Tuesday Morning Open Thread
Hey, guys. I'm not sure if anybody is going to put up a main thread today; Dan is (I assume), still off in the Far East somewhere attempting to bring us back some pitching talent, so just in case, I'll toss up this thread for everybody to use. Discuss whatever you like.
News of the moment:
I think the McGwire talk has mostly been pretty well covered, but what about the rest of the coaching staff? Dave Duncan is back after his hissy fit, Jose Oquendo still doesn't seem to be getting much love for other team's managerial jobs. Am I the only one a little nonplussed by the lack of new coaching blood?
Aroldis Chapman looks to be too expensive for the Cards. Not surprised, but it is concerning.
Mike Scioscia is pissed about the postseason schedule. I have to say, I agree. No way in hell this shit should take a month.
I'll see you all tomorrow with a full post.
Oh, and just for JD, a shout-out for his green comment yesterday.
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Mike Sciosa SHOULD be mad
about
1. schedule. It’s dumb.
2. Umpiring. It’s worse than the schedule and his team seems to see the worst of it every time they make the postseason.
but under his control and the biggest thing he should be worried about
was his horrible managing during the series
FAIL
John Smoltz for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by jd is legend on Oct 27, 2009 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed.
But not because it wasn’t the first post. Because you posted a picture of Fred Durst.
Here comes the funcooker!
by the red baron on Oct 27, 2009 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
Offseason Rumors : Me :: Unicorn Blood : Voldemort
by Cardinals645 on Oct 27, 2009 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions
and that's the dude you gave a shot out too
what the fuck where you thinking red?
pretzels pretzels pretzels pretzels
Teehee, Bizkit randomly popped up on my Pandora station...
..felt like I had to come here and announce it.
Insta-thumbs-down.
BOYCOTT HASS AVOCADOS
just seeing a picture of this douche pisses me off
I crawled the earth, but now I'm higher, 2010 watch it go to fire!
by First mammal to wear pants on Oct 29, 2009 1:15 AM EDT up reply actions
A Post-season schedule
I’ve always thought there should be many fewer off days during each series. Play the first round in 5 days (Tues-Sat. and Weds-Sun) the first week. Then play the next round Tues-Weds, Fri-Sun, Tues-Weds. The World Series would then have started last weekend and we would be in the middle of it now (even perhaps over). I would even favor playing the second and third rounds in 7 days each, with no off days. After all, during the year the teams that win have deep starting pitching staffs. That should also count during the post-season. As it is now, a few very good starting pitchers often take their team to victory, not what counts during the regular season.
by CRay on Oct 27, 2009 11:52 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
untrue on Oquendo
It took me about five minutes to figure out what Tony was obliquely hinting at (more oblique than usual, so, y’know…) but he joked (really, Tony? you are so weird) that only one guy didn’t want him to come back.
Now, I could be wrong. You really have to watch the tape because as usual it doesn’t translate to quotations well. It was expected but it was still a shock to know that Oquendo really is next in line.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
I said other teams.
As in, I haven’t heard his name come up in the discussions for candidates to fill other team’s managerial openings.
Here comes the funcooker!
by the red baron on Oct 27, 2009 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Then you should have said,
teams’ . . . s-apostrophe.
You are technically correct.
The best kind of correct.
Here comes the funcooker!
by the red baron on Oct 27, 2009 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions
I was also
loop-thrown when I read the original. No problem, though. With the volume of content that you guys produce, I’m always amazed there aren’t many more such flubs. That’s one of the main reasons I keep reading this trash, really: The hosts can actually write.
It's a letter from the Central Bureaucracy!
“You are about to get a letter from the Central Bureaucracy.”
"She gone! Airplane time! Airplane Time!! AIRPLANE TIME." Boog
"I think those scorers must be from Mars or Venus. Or maybe they're just from that book." --Mike Shannon, 7/09/2009
lol
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
ahahaha
Love me some Futurama
"Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does all the work"
-Mark Twain
ah, my bad
they might know he’s locked up with the Cards. who knows. for one thing, as stupid as Houston is conducting itself, why wouldn’t they even put him on the long list? They’re considering Garner, even.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Oct 27, 2009 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
isnt that RB's point?
that if even houston isnt considering him, maybe thats a sign of how he is regarded around the league
my first sentence: they might know he's locked up with the Cards.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Oct 27, 2009 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions
why would he be 'locked up'
why would he turn down the chance to interview for a job because of some job he may never get? doesnt make much sense to me.
y'know, never mind.
I don’t feel like extending this thread by re-posting the thread.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
10 IF "oquendo_job_offer"=NO THEN "respect_around_league"=NO
20 IF “locked_by_cards”=YES THEN “oquendo_job_offer”=NO
30 GOTO 10
"on gameday it says duke loves to face the four seamer and hates to face the four seamer" -VolsnCards5
"perhaps it's a computer joke about the duality of man." -tom s.
by Tudor's Electric Fan on Oct 27, 2009 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
amazing, really.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
It's basic, really
Don't argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. - anon.
I had a dream last night that the Cardinals resigned Chris Duncan
I even remember in my dream I was like “WTF! The Cardinals resigned Chris Duncan!”. So he was up to at bat. Then I remember him getting a hit and after rounding first he pulled his groin. He was the ground hurt after the first at bat back. That was end of my Cardinal related dream and onto my Harry Potter one. ZMA (Zinc monomethionine aspartate and Magnesium Aspartate) is a hella of a drug.
so you're not going to share the harry potter one
or is it one of those ones
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Oct 27, 2009 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions
No it was bad ass
Harry Potter how we all really want it to be. Explosions and shit.
by FlimtotheFlam on Oct 27, 2009 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions
oh fuck yeah
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Oct 27, 2009 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions
+ Infinity
I seriously hope that it’s all over before my unborn child (Due March 18th) gets into it. That and this vampire hysteria that’s apparently sweeping the nation, unless, of course, it brings back Buffy the Vampire Slayer. That would be ok.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
And Angel.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
Wow
Seems harsh of them. I’m not into Twilight and find it pretty annoying, but to leave a fellow who is passed out drunk in front of a police station?
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
Not real friends.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Yup.
It’s pretty dangerous too.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Definitely
They might have been held criminally liable if he had wandered into the street and gotten killed.
by Mulliganstew on Oct 27, 2009 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Or kidnapped/harmed before the police found him.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
For anything non-enemy, and maybe even for enemies in the social context,
this seems harsh.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
I thought Twilight was really only for girls?
Seriously. I’m not just trying to make fun of the guy, I really thought that only girls liked it, and that it was pretty much made for girls.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Lots of boys read it.
I have heard some boys say they read it to get pointers about how to be romantic like Edward.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
yeah
stalk a girl while she sleeps…that shit always goes over big!
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
You sir
know way too much about the plot points in Twilight, apparently.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
yes she did
although i did see the movie
ashamed
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
it's not like he knows about the pregnancy
I had the misfortune to be told all about it.
I am too nice sometimes…
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
That's a little move I like to call
“The Sleeping Booty.” Aw, yeah.
Here comes the funcooker!
by the red baron on Oct 27, 2009 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I see. I hadn't actually heard of a single guy who had read it so maybe I just don't know the right people.
It seemed pretty girly to me, no offense intended to anybody.
It’s all Anne Rice’s fault that vampires could be girly in the first place.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
i know a lot of guys that loved the books
really smart, well educated, well off guys…i expected more out of them…
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
guys who read girls stuff
have more to talk about with girls…..
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
Talk about?
Girls just like to talk not discuss
by FlimtotheFlam on Oct 27, 2009 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions
i would rec that but i do not want be yelled at...
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
brilliant. just brilliant.

