The Return of Q!perman
by The Cheat on Jul 5, 2010 9:07 PM CDT
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- Carlos Quentin breaks out of his phone booth with 2 HR and a great diving, flying catch in the outfield
- The first career home run from the most-nicknamed man in baseball Dayan Viciedo
- Gavin Floyd continues his BHB comeback tour.
- Sergio Santos earns his first major league save by cleaning up an 8th inning mess and sticking around for the 9th inning.
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"Having resumed drinking alcohol, I cannot for the life of me understand how I ever could've given it up." - Merrick
by gar ridge pride on Jul 5, 2010 9:11 PM CDT reply actions 9 recs
Awesome
Did you take that?
White Sox fan; Jeppson's Malort man
by KarkoviceIsHawt on Jul 5, 2010 9:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Sorry for the delay in responding,
we lost power right after my post.
Alas, this one isn’t mine. I should’ve credited this guy’s blog:
http://snaggingbaseballs.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/04/
"Having resumed drinking alcohol, I cannot for the life of me understand how I ever could've given it up." - Merrick
by gar ridge pride on Jul 6, 2010 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah,
Apparently, our bankrupt state is putrid, whereas their bankrupt state is apparently pretty awesome.
And apparently being a part of some of the worst urban sprawl in the world is better than having a ‘rotting’ city.
Most importantly, that ‘pudgy Ditka-clone crowd’ is legitimately funny.
White Sox fan; Jeppson's Malort man
by KarkoviceIsHawt on Jul 5, 2010 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Ha
Reply fial to the extreme.
No idea how that got up there, but it’s definitely SBN’s fault and not mine (this time).
But seriously, FFF
White Sox fan; Jeppson's Malort man
by KarkoviceIsHawt on Jul 5, 2010 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions
*FFW
Wow, I’ll just stop trying now.
White Sox fan; Jeppson's Malort man
by KarkoviceIsHawt on Jul 5, 2010 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions
To be fair, it WAS mustache night.
"I'm tired, I've got a headache, my bullpen blew it." -South Side Expat
by Teahenny Penny on Jul 5, 2010 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions
funny. gavin on mlb channel.
they show him standing on the field with a headset on (and wearing a pretty awful shirt), ask him a question, then watch him stand there mute. technical difficulties. i assume they’ll go back to him after the commercial break.
hey swisher...........you know.
Can't wait to see someone photoshop a cape onto that Quentin picture.
"wordy and overly verbose."
by larry on Jul 3, 2009 3:43 PM CDT
by Black Sox Baseball on Jul 5, 2010 9:25 PM CDT reply actions
Debating whether to make it my avatar
Staying with the bat munch for now.
You guys win. You can keep your little marked-out piece of internet territory. Spend your days communicating via keyboard with people too ugly for the real world and too nerdy for anyone to care, anyway. Your piece of land is here. Do the rest of civilization a favor and stay within its limits. You bore me. Have fun with your nightly sobs and screams into your pillow over your inability to attract a good mate, Radiohead. ~The Hooligan
announcing now on mlb channel.
heyman saying there are unconfirmed reports that it is possible the twins have acquired cliff lee.
hey swisher...........you know.
Who on this site isn't?
Buncha goddamn addicts! ::::guzzles whiskey::::
"You've gotta be bleepin' me!" - Hawk Harrelson
yeah. unconfirmed reports coming from detroit sports radio.
what a source. and already denied by the twins.
i liked the way mlb channel
announced “breaking news” then proceeded to say not much of anything.
hey swisher...........you know.
don't tell me. it was something like this:
source: there are “interesting discussions” and “possibilities” for a cliff lee deal to twins.
yes. that was it.
but they actually had heyman on the phone to actually say those words. then they asked him to call them before his next twitter.
hey swisher...........you know.
way to piss on my parade.
if they do get him, kenny will retaliate.
I gangbang so hard, it would bring back curls.
by Where Triples Go to Die on Jul 5, 2010 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions
retaliate would be a bit strong.
it’s not possible to retaliate to a team acquiring a pitcher like lee.
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then beat them to it, trade Freddy and the farm for him first.
I gangbang so hard, it would bring back curls.
by Where Triples Go to Die on Jul 6, 2010 12:21 AM CDT up reply actions
Is there some kind of love affair betwixt you two?
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions
Like his daily constitutional.
"Fuck fangraphs and your fancy designer stats can go pound some hard sand"- Billyok
by DrEmilioLizardo on Jul 6, 2010 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions
He likes anyone who might have been an All-Star before 2002
"Boozer's dumb ass jumped. So I dunked on his ass."-Joakim Noah
by Ozzie Montana on Jul 6, 2010 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions
I hear Russ Ortiz is available
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions
I forgot how delightful Halos Heaven was.
The Angels expensive lefty Scott Kazmir teetered on the brink of being labeled permanently gutless as he hung flat sliders on perfect tees for hungry White Sox hitters eager to please a holiday crowd desperate to be kept form thinking of their putrid bankrupt state and rotting city. Human cancer A.J. Pierzynski asked for an appeal form teh cornerbase umpire on every batter and was cheered for his efforts by the pudgy Ditka-clone crowd in Cookie Cutter Cellular Park.
"Boozer's dumb ass jumped. So I dunked on his ass."-Joakim Noah
by Ozzie Montana on Jul 5, 2010 10:00 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
This is rich.
"I'm tired, I've got a headache, my bullpen blew it." -South Side Expat
by Teahenny Penny on Jul 5, 2010 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions
"Read our Community Guidelines"
“Use the F-word once a month maximum.”
Sounds like a fucking great website fucking full of fucking great fucking fuckers.
by The Actual El Guapo on Jul 5, 2010 10:26 PM CDT up reply actions
gotta go my damn weiner kids are listening
-Jeeves Life in the Cell
by jeeves on Jul 5, 2010 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions 5 recs
x
- No T&A pictures ever – No exceptions.
- No posting pictures, animated gifs, etcetera in game threads.
"We can't do it easy. But we may as well do it high." -The Cheat
by South Side Expat on Jul 5, 2010 10:41 PM CDT up reply actions
What a boring fucking SBN site.
"I'm tired, I've got a headache, my bullpen blew it." -South Side Expat
by Teahenny Penny on Jul 5, 2010 11:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Compared to us, perhaps.
You guys win. You can keep your little marked-out piece of internet territory. Spend your days communicating via keyboard with people too ugly for the real world and too nerdy for anyone to care, anyway. Your piece of land is here. Do the rest of civilization a favor and stay within its limits. You bore me. Have fun with your nightly sobs and screams into your pillow over your inability to attract a good mate, Radiohead. ~The Hooligan
by Daniel Berlyn on Jul 6, 2010 1:04 AM CDT up reply actions
heh. fucking assclown forgot to proofread.
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on Jul 5, 2010 10:35 PM CDT up reply actions
"form"?
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on Jul 5, 2010 10:37 PM CDT up reply actions
fair enough.
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on Jul 5, 2010 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow. Fuck him sideways with a rusty pole.
ITHOUGHTGAZELLEWASGOOD -Trooper
by homesickalien on Jul 6, 2010 12:29 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
someone needs to mail that dude a gift wrapped turd
any chance MM could pull double duty?
Fireworks: Bang?
May as well whole
ITHOUGHTGAZELLEWASGOOD -Trooper
by homesickalien on Jul 6, 2010 12:48 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Wow. No idea what my phone just did.
Meant: May as well while he’s there.
ITHOUGHTGAZELLEWASGOOD -Trooper
by homesickalien on Jul 6, 2010 12:49 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah sure....
It was the phone’s fault
It was then I realized vegans can’t be trusted
by Scotty Ballgame on Jul 6, 2010 12:57 AM CDT up reply actions
As I was typing, the screen froze and it posted before editing my typo. I think my phone is also fuct from the recent upgrade :(
any other 3GS’ers having issues on 4?
ITHOUGHTGAZELLEWASGOOD -Trooper
by homesickalien on Jul 6, 2010 1:02 AM CDT up reply actions
my 3G's performance has gone to shit since the upgrade
Watching this team is like jerking off 10 minutes after you just jerked off - billyok
I've heard that's common; have not heard either way wrt the 3GS.
ITHOUGHTGAZELLEWASGOOD -Trooper
by homesickalien on Jul 6, 2010 1:22 AM CDT up reply actions
Mine too.
I was going to upgrade to 4, but with the reception issues (and potential contract price war when Verizon gets it next year), I’m going to suffer with my 3G POS until then.
"You've gotta be bleepin' me!" - Hawk Harrelson
Got the 4 on Thursday. Couldn't be happier.
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to."
— Dorothy Parker
they totally fucking hosed backgrounding
i jailbroke to enable backgrounding on my 3G to see what the fuss was all about. while it’s nice to be able to send mlb at bat to the background and listen, backgrounding should have been done as an opt-in service rather than doing it automagically. i’ll hit the double-tap and see in addition to the default apps every last damn one that i thought i quit still running in the background. quit em all and voila, i can use my phone again. it seems you can’t quit apps unless you remove them from the backgrounding list, which makes the entire feature fucking useless.
the folks that do the jailbreak backgrounder app got it right: hold the home button while in an app and that one and that one only gets shunted to the background. not this hokey bullshit apple did for iOS4.
