Off-Day Thread
by U-God on May 14, 2009 10:57 AM CDT
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PrintScott Merkin says not to worry.
Indians demote Jeremy Sowers for an old friend of ours.
Who needs Felipe Lopez? Why not just call up Beckham?
Nevermind that Bobby Jenks is doing ok, Ozzie Guillen will never be as good as Bobby Cox.
SI made a list of the five best and worst owners in baseball (and other sports). Jerry is nowhere to be found.
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today's random thought
limit the number of pitchers on the roster to 10. fewer pitching changes, faster games. everyone is happy. yay!
Watching Sportscenter
Just saw a certain Minnesota third baseman hit a walkoff grandslam. It stings a little.
BM: 'Oh, we've ruined millions of lives. They're just being babies about it." 8-Bit Theater
I'm gonna boo time twice next week because I'm like school in summer
NO CLASS.
sign Walker to a multiyear extension.
Too early to be looking at the 2010 MLB draft's top 10?
"God knows I gave my best in baseball at all times and no man on earth can truthfully judge me otherwise."
by Shoeless In SC on May 14, 2009 11:18 AM CDT reply actions
just trying to make lemonade...
"God knows I gave my best in baseball at all times and no man on earth can truthfully judge me otherwise."
by Shoeless In SC on May 14, 2009 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions
Remember when Alexei couldn't get his visa last year?
good times.
sign Walker to a multiyear extension.
we're about at the date he actually started hitting last season
so maybe that’ll happen again
"I am amazed we’re as high as 17th in the baserunning metric, and can’t even imagine what Atlanta must be doing to be graded that much worse — seriously, do they just swing then roam randomly around the infield oblivious of the concept of the "base"?." -TAEG
And remember when O-Cab couldn't field? And then he did?
About that time too.
Until you've looked at an ant through a magnifying glass on a sunny day, you don't realize how often they go up in flames...
i just remember watching alexei's homer from some shitty hotel in bloomington and thinking
hey, maybe he won’t suck balls the rest of the year
"I am amazed we’re as high as 17th in the baserunning metric, and can’t even imagine what Atlanta must be doing to be graded that much worse — seriously, do they just swing then roam randomly around the infield oblivious of the concept of the "base"?." -TAEG
remember when U-ribe was restricted to the island
cause he shot his Italian lover in the Coast Guard?
what ever bacame of that? did one of his cousins or brother take the blame or did they just pay the guy off to go away???
Hawk; "what would you do in that situation"
"id hit him" ;Stone
by Grinder Rule #42 on May 14, 2009 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions
FACT: the show prison break is based on uribe and his brother.
sign Walker to a multiyear extension.
Warmer weather = warmer bats
/or so I hope…
"The Zen philosopher Basho once wrote: 'A flute with no holes is not a flute, And a doughnut with no hole is a Danish.' He was a funny guy."
by Ugh It Live! on May 14, 2009 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions
i'll be churning out a real article in a few hours
soon as my biochem final is done i can actually start writing again
"I am amazed we’re as high as 17th in the baserunning metric, and can’t even imagine what Atlanta must be doing to be graded that much worse — seriously, do they just swing then roam randomly around the infield oblivious of the concept of the "base"?." -TAEG
I'm picturing you in a hazmat suit for the test.
Until you've looked at an ant through a magnifying glass on a sunny day, you don't realize how often they go up in flames...
does a carlos quentin shirt count?
"I am amazed we’re as high as 17th in the baserunning metric, and can’t even imagine what Atlanta must be doing to be graded that much worse — seriously, do they just swing then roam randomly around the infield oblivious of the concept of the "base"?." -TAEG
"God knows I gave my best in baseball at all times and no man on earth can truthfully judge me otherwise."
by Shoeless In SC on May 14, 2009 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions
I enjoy how the ball is hitting him in the hand.
Do they have a DL shirt for him, too?
We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
by winningugly on May 14, 2009 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
wow, that site has some shirts that are full of win
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on May 14, 2009 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions
I went to the main site and the most recent post about Joakim Noah is pretty funny....streaker at Citi Field vid a little further down. Also good.
I like to spell my racial slurs correctly. Otherwise, I may come across as ignorant.
by homesickalien on May 14, 2009 1:02 PM CDT up reply actions
I was at that game...funny, but a little disturbing to see a dude in a man thong
sliding into second
Formerly Crede's Crew
Pinch-hitters are 1 for 17 so far this season? ouch.
Who was that 1?
Betemit?