"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"
You mean
that I can’t talk about my love the Cardinals, my hate of the Yankees, and how Albert Pujols is ridiculous with girls? If not, then those are girls I don’t want to date anyway.
I don’t care how hot she is, if she’s into Harry Potter and Twilight, she and I aren’t going to have much in common anyway.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
see, you have standards. key difference.
or there’s always Alyssa Milano.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Oct 27, 2009 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
man, this thread delivers.
"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"
yah...that...
it seems cool on paper but when they actually have a ballpark chance of it shit gets real…quick. Trust me.
"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"
The vampire stuff is lame.
HP however is awesome. There’s a class next semester for it. I’m taking it.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Wait, wait, wait, wait
There’s a class at Clemson on Harry Potter? I suppose they don’t have one on, say, Harry Truman, or any other Harry of consequence…
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
I rec'd this because it made me laugh.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
It's an honors class too.
They do have plenty on actual history. And you have to admit it is a social phenomenon. That is worthy of being discussed. I am not super excited about reading the books again because I find them difficult to read now that I’m older and picky about writing. Also if I have to read the American versions I will be sad.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Honors?
Is there an honors class on snap bracelets, Saved by the Bell, or Batman?
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
No.
But I’m sure they could make one. And it could be educationally well done.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions
That would be sick!
Actually…maybe not. Snap bracelets aren’t my thing, and I never really got into Saved by the Bell. So, sign me up as a maybe on Batman, but hold off on everything else.
Offseason Rumors : Me :: Unicorn Blood : Voldemort
by Cardinals645 on Oct 27, 2009 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions
i remember when snap bracelets
got banned at my school
by FlimtotheFlam on Oct 27, 2009 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
you too, huh
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
silly
I hate to disagree, but it wouldn’t be “educationally” well done, but “entertainingly” well done, because this seems like an example of where older people would say something along the lines of “Their doing what with our tax dollars?” I still think people are somewhat too harsh on higher education, but when you see mention of a class like Harry Potter in a legitimate university, it makes you wonder why they can’t spare a teacher for the classics
Considering
that my first two years of college was simply rehashing my last two years of high school, I have a lot of complaints about higher education.
- Entrance exams are outdated and aren’t good enough at determining the strengths of incoming freshman students.
- Remedial courses shouldn’t be a requirement for people who can prove they know the material, and testing out of a class should earn you an “A”, not a “Pass”. This would encourage students to pass out of classes that are too easy for them instead of getting the easy “A” to supplant their GPA.
This is why you’re seeing more and more people go to trade schools like Kaplan and AIB — they simply want to do ACTUAL coursework relating to their area of study. I’m all for making well rounded students, but when you’re having a class on Harry Potter because that’s what gets kids interested in class, the inmates have begun to run the asylum.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
FWIW
I took Calc I and II in high school, as well as statistics. Then I was forced to take Trig, Calc I, Calc II, Business Calc, and two statistics courses AGAIN in my first three years of college. Why? It’s a waste of my tuition money. I could have graduated in 2 1/2 years with a full minor in English had it not been for rehashing my last two years of high school.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
Our whole high school and college systems need to change.
4 year degrees needs 1.5 or 2 years chopped off and make a 6 month internship a requirement to graduate. They do nothing presently to help you get a job.
We need to move trade schools into high schools. The last school year for non-college track students needs to be an internship with a tradesman such as electrician, plumber etc…
And, require 2 year military service requirement. Even if it is just Guard service.
by Tom_Lawless_Bat_Flip on Oct 28, 2009 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Education is not about getting a job.
That viewpoint is not accurate. Education is about learning subject matters and rounded knowledge. Trade schools are provided for job skills.
I don’t disagree that internships and apprenticeships should be more widely implemented and utilized, but I have a problem with dictating it as a requirement for a degree. I think that the issue is actually in the hiring process by incompetent HR organizations. They put too little stock in the skills that can be attained from trade schools and apprenticeships, and too much weight on the simple attainment of a college degree regardless of the subject matter.
I also vehemently disagree with the requirement of military service. We are not that type of society, and it is antithetical to our societal nature. I firmly support and respect military service. I think it is an excellent way to improve oneself while providing service to the community. However, it is not in my nature nor my understanding of the ideas upon which we were founded as a country to restrict or remove freedoms from another citizen. Military service is not the only way to serve your community, either. Each citizen should be allowed to determine their level of involvement with the community they are a part of.
I think some would say
Education is about learning subject matters and rounded knowledge. Trade schools are provided for job skills.
I think the problem is that some would say they are failing at that job also. It doesn’t seem like higher education trains people for jobs or teaches them much or gives them rounded knowledge. Colleges tend to be even less free thought areas than <insert something not known for it’s free speech and thought here> and it’s no longer a place for the free flow of ideas as much as it was even a generation ago.
I agree with you.
The problem is that too many people started to identify colleges and universities as glorified trade schools for jobs requiring more in-depth studies. I’m always concerned when I read or hear someone discussing the need for more specialized focus in our higher learning institutions. I am in a field that is heavily reliant upon math and science, but my understanding of language, literature, psychology, sociology, history, etc. actually provides me with more tools that help me do my job. Those that don’t see the benefits of subjects outside of the obvious scope of their interests, miss more than they realize.
Great points on the military
I think one of the reason our military is so great is because we don’t force mandatory service. Only people who are passionate or at least have some desire to serve, are in the military. I guess you could argue that there are some who don’t care and are there for GI bill, but I imagine those numbers are miniscule compared to the I love the military types.
Disagree.
Served 5 years. The number 1 reason given when asking others round me “Why did you join?” was GI Bill. By a long shot.
However, in my experience I only new a couple of people who used it. It is an honorable job but romanticizing it has gotten out of hand (along with other professions).
Not a scientific poll, but most other reasons given for signing up were:
1. College not for me.
2. Healthcare (had young kids or kids on the way)
3 Guaranteed job, pension and can retire at 40.
This was my experience in 5 years.
by Tom_Lawless_Bat_Flip on Oct 28, 2009 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I spent a year at a military academy
So I didn’t get as much exposure to as many true military guys as I did the cadets, so i guess it would be somewhat different sampling. The guys I went to school with for a year before transferring to ASU were usually bright kids that could have gone to a high end school , but chose military out of some sense of service or love of military.
I guess it was an error of attribution.
Oh yea.
Whole different population. Not saying there isn’t a sense of duty in enlisted or officers but I saw just as many officers whose goal was to do their “time” and get a civilian job with the military. It’s easier to use words like “duty and serve” when you are 20. Reality sets in once you are in Korea for a year and find out your wife filed for divorce.
When I enlisted I was 20 and considered the “old guy” in my group. Down to the last guy, we were all from low income homes, with no college educated parents. We all had dreams of using the GI Bill but as I said I only know one guy who actually graduated college with the GI Bill. I keep in touch with most of them and they are all halfway to retirement (most at 38) and free healthcare for life with only a high school education.
That being said. Everything I have accomplished in life I can trace back to those 5 years. That is why I would like to see service a requirement.
by Tom_Lawless_Bat_Flip on Oct 28, 2009 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions
That isn't its primary purpose.
I understand your point, but higher education’s original purpose was not a job training. Most of us do go to school for a specific type of career, but even then a bachelor’s degree is not designed for a specific job. They are designed for specific knowledge, not a specific job function that uses that knowledge. As an electrical engineer, my BSEE did not prepare me exactly for my job as an automated controls engineer. It prepared me to understand how electricity works and the many components and design techniques that revolve around electricity. There were numerous employment opportunities that could be pursued at that point.
That isn't its primary purpose.
I understand your point, but higher education’s original purpose was not a job training. Most of us do go to school for a specific type of career, but even then a bachelor’s degree is not designed for a specific job. They are designed for specific knowledge, not a specific job function that uses that knowledge. As an electrical engineer, my BSEE did not prepare me exactly for my job as an automated controls engineer. It prepared me to understand how electricity works and the many components and design techniques that revolve around electricity. There were numerous employment opportunities that could be pursued at that point.
Well then
How does this electricity work? I’ve read about it in all the socials, but for the life of me I’ll be darned if I’ll try it. Sounds like new-fangled voodoo to me.
I always equate it to water for those that aren't familiar.
The basics you need to know is Ohm’s Law, V=IR, where:
V = Voltage (think force, created by pressure or gravitational potential for the water analogy) is applied to the electrons to motivate them from high potential to low potential.
I = Current (think volume of water made up by all the molecules of water and impurities) is the quantity of electrons being moved.
R = Resistance (think resistance to flow based on pipe cross-sectional diameter) is the opposing force created by the relative ability for electrons to move freely through the material of its conductor.
So, basically, like water, electricity runs downhill. The rate at which electricity flows downhill is proportional to the voltage applied and the resistance against the flow. So, larger gauge wire (larger pipe) at the same voltage results in more current flow. More voltage (higher pressure or steeper angle) applied to the same gauge wire results in more current flow. Choosing a conductor with a lower natural resistance (gold over copper) will also result in more current flow.
Sorry
I forgot to turn on my sarcasm translator, I was originally joking, but that was some pretty textbook stuff. Now I’m going to go stick a fork in a socket so I can travel to the past and see Ben Franklin flying a kite in a thunderstorm.
I was an Electronics Technician in the Navy
We worked with Machinist Mates that handled all of the piping systems on board. When they were taught about electricity, they were given the same training explained above to get them to understand. Of course, the ET’s didn’t need a special trick to pick up on piping systems; the teachers showed the pipes to us and we said, “It’s a pipe; what’s so fucking difficult about it?”
Don't argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. - anon.
Then why do universities grade themselves on
job placement? Part of college, I agree, is learning how to learn and how to apply learned skills in a working environment, but universities need to do a better job of looking at what is needed in the current business environment too. If you could spend an extra two semesters on your actual area of study, rather than having to take a bunch of courses that I have no interest in nor prepare me for anything in my future, I’d be a lot better off.
I can’t even remember how many economics courses I wish I could have taken as an undergrad because I really found economics interesting. Instead I had to take Western Civilization, Psychology, Meteorology, and Geology. What the hell do those subjects do for a business major? I could literally read and “Geology for Dummies” book and get as much out of it as I got out of that class.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
There is a difference between ...
what universities do and what education is for. People and institutions are flawed, while the ideal may remain intact.
How can you honestly tell me that Psychology or Western Civilization have no bearing on being a businessman? I would also assume that Meteorology and Geology were classes chosen to fill a science elective. I’m guessing they didn’t dictate those two classes, but that you chose those two classes to fill the required elective. It also depends upon what kind of business in which you are involved. If you deal with any kind of construction, then Geology can deeply impact your decisions and the value of your investments. Meteorology may also play into that arena, or it may impact your shipping costs and delivery times. All of these may be important to what you do. Does your business have need for natural resources? It seems that Geology would have an impact there, as well.
What you get from a class is always what you put into it. If you had already decided you weren’t going to get value from the class, then it doesn’t surprise me that you didn’e gain value from it. Broaden your mind, and you will see applications for nearly all of the knowledge you have gained.
It is?
Education is about learning subject matters and rounded knowledge.
You might want to tell that to the teacher that’s teaching the section on Harry Potter.
I’m sorry, but unless you’re going to be in academia for the rest of your life, this whole “rounded knowledge” thing is bullshit. That’s what high school is for: to teach you government, basic business, Western civilization and American History, and your basic “well-roundedness” categories. I shouldn’t have to pay out the ass in tuition to get rehashed Western Civ in college to fill my history requirement. I’m not saying that people shouldn’t study history, I’m saying that people who are majoring in business or engineering shouldn’t have to waste their time and money on studying the same history twice.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
I completely disagree.
First of all, high school seldom does a good job of covering the subject matter in detail, and, as history is subjective in its interpretation, different presentations of the material can drastically alter your perception and understanding of the material. In addition, history is gravely important to both engineering, business, and any number of other career paths.
I’m sorry that you really believe that “rounded knowledge” is bullshit, but there is a reason why “renaissance men” are revered the way they are. That type of expanded background allows for intuitive leaps in all facets of life that you couldn’t make if your knowledge was simply specialized to one aspect of learning or an individual skillset.
Also, based on the description that ClemsonGirl provided about the Harry Potter, that class was about the sociological effects of that book. It was not being presented as a literature class; consequently, it can still be a class that provides well-rounded learning in a current sociological phenomenon.
you guys are talking past each other....
because the classic notion of the liberal-arts-college education that etp_stl speaks of is, frankly, at odds with the notion that “business” or “education” or “criminal justice” or “cosmetology” should be studied at the university level.
by Willie McGee's Twin on Oct 29, 2009 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't completely agree with that assessment.
I believe that the first year or two of college should be about providing that type of rounded education, and that the final two or more years should be for more specific knowledge based on the interests you have. I understand completely why doctors and lawyers continue on from there, as well. Medical and law schools are provided for the types of specific knowledge required. I believe engineering and some other disciplines would benefit greatly from an apprenticeship period that extends beyond the bachelor’s degree completion.
OK, but my point remains....
A classic liberal arts education, which is seen as providing the the qualities you extolled (making intuitive leaps, etc.) does not generally include trade training.
And engineering does have the apprenticeship period you speak of – an engineer, upon graduation, takes the EIT. After what one would generally call an apprenticeship period, s/he can become a PE.
by Willie McGee's Twin on Oct 29, 2009 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions
As an engineer, I'm fully aware of the EIT/PE requirements.
However, depending upon the engineering emphasis, there is a drastic difference in interpretation and application of that period. In fact, the PE license is relatively worthless in my particular line of work, though it is nearly imperative for a civil engineer in virtually all of their disciplines. Consequently, employers treat EITs differently depending upon the necessity of the PE license, and I would not classify my experience as an apprenticeship. More often than not, in my particular area, engineers are not fostered under the guidance of an experienced engineer. Instead, we are baptised in more of a sink-or-swim environment. It would be beneficial for some transition from the theoretical world provided in college (you know, where air resistance is negligible and all surfaces seem to be frictionless) to the practical world that we all have to operate in.
I do agree completely that “trade training” is not provided in university environments, and that is not solely a factor of liberal arts educations. I went to a state university that had a strict engineering tilt. There was little energy put into the liberal arts or social sciences at my alma mater, and yet I still wouldn’t classify much of my education as “trade training.” There were a small handful of classes that would qualify for that description. The majority were theoretical classes that are meant to foster a certain way of approaching and solving problems rather than how to solve specific, practical problems. Even our labs were too theoretical to be directly applied to an industrial application.
ok - we're not talking about the same thing
“liberal arts” does not mean non-technical per se (perhaps non-vocational would be better?). For example, a core part of a liberal arts education is mathematics. And true social science classes are extremely heavy into applied statistics.
Moreover, my original point was “training for jobs” is not (and IMO, should not) be the goal of a university education. The fact that some “universities” have gotten into this business (and it is a “business”) is regrettable.
by Willie McGee's Twin on Oct 29, 2009 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Ok.
My definition was different from yours, so I’m good with that. It looks like we agree on the purpose for university education, as well. I do believe that courting research dollars is the reason that universities have lost sight of their original charter. That, along with the oversaturation of collegiates that started with the baby-boomer generation.
Military Service Requirement?
No. Absolutely not. You want a “National Service” requirement, fine. Making a military requirement is silly, not needed, and will just allow our politicians to put us in harms way even more for “peacekeeping” missions because they have the bodies to do so.
Require AmeriCorps or the Peace Corps OR military service — those who don’t want anything to do with the military shouldn’t be forced to sign up.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
Hell, just work at a library.
Any form of service.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of them are Asian." -Mike Shannon
Did both.
Military service and AmeriCorps. From my experience it’s not even close to to which one does a better job of instilling character/life skills in young folks. Military service all the way.
by Tom_Lawless_Bat_Flip on Oct 28, 2009 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed.
Please, no national service requirment, especially a military one. The military has enough problems without stuffing it full of even more people who don’t want to be there.
by Willie McGee's Twin on Oct 29, 2009 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Personally, a government already has a "necessary evil" of coercive power...
but I really don’t want to see any sort of national service requirement ever instituted in this country. I just don’t think people would go for it because the nation at large is still fairly individualistic. Furthermore, forcing people to do things “for the right reasons” is a difficult philosophical proposition even in extreme cases such as existentially threatening wars, so I really don’t want Uncle Sam deciding that my kids have to go build houses somewhere for a year because it’s good for society.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Well stated.
The problem with “the right reasons” is that somebody has to define what that means, as though there is some predefined common morality upon which we’ve all agreed. The reason that voting is typically limited to a simple majority is because it is so difficult to get a significant number of people to agree upon what is “right.”
Let’s just agree that honor, duty, and civil service are valuable character traits; and then we will just allow burgeoning adults to make their own decisions on whether or not they choose to develop those traits and how they would like to go about it.
Or you could look at it this way.
I’m very interested in taking classes that relate to what I’m doing. That is all of the education classes they offer. I love learning about education. I don’t want to take all of these ridiculous classes that I won’t need. For example, what is more useful to me: Math 101 when I got a 5 on my AP Test or a class on Harry Potter that will get me thinking about those books differently. I may even use these books in my classroom, depending on their age. I could definitely use the first few as story time books for first and second graders. I think you may be saying the same thing that I shouldn’t have had to take all of these math classes I won’t need but you are missing the value of HP class.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
follow up to that thought
I’d love a class that would teach what I’m into, but with the exception of the occasional throw away class (I took history of rock and roll at ASU) they are meaningless classes that just capitalize on a fad it seems. Even if they are interesting, how useful are they? Does the world need people that many people that major in “interesting” but not real world helpful majors?
If the only thing you can do with your major is go back to the university and teach it to some other sap who takes the class, I’m slightly suspect of it. The HP would be like my rock’n’roll class in that it’s a fun non-core class. You have both a meaningful and important major, and judging from the posts I’ve read, I’d trust my kid to learn under you (with or without the HP class)
Well thanks!
In reality it is the only way I can get an honors class in my schedule this semester and we’re required to have one every semester.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
If you read down further
I explain that it is not discussing HP as a fine literature but as it relates to society including marketing and other similar things. No one is arguing that these were well written books.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
My apologies
I didn’t realize you were an education major, which at least makes it more relevant, but my main thrust if you will still stands and wasn’t directed at you. I still think it’s sad that they can spare a professor for an HP class, but so many colleges don’t have a decent classics department. It’s whatever makes a group feel good or interests the students, not what may make them smarter. I would argue that whether relevant or not, studying classic literature and history over some of the trendier ones will make for a better all-around student. But maybe that comes off as somewhat elitist.
And I didn't major in english lit
I was a business major with history and poly-sci as minors, but the small “L” liberal arts education side of colleges seems to be deteriorating much faster than business or the hard sciences.
We have a pretty good english department I think.
I don’t know if we have a classics class, I’m assuming we do. But we have all kinds of classes for everything. There’s just one section of this class, it’s not a widespread thing. The teacher teaches probably no more than 20 students, all honors, so chances are they already have a basic grasp of good literature. And it’s not a literature class either.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
I guess I'm venting more about my college
ASU had a lot of crappy classes that you were forced to take: 1 to fulfill the “global requirement”, one to fulfill the “cultural” requirement, and I was stuck taking a class called “Ethnocultural Intercommunication and Diversity.” I shit you not that was the name, or something really close to that. The entire class was taking each ethnicity, identifying “traits” of them (ex/ Latinos tend to be more family oriented) and then being told we can’t stereotype. When I brought up that saying Latinos tend to be more family oriented than other ethnicities was itself a stereotype, I think the professor’s head almost exploded.
We have to fulfill similar requirements
but there a lot of classes that fit those requirements so we don’t get stuck in a bad class that we feel we are forced to take.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
I'm with you on some of that
My history minor took care of a lot of that, but the cultural requirement forced you to take a cultural diversity class that was usually long boring and filled with people that didn’t want to be there.
I related news...
Harvard recently announced a graduate level class that will study the phenomenon of L.A. Gear sneakers in the early 1990’s*
It is, after all, a social phenomenon, and as such, worthy of study.
*May or may not be actual news…
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
Hey. Works for me.
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by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I would totally take that class
As long as they had a subsection on Umbro.
by Mulliganstew on Oct 27, 2009 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions
When I think of Umbros now
I think of strip clubs
by FlimtotheFlam on Oct 27, 2009 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions
my buddy used to always wear umbros when he went to the strip club
Than got a lap dance
by FlimtotheFlam on Oct 27, 2009 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions
umbros = probably not gonnorrhea-proof
just saying.
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
by tom s. on Oct 27, 2009 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Gotta love those legal loopholes that essentially legalize prostitution.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
clearly, you've never been married.
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
Okay, I'm going to need more information.
Will there be any discussion of proper tightrolling procedure and etiquette?
Here comes the funcooker!
by the red baron on Oct 27, 2009 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes
There will also be a subsection on Zubaz pants taught by AC Slater.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
My friend Jef has a brilliant idea.
Zubaz done in University of Missouri colours, but here’s the kicker: they have the greatest name ever.
Mizzoubaz.
Here comes the funcooker!
by the red baron on Oct 27, 2009 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
alls you need is a three wolf shirt and you are set my friend!
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
I used to have a pair in Mizzou colors.
Those were so sweet
"Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it." - Whitey Herzog
by Bring Back Tommy Herr! on Oct 27, 2009 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions
AC Slater's first name is Albert
Just sayin’…
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Now, a class studying Roos sneakers would pique my interest
Such a great idea – pockets . . . in shoes?! . . . why don’t I have seven pairs?
by Ray Lankford on Oct 27, 2009 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions
9:00 - 10:30 MWF The Physics of Pogs
Offered by Dr. Samuel “Screech” Powers
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Discussed, yes...
…In children’s book clubs and on Oprah Winfrey when there isn’t a sex scandal from 15 years ago to break and report on for 2 weeks straight.
It is not worthy of an honors level course at a major university.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
I thought they quit making two versions
at like book 4 or something?
"Come test me every day if you want," says Pujols, "Everything I ever made in this game I would give back to the Cardinals if I got caught."
I don't know.
There is always an American version with dots after the Mr’s and Mrs’s and stuff like that. But I always read the English versions.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
I thought ACC education was supposed to be superior?
John Smoltz for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by jd is legend on Oct 27, 2009 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions
(Of course, I always considered Clemson to be more like an SEC school than ACC)
John Smoltz for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by jd is legend on Oct 27, 2009 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Then why don't they ever win anything?
They apparently don’t cheat PROPERLY.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
If you ain't cheatin'
You ain’t tryin’
John Smoltz for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by jd is legend on Oct 27, 2009 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
is that a quote from our new hitting instructor?
by FlimtotheFlam on Oct 27, 2009 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I took Baseball Theory at Missouri State
it was pretty much a BS class…if you knew what defensive indifference was then you could pretty much ace the whole thing…
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
there's a baseball ethics class out there for some legal track
I forget the college. that sounded really interesting.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
I took the psychology of baseball
Which while easy was actually a real class. It used baseball activities as a method for determining how our brains work through problems like avoiding collisions (or essentially causing them by catching the ball).
Not afraid to nitpick
can we send your notes to Colby?
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
Was this class offered at MU?
If so, I want to take it.
We do offer a graduate degree in sports psychology.
"She gone! Airplane time! Airplane Time!! AIRPLANE TIME." Boog
"I think those scorers must be from Mars or Venus. Or maybe they're just from that book." --Mike Shannon, 7/09/2009
It was at least
My favorite part of whole class was determining how people track fly balls. Not only was there a video of people with cameras strapped on their head catching flyballs, there was video of dogs with cameras on their head.
Not afraid to nitpick
Fido might not always take the best routes, but he makes the plays when he needs to.
His arm leaves a bit to be desired though… probably destined for LF.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
but is he selling it
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
Can't be worse than Duncan
But they showed dogs and non-major leaguers track flyballs in a very similar way by keeping some angle the same I can’t remember which one. That’s why instinctively you drift back on a FB instead of run to a spot and catch it.
Not afraid to nitpick
What department offers it?
Psych or Ed Psych?
I am serious.
"She gone! Airplane time! Airplane Time!! AIRPLANE TIME." Boog
"I think those scorers must be from Mars or Venus. Or maybe they're just from that book." --Mike Shannon, 7/09/2009
Oh, I need something for grad credit. : (
I did not take enough advantage of the Honors College during UG. Were you around in the Palonsky era? Loved that guy.
"She gone! Airplane time! Airplane Time!! AIRPLANE TIME." Boog
"I think those scorers must be from Mars or Venus. Or maybe they're just from that book." --Mike Shannon, 7/09/2009
I hate Defensive Indifference...did the class allow for discussion
on issues like that and the DH. That could get heated.
no and there was a lot
on sac bunting, when the baseball coach actually showed up…
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
I took a Technical Analysis of Baseball class here at UCSB
Good times. Loved that class.
The professor (former coach at UCSB) said that Ryan Spilborghs and his sister both took the class. But, since attendance counts and the paper requires some work, she got like an A and he got a C or something.
Offseason Rumors : Me :: Unicorn Blood : Voldemort
by Cardinals645 on Oct 27, 2009 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I see someone has never seen
True Blood then…or Sookie Stackhouse although the latter probably doesn’t interest you as much…
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
I have a problem with Twilight,
I take it out on other vampire things that probably don’t deserve it. But all vampire things now remind of Edward and I want that to go away.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
i can agree on that
Twilight (the movie) sucked unless you are a teenage girl that loves drama for the sake of drama…
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
Twilight the books suck form what I can tell.
I mean to me it seems that theyw ere glorifying these stalkerish behaviors in Edward. Most girls should have been creeped out by him, say, watching Bella sleep. But no, n Edward’s case it’s romantic.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I know when I stalked women they didn't like it...got the cops called on me..
geesh, but a vampire gets away with it.
by the way I am kidding I didnt get the cops called on me.
Stalking is in the eye of the beholder
If the guy is hot, then it is romantic. If the guy is nothing impressive, then it’s stalking.
Don't argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. - anon.
There is a funny SNL sketch about this
that actually involves sexual harassment, but it’s the same concept.
"She gone! Airplane time! Airplane Time!! AIRPLANE TIME." Boog
"I think those scorers must be from Mars or Venus. Or maybe they're just from that book." --Mike Shannon, 7/09/2009
Is that the Tom Brady skech, I believe?
Here comes the funcooker!
by the red baron on Oct 28, 2009 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Could be...all I remember is that
poor Fred Armisen was the “unattractive” guy.
"She gone! Airplane time! Airplane Time!! AIRPLANE TIME." Boog
"I think those scorers must be from Mars or Venus. Or maybe they're just from that book." --Mike Shannon, 7/09/2009
Or a 40 year old mother of 2
who is going through a mid-life crisis.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
hmmm, i always thought you were younger
male-er, and childless…
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
lol
I was referring to the wife of a guy I work with, who dressed up like a vampire with her daughters, who’ve never read the books, to go to the premiere in Des Moines last year.
Essentially, she embarrassed the shit out her teenagers and drug them along so SHE could go see the movie.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
I wish I could say that she was the only one there
This was not the case.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
That's amazing.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
ill dress up like
Dr. Frank-N-Furter but not like a Twilight vampire!!!
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
Yeah
40 year old mothers get Edward. 40 year old fathers get Kate Beckinsale in latex.
by Mulliganstew on Oct 27, 2009 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
rec'd
for #3 on my Famous person list. (somebody mentions #1 in this thread and my day is officially labeled good)
Mizzou 37 - Illinois 9
Roseanne Barr
John Smoltz for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by jd is legend on Oct 27, 2009 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Alyssa Milano?
Best moment I've ever seen at a game in person
Looking forward to Cardinals baseball in 2010!
Things I'm assuming this person is
- Short
- Dark Haired
- Curvy
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm…
Salma Hayek?
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
you can never go wrong with Selma Hayek!
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
Meh.
Reese Witherspoon was incredibly beautiful before she lost so much weight. Now, well, just not quite the same.
Here comes the funcooker!
by the red baron on Oct 28, 2009 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions
I hate it when beautiful women lose too much weight
If women are just naturally thin that’s one thing, it works and it’s how they’re supposed to be. But if you have some voluptuousness to you, then please please please don’t go ruining a wonderful thing.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
yeah, just awful.
Unfortunately, it happened to my own famous dream girl, Christina Ricci, as well. When she was in Pumpkin, oh sweet jesus. Now, though, just not enough of her.
Here comes the funcooker!
by the red baron on Oct 28, 2009 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Sad sad sad.
Admittedly it’s a little less sad for me since I’m married now and quite happy and all that. But yeah.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
True Blood
is far superior to Twilight, as far as I have seen, but then I am sick to death to Hollybore pandering to teens and tweens and kids who have 500 dollar cell phones before they’ve had their first pimple.
:=8/
Big McLargehuge!
:=8O
True Blood IS superior
If only because I love hearing everyone say “Sookie” in drawls.
by Mulliganstew on Oct 27, 2009 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions
You know they are based on a book series?
by FlimtotheFlam on Oct 27, 2009 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes
But you can’t hear silly drawls saying “Sookie” in books.
by Mulliganstew on Oct 27, 2009 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions
yes
and i hear they are better than the Twilight books which doesnt not surprise me in the least…
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
thats isnt not what is said didnt i?
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
from Dusk Till Dawn
and sadly enough, the Blade Trilogy, are the only Vampire movies I’ll watch. Vampires don’t have feelings, just a thirst for blood
Mizzou 37 - Illinois 9
I did like Blade, and From Dusk Till Dawn is good fun
But Blade II is one of only two movies that have ever put me to sleep in a theater.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
I was told Blade was best viewed when high
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
that's usually so late at night
I might as well be drunk. cancels out.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
ATHF movie
went to see the movie, with a cough for some reason, and a guy brought in two kids, because I guess he thought it was a cartoon, so that meant kiddie movie. I think it took all of the first 5 minutes for him to get up and leave….Number one in the hood, G
Mizzou 37 - Illinois 9
Really?
Is there a class on Steven King and Johnathan Franzen too? What about F.W. Dixon to talk about the social implications of two teen WASPS fighting crime in the 50’s?
Is there an LOTR class? AD&D class? Wii Fit class? Those are all social phenomenon’s in line with Harry Potter, which isn’t even exceptionally well written. It’s a kids book. For kids.
This screams “TAKE MY CLASS!!!!” — as a former English minor in college I just lot a lot of respect for the Clemson English department.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
Honors level courses though?
I mean LOTR was ground breaking in that it was a well written novel that essentially created it’s own world, languages, and so on. It was a precursor to the fantasy novel movements and movies like Star Wars, which essentially took The Hobbit and moved it to outer space.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
by fourstick on Oct 27, 2009 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Honors classes are smaller
I think is what she meant.
Offseason Rumors : Me :: Unicorn Blood : Voldemort
by Cardinals645 on Oct 27, 2009 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions
That's why I said In Clemson's case.
Actually my department has small classes because there 120 of us total in the school but for the most part honors classes are smaller than other classes.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
I was gone for a long time.
And someone had already answered.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
Because I was explaining why I said in Clemson's case.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
Sure...
but Tolkien was the first to do that type of thing with fantasy subject matter. He was the Orson Welles of that literary genre.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
Good artists copy; great artists steal
or however that goes
"She gone! Airplane time! Airplane Time!! AIRPLANE TIME." Boog
"I think those scorers must be from Mars or Venus. Or maybe they're just from that book." --Mike Shannon, 7/09/2009
That's not really fair.
EVERYTHING rips off Kurosawa in some way or another. (Including, oddly, some things which predate his career.
Here comes the funcooker!
by the red baron on Nov 1, 2009 9:18 AM EST up reply actions
rec'd
for reading my mind. I read the LOTR/Hobbit every year (yep, all of them).
I even own a LOTR Trivial Pursuit game.
/bows head in shame, then resumes playing with Aragorn figurine
Stupid Sexy Flanders!!!
by timmycardinals on Oct 27, 2009 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions
The Hobbit....
…is my all-time favorite book, ever, ever, ever, bar none. It’s my ultimate ‘desert island’ book – it may not be as ‘epic’ as the trilogy, but it has humor that the LOTR never touches.
:=8)
Big McLargehuge!
:=8O
MooCow
is Cuddyer palatable to you?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
by cardball on Oct 27, 2009 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I too want to know this answer.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Oct 27, 2009 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes.
There have been those classes I’m sure. That wasn’t really my point. I can’t think of how to say it. But I do think HP is something worthy of study. I don’t think Rowling is the most talented writer and I’m sure that will be a point of discussion but it discusses stuff like marketing and other things unrelated to the actual story or writing. It’s a lot about why.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
As a marketing study, maybe
but certainly not as a study of the books themselves.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
But you have to study the books too to get your bearings.
It’s not an English class btw. I realize that may have been a misunderstanding. It’s a humanities non-literature thing. It’s more about marketing and the social implications and things I think. Every year they have these classes that are about different current events.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
That makes a lot more sense
It would be hard to do serious literary criticism with Harry Potter. I find it fine entertainment but not great literature. A class like the one you describe actually sounds kind of interesting.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
We do read the books and watch the movies.
But not to discuss their merit as literature.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
Yeah, I would think you'd have to make sure everyone had a knowledge of the material itself
Otherwise you couldn’t fully understand the appeal, which would mean it would be harder to understand the other aspects of the class.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
I think we may only watch clips of some of the movies
and maybe we’re required to watch all of them outside of class. We don’t have forever after all.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
OK
That makes much more sense. I thought you were taking a class that was discussing them in a literary context, like they’re fucking Shakespeare or something.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
Wait, who is Shakespeare effing?
That’s an interesting class.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of them are Asian." -Mike Shannon
they say it was the Dark Lady
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
she was, reportedly.
she was just rather dun.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
so she was a horse?