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on Jul 6, 2010 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions
Those apps are NOT running in the background once you quit them.
Quit is quit.
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/06/30/jobs-use-multitasking-as-designed-and-be-happy/
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to."
— Dorothy Parker
Hardly.
While I know tsk is tech savvy, I suspect he’d like to be “right” when describing those icons of recently used items.
Just because Safari shows you a history doesn’t mean those web pages are still open either.
Though I suppose I am a fan too. The shit just works and looks good.
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to."
— Dorothy Parker
About that? Yes.
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to."
— Dorothy Parker
there's something going on
if i can burn through the quick switch list / whatever and get functionality back. whether the management service is borked, suspended app states are filling up memory (the most likely culprit), whatever it is.
i understand i’m running on older hardware with non-released features, blah blah blah. but this is showing up on 3GS models too, which have better specs. it’s my opinion that BGing was done better by folks other than apple’s engineers and the framework doesn’t depend on app devs to get their ducks in a row or users making an app go away twice rather than once.
i’d go back to OS3, but i really, really, dig on folders.
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on Jul 6, 2010 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions
I dig the folders too. Went from 9 pages of shit to 2.
If by quickswitch list you mean the multitasking bar, I honestly don’t think you’re using memory or battery at all. Apps are certainly not running. To ease your mind, try this:
Open MLB, Pandora, NYTimes, whatever. Close them and look at the MTask bar. See the icons? Now power off the phone completely (reboot). You’ll see the same icons in the same place. That wouldn’t happen if they were running or doing anything requiring a “working” phone.
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to."
— Dorothy Parker
Oh. This too:
“framework doesn’t depend on app devs to get their ducks in a row or users making an app go away twice rather than once.”
Devs are REQUIRED to build apps that allow for the IOS to shut the app down after a certain period of non-use in order to save the battery. As a civilian, I appreciate Apple forcing that on the devs.
And the apps “go away” once. As before, just because a browser shows you a history doesn’t mean those pages are still open.
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to."
— Dorothy Parker
it's going to take time to get implemented, as everybody hasn't recompiled yet.
but even so, some of the apps are just “recently used” placeholders like you said, and others are suspended and held in memory (for whatever length of time). there’s not really any way to distinguish between the two. i’d just rather have more control over what is suspended and what isn’t. others have done so in a manner that doesn’t necessitate new hardware.
i’m cranky. my shiny toy is being outshinied and the head of the manufacturer has been a gigantic prick lately.
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
Android.
"We can't do it easy. But we may as well do it high." -The Cheat
by South Side Expat on Jul 6, 2010 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions
nothing super noticeable, but it does freeze before sending stuff like on FB, tweets, etc.
This is not early panic, it’s continued disgust with a situation we didn’t like to begin with. - Grinder in Training
Have you tried rebooting?
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to."
— Dorothy Parker
Los Angeles - and the state of California are full of Kardashians
Bunch of vapid dimwits who date athletes and torture Captain Picard.
It invalidates everything Mr. Internet man has said.
Theain is the guy I Just can’t stand! pierre is almost as bad,he dose get on base more. If Quntin gets any worse trade him. WE NEED HELP!
Bankrupt state / rotting city?
A fan from LA of all places had to say that.. really?
Let me know when your state employees are making more than minimum wage.
by Grinder in Training on Jul 6, 2010 8:34 AM CDT up reply actions
Hahaha, I can just feel the Sox hate.
I think every english teacher in America would shit a brick at the audacity of the run on sentences in that “paragraph”.
Thanks alot for these ridiculous ticket prices, 2005.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Jul 6, 2010 9:24 AM CDT up reply actions
This is hilarious.
I’d like for that guy to come join SSS; we need more hate on this site ;) CLEARLY…assholes.
It’s taken years of practice to be such an asshole.
by Chiburb on Jun 1, 2010 10:35 AM PDT
Sox
have scored more runs than they have allowed, 355 – 352.
"....we have to find a way to win. And good teams do that."
Tomas Kopecky May 29, 2010
*bally begins desperate search for single word he can spell out 8,000 times over next three months*
EVERYBODY PICK US FOR 3RD OR 4TH SO I DINK WE DOIN POOTY GOO
Sox Machine
A-I-D-S
gavin’s getting lucky? guess he has luck herpes since it seems to pop up frequently and stick around once it does. - billyok
by omnipotent grab on Jul 5, 2010 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Iseewhatyoudidthere.
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 1:21 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm afraid
S-M-O-K-E-A-N-D-M-I-R-R-O-R-S.
"....we have to find a way to win. And good teams do that."
Tomas Kopecky May 29, 2010
Poetic license.
"....we have to find a way to win. And good teams do that."
Tomas Kopecky May 29, 2010
you're probably wondering why i'd wake you up after stealing your valuables and expect not to get caught
well you’d never suspect it was me. i’d put the valuables in my car first, come running back in and scream, “Trooper! It’s me billyok! Someone stole your valuables!”
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by billyok on Jul 5, 2010 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions 10 recs
you're probably wondering how i'd even know your valuables were stolen, which would implicate me as the thief
well i’d also write a note with my left hand so it looks like someone else’s handwriting. And it’d say, “Hello, I have stolen your valuables! Sincerely, the thief”
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by billyok on Jul 5, 2010 11:15 PM CDT up reply actions 10 recs
you wouldn't need to steal my valuables
i would give them to you in thanks for your stories that make me giggle so. i would expect pictures though.
Photos of the toothbrush and its...'travels' are available on flickr.
"Fuck fangraphs and your fancy designer stats can go pound some hard sand"- Billyok
by DrEmilioLizardo on Jul 6, 2010 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions
I have been calling for a run differential game for a little now.
Finally. Ironically the Angels had one on Sunday to move positive.
Cross that one off the list now also.
Atlanta
Texas
Run Differential
Twins
Detroit
"Officially off strike...."
go ahead and add cleveland
I photoshopped a boner on the security guard but it's too dark to see --- billyok
havent been around lately, the 80/35 festival, drunkeness and nearly getting a job(!)ness (interview tomorrow). i didnt check the game thread, but this shit needs to be posted
Watching this team is like jerking off 10 minutes after you just jerked off - billyok
That's an automatic rec right there.
I have witnessed the 2005 World Series championship, Mark Buehrle's perfect game, and the 2010 Chicago Blackhawks Stanley Cup championship in my lifetime.
by chisoxfan1473 on Jul 6, 2010 12:52 AM CDT up reply actions
Holy god. Yes! Recc yes!
ITHOUGHTGAZELLEWASGOOD -Trooper
by homesickalien on Jul 6, 2010 12:54 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
The stolid security guard and the Jackie background only adds to the mystique.
You guys win. You can keep your little marked-out piece of internet territory. Spend your days communicating via keyboard with people too ugly for the real world and too nerdy for anyone to care, anyway. Your piece of land is here. Do the rest of civilization a favor and stay within its limits. You bore me. Have fun with your nightly sobs and screams into your pillow over your inability to attract a good mate, Radiohead. ~The Hooligan
by Daniel Berlyn on Jul 6, 2010 1:09 AM CDT up reply actions
I photoshopped a boner on the security guard but it's too dark to see
Jackie’s expression — “daaaaaayum” — speaks for itself
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by billyok on Jul 6, 2010 1:12 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
it's not a schooner, it's a sailboat
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on Jul 6, 2010 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions
It was right in front of me. I'm glad he caught it, it was a great effort.
A good right fielder would have had it easily, without the theatrics methinks.
"....we have to find a way to win. And good teams do that."
Tomas Kopecky May 29, 2010
Thanks for confirming.
"....we have to find a way to win. And good teams do that."
Tomas Kopecky May 29, 2010
Define glorious...
This…
"I'd rather have Rios steal 50 bases than hit 50 home runs. I want production." - Ozzie Guillen
"I'd rather have Rios hit 50 home runs than steal 50 bases. I want to win." - Servant2LordBeckham
by Servant2LordBeckham on Jul 6, 2010 10:27 AM CDT up reply actions
Now, as much as I enjoy living in CA, this has to be rec'd!
Cheers to you, billyok, and a big UP YOURS to fucktard Californians everywhere!
It’s taken years of practice to be such an asshole.
by Chiburb on Jun 1, 2010 10:35 AM PDT
Who's flag is that?
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions
Oh. Thanks, Larry. Didn't realize cities had such things.
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions
Only rotting cities apparently
It was then I realized vegans can’t be trusted
by Scotty Ballgame on Jul 6, 2010 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions
Not all do.
In a review by the North American Vexillological Association of 150 American city flags, the Chicago city flag came in 2nd with a rating of 9.03 out of 10, behind only the flag of Washington, D.C.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_flag
ITHOUGHTGAZELLEWASGOOD -Trooper
by homesickalien on Jul 6, 2010 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions
Impressive! I'm trying to find out if any cities in SC have a flag
Charleston, SC has one. “Carolopolis” … Sweet. Only one I’ve found so far.
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions
lol. That's what they say. Here's another good one:
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 1:04 PM CDT up reply actions
ah- the flag of cultural integration.
"Fuck fangraphs and your fancy designer stats can go pound some hard sand"- Billyok
by DrEmilioLizardo on Jul 6, 2010 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions
They actually just held a flag rally a week ago
Saw some crazed old man next to the the State House at noon on a 100 degree day holding a sign advertising the Rally. I think like 12 people showed up.
