Friday Notes: Kyle McClellan; Matt Carpenter and his boss
by DanUpBaby on Mar 11, 2011 4:36 AM EST
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PrintKyle McClellan would be hard-pressed to lose the fifth starter job at this point—not only is he pitching really well, he's also talking about ground balls and sinkers. McClellan's home run bump last season makes it hard to think of him as a groundball guy, but he does have a career GB/FB ratio of one, which is significantly better than the league average. It made me wonder about what the starting conversion did for other long-term relievers—especially if there are times, as McClellan mentions in the article, where all he does, or wants to do, is throw the sinker.
The worst-case scenario, of course, is that of Danny Graves, who had one of the most punishing seasons of the last 10 years when he was moved into the rotation in 2003. His strikeout to home run ratio, that year, was 2.0, and that incendiary season came after a career of very high ground ball rates—from 1996 to 2002 he got 1.27 grounders for every fly ball, part of the reason he could get by with a nickname like "Baby-Faced Assassin" despite a strikeout rate that's a little more "Baby-Sleeps-Through-The-Night."
It plummeted in his year in the rotation, down to 0.83, and after that he never really recovered the full measure of his assassininity, though he presumably remained just as baby-faced. It could be that he was done that year regardless of how he had been utilized, but there has to be some psychological damage when you allow 30 home runs in 169 innings after allowing 32 in your previous 381.
Braden Looper saw the same collapse; as a reliever he allowed 1.16 ground balls for every fly; from 2007 to 2009 that number was 0.86, including a 0.77 in his first trip through the starting rotation.
Derek Lowe is a nice counterexample; his ground ball rate went up when he left the bullpen, though it was always pretty high. He took the opportunity, while he was moving into the rotation, to scrap his curveball in favor of first just throwing his sinker all the time and later moving to a slider; perhaps he and McClellan can hang out.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm wary of McClellan's continued ability to get ground balls with a fastball that's not going to be quite so fast. But at least the Cardinals aren't running the strangest relief conversion of the year—Phil Coke is still penciled in as the Tigers' new starter, despite spending his first three years in the Majors as a LOOGY with a GB/FB ratio of 0.61.
It looks like Matt Carpenter is the official winner of the Spring Training Superstar Award for 2011, having earned a well-executed puff piece in which Tony La Russa sounds strangely like Michael Scott.
Manager Tony La Russa, purposefully trying to get a rise out of this spring's breakout prospect, interrupted him. The skipper suggested he was doing the chin-ups wrong and that he needed to get higher over the bar. La Russa offered to show Carpenter how to do it.
Before he could reach up, the manager pretended to get an urgent phone call.
"I work hard to make him smile," La Russa said. "He's so focused on doing it, doing it, doing it. I mean, I really have to work to make him smile."
At which point Tony held up a WORLD'S BEST MANAGER mug and grinned into the camera for eight seconds.
When La Russa retires my lasting impression will be of an astoundingly intense manager whose idea of fun (and also managing) was imagining a subtle, constant wave of slights being committed against his team. But I like the extra shades his character takes on when you realize that this is what comes to mind when he's tasked with making somebody smile.
Anyway, I'm glad it's Carpenter and not a slap-hitting utility infielder to be named later who's been anointed as the hero of Spring Training, but with David Freese on his own hot streak and Allen Craig still allowed to stand at third base he won't be awarded the all-important chance to unseat the incumbent in the hearts of people who look at the final spring stats around March 28.
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VEB already all over it...
West coast has about two hours for that tsunami warning. Stay well, yo.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
Kobe is in the south.
it’s still below-freezing winter in the north. I think we’ll get a better idea by their morning.
meanwhile… take those tsunami warnings seriously. the first waves may not seem like much, there could be bigger ones following them.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
I know...
…the aftershocks can be worse than the original quake, and produce even larger wave action. I am suddenly glad to be on the east coast in the relatively safe northern part of the hurricane zone.
Whoya finna try?
6000' ASL FTW.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
29/M/MO
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
by scoot on Mar 11, 2011 9:58 AM EST up reply actions 7 recs
does moocow have to list his species?
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
for him to be a cow
we know he is a she. . .
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
he's a male cow, though.
this was brought up many moooons ago.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 10:04 AM EST up reply actions
i know, but it is still impossible for a cow to be male
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
some cows are bullies
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
Big boobs and no balls?
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Mar 11, 2011 10:08 AM EST up reply actions
ABOVE FUCKING SEA LEVEL
you silly ass flatlander.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
by RiverRat on Mar 11, 2011 10:06 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
we used to live at the bottom of a hill down there
our bark yard always flooded in the spring bc it backed up to the creek that runs through town. my grandparents lived at the top of a hill.
Balls
So, a bark yard
this is where you kept the dog and the trees, right?
"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 11, 2011 10:30 PM EST up reply actions
This really needs to go green.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Mar 11, 2011 10:07 AM EST up reply actions
there's just been a few more aftershocks, just now.
BBC has pretty good scrolling coverage. updates on its own.
it’s midnight in Japan, I think, and sunrise is around six. so in six hours we’ll get a better picture.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
It's bad over there
Really bad.
"Wainwright’s gone, Wainwright’s gone, Wainwright’s gone," he sang joyously." - Gomes
hundreds killed in japan, the devastation is horrific
how much warning did they have?
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
it was shallow, and that's just one of those scary plate boundaries.
I doubt they had much of any warning. the tsunami warnings are sweeping across the Pacific, currently.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 10:31 AM EST up reply actions
sciency stuff
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0001xgp.php
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 10:49 AM EST up reply actions
not much at all
you look at something like this, and compare it to Katrina where they had days of “get out of dodge warnings” To more than likely just a couple of hours between earthquake and “holy shit, that means huge waves!”
"Wainwright’s gone, Wainwright’s gone, Wainwright’s gone," he sang joyously." - Gomes
I heard it was 10-13 minutes warning.
Enter vivaelpujols
My great wit allows me to interject that by assuming the partakers of this conversation are inbedded and perhaps romantically entangled, rather than indeed, the truthful observation that they are both platonic and standing upright. Great comedy may be produced!! -Aranathor
there are a couple of inappropriate twitter tags out there
and I thought “Tokyo Disneyland” was one of them.
but now they’re all saying “there are thousands of people here and the Disney Sea is about to flood!” so now I don’t even know.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 10:30 AM EST up reply actions
No, people were waiting at the Tokyo Disneyland to find out what the next step was
And somebody twitpicced it, and everyone retweeted it
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'
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is it bad that i thought because i had an interview with a Japanese car company yesterday
my curse rubbed off on the entire country?
Balls
not even your sorry ass can cause that kind of damage
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
is Amaury Marti Cazana batting today?
The power of the earthquake off north-east Japan shifted the earth’s axis by nearly 10in (25cm)
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
What does that mean for daylight savings time
And weather patterns? It is insane to me that anything could have that much power
"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
RIP Boog. FIRE TLR NOW
by VolsnCards5 on Mar 11, 2011 6:37 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
who wants to come hang out at my place
and help dig up the septic tank?
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
Do you know where the cap is,
or do you have to guess?
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
not a clue
I have to call the realtor and see if we can get any more information on it. Right now, all I have is the written description on its location from the appraisal.
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
Ya, sounds like you're in for a day of fun.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
At least the ground is soft.
This may sound stupid, but it works: take a couple of pieces of wire and bend them into L’s and hold them loosely in each hand. Go to the end of you drainline and begin to walk back and forth over the line back to the house. The wires should cross each other as you walk over the drainline. This should give you an approximate are where the tank should be. Then take a metal grounding rod and walk the path sticking it in the ground. It shouldn’t be ,more than a couple of feet deep. You’re not far enough north to have it be all that deep.
This does work, I’ve used to find waterlines before.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Mar 11, 2011 10:18 AM EST up reply actions
wtf Forsch?
*approximate area
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Mar 11, 2011 10:19 AM EST up reply actions
Make sure you wear the proper hat for water witching.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
I usually wear a greasy, beat-up seed hat.
You mean I’m doing it wrong?
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Mar 11, 2011 10:24 AM EST up reply actions
already in my garb
getting some strange looks for the half day I’m working.
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
wait, does that say he's looking for the bread?
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 10:30 AM EST up reply actions
Maybe?
I grabbed it from the wiki page for water witching.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
so who's going to admit they speak french....
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 10:36 AM EST up reply actions
MATTISNOTFRENCH?
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
water by the stick?
Skip Schumaker fields like a goat wearing capes
by mattyfrommo on Mar 11, 2011 11:30 AM EST up reply actions
Baguette also means stick.
That’s why the loaf of bread is named that – it’s long and thin.
That translates to “test by stick” – ie, a wishbone.
by mattisnotfrench on Mar 11, 2011 1:18 PM EST up reply actions
okay, i think it's obvious that you ARE french.
stop trying to fool us!
You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. No, we must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball. --Albert Einstein
Clearly.
Could he give me French lessons on VEB and get Clemson to accept that as my Foreign Language requirement?
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
what are they requiring a foreign language for?
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
A lotttttttt of majors require that
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'
Twitter | Gas House Graphs
Well I'm an education major.
But I think most, if not all majors have to take it as part of their general education requirements.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
what is considered to satisfy the requirement?
how fluent are you expected to be?
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
Through Intermediate 2.
Approximately 4 semesters.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
i guess i'll be raising my children trilingual
so they can test out of this stupidity
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
But can you speak it
enough to meet the real life?
11 in '11
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Mar 11, 2011 7:54 PM EST up reply actions
Nice
they offered 6 diff classes in HS? Besides normal X language 1,2,3,4 what was there?
11 in '11
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Mar 11, 2011 8:01 PM EST up reply actions
well i did 2, 3, 4,
a class called Iberia(class focused on latin american literature) and another class called hispanoamerica (spanish lit and a lot of spanish art)
and then AP
thanks for info
My girls are finding Spanish pretty easy as well but I, not sure about they, never knew it possible to get more in. Good to know in case they want more. They may get to go on class trip to speakie the language next year.
11 in '11
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Mar 11, 2011 8:10 PM EST up reply actions
Well you can test out of it
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'
Twitter | Gas House Graphs
Yeah.
If it hadn’t been so long since I took a class I would just take the placement test to test out of it.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
To be perfectly honest I love French.
And I wouldn’t have minded minoring in it, it just didn’t seem practical since education majors only really have 3 semesters to finish any minor requirements they have because senior year is devoted to methods courses and student teaching. Also if I hadn’t quit French second semester senior year (awful teacher and scheduling issues) I would have gotten all of my credit in high school.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
If you can test out
don’t burn the money on a class. Spend the summer reading in French – stuff you want to read anyway, whether it’s novels or scholarly stuff or whatever. A book a week you’re interested in will teach you a lot more than grinding away in a class with people who don’t even know the grammar in English.
The Mang does more than Milton can
To justify God's ways to man.
But now it's been forever so I really do need a class to be sure.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
Nah.
I had three years of high school French, never read a word through college, graduate school, ten years of work. Twenty years after I graduated I picked up Phedre just for grins. Took me a full day to get through the first four pages, another day to finish the play.
Hell, we stole most of the lexicon, it’s got no more declension than English, you just need to get back up to speed on the conjugations.
The Mang does more than Milton can
To justify God's ways to man.
May not get them completely out of it
my daughter has to have four semesters in her major. They allow students to take a proficiency test, but, at most, it can get you out of two semesters of the four. I don’t know what they do for folks who truly are bi-lingual (or tri-). I don’t think the purpose behind the requirement is to try to produce bi-lingual students, its more to broaden their perspective, learn another culture, etc.
by ArkansasTravs on Mar 11, 2011 11:27 PM EST up reply actions
he's going to be able to stick it in the grounda couple of feet?
Don’t forget your 5lb sledge. You may need a 10 pounder.
cmon, whats a couple of feet of earth?
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
just hope it isn't like my yard,
3 inches of top soil and a foot of rock.
I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it... Jack Handy
very easy digging
unfortunately, the hill is killing me. Can’t find the tank. Dug down to one of the field lines 2/3 of the way down the hill. It was 3ft down to the field lines. So, since the tank has to be uphill from the drain field, we never could find the tank. Called the company back and the guy came over and helped us look for awhile. He gave up and now we have some guy coming over “at sunup” to dig it up with a backhoe.
