Thursday Bird Droppings
by Stacey on Feb 2, 2012 7:40 AM EST
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PrintOrioles: Ex-big league pitcher Fossum signed to minor league deal - baltimoresun.com
Casey Fossum isn't Asian, but he did play in Japan in 2010.
Steve Melewski: Is this the year that Davis, Reimold get 500 at-bats?
To answer Melewski's question of should Nolan Reimold and Chris Davis play every day this year, I of course say yes to Reimold. I have a lot of trouble even caring that Davis exists.
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Britt on Brian Matsuz's chances, signing a big name (Raul Ibanez??), and signing Adam Jones long term.
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Cal and his giant phone.
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Watched Moneyball finally
My favorite scene is when Billy is talking to his ex and her husband about baseball. That is exactly what it is like to talk to people about baseball who don’t know a thing about it.
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
Good point
I am writing a paper on using different perspectives when managing an organization and I am going to pick different scenes in moneyball to talk about. That is a good one to use.
Here is the turabian citation, should you need it
In text:
(Wieters Wieners, Camden Chat, comment posted 02 2012, 02)
Bibliographical:
Camden Chat. http://www.camdenchat.com/2012/2/2/2765986/thursday-bird-droppings
You got the name wrong.
Plagiarizer!
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 8:31 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Whoops!
my bad. At 8 in the morning, i see “w” and “e” and the brain fills in the rest! Don’t SOPA me!
I thought you were just being funny
never would have known. What the hell is turabian citation? We gotta use MLA.
Blasphemy! What kind of backwater college do you go to?
or are you an English major? History papers like Turabian.
i don't know about your MBA program
but mine is such a joke. can’t wait to be finished with it this summer.
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
I've often been told the hardest part of an MBA program is writing the check
though this may just be said by bitter law students
haha, it's funny you say that
my brother and sister are both in their last year of law school, and any time i mention my MBA program they both just scoff at how much of a joke an MBA is compared to a law degree.
i would agree with your statement but since my job pays for mine, i don’t even know if writing the check is difficult.
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
My nephew had his law degree paid for by the feds
he got it free and clear if he took a class to learn how to speak Farsi. No shit.
I figure he either works for the CIA today or they are still trying like mo fo’s to recriut his ass.
how nice of you to say, haha.
I find it challenging mainly because most of teachers really push to do work beyond just BS’ing. I am 1/2 way through and there was only 1 or 2 classes that I didn’t get much benefit from.
I'm sure it varies program to program
and I am planning on getting an MBA eventually, so i’m not just hating on the degree
I think the course material is great (most classes anyway)
but I hate writing papers, which is 90% of the graded materials.
I definitely don’t think it is a joke. Is yours online? Mine is actually in a classroom.
mine is in class too
i guess the program you’re in is just much more challenging than mine is. maybe one or two of the 12 classes i’ve taken so far were more difficult/demanding than any class i took in undergrad. for example, for one of my classes last semester our only grades for the class were a group presentation, and then two exams that were both open book/open note, and he graded on a curve. i didn’t even get to do that in undergrad.
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
I guess it depends how you look at it.
I have heard a lot of the teachers say that they were prefer not to have tests and stuff because they know everyone is smart enough to study for a test and do well enough to get a 3.0+.
My personal view is that if you go to class, really try to learn by studying/being an active participate in the class tests and grades are useless. If I spend 20 hours a week reading and in the classroom while working full time why should they make really hard tests?
From a business prospective, if everyone hears how hard the program is then they will take their money somewhere else. I’m doing my MBA for free as well and if my college started going bananas giving hard tests and really long papers that eliminated my ability to enjoy my life then I wouldn’t do that program.
"My personal view is that if you go to class, really try to learn by studying/being an active participate in the class tests and grades are useless"
From your keyboard to God’s ear……
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
I agree wholeheaertedly with that sentiment
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
Good, I hoped so
From what I gather, teachers hate teaching for tests as well. I can see why it makes sense in high school and even college these days. But grad school students have shown they are smart and I would imagine they wouldn’t show up to class and pay the money if they were not interesting in putting effort into learning.
Schooling would be so much more enjoyable if we could take classes to learn new ideas and topics instead of focusing on just getting a grade.
Did I mention I write writing papers? haha.
That's how they do usually things in UK private schools
Reminds me of the scene in Monty Python’s the Meaning of Life where John Cleese is teaching sex ed – by having sex with his wife in front of the class.
“Now I may decide to post an exam this term [howls of protest from the students] so just listen!”
"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."
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clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
Nice
I think that has a lot to do with your view on how easy the program is. If you can do well with those skills already then MBA should be no sweat.
true
plus i think part of my issue is that getting an MBA is a requirement of the intern program that i’m in, so i’m here by force and not by my own choosing.
but hey only a few more months and i’m done with school forever. woohoo!
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
Congrats
I am only doing a class per semester (b/c I don’t wanna pay the extra taxes) still have like 8 classes to go…
what additional taxes are you paying?
i only have to pay my registration fee for each semester, and that’s the same no matter how many classes i’m taking
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
never filed my own taxes
so i’ve never had it come up. i’m going to pretend like i didn’t read anything you just said.
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
Mine is listed as extra income on my W-2
even if I didn’t do them on my own it would be hard for the accountant to ignore.
Pay your damn taxes!
it's not that i haven't been paying my taxes at all
my mom has been doing it for the past couple of years for me. thanks, mom!
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
What are you guys trying to do post-MBA?
I’ve kicked around the idea for a few years, but haven’t found a cost/benefit reason to pull the trigger yet.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
For me it would be find a company that gives incentive for post-grad work
and until then live life.
I am trying to use my courses to help me answer that question
I think I am leaning towards trying business operations. Might try to get into managerial accounting. Not sure…
I intend to live the dream.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Feb 2, 2012 10:26 AM EST up reply actions
If you want me to be WW I can give it a shot.
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 8:39 AM EST up reply actions
AW DAVE THAT VIDEO IS AWESOME!!!!
IS that a cool internet thing you can do to internet friends??? I’m gonna do that to ALL my internet friends.
HIYOOOOOOOOOOO
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 9:07 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
You know
I come here to just be a part of the community and I’m tired of being made fun of. I’ll just go find somewhere else to hang out during the day. This has really gotten out of hand. Later CC
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 9:08 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Yeah, WestcaostO'sfan was being a real dick.
He needs to start policing himself more or I will probably start avoiding this site as well.
by WestcoastO'sfan2 on Feb 2, 2012 9:11 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Now now
No one’s saying that you are the only one posting HIYOOOOOOOOOOO’s on this site. Maybe you have unfairly been linked to HIYOOOOOOOOOOO’s because you are one of the main HIYOOOOOOOOOOOers, and that’s our fault. It’s no reason to get upset and leave.
...While you're waiting for moments that never come.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Feb 2, 2012 9:11 AM EST up reply actions
I see what you did 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 Feb 2, 2012 12:57 PM EST up reply actions
Holy Crap
I know right? And especially when they pretend to know something when they really don’t
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by Zachary Beard on Feb 2, 2012 10:28 AM EST up reply actions
That's the worst.
I rarely try to correct people when they do that. I just let them keep talking like they know shit and they just spout off crazy nonsense, at which I nod and agree and secretly laugh on the inside.
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 10:31 AM EST up reply actions
I usually crack a laugh when they argue the importance of RBIs
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by Zachary Beard on Feb 2, 2012 10:34 AM EST up reply actions
The McRib is the Egg McMuffin of rib sandwiches
by DaveAA on Feb 2, 2012 10:39 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
This
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by Zachary Beard on Feb 2, 2012 10:43 AM EST up reply actions
That's true,
but any scene with his ex should have been cut.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
totally fossum...
that cal card is great. brotzie linked to a jim caple article that is amusing, too, if you enjot baseball cards.
"Three thousand years of beautiful tradition,from Moses to Sandy Koufax,YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT I'M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!"- Walter Sobchak
Casey f'in Fossum
I thought I had seen it all…
...While you're waiting for moments that never come.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Feb 2, 2012 8:52 AM EST up reply actions
I thought I knew the name from somewhere so I googled him,
sure enough I def. had him on a team or two of mine in MVP Baseball 2005.
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 8:54 AM EST up reply actions
He was a DRays prospect and fantasy sleeper pick when I was like 13 years old IIRC
...While you're waiting for moments that never come.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Feb 2, 2012 8:55 AM EST up reply actions
Did the DRays even exist when you were 13?
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 8:58 AM EST up reply actions
Isn't it past your bed time?
...While you're waiting for moments that never come.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Feb 2, 2012 9:07 AM EST up reply actions
Way past, it's 6 in the morning, I never actually went to sleep.
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 9:14 AM EST up reply actions
I think that's just a joke
by Mets fans (see here).
I do think it’s an intriguing strategy to sign a left-handed reliever without a fastball.
Belanger was the Blade
That is all.
There cannot be two Blades.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
by zknower on Feb 2, 2012 11:24 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
This
and this some more.
he's no pedro strop! - j.q. higgins
Also, in addition to Moneyball, I just watched:
-The Fighter (excellent, glad I finally watched it, Bale is a damn good actor)
-The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Better than the original film, different, but better)
-In Time (Watched 5 minutes and then shut it off, luckily I had Moneyball in my back pocket)
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
Not yet, it's on my short list.
I still need to knock off a few must-sees on Netflix instant first.
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 8:38 AM EST up reply actions
The Warrior
Is a damn good movie. I watched it reluctantly on Netflix the other night and I was glued from the first scene on.
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by Zachary Beard on Feb 2, 2012 10:30 AM EST up reply actions
Bale is very good, and "The Fighter" is an awesome movie.
My wife and I recently saw “The Machinist”, with Bale as the lead. He supposedly lost 63 pounds to play that role on a diet of a can of tuna and an apple each day. That’s one dedicated actor.
"Work fast. Throw strikes. Change speeds." Ray Miller
The fighter kicked ass, I really liked the scenes during the credits that showed the actual brothers
When I saw that I was like wow he nailed the part.
Don't forget that his next film after The Fighter was Batman Begins
so he was at normal weight, dropped 63 pounds for The Machinist, then bulked back to well above where he was at the beginning to play Batman, all in less than a couple years
Yeah, it wasn't
dropped 63 and then added on 80. I think he’s admitted he should have had more supervision than he did.
And to be fair, if you told me you'd pay me millions of dollars to be hugely famous and a movie star
and all I had to do was follow a strict diet and exercise plan with physical trainers and nutritionists telling me what to do…. I don’t think it would be very hard. It’s not like you’d have another job to do.
People give actors shit for being well paid,
which is fair in some circumstances (I’m gonna go with Gerard Butler on this one), but when you think about how many people someone like Bale has entertained with their work, you see why what they do is so important.
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 8:56 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I don't mind actors getting paid much
because it is the directors who decide to pay them. They could get phenomenal actors for very cheap but they decide to go with the name. So I more blame the directors and producers and moviegoers who only show up to a movie to see the actor rather than the movie.
Would a Jewish joke related to him being smart financially be off-base here?
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by Zachary Beard on Feb 2, 2012 10:31 AM EST up reply actions
DCO?
BSF?
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 10:31 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, pretty much
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
the directors don't decide to pay them
the producers do.
the directors would far rather they take less money and get a larger piece of the film.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
I'm not saying he's overpaid or anything
I’m just saying it would be a lot harder for a person with a 9-5 to affect that kind of dramatic change in their body than it would be for a person with access to the right resources and nothing else to do.
I know, I was just going on a tangent.
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 9:01 AM EST up reply actions
even if it isn't important
it’s what the market demands. I’d rather money go to the creative people in a movie than the fat cats behind them.
by mdterps0325 on Feb 2, 2012 9:01 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
I liked In Time!!!!
It wasn’t supposed to be Citizen Kane, just an enjoyable way to spend 90 minutes.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
Maybe I need to watch it with a different frame of mind.
I just got done watching a super serious movie and then seeing Olivia Wilde as JT’s mom, and Johnny Galeckia, and evil guys in fedoras with feather was a little much. Although I thought the guy from White Collar was doing a pretty good job, not sure why but I stopped watching that show a little while back.
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 8:40 AM EST up reply actions
I can't get over my general dislike for JT.
It’s completely irrational, I know, but I just don’t like him.
I don't know why, but I have no active dislike for JT
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
dragon tattoo...
agree, but i really like fincher and it was a strong cast. craig, skarsgaard and plummer are among my fave actors.
"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 Feb 2, 2012 8:49 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Craig was great, I really respect him as an actor.
I thought skarsgaard was better than the original Martin, slightly more sinister from the beginning, but still understated. I thought how Fincher didn’t bust out flashbacks all the time was interesting, since the original did that a lot. He relied on quick flashbacks and the editing was great. There was an article in the New York Times magazine about the editing of one of the sequences a while back.
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 8:53 AM EST up reply actions
Was he in Ronin?
I only saw it once, i think about a year ago. I only remember De Niro from the cast though.
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 8:57 AM EST up reply actions
Love Ronin
Jean Reno is awesome, Sean Bean always ends up losing in every movie, Jonathan Pryce, Natascha “broke up The Truman Show” McElhone, two great car chases and a fun plot… what’s not to like
you forgot stellan skarsgaaaard
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
best shape of his life.