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions
"The whole army is burning with an insatiable desire to wreak violence upon South Carolina."
"But this streak goes to eleven"
That is one mean lookin' sonuvabitch
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Seriously... Every pic of him looks as if he's suffering from severe hemorrhoids
Probably from riding on his horse so much.
Seriously though, did some good ’ole boy steal his wife or something? Pee in his oatmeal? Kick his dog? What was his deal?
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 1:30 PM CDT up reply actions
He signed Nick Swisher to a long term deal with no trade provision.
"Fuck fangraphs and your fancy designer stats can go pound some hard sand"- Billyok
by DrEmilioLizardo on Jul 6, 2010 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions
the dude just wanted to kick some serious southerner ass
Seceed from the Union? How dare you!
"But this streak goes to eleven"
Wouldn't it be nice if they did just secede though?
Have them stop leaching off our federal tax dollars. God damn, broke ass South.
by Grinder in Training on Jul 6, 2010 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions
When cotton went down the crapper, so did the South.
But the North relied on the South’s cotton for most of it’s existence. So… consider the debt being repaid :)
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions
You know I love Chicago flag long time.
ITHOUGHTGAZELLEWASGOOD -Trooper
by homesickalien on Jul 6, 2010 1:01 PM CDT up reply actions
This.
"I'm tired, I've got a headache, my bullpen blew it." -South Side Expat
by Teahenny Penny on Jul 7, 2010 6:24 PM CDT up reply actions
The two blue lines represent the two branches of the chicago river,
Each star commemorates an important event in the city’s history:
The Columbian Exposition
The Great Fire
Founding of Fort Deaborn
The Filming of the Blues Brothers
"Fuck fangraphs and your fancy designer stats can go pound some hard sand"- Billyok
by DrEmilioLizardo on Jul 6, 2010 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
True story
If Chicago did get the 2016 games, there would have been a fifth star added to the flag.
I thought the 4th star was for the ’85 Bears.
Theain is the guy I Just can’t stand! pierre is almost as bad,he dose get on base more. If Quntin gets any worse trade him. WE NEED HELP!
That factoid was in the Wiki link
I da man
Theain is the guy I Just can’t stand! pierre is almost as bad,he dose get on base more. If Quntin gets any worse trade him. WE NEED HELP!
they should just tear the whole thing up and start from scratch
and squeeze 2005 stars on there
"But this streak goes to eleven"
by ChicagoPete on Jul 6, 2010 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
The papacy approves this comment
It was then I realized vegans can’t be trusted
by Scotty Ballgame on Jul 6, 2010 12:48 PM CDT up reply actions
larry, is it ok for me to be pleased about this Q! catch?
ITHOUGHTGAZELLEWASGOOD -Trooper
by homesickalien on Jul 6, 2010 12:53 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Fl
It was an awesome catch and I don’t need fangraphs to tell me that!
It was then I realized vegans can’t be trusted
by Scotty Ballgame on Jul 6, 2010 1:00 AM CDT up reply actions
'swhat I'm sayin'!
ITHOUGHTGAZELLEWASGOOD -Trooper
by homesickalien on Jul 6, 2010 1:03 AM CDT up reply actions
WTF! I go on a 3 day bender
and Detroit’s in 1st and the Sox are 1 game back!?!
oooh, RS > RA, very nice
This is like having Marshall Faulk on your fantasy football team in 2000 and screwing up the rest of your draft to finish 7th.
by onlysoxfaninbasel on Jul 6, 2010 5:25 AM CDT reply actions
This is the best recap ever.
Winning does feel good. Great job, folks.
You got to gird your loins. Life continues. There are good days. There are bad days, but you keep hustling to survive. - Chet Lemon
Lilly
I’m wondering how long the Great Lillibridge will play for Bacon.
aaand boom goes the dynamite...
well from what i could tell ozzie had a love affair with Bacon.
I don’t think he’ll be sitting out for long. But Lilly is definitely earning the spot right now. I know it’s based on a small sample size though.
aaand boom goes the dynamite...
Winning make for a happier blog
What I don’t understand is why people feel compelled to tell other people where to go and what to do to themselves once they get there? Is this what they mean by “Chicago tough”?
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
Its nice having God back on our side.
gavin’s getting lucky? guess he has luck herpes since it seems to pop up frequently and stick around once it does. - billyok
by omnipotent grab on Jul 6, 2010 9:12 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
who woulda thunkit
just 1 game back on July 6th, Hellz Yeah!
Oz on Swish HR celeb: "That's the way he is. Good for him, enjoy it. I wish he could do it for me, he was a very horseshit player for me.''
q,q!,Q,Q!
He has gone through an abbreviation cycle this year, but as for right now Q! is back.
Oz on Swish HR celeb: "That's the way he is. Good for him, enjoy it. I wish he could do it for me, he was a very horseshit player for me.''
He looks so majestic riding his Q-nicorn.
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by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Jul 6, 2010 9:26 AM CDT up reply actions
Heard Ozzie this morning
driving in. He seemed to impy that killibridge was going to get a lot more pt at 2b in the immediate future.
I approve of this message.
"Officially off strike...."
Good.
I see no reason why Lillibridge shouldn’t play. Yet. However, as a Sox fan I reserve the right to immediately change my mind back and forth after a few bad PAs.
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by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Jul 6, 2010 9:30 AM CDT up reply actions
Q's revivial is refreshing
Just over a month ago there was talk of non tender. By the end of July he’ll probably pass Rios offensively.
"Officially off strike...."
I was going to call you crazy..
I didn’t realize his OPS was up over .800 now. It is a good day.
by Grinder in Training on Jul 6, 2010 9:40 AM CDT up reply actions
his walk total has been right there with his Ks for most of the year.
throw in the dozen times hes been plunked and that is good gravy.
Free Brent Lllibridge!
some discussion on Twins renting Cliff Lee @ Fangraphs:
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/rentals-processes-and-flags-fly-forever/
I think hope they won’t do it.
This is not early panic, it’s continued disgust with a situation we didn’t like to begin with. - Grinder in Training
I was thinking the same thing
Why would Seattle wait if this was true…..
"Officially off strike...."
definitely agreed.
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I doubt it
When factoring performance, compensation picks and marginal win value, the Mariners would be better off holding out for more with the deadline approaching.
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by Daniel Berlyn on Jul 6, 2010 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm not sure I follow, either
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by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions
Assuming you mean they should pull the trigger on Lee for Ramos and Hicks,
Ramos has solid potential but looks like a defensive catcher in the Majors looking at his Minor League numbers. Not great discipline, power is meh, and truthfully Michael Brantley was probably a better prospect at the time of the CC Sabathia trade.
Aaron Hicks is a solid prospect based on his tools alone, and if he can start hitting for average and power he already has patience if not great command of the strike zone yet. As a 20-year-old in A ball he’s pretty raw and may never come close to his “potential” as determined by his draft pedigree. The Mariners should be looking for MLB-ready prospects or they’ll end up with crap which is what the Indians and Phillies got for Lee.
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by Daniel Berlyn on Jul 6, 2010 12:06 PM CDT up reply actions
carrasco, marson and donald were all mlb-ready.
so i guess that doesn’t stop a team from getting crap, either, huh.
"Good" MLB ready players should have been implied.
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by Daniel Berlyn on Jul 6, 2010 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions
oh. right.
so they need to find a team willing to part with multiple top 25 prospects who are also major league ready. good luck to jack z. on that.
If it's a team's own top 25 you speak of, that shouldn't be a problem.
Not sure where I said a team should be willing to part with top 25 prospects overall, but I’m not sure where Ramos and Hicks plus extra implies top 25 prospects.
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by Daniel Berlyn on Jul 6, 2010 12:18 PM CDT up reply actions
you said cleveland's package was crap.
forgive me for extrapolating what that meant about the crap players based on their prospect rankings.
Gee lar, I spose that depends on what you think it was worth at the time.
Given the value Lee held and provided, it seemed like a bit of a steal to me. Looking at recent deadline deals it seemed like Lee in particular could have netted more at the time, but maybe the scouts really liked Knapp or something. That the Phils got away with keeping each of the prospects they traded for Halladay was strange to me.
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by Daniel Berlyn on Jul 6, 2010 1:10 PM CDT up reply actions
holy shit dude
what do you think their rankings AT THE TIME were meant to indicate? and how do you think BA, Sickels, etc. do their rankings? all of them talk to scouts to check their own math. you are killing me.
Fireworks: Bang?
Assuming Hicks and Ramos are equal or more in value than Lee
to the Mariners in this scenario, you don’t think that they can squeeze more out of the Twins or another team? Even though the value of the player goes down with each passing start, teams typically don’t go backwards on their offers. Just look at the Sox with Peavy or the Holliday deal last year. Whether or not that is a good stance to have is debatable, but there’s over three weeks to let teams decide how much they need Lee. The teams looking at him are likely to be in position to contend by the deadline and there should be a team willing to give up more than the value of Ramos and Hicks. If that’s the Twins, great, but you don’t think they can’t get a PTBNL or two, or work out something more enticing? Recent history suggests they can get more out of the situation, depending on how the people in charge feel about the prospects at hand.