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
Who buys a 5 lb sledge?
Respect your manhood. Get the 12 pound. Or even the 16. Sure you can only swing it one time before needing major back surgery, but you can boast about how you crippled yourself for life swinging a giant sledgehammer.
Baseball's only fun if you're playing it, watching it, or thinking about it.
Ala Brad Penny
"I got to get Dr. Freeze off my twig right now."-Nyjer Morgan
by flipthebird15 on Mar 11, 2011 5:21 PM EST up reply actions
Floppy?
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
man, floppy looked jacked last spring training
i hear wielding a sledge out in the desert for a winter will do that.
Fedor Emelianenko says
16 lbs is for wimps, starting at about the 31-second mark.
"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 11, 2011 8:11 PM EST up reply actions
Didn't need a sledge at all
could push the rod down with my bare hands. Thats how soft the ground is right now.
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
call before you dig!
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 10:21 AM EST up reply actions
This is good advice.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
it's the law.
…. I didn’t just sing that.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 10:26 AM EST up reply actions
which I may or may not be ignoring. . .
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
if you can get under your house you can find the main drain line from there.
my tank was about 5ft away from the house and a little over a foot deep.
I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it... Jack Handy
Unfortunately, I cannot get under my basement
but I do have a pretty good idea of where the thing is
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
but the government can tell you exactly where
the haunted bones that must remain undisturbed are
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 10:36 AM EST up reply actions
I look forward to finding my own
Chief Diamond Philips
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
i'm washing my fangs that day
"Wainwright’s gone, Wainwright’s gone, Wainwright’s gone," he sang joyously." - Gomes
hate to be the person who asks for the joke to be explained
but the caption through me in for a loop..
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
does anyone have a picture of Matt Carp as Bizarro?
I mean, with his number showing?
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
Maybe we should start calling him Two Face or Dent.
Carpenter has something for those who like OBP and those who like grit:
With the help of Class AA hitting coach Derrick May, Carpenter altered his stance to generate more momentum and, ideally, more power. Improved pop isn’t the only thing that’s caught attention. The son of Dallas-area high school baseball coach Rick Carpenter, Matt has long been drilled in the importance of approach. As a kid his father insisted he ignore bad pitches during batting practice, and “that’s kind of been my forte, so to speak, my ability to work the strike zone, draw walks and have that high on-base percentage,” he said.
Carpenter does not wear batting gloves, preferring only pine tar and calluses. He sprints to his position at the start of every inning, and he sprints off the field at the end. He still has a Lance Berkman jersey hanging in his room at home and tries to be the first to arrive at camp every morning and among the last to leave, especially if it means lurking to watch Albert Pujols hit.
Dan linked to this P-D piece above, but here’s the link again.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
so basically he's stalking the first basemen.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 10:20 AM EST up reply actions
Obviously Matt Carpenter is becoming a distraction for this team
Matt Carpenter is still unresolved. Matt Carpenter is the first thing and the last thing that gets seen and talked about and thought about every day at camp. Matt Carpenter haunts Albert Pujols and John Mozeliak like s specter. Wainwright’s injury and the tidbits about Berkman and Freese being eased into spring training and the fifth starter competition have taken some attention away from Matt Carpenter. But that didn’t last, and now Matt Carpenter is still what everyone is talking about.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
by mattybobo on Mar 11, 2011 10:25 AM EST up reply actions 7 recs
FRACKING TYPOS I WANT MY EDIT BUTTON
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
sbn'd.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 10:27 AM EST up reply actions
This isn't Burger King, dammit.
You don’t get it your way, you’ll take it their way.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Mar 11, 2011 10:29 AM EST up reply actions
sbn gave you a preview button
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
And they expect me to actually use it? Pshaw!
In seriousness though, the preview button is great. Comes in especially handy for making sure links work, block quotes, etc.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Wait....
So a guy with a .398 career slugging percentage who is listed as “pinch hitter” on his B-Ref page is giving instruction on how to hit for more power? What’s next, hiring Bob Tewksbury to show pitchers how to throw it by someone?
Can Colby round out our new MV3?
Fun fact
Derrick May wore the number 12 one time. May 12 is my birthday. They made a big deal out of it on Sportscenter. It was awesome for an 11-year-old.
Auburn Tigers - 2010 National Champions
by jd is legend on Mar 11, 2011 11:03 AM EST up reply actions
If you were a 12 year old
there could be some serious numerological interstellar implications in this story.
Can Colby round out our new MV3?
Why couldn't I have been one year earlier?!?!
Auburn Tigers - 2010 National Champions
by jd is legend on Mar 11, 2011 11:09 AM EST up reply actions
yell at you mother.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
he should wait his turn
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 11:11 AM EST up reply actions
in fairness
if you defame Tewksbury for not striking out a lot of hitters, ok, but it should also be remembered that he didn’t walk many either
Well, Bob Tewksbury
induced more hitters to ground into double plays than did Dave Duncan.
by SouthsideCardsFan on Mar 11, 2011 3:01 PM EST up reply actions
Those who can do, do
Those who can’t, coach AA
"IF CARDS CAN SIGN SUPPAN THEY CAN GIVE ME A HOME"
by Buddhasillegitimatechild38 on Mar 11, 2011 4:12 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
but seriously, there has to be some photo proof
of his uniform number.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 10:28 AM EST up reply actions
what the hell did i miss again?
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
Matt Carpenter
reportedly they gave him #92.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 11:04 AM EST up reply actions
oh yeah, that's right
i never even noticed the joke
here’s a picture
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
nice
thanks
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 11:12 AM EST up reply actions
I think McClellan getting the 5th spot out of spring training my be the best
Keep Lynn close at hand in Memphis. It would be harder to have lynn start at the MLB level, fail, and have McClellan move into the rotation than it would be to have McClellan start, fail, go back to the bullpen and have Lynn come up.
"Wainwright’s gone, Wainwright’s gone, Wainwright’s gone," he sang joyously." - Gomes
The Frog may be on to something.
Damned Frenchman.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Mar 11, 2011 10:26 AM EST up reply actions
woah woah woah
no need for insults.
"Wainwright’s gone, Wainwright’s gone, Wainwright’s gone," he sang joyously." - Gomes
I thought McClellan was an Irishman?
"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 think he was referring to me
"Wainwright’s gone, Wainwright’s gone, Wainwright’s gone," he sang joyously." - Gomes
this is a meme now, isn't it
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 10:58 AM EST up reply actions
lineup
SS Ryan Theriot
RF Allen Craig
1B Albert Pujols
LF Matt Holliday
DH Lance Berkman
3B David Freese
CF Colby Rasmus
C Yadier Molina
2B Skip Schumaker
"Wainwright’s gone, Wainwright’s gone, Wainwright’s gone," he sang joyously." - Gomes
This has gotta be one of the more "regular season" lineups so far
I expect to see a lineup exactly like this during interleague.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Colby Rasmus
is batting seventh. And I don’t have any real complaints about this.
This is a good lineup.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
Opening Day?
minus Craig
add Carp
I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it... Jack Handy
But yeah, pretty close to what I expect opening day to look like
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Seriously.
I don’t agree with the DH, but damn it if there aren’t time I’m really envious of it.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Can we swap leagues for a year?
(just don’t put us in the AL East, please)
If it's a meme, or looks like it might be a meme, I do not get it.
So, what's the title of Tony LaRussa's action film?
“True Grit: Revenge of the Beard” starring Aaron Miles & Mike Gallego?
I’m sure that others could come up with some more examples….
Can Colby round out our new MV3?
"Hustle Level Hard 9"?
"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
by bgh on Mar 11, 2011 11:09 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Hustle and Flow?
Enter vivaelpujols
My great wit allows me to interject that by assuming the partakers of this conversation are inbedded and perhaps romantically entangled, rather than indeed, the truthful observation that they are both platonic and standing upright. Great comedy may be produced!! -Aranathor
Is that a porno?
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Mar 11, 2011 2:11 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Cocktail
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
by Alxfritz on Mar 11, 2011 11:11 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Who's in the Flanagan role in this remake?
Tony is clearly in the Coghlan role. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s got a list like Coghlan’s Laws anyway…
Can Colby round out our new MV3?
Gotta be Pop Warner, right?
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
I mean, a name like that screams scrappy underling
with a lot to learn, but a few thoughts of his own.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
So does Matt Pagnozzi though....
Although the actual talent angle is a stretch I think…
Can Colby round out our new MV3?
Bunt For Red October
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
by mattybobo on Mar 11, 2011 11:24 AM EST up reply actions 21 recs
Perfect
Auburn Tigers - 2010 National Champions
by jd is legend on Mar 11, 2011 11:31 AM EST up reply actions
you're welcome
EH #2
FIRE JOHN MOZELIAK.
by zoomzoomj88 on Mar 11, 2011 11:33 AM EST up reply actions
Dial M for Miles
Auburn Tigers - 2010 National Champions
by jd is legend on Mar 11, 2011 11:33 AM EST up reply actions 7 recs
None of these are as good as The Bunt For Red October, but I'm bored
Steve McQueen is “Pullitt” (or maybe don’t Pullitt, since this is La Russa we’re talking about. Learn to hit to all fields.)
Traders of the Lost Park (eh, more like generic baseball movie)
The ManStew-ian Candidate
Saving Brendan Ryan (Irony Alert!)
Clash With The Phightins (If we end up in the NLCS versus Philadelphia)
Stav-atar
Try Hard With A Vengeance
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
by mattybobo on Mar 11, 2011 11:50 AM EST up reply actions 7 recs
Stavatar
Oh my god we need this photoshopped
Auburn Tigers - 2010 National Champions
by jd is legend on Mar 11, 2011 11:53 AM EST up reply actions
Two things I hate so gloriously united.
Enter vivaelpujols
My great wit allows me to interject that by assuming the partakers of this conversation are inbedded and perhaps romantically entangled, rather than indeed, the truthful observation that they are both platonic and standing upright. Great comedy may be produced!! -Aranathor
I hate to break it to you
Fox Sports Midwest has probably already done that. trufax.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
I had that memory suppressed.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
so nick stavinoha
is just aaron miles’ avatar? makes sense.
by adiueordie on Mar 11, 2011 2:25 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
nice
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 6:29 PM EST up reply actions
how do you post a link in sig?
can anyone help a guy out?
11 in '11
http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2011/3/2/2026324/joe-strauss-carp-do-you-think-brendon
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Mar 11, 2011 6:52 PM EST up reply actions
some word then those brackets again with a /A
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 6:55 PM EST up reply actions
ok that didn't work
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 6:56 PM EST up reply actions
link html works like this, if you replace the [] with <>
[a href=“http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2011/3/2/2026324/joe-strauss-carp-do-you-think-brendon”]what you want the link to say[/a]
Finally!
Thanks RR, DanUp and Fang in Chitown!
I’m definately slow but finally put it all together
Cheers!
11 in '11
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Mar 11, 2011 7:47 PM EST up reply actions
might wanna be careful with the use of the word fang
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
by d-dee on Mar 11, 2011 7:58 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
why is that?
Negative connotation here?
11 in '11
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Mar 11, 2011 8:05 PM EST up reply actions
We usually just refer to him as CFIC. It's simpler.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Mar 11, 2011 9:00 PM EST up reply actions
Fang in Chitown
now that would be one confused dude… although in a parallel dimension he must exist, under the infinity of infinities theory
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 9:15 PM EST up reply actions
And he'd probably have a girl on each arm and ten more trying
just to touch him.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Mar 11, 2011 9:17 PM EST up reply actions
yes
some sort of inverse probability function. quantum mechanics gets kind of weird
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 9:18 PM EST up reply actions
The mind boggles
what if you met self and got jealous?
11 in '11
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Mar 11, 2011 9:20 PM EST up reply actions
and be handsome
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
yeah
he’d be part me
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 9:20 PM EST up reply actions
in that parallel universe
you’d be him like he is now
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
Now that's a kick in the nuts.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Mar 11, 2011 9:24 PM EST up reply actions
woh
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 9:29 PM EST up reply actions
in some dimension
both Fang and gdm are ladies’ men?
