Fifth Starters
by DanUpBaby on Mar 29, 2010 6:00 AM EDT
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PrintI touched on this yesterday, but whatever the average team ends up doing with its fifth starter, the Cardinals have had some good luck with them in the past. It is perhaps the most underrated of the various posited Dave Duncan effects: not only does he turn guys like Woody Williams and Joel Pineiro into pitchers of unaccountable quality, he also turns them out in volume. In 2008 he got good years—I guess I can't prove that, but good years were at least gotten, to muddy things up—in the starting rotation from two former relievers, Braden Looper and Todd Wellemeyer, with serious platoon splits.
In the seven years since the start of the MV3 teams—more specifically, and selfishly, since I began following the team closely enough to write about it—the Cardinals have been relatively flexible with the fifth starter position, but one thing is certain: whether they find themselves able to fill it or not, they believe they should.
The Disasters
2007: Brad Thompson: 17 GS, 92 IP, 4.66 ERA; Todd Wellemeyer: 11 GS, 49 IP, 3.65 ERA; Joel Pineiro: 11 GS, 63 IP, 3.96 ERA.
There's nothing good to be said about this rotation, except that the Cardinals were smart enough, after some deliberation, to put Adam Wainwright, their only effective starter, in it. The second starter? Braden Looper and his 4.94 ERA. Third? Well, Kip Wells, and his 5.70 ERA, made 26 starts, and Anthony Reyes, in the course of going 2-14 and earning his ticket to Cleveland, managed 20.
What the sheer volume of mediocre pitchers at the back of this rotation is saying is that almost nobody who began the season in the rotation ended it there. Only Wainwright and Looper made 30 starts. Chris Carpenter started on opening day and disappeared; Anthony Reyes found his way back to Memphis. Waiver wire heroes like Wellemeyer and Pineiro found their way into the Cardinals' future plans because there was nobody else to turn to, and Brad Thompson, who La Russa would not trust with a ten run lead, made a career high 17 starts, more than half of his career total.
This season encapsulated the Mike Maroth and Randy Keisler eras; Mark Mulder made three starts and allowed fifteen runs in eleven innings. I can think of no better way to summarize the 2007 rotation than with the names of those three left-handers—two finished and one totally forgotten.
2006: Sidney Ponson: 13 GS, 68 IP, 5.24 ERA; Jeff Weaver: 15 GS, 83 IP, 5.18 ERA; Anthony Reyes: 17 GS, 85 IP, 5.06 ERA.
We're sure this is the one that won the World Series? Not 2004 or 2005? 2008, maybe? As mediocre as these guys were, the Cardinals had more trouble elsewhere in the rotation. Mark Mulder, the presumptive number two guy, found himself throwing 80 mph fastballs in midsummer; Jason Marquis, a heretofore reliable innings eater, went 3-11 with a slugging percentage against of .571 to end the season. Only Carpenter and Jeff Suppan performed as advertised; Anthony Reyes, not yet seen as damaged goods, got off to a hot start after replacing Sidney Ponson, kicking things off with the infamous one-hitter loss to Chicago, but got blistered with a .410 BABIP in September, giving up 14 runs despite striking out 28 batters (against 7 walks) in his 20 innings.
The Cardinals had the right idea here—a mediocre veteran, a prospect just about ready to contribute. But the rest of the rotation collapsed in front of them, and neither presumptive fifth starter could remain effective.
2009: Todd Wellemeyer: 21 GS, 114 IP, 6.08 ERA.
This is the most conventional of fifth starter meltdowns, if not quite so interesting to talk about. Todd Wellemeyer just sucked last year. In his 21 starts batters hit .332/.396/.515 against him. BABIP, of course, drove a lot of that—.362 isn't normal, and if he sticks, as it looks like he might, in the San Francisco rotation this year he could have a nice bounceback season. But he didn't pitch well, and it felt even worse than it was; he threw just five quality starts, and four of them came before the first of June.
But it was difficult to pull the plug on him, because unlike Sidney Ponson he had that impossible-to-quantify upside, and while his "I felt great, my pitches were awesome, but sometimes they just put up fifteen runs on you" post-game interviews were annoying he was a little less outright belligerent than the unlamented Heavy P.
Under Control
2008: Joel Pineiro, 25 GS, 148 IP, 5.15 ERA.
It seems like so long ago that he was the Piñata, doesn't it? But he was—the great control was just good control, and the balls in play turned into 180 hits in those 148 innings. But he was passed by Todd Wellemeyer in mid career year, Braden Looper turned in an excellent, full season, and Kyle Lohse was just about to get rich. Adam Wainwright missed a fair amount of the season and actually turned in the fifth-most starts in the rotation, just 20, but in his place the Cardinals trotted out Brad Thompson and Mitchell Boggs for six starts each.
This rotation featured a lot of the pieces of the disastrous 2007 squad, but that year's midseason replacements made more than fifty decent-enough starts, and Kyle Lohse turned out to be an essential late-Spring pickup.
2004: It's hard to say. Matt Morris?
2005: Definitely Matt Morris, but only because he got knocked around in 2004.
The unsung heroes of the MV3 teams—at least insofar as their ability to win 100 regular season games—is the rotation, which was remarkably stable in 2004 and 2005. In 2004 just five real starts were made outside the rotation, all by Dan Haren.
But the 2005 rotation was even better; not only did Morris bounce back from an unattractive 2004, only two starts were made outside the rotation, one a bullpen effort nominally started by Cal Eldred and the other a mid-August game from Anthony Reyes. That year the Cardinals had five starters make at least 30 starts, all of them with an ERA+ of at least 103. It doesn't get any better than that.
In 2010 the Cardinals will probably be piecing things together. Jaime Garcia will have his innings watched, though I doubt we'll hear anything about the Jaime Rules, and Carpenter and Brad Penny come with long injury histories. But 2004 and 2005 stand, I think, as the ideal Dave Duncan Rotation years—Chris Carpenter and four guys who are all pretty good and pretty durable.
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Jaime Rules
The “Rules” certainly didn’t help Joba…he’s in pitching no-man’s land right now with the yankees…there comes a point with these young guys that you just have to let them pitch, without any real restrictions…obviously a pitch limit in the 120’s, and maybe no more than 210 innings…but being to precise with these guys forces them to try to be too precise, which is never a good thing with young pitchers
Jaime Garcia does give me slight pause when it comes to what I just said, but only because he only threw around 40 innings last year after coming off tommy john surgery…having said that , had Carp not had a nerve issue, he would have pitched a full season’s worth of innings a year after TJ…there comes a point where you just have to let these guys go
"Albert hits good pitches hard and bad pitches even harder. And when he gets in the batter's box, if you pray, then you start praying. And if you don't pray, you think about starting."--Brian Bannister
I just got so tired of hearing about Joba Chamberlain
Did the Yankees invent the concept of limiting workloads for young pitchers?
The Puppykicker Rules would make a nice parody article.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
I agree
I live in nyc and the nyc media makes it seem like as if Joba is the second coming of Roger Clemens or Mariano Rivera depending in what role the Yankees choose for him. Joba has the chance to become a very good starter/reliever but he is not an out of this world prospect. I just dont understand the hype.
1.14.10, the day I went green.
it's because he has that patented baseball name
unlike Allen Craig.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
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by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm still pulling for JaiGar
pronounced Hi-Gar of course.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
so you're saying... the JaiGar Rules?
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions
How about The JaiGar House Rules?
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
by mattybobo on Mar 29, 2010 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
A stretch
But I like it
"There's a new sheriff in town." - Brendan Ryan
by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions
as long as it does not turn out to be
jaigar the horrible
I may be in a rut, but at least I know where I'm going
by sportsman on Mar 29, 2010 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
He was still recovering from injury and building stamina at that point.
"What's your favorite Chuck Palahniuk book?"
"I like the one about the alienated character who finds the socially unacceptable way of coping with modernity."
How many innings do you think Carp pitches this year?
Most projection systems peg him for 115-160, but this obviously handicapped and seems a little unfair due to the boom-bust nature of his career (ie his history suggests <75 IP or 180+). But I don’t know a lot about the long-term effects of his injuries – is he more likely to have multiple DL stints because of them?
I guess my point is, with a healthy Carpenter coming off a strong season, is there more reason to suspect <180 IP from him than Joe Starter? (I’m considering last year’s batting injury a fluke, btw).
it's more like 50 - 190
Allen Craig > Nick Stavinoha
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 29, 2010 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions
0 and 230
/self-flagged
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by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions
There are other examples of post-TJ pitchers throwing full seasons at Jaime's current stage of recovery.
"What's your favorite Chuck Palahniuk book?"
"I like the one about the alienated character who finds the socially unacceptable way of coping with modernity."
what about at his age, and at major league level?
honest question – any idea?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Yeah, but that point isn't yet.
There is so much evidence now about pitchers been vulnerable to injury up to about age 25 that it still makes sense to nurse Senor G along, IMO, particularly since he’s had TJ already. 210 innings is way too much for a guy in that situation. 150 would be better, then 180 next year, then a rip-snorting, 210-inning workhorse in 2012 and beyond.
I’m as big a Garcia fan as there is around here, but simply throwing him into the water to see if he can swim is probably not in the team’s best long-term interest. A big difference compared to the Joba Rules is that it is quite clear that in the long run, Senor G WILL be a starter. So let’s do what must be done to get him there.
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by StanTheManFan on Mar 29, 2010 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions
24 starts before Sept.
Going through the Cards schedule and using a few of the off-days (not all of them) to move the fifth starter back a day or to skip a turn the few times two off-days occur around one series, the Cards would use a fifth starter only 24 times before rosters expand in September. And, for some of the off-days, the fifth starter would not be skipped and all the starters would get an extra day’s rest. So, the Cards could have Jaime as the fifth starter and still keep his total innings to a reasonable level. With six innings a start average, that would make 144 innings total. With expanded rosters, the Cards could then be very careful with Jaime in September.
Holy Crap
File this under the “sometimes Fangraphs is just too much information” section.
2007 Kip Wells: FIP 4.86, xFIP 4.80
2009 Wellemeyer: FIP 5.31, xFIP 5.21
Kip Wells was psychologically way way worse to me than he actually was at pitching.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
wow thats telling
I would have never thought Kip Well’s numbers would have been better than wellemeyer- but at least wellemeyer COULD get a win here and there…
Jimmy Ballgame for Prez!
I was actually really pumped about the kip wells
acquisition. IIRC he had some great stuff and a power arm but just played on a shitty team and was coming off surgery. I was so confident I even tweaked his player attributes on MLB The Show lol.
mark that under the majestic wrong column.
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i'm sure carp appreciates it now
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by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions
That was the really infuriating thing about Wells.
His arm always did look like that of a guy full of potential who couldn’t put it together.
"What's your favorite Chuck Palahniuk book?"
"I like the one about the alienated character who finds the socially unacceptable way of coping with modernity."
Wells had quality stuff
I don’t know what’s worse, Wells’ 90% good, 10% utter collapse suckage or Wellemeyer’s fairly consistent suckage. Personally, I found Wells more infuriating because he’d be cruising and then he’d fall apart. With The Colonel, he never looked that good so he didn’t draw you in.
I stopped watching games when Wells and Wellemeyer were scheduled to start.
I decided not to put myself through it any longer.
"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 did the same thing
its pretty hard to do when you watch 140+ games a year
I crawled the earth, but now I'm higher, 2010 watch it go to fire!
by First mammal to wear pants on Mar 30, 2010 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Cool!
Nobody outside the rotation made a start in 2005! It would be much cooler if we didn’t even start at all those 5 random games though…
"Franklin has no patience for bloggers who believe because he pitches to contact, his start last season was something of a fluke."
Essentially
he says Rasmus is a star in the making; it make take two more years instead of one for his “huge step in that direction”, but he likes Colby’s plate discipline, and that combined with pitch recognition will help translate his many tools into star-talent routine.
</paraphrase
"I actually used about nine pitches--two different fastballs, two sliders, a curve, a changeup, knockdown, brushback, and hit-batsman" - Bob Gibson
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Mar 29, 2010 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions
He basically says
Give it time, Colby will be good. He’s got the speed, defense, power and patience to be great.
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That's really....
what putting Ankiel into cf was all about. They figured that if someone with his command could sneak it in from center, then surely no one would notice the raz’s wonderful pitches coming in from center.
Looks like it's officially Garcia
This is definitely a good sign for the bullpen, as McClellan will be there for middle relief and set-up duty. It knocks Hawk down a peg, and hopefully Boggs and Motte will come around.
If Jamie can stay healthy, our rotation looks as good as it’s looked 1 thru 5 since 2003-2004, imo.
Can Colby round out our new MV3?
umm
If Jamie carpenter, penny, & wagon can stay healthy, our rotation looks as good as it’s looked 1 thru 5 since 2003-2004, imo.
I don't know why you struck Jaime's name from that list
Are you assuming he’s going to be healthy all year?
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by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
you're right
i was just pointing out that if a rotation member was to have health issues, better garcia than those 3.
5th starter
It seems to me that the “5th starter” label is different when one looks at the upcoming season than when one looks back at what happened. Using 2009 spring training as an example, wasn’t Joel considered the number 5 starter and Welly # 4 both from the Cards point of view and what was discussed on VEB? In 2009, Joel started game 5, 10, 15 & 20 so the rotation plan seems to back up that viewpoint.
Looking back at 2009 though, everyone would put the # 5 label on Welly and Joel was the # 3. So 2009 was actually a runaway success for the # 5 starter and a failure with # 4.
How about we call him Zurdo?
According to Word-Reference.com English-Spanish dictionary, this means left-handed in Spanish.
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by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Mar 29, 2010 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Me too.
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omar el zurdo
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
kinda was thinking the same thing
i guess after the season is over, 5th starter means our worst starter. at this point JaiGar is the least known quantity, while all the others we know can be good/great/wonderful. if JaiGar finishes with a 3.80 FIP and 14 wins, i suspect will look back in 2011 and say someone like lohse was the 5th starter. which, if lohse can bounce back from last year, will be perfectly fine with me.
"Franklin has no patience for bloggers who believe because he pitches to contact, his start last season was something of a fluke."
The Ghost of Anthony Reyes
haunts us still. When will it end? Oh the horror.
Rotation schedule update
From the Good Reporter
La Russa said that the fifth starter — so designated as Jaime Garcia — will start either weekend game in Milwaukee. The determining factor there will be if Carpenter remains on normal rest for his first few turns through the rotation. La Russa said he submitted two rotation schedules to pitching coach Dave Duncan for the first month of the season. The manager said neither was based around skipping the fifth starter when an off day allowed, but it did use the off days to alter the rotation enough for "favorable matchups."
i think the challenge this season will be the
Sixth and seventh starters – ottavino, hill (if he can put his delivery together), walters, maybe lynn. I would guess we get two of those guys throwing 50-70 innings in starts this season, filling in for the injured or letting jaime get rest.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
by tom s. on Mar 29, 2010 11:11 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
do you think they'll pull
kmac or boggs into the rotation first, and then put otto, walters, or lynn in the pen? sounds like a tlr “proven starter/puppykicker effect” scenario to me
"Franklin has no patience for bloggers who believe because he pitches to contact, his start last season was something of a fluke."
i'm going with otto gets first nod
depending on how things are going in memphis
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
if we need another starter, it will be on short notice. much easier to get somebody conditioned to start every 5 days
than to pull boggs or kmac out.
if we see boggs or kmac pulled into the rotation, i would guess you might see it over the all-star break or a period with several days off in a row.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
i can see that
i guess i just am conditioned to PK
"Franklin has no patience for bloggers who believe because he pitches to contact, his start last season was something of a fluke."
Hawksworth with a Hamstring...
Tony speaking on depth in the Bullpen :
[We’ve got] Hawksworth with a hamstring. Where’s our depth? It’s not there."
This is from the Strauss story on the fifth starter. It has already been linked here. This is the first i’ve heard of Hawksworth having a hamstring issue. Anyone have anything on this?
BJ Rains tweet
from about an hour ago – Hawksworth has a strained groin….felt a lot better today. Day to day
First I heard about it also.
idle thought on rich hill:
Since the consensus seems to be that his mechanics are completely screwed up, does it make more sense to put him in extended spring training for april and let him work intensively on getting his mechanics right? He’d then have may to join the redbirds and face competition.
It seems like it would be easier to fix his mechanics with nobody standing at the plate at initially, just let him focus on how he’s throwing.
Good idea, bad idea?
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
by tom s. on Mar 29, 2010 11:55 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
I suddenly read "put him out to stud" and shuddered.
gah.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
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by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought all cows were female with the bulls being the "studs"
(my zoology could be off)
Blaine Matthew Burns: Albert Pujols' biggest fan (his first words will for sure be "Albert Pujols is RIDICULOUS")
you are correct
the cow is trying to mislead you
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
i was at a game in jupiter
although i wasn’t able to pay as close attention as i’d like, he seemed to be relying on his curve ball way too much. The fastball, changeup location was erratic. I’m wondering if he isn’t better suited as a LOOGY.
Hill lost favor
when Duncan suggested he not bend his back so much in his delivery and Hill said he liked the way he pitched. I think at that point, Hill stopped being seriously considered for the fifth starter. One does not disagree with Dunc!!!!
