti-inflammatory pill for my back
But it really doesn’t help that much. I had the back under control for a few months and just tweaked it again on Thursday by sitting in an uncomfortable chair for an extended period of time. It’s that easy to fuck it back up. I’ve been taking perc’s since Thursday and go to the doc on Friday. Cortisone shots help, I’ve gotten two of those. They really really try to avoid surgery at all costs.
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 25, 2012 10:52 AM EST up reply actions
I've had a cortisone shot
it did absolutely fuck-all. Also doc said that they really only recommend getting two or three cortisone shots in a lifetime, mainly because research indicates that they are bad for long-term joint condition. Athletes are the exception because obviously don’t care about the long term when they can make millions now.
I've been dealing with back stuff for about 3 years now
which fucking sucks because I’m only 22. I’m sure you’ve already looked in to this, but I find that the various yoga inspired exercises and stretches help dramatically.
23 and the knees are already fubar.
I just try to ignore it.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 10:51 AM EST up reply actions
I have the back issues...
… wrestling, much as I loved it, is hard on a teenager’s body.
I’ve had my back lock up to the point that I just had to slide out of my chair and lay on the ground at my desk.
As bad as that is, my sister’s back is worse. She was 30 when she had two vertebrae fused.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 10:51 AM EST up reply actions
Im intrigued by this yoga idea.
I’ve found that if I fight through the pain and go to the gym and do a lightweight stretching workout, it definitely makes it feel better for a little while.
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 25, 2012 10:53 AM EST up reply actions
Seriously
if you haven’t looked in to sports rehab type stuff, go see somebody about it ASAP. I had some fairly serious back troubles from a car accident, like I couldn’t sit in a chair for more than half an hour without getting lots of pain, and after a rehab program, I’m pretty much better. I tweak it now and again, but I’ll just do the stuff they taught me for like a week and it goes away. I used to get depressed about the prospect of having recurring back pain so young, and it still sucks to have it occasionally, but the help they gave me really changed my life.
I'm definitely asking about that on Friday, thanks
I haven’t done any rehab or PT programs yet
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 25, 2012 11:01 AM EST up reply actions
Well, if anyone is in Northern Virginia and is interested in yoga...
… my sister’s neighbor is a very attractive yoga instructor. She’s got classes available.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 10:58 AM EST up reply actions
Former Wrestler Diamond Dallas page
has his own yoga series that ihear is great for sports rehab. I have a friend who herniated 2 disks playing football and eh swears by it.
"I don't have an on-deck circle for ideas. It's just 'Batter up!!' Even though they're bad" - Mike Birbiglia
by Parkinglotninja on Jan 25, 2012 11:05 AM EST up reply actions
I think it’s challenging sometimes to tell the difference between the normal level of pain and “ok, something’s wrong that’s not usually wrong.”
I like running in the cold, but my knees just feel older and creakier in winter than in warmer times of the year.
If people haven’t, I usually tell them to go to the Dr. pretty quickly for knee problems. Some of them seem pretty treatable with stretching or those knee brace bands (haven’t helped me at all). Some of my friends have made their injuries worse trying to run through things they probably shouldn’t.
You guys’ stories are making me glad I wasn’t a better athlete in HS.
You see, all this injury talk is why I perfer swimming to running
even though I used to run all the time. I’m living in dorms right now and have free access to the university pool. I go 2-3 times a week first thing in the morning, it’s great.
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
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 25, 2012 10:58 AM EST up reply actions
My local pool is open Memorial day to Labor day.
I’m there almost every day in conjunction with daily runs.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 11:00 AM EST up reply actions
I love my free, indoor, heated, Olympic-sized pool along with
the free saunas and jacuzzi
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
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 25, 2012 11:03 AM EST up reply actions
I've managed to avoid any serious muscle or ligament injuries
but i did get kicked in the face during a soccer game. Its been 2 years and a dozen dentist visits later and i’m still having issues.
Well, you can
Ever play 3rd base in fastpitch softball? You’ll get a new appreciation for the quickness of the game…
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
Yea.....those knee scrapes can be a real pain!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 11:13 AM EST up reply actions
You're just being a jerk now.
You don’t know what you’re talking about, obviously don’t want to, and yet are using that lack of knowledge to denigrate a sport who know nothing about.
Let it go.
And might I remind you of Rule 8 of the Community Guidelines…
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
by duck on Jan 25, 2012 11:15 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I play 3B in slow pitch
it is truly the hot corner when everyone has time to get in front of the ball… and they’re using $300 softball bats.
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 25, 2012 11:18 AM EST up reply actions
Now try it with the ball coming in a 50+ mph and leaving as fast
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
Also the fact that 90% of the time when playing 3rd or 1st, you're at least halfway up the baseline.
And your holy shit factor goes up a lot.
When the fuck did we get ice cream???
Do you play in front of or behind the basepath?
The one time I did fielding for BP for some girls, I was practically at shortstop depth.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
I play on the grass and try to charge the ball
It’s hard for me to throw anyone out at first if I sit and wait for it. Playing too close doesn’t give me enough range.
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 25, 2012 11:25 AM EST up reply actions
I play way the hell back and just gun it over to first
if somebody’s fast or hits it slowly it’s probably going to be a single, but I don’t wear a cup when I play softball so that’s the way it is.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
I can't play without one.
Maybe I’m paranoid, but even in our rec league games, I wear a cup.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 2:03 PM EST up reply actions
I wore a cup all through high school whether I was pitching or playing IF/OF
but once I got to college and never played the field anymore I abandoned it. I would feel ridiculous wearing one to play slow pitch softball – if my hands aren’t good enough to deflect that giant ball I shouldn’t be playing!
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
good point.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 2:19 PM EST up reply actions
Bad hops a plenty on the shitty fields they make us play on though
Not exactly Oriole Park
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 25, 2012 2:20 PM EST up reply actions
Oh we play on horrible fields
mostly on the mall or around the monument, but still. The ball is gigantic – I should be able to get a glove on it.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Nobody's really hitting the ball that hard.
Nothing I can’t handle anyways. I just wear it cuz I’m paranoid I guess.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 2:23 PM EST up reply actions
I get some screamers, but I'm more worried about my face than my balls.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
I mean I definitely don't want any damage done to either
but I just worry less about my balls – I think the distance from my glove starting position to those is a lot shorter than up to my face.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Hahaha this!
I’ve gone back and forth over whether to wear a cup or not. It definitely slows me down on the base paths. Do not like.
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 25, 2012 2:03 PM EST up reply actions
Think about what could happen though!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 2:04 PM EST up reply actions
I really just want to have an easy access type thing where i can pop the cup in while I'm on the field and take it out when I'm hitting.
Way too much effort for coed softball though
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 25, 2012 2:09 PM EST up reply actions
God, I love 3B.
In baseball baseball that is. Moved there my senior year and there is nothing better than charging that slow rolling grounder, bare handing it, leaping and throwing a guy out.
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 12:19 PM EST up reply actions
I always loved striking people out with sliders/curveballs
when they duck outta the way.
slow rollers…meh
by IggesRule13 on Jan 25, 2012 12:35 PM EST up reply actions
I pitched one inning in Little League.
I struck out the first two hitters on screwballs that caused the hitters to bail out of the box and fall down while the ball came back over the middle of the plate. The third hitter I didn’t get the roll on my wrist I needed and I drilled him in the ear. Coach never let me near a mound again.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 12:37 PM EST up reply actions
You hit ONE kid and they pulled you?
That’s weak sauce by the coach. You’re there to learn and the kid’s got a helmet.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
Well, I wasn't a full-time pitcher.
I was a CF by trade and was just filling in. I think coach was freaked out that the kid went down the way he did. Coach knew that I threw three kinds of pitches: a 2-seamer with hard late tailing action, a sinker with even more break, and a screwball (I was trying to throw a curve, but I just can’t make anything break to the left, only to the right). He also knew that I didn’t have enough practice to control the pitches consistently.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 12:45 PM EST up reply actions
Haha I was the smallest person on my little league team
I wanted to pitch really badly and the coach kept telling me that my turn would come. Finally at the end of the season he pulled a rudy and put me in at pitcher at the end of a game. I think the batter fell asleep by the time the ball made it to the plate. I didn’t get many chances after that.
similar story for me
although I don’t know if I ever even got that chance at the end of the season. I practiced pitching a shit ton, and my coach refused to even give me an opportunity.
I don't understand this picture.
It seems like there’s some sarcasm involved. Are you saying that you think the story is untrue?
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 12:46 PM EST up reply actions
I think he's just saying it's boring
like how you’d say “that’s nice” to someone you wanted to go away.
Tommy hunter still sucks!
Yeah, I thought that might be an option, too.
I know Little League stories aren’t the best, but that’s the last level of baseball I played.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 12:49 PM EST up reply actions
Yea, I thought it was extremely untrue.
what little leaguer throws a screwball? especially one that cause batters to bail out (i assume you are left handed).
And you throw a screwball that moved like 2 feet? you should be pitching in the major leagues.
by IggesRule13 on Jan 25, 2012 12:49 PM EST up reply actions
I'm a rightie.
It wasn’t a screwball in the sense that a MLB leftie would throw one.
It was that I couldn’t not throw something with that kind of break… don’t know if it was my arm action, my wrist action, or what (though I could cause more or less break based on changing my arm speed, grip, and how my wrist felt at release). I also didn’t exactly throw hard, so it’s easier to get break when you’re soft-tossing.
In CF, I had to account for this on throws back in. I’d throw a ball that looked pretty wild and it’d tail back.
The problem was, I couldn’t always get control of the break. I knew where I needed to aim, but I didn’t know how to repeat mechanics, so the break was inconsistent. Even now, I have a ton of NW → SE break on my throws.
Either way, believe what you want. But if I ever do decide to meet any Camden Chatters, I’ll be happy to throw a few and demonstrate how my pitches move.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 12:53 PM EST up reply actions
Pretty much my disbelief
It wasn’t a screwball in the sense that a MLB leftie would throw one.
If your ball moved that much how come you didn’t ever pitch again? (non-asshole tone). sounds like you coulda dominated.
I couldn't control it consistently.
I would’ve had a 9.0 K/9 and a 9.0 BB/9… and I may have concussed a few lefties, too.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 1:03 PM EST up reply actions
We actually had a really good pitcher.
He got drafted by the O’s after high school, though he didn’t make it past Delmarva.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 1:11 PM EST up reply actions
OK, 99% of ppl
future professionals not included, haha. I really need to cut back on my exaggeration.
Which one?
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
Kevin Birch
He was one of those incredible athletes that just carries the team. We lost in the semifinals for the Maryland spot in the Little League World Series one year.
But, high school teams are made up of the best Little League players. College teams are made of the best high school players (that don’t get straight drafted anyway). And even in low-A, every player was a star on some team in the past… so he just couldn’t make it.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 1:19 PM EST up reply actions
Don't recall the name
Sorry.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
Meh, it was years ago.
I only heard from my sister that he made it there and I’m guessing he didn’t even get a full season before being released.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 1:23 PM EST up reply actions
Haha this.
Sorry Tez, I think you’re over analyzing your LL experience a bit.
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 25, 2012 12:59 PM EST up reply actions
I spent half of LL trying to figure out how to throw a slider.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:01 PM EST up reply actions
my LL OBP was awesome
I was the short kid that everyon walked all the time because my strike zone was impossible to hit. I dont think I ever hit the ball that often but I got a ton of walks.
Aha...
That was me, too.
My last year of LL, I hit leadoff. I had a .000 batting average and a .580 OBP because I was so short.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 1:06 PM EST up reply actions
hey... why are you steeling my little league life?
Same thing here. I remember my last year of little league the coach kept stats, and I had something like a .300 BA and a .750 OBP with no Ks
I wish I could've hit .300.
My coach told me I wasn’t allowed to swing the bat, ever (my dad never took me to the batting cages to help me out… I only got to take a few swings in the cage if he was already there to go to the driving range). I was allowed to take and I was allowed to bunt if the 3B was playing back.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 1:24 PM EST up reply actions
I just don't get that
No one’s getting a D1 offer from LL stats, and no coach is suddenly going to be hired by the Yankees for his LL coaching skills. Sure, once the playoffs hit with All-Star teams? Manage to win. Regular season game on a Tuesday night? Let the kid swing. How else is he ever gonna get better?
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
Heh... we all knew LL was the pinnacle of my baseball career.
Just try to get on base and have fun.
I stole like crazy! I was a fast little bugger.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 1:27 PM EST up reply actions
Half the LL coaches coach for the wrong reason
You either coach because you like to micromanage the team your kid is on, or you coach for the right reasons.
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 25, 2012 1:33 PM EST up reply actions
what are the right reasons?
I feel like 90 percent of our little league coaches were there simply because they wanted to A) make sure their kid got tons of playing time or B) thought their kid was gonna be really good and made sure their kid got tons of playing time
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:37 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah that's what I'm talking about.
Just your typical sports dads who get way too into it. It’s hard to find a level headed, rational parent to be the LL coach that the kids need out there I suppose.
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 25, 2012 2:05 PM EST up reply actions
Well there was a scout from NYY
watching the managerial skills Bill Murray displayed at Camp North Star
"You should put the secret group of people that you carry with you on your tech equipment second to the person you're sitting with."
- Merrill Markoe
I am with Tez on this one
do not swing! I did get called out a couple times for ducking and having my bat hit the ball fair anyhow.
Asa a fast guy, I am sure most of the actual hits I got would have been infield singles
and any extra base hits were from stretching anything that made it to the outfield into a double.
My adult softball career has mostly played out the same way.
Don't think so.
But I probably wouldn’t have even known it if I did.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:08 PM EST up reply actions
I pitched a bit as well.
Freshman year – OF mostly with some 2nd base.
Soph – 2nd base everyday, I was pretty much a vacum, but other than DPs it’s not all that interesting of a position. Some days you get all the balls hit to you some days you get none.
Junior – 2nd, 1st, a little 3rd
Senior- 3rd, RP, I never started, mostly would come in, get 3-6 guys out in the late innings. 3rd is also fun for the hard hit ones down the line though. For some reason I also love pop ups down the 3rd base line.
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 12:41 PM EST up reply actions
I hate every aspect of fielding
Striking people out is awesome.
I am glad you are playing a lot of different positions. Most kids get locked in at one spot and don’t learn the entire dynamic of how each positions relates to different situations. You’ll benefit from that perspective if you continue your career.
by IggesRule13 on Jan 25, 2012 12:45 PM EST up reply actions
*played
No longer in HS :)
Not playing in college though.
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 12:51 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah I mostly sucked as a fielder
always hoped the ball would be hit at somebody else.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
That was always my 2nd favorite thing
favorite was setting a hitter up perfectly for a high fastball and then blowing it by him.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
fastballs are awesome.
I couldn’t blow it by ppl in varisty as much and in college, only the weak hitters. So curve was my strike out pitch.
Blowing it by people its just complete domination and thus spectacular.
I really do miss the jump out of the way called strike 3 on a slider though
I lost my slider in college and never got it back though. :(
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
in bullshit adult leagues
where I only occasionally wish I could still throw the slider.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
I think I was technically throwing a cutter
with an off-center grip where you’re supposed to throw it like a fastball and let the grip do the work, but I yanked the shit out of it at release.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
yea, thats prolly a more traditional slider/cutter
mine was more on the side of a slurve.
All you need to do is throw it low and outside with decent velocity to get by in most amateur leagues.