I like to spell my racial slurs correctly. Otherwise, I may come across as ignorant.
Yep, good ol' Wilson.
I like to spell my racial slurs correctly. Otherwise, I may come across as ignorant.
by homesickalien on May 14, 2009 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions
No game for the Sox
but a very big game for Leeds Utd, we win our match tonight we advance to the play off final, we lose we spend another season being the biggest team in league 1. I couldn’t get a ticket as it’s a sell out so I’ll be off down the pub to watch it.
I want some Karmic neutrals to support us in our game tonight, we should be in the EPL not fucking League 1
I grew up in total ignorance, poverty and bigotry, and this has been a burden for me throughout my life. There is still some poison that won't go away, as much as I try to drive it out
tonight also decides who the blackhawks play in the western conference finals
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on May 14, 2009 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions
also boys and girls Lithuanian basketball league game 7 is just to be over
my BC Lietuvos Rytas is ahead
good luck to Leeds
Lupe, release the balloons!
game over, we won.
I will use JD’s description of Q to summarize the final’s series: “strange”. WIth series tied 2-2, Rytas blows Z out with ~40 pt win, in game 6 Z destroys Rytas with ~30 pt win. Game 7 went to overtime.
good day to you all, i am taking a break from SSS.
Lupe, release the balloons!
that whole playoff business is nonsense.
just grabbing for more money. (when did they start doing it?)
just promote the top 3. does the 6th place team really deserve to be promoted?
brian anderson would've caught that...
years now at least ten without looking it up
everyone knows the rules and it generates a lot more interest and makes the end of the season more exciting
I grew up in total ignorance, poverty and bigotry, and this has been a burden for me throughout my life. There is still some poison that won't go away, as much as I try to drive it out
You racist em-effer.
;)
I like to spell my racial slurs correctly. Otherwise, I may come across as ignorant.
by homesickalien on May 14, 2009 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions
I prefer "racialist"
but thanks for thinking of me.
Ohhhh, my bad. I like that. Like a race specialist.
I personally prefer “racionado.”
I like to spell my racial slurs correctly. Otherwise, I may come across as ignorant.
by homesickalien on May 14, 2009 1:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Anywhere to catch this one online?
It’s a real shame that Euro soccer isn’t more accessible over here. From my (admittedly distant) perspective, it seems like an exploitable/profitable market…
ESPN360 is free on college campuses
(which is nice if you happen to work on one) but the whole Sky/Setanta/Fox group are all behind pay walls. When the Champions League moves over to FSC in a few I’m sure the ratings will plummet (such as they can).
One of my clients told me how it all works today - it's what he does for the Mouse.
Looks like ESPN Classic is going the way of the dodo bird and ESPN will house stuff like fiedl hockey, soccer, etc. They move the 3 cameras at the live event with joysticks from Bristol! Cool.
We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
Outside of their live sports coverage ESPN is dead to me
All of the individual sports networks (NHL & MLB Network — I don’t know much about the NBA and NFL’s individual stations but I’d guess their coverage is similarly a whole helluva lot better than the shit at ESPN) do a much better job of covering their respective sports than ESPN. It’s completely defunct to me. At school I’m shocked to see people still going to ESPN.com for their sports news and “analysis”.
Well, for ESPN360 it their target seems to be
geared toward niche markets – like parents of kids who participate in laX. They seem to want to extend their tentacles into every nook and cranny – and they are.
We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
For the mainstream douchebag American sports fan, I think ESPN is seen as heaven.
All the “story lines” and nonsensical bullshit that they feel comfortable with and none of that numbers mumbo jumbo from those fucking geeks that they used to beat up in high school. You also don’t have to sit through the “sissy” sports (ie anything other than NFL, MLB, basketball, and hockey…although hockey is still teetering on the edge for most of these dunderheads).
That being said, I’m with you CWSKeith, ESPN is a big, steaming pile of crap.
You are right. But larry is actually a prick too.
- HSA 01/07/09
Lest we forget they employ King Douche. Joe effing Morgan.
by homesickalien on May 14, 2009 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions
and Chris Berman
"I am amazed we’re as high as 17th in the baserunning metric, and can’t even imagine what Atlanta must be doing to be graded that much worse — seriously, do they just swing then roam randomly around the infield oblivious of the concept of the "base"?." -TAEG
Yes, among others. I don't watch ESPN ever, unless there is a baseball game I want to watch. So I am, for the most part, not exposed to Berman.
