Sunday Bird Droppings
by duck on Jan 29, 2012 8:11 AM EST
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PrintOrioles early birds pounce on spring training seats | HeraldTribune.com
"Baltimore Orioles spring training tickets were snapped up by an eager, albeit slightly older crowd Saturday morning at Ed Smith Stadium."
Orioles: Notes on Edwin Jackson and Koji Uehara - baltimoresun.com
"Fox Sports has reported that free-agent right-hander Edwin Jackson has multiple three-year offers available. Not sure if the Orioles are one of the teams that have made an offer, but it would make sense if they were. The Orioles like Jackson and would love to have another right-handed innings eater toward the top of their rotation." Actually, I'm not so sure it would make sense.
Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson injured in fall, misses DiMaggio event
"Robinson, 74, fell backward from a stage during a charity dinner featuring retired players at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino & Hotel in Hollywood. Several retired players said they were told Robinson had two fractures in his rear shoulder area, including a broken clavicle. They also said Robinson was alert and responsive as paramedics treated him."
Looking at the AL East prospects - Baltimore Sun
"There’s great news and not-so-good news for Orioles fans. First, the good: The Orioles are the only team in baseball to have two players in the top 10 -- shortstop Manny Machado and pitcher Dylan Bundy....The bad news is that the Orioles had no other minor leaguer listed in the top 100."
School of Roch: Hudson claimed by Rangers
"I just returned from the Shorebirds Hot Stove Banquet at the Delmar VFW, where I was introduced to slippery dumplings. Where have they been all my life?" The food was fantastic. I don't know how Roch has lived in Maryland all these years and not had slick dumplings. But I digress. Kyle Hudson was claimed by the Texas Rangers. I still think the fact Roch's never had slick dumplings is more newsworthy, though. Oh, and we're supposed to be paying attention to the Cardinals, per Roch's buddy in St. Louis.
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And in case you don't know what slick dumplings are...
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
That was the best dinner I've had since Christmas
Fresh green beans, mashed potatoes, roast beef & gravy and dumplings? Man, sign me up every night!
"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 29, 2012 9:50 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I have lived in Maryland for 33 years
And I have never heard of that.
by Stacey on Jan 29, 2012 9:49 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
I'm a bit taken back
Y’all don’t eat dumlojngs on the other side of the bay?
PBR, help me out here!!
"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 29, 2012 9:51 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Ugh. Dumplings
"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 29, 2012 9:55 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Those don't look like dumplings
Dumplings aren’t flat. Those look like noodles
by Stacey on Jan 29, 2012 10:02 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
What do you mean they're not flat?
I’ve never had dumplings that weren’t flat. What other kind are there?
Y’all are trying to pull a fast one on me. Non-flat dumplings? Please.
"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 29, 2012 10:05 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Those are actually flat dumplings wrapped around filling.
Round dumplings are pretty common in central Europe and other locals.
As Camden Chat rapidly heads towards a 1,000 post Sunday...
… thanks to dumplings.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 29, 2012 10:19 AM EST up reply actions
There is a substantial Mennonite presence on the Shore
"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 29, 2012 4:29 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
You gotta get out more.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 29, 2012 10:28 AM EST up reply actions
Not where I live
"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 29, 2012 10:24 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
There's a lot of things that aren't the same as where you live...
… for example, electricity.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 29, 2012 10:26 AM EST up reply actions
well the only dumplings I've ever had are the ones my grandmother used to make
she would make chicken and dumplings on a semi-regular basis. They weren’t filled with anything. I don’t have any pictures though.
THESE are dumplings
MDer since 1968. Eaten the thing duck shows a dozen times, never heard it called dumplings.
There are many Marylands, apparently.
Like a bad, suave dude. You know what I'm sayin'. COOL. SC 7/24/08
I'm a MDer since 1968
and I’ve never seen balls of dough served with beef or chicken before.
"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 29, 2012 11:00 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
This is just crazy
You put this picture next to the one you posted earlier, and the vast majority of people are going to pick out Stacey’s as the dumplings. Maybe making ‘round dumplings’ requires electricity.
I've honestly never seen round dumplings outside of a Chinese restaurant
I’m crazy? You wouldn’t know what crazy was if Charles Manson was eating Froot Loops on your front porch…
"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 29, 2012 11:10 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
What's wrong with Froot Loops?!