I remember reading this
in some article on the Post-Dispatch web site (I think). It was a few weeks ago at least, so I can’t give you the source.
I remember reading it too
We vouch for the source
by martimeryard on Mar 29, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
i believe dunc's approach
is to get on-top of the ball in order to have better control.
bending the back and slinging the ball tends to leave more margin for error in that regards?
someone correct me if I'm wrong
and
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought Hawk hurt a hamstring?
"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 have no clue
http://twitter.com/BJRains/status/11252113428
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
I think I heard ESPN.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions
if ESPN can be called tv.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
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by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Start may be delayed
the Post-Dispatch is saying the Twins did not leave until 9:15 a.m. and it is a 3-hour drive. So, they think the game might start about 2 p.m. eastern. It is supposed to be on ESPN – hopefully, the delay won’t cause them to change it.
and then Carpenter met the bus
and they were never heard from again.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
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by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Silly Twins.
Always late.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I drafted Sizemore
I just can’t believe he won’t bounce back. Lapora (LaPorta? La Porta?) I know nothing about.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
In a 8 team league with kinda weird stats and rosters
I took him 28th overall, 5th OF taken. No idea if that is typical. I’ve only been playing for a couple years. Was able to get Utley, Halladay, and Longoria before him.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Well, some weird stuff happened
A couple guys went for pitchers really early, for one thing. Another guy loaded up on 1B since there is also a corner infield spot and two util spots on the roster. And it’s only 8 teams, so everybody looks stacked for the first few rounds.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Heh
Yeah, it’s a small group, so it’s not really the typical draft
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
I got him in the 4th round in a 12 team league
But this league was pretty silly — I ended up with Kemp, Wright, Longoria, Sizemore, and Justin Upton. Automatic win for my team. So many power-speed guys.
Lucky.
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Well
The flipside was ending up with no true aces, but I got Brett Anderson and Kershaw and Nolasco and Sheets and Baker and De La Rosa and Matusz, so I’ll probably be able to find some ace-caliber innings.
Anyway, nobody cares about your fantasy team, so I’ll stop talking about it.
That's pretty dreamy.
I’m in a 14 team league that starts 13 batters and 9 pitchers, so it gets pretty thin
I was trying to explain my excitement about my team to my GF
And she didn’t really know any of the players. It ended up that the only thing I could say that even remotely interested her was, “This is Matt Kemp…he’s the one who’s dating Rihanna.”
you need to pick your internet photos better.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
see the Skip video yesterday for tips.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
I got him before the draft started!
Keeper. He will never be drafted in my league.
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Sizemore: His old self.
LaPorta: Probably pretty good.
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I think so.
I think they want Branyan at third/first. And LaPorta plays first too.
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Sizemore is an enormous draft bargain this year
He’s likely to hit like his usual first-round self, and he can be had in the 2nd-3rd round often.
i kept sizemore in a keeper league
arod/utley/sizemore/zobrist/hanson
bj upton was the only other guy i might have considered.
sizemore has to have a way better year than last, i think.
I think people are making too big a deal out of his year last year.
He was hurt. He played the entire year hurt, obviously his numbers are going to be down. The fact they were as high as they were still kind of amazes me.
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yeah
it wasn’t a bad year per se, but considering most people took him in the top 15, it was a dissapointment
Which is why Fantasy Baseball sucks sometimes.
It forces people to not look at the big picture sometimes.
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Fantasy League thoughts
Hi, I thought our draft was at noon today, but it is saying 3pm I think now.
Also, don’t forget Viva El League drafts tomorrow night!
Allen Craig > Nick Stavinoha
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 29, 2010 1:02 PM EDT reply actions
I'm just glad the draft room works
on my work computer.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Also, Dave Concepcion.
I'm hoping it does on mine lol
guess I should go eat heh
Allen Craig > Nick Stavinoha
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 29, 2010 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions
JAIME GARCIA
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
my mlb.tv is now opening in a new tab instead of its own box
its really annoying; does anyone know how to fix this?
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
Another option:
Grab the tab that it opens in and drag it out of the tab bar and into the general window area, then release — it should spawn that tab in its own window.
it opened in a new window on my ie
i hate ie, but my gf won’t let me use another browser on her computer. harrumph.
have you tried
portable apps? you can download firefox portable (along with many other apps… utorrent, vlc, thunderbird, open office… and lots more), and throw it on a usb stick. just plug it into gf’s computer and away you go.
In the poker game of life, women are the rake.
by el birdo in soko on Mar 29, 2010 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
only ydl
which kind of sucks
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
by prophetjohn on Mar 30, 2010 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions
you can install it from a usb stick
but you can do that with any OS
it’s actually the better method
you might be able to run it from a stick. in theory you could run windows from an external connected with firewire. i’d question the performance
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
by prophetjohn on Mar 30, 2010 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Plenty of Linux live DVD options as well.
I never would slip you Mickey! It is merely rhinoceros horn. This makes the champagna bubble.
by The Continental on Mar 30, 2010 12:29 AM EDT up reply actions
You could check the actual MLB.TV settings and see if you can change it there.
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tried that.
it doesnt give me that option; it says “about adobe flash player”
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
What are your restrictions on your work computer?
Can you install things? If so, get a different browser (or update Flash).
There’s a feed on atdhe.net, but you need to install Veetle to watch it. So you probably can’t use that either, unless you can figure out how to install things.
i figured it out
in the settings, “always open pop-ups in new tab” was marked.
fixed!
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
work won't let me install a different browser
that would be really awesome if they did. we just got IE 8 last week. we were running IE 5 until then. so fucking ridiculous.
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
Tell them that IE is less secure than the alternatives
Most companies restrict their employees’ browsers because they’re worried about the security of more “open” browsers like Firefox and Chrome. But, in reality, your information is safer on browsers other than IE.
They probably won’t care, but it would be worth the effort to me.
In any case, glad you got the feed working. Enjoy the Jaime joy.
oh our IT guys are all over it.
they know what’s up. but the white-haired dudes who run the place don’t get it.
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
I would watch a show called IT Intervention.
“The hardest part is the flow charts. We tried powerpoint before, but they wanted to know who was inside the box. Once the addict understands that it’s not a series of tubes, we can make some headway.”
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wow
IE 8 is at least usable. With IE 5 they might as well be running Netscape.
by DanUpBaby on Mar 29, 2010 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
My memories of Netscape
Involve using Navigator on that super-colorful iMac series in the computer lab at my Middle School.
God, Netscape was terrible.
and even then
I remember begging my parents to let me install it over IE 4. There’s a long and colorful history of replacing IE with the Insider’s Favorite Browser at any given time.
i talked my mom into buying netscape at best buy
before you could just download it. it was like $70, i think. 1996 or there about.
it was getting to the point where certain websites did not support the browser
and it wasn’t until this national law firm ranking system sent us a survey that we couldn’t open on IE 5 that they FINALLY allowed us to upgrade.
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
Try this
Although either of those other two things I said should have worked in Firefox or Chrome, so I’m guessing IE?
Also, I just opened the MLB.tv feed in Chrome, and it opened in its own window automatically (details: I clicked the TV icon in the left column on the MLB.com frontpage).
yeah thats what i did, too
this just started happening a couple of days ago. it used to be fine.
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
Try
Tools → Internet Options.
On the “General” tab, click the “tabs” button.
In the “When a pop-up is encountered”, select “Always open pop-ups in a new window”
If that doesn’t work, “Open links from other programs” select “A new window”
Guys like Bradley are exactly why we can't have a pumpkin patch anymore.
Now that I know he's going to be the 5th starter
I’m really, really excited to watch Jaime pitch today.
smattering of rain
we have a Lugo and Freese infield today.
and a Pagz.
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correction. no, really.
Jaime isn’t fazed.
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Gardy, a bunt? really?
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I just learned something.
I’d rather have Kruk than Showalter.
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Delmon Young has reached Albert Pujols's personal study.
have a chat.
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like jo-el
"Franklin has no patience for bloggers who believe because he pitches to contact, his start last season was something of a fluke."
I miss Jo-El
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he wishes edmonds had missed him
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
he got a shiner
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opinions on everyone going to the same barber?
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lineups per leach
Cardinals
1. Schumaker 2B
2. Lugo DH
3. Pujols 1B
4. Holliday LF
5. Rasmus CF
6. Ludwick RF
7. Lopez SS
8. Freese 3B
9. Pagnozzi C
Garcia LHP
Twins
1. Span CF
2. Punto 3B
3. Young LF
4. Harris SS
5. Portes RF
6. Peterson 1B
7. Butera C
8. Casilla 2B
9. Dolenc DH
Slowey RHP
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
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boo for no audio feed.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
That's weird
It’s here: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2010_03_29_minmlb_slnmlb_1
I just changed that script to fix the late Spring games again low A-ball teams and must’ve screwed something else up…
Guys like Bradley are exactly why we can't have a pumpkin patch anymore.
ESPN Graphic
Skip Age: 30 MLB Service: 30 Years.
by cloistermaximus on Mar 29, 2010 1:40 PM EDT reply actions
if he came out looking like that
I believe it
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That's what I call GRIT
"There's a new sheriff in town." - Brendan Ryan
by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions
That's hot.
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Skip has been playing baseball straight out of the womb
Allen Craig > Nick Stavinoha
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 29, 2010 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions
He slid headfirst out of the womb
"There's a new sheriff in town." - Brendan Ryan
by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions 17 recs
LOL
this needs to go green!
Allen Craig > Nick Stavinoha
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 29, 2010 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
The low-down on Slowey
Most important thing to know: he will not walk anyone.
In the last two years he has walked 39 people in 251 IP.
slowey: worst name for a pitcher?
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
Homer.
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grant balfour is pretty bad
it’s a full sentence of pitcher suck in two names!
by mikey_mac on Mar 29, 2010 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Trachsel
I crawled the earth, but now I'm higher, 2010 watch it go to fire!
by First mammal to wear pants on Mar 30, 2010 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions
wellemeyer?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
productive at-bat
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so lemme get this straight
they get a shortstop named Brendan
we don’t have our shortstop named Brendan?
not cool.
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Delmon has a nice robbery of Albert
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one of the tweeters had a point....
ESPN treats baseball like it’s golf.
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the wind is trying to pick up the CF camera
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
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this is very good quality video
i guess because its espn. but i can’t believe how far mlb.tv has come since when i first started ordering it.
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
MLB.tv is pretty awesome
The fact that I can watch baseball anywhere where I have a connection — and even on my phone! — gives me one of those “holy crap, technology these days is mind-blowing” moments.
He's starting a new tour
I will be seeing him when he comes out here to SF…hell, he could charge $100 and I’d still go. He’s my favorite comedian right now.
Galafianakis doesn't do much for me
I’m not big on awkward pause humor. He’s okay, but I don’t get the hype.
Cross is good, too. I also love Lewis Black, but only when he’s doing standup. His shows/appearances tend to suck.
Bill Hicks, David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, Tim & Eric
are my faves
Allen Craig > Nick Stavinoha
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 29, 2010 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
so is hedberg
Allen Craig > Nick Stavinoha
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 29, 2010 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah
I like him, not quite as much as those guys though
Allen Craig > Nick Stavinoha
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 29, 2010 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Razzums is still favorite though
Think; It's not illegal yet.
by azruavatar on Mar 29, 2010 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Recced.
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i'm starting to regret my screen name
because, really, i heart the whole darn team. especially this year. i love the young guys.
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
look at it this way
Boog can impersonate the entire team.
so you’re good to go.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
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me too
Allen Craig > Nick Stavinoha
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 29, 2010 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions
nice work, Julio
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i have lugo at dh.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
though gameday now says lugo at ss, craig dh.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
isn't his glare burning through the computer screen?
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holy shit epsn's "analyst" is spitting out pure nonsense...
I haven’t seen a shocker that big since my frat days.
"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"
One of them was talking earlier
about how Span’s OBP is driven heavily by his AVG because he doesn’t walk much. I had hope for a little bit there, but they haven’t impressed me since.
like todays "news" about ricky martin?
I crawled the earth, but now I'm higher, 2010 watch it go to fire!
by First mammal to wear pants on Mar 30, 2010 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions
"He Bangs"
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by vexedtechie on Mar 30, 2010 12:44 AM EDT up reply actions
I heard he sucks...
thank you I’ll be here all week…
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
this is a long shot of Colby
is his hair huge today?
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smooth line drive
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He hit that triple double SINGLE!
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fire burning at first base!
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
smooth caught stealing.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
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by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
fire smolders back towards the dugout.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
Good lil' poke there
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TWJSWICE
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foul! flagrant baiting of twss! yellow card.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
God
I am giddy about Razzle. Watching him hit this spring has been a treat.
AHHH SIX DAYS TIL BASEB—
Oh poop, Colby’s out.
He oughta know he can't run on Joe Mau...ummmm the backup catcher
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cody missed the bag
he should have been safe, he was there in time.
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
I snagged Ludwick late in my fantasy draft;
managed to get a pretty good 300 hitter last round in Skip, also
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(Mark my words...!)
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I'm not drafting Colby
Carlos Gonzalez is typically more underrated, so I’ve been aiming for him instead. FanGraphs fans have Gonzalez pegged for about 20-20. I find it hilarious that Choo is going so early because he’s a 20-20 guy, but Carlos Gonzalez is entirely overlooked.
Plus, I’m not sure Colby will really provide a lot of SB production.
My uncle took him incredibly earlier.
I am currently very angry at him and have to figure out who to trade.
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a lot of cards fans?
i’ve fleeced so many cards fan in leagues because they can’t resist picking up anyone who wears the bob. i traded duncan/r martin for holliday/random catcher last year
and yadi was taken in the third round of one of my money leagues last year, followed by khalil in the fourth.
Well it's run by my cousin and we all live in St. Louis.
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Someone already got Freese.
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Do you think I could do Carlos Quentin for Colby straight up?
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I wonder if I could convince my aunt to make him do that.
Hmmmm…
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I got him as my 6th/UTIL
Skip was my 2nd to last selection/Razzles was my final.
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If Colby would've slid to the outside of the bag, he would've been safe.
You can read it in any tone you like.
THUDWICK!!!!!!!!
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DONGWICK TO CENTERWICK
BOOMWICK MCAWESOMEWICK
by mojowo11 on Mar 29, 2010 1:57 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
Best one
wick.
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I'm just excited.
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Whoooo!!! Luddy dongwick
this lienup is starting to have the murderers row look to it. Not quite there yet, but Skip (Lopez) Pujols Holliday Rasmus Ludwick is pretty nasty
this thought just flashed through tony's mind: i will never let anyone steal a base this season ever.
i can hear it like he’s in the room with me.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
Maybe with Yadi around
He’s seen too many runners thrown out on the basepaths. He knows all too well what a CS can do to a team.
this Allen Craig guy got a base hit
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I don't know.
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So that's good right?
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I'll open up this milk carton and get back to you.
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I love our rookies.
Our farm may suck but Garcia’s been underrated this offseason and Craig’s bat has never been properly appreciated.
Think; It's not illegal yet.
no one appreciates Craig's bat? no one?
I thought he was sad before.
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prior to spring training?
Only Sickels has ever been impressed by Craig. I just love the bat.
Think; It's not illegal yet.
yeah, for a farm that's supposedly bad (and I really believe it is bad)
we’re at least getting quite a lot out of it this year at least.
Slowey chats with catcher
“I really resent that you’re not Joe Mauer.”
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dramamine needed for centerfield camera.
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ADAM WAINWRIGHT WITH MICROPHONE
thank goodness, real entertainment
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yes
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Adam Wainwright interview!
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Yeah.
I thought that too.
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stand down, vexed
you wanna get trampled?
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..........maybe?
Yeah, this might be acceptable
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I officially don't want to know.
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Gettin' trampled by girls who like baseball AND the Cardinals?
Happy death in my book.
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sounds like an internet niche - is gettingtrampledbygirlswholikethecardinals.com taken?
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
...it is what it is. Why not be "prepared" for death at all times?
Y’never know.
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every day should be a good day to die
Hope is the worst of all evils, for it prolongs the torment of man
you had two extraneous words there at the end, gdm
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
he's small for a klingon
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i'm on my way to the best shape of my life though
Hope is the worst of all evils, for it prolongs the torment of man
I think I might be in the best shape of my life
just in time for baseball season.
Yay me
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
i need a new weight bench & a new way to trim my stomach
once i get those hopefully i’ll be able to then get into the best shape of me life
Hope is the worst of all evils, for it prolongs the torment of man
definitely part of it.
and he’s so polite and always has a little bit of a smile. what a cool dude.
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
impish smile?
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someone's messin' with Adam off-camera
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I love it.
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"throwin' the pigskin around, hanging out"
or something, I got distracted.
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fun with small sample sizes: stl by SLG in spring training
1. cazana (natch) – 1.333 in 3 PA
2. parise(!) – 1.000 in 1 PA
3. colby – .738 in 55 PA
4. craig – .630 in 50 PA
5. pujols – .629 in 38 PA
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
by tom s. on Mar 29, 2010 2:05 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
memories of 2006!
it sounds a billion times more dramatic when Adam slow-plays it
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I thought the Twins were getting rid of the road pinstripes...