Skip Schumaker fields like a goat wearing capes
when we get to VEB day i'm going to skool all you nonbelivers
the second i cross the mighty mississippi it’s on like Donkey Kong
Balls
wait, with whom?
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
Easiest way is to create the link
in a comment box, and then copy and paste it to your sig profile. You need the html in the profile, there are no link buttons.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
Props RR
I’ll try it
11 in '11
http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2011/3/2/2026324/joe-strauss-carp-do-you-think-brendon
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Mar 11, 2011 7:01 PM EST up reply actions
that's some funny stuff!
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 6:29 PM EST up reply actions
Chitown how do you post a link in sig?
11 in '11
http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2011/3/2/2026324/joe-strauss-carp-do-you-think-brendon
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Mar 11, 2011 6:44 PM EST up reply actions
kinda hard to explain
you use your link and these brackets
left bracket a href=“that link you have there” right bracket then type a work then type left bracket /A right bracket
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 6:58 PM EST up reply actions
<>
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 6:59 PM EST up reply actions
sorry a word
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 7:01 PM EST up reply actions
Thanks Chitown
I had a vision
11 in '11
http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2011/3/2/2026324/joe-strauss-carp-do-you-think-brendon
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Mar 11, 2011 7:00 PM EST up reply actions
well done
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 7:01 PM EST up reply actions
If I'm able to apply the advice correctly
I’ll start with that
11 in '11
http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2011/3/2/2026324/joe-strauss-carp-do-you-think-brendon
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Mar 11, 2011 7:02 PM EST up reply actions
Go ahead and rec it....you know you want to.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Mar 11, 2011 9:28 PM EST up reply actions
I'm tempted to link to Silva's latest tweet
but you socccer/futball/football fans have probably already seen it
Skip Schumaker fields like a goat wearing capes
I have not.
Searching Twitter.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 11, 2011 12:06 PM EST up reply actions
Twitter hates me.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 11, 2011 12:06 PM EST up reply actions
Skip Schumaker fields like a goat wearing capes
by mattyfrommo on Mar 11, 2011 12:14 PM EST up reply actions
I retweet it and post on VEB, nothing
but drew silva metnions it and the mattys take note. I hate you all.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
that's not fair. i still like bobo.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
Which is funny, cause I don't even really follow Twitter
Let alone your Twitter posts about soccer. But I am still exempt from matty hate. Awesome!
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
it was in yesterday's thread!
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
But only for JD.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
Yeah I wasn't clicking on that.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
I think the only reasonable way to find out,
is to flood his inbox.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
I don't know if anyone's ever been to this site:
The Pit: Sports Stock Exchange
Something tells me that it might be the end of my family life as I know it if I decide to open an account.
Can Colby round out our new MV3?
there was something like that a few years ago
called ProTrade that i got into for a while. it’s actually pretty cool.
EH #2
FIRE JOHN MOZELIAK.
by zoomzoomj88 on Mar 11, 2011 11:45 AM EST up reply actions
Also
Not being able to sell Bryce Harper stock ($115.00 right now) short is bullshit. I could retire on that alone by 2014.
Can Colby round out our new MV3?
So you can make actual money betting on players stocks?
What are the stock prices based on, just popularity?
Skip Schumaker is a scapegoat
by vivaelpujols on Mar 11, 2011 3:11 PM EST up reply actions
looks like the rookie cards of each player
Assuming that at least some people ignore the cards backing the stocks and just trade on the players, it seems like this should be ripe for some virtual/real world arbitrage
by brackenthebox on Mar 11, 2011 3:27 PM EST up reply actions
Can you explain the arbitrage further?
Skip Schumaker is a scapegoat
by vivaelpujols on Mar 11, 2011 3:29 PM EST up reply actions
From what I understand
All of the players’ stocks on the site are backed by their rookie cards — according to the intro on the front page, you can request the physical cards if you pay for the shipping. As such, the site ultimately sets up a market for players’ rookie cards (not for players themselves). There’s also, obviously a market in the real world for rookie cards that you can buy and sell cards in.
If everyone on the website treats the virtual market just like they’re trading cards, then the virtual market and real world will be (nearly) identical, and there won’t be any benefit to buying on one market and selling on the other. However, if a sizable portion of the users on the site imagine that they are trading “players” and not “cards,” the resulting virtual “player” market is likely to differ from the physical “rookie card” market. If that’s the case, there’s room for arbitrage in which you’d buy players who are undervalued on the virtual market wrt the value of that player’s rookie card on the physical market.
As a completely fabricated example, maybe baseball cards as a whole are more valuable than football cards, despite similar popularity of players. On the virtual player market, Albert Pujols and Peyton Manning might seem to have similar value, while on the card market there might be a big disparity (again, I have no idea if this particular example is true).
Anyway, I’d guess the transaction costs are going to wipe out any benefits that one could extract from such a scheme. But since I’m just posting on a message board, I get to pretend I’m a 17th century merchant.
by brackenthebox on Mar 11, 2011 3:54 PM EST up reply actions
I'd much prefer to speculate. . .
on tulip bulbs.
I suspect that the SEC won’t like this set-up, not one little bit.
by SouthsideCardsFan on Mar 11, 2011 4:05 PM EST up reply actions
Almost got confused
he never really recovered the full measure of his assassininity
ZoomZoom is still working on the full measure of his assanininity.
There is a difference.
SD
by Gibby45 on Mar 11, 2011 12:07 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
you're an ass.
EH #2
FIRE JOHN MOZELIAK.
by zoomzoomj88 on Mar 11, 2011 12:59 PM EST up reply actions
respect your elders
or they’ll stop your allowance
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
we're both sarcastic
so we rib each other quite often. case & point with most of his comments.
EH #2
FIRE JOHN MOZELIAK.
spring training national anthems are interesting.
You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. No, we must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball. --Albert Einstein
damn...lynn is 6'5", 220 lbs. that's a big dude.
i am happy to have the KMOX broadcast today.
You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. No, we must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball. --Albert Einstein
I hear Mike Shannon!
Life is good. My first listen of the year.
La vie est belle!
by mattisnotfrench on Mar 11, 2011 1:22 PM EST reply actions
He's in mid-season form too.
“His last name is Meals? He change that? He missed a lot of meals”.
by mattisnotfrench on Mar 11, 2011 1:28 PM EST up reply actions
why does it amuse me that all the high schools are listed?
http://robrains.com/2011/03/inside-baseball-if-mcclellan-wins-starting-spot-it-would-be-historic/
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
damn irish.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
did Shannon just say "You know that twatter is coming along"?
Now think about your Dad.
by purple_haze on Mar 11, 2011 2:11 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
he did say twatter.
You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. No, we must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball. --Albert Einstein
lol
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 6:30 PM EST up reply actions
This is hilarious!
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
looking through my work emails for something related to a case and found a random email from a buddy dated nov. 19, 2009.
it says:
Holliday is a bum. They should go after Bay, left handed and more productive.
should i send it back to him?
You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. No, we must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball. --Albert Einstein
gob, it continues.
my reply:
Holliday has better career numbers than Bay, and he’s a better defender. Bay’s low average and lower OBP does not make him a good candidate to hit behind Pujols. And he strikes out a ton. Plus Holliday is a couple of years younger, I think.
his reply:
But Bay is more productive and always seems to come through in the clutch when he is needed. His average may be lower, but he is great under pressure and always makes that game changing hit for some reason. He may strike out 4 times in a game where his team wins, but then in a 5-5 game, hit two homeruns.
WHY AM I FRIENDS WITH THESE PEOPLE
You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. No, we must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball. --Albert Einstein
he's always clutch.
cromit.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
"always makes that game changing hit for some reason"
he was clearly the key to the Pirates long running success.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
by Alxfritz on Mar 11, 2011 2:18 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
indeed, why are you friends with these people?
more often, did you reply to the guy that he is a moran?
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
how the hell did i write often when i was thinking of important?
might be time to check myself for brain tumors…
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
nah. he's one of those people who can't be told he was wrong ever. its not worth the breath.
You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. No, we must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball. --Albert Einstein
To be honest, there were a lot of people who did advocate going after Bay and then use the remaining money to sign Hudson
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'
Twitter | Gas House Graphs
did you?
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
No... I don't think so
That doesn’t sound like something I was espouse. I didn’t even hate the Holliday contract
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'
Twitter | Gas House Graphs
oh sure, and at the time, they looked like similar players in terms of value.
my quibble is with how he backed up his claims. i used stats, he used ridiculousness. and he called holliday a “bum” which is insane.
also, its just funny in hindsight.
You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. No, we must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball. --Albert Einstein
is he hot? does he give you free stuff?
if not, ditch him
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
a lawyer?
"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."
not a lawyer. and not hot.
You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. No, we must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball. --Albert Einstein
no free stuff either?
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
nah. well. he always has money-making opportunities for me. he was the one that got me into the home run pool that i won.
so there is some value there.
You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. No, we must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball. --Albert Einstein
With friends like you, who needs enemies?
by peppermartin on Mar 11, 2011 6:19 PM EST up reply actions
With friends like you
who needs enemies enemas?
/fixed
"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 11, 2011 8:18 PM EST up reply actions
isgigra, that's quite the joke
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
An oldie but a goodie.
dd….hmm, that doesn’t sound as bad as isgigra.
"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 11, 2011 10:35 PM EST up reply actions
you asked for it, isgigra
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
Bay's a lefty?
Hmmm…
"...Or we could make L.A.N.C.E. into a recursive acronym, like, 'Lance: Adam Needs Cartilage from your Elbow." -- Quote by our very own DanUpBaby
by redbirdnation8206 on Mar 11, 2011 5:14 PM EST up reply actions
definitely should
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 6:31 PM EST up reply actions
5 walks
yikes
If I had a nickel for every time I procrastinate, I'd be so rich that I probably wouldn't be procrastinating anymore.
I wonder if PJ made his flight?
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
Is this a Family Circus reference?
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
Prophet John,
in his how am I ever gonna wake up to catch my flight to spring training reference.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
oh yeah. weren't you suposed to cal him?
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
Wrong time zone.....
I wasn’t getting up at 3.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
MLB NETWORK ON UVERSE!!!
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
yep
they never mentioned it, then BOOM there it is.
They also added Fox Soccer + HD which I’ve been begging for this whole EPL season.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
Good
We now have access but there were a lot of things left out so for now we are staying with Direct.
those were my only two complaints.
I have never been happier with a cable/internet provider than i am at this exact moment.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
No additional charges?
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Had to upgrade a package to get MLB
and soccer is $15/mo. I’ll probably cancel it during the summer.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
AHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Spring Break is going to be the most awesome week ever!
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
I went to Spring Break my senior year with 3 girls and I was the only guy
by FlimtotheFlam on Mar 11, 2011 8:24 PM EST up reply actions
Home.
That’s why Spring Break will be awesome.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
One more week of school then Spring Break.
It’s late this year. Don’t really know why.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
The last month will fly by.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
so do i. unfortunately, it is not available at my zip code.
i live in the 5th biggest city in america! how is it not available?!
You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. No, we must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball. --Albert Einstein
"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."
shots fired at the olive garden!
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
I'm pissed that they don't have it downtown.
St. Louis is the former corporate HQ. WHY DO YOU HATE ST. LOUIS AT&T? WHY?
Proud member of the Sports Injury Industrial Complex: We feel your pain and it feels good.
because the same admin that blocks your gmail blocked it
it’s your fault
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
that reminds me ...
one moment
Proud member of the Sports Injury Industrial Complex: We feel your pain and it feels good.
Hmm Flim's proxy
is hanging up on the Service Authentication for gmail.
Proud member of the Sports Injury Industrial Complex: We feel your pain and it feels good.
Ya, me too. I guess we coulda checked that last night.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
Soulard doesn't have it?
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
My brother lives in O'Fallon. (FFS, I have no idea why.)
His subdivision got Uverse and he was so excited. Until they looked into it and everyone on one side of the street had it and everyone to the right of him on his side of the street had it. But his house and to the left didn’t have it. He was pissed.