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by Daniel Berlyn on Jul 6, 2010 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions
half a season of lee is like 8-10M in surplus value, plus a type A comp pick
i’m pretty sure that’s worth 2 top 100 prospects. another one and you’re basically asking the average team to empty the farm; the typical team is gonna have 3 top 100s.
Fireworks: Bang?
Again, marginal win value, plus a late first or early second round pick plus a compensation round pick
I’m not sure where Hicks and Ramos are top 100 prospects but they haven’t done too much to help their status lately. Look at how the Indians did the Sabathia deal and how the A’s and Rockies did the Holliday deals for examples on how it should be done.
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by Daniel Berlyn on Jul 6, 2010 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions
i can do the math. it's not the marginal win value. it's the wins relative to the contract.
i just wrote a tutorial on how to do this. and all you had to do was read the fangraphs article and note the citation for the prospect ratings.
Fireworks: Bang?
The Reds are in the hunt now apparently
When I die, I'd like to go peacefully, like my grandpa. Not screaming in terror, like the passengers in his car.
by Playoff Beard on Jul 6, 2010 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions
The Reds are in the hunt for October.
"You've gotta be bleepin' me!" - Hawk Harrelson
by RWShow on Jul 6, 2010 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
The Red are in a hunt for a Red October.
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by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Jul 6, 2010 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Red Dead Redemption
Sox vs Reds World Series.
And the Sox have been wearing the black jerseys an awful lot this year.
Free Brent Lllibridge!
OT but,
Teabags twitter posts border ‘NFL/NBA young uneducated player’ retarded sometimes.
Thanks alot for these ridiculous ticket prices, 2005.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Jul 6, 2010 10:47 AM CDT reply actions
It's not that bad
He comes off as really enthusiastic about the team and the city.
I don’t know why that one Sox blogger decided to tear into him for wanting people to vote PK into the All Star Game.
Theain is the guy I Just can’t stand! pierre is almost as bad,he dose get on base more. If Quntin gets any worse trade him. WE NEED HELP!
Is there a special level of "MLB uneducated player" idiocy?
"Boozer's dumb ass jumped. So I dunked on his ass."-Joakim Noah
by Ozzie Montana on Jul 6, 2010 1:22 PM CDT up reply actions
I suppose, but don't you feel that MLB players are smarter?
Maybe it’s just me, but I feel like a lot of NFL guys and NBA guys are thugs who say a lot teenager level stuff.
Thanks alot for these ridiculous ticket prices, 2005.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Jul 6, 2010 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, 93% are white in MLB. We know there aren't any white "thugs", right?
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to."
— Dorothy Parker
i know he just died, but i'm pretty sure bob probert was exactly that.
Cashing checks and having sex.
No, it's just you.
"Boozer's dumb ass jumped. So I dunked on his ass."-Joakim Noah
by Ozzie Montana on Jul 6, 2010 1:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Considering how few MLB players go to college.
I’d suggest that’s not at all true.
by Grinder in Training on Jul 6, 2010 1:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Hm. And Derrick Rose and CJ Spiller were geniuses in their own right :)
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by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes.. using an example to prove a rule.. good one.
Carl Everett happened, I guess all baseball players must not believe in dinosaurs.
by Grinder in Training on Jul 6, 2010 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions
lol. I guess.
I’m merely pointing out that just because someone played in college doesn’t mean they’re intelligent.
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by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions
No, but in any case, football requires a lot more thinking anyways.
It’s much more difficult to play football with their hundreds of pages playbooks than it is baseball. You can be dumb as rocks and play baseball, football, obviously certain positions it doesn’t matter, but it’s pretty tough to play football well if you’re an idiot.
by Grinder in Training on Jul 6, 2010 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions
I'll grant you that, certainly.
Of all the sports, I’d say soccer requires the least, then basketball, then baseball, then football.
But certain positions are more mentally challenging than others, across all sports.
The best pitchers and catchers know scouting reports on the vast majority of MLB players. The best hitters know scouting reports on pitchers
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by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions
you're from SC
so you should know what a complete dumb ass Adrian Peterson isof the Bears/Georgia Southern fame.
Free Brent Lllibridge!
He has a speech impediment, I believe :)
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by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Fielding requires a lot of memorization and the ability to think quickly
I think it’s kind of foolish to make a generalization that vast. There are so many different aspects of all those sports to say any one requires more thinking than the other. I will say this, though; while being as cerebral as Maddux might be helpful, pitchers usually just have to memorize the signs with a man on second, which are usually fairly simple. Backing up bases shouldn’t be that hard on the mind.
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by Daniel Berlyn on Jul 6, 2010 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions
It is a vast generalization
But I feel confident in putting soccer at the bottom of that list. Most sports have at least one position that requires some higher thinking, (except soccer, hee).
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by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions
clueless cunt
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by hoodlight on Jul 6, 2010 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
there he is, I was waiting for this
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by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 2:33 PM CDT up reply actions
I disagree. Memorizing plays does not require some sort of heightened intelligence.
Any dumbass could succeed in any sport, on talent and instincts.
However, certain sports do allow for more analysis and strategy within the game and among individual members of the team.
I’d put baseball above football in this respect.
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by homesickalien on Jul 6, 2010 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Again, this is a generalization
Does Bobby Jenks think hard throughout the game more than Peyton Manning or Randy Moss? Somehow I doubt it. I’m not sure it’s practical to try to put a value on how much players in general think in either sport.
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by Daniel Berlyn on Jul 6, 2010 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Of course it's a generalization. Individual athletes of each sport can either be geniuses or complete morons and ultimately it does not matter much to their ability to succeed in the sport.
ITHOUGHTGAZELLEWASGOOD -Trooper
by homesickalien on Jul 6, 2010 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Really? I disagree wholeheartedly.
Intelligence does help, and is what I would consider a talent.
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions
No.. it matters quite a bit.
Football would be very hard for an idiot to play unless he’s a running back or kick returner. And even then, he’d probably get benched pretty quickly on all passing downs if he can’t figure out the complicated blocking schemes and check downs.
by Grinder in Training on Jul 6, 2010 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions
You don't just memorize plays.
Every single play you have a hundred different things you do depending on what happens, and it’s all done in a matter of seconds. Route running, blocking a certain way, switching on defense, hitting the right WR, knowing which route he’s going to cut off, it goes on and on.
I’ve never played either at a professional level obviously, but to suggest at all that there is more strategy or analysis done in-game in baseball than football?
by Grinder in Training on Jul 6, 2010 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions
On the other side of that
Don’t O-line players usually react? Correct me if I’m wrong on that because I’m just going by intuition here, and I respect how physically able one has to be to play on the line.
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by Daniel Berlyn on Jul 6, 2010 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions
No.
You get in your set position, then depending on where everyone is and what everyone does, you quickly figure out which guy you are blocking and which way you are going to block them. It’s a reaction yes, but after that reaction it requires some very quick thinking.
On a passing down it’s a bit simpler, but you still need to who you have to block.
by Grinder in Training on Jul 6, 2010 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions
I think there's a difference between reactionary thinking and deliberately setting someone up
Quick reactions don’t necessarily imply intelligence. On another note, Manny Ramirez is supposedly one of the smartest hitters in the MLB. When you have experience like he has and the freakish talent to do so, you can look pretty smart in a game. Not sure I’d ask Manny to help me with my taxes, though.
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by Daniel Berlyn on Jul 6, 2010 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions
I fished around for about three minutes for a good analogy
I should have known better than one about taxes.
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by Daniel Berlyn on Jul 6, 2010 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions
I might have said IQ test if I thought Manny would not care about the outcome.
Then again, he probably wouldn’t care whether my taxes were accounted for either. Point is, Manny’s really good at baseball and even if he was apt in another field no one would ever know because he doesn’t need to be.
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by Daniel Berlyn on Jul 6, 2010 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions
There's no need for an analogy.
I don’t understand why people engage in dick-measuring contests when it comes to comparing sports. If you excel in a particular skillset well enough to get paid millions of dollars, I’m pretty sure you have some sort of intelligence.
I’m sure larry is a fine lawyer, but I’d never ask him to make me a chicken teriyaki sub.
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by Ozzie Montana on Jul 6, 2010 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
unless you really like horsemeat that is.
Free Brent Lllibridge!
by e-gus on Jul 6, 2010 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
I wanna see larry sing the $5 footlong song.
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by South Side Expat on Jul 6, 2010 6:49 PM CDT up reply actions
They are setting people up.
What do you think all that yelling is before every down. Watch a Bears game, see Olin Kruetz pointing at everyone and yelling. He’s setting up the blocking scheme, telling everyone what the defense is in, and where to go.
Just like the defense is setting people up by shifting out of it’s positions pre-snap. They are all running back and forth for a reason, they aren’t chicken’s with their heads cut off.
I would find it very hard to believe anyone who has ever played both football and baseball, would ever suggest that baseball requires more intelligence. It just doesn’t seem possible.
by Grinder in Training on Jul 6, 2010 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm not suggesting that
I don’t think baseball requires a ton of intelligence, it helps, but talent and skill are most important. I’m not sure intelligence is required for the NFL either, most people with the experience of pro athletes in their field will be able to hold their own as far as being prepared for most situations.