Yeah
when mine got shitty it became a slurve.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
sorry
didn’t mean that as a slight against slurves, but mine got all loopy and mostly worthless. If it was going to be a ball everybody took it and if it was a strike it was way too hittable.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
I am making it a point to teach cutters
if I ever coach LL. Awesome pitch. no strain on the arm compared to curves. It really forces you to understand the mechanics of pitching.
yeah although it is hard to throw
or at least I found it really hard to throw without putting strain on my arm.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
bullshit adult leagues...
how you like? a buddy’s trying to get me to catch for his team this year.
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Jan 25, 2012 2:27 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
The adult leagues near me are really good.
now you talk about the “sunday” leagues and competition is terrible.
Better than playing slow pitch softball though…
You wouldn't happen
to be referring to the Susquehanna and Central leagues in York, PA? IMO, there is very good adult baseball played in those leagues.
I had a blast
I couldn’t for the life of me take it seriously and when I wasn’t pitching it was boring as shit, but when I was pitching it was really fun.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
I avoid 3rd in softball and when forced to play there
I play about 30 feet behind the base and just concede any slow rollers as hits.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
and when I hit slow rollers to third for hits
I am sure to point out to my teammates how far back that third baseman is playing to make it seem like I did it on purpose.
This rule?
And finally, don’t piss off the mods.
by IggesRule13 on Jan 25, 2012 11:19 AM EST up reply actions
That would be it.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
I was confused b/c I count that it is the 7th bullet down.
haha, the principal still applies.
by IggesRule13 on Jan 25, 2012 11:23 AM EST up reply actions
Yes, because you know alllll about playing 3B in fastpitch softball.
Because playing infield positions in high school baseball where the pitch is coming in at 80+ and leaving the bat just as fast leaves me with a complete lack of knowledge on the sport.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 11:30 AM EST up reply actions
If you think SB causes just skinned knees
You’re guilty of misogynistic ignorance. Which is the worst kind, because you’re being willfully ignorant and assuming females aren’t capable of what males are.
There’s a reason SB infielders uses masks and BB infielders don’t, and it’s not because girls are worse fielders. They have even less time to react and make a play than BB players do.
Have you even watched fastpitch softball in the last decade?
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
No Cordero to O's. No Koji to Jays.
My day is starting off pretty well.
And I don’t have to hear anything else about Prince Fielder coming to Baltimore. Good luck with that 9 year contract Detroit.
If you had to take one of the two though,
Would you pick Prince’s sure-to-be-albatross contract over Pujols’?
That's interesting.
Even though Pujols will be 41 at the end, and Prince will only be 36? It seems to me like Pujols is more likely to be a burden for a longer time.
good point about the age difference
but that’s really why I want nothing to do with contracts like these.
by nattybroh on Jan 25, 2012 8:47 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Yeah, I think Fielder's contract is horrible
but ending at 36 at least they will get his prime years.
That's what I was thinking.
Everyone know’s it’s going to be painful at the end, but they bought the theoretical best years of a player on a hall of fame pace. With Pujols, can you realistically expect more than, say, four years of production at his past levels?
Less. I give it 3 years unitl he's a DH, 2 years of pretty good seasons and then,
suckyville
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
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 25, 2012 9:44 AM EST up reply actions
I wasn't talking about if it's worth it (if they win it is), but what to expect IMO
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
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 25, 2012 9:51 AM EST up reply actions
I thought they already locked him up
for the next few seasons?
He praised my creativity, though he spoke sarcastically...
by PBR me ASAP! on Jan 25, 2012 9:07 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Yea, you are right...signed 5 year deal in 2010 arbitration.
for some reason I thought is was a FA next year.
swaimed!
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Jan 25, 2012 9:13 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Cot's Contracts is your friend in all things.
"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 25, 2012 11:02 AM EST up reply actions
Betemit
I actually like this signing. He can spot start defensively and he does seem to get on base. Nothing was more annoying then watching solo homers last year. I give thumbs up to this, especially because he isn’t an every day guy so I dont think he will hinder some of the other player rotations as much as say bringing vlad back to be the “clean up” hitter.
I'm disappointed that we won't be having a rotating DH which means that
Reynolds and Davis will be fielding more than I’m comfortable with. But the money makes this a good deal for us. I’d give it a 7.
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
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 25, 2012 9:46 AM EST up reply actions
I know betemit has a bad defensive reputation
Looking at UZR/150 (I dont know enough to debate the merits of this stat I just wanted a fielding comparison from fan graphs) Betemit could easily rotate with reynolds and davis for DH time.
UZR/150 Career 1st 3rd
Betemit -14.4 -14.1
Reynolds -24 -10.5
Davis -3.7 -38.8
In fact, based on those numbers I’d almost rather have reynolds start at 3rd, davis start at 1st and then rotate betemit at either to spell the others. I am actually interested to see reynolds at 3rd this year because last year was so far removed from his normal. Reynolds was actually positive 2 at 3rd in 2010 and fell off a cliff last year.
I believe the situation you give
makes the most sense on paper. Obviously if Reynolds continues to have fallen apart defensively you need to push him to DH, but you go into spring training hoping those three guys fill those three positions, because that’s where they fit best.
Your cannonball trajectory, it always gave me hope
there was talk of reynolds at FanFest being in the "best shape of his life"
because he lost 20 pounds this offseason. The story is that this will improve his agility at 3rd base. Might this actually make a difference, and how likely is this going to worsen him as a hitter?
If all you had to do to completely change everything about yourself as a player
was drop 20 pounds, that would be something indeed.
Your cannonball trajectory, it always gave me hope
How much does losing weight have to do with power?
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
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 25, 2012 10:59 AM EST up reply actions
that's a complicated question
what kind of weight did he drop, and where on his body did it come from? I’m neither a doctor* nor a biomechanics person nor a scout but the general opinion seems to be that power is generated primarily via lower half rotation, right? If he was dropping fat, that shouldn’t have come off of his leg and hip muscles, should it? Does anyone here have better knowledge to answer this?
*but Strasburg is still letting his team down by not pitching, so he should suck it up and stop complaining and get out there and pitch. What a little girl, am I right?
Your cannonball trajectory, it always gave me hope
This is one thing I've never understood.
I always hear about the relationship between losing wieght and power but I’ve never seen an explanation.
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
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 25, 2012 11:07 AM EST up reply actions
Mass x speed
reduce the mass, keep same speed. not good.
by IggesRule13 on Jan 25, 2012 12:00 PM EST up reply actions
thats the mass of the bat.
The more muscle the faster you can swing it. Fat doesn’t help or hinder at the plate
by mdterps0325 on Jan 25, 2012 12:01 PM EST up reply actions
See: Prince Fielder
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 25, 2012 12:03 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
i dont get what that means
Large people will have more muscle, not necessarily a better percentage of it. But as far as physics go the persons mass doesn’t factor into the momentum on the ball, unless you are swinging a person at the ball
by mdterps0325 on Jan 25, 2012 12:11 PM EST up reply actions
correction: Power = mass x acceleration
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
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 26, 2012 3:15 AM EST up reply actions
Force = mass x acceleration.
Power is the rate at which work is done.
(I know that’s not what you meant by power, but I just felt the need to say that)
well in hebrew (the language I learned physics in)
koach=power=force.
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
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 26, 2012 3:07 PM EST up reply actions
In hebrew it is hespek=output I guess.
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
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 26, 2012 4:40 PM EST up reply actions
Nobody ever used the magic phrase where I could hear it.
Reynolds’ weight loss was definitely a topic though, including by the man himself. He thinks the weight loss will improve his agility. He said he’s been working a lot through the winter on footwork. Given that he’s being penciled in at 3B, I guess we’ll see the results when the season starts.
"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 25, 2012 11:07 AM EST up reply actions
i used quotes around "best shape of life" ironically, to indicate that those words weren't actually said
I think it’s kind of the same sentiment though… lose 20 pounds and all of those mechanical issues that plagued you will magically disappear.
I think (based on what I've read) that most public defensive metrics are flawed as measuements
but are fine as indicators (great/good/bad/awful). But even those who hold by UZR know that UZR needs 3 seasons worth of data to be accurate. So Betemit at 3B doesn’t meet those standards.
Regardless, I agree with what you say. I think Reynolds at 3B, Davis at 1B and Betemit at DH is the best lineup available but I’d rather see a better defender at the corners when Reynolds or Davis need a break. That’s why we have Andino, Antonelli and Flaherty, right?
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
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 25, 2012 10:08 AM EST up reply actions
Hey, now that the Tiger's have Prince...
we won’t have the worst defense in the league!
by Bird of Pray on Jan 25, 2012 11:13 AM EST up reply actions
A distinct possibility.
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
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 25, 2012 11:13 AM EST up reply actions
All these Koji-related trade rumors
are getting my hopes up way too much.
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
probably more "they've already either signed or traded for 20 other relief pitchers this offseason"
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
haha
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 8:57 AM EST up reply actions
I don't know what it is, but he can only block 6 teams and Toronto was one of them.
It’d be pretty funny if the teams he blocked were all the other AL East teams besides the O’s.
"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 25, 2012 10:52 AM EST up reply actions
Man, Phil Rogers
The “Cal Ripken, Jr. as a magic tonic” meme will never die, will it? He sounds like a 105.7 the Fan caller.
"The United States is the New York Yankees of countries...powerful and respected until the year 2000." - Homer J. Simpson
by Brotz13 on Jan 25, 2012 8:50 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
This is Baltimore, gentlemen
The Ripkens will not save you.
Your cannonball trajectory, it always gave me hope
by Andrew_G on Jan 25, 2012 8:57 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Hah
Speaking of 105.7 AND The Wire, GC’s boy Jason Whitlock was on the air this morning getting stroked off by Norris for his column comparing the Ravens to the Wire. It was insufferable at first until it just became a full on discussion about the Wire which was awesome. He was calling it “institutional racism” that the show never won any awards.
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 25, 2012 9:01 AM EST up reply actions
i could listen to Whitlock talk about The Wire all day
his podcast with The Sports Guy after the series finale was one of my favorite ones ever.
however, when he starts dragging references to it in every single one of his columns and constantly trying to figure out who the Stringer/Avon of a given team is, that’s when it starts to get annoying.
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
There is such a thing as going to the well too many times.
"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 25, 2012 10:53 AM EST up reply actions
yeah...
it seems almost spot on save for the constant refrain.
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Jan 25, 2012 8:58 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
What's funny about Phil Rogers is his work shows up in like 8 newspapers.
He has the good fortune to work for the mothership Tribune.
"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 25, 2012 10:51 AM EST up reply actions
better at the plate...
at the observatory? not so much.
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Jan 25, 2012 9:08 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
this whole story is starting to piss me off
even if the stadium scoreboard was messed up, the downs would have still been correctly marked on the sticks on the field. that’s on the coaches and the players for not realizing what was going on.
i said it at the time, but i mostly blame Harbaugh for this because he had a time-out left. if you see your kicker running on to the field late and you’re not really going to need the time-out for anything else, fucking use it. what’s the point of sitting on it? not like you could carry it over in to OT.
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
Your right
If you got a TO there, no point in not using it. I guess he didn’t want to “ice” his own kicker.
is it still "icing" though if the kicker isn't even set up when the play clock is at 10 seconds?
dammit now i’m just bitter again
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
Yeah we're not talking about waiting til lthe kicker is lined up like Garret did
He should’ve called that TO right after Evans dropped the TD pass. Everyone sat there in disbelief after the ball was dropped and let 20 seconds go by. Harbaugh is supposed to be the guy calm and collected enough to think of that after the drop instead of sitting there and muttering WTF for half a minute like he did.
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 25, 2012 9:25 AM EST up reply actions
This!
You wont ice a guy who is panicked and rushing by calling time out as he passes you and patting him on the back saying, we just bought you some time, take a deep breath, we are behind you. I really have a problem with how they used their timeouts and played the end of the game in both this game and the texas game.
true, most of the players and coaches would see the sticks,
but the kicker is in his own area and needs to rely on the scoreboard. So all of this makes me hate Cundiff less, “blame” harbaugh more for not using the TO, and really fucking hate the patriots organization for engaging in some shady shit once again.
But, again, I think just about all responsibility falls on the coaches for not recognizing the problem. The intention of the scoreboard fuck up was probably just to get us to burn a timeout, not completely botch the kick like we did.
Agreed, call the fucking time out. End of story.
"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 25, 2012 10:57 AM EST up reply actions
so fantasy question
IF the Tigers do decide to try and play Cabrera at 3B, that automatically makes him the number 1 player going in to drafts, right?
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
it certainly wont be hanley ramirez
!@#$$$%!@ <——left over frusteration from last seasons #2 pick.
Neither of them will be 3B eligible until the season has gotten underway
I think you need like 7-10 starts at a position to get eligibility. That might take him like a month if they do a rotation, maybe even more. But it certainly ups his value, I just don’t know if you can go into the season with the strategy of him eventually being your every day 3B unless he’s playing third in ST like every day,
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 25, 2012 10:49 AM EST up reply actions
You might grab Cabrera early and just get another 3B later in the draft.
When Cabrera gains the 3B eligibility, you can just trade that extra 3B or move him to the utility position or something.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 10:53 AM EST up reply actions
IF he's going to quickly gain 3B eligibility
Hanley will have it in a week. So if you’re drafting Hanley to play third, you can easily just pick up a scrub FA to play 3B for the first week of your season. I wouldn’t plan on Cabs being my every day 3B because it might take him a third of the season to gain eligibility.
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 25, 2012 10:56 AM EST up reply actions
Yea true.
If you’ve got a utility spot, you’ve got some freedom though. Once he does get his 3B eligibility, you might have a nice trade chip (the guy who used to be your 3B). I had Ryan Zimmerman last year and really needed help at 3B….you could probably get away with something similar.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 10:58 AM EST up reply actions
Agreed
Can’t wait for mock drafts. I gotta figure out who I’m keeping.
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 25, 2012 11:03 AM EST up reply actions
seriously
i keep checking Yahoo sports every day to see when they’re going to open the fantasy baseball stuff. our dynasty league keeps track of moves during the off-season via a Facebook group, which is incredibly annoying since i can’t get on it at work.
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
This is completely off topic, but I feel like it's been long enough.
Has anybody pointed out that Gabrielle Giffords’ husband is about as close as can be to Liz Lemon’s dream man? Astronaut Mark Kelly? Come on!
The only name I'm familiar with in this post is Liz Lemon
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 25, 2012 11:14 AM EST up reply actions
Gabrielle Giffords, ya know the woman who survived that terrible assassination attempt by that lunatic.
Her husband is an astronaut named “mark kelly” and they always refer to him in the media as “astronaut mark kelly” It always makes me think of 30 rock.
Wait....did you not know who Giffords was?
And I swear I read “Astronaut Mike Dexter” the first time Dave typed “Astronaut Mark Kelly.”
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 11:32 AM EST up reply actions
The wiki info thingy
On January 8, 2011, Giffords was a victim of a shooting near Tucson,34 which was reported to be an assassination attempt on her,56 at a supermarket where she was meeting publicly with constituents.5 She was critically injured by a gunshot wound to the head;78 thirteen people were injured and six others were killed in the shooting, among them conservative federal judge John Roll.4 Giffords was later brought to a rehabilitation facility in Houston, Texas, where she recovered some of her ability to walk, speak, read and write. On May 16, 2011, Giffords traveled to Kennedy Space Center to watch the launch of STS-134, the final flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour, which was commanded by her husband Mark Kelly.
When the fuck did we get ice cream???
Yeah i remember now
I didn’t know her name
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 25, 2012 11:48 AM EST up reply actions
Speaking of 30 Rock
My roommate just started watching it and has been spending the past two weeks watching every episode.
by Holymittens on Jan 25, 2012 11:48 AM EST up reply actions
luckily for him...
he’s got plenty of options these days.