"Sometimes you scare me." - azruavatar
that would infuriate me.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
AT&T did this to me
but with 3G. You can literally walk across the damn street and get 3G but I’m still stuck on Edge.
by WizardofOz1982 on Mar 11, 2011 3:22 PM EST up reply actions
mysteriously, i was getting 3g off and on for months, but i now exclusively get Edge.
"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."
ME TOO
I haven’t seen 3G in forever. I feel like they activated a kill switch in my phone’s software or something.
Proud member of the Sports Injury Industrial Complex: We feel your pain and it feels good.
Maybe it's because AT&T has been upgrading their network to "4G."
Except they’re capping the upload speeds on all Android 4G devices. iPhones get faster upload speeds than their 4G phones. They basically told their complaining customers that they’d happily accept returned devices withing 30 days rather than address the problem.
They look like they’re up to some shady stuff.
"Sometimes you scare me." - azruavatar
So basically every cellphone company that exists
Proud member of the Sports Injury Industrial Complex: We feel your pain and it feels good.
You called?
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According to the website no
I’m going to call a real, live, probably foreign, person next week to find out.
Proud member of the Sports Injury Industrial Complex: We feel your pain and it feels good.
And I know they're probably foreign
because I worked at AT&T on sending jobs overseas.
Proud member of the Sports Injury Industrial Complex: We feel your pain and it feels good.
There's a AT&T store by my house that is helpful.
I almost never call anymore.
I lost the card for the guy who installed mine, but he was awesome. 180 degree difference from Charter techs.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
Charter is a villianous corporation.
Hate them.
Proud member of the Sports Injury Industrial Complex: We feel your pain and it feels good.
I'll bet AT&T calls it "Panera" and not "St. Louis Bred Co."
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
OK, I am officially under some sort of typo curse now.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
they probably eat "fried ravioli" and ice cream instead of toasted ravioli and frozen custard!
i bet they don’t say “warsh” or “muskacioli!”
"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."
and they probably aren't murderous drug addicts, either!
YOU THINK YOU’RE BETTER THAN US AT&T?!?!
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
Whoa whoa whoa
I draw the line at warsh and muskacioli. Heck, it annoys me when people pronouce bruschetta and salame wrong.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
how can you pronounce salami wrong?
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
Well, people often say "salami" when they really mean "salame"
So I guess that’s not technically a mispronunciation, it’s just the wrong word.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Same thing with using "panini" in the plural when it should be "panino"
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Paging Professor Pretentious
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maybe he can borrow RR's spectacles and top hat.
You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. No, we must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball. --Albert Einstein
by IHeartBoog on Mar 11, 2011 4:16 PM EST up reply actions 8 recs
YOU CAN ALL GO TO HELL!!!!
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
I'll admit it
Italian food is something I do get pretentious about.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
I think beer is the only thing I really get pretentious about
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i did recently learn that its pronounced bru-skett-a
but when i pronounce it that way at restaurants everyone looks at me like I’M the idiot.
You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. No, we must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball. --Albert Einstein
I hate when that sort of thing happens.
Because it only encourages people to pronounce it the wrong way.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
like eKspresso
i want to choke someone and call them stupid
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
you go to salume beddu?
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
No, not yet
But I’ve been meaning to. My dad has been there a lot since he discovered it. I have sampled some of their stuff and it’s pretty cool.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
it might be my favorite store ever.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
I had their lardo
It was the first time I had ever actually eaten lardo. I’m pretty sure, for my health, I should just stay away from that stuff.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
I got some for thanksgiving
but my family thought it was gross. I thought it was great!
I ended up using it to make a blue cheese spread to go with steak and onion crustinis.
They also carry some dynamite sardines.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
I go to the Volpi store now and then to stock up on some stuff.
I don’t cook very complicated stuff yet, and we don’t quite have the money to buy all the kinds of stuff I wish I could buy all the time.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
I just bought salami at Food 4 Less for $2.39
Get like me?
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I'm not really sure what the phrase "get like me" is supposed to mean...
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
There's a small family restaurant chain in Co. Springs
called Panino’s. Their specialty sandwich is the Panino, which is essentially a small pizza folded over. I’ve been eating these since the mid-70’s, they are a small slice of heaven on earth. My favorite is the Pepperoni Combo, with sauce on the side. Mmmmm!
"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 11, 2011 5:07 PM EST up reply actions
"The Grinder" Panino looks delicious.
Also, probably a bad yet scrappy baseball player.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
Yeah
Grinders are a big deal in southern Colorado, a lot of places have their own kind of Grinder sandwich. I’m not really into them, probably because the first one I ever had tasted like I was eating a belt. My wife insists that they’re good, if you get a good one. But that picture of the Grinder looks a lot like the Pepperoni combo that I order from Paninos. My best friend, who lives in the Springs, always orders a Veg with beans, sauce on the side.
"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 11, 2011 5:18 PM EST up reply actions
From hating AT&T to loving italian food all in the same thread.
only on VEB.
I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it... Jack Handy
The situation is fluid.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
that is also my opinion
the hating AT&T and loving Italian food part
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 6:52 PM EST up reply actions
I am so fucking happy right now.
Don’t even need the sports package to get it.
FINALLY! MLBNet!
Boog woulda.
by The Continental on Mar 11, 2011 2:29 PM EST up reply actions
nope, have to get 300
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
300? as in 300 channels?
what the hell do you do with 300 channels? and what does that cost?
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
you surf past them to get to the five channels with occasionally worthwhile programming, duh.
"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 have the Dish 250 with sports&super stations packages + free starz&encore
with the satellite radio channels, the latino channels & the gov’t channels, there’s easily over 500 channels
Balls
can't wait til next weekend to get mlb.tv
they should have mlb network on there
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 6:32 PM EST up reply actions
Are you going to the S-Cards vs STL Cards game on the 29th?
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Matt Carpenter in RF now
LOLWUT
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What are the odds he makes the big team?
Tony sounds enamored.
"Sometimes you scare me." - azruavatar
I just don't see any room for him, barring injury
Freese absolutely deserves to start if he’s healthy, and Tony always has a utility guy backup 3B.
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his big problem is being slotted only for 3b.
right now, greene has a lock on one infield bench position. the other one – with punto DL’d — is pretty open. vasquez and descalso are both much lower ceiling guys than carpenter, but have more flexibility defensively.
if he looks good enough, will tony try him at 2b in a pinch? will tony let tyler be the sole backup for SS and 2b? it’s a stretch, but it’s not crazy, especially if freese is really going to be playing only every other game or two of every three @ 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."
Carpenter may even be making TLR think platoon at 3B....
With Craig being backup 1B and backup corner OF.
Will be interesting when Punto returns.
by Willie McGee's Twin on Mar 11, 2011 2:48 PM EST up reply actions
I think it's possible
Punto on the DL means an open spot for Matt Carpenter.
Now think about your Dad.
That's true, I suppose. I was thinking Greene/Descalso, but Carp could sneak in there
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i would think if it was between carp and descalso that carp would win that spot
You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. No, we must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball. --Albert Einstein
yeah, but he's not as GOOD. greene has the versatility. do we need more than that.
You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. No, we must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball. --Albert Einstein
I really wouldn't be a fan of Carp staying with the big club
Just to backup Freese and pinch hit. He might as well play everyday in AAA.
i'm afraid they'll let him start the year in the minors
to see where they could use him
maybe call him up once or twice for a bit
and by the time he actually has a shot to be called up and stay, punto returns
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
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I highly doubt it
He isn’t on the 40 man roster yet, and after putting Waino on 60 day DL they will only have one open spot on there.
Psh, he's not even that young
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And Greene is in CF
If he’s really going to be the right handed option there I’m certain they’ll carry Descalso or Vasquez
enough with the damn carnage!!!!
per captain obvious
[..]pitching coach Dave Duncan was hit in the nose by a foul tip.
Duncan was standing up against the back of a batting cage while pitchers Chris Carpenter and David Kopp threw a simulated game to hitters on a back field at Roger Dean Stadium.
With Kopp pitching, a foul ball by minor league catcher Tony Cruz went straight back and hit the screen to the cage behind the plate. It also hit Duncan, who was leaning up against the net, square in the nose.
..blood…
luckily only a minor cut
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
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and bang goes tony cruz's chance of ever being promoted.
"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."
Breaking news!!!
Tony Cruz found floating in the Gulf of Mexico. It would appear he was swimming back to Mexico and drowned in route.
by WizardofOz1982 on Mar 11, 2011 3:24 PM EST up reply actions
very strange, since he was born in florida in 1986!
"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."
Such are the ways of LaDunc
Don’t question them or they’ll find your body next to Cruz’s in Mexico damn it.
by WizardofOz1982 on Mar 12, 2011 10:26 PM EST up reply actions
The streak is alive!
Matt Carpenter is some kind of god.
by cloistermaximus on Mar 11, 2011 3:21 PM EST reply actions
has anyone noticed that francisco salas is better than half of our major league relievers? is there a reason he doesn't
get serious consideration? why isn’t it a foregone conclusion that he has a slot in the bullpen?
"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."
do you mean fernando salas?
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
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picky picky. i was on a roll!
also, i am so glad we traded brendan ryan for this A pitcher who is sucking up a roster spot.
"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 was just trying to figure out
if we have another type of salsa in camp..
and grrrr
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
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Because we have Batista, who has a track record of MLB pitching, and we need a "long man" even more now that Wainwright is injured.
That is what the decisionmaker’s thought process likely is.
"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 am sure that's the "thought process" - my thought process is: "horsepucky."
we heard that crap about brad thompson and then nobody used him for more than 2 innings at a time. it just meant we carried a bad pitcher who wasn’t used for the purposes for which we were supposedly carrying him.
"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."
Yeah. I've been complaining about this for awhile now.
He should be a no-doubter.
"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 11, 2011 5:01 PM EST up reply actions
honestly, i was under the impression that it was a foregone conclusion
but I haven’t read much about ST on the P-D so I’m not sure what they were saying. I guess I thought it was psychotic that they would keep Bautista so I brushed it off.
"And a boring game for boring people. Did you ever watch golf on television? It's like watching flies FUCK. Think of the intellect it must take to draw pleasure from this activity: hitting a ball with a crooked stick and then WALKING AFTER IT" -George Carlin
by stlcardsfan4 on Mar 12, 2011 6:10 AM EST up reply actions
So what happened to the Wainwright fanpost
Or am I not supposed to ask?
Skip Schumaker is a scapegoat
The first rule about the Wainwright fanpost is
YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT THE WAINWRIGHT FANPOST
Auburn Tigers - 2010 National Champions
by jd is legend on Mar 11, 2011 3:44 PM EST up reply actions
next time this happens
I’m creating a “painguy post and VEB comments” mad libs for VEB and we can make our own pissing match.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
inexplicably, kozma having a good spring training.
"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."
carpenter notches another hit, and an SB 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."
Matt Carpenter cannot make an out
The time space continuum would tear itself apart if he did.
by cloistermaximus on Mar 11, 2011 4:01 PM EST reply actions
he might have stolen amaury's mojo
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
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Maybe Captenter IS Amaury
Mind blown?
by cloistermaximus on Mar 11, 2011 4:06 PM EST up reply actions
I can see why Carpenter would appeal to TLR
He is so focused. The first person out on the field. Ready to go all the time.
directed by M. Night Shyamalan
If I had a nickel for every time I procrastinate, I'd be so rich that I probably wouldn't be procrastinating anymore.
by hr on Mar 11, 2011 8:20 PM EST up reply actions
Craziest thing today
A lady came into my work and I asked her for a phone number. She gave me my old home phone number from growing up. My Dad gave his up like 2 years ago when he got remarried and moved into his new house. I was giddy. The women didn’t seem to excited about it
She was a bitch before I even found out
by FlimtotheFlam on Mar 11, 2011 4:19 PM EST up reply actions
whoa
that would freak me the hell out. Sounds like the beginning of a mindfuck movie.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
Maybe the lady thought Flim was BSing her
Because she’s lived at that house for twenty years…
AND THERE’S NO EVIDENCE THAT FLIM EVER EVEN EXISTED
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
by mattybobo on Mar 11, 2011 4:22 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
My nephew and his wife moved a few years back
They moved back into the same exchange as we all grew up in. When they got their new phone number, it was my mom and dad’s old number (my mom had passed away about 2-3 years before this). Weird.
by ArkansasTravs on Mar 11, 2011 4:31 PM EST up reply actions
how is this game STILL going on.