I knew that people back then were different, but I didn’t think they were that different. It makes the “my kingdom for a horse” line take on a whole new meaning…
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
I took a fairy tales class in college
M W 9:00-11:00
M: watch a movie, hand out related homework.
W: Discuss what the movie “Really Means”
Mizzou 37 - Illinois 9
if it were done well, that could be a good class, i think.
freud was big into fairy tales and their symbolism. i could write a good syllabus for that class. a little anne sexton thrown in.
sounds like the class was not put together well, though.
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
not an honors course
worked out great for me. combined with my T,R classes it meant no friday classes my senior year.
Freud was actually discussed frequently, especially with Little Red Riding Hood, IIRC. The movie we watched for that fairy tale was “Freeway”
Mizzou 37 - Illinois 9
Oh lord
I can’t ever totally believe Keifer Sutherland as a good guy because he was in Freeway. Freeway 2 was pretty bad, by the way. It’s based on Hansel and Gretel. There’s some cannibalism in it.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Bringing up Freeway
was my subtle way of mentioning that #1 on my famous person, so it’s not cheating list, is Reese Witherspoon
Mizzou 37 - Illinois 9
Kate Beckinsale is #3
to Reese Witherspoon’s #1? wow, man. just. wow.
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
well thats your problem maybe,
your using your head…
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
I don't think it's that weird
Celebrities like Kate Beckinsale are boring to me. I don’t get why so many actresses and models and the like are seen as so attractive when they seem kind of cookie-cutter to me. I find someone like Reese Witherspoon much more interesting.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
peppy blondes are very unique...
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
I just meant her facial features
I find that a lot of “pretty faces” in the eyes of the general populace are boring to me.
Personality is an entirely different issue, and I’m not willing to assume anything about the personalities of people who are paid to pretend to be other people.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
airbrushing freaks me out
I dunno. I like pores.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
I find all synthetic beauty to be creepy
Whether it’s photoshopping a magazine picture or implants or other purely cosmetic surgery. Just ick.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
it's funny how many people come full circle and make
themselves look worse through excessive intervention.
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
Maybe it's because
You saw her in the movie Twilight (1998), very revealing.
And now this discussion has somehow, inexplicably come full circle.
"There are three things the average man thinks he can do better than anybody else: build a fire, run a hotel and manage a baseball team."- Rocky Bridges
by That's a Winner on Oct 27, 2009 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Man In The Moon
Buddy of mine in the Navy had this movie and mentioned that Reese was going to be so hot when she grew up; She was 14-15 when she premiered in this film. Actually thought that Emily Warfield, her older sister in the flick, was the better looking one.
Don't argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. - anon.
Reese Witherspoon?
Really? I always picture that annoying kiss ass character from Election when I think of Reese Witherspoon.
She wouldn’t even be in my top ten, although my wife likes her, so just for the sheer possibility of getting consent she should probably move up, lol.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
By the way
Feel free to change the signature. I don’t want to think about football season.
Not afraid to nitpick
haha
at least Mizzou has beaten an actual Div I team this year…
now I have to take all the rave reviews of Illinois basketball with a grain of salt because of how over-hyped the football team was.
(they do look to be pretty good this year though)
Mizzou 37 - Illinois 9
Would have gone nicely with my Drugs class
All about illicit drugs, their effects, and political and public policy issues surrounding them. No sampling though, unfortunately.
by Ray Lankford on Oct 27, 2009 2:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I was told there would be no meth.
"on gameday it says duke loves to face the four seamer and hates to face the four seamer" -VolsnCards5
"perhaps it's a computer joke about the duality of man." -tom s.
by Tudor's Electric Fan on Oct 27, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Andre Agassi is talking about the past
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
I took a Science Fiction Class
It was pretty legit, and I needed it for a GE.
We watched Blade Runner, and a few others, as well as read some books. It was pretty sweet.
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by Cardinals645 on Oct 27, 2009 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions
There is some pretty literary sci-fi out there
I’ll bet you could put together a decent class about Heinlein or Philip K Dick or whoever.
Hey azruavatar; do baseball androids dream of electric umpires?
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
by mattybobo on Oct 27, 2009 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Off the top of my head
the books we read were Ender’s Game, Neuromancer, Island of Dr. Moreau (really wish I could think of a good Island of Dr. Morneau joke), and Solaris.
We watched BR, A Handmaid’s Tale, and at least one other I feel like, but I can’t recall.
Offseason Rumors : Me :: Unicorn Blood : Voldemort
by Cardinals645 on Oct 27, 2009 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions
FWIW
The Hardy Boys series is far older than the 50s. In fact, the first 26 titles were written before the 50s, and the first three titles were published in 1927.
/pedant
by SouthsideCardsFan on Oct 27, 2009 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions
+1 for Steely Dan reference
"She gone! Airplane time! Airplane Time!! AIRPLANE TIME." Boog
"I think those scorers must be from Mars or Venus. Or maybe they're just from that book." --Mike Shannon, 7/09/2009
Are you reelin in the years...
Best moment I've ever seen at a game in person
Looking forward to Cardinals baseball in 2010!
Stowin' away the tiiiiiiime?
BOYCOTT HASS AVOCADOS
by vexedtechie on Oct 27, 2009 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
It's not like vampire fetishism is new.
It’s always around – and has been for a very long time. Every once in awhile it goes mainstream.
Enh
Potter is a way more interesting story than Twilight. Neville Longbottom alone saves the series.
by Mulliganstew on Oct 27, 2009 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I just like to say
“Harry Potter” out loud in a British accent
by FlimtotheFlam on Oct 27, 2009 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions
That's pretty much how I really want everything to be.
Explosions and shit.
"Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it." - Whitey Herzog
by Bring Back Tommy Herr! on Oct 27, 2009 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I have no idea why that extra red box is in there.
"Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it." - Whitey Herzog
by Bring Back Tommy Herr! on Oct 27, 2009 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions
One of the things I find most interesting about Milwaukee
is that it’s the only major city in the country to elect three socialist mayors.
Sorry, I will always associate Alice Cooper with his amazing Wayne’s World cameo.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
The French Missionaries and Explorers
were coming to Milwaukee as early as the 1600’s to trade with the Indians. I don’t like trading with the Indians. Chris Perez? Anthony Reyes? Coco Crisp?
by Paralaranoid on Oct 27, 2009 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Isn't Milwaukee an Indian name?
Yes it is, Pete. It’s actually an Algonquin word, meaning “land of untucked jerseys.”
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
by mattybobo on Oct 27, 2009 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions 12 recs
+ 1
LOL!
I was not aware of that! Does this guy know how to pardee or what?!?
WE’RE NOT WORTHY! WE’RE NOT WORTHY!
by Paralaranoid on Oct 27, 2009 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow... GREAT!
rec’d
Best moment I've ever seen at a game in person
Looking forward to Cardinals baseball in 2010!
Last year when they discussed the postseason schedule I thought it was incredibly
stupid to play baseball this late. I don’t think you should ever play baseball when snow is remotely possible. Its bad enough playing in October in places like New York, Denver, or Detroit…though that one worked well enough for us. But to get into November is horible,
Couldn't agree more.
The real problem in my opinion is that the regular season starts too late and the magical allure of Double-headers are not used enough. I know that pitching-wise, it would be pretty taxing on some fragile bodies, but I would love to see a DH every two-weeks/month or so of the season, with the season starting a week or so earlier, allowing the games to only reach Mid-October rather than November. 154 or so games on the year wouldn’t be a tragedy either.
Stupid Sexy Flanders!!!
by timmycardinals on Oct 27, 2009 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions
This year,
the WBC is to blame for the late start to the season. I have not read Scoscia’s comments, but could he indirectly be criticizing the Classic?
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
I'd put more heat on the umps
the thing is, the off-days and much of the scheduling is because of the networks. it has no fuckall to do with the playing of baseball. you could start the regular season late and at the same length, keep the wild card, and get more of those games in.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Oct 27, 2009 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Not really.
He was actually more upset by the number of days off during the postseason. He said it is not representative of the actual sport, and that no team can successfully get in a rhythm because of the inconsistency of the schedule. I can’t really blame any of that on WBC. It’s more the incredible control that TV has on the postseason to the detrimant of the sport.
I really like the idea of a shorter season
but they lose $ so they won’t do it
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 27, 2009 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I think they should start the season earlier
And schedule as many games as possible in FL, TX, CA, AZ, etc. or in retractable-roof stadiums for the first few weeks. That way the weather is still (relatively) nice during the post season, when its impossible to know where the games will be played.
"I knew they were up to shenanigans." --TLR
and the Twinkies
could have their home opener on the 1st of June or so.
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
I have to disagree
I love baseball. The longer the playoffs go, the more baseball there is. I don’t want to hear about the weather either. I’ll play in zero degree weather or down pouring rain for a million bucks a year. Some guys work in terrible weather for much less pay.
when someone's middle finger falls off due to frostbite, you won't be so sanguine
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Oct 27, 2009 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions
"outfielder dies of exposure during ten run inning"
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Oct 27, 2009 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Corky better add a little blubber
to get ready for the preseason.
Center field in March:

"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
"'He didn't even call out or say anything,' said a middle infielder who had managed to range into center."
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
I heard
They’re making a sequel to Whiteout about Kobe’s investigations into a murder in center field.
by Mulliganstew on Oct 27, 2009 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions
no, he was trying to dig up the money
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
Sounds like a Goonies sequel
I like where this is going. Larue is Sloth, right?
by Mulliganstew on Oct 27, 2009 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I was actually thinking of Fargo
but now I like your idea
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
Colby is kinda funny-looking
in a general sorta way.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
While, as a female, your opinion matters more than mine
I must say, Colby is DEFINITELY funny-looking to me.
He'd look less bizarre if he could grow a mustache
It’s a shame.
by Mulliganstew on Oct 27, 2009 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I have weird taste.
I don’t always for the mainstream cute guys. For example, back to Twilight, I think Edward is rather unattractive. Even in HP as Cedric when he isn’t pale all the time.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
Fargo would be the only Coen Bros. film I've never seen
Boog is definitely Mouth though.
by Mulliganstew on Oct 27, 2009 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Barton Fink is their Most-Underrated Film

by Paralaranoid on Oct 27, 2009 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions
That picture is weird.
I don’t know anything about the movie, but that photo looks more like Egon Spengler/Harold Ramis than John Turturro.
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by Cardinals645 on Oct 27, 2009 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought it was Egon at first too.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Barton Fink premiered in May 1991 at the Cannes Film Festival.
Beating competition which included Jacques Rivette’s La Belle Noiseuse, Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever and David Mamet’s Homicide, the Coen brothers’ film won three awards: Best Director, Best Actor, and the top prize of Palme d’Or.147 This sweep of awards in major categories at Cannes was extremely rare, and some critics felt that the jury was too generous to the exclusion of other worthy entries.148 Worried that the triple victory could set a precedent which would undervalue other films, Cannes decided after the 1991 festival to limit each movie to a maximum of two awards.
by Paralaranoid on Oct 27, 2009 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
barton fink
is one the best films period
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
by prophetjohn on Oct 27, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
agreed
my favorite coen bros flick other than…well, you know.
"on gameday it says duke loves to face the four seamer and hates to face the four seamer" -VolsnCards5
"perhaps it's a computer joke about the duality of man." -tom s.
by Tudor's Electric Fan on Oct 27, 2009 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Rasing Arizona will always be my favorite
and yes, I have finally put The Big Lebowski on my netflix
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
by mattyfrommo on Oct 27, 2009 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
You're crazy...
One of the best comedies of all time, although Miller’s Crossing is by far my favorite Coen Bros. film
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
i have started Fargo a few times
never can finish it
by FlimtotheFlam on Oct 27, 2009 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Do you at least
watch until [redacted] goes to the [redacted] and gets [redacted]? It’s such a great [redacted] scene!
Fargo is the shit
John Smoltz for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by jd is legend on Oct 27, 2009 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Doncha know.
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
What are you watching?
Gophers
John Smoltz for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by jd is legend on Oct 27, 2009 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions
sounds good
of course, that’s what she always says
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
His life was in your hands, Boog.
And now we’ve come full circle.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Here's the problem:
Our lessons don’t include fattening him up. I like skinny guys… sorry. He’ll ahve to do that by himself.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
so we'll blame you?
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
No.
I’ll find him a nutritionist. Then you can blame them.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
I'm not sure I have confidence in your teaching ability
if you’re all for letting him waste away
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
No.
I just don’t feel equipped to give him what he needs to fatten up without being unhealthy. That’s why I would get a nutritionist.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
The kid's withering away
for cripes sake……
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
That could happen
sometime in March or early April next year in Twinkieville.
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
i think that is overblown
Minnesota avg temp in April is 57 degrees which is the same as St. Louis. The only difference is we do get a little more precipitation than they do.
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
there is no need to look at those numbers...
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
haha
I would like to see numbers about when they started playing night games in Minnesota. And if they tended toward day games during cooler months. We all know that MLB has skewed more and more towards night games over the years.
for the record i found
Avg Lows in April:
Minn= 36 deg
STL= 47 deg
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
thier first home night game is
Friday April 16th then not another one until the 20th. so it will be almost May before they play too many night games at home…
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
Because of the cold, I'm sure.
I was curious about the history of night games, too. I can’t find much, and I’m usually so good at the Google.
Also
found this photo, which shows snow on the field. This isn’t a new problem for Minnesota baseball, but it would’ve been if they’d tried to force night games.
an Ernie Broglio sighting!
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
Lets see
(STLavg – 10 degrees) = Kirksville Avg
by FlimtotheFlam on Oct 27, 2009 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions
More like 50.
That town is colder than shit.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of them are Asian." -Mike Shannon
They played baseball in April in Minnesota for 20 years prior to the Metrodome opening.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
they peed in outhouses in january in minnesota for 100 years.
that doesn’t make it fun.
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
are you kidding me?
that’s exactly what it makes it, FUN!
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
What do you mean, not for ladies?
You obviously fail to factor in one of the primary truths of male anatomy. Seinfeld did something on it once, I believe…
Here comes the funcooker!
by the red baron on Oct 27, 2009 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions
True.
But little of what you expose goes fleeing up into Box Canyon and barricades the entrance.
If you know what I’M saying.
Hmm… Box Canyon. I think I rather like that.
Here comes the funcooker!
by the red baron on Oct 27, 2009 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Me too.
I have no numbers but they play outdorr baseball in Cleveland and always have. I’m pretty sure Cleveland is probably somewhat comparable to Minnesota. It was worse in the old stadium because it was right on the lake too. Plus it snowed there on Opening Day recently.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions
outdoor*
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Detroit is pretty far north, too.
Detroit’s latitude is 42.4 degrees north. Minneapolis has a latitude of 43 degrees north.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
Detroit is on a lake
large bodies of water hold heat. as many lakes as Minnesota has, have you ever been to a tundra? large expanses of land covered in snow (and it WILL BE) hold no heat. oh yes, and in the city center, too?
however, I can get behind this if all the players are allowed to dress like ninja.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Oct 27, 2009 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I would travel thousands of miles
and pay handsomely to watch ninja baseball.
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
maybe this is what the MLB is shooting for with the WS
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Oct 27, 2009 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I live in Iowa.
I graduated from Northern Iowa and have made many a trip to the Twin Cities. I know of the tundra.
Detroit’s average low for the first half of April is in the mid-to-upper 30s. Minneapolis’ average low for the first part of April starts in the low-30s and rises to the mid-30s. So, about a 5-degree difference.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
I should elaborate that it affects temperature regulation
So my comment was more about the wild temperature swings…. which average out. Fresh snow in April is not unheard of.
And besides that, I’m sure you had the sense to wear a coat and layers when you made those trips. Like, you know, baseball players standing out in an open bowl close to a wind tunnel of a metropolitan area in spring.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
Two words....
wind chill.
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
the other thing is: extremities
that’s where heat is lost first. I don’t think these guys are literally going to freeze in their own sweat or anything.
and gee, we don’t have any players who need their toes and fingers and have gone on the DL because of minor injuries to their extremities.
that’s not even counting cramps.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
Are we talking about April baseball in the Twin Cities generally, or,
the Cardinals vs. Twins early April stadium opening exhibition?
I guess that I just don’t think it is going to lead to widespread injury and discomfort. At least not any more than playing in Chicago, Detroit, or Cleveland in early April. Would I have built a retractable roof if I were the Twins’ ownership? Yes. But, I don’t think it’s going to be Dante’s Hell to play there.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
we have a team chockful of injury-risks.
why is there not more worry? they could get lucky and hit a warm spot in the calendar, but if it’s two nine-inning games at the very beginning of the 2010 campaign, after weeks of playing in Florida…. I can’t not worry.
and how come the Cubs get to open Yankee Stadium and we get Target Field?
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
So long as Carp and Wagonmaker do *not* pitch, I'll be fine with it.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
just wait.....
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
What I love about the "Clerks" Dante
Is that he’s always complaining that he’s not even supposed to be there, which is what I expect someone in Hell would say.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
I suspect that's why Kevin Smith named the character Dante
"She gone! Airplane time! Airplane Time!! AIRPLANE TIME." Boog
"I think those scorers must be from Mars or Venus. Or maybe they're just from that book." --Mike Shannon, 7/09/2009
He's clever enough that I've always kind of assumed it too
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
aha, I found it!
keep Boog away from the handrails
by ubeddie on Sep 29, 2009 6:29 PM CDT
but somebody double dog dared him!
by stlwcards on Sep 29, 2009 6:30 PM CDT
http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2009/9/29/1061086/game-t-minus-6-open-thread#22013477
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
slightly creepier
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
I hate this so very much!
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Oct 27, 2009 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm kind of excited
and am contemplating getting tickets.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
I'd like to go.
Can’t see that happening though. My friend and I already decided to go to a Braves game in April, I don’t think I could do a trip to Minnesota too.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I am thinking about going too
but I need to find out what kind of liquor they serve first, because I sure the hell am not drinking beer outside in that kind of weather
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
yes but no one cares about those guys getting hurt
because they dont have tens of millions invested in them and hundreds of millions more on the line if they cant win because they got hurt…besides i dont think it is so much the players complaining i hear of it more from management and the media covering the games
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
My concern about the weather and scheduling
is that you play for six months under one set of conditions (mild weather, using 4th and 5th starting pitchers), and then everything changes in the playoffs. Play a few scheduled doubleheaders during the season to start the playoffs a week earlier and get rid of the extra off days to force teams to go deeper on their pitching staff.
MLBPA announced Comeback Player of the year.
I thought it had already been announced, but that must have been a different award. Regardless, no surprises here, Chris Carpenter.
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
he'll catch you....

via momup
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
it still amazes me that Wainwright has no fear
he’ll go “LOL you’re making the constipated face again” and then start imitating him. and Wainer lives to tell about it. he’s just that good.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
That's because Waino is Carp's protege
John Smoltz for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by jd is legend on Oct 27, 2009 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions
his greatest creation
so far.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
Im hoping Carp stays on as a pitcher until such time as Dunc decides to go somewhere
then takes over as pitching coach..
when I heard he spent all of his rehab time
studying how they deployed game plans — essentially studying Duncan — I started thinking that might be a really good idea. all that time…
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
This looks like the shot of the evil character from a movie,
like from The Omen.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
Carp's not evil. just determined to fuck up hitters.

and if he’s busy

"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
you sure he's not evil? with this simple gesture he ruined Soup's career

pretzels pretzels pretzels pretzels
keep saying it louder
he’ll find you
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
There is now a hole where the eyes of The Carpenter are fixed....
VivaElBirdos: Celebrating glorious mustaches since 2009
by redbirdnation8206 on Oct 27, 2009 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Bring back the cage match
Lugo vs Carp in a staring contest
by brackenthebox on Oct 27, 2009 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions
we might've done that during the regular season
could definitely be a great cage match
I was hoping to spread them out to last the whole offseason
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
forgive my jumping the gun
it’s community projections all over again
by brackenthebox on Oct 27, 2009 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions
momup survived
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
Thank you for the concern
It was touch ang go for awhile. He did stare a hole through the lens. Lucky for me I had protective goggles. Maybe that’s the reason for the stare. The goggles are quite attractive.
by momup on Oct 28, 2009 8:54 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Rainier Wolfcastle wasn't so lucky...

Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
damn it! he was on Mike and Mike
I could’ve listened to that.
I hate WWL so much….
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
*shudders
at the thought of losing his middle finger*
Aw, doesn that mean no more Smoltz for closer posts?
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
I still have my sig!
John Smoltz for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by jd is legend on Oct 27, 2009 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Someone fed the rec whore. . .
I know which were the two who did it too. I see you mstreeter06 & TNTinCO. I see you . . .
Future Redbirds - tracking Cardinal prospects for Cardinal Nation
by azruavatar on Oct 27, 2009 12:30 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I welcome our all seeing
robot overlords.
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
I admitted to it.
But at the time I didn’t no I was supporting whoring, because as discussed, I don’t roll that way.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions
thats what
Eddie Murphy and Hugh Grant said too…
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
ClemsonGirl was just giving JD a ride home is all
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
As long as I didn't drop him off outside of police station
I’m more of a friend than those Twilight people.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
what's the standard penalty for patronizing a house of rec prostitution these days?
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
He looks like a goblin or something in that picture
With the big ears and the bitter beer face and everything.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
he's no Muggle?
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
You know
when Red Baron announces an open thread it’s pretty much VEB speak for “get your geek on, folks.”
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Geekiest thing I've ever done:
I brought LOTR with me last night in case I wanted to watch it while writing my paper. Also discussed Elvish with my friend on the Library Bridge. And the three different kinds of elves. If being cool means I can’t like LOTR and HP, I don’t want to be cool.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
i dont think you will have to worry about that...
.
.
.
only joshing ya!
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
but you didn't bring the book
the hardbound books.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
is there some sort of nerd order of merit we could submit this for?
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
there's the Geek Hierarchy
http://www.brunching.com/images/geekchartbig.gif
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
it does seem to be from 2002
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
I'm not sure it's possible to be "less geeky"
than the bottom of that flow chart. That’s so geeky it’s practically self immolating.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
I could never watch or listen to anything while writing papers.
I was just freakish.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
Some people can't.
My Pandora station was too good so I never wanted to turn it off. So I didn’t watch it.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
Open thread means no rules against physics!
Discuss. I’m personally not too sure about Gauge-Gravity Duality.
I can’t even comprehend how anyone can begin to comprehend that stuff. Except then they do experiments and the data backs up what they’re saying, whatever it is that they are in fact saying.
Not afraid to nitpick
String theory bothers me because people who understand it are apparently bad at explaining it.
They always seem to start with “So, imagine the universe is actually made of tiny strings,” and then there is some stuff about the strings vibrating, because that’s what strings do and all. And then all of a sudden there are up to 11 dimensions and I’m like, “whoa, go back a step to the string thingies? That part made sense and then you lost me.”
Also, this.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Sweet Christ
Nothin’ like droppin’ particle fizzicks.
by Paralaranoid on Oct 27, 2009 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, A-Men
String theorists lose me instantly.
by peach concrete on Oct 27, 2009 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not sure I have to announce anything for that to happen, Matty.
Here comes the funcooker!
by the red baron on Oct 27, 2009 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Bitter beer face
Nice
John Smoltz for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by jd is legend on Oct 27, 2009 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions
It would only have been worse had I signed into my Mr Redbird account and rec'd myself
That is the first, and last time I will whore myself out for rec’s. I still will be more than happy to whore myself out for something that rhymes with “rec’s” though, if you know what I mean.
Thanks for the shoutout RB! I still want us to make John Smoltz our closer next year!
John Smoltz for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by jd is legend on Oct 27, 2009 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
BRING BACK MR REDBIRD!!!
jd is legend for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by stlcardinalsfang on Oct 27, 2009 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Dude, Chex isn't nearly good enough to whore yourself out for.
Go for an awesomer cereal, like Cinnamon Toast Crunch or something.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
by mattybobo on Oct 27, 2009 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
he was talking about k'nex, obviously.
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
by tom s. on Oct 27, 2009 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
i did it too
just to shut him up
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
Red should be ashamed for linking to it
that whole thing is despicable
pretzels pretzels pretzels pretzels
oh no you caught me lol
....my quick smells like french toast...
by mstreeter06 on Oct 28, 2009 12:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Yes please.
And cold. It’s not supposed to be this cold yet.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
Same.
Or it’s been freezing. I have not been to a dry handegg game all year.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
Welcome to Seattle.
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
My new favorite band a song about Seattle.
I thought of VEB.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
I hate the Rage virus
Or whatever it is I have.
by Mulliganstew on Oct 27, 2009 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Non+ed
“Dave Duncan is back after his hissy fit, Jose Oquendo still doesn’t seem to be getting much love for other team’s managerial jobs. Am I the only one a little nonplussed by the lack of new coaching blood?”
Call me crazy, but I tend to live by the logic that good coaches should be brought back. I’m far from nonplussed. In fact, I’m very plussed.
Ah, but that depends on what you think of the quality of the coaches in question.
Here comes the funcooker!
by the red baron on Oct 27, 2009 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions
True that
Duncan has an annoying personality, but he’s undoubtedly a good pitching coach. Any evidence I’ve seen to the contrary, statistical or otherwise, has always looked like a stretch to me.
I’ve never been sold on the idea that Oquendo is an awesome third base boach, but from what I understand he’s a remarkable fielding coach. Then again, so was guy who coached my freshman baseball team, so it can’t be that hard.
What is it Dave McKay does again?
by Mr. Baseball on Oct 27, 2009 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions
backrubs.
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
exactly.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
Ease up.
That is a Hall Of Famer you are talking about.
by Tom_Lawless_Bat_Flip on Oct 27, 2009 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Which wing?
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
joe morgan is in the HOF too.
doesn’t make him sacred.
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
Joe Morgan invented the manrub.
He also invented the backwards manrub with Davey Concepcion.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
you're out of control
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
i think you meant
the best damn back rubs by a first base coach with a stopwatch in his hand while slapping your ass with the other in all of baseball!!1
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
Evidence to the contrary:

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
i don't know. he picked up a nonentity and made him worth something (briefly).
the only thing to pick on the management of welly was a failure to relegate him to the pen or the DL in June or so.
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
rebuttal
TODD WELLEMEYER
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
I'll see your 2008 Wellemeyer and raise you...

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
Last year (2008),
it was 2.7 WAR. Imagine if we’d have gotten 1.8 WAR from Wellemeyer this year. I guess Duncan can only have one reclamation per season or something. (Which might be why the Colonel was good last year and Pineiro was a pinata.)
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
he sucked before he was with the cards and after.
FIP – 2005 (PIT): 5.04
FIP – 2006 (PIT/TEX): 4.82
FIP – 2007 (STL): 4.86
FIP – 2008 (COL/KC): 5.42
FIP – 2009 (WAS/CIN): 4.84
Just not a good pitcher. Like dave said, they do have to have SOME talent. In 2008, kip gave up 7.17 BB/9.
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
I inexplicably held down the shift key, turning a 7 into a &?
Holy crap.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
I just figured your were censoring such an offensive number
by brackenthebox on Oct 27, 2009 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
That sounds much better
I was doing that. Honest!
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
also, i read your "holy crap" in a peter griffin voice.
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
Does he say that?
I’m not a big Family Guy fan.
Peter Griffin is from Family Guy, right?
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Grammar Nazi alert!
If there’s a more misused five-dollar word than “nonplussed,” I don’t know about it.
What is going on with the word nonplussed? In the last year I’ve seen it used everywhere from The New York Times to the ESPN web site to mean ‘unimpressed’ or ‘indifferent’, when, as far as I can tell, the only correct definition is ‘confused’ or ‘perplexed’…
The correct meaning of nonplussed is ‘utterly perplexed; completely puzzled’. It’s derived from the Latin phrase non plus ‘not more, no further’—referring to a state in which nothing more can be done. To be nonplussed is to be at a total loss as to what to say or do. (In the Latin phrase, there should be a macron over the "o" and "u"—does anyone out there know how to do this in HTML?)
It’s puzzling as to how nonplussed has come to mean ‘undisturbed, unimpressed, indifferent’. The prefix non- means ‘not, no’, but the word plussed has no meaning in English. It’s likely that the negative prefix makes one think the meaning must be ‘not something’ rather than ‘utterly or completely something.’ Or there may be an analogy with unfazed, a word with a similar meaning…
Source: http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19991221
OK, now I’ll head back to my mother’s basement… :)
I object.
“Nonplussed” is a five-dollar word?
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
recession
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
I think I get why it's used wrong
People see “non” and “plus” and assume it means the opposite of “+1” which is especially important in an internet forum.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
by mattybobo on Oct 27, 2009 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
lots of baseball being talked about in this thread ;)
i fully support the mcgwire hiring as long as he comes clean at some point.
anyway, off to stats class!!

by stlcardinalsfang on Oct 27, 2009 2:16 PM EDT reply actions
fang, you're not wearing your coat
I thought this is Kirksville…..
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
This would be interesting.
McGwire’s next pupil profiles much like Skip; if Mark can make him hit like Skip, that would be great.
The big guy gets a new student in a few weeks: Brendan Ryan.
The Cardinals shortstop is going with Schumaker for this winter’s workouts. Shortly before Thanksgiving, Schumaker will begin working with McGwire in Orange County, Calif., three days a week.
Ryan will drive in from Los Angeles twice a week for instruction. McGwire’s first act as Cardinals hitting coach could be finding Ryan’s trigger.
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
I figured this was coming, but I'm still speechless.
The mental pictures!
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
also, I don't know that I want to know where Ryan's trigger is.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
I can only imagine...
“Ok Brendan, your swing doesn’t generate much power. The good news is that you bat from the right side, that’s where you hit dingers from. Now you’re good at mimicking batting stances, so when you get a good pitch, just go into your best right-handed Babe Ruth, or your best Mark McGwire, and hit it for a dinger.”
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
by mattybobo on Oct 27, 2009 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
This season is going to kick so much ass.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
I'm seeing more than one
the sparkly cute postings to go with Strauss articles… I’m waiting for that to blow up to be more inclusive.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
I'm crying.
on the other hand, now I am looking forward to more impressions.
but seriously, I am hoping Boog doesn’t get it into his head to bulk up too much. He’s got too many outstanding injuries to put too much stress on his joints.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
he needs to have his own stache
he approached it by the NLDS
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
This is funny...
Now Ankiel is reaaaaaaally gone from St. Louis. He bats from this awkward, wrong, everything-is-backward side of the plate. You cannot hit dingers from that side!
I want the Walrus back...
i hope Boog starts hitting dingers!
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
finding Ryan’s trigger
WTF? It’s not the saliva-activated shoulder switch?
by Paralaranoid on Oct 27, 2009 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions
that's what I thought it was!
they sure aren’t starting easy with Big Mac.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
Player coach is just around the corner.
“He told Albert, ‘If too many guys aren’t getting it, I’ll get in the cage and show you.’”
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
[weep]
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
Booooooooogwire