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Jan 25, 2012 11:52 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Never played in a keeper league
But can’t wait for the mock drafts anyways.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 11:07 AM EST up reply actions
I just picked up an abandoned team on Fangraphs Ottoneu.
I play for free the first year and the team is in OK shape.
I’ve never played keeper before so if anyone can give me advice I’d be gald to hear it.
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
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 25, 2012 11:09 AM EST up reply actions
My advice?
Keep some good players. Don’t keep the bad ones.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 11:11 AM EST up reply actions
That depends entirely on the specific keeper rules of your league and the condition your team is in
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 25, 2012 11:13 AM EST up reply actions
Check it out.
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
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 25, 2012 11:14 AM EST up reply actions
How many of those guys do you get to keep?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 11:15 AM EST up reply actions
As many as I want and can afford.
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
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 25, 2012 11:16 AM EST up reply actions
And...
What are these values? Is this the price it will cost to keep them for 2012 or is their price from 2011 and you have to pay extra to keep them?
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 25, 2012 11:16 AM EST up reply actions
Players with ML experience +$2
Players w/o ML experience +$1
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
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 25, 2012 11:17 AM EST up reply actions
And your budget is $400?
Wow. Those keeper costs are not high enough at all. We play +$7 each year with a $270 budget.
Your best value is Lance the Pants Berkman. Definitely keep him, no question. If it’s only $2 more, I’d keep Gonzo too. Also Hellickson and Bedard. Other people are debatable.
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 25, 2012 11:22 AM EST up reply actions
My keepers so far ($143).
Adrian Gonzalez
Brandon Phillips
Chris Carpenter
Jeremy Hellickson
Brian Wilson
Daniel Bard
Madison Bumgarner
Lance Berkman
Manuel Machado
Jonathon Niese
Kenley Jansen
Wilmer Flores
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
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 25, 2012 11:34 AM EST up reply actions
It's hard for me to comment on the others without knowing
ADP’s, number of starters in the league, etc. Let’s just say I’m not bullish on Brandon Phillips, Chris Carpenter, or Brian Wilson. Phillips should regress and 2B is deep this year. As a Carpenter owner last year, I can tell you he was dog shit for the first two thirds of last season. And I never pay a premium for closers. You can always pick up cheap ones at the end of a draft.
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 25, 2012 11:40 AM EST up reply actions
HA. Keep Machado!
I too am guilty of silly O’s pick ups within my fantasy league. I almost traded BIG for Britton before his little melt down.
by Bird of Pray on Jan 25, 2012 11:20 AM EST up reply actions
I just picked up this team.
But yeah I’m keeping Machado. But I’m dropping Guts.
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
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 25, 2012 11:21 AM EST up reply actions
My thoughts exactly.
I just picked up Adam Wainright in my keeper league… I’m considering keeping him out of the draft, even though I only have seven keepers. Completely crazy?
How many times can you put keep in one sentence?
by Bird of Pray on Jan 25, 2012 11:23 AM EST up reply actions
Nooo
Don’t drop Guts!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 11:34 AM EST up reply actions
He's not good enough (sigh)
I can’t win if I’m sentimental (although I might pick up BRob for $1 if I have roster room)
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
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 25, 2012 11:36 AM EST up reply actions
I always like to pick a random favorite with my very last pick of the draft
although I’ve never played in a money league like that. But by the end it’s all scrubs anyway.
Did I mention it's also my first time playing auction?
Or that I have a month of resreve army duty coming up with no internet?
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
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 25, 2012 11:38 AM EST up reply actions
He'll show you!
Cy Young this year. You heard it here first.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 11:48 AM EST up reply actions
har har har
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 11:50 AM EST up reply actions
I drafted Youkilis last year for this very reason
I still stand by it as a good decision. I have Miguel in one of my keeper leagues and am already teasing my League Manager with him as trade bait.
Who cares if you have to wait a bit, that eligibility is CLUTCH. Just make sure your league doesn’t hurt you for horrible defense.
by Bird of Pray on Jan 25, 2012 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
I ordered won some balls on ebay and they came today. Good Mail Day.
1) game used reimold with coa
2) tillman signed, with photo and coa
"I don't have an on-deck circle for ideas. It's just 'Batter up!!' Even though they're bad" - Mike Birbiglia
by Parkinglotninja on Jan 25, 2012 10:42 AM EST reply actions
Good to see you can order balls on ebay.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 10:43 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Tillman was one of the few I didn't get a chance to listen to at FanFest.
He ducked in behind the curtain while people were interviewing Britton, and Duquette came in right after Britton. I think a couple of the regular reporters went over to Tillman, but I did not.
I hope he finally finds some forward momentum.
"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 25, 2012 11:04 AM EST up reply actions
He's still so young!
Send him back to Norfolk with Matusz, let them spend all season refining their pitches and hopefully regaining velocity and we’ll see in Sept. how they do against MLB hitting.
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
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 25, 2012 11:10 AM EST up reply actions
Glad to hear your balls came today.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:01 PM EST up reply actions
Andino and the O's settled on $1.3 million for 2012
That is the exact midpoint between Andino’s asking price of $1.6M and the O’s offer of $1M. Funny how often that works out.
"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 25, 2012 11:09 AM EST reply actions
It always seems like we settle these things on the same day
a huge high priced guy signs. I think it was Eveland announced right near pujols’s contract. I see nothing about the Orioles on the main MLB news and then it is Pujols signed and a story below: Orioles sign Eveland. Fielder signed…Orioles agree with andino. I dont want fielder or pujols for their contracts but it hurts cant we do what they do in politics and just announce our middling signing on a friday.
Yesterday it was Orioles sign Wilson Betemit, Detroit signs Prince Fielder.
That kind of says it all right there.
"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 25, 2012 1:02 PM EST up reply actions
i like the orioles end of that a lot more than detroits
Your cannonball trajectory, it always gave me hope
Andrew, you know I go back and forth on this.
There was absolutely no way, on a rational level, that the Orioles should have signed Prince. Especially not in excess of the price he ultimately received.
As a long suffering fan though, I wish one year we could legitimately be excited for a reason other than, “Well, maybe we’ll suck less than last year.” 2012 isn’t gonna be that year no matter what, and that always sucks to have to acknowledge.
"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 25, 2012 1:09 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I get it
but was it really better in 2004 when you could get your hopes up and then have them smashed up and ruined, just because the Orioles signed some big name players but failed to legitmately upgrade their club in a way that was scalable?
Your cannonball trajectory, it always gave me hope
Of course it wasn't better.
Where the Orioles are concerned, there hasn’t been a “better” in my adult life.
"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 25, 2012 1:17 PM EST up reply actions
I wonder if our offseason resembles the beginning of "Major League" to the Baltimore masses.
Wada? Betemit? Who are these freakin guys???
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 25, 2012 1:21 PM EST up reply actions
If you ask WNST it probably does.
“Why won’t Peter Angelos open up his checkbook and pay star players?”
"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 25, 2012 1:25 PM EST up reply actions
your first problem is asking those guys for serious analysis
Your cannonball trajectory, it always gave me hope
You want a cardboard cutout of Peter Angelos?
“Every time we win, we peel a section”
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 25, 2012 1:57 PM EST up reply actions
That is a horrible thing you just did.
Why would you do that to us?
Make up for this, now.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 1:58 PM EST up reply actions
Seriously Though, Screw Joe Morgan
Maybe he should take all that “Heart” and read a book for once. Maybe even one that he confuses the author with a GM all the time. Or MAYBE he should have never been allowed to pick up a mic.
Then again, I’m going to be listening to Jim Palmer half of the time and as much as I love the O’s, I don’t know how much more I can listen to how Jim would have thrown that pitch. You know, the one that Matusz was holding just a moment ago but now lies in the bleachers.
"Fastball out over the plate ... not much movement ... a professional hitter's not going to miss that pitch and when he gets it ...
… that ball’s going to get out of here in a hurry."
"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 25, 2012 11:13 AM EST up reply actions
Esskay is properly roasing Palmer's commentary
Which seriously, sounds like that every time an O’s pitcher screws up. Do the math. You get tired of the “back in my days” pretty quickly.
I’d much rather listen to the NESN guys just to hear how stupid they are. Red Sox fans are way dumber than O’s fans and they’re rooting for a successful team. Sad.
by Bird of Pray on Jan 25, 2012 11:16 AM EST up reply actions
I actually think Palmer is hilarious.
You just have to accept you’re going to get a Round Rock story twice a week.
"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 25, 2012 11:18 AM EST up reply actions
I like having an Oriole blowhard on board.
better than having a guy talk about his glory days with the yankees or something.
Fair Enough,
But he’s not in on his own joke. Flanny was actually a pleasure to listen to. I was doubly bummed about his rough passing. We lost a great O and the only MASN guy that I enjoyed.
by Bird of Pray on Jan 25, 2012 11:21 AM EST up reply actions
I know I might be in the minority here, but I love Palmer's commentary.
really. I love all the references to himself etc. especially compared to those hacks the nats have or any ESPN broadcast other than Hershesier.
Fuck YES and NESN
by IggesRule13 on Jan 25, 2012 11:31 AM EST up reply actions
I like him too
Sure, he’s easy to mock. But that’s part of the reason I like him.
by Holymittens on Jan 25, 2012 11:32 AM EST up reply actions
If I'm remembering right...
…a fan asked if any of them knew how many career wins Jim Palmer had.
Somebody answered, “You’d think we’d know, since he tells us all the time.”
"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 25, 2012 11:44 AM EST up reply actions
Hahaha. I love it.
Someone earlier said Palmer isn’t in on the joke. I think he is, at least partly.
by Holymittens on Jan 25, 2012 11:45 AM EST up reply actions
He has got to be.
The reason I like him so much is because he seems genuinely happy to be there. And when the O’s, the Umps, or the opposition screws up he talks about it. It is awesome.
by IggesRule13 on Jan 25, 2012 11:47 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, as much as his over-the-top respect for Boston and NY is annoying, I think he really does want the Orioles to win. Every once in awhile he’ll just go into a big “what’s wrong with the Orioles” rant mode until Gary has to start signing to make him stop.
I like hearing his stories about when the Orioles were good, and I think banter between he and Gary is great.
i'll say it again...
i really enjoy the palmer/thorne pairing.
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Jan 25, 2012 11:45 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
This
They are awesome. probably the only reason I watch any O’s game after they are more than 15 GB.
by IggesRule13 on Jan 25, 2012 11:51 AM EST up reply actions
Gary euphorically botching the piss out of the 9th inning call in Game 162 was so priceless....
“And that ball’s gonna loop into RIGHT FIELD…. ORIOLES WIIIIN OOOOORILOLOLOLES WIN!!!”
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:03 PM EST up reply actions
It is a funny running subplot.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:02 PM EST up reply actions
The NEST broadcast with Rick Dempsey in the booth was glorious.
-David Ortiz slides into home: “Harpoon it!”
-JD Drew is at the plate: “I don’t want to say this, but JD Drew does great against the Orioles so maybe he can get a little knee injury or something.”
So, um... odd topic for the day...
(Note: If this has been discussed before or is simply inappropriate, consider this post to have never happened.)
Workplace Bathroom Etiquette:
1) Last week, a guy rolls out of a stall with a coffee cup and a newspaper. Weird or no-weird?
2) Messing around on one’s smartphone at the urinal or in a stall. Yes or no?
3) Lining the seat with toilet paper prior to conducting business. Yes or no?
1) Coffee - weird, newspaper - OK
2) Urinal -no, stall – yes.
3) If you don’t I’m never talking to you again.
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
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 25, 2012 11:18 AM EST up reply actions
You asked....I answered
1) The coffee cup is pushing it. Paper isn’t too weird, but I’d avoid using that stall for a while since you know he’s been in there a while.
2) No. If I see somebody on their phone in the bathroom, I get a burning desire to either A) watch them drop their phone into the toilet or B) do that for them
3) Absolutely required. Also acceptable are those little paper liners that most office bathrooms have now.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 11:20 AM EST up reply actions
I read this as:
TL likes to watch people poop
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 25, 2012 11:25 AM EST up reply actions
hahahahah noooo
Just at the urinal! Not in the stall!!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 11:34 AM EST up reply actions
Sooooo.... you like to watch people poop.... in the urinals.
Do you work with WW?
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
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 25, 2012 11:37 AM EST up reply actions
Upperdeckers for everyone...
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:04 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
So, you like watching people pee?
Do you peek? That ain’t right, man.
I was in Korea at a urinal once and the guy next to me not only peeked, he leaned over the divider for a full view.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 11:37 AM EST up reply actions
Most unnerving thing ever.
My ideal public bathroom is one with one stall on each wall.
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
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 25, 2012 11:39 AM EST up reply actions
I've joked that...
… you can tell if a woman designed the restroom in a public building because there’s no dividers between the urinals.
(Note: Joke not meant to be sexist, just commentary on how uncomfortable guys are with urinals that don’t have dividers – especially when they’re placed too close together.)
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 11:51 AM EST up reply actions
Describes my work bathroom perfectly,
urinals that don’t have dividers – especially when they’re placed too close together
There is three really close together (your arms touch if a person is at each one). Most ppl abide by the “every-other” rule but some times some goes for that middle stall and ruins it for everyone.
by IggesRule13 on Jan 25, 2012 11:53 AM EST up reply actions
That happens way too often in the bathroom at work.
We’ve got 5 stalls, yet somebody always ends up in the second stall, right next to the guy who got there first and chose the first stall.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 12:07 PM EST up reply actions
The urinals are an issue at my office.
We’re extremely diverse and not every culture has the same bathroom etiquette that Americans expect.
Also, I want to put a sign on the floor under the urinal that says, “IF THIS IS WET, YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG!”
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 12:27 PM EST up reply actions
I knew that happened in Japan
If you’re an obvious foreigner (read, not Japanese), many Japanese are fascinated with the size of your junk.
by Holymittens on Jan 25, 2012 11:46 AM EST up reply actions
wtf?
Is that common behavior over there? That’s creepy.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 11:51 AM EST up reply actions
If he's not Asian, I dunno about "common" but it's not unheard of
Basically it’s a reverse of the stereotype about Asian guys having small penises. Non-Asians are supposed to have giant monster dongs, so they want to see if the stereotype is true.
by Holymittens on Jan 25, 2012 12:11 PM EST up reply actions
It only happened to me once in a year in Korea.
In China, it’s different. There are two types of public restrooms there: extremely nice and oh-my-god-this-is-a-violation-of-the-Geneva-Convention.
In the second, it’s pretty common for there to just be a trough around the edge of the room with water running through it. You pee in it. You squat over it. There ain’t no privacy, so if someone wants a look, they can get it.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 12:29 PM EST up reply actions
I ALWAYS lean over to strangers when I'm drunk at the urinal and say:
“Niiiiiice watch man”
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:04 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Priceless
Then go back to your own business and start mumbling “Come on guys, we need this rash to GO”
by Bird of Pray on Jan 25, 2012 2:32 PM EST up reply actions
Ahahaha...
My favorite is saying to the guy next to you “Wanna know the fastest way to clear out a men’s room?” and then loudly stating “DUDE! Niiiice cock!”
No one has ever left because of it, but it’s funny as hell.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
I've always wanted to mess around with people...