You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. No, we must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball. --Albert Einstein
shannon's still into it.
You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. No, we must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball. --Albert Einstein
The Memphis Redbirds are rallying...
by Willie McGee's Twin on Mar 11, 2011 4:26 PM EST up reply actions
I can't see that being in the realm of possibility, no
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Yeah, that must be wrong.
We’ve clearly established that creating one out at a time is impossible for Matt Carpenter, let alone having a hand in two outs in the same play.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
But, maybe that's it.
He either makes 0 or 2 outs, never 1.
by ArkansasTravs on Mar 11, 2011 4:37 PM EST up reply actions
Hm, maybe
So you’re saying he can’t make literally “an out” but can make multiple outs. Fascinating.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Probably not enough evidence yet
to form a firm hypothesis, but this development should be watched.
by ArkansasTravs on Mar 11, 2011 4:44 PM EST up reply actions
Nah, no need to do a formal study
Let’s just make the conclusion
</ stoking the fire>
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'
Twitter | Gas House Graphs
SCORE?
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
final: tigers 7, cardinals 4
You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. No, we must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball. --Albert Einstein
Joe Kelly lives to fight another day
BJRains
Cardinals send Kozma, Walters, Kopp, Ottavino, Samuel, Cleto, and Reifer to minor league camp.
Now think about your Dad.
This only matters for 40 man rosterees.
Means nothing in regards to Kelly. Not sure why they listed Ottavino, though. He’s not on the 40 man anymore, so he can still move between the camps.
Reifer too?
England must be drowning Aranathor’s tears by now
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
For those who have been too ridiculously busy to check out VEB the past week
can someone please provide a quick summary of the most significant Cards-related events of the week? I just crawled out from under my rock and could use a refresher.
Kyle is gonna be the fifth starter.
Did I miss anything?
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
Lynn 1% chance, McClellan 99% chance
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 6:54 PM EST up reply actions
yeah I'm not too thrilled about it, but it could work out
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 6:58 PM EST up reply actions
he doesn't have an out pitch
and he doesn’t strike me as having a lot of stamina
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 7:02 PM EST up reply actions
oh man
that last line made me go facepalm
I’d give him a month and see what he does (while perhaps giving McClellan any long relief and a spot start). if Lynn doesn’t seem to be doing well, send him back down
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 7:09 PM EST up reply actions
this is why we sign people like Lance Lynn btw
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 7:09 PM EST up reply actions
err draft
or whatevs
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 7:10 PM EST up reply actions
it's pretty clear to me that batista is going to get the majority of innings when kmac goes 3 innings.
after all, i must be on crack(according to strauss) to even think batista shouldn’t be in the majors.
And today he was pimping Salas
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'
Twitter | Gas House Graphs
Salas is good so far
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 7:58 PM EST up reply actions
oh yeah
I will be surprised if batista isn’t the first go-to guy
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 7:57 PM EST up reply actions
not having an out pitch worries me a lot more as a bullpen guy
than it does as a starter. And things have worked out okay so far on that front.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
tony la russa and mike shannon are fighting over
The affections of matt carpenter.
"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 11, 2011 7:01 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
also
they already like one Carpenter, so he’s kinda in
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 7:03 PM EST up reply actions
I'd prefer
Kile.
"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 11, 2011 8:20 PM EST up reply actions
he's coming back, right?
he was just… y’know… rehabbing on a beautiful farm where he can run and play all he wants and he’ll be back to lead the Cardinals to a World Series. snif
Now think about your Dad.
by purple_haze on Mar 11, 2011 11:11 PM EST up reply actions
stav might be able to bring him back
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 11:17 PM EST up reply actions
Dark magik such as that should not be trifled with.
Enter vivaelpujols
My great wit allows me to interject that by assuming the partakers of this conversation are inbedded and perhaps romantically entangled, rather than indeed, the truthful observation that they are both platonic and standing upright. Great comedy may be produced!! -Aranathor
/serpent and the rainbow
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 12, 2011 12:26 AM EST up reply actions
Well, it actually looks like the NFL will be shutting down for 2011-2012
What am I gonna do on Sundays? Spend time with my family?
And I just got back into Rams football!
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
I know right
The players should know they will get zero sympathy from the general public
by FlimtotheFlam on Mar 11, 2011 8:28 PM EST up reply actions
Well at least the players union.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
i'm not a big fan of the NFL
but this isn’t about the players, it’s about the owners wanting to get more of the pie
Skip Schumaker fields like a goat wearing capes
Right.
The owners are already generating more revenue from the expanded schedule AND they want to lessen the revenue sharing with the players?
Greedy fucking billionaires.
"Sometimes you scare me." - azruavatar
Hmmmm
NFL players already get like 2/3rd’s of the Revenue
by FlimtotheFlam on Mar 11, 2011 8:38 PM EST up reply actions
What NFL players needs to do
Is stop worrying about the top players but the players that only play a few years but have permanent medical conditions. They need to set up a better retirement plan also. Like 80% of NFL players after retirement eventually go bankrupt.
by FlimtotheFlam on Mar 11, 2011 8:48 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah.
That would show they are actually representing the players, the majority of the players.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
That's socialism!
/politics
Enter vivaelpujols
My great wit allows me to interject that by assuming the partakers of this conversation are inbedded and perhaps romantically entangled, rather than indeed, the truthful observation that they are both platonic and standing upright. Great comedy may be produced!! -Aranathor
I don't like the expanded schedule.
But I don’t pretend to know anything about the talks. I know I don’t like either side right now. Because I think they both needed to do some compromising to make this work and neither of them appeared to. I guess we don’t know exactly what happened behind closed doors but it sure seemed like no one was budging. But like I said I don’t pretend to know anything about what they were even arguing about.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
I don't even like the NFL.
But I’m almost always inclined to NOT side with ownerships.
"Sometimes you scare me." - azruavatar
In most cases where both sides make huge money...
I’m usually inclined to say they all need to get over themselves and move on.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
The NFL is the biggest case of Socialism(private) in America
And it is working great.
by FlimtotheFlam on Mar 11, 2011 8:49 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Wouldn't that be more of a case of economics?
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Mar 11, 2011 9:11 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
whoa weird nefdex
Enter vivaelpujols
My great wit allows me to interject that by assuming the partakers of this conversation are inbedded and perhaps romantically entangled, rather than indeed, the truthful observation that they are both platonic and standing upright. Great comedy may be produced!! -Aranathor
from what i've heard
it comes down to the owners wanting to get back about a half a billion a year , of the 9.3 billion pie.
but if they lock out the players for 2011, they’ll lose ~4.3B. It just makes no sense for the lockout to happen. It will take years to make back the 4.3B even if they do get the .5B a year back.
Now I want some pie.
Skip Schumaker fields like a goat wearing capes
haha
stupid nfl
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 7:10 PM EST up reply actions
return of the xfl?
lulz
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 7:10 PM EST up reply actions
man, that sucks.
now once baseball season’s over, i won’t have another sport to look forward to (other than college football) until the regular season starts in april 2012…
EH #2
FIRE JOHN MOZELIAK.
Watch soccer.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
Wrong answer.
Try again.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 11, 2011 11:13 PM EST up reply actions
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
Oh my gosh.
I’m tearing up right now.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 11, 2011 11:19 PM EST up reply actions
my favorite part is when the ball dude starts dry humping air in the pile up.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
This actually does make me cry.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 11, 2011 11:23 PM EST up reply actions
that was the only moment in my dog's life when he was actually scared of me.
And I have no idea how I didn’t punch a hole in my ceiling.
One of the top 5 sports moments of my life.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
i'm really not trying to be a jerk here, but i have no reaction to that
i just don’t get the attraction to soccer. and i really don’t get why so many people jump on the bandwagon when the world cup comes around
Balls
AMERICA!
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 11, 2011 11:50 PM EST up reply actions
i'm all for patriotic pride, but i just don't understand that
it’s the same thing with the Olympics. no one cares about them yet every 4 years for two weeks in the summer & winter it’s all anyone talks about. it’s all so hypocritic
Balls
I like soccer all the time.
And I cheer for the US but I really like Germany. Not sure I could cheer for Germany over the US though. It would feel wrong.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 11, 2011 11:56 PM EST up reply actions
why do you like germany?
don’t all the players play for different pro teams & different pro leagues
Balls
I just do.
I like their players and I like how they play.
And what do you mean by your second statement? Like why would a pro team affect why I like a National team, just curious, not trying to be rude, because I realize that question could sound rude…I’m going to stop rambling now.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 12, 2011 12:01 AM EST up reply actions
all you soccer fans are very passionate about
teams & players you root for right? all i meant was i didn’t think you’d like a specific country’s team because it would have players on there that played for teams or leagues you might not like
Balls
Most of the Germans play for the Bundesliga.
The Bundesliga isn’t readily accessible here so it’s hard to hate them. The only players I actively dislike are Wayne Rooney, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Patrice Evra, actually basically all of the French players for being stupid at the World Cup (not Nasri, he wasn’t there, not Sagna either because I forgive him), and Lionel Messi. Maybe others that I can’t think of right now. But hating Wayne Rooney doesn’t make me cheer against England most of the time. It’s different with National teams for some reason.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 12, 2011 12:14 AM EST up reply actions
Why do you dislike Messi?
I know hardly anything about soccer, but he’s so much fun to watch.
If it's a meme, or looks like it might be a meme, I do not get it.
There's just something about hime I dont like.
I don’t know what it is. And, no, it’s not because he plays for Barcelona and they beat us or whatever. I didn’t like him at the World Cup either. He just bothers me. Also he’s a hobbit.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 12, 2011 12:28 PM EST up reply actions
The Aarron Miles of soccer?
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Mar 12, 2011 12:39 PM EST up reply actions
He is so short.
I don’t actually know how short he is (I’m sure I could find out but I am lazy).
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 12, 2011 12:44 PM EST up reply actions
But also as much as I hate him.
He is about ten million times better than Aaron Miles. And that may be an understatement.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 12, 2011 12:52 PM EST up reply actions
I was just going off the hobbit reference.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Mar 12, 2011 4:29 PM EST up reply actions
Fair enough.
I just enjoy watching him aesthetically with no particular rooting interest. Kind of like Steve Nash.
If it's a meme, or looks like it might be a meme, I do not get it.
I, and a lot of people, watch every US Mens national team game, not just the Cups.
they are between the Cardinals and the Illini in my fandom, just above the Packers.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
1. Cardinals
eh, everything after that is kind of silly… but, anyway…
2. Illini
3. US Soccer
4. Packers
5. Newcastle
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
2 & 3 rotate depending on my mood.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
So like right now..
probably US Soccer right? Just going by my dad’s current mood.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 12, 2011 12:16 AM EST up reply actions
I wish Illini were like #73,641 roght now.
but, yes.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
i'd rather cheer for US hockey than soccer
i just have never cared for soccer, not even enough to be in a bar with a bunch of other people watching the game. heck, i hardly cared to watch at home
EH #2
FIRE JOHN MOZELIAK.
by zoomzoomj88 on Mar 12, 2011 12:04 PM EST up reply actions
That's cool.
I love soccer. It’s cool, I talk about soccer to my soccer loving friends. and avoid it w/ casual fans/haters
I honestly wish soccer was less trendy and I didn’t have to defend it to people. If you grew up playing it (like any other sport), you probably love it. Hell, even if you came in later and learned to enjoy it, that’s cool.
What I don’t get is why some asshats go out of their way to hate on a sport that they do not get and/or like. Just because you don’t get or like something doesn’t mean it’s gay or sucks. I find I normally don’t like these same folks based on ignorance on other things.