"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 Feb 2, 2012 9:23 AM EST up reply actions
I agree
I couldn’t care less about him last year, I think because he came in when all seemed lost and wrong with the world. But, I’m really coming around. He’s young, he hasn’t ever really had a shot at a full time gig, and he has shown power, which we haven’t had at first base in forever…
Give him a shot!
by dan o'hare on Feb 2, 2012 9:32 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I actually am somewhat hopeful for Davis
At age 25 Reimold was still in AA and Davis darn near outproduced him
I looked at them in comparison for each year they were in the same level of ball and Davis’s career for his age compared to Reimold has been much more spectacular. That said, Reimold has done better than davis in the majors as he has two positive WAR seasons but his first didn’t come until 2009 when he was 26. Lets see how Davis does in his age 26 season. The biggest difference I have seen between the two are:
Reimold – Much more consistency with walks and strike outs
Davis – Depending on the year davis has had a better SLG% / WOBA
I hope he dominates too, nice analysis
I just enjoy dan’s positive comments compared to the snarky comments that get on here 90% of the time.
Bottom line -If the O’s pitch well they will be very competitive.
by IggesRule13 on Feb 2, 2012 10:03 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
On a side note
I have been pretty down on Adam Jones but looking at Reimold and Dave and thier age progression seasons and seeing that Jones himself is only 26 I have more respect for what he has done. I keep forgetting that he is that young.
Something about AJ just doesn't add up
He plays to “lackadaisical” for me. And it seems to affect him in all aspects of the game when he loses concentration. Just what it looks like to me.
Yep.
I know I’m an idiot for being positive this time of year, but our young hitters all have a serious upside, and they are coming into what should be their most productive years. At least we’re not hoping over the hill guys might be able to find something left in the tank. Theres no raphy, sosa, lee, or vlad on this team. That’s why I hope dd doesn’t sign damon. Let the kids play.
by dan o'hare on Feb 2, 2012 10:44 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Idiot!
he's no pedro strop! - j.q. higgins
if the O's pitching again is bottom of baseball come August
then what?
Your cannonball trajectory, it always gave me hope
Are there any rotations out there that have a legitimate shot to be worse than the O's?
Serious question. Minnesota maybe?
there are a couple of possibilities, sure
The Cubs, especially if they trade Garza.
Houston, especially if they trade Rodriguez. Those are two teams that are probably trying to lose games in 2012, so the sky’s the limit for badness.
Maybe Colorado, maybe Oakland, maybe Pittsburgh.
Your cannonball trajectory, it always gave me hope
i think San Diego's is gonna be awful too
if Tim Stauffer is going to be your Opening Day starter, you have problems
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
i hesitate with both the Padres and the A's because of the ballparks
they could be less talented than the O’s, but end up looking much better.
Your cannonball trajectory, it always gave me hope
Especially the A's
I feel like every year they take some guy from the depths of their organization that I’ve never ever heard of and he becomes a legit #2 type pitcher, at least at first glance.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Even taking that into consideration they are still ridiculous.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
What does "rec'd" mean?
I know, I’m not hip with what the kids are saying…
by dan o'hare on Feb 2, 2012 10:03 AM EST via mobile up reply actions 5 recs
"A trick is something WW does for recs"
“I mean… candy”
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 10:05 AM EST up reply actions
if you click actions there is an option to give the CC version of a thumbs up
the reccomendation. Be very frugal with it as people will work hard for it.
you just got one!
for asking on behalf of all the lurkers who hadn’t asked
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
In 2k11
He can hit 37 homeruns when healthy… ;)
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by Zachary Beard on Feb 2, 2012 10:31 AM EST up reply actions
I agree they might as well give him a shot since he's here and all
But I just can’t care about him much either way.
at this point there aren't many
but that doesn’t make me care about him. Maybe he’ll change my mind this year.
Derrek Lee!
I think he’s available. The Pirates haven’t re-signed him, have they?
he's no pedro strop! - j.q. higgins
Favorite quote of the day so far...
Normandin: "I don’t think there is anything Mark Reynolds could do to make me think paying him $11 million is a good idea, apart from deciding to not be Mark Reynolds anymore."
by Steven_G on Feb 2, 2012 9:26 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
Interesting
3B is shallow league-wide right now, and I doubt any of our prospects will be ready to play the position full time in the Show by next year. Is $11M too much for another year of Reynolds as a stop gap even if his defense was good? Let’s say he really is in the best shape of his life and he turns in a respectable defensive effort at the position this season while hitting 40 bombs with a decent OBP, would he be worth the money then?
...While you're waiting for moments that never come.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Feb 2, 2012 9:31 AM EST up reply actions
I'm really really excited for Reynolds next year
he improved in almost every offensive stat that matters (not BB%) while switching leagues. I still don’t know why Arizona gave up on him. He had a monster season, and then a down one. And he STILL had a BABIP much lower than the rest of his career last year. I think if he can come anything close to only being a bad fielder and not a terrible one, he’s going to be a fantastic, fantastic player for the Os.
I for one, enjoyed watching him crush a few hrs last year..
"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 Feb 2, 2012 9:41 AM EST up reply actions
Dingers! Dingers! Dingers!
Thanks Mr Mcguire!
"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 Feb 2, 2012 10:16 AM EST up reply actions
Can't be worse than paying $10M to Roberts to do nothing.
On the other hand, the Reynolds expenditure is optional, so whatever.
The list of potential FA 3B for 2013 isn’t pretty.
"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 Feb 2, 2012 11:28 AM EST up reply actions
if Reynolds is going to be worth his $11MM
I would think it would have to be at 1B. I just don’t see any way that he doesn’t continue to be awful defensively at third, essentially giving back on defense what he gives you at the plate.
On the other hand, if he works at it, I could envision Reynolds as an above-average defensive 1B and a quality OBP-and-power bat if he returns to near-2009 levels; sort of like Carlos Pena with more singles and fewer walks. That’s worth $11MM.
by AndrewTorrez on Feb 2, 2012 11:51 AM EST up reply actions
I just don’t see any way that he doesn’t continue to be awful defensively at third
Well, he’s still under 30, and he’s going to have a lot more reps than he’s ever had. And by all accounts, he has trimmed up quite a bit.
He may never be a defensive stalwart over there, but there’s not reason to think he won’t improve somewhat.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
Plus, he had such a bad year with the glove, I can't see him repeating it.
Even if he goes from minus 25 or so runs defensively (almost fictionally bad) to more like minus 10 runs (closer to his career norms), that’s a gain of about 1.5 wins – just based on regression to career norms, not actual improvement of his talent.
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
Over on Roch's blog
he says unless there’s an upset, three rotation spots are taken by Tommy Hunter, Wei-Ying Chen, and Jeremy Guthrie. Okay, so I understand the last two, but Tommy Hunter? How does he get to be a favorite for a spot over all of these other guys? I’d think it would be Zach Britton with the least amount to prove of everyone else who’ll be in camp, not Hunter.
Your cannonball trajectory, it always gave me hope
It really pains me not to put Matusz in there
WHY can’t he be good!? I just need somebody to love. (no homo)
Probably should avoided channeling DeSean Jackson like that.
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by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 10:28 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I think what he meant was
don’t say things like that here.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
i like what they've done over at Hardball Talk
and just shortened it to BSOHL
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
"Best Shape of Our Life"
should be the 2012 Orioles slogan.
Your cannonball trajectory, it always gave me hope
really?
The “no homo” comment is what was being referenced.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
you are not allowed to use homophobic slang
and I would highly recommend you not to do so again.
Your cannonball trajectory, it always gave me hope
I figured that, but it's hard to get that you're using it ironically in text like this
So it’s best to just avoid that sort of thing.
Tommy Hunter sucks.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Feb 2, 2012 10:18 AM EST up reply actions
Still.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Feb 2, 2012 10:27 AM EST up reply actions
Gotta make the Koji trade seem worth it?
Nah, obviously not that, since Duquette isn’t reponsible for that one. Yeah, I don’t get it.
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
Three rotation spots are taken by Tommy Hunter, Wei-Ying Chen, and Jeremy Guthrie.
I think the locks should be Guts, Arrieta, Britton and then I guess Chen. As far as who gets the fifth spot, I guess it comes down to Hunter, 3E1N, Weak Sauce, or Wada. Out of those choices, I’ll go with Hunter, but it’s like the choices are great.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
I rather just go with Guts, Chen, Britton, Arrieta, and let the last spot be the wild card
and I’d prefer it go to Matusz, but Hunter would be fine if they really think Brian can be helped more in the minors.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Mine too
Though every time I see DD I think Diamond Dave, which was the CC name for Trembles (Which was my name for Dave Trembley).
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
I like those four
Most of the rotation projections I’ve come across so far have really written Arrieta off, or even ignored him on this list of potential starters which I just don’t get. Not saying he needs to be a lock, but penciling in Hunter as a top three starter is a head scratcher.
by tjk on Feb 2, 2012 2:16 PM EST up reply actions
Tommy Hunter
He’s a good looking kid, has a baseball player’s body, he’s got the intangibles in the locker room. Kid’s a leader.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
I can see him and Buck getting along
I just hope if he’s struggling they become buddies via the bullpen phone instead of the dugout.
by tjk on Feb 2, 2012 2:41 PM EST up reply actions
In case you haven't seen it...Can the O's go Worse to First in 2012?
All signs point to no.
Orioles
If they were to do it — if the Orioles could overcome the Rays, Red Sox, and Yankees (not to mention a Blue Jays team that has more than a little talent), it would be one of the best baseball stories of the decade. Aces would emerge. Hitting stars would be born. Rock operas would be written. Constellations would be renamed.
But they haven’t developed a processor that can calculate the exact number of things that would need to go right. There’s too much to overcome in a perilously strong division. I could see them having an interesting year with a few breaks — think the 2009 Reds, who took a big step forward just by not being bad. But 2012 AL East Champions, these Orioles are not.
Also,
The odds are pretty outstanding that none of these last-place teams will win their division, just like it was pretty unlikely for the Diamondbacks to jump ahead of the Giants. But it happened. And it could again with different teams. Even the Orioles.
Also, if the Orioles win the AL East, I will write The Wire: The Musical with a closing number titled “Just Say No … No … Nobody’s Gonna Stop Us Now!” that’s both uplifting and spectacular. So there’s plenty to root for.
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
According to Scott Boras if Gregg had earned 2 more saves this year
We would have been more likely to be a winning team.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=15953
We should go out and drop a ton of money on one of his closers stat!
I have to admit, not sleeping at all is kind of nice.
I never feel this awake at 8 am. Too bad this feeling doesn’t last. Also, 5 cups of coffee helps, I blame that on zk though.
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by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 10:51 AM EST up reply actions
I remember experiencing weird euphoric highs the morning after pulling an all nighter in college
It’s strangely energizing. All the caffeine, watching the sun rise, and the satisfaction one gets after completing a project always left me with a surprising amount of energy after staying up all night.
...While you're waiting for moments that never come.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Feb 2, 2012 11:07 AM EST up reply actions
until the afternoon
when I almost fell asleep behind the wheel driving home after turning in a paper
Watching the sun rise really gets me going.
Just sitting around, feeling content, with total silence while the sun comes up.
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by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 11:16 AM EST up reply actions
no
but amid the LSD craziness , Drexel won again last night. And with the Blue Hens of Delaware upsetting George Mason, Drexel now leads the CAA via head to head over Mason & VCU. Not to mention with their remaining schedule (combined 20-49), there is a good chance they go into the CAA tournament with the #1 seed. Good time for you to get back and enjoy the success.
BTW
I am pretty sure you don’t have that much interst in Drexel BB, but I figured I ’d share since they are the closest thing to a winning team (Orioles, Eagles, Drexel) that I root for.
I do try to watch games occasionally
though thats a lot tougher now that I don’t live in Philly. I really should have gone to more games while i was enrolled.
most of the games
are on the internet through the Drexel website. And a few left are on ESPN3 as well.
My daughter got her first college letter yesterday from Drexel
9th grade? Really? Seems a waste of postage.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
She took the PSAT
So I guess they use that list
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
Drexel is relentless
I requested information about an online Higher Ed degree and they’ve contacted me about 47983 times.
I think so too
Drexel is a good school. The Co-op program is probably one of the best. It is pretty expensive though. But clearly she is getting a full ride for softball. better start working on that youtube video now. I mean she needs at least 20 minutes of footage to go along with the scrolling star wars text.
I read an article a few months ago
that said, adjusted for average financial aid awarded, Drexel is actually the most expensive school in the country
When I started at Drexel in Fall of 1985
the cost was about $9k. When I graduated in June 1990, the cost was around $13k. My how times have changed. I believe as alums, we can get tuitiion discounts for anyone we recommend.
Um, no
She MIGHT be able to play junior college level IF she improves. I’m not a dad deluded into thinking his kid is D1 talent.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
well
I am the deluded dad that thinks my kid will like the orioles when she figures out what baseball is.
the first commercial I ever booked
was for Drexel University. It was a funny setup where they posed the idea that most parents are horrified that their kids will come to live with them after college, but Drexel kids don’t because they get jobs.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
I was in an ETrade Super Bowl commercial 10 years ago!