Reading the afterword of “Moneyball,” I hate Morgan even more than I used to…
The book itself called out his douchebaggery in a roundabout way, but in the afterword, Michael Lewis pretty much blatantly called him a big effing idiot, in a few more eloquent words.
by homesickalien on May 14, 2009 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions
they also haven't allowed any yet, either
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on May 14, 2009 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Nor has Pods struck out!
I knew he’d be useful to this team!
I like to spell my racial slurs correctly. Otherwise, I may come across as ignorant.
by homesickalien on May 14, 2009 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Only twice?
Go Pods!
:P
I like to spell my racial slurs correctly. Otherwise, I may come across as ignorant.
by homesickalien on May 14, 2009 1:28 PM CDT up reply actions
ah, using both sides of the infield now
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on May 14, 2009 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions
regarding worst MLB owners
i always thought the twins owner was the worst. the richest yet spent the least. with him now croaked and them getting a new stadium next year, we could be in big trouble for the next century.
imagine that
it’s a bit chilly out, make sure to take a jacket.
and why don’t you call more?
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on May 14, 2009 1:51 PM CDT up reply actions
OK, I'll bite.
Was that comment antisemitic and deserving of the cloaking I gave it? Or was it meant jokingly which I didn’t get, and deserved uncloaking?
Until you've looked at an ant through a magnifying glass on a sunny day, you don't realize how often they go up in flames...
I think it was a joke. I uncloaked it, thinking I accidentally cloaked it.
I would let the uncloaking stand. Your daughter posted a picture yesterday, fuzzy as it was, that was probably more offensive and it was allowed (properly, I think) to stand.
We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
I saw that, and agree. But to this non-Jew, the comment was offensive and derogatory
in the stereotype.
But I’ll defer.
Until you've looked at an ant through a magnifying glass on a sunny day, you don't realize how often they go up in flames...
So, jbasic, are you a self-hating Jew or an Aryan?
Come on, we don’t have all day here.
We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
If one could reasonably believe that a Jew might live in Minnesota
that shit would be cloaked like Obi-Wan Kenobi.
As it is, it’ll slide and we’ll bask in the sunshine – the literal and that that our ballclub’s Jewish ownership brings every day.
I know Tribespeople in Minny.
Neighbors of Prince. They stick together, those non-Lutherans.
We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
Prince isn't Lutheran?
My world is in shambles.
You are right. But larry is actually a prick too.
- HSA 01/07/09
Better hit the crack.
I like to spell my racial slurs correctly. Otherwise, I may come across as ignorant.
by homesickalien on May 14, 2009 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions
I would prefer the vagina, but(t) as you insist. ;)
You are right. But larry is actually a prick too.
- HSA 01/07/09
Jehovah Witness.
Yet ANOTHER double-H name!
Until you've looked at an ant through a magnifying glass on a sunny day, you don't realize how often they go up in flames...
Jews that far north?
Never. Next you’re going to tell me Saul Bellow is from Canada…
(I would have more than understood if it got cloaked, btw...)
I like to spell my racial slurs correctly. Otherwise, I may come across as ignorant.
by homesickalien on May 14, 2009 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions
33 games
6 shutouts + 2 shutouts avoided by a meaningless 9th inning run = nearly 25% of Sox games the season…
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Yep. But you just wait until it warms up!
Until you've looked at an ant through a magnifying glass on a sunny day, you don't realize how often they go up in flames...
Well look who decided to SSHow up!
:)
I like to spell my racial slurs correctly. Otherwise, I may come across as ignorant.
by homesickalien on May 14, 2009 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions
relax, it's a "transition" year
a transition to one of the lowest payroll teams in the league.
Also - can we throw in the 3rd shutout avoided - by the wild pitch the other night? It wasn't the 9th, but scoring our only run on an error may as well be a shut-out.
I like to spell my racial slurs correctly. Otherwise, I may come across as ignorant.
by homesickalien on May 14, 2009 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Which would then put us at about (over) 27% shutouts.
I like to spell my racial slurs correctly. Otherwise, I may come across as ignorant.
by homesickalien on May 14, 2009 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions
I prefer to say we have NOT been shut out 73% of the time.
We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
They are exactly where they were at this time last year
So, obviously taking the division crown is just a matter of time…after they win Game 163, of course.
"A dope trailer is no place for a kitty." - Bubbles (Trailer Park Boys)
So, informal poll time
How many of you are naked
by billyok on May 14, 2009 3:30 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
You're at work,
so of course you answer “aye”.
We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
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