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by Daniel Berlyn on Jul 6, 2010 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions
With experience comes intelligence, no?
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by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Conditional reflexes.
"We can't do it easy. But we may as well do it high." -The Cheat
by South Side Expat on Jul 6, 2010 6:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Well I'm suggesting you are wrong
That football does require a fair amount of intelligence to be good. Except for a few select positions, running back, kick returner, there is a hell of a lot going on every play, that a dumb person would struggle greatly with. I feel that a dumb person could succeed in the game of baseball rather easily if they have a lot of talent.
by Grinder in Training on Jul 6, 2010 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions
O-lineman are the smartest by measure of intelligence tests
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=glenesk/100226&sportCat=nfl
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that's if you think intelligence tests are a measure of smartness
I’m in the camp of intelligence tests are very good at finding people who are good and bad at intelligence tests
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I'm in the camp that guesses Hoodie is bad at taking tests.
by Grinder in Training on Jul 6, 2010 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
you fucking would be
Ollie and Stan's ability to make everyone laugh throughout their careers was truly a gift and they will never be forgotten.
I am pretty sure the science on
IQ tests has come down on the side “not a misnomer.” The recent evidence merely says that there are various relevant mental aptitudes among which that which we call IQ is one.
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by colintj on Jul 6, 2010 5:31 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
the mismeasure of man
it’s social Darwinism, and is essentially meaningless
Ollie and Stan's ability to make everyone laugh throughout their careers was truly a gift and they will never be forgotten.
it's been a while, but i seem to recall IQ tests being adept at judging pattern recognition.
which is a very important aspect of intelligence, but clearly not the only one.
Cashing checks and having sex.
I'd put Chess as the sport that requires more thinking than fucking NFL
Ollie and Stan's ability to make everyone laugh throughout their careers was truly a gift and they will never be forgotten.
Ohhh I was just waiting for hood to show up.
Somehow I knew his opinions would be….different.
Thanks alot for these ridiculous ticket prices, 2005.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Jul 6, 2010 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions
nfl is more guessing than thinking
Watching this team is like jerking off 10 minutes after you just jerked off - billyok
All sports rely on improvisational skills.
If they didn’t, they’d be boring as fuck.
"Boozer's dumb ass jumped. So I dunked on his ass."-Joakim Noah
by Ozzie Montana on Jul 6, 2010 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions
It's only guessing if you don't know what you're doing.
These guys aren’t guessing. That’s when you see an interception because the QB thought the WR was going to cut his route off or a missed block that leads to a bad sack.
It’s as obvious in the NFL when someone guesses as it is in MLB when someone guesses fastball on a curve. It should not be a guess.
by Grinder in Training on Jul 6, 2010 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions
It's still a sport though
a mental one
Ollie and Stan's ability to make everyone laugh throughout their careers was truly a gift and they will never be forgotten.
most consider physical activity of a certain threshold to be a necessary component of a sport.
i don’t place the activity associated with chess there but ymmv.
your mileage may vary?
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by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Competitiveness is what defines sport - not physical or the lack of physical activity
Ollie and Stan's ability to make everyone laugh throughout their careers was truly a gift and they will never be forgotten.
You can be competitive in anything.
I’m competitive at my work. It’s not a sport. I’m competitive when I play cards or when I play a board game, I was competitive in school and taking tests.
That doesn’t make those things are sports.
by Grinder in Training on Jul 6, 2010 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions
good point.
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by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions
ok you lot win - just looked it up on Chambers
sport noun 1 a an activity, pastime, competition, etc that usually involves a degree of physical exertion, eg football, tennis, squash, swimming, boxing, snooker, etc and which people take part in for exercise and/or pleasure
note is does say ’ usually ’ so the physical part is not absolutely necessary.
Ollie and Stan's ability to make everyone laugh throughout their careers was truly a gift and they will never be forgotten.
although by using snooker
in the example kind of proves my point – guys with terminal diseases can play that at a decent standard.
Ollie and Stan's ability to make everyone laugh throughout their careers was truly a gift and they will never be forgotten.
Hahaha snooker.
Funny UK words.
Thanks alot for these ridiculous ticket prices, 2005.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Jul 6, 2010 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions
More from dictionary.com
Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively
An athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature
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by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions
dictionary.com
is shit compared to Chambers
Ollie and Stan's ability to make everyone laugh throughout their careers was truly a gift and they will never be forgotten.
Marilyn Chambers?
Don’t you Brits use Webster?
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions
No we don't use Webster - we know how to spell.
Ollie and Stan's ability to make everyone laugh throughout their careers was truly a gift and they will never be forgotten.
http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50234330?query_type=word&queryword=sport
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
You have to subscribe to use that? WTH
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions
no you can go to a bookshop and but a copy
I realise this is an alien concept to you but maybe you should give it a try.
Ollie and Stan's ability to make everyone laugh throughout their careers was truly a gift and they will never be forgotten.
easy now fuzzy little man peach
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions
shit, you still do. my bad
i was wondering if i was going to get paywalled since my old school account is way gone. going back, i guess somehow i’m logged in as “subscriber: Microsoft”. go figure.
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
Well at least AJ is genius
but he’s a dumb freaking baserunner. Wait wrong argument.
This was fun to read and I didnt jump in!
"Officially off strike...."
so stock market trading is a sport?
yay! i’m a professional athlete! my childhood dreams have come true!
Cashing checks and having sex.
Cashing checks and having sex, you're living the dream!
"Boozer's dumb ass jumped. So I dunked on his ass."-Joakim Noah
by Ozzie Montana on Jul 6, 2010 8:01 PM CDT up reply actions
I think you're jumping around two arguments.
You made a point about Teahen’s twitter speak, then you’re asking about professional athlete intelligence.
“Speech” on the internet is rarely a reflection of intelligence.
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
What does typing say about spelling? :)
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't think that's true.
I think it’s a good portrayal of how you get to see the player talk normally, which can definitely be a reflection of intelligence.
Thanks alot for these ridiculous ticket prices, 2005.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Jul 6, 2010 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Sometimes, yeah. But Tweeting limits characters, thus it encourages broken, ungrammatical language
Even looking at how one writes emails, papers for school, essays, and posts on here, is hardly a reflection of how one talks normally. Writing and typing are far away from actual speech tendencies.
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions
you know what's a better portrayal than twitter of how a player talks normally?
listening to them talk. you may find this shocking but professional athletes are occasionally interviewed.
iseewhatyoudidthere
I photoshopped a boner on the security guard but it's too dark to see --- billyok
Because I was definitely inferring that the internet was the only way.
Thanks alot for these ridiculous ticket prices, 2005.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Jul 6, 2010 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah. Look at how they voted for All Stars.
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to."
— Dorothy Parker
Similar to the fangraphs article
In that I think some folks totally miss the value of “all” the starters and its effect on the path to the post season.
The big problem is the lack of a truly dominant ace (a mantle Peavy can no longer quite bear), and without that the White Sox don’t have a great path to the postseason.
This seems to me to be better suited as a playoff matchup argument.
"Officially off strike...."
We had no ace in 2005, either.
We did OK. We’ve won 19 of 25 without one, too. Aces are overrated.
You got to gird your loins. Life continues. There are good days. There are bad days, but you keep hustling to survive. - Chet Lemon
by winningugly on Jul 6, 2010 11:15 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
yeah, no mark priors or kerry woods on that staff indeed
This is like having Marshall Faulk on your fantasy football team in 2000 and screwing up the rest of your draft to finish 7th.
by onlysoxfaninbasel on Jul 6, 2010 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions
Sweaty Freddy is our Big Game Ace.
"Fuck fangraphs and your fancy designer stats can go pound some hard sand"- Billyok
by DrEmilioLizardo on Jul 6, 2010 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Latest BP odds -Enjoy why you can boys
original
Tigers- 33%
Twins- 49%
Sox- 21%
PECOTA
Tigers- 32%
Twins- 36%
Sox- 33%
ELO
Tigers- 24%
Twins- 39%
Sox- 38%
"Officially off strike...."
I'd say my personal odds hover a little above 1/3 too.
I think we’re a better team than the Tigers, if we play like I’d expect this team to. The Twins, esp if they aquire Lee, are going to be tough to edge out.
Thanks alot for these ridiculous ticket prices, 2005.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Jul 6, 2010 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions
Sportscenter this morning:
“And now for some AL Central action, the best division race in the majors”
This is not early panic, it’s continued disgust with a situation we didn’t like to begin with. - Grinder in Training
The fans of "The Ringer" agree.
Almost like the Special Olympics.
You got to gird your loins. Life continues. There are good days. There are bad days, but you keep hustling to survive. - Chet Lemon
by winningugly on Jul 6, 2010 11:34 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Always enjoyed ELO.
Strange Magic, indeed.
You got to gird your loins. Life continues. There are good days. There are bad days, but you keep hustling to survive. - Chet Lemon
by winningugly on Jul 6, 2010 11:18 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
This does not bring me down.
Theain is the guy I Just can’t stand! pierre is almost as bad,he dose get on base more. If Quntin gets any worse trade him. WE NEED HELP!
elo almost killed rock music
i would like to take angus young’s guitar and smack jeff lynne upside the head
This is like having Marshall Faulk on your fantasy football team in 2000 and screwing up the rest of your draft to finish 7th.
by onlysoxfaninbasel on Jul 6, 2010 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions
That's like saying ELP and Yes
almost killed rock. Rock takes on many forms. Inclusion, my brown brother. Inclusion.