I have nothing else to add to the convo.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
go on.......
were you one of the little babies?
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
No this was when ETrade first came out
It was about this kid who was the star basketball player in HS. He makes the winning shot of the state championship, everyone rushes the court, and the local reporter tells him and his dad that he’s being recruited by the top colleges and asks where he wants to play. The kid says “I want to be a dancer!”, then there’s something about “how secure is your retirement plan?”
I was in the pep band for the fake basketball team. I only had screen time in the full length version though. :( It was during that awesome Rams/Titans SB.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
pics?
screencaps?
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
daveh, PLEASE tell me
that you have deelyboppers on your head at 0:53
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
Well, I'm sure I did
but there isn’t a clear shot of my face in that video. I can name every one of those nerds at :52 though :)
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Sick day today
Pissed it couldn’t have been on friday….
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You can always make that happen.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Feb 2, 2012 10:49 AM EST up reply actions
That cough sounds awful.
Better stay home another day.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Feb 2, 2012 10:51 AM EST up reply actions
True. But I have an ass of US History teacher who only allows you to make up tests for one day before it’s counted as a zero. And the test was today….
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by Zachary Beard on Feb 2, 2012 10:51 AM EST up reply actions
Is that even legal?
What if you’re legitimately sick two days in a row? I think you could go over his/her head and get a special dispensation.
Well this teacher just so happens to be tenured at my school, so even if it isn’t the school wouldn’t care.
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by Zachary Beard on Feb 2, 2012 10:55 AM EST up reply actions
I think if I encountered a policy like that, I would
purposefully contract some sort of disease the day after the test and make sure I became violently ill while taking his test. And then a guy would get his arm torn off and yell “And that’s why you let students make up tests!” Hopefully the teacher would be traumatized.
That sounds like a scene from the upcoming season of the Walking Dead
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by Zachary Beard on Feb 2, 2012 11:07 AM EST up reply actions
HS or college?
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
HS
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by Zachary Beard on Feb 2, 2012 2:30 PM EST up reply actions
Check your county's handbook
I know in my county, the rule is, 2 days to ask, a total of 5 to make it up. If that doesn’t do it, get your parent involved. The teacher won’t budge, but the admins will. They HATE parent phone calls.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
Sadly, there are those tin pot despots to be found in the profession.
Also, I was in high school once and I’m old now, so I guess it’s now obligatory to say unless you’re actively barfing, suck it up and go the fuck to school.
"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 Feb 2, 2012 11:43 AM EST up reply actions
Any movie suggestions?
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Action, Comedy, Baseball, war movies like platoon
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by Zachary Beard on Feb 2, 2012 10:56 AM EST up reply actions
I finally got around to watching East Bound and Down this past week.
It’s not a movie, but if you like baseball and comedy, do yourself a favor if you haven’t already.
Kenny Fuckin Powers!!! Been following it from late in the first season. I love that series
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by Zachary Beard on Feb 2, 2012 11:00 AM EST up reply actions
so excited for the new season to start in a few weeks
i have a feeling the addition of Jason Sudekis is going to be awesome
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
Then you will love...
Apocalypse O!
An elite gang of 25 incompetent fools is dispatched to the jungle to fight drug lords in Columbia. Using only bats and balls they fight their way past armed militias in an action packed, slapstick, baseball, war movie starring Mark Reynolds as The Big Whiff, Kevin Gregg as Wild Pitch, Nick Markakis as Noodles, Adam Jones as Sexual Chocolate, and Juan Samuel as Cpt. Windmill.
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by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 11:02 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
They should make that a real movie. With Adam sandler cast as every character.
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by Zachary Beard on Feb 2, 2012 11:03 AM EST up reply actions
Already have 3 pages of the script written
#caffeine
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by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 11:42 AM EST up reply actions
9 pages!
I’m on a roll.
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by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 12:31 PM EST up reply actions
Spoiler: Felix Pie, Cesar Izturis, and Koji all show up!
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by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 3:32 PM EST up reply actions
He is in there, but I was just mentioning some guys you maybe didn't expect to see.
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by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 3:40 PM EST up reply actions
Bang the drum slowly
if you haven’t seen it…
by dan o'hare on Feb 2, 2012 11:24 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
From the back of the rack!
Yeah, that one gets overlooked.
Guess because it was before the baseball movie explosion of the 80s (The Natural, Field of Dreams, Bull Durham, 8 Men Out, etc.)
"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
it's just a great movie
that happens to have baseball in it…
And there's yet another rec for you, sir.
One of my favorites.
"Work fast. Throw strikes. Change speeds." Ray Miller
Great comedy/war mix
Tropic Thunder
"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
And how could we forget this one today
Groundhog Day!
"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
Some dude is retoring an original print for Blu-Ray re-release
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
amazing
there may be wose scenes we’ve never seen!
What's it about?
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by Zachary Beard on Feb 2, 2012 10:58 AM EST up reply actions
“Sudden Death” w/Van Damme is another (awesome) terrible one. Probably more fun in a group with a bunch of idiots because of the exciting hockey game subplot.
blood sport was awesome haha
much better than kickboxer 4.
bloodsport and young guns
are two of the best sit around on a sunday with some beer movies
I watched 50/50 last night
it was light – basically a 90 minute meet cute – but well made and enjoyable. It felt very much like an episode of Scrubs.
Your cannonball trajectory, it always gave me hope
And it's a true story, with Seth Rogen playing himself as the buddy of the guy who wrote it.
When the fuck did we get ice cream???
This list is good for volume.
http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2012/01/the-100-best-movies-streaming-on-netflix-right-now#2
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by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 10:55 AM EST up reply actions
Thank you good sir
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by Zachary Beard on Feb 2, 2012 10:57 AM EST up reply actions
Was about to watch it, but went for comedy instead, watched In The Loop which was solid.
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by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 11:03 AM EST up reply actions
The Loop is on my list
I almost watched a bunch of movies the other night (The Loop, Warrior) but opted for Moneyball.
Ha, just watched Moneyball tonight.
Watched The Loop last night and am going to watch The Warrior next chance I get. Also on my list are a few Scorsese films I never got to and some Ridley Scott to prepare for Prometheus.
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by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 11:06 AM EST up reply actions
classics are best while sick
not that much to pay attention to and if you dose off, so be it.
Goonies, FB Day Off, Dazed and Confused, Field of Dreams, etc.
Steve McQueen!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Feb 2, 2012 11:21 AM EST up reply actions
David McCallum!
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
He's awesome too!
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by twistedlogic on Feb 2, 2012 11:24 AM EST up reply actions
Alexander McQueen!
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by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 11:23 AM EST up reply actions
I never bought Rider Strong as a hunk
I didn’t really like that show, but it didn’t stop me from watching it just about every day.
He's cute
especially when he stands next to Ben Savage, so I never minded.
Although in real life no way someone as hot as Topanga would have ended up with Cory.
Corey was smart enough to get her while they were young.
No way Corey would meet Topanga in college and they would date
...While you're waiting for moments that never come.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Feb 2, 2012 11:09 AM EST up reply actions
I did
Badass, long hair, chip on his shoulder. That’s the trifecta of getting teenage girls in the 90s.
Plus he had an awesome wingman.
I don't think so
but then the only attractive person on Saved by the Bell was Kelly Kapowski, and even she didn’t really get hot until she got to 90210.
yeah she was awesome
Mostly because she was Kelly Taylor’s arch nemesis and Kelly Taylor was the worst person ever.
I just said that to create discussion.
feel free to make a list. I’m putting the seinfeld dinner at #1 above the coffee shop in friends.
Those were the first 2 I came up with too
I’d also put it behind Moe’s Tavern, if we’re including cartoons
Start a new thread with the guidelines
Moe’s Tavern is awesome. But i feel like not enough characters went there.
i've never watched an episode of it
but shouldn’t the bar from “Cheers” automatically be up there?
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
I'm trying to think of parameters
I feel like it has to be a major set, but the majority of the action can’t take place there
I don't know, maybe not
The bar from Cheers is probably good. To go a little more modern, I’d throw McLaren’s from How I Met Your Mother on the list.
Definitely The Max
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 11:30 AM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
cause like, paddy's pub would be there. I think.
maybe it’s more of a great set-as-character than a good place to hang out.
Tommy hunter still sucks!
this was posted all over facebook so you might have saw this already.
“Friends” Vs. “How I Met Your Mother”
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
haha I hadn't seen that
It’s too bad How I Met Your Mother can’t have one other similarity to Friends and be funny (anymore, at least).
I am with you
I think it is much funnier. Friends at the beginning was good and then just became a giant soap opera.
I've never really watched How I Met Your Mother
But I didn’t like Friends at all, so I’ll agree with you.
HIMYM has gone down hill for me.
It’s more the Barney show now. Probably a good move since Ted is a douche.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
I disagree
They got a lot going on with Marshall and Lilly. Robin’s character is becoming to evolve pretty rapidly as well.
Lately you're right.
There has been more plots surrounding the domesticity of M and L. And they’re letting Robin grow more. I dig it. I hope they keep this up and wrap up the whole, “how mr. douche met his mother,” plot.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
I think the show gave up on Ted a long time ago
He’s developed the least of any of the characters on the show.
I used to really like it
But every time I watch an episode this season and much of last season I’m just like, “All right already, have him meet the damn mother so this mostrosity can end.”
dude, don't argue with a female about Friends
it’s not going to end well
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
I didn't mind friends
but I hate when people rave about how it was soooo great. It was alright, calm down. No game changer.
But then, the same thing goes for HIYM. Both entertaining, and pretty funny. But nothing revolutionary.
@sibsinExile
I certainly don't think it was groundbreaking
but I can watch the reruns now and still laugh, so what more do you need in a sitcom?
No nothing more
I agree with you. I just hate it when people say it’s the greatest thing since sliced bread (and a lot of people do this).
@sibsinExile
From a tv geek perspective
HIMYM does so much more with the structure of the show than Friends ever did. Friends was a great, basic sitcom but never really tried anything more.
but but but
Ross almost drank a jar of bacon fat… in episode that was suppose to unfold in real time. You don’t think that’s groundbreaking?!
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Yea personally I like HIMYM better
I think it’s a bit more creative. I think.
Also, I think guys tend to like HIMYM more than women do and vice versa for Friends, atleast in my experience.
@sibsinExile
I'm not saying I disagree
but how is HIMYM more creative. Seems like like a cookie cutter sitcom to me.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
For starters,
the storytelling is pretty frequently a lot less linear than you find in typical sitcoms.
the flashback feature
is a gimmick. we’re not talking about taratino usage.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Of course its not at the level
but we aren’t comparing it to Tarantino here, we’re comparing it to Friends. Its far more creative than you’re typical network sitcom.
I don't know about that
It’s far more creative than Friends. But shows like Community and 30 rock are on another level for creativity and “smart” comedies. But then again, I guess that’s not a “typical” network sitcom. (Two quotes in one post…)
@sibsinExile
Community is a good example
Any sitcom that uses a documentary about the making of Apocalypse Now as a blueprint for an episode is taking risks. That’s innovative, not using Bob Saget to do voice overs.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
I'm just saying I wouldn't pull the flashback feature
as evidence of its creative storytelling. Having his two kids sit on the couch while Bob Saget says, “Now kids blah blah,” as innovative structure.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
I think thats understating how they use it
Many of the individual episodes are non-linear by themselves, and the flashback structure is often used to tell the story out of order so that you have much more information about how the story progresses than the characters do. That’s a lot more than most network shows attempt.
I can get on board on that explanation.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Of course...
One can probably argue that the basic nature of Friends is what’s let it be such a cultural common reference point.
I’m not sure how often I’ll be referring to HIMYM jokes a decade hence. But I’ll probably still be referencing Friends, “They know” … “But now we know they know!”
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by Eat More Esskay on Feb 2, 2012 1:43 PM EST up reply actions
Nahh there are a ton of comedies that were more than decent after Seinfeld
But from a popularity standpoint, I guess none of them can touch that. Seinfeld managed to be funny, smart, creative, and popular. Very rare in general. i don’t think anyone has done it since.
@sibsinExile
Stacey bringing out the big guns!
I would have hated friends if it wasn’t for Jennifer Anniston.
Ted from HIMYM is basically Ross.
I just hated Ross' and rachaels relationship
its like they were in high school.
by IggesRule13 on Feb 2, 2012 1:38 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I am totally rec'ing that
I HATED Ross’ character. Why the other 5 didn’t kick him to the curb in 11th grade is beyond me. No redeeming qualities, annoying voice, ugh.
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Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
I hated everything about this show
Take your opinion of Seinfeld & turn it up to 11.
All 6 were completely uncharming & unlikable, but unlike the Seinfeld 4 who you laughed at, not with, the apparent intent was to have some worthwhile personality traits here.
And there weren’t any – except for the monkey.
"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
Ted's a much bigger asshole than Ross.
Ross was essentially well intentioned person. Not Ted.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
This was a funny post
But there is a huge gulf between the awesomeness that is Barney Stinson and the idiocy that is Joey.
there is also a huge gulf between the awesomeness that is Ross Gellar
and the annoyingness that is Ted.