I know they changed their home unis and added a better alternate. But those road pins need to go.
You can read it in any tone you like.
Maybe it's just for Spring?
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Punto knew...
Hard turn at 2, but not a chance he was testing Colby
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Jaime's missed a couple of balls hit down the middle
and then, Boog would’ve had it.
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"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
oh !)@*(#!) curve.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
that was a strong throw to third by Luddy
oh well.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
the weather looks awful there.
isn’t that supposed to be Florida?
they should move everyone to Arizona.
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
/ulterior motive
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
by tom s. on Mar 29, 2010 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Gardy's hilarious.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
Motherf....
I thought that Beiber kid was dead.
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f'in test!
i wanna watch more than 20 minutes of this game
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
it's Pagnozzi at bat
spare yourself.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
are you kiddin me
the centerfield camera is about to be picked up by a cyclone
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
yeah, but just the picture quality
the camera work has a ways to go, i guess
when the camera is pointed at something, i can see it
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
I've been really impressed.
He looks sharp to me. He’s throwing like 75% strikes. Good curveball. Some “lucky” hits for the Twins but Garcia is as sharp as I’ve ever seen him.
Think; It's not illegal yet.
i saw his last K
nasty, nasty, nasty
i saw the two runs and had to wonder, though
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
I don't know. There's been some pretty solid contact.
When Garcia has missed, he’s missed badly. That said, his pitches look good. GO JAIME!
You can read it in any tone you like.
he's defintely made some mistakes...
a hanger or two, maybe. but yes, his strikes look really great. overall, he looks sharp.
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
He does. He's had some pretty curves.
It’s just nice to see a LH starter on our team.
You can read it in any tone you like.
Shit.
What’s a cow’s opinion?
You can read it in any tone you like.
by spants on Mar 29, 2010 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
lol
rec’d for friends ref…fit in so perfectly there
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
its unisex
maybe you need sex, i had sex last night.
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
this is officially my most anticipated Cardinals season ever
I am freaking out
Allen Craig > Nick Stavinoha
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 29, 2010 2:18 PM EDT reply actions
chitown, what did we tell you about mulling in the middle of the day
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
let me mull that over
Allen Craig > Nick Stavinoha
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 29, 2010 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions
mlb.tv in the background at work will hopefully do me a solid
Allen Craig > Nick Stavinoha
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 29, 2010 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions
take a vicodin or something, george.
we don’t want to lose you. just keep your clothes on this time. we all remember what happened in spring ’05.
I don't though
I am just going to pour my pepsi over my head at my desk right now
Allen Craig > Nick Stavinoha
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 29, 2010 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions
wait!
shake it up and spray everyone around you while yelling, then pour it on your head
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
I'll do some cartwheels too
maybe bounce off the wall
Allen Craig > Nick Stavinoha
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 29, 2010 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions
remember, its a usb port
NOT the entrance to the leprechaun realm. if i’ve told you once, i’ve told you once.
I think I’m even more into baseball now than I was back then
Allen Craig > Nick Stavinoha
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 29, 2010 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Samesies
"There's a new sheriff in town." - Brendan Ryan
by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions
try as i might, i just can't get all geeked up for this season
Hope is the worst of all evils, for it prolongs the torment of man
last year we were #19. dave cameron's logic on these team rankings is questionable.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
I think Dave knows that the rankings can be pretty close
He does a good job of acknowledging when rankings are interchangable and when there is a steep drop-off from one to another.
rasmusgirl gets a shout-out in the "future talent" section.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
he also calls craig's defense at third "brutal"
i think that’s a bit harsh.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I thought the same thing.
I agree with him on Freese — not a fan — but I just don’t get the Craig hate. His arm is chincy but otherwise I think he’s fine at third and a much much better hitter.
Think; It's not illegal yet.
I think the better phrase for it would be
his defense at third is a question mark. If AC could prove himself at third, he would be a premium prospect.
it's the best cheap american lager around.
/relative statement-backhanded compliment-actually serious though.
you should try the porter.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
Does Shiner count in that category?
They brew a smoked beer in the summer time that’s very good.
Guys like Bradley are exactly why we can't have a pumpkin patch anymore.
i drank tons of it
when i lived in tennessee. i don’t see it around these parts much. where’d you find it?
Not my regular neck of the woods.
Visiting a friend for the week and was at the grocery store when it caught my eye. Several of the Cardinals media types rave about it on twitter (Marecek, Leach, Strauss)
Think; It's not illegal yet.
Is it not available in the STL?
It’s brewed in Pennsylvania, I would figure you guys would get it before us.
Also, Firefly (the makers of sweet tea-flavored vodka) are coming out with a sweet-tea flavored bourbon. Be still, my beating heart.
"There's a new sheriff in town." - Brendan Ryan
by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah I love the stuff
A bar here has $1 Yeunglings on Thursday nights. Take $10, you’re set
"There's a new sheriff in town." - Brendan Ryan
by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I've actually never had it
I’m intrigued
"There's a new sheriff in town." - Brendan Ryan
by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I like Crown Royal
It costs so much I can’t affort to drink too much.
Crown is easily my favorite bourbon
But seeing as how I’m on a graduate stipend, bottom shelf it is!
"There's a new sheriff in town." - Brendan Ryan
by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Being as I'm an unemployed Civil Engineer
Anything really costs too much!
I'll drink to that...
well until Monday at least…
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
Crown is great,
but since i’m a whisky snob, to be nitpicky, it’s not a bourbon….it’s Canadian Whiskey.
Since I always mix Crown, I’ve found Canadian Mist is just as good, and WAYYYY easier on the wallet…especiallly for high volume tailgating consumption :)
Oh, and on a totally unrealted note, GREAT hire in BBall for your Auburn Tigers…he’s gonna do a great job I think.
by RollBirdsRoll on Mar 29, 2010 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought the difference between bourbon and whiskey
Was where it was made. I thought it could only be called whiskey if it were made in KY or TN or something like that. I’ll take your word for it.
I’m ecstatic about the hire, I just hope he didn’t learn any of Calipari’s slimeball techniques. I’m excited to see how he does.
"There's a new sheriff in town." - Brendan Ryan
by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions
actually,
it can be made anywhere in the U.S. and still be bourbon. To be bourbon though, has to be made from corn, and aged for two years in a new (never before used) charred-oak barrel
I am
and I know nothing of Bourbon
Blaine Matthew Burns: Albert Pujols' biggest fan (his first words will for sure be "Albert Pujols is RIDICULOUS")
Actually, no...It can be made in any state as long as it
is at least 51% corn, is not over 80% alcohol by volume, must have no artificial coloring, and must be aged in new, charred oak barrels. There are a couple of other regulations that slip my mind.
by RollBirdsRoll on Mar 29, 2010 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Slimeball techniques
Made it difficult to figure out which team I liked in the WVa vs KY game. I wanted them both to lose (especially since I lived in kY for half a year once)
Yeah, the Calipari thing would be my only reservation,
but he doesnt seem to be at all the slimball that (IMO) Calipari is.
Along with the new arena I’d look for good things from AU basketball.
by RollBirdsRoll on Mar 29, 2010 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions
it is
but american honey might be the greatest bourbon ever. but you can’t mix it with anything. that’s what crown is for.
Maker's is what bourbon should be.
Followed closely by Woodford Reserve.
by RollBirdsRoll on Mar 29, 2010 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I also like Knob, but it's taste is a little, I dunno, harsher for me
since I don’t mix good bourbons. It is very good, though.
by RollBirdsRoll on Mar 29, 2010 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't drink whisky
but if I did, it would be Balvenie 15-year old Scotch single barrel single malt.
"I actually used about nine pitches--two different fastballs, two sliders, a curve, a changeup, knockdown, brushback, and hit-batsman" - Bob Gibson
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Mar 29, 2010 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions
my current faves are Woodford Reserve and Blanton's
Allen Craig > Nick Stavinoha
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 30, 2010 1:50 AM EDT up reply actions
The Black Cherry flavoring in Red Stag almost makes Jim Beam potable.
Almost.
LOL
by RollBirdsRoll on Mar 29, 2010 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree...it was like a really good cherry coke.
a high octane cherry coke.
by RollBirdsRoll on Mar 29, 2010 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions
also good.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
I like just about everything Yeungling makes, but B&T is the best.
by RollBirdsRoll on Mar 29, 2010 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions
yes
In grad school my cohort regularly enjoyed libations courtesy of the departmental faculty for 4 0’clock club. The catch was you drank what they bought and drank. If you even asked for a lite beer you were shunned the rest of the evening.
Yuenglings black and tan’s were a favorite at conferences that a faculty member helped to organize. They would have it shipped to the location of the conference. It was amazing.
I miss college :(
I've looked for it before since I hear about it non infrequently
but I’ve never been able to find it in the Lou
Think; It's not illegal yet.
Yuengling has a huge market
position here in the Balto/DC area … it’s everywhere. It’s also by far the cheapest beer you can get. The price is a bigger determinant of its popularity than it’s taste, in my opinion. You’re really not missing much.
by MdRedbirdFreak on Mar 29, 2010 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
In SF you can probably get Pyramid ...
… everywhere though so that makes me hate you.
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 29, 2010 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I wish we could get Schlafly products here in Alabama...
by RollBirdsRoll on Mar 29, 2010 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd settle for Schlafly in Indiana.
I had a friend bring up a sixer when she came back up here for school
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I delivered a few cases of O'Fallon's Wheach to a friend in Chicago last year
wasnt really to my liking though
I crawled the earth, but now I'm higher, 2010 watch it go to fire!
by First mammal to wear pants on Mar 30, 2010 12:48 AM EDT up reply actions
skippy on base
don’t everybody get over excited
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
Lugo glared that hit past the pitcher's glove
guess he had to take it easy to first.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
RIDICULOUS
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
On that note I am about to head to the mountains to do some work.
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moonshine?
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
the strongest stuff I've had is some Irish potato vodka
or something like that, not sure if it was vodka but it looked like vodka. everclear and absinthe is powerful stuff too
Allen Craig > Nick Stavinoha
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 29, 2010 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions
she best watch out for the revenuers
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
Which reminds me:
JD have you ever been to Black Rock Mountain State Park in Georgia? Is it any good?
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Never even heard of it
Where is it?
"There's a new sheriff in town." - Brendan Ryan
by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions
North Georgia.
Really close to the South Carolina border.
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Hmm
I’ve driven up 441 on the way to Knoxville several times, and it looks like the state park is just off the highway. Mountain City is beautiful.
"There's a new sheriff in town." - Brendan Ryan
by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I think I'm going there.
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Like...right now?
"There's a new sheriff in town." - Brendan Ryan
by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes.
I went right then. It’s only like an hour. The South Carolina mountains are also about an hour so it’s like the same.
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To do my homework.
I like to do my homework outside when it’s nice and I like to do it even more in the mountains.
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Is that near Rock City?
That was one bizarre park.
by Mulliganstew on Mar 29, 2010 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't think it's too close to Rock City.
I was really little when I went to Rock City so I don’t remember hardly anything about it.
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Rock City is in/outside Chattanooga
I’d guess that’s about two hours away, driving through the hills
"There's a new sheriff in town." - Brendan Ryan
by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I did tonight!
more like 5 of them
Allen Craig > Nick Stavinoha
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 30, 2010 1:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Outside the fence, roughly greater than 370 ft
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by vexedtechie on Mar 29, 2010 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Massive shot to just left of centerfield
No idea how far, but it was clearly gone off the bat. I just yelled out in the middle of a law school quiet room. Sweet. Totally worth it!
on the ground
flopping like a fish.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
yay!
please Yadi, a fast recovery!
Allen Craig > Nick Stavinoha
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 29, 2010 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Dear Matt Holliday,
Don’t think we don’t notice you not catching those balls.
We’re watching you, Lego Man.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
don't want to have to change his nickname to butterfingers
Allen Craig > Nick Stavinoha
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 29, 2010 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions
earlier he caught a ball, looked at it, then threw it in.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
butternuts maybe?
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
by scoot on Mar 29, 2010 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
butternut squash
owwwwww.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Jaime finally snags one up the middle.
makes it look easy.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
not that anyone cares what i think
but jaime FUCKING garcia would be my nickname of choice for him lol
he's young
I think he should earn his eff.
unless we want to cheapen Chris Fucking Carpenter.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
well, it's been a good 1,5 innings guys
gonna go take a test over crap i don’t care about
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
Ludwick calls upon the power of the wind
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
zephyrwick?
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
strandedwick.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
he's kinda serious.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
this is making me uncomfortable
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
by YesWeOquendo on Mar 29, 2010 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions
must be hanging around colby to much
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
by YesWeOquendo on Mar 29, 2010 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions
maybe he wanted to play
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
that was weird.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
Albert dives for a ball
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
his beard looks kind of weird.
please don’t flag me
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
it's like him and Jaime went to the same barber
he had that problem in New York, one series, but it got shaved off quick.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
His 'stache is trash?
"There's a new sheriff in town." - Brendan Ryan
by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm with you there
one side’s messed up.
Best moment I've ever seen at a Cards game in person
Hey Tony: Allen Craig > Fat Miles
skip 1 handed catch to turn a double play
nice
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
Lugo makes up for his earlier defensive gaffe
and turns a DP. I’m also a big fan of Schu at 2nd – that turned out to be a good experiment.
Best moment I've ever seen at a Cards game in person
Hey Tony: Allen Craig > Fat Miles
5 innings - 3 double plays. dave duncan is a happy man.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
Doing some rough calculations here
That means there would have been 19 double plays so far if Boog was playing, right? Someone check my math.
all those balls up the middle that Jaime couldn't get
yup.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
way to slide into the tag
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Surprisingly good analysis there by Showalter
Runner has to be sliding to the outside there, based on how the SS was set up at the bag.
You've got to get on base occasionally
to learn to read the SS
I just don't like Showalter as an announcer
too much bias towards the teams he used to manage.
Best moment I've ever seen at a Cards game in person
Hey Tony: Allen Craig > Fat Miles
You've obviously never heard Mr. Brenly
refer to when he was managing the World Series Champion 2001 Diamondbacks… That is only slightly more annoying than having to watch Cub games to get those insights… Why I’m such a glutton for punishment I don’t know…
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
it was good as in correct
but it was pretty self-evident
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
because watching games on WGN is cheap entertainment
between the silly play on the field, the homers in the booth and the people in the stands not paying attention to the game
I crawled the earth, but now I'm higher, 2010 watch it go to fire!
by First mammal to wear pants on Mar 30, 2010 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions
talking about quantifying d, and not sounding like an idiot
useable stats and defensive metrics
i’d be surprised if hrobosky can even count
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
by YesWeOquendo on Mar 29, 2010 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions
jaime - cardinal most likely to hit the over on his projections?
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
The real question is
Can he make adjustments to the league after they make adjustments to how he pitches. Many a pitcher does well the first time around the league.
We just better
make sure his catcher doesn’t slice a finger open before he’s scheduled to start Game 1 of the NLDS.
by Michael_68_1999 on Mar 29, 2010 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions
flagged.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
that was just a warning
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Warned
because of an awkward metaphor looking back to the last time the Cardinals had a lefty with good command, decent movement and a huuuuge curve.
Got it.
by Michael_68_1999 on Mar 29, 2010 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions
It was a joke.
Whenever someone brings up something painful, people yell FLAGGED. Relax.
You can read it in any tone you like.
i think everyone is just joking.
flagged is a funny thing to say when someone brings up bad cardinals memories or suggests in anyway that the team or the players aren’t the most awesome ever.
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
yeah, i was joking
sorry about that. thought you knew.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Don't know if it's nexdef'd
but Carp’s getting the Opening Day nod.
Best moment I've ever seen at a Cards game in person
Hey Tony: Allen Craig > Fat Miles
uh huh
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
too lazy to look
sorry guys, it’s just my nature. always has been.
Best moment I've ever seen at a Cards game in person
Hey Tony: Allen Craig > Fat Miles
so Game day is telling me...
Jaime has thrown 29 pitches through 6.1 all 29 are strikes.
I’m sold he can start over Rich Hill and KMac in my opinion.
Gameday might be a little off
Spring Training numbers?
in spring training, GD doesn't actually track the pitches. one pitch per batter if the ball's in play.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
I'd say it would be between KMac & Garcia
but I think Garcia is proving himself well in this one.
Best moment I've ever seen at a Cards game in person
Hey Tony: Allen Craig > Fat Miles
a) jaime is the 5th starter and has been announced as such already.
b) jaime is left-handed.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
sorry.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
it's all good
I’m not on here all that regularly, and inflection doesn’t come across well at all in type
I failed to catch it too, but
shouldn’t have.
I doubt we’ll see Hill this year, unless it’s for a short appearance in the middle of the year.
it doesn't help
that people that know me in the flesh and blood world frequently fail to recognize my sarcasm when they see it regularly.
isn't that the point?!
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Yes.
I’m fine with having the worst farm system in MLB as long as we continue to win the division. So, win the division, jerks!