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 29, 2012 11:11 AM EST up reply actions
It's a lyric from Suicidal Tendencies
"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 29, 2012 11:17 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
i'm not crazy!
you’re the one that’s crazy!
"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 29, 2012 11:18 AM EST up reply actions
and YOU are a cantaloupe!
"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 29, 2012 12:07 PM EST up reply actions
I've got about 100,000 in my county alone that would disagree with that statement
"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 29, 2012 11:59 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
The rest of the country agrees with this as well
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Apparently the great state of North Carolina would disagree with you as well
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
Or part of it
my whole family lives in NC. I visit regularly. I’ve never seen those at any restaurant.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
THAT'S a dumpling.
Those little flat things are just patch noodles….which are really good, btw….especially when served with sauted peppers and onions that have been slow simmered with tomatoes and Italian sausage.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 29, 2012 10:25 AM EST up reply actions
a very good one...
marcella hazan has the perfect recipe.
"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 29, 2012 10:28 AM EST up reply actions
Gnocchi ain't flat.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 29, 2012 10:29 AM EST up reply actions
I know…but most people do not think of them as dumplings.
The point I am making is that dumpling applies to a lot of different bread products.
Dear God, no!!!!!!!!!!
What is wrong with you people?
"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 29, 2012 10:28 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
mmm...
peppers and salsiccia.
"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 29, 2012 10:28 AM EST up reply actions
Hungry much?
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 29, 2012 5:06 PM EST up reply actions
haha yeah.
All the thing I commented on I ate on a regular basis at home and I haven’t had them in a while. I also woke up about 30 minutes ago, so I am pretty hungry.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 29, 2012 5:11 PM EST up reply actions
That's gobs of dough
"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 29, 2012 10:25 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
According to the internet god wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumpling
Dumplings are cooked balls of dough.
This.
You can’t “dump” a flat piece of dough. And before anyone makes a poop joke here, think about the ladies that we’ve got lurking here. You’ll scare them off.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 29, 2012 10:27 AM EST up reply actions
You don't say?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 29, 2012 10:29 AM EST up reply actions
Exactly....hence "dumpling"
they’re usually referred to as “rounded masses of steamed and seasoned dough”
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 29, 2012 10:26 AM EST up reply actions
I'm sure they are amazing
No disrespect intended. But those aren’t dumplings on my 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.
by duck on Jan 29, 2012 10:52 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Dumplings can be either balls of dough in soup
or filled with meat and served in soup or baked (yum).
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 29, 2012 10:29 AM EST up reply actions
the matzo ball...
dumpling, yes?
"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 29, 2012 10:34 AM EST up reply actions
Absolutely.
And my wife makes a kind of Tunisian sourdough, fills it with seasoned meat, bolis it and then bakes it (yum yum yum).
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 29, 2012 10:35 AM EST up reply actions
that sounds awesome.
"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 29, 2012 10:36 AM EST up reply actions
It is (as a side dish)
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 29, 2012 10:36 AM EST up reply actions
I just don't know who you people are anymore...
"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 29, 2012 10:47 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I'm going to rec this because I'd love to be scarfing that down right about now.
I love chicken and dumplings.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Jan 29, 2012 10:30 AM EST up reply actions
This is how I've heard them referred to
Never heard the term ‘slick’ before.
He praised my creativity, though he spoke sarcastically...
by PBR me ASAP! on Jan 29, 2012 10:03 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Seriously, y'all don't know these???
"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 29, 2012 10:31 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
They can
But I usually make mine from scratch for holidays with my sister. Along with a flour fight. Even if I am in my 40s.
"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 29, 2012 10:43 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
You don't wrap anything in them
You cook them in the stock created by the beef or chicken. Flour, a little salt, a little water, and some Crisco, roll ‘em flat on the kitchen table and cut them with a dinner knife. Whatever you do, don’t measure ANYTHING. Ruins the taste. And when you boil them in the stock, you push them with a wooden spoon, not stirring them. Add a little flour in the pot to thicken them.
"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 29, 2012 10:58 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Right, but that is what WE would do to make chicken and dumplings. However, the more traditional way is to make them separate.