This
I wasn’t a monster friend of Friends. But Ross is miles better than any recycled trash from HIMYM.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 1:35 PM EST up reply actions
and this is the part of the day where some people on here really start to date themselves...
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
Trapper and Hawkeye's tent in M*A*S*H*
??
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
THE KRUSTY KRAB!!!!!!!
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 1:52 PM EST up reply actions
Sweringen's Bedroom in DEADWOOD
WW, you watch any of it?
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
I watched 3 of em so far...
It’s really not my style but based on your and James’ recommendation I’m slugging through them. I’ll probably watch ep 4 tonight.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 2:11 PM EST up reply actions
I slugged my way through season 1 before I quit.
Eventually, I’m going to give it another shot though.
btw, E-cigarettes aren’t good.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
oh noes
if you’re not hooked by ep 5 or 6, i think you probably won’t be.
different strokes.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
Don't get me wrong, I can see the appeal...
It’s just kind of dark and gross to me… Most of the characters are just pretty disgusting overall.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 2:15 PM EST up reply actions
WTF ZK
My favorite guy just died in episode 4…
Talk about a sign for me to seriously quit watching.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 4:10 PM EST up reply actions
brutal, wasn't it?
but now, how will the town deal with it??
ORDER OUT OF LAWLESSNESS
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
I's so excited! I'm so excited!
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
the weirdest thing to me
was how Eric went from the cool older brother who was smooth with the ladies to completely insane in about a half a season.
Can't post the link on my iTouch
But Angels GM Jerry Dipoto wrote a handwritten response to a fan’s trade proposal involving the O’s. It’s sweet and all, but why waste his time on such an idiotic proposal. Abreu and Callaspo for Schoop and Schrader? Really???
by TheTrapezoidConspiracy on Feb 2, 2012 11:11 AM EST via mobile reply actions
As much as I enjoy you encouraging our association with the “Orioles” I’ll have to pass on their “potential talent”
Editor at Baltimore Beatdown - SB Nation Baltimore Ravens Blog
A.K.A "Baltimore Warrior"
by Zachary Beard on Feb 2, 2012 11:28 AM EST up reply actions
that's not necessarily on him
the way I read it, I suspect the guy’s original letter to him said something like,
… and I think these kids are going to be real “players” in a year or two.
And JeDi was just reflecting that back.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
What do you suppose is the point of an interview where the interviewer spends more time talking than the interviewee?
"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 Feb 2, 2012 11:31 AM EST reply actions
I thought the point of an interview was to bring an interesting perspective one's readers/viewers wouldn't have otherwise gotten.
"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 Feb 2, 2012 11:40 AM EST up reply actions
Random Mitch for today
I want to hang a map of the world in my house, and then I’m gonna put pins into all the locations that I’ve traveled to. But first I’m gonna have to travel to the top two corners of the map, so it won’t fall down.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
I need more Mitch in my life
All McDonald’s commercials end the same way, with “Prices and participation may vary.” I want to open a McDonalds and not participate in anything. “Cheeseburgers?? Nope. But we got spaghetti! And blankets.”
Here!
Welcome :)
Some songs have a special meaning for a man in regards to a special woman. But this can backfire because maybe the song had deeper meaning to begin with, but now it’s been cheapened. “We are the world, we are the children. We are the one’s who make a better life, so let’s keep on giving…” “Remember that song, baby? The night I fucked you in the pet cemetary… That’s our song.”
When the fuck did we get ice cream???
Was this article already discussed?
http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/20464/orioles-need-new-wave-of-stars
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
To get a new wave, don't we have to have a first wave?
We have a bit of a neap tide in Wieters and Britton, but yeah.
When the fuck did we get ice cream???
by NSOsFan on Feb 2, 2012 12:08 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
rec'd for neap tide (I had Oceanography class)
I think this article understated MW, especially his skills defensively.
I wish Schoenfield would have talked about that fact that 2012 should be a “make or break” year for a lot of the players the Orioles have, especially the really young guys.
We need a new wave of "stars"
I assume they mean we need a new wave of guys the front office claims is good but actually aren’t. More Luis Matos.
I found it interesting he didn't include Hardy
Is he pretty much written off as a 2 year temporary player? He seems like he can be a pretty decent star if he settles into some consistency.
Adam Jones
Regardless, here’s the bottom line: A guy with a .319 on-base percentage cannot be the centerpiece of your lineup.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
that number was skewed
by all his sac flies this year…
by dan o'hare on Feb 2, 2012 1:35 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
He should really wash up and get rid of them
by Holymittens on Feb 2, 2012 1:38 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
c'mon folks, this comment is greenworthy
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
MLB Trade Rumors goes insane.
Damon, 38, signed for $8MM in February of 2010 and for $5.25MM at the end of January, 2011. Guerrero also has experience signing late. The 26-year-old signed for $7.6MM in February of 2011.
When the fuck did we get ice cream???
There was a great comment on that story
His 1998 season was the best-ever by a 13 year-old. .960 OPS for a guy whose voice hadn’t changed? SICK.
Any mac users
ever use MacKeeper or any other software designed to speed up your computer? My macbook is currently functioning at Vladimir Guerrero speed.
I have had a Mac since '05
I have never heard of anyone with their computer “slowing down” unless they were using programs that required more power/speed.
Maybe you should try to buy some more RAM. I put 4 GBs (up from 2) for my ’05 Macbook Pro and it ran really well (even though it was old and used a lot).
Cleaned it out with compressed air lately?
If you’re not using more demanding software, that often does the trick.
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
i did a few years ago
it actually fucked things up a little bit (de-fragging), and it was very interested in being used on a regular basis and having me give more control over to it.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
I'll try compressed air.
I can’t buy more RAM, according to their website, and I guess that rules out trying the software.
how old is your macbook?
out of curiosity
I’ve always had my macs for 5-6 years, and right at the 5 year mark, they always take a nosedive in speed/processing.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
4 years
Just started to suck recently. Maybe I should just erase worthless shit on it that I don’t use.
my current mac just turned two
i did something unusual this time. instead of porting files over from the old one, i reformatted the hard drive into partitions. I have all my apps on a Boot drive, and all my projects and folders on a Projects drive. I also recently moved my iTunes library to Projects, and am going to do same with my iPhoto Library, because both of those are enormous.
I’ve already seen noticiably improvements just with th iTunes move.
If you want to try something like this, here’s some info. But I don’t think you can safely create partitions on an existing drive with data on it—only on a new one. Something to think about for your next model maybe.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
*should have said above,
reformatted hard drive into partitions and copied over files manually.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
Thanks for the info.
I’m not running anything hardcore, just a browser, mail and itunes. Shouldn’t be this slow. I’ll back up some stuff I don’t use all the time and erase it. We’ll see if that makes a difference.
itunes and iphoto libraries can really slow things down
if the libraries get big. my itunes library is 55 GB and moving it made a huge difference.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
That's it?
Damn, I’ve got 55 GB just in Metallica and Iron Maiden concerts…
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
holy crap, i think my entire music collection is about 55 gigs.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Well, we have another representative
CBS on MLB’s Worst Contracts Part II – OF/DH
Honorable Mention
Nick Markakis, Orioles: There’s a reason you only hear about other teams asking for Adam Jones in a trade and not Markakis. The latter is due $43.05 million over the next three seasons while he hit .284 with 15 homers and 73 RBI last season. You need more offense than that from a corner outfielder in order to pay him almost $15 million a year.
When the fuck did we get ice cream???
Yes, let's cite BA, HR and RBI for a reason why Markakis isn't worth $15 million.
I mean, he’s not, but that’s not the best way to tell the story of why.
"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 Feb 2, 2012 12:49 PM EST up reply actions
What I don't get
is if there’s an actual desire to move Markakis for younger talent, the front office could easily just make it known that they’re willing to eat money in exchange for talent.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
At some point this gets a little stupid.
We get it, the Orioles suck in every way possible. Yay! Include us on every stupid fucking list you feel like making, woopty doo. We get it. How about at the start of every year all journalists come together, decide on the 5 worst teams and release a press statement saying “We have agreed these 5 teams suck the most and we won’t write a new article about how much they suck every fucking day” and be done with it. Hey! you made a list of shitty baseball stuff and included the Orioles, how original.
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 12:50 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
The fact that there is only 1 Oriole per list here makes me think he's taking it easy on them..
When the fuck did we get ice cream???
Plus, the Markakis isn't good.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
I think if they rotated between mockery of the 5 worst teams, it wouldn't irk me quite so much.
Do the Pirates get heaps of scorn for every minor signing that doesn’t fucking matter anyway? Well, I don’t know, maybe they do, but it sure doesn’t seem like it. Yet every writer who won’t have a word to say about the O’s by July (unless it’s bad) is piling on now. It’s annoying.
"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 Feb 2, 2012 12:54 PM EST up reply actions
I think it's because the O's are the comic relief in the division containing the two most popular teams
whereas the Astros are just as inept, if not more so, but they are simply ignored because nobody cares about the NL central on a national level.
another bird dropping
It’s an insider article but here’s Jimbo Bowden’s plan for the O’s to rebuild. I’ll probably write a fanpost about it later tonight.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
The league doesn't play around with making a maximum circus out of SB 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 Feb 2, 2012 12:54 PM EST up reply actions
Is anyone else a little thrown by the fact there is no section of the thread which goes all the way to the side?
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 12:55 PM EST reply actions
100th trimester abortions for bikers with a 3.6 GPA or lower!
When the fuck did we get ice cream???
by NSOsFan on Feb 2, 2012 12:59 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
100th trimester
so, taking into account that their first 3 trimesters are spent in utero, that would make them 24.
So technically we could still abort Matt Hobgood. Chris Tillman too, for that matter.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Oh man there are tons of 24 year olds that should be aborted.
This seems like a great idea!
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
I refuse to admit the Giants are in the super bowl!
That is not reality! The Redskins should be there!
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 12:59 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
.
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 1:01 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I will take any excuse to post AD pics
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 3:25 PM EST up reply actions
I loved Oceanography
Easily my favorite elective class in undergrad.
Mainly b/c the teacher was an old hippie type guy who really knew his stuff.
I took Dinosaur Biology to do that.
Birds are dinosaurs! Not birds became dinosaurs, but birds are dinosaurs! Neat!
Problem with this professor
is most of the homework is a bunch of fill in the blank questions, however, none of the answers are in the index so you HAVE to read the entire chapter.
Let me just say that looking back on my education
I would have gotten a hell of lot more out of it if I read more and skimmed less.
I have a 3.5
GPA without ever studying. This may be my first class that I will actually have to do work.
Oh no.
Wouldn’t want you to actually have to do anything.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
GPAs are the BA statistic of school work
we have talked at length about this before. Just my opinion.
Apply yourself and get your moneys worth.
Why waste the money
on a degree if you’re not going to do anything? At least get something out of it.
This
Of course, I slacked off all throughout college, but now that I’m a growned up I would be extremely pissed if my future kids didn’t get all that they could out of a college education that I will have spent years of my life working to pay for.
Or on a smaller scale, just think about the books. Why pay $100 apiece for them if you’re not going to open them?
...While you're waiting for moments that never come.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Feb 2, 2012 1:19 PM EST up reply actions
Having sold hundreds of textbooks through work...
I agree. It’s criminal what some of these things are priced at.
What's even more criminal is a professor forcing you to buy his textbook
Even though the comparable textbook on the regular market is about a quarter of the cost and 20x as good as the one your prof. just wrote.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Also,
having to buy a textbook whose text is not really helpful, but you need the homework problems from it, and the numbers used in those change every few years in each new edition, even though the rest of the content doesn’t.
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
My astronomy textbook last semester was awful.
Worst math/science book I’ve ever had. It was a pain to follow derivations of equations or know what the most important ideas were. There were also no examples, except for some numbers randomly put into equations in the middle of a paragraph.
HM: The resident used goods maven
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 1:47 PM EST up reply actions
i've started renting my textbooks
still way too much money, but it’s still fairly cheaper
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
Oh absolutely
I tried to get the older versions whenever I could, but the textbook companies make it as hard to do that as possible. As it’s said below, there were times where I compared the older edition to the newer edition and 95% of the material was the same. Change.org should get on this pronto
...While you're waiting for moments that never come.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Feb 2, 2012 2:00 PM EST up reply actions
I would also
like to state that my first two years in college I was literally homeless living in and out of shelters and what not. So studying all the time wasn’t my main concern.
I am genuinely curious
as to how someone who is homeless can make paying for college a top priority.
I went to community college
and the federal pell grants award more money the lower your income bracket is. It covered just enough of my tuition and I used the textbooks in the school library.
Get money, get paid.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
I just posted a few weeks ago but I couldn't ask for a better segue
...While you're waiting for moments that never come.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Feb 2, 2012 1:21 PM EST up reply actions
You find yourself using words like cartoon and ornithologically correct
when discussing the merits of uniforms.
by Benhem612 on Feb 2, 2012 1:29 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Good Afternoon CC
I’m watching game the O’s – Red Sox season finale on my iPhone at work.
My co workers are wondering why I have a goofy ass smile plastered on my face.
The saddest thing I've found in a while
A copy of “The Art of Seduction” with pages underlined and highlighted like someone was studying from it for a test.