BOYCOTT HASS AVOCADOS
by vexedtechie on Oct 27, 2009 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
that's just scary.
but I applaud a good photoshop.
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
Nice...
he looks like an extra in a Guy Ritchie movie.
by Willie McGee's Twin on Oct 27, 2009 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions
you know what... if Boog's pre-swing (or trigger) routine changes in any way,
I’m crying foul.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
I don't think I ever thanked Felonious
for this little bit during the season. Every time BOOG came to the plate after I read that, It was the first thing to pop into my head. Endless chuckling ensued.
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
I think of this
http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2009/9/27/1057134/game-156-open-thread-sep-27-2009#21900268
[this post will be good for the sampler…. ]
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
We must have been thinking of this at the same time.
I posted it as a fanshot earlier today.
"She gone! Airplane time! Airplane Time!! AIRPLANE TIME." Boog
"I think those scorers must be from Mars or Venus. Or maybe they're just from that book." --Mike Shannon, 7/09/2009
didn't mean to step on your fanshot.
everybody go read andi’s fanshot.
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
Yes, yes, everyone please pay attention to me!! : )
Aww, I didn’t mean it like that. I just thought it was cool that we posted the exact same quotes.
My fanshot is essentially your post, plus me going all gaga over the prospect of Boog becoming a Skippy-caiber hitter.
"She gone! Airplane time! Airplane Time!! AIRPLANE TIME." Boog
"I think those scorers must be from Mars or Venus. Or maybe they're just from that book." --Mike Shannon, 7/09/2009
make that "caliber"
I’m at work…
"She gone! Airplane time! Airplane Time!! AIRPLANE TIME." Boog
"I think those scorers must be from Mars or Venus. Or maybe they're just from that book." --Mike Shannon, 7/09/2009
my comment about the upcoming burwell article was only off by a day.
burwell speaks about mcgwire as having a “sagging history” and a "tarnished legacy ". apparently, he also has a “stench.”
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
all gingers have that smell...
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
by nomar34 on Oct 27, 2009 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I heard she used an eraser.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
i was going to post one of my ginger pics
but i couldn’t find one that’s postable
pretzels pretzels pretzels pretzels
Brad Mills in hot seat in Houston
A Sauks man.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
Guys, I've had an epiphany
Watching ESPN2:
If Scott Van Pelt had a diamond-studded Scott Van Belt, he’d be incredibly Scott Van Svelte. However, if Scott Van Pelt was whipped by said Scott Van Belt, he would have a pretty gnarly Scott Van Welt.
Guess he has to play the hands he’s Scott Van Dealt.
BOYCOTT HASS AVOCADOS
Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
The commercial with Boras is awesome
SB: “He’ll have a sandwich named after him”
SVP: “The Scott Van Melt”
SB: “Delicious”
Boras’ deadpan > Rosenhaus’ lunchroom negotiations
Not afraid to nitpick
More than the Football Night in America co-anchors?
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
how many of them are there now?
jd is legend for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by stlcardinalsfang on Oct 27, 2009 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions
852
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
wow.
do they all even to get to say something in the 90 minutes or so that they have?
jd is legend for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by stlcardinalsfang on Oct 27, 2009 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
some of them draw on the telestrator
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
Anchors?
I would say Patrick and Oberman. I would say that Dungy and Harrison are analysts and Tiki is a correpondent. I don’t really know how to classify Costas, Collinsworth and Michaels, at the beginning of the show. It’s such an odd format, but I will say that I am certain Costas, Patrick, and Oberman give as many or more five-syllable words as Van Pelt.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
are peter king and jerome bettis gone?
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by stlcardinalsfang on Oct 27, 2009 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Bettis is gone, as far as I have seen.
King makes an appearance, but he stands and discusses things for 45 seconds and is then no longer on the show.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
so, he basically get a million bucks for a grand total of about 13 minutes of air time during the year...
awesome.
jd is legend for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by stlcardinalsfang on Oct 27, 2009 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I saw him on the Notre Dame NBC halftime show
on Saturday, by chance, and he was on for an extended period of time.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
which begs the question
why were you watching notre dame?
jd is legend for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by stlcardinalsfang on Oct 27, 2009 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Because football is dead in Missouri?
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up
jd is legend for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by stlcardinalsfang on Oct 27, 2009 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions
hahahahahaha
people who think iowa is legit are SO cute.
jd is legend for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by stlcardinalsfang on Oct 27, 2009 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions
they don't need to be legit
just need to go undefeated.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
to get ABSOLUTELY THROTTLED
by florida/alabama/texas.
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by stlcardinalsfang on Oct 27, 2009 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
if texas
no iowa
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
i disagree
i think one of the three will lose before their respective conference championship games, causing them to drop from consideration.
jd is legend for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by stlcardinalsfang on Oct 27, 2009 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions
i don't
that said, texas doesn’t impress me and i could see them losing conference champ game, opening door for iowa
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
no way texas loses to a north team
in all honesty, mizzou’s the best north team and texas just beat them 41-7 on the road on homecoming.
jd is legend for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by stlcardinalsfang on Oct 27, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions
isn't that the best any Big(11)Ten team can hope for
/tOSU
by brackenthebox on Oct 27, 2009 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions
the big ten is SO bad this year
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by stlcardinalsfang on Oct 27, 2009 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions
But, it isn't as bad as the Big 12, I don't think.
Outside of Oklahoma State and Texas, I don’t think that there is a truly quality team remaining in the conference. The Big Ten has Penn State, Ohio State, and Iowa ranked in the top 20.
Outside of those teams, each conference is full of underachievers and just plain bad teams.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
Plus the Big 10 is always this bad
so it’s hard to say they’re “bad.” This is an average Big 10 season.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of them are Asian." -Mike Shannon
I would expect better from someone who's not 17 years old...
by Willie McGee's Twin on Oct 27, 2009 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh I mean BIG TEN RULEZ!
Ohio State will get it done this year, just you see!
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of them are Asian." -Mike Shannon
Better...
but this time with feeling!
by Willie McGee's Twin on Oct 27, 2009 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions
no way you can actually think that
penn state and ohio state are the two most overrated teams in the land.
jd is legend for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by stlcardinalsfang on Oct 27, 2009 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions
"the land"
?
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of them are Asian." -Mike Shannon
Mizzou was throttled by Texas.
I don’t think that Iowa would get throttled by Texas. That said, I’m just hoping for the Rose Bowl, which we ought to get if the Hawks can win three of our last four games.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
Which Iowa team does Adrian Clayborne play for?
I always forget.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
The University of Iowa Hawkeyes
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
He's very, very good at tackle football.
And I heard that he had a stalker, who was arrested earlier this season. I don’t know if she watched him sleep or not, though.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
Um... creepy.
He just went to my high school is all.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
YEAH WEBSTER!!
jd is legend for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by stlcardinalsfang on Oct 27, 2009 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions
crap..as I was going back for rebuttal
to show that FL, Alabama, and Texas all have had relative squeakers against unranked teams and Why Iowa has beaten some very solid teams at those solid teams home, I saw that Iowa’s starting RB is out for season. Damn.
And the starting right guard.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
Prompts that question
but does not beg it. Maybe I should give up on this one…
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
by mattybobo on Oct 27, 2009 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I was killing time before the Iowa game,
which had a fourth quarter so dramatic that Jerry Bruckheimer is developing it into a feel-good sports movie.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
I don't know.
I didn’t watch that one. But, it did feature a hook-and-lateral, 30-yard TD pas with 1:30 left, and a game-winning TD by Iowa as time expired.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
We went into overtime.
3rd and 11 and Clemson needs at least a field goal to stay in it. Kyle Parker throws a bullet to Jacoby Ford who runs it in for a TD. Pretty exciting. Miami was ranked and we have been hugely underperforming all season and it was at Miami. It was pretty dramatic. I can’t tell form just reading a retelling of the Iowa game if it was more exciting though.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
Here's the video highlights (if the link works):
http://all-access.cbssports.com/player.html?code=iowa&media=146665
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
boo handegg.
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
by tom s. on Oct 27, 2009 5:59 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I will rec this.
Lets get back to twilight, or dating.
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
fuck that
let’s get back to physics
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
I think you mean phuck.
Sorry I’m trying to be a Phillies fan. Phan. Weirdos.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
Here, this will help.

Don’t forget the batteries:

"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
Darn you.
I was TRYING to forget the batteries. It makes it incredibly hard to be a Phillies fan when I remember that. The Ph beginning every word that starts with f is as far as I’ll go.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
Also,
this is what Phillies Phans will do.
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
That is what she said.
Many, many times.
by Tom_Lawless_Bat_Flip on Oct 27, 2009 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not really trying.
I’m more cheering against NY and for Cliff and Ryan Howard.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
There is nothing you can do.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Nope.
Well if you could make Colby Rasmus the boy I’m supposed to marry then maybe I’d do it, but seeing as you are not God…
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
It's a hunch.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
god would never root for the cowboys
by peach concrete on Oct 27, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Rec.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
why do you think there's a hole in the roof?
and i wasn’t talking about being God, i was talking about hooking her up with Cody
pretzels pretzels pretzels pretzels
Not what I said.
I said making him the boy I am supposed to marry.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
No.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
my bad,
i thought that saying meant everything
anyway, if you stop rooting for the Phills, i’ll see what i can do with Cody. but you gotta understand he’s not really into the whole marriage thing. it’s not going to be an easy sell.
pretzels pretzels pretzels pretzels
Would you really want to marry him?
I don’t know the guy, but he seems to hardly talk.
by peach concrete on Oct 27, 2009 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah but when he does
I love it. I bet he talks more than we know. He seems like one of those still waters run deep people. I also tend to make up people in my head so you know.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
why are you telling us
when you could be writing it on his windshield in lipstick?
"on gameday it says duke loves to face the four seamer and hates to face the four seamer" -VolsnCards5
"perhaps it's a computer joke about the duality of man." -tom s.
by Tudor's Electric Fan on Oct 27, 2009 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I've got some ocean front property in Nebraska you might be interested in.
He seems like one of those still waters run deep people.
Future Redbirds - tracking Cardinal prospects for Cardinal Nation
btw
apologies for not capitalizing God in that post – I know some people find that disrespectful. It wasn’t meant to be – just careless.
by peach concrete on Oct 27, 2009 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I forget who that guy was.
But if he’s not coming back as he was threatening to, then I get dibs on his screen name to use as an ironic alter ego.
I couldn’t help but think in the back of my mind that the guy was some genius social-prankster.
"on gameday it says duke loves to face the four seamer and hates to face the four seamer" -VolsnCards5
"perhaps it's a computer joke about the duality of man." -tom s.
by Tudor's Electric Fan on Oct 27, 2009 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Why
did you put this here? I already can’t tell who you’re responding to.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Have you tried
Watching him when he sleeps?
by FlimtotheFlam on Oct 27, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
PCL trophy making the rounds
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
so, half this thread is a tangent about twilight?
tl;dr
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
What did you expect on a Tuesday free for all?
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
no. what is twilight?
jd is legend for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by stlcardinalsfang on Oct 27, 2009 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions
From what I've gathered,
It is some strange phenomenon that cause tween (and sometimes older) girls to approve of stalking, the paranormal, and will usually end in some weird Pilgrimage to the west coast of the US.
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
you win.
jd is legend for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by stlcardinalsfang on Oct 27, 2009 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions
or you just have better things to do with your time...
jd is legend for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by stlcardinalsfang on Oct 27, 2009 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions
how crepuscular!
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
Yahoo even has a
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
Twilight
–noun
1. the soft, diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, either from daybreak to sunrise or, more commonly, from sunset to nightfall.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
reminds me
of Chevy trying to market the Nova in Mexico.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
sin gas = without gas.
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by vexedtechie on Oct 27, 2009 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Arccosecant?
Sometimes I hate being a math nerd.
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by vexedtechie on Oct 27, 2009 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm secant tired of being a geek.
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by vexedtechie on Oct 27, 2009 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
OT: Firefly fans
Did anyone catch “Castle” last night? If not, catch it on ABC.com and watch the opening scene — I think you’ll enjoy…
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
Is that show good?
It’s weird enough that in “Bones,” Angel is working under pseudonymously as some sort of cop or something, and somehow figured out how to walk around during the day. I’m not sure I can suspend disbelief quite enough to buy that Captain Malcolm Reynolds has been transported back through time and is pretending to be a mystery novelist who helps solve crimes, and as such I haven’t checked out “Castle” yet.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Nathan Fillion is tremendously entertaining.
And I’m pleased that he isn’t slumming it on Desperate Housewives any longer. That show swallowed up Special Agent Dale Cooper and Captain Malcolm Reynolds!
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
I simply watch it on the basis
that Stana Katic is attractive and Nathan Fillion is awesome.
It’s a pretty straightforward police procedural, but it’s fairly well written and is a pretty good show.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
That was great.
Even if it made me wish I were watching “Firefly” instead of “Castle.” And the daughter’s comment about letting it go after five years hit a little too close to home.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
Yah, I know
That was pretty biting comment that made me laugh and then look around to make sure that nobody saw me do it before swallowing and continuing to watch the episode.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
They even had him in a brown coat for the initial Castle webpage,
which, of course, in a fit of nerdiness, prompted me to email the page’s link to my friends with the intro, “Your coat is kind of brownish in color.”
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
I'll say it.
Everyone out there. If you don’t think Firefly should be used as an example on how to write a show. Screw You.
by Tom_Lawless_Bat_Flip on Oct 27, 2009 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I think it violated the first rule of television...
Everyone on the show had the same color hair (except the guy from Barney Miller). And with a huge ensemble cast, I could never tell who was who (except the guy from Barney Miller).
Fish was on Firefly?
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
They all look identical.