Why would you make them separately?
I’ve never heard of that.
"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 29, 2012 1:32 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
My family
for generations have been from Baltimore and nobody has ever made or ate a dumpling. Not a Baltimore thing I presume?
I figured people everywhere in America ate them
Had no idea it was as regional as Scrapple. I’m thoroughly confused.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
So, so wrong
"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 29, 2012 10:42 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
If it IS round, it's a ball of dough.
"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 29, 2012 10:58 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
see? it specifies "flat dumplings" on the box
even THEY know it’s not normal.
“Look, these are FLAT dumplings. Yeah, I know it’s weird. Yes, the people who eat these are typically southern gun-totin’, Confederate-flag wavin’, you-know-you’re-a-redneck-if-you-eat-flat-dumplings Georgians. And no, they’re not noodles. Look, we like our food like we like our women: slick and fat.”
(how many thought “flat” was coming?)
Subtract the "Confederate-flag-wavin' " part
and I have no problem with that description.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
That's my version of Dumplings
here in NC
Birdland and Buck both start with B... coincidence? I think not.
by Birdland in NC on Jan 29, 2012 9:08 PM EST up reply actions
THANK YOU!!!!!
"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 29, 2012 9:39 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Camden Chat: We LiKe DuMpLiNgS tOo!
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
Make it!!!
Boil a couple of chicken breasts, get some stock to cook the dumplings in, just don’t add salt.
"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 29, 2012 11:30 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
The stock will have plenty, if you buy it
"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 29, 2012 11:35 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Ah ok, i always just buy low sodium stock or don't add any when i make it
easier to adjust later. I thought you were saying your flat not-dumplings were also salt free and was about swear off ever eating on the eastern shore.
Everything over here has salt and/or butter
"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 29, 2012 11:43 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Look up a recipe for a Smith Island Cake with butter cream icing
And figure out how many sticks, not tablespoons, of butter is required. ;)
"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 29, 2012 11:54 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Here's a pretty good recipe
A little fancier than I make what with Irish potatoes, and the photo shows the dumplings aren’t rolled out flat enough, but not a bad start.
"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 29, 2012 11:57 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I love chicken and dumplings
My grandmother normally makes the most bland, tasteless food in the world. But when she makes chicken and dumplings, I gobble it up.
My mom used to make sour beef and dumplings
the dumplings were little more than egg, water, and flour boiled up. Soak up the sour gravy but good.
Actually, I could go for that right about now, too.
Your cannonball trajectory, it always gave me hope
Yay early BDs!
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
sucks to your prospect list, mayo...
up w/ schoop!
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
I was really surprised he wasn't on that list.
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 29, 2012 11:09 AM EST up reply actions
Oh nos!
Get well, Brooksy!
He praised my creativity, though he spoke sarcastically...
by PBR me ASAP! on Jan 29, 2012 9:01 AM EST via Android app reply actions
Yea it was pretty awesome
Djok was awesome. He deserved it, especially after playing another insanely long match a couple of days before with Murray.
@sibsinExile
Theriot to the Giants for 1 / $1.25
That would have been a better signing than Betemit, especially given the contract.
except...
that ryan theriot is no good.
"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 29, 2012 10:13 AM EST up reply actions
He is less no good than Betemit.
Plus, he’s generally league average on defense, either slightly above or slightly below Rtot.
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 29, 2012 10:18 AM EST up reply actions
not according to fWAR...
and he’s a couple years older.
"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 29, 2012 10:27 AM EST up reply actions
theriot is an awful hitter
he never hit for power, and his speed is all but gone. if we ever had theriot at dh, which betemit will play, it would be the apocalypse
by mdterps0325 on Jan 29, 2012 11:16 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
sounds like it'd be close to what we had last year
Your cannonball trajectory, it always gave me hope
Vlad is better than theriot
which is sad. besides, aren’t we trying to get better? theriot is essentially a worse andino. with would we need that
by mdterps0325 on Jan 29, 2012 12:24 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
wait, are we trying to get better?
can you prove such a claim?