I don’t like hockey. I never skated as a child and don’t find it very interesting. But I’m not going to go out of my way to tell a hockey fan that their favorite sport sucks and is gay because I don’t like it. I just don’t mention it, because I’m not thinking about it, and get on with my life.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
i've been that guy before who rags on it
all the soccer fans here have kind of gotten that out of me because you’re not at all like the fans i went to high school with.
i have had bad experiences in the past & that was the biggest reasons i don’t like the sport
Balls
If you don't like something, you should probably just ignore it and get on with your own self.
I wish real life came with an unfollow button.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
soccer was the sport at my HS
it was so small we didn’t have enough guys for football & the basketball & baseball teams didn’t have the talent to play in the public HS leagues. i don’t know why, but both boys & girls soccer teams were huge dbags. and there were a few gay guys on the team. for whatever reason have openly gay players on soccer is the only sport other than womens golf whereit’s acceptable.
but you’re right, now i’m not around it & for the most part i just try to ignore it & not be a douche
Balls
that was 20 years ago.
Stop. Move on with your life.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
next time you think about socer, do not think about them
think about the guys who schedule their vacations around the cup and save up for four years to go have the time of their lives instead of some jerks you went to high school with. By the by, I am pumped for Brazil 2014!
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
I'd probably give my right nut to go to that World Cup
Skip Schumaker fields like a goat wearing capes
by mattyfrommo on Mar 12, 2011 12:30 AM EST up reply actions
those matty's
always willing to give up their man parts
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
the left one does all the work
Skip Schumaker fields like a goat wearing capes
by mattyfrommo on Mar 12, 2011 12:03 PM EST up reply actions
i think about that time in 99
i went to a crew game with my gf & her parents. i was so freaking bored. the highlight of the day was her step dad was about 400lb’s & he walked really slow so we got to our seats before he did. he was about half way down the steps when they started to pull a huge tarp over the crowd. i guess they did this before every game. they had guys holding the top & then guys ran down the steps pulling the tarp behind them. well two guys ran into her step dad & they all fell down & they couldn’t get the tarp up. it was pretty embarrassing when he got up & came & sat down with us. people made fun of us the entire game.
Balls
also i honestly haven't thought about HS soccer in years
i hope you & the Mrs enjoy your trip to brazil. it should be a hell of a party
Balls
Nascar is still ridiculously boring.
How people who think literally driving in a circle 500 times is interesting can think soccer is boring is beyond my grasp.
Enter vivaelpujols
My great wit allows me to interject that by assuming the partakers of this conversation are inbedded and perhaps romantically entangled, rather than indeed, the truthful observation that they are both platonic and standing upright. Great comedy may be produced!! -Aranathor
i just think the enjoyment is so one-dimensional
Why do baseball fans like baseball? There are so many shifting textures and layers both cultural and visceral that I have to resort to such exhausted comparisons as fine wine. Actually, perhaps a 162 course tasting menu would better describe the progression of a baseball season.
Why do NASCAR fans like NASCAR? Cars go fast. And crash.
Now think about your Dad.
by purple_haze on Mar 12, 2011 12:24 AM EST up reply actions
This tasting menu metaphor could go places...
Spring Training is totally a salad course. It’s fresh and palate cleansing but insubstantial.
And the postseason is a dessert: sure, it’s the sweetest part of the meal but brief and not truly the reason you sat down to eat.
Now think about your Dad.
by purple_haze on Mar 12, 2011 12:29 AM EST up reply actions
Ooh. I'm going to make my first fanshot (is that the lesser of the two fanthings?)
naming the proper wine for each team.
And when I say “going to,” what I mean is “might or might not”
If it's a meme, or looks like it might be a meme, I do not get it.
Shouldn't that be a fanpost?
Since it is your original idea and not a link or picture or something. Also a list of 30 wines with I presume an explanation might be longer than a fanshot.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 12, 2011 12:30 PM EST up reply actions
yep.
Fanpost.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
Okay! Watch for it to happen sometime! Or maybe even not!
If it's a meme, or looks like it might be a meme, I do not get it.
part of the attraction is the wrecks
people love to see shit go wrong, blow up & the drive walk away or fight the guy who wrecked him. and back in the late 70’s-early 80’s when every race wasn’t on TV that happened a lot. now of course you’re right. with the over saturation of TV & all the cookie cutter mile & a half tracks, 75% of the races are boring as hell. with super team domination & only a handful of drivers actually having a chance to win every weekend, its very very boring.
and yes, the sport still hasn’t gotten over Dale Sr dying. many fans like me just don’t look at the sport the same way we did when he was alive. i know i hardly watch a lot of races now.
Balls
Well, some of us have been on that bandwagon
for a long time. I started playing soccer when I was 12. That was 41 years ago. I still love to watch the game, even though I haven’t played since I was about 37. I have watched some form of the Men’s and/or Women’s World Cup since the early 80’s. I kick a ball around with my kids whenever I can. It’s a great sport, that’s all there is to it.
"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 12, 2011 12:39 AM EST up reply actions
I have no words.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 11, 2011 11:45 PM EST up reply actions
(Goes to get tissue box)
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 11, 2011 11:51 PM EST up reply actions
I'm not offended.
I guess I just don’t remember what information I have divulged on VEB.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 11, 2011 11:51 PM EST up reply actions
....I don't remember you saying that.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 11:55 PM EST up reply actions
oh good, yeah it was last winter i think
i forget what we were talking about but you said you cry a lot & at the silliest things
Balls
I'll just watch hockey
at least when they lose it they can punch each other in the face and not get kicked out of the game.
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
that olympic gold medal hockey game last year was really cool.
that’s probably the most I’ve ever enjoyed a hockey game.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
That whole run was the most I've paid attention to hockey ever.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 11, 2011 11:28 PM EST up reply actions
that was epic.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 11:31 PM EST up reply actions
Best graph ever.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
That's awesome
I wonder what the “beer consumption” graph would look like?
by ArkansasTravs on Mar 12, 2011 3:23 PM EST up reply actions
In soccer you can choke people and not get kicked out of the game.
Sorry. I really have moved on, I promise.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 11, 2011 11:28 PM EST up reply actions
Everytime i see this clip, I think "what if."
What if bob bradley wasn’t an idiot and had started anyone but Ricardo Clark vs. Ghana? What if Charlie Davies hadn’t been in a horrific car crash (two world class strikers? Yes please)? What if Neven Subotic and giuseppe Rossi had chosen the USA instead of Serbia, and Italy, reapectively? Would we have the cup? No, because Spain would have passed us off the pitch, and the Dutch would have slugged us off the pitch. Semifinals? With the draw we had, I think so. Bob wasted THE chance. Still ticks me off
"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
RIP Boog. FIRE TLR NOW
by VolsnCards5 on Mar 12, 2011 10:34 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
that Ricardo Clark start -- and subsequent playing time -- was baffling.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
Seriously
Had edu not just played a terrific game in the group stage? Bradley beieng re-signed was the worst bit of soccer news I saw all year
"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
RIP Boog. FIRE TLR NOW
by VolsnCards5 on Mar 12, 2011 10:51 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
cake!
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 11:15 PM EST up reply actions
Closer.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 11, 2011 11:18 PM EST up reply actions
for a second I thought you meant like Joe Nathan or Ryan Franklin or Mariano
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 11:19 PM EST up reply actions
meh, they'll play chicken until close to the beginning of the season
and then meet in the middle
there will be football in 2011 and beyond
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
I totally agree with this
I wish it would be a season without the NFL, though.
Skip Schumaker fields like a goat wearing capes
why? so all espn has to talk about in the offseason is pujols?
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
the NFL could use getting knocked down a notch or two
by peppermartin on Mar 11, 2011 9:19 PM EST up reply actions
True.
And maybe then America could embrace the other football. Right? No? Okay.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
I'd watch the other football before those
and the other football, too
Skip Schumaker fields like a goat wearing capes
I actually watch(ed) golf
I’ll have to rephrase these statements. I would watch, if I still watched stuff live on the TV, but I do not.
Skip Schumaker fields like a goat wearing capes
Self programming rocks
Forget TV
11 in '11
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Mar 11, 2011 9:31 PM EST up reply actions
the test is gonna be baseball season
i’ll probably only see a handful of games this season, if i can find a nearby bar showing them, otherwise i’ll probably only see the games when i am back down in Mo this summer.
Skip Schumaker fields like a goat wearing capes
Well forget TV outside of the show I mean
Damn absolutes don’t work
11 in '11
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Mar 11, 2011 9:36 PM EST up reply actions
I love watching curling during the Olympics
They are all so serious. But two or three matches every four years is certainly enough for me.
by ArkansasTravs on Mar 12, 2011 3:26 PM EST up reply actions
I actually saw a movie about curling.
It had Leslie Nielson in it, so it was hardly serious… and totally Canadian.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Mar 12, 2011 4:27 PM EST up reply actions
Curling
I watched several curling matches during the Olympics and the only thing I really understood about it was the Canadian women’s team (pretty sure it was the Canadians) had several very good looking women in tight pants. Nothing else made sense about it.
by WizardofOz1982 on Mar 12, 2011 10:36 PM EST up reply actions
I eventually understood
It’s a lot like bocce.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
It took me a while to get it though.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
it's sad that the cards haven't beaten the tigers much
before or since the 06 WS (dating back to the 06 regular season). one of my buddies is bragging that the tigers won today but i had to remind him about the 06 WS…
EH #2
FIRE JOHN MOZELIAK.
Or you could've said
“This is Spring Training. No one gives a shit.”
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'
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not the times i've seen them play in detroit.
i’ve gone to ~6 games (between 06-09) and haven’t seen a cards win once.
EH #2
FIRE JOHN MOZELIAK.
hmm.. i'll check
2007-swept by detroit in 3 games
2008- 1 of 4 won
2009- 2 of 3
damn 2009 changed my perception.
So I was reading the Duke Snider article by JoePos
and it led me to think again (and this time I am at VEB, so i can ask): what’s the deal with Win Shares. Are they just ignored by most of the sabermetric community?
Skip Schumaker fields like a goat wearing capes
they're hard to get and the fielding is flawed
so people flock to what is easier and newer.
Plus Bill James has been overhauling Win Shares in secret for the last two or three years on his website, complete with something called Loss Shares. It looks much-improved but he hasn’t actually explained it yet and it still has the disadvantage of being stuck behind his paywall.
Boggs will pitch tomorrow
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
coming in 2011: Boog would've moments count....
hmmm
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 10:00 PM EST up reply actions
wish he was starting
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 10:15 PM EST up reply actions
no you don't
when he shuts off like Motte, he’s brilliant. when he has time to warm up and get nervous, he acts like Carp’s gonna beat his ass every pitch.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 10:42 PM EST up reply actions
ok ok
I do like the idea of the Boggs/Motte nasty boys (where’s Perez?)
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 10:44 PM EST up reply actions
Cleveland.
tweeting like a madman.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 10:47 PM EST up reply actions
is he worth following?
or too many boring tweets?
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 10:48 PM EST up reply actions
better than most athletes (lloking at you, Jay!)
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
yoking?
but yeah, shoes and stuff. I like shoes too though… used to want to become a sneaker designer in my early teens
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 10:50 PM EST up reply actions
teenagers should like things like tennis shoes.
Grown ups should like grown up things. Like Night Court trivia and old WCW tapes.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
shoulda woulda coulda
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 10:56 PM EST up reply actions
actually no
who can afford tennis shoes? the only teenagers who can are either dealing drugs or inventing the iPad.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 10:57 PM EST up reply actions
here are the shoes I got last summer
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 11:01 PM EST up reply actions
he tweets a lot with Franky and Jon Jay
and acts all badass. it’s not bad.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 10:50 PM EST up reply actions
ok ok
gotta follow chris mfing perez
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 10:51 PM EST up reply actions
He's pretty interesting actually.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 11, 2011 11:01 PM EST up reply actions
*heads over to twitter*
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 11:02 PM EST up reply actions
she's saying that because he updates on Grady.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 11:02 PM EST up reply actions
now following chrisperez54
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 11:03 PM EST up reply actions
And he likes him.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 11, 2011 11:06 PM EST up reply actions
absolutely terrifying
http://www.businessinsider.com/fukushima-nuclear-plant-2011-3
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 10:15 PM EST reply actions
all we need now is North Korea.