Is this Mister Eff's first time in 2010 calling the team "jerks?" I think it is.
This means the season is about to start.
You can read it in any tone you like.
Maybe just maybe
they’ll even win one of them playoff games… That’d be real nice…
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
kinda sad
but if we’re winning games, and more importantly the division and getting in the playoffs, i’ll be ok with that.
Best moment I've ever seen at a Cards game in person
Hey Tony: Allen Craig > Fat Miles
Garcia graduates
but we have Shelby Miller to replace him. I’m thinking Lance Lynn will be useful too
Allen Craig > Nick Stavinoha
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 29, 2010 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Dear David Freese,
don’t think we won’t notice if you keep trying to kill Albert Pujols.
we’re watching you.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
he throws a lot of sinkers to first
needs to change his grip and arm slot
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
incedentally
“slama” is a pretty bad name for a pitcher, too.
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
i missed albert's earlier homer celebration
he was pointing and grinning at one of the guys, like someone called it.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
haha, that's hilarious
albert was so excited
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
holliday swung at a bad one there
make that contract worth it, matty!
Best moment I've ever seen at a Cards game in person
Hey Tony: Allen Craig > Fat Miles
what are you doing albert
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
Albert too aggressive
meanwhile, Showalter watches the Cardinals and says the hit-and-run is obsolete.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
If it were anyone but Albert
we would be complaining quite a bit more.
not that rare.
Albert sees no red lights.
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"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
I'm multitasking
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"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
i think the twins have a scouting report
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
albert went to the joe thurston baserunning school
:(
Best moment I've ever seen at a Cards game in person
Hey Tony: Allen Craig > Fat Miles
angel f. hernadez
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
fair ball, no?
Best moment I've ever seen at a Cards game in person
Hey Tony: Allen Craig > Fat Miles
for sure fair
i wonder, was it angel hernandez that called luddy’s game 2 hit a foul?
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
did *anyone* see that ball?
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
we even asked people who were at the game
avocado.
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"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
Ludwick knows that one day, Angel Hernandez will get his.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
Matt is on tv. correction... Matt and his big head are on tv.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
its really the worst head evar.
i would never take my hat off if i were him.
also, i hear what you’re saying matt, but you’re not selling it. you sound as unexcited as possible whilst insisting how excited you are to be here.
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
He's been asked these questions, oh, several hundred times.
I don’t blame him for being a bit bored. Just like Waino and his “So, how difficult was the transition from relief to starting pitcher?”
You can read it in any tone you like.
ha, espn tells matt they talked to waino
matt says “i bet that was boring”
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
btw, we have K-Mac
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
chase utley cries a single tear.
One of those fun Spring Training conversations is about players who could win the MVP, in case something happens to Albert Pujols and the Cardinals. Tulowitzki came up in every conversation. So did Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier. And Justin Upton. Hey, Adrian Gonzalez if the Padres were to win 85 games.
“And,” Torre added, “Pablo Sandoval is legit.”
also, stop talking about “something” happening to albert, jerk.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
Perhaps the only way someone else will win the MVP
Barring a really really really spectacular season
Who's Chase Utley?
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
I dunno
I think he’s the guy on the other side of the milk carton from that Craig fella.
by Mulliganstew on Mar 29, 2010 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions
he only named guys from his division
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
dear world -
andre ethier is a good player, but he was about 97th in terms of overall value among position players last year. he is not an mvp candidate.
thank you, tom s.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
Did someone say
Pablo Sandoval???
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
Matt has the best line of the Cards interviews.
“We talked to Adam Wainwright—”
“I bet that was boring, right?”
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
it makes Boog's mildness seem all the more weird.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
I think it is could be a team effort to intentionally throw of ESPN
How can Boog not be an entertaining interview unless it is intentional? He grows mustaches while spinning.
the pretzel man sells out and sings the SC song
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"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
I'm guessing that's Rapoport
12 years old.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
JD's brother?
Blaine Matthew Burns: Albert Pujols' biggest fan (his first words will for sure be "Albert Pujols is RIDICULOUS")
who is running?
did they just pull someone from the stands?
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
I've seen #90 pinch run before.
Of course we could have several number 90’s
i'm wondering the same thing.
Best moment I've ever seen at a Cards game in person
Hey Tony: Allen Craig > Fat Miles
ok, Rapoport is 90, Cazana is 94
do we know who 96 is? reported tall lefty
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
a good hitter
hamilton maybe.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
we were between Hamilton and Shorey, I think.
it’s a question from another post.
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"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
hamilton is #83.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
Pags has warning track power
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
Pags hits the ball further than he has ever hit a ball before!
Before you know it, he’ll be hitting homers in BP.
come on Joey Bombs
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
you guys think he's going to make the team?
he’s not hitting very well. i see him as a better 3B than freese.
Best moment I've ever seen at a Cards game in person
Hey Tony: Allen Craig > Fat Miles
he's going to make the team
I’m worried about his wrist not coming with him.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
Defense in the outfield maybe?
Although it would make more sense to get him some time in AAA.
Mather walks.
bases juiced for Albert Pujols.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
get a grand slam!
just like i called in cincy!
Best moment I've ever seen at a Cards game in person
Hey Tony: Allen Craig > Fat Miles
f'in zoomzoom.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
new year, same zoomzoom
i gotta stop this crap.
Best moment I've ever seen at a Cards game in person
Hey Tony: Allen Craig > Fat Miles
don't anybody say it.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
did i?
if so… F’N zoomzoom
Best moment I've ever seen at a Cards game in person
Hey Tony: Allen Craig > Fat Miles
i found your scapegoat, zoomzoom
http://twitter.com/BJRains/status/11265861801
you’re safe… for now
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
who's the commentators?
"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"
enjoy the memphis best western, rook.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
hi Boog
OH MY GOB WHERE ARE YOUR SOCKS
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"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
It's probably a pain to wear the socks properly,
so he doesn’t bother when doesn’t start. Or maybe it’s a superstition.
You can read it in any tone you like.
I mean it's probably a pain to suit up like that. Get the pants just so.
You can read it in any tone you like.
or maybe he looks like a conformist today.
I’m disturbed.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
it adds to the not-rightness.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
if you want to get your ire up, yadi2
read the cards preview on the reds site. you’ll even find a couple photos of boog, and the word douche. apparently the cards are an old team with a weak left-side of the infield.
(it’s a fanpost, as is the cubs preview, but that one is pretty awesome)
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
is it using the RFT blog photo from insidestl?
I think I’ve seen that.
this, today, is kind of twilight zone.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
if that's the photo of he and colby clubbing
yes. they also use a photo of him in uniform that you would find awesome, but they think he resembles a clown (if they only knew).
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
The mustache was stupid and I'm glad it's gone.
Yeah, I said it.
You can read it in any tone you like.
stab yourself
Blaine Matthew Burns: Albert Pujols' biggest fan (his first words will for sure be "Albert Pujols is RIDICULOUS")
i thought they were poking fun at the socks
maybe it was just the whole package.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
They've got no room to mock the Cardinals' socks,
what with their old Ice Cream Man unis.
You can read it in any tone you like.
it's funny
i’ve never been able to work up a lot of hate for the reds. but we’re up there with the cubs on their hate list, whereas the brew crew is benign
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I don't hate the Reds
In fact, I like them so much that I’m capable of adoring Joey Votto. Mancrush.
Plus, it’s just so hard to feel seriously threatened by a team run by Dusty.
yeah, i suspect it's a lot of that with them
meaning, the cards dominance of the division
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
That is just jealousy
Since you can’t grow a mustache
by FlimtotheFlam on Mar 29, 2010 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Almost all chicks can grow staches ...
… they just bleach/wax ’em.
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions
All?
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Even so...
I have never seen a girl with anything close to a mustache and I’ve never heard of girl waxing them either.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Are you 6?
Are you telling me that your lunch lady didn’t have an epic one?
Also, talk to Italian, Mexican, Greek, and Indian women about it.
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't that counts as almost all.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Maybe I'm using the idea of a moustache ...
… much more liberally than you. Pretty much everyone will get at least that peach fuzz deal.
Also, that covers a lot of people. India has over 500,000,000 alone … /guess
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions
I mean yeah most people have hair there.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions
ok then ...
… hilarious the stuff that gets talked about here.
I’ve had my first philosophical debate with ClemsonGirl … how droll.
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions
question is
do yaks have staches?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I'm at Wal Mart twice a week for work
I see female facial hair quite frequently.
I crawled the earth, but now I'm higher, 2010 watch it go to fire!
by First mammal to wear pants on Mar 30, 2010 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions
are you taking MED's?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
you're right
we were discussing the future – as in “could you?” my bad again.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Because I know...
It was my Junior year of college and I made out with this drunk Persian girl. She had more of a mustache than I did. I feel so lied to. I am 27 now and still can’t grow facial hair.
by FlimtotheFlam on Mar 30, 2010 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions
That doesn't prove how you know whether or not I can grow a mustache.
You can read it in any tone you like.
In reality ...
… if Boog came up in the Juvenile Bears’ system and was starting, I’m pretty sure we would see him through lenses of a different hue. I go as far to say that I think we’d see through douche-colored glasses.
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 29, 2010 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I would feel sorry for him
Boog in the small bears’ system would be a LOT more depressed.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
i got so excited right there.
thought it was a grand salami for sure
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
it's the Living Legends ad
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
er, Living History
man, goosebumps.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
i love that commercial.
gives me chills every time.
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
Luddy! on tv!
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
Memphis has rotated in
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
Raz misses his chance to sell it
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
lol "the astros always play good baseball...and then you got pittsburg..."
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
Luddy says we're awesome.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
meanwhile, we got K's.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
who let rene magritte run gameday?
Pitcher Change: Kyle McClellan replaces Kyle McClellan, batting third.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
maybe because we moved allen craig from DH to 1b?
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
then you lose the dh, right?
i remember that happened last year involving longoria, though that involved a mixup with the lineup card
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Stankonia up to bat!
Note: Above comment may contain gratuitous amounts of sarcasm.
BOYCOTT HASS AVOCADOS
dammit!
If he plays his way on this team, and then promptly plays his way right off it, I will… well, I don’t know but it can’t be anything good.
Take that, Winter!
by Bring Back Tommy Herr! on Mar 29, 2010 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
fill in the euphemism contest!
“I was on the elliptical,” he said. "I’m still able to run. I’m not, like, [incapacitated]. We just want to give it a couple of days. I pitched that day and got through it. It was fine. we just want to be careful to make sure it doesn’t become worse.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
something not PC
“a cripple”?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
bad news: Stav stings a base hit
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
I don't want him to make the team at all
but at the rate he’s hitting the ball, it might be a little bit of an injustice if he doesn’t and I’d kind of feel bad for him.
But if you look at the hitting, him and Craig should both make the team.
And Mather go down. Which makes defense a real question.
craig is hitting the ball better than stav
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Mather is "officially" still a question mark
per that link above from Leach
but he’s the only reliable backup for Colby
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
Cool Ranch Doritos?
"There's a new sheriff in town." - Brendan Ryan
by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
what can we get?
Stav will actually be a better 5th outfielder on some teams than what they have now. We could hope to get a AA B level bullpen option i’d imange. We did traded Chris duncan for two free years of Lugo…
they were going to release Lugo anyways
and the cards were just using it as an excuse to get rid of him.
I thought this was obvious.
Every team has a Stavi in AAA, nobody needs to trade for one.
I think the royals would disagree
IF stavi makes the team and
IF stavi manages to hit for at least the first few weeks in the regular season
I believe we will be able to trade him to someone. Not for much. Could just be a PTBNL. Could be for another AAAA guy. Maybe a AAAA 3rd baseman. On a team that has a good Major League 3 bagger and the AAAA guy is blocking a prospect from moving up.
I don’t expect much.
i don't think the cards really see any future for stav in stl
but are doing their utmost to see if maybe there’s a fit elsewhere, for stav’s sake
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I'd be okay riding his hot streak a la Barden last year
but not okay overplaying him a la Thurston last year
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
in basically the same number of PAs, stav has 18 hits and one walk. craig has 14 hits and four walks.
there’s not much to rely on in a small sample size in spring training, but even if you want to look at the spring training numbers, craig has hit at least as well as stavinoha – if you count those walks, there’s one on-base event separating them. craig has a higher slg in spring training to boot.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
Craig has definitely had the superior spring
Stavi hits a disproportionate amount of singles for a guy with his size, and the walks just aren’t there.
But if I were Nick, I would say “Why did you keep me around if I basically hit as well as I’m capable of and you still cut me?”
the early line
was “nothing left to prove in the minors”
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
because, nick, we have better players, and that's how the business works.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
Get a couple injuries
And suddenly he has a job.
I don't put a lot of weight in batting average during spring
To small of a sample size. I like guys that hit a lot of 2B’s and HR’s that are taking walks
by FlimtotheFlam on Mar 29, 2010 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, craig has lost 5 hits to bad luck
4 balls blistered right at fielders, and a bloop that the of’er made a sliding catch (the type that seemingly always falls for stav)
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Don't recall who mentioned thinking Stav lost weight...
but Stav looks as pudgy as ever.
You can read it in any tone you like.
I think.... that might be....
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
yeah, that was Amaury Marti Cazana
I think that’s who called Albert’s shot.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
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I think that’s who called willed Albert’s shot over the fence using his telekinetic powers.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
by tom s. on Mar 29, 2010 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I prefer to think he told Albert exactly where and when the pitch was coming in.
come on, Albert doesn’t use performance-enhancing telekinesis.
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it looked like gibby to me
or brock
or one of the old cardinal greats
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
the profile didn't look right
I dunno, if FESPN had stayed with it longer, we’d know
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Missed it; watching the tail end of the Martinsville race
What happened?
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out at first
his aura of mystery increases when no one mentions who he is
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That was one crazy end to the race...
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
No joke...I love how DW said "I like Hamlin 'cept he's on the outside..."
…and sure enough…haha
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by vexedtechie on Mar 30, 2010 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions
I was dumbfounded
on the call to get tires… I guess it worked out for the best though.
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
photo proof
http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/photos/cards-twins-official-game-thread/689104
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"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
time for franklins.
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"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
Boog nearly got him!
still no socks.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
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is la rue at 1st?
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
he is!
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
by YesWeOquendo on Mar 29, 2010 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Dammit, Larry McReynolds: Misquoted Jack Buck.
“Whatta end, I been waitin’ for a long time to quote a famous baseball announcer…‘I can’t believe what i just saw.’”
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WTF! Franklin sucks?
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Pags talking to Franklin. mmhmm.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
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"Shouldn't have signed that extension" Franklin
Best moment I've ever seen at a Cards game in person
Hey Tony: Allen Craig > Fat Miles
SHSTE Franklin
"There's a new sheriff in town." - Brendan Ryan
by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions
It's like
when a puppy poops on the floor. You can’t get upset at the puppy. That’s what he does. It’s your fault for putting the puppy in that position.
by Michael_68_1999 on Mar 29, 2010 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed
I don’t think this is a playoff team with Franklin as closer, but realistically, what options do they have that wouldn’t suck as much.
We’re stuck with this defecating puppy.
by olddomination on Mar 29, 2010 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
That's where someone like Motte would be handy
if we can get him to throw more than a fastball, i’m all for it.
Best moment I've ever seen at a Cards game in person
Hey Tony: Allen Craig > Fat Miles
LaRue has excellent extension there at first.
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Lopex
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
heh
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
matt leach is really our best cards writer.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
sometimes I wonder if Joe Strauss even likes the Cardinals
as much shit as he talks about them.
I like leach as well.
does he even like himself? doubtful.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
self-righteous bastards actually hate themselves the most
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
those are probably the sociopaths.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
I don't see how you could think you are right all the time and yet still hate yourself
does not compute.
one can hate perfection?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Except when
Joe Strauss is trying to hide injury reports from Joe Strauss.
by Michael_68_1999 on Mar 29, 2010 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Credit where due
I liked the profile on McGwire the hitter’s coach he wrote.
Guys like Bradley are exactly why we can't have a pumpkin patch anymore.
Joey Bombs up
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Up comes Descalso.
Walk off, much?
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by vexedtechie on Mar 29, 2010 4:08 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
vexed gets a point!
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I win today's thread, yes?
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Am I the anti-zoomzoom?
jk
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don't tempt the GOB
you’re on the bench
anything could happen
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I've tempted nothing. There was a blatant jk thrown in there.
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It could be worse
You could have too much time, and waste much of it watching baseball.
Not that there aren’t worse things to do, but…
on the bright side, you only had one minute of baseball left to watch.
so it’s not like you missed anything.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
ive had to miss the entire game...
havent had my laptop out until this class started…
Bird is the word.
Boog on deck
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"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
everybody hit the little guy!
walkoff!
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
spencer steedly = porn name?
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
better baseball name than Allen Craig
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"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
U Mean Craig Allen Craig Craig Allen Allen Allen Craig Allen...
and so on and so forth…
Big McLargehuge!