Your cannonball trajectory, it always gave me hope
they aren't comparable.
one is a dh/ 3b good hitting backup, the other is andino but worse hitting
by mdterps0325 on Jan 29, 2012 12:28 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
I don't think there's really an appreciable difference...
either one could have a better season. Flip a coin.
Going from memory…Theriot does a lot of things not well. Betemit hits righties and does a lot of things horribly.
in fairness...
it seems to me that theriot had a nice little peak for a utility guy but his skills have not aged well.
"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 29, 2012 10:40 AM EST up reply actions
Both borderline starters but should really be utility
One with significantly better power than the other, one with significantly better defense. Pick your poison
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 29, 2012 11:56 AM EST up reply actions
If memory serves, Theriot was the origin of the acronym TOOTBLAN
That is – Thrown Out On The Basepaths Like A Nincompoop.
We have enough of that around here already.
"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 29, 2012 11:58 AM EST up reply actions
Anyone here skilled at turning data into graphs...
…and then turning those graphs into postable image files?
Seriously, this shit is beyond my computer skills. Sad, I know.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
Basically, the idea is that salaries on the free agent market...
…don’t follow a Gaussian (bell curve) distribution. I’d like to write on the implications of this, but I’m unable to actually visually represent the data.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
Send me the data and I'll work on this later today.
tezcatlipoca {dot} diplomacy {at} gmail {dot} com
by Tezcatlipoca on Jan 29, 2012 10:38 AM EST up reply actions
Thanks
Building the dataset will probably take me a day or two though. Haven’t even finished my hiring for the week yet, so I have a busy Sunday.
To be understood is to be a prostitute. ~ Fernando Pessoa
Simplest way to do it, is to do it in excel or open office calc…copy and paste to powerpoint or open office impress…and then save as jpeg.
Yeah, you can do that in google docs
Just enter the data onto the spreadsheet, then highlight it and click the chart button, choose the chart you want, and save as image.
I've done it before.
I could give it a shot.
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 29, 2012 10:36 AM EST up reply actions
new roch...
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
Seriuosly?
Is DD implementing the sign-everybody-maybe -someone-will-be-good strategy or 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 29, 2012 11:17 AM EST up reply actions
Throw poo at wall
see what sticks.
He praised my creativity, though he spoke sarcastically...
by PBR me ASAP! on Jan 29, 2012 11:22 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Poo(h)sticks
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 29, 2012 11:24 AM EST up reply actions
Who is off the island if the Orioles sign Kotchman?
I can’t figure out who gets bumped or what he’s supposed to do.
"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 29, 2012 11:44 AM EST up reply actions
Maybe Chris Davis.
I’d be OK if he got dropped for Kotchman. At least he has a great glove and OK bat.
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 29, 2012 11:45 AM EST up reply actions
kotchman?
awful bat. he had a .380 Babip in order to be average
by mdterps0325 on Jan 29, 2012 11:53 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
He did have a .335 BABIP last year in posting a .306/.378/.472
Career BABIP is .280.
"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 29, 2012 11:56 AM EST up reply actions
comparable numbers in 2007...
w/ a roughly average BABIP.
"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 29, 2012 12:03 PM EST up reply actions
The only year he was significantly worse than average was 2010 with a BABIP of .229(!)
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 29, 2012 11:58 AM EST up reply actions
if it's a minor league deal, No one
he better not get a major league deal
by mdterps0325 on Jan 29, 2012 11:53 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Yeah, as I've said before, I'm starting to wonder what we're doing here with the stockpiling of the middling talent
Whats the end game here? We’re gonna end up releasing people that we just signed or traded for.
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 29, 2012 12:01 PM EST up reply actions
Am I the only one who didn't realize that Chris Davis hit 24 homeruns in 48 games in AAA last year?
PCL but still…
...sucks against ML pitching.
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 29, 2012 11:36 AM EST up reply actions
I'd like to give Davis a year and see what he can do,
I don’t care about the soul crushing Ks, as long as he doesn’t make 74 errors.
If you look at those UZR ratings or whatever
I'm addicted to House Hunters
I know it’s fixed but I love it. Have you guys seen the Baltimore one? The girl wants to live in Canton, they show pictures of Fells Point waterfront the whole time, and they show her one house in Canton, one in Charles Village, and one in friggin Druid Hill.