Impossible to tell apart.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
Wash was a blond
And trust me, I’m not going to confuse Inara with any of the other female cast members. Although the idea of two women on the show that look like Morena Baccarin would probably send me to “my bunk”. Same thing holds true for “Yo-saff-bridge” (Mrs. Reynolds).
Don't argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. - anon.
Yo-saff-bridge is a perfect example of a woman who should not lose weight (from elsewhere in thread)
Just stay the same.
“She has a name!”
“So does this! I call ’er Vera…”
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
steve phillips
in rehab, for sexual compulsion. his wife filed for divorce.
and the woman is fired. no cause given.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Is psycho cause?
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
that's what's funny (or sad)
they didn’t need to give cause.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I like your way better,
and yes TLBF, that’s what she said.
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
Awesome, maybe he'll be on the next season or Dr. Drew's Sex Rehab
I’m not making that up. That’s an actual show.
"She gone! Airplane time! Airplane Time!! AIRPLANE TIME." Boog
"I think those scorers must be from Mars or Venus. Or maybe they're just from that book." --Mike Shannon, 7/09/2009
*sigh* ... I mean "of"
"She gone! Airplane time! Airplane Time!! AIRPLANE TIME." Boog
"I think those scorers must be from Mars or Venus. Or maybe they're just from that book." --Mike Shannon, 7/09/2009
I can't figure out.
Is Drew a douche or not?
by Tom_Lawless_Bat_Flip on Oct 27, 2009 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions
You know, for the longest time I was firmly of the opinion that he really was a douche.
But since I have watched his rehab reality shows, I think he really does care about his clients and is, frankly, quite intelligent and insightful and a skilled therapist to boot.
I didn’t expect a reality show could ever raise my opinion of somebody.
But I had a very negative impression of him from his Loveline days.
"She gone! Airplane time! Airplane Time!! AIRPLANE TIME." Boog
"I think those scorers must be from Mars or Venus. Or maybe they're just from that book." --Mike Shannon, 7/09/2009
I'm a recent finder of Carolla/Drew's show
and have been listening to the old shows. I’m beginning to think Carolla is a legit funny guy.
by Tom_Lawless_Bat_Flip on Oct 27, 2009 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions
The Man Show when he and Jimmy Kimmel were on it was gold
John Smoltz for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by jd is legend on Oct 27, 2009 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions
the X show was so much better
kimmel is a piece of human garbage & carolla is too
pretzels pretzels pretzels pretzels
End Women's Suffrage
Is one of my favorite skits of all time
by FlimtotheFlam on Oct 27, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
except he is NOT a therapist
but a MD who specializes in addiction
he just plays a therapist on TV/radio
/me deals with the hospitals he works for in his day job and is actually a trained therapist
sorry, I should have said clinician
"She gone! Airplane time! Airplane Time!! AIRPLANE TIME." Boog
"I think those scorers must be from Mars or Venus. Or maybe they're just from that book." --Mike Shannon, 7/09/2009
Ok then trained therapist.
Why do I have this unhealthy obsession with women with large racks? That is my hell.
by Tom_Lawless_Bat_Flip on Oct 27, 2009 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions
mommy issues?
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
you read too much maxim?
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
mmm please describe this obsession....
and how does this impact your day…..
/me jots down some notes
who's going to hire this guy ever? he got fired from the mets for doing the same thing, right?
he’s a walking liability. i’d be surprised if this young woman doesn’t win a substantial amount of money.
if i were espn, i’d be trying to make nice with her about everything.
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
espn put her in harm's way
i’m sure lawyers are lobbying for her case
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
The story I heard was there was some sort of settlement
with the girl when he was with the Mets. I’d be really surprised if this girl didn’t hire a lawyer also. Makes him seem unemployable to me.
by Tom_Lawless_Bat_Flip on Oct 27, 2009 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions
that letter to the wife is priceless (and the facebook stuff, etc)
the only way she wins any money is if ESPN just pays for the hassle to go away. No way her lawyer is dumb enough to risk trial.
by Willie McGee's Twin on Oct 27, 2009 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Ya ,
the facebook stalk of his son was probably over the top.
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
No, because
then it would be romantic.
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
he made her crazy
unless of course she already was
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
The glare of his spray-on tan hypnotised her.
by Tom_Lawless_Bat_Flip on Oct 27, 2009 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions
saw an interview with her and
that’s what she said
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
it had to be a compulsion to bang that warpig
by Willie McGee's Twin on Oct 27, 2009 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Warpig......
Yadi, add it to the glossary, this one’s a keeper.
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
by RiverRat on Oct 27, 2009 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
dude, how many warpigs do we know?
I’d rather watch for more usage.
(and if so, step away slowly.)
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
I now have a plan for winter.
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
aha
sorry, can’t go into the glossary. doesn’t originate in VEB.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
you and your rules.
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
I'm sure there's some other meme you can popularize
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
That was already killed.
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
look on the bright side
…uh. hmm.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
I'd rather just step away
I know it is fun and all to make fun of the ugly people, but is this topic really fun anymore?
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
can we call
fielder "warpig’? It’d be a shame to waste a word like that.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I would prefer Papelbon, but I suppose Fielder works
I don’t know why, but Papelbon always looks a bit piggish to me
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
you're right
well, they’re both warpigs then.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
WARpigs.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of them are Asian." -Mike Shannon
there's the winnar.
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
what are they good for?
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
Riverdance?
Oh wait, I guess, absolutely nothing.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
subconsciously
he wants to be her. thus the look-alike aspect that was much discussed.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
well done.
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
f'ing funny
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Why must I be a Redskins fan?
Thinking of switching to the Rams, any openings?
by Tom_Lawless_Bat_Flip on Oct 27, 2009 6:17 PM EDT reply actions
I don't know if switching to the Rams would be much better.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
Unfortunately for the Rams
There are no left tackles or QB’s worth taking #1 next year. Time to pull a Belichick and trade down for more picks.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
It's almost impossible to trade down from the top spot
but if there’s any chance they can, I hope the Rams take it.
by brackenthebox on Oct 28, 2009 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions
You can...it's just you never feel like you're getting a fair deal
because, you know that $60M guaranteed to JaMarcus Russell is much better than whoever you could have taken at #7 (cough, Adrian Peterson, cough), a second rounder (Kevin Kolb), and two late rounders.
Because, when you can tie up a QB who’s never run a pro offense for $60M, YOU HAVE TO DO IT.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
Maybe that's what's going on, but I doubt it
I think you’d have trouble trading the 1st overall pick for the 7th straight up given the financial obligations
by brackenthebox on Oct 28, 2009 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
No, you wouldn't.
If you took Russell at 7 instead of 1, he still would have held out camp for big $$$ because he’s still the first QB off the board and was projected at #1. Brady Quinn did that, so did Michael Crabtree just this season.
FWIW, this is why you should take defensive and offensive lineman at the top of the first round if you can. I can’t think of an offensive lineman taken in the top 10 that hasn’t been worth his money in terms of games played and production. A lot of them anchor the best lines in the NFL (Vikings, Dolphins, Jets, etc.) The shelf life on a offensive lineman is also longer than on a RB. Houston was chastised for “wasting” their top pick on a defensive end, yet he’s been to two Pro Bowls and is one of the best defensive ends in the league, whereas the guy they passed on can’t get carries or put up yards in the fun n gun Saints offense.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
Maybe I should've said
that I might not trade the 7th pick for 1st in the likely event that I were running a pro draft, especially if I’m drafting a skill position. Crabtree and Quinn held out, and then got basically their slot price with extra escalators (which, if attained, made the players huge bargains, anyways). There’s no way Russell gets that contract if he’s picked at 7, even if he’s the first QB off the board. (Crabtree wasn’t even the first WR).
As to the drafting lineman comment, I 100% agree. The only mistake the Texans made was not trading out of the pick (if they had the option). Other than that, I supported the Williams pick at the time (and still do, obviously).
by brackenthebox on Oct 28, 2009 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Mike Williams
I can’t think of an offensive lineman taken in the top 10 that hasn’t been worth his money in terms of games played and production.
In any event, I think OT has been seen recently as having the least risk at the top of the draft. Defensive lineman are still seen as risky – DeWayne Robertson, Johnathan Sullivan, Gaines Adams, etc.
by Willie McGee's Twin on Oct 29, 2009 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Peyton Manning worked out pretty well as a #1 pick
John Smoltz for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by jd is legend on Oct 28, 2009 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Is Bradford not worth it?
I honestly don’t know.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
He the one with only one shoulder left?
by Tom_Lawless_Bat_Flip on Oct 28, 2009 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I really don't know anything about his injury.
I know he’s having surgery and said he would enter the draft after surgery. But that’s it. I don’t know what people think about how it will affect him in the future.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
uncapped year ahead
get ready for some spending
by brackenthebox on Oct 27, 2009 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I gave up on the Rams
I am Saints fan this year
by FlimtotheFlam on Oct 27, 2009 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions
you like the friggin cowboys??
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 27, 2009 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Get out of my car. Now.
BOYCOTT HASS AVOCADOS
by vexedtechie on Oct 27, 2009 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Get out of my dreams and into my car?
I see how it is, Billy Ocean.
…just re-downloaded that song today, haha
BOYCOTT HASS AVOCADOS
by vexedtechie on Oct 27, 2009 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
it's an underrated tune
and i can’t help my love for the Boys, i grew up watching them
pretzels pretzels pretzels pretzels
Real team?
When was the last time they won anything?
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
SC just said that
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
Was just coming here to post that,
link on Yahoo.
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
whoop-de-do
whoop-de-fucking- do
I wish these assholes would quit trying to make a buck off of these kind of confessions.
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
andre agassi is culturally relevant?
really?
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
there's a course on him...
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Honors level no less.
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
Divided into 2 eras.
Pre and Post long hair.
by Tom_Lawless_Bat_Flip on Oct 27, 2009 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Haha, I heard about that earlier today.
Headin’ to Andre’s house to see if he has leftovers.
Booyah.
BOYCOTT HASS AVOCADOS
by vexedtechie on Oct 27, 2009 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Dan is still in Japan
Haven’t heard from him but I’m sure he will have a suitcase full of prospects for the Cardinals.
(trying hard to resist urge to make inappropriate joke about the size of Japanese prospects....)
by Willie McGee's Twin on Oct 27, 2009 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions
to Dan's mom??
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
i hope he claims them at customs
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
i hope he at least pokes some holes in the top of the suitcase for them.
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
they are going to eat all the pocky
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
cut them.
cut them now.
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
So....I am about to become a home owner,
and it has prompted me to look at things such as water faucets.
Where are we as a society when we need to color code hot and cold water?

"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
c h i l d r e n
The majority of children ages 4 and under who are hospitalized for burn-related injuries suffer from scald burns (65 percent)
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
gotta learn one way or the other
getting scalded is a much more time efficient way of teaching them
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
you take your baby einstein videos and shove it
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
yeah, but is colored running water going to prevent accidental scalds? or encourage kids to stick their
hands in the water because “ooh, pretty red water!”? i can tell my kid the water is hot five times and she’ll still put her hand in. it’s not a lack of information; it’s fascination and an inability to grasp the scalding consequence.
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
the parent would know, though
when the kid messes with the tap when their back is turned
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
it's not dyed; it's little LCD lights, i believe. so, no staining.
also, i would know if she sticks her hand in the hot water b/c she’d be screaming.
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
and we're back to the point. hahaha.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
sadly there were more "hahaha"s in there.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
^ the tap itself, not the water.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
This is 2009.
Can we please stop segregating the colored water from the rest of the water?
First the guy won’t marry the inter-racial couple then this.
by Tom_Lawless_Bat_Flip on Oct 27, 2009 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions
it's all the same water.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
this fountain shoots red
and this fountain shoots blue
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
you ever notice
how the red water always drips like “tap tap” and the green water always drips like “bloop bloop”?
"on gameday it says duke loves to face the four seamer and hates to face the four seamer" -VolsnCards5
"perhaps it's a computer joke about the duality of man." -tom s.
by Tudor's Electric Fan on Oct 27, 2009 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Turn down the hot water then
I looked at my hot water heater recently and realized it was set at like 135 instead of the recommended 120, if you read the guide included with your water heater it will probaly tell you how quickly you can get burned from the various temps it can be set at. At 120 it takes almost 10 minutes to burn, at 125 that is down to about 2 minutes, and by 150 it is aroudn 2 seconds. If you keep the temp down burns shoudl go down.
"Come test me every day if you want," says Pujols, "Everything I ever made in this game I would give back to the Cardinals if I got caught."
Keeps your gas bill low, too!
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of them are Asian." -Mike Shannon
I have to say I have been rather impressed
With how many posts we are getting now in the “Off season”
A year ago
The main post only 64 posts
by FlimtotheFlam on Oct 27, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions
We have twilight now.
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
and crazy offseason moves. you can't turn around for five minutes.
I think most of us are just waiting around for the news that Matt Holliday is now a pitcher.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
Well, I guess you can quit beating that drum.
And didn’t you say …..roughly a million? He held out and got the extra 50g’s.
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
interesting. they have a sick outfield.
gabe and gabe. bj. carl crawford. zobrist. matt joyce coming up.
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
the article i read
said he was worth something like 7 mil this year. was he a free agent, and if so, why didn’t he get at least 2 elsewhere?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
How in the world can Detroit afford a $130M payroll?
Detroit is a ghost town. Can’t give away a house there.
yeah
that really doesn’t make much sense
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 27, 2009 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions
If Bill Gates owned a MLB team in Chattanooga, TN
He could have a $130 million payroll
John Smoltz for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by jd is legend on Oct 27, 2009 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Should be an exciting 12-24 months...
for the NBA. I predict bankruptcies, league takeovers, possible unmet payrolls.
MB for LF in 2010!
Really?
I don’t follow NBA at all. Is the league doing that bad? Maybe the team in Memphis will fail so the Redbirds get better attendance.
by FlimtotheFlam on Oct 27, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
The nba has been...
doing it’s version of the housing bubble… like when homeowners would get bs appraisals then get a second/third/fourth mortgage on the phony valuation. NBA teams have been signing guys to insane contracts with the understanding that the salary cap would rise and kind of wipe away their mistake. Now the cap is set to shrink, they can’t give away tix etc etc… and the insane contracts keep coming.
MB for LF in 2010!
wow
tony looks so young
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
I have a question for anyone who's been to college:
Does/did anyone else love going to the library? Or am I just crazy?
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
I did
but part of that was because the GF at the time and I had found an awesome makeout nook.
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
I did not like sudying there
but Mizzou’s library was pretty cool to explore. Huge place with lots of narrow pathways and shadowy secluded areas that looked like they hadn’t been visited in ages.
Oh-- missed your post
See below about how I <3 MU’s library
"She gone! Airplane time! Airplane Time!! AIRPLANE TIME." Boog
"I think those scorers must be from Mars or Venus. Or maybe they're just from that book." --Mike Shannon, 7/09/2009
My favorite place is the libary quiet room
I go to the library all the time.
by FlimtotheFlam on Oct 27, 2009 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions
We have these little cubicle-like things that I love.
You have your own little room to yourself. During Finals these things are impossible to come by.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
I really liked the smaller libraries at my school.
Like the math library or the chem library.
But I spent much more time in the dining hall – Captain Crunch dispensers.
by peach concrete on Oct 27, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Unfortunate;ly the dining hall closes at 8.
Otherwise I’d stay there. Ice cream.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
The library at my school
was the biggest school library in Central America. Its roof had an observatory. It was my private hideout. I used to go there to relax, skip class and impress girls with the view.
As in going in the library, nope. Never. There are books there. Shivers…
I want the Walrus back...
Depends on what you're doing at the library...
I never did a lot of studying there because total silence somehow makes it hard for me to focus. I did a lot of reading in the stacks, which also served as a great spot for dead-dropping sports bets before the internet sportsbooks.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
I have my headphones in
so it’s not total silence.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
Of course. MU has an awesome library that you can get lost in.
I even worked there, both as a student and later as a staff member, because I liked it so much. It just smells sooo good, like old books and coffee.
"She gone! Airplane time! Airplane Time!! AIRPLANE TIME." Boog
"I think those scorers must be from Mars or Venus. Or maybe they're just from that book." --Mike Shannon, 7/09/2009
I did...
only because the roommate and I didnt have a computer because we spent all of our student loan money on booze and DVDs.
I crawled the earth, but now I'm higher, 2010 watch it go to fire!
by First mammal to wear pants on Oct 29, 2009 1:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Well, I have been thinking
which is never good, because that usually means I should be doing something productive, but am too lazy to do such an action. Anyway, to the less selfish part.
Chien Ming Wang? Wang is a non tender candidate for the Yanks, but I don’t tihnk that they would want him. They have Sabathia, Burnett, Hughes, Chamberlain, Kennedy, Pettitte if they resign him. I just think that they might want to cut ties with him and sign another starter like Lackey (I’m assuming they have the money, which is always yes). He has great career statistics. Now, he made have had an injury riddled year last year, which contained a WHIP over 2. However, I see it as a fluke, and the Yankees know they can win without him. I think he would be perfect for Duncan’s magic.
Would anyone bite if he were available?
"Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does all the work"
-Mark Twain
obviously he would have to be reasonably healthy.
but if so, absolutely. he won’t command much. perfect low risk, high reward guy.
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
Maybe.
Like tom s. said low risk/high reward but I just get pictures of that 15 run second inning when I think of him. Obviously that’s not a reason not to think about picking him up though.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
tee-hee
wang.
"on gameday it says duke loves to face the four seamer and hates to face the four seamer" -VolsnCards5
"perhaps it's a computer joke about the duality of man." -tom s.
by Tudor's Electric Fan on Oct 27, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
prospective pitching coaches beware
pulling Wang will make jesus cry.
"on gameday it says duke loves to face the four seamer and hates to face the four seamer" -VolsnCards5
"perhaps it's a computer joke about the duality of man." -tom s.
by Tudor's Electric Fan on Oct 27, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
but what if he is still sore
from the last time he played?
by FlimtotheFlam on Oct 27, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
cause for concern
wang injury
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I would, depending on cost
Remember that they also have Kei Igawa wasting away in the minor leagues and making $4M a year for a couple of more seasons too.
If you could get him in a 1Y$5M deal, or a 2Y$8M deal with incentives for innings, I think that would be a very, very good gamble. I think that’s one pitcher who could do a lot under Duncan’s tutelage.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
Haha
I was just thinking, “‘Hollirosa.’ Man, that person’s nom de VEB is going to be irrelevant in like five months.”
Hopefully you’ll only have to change one part of it.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
or ask someone to change their name.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
just think when I move out of Chicago
how dumb mine will be
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 27, 2009 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Despite what some of y'all may think
my name will stay relevant forever. Once a Clemson Girl, always a Clemson Girl.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
And
I’ll never forgive John Tudor for what he did to me. Some things are just timeless.
"on gameday it says duke loves to face the four seamer and hates to face the four seamer" -VolsnCards5
"perhaps it's a computer joke about the duality of man." -tom s.
by Tudor's Electric Fan on Oct 27, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I will always be matty from mo
and will always be a fan of MattyMo
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
by mattyfrommo on Oct 27, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Hello?
The greatest bat flip of all time, right here.
by Tom_Lawless_Bat_Flip on Oct 28, 2009 9:18 AM EDT up reply actions
hey, guys, only $40 for '09 nl central champs hoodies (click the pic)
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
just ordered this
and a rasmus away jersey tee
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
by prophetjohn on Oct 27, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Where can that be found?
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
Finally
something to pull over my tino martinez jersey.
"on gameday it says duke loves to face the four seamer and hates to face the four seamer" -VolsnCards5
"perhaps it's a computer joke about the duality of man." -tom s.
by Tudor's Electric Fan on Oct 27, 2009 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
i am about to starting selling my leftover Che clothes cheap
I just want to get rid of them. I was thinking of selling the Hoodies for $20
by FlimtotheFlam on Oct 27, 2009 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
oh shit!
i forgot about that. was kind of wanting a che hoodie. the url is on the front now?
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
by prophetjohn on Oct 27, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, that's where i saw it
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
by prophetjohn on Oct 27, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Ahhhh
that makes more sense. I’ve never seen it, but the main guy was on Undeclared, which I enjoyed immensely.
by peach concrete on Oct 27, 2009 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions
It was about a group of college freshmen...
It was only on for a season, by the guys who made Freaks and Geeks. But a warning – Seth Rogan is in it. People seem to really like him or really hate him. Most of the episodes are on youtube.
I liked it because it was pretty low-key… but I’ll concede that it’s also kinda goofy.
by peach concrete on Oct 27, 2009 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Undeclared
Loved that show. Wish it and Freaks and Geeks would have lasted longer
If that show came out now
It would get a huge following and be on for multiple seasons. This is what “The 40 Year Old Virgin” has done for Judd Apatow’s career.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
i have a question for the women of VEB
no, not that one. perverts
what do you all think of Alyssa Milano’s baseball clothing line Touch? do you like it? do you hate it? if you like it have you bought anything from it or has someone bought it for you? do you have any thoughts about it good or bad?
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is it weird that i can picture you
sitting in front of your computer in said thong Googling Milton Bradley pics…
Chicago Cubs: The first century was funny...this second one is just sad...
another picture that makes me thankful for subject lines.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions
you do know
when they said implants, they were talking about hair, right?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
If you'd just bring a baggie, ....
you’d have a better place to carry that summer squash.
by etp_stl on Oct 28, 2009 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I have the Indians jacket.
And I want the pants but I don’t know if they make Indians pants. Also they don’t seem to make indians bikinis, which is sad.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions
And
I would have bought the Cardinals jeans but they are way too much money.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess the Indians stuff is on the clearance rack
by FlimtotheFlam on Oct 27, 2009 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I think they just don't make as much stuff for small market teams.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions
no
he said clearance rack!
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I know.
But I said I haven’t even seen the Indians pants, clearance or otherwise. The jacket was on sale because I bought it in July. And everyone’s jacket was on sale.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I have a shirt and a hoody from the touch line.
I like them both, especially the T-shirt.
Why are you asking?
by cardsgirl95 on Oct 27, 2009 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions
he likes the feeling of women's clothing
so it might as well be baseball related
by FlimtotheFlam on Oct 27, 2009 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm in the library!
Stop making me laugh out loud!
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
24 hours.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Most transvestites fancy women
A transvestite told me that.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Probably one who lived in a cave or something.
Certainly not an executive transvestite.
Here comes the funcooker!
by the red baron on Oct 28, 2009 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions
It's more like, running, jumping, climbing trees
and then putting on fabulous makeup.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Oh, so an action transvestite. Gotcha.
Here comes the funcooker!
by the red baron on Oct 28, 2009 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions
As we all know, the most important element in war is the element of Surprise.
And what could be more surprising than the first ever Transvestite Brigade?
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
NOBODY
expects the Spanish Inquisition!