:=8O
I could get behind that
/his first porn line
"There's a new sheriff in town." - Brendan Ryan
by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions
tony really got into smacking dd's helmet
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I liked that it was mostly Memphis pounding his helmet
I noted that from the pictures. PCL Champs don’t do as much uppercut punching as the big leaguers.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
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yeah. schu threw a couple.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
schu wishes someone else had hit that walk-off.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
when did the big club start punching in groups?
punching one on one was McGwire.
I wanna say the walkoff boxing celebration was circa 2005, but I’m not sure.
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or wait, no, the gathering at the plate was around then
boxing came after
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Coined by Y2S
‘Walkoff Boxing Celebration’
This is how I shall refer to the body blows issued at the end of Cardinals walk off victories…
Bird is the word.
if someone gets hurt
yadi’s leading the boxer rebellion
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
y2s, i mean
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
actually, not coined by me
“boxing instructor” was not mine. I’ve got TBender in September, but there was probably a thread preceding that.
we were worried the violent walkoffs would kill someone.
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by Yadi2Second on Mar 30, 2010 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions
leave the revisionist history to me
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by Yadi2Second on Mar 30, 2010 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions
I still hold that 'Walkoff Boxing Celebration'....
sounds like an official name…
M’Yesssss
Bird is the word.
it'll be outdated
when Walkoff UFC Celebrations kick in.
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by Yadi2Second on Mar 30, 2010 2:07 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
K-Mac
looks to have taken well to bullpen duties.
Guys like Bradley are exactly why we can't have a pumpkin patch anymore.
vexed will you photoshop Kmac,Motte and franklin onto this pic?
http://funboxcomedy.com/Fun_with_FunBox/boxofknowledge/Images/firemen.jpg
f’n hilarious if he did.
Hahahaha, I'll do what i can
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We heard there's a fire???
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by vexedtechie on Mar 29, 2010 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions 14 recs
That is....something....
Vexed you have talent….Might be wasted here, but the ladies say OTHERWISE.
Bird is the word.
Yeah, hat colors are a little off because of hue/saturation changes
…had to get skin tones to match up
But thank you!
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I'll rec it
because I fear Motte.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
IDK
KMAC looks pretty believable.
Blaine Matthew Burns: Albert Pujols' biggest fan (his first words will for sure be "Albert Pujols is RIDICULOUS")
fun with small sample sizes, vol. 2.
don’t look now, but ruben gotay has 7 walks (three-way-tied for second for total walks on the team) in 27 PA’s, for a 26% walk rate.
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
if only he were catcher
he would have led AAA in BB as C
but what about his D?!?!
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
by prophetjohn on Mar 29, 2010 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
It's like a pun...
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
I'll rec it.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
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by Yadi2Second on Mar 30, 2010 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions
i needed the pity rec
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
by prophetjohn on Mar 30, 2010 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
mmm Yu Darvish
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/03/odds-ends-darvish-washburn-damon.html
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Interesting
Previously, he’d been pretty adamant about wanting to stay in Japan, yeah? I recall him saying he aspired to be the best pitching in the history of the NPL…am I remembering that right?
numbers-wise, i would think it'd be hard
they have their own babe ruth, so i imagine they have a cy young equivalent
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
maybe if you consider colby "a player like thurston"
i forget how many oh ended with, but it’s nothing to sneeze at.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
perhaps in the dutch league
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I think maybe the Andorran league is for Thurston's skillset.
In football, the object is for the quarterback, otherwise known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his recievers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use the shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.
In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! "I hope I'll be safe at home!"
-George Carlin (RIP)
yeah, the problem with japan is
you can’t walk yourself off an island.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Or possibly
The Dagobah League
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'
Tattoine doesn't have that big of a talent pool
He could get PT there.
In football, the object is for the quarterback, otherwise known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his recievers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use the shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.
In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! "I hope I'll be safe at home!"
-George Carlin (RIP)
curacao little league
they’d win in williamsport.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I don't know
Thurston would be a serious offensive liability. He’d be a defensive sub at best.
In football, the object is for the quarterback, otherwise known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his recievers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use the shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.
In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! "I hope I'll be safe at home!"
-George Carlin (RIP)
his infield popups
those would be bloop hits in williamsport, so he’d be an on-base machine (of course, he’d get picked off by the catchers though)
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
He probably could start in the Alderaan League
if it was still a planet.
"I actually used about nine pitches--two different fastballs, two sliders, a curve, a changeup, knockdown, brushback, and hit-batsman" - Bob Gibson
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Mar 29, 2010 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I sense a great disturbance of the dorks
As if millions of prospect geeks suddenly cried out, and were suddenly silenced.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
by mattybobo on Mar 29, 2010 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
silenced by their own hyperventilation?
"We were men - flesh and blood - and we played baseball in the sunshine. We hit doubles off the wall, slid hard into second base. We had fights, and we made love. We sang songs and prayed on Sundays. . . . We felt pain. And we felt joy. There was a lot wrong with the world. But we weren't sad, man. We had the times of our lives." Buck O'Neil, from "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America."
they sucked all the sound within?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
y'all might be interested in FSM
Good block of Cards programming tonight. 9PM Cardinals Classics (Hollidays walkoff against the Cubs is remembered) 29 minutes ago via web
930-Season Preview with a great look behind the scenes of spring training, the best of Brendan Ryan’s home movies, Tony LaRussa and more 28 minutes ago via web
10pm Cardinal Classics-Albert Pujols dramatic grand slam against the Reds on 4th of July weekend to give the Cards a big win. Join us! 28 minutes ago via web
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
just read the twinkie town recap
i missed gardenhire pinch-hitting – i assume that’s his son?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
He does have a ballplaying son
I saw him several times at Illinois… then the field turf came and I left…
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
he doubled today
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
where is anybody?
i’m stuck in some random office building all alone and i’m BORED.
someone write a limerick or something…
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
here's some pictures
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gcny1956/tags/
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IHB
IHB lives in the desert
IHB likes dessert
IHB is a lawyer
IHB normally enjoys baseball
but not not the way Wally Joyner played
for he sucked a lot
and probably smokes pot
if you think this sucks
remember it’s after 4am
it’s written by
that f’in gdm
Hope is the worst of all evils, for it prolongs the torment of man
by gdm426 on Mar 30, 2010 4:30 AM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
i'll give that a V
for valiant.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I recced this for effort.
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i rec'd this because its kind of about me
and its totally random. and i think its awesome.
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
goold!
dgoold named his fantasy team "dgoold". The guy can’t get enough of his cyber-persona. RT this, @dgoold. Do it. I dare ya. about 1 hours ago via TweetDeck
@mattsebek That’s what I was told to do. Otherwise, I would have named it the “30” or “The Goolds” or “Award Winners” or “DG!!!!!!!!” about 1 hours ago via web in reply to mattsebek
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
paging the moocow
did you ever activate your account for the Sell Out League? Yours is the only one I don’t see as active.
He's grazing right now.
You’ll hear from him, presumably, when the cows come home.
You can read it in any tone you like.
I'm just surprised that joke isn't made more often
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
it's been a while already
I don’t know how much longer I cud stomachs waiting….
by DanUpBaby on Mar 29, 2010 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Random St. Louis question
How do you pronounce “Oleatha”? As in the street name? We’re looking at houses. I can’t decide if it’s two syllables or three but I like it better as three.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Just forget the a?
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Yeah, that's what I really thought it was.
Damn brain not working right when I posted.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Speaking of pronouncing street names
What’s up with the ridiculous way St. Louisans pronounce Chouteau Ave? Pisses me off to no end.
You mean you don't like Show Toe?
What are your feelings on Duh-ball-of-’er?
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
DeBaliviere is at least closer
I’ve regularly heard it called “Chow-Toe,” with a hard “ch” like in “change.”
For a city that fancies itself to have some roots in French culture (big Mardi Gras, etc.), that’s such a pronunciation fail.
you should hear pronunciations in new orleans
with way more french roots here. lafayette and napolean are fine, but all the rest: lyon street is lion street, for example.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Basically correct.
I think a French person may have a little bit more open vowels.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Then there's Creve Couer
pronounced ‘Kreeve’, instead of ‘Krev’.
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by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Mar 29, 2010 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
And Couer is pronounced core instead of Coooer.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
i always said the latter
like coors field
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
by prophetjohn on Mar 29, 2010 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Well I hear it Core here.
And I say Cores.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
you don't?
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
by prophetjohn on Mar 30, 2010 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions
nice saves for you all over the place tonight
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
by prophetjohn on Mar 30, 2010 12:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Yes..
In Coors Light.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions
was there another s?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I don't know.
I didn’t know people didn’t pronounce the s in that word.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions
yes, that would be heart in french, right
like the sacre couer, to montmartre what the tour de eiffel is to paris
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
D'Eiffel.
Geez. You can’t have to vowel sounds in a row!
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
excuse moi
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
from my recollection
no – at least not as in french. don’t you say gra-voy?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Oh that's true.
It would be Grahvwaw.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
So I was wrong.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
No.
Like cardball said below. Unless that’s what you meant.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I say GrAh voy
but I know people who say it is Grah voyS and swear they’re correct. This is also how I pronounced it the first month I lived here.
They are definitely not correct.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, like you said above cgirl
the ending would sound like the goalie, patrick roy
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
i would say
grah-vwah
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by prophetjohn on Mar 30, 2010 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions
You would French correct and St. Louis wrong.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Same with the Missouri version with Versailles?
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'
Yes.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions
My brother and his fiance are buying a house in St. Charles.
Monticello something. Anyway, the realtor and the neighbors pronounce it “montisello.” The street names in the neighborhood are clearly rooted in American history, and there are even windows on these houses that echo the style of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. Montisello my ass. My future SIL said I’m going to drive her nuts if I say the name properly. I was like, “I hope you guys don’t live here long, then.”
You can read it in any tone you like.
What part of St. Chuck?
Dems my old stompin’ grounds.
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 12:55 AM EDT up reply actions
Like I said I still pronounce Versailles correctly.
And I would pronounce monticello correctly too. That’s ridiculous.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions
So you pronounce St. Louis as a frenchman would as well?
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 12:58 AM EDT up reply actions
No.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:59 AM EDT up reply actions
So where do you draw the line here?
Just pick and choose what’s ridiculous and what isn’t?
/devil’s advocate
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 1:00 AM EDT up reply actions
See below.
Saint and Louis are words in English. Versailles is a French word and should be pronounced like one.
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Ohhhhhh shit
The gauntlet has been thrown
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Not successfully.
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Saint Louis is the English translation,
not a mispronunciation.
You can read it in any tone you like.
Good point.
What does Versailles mean?
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't know that it has a direct translation.
Wiki.
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what does paris mean?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I believe it means "Whale's Vagina"
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Nice one ...
it actually means City of Light … boom.
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 1:14 AM EDT up reply actions
It is named after the Gallic tribe that founded it the Parisii.
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It is also a plant.
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What is with the random lines in your sig?
by vivaelpujols on Mar 30, 2010 1:22 AM EDT up reply actions
I was separating the two so people wouldn't get confused.
Now I’m thinking of just switching the phrases.
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so it doesn't mean anything?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
It may have meant something to the Gallic people.
But I don’t know if people know.
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It's stupid.
I mean, COME ON! And while we in St. Louis butcher the pronunciations of French words, the people of St. Charles are butchering a word that every child learns in history class.
You can read it in any tone you like.
Are we supposed to expect
Cajuns to pronounce anything close to any real language?
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
creoles are likely worse
but i’m not finished investigating that yet
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I fear for your language abilities
if you get too far in… kinda like Nic Cage in 8mm… there are going to be some things you can’t unhear.
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
but creole women must be investigated
the cajuns i stay away from.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I'll defer to your expert opinion on that...
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if ever in rome
do as i say. although i know we must all make our own mistakes, i’m assuming your time here would be limited, so just trying to help, sort of like giving you the heads up on a good bar.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
What is the difference
between Creole and Cajun? I feel like I should know this but don’t.
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
basically the diff between brazilian and hillbilly, respectively
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
One group
waxes the nether regions and the other has no teeth… sounds like should work on making a hybrid…
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i wouldn't say that's exactly correct on either
for creoles, i’d say think of lisa bonet in that new orleans movie she did – forget the name. anyway, cajuns definitely not into the voodoo. for cajuns i think it means whites in the bayou (hillbillies), whereas creoles would be more exotic, with some tint.
fwiw, i had a brazilian girlfriend in rio, and i will say that they grow up with an interesting concept of birth control.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Does it rhyme with
cornholing? But I now get what you were going for…
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
Cajun
culture is based on French immigrants who migrated to Louisiana when they were kicked out of Canada. They were called Arcadians, and the linguistic was such it was eventually bastardised to ‘Cajun’.
Creole is a culture based more on former slaves. Lots of West African influence and customs in what is now considered Creole culture. Of course, the two have become completely intermingled by now, but if you really want to know the difference, there it is.
Cajun= white French people exiled from Canada
Creole= Former slaves from W. Africa and various Caribbean islands
Hope that helps.
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by the red baron on Mar 30, 2010 3:47 AM EDT up reply actions
exactly what i said
hillbillies and brazilians
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Acadian I believe
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Or how Springfieldians pronounce Kearney?
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I feel left out :(
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by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions
you'll always have that pronunciation of phoenix to lord over everyone
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I believe it's
O lee ath a
as well
While Spinning.
Yes... I'm the annoying guy that over-uses ellipses.
I've always heard it pronounced
O-lay-tha, but spelled Olathe, as in Olathe, Colorado. I guess that extra ‘e’ in the middle might change things.
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by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Mar 29, 2010 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions
My husband says o-lay-tha, too.
I like the 4-syllable version, but I suspect it’s wrong.
You can read it in any tone you like.
I've never said it before but if I were to just read it I would say Olaytha.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions
the Kansas one is like that too, I think.
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by Yadi2Second on Mar 30, 2010 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions
yeah, i've heard of the kansas one
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Tower grove I guess?
Or just a bit south of it. I currently live in an apartment in the central west end but we are looking at houses.
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what's that one street name that's impossible to know how to pronounce
it’s in st louis. that’s all i can tell you. surely someone knows what i’m talking about. there’s an exit for it off a major highway, but probably not i70
surely someone knows what i mean
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by prophetjohn on Mar 29, 2010 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Spoede?
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
nah, it's harder than that
i remember there was a facebook thing once. “10 ways to know you’re from st louis.”
the what high school are you from thing was one and another was knowing how to pronounce this street name
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by prophetjohn on Mar 29, 2010 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
it's longer, i think
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by prophetjohn on Mar 29, 2010 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Dougherty Ferry?
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
nah, one word for sure
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by prophetjohn on Mar 29, 2010 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Do you know how to pronounce Spoede?
And I don’t what you’re talking about.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I would guess like "speedy"
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by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Wrong.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
wrong!
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
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by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
spade?
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by prophetjohn on Mar 29, 2010 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Wrong.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
wrong!
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
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by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Wrong!
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
but it felt so right to me.....
I shall continue to do so.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Also, Dave Concepcion.
you're a sick, sick dude.
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by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
this is kind of like baseball questions during the World Wars
rooting out spies.
“Where’s the nearest exit to I-64?”
“You’re not from around here, are you?”
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by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I actually knew, I was corrected when I lived thereby some friends.
And then proceeded to hack it worse every time we saw it, just to piss them off.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Also, Dave Concepcion.
I personally like Spode Road.
I think it is much more exciting than Spoede.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions
wrong!
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
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by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I've always heard it like this
spay-dee
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Ding ding ding!
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
i was the closest of the wrongs
like i said, the street i’m thinking of, i would have no idea where to start trying to pronounce it
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by prophetjohn on Mar 29, 2010 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
What letter does it start with?
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
i want to say s
but i just went to the st louis library and read all the s street names and nothing grabbed me
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by prophetjohn on Mar 29, 2010 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Vandeventer?
That’s the only kind of odd one I can think of that hasn’t already been mentioned.
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by The Continental on Mar 29, 2010 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
damn it
maybe it is spoede
but i’m trying to think of when and why i was ever on 64
i know i’ve been on 70, 270, 44 and 55, but 64? i don’t know
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by prophetjohn on Mar 29, 2010 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
haha He called it 64.
hehe
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions
haha.
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by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions
That's a county road in JeffCo, right?
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by The Continental on Mar 29, 2010 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't why he would have been on there either.
And Spoede certainly doesn’t intersect that road.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
not enough letters.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
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by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions
what is it
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by prophetjohn on Mar 29, 2010 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Highway 40.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, still
looking at google maps, i see no need for me to have ever been on that highway. much less multiple times
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by prophetjohn on Mar 29, 2010 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions
pj, are you experiencing blackouts?
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by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
mlb got me again!
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by prophetjohn on Mar 29, 2010 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
i think the library website only has the city of st. louis
not all of st. louis county
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by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Well there is St. Louis Avenue. ;)
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s 64/40, but everyone here calls it 40. I usually have to think twice when someone uses 64.
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by The Continental on Mar 29, 2010 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
My uncle was visiting here and they got lost.
He was talking to my dad on the phone and was like, “I’m on I-64. Where should I go?” My dad was like, “You’re where? You’re not even in St. Louis!”