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 29, 2012 12:16 PM EST reply actions
ehh don't hate
my grandparents lived in Druid Hill when they first got married. They used sit on a bench on the top of the park most evenings and watch the sunset over the city. That was like 50 years ago though and things obviously changed in that area.
I love all of those shows
I like Property Virgins because they either want their dream house when they are 22 years old and can’t understand why they can’t find it in their price range or they say they want a fixer upper but then don’t want to buy a house that just needs paint or something.
by Stacey on Jan 29, 2012 2:19 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
One of them
I believe a Asian couple in Canada was looking for a house and kept complaining because everything in the price range was to small for them. I mean, most of the the houses they were looking at are bigger then anything most normal families live in. It was very frustrating to watch.
i like property virgins more... it seems less staged
you’ll see people not ending up getting a house because their offers weren’t accepted, the loan fell through, seller wouldn’t make repairs, etc. On the other hand, it seems odd that everytime someone puts an offer on a house on house hunters, they end up getting it. Plus, it’s feels too much like standard reality TV with 3 houses competing for the homeowner and the “which house will they pick?” drama.
It is staged. The people have already bought their house beforehand
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 29, 2012 9:25 PM EST up reply actions
So I belatedly ordered a 2012 O's calendar, and it came yesterday.
I understand including Brian Roberts, but Kevin Gregg and Felix Pie? Who makes these?
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
Damn it Brooks
stay the hell out of the hospital, will you?
"I think not sucking is way more of an important thing to pay attention to first." -- Gabe Newell
Well
you said you thought St. Louis signed Roy or Jackson yesterday. I don’t know about you, but if the GM of the Cardinals said nobody was signed then I have to believe him. Well, you know, he does control the scouts.
I apologize for ahoque24
You probably haven’t been around long enough to realize that he is making fun of dsciswe.
ha that's actually on me
because I didn’t look at the user names to see it was two different people.
I probably shouldn't have been saying that to someone who might not have understood it.
In case you don’t already know, dsciswe hates advanced stats and would frequency relay information he got from a “former scout.” For example, last year he told us that an NL team was looking to dump a high-WAR guy that was a clubhouse cancer and they would have liked to have traded him for Vlad.
So, last night's vague tweet from the Cardinals beat writer appears to amount to this
The Cardinals are actively shopping versatile righthander Kyle McClellan in order to alleviate a numbers crunch within their bullpen and to restore payroll flexibility that could be committed to a free agent starting pitcher.
The Cardinals have attempted to engage a number of clubs in talks for McClellan. The Baltimore Orioles have emerged as one of the most promising trade partners for McClellan, according to industry sources, as the Cardinals are seeking little more than salary relief.
I’m really glad that a professional reporter was on the level and decided not to cynically garner attention for a minor move that may not even be happening.
credibility—;
"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 29, 2012 3:34 PM EST reply actions
I was just looking at this
he said he has news to report with names and everything, and that it would be up on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website before 4pm today. And I don’t see any news stories for today at all yet. He further tweeted (in response to someone asking him)that the story wouldn’t involved McClelland, Westbrook, or Lohse. But then maybe he was just yanking that guy’s chain. I dunno.
Picking up McClellan would probably make Dana Eveland or Jason Berken redundant. Though you have to wonder how much better McClellan is than either of those two, considering the money.
Your cannonball trajectory, it always gave me hope
I saw the excerpt I mentioned on the Cardinals SBN blog and assumed that was the news from today.
Looking closer, I see the date from it is yesterday, though.
If all he has to post is fresher news regarding this, I am standing by the position that getting a relief pitcher as a $2.5M salary dump doesn’t warrant the vague BS from yesterday. Though I guess it’s more significant to Cardinals fans if (supposedly) the salary were being cleared for Roy Oswalt for them.
I think as kind of a blanket rule, there should be no getting excited or inducing excitement about roster moves involving relief pitchers coming off a 4+ ERA season who are making $2.5 million.
"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 29, 2012 3:57 PM EST up reply actions
I'm not sure where it comes from...
but there is a lot of talk on the St Louis Dispatch’s message boards about a trade involving Adam Jones
It comes from newspaper message board idiots taking last night's vague tweet and rosterbating.