… by sitting in a stall and just groaning like I’m passing an elephant.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 2:43 PM EST up reply actions
Dude, just do it.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 2:44 PM EST up reply actions
C'mon
“Niiiiice watch” is so much better.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 2:44 PM EST up reply actions
My favorite (when I'm REALLY REALLY sloppy drunk)
At a packed bar bathroom, just walking up to the urinal and throwing the pants down around the ankles while I pee as if that’s what I always do. I never laugh or smile when I do it either. When I’m done, I pull em up, wash my hands and walk out. People go nuts. It’s seriously hysterical.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 2:45 PM EST up reply actions
Wow dude
If we ever hang let me know when you get to the point that I’d have to see your ass, because that’s when it’s time for me to go.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
this.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 2:48 PM EST up reply actions
I'll give ya the nod and the gun, and you'll just know.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 2:48 PM EST up reply actions
my buddy when drunk likes to do something to this effect
however his weapon of choice is “Dude, stop looking at my dick!”
"I don't have an on-deck circle for ideas. It's just 'Batter up!!' Even though they're bad" - Mike Birbiglia
by Parkinglotninja on Jan 25, 2012 2:54 PM EST up reply actions
I'm not a fan of the little paper liners.
Bear in mind, I try to time things so I’m at home, but I can’t always. The liners crinkle sometimes. I hate that crinkling.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 11:26 AM EST up reply actions
Yea...it's a weird consistency.
That’s why I just go for the TP.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 11:35 AM EST up reply actions
I love using the bathroom at work
it’s cleaned much more frequently than my bathroom at home, for one.
The greatest is when you get to a stall that still has the blue water.
by IggesRule13 on Jan 25, 2012 11:53 AM EST up reply actions
Also, gotta be the handicap stall
I’m a big guy and hate getting claustrophobic. I always take in ESPN magazines, USA Todays, shit I print off the internet and make a whole event of it. But it’s GOTTA be the handicap stall. I’ll keep going down floors until I find one unoccupied. Also, if I walk in and it stinks, I’m doing an about face and finding another one…
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:07 PM EST up reply actions
This.
The other stalls barely even fit the toilet, much less the toilet with a person on it. Handicap stall is always the first choice (but usually always taken).
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 12:08 PM EST up reply actions
Do you find that a certain time is better or worse than others?
2pm is Poop o’clock where I work. Can’t find a stall ever.
I like to bat leadoff
First thing in the morning. Our air circulation is not so great in those bathrooms.
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 25, 2012 12:11 PM EST up reply actions
Boooooom
Plus the cleaning ladies normally hit it up at 8:30ish so it decreases my risk of getting the claps. I’m not trying to bat cleanup in a public stall. The worst is when you have to poop at like Pickles on Opening Day. I just have to….. like…. hover.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:12 PM EST up reply actions
Welcome to a woman's world
It’s the best reason to do squats. Gotta build up those muscles so your butt never has to touch a public toilet seat.
She never touches the seat at Pickles' portajohns.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:18 PM EST up reply actions
What the fuck does that caption mean?
I understand the words, but they do not appear to form a coherent thought.
by Holymittens on Jan 25, 2012 12:20 PM EST up reply actions
C'mooooooooon Maaaaaaaaaaaan!
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:21 PM EST up reply actions
You know how you "max" out at the gym.
Somewhere, a girl is WARMING UP (i.e. just doing a ‘warmup set’) with your MAX (i.e. the most you can possibly lift ONE TIME).
Dylan Bundy is rolling over in his grave… and his son too.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:22 PM EST up reply actions
Didn't even see the words.
I was more interested with the picture.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 12:22 PM EST up reply actions
Stacey can't see pics at work...
So she’ll have to wait till later to yell at me.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:22 PM EST up reply actions
It's okay....she's attractive.
Although you should know by now that pictures of blonde chicks aren’t acceptable here.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 12:39 PM EST up reply actions
haha
I think all of the blondes lost in that bracket. CC seemed pretty anti-cute blonde chick.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 12:42 PM EST up reply actions
Not to re-hash a debate
blonde is fine, boring is not.
She's not boring! She's got lots of other attributes!
Like….strong thighs from doing all those squats……
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 12:46 PM EST up reply actions
oh that girl doesn't look boring
I was referring to some of those that lost the bracket.
haha i know.
i couldn’t help but add emphasis on her…..attributes…..
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 12:47 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah
Marissa Miller, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…….
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:47 PM EST up reply actions
Snoooooooooooozers
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 12:48 PM EST up reply actions
oh shit....i didn't vote for her....
who was she up against?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 12:48 PM EST up reply actions
this.
wish my gym actually had regular female attendees.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 12:46 PM EST up reply actions
My office gym has two very cute ladies that guide the group exercise classes.
Very cute.
I have to pass through there a few times a day to get to another room that I do some work in. I’m okay with that.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 12:47 PM EST up reply actions
My YMCA does
but it’s all swim team moms who are there the same reason I am – we’re all 50 lbs overweight and our kid has practice.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
Well you're married....so you shouldn't be looking anyways!!
The rest of use need more females at our gyms! Save some of the ladies for the single folk!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 12:49 PM EST up reply actions
Oh, that's so adorable.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:50 PM EST up reply actions
Same goes for you!
You’ve already tricked an uber-attractive lady to marry you. You shouldn’t be looking at the hot blondes like half your age at the gym!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 12:52 PM EST up reply actions
Quit going through my facebook pics TL
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:52 PM EST up reply actions
hahahahhaha
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 12:53 PM EST up reply actions
If WW is looking at blondes half his age he's gonna get arrested.
"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 25, 2012 12:53 PM EST up reply actions
Not half my age plus 7 I won't.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:54 PM EST up reply actions
Like a great man once said...
Hell, my wife isn’t even born yet.
by Bird of Pray on Jan 25, 2012 2:34 PM EST up reply actions
This ain't Camden Swingers.
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 12:55 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
okay...I lol'd.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 12:55 PM EST up reply actions
You know, that's a solid peice of logic
20-something hotties would be wasted on me. Then again, wouldn’t you rather the overweight soccer moms be in Salisbury and that leaves more 20-somethings for y’all on that side of the bay?
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
haha probably.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:14 PM EST up reply actions
I am actually ok when there arent
it can be distracting from a workout. I want to be rich so I can build a good home gym.
i mean, the one i work out at has a ton of cute girls that go there
but most of them just go on the elliptical machine for 15 minutes and then do whatever stupid fucking Zumba class they have going on and call it a day
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
I saw people doing that zumba thing in Crystal City the other day.
I don’t really understand how that’s a workout.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 12:53 PM EST up reply actions
I figure just standing up and moving around is more of a workout than most of us get.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 12:57 PM EST up reply actions
That's exactly what this zumba looked like.
The lady leading the class (which is right out next to an extremely busy street) was getting all intense, but the people in the class were trying to stand and one foot and do the moves and such, but just kept falling over.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 12:58 PM EST up reply actions
I'm not a fan of Zumba
because I feel like a moron doing it, but it’s a pretty good aerobic workout if you do it right.
The lady who was leading the class was sweating like crazy.
The other people were just looking at her like “we’re supposed to do WHAT?” Plus it was right along Crystal Drive which is where 99.6 percent of anyone else who bothers to go to Crystal City are…meaning they had to do this in public with other people just staring at them.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:20 PM EST up reply actions
that's because they all knew they'd look like morons if they did it!
the fatal flaw of Zumba. Especially if anyone can see you. At the gym I used to go to the classes were in their own room but the outer doors and wall were all glass so anyone could ogle you. It was creepy enough having gross dudes just stand there and stare in the window for like fifteen minutes. Just sneak a peek as you walk buy, weirdos!
hahahhaha
I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t ever walked by the elliptical room at the gym and just stopped to…um…tie my shoe or something.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:30 PM EST up reply actions
They moved the free weights to the back corner of the Canton Merritt
Because girls were supposedly tired of being oogled.
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 25, 2012 1:01 PM EST up reply actions
really?
man if they do that to the one on Fort Ave, i’m going to be bittttter
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
Haha I wish you luck. it's no fun
Btw you weren’t in Pub Dog Saturday night by any chance were 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 Jan 25, 2012 1:06 PM EST up reply actions
yeah, actually i was in there for a few minutes
creeeepppyyyy
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
Hah! I should've said something
We were just about to leave when you walked in though… and I was nowhere near drunk enough to try to explain myself if I said hi and it wasn’t you… and my gf is not aware that I blog with strangers at work every day.
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 25, 2012 1:12 PM EST up reply actions
Haha that would be a funny conversation
“Honey who is this?”
“Uhhh….some guy I met on the internet”
Yeah, that ends well.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
haha
On Matt Wieters Day I met up with duck and EME (I think, sorry if it was someone else!) and a couple other people before the game and when EME and I were walking out of the bar I saw my dad and stepsister who I was going to the game with. So we parted ways and my stepsister was like, “Introduce us to your friend!” I blew it off because I didn’t feel like explaining it was someone from the internet.
That of course was all blown to hell when later in the game zk came to my section, introduced himself to my father as “Stacey’s friend from the internet” and kissed me hello, causing my 14 year old sister to freak out.
by Stacey on Jan 25, 2012 1:21 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
ZK was awesome that day
His seat was near me and my son, but not next to. He convinced no less than a dozen people to move over one seat so we could sit and talk. And no one looked the least bothered.
Dude is a GREAT actor.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
quick....start acting!!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:25 PM EST up reply actions
It's OK. I wasn't looking very reputable that day.
"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 25, 2012 1:23 PM EST up reply actions
Haha nice
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 25, 2012 1:24 PM EST up reply actions
hahaha it's all good man
i was fairly lit up by that point so it would have been entertaining. we didn’t stay around there too long cause it was a weird crowd in there and none of the bartenders seemed to be paying any attention.
i’ll actually be over in Fells on Saturday for a bar crawl. should be another Sloppy Saturday
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
You wouldn't even know the place was open if you weren't familiar with Fed
With the Stalking Horse line going well past the entrance. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Pub Dog guy was trying to fight that.
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 25, 2012 1:18 PM EST up reply actions
you mean MEGA HORSE?
that place is the worst. my friends will try and drag me in there on a Saturday night and i refuse. it constantly reeks of vommit and sweat and it’s like you’re trying to make your way through a mosh pit to get to the bar.
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
yeah i don't mind going there for a random weeknight happy hour, but not on the weekends
i have to be on the verge of blackout drunkenness to go in there
so it’s like every other weekend
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
Right to both of you
I liked it about three years ago. It was this cool unique bar where the DJ played music videos and there were slushy drinks! But the secret is out to say the least.
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 25, 2012 1:31 PM EST up reply actions
haha three years ago
my friend’s birthday was the same day as that summer street festival in Fed Hill. We spent all day drinking sweet tea vodka in the hot sun then he decided he NEEDED slushy drinks from Stalking Horse. He was so drunk we just put him in a cab at like 7 p.m. and kept drinking. That’s the night we decided we needed our pictures taking standing on the numbers outside Camden Yards and we got chased away by a security guard. I wondered where that guard was the day someone ripped the 8 out of the ground and drove off with it.
I guess that's understandable.
I doubt girls go to the gym just to be oogled at. But still….that sucks.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:09 PM EST up reply actions
haha if it is important
you could always be the random guy doing the eliptical and signing up for zumba.
Separate room at our YMCA
Machines in main gym, free weights in the free weights room, with mirrors on one side. It REEKS of testosterone in there.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
Yeah dude
They converted a raquetball court to the “free weight room’” and the air circulation is bad and it REEKS of dude. And you can no longer oogle girls. Bad day for us all.
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 25, 2012 1:14 PM EST up reply actions
This.
Sadness.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:15 PM EST up reply actions
So many dudes in here, they should call this Ballston....
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:15 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
That's a rec
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
disclaimer: i totally ripped that off from the guy who does the Arlington rap.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:21 PM EST up reply actions
Oh, I know
That made it even better. LOVE that video.
“We could take the Green line!”
Uh….
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
why'd they pick TODAY to do the track maintenence?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:25 PM EST up reply actions
I am adept at squating from my time in Asia, where squatters were more common than western toilets.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 12:23 PM EST up reply actions
You aren't missing anything.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 12:26 PM EST up reply actions
I have actually seen this sign in public restrooms in Asia...
… albeit with just the “no squatting” one… no fishing poles or leg lifting.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 12:33 PM EST up reply actions
Anyone who doesn't take care of that before going to a crowded bar venue is a rookie
The first Purple Patio at Mother’s this year, this blacked out dude was in the stall begging people to “go get a bouncer” to get him some TP. There was a line out the door of dudes waiting to piss and everyone was just laughing at him and throwing things into the stall.
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 25, 2012 12:15 PM EST up reply actions
Dude, I take care of it
But after like 6-7 hours of WHATEVER BEER IS CLOSEST and friends shoving Jaeger bombs down your throat, sometime nature just calls.
Sorrrrrry, MR. PERFECT… I guess I forgot you never ever make a mistaaaaake.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:16 PM EST up reply actions
hahah yea.
I usually find a fast food joint nearby to poop at. You can forget trying to crap at a bar.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 12:23 PM EST up reply actions
Penn State tailgating port-a-johns
Absolute must to bat leadoff in those. By the 9th inning (halftime of the game) the batters box is in disarray.
by IggesRule13 on Jan 25, 2012 12:15 PM EST up reply actions
9:20
Every single person in my office knows it’s 9:20.
If for some odd reason I’m early, I’ll stand up, throw a paper under my arm, look at the clock and announce loudly “huh, early today…” and walk out whistling.
All the old ladies love it but always chuckle like “TMI JB… T…M…I…”.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:11 PM EST up reply actions
CCs very own George Costanza!
"You should put the secret group of people that you carry with you on your tech equipment second to the person you're sitting with."
- Merrill Markoe
by sluggo 2.0 on Jan 25, 2012 12:26 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm not convinced they're actually cleaned though.
I see the cleaning people if I stay after work to use the gym. They’re in and out of that bathroom in less than 10 minutes. No way they clean all 5 stalls and 3 urinals in like 5ish minutes. Clean thoroughly anyways.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 11:56 AM EST up reply actions
Seriously, I poop on company time only.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:06 PM EST up reply actions
FTFY
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 12:09 PM EST up reply actions
FIX THIS!!!
(Does Walter White crotch grab)
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:10 PM EST up reply actions
Thanks
There’s a camera in the kitchen now and the pantry-pooper is still aggressively being sought out. In fact, I’m on the committee.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:10 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
That's the best place to avoid suspicion.
I saw this on TV. It’s like Nina from 24. Work for CTU so you can be a terrorist and know where all the anti-terror guys are gonna be!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 12:12 PM EST up reply actions
Seriously though
how do they know they formed the committee entirely of non-poopers? It could be anyone!
There really isn't a committee...
But security DID put a camera in the pantryroom, which makes my “I.O.U process” of keeping my pantry room tab in my head a little more awkward. Now I just fake like I’m putting money in the cup and tickle the nickels a little bit.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:14 PM EST up reply actions
If you want to keep pooping there, you just gotta put a ski mask on and then spray paint the camera.
I saw this on TV too.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 12:15 PM EST up reply actions
I always PAY
If I don’t have cash on me and want a damn Sweet & Salty, I’m taking one. I’m good for 50 cents. CMON. Sometimes, I’ll lose track and just toss a 5 in KNOWING I haven’t had 10 snacks. Ours has been running for a decade problem free! Plus they upcharge everything like 25-50% to account for the vandals.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:17 PM EST up reply actions
Wait...you guys have a pantry where you drop a few coins for a snack?