/not actual prophet.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 10:36 PM EST up reply actions
you crazy
IT’S THE MOON
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 10:40 PM EST up reply actions
il with it
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 10:41 PM EST up reply actions
hmm
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 10:42 PM EST up reply actions
there's also snowstorms + aftershocks.
and more fires.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 10:41 PM EST up reply actions
fuck
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 10:43 PM EST up reply actions
jesus
entire trains are missing. how does one train get wiped off the map
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 11:04 PM EST up reply actions
fucking tsunamis, dude
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 11:05 PM EST up reply actions
fuck them!
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 11:07 PM EST up reply actions
been thinking of this image all day
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 11:08 PM EST up reply actions
there's plenty more of that.
that one’s epic for the proportions, and how you can draw that math thing around it.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 11:10 PM EST up reply actions
I've been reading periodical updates on the reactor situations.
It went from, “phew” to “wait a sec” to “that’s odd” to “oh shit” over the course of the last several hours.
This would be really, really terrible. Japan was really well prepared for the earthquake but this is something for which the contingency plans are all not good.
Enter vivaelpujols
My great wit allows me to interject that by assuming the partakers of this conversation are inbedded and perhaps romantically entangled, rather than indeed, the truthful observation that they are both platonic and standing upright. Great comedy may be produced!! -Aranathor
all they need is another nuclear holocaust
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 10:44 PM EST up reply actions
fuel rod above water, now.
they say it probably shouldn’t explode.
evac expanded further.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 10:45 PM EST up reply actions
good to hear
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 10:49 PM EST up reply actions
it was only a *minute* amount of radiation.
meanwhile, five nuclear reactors now under state of emergency.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 10:50 PM EST up reply actions
1000x normal
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 10:52 PM EST up reply actions
Normal is usually quite low.
I know in the hospital they allow techs to get something like 20x the dose allowed to people every year.
That said, 1000 times is pretty concerning.
Enter vivaelpujols
My great wit allows me to interject that by assuming the partakers of this conversation are inbedded and perhaps romantically entangled, rather than indeed, the truthful observation that they are both platonic and standing upright. Great comedy may be produced!! -Aranathor
dang it
the Prime Minister admitted something about it, but all the tweets are in Spanish.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 11:06 PM EST up reply actions
wat
Enter vivaelpujols
My great wit allows me to interject that by assuming the partakers of this conversation are inbedded and perhaps romantically entangled, rather than indeed, the truthful observation that they are both platonic and standing upright. Great comedy may be produced!! -Aranathor
no habla.
and. they’re flooding the most-recent tweets.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 11:07 PM EST up reply actions
What's a good follow for news like this?
Enter vivaelpujols
My great wit allows me to interject that by assuming the partakers of this conversation are inbedded and perhaps romantically entangled, rather than indeed, the truthful observation that they are both platonic and standing upright. Great comedy may be produced!! -Aranathor
good question.
kenmogi seems good, so far. the name sounds familiar, but I’m too tabbed out to check.
BBC has dynamically updating blurbs, which oddly enough have real news in them.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 11:11 PM EST up reply actions
DailyYomiuri seems to be picked up as well.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 11:27 PM EST up reply actions
er, the radioactivity *outside* the plant is apparently 8x.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 11:16 PM EST up reply actions
now someone's saying someone died inside the plant.
wtf.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 11:17 PM EST up reply actions
This was one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded.
To have so few dead in the aftermath when quakes that were 1000 times less powerful killed a few to many times more people in China or Haiti is pretty amazing. It’s just impossible to plan for this kind of a cascade.
Also, aren’t reactors like this supposed to have a failsafe shitload of graphite that they just cram into the reactor in the case of a possible meltdown?
Enter vivaelpujols
My great wit allows me to interject that by assuming the partakers of this conversation are inbedded and perhaps romantically entangled, rather than indeed, the truthful observation that they are both platonic and standing upright. Great comedy may be produced!! -Aranathor
yeah, my mind is still boggled about 8.8 on the richter
then this nuclear shit, it’s like some kind of horrible scifi disaster movie
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 10:48 PM EST up reply actions
What if there's like, an earthquake...and then the nuclear reactor melts down!
‘Cept it wouldn’t go to china cuz it’d have to roll lulz!
Enter vivaelpujols
My great wit allows me to interject that by assuming the partakers of this conversation are inbedded and perhaps romantically entangled, rather than indeed, the truthful observation that they are both platonic and standing upright. Great comedy may be produced!! -Aranathor
weather attacks
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 10:50 PM EST up reply actions
that won't matter if it's not cool.
it takes 24-48 hours to cool. constant water pumping through. the emergency generators were flooded, and the place has been on battery power all this time.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 10:49 PM EST up reply actions
I'm a(lmost a) doctor, not a physicist, damnit!
Enter vivaelpujols
My great wit allows me to interject that by assuming the partakers of this conversation are inbedded and perhaps romantically entangled, rather than indeed, the truthful observation that they are both platonic and standing upright. Great comedy may be produced!! -Aranathor
by hazel on Mar 11, 2011 10:50 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
someone's translation
“50cm of tops of fuel rod bundle believed exposed”
and the tips may be cracked, though it’s too dangerous to check.
that number keeps inflating through re-tweets.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 11:25 PM EST up reply actions
Exposed nuclear fuel basically means we are at clusterfuck status.
Enter vivaelpujols
My great wit allows me to interject that by assuming the partakers of this conversation are inbedded and perhaps romantically entangled, rather than indeed, the truthful observation that they are both platonic and standing upright. Great comedy may be produced!! -Aranathor
OH MY GOD THIS COMPUTER JUST CHALLENGED ME TO TIC-TAC-TOE
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
twitter needs to make up its mind
about every half hour someone will retweet it’s going to blow & then a half hour later someone else will retweet every things fine
Balls
It seems basically inevitable now.
Exposed nuclear fuel can’t exactly be covered up.
Enter vivaelpujols
My great wit allows me to interject that by assuming the partakers of this conversation are inbedded and perhaps romantically entangled, rather than indeed, the truthful observation that they are both platonic and standing upright. Great comedy may be produced!! -Aranathor
Chernobyl was horribly designed.
All modern reactors are built inside a pressurized bunker sometimes inside a second bunker with various kinds of water/gas/other systems to kick in to bury and attempt to cool them off and contain them.
Chernobyl melted down and they tried to build the bunker on top of it. IIRC dozens of workers died building the thing and tons of heavy metals and radioactive material had already leaked out and persists in the area to this day.
Enter vivaelpujols
My great wit allows me to interject that by assuming the partakers of this conversation are inbedded and perhaps romantically entangled, rather than indeed, the truthful observation that they are both platonic and standing upright. Great comedy may be produced!! -Aranathor
According to what I read this morning
(after the explosion) the pressure vessel was not breached and the pressure and temperature inside were decreasing somewhat. I imagine that the portable generators that came in are on line and they are now providing cooling (but I haven’t read/seen that anywhere). If that is the case, they should be able to keep everything under control. I haven’t heard anything about what might have caused the explosion, but it was chemical and not nuclear in nature.
by ArkansasTravs on Mar 12, 2011 3:30 PM EST up reply actions
I know this isn't a funny situation,
but do you remember that SNL skit where they parodied the movie The China Syndrome? It was called The Pepsi Syndrome? Which was also around the time of the Three Mile Island disaster.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Mar 12, 2011 4:25 PM EST up reply actions
Yep
the 60 ft tall Jimmy Carter falling in love with the equally tall cleaning woman (Garret Morris). Hilarious.
by ArkansasTravs on Mar 12, 2011 9:08 PM EST up reply actions
my buddie that plays for Nippon just got over there
his wife was flying in yesterday, still have not heard anything.
It’s an amazingly fucked up situation but what is really incredible is Japan’s building codes. Had to save tens of thousands of lives.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
Yes.
That earthquake could have literally killed a million people if it had happened to a less prepared city.
Enter vivaelpujols
My great wit allows me to interject that by assuming the partakers of this conversation are inbedded and perhaps romantically entangled, rather than indeed, the truthful observation that they are both platonic and standing upright. Great comedy may be produced!! -Aranathor
I can't wait for the Big One in these neighborhoods of brick facades!
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 10:59 PM EST up reply actions
It is older reactor
Like 40 years old. And Japan has the best building codes in the world in regards to Eathquakes/Tsunamis. Free Market vs Regulation. Regulation wins
by FlimtotheFlam on Mar 12, 2011 1:31 AM EST up reply actions
The "That's odd" stage had to be...well, odd for them.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 11, 2011 11:03 PM EST up reply actions
now 3 plants are at risk?
Skip Schumaker fields like a goat wearing capes
by mattyfrommo on Mar 12, 2011 12:44 AM EST up reply actions
okay, Reuters is just confusing
Skip Schumaker fields like a goat wearing capes
by mattyfrommo on Mar 12, 2011 12:47 AM EST up reply actions
There are two Fukashima plants, each with multiple reactors.
Apparently there are problems with three separate reactors, but the first one to go wrong, the number one reactor at Fukashima one is apparently under control. Two reactors are getting bad at Fukashima two.
Enter vivaelpujols
My great wit allows me to interject that by assuming the partakers of this conversation are inbedded and perhaps romantically entangled, rather than indeed, the truthful observation that they are both platonic and standing upright. Great comedy may be produced!! -Aranathor
the leak at the Daiichi plant was labeled "tiny"
and pressure rising at the Daini plant.
have there been any updates on those plants?
Skip Schumaker fields like a goat wearing capes
by mattyfrommo on Mar 12, 2011 12:54 AM EST up reply actions
Apparently the cooling system has failed at three of the four Daini (number two) plant's reactors.
Enter vivaelpujols
My great wit allows me to interject that by assuming the partakers of this conversation are inbedded and perhaps romantically entangled, rather than indeed, the truthful observation that they are both platonic and standing upright. Great comedy may be produced!! -Aranathor
well this is gonna be a fun weekend
Skip Schumaker fields like a goat wearing capes
by mattyfrommo on Mar 12, 2011 12:59 AM EST up reply actions
the last report is of a large explosion, a few aftershocks, and 4 injured.
sure, CNN noted that Minamisoma is just outside the current evac zone, but they also seem to have forgotten that they reported that whole town was wiped out by the tsunami.
what a fuck that is.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 12, 2011 10:39 AM EST up reply actions
newest coolant
seawater.
yeah, a bit desperate there.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
NOT ONE COMMENT!?!? I though VEB would like.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
the giant beer background distracted us.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 10:46 PM EST up reply actions
yeah, no comment.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
wondertwin powers activate.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
Sometimes I forget that you write for SBN.
You should put it in your sig or something for people as lazy and shiftless as me (aka everyone)
Enter vivaelpujols
My great wit allows me to interject that by assuming the partakers of this conversation are inbedded and perhaps romantically entangled, rather than indeed, the truthful observation that they are both platonic and standing upright. Great comedy may be produced!! -Aranathor
it's so lonely over there.
But at the same time, everything I like was better before people (people are the worst!) found out about them. So I hate to advertise anything I like, even myself.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
You loved yourself before it was cool.
And you still do.
Enter vivaelpujols
My great wit allows me to interject that by assuming the partakers of this conversation are inbedded and perhaps romantically entangled, rather than indeed, the truthful observation that they are both platonic and standing upright. Great comedy may be produced!! -Aranathor
it's hard to be a spin-off site
we’re the Perfect Strangers to VEB’s Family Matters.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
that Frank DiPino picture
led directly to this thought.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
whole heartily agree.
He and Ken Hill had a disturbing lack of baseball cards on the internet, though.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
awh yeah
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 10:57 PM EST up reply actions
awww yeah.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 11, 2011 10:57 PM EST up reply actions
I was REAL close to using that one with a
BITCH, YOU CRAZY?!?!
But didn’t want to push Mr. Up’s buttons.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
almost looks like a Growing Pains era Leo.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
BWAHAHAHAHAHA
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 11, 2011 11:14 PM EST up reply actions
memory says that he was good
how good was he?