You got to gird your loins. Life continues. There are good days. There are bad days, but you keep hustling to survive. - Chet Lemon
by winningugly on Jul 6, 2010 11:30 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Move- Move yourself.
You’re every move you make.
Hmmm- a Yes video montage might be in the making-
"Fuck fangraphs and your fancy designer stats can go pound some hard sand"- Billyok
by DrEmilioLizardo on Jul 6, 2010 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions
So the stoooooooory gooooooooes
Thanks alot for these ridiculous ticket prices, 2005.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Jul 6, 2010 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Didn't know OG was so passionate about rock.
Thanks alot for these ridiculous ticket prices, 2005.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Jul 6, 2010 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions
guy has his own 80's hair cover band, with a latino flavor
the name of course is Venez Halen
Fireworks: Bang?
by colintj on Jul 6, 2010 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions 6 recs
Hahahaha rec'd.
Thanks alot for these ridiculous ticket prices, 2005.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Jul 6, 2010 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions
How long you been waiting to drop that one on us?
Either way, it’s sweet. Rec.
"You've gotta be bleepin' me!" - Hawk Harrelson
Happened pretty quick actually
It was like playing family feud if the categories were Hair Bands and Ozzie Guillen. Then it cross-reference the two lists for rhymes and you’re there.
Fireworks: Bang?
by colintj on Jul 6, 2010 5:41 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
lol. that's so good I wonder if you just came up with it
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 1:19 PM CDT up reply actions
He actually sent me a message asking to set him up.
Said he’s been waiting to drop it since 2004. Now owes me a dollar.
Thanks alot for these ridiculous ticket prices, 2005.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Jul 6, 2010 1:22 PM CDT up reply actions
This doesn't hold much relevance before they play the Twins and Tigers more.
You guys win. You can keep your little marked-out piece of internet territory. Spend your days communicating via keyboard with people too ugly for the real world and too nerdy for anyone to care, anyway. Your piece of land is here. Do the rest of civilization a favor and stay within its limits. You bore me. Have fun with your nightly sobs and screams into your pillow over your inability to attract a good mate, Radiohead. ~The Hooligan
by Daniel Berlyn on Jul 6, 2010 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions
It holds as much as one can hold for projections.
Obviously games are played but a month ago it was 3%. I’d say that was very relevant. :-)
See checklist above.
"Officially off strike...."
They all hold about the same chance of making the playoffs. Got it.
Let me wait and see what it will be after some interdivisional play.
You guys win. You can keep your little marked-out piece of internet territory. Spend your days communicating via keyboard with people too ugly for the real world and too nerdy for anyone to care, anyway. Your piece of land is here. Do the rest of civilization a favor and stay within its limits. You bore me. Have fun with your nightly sobs and screams into your pillow over your inability to attract a good mate, Radiohead. ~The Hooligan
by Daniel Berlyn on Jul 6, 2010 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions
I shouldn't have said they don't hold much relevance, that wasn't correct
but the fact that they are all saying different things doesn’t tell us anything definitive- we can all ballpark guess that the three teams atop the AL Central have roughly the same chance going forward, and that the Twins are a little better than any other team in the division.
You guys win. You can keep your little marked-out piece of internet territory. Spend your days communicating via keyboard with people too ugly for the real world and too nerdy for anyone to care, anyway. Your piece of land is here. Do the rest of civilization a favor and stay within its limits. You bore me. Have fun with your nightly sobs and screams into your pillow over your inability to attract a good mate, Radiohead. ~The Hooligan
by Daniel Berlyn on Jul 6, 2010 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions
no kidding
the point was that it feels good to have reached this point where just looking at our playoff odds brings a smile. hence “enjoy why (sic) you can boys”.
Fireworks: Bang?
"They all hold about the same chance of making the playoffs. Got it. "
Just answered your own question there I think, considering depressed Sox fans might have jumped off a building the first week in June. Well at least Olney.
"Officially off strike...."
I think you meant 'intra divisional'
not ‘inter divisional’. ‘intra’ means ‘within’ and ‘inter’ means ‘between’. so, I think you meant, ‘after the sox play the twins and tigers’ which would be intra divisional.
or did I miss your point?
they are 3-1 vs the tigers and 2-3 vs the twins. and that was when they SUCKED.
I’m not worried about them at least keeping it even vs them.
I might be youdaman'd on this, but:
Cowley reports Williams balks at Dunn asking price, won’t pursue Fielder:
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/2467320,CST-SPT-sox06.article
Williams will not be held hostage in free agency, and he surely won’t be held hostage in a battle of trades.
This is not early panic, it’s continued disgust with a situation we didn’t like to begin with. - Grinder in Training
Cowley didn't finish his sentence
…and he surely won’t be held hostage in a battle of trades because nobody holds broke people hostage.
Fireworks: Bang?
by colintj on Jul 6, 2010 12:34 PM CDT up reply actions 5 recs
But of course
Theain is the guy I Just can’t stand! pierre is almost as bad,he dose get on base more. If Quntin gets any worse trade him. WE NEED HELP!
"http://www.sadtronbone.com"
it’s the awkward doctor + OPOS conversation held with a fuckton of blue and red neon.
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
by thatshortkid on Jul 6, 2010 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Das ist Verboten! Schweinhund!
"Fuck fangraphs and your fancy designer stats can go pound some hard sand"- Billyok
by DrEmilioLizardo on Jul 6, 2010 12:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Sad trombone.
Theain is the guy I Just can’t stand! pierre is almost as bad,he dose get on base more. If Quntin gets any worse trade him. WE NEED HELP!
Sad and Rusty.
"Fuck fangraphs and your fancy designer stats can go pound some hard sand"- Billyok
by DrEmilioLizardo on Jul 6, 2010 12:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Sad and Rusty trombone in the ass
SARTITA
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions
WU told me about it once.
SARTITA©
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions
so last night game was pretty great, even from the nose bleeds since i waited too long to buy tickets
half price night in the cheap seats isnt really my thing anymore. Im usually a lower bowl snob these days, but it was nice to get back to my roots.
I especially liked the guy with true Ditka stache across the aisle from me. he asked every vendor who came up to the stratosphere what their particular item cost-(despite most of them being pretty clearly labeled from 50 feet away) simply so he could scoff with disdain at the outrageous prices. Didnt buy a thing.
When he started preaching to his kid about how great it was Thornton was our closer now and that its time to move on after Jenks struggled I had to intervene. He was bitching that if he was back with the team ‘he shouId be ready.’ I said Jenks will close again- hes just rusty after a week or so off to take care of his wife, to which he came back with ‘he was terrible on mothers day, too.’ I pointed out he had only blown one save all year and said Thornton is too valuable as a shut down lefty out of the pen. His kid jumped sides and said Bobby has been one of our best pitchers since mothers day. He said its time to move on- I said after this year, yeah, I cant see them giving him another 7mil. Then I said ’theres out closer next year right there as Serg was back out for the 9th.
“Santos?” and he grimaced like I was trying to sell him Comiskey Superdog for $8.75.
I love baseball talk with random Sox fans at the Cell- regardless of their baseball IQs. I didnt even mind when that black guy cut me in the hot dog line as I was having a nice chat with some other random about how they need to cut Andruw Jones. I saw you black guy- thinking you’re slick and what not. I headed down to the line after Q’s HR because there were two outs and Jones was up so I knew the inning was actually over and beat the rush.
This post is into hsa length, so Im out, but I think Im going again wednesday because there really is no better way to spend a summer evening.
Free Brent Lllibridge!
I'll be there too!
For all the bitching we do on this website, man I love going to games and watching some quality baseball. Thank you ZOO, for giving me half price tickets so I can get decent tickets at a decent price to enjoy a Wed night.
Thanks alot for these ridiculous ticket prices, 2005.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Jul 6, 2010 1:01 PM CDT up reply actions
nice.
wednesday might be the first babygame. I was surprised to see that its the last weekday day game this year.
you did, 4.5 months. wanted to wait til he could sit up on his own so I could leave him in his seat while I got beer.
plus he didn’t deserve the the pain that this team brought a few months ago.
was there a daddy son day?
i think mothers day is momma-son say.
where are you gentlemen sitting wednesday?
Free Brent Lllibridge!
haven't bought tix yet. was figuring left field.
they only wanna give me row 10 online, so I’ll wait til it gets a bit further back or see if I can use the ZOO over the phone.
his son can't catch yet
I photoshopped a boner on the security guard but it's too dark to see --- billyok
so I don't have to find out if my instincts to catch/dodge ball are stronger than my instincts to not fling my son.
plus there is some nice shade from the UD overhang in the last 10 rows or so around 158
i dont think those will get sold,do you?
its not like the ticket guy will be like- hey buddy, these aint your seats back here, you gotta move up!
Free Brent Lllibridge!