Damnit. We have a vending machine with crappy snacks for 1.35 each. They ALWAYS get stuck on the way down too so you have to shake and kick the machine until the stuff falls. Its terrible when you’re doing that and somebody senior walks by.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 12:25 PM EST up reply actions
We avoid the vending machines
by having guys who volunteer to go to Costco or BJs and buy stuff in bulk, so you can get stuff for like a quarter or such. They also sell bottles of water, soda, iced tea, all at cost. It’s sweet.
Samesies
Once a year I’ll go to Costco and we’ll get like $200 or so worth of stuff. Everyone usually takes a turn (or at least everyone who uses it). It’s a great little system. If you have any kind of pantry room you should think about firing one up.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:33 PM EST up reply actions
That would never work here.
I usually have a small candy supply on my desk. People abuse the hell out of that and ended up costing me quite a bit of money so I just stopped putting it there.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 12:40 PM EST up reply actions
The vending machine I have access to is sweet.
EVERYTHING is 50 cents. From the doritos to the gum to the big ass pack of like 16 fake oreos.
Dang...even the gum is 1.35 in our machine!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 12:30 PM EST up reply actions
DC.
But now the joke is even more appropriate.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 12:50 PM EST up reply actions
"I want to make a vending machine
that sells vending machines. It’d have to be really fucking big!"-Mitch
He praised my creativity, though he spoke sarcastically...
by PBR me ASAP! on Jan 25, 2012 12:33 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Today's random MH wisdom....
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
"I did not learn my
AA BB CC’s…god god damnit damnit"
He praised my creativity, though he spoke sarcastically...
by PBR me ASAP! on Jan 25, 2012 1:06 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
F'ing POTATO CHIPS came out!
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
best part of that joke..
"I don't have an on-deck circle for ideas. It's just 'Batter up!!' Even though they're bad" - Mike Birbiglia
by Parkinglotninja on Jan 25, 2012 1:53 PM EST up reply actions
Can't do the paperliners.... or TP in general
I know this is gonna make me a leper around here, but my process is grab a GOB of TP, and just wipe hard for about 10 seconds all around the bowl. Then just sit and roll the dice.
Also, I’m on my iPhone constantly… in the stall, urinal, whatevs.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:05 PM EST up reply actions
I can't believe you just said "whatevs"
I LOL’d at “roll the dice.” like its a land mine or something.
by IggesRule13 on Jan 25, 2012 12:07 PM EST up reply actions
When I get my smartphone on Sunday...
… my first Camden Chat post will be: “New smartphone! Guess what I’m doing while I type this?”
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 12:26 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, YOU'RE GONNA GO BLIND!
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 12:33 PM EST up reply actions
Coffee on the can!?
1.Weird
2.messing around, okay. Having a conversation!? Absolutely not.
3.Who cares.
by IggesRule13 on Jan 25, 2012 11:21 AM EST up reply actions
2) This!
I forgot to say this. Fooling around on a phone is fine in a urinal but no talking.
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
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 25, 2012 11:22 AM EST up reply actions
*Stall, not urinal.
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
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 25, 2012 11:28 AM EST up reply actions
hm
1) Not weird. Sounds awesome, even.
2) Urinal no, stall yes. I do this all the time.
3) Used to line with TP but not I just unroll a handful and do a cursory wipe.
#3
I’m sure that totally kills all the germs.
by Holymittens on Jan 25, 2012 11:31 AM EST up reply actions
I'm not worried about germs
I just want a dry, pube-free seat to sit on. Hence the wipe. I’ll survive whatever germs are found in a bathroom that’s cleaned daily.
That'll save you from the herpes-infested dude who used that stall right before you!
Okay, yea….you’re probably safe. I just get creeped out by public restrooms.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 11:36 AM EST up reply actions
I bet it's possible.
That dude could be covered in open sores and rub his puss or whatever all over that seat! You’d never know!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 11:52 AM EST up reply actions
you would have to have cold sores or something too.
But this convo just got too gross to continue
by mdterps0325 on Jan 25, 2012 11:54 AM EST up reply actions
The only thing I’ll add that hasn’t been covered:
Our work toilet is only shared by about 4 or 5 other people, and they are all men. So:
3) No, but I do a quick wipe with some TP before sitting. At a public toilet, I line it with TP.
BOOM! Samesies!
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:08 PM EST up reply actions
Also, worst thing ever in a public restroom?
I sat down once and my junk dipped into the water. I cringed. I cried. I went home and dipped that shit in bleach.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 12:31 PM EST up reply actions
I always freak out when mine makes any contact with the bowl.
Usually the little part where there is an opening in the front of the seat. Why is that there anyway? Is it like seriously meant to be an air pocket for junk?
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:35 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, that's only slightly behind actually dipping into the water.
I think that gap is for guys who don’t lift the lid when they pee there.
I do appreciate that the vast majority of public toilets are the oblong extended ones and not the rounder style many homes have.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 12:36 PM EST up reply actions
This is pretty awesome
In the video, players apparently destroy the Eiffel Tower, blow up the moon, and attack what appears to be a pagoda with a nuclear volley ball.
party's over, chairface!
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Jan 25, 2012 11:50 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Hey Westie
Southland was a little over the top last night huh?
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 25, 2012 11:48 AM EST reply actions
Haven't watched it yet.
I was sick so I feel asleep early. Gonna get it on my computer and watch it tonight though.
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 12:31 PM EST up reply actions
Watching Luther on Demand
What a good show! If you can bear through the occasional not being able to understand them because of their accents
Since we're covering a lot of bases today
any reformed nail-biters out there? It’s been a week for me. Wondering what guys do for nail care. Any dudes get manicures?
I'm trying. I'm trying so hard.
But at some point, my nails get to a point where I can feel (or imagine I feel) some sharp point and I don’t have a file handy. Biting starts again.
It’s pissing me off. I feel like I should be able to kick this, but I just can’t do it.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 12:39 PM EST up reply actions
I used to be a big nail biter
But I willed my way to stop and succeeded. But only a couple of awesome people like me can do this.
I can also hold my breath long enough to kill myself.
@sibsinExile
had to clip nails religiously for wrestling to pass inspection
it has stuck so i rarely have any nails to bite.
I love biting my nails and I'll never stop.
I mean, why stop? It’s awesome.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:40 PM EST up reply actions
I love it too
I dunno. I’m looking at my nails right now, at a week’s worth of growth, and they just look delicious. I dunno how else to describe it. But I feel like it’s a habit I just need to break.
Dude, jump in...
I don’t see why people think it’s a bad habit. Just don’t be the guy that gets the big one between his lips and then makes that noise while spitting it like 20 yards across the office. Personally, I usually chew mine into such minute particles that there’s nothing left.
Don’t be ashamed man… dive in there.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:46 PM EST up reply actions
I use mine to do some minor flossing
that’s really the habit I need to break, but if I bite my nails I know I’m gonna stick ‘em between my teeth. So biting has got to stop. I don’t think people really know what i’m doing when they see my using a fingernail clipping to reach my molars.
What's flossing?
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:50 PM EST up reply actions
Please, go on...
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:53 PM EST up reply actions
take a fingernail clipping
one you’ve just bitten off of your finger. Hold one end between your thumb and forefinger so it looks like a tiny toothpick, and then use it like you would a toothpick.
Yep, it’s gross. And I need to stop doing it. Hence the attempt to stop biting my nails.
from some of the comments you've made today and in the past
you’re totally the person in the office that everyone else is grossed out by
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
Oh noooooooooo....
I still get paid on the 1st and the 15th right?
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:53 PM EST up reply actions
Nah.
I bite my lips though. Stick to biting your nails so you don’t end up biting your lips instead.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 12:41 PM EST up reply actions
i used to get manicures every now and then..
but that was because I was doing classical guitar gigs. Half of college was spent wearing fake nails too. Those were the days.
Haha best OT ever
No wonder girls don’t come here.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Jan 25, 2012 12:50 PM EST up reply actions
Please, this place is like a real cosmo
You really want to know what a guy is thinking about? Come to camden chat and you will get the brutal honesty.
I bet there are 1000s of chicks lurking that just read this everyday
You know so they can see what real men think about stuff.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:53 PM EST up reply actions
Not just real men, but real men of GENIUS.
"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 25, 2012 12:54 PM EST up reply actions
They're out there... we should just call 'em "The Others"
They’re just too shy to come out and say hey right now.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:55 PM EST up reply actions
Here's to you mr. finger nail flossing office guy
Hero of the office gross out
Master of the nail nibbling
Real men of GENIUSSS
by Benhem612 on Jan 25, 2012 12:55 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
I was being sarcastic
I personally don’t even know how you put up with us.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 1:35 PM EST up reply actions
Can you imagine how bad we would be if Stacey wasn't keeping an eye on us?
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 1:40 PM EST up reply actions
I used to bite my nails in high school
Then I stopped because it was gross and my nailed looked horrible and I wanted to not have jagged ugly fingernails.
Now I can’t even contemplate biting them.
jagged ugly nails sounds like a follow up album by allanis morrisette
by Benhem612 on Jan 25, 2012 1:02 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
You are ON FIRE!!!!
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
to answer your second question
i have a couple of buddies that go to get pedicures, don’t know if they get manicures while they are there. i refuse to go because apparently i am not comfortable enough with my masculinity to be seen at a day spa
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
I dunno
I really kind of like the idea of someone doing all the work for me. Plus hand and forearm massage… not sure why manicures are seen in a negative light. It sounds awesome.
I'd have no problem with getting a manicure / pedicure...
Some women just have this light touch that when they’re working on your hands or feet, it feels really good.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 1:04 PM EST up reply actions
the idea of it seems enjoyable to me
i just don’t wanna roll in to some place by myself though, or go on a group outing with my friends because, well that just seems weird
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
It's funny
the only guys I have ever seen at the nail place are just the biggest, brawniest guys ever. Maybe they’re the only ones confident enough for that.
I'd totally go if it was something I could afford
Or really need. Luckily my nails are pretty damn blessed.
pedicures are the best
I kind of have short stubby fingers so I feel like getting my nails done makes me look like a little kid playing dress up. But pedicures are one of my favorite self indulgences.
My buddy Grove (you know him) and I got our eyebrows waxed last year at this fancy salon
They had beer and everything. We were bored and were just like “let’s do it”.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 1:39 PM EST up reply actions
haha
how’d you like that? I hate getting my eyebrows waxed! Or any part of my body, for that matter. It’s like torture.
It was painful, but kind of hilarious.
I have a funny video of them ripping the thing off my buddy and like three seconds delayed he lets out an “ooooooooooooooooooowwwwwww”.
I could see doing it once a year just to stay fresh. It was like $12-$15 so big deal.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 1:42 PM EST up reply actions
lolwut?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:41 PM EST up reply actions
I bite my nails all the time, but I'm careful with the remains. I flush them.
My wife made me get a manicure the day of our wedding. It was awesome but I haven’t had one since
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
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 26, 2012 3:49 AM EST up reply actions
Wow
Just started ZK’s recommendation, and let’s just say 47 seconds into the credits and I DEFINITELY don’t have Deadwood…. amiright… amiright… .HIYOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:52 PM EST reply actions
Um.... Deadwood
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:54 PM EST up reply actions
ah yeah good show
Al swearengen is the most aptly named character ever.
Drama boner?
or is it HBO, so the first 3 Eps have a bunch of nudity?
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 12:55 PM EST up reply actions
ugh
our office just raised the prices in the vending machine and restocked it with even worse crap then what was in there before. No more snickers? Imma bout to cut someone if this shit doesn’t get fixed. Oh and I told them via a post-it note that I was unhappy. yeah. a post-it.
You're such a diva when you're hungry!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:05 PM EST up reply actions
That advertising is only slightly better than the stupid McDonald's commercials.
Nobody gets full from eating a Snickers. Not to mention you’re hungry like ten seconds later since it’s all simple sugars.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:10 PM EST up reply actions
The Kit-Kat candy bar has the name 'Kit-Kat' imprinted into the chocolate
That robs you of chocolate! That is a clever chocolate saving technique. I go down to the factory, “You owe me some letters!”
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
by duck on Jan 25, 2012 1:15 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
lol
I never thought of it that way.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:16 PM EST up reply actions
I do have a friend who section-hiked the AT eating nothing but snickers at breakfast and lunch.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:17 PM EST up reply actions
More accurately, to take a page out of mcdonals book. Snicker's the prozac of candy
I don’t get full from snickers, I just get really really happy.
You and I have similar vending machine issues.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 12:57 PM EST up reply actions
Ugh I hate that advertising.
The egg mcmuffin is so fucking generic. It’s what you get when you are late and starving. If you go out of your way to get an egg mcmuffin, you’re missing out on food, because some of it is pretty good.
homemade egg mcmuffins are great
thomas’s english muffin, fresh canadian bacon, some cheese pepper and an egg. Some good stuff there.
You give McDonalds way too much credit by calling THAT an egg mcmuffin
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 1:03 PM EST up reply actions
Definitely
But fuck McDonalds. Their unremarkable sandwich shouldn’t mean we call ALL other english muffin egg sandwiches “mcmuffins”.
The fake-o office brand ones do.
I’ve got “Imperial” brand on my desk right now. These things are like fucking sandpaper.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:11 PM EST up reply actions
I think you're the egg mcmuffin of Camden Chatters.
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 25, 2012 1:03 PM EST up reply actions
get a room!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:05 PM EST up reply actions
In 2 year WW will be telling us all about how CC is the egg mcmuffin of blogs
And this is the egg mcmuffin of that.
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 1:04 PM EST up reply actions
that would mean that WW is the McGriddle of Camden Chatters
kinda gross and makes you feel bad about yourself after you spend time with it
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
by Gamecock24 on Jan 25, 2012 1:12 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
McGriddles are way better than the McMuffins!
It’s got fake maple syrup baked RIGHT INTO the pancake!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:18 PM EST up reply actions
Just pull a Randy and get a bookbag full of em and sell your own.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 12:57 PM EST up reply actions
I sign up for one price alert from Kayak and now I get emails about great deals to Europe.
Fuck you Kayak, I can’t afford that. I’m not going to Europe until Italy calls me and says they need me to come and fix their government and they are paying for my flight.
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 1:13 PM EST reply actions
One of the top 10 rules of the internet is never sign up for anything.
"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 25, 2012 1:16 PM EST up reply actions
Throw away email
Essential, rook.
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 25, 2012 1:19 PM EST up reply actions
I have a dozen email accounts just for the different shit I do.
Then they’re all linked together through a “gatherer” account. Gmail rocks.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 1:20 PM EST up reply actions
That is the corollary to the rule.
Throwaway e-mail when one is necessary.
Sites are trying to break this with endless Facebook integration, but the savvy user knows the deal.
"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 25, 2012 1:21 PM EST up reply actions
this.
I don’t even know where all of this shit comes from, but my yahoo email gets spammed like crazy.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:19 PM EST up reply actions
Yea....not getting any work done.
We may as well play risk or something.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Also....500+ comments and it is but 130.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:31 PM EST up reply actions
And we haven't even discussed proper cubical farm etiquette yet...
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 1:33 PM EST up reply actions
First rule of Cubicalville?
Don’t talk about Cubicalville and don’t share your shit on Facebook because nobody fucking cares.
(I have a burning hatred for Farmville.)
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 1:37 PM EST up reply actions
now its CityVille
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:39 PM EST up reply actions
You also seem to have a burning hatred for spelling cubicle correctly.
Cubical means like a cube
by DaveAA on Jan 25, 2012 1:39 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I always thought it was "cubicle", but everywhere in my office it's spelled "cubical".
Cubicles are generally cubical in shape, so meh.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 1:41 PM EST up reply actions
I guess it makes sense.
An english major would tell us that cubicle means a little cube, but fuck english majors.