You found Westie's dating manual.
Which he read thoroughly, but will never use.
When the fuck did we get ice cream???
F-off
#priorrapport
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 3:26 PM EST up reply actions
Don't tell me what I can and can't F, buddy.
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 3:33 PM EST up reply actions
Whatever happened with the mail room girl, anyway?
"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 Feb 2, 2012 3:34 PM EST up reply actions
she's spending a semester in costa rica to find herself.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
sigh,
We spent a little bit of time together and it didn’t really go anywhere. She wasn’t as cool as I thought she would be. Still hot and we talk on occasion, but yeah, didn’t go anywhere. Also, I’m likely transferring in about 5 weeks, so I’ve been getting sort of distant with people I knew.
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 3:41 PM EST up reply actions
This just means you should be banging more
...While you're waiting for moments that never come.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Feb 2, 2012 3:43 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, exactly.
I thought she would be a long term thing and she wasn’t that’s all.
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 3:45 PM EST up reply actions
Hey, at least you tried.
Sometimes you just don’t hit it off. Now you know!
"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 Feb 2, 2012 3:43 PM EST up reply actions
mmmm. Long story.
Ok, I’m at a state school right now b/c I couldn’t afford to go to any out of state schools I got into. But, I’m getting straight A’s and I’ve been saving money so I can start to afford an out of state place, I’m going to a film school in Chicago most likely for a few terms to build up a film portfolio (I have lots of stuff from HS, but I need more, better work) then I plan on moving back home for a few more terms to save up even more (and get a job). Then go to either USC or UCLA for my last 2 years. So yeah, basically I need money, but I also need to avoid getting stuck in a dead end major. I had no plan when I started college to go to one place for 4 years.
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 3:50 PM EST up reply actions
tmi?
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 3:59 PM EST up reply actions
Had to look that up.
Fair enough. He asked though.
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 4:03 PM EST up reply actions
i found it fascinating.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
So she isn't interesting...
but she’s hot and you’re leaving in a month. I’m sorry, and I know Stacey will hate me a little more for saying this, but this sounds like the perfect opportunity to have fun. You’re in college. This shit doesn’t last forever. Hell, even if she rejects you you’ll probably never see her again. Nothing wrong with a little meaningless hookup.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
she may not be into that type of stuff.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Well when I was typing that I was planning on it coming across a bit more sleazy
but it didn’t happen that way
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
daveh873's original post
“Alright, dude, totally pretend you’re all sensitive and stuff because we all know chicks are into that because of their weak vaginas. Then just plow her mercilessly and tell her you love her and shit – even though you don’t! – to get her to do all the dirty stuff. Then the day of your transfer, jump on your bike, flick your cig butt at her and say ’I’m outta here baby!’ and rev up and ride off!”
by Holymittens on Feb 2, 2012 3:54 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
You can't rev a fixie
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
by daveh873 on Feb 2, 2012 3:56 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Girls dig romance.
a wham bam thank you mam doesn’t convey romance… or something out of a Twilight move.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Not all girls dig romance
especially when they are looking for an anonymous hook up.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Especially not in college
That was one of the main points of my discussion with zk over how he should court our sweet little mailroom girl
...While you're waiting for moments that never come.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Feb 2, 2012 3:55 PM EST up reply actions
Not all, but a good number do.
An anthropologist actually did a field study of college kids. One of his findings is that college kids aren’t nearly as promiscuous as popularly portrayed.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
They also aren't nearly as chaste
as portrayed in their survey responses.
it wasn't a survey,
fieldwork, over an extended time.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
BAM
I’d bet they aren’t as promiscuous as they are portrayed because they’re just as afraid of rejection as anyone else.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
I think it's just college kids are more sensible and cautious about sex than what adults give them credit for.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Here’s the book if anyone is interested. He did his fieldwork at Rutgers IIRC.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
nobody hooks up at rutgers.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
Ahahaha
“Slutgers” had the highest incidence of STDs of any college in the 90s.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
oh i get z's comment now.
buy yeah, that’s exactly what the author is arguing. nobody hooks up.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
also, the fieldwork was done in the 80s.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
That's more offensive than suggesting he should try to hook up with her
Not all women need or want romance, especially at 19 or so.
Well, it all depends on your...
…phone size.
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 3:53 PM EST up reply actions
Yup, she's been sick for the last 4 days, haven't seen her.
Might be my fault though. God damn cold season.
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 3:51 PM EST up reply actions
Right, a cold.
You can tell us. You hooked up with her and gave her chlamydia, and now you’re embarrassed.
To be honest, I used that line that I think Steve. came up with
“I’ve got a package for you.”
Well, after that came the restraining order.
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 4:00 PM EST up reply actions
Fo sho... get it in brah
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 4:13 PM EST up reply actions
Coming from the 2 guys who've been with their significant others for 100% of their adult lives.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
I've been with mine since I was 24
so I guess it’s kinda coming from 3 of those guys
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
False
I’ve had plenty meaningless hookups. Haven’t you ever heard of “time off”.
(P.S. It was always her idea back in the day… “I just think we need to take some time off”. And before she could get it out “DEAL”)
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 4:19 PM EST up reply actions
lol
yeah I went through that with the previous long-term girlfriend. Not with the wife though.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
I started dating my wife when she was 14 and I was 16.
We broke up at least 15 times over the past 12 years. Sometimes for 2 days, sometimes for 2 months.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 4:34 PM EST up reply actions
That's a lot of yo-yo action.
I had an old GF who was always on the “we should take a break” train. Heh, I think we had like 4 fake breakups in the 2.5 years we were together. I am too sentimental (you might also say a sucker) to do any, uh, extracurricular activity when that opportunity is presented. The 5th time I realized I was happier without her.
"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 Feb 2, 2012 4:46 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I'm exaggerating the extent of it.
But there were a couple times when I was “technically single” that I didn’t turn down offers. Now the break-ups are over and I’m all settled in to all the monogamy a guy can handle.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 4:52 PM EST up reply actions
You assume WW has had an adult life.
When the fuck did we get ice cream???
by NSOsFan on Feb 2, 2012 4:32 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
A little meaningless hookup?
He’s got a full month! There’s plenty of time for more than a little hookup.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
What if it turned out he was also Rob Dibble?
by Holymittens on Feb 2, 2012 4:27 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
She wouldn't even know
she’s too preoccupied with buying shoes and looking at wedding magazines
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
by daveh873 on Feb 2, 2012 4:29 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
speaking of that
a friend of mine texted me last weekend asking me what size shoe I wear. I’m hoping that means she’s getting me shoes for my birthday. That would kind of be a weird gift, but still, it would be great.
I hope you get socks
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 4:35 PM EST up reply actions
wow, that happened real quick
it went from “hey the Nats beat Lannan in arbitration” to “the Nats are shopping Lannan to make room for Edwin Jackson” to “ah screw it the Nats signed Edwin Jackson” in about an hour
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
I expect Lannan is still gone.
It won’t happen until ST though. Also…really Washington? Jackson’s ERA+ is hardly better than Lannan’s.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
apparently it's just on a one-year deal too
i figured they would at least give him three
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
Yea....I don't really get this move.
It’s just going to crowd out other pitchers.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
stats that matter?
I was curious as to what stats people think more often than not predict future performance.
For pitchers...
I find these insightful :
WHIP, Ground ball %, Homers/9, K’s/9. To that extent FIP.
I haven’t gotten a good feel for the meaning behind the really advanced stats yet. Like what number is “good” and which is “bad”. Someone should do a fanpost on establishing those.
For example ERA, I know <=3.00 is good and >=4.5 is bad.
BABIP is only good as a sort of anti-predictor
BABIP fluctuates wildly. For pitchers, they’ll almost always regress to around .300 BABIP (unless they’re knuckleballers), so you can use BABIP to say “This guy got lucky” or “This guy was unlucky” and predict that he’ll be better or worse based on that.
Not really
Hitters have more control over their BABIP. Guys who hit more line drives have better BABIPs than guys who hit lots of ground balls, who have better BABIPs than guys who hit tons of fly balls (generally).
That said
A guy with an unusually high BABIP is likely to regress. Same for a guy with unusually low BABIP (unless he just sucks).
Yeah, I'm sure they do
Fenway probably affects it, since there are more balls turned into hits thanks to the Monster. I don’t know of any studies done on it, but I’m sure there have been some.
Last year, Fenway park had a babip of .322
http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/split.cgi?t=b&year=2011&lg=MLB#site::26
Coors field was 2nd with a babip of .312
And for hitters,
you should look at their career BABIP, and compare that to the BABIP in the year you’re looking at. So someone who had a bad year, but a BABIP well under (say, 0.050 or more) his career average, is likely to bounce back.
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
I thought it was the other way around?
where pitchers have more control over their BABIP than hitters
yeah, ichrio and jeter are two guys that every year have a high BABIP
from watching them play, it seems apparent that they have a skill set that allows that. With pitchers, it seems less likely, but jeremey guthrie seems to always have a lowish babip, so maybe pitchers have some control over it
Well... Guthrie and Matt Cain tend to outperform their BABIP
The explanation is generally “shit happens”.
Ichiro’s skillset is obvious; he’s fast and can run out balls that normally get turned into easy outs and make them base hits. Jeter is somewhat the same, but he also (used to) hit a lot of line drives and grounders, which turn into hits more often than fly balls (which usually get caught by outfielders).
It does to an extent
A fly ball pitcher will have a slightly lower BABIP than a ground ball pitcher because fly balls turn into outs more often. Of course, fly balls also turn into home runs and other extra base hits, which is why being a ground ball pitcher is preferable.
But in general, once the ball hits the bat, pitchers have little control over if it falls in for a hit or not. The defense is the primary ones who determine if it does.
I think I remember reading
that better pitchers do tend to have slightly lower BABIPs – which makes some sense, because better stuff is harder to hit for line drives.
But I think it makes sense that hitters have more control. If nothing else, while a pitcher can only try to select and locate a pitch, a batter gets to react to those things and decide whether and how to swing at the ball.
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
It's still being studied
The best studies I’ve seen say pitchers do have some impact, but not nearly as much as is assumed. Like a guy might have a few points of control, but not huge swings.
where do i find good BABIP numbers?
Baseball_reference doesn’t seem to have it (or if they do I can’t find it…)
oh cool, now I can compare
and say goodbye to this month…
Also good.
Still trying to learn what the “deeper meaning of this is.” I like WHIP more because I have a greater feel for its value.
I also think BABIP has too many variables, (defensive prowess, stadium, opponents, what kind of hits they were).
ahh, so the stadium does matter...
and this stat is probably not adjusted…
BABIP is just
batting average on balls in play. So, no it is not park adjusted because it’s not adjusted in any way. Just simple division.
What minor league stats translate to majors
For hitters. OPS?
by dan o'hare on Feb 2, 2012 4:09 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
That's a bit outside of my league
You generally want to look at the same stats, but there’s a lot more projecting going on. You have to compare the guy’s age to the age of his competition, know how the league plays (the PCL inflates offensive statistics because of a lot of small parks in dry air), and the like.
so you are saying...
not something I can easily do while “working”, huh?
Just got my new Stacys from UPS.
http://www.stacyadams.com/shop/style/24636.html
I got them in blue, but I really, really considered the lavender.
Robert Andino, let me buy you a beer.
Everyday.
My other shoes are salmon Lenoxes.
http://www.stacyadams.com/shop/style/24141.html
Robert Andino, let me buy you a beer.
DCO'sfan would like to take you to prom.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Yeah that too.
But they’re ostrich leather. MOTHERFUCKING OSTRICH.
Robert Andino, let me buy you a beer.
Bowling
"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 Feb 2, 2012 2:00 PM EST up reply actions
Those will look dynamite with your zoot suit.
...While you're waiting for moments that never come.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Feb 2, 2012 2:03 PM EST up reply actions
and pull a comb through your coal black hair
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
those are kickass!
I may have to get me a pair
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
You just missed their 40% off clearance sale.
That’s why I got them.
Robert Andino, let me buy you a beer.
looks like they're still only $57
perfectly decent price to pay for good shoes.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
This is the third pair of Stacys I've owned.
They make great shoes. Surprisingly comfortable for dress shoes.
Robert Andino, let me buy you a beer.
I clicked on this link and now I have Stacy Adams ads on the sidebar on CC.
"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 Feb 2, 2012 2:47 PM EST up reply actions
If you hae a problem with Stacy Adams,
you have a problem with me and all the rest of Pimp Nation.
Robert Andino, let me buy you a beer.
so i didn't realize that The Sun posts the salaries of Baltimore City and County teachers
does it make me a bad person that i’ve been going through and looking up my friends to see how little they make? i say no
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
The Sac Bee does it for CA.
I’ve looked up friends.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Yeah, it's kind of pathetic.
Here in PA, teachers are constantly criticized for being greedy and making so much money. It’s actually kind of comical.
Agreed.
I have a ton of respect for the work that teachers do and the crap they have to put up with to do it. One of those jobs that I’m glad that there are people who do it well, because I don’t think I could.
"Work fast. Throw strikes. Change speeds." Ray Miller
Part of the problem is...
that there are so many people who do it so poorly and give good teachers a bad name.