"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 29, 2012 4:00 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
this is the most provocative post I've seen you make, I think
you should re-brand yourself in this mold
You forget his gamethreads.
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
I find this whole little mini-story ridiculous, I guess.
People on the internet, in general, need to do a better job of being aware what’s a reliable source before envisioning wild scenarios. On the other hand, when even the purported reliable source – the big newspaper’s beat writer – is making vague tweets that sound like a significant trade is in the works and it turns out that there may be a salary dump trade of a reliever, and that’s not a sure thing, who do you blame, 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 29, 2012 7:38 PM EST up reply actions
The saga continues
With actual input from a local writer.
Roch Kubatko @masnRoch
While confirming @JoeStrauss report about #orioles interest in McClellan, I’m told cards’ asking price right now is “too high.”
I guess they’re seeking a little more than salary relief after all.
"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 29, 2012 4:14 PM EST up reply actions
Who is ready for some Pro Bowl Action?
GO NFC!!!! WOOHhOOOOOOOOOO
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 29, 2012 5:13 PM EST reply actions
Breaking Bad fans (no real spoilers, but if you're not through season 3 maybe skip this)
do you find the Mike character totally unbelievable? He’s this weak old man and they want us to buy him as this enforcer badass who is taking down entire cartel hit squads by himself and picking up Walt by his belt and collar and tossing him like a rag doll?
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Another buddy responded that Walt is a pussy
and it’s accurate, but it has no impact on the believability of that scene. Conservatively, Walt weighs around 170 lbs and Mike bends over at the waist grabs him and tosses him aside. I’m 35 years younger and probably 10 times stronger and I couldn’t do that.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
That may be.
But he is still awesome.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 29, 2012 5:31 PM EST up reply actions
Oh I agree he's badass
but it just sort of annoys me when a show that makes a point of being pretty realistic randomly stretches reality in unnecessary ways.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
well
wait until the season 4 finale, then. Believability isn’t always the driving intention of Vince Gilligan.
Ah maybe it will fit more by then
I’m about 4 eps into season 4 right now. So far it’s all been fairly believable.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Did you ever watch Las Vegas?
It reminds me of that where they want us to believe that 70 year old pudgy James Caan is an intimidating badass that beats the shit out of dudes pretty regularly.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Well
It’s a ridiculously stupid show, but it’s kind of funny and there’s lots of hot chicks.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
This
Las Vegas is a guilty pleasure of mine
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 29, 2012 9:27 PM EST up reply actions
ha!
james caan, to me, is always the hothead santino kicking carlo’s ass up and down the street and tossing him in a trashcan.
"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 29, 2012 5:58 PM EST up reply actions
I will always remember him for the long lasting lesson on why tolls should be outlawed.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 29, 2012 6:05 PM EST up reply actions
Word to the wise
When your toll taker hits the deck…you’re about to get whacked.
"They're throwing bottles at your house...Come on, let's go break their arms." - Henry Fool
by Fahrenheit 451 on Jan 29, 2012 6:46 PM EST up reply actions
Completely
off topic but every time my ex girlfriend and I were at the Ft Mchenry tunnel toll I swear we always ended up with the same toll taker and every time we pulled up to the toll he always was like “hey baby girl” to my ex. It really started to creep us out………..
I may be a bit late on this discussion
But I’ve just been looking at our stats from last season. Anyone else think it’s weird how Mark Reynolds had so many walks and the highest OPS on the team but had such a God-awful batting average? It’s like he makes a good decision one at-bat and strikes out the next. If he was a bit more patient, he would be such a a better player.
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Hits, Walks, or Strike-outs?
Like if he didn’t strike out so damn much he would actually be a really good player.
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by Zachary Beard on Jan 29, 2012 8:17 PM EST up reply actions
I actually am fine w/ what he does.
Just surround him with high OBP players and place him in the correct spot in the lineup.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 29, 2012 8:21 PM EST up reply actions
What do you have in mind? 4th or 5th?
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by Zachary Beard on Jan 29, 2012 8:23 PM EST up reply actions
I find it terribly difficult to complain much about Reynolds at the plate
his hitting is not at all what makes him a mediocre player.
Your cannonball trajectory, it always gave me hope
Moving him to first was a god send.