Yeah, fuck English majors!
Especially the cute ones.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 1:43 PM EST up reply actions
I don't discriminate.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:44 PM EST up reply actions
We're not allowed plants in our offices.
wtf? Since when did my fucking shrub give you a disease or keep you from doing your work?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:38 PM EST up reply actions
That would be funny.
but I don’t think anyone here is dumb enough to try that.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:43 PM EST up reply actions
Why?
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 3:18 PM EST up reply actions
30 minutes into Deadwood... I can't take it anymore.
Just downloaded the whole 15GB and I’m already pushing delete. Sorry ZK, I hate old-timey Westerny stuff. It just bores me.
Next…. Should I go back to Fringe?
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 1:40 PM EST reply actions
I need a Drama bro
Something with a couple really likable characters (Jesse Pinkman, Scofield, Jax, McNulty)…. you know.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 1:43 PM EST up reply actions
ha...I was just about to say this.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:44 PM EST up reply actions
Yup.. I watched it every week. Fantastic.
What happened to all the good shows. They all just…. ended the past couple years.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 1:45 PM EST up reply actions
NCIS is still on!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:47 PM EST up reply actions
Ted Danson....... Ehhhhh
It’s on the maybe list.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 1:46 PM EST up reply actions
Ted Danson's been pretty good on CSI.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:47 PM EST up reply actions
It's pure tension and drama
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0914387/
Very comparable to Breaking Bad in my opinion.
Alright Phil
You’re up. Downloading….. errrrrr BUYING Damages NOW
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 1:48 PM EST up reply actions
Is it anything like Suits from USA?
I loved that show but it was more of a fun low budget mess.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 1:55 PM EST up reply actions
You like Damages?
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 1:57 PM EST up reply actions
FUN DRAMA baby
JERSEY SHORE is my #1 all-time favorite. (I kid…. but I do watch it every week)
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 1:58 PM EST up reply actions
It's in the queue
I’m either gonna watch 50/50 or Tree of Life tonight with the wifey.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 1:59 PM EST up reply actions
Also
If anyone wants any shows, I have a monster collection and can throw it in Dropbox whenever you want it. It just can’t all be at once since it’s a 2GB limit.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 1:49 PM EST up reply actions
i'm telling ya
“Californication”
i feel like the crude humor would be right up your alley
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
I think I need something more mainstream...
I hate when my wife walks by and there’s some gratuitous sex scene and I feel like I’m watching a porno or something (you know how they ALWAYS walk in during the ONE nudity scene every episode).
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 1:44 PM EST up reply actions
True
Love the sig by the way.
FNL was my favorite show ever.
By the way, are you peeps watching UP ALL NIGHT. That’s my favorite show of the year by far. They even had an FNL episode last week. IT was great.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 1:50 PM EST up reply actions
i decided to pass on it since i have too many other shows i'm watching right now
i’ll probably catch up on it online some time after the first season is over
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
I watched Up All Night a few months ago and it was very eh
but then I caught an ep when they moved it to Thursday (the NYE episode) and it was hilarious. So I’m gonna give it another shot.
It's been awesome
There are maybe 2-3 meh episodes out of 10 or so. It’s my wife and I’s favorite show this year. Probably because we’re in that transition (or at least I am) from single party animals to married parents. It’s an awkward phase the first couple years and that show nails it. Plus, I love anything Will Arnett.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 1:57 PM EST up reply actions
Is it trekky? I couldn't watch Star Wars/Star Trek if you put a gun in my mouth and swore you'd pull the trigger.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 1:45 PM EST up reply actions
its definitely not trekky
it’s very much in the “Adventures of Han Solo” mold, I guess.
Your cannonball trajectory, it always gave me hope
I also blew through the first two seasons of the league
which I liked in spite of myself. That’s a mumblecore comedy, though, which might not be your thing.
Your cannonball trajectory, it always gave me hope
Yeah, it's cheap raunchy laughs but I love those guys. They all crack me up.
Season 3 is even raunchier.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 1:50 PM EST up reply actions
To me they're identical (pretty much how I feel about sci-fi)
I couldn’t tell ya the different between Battlestar Galactica/Star Trek/Star Wars etc.
If it involves the future, space, people that aren’t real, talking robots (except for Screech’s), I’m out.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 1:47 PM EST up reply actions
wow, I would put fire fly more in the battle star mold
than in the star trek mold. I liked both fire fly and battle star galactica a good bit but hated star wars. Star Trek was ok.
Firefly and BSG
The sci-fi stuff took a definite back seat to the story, they were basically just the settings.
When the fuck did we get ice cream???
Well...
It’s a hybrid sci-fi/fantasy. The Jedi Knights and the Force are fantasy elements, the Death Star and hyperdrive are fantasy.
It's like "Cowboys and Aliens", except good and quirky.
Plus, Morena Baccarain, who is extraordinarily attractive.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 1:49 PM EST up reply actions
Is that the same girl from Homeland?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:50 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe it's the short hair.
I didn’t find her all that attractive. Claire Danes was better.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:54 PM EST up reply actions
In "Firefly", she had long hair.
She definitely didn’t show much skin, but her wardrobe was outstanding. Very elegant.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 1:56 PM EST up reply actions
meh
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 2:01 PM EST up reply actions
you bring up firefly
and don’t mention that christina hendricks is in it. What is wrong with you.
Ah, Morena Baccarin.
My dad, my brother, and I got into one of those “Which character would you take?” conversations re: Firefly. My brother took Zoe (too lazy to find the special “e”), and my dad took Kaylee. I was just like, “You’re giving me Inara? Okay!”
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
You would leave out Kaylee
"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 25, 2012 1:54 PM EST up reply actions
That's gross
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 1:58 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
ehhhh
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 1:59 PM EST up reply actions
One wonders why you complain about your singleness
Tommy hunter still sucks!
by Steve. on Jan 25, 2012 2:05 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
haha....I'm not gonna marry this chick!
just look.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 2:06 PM EST up reply actions
It's funny you say that
Because her face does kind of look like a button. It’s really round and her eyes are all far apart and stuff.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 2:00 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
HM and I have POLAR OPPOSITE tastes in women
And we both agree, she is not attractive.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 2:06 PM EST up reply actions
Are you saying "not attractive" or just "not stunningly Hollywood hot".
There’s a difference.
No, I don’t think that Jewel Staite is in the same category as Morena Baccarin or any number of other women commonly seen on TV. However, I do think that if she walked by my desk at work, I’d absolutely notice.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 2:08 PM EST up reply actions
I'd notice and tell her to get out of my line of sight asap.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 2:09 PM EST up reply actions
I think she's fairly plain looking
In the if she was in a bar, I wouldn’t give her a second look way.
okay yea....maybe WW is right
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 2:14 PM EST up reply actions
EWWWWWWWWW WORSE!!!!
GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF!!!!
Thanks for the SUBJECT LINE!
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 2:14 PM EST up reply actions
Just cause somebody has a professional photographer and photoshop
doesn’t make them actually super attractive.
GADZOOKS!!!
MAKE IT STOP!!!!!!!!!
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 2:16 PM EST up reply actions
oddly enough, that was the best one too.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 2:17 PM EST up reply actions
LOL
I’m just kidding around.
The last two pics were pretty hot… well, at least the last ONE. But I can’t forget the first one where she’s all cross-eyed and plain jane looking.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 2:18 PM EST up reply actions
Actually, she was intentionally portrayed that way in the show.
She was supposed to be naively optimistic and that went more with a subdued look than a glamor look.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 2:20 PM EST up reply actions
Yikes....the black dress one wasn't so great
The last one was definitely the best one.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 2:20 PM EST up reply actions
I'm gonna keep posting more just because you're being snarky now.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 2:19 PM EST up reply actions
Fair enough.
I don’t necessarily need biggies up front. She’s girl-next-door cute to me.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 2:22 PM EST up reply actions
I just don't find her that good looking
I could go into a list of reasons why, but this isn’t the hotties tournament.
Please HM
Give us one of those epic descriptions.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 2:36 PM EST up reply actions
I really don't have a lot of time to do it, but...
Her eyes are too small for her face and her cheekbones are too prominent.
Ah, I actually like prominent cheekbones.
Just gives the face a nice dimension, I think.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 3:16 PM EST up reply actions
Dude, just stop...
bleh
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 2:21 PM EST up reply actions
Dunno man....I don't really find her that attractive.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 2:22 PM EST up reply actions
stunning hollywood hot of course.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 2:10 PM EST up reply actions
RR/RW Challenge Battle of the Exes starts tonight
Oh yeeeaaaahhh!
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 25, 2012 2:00 PM EST up reply actions
I was searching online for Challenge fantasy leagues
We’re out of time but I would definitely be down for one at some point.
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 25, 2012 2:08 PM EST up reply actions
what's this?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 2:03 PM EST up reply actions
I couldn't get into Deadwood either.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Yup, watched it all... loved it.
For a cheesy low budget USA legal comedy drama that is anyway.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 3:03 PM EST up reply actions
Psych and Burn Notice ftw
So great!
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 3:21 PM EST up reply actions
Eh
I’ve lost interest in Burn Notice, you can only maintain the tension that makes a show like that work for so long
I still watch it.
It’s not as good as it used to be though, that is true. Psych is actually funnier this season than in previous years though, not that anyone else here watches it.
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 3:27 PM EST up reply actions
I like Psych.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
It's not a drama, but does anyone here watch "Peep Show"?
It’s a British comedy and might be the best thing ever.
Give it more of a chance
Seriously, I cannot speak highly enough of Deadwood. 30 minutes doesn’t come close to doing it justice. If you get through episode 4 and you aren’t hooked, then I suggest you try heroin, because you simply lack an addictive personality.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
by James F on Jan 25, 2012 10:32 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Goshdarnit
Now I gotta slug through another couple.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 10:33 PM EST up reply actions
Wait till you meet Calamity Jane, at least.
She’s so fucking awesome.
He praised my creativity, though he spoke sarcastically...
by PBR me ASAP! on Jan 26, 2012 8:49 AM EST up reply actions
Ugh...Ryan Clark going to the pro bowl.
Got Ed Reed’s spot.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
i loathe him
i dont think he ever learned to tackle with anything other than his head. His spears at people non stop
Per Roch
We just signed some dude named Cory Aldridge, who was drafted by the Braves in 1997, played a couple years in their system, played a few games for the Braves in 2001, and then disappeared until 2010 where he mashed in AAA Salt Lake in the LAA organization. Then it looks like he played in Korea last year, and now he’s coming to the O’s.
Seriously, who are these fuckin’ guys?
(and does anybody know where to look up Korean baseball stats?)
I found his missing stats from 2001 to 2010
For some reason they didn’t show up on my first search of B-R, but they are here:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=aldrid001cor
Buster Olney blurb on Betemit
Wilson Betemit got a two-year deal. It’s a little surprising, given Betemit’s handful of at-bats in the postseason when he looked like he couldn’t see the ball.
So as long as he Betermit never reaches the post-season, he’ll be fine!
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
He's come to the right place then!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 2:31 PM EST up reply actions
Consider this an upgrade.
We could have had Vlad!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 2:33 PM EST up reply actions
So did Boston.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 2:36 PM EST up reply actions
I don't particularly think a career 105 OPS+ is a perfect fit for a contender in RF...
Cody Ross is basically a replacement level player.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 2:40 PM EST up reply actions
So, Boston should offer us their farm system for Mark Reynolds?
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 2:45 PM EST up reply actions
I'd be okay with that.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 3:01 PM EST up reply actions
Considering we wont be in the post season
he only needs to see the ball in the regular season so we are fine.
it's always a great idea to evaluate a player with 8 seasons of ABs
with a handful of ABs in one post-season.
It's more a scouting statement than a predictive statement
so I’m fine with it.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Oh man, we got postseason experience?
I didn’t even realize.
"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 25, 2012 2:34 PM EST up reply actions
melvin ii!
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Jan 25, 2012 2:44 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Somebody needs to ask Betemit what he thinks about bunting.
"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 25, 2012 2:49 PM EST up reply actions
some of these are just....
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Yup, and they even use their CC handles and everything!
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 2:53 PM EST up reply actions
Man, this was hysterical...
I’m gonna give ya a rec, even though you Oriole’d it all up not using a subject line.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 2:53 PM EST up reply actions
Of course.
It’s still funny.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 2:59 PM EST up reply actions
The O's REALLY need to start charging for soda.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 2:51 PM EST reply actions
I need to quit smoking
Anybody tried an e-cigarette? If so, what brand and how much?
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
for some reason
the fact that you’re a smoker surprises the hell out of me. No real reason why that is, but it’s true.
Honestly
I’m pretty much shocked when I find out anybody is a smoker.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
by O'sFan21 on Jan 25, 2012 3:16 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
That makes two of us.
"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 25, 2012 3:18 PM EST up reply actions
This.
Dunno why.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 3:19 PM EST up reply actions
wah wah wah
Smoking is cool. (lights match)
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 3:20 PM EST up reply actions
I wouldn't be surprised to find out YOU smoke though.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Why, am I like the Charlie Sheen of the board?
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 3:32 PM EST up reply actions
well
You are the 20+ beer drinking red stater. I assume most of you people smoke. haha
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
I used to smoke half pack a day at the height of my smoking.
Now it’s about a pack a week, and 95% of that is on Fri-Sun during drinking hours.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 3:34 PM EST up reply actions
And everyone knows alcohol counteracts the negative effects of smoking
by kba26 on Jan 25, 2012 3:35 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, that's a deadly combo.
If I have a drink, I must smoke.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
A pack a week?
You’re adorable. I go through a carton a week.
Pissing match dude. Your move.
(Not really. Lord knows this isn’t a bragging right)
Robert Andino, let me buy you a beer.
And you named yourself "cirrhosis"??
haha…wrong organ!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 3:47 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
"cirrhosis" is a tag I've had for over ten years now
It was a band I was in in middle school and I thought the name was hilarious.
And one can totally have cirrhosis of the lungs, so don’t count me out.
Robert Andino, let me buy you a beer.
hahaha can you?
I thought it was called black lung or something
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 3:50 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, cirrhosis is just continual scarring of any organ tissue.
Robert Andino, let me buy you a beer.
what do you know
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 3:51 PM EST up reply actions
when you reach your 30s, you won't be smoking a carton a week.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Apropos Bill Hicks joke off of the Flying Saucer Tour cd
BH (to audience member): How much do you smoke, sir?
AM: 2 packs a day.
BH: 2 packs!?!? Pussy. I go through 2 lighters a day! You’re like the Jack Lalane of smokers to me.
He praised my creativity, though he spoke sarcastically...
by PBR me ASAP! on Jan 25, 2012 7:00 PM EST up reply actions
So I stood up and told that Spanish teachin' lady:
“If English was good enough for Jesus, it’s good enough for me!”
Huh?
Asians ALL smoke…. and gamble.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 3:18 PM EST up reply actions
South park reference = auto-rec
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 Jan 25, 2012 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
That's an offensive stereotype!
(Well… and completely true based on my time over there. You also forgot the rampant alcoholism.)
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 3:18 PM EST up reply actions
yeah,
I hate to say this but I’m Korean. Korean people smoke. We drink a shit load too. We’re like the Irish among Asian ethnicity.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
I hate making broad generalizations about a group.
But I’m fairly certain the data back me up. The smoking rates among Koreans (1st or 2nd gen) is much higher in comparison to the general population.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Ah, I don't know about Korean-Americans...
I can only say that I’ve seen data for smoking and drinking in South Korea and it is shocking.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 3:35 PM EST up reply actions
Dude, I think it's all Asians...
