An outside-the-box plan for realignment -- ESPN
Never gonna happen, but I thought this was in interesting proposal.
about 2 years ago
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i would probably be fired from my job if the white sox played in the AL west.
9pm starts are not good.
Don't you have one tonight?
Defer drinking until afterward.
I couldn’t figure it out yesterday, but it came to me at 4am. Then I understood the FOGhat, laughed so hard I farted, and went back to bed.
blech
We can barely match up with the twins and they want us to play the yankees and red sox?
RIP Jim Thome 1-25-2010
an AL team not having a DH is like a giraffe fucking a mule. - larry
Fuck this guy and his premise
that the Sun is the Yankees and BoSox and the Moons are everyone else.
I couldn’t figure it out yesterday, but it came to me at 4am. Then I understood the FOGhat, laughed so hard I farted, and went back to bed.
This guy? JUST this guy?
…it’s frickin’ engrained in the media and he’s a writer for ESPN, so you get what you’d expect, I guess.
...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.
by homesickalien on Feb 2, 2010 1:05 PM CST up reply actions
That was the dumbest article I've read in a while
Never get that 2 minutes back
"ass hole thi is the same line up whit leftys you idiot"
Would be rough for the midwest teams..
Having to travel all the way to Seattle / Anaheim or Boston / New York on a regular basis would take a toll.
by Grinder in Training on Feb 2, 2010 9:29 AM CST reply actions
meh. A flight's a flight. What's the difference between a 2-hour flight and a 4-hour flight, ultimately?
(besides 2 hours, before anyone has the chance to flash their mathematical acumen).
...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.
by homesickalien on Feb 2, 2010 1:03 PM CST up reply actions
Over 164 game season?
Could be quite a difference when you fly all the time. I realize they are not flying coach, but I’m sure it can be a drain. I’m no pro athlete, but in my last job I did a fair amount of traveling and it got to me at some points, I’d think for a job like baseball that is so much more demanding than an office job, it could be a factor.
by Grinder in Training on Feb 3, 2010 8:39 AM CST up reply actions
travel sucks.
people who don’t do it frequently (and i certainly don’t do it as frequently as others) don’t get it.
Even in my infrequent/spaced-out travel, I can agree that it's exhausting. I can't imagine doing it on a regular basis. But that's also travel among the masses, which I'm certain makes a difference.
Our ideas of travel are not quite the same as how the team would be traveling.
These guys are making millions upon millions of dollars to play a game, and their flight accommodations would be a lot more comfortable than anything I’ve ever known.
Not to say it wouldn’t be exhausting, but I suppose I really don’t feel too bad about them sitting on a plane for an additional 2 hours at a time.
...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.
by homesickalien on Feb 3, 2010 10:14 AM CST up reply actions
you miss the point.
being paid more doesn’t make travel any better. having nicer flight accommodations doesn’t make a great deal of difference either. whether you feel too bad for them also doesn’t have any impact on what the effect of travel is on a person.
Hey no kidding!
Like I already said, I do not deny that it would take its toll on a person, but like I also said, big fucking deal. It’s their job.
Pay me millions of dollars a year to play baseball, and I’ll park my ass in a leather recliner, flight after motherfucking flight, for six months of the year.
And if I was tired upon arrival, maybe I’d pop any number of legal energy enhancers to get me through my 3-hour work shift.
These guys are not delicate flowers; they are professional athletes who have all the resources in the world at their disposal. You and I work through fatigue, right?
If they can justify going out and partying after games instead of getting a good night’s sleep, I don’t see how it would be so absurd to justify a couple extra hours of them sitting on a plane.
This is all hypothetical anyway and I seriously asked “what is the difference between a two and four hour flight?”
If you’re telling me there is no significant difference between flying on a private luxury jet VS a commercial flight where you can’t even extend your legs and there is a kid kicking your chair the whole time and a fat guy spilling into your seat, then a little longer flight wouldn’t be all that significant either.
My point is – this factor alone – travel – is not enough to make this idea completely idiotic. Other things do make it idiotic. More travel though…? suck it up. People do it all the time, in worse conditions, and for less.
...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.
by homesickalien on Feb 3, 2010 11:05 AM CST up reply actions
And she comes after me for being "agro"
Talk about snaking a wave!
Reporter: I was wondering if at any point in my lifetime the Cubs weren't going to be run by a guy who didn't immediately remind me of failure, confusion, or imminent death
larry always draws my ire.
...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.
by homesickalien on Feb 4, 2010 11:01 AM CST up reply actions
and i bet those fuckers get to take their superballs on their recliner flights too!
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on Feb 3, 2010 2:30 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
I love that the Internet is forever,
and no ridiculous statement is ever forgotten.
I couldn’t figure it out yesterday, but it came to me at 4am. Then I understood the FOGhat, laughed so hard I farted, and went back to bed.
I bet they do.
...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.
by homesickalien on Feb 3, 2010 3:08 PM CST up reply actions
quite a bit for me
I used to fly to Tuscon or DC regularly from Chicago for work. I had a better quality of life in DC even though Tuscon has nicer weather (I love the desert), was cheaper for everything so I made more money, had a better boss in tuscon and tuscon had better bars from the Arizona campus, I was 22-24 so it mattered.