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 11:04 PM EST up reply actions
his first 6 seasons all under 4 FIP
impressive
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 11:05 PM EST up reply actions
better once he was an Expo.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
I dunno
he had that first good year with the expos, then after that he wasn’t as good (by FIP anyway)
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 11:07 PM EST up reply actions
I really liked the last one.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 11, 2011 11:07 PM EST up reply actions
wait, is SBN facebook commenting only now?
DAAAAAAAN!?!?!?!
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
yeah, it is
the idea is that nobody was commenting on the main sb nation site or the regionals anyway.
the team blogs will remain unchanged.
not enough people were commenting so lets restrict how many people can comment.
Love you, SBN!
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
In my dream world we all go by our real names, facebook does not exist, nobody keeps tabs on our online uses, and you can comment on anything you want w/out registering.
I am clearly fighting a losing battle.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
I really agree with the real name thing.
I wish I had used my real name for my handle here.
If it's a meme, or looks like it might be a meme, I do not get it.
Really? Without making a new account?
If it's a meme, or looks like it might be a meme, I do not get it.
what the hell is the deal with having to sign in to FB to comment?
Skip Schumaker fields like a goat wearing capes
by mattyfrommo on Mar 12, 2011 12:21 AM EST up reply actions
grumble grunble leads to soccer.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
exactly
Skip Schumaker fields like a goat wearing capes
by mattyfrommo on Mar 12, 2011 12:31 AM EST up reply actions
as far as I can tell the plan is this:
the goal for the regionals and the main site (among other goals) is to bring in people who aren’t already reading the team sites, and, hopefully, eventually direct them into the sb nation blog hivemind. those people are more likely to have facebook accounts than sb nation accounts.
it’s worked fine for me thus far but I’m always logged into facebook.
I'd be okay with it
but i only access FB though my phone (as crazy as that is)
Skip Schumaker fields like a goat wearing capes
by mattyfrommo on Mar 12, 2011 12:35 AM EST up reply actions
come to think of it
I don’t want some of my FB “friends” to find out about this place. I have to argue with them enough over there.
Skip Schumaker fields like a goat wearing capes
by mattyfrommo on Mar 12, 2011 12:41 AM EST up reply actions
I tried deleting FB
apparently it is nearly impossible. Something to do with sacrificing your first born
Skip Schumaker fields like a goat wearing capes
by mattyfrommo on Mar 12, 2011 12:56 AM EST up reply actions
It is.
They save your account for like 9 months (it was either 9 months or 2 weeks, I don’t remember which) or something and if you go on any site connected with Facebook during that period (i.e. This one) they reactivate your account because you clearly changed your mind. That’s if you even find the deactivate button and if you get past the quilt trip of so and so will miss you like 10 times.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 12, 2011 12:59 AM EST up reply actions
I read that there is actually a delete button
not just a deactivate one, but I’ll be damned if i can find it.
and i knew there was a reason i didn’t connect facebook with VEB.
and when I did deactivate FB, my best bud thought that I was dead, so I gotta give warning next time.
Skip Schumaker fields like a goat wearing capes
It doesn't even matter if it's connected.
It knows. And it still does the same thing.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
that isn't always the case
i was off of FB for a couple weeks, while I was still here at ol’ VEB
Skip Schumaker fields like a goat wearing capes
You said you couldn't find the delete button?
It doesn’t like sign you in. But if you delete your account it will un-delete your account if you come here, even if you hadn’t connected it. Like I have not connected my Facebook to Cracked but it somehow still knows that this friend liked this article even though it should have no idea who my friends are because I have not told Cracked who I am in relation to Facebook.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
oh. I've read the same things in regards to the deactivation.
Skip Schumaker fields like a goat wearing capes
Also I did mean delete.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
can't you just grab some random kid at the grocery store?
everyone hates kids at the grocery stores, i’m sure it won’t be missed
(ED: GDM does not condone the kidnapping or murder of random children from grocery stores. why back in the day he was once a random kid in the grocery store & he would have not enjoyed being kidnapped or murdered one bit. you should only kidnap & sacrifice the really loud brats that are embarrassing their mother by tearing every thing up & peeing all over the produce. those little bastards are totally fair game)
Balls
...you came up with that pretty quickly.
we didn’t want to set you off.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
This seems like an admirable fallback plan for me . . .
I’ve been looking for a failsafe plan.
Proud member of the Sports Injury Industrial Complex: We feel your pain and it feels good.
by azruavatar on Mar 12, 2011 10:43 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
fb is REALLY, REALLY useful for a few things.
The problem is that it gets used as a public “dear diary” by masses of people whose diaries really are not worth reading.
If it's a meme, or looks like it might be a meme, I do not get it.
I try to keep a small group of facebook friends who I know rather well.
Attaching my facebook to twitter, VEB, blogs, games, etc would change that, I think.
Enter vivaelpujols
My great wit allows me to interject that by assuming the partakers of this conversation are inbedded and perhaps romantically entangled, rather than indeed, the truthful observation that they are both platonic and standing upright. Great comedy may be produced!! -Aranathor
if i tie in my twitter to FB, I might just scare off most of my FB friends
i should do that
Skip Schumaker fields like a goat wearing capes
by mattyfrommo on Mar 12, 2011 12:58 AM EST up reply actions
I culled my facebook down to about 100 recently.
Too much bullshit on my page.
Proud member of the Sports Injury Industrial Complex: We feel your pain and it feels good.
I just hide almost everyone.
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
I have heard fantastic stories
of persons who have eliminated their facebook. it is like sweet freedom.
and they’re still happily online.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 12, 2011 10:47 AM EST up reply actions
See I hear these stories
And then O think of my best friend from Kindergarten who I was friends with most of elementary school and then we grew apart in middle school and high school who just posted on my wall and said she was thinking of me the other day and wanted to know how I was doing. And now we are going to try to get together when I come home next weekend. I just don’t think that would have happened without Facebook. So yeah it causes some problems and it can be annoying but I think things like this make it worth it.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 12, 2011 12:35 PM EST up reply actions
Gotta agree.
I have family and friends all over the damn place and it lets us keep up with each other easier.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Mar 12, 2011 12:43 PM EST up reply actions
I think if you're trying to find your long-lost ___ then facebook is the way to go.
but you already have a social life, and you’ve already set up online contacts with your RL friends, it’s like a gateway to annoyance and invasiveness.
I should say, my generation very quickly set up online contacts longgggg before facebook and twitter. nothing like the terror of large-scale disasters to set up a working contact list.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
there is no one from my past that i want to talk to or hear fromthat i am not currently in contact with
the past should stay dead dammit
Balls
that's what I do
well, more like a few of them, but the hide all posts feature is nice
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 12, 2011 2:18 PM EST up reply actions
says the guy who recently added me,
and made me log in to that horrendous place.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
VEB Twitter and facebook are beginning to converge
if that continues, facebook will probably be the first to go.
Proud member of the Sports Injury Industrial Complex: We feel your pain and it feels good.
I think the number of my "friends" are under 30.
It’s still too many.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
ok now I'm cool
following werner herzog on twitter
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 11:30 PM EST reply actions
You got me all excited, but he's only tweeted 4x, and none since December.
If it's a meme, or looks like it might be a meme, I do not get it.
Ebert retweeted
didn’t know he had a twitter
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 11:37 PM EST up reply actions
I just noticed Ebert's retweet...all became clear.
If it's a meme, or looks like it might be a meme, I do not get it.
heh
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 11, 2011 11:58 PM EST up reply actions
Did y'all just see that FSU/V-Tech game ending?
Absolutely crazy.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
But it was the right call.
You have to give them credit for making the right call.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 11, 2011 11:59 PM EST up reply actions
it was the right call, every time they showed it i was typing & didn't see it till they went off the air
it sucks for FSU, they thought they had it won. it was a heck of a shot
Balls
This is what March Madness is all about!
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 12, 2011 12:05 AM EST up reply actions
I just read that in Gus Johnson's voice
For those of us not watching, what’s the quick recap?
My sources are bigger than your sources.
Twitter
V-Tech makes what appears to be a game winning shot with like 2-ish seconds left, maybe.
FSU gets it down the court and shoots it right at the buzzer for the winner.
The officials review it for like 3 minutes and call it no good, it was still touching his fingertips (it really was that close) at 0.0 seconds. Insanity. V-Tech goes from crying to celebrating and FSU goes from celebration to shock.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
by ClemsonGirl on Mar 12, 2011 12:10 AM EST up reply actions
baseball is the best
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 12, 2011 12:09 AM EST reply actions
So creepy story.
My day-to-day calendar today says, “My advisor says that my thesis on earthquakes is on shaky ground.”
WHAT? My calendar of teacher jokes predicts the world!
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
"If I do it wrong just break another toe. Three's my lucky number anyway." -Evan Lysacek: 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist ♥
Calendar for tomorrow:
Another day of crushing dissatisfaction and melancholy.
Enter vivaelpujols
My great wit allows me to interject that by assuming the partakers of this conversation are inbedded and perhaps romantically entangled, rather than indeed, the truthful observation that they are both platonic and standing upright. Great comedy may be produced!! -Aranathor
Oh, hi, real world!
"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of fang are Asian." -Mike Shannon
lol
I like Kyle Lohse and Jon Jay
turn it up to '11
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 12, 2011 12:27 AM EST up reply actions
oh, you're paying us now?
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
to complain about our free service?
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
so how are you disappointed
if it’s not different from usual
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 12, 2011 10:35 AM EST up reply actions
I'm happy to get up at 6 on Saturday
to wait for the backhoe guy, who said he would be here “at sunup”. Apparently the sun hasn’t risen on the west side of Advance yet.
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
and now the guy won't dig
because we didn’t call dig rite. Thanks whoever suggested that. I would have done it already, but I completely forgot about it last night after we gave up. Luckily, they are going to come out today and mark the lines. Ameren is supposed to be here around 10, so I expect the robot to show up on my front lawn.
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
remember you shouldn't tell him to get off your lawn.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
by Yadi2Second on Mar 12, 2011 10:44 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Did you think we were just fucking with you?
REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE OVER HERE!!!!.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
yeah, yeah
If I had found it myself, I wouldn’t have to worry about it. But, because we are on a hill it got real deep, real fast. You can see the indentation in the ground for the lateral lines. We dug down to one of them and it was about 3 feet down. The tank has to be uphill from that and the angle of the hill is about 30º. Our punch rod wouldn’t reach deep enough to get down to the tank if we had been right on top of it. And the water witching. . . well, I’m no witch.
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
and the no call people didn't bother to notify the electric company
just the phone and gas locater. So now I have to wait for the electric crew to show up. . .
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
of course by no call, i mean no dig
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
You probably weren't holding your tongue correctly
is why the witching didn’t work. Sorry to hear that it’s turned into such a pain. I can’t believe that they buried it that deep. I’m farther north than you are and my septic cap is even with the top of the ground, I can pop it off with a pry bar when needed. I’d come help you if I could.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Mar 12, 2011 1:09 PM EST up reply actions
thanks for the sympathy
It sounds like the guy that installed it was a bum. Just did plumbing for a short while and wasn’t very good at it so he got a bad rep and got out of it pretty quick. The annoying thing about it is having to wait on others to do the work. My backhoe guy had to go to an auction to see about picking up a cheap combine. He’s on his way back now and we should be able to start digging in the next half hour.
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
More real world advice....
Make a detailed map of where that cap is for future reference.
Asshattery: it's an epidemic.
Second base….I’ve played second base, how hard can it be? -TLR
Also, Dave Concepcion.
with a neon, blinking arrow pointing at it
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Mar 12, 2011 4:21 PM EST up reply actions
the cap is 2 freaking inches below the surface
and its about 2 feet off the walkway and 2 feet off the driveway. . . extremely easy to find, once I knew where to look.
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
that makes more sense.
Put an Aaron Miles statue over it so you’ll not forget where it is.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Mar 12, 2011 8:36 PM EST up reply actions
plant rose bushes over the dead bodies.
would've.
"But listen, and understand: more Molinas are out there..." - THT
That works.
I was just thinking that a garden gnome standing over the shitter would be a fitting tribute to miles.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Mar 12, 2011 9:46 PM EST up reply actions
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