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Still better than Chicago
were we have numbers… but decided to rename all of them and then cease to use the numbers for anything other than road signs… So you naturally give directions by saying take the Ike to the Kennedy then… instead of 290 to 90… it can get very bad for out of towners…
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I was in Salt Lake over the weekend.....
200 S on the street signs, but apparently that was Broadway….wtf?
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Also, Dave Concepcion.
hey, how was that butler game?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Good...nothing like the Xavier K State game though....
-Delta-Energy Solutions Arena is a great place to watch a BasketBall game…not a bad seat in the house…which is fortunate, considering it’s a basketball only Complex.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Also, Dave Concepcion.
excellent
i’m still rooting for bulldogs.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Absolutely....they had a lot of fans there...
K State traveled really well…purple everywhere you went downtown.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Also, Dave Concepcion.
Was there a name to go along with it?
Because if not that’s the best trick ever.
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
No...I asked the bartender where Broadway was from there...down a block, the sign says
200 S. Address in the phonebook was 125 W. Broadway.From looking at the map…it was 300 S., but it looks like different sides of the street are named differently.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Also, Dave Concepcion.
Oh those crazy Mormons and their street naming conventions
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The corner of Temple and State is the 000 block
Belief that success is inevitable is as likely to hold you back as a belief that it is impossible.
My address is on the corner of Heartattack and Vine
and my numbers are all bad luck
Belief that success is inevitable is as likely to hold you back as a belief that it is impossible.
I actually live out in the sticks
so come on over I’ll show you my pigs
Belief that success is inevitable is as likely to hold you back as a belief that it is impossible.
Sure but bring a lot
a single pig can consume two pounds of uncooked flesh every minute
Belief that success is inevitable is as likely to hold you back as a belief that it is impossible.
experience
disposing of the bodies?
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
of course not what an awful thing to say
what have you heard?
Belief that success is inevitable is as likely to hold you back as a belief that it is impossible.
nothing. nothing at all.
I didn’t see anything, either.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
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ps f you guys
come to austin and try to pronounce manchaca. or san jacinto or manor or guadalupe
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by prophetjohn on Mar 29, 2010 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions
are they pronounced differently than one would expect?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
yeah
man-chack
san juh-cent-uh
god-a-loop
may-ner
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by prophetjohn on Mar 29, 2010 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Manor isn't hard at all.
that’s exactly how I would have said it. Guadalupe too. Although I may have added an ay on the end with a lot of flair.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
but manor
is an english word. that’s what makes it so bad!
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by prophetjohn on Mar 29, 2010 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh like Manor the house.
I only say that when I’m talking about actual Manors.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Manor = may-ner
/knows a guy from Manor, TX
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by The Continental on Mar 29, 2010 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Are they not pronounced like they would be in Spanish?
Because St. Louis is funny because St. Louisans have mangled proper pronunciation for so long it has become correct only in St. Louis.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah
i still pronounce them like they’re supposed to be, but everyone makes fun of me
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by prophetjohn on Mar 29, 2010 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I still say Versailles, MO, like it should be and people laugh at me.
I feel your pain.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
i say it like locals say it
i’m surprised that auxvasse gets it right
if you guys know where that is
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by prophetjohn on Mar 29, 2010 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions
i'd like to see someone
who doesn’t know about this town pronounce it
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by prophetjohn on Mar 29, 2010 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Auxvasse.
If they butcher I won’t get it right. I only get Notre dame right half the time since I automatically revert into French.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
they don't butcher it to my knowledge
but i don’t know what language it is or anything. i just grew up like 20 minutes away. otherwise i’d say like “ok-vass-ee” or something
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by prophetjohn on Mar 29, 2010 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Well I would say Oh-Voss.
Voss rhymes with Ross.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions
it's
ah-vawz
or
uh-vawz
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by prophetjohn on Mar 29, 2010 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah.
That’s what I said. And mean that’s what I said. I’m not good with pronunciation explanations.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions
should be
oh-vase, if you pronounce vase like some do in english. i think it’s a bastardized word, part french, part german, like something heard in parts of switzerland.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I think the Aux can be Oh.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Like this:
http://www.askoxford.com/languages/fr/toi_french/pronunciation/
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions
how do they say it there
ver-sales?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Yes.
Losers. Versailles is so much prettier.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions
difference i guess being
that those st louis names are actually difficult to pronounce and the austin names are just horribly bastardized
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That's what I just said about St. Louis names.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions
well
i’m bad at french, so i wouldn’t know the difference
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Spoede's German.
And I think if my mom is correct Spoede is actually correct.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
how do you pronounce guadalupe
or san jacinto?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
There's Sherve.
That’s an exit off of I-70.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I've been intentionally calling it 64 because calling it 40 is starting to seem quaint.
You can read it in any tone you like.
turns out
that the creepy crawl is pretty close to 40 and i’ve been there for a show, so spoede is looking more likely
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
by prophetjohn on Mar 29, 2010 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions
actually, nah
looks like it would’ve made way more sense to take 70 to get there
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
by prophetjohn on Mar 29, 2010 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions
But that sounds like it's spelled.
I also thought of Litzsinger.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I dunno, I'm calling a tie
At least RiverRat and I knew it was two syllables
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by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
do we give him a beer?
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
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by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't deserve one
I’ve lived here all my life, so I just know how people say the names
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
You ruined the fun game!
We were taunting the un-Natives!
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
you've changed CG
keep it up
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
holy cow, I can't punctuate anymore.
that really is missing a comma.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
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by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
This is how I am in real life.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
okay
so what do we do to the others?
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by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
The one I'm in lists Spoede, Choutau, and Gravois.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
that second one looks like an indian name
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I like this one from that group:
22. If someone actually has their turn signal on, it is probably a factory defect, or has been on for the last 17 miles.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
St. Louis is in Florida?
There are some “facts” from those groups that are universal. Like “If you stay on the same street but it changes names 5 times.” That’s not special to your town. That happens everywhere.
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by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I know.
But it’s still fun to pretend it is.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
St. Louis has an inferiority complex.
People bash me when I say that, but it’s true.
You can read it in any tone you like.
It is true.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions
What both of you said.
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
yeah. things that i can relate to not being from st louis
u r so saint louis if any one in ur family refers to a casino as “the boat” (never would’ve guessed this to be st louis exclusive)
You know you’re from St. Louis when you measure the distance to get somewhere in time not by how many miles (really?)
You Know you are from St. Louis when you know this phrase “Cheap Cheap. Fun Fun” (more like missouri)
You know your from STL when you find yourself spitting on anyone whose wearing a cubs bball cap -Erich (or missouri or southern illionois or tennesse or etc)
You know you’re in STL when the weather is 80 one day and 40 the next. (everyone thinks they are unique in this. hey guys, weather changes rapidly)
you know you’re from St Louis when all that you and your friends can think about is leaving. And you all go away to school. And two years later, everyone is back in town and never wants to leave (everywhere)
You know what “Party Cove” is, and where the “lake” is. (more like missouri)
You know what a Pork Steak is (really?)
You’ve said, "It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity. (probably anywhere that it’s humid)
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by prophetjohn on Mar 30, 2010 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions
People not from St. Louis know what pork steak is?
Not in my experience.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah it is.
I try not to tell people it exists. I’m embarrassed by it.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Pork steak is hilarious ...
My dad loves em. I don’t think he really even likes the taste … I think he just likes the taste of the savings he gets from buying 10 lbs of pork steaks for 5 bucks.
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions
My parents buy them all the time...
when you are raised on them you develop a taste for them.
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
Yeah, I can handle them
Not great by any means but palatable. We ate them all the time as kids.
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions
My parents tried to make me eat them as a child I had none of it.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions
I ate it when I was a kid.
But as I got older I realized that it was just really tough meat with lots of fat, often drenched in BBQ sauce. Blech.
You can read it in any tone you like.
My option was that or whatever else I could scrounge up
I went with what was already cooked…
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I would rather not eat.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions
i'm not from st louis
and i know what pork steak is. or at least i’ve eaten something my father called pork steak on multiple occasions
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
by prophetjohn on Mar 30, 2010 12:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Yes...I knew of pork steak long before I lived in STL.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Also, Dave Concepcion.
This is new to me.
Maybe in the southeast they are different. But that’s not true we had a group from Texas come to St. Louis and they didn’t know what a pork steak was.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:32 AM EDT up reply actions
they know in new orleans
and chicago
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
no one out here knows what pork steaks are
they look at me weird when i request it at the butcher counter in the grocery stores
Hope is the worst of all evils, for it prolongs the torment of man
I think it must be that it has
1) spread to people from outside of St. Louis who know people from St. Louis.
2) they are are talking about a different kind of meat and don’t know it.
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i'm from SE Mizzou, and they are huge down there
they have the pork roasts up here & that’s how i can get them, i just have the guy cut that into steaks. otherwise you never see them. just a few kinds of pork chops
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SE Missouri is close to St. Louis.
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2.5 - 3 hours south of the city limits
so yeah, close enough
Hope is the worst of all evils, for it prolongs the torment of man
definitely big in chicago
as would be expected with any pork product
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
But it's not from Chicago.
I think it may have spread but I have never met anyone with no St. Louis/Missouri connections who knows what a pork steak is.
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well, there's a few million of them in chicago
it may have been introduced by folks with st louis connections, but it’s firmly entrenched in the culture now.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Like I said above,
there’s been pork steaks at every grocery store / butcher here for all of my life.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Also, Dave Concepcion.
Hmmm...here's what wiki says
about pork steaks.
Not much, actually.
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"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's says what we all already know
they are a staple of STL BBQ
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I fucking love pork steaks
just had some great ones last weekend
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
You are from Missouri though, right?
It might be a Missouri thing.
You can read it in any tone you like.
yeah
but not particularly close to st louis
about 2.5 hours away
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by prophetjohn on Mar 30, 2010 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions
But still Missouri.
Therefore still maybe a Missouri thing.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Pork Steak ... may be different in different places
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions
I think this may be true.
It may a different in other places.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions
i always assumed
that pork steak and pork chops were the same. but i never really liked either, so who knows
it’s probably been 15 years since i’ve had a pork steak
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
by prophetjohn on Mar 30, 2010 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh well that may be the difference then.
Pork chops =/= not pork steaks.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Very not the same.
Different, even.
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions
I can handle a pork chop.
Pork steaks however? No thank you.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Shoot, a really good center-cut
bone-in pork chop can be a very expensive cut at some places. I’ve been to Italian restaurants that know what they’re doing.
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Wow....
I really need to pull my head out of the gutter… I just read you talking about what pork products you can and can’t handle… I of course snickered like a 13 year old boy… go me.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions
i should clarify
i’ve had pork steaks and pork chops both served in my home. but as a kid, i hated them both and didn’t really know the difference
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
by prophetjohn on Mar 30, 2010 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Pork chops not equal to not pork steaks?
So….they are pork steaks?
I’ve never heard of pork steak, but that picture above looks like what I grew up eating that we called porkchops
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by jd is legend on Mar 30, 2010 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Sorry.
It was late. pork chops don’t equal pork steaks.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions
right, pork steaks come from the bean town cut
pork roasts. chops are totally different
Hope is the worst of all evils, for it prolongs the torment of man
i have lived in a lot of places, including stl
i say the 80/40 thing is actually pretty unique. i remember missing school because of a snow day and by 1:00 that day all the snow melted and it was 60 degrees outside. you don’t really see that kind of weather change anywhere else.
but i will agree with everything else for the most part. although i think it should say “pork butt” not “pork streak.” the butt is the thing people have never heard of.
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
Really?
I have never met someone from outside of St. Louis who has never been there who has any idea what a pork steak is.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:30 AM EDT up reply actions
there was an 80 to 40 swing
in austin a couple of weeks ago
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by prophetjohn on Mar 30, 2010 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions
The weather does that here.
Often at this time of year.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Not here in LA
70/80 and sunny allllll year long
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'
Boooooring.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Sounds like you don't live in the valley
in fact I’d hazard a guess you live in one of the beach cities with weather patterns like that..
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
Pork Butt is not STL exclusive....
it’s actually a Boston Butt. The steak is sliced butt.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Also, Dave Concepcion.
wikipedia
confirms that pork steaks are st louis style. but says that they are cut from the shoulder blade area
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
by prophetjohn on Mar 30, 2010 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Who knew?
Back Fat was on the swine’s back. We’ll I’ll dipped.
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions
[cue Hebrew National ad]
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
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by Yadi2Second on Mar 30, 2010 12:45 AM EDT up reply actions
"Psst. The best meat's in the rump!"
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
National supermarket always advertised them
as “whole port butt sliced into steaks”
port butt = shoulder.
I never would slip you Mickey! It is merely rhinoceros horn. This makes the champagna bubble.
by The Continental on Mar 30, 2010 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Wow, same spelling mistake twice in one post
nicely done.
I never would slip you Mickey! It is merely rhinoceros horn. This makes the champagna bubble.
by The Continental on Mar 30, 2010 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions
So hogs poop from their backs?
I’m really confused now. I knew I should have joined FFA in high school…
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
ham = piggie hindquarters
I never would slip you Mickey! It is merely rhinoceros horn. This makes the champagna bubble.
by The Continental on Mar 30, 2010 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions
In that case
I can’t get me enough pig ass… that’s right I said it.
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I think measuring distance in time is a midwestern thing
being from central IL, I’ve always done it
I crawled the earth, but now I'm higher, 2010 watch it go to fire!
by First mammal to wear pants on Mar 30, 2010 1:19 AM EDT up reply actions
I just displayed this earlier in this post.
http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2010/3/29/1394456/fifth-starters#33456760
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the driving thing is a southern thing too
Hope is the worst of all evils, for it prolongs the torment of man
That's Chicago to a T...
My friend always jokes that if you turn on your signal all that tells the people behind you is that there’s a whole they need to fill up before you beat them to it… it’s a great city to drive in…
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
I always remember the
“House with No Steps” on the way to Six Flags
by FlimtotheFlam on Mar 29, 2010 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
If I recall correctly
that’s ‘Spay dee’, yes? Near my old temple.
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by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Mar 29, 2010 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Can't help you
But bmorgan and cardball (I think those are our two New Orleans folks) know about Tchoupitoulas Street and its pronunciation
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by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, it's a couple blocks over
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
My little brother lives close to the corner of Louisville and Harrison down there
Not sure if that’s close at all
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by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
didn't you say he goes to school here?
i don’t know those names – is he around the lake?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Yeah he goes to UNO
Pretty close to the lake, a few blocks from Canal
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by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
i was thinking uno
i’m pretty close to tulane and audabon park.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Ah
Beautiful part of town
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by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
i'm kind of nestled within the beauty between the garden district
and the above mentioned – it’s an area undergoing gentrification.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
i'm uptown as well
and reading this thread, i was just about to bring up Tchoupitoulas. The first time I saw that one I didn’t even attempt to pronounce it. Although it’s really not difficult once you know
I was surprised to learn it was named after Indians
I thought for sure it was Russian the first time I saw it (like Tchaikovsky…I guess it was just the “Tch” at the beginning)
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by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
it's not hard
every once in a while i still say it with my initial impression, which was really just a matter of accentuating the second rather than the first syllable.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I dunno
I wasn’t thrown off by where to put the accent, I was thrown off by not pronouncing the first “ou” like “oooo”
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by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, that was my problem, too
i just asked someone how to say it rather than sound like an idiot, though
Looks Greek to me.
Most -oulas words are.
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 1:04 AM EDT up reply actions
my assumption has always been it is part greek/part indian
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
damn you
why did you have to bring up street names?
this is something i’ve always wondered and never remembered to ask a st louisan
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
by prophetjohn on Mar 29, 2010 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
just found out i'm going to see the cardinals play in kansas city in june
super excited! i’ve never been to kaufman stadium. looking forward to a new experience. i assume there will be a ton of cards fans there?
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
There will be mostly Cards fans most likely.
Also the K is a really nice stadium especially after they renovated it.
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the K is nice ...
… its very plasticky looking and commercial to me but there ain’t a bad seat in the house. Also, that series is awesome. There are far more cards fans. They completely take over the stadium.
On a related note, I just got tickets to the May 30th game at Wrigley … 8 rows behind the visitor’s dugout … I’m about to pee my spants.
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Also it's still cheap so you can get really good seats for equivalent to Upper Deck seats in Busch.
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True ... and
… you can get big beers for 7 bux or so … that’s shoplifting compared to Busch.
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 29, 2010 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Congratulations
You’ll now smell like 90 percent of the people in Wrigley Field.
Or Wrigley, itself.
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
by mattyfrommo on Mar 29, 2010 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
like a loser?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Like Piss!
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
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by mattyfrommo on Mar 29, 2010 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
same thing
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
kinky
Note: Above comment may contain gratuitous amounts of sarcasm.
BOYCOTT HASS AVOCADOS
by vexedtechie on Mar 30, 2010 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions
So what you're saying is...
right behind a column?
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
there is a petition to get Boog on Twitter!
everyone should sign this. but something tells me boog doesn’t even have a cell phone.
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
You don't have to.
It records your signature and then comes up with the donation page. Just leave it.