If we move him back to third I will be pissed. It will be exactly the sort of nonsense move the O’s usually make. “well, he looks like a baseball player at 3rd so we are moving him back there”
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 29, 2012 8:28 PM EST up reply actions
As Billy Beane would say “We aren’t selling jeans here”
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by Zachary Beard on Jan 29, 2012 8:30 PM EST up reply actions
the only problem is the alternatives to Reynolds at third all look worse
Remember, as bad as he looked at third, that was easily his worst season. He’s a big time regression candidate.
Your cannonball trajectory, it always gave me hope
Still bad, though, right? Just not historically bad.
I would really love for the Orioles to make defense part of their strategy.
Chris Davis has no range and Andino seems better suited to 2nd.
Not sure about some of these other IF guys we haven’t seen though. Also, remember how awesome Derrek Lee was at 1B? That was fun to watch, imagine how many errors Reynolds would have made w/o Lee.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 29, 2012 8:34 PM EST up reply actions
Home runs, walks, or strikeouts.
The three plays that don’t involve defense, just the hitter and the pitcher.
Well the thing about Mark Reynold is he is good at producing all of the above.
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by Zachary Beard on Jan 29, 2012 8:26 PM EST up reply actions
Reynolds actually swung at a below average number of pitches outside of the zone
this is a reason why he walks so much. He walked more often than all but 16 major leaguers. The reason he struck out so much isn’t bad decision making or an uneven eye at the plate, but because when he swings, he has a high-power, low-contact thing going on. Hypothetically (and I don’t think this would be a great idea to try out in the real world) he could sacrifice power for batting average, but would that be worthwhile? He’d need about 2.2 extra singles for every home run he sacrifices just to come out even.
Your cannonball trajectory, it always gave me hope
and like you said
he could sacrifice power for batting average
do we the orioles (sorry JamesF) really need that? So I like what Reynolds brings to the plate. Lets just get this whole sucking in the field thing together, mmmk.
Well I phrased that wrong
Needs to reduce strike-outs
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by Zachary Beard on Jan 29, 2012 8:23 PM EST up reply actions
all those soul-crushing strikeouts.....
He praised my creativity, though he spoke sarcastically...
by PBR me ASAP! on Jan 29, 2012 8:24 PM EST up reply actions
And when he does homer, there’s no-one on base. Nothing makes my blood boil more than a solo homerun
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by Zachary Beard on Jan 29, 2012 8:25 PM EST up reply actions
I don't think that's what he was implying.
On that note, though, we do finally have a GM who embraces OBP. So we’ve caught up to…2005 or so?
Not saying I'm mad at him for the solo-shots
The team’s OBS as a whole is mediocre.
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by Zachary Beard on Jan 29, 2012 8:27 PM EST up reply actions
My bad
Meant to type OBP
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by Zachary Beard on Jan 29, 2012 8:29 PM EST up reply actions
what about, like, inning-ending double plays?
I kid, I kid. The Orioles need more guys on base. That’s the truth.
Your cannonball trajectory, it always gave me hope
Not if we had 8 more versions of Mark Reynolds.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 29, 2012 8:30 PM EST up reply actions
Hello CC
On a safe subject (i hope) would any of you be watching this marshmellow bowl ? what a joke this game is !
by RED SOX are #1 in my heart on Jan 29, 2012 8:30 PM EST reply actions
Speaking of marshmellows....
Justin Tuck and JPP are going to make Tom Brady meltdown like a smore.
(I assume you are a Pats fan)
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 29, 2012 8:31 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
We shall see ?
Somehow i doubt that
by RED SOX are #1 in my heart on Jan 29, 2012 8:33 PM EST up reply actions
And then all that was required for them to be wrong was a helmet catch!
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
No you are not
But that’s ok ,i understand
by RED SOX are #1 in my heart on Jan 29, 2012 8:34 PM EST up reply actions
BTW
Should I keep David Ortiz in my keeper fantasy league, or is he going to get fat old and worthless this year?
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 29, 2012 9:33 PM EST up reply actions
He already is fat and old.
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by Zachary Beard on Jan 29, 2012 9:51 PM EST up reply actions
ftfy
Is that David Ortiz’s lunch?