I know I couldn't
I am the oldest of 4 kids and I was often tasked at helping the younger ones with homework. It did not go well.
I would love to teach kids before they become teenage nightmares.
No money in it though. Add it all the political BS, dealing with parents, threat of doing something wrong, even once makes it a thankless profession.
I’d like to teach Algebra or personal finance(which doesn’t exist anymore).
Teachers are overpaid lazy assholes!
They get paid to do nothing!
Seriously, though, I hate the shit that teachers have to take.
TEH GOVENRMENT OBERPAYS IT'S EMPLOYEEZ !1 !!!1
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
They're starting at like $40K right?
Isn’t that about normal, maybe even pretty good for someone with a bachelor’s degree straight out of college? I know there’s no room for growth, but I suppose I’m wondering what you think the cutoff is for making “enough” in your mid twenties?
...While you're waiting for moments that never come.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Feb 2, 2012 2:13 PM EST up reply actions
i honestly had no idea what they were making
i mean, i have a few friends that are teachers and they are constantly talking about how underpaid/overworked they are, so it’s nice to be able to put some actual numbers to those complaints.
i was more curious for some personal knowledge though, for example i just looked up this girl that i was dating as recently as a couple months ago who is a teacher in the county, and i just found out that she is making less that $20K/year. it helps explain a few things that came up while we were dating.
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
less than $20K?
Is she a part-timer?
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
she didn't make it seem like she was
now i’m even more glad i got out of that while i did
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
Yeah
I just looked up someone I graduated with who’s an elementary school teacher in the county and they’re at $42 with two years experience
...While you're waiting for moments that never come.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Feb 2, 2012 2:20 PM EST up reply actions
that's where i noticed my friends in CA were at
Except for the ones who were in administration.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
I'm looking at that article
What exactly does a Database Administrator do? Is that position really worth getting paid way over most of the teachers?
No
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
A database isn't something that can be etched on a clay tablet, bro.
You gotta have electricity and such for that.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
No database admin is more important to education than a teacher
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
I think they may help make sure teachers get paid the crappy wages they do.
When the fuck did we get ice cream???
Also when looking at those salaries
think about them every time you see teachers unions begin a work to hours movement. Many of the teachers are working long before and long after the school work day ends. So that 42K is not for an average 40 hour work week.
Have to look at the other side of it, though,
in that most teachers are working more like 10 months a year, not 12.
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
Given all the BS "teaching strategies" being implemented in education
Many teachers have to spend a lot of their summers doing planning to adhere to new teaching guidelines. Also, lots of teachers are only paid on what is essentially a 9 month schedule, it’s just stretched over 12 months.
this is definitely true
summer vacay still means lesson plans, teacher meetings, etc. my bro is a teacher
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
my bro spent a July
alternative between riding his mountain bike and sitting on the couch playing XBox.
My mom was one.
Let’s be honest, here: unless a teacher is getting bounced around constantly between subjects – and yes, that sometimes happens, but the majority don’t – there’s only so much planning to do year-to-year. It’s not like cirricula change much over the average summer.
I would not minimize the amount of work a good teacher has to do. But complaints about being underpaid when you typically start at $40k+ annually straight out of college with a Bachelor’s ($43k in Baltimore County according to a recent Sun article), and have guaranteed raises based on experience and additional classes/training – not performance or difficulty of subject matter taught – fall rather flat, in my opinion.
And, duck, none of this is to minimize what you go through; it’s the teachers in rich areas that I’m inclined to consider a bit whiny.
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
One caveat:
Things may well have changed significantly in the last ten years or so since my mom was teaching regularly, with some of the new federal education mandates and such, and the general trend towards excessive credentialism. But even when my mom was a resource teacher / department head, she’d get a decent amount of time off – probably closer to one month in the summer, but those breaks and extra random days during the year count, too.
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
True.
But better pay freezes than layoffs, and teachers tend to have pretty good job security, especially with seniority.
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
You're so cute
You really believe that, don’t you?
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
Which bit are you referring to?
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
All of it, actually
Districts across the country are laying off teachers left and right, and most districts have frozen pay for the last few years.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
I guess I figure
that the worst economy since the Great Depression should probably be considered an outlier.
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
It's not an outlier when it's your paycheck
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
In my county, most teachers do bounce between preps every year
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
And those guaranteed raises have been nowhere to be found for almost half a decade in most counties.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
Mandatory graduate work requirements....
most MS and HS teachers change preps each year, so you’re planning during the summer, but for the most part? Yeah, I take 6 weeks and say, “I’m off-duty” and get back into planning & preparing in August.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
I think if you put all their work into normal 40 hour work weeks, it evens out quite a bit to a full 12.
When the fuck did we get ice cream???
Problem is, you don't really move up that much
My pay’s been frozen for 3 years, and will be for the next 3, and that’s if I’m lucky and it doesn’t get cut. Frozen, as in not $1 more than I made 3 years ago.
Sure, we start higher than most 20-somethings, but a graduate degree’s mandatory, as is continuing ed classes. After 18 years and a Master’s, I’m fairly confident I’d be earning at least 20% more in private industry than I am as a teacher.
But I do have my pension to look forward to…oh, wait. That’s right, fuck you, Martin O’Malley.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
You might get a kick out of this one, duck.
From News of the Weird:
Anthony Miranda, 24, was arrested and charged with armed robbery in December in Chicago after unknowingly choosing as his victim an “ultimate fighting” champion. The “victim” gave Miranda two black eyes and a heavily lacerated face, and, as Miranda drew his gun, overpowered him in such a way that Miranda wound up shooting himself in the ankle.
When the fuck did we get ice cream???
This reminds me of the story
of a guy who held up a Best Buy then as he ran out he ran into a squad of Marines who were doing something for Christmas. He stabbed one trying to make his getaway.
The police report later reported him as having two broken ankles, a broken jaw, multiple lacerations and contusions, broken ribs, a broken arm, and other assorted injuries when he tripped and fell after stabbing the Marine.
"tripped and fell"
Nice.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
They didn't name which one?
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
So my Dyson vacuum just crapped out and supposedly it's going to cost $150 to fix.
Should I get it repaired or get a new one?
Will work for Recs.
So you got someone else's repaired vacuum for $188
and that’s a better option than getting your own repaired for $150?
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Yeah, I saw a really nice Dyson on sale on Costco for slightly over $200.
I tried to get my mom to buy it but she didn’t like the way it looked. She said it looked like something out a science fiction movie.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
part of the problem with Dysons
no bag=bitch to clean. at least in my experience. the one time i used a dyson, cleaning it got all these particles and shit into the air. ewwww.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
I love the no bag option
but my mom wanted a vacuum with bags. She ended up spending $200 more than the dyson for a Miele vacuum.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
CR loves Dyson too.
In terms of reliability, Dyson is number 1.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
I have the CR website up right now
I’m a subscriber. No Dyson model is higher than fourth from the worst in any category.
In year end book, there’s ranked number one in terms of least break downs.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
reliability is good though
they are the top for that. They just apparently suck at actually cleaning, at least in comparison to everything else tested.
actually
I missed two. One Dyson model is recommended, and one has a rating of 54. The rest are near or at the bottom.
What else is good?
Besides the $500 Miele ones.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 2:33 PM EST up reply actions
yeah, those fuckers are expensive.
but miele is suppose to be a top notch brand.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Filter Queen
1500-3000. I once knew someone who sold them, and she said she sold a LOT of em, because they were the best.
When the fuck did we get ice cream???
well,
I don’t what to say because in the magazine and book, Dyson did very well. I remember standing at best buy and showing my mom the CR book and how it was ranked number 1. But she hated the way it looked.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
on a side note
I hate that CR makes you pay for website access. I wanted to check vacuums on my phone while at the store, but you have to a fee on top of your sub to get access. Lame.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
yeah, that's what I would do too.
My parents are old though. They like the paper stuff.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
i finally gave up the magazine
and only have the online site. i re-up every year, it’s totally worth it.
and the results are usually more current than the year-end books.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
Yeah, I don't care if it's a Dyson or not.
My wife had a convo with a vacuum guy at this store here in Leesburg. He’s persuaded her Dyson’s are junk because they are pricey to fix, and the filters need to be replaced frequently, and after 2-3 years the suction always goes bad.
He tells her to get one with a bag because bagless puts particles back into the air because they don’t seal completely. He says he’ll give us $100 off if we give him our old Dyson. I don’t know shit about it but she is sold on everything he says. Ughhhh…. I hate making decisions.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 2:27 PM EST up reply actions
You answered your own question.
I don’t know shit about it but she is sold on everything he says.
If it’s not a budgetary issue, just do it.
"Work fast. Throw strikes. Change speeds." Ray Miller
last vacuum i bought
was this Eureka Boss SmartVac. It’s awesome. All the attachments fit on the vacuum itself, it has a HEPA filter, suction is amazing, it has a rotating wand brush for pet hair on couches.
I can’t recommed it enough. If I were a yelper or whatever, I’d go onto sites and rave about it. Ours has lasted 5 years now with no signs of even slowing down.
Only issue is it’s a bit heavy. Can be a bitch to get up and down the stairs.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
that's what we got too
it really is an awesome vacuum, but yeah, a pain in the ass living in a 3 level townhouse
Is it bagless?
If so, I’m not allowed to get it.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 2:36 PM EST up reply actions
SOLD!!!!
Thanks ZK and Brek!!! That was all I had to get accomplished today!
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 2:39 PM EST up reply actions
or buy off amazon and get them shipped with the vac
saves you gas and a visit to walmart. i got a pack of ten.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
yeah... that's better
but walmart is one of the only brick and mortars that carries them… so it’s the place to go if you have a bag shortage emergency
You mean a new Dyson?
They’re a lot more than $150 new, right?
"Work fast. Throw strikes. Change speeds." Ray Miller
Did it lose suction?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Dysons are among the lowest-rated vacuum cleaners on Consumer Reports
I’d buy a different brand. I have an LG cyclone something that works fine.
My dad has a subscription to CR
and that’s not what I saw. Dyson are usually among the best.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
jsut checked
i have a CR subscription
The Dyson $600 places 4th for bagless uprights, and 21st out of 78 overall. Not horrible, but not great, either.
The $500 and $400 models do much worse.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
only 4th in bagless
21st overall
hardly one of the best.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
well 4 out of 47 models according to phil.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
also the most expensive of all models
by $150. I think that’s where the reliability comes in, because the two Hoovers that are rated 1 and 2 in terms of effectiveness are dinged on Amazon for being made of cheap materials.
Still, those Hoovers cost $130 each… so even if you have to replace it four times, you still come out ahead. And apparently they work better.
oh yeah dysons are expensive as fuck.
you’re paying for durability.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
yes,
47 bagless, that is true.
but in overall satisfaction, the bagless models place well below the bagged models. in overall satisfaction, it’s getting a B or a C.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
here birdman,
this might help
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
Man, I just said CR gave them a good ranking. And they ranked 4th bagless upright and number 1 in reliability.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Well shheeeit, my statement is even backed some evidence. But yes, this conversation is bizarre…. lots of nitpicking over vacuums.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
never said you were wrong broseph!
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
my exegesis on vacuums
dysons are reliable according to CR. otherwise, the cannisters suck. handhelds are ok. the uprights is great, but there are better ones for cheaper. hope this is correct!
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
i guess we have a difference of opinion about what consists a good ranking
also, i was trying to be helpful.
somehow i conflated that you were buying one for your mom as well, which i now see is not the case.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
I actually may buy a vacuum soon so this info may come in very soon!
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Also, there are side rankings for various topics. dyson ranked #1 in terms of reliability. plus, if i remember correctly, there are various categories of vacuums like cannister bagless, cannister bagged, upright bagged, and upright bagless, I’m not saying dyson was ranked 1 or 2 but they usually did well.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Dyson
bagless canister: two models, ranked 8 and 10 of 10 tested.
bagless uptight: three models, ranked 4, 35, and 47 of 49 tested.
there are only two categories.
like i said 4th seems pretty good to me especially out of 47 models. i do remember that there weren’t many cannister models ranked for whatever reason.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
there's a handvac category too
Dyson was like 5 of 9. Also some bagged categories that didn’t test Dysons, which I assume is because Dyson doesn’t make bagged models.
gotcha
so three categories, dyson did well in one category, poorly in cannister, 5 out of 9th in the handvac category. and there they were number 1 in reliability as you confirmed earlier.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
CR also makes recommendations
in the uprights list, Dyson was recommended #18 out of 24.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
Seriously guys?
Money? Vacuums? SPEND??? I got one for like $25 on Craigslist after college. It’s a vacuum, and it works like a vacuum.
...While you're waiting for moments that never come.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Feb 2, 2012 2:37 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah this whole line of convo is baffling me.
If you vacuumed your own house, what would your maids have to do?
I read this aloud to my wife just now
She said, and I quote: “Tell him to go suck it”
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 2:41 PM EST up reply actions
PC users
help a Mac brutha who does not understand your world.
My wife uses a Dell Latitude E4300 laptop for work. At her desk, there’s a docking station and extended keyboard. But when she brings work home, which happens mroe and more often these days, the compressed laptop keyboard gives her carpal tunnel/repetitive stress issues.