The extra 2.5 hours a week in the plane roundtrip sucked the life out of me after a few weeks. There was, oddly, no amount of UofA girls who could make it better. And yeah, I was flying business class a lot because I got bumped up. It didn’t help.
thank you.
...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.
by homesickalien on Feb 4, 2010 11:01 AM CST up reply actions
If you've ever commuted,
and I have (9 years ago, leave Orlando Monday at 4:45 AM for Chicago, leave Friday for home at 3:30 PM, did it for a year) you get to know the other sad sacks at the airport who do the same. Friday afternoon there is not a more miseable group of people in the worlsd than those who are waiting to fly home after another week away from home. And I was staying with my sister and niece, so it wasn’t hotel living.
Well, maybe there is another group more miserable than those weary travelers. SSS bloggers, step forward.
I couldn’t figure it out yesterday, but it came to me at 4am. Then I understood the FOGhat, laughed so hard I farted, and went back to bed.
?
...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.
by homesickalien on Feb 4, 2010 11:20 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Thome, et. al.
I couldn’t figure it out yesterday, but it came to me at 4am. Then I understood the FOGhat, laughed so hard I farted, and went back to bed.
It's always goofy to think that it wasn't that long ago that the Sox were in the West
or that the Bulls were too, for that matter.
I guess the moral of the story is that travel sucks if you’re a professional football team in Missouri, since everyone seems to think it’s somewhere between Nevada and Utah.
thas' stupid
this is smart:
kill the dh
mix up the leagues
cubs/sox/cle/cards/mil/det —>great lakes division
Why would you have St. Louis in Great Lakes division?
Reporter: I was wondering if at any point in my lifetime the Cubs weren't going to be run by a guy who didn't immediately remind me of failure, confusion, or imminent death
I agree that this situation would suck for us in particular... but other than the obvious reasons that WE personally would not want this change, why is it so stupid otherwise?
Everyone (other than us) bitches about the inequality and imbalance in the sport.
And if we were Orioles fans, you know we’d be all for this…
Travel sucks and I would not want this by any stretch…but I think that’s only because we are the ones battling for the 87-win division title, which is certainly advantageous for the Sox.
...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.
Rivals
It would kill the rivalries that are being built in each division. White Sox/Twins would be just another out of division game every other year or so. Familiarty builds contempt.
The national writers understand this when it comes to Red Sox/Yankees. Think of the purple ink that would be spilled if anyone seriously considered breaking those two up.
Optimist
I can see that, and agree that it would be a loss to not have a main rival. By this bloke's suggestion, they would never split up the Sux/Yanks. They are put, as are the M's and A's in the West, and everyone else shuffles randomly....
so even in his “crazy” proposal, the Sux and Yanks rivalry remains untouched.
...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.
by homesickalien on Feb 2, 2010 2:49 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah but its ludicrous to make exemptions for one rivalry and not another
Then if you want to use the “Time Zone” argument, Baltimore is on the same coast Boston and NY are on and I’m pretty sure the Pacific Ocean is in plain view of Los Angeles, so that’s two more teams added to the locked-in divisions. While you’re at it, you may as well just leave Tampa Bay in the East as well. So now the only teams that are “rotating” are the teams in the central and Toronto (which is borderline East anyway).
You did a fine job of making the point earlier, traveling is traveling. All teams in all sports do it. This guy was just filling space on a slow news day.
Reporter: I was wondering if at any point in my lifetime the Cubs weren't going to be run by a guy who didn't immediately remind me of failure, confusion, or imminent death
And I was just challenging, also on a slow news day, some of these common reactions to the idea of it all. Here, I was speaking specifically to what Peder addressed, I wasn't defending the whole idea of it.
All I asked is ‘why is it so stupid?’ …
and then answered Peder’s thoughtful response to my question.
I’ll also accept your comment as a response to my original question, but why are you being aggro?
...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.
by homesickalien on Feb 2, 2010 9:10 PM CST up reply actions
Kinda aggro? I don't know, it seemed a little aggro. It's like I just snaked your wave or something.
...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.
by homesickalien on Feb 2, 2010 9:12 PM CST up reply actions
:-) No aggro
I guess you could say realignment is one of those things I’ve always had fun messing around with in my head. I just had a lot of thoughts on the matter and they all came splattering out onto the screen.
Besides, if you really look at it, I wasn’t even really attacking any specific idea of yours, just the author of this ridiculous article’s original plan.
And ultimately I even give you kudos for doing “a fine job of making the point earlier.”
Although, if you rather I could always spout a little “somethingsomethingsandinyourvaginasomethingsomethinggosurfsomethingsomethingfuckingtreehuggersomethingsomething”
;-)
And while you’re at it, quit snaking my wave
Reporter: I was wondering if at any point in my lifetime the Cubs weren't going to be run by a guy who didn't immediately remind me of failure, confusion, or imminent death
ok good. I was hoping you weren't attacking any points of mine since I wasn't really making too many of my own points. :)
...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.
by homesickalien on Feb 3, 2010 9:42 AM CST up reply actions
Yes, this is horrible, this idea.
Reporter: I was wondering if at any point in my lifetime the Cubs weren't going to be run by a guy who didn't immediately remind me of failure, confusion, or imminent death
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