(I’m kidding)
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 29, 2012 8:34 PM EST up reply actions
My only point about this game is .............why do they even play it ?
And i did not come here to bust ball’s but i knew i would get more feed back here then anywhere else
by RED SOX are #1 in my heart on Jan 29, 2012 8:38 PM EST reply actions
I legitimately was kidding and I'm sorry if I seemed harsh.
I also legitimately did not know what the Marshmallow Bowl. I just googled it and all I got was a video involving something called Messiah College and various things involving marshmallows…in bowls.
Why do they even play it?
Why do anything in this world? Because it manages to make $$$. If it didn’t make money in some way, shape, or form, it would happen.
But, more to you point, I guess, would be because all of the major sports have the same antiquated fixation on having a game dedicated to showcasing the supposed best players competing together. I find all ‘all-star’ games rather trite and unentertaining nowadays.
He praised my creativity, though he spoke sarcastically...
by PBR me ASAP! on Jan 29, 2012 8:44 PM EST up reply actions
Ohhhhh, the Pro Bowl.
I feel stupid. I thought it was like some bowl game for college or high school players or something. On that note, yeah, the Pro Bowl is stupid.
Lol thank you
If you are watching the game , you will see why i call it such
by RED SOX are #1 in my heart on Jan 29, 2012 8:49 PM EST up reply actions
and the end of that first line should read
“it wouldn’t happen”
He praised my creativity, though he spoke sarcastically...
by PBR me ASAP! on Jan 29, 2012 8:48 PM EST up reply actions
Problem is
This is the one all star game where people can get seriously injured fairly easily, so they taken it even slower and it looks even lamer.
I’d like to see me scrap the whole game and see it replaced with skill competitons. Foot race between mike Wallace, darelle revis, Chris Johnson and ray rice? Chalk the tips of some footballs and have Tom Brady and Drew Brees try to hit bullseyes? That kind of stuff would be cool.
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 29, 2012 9:40 PM EST up reply actions
It's the same in Hockey and the NBA
No one checks during the NHL game and the NBA game is notorious for the players playing less than zero defense.
But yeah, skills competitions can be very cool. The NHL skills comp is quite entertaining. The Slam Dunk comp. and HR derby are both pretty lame though.
He praised my creativity, though he spoke sarcastically...
by PBR me ASAP! on Jan 29, 2012 10:08 PM EST up reply actions
someone did an article a few years ago about alternative ideas
one I remember liking was something like make it a touch/flag football and have offensive players play on defense and defensive players play on offense. They just need to stop pretending it’s a real football game being played.
Same thing with the MLB All-Star game.
WS home field advantage bullshit.
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 30, 2012 5:32 AM EST up reply actions
Or i had hope of that
Folks i am not your foe today , just someone who like’s this site and most of you as well
by RED SOX are #1 in my heart on Jan 29, 2012 8:44 PM EST up reply actions
Yes luke i know that
But till i find something better i will keep it
by RED SOX are #1 in my heart on Jan 29, 2012 9:00 PM EST up reply actions
bwhahahaha
listen to Prince huffing and puffing when jogging after throwing the pitch!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RcvaYgWc9eY
He praised my creativity, though he spoke sarcastically...
I don’t know if House of Lies is drama disguised as porn, or porn disguised as drama. Either way I’m still watching it for some reason kristen bell.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Jan 29, 2012 9:19 PM EST reply actions
I have a technical support question
I recently bought a laptop and sometimes when i’m typing and my hand hits the courser swipe thing it makes the page really small or really big. Its kinda like how on the iphone you can swipe it bigger or smaller. How do you turn that feature off on the laptop? It really gets annoying.
There is also a thing on my Toshiba
That if I hit the pad and go diagonal… it zooms in and out with one touch. Kinda cool, but sometimes annoying…
Birdland and Buck both start with B... coincidence? I think not.
by Birdland in NC on Jan 30, 2012 5:53 AM EST up reply actions
When
I’m typing back of my hand like hits/swhips the touch thing that controls the courser. It is a pain when I’m typing long essays and what not to always stop and make the screen larger again.
Have you checked Control Panel?
If you go to Hardware and Sound, there should be a listing for Mouse. Hopefully you can get to it from there; you never know with laptops.
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
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