My daughter's school scheduled a Sox outing so we traveled in a hot ass school bus
Sat in section next to Sox bullpen…People applauded Thornton when he came out…Loved seeing All-Star Torii drop a routine fly ball the same game that Paulie started that awesome DP….Also loved all the homeruns…Kids loved all the fireworks…I thought of Carl Weathers during post-game fireworks when “Living in America” started playing
I am waiting ‘til Saturday to take in another game…my brother’s bachelor party starting off in the diamond suites so I’m hoping to see more hot BHB action (something I never thought I would say in the same sentence with bachelor party)
It was then I realized vegans can’t be trusted
by Scotty Ballgame on Jul 6, 2010 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Pierre LF Ramirez SS Kotsay DH Konerko 1B Quentin RF Pierzynski C Jones cf Viciedo 3b Lillibridge 2b Peavy -p
Watching this team is like jerking off 10 minutes after you just jerked off - billyok
Maybe it's my love of Rios
That just makes me notice more when he’s not playing.. but it sure seems like he sits out a lot for a CF in the middle of his prime.
by Grinder in Training on Jul 6, 2010 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions
He needs a rest after that painful diving play he made in left fie-
Oh wait.
Thanks alot for these ridiculous ticket prices, 2005.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Jul 6, 2010 1:17 PM CDT up reply actions
i think we are seeing Andruw's last stand.
If he keeps up this weak shit, he gone.
Its not like the Angels are a powerhouse right now.
Yesterday their bottom 4 in the line up werent even with them opening day.
Free Brent Lllibridge!
,
Thanks alot for these ridiculous ticket prices, 2005.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Jul 6, 2010 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions
he just better not blow any plays in the field.
Watching this team is like jerking off 10 minutes after you just jerked off - billyok
I notice that Vizquel still hasn't started at DH.
You guys win. You can keep your little marked-out piece of internet territory. Spend your days communicating via keyboard with people too ugly for the real world and too nerdy for anyone to care, anyway. Your piece of land is here. Do the rest of civilization a favor and stay within its limits. You bore me. Have fun with your nightly sobs and screams into your pillow over your inability to attract a good mate, Radiohead. ~The Hooligan
by Daniel Berlyn on Jul 6, 2010 1:21 PM CDT up reply actions
According to B-R, he has not.
You guys win. You can keep your little marked-out piece of internet territory. Spend your days communicating via keyboard with people too ugly for the real world and too nerdy for anyone to care, anyway. Your piece of land is here. Do the rest of civilization a favor and stay within its limits. You bore me. Have fun with your nightly sobs and screams into your pillow over your inability to attract a good mate, Radiohead. ~The Hooligan
by Daniel Berlyn on Jul 6, 2010 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions
May 14
http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=300514107
EVERYBODY PICK US FOR 3RD OR 4TH SO I DINK WE DOIN POOTY GOO
Sox Machine
And according to B-R, he has
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?n1=vizquom01&t=b&year=2010
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/vizquom01.shtml
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/2010-lineups.shtml
EVERYBODY PICK US FOR 3RD OR 4TH SO I DINK WE DOIN POOTY GOO
Sox Machine
"Omar Vizquel at DH has killed comedy forever"- TAEG
sox machine beat me to the box score link.
Free Brent Lllibridge!
Leno Killed Comedy- Hitler said so.
Loudly.
"Fuck fangraphs and your fancy designer stats can go pound some hard sand"- Billyok
by DrEmilioLizardo on Jul 6, 2010 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions
"Carrot Top mutliplied by Gallagher to the power of Dane Cook."
ha!
These events have me frightened and on the verge of evacuating my bowels.
I was looking at the Standard Fielding category.
Listed him under DH once for the season, with 0 starts.
You guys win. You can keep your little marked-out piece of internet territory. Spend your days communicating via keyboard with people too ugly for the real world and too nerdy for anyone to care, anyway. Your piece of land is here. Do the rest of civilization a favor and stay within its limits. You bore me. Have fun with your nightly sobs and screams into your pillow over your inability to attract a good mate, Radiohead. ~The Hooligan
by Daniel Berlyn on Jul 6, 2010 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions
On this year's team, that's almost assuredly true.
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
by Hazymania on Jul 6, 2010 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
It would seem that way.
You guys win. You can keep your little marked-out piece of internet territory. Spend your days communicating via keyboard with people too ugly for the real world and too nerdy for anyone to care, anyway. Your piece of land is here. Do the rest of civilization a favor and stay within its limits. You bore me. Have fun with your nightly sobs and screams into your pillow over your inability to attract a good mate, Radiohead. ~The Hooligan
by Daniel Berlyn on Jul 6, 2010 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions
This is excellent.
Rage, rage against the dying of your premise.
You got to gird your loins. Life continues. There are good days. There are bad days, but you keep hustling to survive. - Chet Lemon
by winningugly on Jul 6, 2010 2:09 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
This just in:
ESPN just used WPA to discuss Votto’s snub
The Gamecocks won a national championship in a male sport
The White Sox are 1 game out of first place
Sports Hell has frozen over.
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 1:54 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
last night's game
Great win last night…a fun game to watch. A little shaky there in the Top of 8th, but other than that a great win…hopefully Jake keeps us on a roll.
it's so cute how ozzie thinks he needs 7 relievers.
even cuter how he thinks he needs to use all of them.
More OT: LeBron watch 2010: Betty White pleas LeBron to stay in Cleveland
video link: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1478550694154
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
Yeah.. I can't imagine they are really pressed to use the space
For something better.
by Grinder in Training on Jul 6, 2010 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Saw it live last night.
The other MILFs (Valerie Bertinelli was always cute in the day) are OK.
You got to gird your loins. Life continues. There are good days. There are bad days, but you keep hustling to survive. - Chet Lemon
by winningugly on Jul 6, 2010 2:12 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I just checked. Betty White doesn't have children. Now we all look like idiots
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Wait, did you just say "the other MILFs"?
meaning you think Betty White is a MILF?
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions
She's "Rose Marie" hot
"Unemployment benefits are creating jobs faster than practically any other program...It injects demand into the economy... It creates jobs faster than almost any other initiative you can name."
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (7/1/10) – God help us.
does anyone know where i can find the 50/50 split raffle results for last nights sox game?
It seems to be hiding on the internetz, and I have a good feeling about the $10 I pissed away last night.
Free Brent Lllibridge!
I bet they are not arguing about dictionaries on Halos Heaven
and their site is missing an apostrophe
Ollie and Stan's ability to make everyone laugh throughout their careers was truly a gift and they will never be forgotten.
bloody illiterate wankers
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions
You realize fans of almost every team trash the White Sox
That dude was just being especially douchy about it and going after the fans.
You guys win. You can keep your little marked-out piece of internet territory. Spend your days communicating via keyboard with people too ugly for the real world and too nerdy for anyone to care, anyway. Your piece of land is here. Do the rest of civilization a favor and stay within its limits. You bore me. Have fun with your nightly sobs and screams into your pillow over your inability to attract a good mate, Radiohead. ~The Hooligan
by Daniel Berlyn on Jul 6, 2010 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm used to it mate - I support Leeds Utd.
Ollie and Stan's ability to make everyone laugh throughout their careers was truly a gift and they will never be forgotten.
Isn't that like the Yankees of english soccer?
Or is that manchester or something?
Thanks alot for these ridiculous ticket prices, 2005.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Jul 6, 2010 3:06 PM CDT up reply actions
i specifically remember a ploom of dirt/dust flying up in the air
those jagoffs musta closed their eyes that inning
Watching this team is like jerking off 10 minutes after you just jerked off - billyok
I know, the fuckin' Braves did.
What the hell do they possibly have against us?? We play them like twice a decade, and it’s not like we’ve ever killed them in the WS or anything.
Thanks alot for these ridiculous ticket prices, 2005.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Jul 6, 2010 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions
He actually edited that rotten portion from the original version.
The Angels expensive lefty Scott Kazmir teetered on the brink of being labeled permanently gutless as he hung flat sliders on perfect tees for hungry White Sox hitters eager to please a holiday crowd desperate to be kept from thinking of their putrid bankrupt state of Illin’-Noise. Human cancer A.J. Pierzynski asked for an appeal from the cornerbase umpire on every batter and was cheered for his efforts by the pudgy Ditka-clone crowd in Cookie Cutter Cellular Park.
ITHOUGHTGAZELLEWASGOOD -Trooper
by homesickalien on Jul 6, 2010 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Illin'-Noise? Good lord.
That is just poor form. Beyond the pot calling the kettle black from the State of Minimum Wages, it’s not even funny.
by Grinder in Training on Jul 6, 2010 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions
I think it's an accepted fact that there's nothing cool about "HOTlanta".
Thanks alot for these ridiculous ticket prices, 2005.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Jul 6, 2010 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Your sig needs to change to,
“aaand boom goes the Q!namite…”
Thanks alot for these ridiculous ticket prices, 2005.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Jul 6, 2010 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Man, I hate driving through Atlanta. Atlanta takes up like half of Georgia.
And it sucks.
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions
i made that mistake once- it sucked.
Rush hour added about 2 hours to my drive back from Savannah.
Free Brent Lllibridge!
Seriously. Driving through rush hour in Atlanta requires balls and nerves of steel.
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 3:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Did it once..
Will not be doing that again. Miserable.
by Grinder in Training on Jul 6, 2010 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions
I have come to the conclusion that these mere
cities are jealous of us being jealous of New York.
They are in essence a 2nd city to the 2nd power……
Cleveland is just shit.