I’ve hung out in shit tons of casinos and the asian population there is nuts, and they all smoke funny cigarettes. Like, they always seem to have a non-disposable case for them and everything.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 3:35 PM EST up reply actions
Smoking in China is out of control, too.
I think I’m the only male that I knew in three years there that didn’t smoke.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 3:36 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, they put Mad Men peeps to shame.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 3:37 PM EST up reply actions
Well smoking is generally much higher in developing nations than developed ones
So that explains China, but I don’t know what to say about Korea and Japan
@sibsinExile
I wouldn't be surprised if there are higher rates of smoking among Asians in general.
Just using anecdcotal evidence, I suspect Vietnamese peeps come in second in terms of smoking rates.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
So I guess nobody has a recommendation in response to my original question?
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Oh yeah, that...
Just keep smoking.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 3:41 PM EST up reply actions
At this point,
I just want to cut out smoking during the week. I’ll keep the weekends for now.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
That's what I did...
And I totally don’t miss it at all.
I haven’t had a smoke since the Giants-49ers game. Although after that motherfucker Cundiff shanked that bunny, I chain-smoked about a pack and a half Marlboro lights while staring up at the stars for two hours questioning everything in my life.
#hammered
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 3:46 PM EST up reply actions
Start cutting back to reduce your dependency
first, eliminate/reduce smoking during the weekday
Then, eliminate/reduce smoking during the weeknight
once you are only smoking on weekends, you are no longer physically addicted and you just need to get over the mental hurdle that makes you smoke on weekends.
When I was in the “cutting back” phase, I started rolling my own cigs. Once it kind of became a chore to smoke one, it started happening less. The act of rolling kind of made it feel like a special occasion too.
Thing is, I don't want to cut back.
I love these little fuckers.
The drinking though, I definitely needed to cut that back. If anything was going to kill me before 30, it was that.
Robert Andino, let me buy you a beer.
At this point,
I’ve cut back enough that I’m addicted to the act than the nicotine. Like WW said above, I like smoking while staring up the at the stars and doing nothing.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Or when you get smashed and start in to some deep philosophical conversations...
I smoke like a chimney then.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 3:52 PM EST up reply actions
Or after a big meal
Or first thing in the morning
Or after sex
Or while on the toilet
Really, just about everything is improved with a slow drag.
Robert Andino, let me buy you a beer.
Or during sex
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 3:55 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
hahah....i was gonna say
why wait until after? just smoke straight through.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 3:57 PM EST up reply actions
I've cut out my after meal smoke.
That was a toughie.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Just cut out everything in your life that you associate with smoking
so all people, foods, and drinks that you have fond memories of while smoking. That way you wont be tempted again. Then change your name and you will be good to go.
yeah, those conversations about who's hotter, the little mermaid or belle from beauty and the beast equals a pack right there.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Are we limited to these two or can we bring in any Disney princess?
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 3:59 PM EST up reply actions
This.
I don’t wanna know what cartoon characters you’d like to bang.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 4:00 PM EST up reply actions
I'm here too, but let's face it:
Jessica Rabbit is an obvious exception.
Robert Andino, let me buy you a beer.
No, but a cartoon character
Seriously though, I’m getting out of this before it gets really weird.
Robert Andino, let me buy you a beer.
Woah, woah, woah...
You can’t be having exceptions. You either accept that a cartoon can be drawn to be attractive or not at all.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 4:02 PM EST up reply actions
Do you think that a painting can be attractive?
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 4:07 PM EST up reply actions
Theres a big difference between 'i find that painting attractive' and 'i want to have sex with that cartoon character'
and we all know where this conversation would end up
Reddit is the safe, less WTF-inducing version
of 4chan, as far as I can tell.
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 Jan 25, 2012 4:11 PM EST up reply actions
Until you find out about subreddits
which I won’t even go into here because I don’t dare speak their names. I’ve only been to Reddit once a long time ago, and then hearing about some of the subreddits on the SomethingAwful forums decided I never need to go again.
Robert Andino, let me buy you a beer.
I read the frontpage pretty regularly
but some of the sub-reddits definitely approach 4chan territory
I'm aware of the subreddits.
I don’t look at any of the weird stuff really, just funny, pics, f7u12, advice animals, and then the subreddits for MLB, NFL, etcm etc
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 Jan 25, 2012 4:15 PM EST up reply actions
Guys, let's just drop it.
It’s obvious kba was really hurt by a cartoon character once and he doesn’t want to rehash any of it.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 4:11 PM EST up reply actions
That definitely made me laugh.
Tell us what happened kba. It’s okay to talk about it, buddy.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 4:11 PM EST up reply actions
Tez likes 4chan cookies.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 4:10 PM EST up reply actions
Who brought sex with a cartoon character into this?
The original question referenced “hotter”… not sex.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 4:10 PM EST up reply actions
Of course they can be hot
They’re specifically drawn to be hot. Dudes were looking at crude drawings of chicks way before they were looking at pictures and videos.
That said, not everyone finds cartoons hot.
I hope you're talking about adult Nala, because otherwise it's just wrong.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 4:01 PM EST up reply actions
haha My roommates would all be weird and argue which cartoon character was hottest
and one roommate would always come out of nowhere and vehemently stand behind Nala. It was weird
@sibsinExile
If you're joking, but playing the straight man, it's quality.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 4:11 PM EST up reply actions
So beastiality is OK,
as long as they’re not underage?
I must be missing something.
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
by J(O's)elskIL on Jan 26, 2012 4:11 AM EST up reply actions
I dig Parliaments
They’re my second choice.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Marlboro Light 72s
I used to smoke Kamel Red or Camel lights. But they started to become too strong. So I switched over to Marlboro which are kind of weak cigs unless you’re smoking Reds.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
I'm not a fan of Menthols
too minty for me.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
yeah... I totally get all that too.
I definitely miss all of that about smoking. And smoke breaks. If I’m at a bar and someone goes out for a smoke break, I usually tag along.
If I’m sitting and staring at stars, I probably do it with a nice beer. Maybe an e-cig would work for you.
I stopped for good by getting really drunk and smoking about a pack in one night (this was after being down to about 5 cigs a week for a year). I was staying at a friend’s house ,so I didnt brush my teeth or change my clothes when I passed out. I woke up the next morning feeling incredibly shitty with the taste and smell of cigarettes all over me. I really had no desire to touch those things again. That was about 4 years ago.
I figure an e-cig will allow me the act of smoking.
Then I smoke the real stuff on the weekends.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
this completely changes all of the "birdman's mom" jokes in my mind
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
I just find it creepy.
WW, this is why you should never post a pic of your wife here.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
wait...did you really not know he was Asian?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 3:41 PM EST up reply actions
well, it's not like I'm DCOed about it.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
by birdman on Jan 25, 2012 3:44 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
yeah but you've definitely mentioned it more than once
I thought…or maybe I just know because of facebook
He's on FACEBOOK!?!??
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by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 4:15 PM EST up reply actions
I comment on CC facebook postings all the time.
You’ve seen me but didn’t know it was me.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
in fact, i'm probably the only asian person on CC's facebook page.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
i should have switched my pic to a black dude.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Haha... THAT'S what Im saying
He gave away how to find it. I’m not even friends with him.
-Jonathan Britton
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by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 4:41 PM EST up reply actions
Jonathan Britton likes this.
"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 25, 2012 4:42 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
ahahah
rec’d
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 4:44 PM EST up reply actions
I won't tell anyone my name on here ever
But my handle is Dave H. and i’m the biggest Brendan Harris fan around these parts
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Wait so your name is David....David....
Crap….lost it. I need more clues.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 4:47 PM EST up reply actions
David Brendan
next
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by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 4:48 PM EST up reply actions
Also, it's not like his name is super uncommon
If I gave out my name, you either find me or my father by it.
Seriously, there have got to be millions of those out there.
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by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 4:42 PM EST up reply actions
There are two of them in my office alone.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 4:45 PM EST up reply actions
Don't talk about Asian people like this.
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 4:45 PM EST up reply actions
I do this only to avoid disclosing a certain identity.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 4:46 PM EST up reply actions
I know everyones name.
Mostly from the Hottie Thread. Gmail told me all the names of the people in that email chain.
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 4:42 PM EST up reply actions
Yup
Like I said. If you Google my name, you get either me or my father. Or I guess my dead grandfather.
I'm gonna start calling everyone by their first name now.
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 4:46 PM EST up reply actions
Leave John alone man.
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by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 4:48 PM EST up reply actions
Don't tell me how to talk to John, Jonathan.
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 4:49 PM EST up reply actions
hahaha
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 4:53 PM EST up reply actions
Matthew found that funny.
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 4:58 PM EST up reply actions
Matthew likes this.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 5:00 PM EST up reply actions
Meh, I don't care if you put my last name here
About the most embarrassing thing anyone will find by Googling my name will be an old fanfic I wrote when I was in high school.
Yeah, I don't know your name off the top of my head.
But I like I could it look up in my gmail.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
You’ve the seen mom jokes. I need the extra layer of defense from the weirdos.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
If you have any non-white friends, especially tell them.
In looking at the page, that’s a lot of bony ass white people. And there’s a dude whose last name is madonna.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
For a second, I thought I spotted a black guy on CC.
But then I realized it was a picture of a white guy with Adam Jones.
On a somewhat related topic, I get annoyed when people post a picture of their dog or kid as their profile pic.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
#uglypeopleprofilepics
The dog anyway
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 6:04 PM EST up reply actions
I thought JP was black
turned out he had a picture of some dude from the Wire up.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
We really need one.
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by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 6:52 PM EST up reply actions
Not only black,
but any race/ethnicity besides white.
In fact, raise your hand if you’re not white.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeit
I bet there are a bunch of non-whites.
Do most blogs have primarily white people? Is chatting on blogs a white activity? Like…. swimming.
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by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 7:47 PM EST up reply actions
This is reminding me of something I was thinking about before.
South Korea has a strong baseball presence, but the sport doesn’t seem particularly popular among Korean-Americans. Why is that?
They're all too busy smoking.
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by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 7:56 PM EST up reply actions
And gambling.
Legalize gambling on baseball at the stadium and they’ll be flocking to the games.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
seems popular enough from what i can tell.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
It seems like you rarely see Korean-Americans get drafted.
I don’t know, that might be the wrong way of looking at it.
Hank Conger!
Not many KAs in general.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
That'll definitely happen.
My sister lives in Centreville.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 8:12 PM EST up reply actions
I checked today
I can’t remember the name but it was two white dudes with sexual choco on the far right.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
I didn't even know there was a CC facebook page???
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
It looks more like a Vlad fangpage.
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by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 7:37 PM EST up reply actions
It's REAL strange putting faces to names.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Oh, c'mon... did you expect anything differently.
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by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 7:53 PM EST up reply actions
when you look up white boy in m-w.com
there’s this picture.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Quarter Mexican BITCH
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by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 8:13 PM EST up reply actions
shouldn't you be at the wizards game?
they’re actually winning.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 8:16 PM EST up reply actions
I know
I’m home sick with pneumonia. Sold my tix to TerroristFistJab
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by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 8:20 PM EST up reply actions
you might have a repeat buyer now!
he may think the wizards are actually good at basketball.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 9:40 PM EST up reply actions
First of all...
This is the second time I’ve contributed funds to WW Jr.‘s college fund (or WW’s drinking fund, I believe they’re one and the same).
More importantly I’m at home 24 fucking hours a day with a wild ass 11 month old. Going to watch the Wizards is my sanity time. Well, until the games starts and then usually I just want to drink.
by TerroristFistJab on Jan 26, 2012 1:17 AM EST up reply actions
Hey you guys beat the Bobcats!
It’s like the Orioles beating the Royals!
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 26, 2012 1:19 AM EST up reply actions
Didn't you say you were a Knicks fan?
No room to talk.
by TerroristFistJab on Jan 26, 2012 1:24 AM EST up reply actions
Lol, the Knicks are terrible right now.
They are probably a better team than their record shows, but not that much better. ASTAT played like shit the last 5 or 6 games and Melo was hurt too. Not saying they will win much this year, ceiling of 5th seed.
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 26, 2012 1:35 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, they probably shouldn't have moved...
half their roster for Melo, but thems the breaks when you’re competing for that NY $$$.
The Wizards need to fire Ernie and let him pick the next coach and then move on with the destroy/rebuild effort. But at least I have faith (backed with some evidence, at least) that Ted Leonsis is a far, far superior owner than the Dolan family.
by TerroristFistJab on Jan 26, 2012 1:37 AM EST up reply actions
The Dolans are huge dickheads
The Knicks having been bringing in and out so many unlikeable people over the last decade. I really like Amare and Melo though. Better than fucking Starbury.
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 26, 2012 1:45 AM EST up reply actions
i'm the dude in the spiderman costume.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
That's because you're too fucking cool...
to go to the one CC at the stadium day.
by TerroristFistJab on Jan 26, 2012 1:14 AM EST up reply actions
I'm pretty sure he posted pics of himself and zk at an O's - Angels game once.
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 4:16 PM EST up reply actions
this.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 4:17 PM EST up reply actions
really?
I don’t remember that.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Stacey, get the file...
What do we have on Birdman?
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by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 4:17 PM EST up reply actions
I don't mention it often.
Not that I don’t mind or care that DCOfan mention her Jewish background, but I just don’t feel like pimping
Asian stuff here.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Next thing they're gonna tell us that they don't know he has the highest eBay rating of anyone on here...
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by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 3:46 PM EST up reply actions
Oops, besides HM
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by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 3:46 PM EST up reply actions
Haha.
Mine actually isn’t that high, because selling used stuff gets a lot of people going “Oh my god, you said you didn’t test this 50 year old piece of electronics because you don’t own anything to test it with and one function doesn’t work properly! NEGATIVE!”
you say that like it's a bad thing.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
i always pictured him as a mid thirties black guy.
"I don't have an on-deck circle for ideas. It's just 'Batter up!!' Even though they're bad" - Mike Birbiglia
by Parkinglotninja on Jan 25, 2012 3:54 PM EST up reply actions
This is where I was pretty much.
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 Jan 25, 2012 3:55 PM EST up reply actions
I always pictured him as
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 3:56 PM EST up reply actions
gotta get me a pack of Kools!
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
do we have any black guys here?
In my mind it’s me, DCO, birdman, and then a bunch of generic white boys.
Can we do a fanpoll?
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by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 4:16 PM EST up reply actions
That's how I reddit a couple times.
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by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 4:17 PM EST up reply actions
What makes you think they aren't?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 4:18 PM EST up reply actions
That would be awesome if DCO was a black guy who went on the internet and pretended to be a Jewish girl.
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 4:18 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I never saw it
but i think its only really good if you went into it knowing nothing about it. If any of the surprise is ruined, it doesn’t really matter if it was real or not.
def not real
But the same dudes directed paranormal activity 3, which I’m an unabashed fan of. so it all works out in the end.
wasn't impressed with that movie.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Fact
I hung out with Devin Thomas of the skins a couple times and put the pic on Facebook. Within minutes Stacey was all like “So, who’s your friend” I was like “Devin Thomas, WR for the Skins”.
She was all like: “Figures, someone that gorgeous would never be a normal person”.
LOL
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by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 4:22 PM EST up reply actions
Me too!
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
by daveh873 on Jan 25, 2012 4:37 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I hate him for sucking with the Redskins.
And admitting he was trying to give the 49ers punt returner a concussion since he’s had several in the past.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 4:38 PM EST up reply actions
Nah, he's a real good dude.