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ok, i signed and even used your name in the comment
iirc, you are in arizona, so can you answer a question for me: is wiener schnitzel a common ballpark food there, because the PA guy was really pimping it at the U of A game?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
ew, weinerschnitzel is gross.
i guess its kind of popular in tucson, because there are a bunch of them near campus, but i never see any in phoenix.
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
it is good.
i didnt realize i could leave a message. i wish i would have signed it iheartboog instead of my twitter account. or maybe i need to change my twitter name…
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
i've been wanting to do one for awhile but all the ones i write are just never good enough.
this one has to be the best one.
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
Ode to B Ryan
A shortstop whom everyone called Boog
Had a glove made apparently of glue
He ranged far and wide
To snag balls of cowhide
And threw them with clout to APu.
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i'll rec it
wish you could’ve gotten the socks in there though.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
untrue
Boog does have a cellphone. he texts constantly. I believe some journo did suggest that he get a feed, and that it would work on his phone.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
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by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
twitter feed, I mean
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
i wish i would have thought of that
Hope is the worst of all evils, for it prolongs the torment of man
are you guys still waiting on the 7th pick?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Well y'all aren't talking about it.
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idk about you but i'm having a m'er f'in blast
got the headphones on and rocking OUT.
it does seem though as if all conversation has migrated to the draft chat.
I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.
Resident malcontented betamale
has there been a 7th pick?
my god, i’m on pins and needles here!
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
we're waiting on 15!
progress is the name of the game.
I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.
Resident malcontented betamale
wow, you guys are rolling now
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
comparatively speaking
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
You know where I am.
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nothing to be ashamed of
Nicole-Erin-Ocho Cinco final 3 plz
I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.
Resident malcontented betamale
No.
EVAN. Erin. Ochocinco final 3.
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partial to nicole because of her "the sing off" judging
and she kicks ass anyway
I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.
Resident malcontented betamale
nicole and erin who?
i’ll assume evan is the figure-skater.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Erin Andrews.
Nicole Sweroeobavvhger (Pussycat Doll).
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That name looks harder to spell than Krzyzewski
(had to look it up)
"There's a new sheriff in town." - Brendan Ryan
by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't actually know her last name or how to spell it.
I know it starts with S and ends with ger.
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It's really not a difficult name I can just never remember it.
I am extremely intimidated by the thought of it.
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I'm feel oddly proud that I don't need to look up Coach K's last name...
Though as a rival fan, I prolly oughta know it.
And I pronounce it “Curr-Zizz-Ooo-Skee”
Krzyzewski ain’t Krzit
Note: Above comment may contain gratuitous amounts of sarcasm.
BOYCOTT HASS AVOCADOS
by vexedtechie on Mar 30, 2010 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions
She is very good.
But that is to be expected with her background. Evan is also good, as in SECOND. And really Nicole can be in the Final 3 but Evan has to be,
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Going way out on a limb there
saying the guy who dances on blades of steel on the ice to the tune of a gold medal may be one of the top three when he puts on shoes and steps on hardwood. Sure you want to expose yourself to that much of a chance? Hate to see you get pie on your face like that.
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
That's who I want in the top three.
Not who I think is the top three. Because obviously Evan also has an advantage.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Kind of like Yamaguchi did...
So you have a gold medal doing this on a half inch of steel on ice… nope can’t see how that would help… what I’m trying to say is CAROLLA GOT ROBBED!!! I also don’t watch the show, but still…
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
Obviously it helps but it's not all dancing.
I would be a little surprised if Buzz Aldrin gets voted out this week even though he is clearly the worst dancer.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Dude walked on the moon...
I’d be playing that for all it’s worth… Oh you don’t like my dancing… imagine it ON THE MOON!
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
he should pull out the moonwalk to some michael jackson
sure-fire win.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
He did the moonwalk last week I think.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:54 AM EDT up reply actions
well, i'm always the last to know
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
poor ocho cinco
Man I am totally pissed, they are harsh, I’m not a dancer and it seem like they want an overnight professional, man this is hard :(
I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.
Resident malcontented betamale
He's through.
Too many fans to not be.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions
dribnking in alabama
Think; It's not illegal yet.
by azruavatar on Mar 29, 2010 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
here
Allen Craig > Nick Stavinoha
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 30, 2010 1:53 AM EDT up reply actions
CJ Beatty is my new favorite minor leaguer
cjbeatty44
I have never been in a stadium where fans show up RAIN, SLEET, OR SNOW……EVERYTIME THE CARDS PLAY… ROGER DEAN STAYS PACKED! GO CARDS GO
I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.
Resident malcontented betamale
was he in the stands, and does he have to pay?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
It's nice to see TOLAXOR getting a shot at the bigs.
jbeatty44 TODAY WAS A RAIN OUT BUT NOT A LOST! WE TOOK BP INFRONT OF OUR STAFF AND TO GET FEED BACK FROM THEM IS PRICELESS. THERE IS SO MUCH TO LEARN!
hope he tones it down in front of ladunc
for his sake.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
imagine if he met Boog
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 30, 2010 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions
they'd have to trade him (not boog, of course)
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
probably already been discussed but...
holy boog pirouette commercial. so awesome.
I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.
Resident malcontented betamale
Link?
"I actually used about nine pitches--two different fastballs, two sliders, a curve, a changeup, knockdown, brushback, and hit-batsman" - Bob Gibson
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Mar 29, 2010 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions
boom
http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?topic_id=8718016&c_id=stl
I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.
Resident malcontented betamale
sfjlhasfsaf
thats the one i meant to link to
I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.
Resident malcontented betamale
posting skills definitely a bit rusty
ill be ready for opening day though…guaranteed
I'm like a polygon, I'm edgy.
Resident malcontented betamale
next year show up to spring training in shape
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
that descalso ball was a bomb
or i am blind. the rf’er halfheartedly stuck up his glove, but i couldn’t see the ball – it must have been to that building. in any event, we know he can hit a hanger.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I really need to format my hard drive and start over
Somehow I have filled up over 2 TB’s of hard drive space.
It's not hard when you get on the torrents...
My buddy had to expand his 3TB file server recently…
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
Anyone an ESPN insider?
What’s Olney’s plan? Get rid of the two Central divisions, since they don’t matter?
you confuse me so often
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
so it was a joke?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
why don't you click on the link?
nothing to screenshot, really. the problem is you have to be an insider (pay) to read the rest of the article.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
exactly?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
i'm still confused
because he couldn’t give you the rest of the article, since he was obviously not an insider and asking for info himself.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
sometimes punctuation hurts us.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Buster wants to keep the leagues the way they are
but get rid of divisions, so 14 teams in the AL, 16 teams in the NL, all vying for top 6 spots in their league. First round of playoffs, top two teams get a bye, team 6 goes to team 3’s home, plays a 3-game series there over 4 days (none in team 6’s stadium). Same for team 5 at team 4. Second round, 6v3 winner vs. 2(?), 5v4 winner vs 1(?) in a seven game series, then the league championship, also in a 7-game series. Finally, the World Series. A bunch of reasons are stated why this would be better than current alignment; interleague play is kept.
"I actually used about nine pitches--two different fastballs, two sliders, a curve, a changeup, knockdown, brushback, and hit-batsman" - Bob Gibson
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Mar 29, 2010 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
he stole my idea of no divisions!
bastard!
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 30, 2010 1:56 AM EDT up reply actions
This sounds like a really bad idea
we don’t need the playoffs going longer. As much as I love baseball I don’t really want to have to choose between football and the World Series on Thanksgiving. Also I think it’s a penalty to the higher ranked teams to have them sitting. After the day in day out routine of the season a 4 day break would really throw off everything and make it hard to get back into “game form” for lack of a better term. This won’t always happen, but as fluky as baseball’s playoffs are anyways I don’t think we need to be introducing more variables to an already complicated equation.
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
as far as playoffs
i’m still for the 5 game division series. i think it makes it more exciting by lessening the odds of the yanks and red sox.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I don't know how I feel about that.
I like the 7 game series. I feel that evens things out better. But I’m a fan of small playoffs and not changing the game too much from how it’s played in the regular season to the playoffs. It’s like deciding the World Cup by penalty shots… ok bad example… This has been my bitch about the NHL… when they go to 5 on 5 OT hockey in the playoffs they are saying to me the OT during the season is a gimmick… 4 on 4 for awhile… then ummm penalty shots… then umm more penalty shots… We don’t need someone to win every game. We’re all adults here we can understand tie games.
/rant
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
nah
7 games per post season series is how it should be done
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 30, 2010 2:19 AM EDT up reply actions
League champs and 9 games
count me in
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
the best team will win a 9-game series most times
a 5-game gives fans hope. like in minny, if we could just get to the playoffs, etc. with a 9-game you could just about crown the best teams going in. this is why they do the 5 – otherwise a team battling for playoffs, well, their fans might not be so into it, knowing they have virtually no shot at the big prize anyway. it’s a way to even out the odds from the big-money teams.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
a crapshoot format, in other words
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
to be fair
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
what's wrong with Buster lately?
I thought he was just a harmless AL shill.
now he’s gone nuts.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
got a name and not afraid to use it to better the game of baseball
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
he's off his meds
watch out!
Allen Craig > Nick Stavinoha
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 30, 2010 2:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Boog TV is about to air on FSM
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
7:30 central
it sent out an email reminder too
Allen Craig > Nick Stavinoha
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 30, 2010 1:56 AM EDT up reply actions
yeah i don't use that yahoo account i set up
i should be able to make it on time
if i’m a few minutes late am i screwed or can i start mid draft?
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
I guess it depends on when you pick
you only have like a minute or two to decide
Allen Craig > Nick Stavinoha
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 30, 2010 2:20 AM EDT up reply actions
well,
say i get out of class late and the computer picks my first two for me. can i pick it up from there?
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
that's way too much of a pain in the ass
i imagine if the computer picks the first couple for me, i’ll be fine. it’s later in the draft when i really need to be in control to get the best talent
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
what's the liquid dope mentioned in the comments?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
alright, here we go
Ode to Boog
There once was a shortstop named Ryan
He threw runners out without tryin’
He wore his socks high
And no balls got by
This year, for a gold glove, he’s vyin’
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
by IHeartBoog on Mar 29, 2010 10:42 PM EDT reply actions 7 recs
Maybe the last line could be "he's a-vyin"
That sounds better in my head for some reason.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions
i agree
unless the extra syllable is against some rule. anyway, rec.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
i try to do them traditionally
9 (or 10)
9
5 (or 6)
5
9
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
Boog TV!
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
they gave him the camera and told him to go crazy.
haha.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
"Brendan doesn't cut his toenails correctly."
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Boog and Bombs. best sitcom ever... or best sitcom EVER?
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
The second one.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Best sitcom ever or best sitcom possible
"There's a new sheriff in town." - Brendan Ryan
by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
The second one.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
they edited it in a more Guys in the Truck manner
it was AWESOME.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
outtakes!
Carpenter demanding to know if they’re ready, in front of the green screen, is so awesome.
“Oh, you have got to be kidding me!” [deaths edited out]
Boog does a Carson, and the classic DeNiro.
The outtakes are the best.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
I'll post more of these once it's done recording the Pujols GS game for "Cards Classics"
you know. that one. no, the other one.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Boog's old enough to know Carson?
/Boog’s older than me
//jd’s old enough to know Carson?
///squints eyes, looks around
"There's a new sheriff in town." - Brendan Ryan
by jd is legend on Mar 29, 2010 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Boog lives in L.A.
he probably knows Carson.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
actually
he’s youngest by a lot
his sibs and his whole family probably know Carson well
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Is this going to be on the internet sometime.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 29, 2010 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't know
If I knew how to, I’d put it online.
I don’t have a lot of hope for the outtakes. I mean, there are some snips like Holliday in his black leggings doing the robot or whatever….
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
i am so upset that i can't see these.
maybe if i keep complaining the GOBs will take pity on me and get those clips on the intertubes.
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
okay, outtakes.
- Carpenter, in front of green screen: Are we ready? [yeah, yeah] You sure…?
- Mac talking to Skip: Oh I know, it’s gonna be fun.
- hero shot of Skip
- Lohse doing the I-see-you / peace sign
- a bunt, off-camera “Wow.”
- Boog hacky sack ad, take 1: [d’oh at the sky]
- Kinney: ….. geez! man, you’re right next to me. Scared the crap out of me.
- A Tony outtake. “Yeah, we’re 1 and 5, and Brad Penny pitching today…”
PP: Thanks, Tony. [laughs all around] Sooo, we’ll edit that out. - Trever Miller saves crew from medicine ball: Whoa, don’t take out the camera man!
- Ludwick throwing ad, take 1
Camera guy: That was really good, except I almost killed ya. That was really good. - McGwire makes a “woo-oo” sound as he demonstrates punching through the ball
- Boog hacky sack ad, take 2: Fox Sports on Mid— d’aaaaw.
- Wainwright to Molina: You catching me today? [bends down and hugs him]
Yadi: Go, make me run late…
Wainwright: [walks off with a grin] - Eldred delivers a pitch: Uh oh! Hit foul.
- Boog does his Albert impression
- Shannon and Schoendienst sitting in the cart
off-camera: They’ll take your license away.
Shannon: Nah, no no no no. - Ludwick ad by the net, take 2: [flubs it] …see…
- Wainwright: Time to get serious. [is not serious]
off-camera: How do you feel?
Wainwright: Feel good, feel good. Good to be back on the hill. Playing with Yadier. It’s the best, makes you feel like you’re throwing good pitches even when you’re not. - Boog doing his Carson: Everybody, this is Johnny Carson. This is Cardinal baseball.
- pitcher gets somebody in BP, La Russa recoils from the cage
- Carpenter in front of green screen: Oh you GOTTA BE KIDDING ME.
- Tony: Yeah, I’m stiff-arming you [to camera]. No one has disappointed me so far this year like you have.
- LaRue to … somebody: Hey you, Google this, [Pete?] Musclehead Magazine!
- McGwire asks Oquendo if he hit it too hard, Oquendo says to go ahead, Mac turns back to the players: You guys… really don’t want me, you want O? You’re breakin’ my heart right away?
- Eldred: Eh, it wasn’t my run. … Sorry about that, Waino!
- Boog does his DeNiro: Spring Training! Right here! Fox Sports Midwest, huh. [laughs]
- Freese and Holliday emerge from clubhouse. Holliday in his black leggings from his first day: That the slow motion camera? [does the robot. Freese escapes the shot]
- has to be Carpenter during the warmups, with the camera panning at their asses: Just what kind of footage are you getting right now?!
- Tony says something like Alright, that’s enough of that.
- Boog hacky sack ad, take 3: [perfect!] … [touchdown move] BAM!
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 30, 2010 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions
It's not as awesome reading them. :(
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions
So Al now looks like Kenny Rodgers
and Dan is on his way to looking like The Guy That Ate Jack Clark. That about right?
/latetotheparty
I never would slip you Mickey! It is merely rhinoceros horn. This makes the champagna bubble.
by The Continental on Mar 29, 2010 11:05 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Dan did gain weight!
I wasn’t imagining it
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
The camera add 10 pounds.
If that’s true, there must be 4 or 5 pointed at Danny Boy.
I never would slip you Mickey! It is merely rhinoceros horn. This makes the champagna bubble.
by The Continental on Mar 29, 2010 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'll rec that SOB every day of the week
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
by mattyfrommo on Mar 29, 2010 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Bernie taking shots at the Cards' inability to hit nobody pitchers
it’s sad because it’s true.
[weep]
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
I still miss Jo-El.
Godspeed, Kick Save!
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
oh my gob, that was The Hoff!
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
ahahahaha David Weathers.
everyone in the ballpark knew except Dusty.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
caught by a Cardinals fan
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Cue the dramatic music...
I never would slip you Mickey! It is merely rhinoceros horn. This makes the champagna bubble.
by The Continental on Mar 29, 2010 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions
can't hassle The Hoff!
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
here's the pie!!!
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
see, he's intelligible
he’s talking faster than Colby, and his accent is thicker. and yet somehow Colby just can’t get through
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Aw, no more Cards highlights.
Marx Bros on TCM, though.
I never would slip you Mickey! It is merely rhinoceros horn. This makes the champagna bubble.
by The Continental on Mar 29, 2010 11:32 PM EDT reply actions
i may have effed up recording the last one.
crap.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions
aaagh it erased the last one.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Ah well, put it on TCM and forget your troubles.
They’re doing the mirror bit now.
I never would slip you Mickey! It is merely rhinoceros horn. This makes the champagna bubble.
by The Continental on Mar 29, 2010 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I prefer to solve my troubles, if possible.
they’ll marathon the Cards Classics on the morning of April 5.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 29, 2010 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Going to Wrigley to watch the May 30th game with a buddy ...
… Any hints/tips on what to do/expect there? Never been in Wrigley before. I cannot wait to rock a Cards jersey in that place.
/slightly nervous
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 12:02 AM EDT reply actions
take another shirt to put on
if you plan to hit the wrigleyville bars afterwards
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Yeah, I'm sure that would invite some moron to start a fight with me.
May not do the bars … the guy I’m going with is a recovering alcoholic so that may not go over so well.