I want to get her a bluetooth extended (or at least normal, not compressed) keyboard and mouse to use at home. I thought of getting the Apple ones because they are compatible with most PCs, but it turns out they are also compressed, which seems hella stupid to me.
Any recommendations for what I should get? Are there any parameters I have to worry about, like getting a specific driver or somesuch? And as a bonus question, I would like it to work with my Mac as well, so any knowledge in that area is appreciated.
Go!
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
Those keyboards are all plug and play these days.
You shouldn’t need any kind of drivers, and it should work perfectly with macs or PCs. Logitech stuff is usually really high quality.
any particular models you've used?
I’d imagine Logitech would have 7-8 to choose from
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
I've actually got a microsoft brand wireless keyboard and mouse
which work perfectly well. I’ve owned other logitech peripherals before, and they’ve always been pretty nice. In terms of specific model, you basically just have to look for the one with the features you want. There are media specific ones that have all kinds of crazy function buttons, and there are gaming specific ones that have all kinds of other crazy function buttons.
why bluetooth?
If the keyboard is going to stay in the same place all the time, why not just get the corded apple keyboard and never have to worry about batteries?
because we move our laptops around a lot
and having the USB cord for the mouse and keyborad is not ideal.
we could go that way if we had no, but I’d rather not. Especially since my wife is likely to place her monitor on a table in front of her and sit with the keyboard on the couch.
Plus eventually, I will probably get a corded monitor so it can be even further farther away
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
I work from home
and have a monitor, keyboard, mouse, external hard drive, printer, etc all in my office hooked up to a docking tower and then I bounce around to other rooms with just my laptop.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
see,
we have an ergonomic setup at home, but she doesn’t like to use it for too long. she prefers to move around every little while as she works. so that’s why i want the keyboard to be relatively untethered.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
My rec
Apply code logi_dne_2112 to get it to be $102.
If that’s too much just get a $20 usb plug and play.
hahaha
i click on mac compatible on the logitech site, and it says, “no keyboards found”
but that review seems to state otherwise, so i think i’m just going to get htis, and if she doesn’t like it, i;ll sell it on ebay.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
Has she asked for an extended keyboard from IT?
My company will do that for people if they work from home over a certain percentage of time.
You might also be able to talk to the Safety Department to build your case, as there might be an ‘ergonomic’ issue.
It’s worth a shot.
she's dealt with IT over other stuff,
and they are pretty moronic. they’ve botched things on more than one occasion.
also, i’m worried if she goes with them they’ll get something that doesn’t work with my mac, although you’re all convincing me that’s not an issue.
i don’t know how much you can ask a company to ensure the ergonomics of you working at home. it might be something we could do, but i’d rather fight other battles with them. paying for a keyboard isn’t a huge concern.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
That's true.
Paying for it is a tax write off as well.
Again, this is the company I work for so take with a grain of salt, but our safety department is actually quite serious about it. After all, carpal tunnel can be fairly debilitating. I know it’s hard for me to work when I have bad flare ups, and when I can’t work, it’s lost time.
basically every USB/Bluetooth keyboard made is going to work with a mac and PC
the only slight issue is that the keyboard commands get a little confusing since the modifier keys are different
Contract Question
is there any easy way to figure out what the average length of the MLB contract is (say for the 25 man roster)?
as always
Cot’s Contracts is your friend
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/compensation/cots/?page_id=144
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
Not sure if this was posted yet
But Duquette’s twitter account just retweeted the CC link to Andrew’s article about projecting the bats.
"I could no more abandon my Orioles than I could repudiate my family, or my native heath, or my own childhood—even though I know it is a devotion that can now bring only grief." - David Bentley Hart
I thought so.
I’d do a screen capture, but I don’t post enough on here to know how to post a picture.
"I could no more abandon my Orioles than I could repudiate my family, or my native heath, or my own childhood—even though I know it is a devotion that can now bring only grief." - David Bentley Hart
here's
a direct link, anyway
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
Sadly, I don't think it's actually DD
It looks like a twitter account for a sports academy he sponsors.
It's still connected to him
It’s just not like he’s the one who read it and posted it. It’s likely staff at the Academy who did it.
He owns that academy
I’m pretty sure it, at least in part, is his Twitter.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Sponsor/owns/etc
He’s the big guy for it, but from the past tweets that talk about him in the 3rd person, it doesn’t seem to be something he accesses himself much.
hahahaha
when will they retweet the bullpen analysis?
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
that would be my greatest highlest ever as a writer
right ahead of sitting in a Steve Spurrier press conference and sitting in the press box of an SEC football game
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
I went to Jiffy Lube yesterday, and paid way too much for an oil change.
I tried to use my windshield wiper fluid this morning, and they totally didn’t fill it up! What’s my best course of action? Do I just buy some for a dollar, or do I indignantly go back and demand satisfaction?
Jiffy Lube doesn't give satisfaction
but they will try and sell you a $2 air freshener for $30.
Call their customer service hotline
My friend had a similar experience at a “oil & lube” place and he called their customer service and got 1/2 his next oil change.
Also take it right back with your receipt
and they’ll do it for free. I bet you get your problem solved and get half off your next oil change.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
I'd feel so petty going back for something that takes 30 seconds to do.
I emailed them and we’ll see what happens. I think I’m just going to put fluid in myself.
Eh
It’s the principal of it, but it depends on where it is. If it’s right near your house or on the way to/from somewhere I’d stop in, but I wouldn’t drive more than about 7 minutes to do it.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
only 7 minutes though
if it’s 8 minutes, FUCK THAT SHIT
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
by Gamecock24 on Feb 2, 2012 3:55 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I don't think
it’s ever a good thing when you’re sitting in your house and you hear the neighbors carry on a conversation about how they wish you move in front of your house.
Go up to the closest second floor bedroom and drop water balloons on them
...While you're waiting for moments that never come.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Feb 2, 2012 2:54 PM EST up reply actions
ouch, did they at least drop any hints as to why?
like personal improvement items?
we yell at their
kids all the time for playing ball and hitting our house. So the adults don’t like us because we actually force them to watch the kids some. They went on for like 20 minutes discussing why they don’t like us. Because it’s a townhome community doesn’t give your kid the right to run across our lawn and hit our house and cars with footballs.
ah yeah sounds like they are at fault
I understand kids need a place to play but if you are going to live in a townhome and adults mention they dont want kids hitting their house or cars, just tell your kids to stay away from that house.
Crazy thing is we got
three schools in easy walking distance to play at. Just a bunch of parents who rather watch tv then watch the kids.
I live in a townhome as well
I watched my neighbors 5 year old ride his tricycle into the bumper of a car in someones driveway at full speed.
My car had a big scratch about that high and I couldn’t figure out where it came from and I think he did the same to my car but I had no proof.
Damn kids.
I think I used to be one of those kids.
When I was in the “play outside every day” age range, the game of choice tended to be wiffle ball, and man, we ended up hitting that ball into the window of the lady next door without even trying like every day. She worked nights and she’d always yell at us and we’d run away for a while and then come back the next day.
That was the limit of our reign of terror, however. Loud and obnoxious, yes, vandalists, no.
"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 Feb 2, 2012 3:13 PM EST up reply actions
I've done that! I went outback
on the deck once in the morning in my boxers to take the dogs out and the neighbor was out.
Outback Steakhouse is delicious
But seriously, screw them. And Foster’s for that matter.
@sibsinExile
Aussies look at Foster's the same way you guys look at Bud, or Canadians look at Labatt's Blue or Molson Canadian
It’s not good beer to us but everyone outside our countries think it’s all we drink.
When the fuck did we get ice cream???
That was my point
Except people in the US actually drink Bud. Not many people in Australia drink Fosters
@sibsinExile
Fuck Dave
Now I NEED one
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 3:19 PM EST up reply actions
Edwin Jackson
Signed a one year deal with the Nationals
Editor at Baltimore Beatdown - SB Nation Baltimore Ravens Blog
A.K.A "Baltimore Warrior"
Given the communities affinity for vaccums, any thoughts on carpet stain remover?
particularly pet stains.
nature's miracle is the tits
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
by zknower on Feb 2, 2012 3:14 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
This can be read multiple ways, methinks.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Beat me to it
...While you're waiting for moments that never come.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Feb 2, 2012 3:18 PM EST up reply actions
yeah,
it’s pretty great stuff.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
*I* didn't
the others did!
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
i was talking about birds!
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
NO! My worst fear has been realized!
I’m out of skips on Pandora, and what comes on but “Gloria / End Of Show (Live In New York)” by the Doors. It’s 13 freaking minutes long! Kill me now!
Having Fun With Elvis On Stage, I think you mean
No actual music contained therein
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
So with 8 cups of coffee in my system and zero hours of sleep I went to a 2 hour class (horrible idea).
I’m pretty sure I walked back to my dorm with my eyes closed listening to this song, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_snoM4VkWAw
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
I don't know why
But I really hate both Kid Cudi and MGMT. I feel like they’re both trying to be way to hipster, musically (and the people who listen to them are trying to be way too hipster) – does this make sense?
@sibsinExile
oh I hate kid cudi, with a passion and I feel exactly what you are saying.
But I really like that one song.
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 3:36 PM EST up reply actions
MGMT is over.
So is Sleigh Bells
Sad.
...While you're waiting for moments that never come.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Feb 2, 2012 3:36 PM EST up reply actions
i love Kid Cudi
and i’m not the least bit hipster. exception to the rule!
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
JB, you are a total hipster.
Rollin around in your skinny jeans!
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 3:52 PM EST up reply actions
If you seriously have never watched Futurama
start now, and don’t ever stop.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
by daveh873 on Feb 2, 2012 4:19 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
love love love that song
i’ve been listening to it a lot lately since it’s in the lastest trailer for that “Project X” movie (which looks awesome btw)
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
haha, that is why im listening again too
Project X looks pretty insane. and this song is perfect for that trailer
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 3:38 PM EST up reply actions
Welcome to two hours ago!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Does anyone else finally hate the Nats?
Seriously, fuck those guys.
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 3:34 PM EST up reply actions
"finally"? Dude, I hated the Nats as soon as they existed.
"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 Feb 2, 2012 3:35 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, that's true.
But some people were reluctant to hate them.
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 3:37 PM EST up reply actions
I don't hate them
quite the contrary, I’m fascinated by the divergent paths they and the Orioles have taken over the past five or so years
Your cannonball trajectory, it always gave me hope
but neither Strasburg nor Harper were why they were so much better last year
Your cannonball trajectory, it always gave me hope
Well
getting a ridiculous randomly dominant year from a non-prospect sure helped.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Who was this non-prospect?
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Two roads diverged in a wood and I,
I took the one full of overpriced relievers and failed pitching prospects,
and that has made all the difference.
"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 Feb 2, 2012 5:21 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Strasburg and Harper are both reasons to hate the Nats
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 3:36 PM EST up reply actions
Sorry, say you are sorry.
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 3:42 PM EST up reply actions
I am mad the Nats have Strasburg but I have nothing against him
Harper however is a tool. I dont buy into the baseball needs a-holes philosophy that dirt digging reporters think.
Sounds exactly like all those Maryland-born MFY fans
...While you're waiting for moments that never come.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Feb 2, 2012 3:44 PM EST up reply actions
That's not even an excuse
Should we excuse Nazis if they were born in Germany?
Yea, that’s right. I just compared the Yankees and their fans to Nazis.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
I really m hurt by this.
its easy to watch the Nats b/c they are on MASN. I live close to Harrisburg so I get to see a lot of their minor leagues before they get to the big leagues.
please never compare me to a MFY again. thanks.
Really?
Harper is one of the main reasons I wouldn’t like the Nats.
Nice truck, Bryce.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
HE NAMED HIS DOG "SWAG" FOR CHRIST'S SAKE
if that not is the toolest of all tool moves, i don’t know that is
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
He's like 12 years old.
And people telling him he’s hot shit his whole life. I’d probably be a (bigger) jerk under those circumstances too.
"Work fast. Throw strikes. Change speeds." Ray Miller
and i have just as much of a right to hate on him for being a tool
as he does to be a tool
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
I know.
I’m just surprised when a pro athlete isn’t a complete jerk, more than when he is.
"Work fast. Throw strikes. Change speeds." Ray Miller
toooooooooool
Seriously, micro-phallus in the building when he walks into a room.
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 3:43 PM EST up reply actions
the scouts said he was a 5-tool
TOOL
by nattybroh on Feb 2, 2012 3:52 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
You think somebody might be overcompensating?
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 3:39 PM EST up reply actions
he'd be AMD
clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...
by Gamecock24 on Feb 2, 2012 3:42 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Hah
I wish I had Harper money when I was 19
...While you're waiting for moments that never come.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Feb 2, 2012 3:45 PM EST up reply actions
I'm 19.
If I had a lot of money I’d buy something, fast, Italian, classy, luxury, but understated ever so slightly.
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 3:44 PM EST up reply actions
b/c Italian cars scream "I'm confident with my social status"
by IggesRule13 on Feb 2, 2012 3:45 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
That's if he made it to the clubhouse
without the car breaking down. But I guess that goes for most Italian cars.
@sibsinExile
Bull. I had a Fiat Punto that was perfect.