Big Mich St. fan and we watched the Terps vs. Mich St. game together and he was harassing me the whole time and I was giving it back to him. Well Mich St. beat us in heartbreaking fashion (in the tourney) and then he at least tried to console me and wasn’t a dick at all.
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by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 4:40 PM EST up reply actions
That makes him a real good dude?
Although I admit…I mostly just hate him because he fucking sucked at football. The concussion thing was just the icing on my hate cake.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 4:42 PM EST up reply actions
hate cake!
nice. just don’t leave it out in the rain.
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Jan 25, 2012 5:03 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
I have nothing for or against black guys
I don’t see race. I assume I’m white because people tell me I am and when I take my shirt off the reflected glare can blind people.
My wife better not
Not because I’m racist, just because I’m not white.
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by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 7:47 PM EST up reply actions
don't all white dudes like asian chicks?
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
not that i know of
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 8:14 PM EST up reply actions
I thought it was that asian chicks liked white dudes?
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
All dudes love white chicks
Fact.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
by daveh873 on Jan 25, 2012 9:28 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Especially HM
but that’d be white in the most literal sense.
Yes, I responded to my own comment with a zinger. Sue me.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
by daveh873 on Jan 25, 2012 9:29 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
No leading the witness
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by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 9:30 PM EST up reply actions
No lawsuit.
In fact, I rec’d both comments for truth.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 9:41 PM EST up reply actions
truth.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 9:40 PM EST up reply actions
haha you sound like my boyfriend
who says he doesn’t like to take his shirt off in front of people because his skin is translucent.
yes indeed
pale is good, you’re less likely to get skin cancer. That’s what I tell myself when I"m looking particularly pasty, anyway.
Indeed!
Plus, one grandfather died of complications from skin cancer and the other grandfather had it too. So, you know, gotta be extra cautious.
yeah that's smart
My stepfather’s father died of skin cander and so did one of his cousins, so he’s extra careful about it. Even though it’s not my genes I’ve taken his lead and always wear a lot of sunscreen. Like 50 all the time.
I wear sunscreen when I go out for extended periods
Which isn’t that often, but if I’m moving the lawn in the summer or something, sunscreen on.
My kid's got albinism
We buy the stuff by the barrell
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
Apparently anything over 35 or so is overkill
And the big thing to have is the stuff that protects against both UVA and UVB rays.
When the fuck did we get ice cream???
i couldn't find exactly what I was looking for...
but here is a chart of the different skin types:
http://www.fairandflawlessskin.com/skintone.html
The further down you are on the list, the lower SPF you can go. If you are type I, you basically are supposed to go with 50 anytime you are out in the soon for more than 5 minutes and even try to avoid the sun as much as possible between 10am and 3pm.
But if you do, your sure as hell gonna get cancer
I don’t think I’ve heard of too many naturally dark skinned people with skin cancer.
@sibsinExile
you people and your science
I meant as opposed to people who lay out in the sun and say they’re getting a “healthy” tan when that’s not at all what they’re getting.
yeah... the pigment in darker skinned people actually helps protect them from the sun
But, if you’re natural complexion is pale skinned and you tan the fuck out of it, you’re really putting yourself in danger
Sadly, this isn't the case for me.
I don’t tan at all for some reason.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 4:32 PM EST up reply actions
I mostly burn too
Which is strange, considering I am 50% Greek and should, by nature, be pretty good with the sun.
Exactly.
I burn and then go right back to really white even though I’m half greek.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 4:34 PM EST up reply actions
I'm not "blind you" pale, but I'm pale.
How is it that the two greeks here are uber-pale?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 4:29 PM EST up reply actions
I assume if I ever meet my perfect pale goth chick match and we have babies
Everyone who sees them will assume we are haunted by ghosts.
Also, I don't mind taking my shirt off in front of people
They just need to be aware of the dangers.
I was at the old Yankee Stadium the last series against the Orioles
and some super pale girl dressed in pink Yankees crap asked me if I had any sunscreen because “us pale people have to stick together.”
How did you respond?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 4:39 PM EST up reply actions
"what do you mean, 'us pale people'?"
When the fuck did we get ice cream???
by NSOsFan on Jan 25, 2012 4:40 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Not sure whether that was a jab at me or not.
But I probably would have used it as an opportunity to ask why people wear such ridiculous garb to baseball games when the colors for their team are blue and white.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 4:43 PM EST up reply actions
I do engage people in conversation sometimes...
… but that would still exclude Yankees fans who aren’t real people.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 5:27 PM EST up reply actions
that is a good question
are there are any black people on CC?
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Wait, who's the guy that smokes Kools...
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by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 4:23 PM EST up reply actions
If that's the case
just head down to Hooters and ask any of the waitresses about him.
Robert Andino, let me buy you a beer.
i'm not fan of kools.
or newports.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
I smoke Pall Mall Menthols
I like ports but the menthol flavor isn’t strong enough. I also drink malt liquor and wear a pair of Stacy Adams everyday, so I’m kind of all of a sudden rethinking what the fuck I am.
(Since clearly stereotypes define us all)
Robert Andino, let me buy you a beer.
SHOW YOURSELVES!!!
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by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 4:22 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I WANNA SEE EM!!!!!
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by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 4:27 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I shouldn't, but I'm recing you.
Since you rec’d me.
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 4:29 PM EST up reply actions
Damn right you shouldn't!
TRAITOR!!!
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Hey, I got like 5 recs today.
Maybe I should create my own splinter team.
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 4:40 PM EST up reply actions
You're gonna divide the only 2 Giants fans on here?
No more internet chest bumping, I guess…
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Nah, I will stick with you for the 2 weeks at least.
We can pop the e-champagne bottles together.
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 4:43 PM EST up reply actions
Have we gone over why you're a giants fan?
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Is this serious?
B/c i’m not sure if we have. Should we?
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 8:35 PM EST up reply actions
I'm curious
Oregon is pretty far away from dirty jerz.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
My Dad is from Queens.
Spent a lot of my summers in NY and loved it. My first baseball game was a Mets game, so I root Mets, Giants, and sort of Knicks (I rarely watch basketball). Then the Orioles of course.
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 8:47 PM EST up reply actions
That's kinda cool.
First basketball (and one of the few I’ve been to) game was Knicks game since my mom’s from Astoria.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 9:42 PM EST up reply actions
My mom's from queens too.
Never been to a basketball game though and I plan to keep it that way.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Dude, I'm wholeheartedly rooting for the Giants
I feel just like Pollard
http://espn.go.com/blog/afcnorth/post/_/id/41220/pollard-hopes-giants-put-thrashing-on-pats
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by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 4:44 PM EST up reply actions
Well I know you are
If you’d like to join in on the chest bumping, that’s cool.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
J.Q. and I are Italian, not generic white!
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 4:17 PM EST up reply actions
Sorry, homes, Italian is generic white.
"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 25, 2012 4:18 PM EST up reply actions
I am a 5''7 Irish German
Clearly I am not a generic white guy.
Racist.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 4:58 PM EST up reply actions
I forgot to mention
without my glasses on… All white white people look the same to me without my glasses on
@sibsinExile
That sounds about as generic as it gets.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
I'm a citizen, I get distinction for that.
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 4:19 PM EST up reply actions
especially me...
we are northern/alpen eyeties.
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
by j.q. higgins on Jan 25, 2012 5:08 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
great, i'm one of the ladies.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
I did name the hottie invitational “the bony ass white chicks” invitational. That should have been a clue for peeps.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
crud, this may be a first for getting accused of posting an image that is too small haha.
Panda says: “Dude, racism is stupid. I am blak, white, and Asian. But everyone loves me, so stop the hate and start the love man.”
i love bony ass white chicks.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
you don't say.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
by birdman on Jan 25, 2012 7:35 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
DK, but you might be dead soon.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Actually, I've gotten my drinking way down.
Haven’t had a drink in a couple days, which is a big deal considering my previous habit. Probably going out this afternoon since my class was cancelled though.
Robert Andino, let me buy you a beer.
Insert inappropriate joke here.
I can’t say, I just can’t. Stacey would disappear me.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 3:47 PM EST up reply actions
I don't smoke because
when the alien overlords arrive, and force all humans into slave labor, they will undoubtedly eliminate the smokers right off the bat. Useless eaters!
Apparently there is a book that, when you're done reading it, you just quit.
When the fuck did we get ice cream???
in a shocking revelation
cheap stuff is normally tacky.
I use $8 cut you own length “blinds” at my house.
But, that wasn't the question
I would agree with Igges, but it’s your call.
"Work fast. Throw strikes. Change speeds." Ray Miller
you're living by yourself, right?
who cares if they look tacky
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
hahahaha
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
screw in hooks at the top and cut holes in the bottom of the sheet - problem solved
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
It's actually in my lease that i'm required to supply window coverings
They seem like they may give me a hard time about just throwing up a sheet
We don't even do that on the Shore
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
We have this big window in our living room
and it has two skinny windows on either side. Somehow, we are the only apartment in our complex that actually has 3 correctly sized blinds for this situation. Some people use 2 big sets, some use 3 medium ones. It’s amazing.
That said, my old roommate (who was and probably still is a slob) didn’t even have blinds for probably 1.5 out of the 2 years we lived together. Whatever works I guess.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
A bay window?
I have the worst bay window situation ever. I have these really nice wood blinds covering the big middle section and nothing on the right or the left because there is no logistical way to do it. The window is so freakin’ stupid. I can’t drill in the side blinds because the valence (sp?) hangs over too far on the middle one. Eff it. I’m just gonna sell the damn house.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 3:38 PM EST up reply actions
Well no
it isn’t recessed or anything. Kinda like a bay window without the bay.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Oh, mine's a bay... I really hate it.
I’m sure if I called like Next Day Blinds or something they’d handle it for like $700. I just don’t care enough to shell it out right now. And the wifey isn’t nagging me about it so whatevs.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 3:41 PM EST up reply actions
Is this some kind of Chris Rock principle applied here?
“If he tells you he’s 26 and LOOKS 26…”
"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 25, 2012 3:46 PM EST up reply actions
So here's what Duke is supposed to wear tonight...
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 Jan 25, 2012 3:46 PM EST reply actions
On a related note,
apparently the debate over name the court for Gary Williams is front page news on SI
It's grey.
Nike just released a bunch of “special” jerseys, all of which are gray. More details here: http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/story/_/id/7502318/nike-releases-hyper-elite-platinum-college-basketball-uniform-line
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 Jan 25, 2012 3:54 PM EST up reply actions
Dude!
I almost forgot to talk about this.
MD DUKE TONIGHT!!!!
We NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED to get a quality win under our belt and this could be just the one.
Spread is 11.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 3:48 PM EST up reply actions
Sooooooo, you would bet on Duuuuuuuke?
I mean, because I have this friend that may or may not have fallen off the wagon and is looking for a lock tonight.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 3:51 PM EST up reply actions
Want a lock?
VCU vs. Towson. I can’t imagine the spread is anything short of 20 for VCU.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 3:53 PM EST up reply actions
Put it in Emma's college fund instead.
"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 25, 2012 3:53 PM EST up reply actions
I think i'd stay away from it
Hopefully the Comcast Center is pumped up tonight after the GW ceremony and they can ride that to an upset. I just wouldn’t be on it.
This is pretty much where I am.
I’d be ecstatic if they won, but realistically that won’t happen. Put on a good showing for primetime, and develop from playing a strong tram.
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 Jan 25, 2012 4:00 PM EST up reply actions
Game was so close, so long
and ended up being a 13 point loss anyway.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
This thread was cool once.
Now everyone is talking about fucking drawings.
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 4:15 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Haha
I hope you did that on purpose…
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 4:15 PM EST up reply actions
Well shit, it's been fun,
but my favorite bar opens in half an hour so I gotta get walking.
Robert Andino, let me buy you a beer.
DOUBLE REPLY FAIL!!!!!
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 4:39 PM EST reply actions
No
Something weird happened. I think one of the overlords deleted his name since Jonathan Britton shouldn’t have done that.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 4:40 PM EST up reply actions
Fair enough...
What a pansy
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 4:42 PM EST up reply actions
That blows
We lose Chuck and keep Cam. I has a sad.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 4:54 PM EST up reply actions
Is that confirmed?
I mean…there’s still plenty of time to dump Cam.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 4:56 PM EST up reply actions
We need a racial fanpoll!!!!
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 7:17 PM EST reply actions
I'm guessing about 98% of CC would self-identify as white.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
I'm a quarter Mexican, does that count for something?
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 7:38 PM EST up reply actions
whatever you put on the census is what i'm counting.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
No, I smoke Marlboro Lights.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 7:47 PM EST up reply actions
Hey, MD fans... I'll be in here for the MD-Duke game tonight
I know they’ll be chatting over at Tseudo Times but I don’t know any of those chumps and don’t feel like reading 1,000 game comments. Maybe like 50-75 though.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 8:23 PM EST reply actions
C'mon man.... hang with me. I'll bring a brick.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 8:27 PM EST up reply actions
Ill be there too.
Say no to Prince Fielder in 2012.
by Knubles and Bits on Jan 25, 2012 8:29 PM EST up reply actions
The site...
yes.
The commentariat. Meh.
by TerroristFistJab on Jan 26, 2012 1:22 AM EST up reply actions
Jesus f-ing hell...
The refs don’t even pretend anymore, do they? Maryland plays Duke close, so the refs throw three… four straight terrible, horrible fucking calls to Duke.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 9:49 PM EST up reply actions
Same thing happened against UVa, bro.
It is what it is and it’s never gonna change.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 9:50 PM EST up reply actions
That charge a couple minutes ago was a horrible call.
Dude was sliding fo sho.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 9:51 PM EST up reply actions
It wasn't even close...
… he had enough momentum that he moved through the “charge” and kept going across.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 25, 2012 9:52 PM EST up reply actions
Ahahaha
I got called out on Facebook by my fiance for saying the Ravens were my 2nd team over the Saints. It’s all your fault Britton!
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
SHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
NO LAST NAMES!!
STACEY DELETE THIS NOW!
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 9:38 PM EST up reply actions
Also, who would have known I was talking about him?
It wasn’t in reply or anything
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Whatever Dave Brenden.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 9:45 PM EST up reply actions
So the fact that he likes Brendan Harris was a clue!!
I knew it!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 9:46 PM EST up reply actions
It surely never meant that I thought he was good at baseball
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
I didn't even know he played baseball.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 9:51 PM EST up reply actions
Dave Brenden...
You’re going down!
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
There have been too many mom jokes that I didn't make today... or even the last month.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
My last name is Britton, Stacey, not dummy.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Jan 25, 2012 9:45 PM EST up reply actions
Your name is Stacey Britton?
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 9:47 PM EST up reply actions
If she looked anything like Zach, no.
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 9:58 PM EST up reply actions
this.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 25, 2012 10:07 PM EST up reply actions
Google images appears to support this fact.
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 10:08 PM EST up reply actions
I assume this is her (how may Riemolds can there be?)
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 10:18 PM EST up reply actions
That's her according to my googling.
His Wikipedia page doesn’t mention her. Just two brothers. I don’t care if one of them is studying to be an orthopedic surgeon, tell me about the hot sister!
on her facebook page, she is a "fan" of the Orioles and Nolan Reimold (also the steelers... nolan is from western pa)
I think it’s safe to assume they’re related.
Just watced the last Southland, thought it wasn't great but still good.
I am very stubborn to admit that shows which I really liked are getting bad though.
"You're gonna be so sad when they get crushed by the Packers later." -kba26, on Jan 15, 2012 10:23 AM PST.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 25, 2012 11:57 PM EST reply actions
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