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
well, in the stadium you are fine
how are you getting there?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
that will likely be your biggest problem
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
i was there summer 08
august. sunday night basebal on espn. carp pitching. and not well. but the atmosphere was really amazing. i wore my cards stuff. the stadium was probably 60/40 cubs/cards fans. i dind’t feel alone at all. but the cubs fucking won and that sucks really bad. be prepared for the (possible) horror of listening to the stadium sing “go cubs go” afyter a cardinals loss.
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
You're also a girl.
I’ve been told that makes people nicer to you. And is why I could maybe get away with going to Fenway in an Indians jersey.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions
i don't know if thats necessarily true
i was with two guys – one wearing cards stuff, one wearing cubs stuff. so maybe it helped to be with a cubs fan. but the worst time i ever had wearing cardinals stuff was game 3 of the nlds at dodger stadium in 2004. people threw beer bottle caps at me and these guys were saying really awful, vulgar things to me. by the end of the night, i was glad the dodgers won.
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
I haven't heard a good report from dodger stadium yet
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 30, 2010 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions
yes, that sounds like reports from last year
i’m surprised, actually.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I think Dodger fans are completely exempt from all normal rules about society.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions
And by exempt I mean don't follow them.
Not shouldn’t follow them.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Worst stadium treatment I ever received was ...
when I was in Marching Mizzou {insert band camp joke here} we played at a KC Chiefs game. While waiting on the edge of the field for halftime we got shit thrown at us. I got a beer dumped on me. Fucking KU fans. So glad they lost to UNI.
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions
you had a whole band
you should have marched it into the stands.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I'm envisioning ...
Fat Tuba players bashing Kansas City rednecks with their horns.
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 12:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah that certainly helps ...
… I can handle some harassment though … its part of the deal. I refuse to be bullied into not wearing a jersey, regardless of the cost.
Actually gonna buy a new one. Can’t decide between Holliday or Pujols though.
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 12:18 AM EDT reply actions
unless you have a pujols already, more than a reply fail
/joking around
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Never invested in a real one ...
… just had a cheap Pujols t-shirt. I’m graduating to The Show. I’m afraid that if I buy a Pujols jersey, then he’ll leave in FA and I’m stuck with a $90 car towel.
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions
At least
I know I’ll get 7 years of Lego
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Retro is the way to go.
Fernando Vina for the win.
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by vexedtechie on Mar 30, 2010 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions
agreed
there are so many people with Pujols jerseys, there’s no chance they’ll die out
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 30, 2010 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions
solid logic
i wish everyone would figure this out
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
That alone, is reason enough not to get one
I do like the retro angle …
McGee? Coleman would dope.
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions
that could be flagged
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
So flag it then
The idea of running around in a Pujols jersey without him on board is too much to bear.
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 12:45 AM EDT up reply actions
it's a joke
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
there are several jerseys
i’d get before i got a pujols jersey. not sure why. i don know, though, that wainwright is at the top of that list
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
by prophetjohn on Mar 30, 2010 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions
I've kinda always wanted one of these:
Encarnacion
Lankford
Benes
Matheny
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by vexedtechie on Mar 30, 2010 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions
might be in the team store
the game-used place. I’ve seen some old ones.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 30, 2010 12:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Have you seen a Coleman one?
I’m suddenly thrilled by this idea.
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions
I want a Vince Coleman jersey.
To honor our soon-to-be new announcer if what I want happens.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions
is this happening
or is it just a steamy fantasy?
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 12:52 AM EDT up reply actions
So far just fantasy.
But we can always hope…
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 12:52 AM EDT up reply actions
lankford would be sweet
or gant
btw FG got a makeover
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
by prophetjohn on Mar 30, 2010 12:46 AM EDT up reply actions
How about Van Slyke ... now that would be cash.
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 12:54 AM EDT up reply actions
what was the record of his
that colby broke last year?
walk offs by a rookie?
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
by prophetjohn on Mar 30, 2010 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Don't know ...
… he’s just a classic modern center fielder.
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 1:07 AM EDT up reply actions
right fielder
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
well, he played all three
i guess to me he was best suited for right, but was a good option for cf if you didn’t have one.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I think it was smooth home runs
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'
I've looked all over for those
gonna have to break down and pay for a custom job
I crawled the earth, but now I'm higher, 2010 watch it go to fire!
by First mammal to wear pants on Mar 30, 2010 1:29 AM EDT up reply actions
my worst Jersey is a
Wayne Gretzky Blues jersey
by FlimtotheFlam on Mar 30, 2010 12:48 AM EDT up reply actions
both
It was a horribly ugly jersey. But I just noticed used ones going for $170 online
by FlimtotheFlam on Mar 30, 2010 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Aren't all Blues jerseys horribly ugly
And then to have a ninny like Gretzky on the back…
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
Second worst Blues jersey, IMO.
Just slightly ahead of the ones that spelled out B L U E S across the front.
I never would slip you Mickey! It is merely rhinoceros horn. This makes the champagna bubble.
by The Continental on Mar 30, 2010 1:05 AM EDT up reply actions
I've never understood
why any non Original 6 team has to have a uniform that looks like deep fried hell.
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
Well, when the new owner lets his wife design the sweaters...
I never would slip you Mickey! It is merely rhinoceros horn. This makes the champagna bubble.
by The Continental on Mar 30, 2010 1:10 AM EDT up reply actions
I agree
women don’t know fashion… wait what’s your point?
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
Mrs. Ornest gave us the B L U E S sweaters, which were just awful.
I can’t find a decent pic now, but that’s probably for the best.
I never would slip you Mickey! It is merely rhinoceros horn. This makes the champagna bubble.
by The Continental on Mar 30, 2010 1:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Couldn't have been worse than
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
This one is rough too...
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
Oh yeah, that's terrible.
But those were only meant to be alts and were kicked to the curb. Definitely worse, though.
I never would slip you Mickey! It is merely rhinoceros horn. This makes the champagna bubble.
by The Continental on Mar 30, 2010 1:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Apparently some other bullets were dodged
Yikes
I’d seen the horns before, but not those. Bullets dodged, indeed.
They do use that Blues script sometimes, though.
I never would slip you Mickey! It is merely rhinoceros horn. This makes the champagna bubble.
by The Continental on Mar 30, 2010 1:36 AM EDT up reply actions
oh oh oh
look what I found Are the script ones the ones from the mid 80s or am I not understanding what you are going for?
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
On the lower sweater
from what you linked to earlier. I know I’ve seen that used on schedules or programs.
The 84 – 87 ones are the ones that I really don’t care for.
I never would slip you Mickey! It is merely rhinoceros horn. This makes the champagna bubble.
by The Continental on Mar 30, 2010 1:50 AM EDT up reply actions
86 - 87
are especially bad… sharp serifs should never find their way to a uniform…
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
make that 85-87
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
OMG.
I think I threw up in my mouth a little bit.
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unladylike
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Fortunately, that uni didn't last long.
I like their third uni best. I liked the main unis before those stupid yellow apron straps got added. Dumb Reebok.
You can read it in any tone you like.
I don't know why they are having such problems
the Bluenote is a cool logo. Slap that bad boy on there and don’t worry about bedazzling the rest of the sweater too much and you should be good. That’s basically what all the O6 teams do and it works well for them. Why people in general don’t understand the less is more concept I’ll never understand.
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
You and the rest of the world...
Stupid Hurricanes.
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
st louis is original six?
i’m not a hockey guy, but always figured that was toronto, montreal, boston, ny, chicago and detroit…maybe philly instead of one of those.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
No your first impulse was right...
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
I've been seeing a few people in St Charles wearing those awful looking Buffalo Sabres jerseys
I crawled the earth, but now I'm higher, 2010 watch it go to fire!
by First mammal to wear pants on Mar 30, 2010 1:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Which ones?
Current or black and red buffalo head?
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
black and red
I crawled the earth, but now I'm higher, 2010 watch it go to fire!
by First mammal to wear pants on Mar 30, 2010 1:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Those things were awful...
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
does anyone get the feeling that Boog's being shafted?
a fourth of the spring training preview was his camera work. and now BJ Rains is taking the twitter petition and running with it…. so the press box can have easy access to color commentary.
Boog needs to charge money.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
boog will not twitter
i signed the petition, but i think he knows better – it’s just one more opportunity to put himself in the doghouse.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I don't think he has time
his social circle seems to encompass a small valley in California. he’s constantly texting, though he says he’s not that technologically savvy.
I’d rather have Boog TV.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 30, 2010 12:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Holy crap, it's like a game thread in here tonight.
I never would slip you Mickey! It is merely rhinoceros horn. This makes the champagna bubble.
by The Continental on Mar 30, 2010 12:42 AM EDT reply actions
not really
that’s the fantasy draft thread next door.
except that’s really slow.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 30, 2010 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions
so it's like... the NFL Draft.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 30, 2010 12:46 AM EDT up reply actions
well, that almost blew up my computer for some reason
after five minutes i made it back. the whole time it was trying to load i was stuck on lincecum. was carp all red?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
i can live with that
carp is my fave cardinal. how the team is constructed, i’m not sure which would be the bigger blow for an extended period: losing apu, carp, yadi, or boog. i’m talking 60 days, mid-season, because obviously apu would be the greatest loss were it to be forever.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
maybe you should stop thinking aloud
before you get avocado’d
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
sleepcycle
whoever it was that brought this up last night
the alarm is not very loud. it also said i was in a dead deep sleep for five straight hours. that can’t be right can it? i though sleep cycles went through every three hours?
i’ll give it a few more nights and see how i feel about it
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
That would be me
For me, the alarm has always been loud enough, but I always set an extra alarm just in case. And maybe you’re just a heavy sleeper… My graphs have always been mountainous
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'
sometimes adding a light turning on
or a radio on an obnoxious station
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
i am a heavy sleeper
but surely i go through some sort of sleep cycles
if not, if i just go into the deepest sleep and stay there all night, that would explain a lot, though
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
those pesky blackouts.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
i hear sleep cycles are 90 minutes.
follow me on twitter @nickg105
by stlcardinalsfang on Mar 30, 2010 1:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Nice to hear
that your sleep patterns won’t interfere with any knife wielding skills. Hate to see you lose a finger or something.
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
Oh, it also takes a few nights to calibrate to your sleeping habits
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'
Every 1 1/2 hours is a sleep cycle.
But I think if you’re drunk or sleep deprived it changes because you have to catch up on REM and that screws you up.
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I tried it, too.
I dream every hour or two, apparently. That can’t be good. Still, I woke up incredibly refreshed.
You can read it in any tone you like.
That's pretty normal.
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by ClemsonGirl on Mar 30, 2010 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions
hey, the switch-pitcher might start in ST
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
really?
when and where?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Mothership
Pat Venditte, the ambidextrous “switch-pitcher,” will accompany New York to Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on Tuesday for a 1:05 p.m. ET split-squad game against the Atlanta Braves on MLB.TV. There is a good chance that Girardi will call on Venditte to pitch in his first Major League Spring Training game.
“I’ve wanted to see it all spring,” Girardi said. “I think it’s interesting.”
—
Oddly, it says Girardi rarely has input on which minor leaguer accompanies the team in ST. Huh? Really?
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
i'll watch that if it happens
does it say who has the input – surely not cashman?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
it could be the mob, for all I know.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
that'd be the russian mob
brighton beach/coney island style
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
I grew up in Brighton
and we certainly don’t have a beach… oh wait different Brighton… but the same Brighton as one Izzy… Yeah he’s a local hero there for some reason.
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
'Tis official!
Tickets purchased for the 4/7 game in Cincy.
Section 140 (Right Field Sun-Deck, far right section about 35 ft from foul pole)
Row 2
BOOM!
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did anyone take the cincy guy's bet
i think it was a sweep, perhaps just a series win (in a fanpost)?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
someone here put up a fanpost taking bets
maybe mr eff? things like changing your avatar, sig, etc. – no money.
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Just think...all this hype for the baseball season could all be for naught.
Large Hadron Collider fires up in about 2 minutes….
Just in case, everybody, it’s been a good ride!
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Link to webcast:
http://webcast.cern.ch/lhcfirstphysics/
Nerds, unite!
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Where's the venn diagram?
I’m the one without the social awkwardness
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Didn't you call yourself a geek?
Nerds suck. Geeks rule. Dweebs are turds.
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hey im a dweeb
not everyone can be all techie
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
by YesWeOquendo on Mar 30, 2010 2:56 AM EDT up reply actions
...Batman?
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
ahh braintwin
unite!
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
by YesWeOquendo on Mar 30, 2010 2:48 AM EDT up reply actions
OT: HFS the LHC is smashing shit together at 7 terra electron volts (lots of energy, never been done before)
webcast here
started 15 minutes ago
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The world is gonna 404
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Is today a Tuesday?
If so, yeah, we all are
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Lets do this!
WOOOOOOOOOO!!
Woah, did you feel that?
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Son of a bitch....
Fate cannot be tempted, apparently
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I, for one, am lookin' forward to Spaghettification.
I’ll be skinny for once!
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neil degrasse tyson is the coolest man ever
for real
like steve mcqueen cool
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by YesWeOquendo on Mar 30, 2010 3:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Haha, sweet. I remember spaghetti-mode from middle school research
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I don't really think he is that great
I tend to believe Dr. Ronald Chevalier has a better grip on it Here
Belief that success is inevitable is as likely to hold you back as a belief that it is impossible.
Is that Jemaine from FotC?
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lol
To inspire myself, I turn to myself
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
by YesWeOquendo on Mar 30, 2010 3:22 AM EDT up reply actions
strauss?
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
by cardball on Mar 30, 2010 3:24 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm kind of (sickly) curious as to what a straussian sci-fi novella would consist of
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by YesWeOquendo on Mar 30, 2010 3:34 AM EDT up reply actions
the movie is awesome not what you would expect but
the his website rules
Belief that success is inevitable is as likely to hold you back as a belief that it is impossible.
by TomCat009 on Mar 30, 2010 3:25 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
thank you
isn’t enough
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by YesWeOquendo on Mar 30, 2010 3:34 AM EDT up reply actions
man, i really hope i don't get caught in a black hole.
it sounds pretty terrible.
"Did you just grow a mustache?"
"While SPINNING."
My preferred choice would be spontaneous combustion
But black hole death would be pretty righteous
"There's a new sheriff in town." - Brendan Ryan
by jd is legend on Mar 30, 2010 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions
they lost cryogenic pressure
to the bomb shelters!
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by YesWeOquendo on Mar 30, 2010 2:55 AM EDT up reply actions
oohhhh, LHC commercial!
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its got u2
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by YesWeOquendo on Mar 30, 2010 3:01 AM EDT up reply actions
lol again?!
f’n where the streets have no name
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muted to watch the spaghettification vid; miss anything?
they talk about anything about what went wrong?
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Are we gettin' trolled by LHC guys?
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the lhc is an elaborate ruse?
say it ain’t so
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by YesWeOquendo on Mar 30, 2010 3:15 AM EDT up reply actions
We may have been hornswoggled.
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what the F did you all talk about tonight?
there’s a 1000+ more comments than there was here this afternoon!
HFS!®
Hope is the worst of all evils, for it prolongs the torment of man
Road names in St Louis, the LHC, and the end of the world
Also firemen, spaghettification, and Descalso walk-off dingers
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and here i was hanging out on the twitter all day because it was supposed to be the cool place to be seen
Hope is the worst of all evils, for it prolongs the torment of man
tell it to brendan ryan
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
by YesWeOquendo on Mar 30, 2010 3:45 AM EDT up reply actions
boog's not gonna fall for it
gdm did, but not boog
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Oh yeah; Petition to get Boog on Twitter
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by YesWeOquendo on Mar 30, 2010 3:50 AM EDT up reply actions
also pork steaks, femme-staches, and the fact that Van Slyke was NOT a right fielder.
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 8:30 AM EDT up reply actions
ok I take that back ... he was
but why do I remember him as a center fielder … obviously willie was there?
by QuadCitiesCardsFan on Mar 30, 2010 8:31 AM EDT up reply actions
excellent sum up
good work, people.
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
Alright all...or the 4 of you...
…I’m off to bed. If I don’t wake up tomorrow, I assume I’m spaghetti.
If I do wake, hooray! More baseball!
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sounds like bud nixed that cubs ticket surcharge in arizona
in other cubbie news, with his flock highly anticipating the start of the season, this is al yellon’s comment:
We all are.
I can tell you that Tom Ricketts is just as excited as all of us. He said, when he was out on the berm, that he couldn’t wait to get the season started.
by Al Yellon on Mar 29, 2010
"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."
Did I really just login here to see VEB try to outdo itself on inane topics?
500 comments about street names?
Luckily there was BBQ to save the thread
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
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oh, and the LHC
carry on
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
There'll be peace when you are done
"The two most important things in life: good friends and a strong bullpen." - Bob Gibson
Lay your weary head to rest
don’t you cry no more
Hope is the worst of all evils, for it prolongs the torment of man
LHC be smashin the atoms, see
Allen Craig > Nick Stavinoha
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 30, 2010 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
CERN get the honeys, G
Lick that shoulder—you're in the doghouse now.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 31, 2010 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
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