"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
Cake?
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
Give him cake!
We’re gonna run out of cake at this rate…
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
....
/ sits down in comfy chair to eat cake.
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
Ever had sex while camping?
I heard it’s in tents.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
cave sex is pretty good
but isnt all of it?
I crawled the earth, but now I'm higher, 2010 watch it go to fire!
by First mammal to wear pants on Oct 29, 2009 1:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Mixed reviews from me...
I really like some of the pieces, but others look cheesy to me. Of course most of it is designed for women younger thanI am..
Shopping for someone?
by peach concrete on Oct 27, 2009 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
actually i just read an interview she did where she said all the pink MLB hats offended her
so that’s why she started touch. i don’t understand why the pink hats & stuff would offend her, but i’m not a woman. no matter how much jd wants me to be.
and who would i shop for? the crickets down here in the basement? silly peach,,,,
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I don't really get the whole pink hats thing...
My team wears red and blue. So that’s what I wear.
by peach concrete on Oct 27, 2009 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Because it's stupid.
Why would you support your team using pink instead of team colors? It makes no freaking sense.
Plus, I hate cotton candy pink.
I was under the impression that almost all men liked pink
but maybe that is just me
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
all but 10%
i hear.
wait! yeah…if you think about it further, almost 100%.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I like my pink hat.
But really only because Colby signed it. Someone got it for me. It’s the only Cardinals hat I own. Also for everyday use it makes more sense. I have more pink. When I go to games I usually wear the team colors though.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions
It's the only Card hat I own
because I used to have a Cardinal bow that I always wore. I lost that though. I need a new one.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 27, 2009 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions
They better.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 28, 2009 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions
You should tell this to all the NFL players wearing hot pink this season
I don’t understand the male fascination with wearing pink to support breast cancer research, as if people don’t know that breast cancer exists. Spend all the money you’re spending on pink gloves, shoes, and armbands and use that the, I don’t know, RESEARCH CURES FOR BREAST CANCER MAYBE?!?!?!?
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
I think breast cancer has enough awareness already
You don’t see many ribbons for prostate cancer (though you might see some). How about colorectal cancer or pancreatic cancer or endometrial cancer? Nah. It’s probably at least partially a political thing, so I will stop there.
Long story short, the silliness that comes with “awareness” issues in general annoys me too.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
More and more women are getting breast cancer.
It’s a huge problem. BUT, spending money on pink shit is stupid.
I won't dispute that
But it has got to be the most “awarenessified” cancer out there, and I’m starting to worry that other types of cancer are getting the short shrift because breast cancer awareness has become such a huge movement.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Here's how it should work:
One cancer society. Outrageous, I know. Money divided based on percentage of people affected on a yearly or semi-yearly basis. For example, if 35% of cancer is breast cancer, 35% of money goes to fund research. Etc.
Cold? Yes. But also practical.
I don't really agree.
I think your division happens on its own, as people typically give money to the type that has most affected them. That would lead you to believe that the distribution will be divided already based on prevalence.
Of course, the politicizing of charities adversely affects that distribution. However, I don’t see how more political control will improve that situation.
Personally, I believe that it would make more sense to pick one and devote all of your resources to it. Then, move to the next one. It would be the more efficient way to try to accomplish the goal, and I would think that knowledge learned in defeating one would be applicable towards the next one.
My mom's father died
of colon cancer. She does not donate money to colon cancer research. However, she buys pink shit.
The disease with the hype gets the money.
And while I came up with that idea up there, I wasn’t necessarily advocating it.
I'm sorry to hear about your grandfather.
That kind of goes to the point of the politicizing I was talking about. Unfortunately, too often donating to charities becomes about fitting in with the group, IMO. I personally think we should stick to donating to only the things that have personal meaning to each of us.
I’m sorry if I misunderstood. When your subject line said “Here’s how it should work,” I assumed that you were advocating it. I’m also not disparaging it completely. I simply think that you should be able to donate money towards your specific interest rather than allowing someone else to determine the best way to use it. It’s a general philosophy with me regarding eliminating the whims of middle-men/women.
Free Tibet! There, now I have the coolest assortment of bumper stickers on the block!
“Causes” are way to politicized for my tastes, and this is just another example.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
I was just talking shit.
I should’ve written “could work.”
But, these organizations already decide how to slice up your dollar, so I don’t really see a difference I guess. Half of my donation is probably going to administrative costs, anyway. But they’ll at least be administrative costs for the illness of my choice!
That's why I'm not a fan of giving to large charities, anyway.
My company hounds me every year about giving to the United Way so that they can maintain or improve their status in the corporate community. I ignore it completely because I consider it to be nothing more than a way to feel good about yourself without getting your hands dirty. I believe in taking care of my family, friends, and local community in that order. There is more than enough need in my own community that I can affect in the manner of my choosing in order to take up any additional time and expendable resources that I have.
I don’t begrudge others doing what they consider to be necessary to reconcile their actions with their beliefs. If it is important to someone to give to any cause that they have a passion for, then I am all for that as their right. I do question those whose only passions towards such causes are more centered on being recognized for it than for reaching the goal of the cause.
I think they do auction them off.
Or at least I have heard of that kind of thing. And then all the money goes Breast cancer research. It is kind of a waste though. Just auction off regular jerseys.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
For many people,
pink hats signify a bandwagon fan and that would probably offend Alyssa because she is a die-hard Dodger fan.
I have a white and pink Cardinal shirt that I like mucho, but I usually wear red and/or white to games.
by cardsgirl95 on Oct 27, 2009 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions
i didn't know that about the pink stuff
i just thought they were for girls. it didn’t even cross my mind bandwagon jumpers made them popular. i always like the idea of them.
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Some of it is okay,
but I just can’t bring myself to buy baseball clothing designed for women. Just like most other clothing for women, it’s so overpriced for what you get. Which is, essentially, a team t-shirt or whatever.
yeah i was thinking it's way to expensive
and some of the stuff you wouldn’t even want to wear at a game because it’s too nice. unless you stayed in the owners box or the championship club
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Exactly.
Thought I do wish they’d make a smaller-sized jersey.
by peach concrete on Oct 27, 2009 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Smart
I wonder if they have that in a Carpenter.
by peach concrete on Oct 27, 2009 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Everything is oversized,
so not really.
by spants on Oct 28, 2009 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Rec
John Smoltz for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by jd is legend on Oct 28, 2009 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
pay attention to subject lines!
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
Wow how racist of a notification,
do they really need to describe what color the student or teachers are.
by ADMDrayson on Oct 29, 2009 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
that whole notice pisses me off
add another thing to the list of reasons why it is probably a good thing that mattyfrommo has no desire for children, because I would pull my kid out of a school that had the audacity to give detention for a “that’s what she said”
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
not that I don't love it though
that might be gdm’s best contribution to this site ( not that I am dissin’ the brownies)
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
Yup.
Kids jerseys are my savior.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 28, 2009 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions
My wife was overjoyed when she found out about them.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of them are Asian." -Mike Shannon
they make women's jersey's
I have a Pujols one. I also have a kids XL in Rolen, but the women’s one fits better, because its slightly curved.
"I knew they were up to shenanigans." --TLR
But they're more expensive.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
by ClemsonGirl on Oct 28, 2009 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions
oh good point.
both of mine were gifts, so I wasn’t sure.
"I knew they were up to shenanigans." --TLR
you'd think they'd want to encourage female fans, not drive them off by making overpriced items for them.
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
overpriced and female
i’m not seeing any problem here, tom.
(Whichever way it’s taken, I exclude all female VEB’ers from this sexist statement.)
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I was just browsing the line...
It doesn’t look like she makes anything for the Cowboys. You should boycott.
by peach concrete on Oct 27, 2009 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions
some fan i am, i haven't even watched one Cowboys game this season
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I saw parts of their win over the Falcons the other day
Stupid Cowboys. Matt Ryan > Tony Romo
John Smoltz for Cardinals' closer 2010!!
by jd is legend on Oct 27, 2009 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions
my big fox had the bungles & bears on so i couldn't have watched it even if i wanted to
they stuck with it for the whole game, it was a blow out too. f’in nfl
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I've been watching the bears
how frustrating
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Oct 28, 2009 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions
i just can't get into football for some reason this fall
collage or nfl. i don’t know why that is, but i just don’t care like i used to
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I am the same way
I hope it changes by collage B-ball season, but as of right now I am not so sure that I am still on such a downer from the NLDS that I won’t care for sports at all until baseball starts back up
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
Selection too limited, also too pricey
If she would make a Cardinals satin baseball jacket, I might buy it—but only "special (big market) teams get that treatment.
Also, if I could find anything in the STL Cards selection besides t-shirts and hoodies, I might buy something.
"She gone! Airplane time! Airplane Time!! AIRPLANE TIME." Boog
"I think those scorers must be from Mars or Venus. Or maybe they're just from that book." --Mike Shannon, 7/09/2009
Like this one?
"Everyone in here comes to the yard ready to play every day. I’ll take this group, any day until the day I die."
"This whole Cardinals thing.....I don’t know if you guys are a believer, but I’m a believer."
~ Ryan Fucking Ludwick
I guess I didn't dig very far.
Thanks.
I would prefer one with the birds-on-bat logo and I want the knit cuffs, collar, and waistband to be red and white, no blue.
I’m a picky bitch, ain’t I?
Can it be silk satin? None of that polyester bullshit. Yes, I know that is not very practical.
"She gone! Airplane time! Airplane Time!! AIRPLANE TIME." Boog
"I think those scorers must be from Mars or Venus. Or maybe they're just from that book." --Mike Shannon, 7/09/2009
why thank you BBTonight for showing the DS "highlights" again
it’s not like the wounds aren’t still fresh or anything
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Can you say A.D.A.M. Cy-borg?

Sorry, it is late and this is my best attempt at photoshopping an Adam Wainwright cyborg picture. Hope you all like it
I want the Walrus back...
by Paulspike on Oct 28, 2009 1:01 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Does A.D.A.M. actually have an associated set of words
Or is it an arbitrary actonym?
BOYCOTT HASS AVOCADOS
YES
though I am assuming typo and should read “acronym”. If it is indeed “actonym” then I am way out of my league here.
I have wondered about the etymology of A.D.A.M. but feared a query might lead to a firm “Search!” rebuke from Yadi2 (just messing with you, Keeper of the Scrolls), And I am presently a guest at a house where the computer could justifiably be described as dilapidated, which makes the simplest of tasks excruciating. And, to top it off? There’s not even a basement!
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
don't know where that ^^ came from
though I took a mixology timeout mid-post. is that the A.D.A.M. story? No offense, gdm, but I need confirmation
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
due to SBN, it's actually hard to tell
I believe red baron originated it in 2008, and it’s taken hold fairly consistently (probably due to its passing the TUI test… Typing Under the Influence).
however if someone came up with the actual designation, or if it was the graphic as below… no search terms for that. All’s I got is circa May 28, 2008.
"It was like two ankles." AVENGE BOOG
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Oct 28, 2009 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Digital Assasination
because that killer curveball relies on A.D.A.M.’s deadly middle digit.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
By the way...
A.D.A.M. wins Outstanding Pitcher of the Year from his peers
Link is here:
what’s random? bacon! that’s random! and exquisite
I want the Walrus back...

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