"Officially off strike...."
Oh they definitely hate Hawk.
So much that it makes me happy.
Thanks alot for these ridiculous ticket prices, 2005.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Jul 6, 2010 3:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Kinda like Cubs fans who hate Hawk. I just laugh at them and say "Two words: Ron Santo."
"You've gotta be bleepin' me!" - Hawk Harrelson
AHHHHHHHHHH JEEZ COME ON UGHHHHH COME ON
"Boozer's dumb ass jumped. So I dunked on his ass."-Joakim Noah
by Ozzie Montana on Jul 6, 2010 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Cleveland is Detroit without the NBA and NHL titles.
FC
"You've gotta be bleepin' me!" - Hawk Harrelson
Cincinnati a shitehole too, from what I've heard from people in Ohio.
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions
We didn't even mention Toledo.
It’s basically Indiana.. if Indiana sucked more than it already does.
by Grinder in Training on Jul 6, 2010 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Ohio is WAY worse.
Indiana at least has Indianapolis, which – and this may come as a shock to anybody who hasn’t spent any real time there – is quite a nice town.
"You've gotta be bleepin' me!" - Hawk Harrelson
Don't forget Gary!
ITHOUGHTGAZELLEWASGOOD -Trooper
by homesickalien on Jul 6, 2010 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions
HEY. Indiana is nice.
We have corn. And it tastes good.
Thanks alot for these ridiculous ticket prices, 2005.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Jul 6, 2010 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions
True story. I drove from Columbia to Columbus one winter to visit a friend
Drove up 77 all the way to Ohio. I thought West Virginia was hickland till I crossed into Ohio. Instantly the road turned to crap. Do they even pay taxes for these things? Because there was nothing to see, I looked out at the houses on the side of the highway. They had outhouses. That’s right. Outhouses.
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 3:27 PM CDT up reply actions
BWAHAHAHAHA, this is awesome!
I worked in Ohio for a summer and it sucked.
It’s taken years of practice to be such an asshole.
by Chiburb on Jun 1, 2010 10:35 AM PDT
From what I've heard about SC, it doesnt even have ML baseball.
"Fuck fangraphs and your fancy designer stats can go pound some hard sand"- Billyok
by DrEmilioLizardo on Jul 6, 2010 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
that's NC
You live and learn. At any rate, you live.
Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.
You can argue that we don't have any kind of organized sports.
College or otherwise. There are 0 professional teams here. 3 minor league affiliates. collegiate summer league baseball.
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions
NC would like Charlotte back.
Regardless where that stadium might be.
by Grinder in Training on Jul 6, 2010 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh yeah, I forget about Greenville.
Honestly, though, there isn’t a suitable town for a professional team in South Carolina. They’re all either small touristy towns or college towns. It’s also one of those states where the vast majority of people care more about college athletics than professional. Whether for a lack of professional teams or the instate rivalries of collegiate sports. People don’t realize how much of a role the Carolina/Clemson rivalry plays here. You’re either one or the other, and you hate the other. No inbetween.
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Are they going to move the stadium into Charlotte?
I heard talk about that a while back, but nothing recently.
by Grinder in Training on Jul 6, 2010 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions
It went to court over who would foot the bill
The Knights would have already been playing ball in Uptown had it not been for the economy tanking and numerous lawsuits filed blocking the move. Now, with the lawsuits in the rear view mirror, Rajkowski says the team is gearing back up again for a move to Charlotte’s Third Ward, re-working constrution plans to build a 10-thousand seat stadium that the team will pay for at no cost to taxpayers. Estimated costs to build two years ago was around $40 million.Center City’s Michael Smith says the City of Charlotte is 100% committed to bringing Minor League Baseball to Uptown, but, add with the economy still lagging, they don’t expect any real progress until sometime next year.
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm all for it. The Castle is the worst looking professional sports complex I've ever visited
And Fort Mill is essentially a suburb of Charlotte, with nothing there to do. It’s a drive out into the country backwoods for anyone in the area.
For those who haven’t seen it: http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?92508-Charlotte-Knights-Stadium
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 4:05 PM CDT up reply actions
I've been, and I agree
Although, I thought it was a decent enough place to watch the game, but I just think it would be much nicer if it was in Charlotte instead of having to leave to get there.
by Grinder in Training on Jul 6, 2010 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions
also, hence why I became a White Sox fan.
They were on WGN TV every now and then.
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Kind of odd you didn't become a Cubs fan.
"Boozer's dumb ass jumped. So I dunked on his ass."-Joakim Noah
by Ozzie Montana on Jul 6, 2010 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Kind of odd anybody does become a Cubs fan.
"You've gotta be bleepin' me!" - Hawk Harrelson
by RWShow on Jul 6, 2010 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Its like TB.
Contagious in close proximity to a wheezing diseased source in the family.
"Fuck fangraphs and your fancy designer stats can go pound some hard sand"- Billyok
by DrEmilioLizardo on Jul 6, 2010 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions
i read this 4 times, confused as shit
until i realized you meant tuberculosis and not tampa bay. un-confused now.
Watching this team is like jerking off 10 minutes after you just jerked off - billyok
White Sox minor league teams are right there
Charlotte Knights play in SC, the stadium is across the border. It seems like the logical choice to me.
by Grinder in Training on Jul 6, 2010 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions
I didn't, but some of my friends that weren't Braves fans did
The reason I never rooted for the Cubs was because I grew up a Braves fan. Hell, everyone was a Braves fan here in the early 90’s. I rooted for the Sox because of players I liked, and because they were an AL team. I could pull for both the Braves and the Sox. At some point I made an unconscious decision to stop rooting for the Braves. It’s been a life of joy intertwined with fury and depression since.
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions
been a sox fan for as long as i can remember
but root for the rockies just cuz. i have no reason, but most likely because the sox never really play them.
Watching this team is like jerking off 10 minutes after you just jerked off - billyok
I think it's common to find people who root for teams in other leagues, in all sports
All it takes sometimes is a relative to move out to San Diego for a Boston-bred Red Sox fan to root for the Padres (In my friend’s case)
I enjoy watching the Rockies home broadcasts. Their announcers and commentators aren’t great for play-by-play, but the broadcasts are entertaining, nonetheless. They frequently go into the crowd, interviewing fans, making jokes. There’s something about that purple dinosaur too.
"...It was then I noticed the burning bus full of nuns, blind people, and small children falling over the precipice into the shark and barracuda infested water below" - U-God
by Shoeless In SC on Jul 6, 2010 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions
What about Skyline Chili and UDF?
"Unemployment benefits are creating jobs faster than practically any other program...It injects demand into the economy... It creates jobs faster than almost any other initiative you can name."
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (7/1/10) – God help us.
Why are you jealous of New York?
FNYC, FIITA! (And quite a stinkhole it is!)
It’s taken years of practice to be such an asshole.
by Chiburb on Jun 1, 2010 10:35 AM PDT
Your fantasy team can lick my joint.
If that guy is out for any significant time, the Sox are screwed.
"You've gotta be bleepin' me!" - Hawk Harrelson
Well said, William Katt.
"Fuck fangraphs and your fancy designer stats can go pound some hard sand"- Billyok
by DrEmilioLizardo on Jul 6, 2010 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Even when you don't post it first
you still post it first.
"You've gotta be bleepin' me!" - Hawk Harrelson
"i dont always post first, but when i do, i still look better than you"
Watching this team is like jerking off 10 minutes after you just jerked off - billyok
I think he knee-capped Q! himself just so he could get the revised one up first.
"You've gotta be bleepin' me!" - Hawk Harrelson
larry will stop at no end to assert his dominance.
Thanks alot for these ridiculous ticket prices, 2005.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Jul 6, 2010 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Revised #WhiteSox lineup: Pierre7, Ram6, Rios8, PK3, Kotsay dh, AJ2, Jones9, Viciedo5, Lilli4.
Watching this team is like jerking off 10 minutes after you just jerked off - billyok
mine came up before larrys
then i looked at the time stamps. damn the man!
Watching this team is like jerking off 10 minutes after you just jerked off - billyok
Hahaha, your trigger finger is a tad slow sir.
Thanks alot for these ridiculous ticket prices, 2005.
by ScottyPods Ver2.0 on Jul 6, 2010 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Revised #WhiteSox lineup: Pierre7, Ram6, Rios8, PK3, Kotsay dh, AJ2, Jones9, Viciedo5, Lilli4.
Isnt everyone posting the lineup?
"Fuck fangraphs and your fancy designer stats can go pound some hard sand"- Billyok
by DrEmilioLizardo on Jul 6, 2010 5:03 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
i hardly ever vote
but i voted like 15 times today. soooo maybe? also voted for carlos gonzalez.
Watching this team is like jerking off 10 minutes after you just jerked off - billyok
same ive probably voted for paulie and gonzalez 100 times already
Please find Jay Cutler some help...
Life is a cruel ballet
A thread dedicated to Q winds down with a lineup card that includes him not
O! woe
signature
it's a f*ckin' shame
"Jenks, who was never afraid to say "no" to a hamburger..."
by BobbySouthSide on Jul 6, 2010 6:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Transferring data from dorkshelf.com...
wtf is dorkshelf and why is it crashing firefox for me?
Free Brent Lllibridge!
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