2 years, no problems at all, good mileage.
Please come back Koji, we miss you.
If you had money I don't think you'd need a mail order bride.
"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 Feb 2, 2012 4:07 PM EST up reply actions
funny.
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 4:09 PM EST up reply actions
I'd buy the same damn truck Harper did
WW, amirite?
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Proud member of Trainyard Sleepers, BECW: S2
We're gonna win, you know. Stats lie.
As long as I was guaranteed no shortage of baby squirrels running out in front of me.
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 6:20 PM EST up reply actions
That guy wasn't nearly enough of an asshole to have been you.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
by O'sFan21 on Feb 2, 2012 10:27 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
You said "who cares" about an athlete being a homophobe on the radio too
You just don’t care much about what your favorite athletes do, huh?
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
by daveh873 on Feb 2, 2012 3:50 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
They've been such bumbling fools for so long that I was much closer to apathy.
But I’m starting to fear them. And fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering. I’LL NEVER JOIN YOU!!
Ha! I was just posting that
...While you're waiting for moments that never come.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Feb 2, 2012 3:38 PM EST up reply actions
Beat me to it.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
Do you know how to post videos to..... facebook?
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
Surprised EJ didn't take the 3 year deals on the table.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Possum'd
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 3:44 PM EST up reply actions
I wouldn't be surprised if those offers were still available,
but Boras thinks he can get more next off season.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
I love clubhouse confidential
Brian Kenny is the man and it is my favorite baseball show.
Agree/disagree?
Clubhouse Confidential is the only baseball show worth watching.
"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 Feb 2, 2012 4:07 PM EST up reply actions
Not to spam the group
but if anybody wants to get $20 at overstock for $10 through livingsocial and wants to make mine free by using my link I promise not to get into a single argument for 3 straight days lol:
https://www.livingsocial.com/deals/251922?ref=conf-jp&rpi=46200642
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
So how would you guys feel about a gov't funded gun program so we can shoot all the lazy welfare users?
"I do think that socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality."
Aaron Sorkin talks about Facebook - September 30, 2010
by WestcoastO'sFan on Feb 2, 2012 4:12 PM EST up reply actions
BOOOOOO
Sorry, I got booed when I did this a year ago
So BOOOOOOOO!!!!!
...While you're waiting for moments that never come.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Feb 2, 2012 4:10 PM EST up reply actions
haha fair enough
It was likely me that did the booooooing.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
How do you possibly remember that?
...While you're waiting for moments that never come.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Feb 2, 2012 4:14 PM EST up reply actions
because deals like this have been posted a couple of times
and i think there was only objections when people didn’t say that they were getting it for free
And frankly
$10 is a hell of a deal to not read any of my bitching and moaning for 36 hours.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
What happened to 3 days?
You’re already reneging?
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 4:20 PM EST up reply actions
I am going to post every internet meme ever today
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
two for one!
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
by zknower on Feb 2, 2012 5:42 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I specifically remember
a bunch of us enjoying the $20 Amazon Gift Card for $10 deal. Mine was free.
You were new a year ago. :p
"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 Feb 2, 2012 4:38 PM EST up reply actions
that link didn't work for me.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
oh what the shit
hmmm I’m copying it directly from where they told me to!
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
yeah, that link just takes me a generic link
but no matter, I don’t have an interest in overstock.com.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
Random Mark Reynolds Comment
About the “There is nothing Mark Reynolds can do…” comment.
I disagree. If Mark hits 40+ homers with 100+ RBIs, shows significant (and i mean SIGNIFICANT) improvement at third, with under 195 Ks, wouldn’t it be foolish to not pick up his option?
Not picking him up, you throw away that production and add another hole to be filled on a team that has little depth at 3B. Unless they think they can retain him for less money, its not like they need that money to pay someone else.
If he did that I'd sign him to an extension!
I think he’ll be good to have around until he blocks someone in the minors from playing.
Thats my main point.
Who else would they stick at third? Outside the long shot of Machado being MLB ready by 2013 and moving Hardy to 3rd and spending that money on other holes to get added offensive production.
by Jokes & Burns on Feb 2, 2012 4:22 PM EST up reply actions
Personally I'd like to see Hardy groomed to play 3rd.
but a guy like Johnathan Schoop could potentially play 3B. but I doubt that would be before the 2014 season.
I am a Reynolds fan and pray that he becomes serviceable for the O’s. But I have a pitcher’s mind and you CANNOT expect to win with that defense at the hot corner. Even if that means losing production on offense.
I agree
Someone has to play 3rd base, and if that someone get’s you 40+ home runs, that has to be a positive. Also (since I was just looking it up) his BAbip was .266. also, his feilding percentage was as bad as it’s ever been last year (by 40 pts).
Fielding percentage
That is one of those stats that isn’t that good. There aren’t really any perfect defensive stats, but fielding percentage is the worst by far.
Even so, your point remains correct. Last year was a historically bad defensive year and there’s no reason to believe he’ll be that bad again.
ah...
I never asked about defense, did i? :)
With his weight loss
And prior per season improvements before last year, you have to image him going from historically dreadful back to slightly below average, which is justifiable given his offensive production.
by Jokes & Burns on Feb 2, 2012 4:36 PM EST up reply actions
I'm not sure he's ever been as good as slightly below average
His defense has always rated somewhere between bad and very bad.
well...
in 2010 he had a -8 rtot/yr. so he was just 8 runs below the MLB average for third basemen.
compared to the -23 he put up last year.
by Jokes & Burns on Feb 2, 2012 4:41 PM EST up reply actions
he is 28 years old, right in the middle of the “prime years” for MLB starters.
by Jokes & Burns on Feb 2, 2012 4:43 PM EST up reply actions
You forget he plays for the Orioles
when has anyone ever said “Once (insert FA signing) became an Oriole he really turned it on.”
*except JJ Hardy. I think that is God’s way of making us suffer.
JJ Hardy is my favorite Oriole.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
agreed.
I liked him when he was with the brewers. plus he has some awesome side burns.
by Jokes & Burns on Feb 2, 2012 4:48 PM EST up reply actions
O God
Insert “best shape of his life” comment.
MR would have to improve leaps and bounds to be an average 3B. I think he had one of the 5 worse years of all time last year.
I am
but his soul killing strikeouts and his ability to hit fastballs down the middle need to improve as well.
he did improve in K's last year
would like to see him improve more of course, but he seemed to get better.
Derek Jeter won a gold glove because of fielding percentage.
Nuff said.
When the fuck did we get ice cream???
and then fumbled over his acceptance speach because he still had a rod in his mouth.
(puns are funs)
by Jokes & Burns on Feb 2, 2012 4:45 PM EST up reply actions
I'm soo scared off by what I have read about wall street to invest my money.
even that stupid ass computer glitch thing last year cost me thousands of dollars.
this year the stock market has recovered a lot (artifically, imo)
not saying you can’t make a lot of money, but it turns so quickly its hard to judge.
I just hate the idea of putting my money with companies who pay CEO’s and scumbags hundreds of millions of dollars…sometimes in 1 year.
2011 was actually pretty flat
the 12-24 months before that were the huge recovery.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Dude, Apple is worth more than double what Google is
Share price has NOTHING to do with anything.
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by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 4:54 PM EST up reply actions
Your throwing 10 grand at Facebook and don't understand how share price vs. market cap works?
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by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 4:57 PM EST up reply actions
I'm not throwing 10K
only 2k. And I have months to get a tad more knowledgeable on this until facebook date.
Well
Share price + outstanding shares = market cap.
Look at AT&T, you can get their shares for less than $30 each, but their company is even worth more than Google because they have 6 billion shares out there whereas Google sells for $585 but only has 325 million shares outstanding.
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by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 5:01 PM EST up reply actions
If i invest
lets just say $100 into a company stocks and they totally bomb. Can i lose more then $100 or you just lose your investment?
Yeah, just your investment unless you SHORT the shares
In which case you can lose an infinite amount. But just BUYING standard shares, yeah, you can only lose what you put in and THAT is if the thing goes to $0.
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by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 5:19 PM EST up reply actions
Best to cover all the bases
I figured someone who is “going to read some books” wouldn’t be shorting shares.
Very important to know.
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeit, that used to be my thing
What’s more American than selling shares that you don’t own.
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by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 5:29 PM EST up reply actions
Shit, yup... obvi.
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by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 10:31 PM EST up reply actions
speaking of
this funny little stock that I occasionally buy spiked 30% yesterday. Check out the price history for VRS – it’s behavior makes zero sense. Mostly drops a little bit each day or treads water and then once every month or two it’ll just have a massive one day gain.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
They're slowly creeping towards profitability.
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by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 10:38 PM EST up reply actions
Wow, this thing was over $6 a year ago
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by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 10:39 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah
and most of the news about them has been good over the past 3-4 months. They laid off a bunch of people but it was planned due to finally upgrading some ancient equipment.
The random spikes in the price don’t seem to correspond to any news though. I’m almost wondering if it’s a popular pump and dump target or something. I don’t get it, but I’ve been buying it when it gets low for the past 3-4 months and selling into a spike. Yesterday I wasn’t paying close enough attention and missed out on an additional 15% or so. Pissed me off.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
I think the cap on FB is estimated to be between 70-100 billion
making Zuckerberg’s net worth around 22 billion
So this is not scientific in the least...
But you know how everyone seems to have a carrer year, or breakout year at 28 years old? Take a look at the lineup:
Hardy – 29
Markakis – 28
Reynolds – 28
Andino – 28
Reimold – 28
Jones – 26
Wieters – 26
Davis – 26
Betemit is the old guy at 31…I’m just saying, everyone is going to have a monster year…
Now that's drinking the Kool-Aid.
"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 Feb 2, 2012 4:48 PM EST up reply actions
JJ just had his career years,
but I’m on board with everybody else!
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
thats cuz he was 28 last year. he missed the birth year memo.
by Jokes & Burns on Feb 2, 2012 4:50 PM EST up reply actions
and his BABIP was really bad last year .273
Just think of what should have been…
He does, but he can control time
So it simply seems like he doesn’t.
by Holymittens on Feb 2, 2012 5:13 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
That number beside Wieters is not age, but number of people on the planet who do not believe in his deification.
When the fuck did we get ice cream???
by NSOsFan on Feb 2, 2012 5:17 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I hear Edwin Jackson signed with the Nats.
Kevin Gregg-"You obviously haven't acquired my taste for pitching yet"
yeah
1 year, between 8-12 mil. John Lanan is now on the trade block the day after losing his arbitration case. insult to injury.
by Jokes & Burns on Feb 2, 2012 4:53 PM EST up reply actions
i hear...
you just got a weather balloon w/ points!
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by j.q. higgins on Feb 2, 2012 5:19 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Why hello Zeke McGeek, and how are ye fairing this eve?
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by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 9:50 PM EST up reply actions
Why, I am well, thanks for asking.
Get your vacuum cleaner?
"Work fast. Throw strikes. Change speeds." Ray Miller
Why yes, thank you for asking.
It’s supposed to be delivered tomorrow and even qualified for free shipping with my Prime account. The wife and I couldn’t be happier with CC’s contribution to our household appliance.
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by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 9:54 PM EST up reply actions
It's amazing the intelligent and helpful responses you get when you ask a question here
Why can’t the rest of the internet be like this place?
"Work fast. Throw strikes. Change speeds." Ray Miller
This conversation is surreal.
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
We could start arguing about something, if that would help.
"Work fast. Throw strikes. Change speeds." Ray Miller
No, this is fine.
Just wondered if something else happened when the site went down.
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
Like, we all got replaced by polite robots?
Stepford O’s Fans?
"Work fast. Throw strikes. Change speeds." Ray Miller
Something like that.
Or that they installed a politeness package that converts all comments into pleasant smalltalk.
"Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs." -- Earl Weaver
by Vuff on Feb 2, 2012 10:06 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Oh Vuff, that was a funny quip and I for one am recommending it.
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by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 10:09 PM EST up reply actions
Wait, there's more out there?!?
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by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 9:59 PM EST up reply actions
Pansy...
I’m at 4.8 million right now. JUST got the 1,000,000 without using a power-up.
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by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 11:07 PM EST up reply actions
I've played 448 games though, lol.
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by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 11:08 PM EST up reply actions
there are various cheats/hacks
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
I doubt any of you red staters were watching the daily show just now
but they just had a brilliant segment on Florida’s mandatory drug testing for welfare recipients program. The funniest part was when Asif Mandvi asked the bill’s sponsor if he would take a drug test since he had stated that anybody receiving tax payer dollars should have to, but they also reported that the program had resulted in a net loss of $200,000 for FL tax payers even though the welfare recipients paid for any failed drugs tests and that only 2% of the welfare recipients failed the drug test. Stats man…
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Hey, guess who's not getting my Living Social business?
The guy who is the antithesis of actually living social.
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by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 11:25 PM EST reply actions
And I just reply failed myself right in the ass.
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by Wieters Wieners on Feb 2, 2012 11:25 PM EST up reply actions
Was that in response to my comment about you being an asshole? lol
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Holy crap, Edwin Jackson signed with the Nationals!
$10M for him? Are the nationals just handing out cash?
If you look at those UZR ratings or whatever
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